Guy’s Take_074 – Banks Without Bankers
November 15, 2023
Is Bitcoin destined to become another fiat system? Where we end up in a world where the dominant instrument isn’t Bitcoin at all, but just
Is Bitcoin destined to become another fiat system? Where we end up in a world where the dominant instrument isn’t Bitcoin at all, but just
“Unique to the emergent Bitcoin financial system is the application of cryptography to fundamental financial functions. Novel technologies exist, are being built, and have been
LIGHTNING IS DEAD! Did you hear about the new exploit discovered that may be the “nail in the coffin” of the broken and defeated Lightning
“We have no interest in causing confusion, mistakes, or deception. That sounds more like a job for those responsible for telling the market they wouldn’t
It’s often said that Bitcoin is too limited, that you can’t build anything interesting on top of the Bitcoin chain… what if that was not
“Will Bitcoin adoption improve the monetary policy behaviors of the Federal Reserve? I submit that it won’t. I do not see the incentive for the
“Timeout Trees is a very concrete and specific proposal for a channel factory design that actually attempts to address the real issues of use and
We are diving back into the Bitcoin basics series today! Now that we understand how bitcoin works, what is important, how to stay safe, and
“After four years of work, James O’Beirne’s assumeutxo option to allow instant UTXO set bootstrapping for your Bitcoin node is merged into Bitcoin Core.” —
“There used to be tradeoffs between Lightning and fiat: UX vs. sovereignty; UX vs. speed; UX vs. cost; off-the-shelf fiat payment widgets vs. coding a
“It requires no consensus changes to Bitcoin at all. The trick is lifting all of that logic off-chain and being able to challenge a few
I hope you listened to the recent read by Beautyon, Bitcoin and Software Reliability, because today we continue our FUD Relief series. I suspect you
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