The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @lopp ever

August 2017

@ChristopherA I’ll have to add that tutorial to my list of educational resources! lopp.net/bitcoin.html

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7 new config params in Bitcoin Core 0.15 brings the total number of options to 139. Updated config generator coming tomorrow!

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@f2pool_wangchun @JihadWu I pegged you for more of a “LOL” guy myself.

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Hoping for another bcash pump soon; requisition order just came down from Blockstream Core’s satellite HQ for another Troll Tank Platoon.

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@outragedhuman @CryptoEthan @f2pool_wangchun The NYA folks have been claiming ~90% but IDK. I guess it’s 80% now?

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@dhh You jest, but I did this in 2014.

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“I’ll buy BTC after the next crash.”
No you won’t; few have the intestinal fortitude to catch knives. But by all means, prove me wrong… 😉

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@brucefenton @twobitidiot Even voice is too slow IMO. I want direct neural interfaces. Though the nightmare then be… https://t.co/rmZLOpkwxC

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@AlpacaSW @dgenr818 @TuurDemeester Exile probably isn’t the best word because it was completely voluntary.

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Can the ICO craze become even more ridiculous? Yes, yes it can. pic.twitter.com/j2eqCCAg7T

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@thee_wolf Looking forward to seeing you add Lightning network support to @openbazaar to bring it to the masses!

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Some Bitcoiners come to believe they understand it well enough to take the lead, thus accidentally leaving consensus https://t.co/4mW5yb1Azq

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@EdwardKerstein @coinstead21 It’s still a Release Candidate; best to wait for the final release.

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@el33th4xor Were initially going to provide a splitter tool but realized we could provide a full wallet for slightl… https://t.co/gfD63jDgXi

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@_drgo It was faster but now native sync is even faster than torrents due to improved parallelization. Thank… https://t.co/uwasxho1Hg

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@Ragnarly A couple days on a fast machine with an SDD; a couple weeks on a slower machine with a spinning disk.

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@el33th4xor Yes; customers wanted their asset airdrop.

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@CyrptoNut I’d tell it to write all the code that takes me far too long to type out.

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I’d be willing to pay a year’s salary for a computer if it was capable of responding to my commands at the speed of thought.

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@brianchoffman Surely it’s not in Cancun; it has to be an ultra top secret unguessable location.

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@coinstead21 A variety of improvements. Details can be found here: https://t.co/iYKVNNBCXR

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Bitcoin Core 0.15 cuts initial sync time in half compared to Bitcoin Core 0.14.

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@DrRoyMurphy I’m really not familiar with it other than the fact that Bcash folks chose BCC as their initial ticker… https://t.co/jnP5bBhbCw

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@breenemachine IIRC arbitrage is incredibly slow and painful; people who own shares in the underlying BIT can sell… https://t.co/UyYAXO7maa

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@breenemachine Some investors want exposure to BTC without A) actually learning how to buy and secure it and/or B)… https://t.co/6TGiA6cxLj

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@brianchoffman I’d hope it would make them more careful when making changes.

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$GBTC closed today at $927 which is an effective BTC price of $10,000 - a 119% premium over BTC. pic.twitter.com/1ktKmGPNyF

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@ajnelsn @taylanbil No one is arguing against that - the entire point is that no one should put their money into so… https://t.co/oBB5SK0y4W

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@taylanbil As a security-focused engineer, it’s certainly a goal to provide security + usability. But the price of… https://t.co/a4E3rjxojI

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@taylanbil It’s a sign that they aren’t anywhere near able to securely handle crypto assets yet and have lots of learning to do first.

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@da_winter On Lightning Network, sure. I believe it operates with millisatoshis. Of course, channel closing will be… https://t.co/3Ylh9C38xF

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@brianchoffman A great deal of work has gone into just that for past several years, though at this point unlikely t… https://t.co/pF1sNYAGR9

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Folks who don’t understand that it’s possible to buy a fraction of a bitcoin shouldn’t be buying any in the first place.

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@brianchoffman Self sovereignty with a high cost of node operation is useful… for rich people. Thankfully we can… https://t.co/imLKPJe6gF

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@alexbosworth @el33th4xor We haven’t invented time machines yet! But in reality, the actual fix is RBF.

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@jratcliff I’m primarily a Java dev and was excited that it’s in Java, but then I saw that there are hardly any cod… https://t.co/vXGHa69C0t

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Many Bitcoiners consider Bcash to be a scam, which begs a question: is it unethical to sell bcash if you believe the buyer is being scammed?

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@Excellion How many BTC to get it personalized with @lopp on the rear?

