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

February 2018

jimmysong Civility is what the state demands when they have a monopoly on violence.

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@stephenolmon @CoinSeer That would be an improvement, though storing all of your private keys in a single piece of… https://t.co/E8q87JMCCQ

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@hanlonoccam I’ve never heard of someone manually unbanning peers; you shouldn’t have to do that. Maybe your VPN or… https://t.co/kfrkocMJAn

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@stephenolmon @CoinSeer I’d be worried that the tradeoff you make for convenience is security: creating a single po… https://t.co/qYnbZt96IQ

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@hanlonoccam Bitcoin Core has a points system for which is assigns points to peers who perform “bad” behavior. Once… https://t.co/z3uXSkby5k

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@TaylorGerring Seems to me that when converting is simple & instant, it will result in folks choosing to store thei… https://t.co/NwllZfTDFK

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@CoinSeer People may believe that they prefer to have unlimited choices, but having too many choices is actually de… https://t.co/F7VrWzkCv2

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Securely managing dozens of crypto assets is quite onerous; the “token economy” where everyone issues tokens is goi… https://t.co/nWWRcl8XZv

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@deyw Default is 1000 satoshis/kB which is 0.00001 BTC/kB https://t.co/jXEretyAkS

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The Bitcoin Core Config Generator has been updated to be compatible with Core 0.16! https://t.co/BLC9JDnXzq

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RT @BitGo: Why a Tiny Kentucky Firm Rules a Corner of the Crypto Market https://t.co/iVFDiwQZ7Z via @WIRED

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@blockchain_u “Functional” is a matter of perspective. I expect there to be a power distribution of capital that re… https://t.co/aPNIOxy2kf

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Centralization of distributed systems is a multifaceted spectrum, not binary. Thus the answer is “yes and no” - muc… https://t.co/l1u9q9Mc7x

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@mohithkalyan Looks like my testnet wallet was having issues - you should have received them now.

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Folks are showing up fashionably late to the SegWit party but that’s OK - the real action is at the after party:… https://t.co/lXpN0DDB7m

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@simonpolrot @maurelian_ It’s hard to compare apples to oranges; the “bitcoin tx” metric isn’t great either because… https://t.co/mfoMiEhj7H

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Ran an Ethereum comparison on this blazing fast setup. @ParityTech 1.9.3 node with no warp, “fast” pruning, & 10GB… https://t.co/LvkT8uJCsR

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@GamerAndy Not possible because Ethereum doesn’t have native multisig. @BitGo’s multisig smart contract has been au… https://t.co/IlLPnkNBTW

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@NeerajKA @prestonjbyrne @pmarca is such a @Twitter baller that he’s still in the top rankings after quitting Twitter a year+ ago.

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@skywalker23452 With a truly decentralized exchange there is no “they” - you run the software yourself and join a peer to peer network.

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Benefits of decentralized exchanges:
* No middleman fees
* Doesn’t create systemic risk (target for hacking / DoS)… https://t.co/vUX0hyOPjV

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RT @BitcoinMagazine: Bitcoin Core 0.16.0 Is Released: Here’s What’s New
https://t.co/qnDdUttqOf #bitcoin #blockchain #TechnologyNews

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RT @_jonasschnelli_: Hey SPV wallets: make sure you make use of Bitcoin Cores 0.16 BIP159 implementation and connect to pruned peers once c…

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RT @GamerAndy: Let’s Talk #Bitcoin Episode #357 is OUT! Featuring @starkness talking the now and future Lightning Network with myself and @…

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@aaronlage Sure technology is a tool that will be wielded for a variety of purposes. Printing presses pumped out pr… https://t.co/STgsKi08HX

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@RustyBitcoin If you don’t think the Internet has had an enormous impact on the world, I don’t think we have much to discuss.

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@RustyBitcoin Strawman much? I don’t believe I’ve ever claimed utopistic outcomes.

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Just as the technology of printing altered and reduced the power of medieval guilds and the social power structure,… https://t.co/fSCAe7F4z2

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RT @daboloskov: One more time Laszlo Hanyecz make #Bitcoin history using #LightningNetwork to buy pizzas.

