Satoshi's choice for the #Genesis Block will always remind us about the inflationary nature of fiat: 12 years later, it's basically impossible to eat out for £5 in UK. Good choice, Satoshi! Happy Birthday, #Bitcoin!

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎] 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐰𝐧

@Adelgary Onchain privacy-by-obfuscation is still publishing sensitive data in the global ledger, but obfuscating it by putting more of it (incentive incompatible). Like Monero or CoinJoin (except some PayJoins or CISA scenarios). Offchain privacy-by-omission is *not* publishing sensitive

Incredible. Bitcoin artists aren't just about beauty, but also about deep technical insight.

Conclusion&TLDR: instead of warning Bitcoin developers about imaginary, silver-bullet, zero-cost, known-since-yars, protocol-level changes, Snowden could more effectively *educate* Bitcoin *users* about realistic and ongoing Bitcoin privacy R&D...maybe funding it too.

Sad to see many Bitcoiners parroting this absolutely misguided "hot take". Consensus-rule-changes to enhance privacy in Bitcoin may be possible someday and a good thing to pursue! But it's important to get there using sound logic, and this is not it. In order of relevance, here

Great example of what lightning enables. The main reason we don't see massive lightning use yet, is simply that most people prefer to HODL.

There are no solutions. Only tradeoffs. Anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to sell you something.

"I love the culture of freedom and capitalism, and the American spirit. But the reality is that by dealing with US customers, you expose yourself to the radioactive toxicity of the three-letter agencies." - @francispouliot_ https://t.co/O3yzyLry6Q

The 24 Risks of Equities by @saylor [source: @timevalueofbtc, 15 Feb 2023] "When you're holding a stock, you're holding a share of equity in a company. In essence, you're owning a corporation as property. If your goal is to own that as a store of value over a long period of

Is Bolt12 the future of lightning? We got a sneak peek of @moneyball's talk on BOLT 12 from the Tuscany Lightning Summit 2024!

You cannot "own" #Bitcoin in the traditional sense of owning stuff. No matter what governments, courts, chain-anal people, or anyone else tells you, there is no way of proving that someone DOESN'T know a string of information such as a private key. 🧵👇

The ambiguity and arbitrariness of modern financial regulations around the world make the “rule of law” a total joke. The fuzziness of rules combined with dire consequences of non-compliance ensure it’s inevitable that both of these happen simultaneously: 1) Many companies

Bitcoin has given me everything. Not because I desired much. Or won many battles against others. But because I served well, and it needed me to serve better. That's my advice to everyone that wants more: Serve Bitcoin. Not yourself.

Nostalgic of the glorious Block Size Wars? Already bored of the fading Retardinal Wars? Anxious for the looming Testnet Wars? Come to @BTCPrague where I'll go through the history and root causes of Bitcoiners' favorite sport and most cheered tradition: INFIGHTING!

Adult men that have been cheerleading development of chainanalysis tools (ordinals) for the past year, with thousands of developer man-hours spent into developing software to track and analyze bitcoin transactions for the explicit purpose of breaking the fungibility of money,

Big battles are brewing. Honestly, I never even expected we'd get this far. Very grateful we have. Much respect to all the wonderful people and the unsung heroes who have helped get us to where we are. It has really made a huge difference to the lives of many people. 🙏

THIS. THIS. GFY. SERIOUSLY.

The Feds are actively attacking your privacy and your ability to use #Bitcoin and you’re tweeting about Microstrategy stock.

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How I was able to completely bypass any shitcoin phase on my #bitcoin journey Spoiler: I wasn't smarter, only luckier to be around some of the best Bitcoin builders