@ARKblockchain Soooooo business as usual, then?
@el33th4xor You’ll be interested in watching these few minutes :-) https://t.co/788EBUTbhM
“Bitcoin is a simple protocol with a complex implementation.” Lessons learned by @iDebris5 when writing the… https://t.co/qWGwGziiOi
“We looked into using Dogecoin for @YoursOrg but it doesn’t support CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY which we need for payment channels.” - @ryanxcharles
@udiWertheimer @ryanxcharles Go on…
“Why does PayPal charge $0.30 for a micropayment when it’s just a DB update? Probably due to cost of regulatory compliance.” - @ryanxcharles
“If you’re the one viewing an advertisement, shouldn’t you be the one getting paid?” - @ryanxcharles pic.twitter.com/6YjVVbMDjR
I see the logic behind making BTC unstoppable juggernaut by outgrowing the current financial system. OTOH, cockroaches are also unstoppable.
@shannonNullCode @coindesk The Future of Bitcoin conference in Arnhem, Netherlands
@petertoddbtc @mir_btc @moneytrigz I think he was referring to specific people who have said it in the past. Sounds… https://t.co/iEfw3tcr8i
“It doesn’t matter if we all hate each other - we’re in the same boat together. None of us are trying to stifle Bitcoin.” - Craig Wright
Very interested to dig into the details of this. Could be huge if reproducible. https://t.co/Mm8kVjkX6j
@MediumSqueeze Yep, I’m sitting 20 feet away from him.
“We can achieve 500,000 sigops per second with a full node on a $20,000 machine.” - Craig Wright
“Bitcoin needs radical on-chain scaling if it is going to compete with the existing financial system.” - Craig Wrig… https://t.co/DudBbVR6Wb
You know you’re at a crypto conference when there’s a line for the men’s restroom.
“All miners can do is create blocks. They must anticipate what block characteristics the market will accept.” -… https://t.co/jFgHrx0XZQ
Interesting idea from @AntonyZegers that cooperation increases value and increased value increases cooperation. A v… https://t.co/N6sjnQmY0L
“Many developers contribute to Bitcoin without pay. If contributors feel that they will get attacked politically, t… https://t.co/S7K21chu41
“The limitations imposed by space & time are too inconvenient” thought the fellow who telecommutes 3,000 miles to build intangible products.
@fahmyeu On my way - speaking Saturday.
Bitcoin abhors aggression; the protocol devs most likely to “win” are those who are zen. https://t.co/JYqNfuwVdC
@el33th4xor How will we know when Bitcoin development is decentralized?
@ModernApostate Yes. Most recently both claims of patent infringement and legal conflicts with US requirements for electronic signatures.
The argument that Bitcoin should not implement specific rules because they conflict with the rules of a given nation state is absurd.
@maxkeiser @el33th4xor The Internet’s threat model was nuclear armageddon - why settle for less? ☺ï¸
@brianchoffman @mikeinspace Pro tip: a ring of claymores around your full node works wonders.
@TplusZero Probably one of the biggest weak spots at the moment, though if miners did get coerced into attacking th… https://t.co/vgl6VemMnG
RT @murchandamus: I’ve just published a response to Jonald Fyookball’s article on Lightning Network: https://t.co/DNmWd6gtsN
There’s no shortage of excuses govts could use to justify attacking Bitcoin infrastructure; it must be robust against even armed aggressors.
@jimmysong Highly adopted LN will likely end up with a scale-free topology. Worth noting BTC already has many /cust… https://t.co/s1Mc2cnfgW
@el33th4xor Perhaps this is a problem that can be solved with enough @bitcoincartalk!
@msantoriESQ @virtuallylaw It’s FUD because no one can force you to delete signature data if you don’t want to.
