@Recode @desantis @verge @benpopper “The larger the block size, the more computing power is required to mine blocks” Nope, not that simple.
@Recode @desantis @verge *sigh* there are multiple development teams now but no, @benpopper, a hard fork has not (yet) occurred.
Taking the @brave browser for a spin - it gracefully sidesteps the incredibly annoying anti-adblocker wall at Forbes. ðŸ’ðŸ’ðŸ’
@kristovatlas Never had that happen with my full indexed nodes - you could try to directly connect to a trusted peer… or open an issue.
@kristovatlas And you’re many blocks behind the tip?
@kristovatlas Yeah, I’d try that first.
@kristovatlas You saying QT is slow but bitcoind isn’t? Is CPU busy? Syncing should only be slow if you’re unlucky & connect to slow peers.
Bitcoin Core just opened door for hard forks by declaring a 2 year end of life on releases. https://t.co/6t2KhIpCGR https://t.co/9KvjhSUtQJ
@jerrybrito Clockchain is surprisingly accurate given that the blockchain’s primary purpose is timestamping and ordering of transactions…
@masonic_tweets What % of a company do VCs want in return for a decade of runway?
masonic_tweets We have a misallocation of resources problem in Bitcoin. Everyone wants to work on the really difficult problems needed in 10-20 years
@masonic_tweets Uh… @21? :-)
@ziggamon Thus, business models relying upon smaller txs have inherent long term risk.
@ziggamon You could argue that “settlement” txns are safest from the economic effects of scaling the system while smaller txs are riskier…
@desantis Oh, I’m in the middle of my next article. Targeting end of the month.
@masonic_tweets Could be the “Fidelity Problem” all over again - LN can enable new use cases that aren’t even viable on-chain.
If Lightning Network creates enough demand for new classes of micropayments, it could more than offset former on-chain txs that move to LN.
Lightning Network’s effect on scalability will depend on # current on-chain txs that move to LN vs new LN txs that can’t be done on-chain.
I worry Lightning Network may be a victim of its own success if it creates huge demand for on-chain transactions to open & close channels.
@adam3us @reddit that post appears to be by /u/jensuth, which I assume is meant to be a parody of @junseth
@gigq @ncpolicelogs @Bitcoin_Win ha, what does that even have to do with Bitcoin…