Adam Back takes us down memory lane.
With the existence of satellites that allow people to send anonymous messages around the world instantly for fractions of a penny, anyone anywhere who is so motivated can get their word out to humanity.
It is important to keep this in mind as we continue to build out Bitcoin. Having a protocol driven by economic incentives and cryptography is much different than a protocol driven by the utility of being able to process and present data at incredible speeds.
Could a full on bitcoin attack be possible?
Bitcoin and video games can go hand in hand.
Be careful out there in the "crypto" world
The free market is the only market.
We must have a high-time preference as a society.
The Lighting Network is here to stay.
Bitcoin is not going away anytime soon.
The burden of running a full node has become too cumbersome for the average user as the size of the blockchain and, more importantly, the need for fully synced nodes to constantly verify state changes requires more and more powerful hardware at an accelerated pace.
Samouri Wallet is forced to move Stealth Mode, SMS Commands, and SIM Switch Defence features from their app.
Qual content is all over Crypto Twitter
Recently @pwuille, Gleb Naumenko, & Greg Maxwell revealed the #Minisketch library for reducing bandwidth requirements when syncing data between #Bitcoin nodes. Read more about what problems it helps solve, how it works, & its development progress. 📝🌐⛓️ https://t.co/xnQjjiLk8p pic.twitter.com/L2F4AOLK4L
— Blockstream (@Blockstream) January 7, 2019
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