Read_151 – Gravity [Bitcoin’s POW #1 – LaurentMT]

“At last, we have derived two metrics which both suggest that contrary to a widespread opinion, Bitcoin’s PoW is actually becoming more and more efficient.” -@Laurentmt
Listen to Part 1 of @Laurentmt’s excellent series introducing the fundamental characteristics and value proposition of Bitcoin’s POW function.
Don’t forget to drop some applause on the article and check out the author;s other awesome work here:https://medium.com/@laurentmt/gravity-10e1a25d2ab2
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Read_150 – Why I wrote PGP [Phil Zimmerman]

“If we do nothing, new technologies will give the government new automatic surveillance capabilities that Stalin could never have dreamed of. The only way to hold the line on privacy in the information age is strong cryptography.” -Phil Zimmerman
Explore this article & the immense collection of other works at the Nakamoto Institute:https://nakamotoinstitute.org/why-i-wrote-pgp/
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Chat_006 – TheOneVortex on Building for Bitcoin

Building applications, expanding alternative media, software is eating the world, what’s inside the ICOs & altcoins, the future of Bitcoin, the Lightning Network, and the revolution this technology could bring!
Don’t miss our chat with @TheOneVortex!Check out the incredible work he & others are doing to expand access and development in the #Bitcoin space:http://theonevortex.com/https://programmingwithbitcoin.com/http://www.cryptocast.network/
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Read_149 – Bitcoin as a PrivacyCoin

“Ever since its inception Bitcoin has never really been private…. Fortunately, spying on Bitcoin users is becoming increasingly difficult.” – Aaron Van Wirdum
Listen to another great read on Bitcoin Magazine about the amazing tech available today, and yet to come that will make #Bitcoin the true PrivacyCoin of the future.
Check out the article and explore the many links on Bitcoin Magazine here:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-privacycoin-tech-making-bitcoin-more-private/
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Read_148 – Bitcoin as a Conflict Prevention Protocol

“To borrow from Nick Szabo, Bitcoin is a socially scalable, conflict preventing protocol.” – Tuur Demeester
Today we read an excellent Tweet Storm from Tuur Demeester about #Bitcoin and what makes it a true monetary revolution.
Check out the full post here:https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester/status/1009825254024335361
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Read_147 – How to Critique Bitcoin, A Guide

“You’ve heard of Bitcoin. You do not like it… It relies on curious, antiquated ideas like sound money, peer-to-peer networking, the abolition of seignorage, and censorship-resistance. It is profoundly distasteful.” -nic carter
Don’t waste anymore time trying to decide which criticism of Bitcoin to write about and outsource it with the Bitcoin FUD dice! A fun piece from Nic that holds a painful degree of truth. Check out the shop to buy your own FUD dice using #Lightning payments:FUDdice.shop
Applaud for the full article and explore Nic’s other great work:https://medium.com/castle-island-ventures/how-to-critique-bitcoin-a-guide-3e36b26f9642
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Read_146 – The Three Economic Eras of Bitcoin

“The Third Era will start with civil war” -Rusty Russell
The future economic reality of the Bitcoin ecosystem has been hard-coded into the consensus since the very first block. The inevitable pains that the future will bring should not surprise us. Listen to Rusty Russell’s discussion of Bitcoin’s three economic eras.
Check out the full article and lengthy list of footnotes for clarifications and further reading:https://medium.com/@rusty_lightning/the-three-economic-eras-of-bitcoin-d43bf0cf058aFollow him on Twitter:https://twitter.com/rusty_twit
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Read_145 – Giacomo on SPV and Digital Coinage

“We shouldn’t make full nodes harder to run, EVER” -@giacomozucco
Listen to the tweet storm laying out exactly why a responsible #Bitcoin maximalist should hold this view in today’s #CryptoQuikRead!
See the original Tweet storm and Follow Giacomo Zucco below:https://twitter.com/giacomozucco/status/1009281116837175296
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Read_144 – SegWit2x Bugs Explained

The infrastructure and businesses in the Cryptoconomy are set to have a massive shift in the coming months. The #Bitcoin ecosystem may be difficult to recognize in the near future. that makes it critical not to forget the lessons our short but eventful history has taught us so far. Today we read Jimmy Song’s article on Segwit2x, and how industry leaders almost killed Bitcoin.Drop applause on the original article and explore further reading on this by checking it out on Medium:https://bitcointechtalk.com/segwit2x-bugs-explained-8e0c286124bc
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Chat_005 – Brady Swenson on Being an Informed Bitcoin Citizen

Hashing out all the major pain points, who to trust, building your filter, and where to start when it comes to learning everything about Bitcoin today! Don’t miss a fun chat with @CitizenBitcoin.
Check out the podcast over at:https://citizenbitcoin.world/
The exciting developments I shared from the intro can be found here:https://medium.com/casa/announcing-the-casa-lightning-node-596df7a7427https://store.casa/lightning-node [Store]https://t.me/SamouraiWallet [Telegram]https://samouraiwallet.com/
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Read_143 – The Time Value of Bitcoin

“Lightning Network provides a framework to measure the time-value of bitcoin, a precursor for a capital market and reserve currency status.” -Nik Bhatia
Today we jump back into @timevalueofbtc’s 4 part series with Part 2, ”The Time Value of Bitcoin.”
Don’t forget to check out his many other articles and discussion on building financial markets in the Bitcoin ecosystem. Applaud the original article here:https://medium.com/@timevalueofbtc/the-time-value-of-bitcoin-3807b91f02d2
Don’t miss the other episodes chatting with Nik and reading his other great work.CryptoChat_003 with Nik Bhatia: https://cryptoconomy.podbean.com/e/cryptochat_003-nik-bhatia-on-the-future-of-bitcoin-financial-markets/LNRR Part 1: https://cryptoconomy.podbean.com/e/cryptoquikread_132-the-bitcoin-second-layer/LNRR Part 3: https://cryptoconomy.podbean.com/e/cryptoquikread_109-the-bitcoin-risk-spectrum/
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Read_142 – Chaincode’s Residency Program Is Back, This Time With Lightning

— “Lightning is a promising technology, but right now, very few people are fluent with it,” Chaincode Labs engineer James O’Beirne told Bitcoin Magazine.–
Another great piece form Amy Castor at Bitcoin Magazine. Today we read “Chaincode’s Residency Program is Back, This Time with Lightning”
Check out the article and the incredible work happening over at @BitcoinMagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/chaincodes-residency-program-back-time-lightning-app-classes/Explore the long list of Amy Castor’s written work on her website:https://amycastor.com/my-writing/And don’t miss @CitizenBticoin’s podcast to hear us discuss Eric Wall’s tweet thread on “ICO idiocy”:https://citizenbitcoin.world/
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