@Satoshi_N_ @_drgo Miners pruning old signatures from their copies of the blockchain would change nothing…
@_drgo I suppose it will come down to the courts to decide if existence in a blockchain is sufficient to skip requi… https://t.co/pJ9TTXbixg
@_drgo Article is referencing the fact that signatures of segwit transactions will technically be prunable. Core do… https://t.co/cjTMBgVU8d
@morcosa We can’t let facts get in the way of FUD.
There is 0 risk here - if you /need/ to keep signatures for legal purposes then don’t prune them. Problem solved! https://t.co/XjuunB4soC
@Jim_Harper Just the latest of many such articles; little point refuting them since time will do that on its own. I… https://t.co/tSUHgrL15m
While some skeptics spend time explaining why Bitcoin / SegWit / Lightning Network won’t work, innovators are facing the challenges head-on.
CFO: “I thought we raised $100M, where did it all go?”
CTO: “We lost most of it to slippage and volatility.”
#ICOnversations
@JHICFO @mikebelshe @jimmysong @barrysilbert @bendavenport @murchandamus @BitGo Some sort of @BTCFoundation, perhaps? 😬
BITCOIN CRASHES TO $25,000 PER SHARE
(headline from the future)
‘Member March, when we were told Bitcoin Unlimited was on trajectory to take over the network? Behold, a newly emer… https://t.co/GVblzsEMs6
RT @WeRateBitcoiner: Meet @lopp. A Modern Cypherpunk. The human backend behind one of the most secure wallets. Famously dubbed Bitcoin “a l…
@mat_podesta Critics will always find something to be critical about. I stopped worrying about them long ago.
@brianchoffman Oh, I get it - @ViaBTC’s thing is actually an SCO!
Q: Any thoughts on recent price movements?
A: Same thoughts as usual: pic.twitter.com/vK3XZyxwE0
@khannib Yes, but consolidations have historically happened every weekend. Not nearly as pronounced as in the past… https://t.co/BA61qhf218
Bitcoin UTXO set size is normally an upward slope but this month it seems to have found a rare equilibrium. Overdue… https://t.co/eOGEp813IQ
Some say Bitcoin isn’t an experiment b/c it’s valued at X. IMO, as long as discoveries are being made about the system, it’s an experiment.
@AviAisenberg @Melt_Dem @StellarOrg Yeah, that’s a big turn-off. Though it is pretty cheap to create a fresh fake Facebook account…
Ethereum users really want to know why miner consensus isn’t emerging to increase the gas limit (block size.)… https://t.co/54EFXBa8HV
@brucefenton I’m completely uninterested in having to figure out how to implement a replay protection hack at the application layer.
If blockchains compete based upon on-chain tx fees it would result in a race to the bottom. Popular chains would be too expensive to verify.
The paradox of utility and scarcity. pic.twitter.com/YDmyKe73qo
@GaryBriane In the crypto world? You really just have to submerge yourself into the community and then figure out h… https://t.co/uUKYN4RKks
@JeffereyJaxen @maxkeiser @CraigRSawyer @mflynnJR @Rambobiggs @joerogan I think you mean 46%?
@GaryBriane Yep, the version of SegWit we expect to activate by August is the same as has been deployed on BTC node… https://t.co/SiPgdLqf6K
Ethereum’s ICO accepted BTC
ERC20 ICOs today accept ETH
Future ICOs will accept ERC20 tokens
Crypto assets keep branching & getting weirder
Relatively few retail transactions need censorship resistance.
Almost all wealth needs protection from third party meddling.
@_hashcash There are closer to 100K nodes but remember mining is also big part of security. Diff nodes have diff ec… https://t.co/u0WkI8PRnq
@ARKblockchain @numerai Why would you want to hold NMR tokens if you aren’t going to use them to stake on your own predictions?