This is promising for a pizza/bi…

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RT @alexbosworth: Laszlo Hanyecz of Pizza fame and history does it again with Lightning mainnet https://t.co/R4FXAEr01r

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Don’t like having your rights trampled upon? Don’t advocate for trampling upon the rights of others. pic.twitter.com/fUFixqNuMO

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RT @Ragnarly: We can’t trust
- Police to protect us at the moment of a crime
- Central banks to keep our money sound
- Politicians to repre…

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@timothyej Nice; it appears that folks who buy market tops tend to HODL.

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RT @timothyej: The evolution of bitcoin’s UTXO set. Each pixel represents a block, where each column is 300 blocks. The orange visualizes t…

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Problematic is an understatement. If only there was a way to make it too expensive for scammers to spam with bots… pic.twitter.com/VAha7SO88p

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If you see a Twitter account that claims to be me, please report it and let me know - Twitter seems to respond fast… https://t.co/JV5jbquqS3

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@mentalina @AlenaSatoshi @Onlyzineb @starkness @eiaine I originally added her but was then told that she’s not a developer.

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RT @ArminVanBitcoin: The #LightningNetwork on testnet is absolutely massive! 😲Developers from all over the world are testing it, running no…

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@Onlyzineb There’s already an issue with women in STEM, though it seems to be exacerbated in crypto. Possibly due t… https://t.co/9mT5CaFskc

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@Onlyzineb @_tombusby @eiaine Good point - can I add you to the Bitcoin developer list, @eiaine?

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@JSterling8 This list isn’t just for implementation developers; it’s for anyone with experience building software with Bitcoin tech.

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@prestonjbyrne I don’t know what an AK-15 is, but I definitely need one.

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@JSterling8 Indeed; he literally wrote the book on programming for Bitcoin.

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By popular demand: a curated list of Bitcoin developers. Please suggest additions! https://t.co/LfBo9Oo128

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RT @alexbosworth: Self-sovereignty can be deeply confusing to people. It goes against common wisdom like, “You can’t fight City Hall”. That…

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aantonop Bitcoin Q&A: Why running a node is important youtu.be/oX0Yrv-6jVs

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RT @coinbase: 1/2 Announcing SegWit support on Coinbase
https://t.co/95FXW0Ultf

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@StopAndDecrypt That’s a good philosophical point, though it doesn’t seem to be quite as robust - don’t want to hav… https://t.co/EXHJ8FR73H

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The solution to violence does not lie in futile attempts to prevent people from gaining access to weapons. The solu… https://t.co/4bjynSaFQp

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Major perspectives on gun control:
* Some want govt to protect them from fellow citizens with strong regulations.
*… https://t.co/wf50I48gc9

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@DuncanMcMartian @ErikVoorhees @AaronvanW Look at history: even the might of the high tech American military can’t… https://t.co/NS81gOqap3

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@krassenstein They can /buy/ firearms or /buy/ healthcare. They don’t have /free/ firearms or /free/ healthcare. Th… https://t.co/PyEEcIGTCX

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Folks may believe otherwise because they pay taxes or something, but the Supreme Court of the United States has rul… https://t.co/oje3czD85T

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@piramida @dachrinne @tipprbot I’m getting mixed messages here; apparently they tipped me a few penny shavings and… https://t.co/j4crBlFU2J

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Service providers have been taking advantage of low fees to consolidate their UTXOs - the size of the UTXO set has… https://t.co/PVsG19U49r

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@krassenstein It doesn’t matter how highly trained you are with firearms if you aren’t actually carrying a firearm,… https://t.co/j3ByGdLVWL

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ErikVoorhees ShapeShift (2% of Bitcoin Network) is Now Batching Transactions shar.es/1LXkDp @ShapeShift_io

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@simoanorak When fees dropped down really low, service providers have taken advantage of the situation to consolida… https://t.co/VVSLVXXabx

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@MediumSqueeze @Piotr14Tra Rather than projectiles you’re probably gonna want an EMP gun. Unless the robot has hard… https://t.co/yVNUQdAB1R

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Over 1 Million users are lined up and waiting to BTFD via @RobinhoodApp https://t.co/SDam0RLU16

