Read_753 – Bitcoin Timestamp Security [Jameson Lopp]
"Bitcoin is often referred to as a secure timestamping service. We never had a global record of truth with trustworthy timestamps, so how did this come about? It’s generally...
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"Bitcoin is often referred to as a secure timestamping service. We never had a global record of truth with trustworthy timestamps, so how did this come about? It’s generally...
"Bitcoin represents the explicit encoding of previously implicit values of the tech community. It's not just software — it is a Schelling point and a symbol. As such, it...
"Some networks are “smart.” They offer sophisticated services that can be delivered to very simple end-user devices on the “edge” of the network. Other networks are “dumb” — they...
"The obsession with consumer payments in the Bitcoin community is an unfortunate relic of the fiat money era. Generations that have only known monetary hot potatoes that need to...
"To do our best to minimize the economics jargon once again, we might simply ask: what are you going to do with your time? Are you going to create...
"While many of the innovations in the space are new, they’re built on decades of work that led to this point. By tracing this history, we can understand the...
“While many of the innovations in the space are new, they’re built on decades of work that led to this point. By tracing this history, we can understand the motivations behind the movement that spawned bitcoin and share its vision for the future.”
Context matters. If you don’t know the history of the cypherpunks and where we are coming from. Then you may not really know where we are today. Listen to Lopp’s amazing piece from 2016, Bitcoin & the Rise of the Cypherpunks.
Check out the original article at: Bitcoin and the Rise of the Cypherpunks
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