Bank: “Let’s get you enrolled in our voice authentication service!”
Me: “Why are you trying to decrease the securit… https://t.co/WH80RyHaQb
This enterprising good boy invented his own currency and even convinced local proprietors to accept it!… https://t.co/zFibDDKSSA
RT @SatoshiLite: Running your own node is like having your own watch. You use it to tell time without relying on others. (e.g. miners) If e…
Elections are popularity contests.
Social media has made it easier for folks to leverage their social capital.
It’s… https://t.co/cn8gwPRoex
“Good men must not obey the laws too well.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
RT @theonevortex: Catch an all new #LIVE episode of The #Bitcoin News Show on @WorldCryptoNet today at 12pm PST!
https://t.co/XqEHOTUirE h…
RT @irekz: Did you know that LN channels don’t have to be closed when all funds are spent? You can re-balance those via LN and keep your LN…
@kurtwuckertjr The only entities that can define Bitcoin on behalf of others are custodians of bitcoin; the users w… https://t.co/L4hwEOMd9y
@geiger_phil I’d say it’s pretty clear that consensus is BTC == Bitcoin, though there aren’t any metrics that form… https://t.co/qZktI0mkBj
@BCH_TheOriginal “Our software is evolving the least!” is not a great selling point in my opinion, but to each their own…
You may define what Bitcoin is to yourself.
You may not define what Bitcoin is to others without their consent. pic.twitter.com/6vVRhoVTZm
Not even the whitepaper defines Bitcoin; whitepapers are starting points, not finishing lines. Even Satoshi’s own u… https://t.co/rFkh6gJRsc
@deromme Anyone is welcome to try; I’m not particularly worried about such social attacks.
@thealexgalaxy Nope - read their twitter handle, not just their name and avatar.
There is no web site, forum, social media account, foundation, code repository, conference, enterprise alliance, or… https://t.co/qv7LbbnIu4
@girevikcap @robzon @UKTraderCrypto According to Bitcoin Core’s output, the 17 millionth bitcoin was mined in block… https://t.co/3rU0DzLq7h
@weissjeffm Looks like it went from 23 to 36 which sounds right (given flexibility for rounding) https://t.co/21DU2C1MFt
@girevikcap @ndrchvzz Miners may claim anywhere from 0 to the max allowed subsidy. https://t.co/XrcgoVz4qU
@Sisko86 @ndrchvzz For a variety of reasons, yes. Even if every reward was fully claimed you’d never get to 21M exa… https://t.co/0crFg1PMqM
@ndrchvzz And that’s exactly why folks get it wrong - assuming that every block reward has been fully claimed.
@duckartes Absolutely! It’s: bitcoin-cli gettxoutsetinfo
That’s the output that I’m displaying on statoshi.info
@BenDiFrancesco They’re probably calculating it themselves rather than actually counting the UTXOs. There are a few… https://t.co/SrkSP6OHEZ
Today I’ve learned that a lot of data sources are incorrectly reporting the total bitcoin supply. We haven’t actual… https://t.co/TV892pQhBK
@KyleSamani @VinnyLingham @myles_snider Sounds like there’s an expectation of inflation but that whoever launches a… https://t.co/4MKGMMg7TX
This will be the 23rd time we have broken the $9,000 resistance level… pic.twitter.com/NH7x0wTclm
@KyleSamani @VinnyLingham “EOS transactions will be free for users” is a huge red flag for me. What incentivizes en… https://t.co/XttZK8mm64
I’m choosing to interpret this tweet as a coded message that Kanye wants us to decentralize so much that by the tim… https://t.co/OCvo5pW9ZP
@ziggamon @bramcohen Heyyyyy @binance @cz_binance if this was you, might want to invest some dev resources so that… https://t.co/a9VeqHKFcO
@bramcohen Probably a noob who is learning The Fidelity Effect the hard way. I’ve seen plenty of enterprises make these mistakes.
RT @Emmonspired: Stop the FUD and Learn how to #BUIDL contracts that avoid such overflow bugs.
If this capsule history of our progess te…
T-minus 1 hour ‘til my @TheNextWeb Answers session goes live at https://t.co/fHnOd2gXvk
When you’re writing safety critical code, every arithmetic operation is potentially catastrophic. Smart contract de… https://t.co/ijdHJqeGhP
RT @matt_odell: More info below.
