@M_A_Barakat @MarkAuger3 Digital tulips that can be securely teleported instantly around the world. 😎
@da_winter Crypto asset protocols are codified ideologies - you automate enforcement of the rules that you find agreeable.
Bitcoin is full of passionate people. Many of us arrived here due to our ideologies. But I pose to you that debates should be dispassionate.
@cburniske Perhaps @hrdng can give us an update. https://t.co/GjU4L9d0fY
@cannamellia @rogerkver Value is in the eye of the beholder.
@brucefenton Yes, people tend to forget the former, perhaps willfully.
@brucefenton Perhaps people detest ICO scams more than they detest governments.
@todu77 @rogerkver I see. Well, that’s fine, then. 400% annual value increase is good enough for me.
@rogerkver Why does the value keep going up if it’s becoming less useful as a payment system?
Interesting economic paper that argues it’s preferable to have transaction congestion on the Bitcoin network.… https://t.co/5kqpoQBMIf
@brucefenton @kristovatlas @ErikVoorhees It’s possible to be simultaneously resolute and polite. 🙂
@ErikVoorhees Primary problem is choosing what metrics matter. Comes down to perspective & vision again. I wrote ab… https://t.co/fDbjbPnoeg
@ErikVoorhees Depends upon what you mean by optimal; perhaps you mean targeting a specific performance level and CO… https://t.co/trv5eg6bqc
@DollarJones @IljaDaderko You’ll probably encounter difficulties with peering; I doubt there are enough nodes opera… https://t.co/bjWfWdrQ8c
@DollarJones @IljaDaderko In order to route payments you’ll need to be online all the time; BlockSat is 1-way communication.
@Blockstream @fluffypony SUCCESS! @SpaceX deployed convoy’s payload. Now we can assemble the centralized @lightning… https://t.co/mdGkS344bc
@ErikVoorhees Some may, some may not. Either way, market participants will choose to run the code they find most useful.
@Blockstream @fluffypony Scuttlebutt has it that once the convoy reaches the Pacific, we’ll be joined by Admiral Th… https://t.co/Y3V1poSS8r
@Jaw709 @Blockstream @fluffypony I’ll give you a hint: it’s 7 characters.
@delicopsch56 Core is at RC3 but Statoshi runs off master branch.
@Blockstream Due to PBoC’s surprise attack on BTC prices we won’t be able to afford Troll Tanks, so we’re falling b… https://t.co/yCWrfbErhs
@CryptXO @el33th4xor All signs still point to a scale-free network topology. There will be well-connected, well-cap… https://t.co/ecsUdE4Gq4
@MatthewZipkin @bitcoincoreorg Master branch is where it’s at.
Going AFK; my troll battalion’s guarding the convoy transporting Greg Maxwell’s skull throne from @Blockstream’s volcano lair to orbital HQ.
People’s Bank of China dips are the best dips. Carpe Bitcoin. https://t.co/c4RqWxa332
Bitcoin Core 0.15 changed DB format for storing UTXOs. It’s 700MB larger but over twice as fast. This is what on-ch… https://t.co/jrMmeWSia8
@Peter_Villa_III Not AFAIK but of course the on-chain tx fees will make tiny value channels uneconomical to open and close.
@Peter_Villa_III Lightning nodes that route payments can collect fees for the service they provide, but requires fu… https://t.co/FFdwjkAhuw
@IljaDaderko There is this guide, but I’d say it’s still too early to hop onto the network as a profit-generating v… https://t.co/ZSJ6HjxHwP
@scott_lew_is You misspelled “block space scarcity incentivizes use of second layer networks.” 😉
The more BCH you convert to BTC, the more BTC you’ll be able to earn by staking it as payment channel capital on th… https://t.co/6OAJYMf8RJ
@dgenr818 @sakak_musdom I was banned from /r/buttcoin years ago for countering FUD with facts. ðŸ˜