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RT @jimmysong: I just published “Making Bitcoin Better” https://t.co/6J0edXLQCc

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All @BitGo users can now d̶u̶m̶p̶ buy coffee with their bcapic.twitter.com/TsXuqUbPC1bPC1

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@alansilbert @PeterSchiff Hopefully he kept the funds inside of the IRA and transferred them to a self-directed IRA to avoid penalties…

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@jratcliff IDK, I asked some folks who are familiar with DAGs what they thought and they sounded unimpressed by IOT… https://t.co/VMuj2ekAHe

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Lots of reports coming in of long transaction confirmation delays on Ethereum. This is your opportunity, Bitcoin Ca… https://t.co/fMzpSvPxND

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@KidKrypt0 Want to code? Any school w/ strong CS degree would be great. Then find interesting projects & contribute… https://t.co/NJoNWI7NfH

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@twobitidiot Either need more enthusiastic newbies (target academia for training) or need to work on projects more… https://t.co/9yBqOnRCRI

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@twobitidiot Structure may change significantly, but group effort is required to build and maintain complex systems…

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@twobitidiot You have to find someone with ~1 year of experience. Enough to know what they’re doing, not enough to… https://t.co/y0IdWP7tu4

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@GeorgeAHallam I hear you may be able to facilitate the acquisition of a large block of KETH? We could use some to distribute to customers.

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@rubensayshi One could argue that. I believe @jgarzik referred to such events as “fee market shocks / resets” or something.

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Folks who are upset about SegWit adoption not happening overnight clearly forgot that Burning Man is this week.

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@ztbrown @kickstarter Don’t ask permission, just do an ICO! 🤣

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@Aquentson @Satoshi_N_ Not sure if you’re looking to incite drama or if your reading comprehension just needs improving.

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@jgarzik @AaronvanW This is dumb, but beware projection. Core twitter account is probably run by one person. Doubt… https://t.co/SOFrHOuIYp

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No, I am not available to build a clone of <insert popular crypto asset service>. Innovation or bust!

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Good investment advice from a recently revealed Bitcoin Baron: “when you want to sell, just do the opposite.” https://t.co/29hZ64y4wd

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@Beetcoin @Suitpossum @Snyke You can find my recommended Bitcoin educational resources at lopp.net/bitcoin.html

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It’s not about the money, it’s about the sound money. https://t.co/tmwV0V3ei8

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RT @rusty_twit: I just published “The Consensus Path To A Bitcoin Hard Fork: Part 3” https://t.co/Mh3T5Rh8rB

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Developer power is “centralized” in Core because it’s the Schelling point. Best place to learn & to be effective. https://t.co/NfRxKiqm22

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@jonmatonis @s_curves @ToneVays @BITMAINtech A chain without block size restriction creates bandwidth & disk usage DoS attack vectors.

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All @BitGo employees are free to respectfully voice their views about Bitcoin; I’m told that this is not the case at every crypto company.

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Bitcoin has been bootstrapping itself for 8 years; the free market will speak when it is questioned about the path forward.

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@fluffypony Belated congratulations on becoming a billionaire, bro. You’re still not planning to exit before 2020, right?

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Misleading visualization: eventually it will overflow and we’ll be back at 0 once all the bridges are burned.… https://t.co/eo06SfssAU

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Govern yourself if you want governance.

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Bitcoin’s governance is built upon the power of “no” which is also the default, thus forming a strong status quo.

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Self-sovereignty requires responsibility for educating yourself about the rules of the system you choose to use. https://t.co/k3n5cPTdTf

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Q: What do you think of protocol governance model X?
A: I think no one can represent your interests better than yourself.

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@dangermouse117 Tyranny of the majority, however you slice it, isn’t particularly appealing.

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Q: What do you think of protocols with on-chain voting / governance?
A: I think half of the population has an IQ under 100.

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@misterdna That’s odd. Not sure it’s accurate - maybe missing historical data?

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@jeffbutts Yes, a digital tulip that can be instantly teleported anywhere in the world without asking anyone’s permission. 😁

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@taidi_ji They are paying for their broken difficulty adjustment algorithm with hyperinflation. Not sustainable lon… https://t.co/2jy6ceeLWn

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@taidi_ji Bitcoin will be fine - it’s BCH that should be worried.

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I’m not sure that the big block / hard fork supporting community is of sufficient size to sustain both BCH & B2X ma… https://t.co/4pHWN1RSbL

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@MortuusBestia @Satoshi_N_ @brian_armstrong @spair Bitcoin’s utility is so damaged that the exchange rate is plummeting… oh, wait.

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@el33th4xor Correct - it /could/ be poor engineering rather than malice.

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@el33th4xor Explain the empty block yesterday that was mined an hour after the previous block…

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@WayneVaughan We’re going deeper down the 🐇 hole - we won’t know if it’s progress unless we find the bottom ☺️

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@EdwardKerstein @DamelonBCWS @gavinandresen @morcosa If you’re looking for hard numbers / metrics, you’re gonna hav… https://t.co/8TvaJIGtsM

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2012 - 2015: Explained Bitcoin to newbies.
2015 - Present: Explained Bitcoin to longtime Bitcoin users.

