Read_453 – Lies, Deception, & Unnatural Money [Nik Hoffman]
“money printing only “works” if the majority of people don’t even realize that it is steadily devaluing their earnings and savings. People must be deceived into believing a false ideology about this practice, but that can only work for so long; as we’ve seen throughout history, bad money doesn’t last forever.” – Nik Hoffman
What determines a good money and a bad money, and what exactly does it mean for a money to have value? A brief journey through the concepts that define a money, and the history that informs how and why money becomes a tool for lies and deception to the ultimate detriment of society. Are we doomed to forever repeat the past, or can Bitcoin solve this problem and close the book on monetary manipulation? Find out in today’s Bitcoin Magazine article from author Nik Hoffman.
Check out the original at the link below to explore his other works, his monthly roundups, and of course follow Nik on Twitter:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/lies-deception-and-unnatural-money
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Read_452 – How Will Bitcoin Lead to More Freedom [Jim Epstein]
“It had a big impact on May, who melded the “Other Plane” with “Galt’s Gulch” from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, which was a safe haven for rational and productive people protected from government coercion and taxation by an invisible shield. Instead of the Colorado mountains, May’s cyberspace Galt’s Gulch would exist on the internet, with cryptography providing protective cover.” – Jim Epstein
The argument between the “blockchain technology” and the “Bitcoin anarchists” happens to be a lot older than most know. Whether this is a technology that’s outside the system, built to replace it, or one that is supposed to work within the system to make it faster and cheaper, can be traced all the way back to a debate between Eric Salin and crypto-anarchist Timothy C. May. What can the origins of the cypherpunk movement tell us about teh direction of Bitcoin today? Hear this amazing piece from Jim Epstein at Reason Magazine to find out!
Other great pieces to accompany this read:
The Truth About Smart Contracts by Jimmy Song
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_092—The-Truth-About-Smart-Contracts-e2ndrq
Bit Gold by Nick Szabo
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_275—Bit-Gold-Nick-Szabo-e4o0vp
Securing Property with Owner Authority by Nick Szabo
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_118—Securing-Property-with-Owner-Authority-e2ndqs
The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto by Tim May
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_300—–The-Crypto-Anarchist-Manifesto-Timothy-C–May-e5p7j4
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Read_451 – Multisig Appreciation Day [Marty Bent]
“When compared to gold, real estate, stocks, bonds or “fine art” that act as stores of value for many individuals, bitcoin that is held in a multisig wallet is an obvious step-function improvement in many regards.” – Marty Bent
Reading another short Bent from Marty on multisig and how its fundamentally a powerful tool for Bitcoin that isn’t shared with any physical store of value. Guy gets into the concept of “deep” vs “shallow” protection in his take following the piece and how Bitcoin represents an order of magnitude improvement over the security & preservation of value. We should remember to tout multisig with more enthusiasm, its not “just another feature.”
Check out the original and subscribe to Marty’s Bent at the link below:
https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-848/
The tweet that inspired it all:
https://twitter.com/AdamTzag/status/1318244929592807425
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Read_450 – Getting Lightning Ready for Global Takeover [Roy Sheinfeld]
Breez wallet makes some major announcements today with their first release candidate of the wallet into the wild. Bringing the dream of a fully non-custodial, user-friendly, super easy to use Lightning wallet for anyone coming into Bitcoin. So many new features to go over in this one and talking about the future of lightning and how we can close the UX hurdle. This is not to be missed. Follow Roy Sheinfeld and Breez on Twitter so you dont miss future announcements!