“Our results show that more than a dozen of ERC20 contracts are also vulnerable to batchOverflow. To demo…
RT @WhalePanda: ERC20 tokens deposit suspended on @OKEx_ due to the discovery of a new smart contract bug. $ETH https://t.co/mbz8PXbThp htt…
@NakamotoInst I dare say we have ourselves a strong candidate for induction into the hall of The Skeptics! https://t.co/tPHaYdVI34
RT @Melt_Dem: the women of crypto are here to break some shit! thanks to
@glamourmag for sharing the story - featuring @starkness @e_rossi…
RT @NickSzabo4: Cryptocurrency most important areas for improvement over the next few years:
* More secure storage (key management)
* Trust…
@joeloutwest The primary reason I recommended GreenAddress was because it’s multi-sig which should be more secure.… https://t.co/HVqg2ZF16X
Bitcoin was the 9th most viewed Wikipedia article in 2017, coming in not far behind the entry for the United States. https://t.co/jdIHYQTu05
@muneeb Bulletproof hoodies, on the other hand… wonderhoodie.com
Suddenly “Satoshi’s Vision” starts sounding much more compelling… pic.twitter.com/iJjiwx4IKn
For today’s Technical Analysis indicator I direct your attention to the Vegeta Resistance Level at 9000. As we can… https://t.co/EXE8V0EhKx
RT @WayneVaughan: HODLing ain’t easy. @lopp explains the challenges of securing your Bitcoin. https://t.co/Tbdxv5JnwW
TheNextWeb Put your Q in Bitcoin dev Jameson Lopp’s Answers session tnw.me/N1vzkdR
RT @WNCN: Bitcoin ATMs beginning to appear in Charlotte https://t.co/x7CGCWiKAl
Taking advantage of low time preference is counterintuitive but easy in the Internet Age. E.g. if you want to buy s… https://t.co/lhcr5lz2kw
@cl0uding @TuurDemeester When you remove the decentralized aspects of a crypto asset you’re left with little more t… https://t.co/quGh9GG4v4
BTC needs to appreciate by an average 0.484% per day to stay above the @officialmcafee Dick Line. If you extrapolat… https://t.co/svHOdDVEDg
There is only one “technical analysis” trend worth paying attention to for Bitcoin and that’s the @officialmcafee D… https://t.co/DkFtSE2Ohh
RT @ArminVanBitcoin: We just passed 2,000 nodes with over 5,650 open channels on mainnet. The total network capacity is now $150,000 USD. T…
@2nd_Entropy Physics and cost of computing resources impose practical limits. Coming to consensus across many thous… https://t.co/NhCmTQGP9r
@WayneVaughan @chainpnt @ryanxcharles Yeah the argument that node operators will be so rich that they won’t mind st… https://t.co/1TyYA3MYQ4
@PokerPercal @BernieSanders It’s a joking reference to something that IIRC Jihan Wu said last year.
@WayneVaughan The very future of bcash rests upon the belief that a single public blockchain can be used as a cheap global database.
And if everyone tries to shove all of their junk data into a single blockchain, it won’t work either. https://t.co/vBSi5Ctn3x
Unfairly cheap SegWit transactions are using more than 25% of Bitcoin’s block space but aren’t paying their share o… https://t.co/ZFsWCThr3O
@NTmoney Disable notifications from accounts you don’t follow. Problem solved.
Biometric security is an oxymoron. https://t.co/xXdtdvvxnf
I struggle to envision how burning less than 0.005% of bcash’s inflation rate is going to have any discernable econ… https://t.co/07R1MYFGQw
@jimmysong More generally: computer science departments should spend more resources teaching software engineering i… https://t.co/WpoVeEPmp0
There is no need to be upset - you were using Bitcoin incorrectly by handing control over to a third party. Now tak… https://t.co/ykhk3c9HIn
RT @aantonop: The very first bullet point in the howto for paper wallets is why they’re not useful for most people:
Step 1: “Ensure your c…
@Excellion @baby_btc @Blockstream @mir_btc @giacomozucco @adam3us @LarryBitcoin Don’t forget to send food!
Apollo 13 literally blew up when an oxygen tank exploded. https://t.co/h1ssfvBGfl
@JacekLakomiec EXT4 but the issue came about due to a problem with the hosting provider’s virtualized disks.
