elizabeth stark ⚡
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big fan of the internet. like building things. ceo/founder @lightning labs, fellow @coincenter . taught @stanford + @yalelawtech . #bitcoin
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My talk on
@lightning
and why Layer 2 will be the HTTP of bitcoin and blockchains is out!⚡️
@BlockstackOrg
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After countless late nights, lines of code, bug fixes, and memes...
We finally released Lightning for bitcoin mainnet!!! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Big day for bitcoin, Lightning goes live on mainnet! ⚡
Announcing the first Lightning beta release for the live bitcoin network, lnd 0.4. Read about it here: 👩🏻🚀👨🏿🚀🚀
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"By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet’s impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine’s." —Paul Krugman, 1998 📠🤔😂
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That feeling when the Bank of International Settlements tells you to stop writing code because, well, only central banks can create money: 😂😂😂
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#Bitcoin
as protocol has huge potential: it's like the TCP layer, but no one has built the HTTP layer yet. via
@jacobwcarlson
cc
@pmarca
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Just got this from a recruiter. Position requires 10 years of blockchain experience.
So you're looking to hire Satoshi are you? 😂
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On October 31, 2008 Satoshi Nakamoto released a white paper to the world, and almost nobody cared. People thought that global, decentralized money with no one in control was insane.
10 years on, we're proving them wrong day by day. Here's to the next decade & beyond.
#bitcoin
🥂
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Achievement unlocked: We've created a fully compatible Lightning Network on bitcoin! ✅⚡️
Announcing the first-ever interoperable Lightning transactions using real bitcoin with
@acinq_co
@blockstream
! We bought a Starblocks coffee ☕️ and a article 📰.
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Announcing a crowdfunding campaign to help
@hodlonaut
defend against unfounded legal attacks. Any remaining funds will be donated to
@btcven
. Please spread the word and donate!
In the bitcoin community we stand up for each other.
#WeAreAllHodlonaut
💪
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Today we're releasing our new Lightning app! New design, Neutrino light client, seed backup. ⚡️
The future of bitcoin is already here, it's just not evenly distributed. 😎
The new Lightning app, powered by the Neutrino light client. ⚡️
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Phew,
@jack
takes the Lightning Torch, sends it to me, tweets a bunch about
#bitcoin
, agrees to do a podcast on the spot with
@stephanlivera
and me. Pretty sure
#LightningTwitter
is now officially a thing!⚡️
Cool example of
#BitcoinTwitter
experimenting on the Lightning Network.
🔥
⚡️Torch received, now passing along to
@starkness
!
#LNtrustchain
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@APompliano
The Lightning community is about building, not hype.
Lightning is a marathon, not a sprint, and we're bringing
#bitcoin
to the next billion people. 💪
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The future of Lightning is looking bright. 😎 Watchtowers, Splicing, AMP, better bitcoin user experience. ⚡️
We wrote a primer for people to learn about how Lightning will work for the end user:
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Today we're one step closer to bringing
#bitcoin
to a billion people.
Lightning is making this a reality. ⚡️
Can't believe how far our community has come building new use cases and bringing financial freedom to the world. 🌍🔥
Lightning Labs is scaling!
Announcing our $10M Series A to fuel LN development, and the Lightning Loop beta release, a product making it easier send/receive
#bitcoin
instantly.
With 4000 developers and 30+ startups, the next decade of Lightning is on 🔥
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Hey female developers 👋,
Want to build the future of bitcoin and cryptocurrency?
