Why You Can’t Understand Bitcoin

“A Statist is a man or woman who believes that only the State should be the final arbiter of every activity man can engage in. In Bitcoin, Statists are a constant irritant and lethal toxin.” @Beautyon_

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Crypto-Incrementalism vs Crypto-Anarchy

“Crypto-incrementalists and the crypto-anarchists share strong convictions in the power of decentralization… However, these groups diverge quickly as we move from the abstract to the material.” –Tony Sheng

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Crypto Commons

“Just like a stock market was a financial platform for creating the scalable corporation, blockchains can be governance platforms for enabling the scalable commons.” @m2jr

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Casa’s Privacy Model

“While we have no intention of providing custodial services to our users, we do wish to provide financial software and services that help facilitate our users in their quest for financial sovereignty.” @lopp @jeremyrwelch @CasaHODL

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How Easy it is to Buy ICO Ratings

“He eventually offered us six more ratings at the price of 300 US dollars a piece.” –Markus Hartmann

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Dandelions, and a Bright Future for Bitcoin Privacy

Episode 100!!“I think we will soon witness the flood of innovation that Andreas Antonopolous said would be a natural result of this permission-less network.” –@TheCryptoconomy

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The Challenges of Building Ethereum Infrastructure

“This week I learned you can start syncing an archival Ethereum node, travel completely around the world, and it still won’t be finished.” –@lopp

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I HODL

Price got you down? Don’t forget why we are here. From @davidcbennett, we read ”I Hodl.”

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Giacomo’s Tweetstorm, Coinage in the Age of Bitcoin

“So, what people call “SPV” today, is actually the practice of trusting the hashrate majority not JUST to prevent doublespending, but to properly verify and enforce Bitcoin rules.” @giacomozucco

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The Genesis Files: Hashcash or How Adam Back Designed Bitcoin’s Motor Block

“It was around this time — 1997, close to the [cypherpunk mailing] list’s peak popularity — that Back submitted his Hashcash proposal.” @AaronvanW @BitcoinMagazine

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