Trust me, you do not want to ever have to manually recover files from lost+found after running fsck on a corrupted… https://t.co/OfsMngieb1
RT @Nneuman: Excited to be joining the team @CasaHODL to lead product…taking what we learned with KeySplit to the next level of private k…
@flyosity For POTUS? He certainly has the narcissism nailed. But does he have the necessary psychopathic traits?
@flyosity Can I interest you in a new driver? https://t.co/fEQUITSyaA
Contrary to my expectation, I’ve found that time flies when you’re suspended in a sensory deprivation tank. pic.twitter.com/seqY5OVPCm
@NSKinsella I hope not; some have suggested it’s linked to unique experiences. I feel like most of mine lately have… https://t.co/Cy8bzNZqbv
RT @jespow: Somebody has to say what everybody’s actually thinking about the NYAG’s inquiry. The placative kowtowing toward this kind of ab…
Time appears to pass faster as we age, presumably because each unit of time progressively becomes a smaller percent… https://t.co/jluuh5u2jo
@rogerkver @reddit @alexisohanian @wtfspez @brian_armstrong I nominate myself; I have a strong track record of hand… https://t.co/nV4ZByx2Ha
RT @dhruvbansal: If you’re a data nerd, #Bitcoin hodler, or just crypto-curious, you might enjoy our new article analyzing Bitcoin’s UTXO a…
@clevershark Taxation is not the only means through which one can fund such services. The fact that some taxes are… https://t.co/mv86u7YlQb
@Luther0Blissett @thechanster @jasonus_habilis @CryptoDenton You’re saying folks should form new nations? I’m not a… https://t.co/KtTIaYan9A
@thechanster @jasonus_habilis @CryptoDenton “You can always leave” is a non-argument. Nation states claim ownership… https://t.co/AwrcMBoNKf
Taxation isn’t theft.
Taxation is extortion.
Merry national extortion day, ‘Murica!
@theinstagibbs Nice; you know what would also be nice? If misspelled config params would throw an error rather than being silently ignored.
@jimmysong I’ve lost count of how many people told me that civilized society only exists because we’re all perpetua… https://t.co/huLZg6sBQu
“No man is good enough to govern another man, without that other’s consent.” - Abraham Lincolnpic.twitter.com/rNAgbC3SCnn
@surfcashchain I doubt that Bitcoin can offer a solution to the concentration of wealth; all it can really promise… https://t.co/DdX6PzCS1Z
@surfcashchain Concentration of wealth? Yes, that’s true in the broader economy as well - wealth does tend to concentrate.
Lowest (daily average) BTC exchange rate in:
2012: $4.27
2013: $13.28
2014: $309.87
2015: $177.28
2016: $358.77
201… https://t.co/UKell3N7lw
@WayneVaughan The most likely answer is because it won’t gain sufficient adoption to cause those problems.
BobMcElrath Bitcoin mining doesn’t “waste energy”, it absorbs inefficiencies in energy generation and transport.
@MrNickFriend @twobitidiot His tweet has crypto in it; your request has been fulfilled.
@sixinbrian @cryptofun69 Depends upon the season!
@vietlq @mineZcash @ebfull @jasondavies @ZcashFoundation @zcashco @zooko @coindesk MimbleWimble doesn’t have toxic… https://t.co/8oLT3MrTrL
Congrats @bendavenport and new @BitGo CTO, @bencxr! https://t.co/ujFzOT1Tav
RT @jimmysong: Rationalization is the weapon of the fool
Obfuscation is the weapon of the conman
Accusation is the weapon of the troll
Veri…
@Brunelleschimo It’s a calculated risk. https://t.co/MjY4tbYGj1
@fat_engineer90 Nope. It can only be decrypted through a complicated process that involves multiple people in different locations.
@APompliano But Barclays assured us that won’t happen!
@cryptofun69 If you approach slowly and from my front, it should be OK. ðŸ»
Potential physical attackers should take note: these days I only carry testnet bitcoins (which have no redeemable v… https://t.co/0SSvJS8hgf
@CryptoGambleh Anyone who follows me home is going to be extremely disappointed. My cold storage is geographically… https://t.co/X1OnImIRdU
@DatCryptoLife Thanks for your concern; I’ve balanced my risks and security to my satisfaction. https://t.co/vUPNgaWrbF
@a_ferron This was a VPS so it’s much slower; over 12 hours. Haven’t tried 0.16 on my blazing fast rig, though it o… https://t.co/T9pVfLXJvg
@JasonEbacher @alan8325 Yeah it’s a delicate balance between advertising for awareness and advertising to degrade one’s safety.