@jimmysong
and I organized scholarships for women for his awesome Programming Blockchain seminar, May 17-18 in NYC. 👩🏻💻👩💻👩🏾💻
Apply here and spread the word:
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Super excited to announce the first BTC<>LTC cross-blockchain swap on
@lightning
. The future of decentralized exchange is coming. 😎
Today we're excited to announce the first ever Lightning cross-chain swap from Bitcoin to Litecoin!⚡️⛓️💱
Check out the code and demo here:
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@zaoyang
@WoganMay
@kylebrussell
@nikillinit
@TheStalwart
@mdudas
@craigcaruso
@Alex_Danco
@Melt_Dem
(6) Turns out the smartest technical minds aren't in it for the money. There's a reason why the vast majority of ICOs are all marketing and no substance. Protocol devs will keep contributing regardless of price. Cypherpunks write code. /fin
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@zaoyang
@WoganMay
@kylebrussell
@nikillinit
@TheStalwart
@mdudas
@craigcaruso
@Alex_Danco
@Melt_Dem
(4) We are indeed in an insane bubble right now. The idea that tokens with whitepapers full of technobabble and no product or working code should be worth (now) $12B is *insane*.
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@cryptograffiti
@roasbeef
They named us a "technology pioneer" in 2020. I've never been to any WEF events and I'm not affiliated with them. 🤷🏻♀️
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@Beautyon_
@lightning
Yup, I didn't get into this space so one rich dude could control or influence
#bitcoin
. Its beauty is that no one controls it. Bitcoin doesn't care if you're rich or poor. It's open to all.
Number of people go up! 📈📈📈
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Today in history: El Salvador proposes a mandate for accepting
#bitcoin
payments, which will almost inevitably occur over Lightning. 🤯🤯🤯
Amazing.
If I’m reading this right, all economic agents that are technologically capable of receiving BTC as payment *must* accept it as payment — though instant conversion to USD is made available to anyone who doesn’t want to take price risk.
A mandate for Bitcoin!
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Welp, this tweet pretty much foreshadowed the next decade of my life. 🔮⚡️
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A long time in the making, we've released Lightning Pool to the world! ⚡️🌊
The ability to earn interest in real BTC without giving up custody of funds is a game changer, and improves the Lightning experience.
The future of finance is built on
#bitcoin
.
Announcing Lightning Pool, a non-custodial marketplace to buy and sell
#bitcoin
liquidity on Lightning.
With Pool, users can trade channels, making it easy to get access to liquidity or earn a bitcoin-native yield. 💱
Learn more and start trading today:
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Bank of England: "Bitcoin has no intrinsic value."
Stone Ridge: acquires 10,000 BTC.
There are only 21 million. Which one do you believe? 🤔
EXCLUSIVE $10 billion asset manager Stone Ridge reveals $115 million bitcoin position as part of a larger plan: by
@DelRayMan
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There has never been a bad time to buy bitcoin. There has never been a bad time to buy bitcoin. There has never been a bad time to buy bit
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When it comes to AOL vs. the internet I'm betting on the internet every time. 😎
We've released the mainnet alpha of our Lightning Mobile App for iOS & Android, the first on all major platforms! ⚡️📲
Send money instantly around the world. Control your own funds and data with Neutrino and Autopilot. Read more and try it out here:
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@AriannaSimpson
The fact of the matter is that different people work better in different environments. It's not a one-size-fits-all model.
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My big takeaway from
@TheBitcoinConf
: Lightning was everywhere.
From
@scarcedotcity
auctions to
@MintGox
gaming to
@OpenNodeCo
vendors to
@bitcoinbeach
economies to
@Tesla
charging to
@sphinx_chat
streaming sats to
@ln_strike
for nation states.
Lightning ubiquity is coming. 🔥
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@AsherT
@jimmysong
@bitconner
@fidelitylabs
@krakenfx
@coincenter
@jack
@Square
In spite of all the bad sides (the ostentatious displays of wealth, ICO scammers, "crypto bros"), it's the smart, passionate, understated people that are going to actually build this future. And we're in it for the long haul. 🚀
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@jack
Okay let's do this! ⚡️🔥
#LNtrustchain
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Number go up is fun and all, but If we're going to realize our goals with
#bitcoin
we need to bring it to the next billion people.
