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+$98.8M
Net inflow · Aug 7, 2026
5-day inflow streak+$52.1B all-time net
@TFTC21Whistleblower Brook Jackson tried to warn the FDA about fraudulent Pfizer trial data and was fired the same day. Attorney Robert Barnes says "All they delivered was speed and scale. What they delivered was dangerous, ineffective, not a vaccine, never prevented COVID-19." x.com/MaryBowdenMD/s…
@TFTC21Rob Hamilton got blocked by OpenAI from continuing his Bitcoin security research after already being KYC'd into their trusted cyber program. He's now going back to Chinese open-source models. "Intelligence is unrestricted for those who don't follow rules, and those who engage in harm reduction are left on the sidelines."
@TFTC21China added 20 tonnes of gold in July, their largest monthly purchase since October 2023. That's 21 consecutive months of buying. 2,366 tonnes total and climbing. They're also moving reserves from London to Hong Kong to build their own trading hub.
@TFTC21Strategy now holds 842,138 bitcoin worth $54.66 billion at an average cost of $75,653. Down 14% on their position.
@TFTC21x.com/lukedashjr/sta…
@TFTC21The BIP-110 chain found its second block but is 7 blocks behind the main chain.
@TFTC21.@simpleminingio mined block 961,634 using @ocean_mining’s DATUM protocol. This block extended the bitcoin main chain as it did not signal support for BIP 110 consensus rules. While many members of Ocean’s team support BIP 110, they created a protocol to let their customers decide what they think is best. This should be lauded.
@TFTC21BIP-110 hit its mandatory signaling period today at block 961,632. When Ocean mined a non-signaling block, BIP-110 nodes rejected it and forked off the main chain. With less than 3% miner support, the BIP-110 chain now trails the canonical chain with virtually no hashrate behind it.
@TFTC21BIP-110 nodes just forked off the main chain after rejecting a non-signaling block at height 961,632.
@TFTC2125 blocks until BIP-110 mandatory signaling.
@TFTC21Developer uses the unique patterns on quail eggshells to generate random numbers for bitcoin private keys.
@TFTC21Bitcoin ETFs just had their best week of inflows (~$1B) since April. IBIT, FBTC, and others saw inflows every single day this week.
@TFTC21Whistleblower Brook Jackson tried to warn the FDA about fraudulent Pfizer trial data and was fired the same day. Attorney Robert Barnes says "All they delivered was speed and scale. What they delivered was dangerous, ineffective, not a vaccine, never prevented COVID-19." x.com/MaryBowdenMD/s…
@TFTC21Rob Hamilton got blocked by OpenAI from continuing his Bitcoin security research after already being KYC'd into their trusted cyber program. He's now going back to Chinese open-source models. "Intelligence is unrestricted for those who don't follow rules, and those who engage in harm reduction are left on the sidelines."
@TFTC21China added 20 tonnes of gold in July, their largest monthly purchase since October 2023. That's 21 consecutive months of buying. 2,366 tonnes total and climbing. They're also moving reserves from London to Hong Kong to build their own trading hub.
@TFTC21Strategy now holds 842,138 bitcoin worth $54.66 billion at an average cost of $75,653. Down 14% on their position.
@TFTC21x.com/lukedashjr/sta…
@TFTC21The BIP-110 chain found its second block but is 7 blocks behind the main chain.
@TFTC21.@simpleminingio mined block 961,634 using @ocean_mining’s DATUM protocol. This block extended the bitcoin main chain as it did not signal support for BIP 110 consensus rules. While many members of Ocean’s team support BIP 110, they created a protocol to let their customers decide what they think is best. This should be lauded.
@TFTC21BIP-110 hit its mandatory signaling period today at block 961,632. When Ocean mined a non-signaling block, BIP-110 nodes rejected it and forked off the main chain. With less than 3% miner support, the BIP-110 chain now trails the canonical chain with virtually no hashrate behind it.
@TFTC21BIP-110 nodes just forked off the main chain after rejecting a non-signaling block at height 961,632.
@TFTC2125 blocks until BIP-110 mandatory signaling.
@TFTC21Developer uses the unique patterns on quail eggshells to generate random numbers for bitcoin private keys.
@TFTC21Bitcoin ETFs just had their best week of inflows (~$1B) since April. IBIT, FBTC, and others saw inflows every single day this week.
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