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Read_420 – BIP 9, 8, or MSFA, How Bitcoin Could Upgrade Next [Aaron Van Wirdum]

“This risk is probably best countered by offering enough time to upgrade. Unfortunately, not everyone agrees on how much time is enough; some think forced signaling could start within...

Read_419 – Twitter Hack & The Need for a User-Owned Internet [Nic Carter]

“Trusted third parties are security holes” isn’t just a slogan; it’s a concept that millions of people will have intuitively grasped for the first time yesterday.” – Nic Carter...

Read_419 – Twitter Hack & The Need for a User-Owned Internet [Nic Carter]

“Trusted third parties are security holes” isn’t just a slogan; it’s a concept that millions of people will have intuitively grasped for the first time yesterday.” – Nic Carter

I’m sure you’ve heard about the insane social media takeover by a hacker looking to make a little Bitcoin by now. Nic Carter writes an op-ed on Coindesk breaking down his take on the event and how it calls attention to the huge problems of centralization on the web and social media, and what the possible solutions might look like. Will this finally push massive change in online security, or will it be quickly forgotten like the many hacks before it?

Original article as well as links to some other fascinating reads by Nic below:
https://www.coindesk.com/after-twitter-hack-we-need-user-owned-internet-more-than-ever
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Read_418 – Bitcoin, More Than An Inflation Hedge [Nick Neuman]

“Bitcoin’s capped supply is one of its most well-known features, and it is regularly cited as a hedge against inflation caused by government money printing. Most people don’t know...

Chat_42 – Project Snow White & the Raleigh Bitcoin Meetup

• DeFi • Prices & Markets • Bitcoin & the global power struggle • Political insanity • Apolitical? Super-Political? Omni-Political? • Hard Money Film • Lightning Attacks • Minimum...

Chat_42 – Project Snow White & the Raleigh Bitcoin Meetup

• DeFi
• Prices & Markets
• Bitcoin & the global power struggle
• Political insanity
• Apolitical? Super-Political? Omni-Political?
• Hard Money Film
• Lightning Attacks
• Minimum wage
& tons more!

Another awesome episode with the Raleigh crew digging into so many topics on Bitcoin & and the state of the world.  

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Read_417 – On Schelling Points, Network Effects, & Lindy [Willem Van Den Bergh]

“This rationale also completely demolishes the “blockchain not Bitcoin” mantra as the Schelling point is purely based on bitcoin the money, not blockchain the technology.” – Willem Van Den...

Read_417 – On Schelling Points, Network Effects, & Lindy [Willem Van Den Bergh]

“This rationale also completely demolishes the “blockchain not Bitcoin” mantra as the Schelling point is purely based on bitcoin the money, not blockchain the technology.” – Willem Van Den Bergh

Why do communication protocols tend towards monopoly? What is it in the nature of networks that lends dominance in a single medium, in the way VHS killed the very existence of BetaMax, how Blu-ray pushed HD-DVD into obscurity? What can Schelling Points, the Lindy Effects, and what we know about networks inform us about these unique systems, and do they demonstrate the limits of free markets?  Don’t miss this incredible piece from Willem “On Schelling Points, Network Effects, & Lindy.”
https://medium.com/@willemvandenbergh_85885/on-schelling-points-network-effects-and-lindy-inherent-properties-of-communication-c4eb69b55c60

A great listen to accompany this one is Nick Szabo’s “Shelling Out”:
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/Reboot—Shelling-Out-The-Origins-of-Money-Nick-Szabo-e9omme

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Read_416 – The Root of Money? [Atlas Shrugged]

“Rearden heard Bertram Scudder, outside the group, say to a girl who made some sound of indignation, “Don’t let him disturb you. You know, money is the root of...