Scarcity isn’t in the tokens but rather in infrastructure & security of the network a token enables you to access. https://t.co/XZuUrXl0kN
@xosophye The type of user will change. I’d recommend reading https://t.co/P2Pp5bzFb0
@misterdna @ryanxdrake @TREZOR @LedgerHQ Glacier protocol is the most in-depth
@xosophye This post wasn’t from the user’s perspective but rather from the network’s perspective. Users are free to… https://t.co/5LmMuoEGcD
@_hashcash Anything of value is ultimately only “backed” by a shared belief that people will continue to value it. https://t.co/ctUdMfuBda
One year ago today! Patience is a virtue in the land of Bitcoin. The wait is nearly over, my friends. https://t.co/TRxI5FBSqc
@manan19 Yes, that is my understanding. In fact, you are allowed to hold a much wider variety of assets than just crypto inside such an LLC.
@xosophye Of course some people will - the question is not whether some people will but whether Bitcoin should desire them as users.
@misterdna @ryanxdrake @TREZOR @LedgerHQ If you want specific storage plans, check out the links under the wallet s… https://t.co/nsETlCBrYf
@_hashcash Place your bets accordingly 😉
@_hashcash There is no such thing as protection against value crash for any store of value. Even the value of gold… https://t.co/WPXAVWro8g
Applying game theory isn’t just about optimizing how you play, but learning whether you should play & who stands to gain if you do or don’t.
Some Bitcoiners argue it will stagnate if we don’t change to offer more competitive fees. Others believe that it’s… https://t.co/Rh7jVOFyie
Ethereum already has an “unlimited” block size that can be changed via “emergent consensus” of miners. pic.twitter.com/8mSKqEojSH
@_hashcash By expending resources to continue to improve the system, thus increasing its utility & robustness.
@MaxGraham A well tested recovery plan outlined in your last will & testament is highly recommended.
@ryanxdrake @TREZOR @LedgerHQ Backups are just data - you can make copies and encrypt / shard it.
@ryanxdrake It can get complicated, but easiest first step is to use a hardware wallet like @TREZOR / @LedgerHQ & d… https://t.co/vh7ZdODYET
@NoPlay_ It can get complicated, but easiest first step is to use a hardware wallet like @TREZOR / @LedgerHQ & dist… https://t.co/zCA3r1BfV6
Be sure to protect your crypto assets from:
* Theft
* Seizure
* Negligence
* Natural disasters
* Counterparties (all of the above)
@CharlieShrem @naval Hmmm, not sure if you bypassed the filter with your checkmark or with your crafty spelling skills… 🤔
@naval OTOH, I really appreciate Twitter filtering out all the replies that do nothing other than say “your tweet is dumb” ðŸ˜
@MediumSqueeze If someone asks me how many bitcoins I have, I just ask them how many dollars they have. That usually works well.
@wisemoe Not myself, but people have lost money by making themselves targets. See https://t.co/Tbnn4Y0VcO
The first rule of Bitcoin is: always talk about Bitcoin.
The second rule of Bitcoin is: never talk about your bitcoins.
@johnbrennan77 @TuurDemeester It’s highly risky. Whether or not someone is investing in ICOs recklessly depends upo… https://t.co/CONMQSyZzi
“The more important Bitcoin becomes => the more interests it offends => the more they will attack it in every possible way.” - @aantonop
@roysebag When do you expect governments will finally get around to shutting down crypto assets? I’d like to put a reminder on my calendar.
@TuurDemeester To be fair, betting on an ICO is probably more about betting on the team than on the idea…
Wallets, exchanges, & entire crypto asset networks becoming too popular to use is a great problem to have. The pressure to scale is rising.
@ryanxdrake All blockchains have scalability problems.
@coindesk Might want to check your math on that - I don’t think anything can lose more than 100% of its value.
@ryanxcharles Hearsay wasn’t proof last year and it still isn’t proof this year…
Neat new visualization of today’s mempool fee rates from @blockchain. https://t.co/l2HcVZDvKD https://t.co/YbznZuzYdw
#TheFlippening happened in February. bc.daniel.net.nz pic.twitter.com/RzDNLYPm2k
RT @TuurDemeester: If this graph is accurate, running an Ethereum node is 3x as CPU intensive as running a Bitcoin node. https://t.co/xShAy…
@SDLerner I suspect it’s more complicated than that. Let’s find out…
@VladZamfir @Steven_McKie Should we expect an impending “gas limit debate” to dominate Ethereum discussions?