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The potential block space efficiency gains from transaction batching are even greater than from implementing SegWit… https://t.co/ZsAS0dBEgD

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@rogerkver You’ve just got to look on the bright side; it’s always a good time for champagne! pic.twitter.com/JO7Cq7zVVJ

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If Bitcoin’s dying then I’m buying! https://t.co/Fh0WXf6l5q

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@VinnyLingham As our understanding of Bitcoin improves, its evolution makes it more alien to those whose perspectiv… https://t.co/s4xMIsxwGM

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RT @Blockstream: #Bulletproofs: rangeproofs in hundreds of bytes and tens of microseconds, the ability to prove hash preimages in zero know…

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@notgrubles It was disabled by default; you have to pass —enable-experimental-asm when building to turn it on.

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@WayneVaughan That would be an interesting test since in my experience eth nodes are generally I/O bound and this t… https://t.co/TT9m5Pyt2A

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Bitcoin Core 0.16 will enable an SSE4 optimized SHA256 hashing algorithm which will be ~50% faster for x86_64 CPUs… https://t.co/qiqMvrZ9S1

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@WeissRatings $BCH supporters conflate “scale” with “scalability.” They chose the path forward that appears to be e… https://t.co/ODjyemlvA5

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“Even if you have done everything right and your servers are up and running, your entire infrastructure can still b… https://t.co/jeI2kMSDL1

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RT @signalapp: Today, we are launching the Signal Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to develop open source privacy technolog…

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If Bitcoin was a business then we’d have key performance indicators we’d try to hit, such as market cap / market do… https://t.co/X0u2lj3C2L

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@Bitcoin You also operate under the premise that “usage” means “transacting” whereas HODLers see “usage” as “not tr… https://t.co/R9nudQBQjR

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@Bitcoin Because you’re using a naive heuristic that glazes over the complexities of the protocol. https://t.co/5ztHAddZmc

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Commodities expert: “Bitcoin is nonsense and I’ll never buy any!” https://t.co/ZIh9iXwypW
2 months later: “I bought… https://t.co/btxJyzUvHc

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@Chase_Bianchi No worries; hackers are going to have a tough time getting past my hardware 2FA.

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@SatoshiLite Yeah the weird thing is that I’ve definitely been able to “log in” while offline before, but for some… https://t.co/SUC6ChOxo5

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Synced a Parity 1.8.9 node with “fast” pruning enabled and it decreased disk usage from 758GB to 57GB. 💍🏼
Also lear… https://t.co/HRzl2pJyzr

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Welp, looks like I’ll just have to hang out on Twitter while I’m locked out of all the critical systems! 😬 https://t.co/ubuZF7e8xg

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@AriannaSimpson @earndotcom @coinbase I reported this a month or two ago; hopefully they fix it soon because it’s incredibly inefficient.

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@Bitcoin That’s an interesting interpretation because it seems to me that Bitcoin users are transacting at the same… https://t.co/5lk4d6AInf

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@Bitcoin Oh noes; where are the transactions going? Bcash is flatlining! ALERT! pic.twitter.com/vKPEKlo5cH

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@CoinDeskMarkets @coindesk But 2 hours ago you said we were likely breaking the neckline upward! https://t.co/5BVo8dV7iz

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@mikevpratt I think you missed the part where he said “even if it’s stored with a custodian like Coinbase.”

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By this logic, anyone who travels and has credentials to log into their bank account is breaking the law. https://t.co/VAnRZrfjT6

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@TuurDemeester Or miners DGAF and will just keep mining the PoW fork if it switches to PoS… or they switch to ETC.

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@flyosity Fascinating thought experiment. Given that the roots of gun control lie in racism, it just might work.

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@ranreichman Probably a combination of many factors: folks using block space more efficiently with segwit and batch… https://t.co/XM7kMwJ0MZ

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Bitcoin transaction fee estimates are at the cheapest rates we’ve seen in 18 months. https://t.co/H20YD88cOe https://t.co/8uxProGpBq

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RT @coinbase: Our engineering team has finished testing of SegWit for Bitcoin on Coinbase.