@ElMichaelLewis It has a few upgrades, mostly aerodynamic and suspension.
The most common reaction I still get to my BITCOIN license plate is laughter. Just another sign that it’s still the… https://t.co/zNasYrB9Yg
@killerstorm Sure, and a letter from a bank doesn’t prove that you own that money. It only proves that someone at t… https://t.co/ie95NZHuId
Them: We need a letter from your bank showing proof of assets.
Me: No problem; I’m my own bank. Here’s a cryptograp… https://t.co/Mv2E23YxeR
@_Hypron tail -f ~/.bitcoin/debug.log
Hello blockchain my old friend
I’ve come to sync with you again pic.twitter.com/jDyK3j7qgG
RT @NodedPodcast: New episode! In Noded 0.12.0, @bitstein and @pierre_rochard do a deep dive with @alexbosworth into the world of Lightning…
“Lower time preference allows us to curb our instinctive & animalistic impulses, act rationally, & think of what is… https://t.co/ZsioNjMJZ9
“If soldiers are not to cross international boundaries, goods must do so. Unless the Shackles can be dropped from t… https://t.co/y08DxR6qsG
RT @realjdowner: I just published “Bitcoin: A Breakthrough in Energy Liquidity†https://t.co/O9XVw7iUd5
“Politics vs Technology” by @halfin
https://t.co/WkKTv5HehA https://t.co/0SCpjMPoxi
@flyosity LOLitics #NotMyDemocracy
coindesk Police Officers Charged in $1.3 Million Bitcoin Extortion Scheme bit.ly/2Exd748 pic.twitter.com/FyqZcOxcGu
@mikeinspace @rogerkver @Bitcoin It’s more evidence that control of Internet infrastructure is not sufficiently distributed.
@jbarrwell @paullinator @MrHodl @SatoshiLite @EdgeSecure That’s why we need to get the market up and running now!
@paullinator @MrHodl @SatoshiLite @EdgeSecure I’ll send you an on-chain satoshi for every two lightning satoshis yo… https://t.co/JbNDZY8fCA
RT @iam_preethi: Overheard someone talking about job security and it made me realize how much our society conditions us to derisk everythin…
@criptomaniaweb @savageben238 @Eatmorecod @rogerkver @Bitcoin Bitcoin changes are only decided by hashrate if you d… https://t.co/IdJqYsFiQR
@criptomaniaweb @rogerkver @Bitcoin Even if that’s the case, it’s still an issue with Twitter as a private platform… https://t.co/lXifYS9nyL
@criptomaniaweb @rogerkver @Bitcoin No, I’m referring to the fact that Twitter owns Twitter and thus gets to decide… https://t.co/CHgh9GVEK4
@rogerkver @Bitcoin Freedom of speech means that the government won’t throw you in a cage for saying something it d… https://t.co/3efvU7fQJr
@Cryptophrenic For recording real estate transactions / ownership? @factom perhaps?
Lightning is an aloftcoin.
@RayyanIsACrayon @saifedean Because Bitcoin doesn’t care. It might be a problem for you if this knowledge causes yo… https://t.co/QNfdo7xUBe
@RayyanIsACrayon @saifedean It’s a non-problem. https://t.co/QeSIXeMswM
RT @matthew_d_green: I wrote a blog post about hash-based signatures, just because. https://t.co/xYPBjNYlIE
Africans, Chinese, & Indians learned the hard way against the European gold standard.
“History shows it is not po… https://t.co/nj1nLvpVAv
It is the inherent nature of Bitcoin that knowledge of securing and using BTC cannot be delegated or outsourced. Th… https://t.co/5R297IGedg
It’s neither safe nor ethical IMO to claim these Monero forks due to replay protection and privacy concerns. https://t.co/6g637qGU8y
@AmberBaldet @TMobile FWIW I’ve yet to hear of a single case of a @projectfi user getting SIM-jacked.