@Steven_McKie @VladZamfir Sure; wallets and exchanges have to do basically the same type of work to add support for new tokens.
@Steven_McKie @VladZamfir Called it. https://t.co/evKdwNUg4A
@adam3us Have you seen HashCash? Not to be confused with Hashcash, of course. hashcash.com
Today may be the day that a lot of people realize Ethereum doesn’t actually scale better than Bitcoin.… https://t.co/VGVxcu9i6L
To â‚¿, or not to â‚¿, that is the question.
Those who seek power are least suited to wield it. Something to keep in mind when listening to arguments for changing Bitcoin.
@mikeinspace @misterdna @Sigfriedddd @theonevortex Kind of. In terms of mining it only becomes censorship if all mi… https://t.co/ruUjunrSHN
@mikeinspace @misterdna @Sigfriedddd @theonevortex The network itself doesn’t care, though some humans seem to be v… https://t.co/KakIOhBk0t
@misterdna @Sigfriedddd @theonevortex Sure; I’m speaking purely from a network / blockchain observer standpoint.
@VinnyLingham @civickey Uh oh; @ethstatus ICO steppin’ on your toes?
@misterdna @Sigfriedddd @theonevortex There is no way to discern the intent of a transaction, thus there is no way… https://t.co/CLdLZbQhtg
Until ICOs address the dilemma & trilemma described by @VitalikButerin, users are incentivized to spam the network. https://t.co/YKRaoTEyhC
@Steven_McKie @masonic_tweets Nope, too late https://t.co/lqaqtsIQTt
@brianchoffman @YoursOrg Aren’t posts immutable?
@brianchoffman @YoursOrg Hm, image doesn’t load for me.
@masonic_tweets Maybe we can finally lock up the 12-year-old investor market.
Regarding “block stuffing” by miners - at @BitGo we only see 4K-8K txns per day (2%) show up in a block that weren’… https://t.co/aAnpNl3IiI
@erikfinman A true HODLer. pic.twitter.com/RIpK6psu12
@Steven_McKie @VladZamfir The Ethereum network may be able to continue supporting ~2 ICOs per day but it’s doubtful… https://t.co/0NVSObBrZj
RT @murchandamus: Woohoo, very excited by this PR from @achow101! 🎉https://t.co/A01zFDffKg #coinselection
@hudsonjameson @ethereumproject Let’s just say that I’m only really interested in exchanges accepting deposits from… https://t.co/8F3OutUbY0
RT @superdeluxe: Blockchain is the technology behind Bitcoin, but it’s more than just a tool for buying drugs on the dark web. Here’s why y…
Attention all @ethereumproject wallets & exchanges: get your act together and figure out how to accept deposits from contracts. 😉
Hm, is it a good idea to send money to a smart contract written by folks who can’t display the correct block height? https://t.co/5WLIL5ThyO
Tens of thousands of dollars in txn fees were wasted by folks sending to the @ethstatus ICO before it started today. https://t.co/PeXGfnPc8L
@TaylorGerring Not really; it dropped in March & basically followed ETH rise. One thing that did change in June was… https://t.co/nGU2Yfaz5w
@cannamellia No risk -> no reward.
The riskiest thing you can do is avoid taking risks.
@Sigfriedddd @theonevortex Right; I have data I could look at to figure that out, I just haven’t taken the time.
@Sigfriedddd @theonevortex Well, it /is/ possible for miners to stuff blocks with their own txns that “pay a fee” t… https://t.co/qKKCQXO8ys
Anybody find it odd that the size of the bitcoin txn backlog has dropped as SegWit activation becomes more certain? pic.twitter.com/pub1tep7AQ
@jimmysong @f2pool_wangchun @JihadWu I don’t think @f2pool_wangchun is one to make mistakes.