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@EdwardKerstein @DamelonBCWS @gavinandresen @morcosa Core’s philosophy doesn’t allow them to make decisions about c… https://t.co/qnBuJM2Kr1

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tdryja Pay no heed to those who define Bitcoin as “the chain with the most work, whatever the rules”, as they are just along for the ride.

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Tether must be getting popular. We’re seeing a spike of users mistakenly sending tethers to BTC addresses. pic.twitter.com/YUeMaemfLY

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@CryptoPietje Sure, though as tends to happen with technology, I expect it to become easier over time.

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@gavinandresen @morcosa Core has no authority to stop groups of people from forking off.

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4) I’m going to put my money where my mouth is - I look forward to putting my capital to work to maintain this financial superhighway.

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3) On an adversarial Lightning Network where spammers try to exhaust channels, well-capitalized users could get paid to rebalance them.

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2) Lightning Network will offer a BTC denominated investment a la JoinMarket. Capital invested in maintaining LN channels will gain more BTC

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1) Problem with using BTC to invest in things is the investment is invariably denominated in fiat. You risk BTC outperforming an investment.

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@polemitis The perspective of many bcash supporters is that miners can be trusted to maintain the system. Can proba… https://t.co/8ttpVCA2kt

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@polemitis I suspect that most bitcoin holders don’t even know that they are also bcash holders.

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There are many challenges to build & maintain a robust Lightning Network. Where there are challenges there are opportunities for profits.

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@misterdna Not really - I doubt you’ll learn anything new. It’s full of disinformation as well :-)

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RT @bitrefill: Our segwit sweep today caused the first bitcoin block over 1MB!

https://t.co/XGZ4W0Mfrh

Thanks @BitFuryGroup @sysmannet ht…

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TL;DR - the most popular way for banks to send money to each other works by sending text files via SFTP. https://t.co/zVshaurwjd

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There are no metrics that define what rules comprise the real Bitcoin b/c you’d first need to come to consensus about what metrics to use.

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@kristovatlas Users who only intend to transact on fork Y have no incentive to protect users who remain on original… https://t.co/2psxxCvwwH

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@nikzh @santisiri @Blockchair Satellites, Ham radio, Twitter, carrier pigeons… The more comms channels, the more robust the system.

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@nikzh @santisiri @Blockchair Good luck tracking fees for transactions conducted via payment channels.

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@JonathanVaage @kristovatlas Not children, users who are sending real money. If you make it easy for users to make… https://t.co/Rr5WD32pNo

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@dagur @21 @BitPay Satoshis per weight. But it’s effectively still satoshis per (legacy) bytes. It’s not that hard.

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@kristovatlas When you say “doesn’t share the concern” I hear: has a perspective that creates a moral hazard b/c th… https://t.co/pUXv3G7jtH

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Price increased 60% in the 2 months since this tweet. I rest my case. https://t.co/htJzAdzqQq

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@kristovatlas Argument has been made numerous times. If group X is making changes to fork off, onus is on X to make… https://t.co/zgYToHaWF6

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Sure is odd that @AntPoolBITMAIN is mining smaller blocks than are allowed… pic.twitter.com/n0AlzjZeBo

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@dwr @FEhrsam How would you determine the value added by one specific feature?

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The first multisig SegWit spend, brought to you by @BitGo!
OP_RETURN 🎉 BitGo ❤⚡https://t.co/wz0J2jRCZZ

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@checksum0 This issue is unrelated to replay protection.

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Cross-chain address confusion costs continue 🔈. Imagine 3 Bitcoin forks that all use indistinguishable addresses… https://t.co/EXXZro8Egl

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@_drgo @maraoz Yes. No, likely due to miner configs.

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@freedomstream01 SegWit sends use less legacy block space and thus have to pay less fees in order to be competitive in the tx fee market.

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@freedomstream01 Not automatically. Generally you’d create an on-chain SegWit transaction as an anchor for off-chain SegWit transactions.

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Payment channel updates conducted via Twitter. Pretty nifty! Thread: https://t.co/Zf5AgQBcvm

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RT @pwuille: I’m the proud sender of the 3rd SegWit transaction ever: https://t.co/wMvq7P7slA Thanks everyone who helped us get this far! €¦

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Segregated Witness is now activated on Bitcoin mainnet. Onward! pic.twitter.com/kh2IJHlsyL

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@maraoz Every nerd wants to be first.

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Prediction: block # 481824 is going to contain some abnormally high fee transactions. 🤔

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@laurashin @mriou @derek_hsue @zaoyang Google Fi has no CSRs who can override your PIN. Lack of customer service for the win!

