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Issue #892: REMINDER: Trusted Third Parties are Security Holes

Ledger might be in big trouble.

December 21, 2020Updated March 2, 20243 min read

Issue #892: REMINDER: Trusted Third Parties are Security Holes

Issue #891: Is today the day Munchin Butts cements himself as the biggest idiot in the history of the Treasury?

Let's discuss

December 18, 2020Updated March 2, 20242 min read

Issue #891: Is today the day Munchin Butts cements himself as the biggest idiot in the history of the Treasury?

Issue #890: More hashrate derivatives coming to market

Slush Pool 101.

December 18, 2020Updated March 2, 20242 min read

Issue #890: More hashrate derivatives coming to market

Issue #889: Bitcoin is taking over the world. Keep working.

Yes it is.

December 16, 2020Updated March 2, 20242 min read

Issue #889: Bitcoin is taking over the world. Keep working.

Issue #888: Are multicoin exchanges attacks on Bitcoin scaling?

let's discuss

December 15, 2020Updated March 2, 20243 min read

Issue #888: Are multicoin exchanges attacks on Bitcoin scaling?

Issue #887: They want you poor AND stupid

Time to take a stand

December 14, 2020Updated March 2, 20243 min read

Issue #887: They want you poor AND stupid

Issue #886: Something to strive for

Dhruv Bansal is back-dropping serious knowledge

December 11, 2020Updated March 2, 20242 min read

Issue #886: Something to strive for

Issue #885: It's time to make a stand

Yes it is.

December 10, 2020Updated March 2, 20243 min read

Issue #885: It's time to make a stand

Issue #884: A CoinSwap on testnet

a discussion on CoinSwap and Ledgers data leak.

December 9, 2020Updated March 2, 20243 min read

Issue #884: A CoinSwap on testnet

Issue #883: World Peace is attainable because of Bitcoin

Fix the money, Fix the world.

December 8, 2020Updated March 2, 20244 min read

Issue #883: World Peace is attainable because of Bitcoin

Issue #882: 2020 - The Year of the Great Heist

This is insane.

December 7, 2020Updated March 1, 20244 min read

Issue #882: 2020 - The Year of the Great Heist

Issue #881: The miserable fiat shills are at it again

Let's check in with the idiots in Washington DC.

December 4, 2020Updated March 1, 20242 min read

Issue #881: The miserable fiat shills are at it again

Issue #880: The world discovers better money

Larry Fink talks bitcoin.

December 3, 2020Updated March 1, 20243 min read

Issue #880: The world discovers better money

Issue #879: Nocoiner salt on the rise

Bitcoiners are taking a victory lap.

December 3, 2020Updated March 1, 20245 min read

Issue #879: Nocoiner salt on the rise

Issue #878: An Arsonist is back to restore the American Dream by turning it into a Woke Nightmare

Yes this is real.

December 2, 2020Updated March 1, 20244 min read

Issue #878: An Arsonist is back to restore the American Dream by turning it into a Woke Nightmare

Issue #877: Counter-party risk, trust minimization, and the Lightning Network

Every bitcoin base layer involves three participants.

November 30, 2020Updated March 1, 20241 min read

Issue #877: Counter-party risk, trust minimization, and the Lightning Network

Issue #876: Keep swimming down

Let's discuss Self-hosting wallets.

November 27, 2020Updated March 1, 20243 min read

Issue #876: Keep swimming down

Issue #875: PTLCs in the wild

WTF are PTLC's?

November 25, 2020Updated March 1, 20241 min read

Issue #875: PTLCs in the wild

Issue #874: Viewing hashpower as a portfolio

Let's debate about bitcoin mining.

November 24, 2020Updated March 1, 20242 min read

Issue #874: Viewing hashpower as a portfolio

Issue #873: Taproot week begins

Big week for Bitcoin

November 23, 2020Updated March 1, 20242 min read

Issue #873: Taproot week begins