A couple weeks ago, in Issue #306, we discussed the first in a four-part series by our boy Laurent from OXT.me in which he described a new way we should measure the value secured by Proof of Work. In parts 2 & 3 of the series, Laurent jumps into
Here's a great thread on the history of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) that you freaks should check out when you get some time today. To many, the BIS is probably the biggest villain standing in Bitcoin's way as it attempts to become the reserve
This whole god damn "industry" has bastardized the concept of a white paper. These days, one needs to vigorously filter their white paper consumption as to avoid the slew of putrid trash that passes as academic prose.
What I'm really looking for is the mass layoff moment at Consensys, the marketing / VC arm of Ethereum that is the poster child of the excess of this illogical mania built of buzzwords and technobabble.
So Satoshi definitely wasn't mining alone in the early days. Though, the number of people participating in Bitcoin during the early days was definitely slim. These early pioneers mined and lost a crazy amount of bitcoins before Bitcoin entered the planet's vernacular in earnest.