We have a massive opportunity to transform the financial system. Work with us at
@lightning
and make it happen! 🔥
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Achieving truly decentralized finance – power to the people – is a noble & important goal.
Lightning is needed.
FTFY
#bitcoin
@BTCsessions
@TeslaGong
@wintonARK
Achieving truly decentralized finance – power to the people – is a noble & important goal.
Layer count depends on projected bandwidth & compute, both rising rapidly, which means single layer network can carry all human transactions in future imo.
For now, Lightning is needed.
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The first rule of cryptocurrency security is if it can be stolen, it will be stolen.
$400 million in NEM gone. As digital assets attract more mainstream attention and value, more thieves are innovating ways to steal them
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@cdixon
@jack
BTC is a lot more than digital gold, there's an entire monetary network working *today* on Lightning, powering creator economies, gaming, and even a country.⚡🇸🇻
Ultimately it's a protocol for value that will have many different types of assets flowing through it. Stay tuned! 🔜
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Tell me again why
#bitcoin
is the problem. 🤔
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Agrees To Pay $920 Million in Connection with Schemes to Defraud Precious Metals and U.S. Treasuries Markets
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@econoar
Right, because we told people only to put small amounts (~$20) during beta, and intentionally limited channels to .1677 btc each, but okay. 🙃
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@binance
What if I told you there were a way to send bitcoin instantly at high volumes with low fees?⚡⚡⚡
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@patrick_turcar
@jack
@elonmusk
What do you think
@elonmusk
, can we get the Lightning Torch to Mars? 🤯
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@kelseyhightower
@LynAldenContact
@lightning
Lightning's TPS can and will exceed that of Visa.
And very importantly it's an open monetary network that anyone can build on, and anyone can use, greatly expanding access around the world.
Emerging markets don't need Visa because they'll have something better,
#bitcoin
.
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@Beautyon_
First it was vaporware, but we shipped a mainnet beta. Then Rube Goldberg, but we're building usable apps that will ship soon. Good luck making up the next excuse. 🤣
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I'm on Bloomberg TV with
@TheStalwart
in 10 minutes to talk about
@lightning
. Tune in here!
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Years in the making for bitcoin and
@lightning
. Words can't even express how excited I am about this!
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@agkrellenstein
@fluffypony
@monerocurrency
Working code = the most underrated thing in cryptocurrency today. 😱
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This is how you know you're on to something. 😎👌
BREAKING: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says bitcoin "is a fraud" that will eventually blow up
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@randomoracle
Someone needs to set up a competing booth: "Lightning— we can already process thousands of tx/sec and increasing, way lower fees than Visa, and no permission needed." ⚡️
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BTC 👏 TOKENS 👏 ARE 👏 NOT 👏 BITCOIN 👏
Today I'm launching a far superior
#Bitcoin
level 2 solution. It's called
@StellarOrg
Deposit your BTC and get BTC-backed tokens that are actually usable:
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@zaoyang
@WoganMay
@kylebrussell
@nikillinit
@TheStalwart
@mdudas
@craigcaruso
@Alex_Danco
@Melt_Dem
(3) In terms of Lightning development, there are about 4 devs working full time on LND, 2 on c-lightning, and 2-3 on eclair. So less than 10 total on Lightning implementations. We are desperately looking to hire protocol devs!
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@jimmysong
Yup, we had several moments this year with the
@lightning
team where we were like, welp, no one has ever done this before. 😁
Look forward to way more of what no one has ever done in 2018! 🍾
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It just passed!!!! Supermajority vote.
#bitcoin
is legal tender in El Salvador and the country will mandate acceptance of BTC, largely powered by Lightning.
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@lessig
I find it sad that the two demographics that are missing most from the conversation are victims and students.
Victims were further harmed. Students were put at risk by a known child sex trafficker being brought to campus.
Let's put systems in place so this never happens again.