Check out the official announcement here, and of course download and start playing with the Breez Lightning wallet if you haven’t yet!
https://medium.com/breez-technology/the-breez-release-candidate-getting-lightning-ready-for-the-global-takeover-b5d1f9756229
(for those who wanted to get the details on closing and reopening your channels – https://github.com/breez/breezmobile/wiki/How-to-close-Breez’s-channels%3F)
Learn more about the Hodl HTLCs discussed in the commentary at the link below:
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/4018
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Read_449 – Deeper Down the Rabbit Hole [Knut Svanholm]
“Value is a strange concept because while it is arguably very real, it is entirely subjective, and because of this there is no yardstick or kilogram to measure it against.” – Knut Svanholm
Another from the amazing collection over at Citadel21.com, we dive even deeper down the rabbit hole with Knut’s piece. What does it even mean to measure value with Bitcoin as our totem? What happens to prices in a perfectly finite monetary good? What would a future where the growth and productivity of the economy were captured by the money, rather than stolen by our money masters?
The world is going to be a very different place in a Bitcoin future. The right questions can help us see it, and it’s something that we cannot unsee. So lets dig into Knut’s work, “Deeper Down the Rabbit Hole”
https://www.citadel21.com/deeper-down-the-rabbit-hole
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Read_448 – Crypto, Truth & Power [Erik Cason]
“I believe that Satoshi Nakamoto, Whoever he/she/it/them is/was, was first and foremost a strategist of the cypherpunk traditions. This is extremely important because we need to understand the motivational ideology was not one of any sort of state capitalist nature, or idiotic wealth fantasies of lambos and other childish bullshit, but an explicit crypto-anarchist one.” – Erik Cason
Cryptography was, before anything else, a weapon of war.
How can this perspective inform the type of revolution Bitcoin truly enables? As a re-codification of the relations of power between the state and the individual, what does a system like Bitcoin do to the world? When authority is replaced by truth, as the source of legitimacy, nothing in the world will remain unchanged.
The original article by Erik Cason and the fascinating blog where he covers tons of other topics just like this:
http://cryptosovereignty.org/crypto-truth-power/
https://twitter.com/Erikcason
Cypherpunks Write Code (part 1):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWh6Yzr12iQ&t=0s
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Read_447 – Bitcoin Isn’t Slow, Its Highly Secure [Vlad Costea]
“So the next time somebody says that “shitcoin X” is faster than Bitcoin or claims that Bitcoin is slow, show them the criteria that truly count in a decentralized network.” – Vlad Costea
Did you hear that any 1 of 1000s of altcoins was “way faster” than Bitcoin? Have you ever wondered what that means or what exactly they are faster at? Vlad breaks it all down. How shitcoins aren’t fast, even close to as fast actually as Bitcoin. Bitcoin isn’t slow, its highly secure!
Check out the original post at Bitcoin-Takeover.com and check out Vlad’s Bitcoin Takeover podcast for many other great takes like this:
https://bitcoin-takeover.com/bitcoin-is-not-slow-its-highly-secure/
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Read_446 – The Great Plague of Shitcoinery [Thibaud Marechal]
“Battles in the money market aren’t about incremental technology features, but fundamental monetary properties. Bitcoin is a pragmatic monetary evolution, which contrasts with shitcoin issuers misrepresenting a delusional technology revolution.” – Thibaud Marechal
Another great piece on the incentives and misunderstanding of the shitcoin mindset. It isn’t a technological revolution, it is fundamentally a monetary one! Thibaud breaks it down amazingly in this piece and Guy gets into some history of the shitcoin term and how so many projects have the entirely wrong understanding of the value in this revolution. Don’t miss another excellent one from Bitcoin Magazine
Original Article: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/the-great-plague-of-shitcoinery
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Some of the great articles mentioned in this episode to expand on these ideas:
Bitcoin is Worse is Better – https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_327—Bitcoin-is-Worse-is-Better-gwern-e9e9iv
Bitcoin & Software Reliability – https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_254—Bitcoin–Software-Reliability-beautyon_-e46lnu
On Schelling Points, Network Effects, & Lindy – https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/Read_417—On-Schelling-Points–Network-Effects—Lindy-Willem-Van-Den-Bergh-eghjp4
And dont forget to check out our new show all about Shitcoinery! Shitcoin Insider is where we dig through all the crap so that you don’t have to! XD
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Read_445 – A Human Rights Response to Bitcoin Critics [Alex Gladstein]
“Contrary to what the critics would have you believe with all of their scary language about fraud and risk, when I send an on-chain Bitcoin transaction to you, it will get to you, no matter what. There is no point of censorship, seizure, or control.” – Alex Gladstein
A great throw back from Alex Gladstein where he makes a response to the old and tired criticisms of Bitcoin. Is it stupid to think we would want to hold our own passwords to our money, or it is a revolutionary new tool in the global quest for human rights and individual freedom? A great response for the next time you come across and ignorant critic, who needs a dose of truth.