We will be starting a phased launch to customer…

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RT @alexbosworth: The potential for LN atomic swaps isn’t just swapping between well known chains. Anything that can adhere to a simple pro…

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@DigiByteCoin @BKBrianKelly Isn’t your total blockchain size less than 15 GB? Bitcoin is over 10X larger; sync spee… https://t.co/ZPED6Wix89

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@AlpacaSW @lopp_____ One can hope, but the reason I noticed (the account instablocked me) was from receiving email… https://t.co/jbnILMJDly

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I regret to inform 3 of you that you have been duped by an imposter account with the handle “@lopp_____”. I will ne… https://t.co/gNlJ7tBk57

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You can build a crypto democracy on top of crypto anarchy.
You can’t build crypto anarchy on top of crypto democrac… https://t.co/mjdrKMQo98

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@landonmutch I’m not sure there’s much of a conclusion you can draw from this metric because a single transaction c… https://t.co/GLRx2XWWbk

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@landonmutch Total txns with UTXOs will vary depending upon whether or not a given TX has had all of its outputs sp… https://t.co/90Pd7qMeKE

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@xxxelasmar @rogerkver Lightning is a protocol for transferring crypto asset value (it could be BTC, LTC, or any as… https://t.co/jq2Kl9FP7d

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Today is a holiday in America - the banks and markets are closed. Meanwhile Bitcoin soldiers on, with over $1B tran… https://t.co/tsvvWbjb2N

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RT @flyosity: I’ve never seen this presented so clearly before. Really wonderful. https://t.co/Al1mS9EYwY

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@AlexThefriday @rogerkver Banks and lightning nodes both have freedom of association. The difference is that if a b… https://t.co/5wfqQV0YdE

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The safest way to participate in the crypto asset revolution is to buy your assets anonymously, never spend them, &… https://t.co/0HOrm3qMUl

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As we observe the rise of crypto anarchy we find out which folks claim to love freedom but can’t handle some of its… https://t.co/0hZdpPPM1X

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@laurashin @nathanielpopper IMO “good custody solution” is an oxymoron - a regression to legacy trust models.

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@rogerkver If no one wants to voluntarily interact with you, that’s not censorship…

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“I don’t want to live in a world where younger generations grow up without privacy.” https://t.co/YiuKqZOzzV

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Forking is governance.

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@TuurDemeester @theonevortex @Topkek1337xd Some early adopters are stuck in 2012; Bitcoin has left them behind.

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RT @FelixWeis: Initial version is live! Mempool-based feerate estimation for #bitcoin.
https://t.co/x5T3RvBsdk

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nytimes The currency they were after was virtual, but the guns they carried were anything but nyti.ms/2CtvPst

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@TuurDemeester I really enjoyed the Hitler propaganda he spliced in there. Way to elevate the conversation!

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The beauty of voluntary systems is that everyone is completely free to disagree with each other, be as conservative… https://t.co/QCAufvtd0J

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RT @naval: The idea that we usually need authorities to guide and govern. Evolution and capitalism create spontaneous order. Markets and bl…

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@BitcoinUnlimit @AntonyZegers The reason /why/ the node count dropped is tangential to the point that it was quite… https://t.co/hr2gtwHNMF

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@santisiri @hernzzzzzz According to https://t.co/wEMOedLxLA:
5.4% of reachable Bitcoin Core nodes run on AWS
18.4%… https://t.co/jV7IKHxnTo

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@rbtkhn There’s evidence that supports the theory that quite a few bcash nodes are also operated by a few entities. https://t.co/HqfIARmgKz

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@notgrubles Well, “Satoshi’s Vision” is for everyone to use SPV wallets, so you’re gonna need a ton of nodes to ser… https://t.co/chJA8Tt7oh

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We suspected this already due to prior node count cliffs, but evidence continues to mount that 80% of Bitcoin Unlim… https://t.co/XO7a2o9LCB

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@WayneVaughan @PhilCrypto77 I’ve had conversations with folks who are envisioning building arbitrarily complex fina… https://t.co/5krMGwK6ce

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RT @eiaine: Wanna see how fast #Lightning is? Here is a Lightning-powered vending machine in action! ⚡️
https://t.co/vQVbTLayLc

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@3ullShark @pyskell You rule yourself by enforcing the rules to which you agree.