Ray Kurzweil finally says it out loud: technology deprecates nation states. https://t.co/Gn6ub99zc9
@roysebag @YouTube Does it run on a publicly auditable blockchain? 😉 https://t.co/bJzh9HBvzH
BitGo When we launched the first multi-sig BTC wallet, many sites rejected “3” addresses as invalid. Today, same problem with LTC “M” addresses.
@mattblaze Usin’ crypto to secure my assets; all my holdings are tied up in hashes.
@francispouliot_ @BitGo @litecoin No hard date set yet, but it shouldn’t be too long.
Congratulations to @litecoin HODLers who survived a 3.5 year trough of disillusionment! pic.twitter.com/FH86JAtBYr
@bitcoinpulse @BitGo @litecoin @krakenfx Yes, I opened a support ticket with them about it.
Big day at @BitGo as we deploy our enterprise multisig @litecoin wallet. Time for rest of the ecosystem to catch up! https://t.co/MGXzYTJVpj
RT @SatoshiLite: This is also big news for Litecoin. @BitGo now also supports Litecoin multisig! https://t.co/8mcTt4Jxne
Will @ViaBTC execute their Bitcoin hard fork ICO via an ERC20 token on Ethereum? https://t.co/vYqGt43Z4g
@alansilbert @justicemate No need for name calling; let’s do the math. Tell me # of days you’re willing to wait & I… https://t.co/PW8x4J0cvl
@justicemate Feel free to send this thread to Craig. It’s a simple economic calculation. https://t.co/GZXWNDzgSF
@laurashin I’ve always thought of Bitcoin Maximalism as a long-term, not a short-term view. https://t.co/9j1nlx3Zx1 /cc @oleganza
No more than 52M entities truly HODL bitcoins (private keys that unlock value) at this time. In reality, probably l… https://t.co/W1B3mgyrLh
Business is cooperation when creating markets.
Business is competition when dividing up markets.
The best business is coopetition.
Along a similar vein: you don’t have to blow out someone else’s light in order to let your own light shine. https://t.co/7FPxWZYvkb
Ultimately there’s only one game, constrained by the boundaries of space & time. Everything else is a minigame. It’s games all the way down.
RT @adam3us: “In hindsight, miner activation of soft forks cannot be relied upon when there exists a divergence of interests between miners…
Don’t hate the player, hate the game.
Don’t hate the game, play a different one.
RT @jimmysong: Meet @WeRateBitcoiner: Rates Bitcoiners 11-15 on a scale of 1-10. Says good about everybody except @junseth. Makes people la…
@JaEsf @TuurDemeester @izakaminska That’s a broad question - anyone whose vision for Bitcoin does not prioritize th… https://t.co/okQhQ6GC0n
RT @WeRateBitcoiner: Meet @jimmysong. Mr Game Theory. The most neutral man in Bitcoin. Memorized every BIP with dates. Decent coder. Writes…
@JaEsf @TuurDemeester @izakaminska More hindsight than wishful thinking. If you wish to defer to hash power, it’s y… https://t.co/XrDaJC3Rjr
@JaEsf @TuurDemeester @izakaminska I think a lot of devs agree that it was a mistake to implement a protocol upgrad… https://t.co/FwdcrT9LLO
@JaEsf @TuurDemeester @izakaminska It sounds like what you’re actually saying is that significant set of node opera… https://t.co/QKqqTOnV88
@TuurDemeester Has @izakaminska learned that miners don’t control Bitcoin?
@theinstagibbs A bit, though I had to quit at block 3M b/c I ran out of space - was 150GB on disk.
After testing Parity I believe these results were from using spinning disk hard drives. Will take 1-2 days w/an SSD. https://t.co/cqfu4BEGQ2
Whoever made this meme clearly hasn’t heard of paper wallets. pic.twitter.com/3Yp0s0RoL3
It’s not BTC vs ETH vs LTC etc.