Check out the original below! Drop some applause and see his other articles on Medium:
https://medium.com/@alexgladstein/a-human-rights-activists-response-to-bitcoin-critics-d50e6760ee80
You can always his the book he helped author all about Bitcoin and the impact it could have on the world, available in paperback and in audiobook read by yours truly at the link below:
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Bitcoin-Book-Matters-Finances/dp/1641990503/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=little+Bitcoin+book&qid=1601337759&sr=8-3
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Read_444 – Things Bitcoiners Don’t Want to Hear [Shinobi]
“I am talking about the inability to confront shortcomings with layers of the system. The inability to confront substantial threats or attack surfaces that are not being worked on in terms of creating solutions and defenses.” – Shinobi
Being bullish is tons of fun, and getting cosmic about the impact & world shattering implications of Bitcoin is even more so… but sometimes we need to take a sober step back, and remember that this is just code at the end of the day. It is a network, with trade offs, limitations, and many problems to overcome. A great piece from Shinobi (@brian_trollz) taking a hard look at Lightning, mining, and Bitcoin’s censorship resistance as it stands today, and reminding us to stay focused on the problems, not get lost in our dreams of the future.
Check out the original and drop some applause at the link below:
https://medium.com/block-digest-mempool/things-bitcoiners-dont-want-to-hear-33823c2e984
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Read_443 – On Bitcoin’s User Experience [DerGigi]
“Some concepts are essential, removing them because you want a better UX might turn out to be fatal.” – Gigi
En excellent piece from SwanBitcoin blog today by the one and only Gigi. Thoughts on the trade-offs, the previous leaps that have been made, and the distance still to go on the problem of Bitcoin’s user experience. Plus, Guy talks about what it was like using Bitcoin in the “good ol’ days” before seed phrases and deterministic wallets.
Check out the crazy images of the early internet and links to check out more in the original article below:
https://www.swanbitcoin.com/on-bitcoins-ux
Don’t forget to follow Gigi on social media for more awesome work:
https://twitter.com/dergigi
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Other great tools mentioned in this episode to check out for the tinkerers out there!
Hexa Wallet
Casa Multisig wallet
Green Wallet
Strike
Breez Lightning
Pheonix Lightning
Caravan Multisig by Unchained
Lily Wallet
Umbrel
Lunanode
Cobo Vault
Foundation Passport
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Read_442 – DLCs are on Bitcoin! New Functionality & Potential [Ben Carman]
“DLCs are uniquely positioned to bring smart contracting to Bitcoin using oracle contracts that are much more private and scalable than previously thought possible.” – Ben Carman
Ben Carman, a developer with the awesome team at SuredBits, drops a BitcoinMagazine article today laying out Discreet Log Contracts and how they can be an exciting new addition to the functionality and power of the Bitcoin system. Privacy, cost savings, and non participating oracles to real world events; DLCs bring a new layer to both decentralizing markets on Bitcoin & the Lightning network. Listen to today’s episode to find out more!
Check out the SuredBits blog for tons of awesome work about DLCs and so many other great technologies being built on Bitcoin:
https://suredbits.com/category/discreet-log-contracts/
Find the original article and tons of other great works at BitcoinMagazine below. Stay up on new events and learn tons about Bitcoin!
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/dlcs-are-on-bitcoin-bringing-new-functionality-and-major-potential
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