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@pyskell Indeed! Anarchy does not mean “without rules,” but rather “without rulers.”

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Bitcoin is not:
A crypto republic
Crypto democracy
Crypto socialism
Crypto communism

Bitcoin is crypto anarchy.

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@vakeraj @kyletorpey Surely this problem can be solved with a glockchain!

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@Zigganaut It’s already out! It trades under the ticker “BTC”

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Lightning is the TCP/IP of BTC. It will ultimately enable far more than just “fast payments” as innovators build mo… https://t.co/hNFVqsVPjW

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@BlockCypher Your transaction fee estimates are ~10X what they reasonably should be right now. Compare and contrast: https://t.co/PJYhA5TI6R

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A consequence of consumer convenience can be the creation of crutches that make you more reliant on third parties.… https://t.co/7dCfAmLh7D

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aantonop Bitcoin Q&A: Misconceptions about Lightning Network youtu.be/c4TjfaLgzj4

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RT @lightcoin: For those curious about how a competitive/ polycentric market for security and contract/ law enforcement would work, a few p…

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@FlashJordanK Whomever wants that level of security. Private security is not a novel concept. In fact, IIRC there a… https://t.co/nuu2TVxKFY

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I’m fascinated by crypto enthusiasts who find it unacceptable for the State to have a monopoly on money, but are fi… https://t.co/Q7Lf4cjUQN

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@mrgan @flyosity You’re welcome to try. Meanwhile folks such as myself will be supporting liberating technologies l… https://t.co/26LMTQzTvC

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@alexbosworth Proof of Work > Proof of Whine.

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RT @JackMallers: Bitcoin will succeed. Why? Because I won’t let it die. The developers, HODLers, unbanked, millennials, etc won’t let it di…

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@flyosity I’m sure this would work as well as the laws against moonshine and controlled substances.

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@flyosity I hate to break this to you, but it’s even easier to manufacture ammunition at home than it is to manufacture firearms.

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@MichaelSkolnik @twobitidiot Indeed, we should abolish the security theatrical organization known as the TSA.

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After LCash forks then someone should fork LPlatinum which can finally fulfill the role of being the platinum to Li… https://t.co/FnKq1JnrNt

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Litecoin Cash is the real Litecoin that follows @SatoshiLite’s Vision!
litecoinca.sh
*ducks* pic.twitter.com/BgDGXXNrRO

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@MattFnSmith If you’re using the javascript SDK then there should be local validation functions. I don’t think we o… https://t.co/y5q5pq3rQB

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Check out @timothyej’s visualization of UTXO distribution by age at utxo-stats.com pic.twitter.com/k0l14BxN7a

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Don’t forget to HODL your significant other today! pic.twitter.com/rbDhZ1jzbH

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@flyosity It’s illogical to expect anyone to be fiscally responsible with money they extorted from others.

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@ErikVoorhees @ShapeShift_io @BitcoinCom If they said “evil shills” then they were peddling propaganda. 2X was an a… https://t.co/kqIYhnDlEe

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@SoLara_Sys_Inc Not at all, this is a general problem for any type of investing. Few folks prioritize researching w… https://t.co/7RN2kr2aen

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The casualties of the Bitcoin brand battle will be the uninformed noobs. Savvy investors do due diligence and won’t… https://t.co/gvGzOf6njN

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RT @BrendanEich: Hi, I created JavaScript. You should block JS used for 3rd party trackers, fingerprinting, ads. You should definitely bloc…

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@ShapeShift_io @BitcoinCom Misinformation is contagious. Perhaps you shouldn’t partner with folks who use deception as a marketing tool.

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@NeerajKA At the end you are presented with all the forks. If you don’t choose the One True Bitcoin created by Sato… https://t.co/l03T7eVC1Y

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Q: How many crypto “cash” coins are there?
A: 18 pic.twitter.com/LPJAZ9nBnu

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@ShapeShift_io @BitcoinCom This is really confusing; I can’t find “Bitcoin Core” listed anywhere on ShapeShift! pic.twitter.com/VNjCPEormm

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RT @kyletorpey: BitcoinCash vs Bitcoin is causing so much confusion that Coinbase can’t even get it right in their blog post. They talk abo…

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