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@BlazevskiDaniel
@DocumentingBTC
@elonmusk
@BTCsessions
@TeslaGong
@wintonARK
Tl;dr Layered architectures make sense. You don't want too much complexity at the base layer, and you can build out all sorts of things on higher layers.
#bitcoin
#Bitcoin
as protocol has huge potential: it's like the TCP layer, but no one has built the HTTP layer yet. via
@jacobwcarlson
cc
@pmarca
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@JonhaRichman
@btcven
@BTCsessions
Hey
@elonmusk
, only 3 spots left to take the
#LNTrustChain
torch. First you were CEO of Dogecoin, now you can be CEO of Lightning. 😜⚡️
Let's make this happen! 🔥
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@zaoyang
@WoganMay
@kylebrussell
@nikillinit
@TheStalwart
@mdudas
@craigcaruso
@Alex_Danco
A few thoughts. (1) Infrastructure has been massively underestimated and underinvested in. People like
@Melt_Dem
have been touting the importance of infrastructure for years.
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@balajis
The president confirmed they're working with
@ln_strike
which means it'll run on Lightning. The
@Bitcoinbeach
community in El Salvador already operates fully on Lightning! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
It's probably a good time to share some insights about our community banking application, the
@bitcoinbeach
wallet.
this is, to our knowledge, the first community bank build on
@Bitcoin
and
@lightning
.
and this is no surprise that this is build in
#ElSalvador
@nayibbukele
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@VivekKasarabada
@WahWhoWah
@MrHodl
@paullinator
@eric_lombrozo
@udiWertheimer
@SatoshiLite
@EdgeSecure
@haydentiff
Different payment methods don't mean different currencies.
And my response to "Lightning is an altcoin"...
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@MartyBent
@ElBitcoinCoach
@lightning
Yup I'm trying to figure how to get this done. We are not a partner of theirs, and I don't even know what that means.
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@AriannaSimpson
It also depends on the *kind* of work. Meetings? Easier in person, in the office. Needing to focus for a long period of time? I'd much rather work from home with fewer distractions.
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@zaoyang
@WoganMay
@kylebrussell
@nikillinit
@TheStalwart
@mdudas
@craigcaruso
@Alex_Danco
@Melt_Dem
(2) Guess what? Money doesn't solve the problem. Really, it doesn't. Turns out there really aren't many people in the world that can build what we're building. More education is definitely needed but it takes time.
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Literally had no idea any of this would happen when I woke up this morning. 😂
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As the world moves toward greater adoption of bitcoin and cryptocurrency, we're going to have to redesign and rethink the security of structures around us. Private keys representing money requires entirely different threat models.
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2017, in a nutshell. (This actually happened on live TV.)
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@bergealex4
@Melt_Dem
No.
Meltem helped my company a ton in 2015/2016 when very few cared about Lightning. She has helped countless other great startups including
@CasaHODL
.
She killed it in Congress today, and that has nothing to do with gender.
Super proud of you
@Melt_Dem
. 🔥
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We're bringing instant, high volume bitcoin transactions one step closer today with our
@Lightning
desktop app!
Today we're excited to announce our Lightning Desktop app, now available for testing!
#bitcoin
#lightning
⚡️
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This art auction just sold a sculpture for ~$70k in BTC. And because it used Lightning, anyone could bid instantly with super low fees.
Imagine a world where any artist, anywhere can sell their work this easily. The future will be built on
#bitcoin
. 🔥
WOW! What an event‼️
Huge congrats to
@FractalEncrypt
on an incredible sale
🔥🔥🔥
AND to our Auction Winner, Jeff aka
@SatoshisArk
👏👏👏
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@WilliamShatner
We can help you get set up to take the Lightning torch! ⚡🔥
My DMs are open.
