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Read_470 – Why Does Bitcoin Have Value? [Jeffrey Tucker]

“What Bitcoin is depends on its use as a means of storing and porting value, which in turn rests on secure titles to ownership of a scarce good.” – Jeffrey Tucker It can be incredibly difficult to make sense of, and imagine the immense amount of value provided by the Bitcoin system. And so often…

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The Untold Story of the First Bitcoin War

“With his choice of words, Taaki had outed an elephant in the room. It was true, Nakamoto had enacted soft forks, but by late 2011, the network no longer operated as it did in those early days.” – Aaron & Pete

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Read_469 – The Untold Story of the First Bitcoin War [Wirdum & Rizzo]

“With his choice of words, Taaki had outed an elephant in the room. It was true, Nakamoto had enacted soft forks, but by late 2011, the network no longer operated as it did in those early days.” – Aaron & Pete Before the great block size wars of 2017, there was the first war of the…

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Read_469 – The Untold Story of the First Bitcoin War [Wirdum & Rizzo]

“With his choice of words, Taaki had outed an elephant in the room. It was true, Nakamoto had enacted soft forks, but by late 2011, the network no longer operated as it did in those early days.” – Aaron & Pete

Before the great block size wars of 2017, there was the first war of the Bitcoin protocol, that established the ideological divide, and ask the question that would infamy get its answer on Bitcoin’s Independence Day in 2017. Another excellent Bitcoin Magazine piece from authors, Pete Rizzo & Aaron Van Wirdum: “The Untold Story of the First Bitcoin War”

Check out the Original article for tons of referenced conversations and sources, plus the other excellent stuff by both articles and Bitcoin Magazine:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/the-battle-for-p2sh-the-untold-story-of-the-first-bitcoin-war

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Bitcoin is Hope

“Bitcoin is a battle ground to restore freedom, truth, and virtue in the world.” – Robert Breedlove

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Read_468 – Bitcoin is Hope [Robert Breedlove]

“Bitcoin is a battle ground to restore freedom, truth, and virtue in the world.” – Robert Breedlove Another excellent piece from Breedlove, this time on the SwanBitcoin blog. The very purpose of money and civilization is to abate the entropy and chaos of the natural world. It is to protect ourselves from an uncertain future. Central…

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Bitcoin Doesn’t Rely on Utilities

“But there is something even more interesting that happens with mining and electricity. Not only does Bitcoin mining add revenue to existing locations of energy production, but it also makes other previously unprofitable energy sources profitable.” – Rollo McFloogle

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Read_467 – Bitcoin Doesn’t Rely on Utilities [Rollo McFloogle]

“But there is something even more interesting that happens with mining and electricity. Not only does Bitcoin mining add revenue to existing locations of energy production, but it also makes other previously unprofitable energy sources profitable.” – Rollo McFloogle A Guest post from both a patron to the show and host of the Rollo &…

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Chat #53 – Bitcoin Security in the Age of Surveillance with Douglas Bakkum

Had an excellent chat with the CEO of ShiftCrypto yesterday all about building Bitcoin hardware, the security trade offs, and creating secure tools for a world where security is both foreign and a distant after thought. How does Bitcoin change our digital environment, and the way we think about security? Dont miss this and much more in today’s chat!

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Chat #53 – Bitcoin Security in the Age of Surveillance with Douglas Bakkum

Had an excellent chat with the CEO of ShiftCrypto yesterday all about building Bitcoin hardware, the security trade offs, and creating secure tools for a world where security is both foreign and a distant after thought. How does Bitcoin change our digital environment, and the way we think about security? Dont miss this and much…

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