It’s sovereign digital assets vs soft digital assets.
It’s hard crypto assets vs hard physical assets.
@Satoshi_N_ @adam3us You missed the point. You claim taking a screenshot of a 6 year old tweet and within a few day… https://t.co/tzrxuJclHX
If @eth_classic ever attains the current value of @ethereumproject, the DAO hacker will be a billionaire…
If you hold hatred in your heart for fellow Bitcoiners, I kindly invite you to fork off onto your own chain of loathing and despair.
@WeRateBitcoiner @ofnumbers It takes no effort to be vitriolic and make enemies. Take the more challenging path of… https://t.co/S7IjffUy6R
RT @WeRateBitcoiner: Meet @ofnumbers. Mr Consortium. Never owned any BTC. He’ll unite the banks of the world. Despite blocking everyone, we…
RT @WeRateBitcoiner: Meet @RossUlbricht. The Silk Road Genius. Unjustly doing time for extricating violence from drugs. We await his releas…
Treat your fellow Bitcoiners the way that @WeRateBitcoiner treats them.
RT @WeRateBitcoiner: Meet @pwuille. A metahuman. The brains behind Segwit. More core commits than anyone living. Will correct his compiler…
@wuehler @lucas_lclc @infura_io My MBP got to block 3M after 24 hours but SSD ran out of space w/150GB datadir. Sus… https://t.co/o4d9il4nrD
It sounds like a bunch of the miners are ready to increase the value of their holdings. Let’s get to signaling! https://t.co/dDXubTBaQG
@josephjpeters @classygustav Geth for both of you? I’m running latest Parity version - my understanding is it’s sup… https://t.co/1twhIK7gT9
@adam3us @Satoshi_N_ If Adam had deleted the tweet, why does the screenshot show Twitter’s brand new icons they JUS… https://t.co/1KwrdFzHz6
@josephjpeters @classygustav I suspect you’re all using the default “warp sync” that skips validation of most block… https://t.co/eb5P0Ae76x
@_drgo @ryanxcharles False. Nobody knows anything. Everything that will happen has happened.
@ryanxcharles False. Everyone tells each other to go fuck themselves and the status quo remains.
@juscamarena @cgminer1 Currently testing full validation on my 2017 MB Pro. 10 hours so far, at block 2.6M.
Can’t wait to get past the current scaling deadlock so that we can finally begin The Great Block Weight Debate. pic.twitter.com/11TBg2Jo4R
Just received 3 duplicate spammy messages via @21 but hey, for $5 per click I’ll click all day…
@wuehler @lucas_lclc @infura_io Running a test with Parity now on my 2017 MacBook Pro. 2 hours in & I’m at block 2.… https://t.co/XZlbazuXR1
@Excellion OK - “SegWit now, maybe SegWit2X later” seems to be the carefully worded measure of support.
@Excellion “We consider SegWit as technologically mature and feasible” means it’s not mature?
@JordanBrobyn @finitemaz @litecoin Litecoin has SegWit 🙂
Attention all @litecoin wallets & exchanges: get your act together and start correctly validating M-prefixed P2SH addresses for sending.
@wuehler @lucas_lclc @infura_io You should run your own test and comment on their post. I was struck by the Ethereu… https://t.co/gtFtqWzQAF
To run a fully validating Ethereum node:
Geth, Parity, Eth: more than 2 weeks to sync.
EthereumJ or PyEthApp: nope.
ethereum.stackexchange.com/a/826
@mikeinspace @Satoshi_N_ Account did exist; it was deleted and then someone else registered it. https://t.co/oCSIfuSOHQ
@Satoshi_N_ Why not link to the actual tweet? I can’t find such a tweet…
My rough estimate is that in its current form, Ethereum can only scale to approximately 2 ICOs per day.
Large consumer Bitcoin wallets aren’t wrong when they say most users want lower fees. Heck, we all want a free lunch, including Satoshi!