#LNTrustChain
🖖
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@masonic_tweets
@ranakamoto
Very important to make the distinction between protocol devs (small number) and application devs (large number). We have 1300+ devs and testers on our lnd slack alone, building dozens of apps already. ⚡️
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@zaoyang
@WoganMay
@kylebrussell
@nikillinit
@TheStalwart
@mdudas
@craigcaruso
@Alex_Danco
@Melt_Dem
(5) Market cap is a bad metric though, of course, because it doesn't reliably reflect the true value of the token if there was a run on the market or large holders sold. The order books tend to be really shallow and easily manipulated.
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The Times 21/Mar/2018 Bitcoin will the become world's single currency, tech chief says.
Let's imagine that Jack is right for a moment. He is right by the way. Between now and "The Transformation", everyone on earth is in a game of musical chairs when it comes to fiat and Bitcoin. A tipping point will come where no one wants fiat any more and everyone wants Bitcoin.
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@kelseyhightower
Quite the contrary! With the adoption of bitcoin as legal tender and everything from tipping on Twitter to streaming sats to cross-border payments, the narrative has shifted to
#bitcoin
the monetary network with Lightning.
See my talk w/
@LynAldenContact
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This bitcoin pizza day, help us build the technology that lets you buy pizza instantly, anywhere around the world with super low fees. ⚡️🍕
⚡️ Lightning Labs is hiring! ⚡️
We’re looking for systems/protocol/devops engineers and app developers to help us build the infrastructure for global, programmable money. 🛠️🌍💸
Interested? Get in touch at jobs
@lightning
.engineering.
More info:
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Now that 2x is officially donezo, excited to get back to work building long term solutions like
@lightning
!
#Bitcoin
Hard Fork Called Off, Averting Major Disruptions And Turbulence In
#Cryptocurrency
-- price hits new all-time high of almost $7,800
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@binarybits
Describing Lightning as an "IOU" is misleading and implies counteparty risk. The entire point of Lightning is that there's no counterparty risk.
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In retrospect, it was inevitable...
I finally joined Clubhouse and will be speaking at 4pm ET / 1pm PT today about all things
#bitcoin
and Lightning!
Follow me there:
@starkness
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@lessig
The thing is, not all of these donations were quiet, and they were used to launder his reputation, provide access, further abuse, and put students at risk. See this press release.
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@BlazevskiDaniel
@DocumentingBTC
@elonmusk
@BTCsessions
@TeslaGong
@wintonARK
That's kind of like saying the internet was so good, we didn't need a layer on top of TCP/IP. 🤔
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@lopp
PSA: Many nodes will stop advertising by default soon. Node counts will go down as users join the network or upgrade. Privacy ftw! 😎
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@iwearahoodie
Here's my honest feedback on computers, circa 1970s:
They're way too complicated. There's no graphical interface. None of my employees know how to use them. The fundamental structure of computers doesn't suit me at all for my business.
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@Hodl8333
@zaoyang
@WoganMay
@kylebrussell
@nikillinit
@TheStalwart
@mdudas
@craigcaruso
@Alex_Danco
@Melt_Dem
I'd start with the Princeton Bitcoin book assuming you've read Mastering Bitcoin (if not, new version out now!) Then for Lightning I'd start on this page: .
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@SatoshiLite
@bendavenport
@bitcoinmom
@real_vijay
Just wait until we release a light client with Lightning on Litecoin. 😱⚡
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Announcing...the first Lightning band!
@Singseasaw
is accepting
#bitcoin
Lightning payments on their upcoming tour.⚡️👩🎤😎
It's been amazing to witness the growth of our rockstar community, we are just getting started. 🤩
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@tristajaye
Ugh, so sorry to hear about this, totally unacceptable.
I believe in being generous with equity. I've never understood why other CEOs do not, don't they want their team to be bought into the company's success?
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@hodlonaut
Yup,
@elonmusk
needs to hire the guy who reverse engineered his Tesla to integrate LN payments.
#bitcoin
🔥
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@business
I too created a website with the name "Nakamoto" in the domain, and posted some text. Therefore I must be Satoshi, and you must report on anything I do. 🤣😂
@mattleising
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