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RT @murchandamus: I just published “BitGo SegWit Launch” https://t.co/16fd70GkwE Thanks to @arikaleph

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🔈Bitcoin bubble🔉
🔈Altcoin bubble🔉
🔈Bitcoin bubble🔉
🔈ICO bubble🔉
🔈Bitcoin bubble🔉
🔈Bitcoin fork bubble🔉
History doesn’t repeat; it rhymes.

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RT @lightning: Announcing the 0.3 release of LND alpha! Now with feature completeness, neutrino light client, LTC, spec compliance. https:/…

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Is there a segwit.party in the Bay Area?

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@DipierroAnthony @Sir_Lebowski All BitGo addresses are P2SH. LTC P2SH addresses are same format as BTC. Though now… https://t.co/7Ty0sYcRmh

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@cryptorush All BitGo addresses are P2SH. LTC P2SH addresses are same format as BTC. Though now there is a new vers… https://t.co/hAtDJiF3A8

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@scottshapiro Not if the two different blockchain protocols use the /exact/ same address format. Check out https://t.co/jc1qjgQYX0

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@scottshapiro Since crypto assets use push-style transactions, you can’t reject a received transaction. Only real p… https://t.co/VIu7EcnQM1

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@Sir_Lebowski They can all be recovered, it’s just a painful manual process.

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@jt_mot2016 Because all BitGo BTC addresses are mirrored on BCH. They are valid from the protocol / blockchain poin… https://t.co/CPGMfoIO0f

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LTC ➡️ BTC issue would be solved if the rest of the ecosystem would upgrade to M prefixed LTC P2SH addresses… 😒 https://t.co/IspeaWTvxm

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BitGo sometimes sees users send BTC to LTC addresses. Now seeing many sending BCH to BTC. I suspect B2X will cause even greater confusion.

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@ErikVoorhees Deja vu! Well, if Bitcoin Cash could go from weak opt-in to strong default replay protection in 1 wee… https://t.co/APM9vedngJ

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RT @rusty_twit: I just published “The Consensus Path To A Bitcoin Hard Fork: Part 1” https://t.co/Sem1d897s4

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@13eanieman In that your style of thinking may drastically change and if you deviate too far from the rest of the c… https://t.co/EfNsGGpuVD

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Falling down the Bitcoin rabbit hole is dangerous business. Some folks take a wrong turn & get lost. Best you can do is throw them a rope.

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@BenedictEvans @twobitidiot Simpler and more secure to just buy a dedicated device such as @Yubico

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Hardcore HODLers are too stoic to sell BTC low & too greedy to sell BTC high. They see limited upside to SODL & unlimited upside to HODL.

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Bitcoin’s long-term survival is more important than its short-term success. Slow robust growth should be preferable to fast fragile growth.

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@olivierjanss You’re making some arguments that centralization is more efficient, which is correct. But FYI, gossip… https://t.co/9porNLoVip

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@sangaman @olivierjanss I’d suggest familiarizing yourself w/security models available to Bitcoin users. “Trust the… https://t.co/gEEIY0lJb9

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Watching the sun get snuffed out is a great way to put your personal problems into perspective.

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@DarekUstupski Not any more than it threatens every other form of computer security.

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Statoshi’s patch set has been applied to Bitcoin ABC by Bastien Enjalbert; now you can see node & network metrics at statocashi.info

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@AnthonyKarrick Couldn’t hurt to hedge - I have no idea what prices will do short term. I only know which projects… https://t.co/jxfNSSTTjn

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@Jeronimoferrer More like once we get Lightning Network, though SegWit is a big step towards enabling it.

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You shouldn’t get excited about Bcash profitability metrics (in either direction) unless you’re a big ping pong fan. https://t.co/GydIZG28SR

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RT @martindale: Stop getting distracted by politics. Go build new things rather than tearing down the old. Stay focused on the future and c…

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Millenia of systems based upon threats of violence conditioned humans to believe aggression is appropriate. Bitcoin sparks the unlearning.

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@santisiri Folks who get aggressive when frustrated will fork off; system appears to be working as designed.

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@santisiri Except this is voluntarism, not nation state aggression.

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@llekn @LukeDashjr @Excellion @petertoddbtc Nice thing about CONOP is that status quo of protocol leads to lower CO… https://t.co/8noPLeTCc3

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@llekn @LukeDashjr @Excellion @petertoddbtc I’d support 6 months - 1 year lead time + sufficient replay protection.

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@llekn @LukeDashjr @Excellion @petertoddbtc My view is simple: we should observe effect of SegWit & Lighting Networ… https://t.co/S7nLqZ6DFm

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@LukeDashjr Hopefully we can get at least order of magnitude approximation. Sounds like @roasbeef has some ideas…

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@santisiri If only it was that simple.

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@cburniske I’m pretty sure that there are a ton of SHA256 altcoins. 😁

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