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The Bitcoin Reformation – Part 1

Today we start our journey through the new report from Adamant Capital written by Tuur Demeester on a fascinating parallel between Bitcoin and the Protestant Reformation of the 16th and 17th centuries. The monopoly being undermined, the technology that catalyzes the paradigm shift, the new economic class, and the new tools of self defense. Can these shed light on our own uncertain future?

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The Bitcoin Reformation – Part 2

Today we conclude the report from Adamant Capital written by Tuur Demeester on a fascinating parallel between Bitcoin and the Protestant Reformation of the 16th and 17th centuries. A plethora of new financial tools and the flight to find security in uncertain times, and the many parallels with the role Bitcoin could play in finding a haven from the over-leveraged, over-regulated, and corrupt IMFS.

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Transaction Count is an Inferior Measure

To think of the value of a global, jurisdiction-less, “money-for-enemies” network as nothing more than the result of how many transactions it can do on the base layer, is to miss the point entirely. The difference between the payments systems and settlement systems of the world, their degree of assurances, and the desirable characteristics of their operation are often diametrically opposed.

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Lightning, Why I Quit the Bond Market for Bitcoin

Another of the many great pieces from Nik Bhatia getting into the impact and scope of the system that the Lightning Network could become. Bitcoin is neither just a store of value, nor just a medium of exchange, it’s both. The LNP/BP protocol stack is taking us into the future, hear all about it in today’s read from Nik Bhatia, now part of the OpenNode team, titled “The Lightning Network: Why I Quit the Bond Market for Bitcoin”

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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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CryptoQuikRead_325 – Lightning, Why I Quit the Bond Market for Bitcoin [Nik Bhatia]

Another of the many great pieces from Nik Bhatia getting into the impact and scope of the system that the Lightning Network could become. Bitcoin is neither just a store of value, nor just a medium of exchange, it’s both. The LNP/BP protocol stack is taking us into the future, hear all about it in…

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CryptoChat_027 – Boomer Bucks & the Raleigh Meetup

Don’t be the oblivious boomer who lets their hard work get sucked away by that garbage Boomer Bucks currency. Be a part of the future, and Buy Bitcoin! Another fun chat with the Raleigh Bitcoin Meetup! Check out the Raleigh Meetup Podcast and subscribe so you don’t miss them: https://anchor.fm/raleigh-bitcoin-meetup Get your copy of “The…

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CryptoChat_027 – Boomer Bucks & the Raleigh Meetup

Don’t be the oblivious boomer who lets their hard work get sucked away by that garbage Boomer Bucks currency. Be a part of the future, and Buy Bitcoin!
Another fun chat with the Raleigh Bitcoin Meetup!

Check out the Raleigh Meetup Podcast and subscribe so you don’t miss them:
https://anchor.fm/raleigh-bitcoin-meetup

Get your copy of “The Little Bitcoin Book” in print or audio (read by your truly) for those long holiday drives:
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Bitcoin-Book-Matters-Finances-ebook/dp/B07W957N7T

Join me at BitBlockBoom2020 for an awesome time with the best of the Bitcoin maximalists!
https://bitblockboom.com/

And of course, if you want to join the Cryptoconomy Telegram and hang out with the crew, become a patron below:
https://www.patreon.com/thecryptoconomy

Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

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Boomer Bucks & the Raleigh Meetup

Don’t be the oblivious boomer who lets their hard work get sucked away by that garbage Boomer Bucks currency. Be a part of the future, and Buy Bitcoin!
Another fun chat with the Raleigh Bitcoin Meetup!

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CryptoQuikRead_324 – Bitcoin Fixes This [Parker Lewis]

An economy leveraged 150:1 A spiraling tower of debts to pay for our previous debts Central Banks repeating the same policies that caused our problems as their solutions The confiscation through counterfeit of $Trillions in economic production Massive distortions of the price mechanism & monetary authorities who argue over not whether they should, but by…

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