Day: December 3, 2019

Sovereignty Through Mathematics – Part 2

Continuing through our unabridged reading of Knut Svanholm’s excellent book available on Amazon, “Bitcoin: Sovereignty Through Mathematics”

• The inevitability of human bias
• The absurdity of fractional reserve
• Dangers of collectivism
• Bitcoin is Speech
• The Immaculate Conception
• And why decentralization is so damn hard!

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Sovereignty Through Mathematics – Part 1

Today we begin through this weeks complete unabridged reading of Knut Svanholm’s recent book available on Amazon, “Bitcoin: Sovereignty Through Mathematics.”
• Everything we do is a trade
• What is the impact of absolute scarcity, an idea we have never before seen manifested in society?
• And are we all now financial atheists?

Don’t miss Chapters 1 & 2 today followed by a fun discussion of the ideas covered.

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The (flawed) Economics of Bitcoin Maximalism

Does Bitcoin maximalism fail the test against the economics of Ludwig Von Mises & Charles Menger, both giants of the Austrian school? Have we sacrificed sound money by limiting block space?

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Addressing Security Concerns with the Casa Node

Recently, a bit of Twitter drama has arisen from a post that started with @JWWeatherman’s disclosure of a perceived critical bug in the Casa Node device. Today, to start off a discussion of home network security, what self-signed certificates do/don’t guarantee, and the general trade-offs between security and usability, we read @CasaHODL’s blog post responding to JW’s concerns, and then we get Guy’s take on this as a Casa Node user.

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How Many Wrongs Make A Wright – Part 2

Today we finish the amazing journey through Jameson Lopp‘s thorough compilation of Craig Wright’s extensive efforts and complications in trying to convince the world he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin.

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21 Lessons of the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole – Chapter 1

An epic journey with author @dergigi on the unexpected lessons he learned tumbling down the Bitcoin rabbit hole.  One can always take a closer look at Bitcoin and the strange, new phenomenon that it is.  Don’t miss this excellent 3 part series found at dergigi.com!

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Bitcoin in Heavy Accumulation – Part 2

The conclusion of the Adamant Capital report from Tuur Demeester & Michiel Lescrauwaet on the current state & sentiment of the Bitcoin markets.

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Announcing the Casa Browser Extension

A lot of announcements and tons of exciting stuff to talk about in this episode! Plus our read of the just released Casa Browser Extension, inspired by the Lightning Joule extension, which is one of the coolest additions to the Casa suite yet, plus they are now Open Source!! Don’t miss an exciting episode with today’s QuikRead! Check out the official announcement article & other posts over at blog.keys.casa. And follow Nick Neuman, Jameson Lopp, Jeremy Welch, and others to stay up on the incredible stuff happening at Casa! These guys are changing the game on the daily!

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Happy Birthday Bitcoin, Looking Back on 10 Insane Years!

A look at the crazy past, the present, and the future of Bitcoin and where I think things are headed. Bitcoin is here to stay and there are 10 amazing years of Proof-of-Survival I can point to as evidence. Happy Birthday Bitcoin, may the next 10 years be just as crazy!

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