“There are other things that make Bitcoin special than just the blockchain.” - @starkness https://t.co/lWe75vWlGZ
@_JasonCooper One of my favorites is this animation that shows how Bitcoin script gets executed to check the validi… https://t.co/4wj6a4A9Fe
@likewh0a Go for it
Starting a Lightning Developers Twitter list; please recommend any lightning app & protocol developers who should b… https://t.co/W8oiCUUN2b
RT @alexbosworth: Feels like only the other day that I was passing $0.01 in earned routing fees on mainnet Lightning. Just passed $0.10! If…
RT @BitcoinMagazine: A Brief History of Lightning: From Brainstorm to Beta by @AaronvanW https://t.co/2IHzIhchkV #blockchain #bitcoin #Ligh…
@zxkcp Is that you, ZmnSCPxj?
There are 2 types of people left in the Bitcoin scaling debate: those who realize the debate is over and those who do not.
If you approach Bitcoin as if it’s just a:
* currency
* company
* database
* democracy
* developer platform
* scien… https://t.co/G7amTB8Mam
We hosted Samer Falah at @TriangleBitcoin last night to learn about JP Morgan’s enterprise focused flavor of Ethere… https://t.co/PPuLxdGHIq
@ObiWanKenoBit @starkness @jimmysong Intermediate changes to the channel state that occur between the opening and c… https://t.co/bJgkXDzOQ7
@SatoshiLite Isn’t flapping involved at some point? pic.twitter.com/B9SBuBx3IP
@cburniske The downside is that because of the pay-to-play folks, now the rest of us have to field questions that b… https://t.co/C2AdJHo8ow
@dammkewl The checksum is also 🥔
@kristovatlas bacon => 🥔
The most appetizing valid BIP39 Bitcoin wallet mnemonic, converted to emoji:
🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔
@ShopBitswift @TraceMayer It’s not possible to impose a class system onto Bitcoin users. Rather, this quote exposes… https://t.co/Jg6lx3V2om
Freedom isn’t free; privacy is an important facet of freedom. If you wish to contribute to pushing the envelope of… https://t.co/2eLICuQyAE
RT @BTCbenny: On today’s #BTCsessions I look at https://t.co/CSxlQhzjmB - one of the best aggregations of #Bitcoin resources I’ve ever seen…
@BashCo_ I’m onto you - your handle is an anagram for O_BCash!
@f2pool_wangchun Is that Altcoin Jesus?
@Just_JRM Yeah, I’ve done that in a few extreme cases; wish it was just automatic.
It would be great if muting someone on @Twitter also auto-muted replies to that account from other non-muted users… https://t.co/IEAaOiamGS
RT @jimmysong: I just published “Why Bitcoin is Different†https://t.co/59cjT39eW3
@sandooku @ErikVoorhees @caseygraysi @TraceMayer It’s not elitist to recognize that a lot of users are not making f… https://t.co/p5oyUTQozL
@ErikVoorhees Indeed, it’s far from a perfect metaphor; also because you can “switch classes” with a relatively sma… https://t.co/OxuIrSQa9E
@ErikVoorhees @caseygraysi @TraceMayer In terms of my normal security model (to which the original quote is referri… https://t.co/QopsGvKzxc
@SondreB Correct; I created them (and occasionally edit them) by hand in the admin UI.
I see coding as a means to an end - bringing a vision for a better future into reality by creating new sets of rule… https://t.co/oHsp4GNSNd
@SondreB You mean the JSON that defines the grafana dashboard? You’d have to download each dashboard separately by… https://t.co/K5h4SbNlvH
Joke: political correctness
Woke: critical thinking
Bespoke: using political incorrectness to trigger critical thinking
@el33th4xor @kayuri Indeed; it’s true now! https://t.co/hDLEhMNlnx
The most provably unfair investment available to crypto users, backed by a highly dedicated team, is now live at… https://t.co/zGoz2OgqkL
RT @StopAndDecrypt: @lopp Why wasn’t this drawn on glass like it should have been? https://t.co/vtAQos8svt
I’m pleased to announce a huge scientific breakthrough - after grinding away for years, my 5 petaflop supercomputin… https://t.co/swCeU0Sfjq
Yo @VitalikButerin, I’m really happy for you and I’mma let you finish https://t.co/ijw6m9OrQ6 but @pwuille had the… https://t.co/AqkKfk4lZF