@GarBrothers Craig didn’t actually forge a signature; he provided a deceptive script that made it look like he did. https://t.co/QrjhZoP9Ql
@GarBrothers Yes, keys are required - that’s why it all falls under the umbrella of “cryptography.” But it’s a misc… https://t.co/8qdVKU2ljB
@GarBrothers Bitcoin uses signatures and hashes to prove authenticity of data; encryption involves “scrambling” dat… https://t.co/iM8hp0snM0
You think that’s money you’re holding in your bank account? pic.twitter.com/Iab7Dh1ebj
phneep Some new #bitcoin propaganda posters pic.twitter.com/dpxHmXiLIa
The Internet wasn’t built in a day. Neither shall the Internet of Money.
RT @BobMcElrath: You don’t need a smart contract. You need an off-chain protocol. More private, more scalable, and less likely to have cata…
RT @alexbosworth: I’ve noticed in some projects is that if you listen to their devs/leaders they often leave out downsides. The one thing I…
@nvk Then it should be easy to stop talking about him…
The base Bitcoin protocol uses cryptography, it doesn’t use encryption. If you’re using a wallet, however, it shoul… https://t.co/n4o85bKe7P
@gran90 Can’t say I’m familiar with them
RT @WhatBitcoinDid: The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Ross Ulbricht’s appeal to review his life sentence. Ross is 34 years old and will spe…
More anecdotal evidence that cash is dying off, at least in America: I’ve been experiencing an increased rate of fa… https://t.co/Mad9aNuFh4
ZmnSCPx explains patents; nice footnote! 😛
“It should be noted that agents operating patent systems are known to ru… https://t.co/CLlJHoG0W3
@bigjsbach @TwitterSupport @Jamesonlopp11 @JamesonLopp12 The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence, so… https://t.co/mj0IyLgMsx
@bigjsbach @TwitterSupport @Jamesonlopp11 @JamesonLopp12 By searching public records. If there’s another Jameson Lo… https://t.co/VuogUMsK65
I can make this really easy, @TwitterSupport: I am literally the only Jameson Lopp in the entire world. So while ac… https://t.co/iFk7nOMBPz
Back when I was a wee noob, crypto assets that launched with premines and presales were considered shitcoins; the o… https://t.co/ZNfK2PHr8B
My favorite question to ask folks who work in the security field: “how do you sleep at night?”
For me, stoicism is key.
@matthew_d_green Can-do crypto carnivory pic.twitter.com/UOGL0vJhtD
@asglidden @acityinohio @valkenburgh Live fully validated or die.
RT @soonaorlater: in case you missed the governance panel w @_jillruth @valkenburgh @VitalikButerin @lopp and @zooko, it’s up on youtube: h…
@JACarapeto Not possible due to the private nature of channel updates.
@econoar @hudsonjameson @EOS_io Hmmmm looks like they deleted the announcement page but left the link to it on their news page.
@GlobalLife365 @RonaldMcDonalt @FirstFrontierBC @baalzimon @ToneVays @peterktodd @LukeDashjr @aantonop @NickSzabo4… https://t.co/tx5VI0Musq
PaleBlueEN A Plan to Send Millions in #Bitcoin to #Venezuela Is Moving Ahead bit.ly/2Mr6apB via @coindesk
steve_hanke #Iran’s annual inflation rate measured for today, 6/28/18, is 132.15% pic.twitter.com/0jMCJpiFZt
@BitcoinVisuals Already on my to-do list https://t.co/ayk1NYXPSk
RT @TheStalwart: Incredibly bleak moment milestone for Venezuela. The cost of one cup of coffee just hit 1 million Bolivars. https://t.co/F…
RT @wiz: Excellent crypto-anarchy talk by @lopp “Constructing Crypto Castles” - Jameson Lopp & Jeremy Welch https://t.co/QnaVRsVJh2 @YouTu…
@lwsnbaker Right - looks like their node gets restarted about once a month.
@johnbiggs Nope, belongs to @BitcoinVisuals
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@_jonasschnelli_ Looks like another block storm, happens from time to time. https://t.co/ZL7hENTBfO
“Blockchain governance” has been conceptually stretched to the point of near meaninglessness. - @nic__carter
@stevenmosher @Carsten71071425 As with any network protocol, you can change the rules you are following. But since… https://t.co/B9uD5LTNLN
The votes have been tallied and the official Zcash mascot is now the “zeal” - a collection of zebras! pic.twitter.com/YcV2qc7AUF
@matthew_d_green What I love about Ethernet: the people who love it most have already abandoned it in their hearts,… https://t.co/nUrkddy2TH
@stevenmosher @Carsten71071425 It’s not going to have much effect to change only your wallet’s limits if everyone e… https://t.co/HpvYHfFhJ3
@stevenmosher The safety limits were implemented because there was general agreement that it was a good idea; anyon… https://t.co/UJ0hmMpSBy
The max allowed payment value is currently 0.042 BTC while the max channel funding value is 0.168 BTC. The difficul… https://t.co/uIFKSZgzRM
@taariqlewis @BlockCypher Just your standard block storm; some explorers either break or don’t bother trying to kee… https://t.co/fkJ1artzAv
RT @_CryptoAnarchy: Very pleased to announce the launch of our mailing list archive of the 90s era of the cypherpunks mailing list.
As far…
“Switching to Monero is always an option.” - @zooko
Zcon0 caters to all dietary requirements, including crypto carnivores. pic.twitter.com/vvmKGwf6bS
This should be of interest to folks in crypto land: @Medium now has an entire category about trust issues. medium.com/s/trustissues
@WhalePanda “This has been a learning experience” as if it wasn’t obvious that such positions of power wouldn’t be exploited?
@spudowiar There could be other business or legal issues, but who knows…
Facebook is working on its own secret crypto project; it would look pretty bad if they blocked all other crypto pro… https://t.co/g3dIJtIPXu
@ChristopherA @bramcohen @Twitter @jack In the meantime, @scamclerk will uncover these bots despite their blocking you.
RT @SFBTCMeetup: Tonight’s SF BTC event is taking a user focused look at the new Bitcoin Lightning Network. What does it mean for the norma…
CasaHODL Team Casa is shipping!
Check out the new homepage:
keys.casa pic.twitter.com/EN5dSmdqc3
RT @TwitterSafety: Starting today, you can use a security key for login verification when you sign in to https://t.co/I6k1ntZlAv.
https://t…
@ClassicIsComing Generally speaking paper wallets are not recommended; I’d definitely recommend against using them… https://t.co/EMsNwCvufQ
@_LR_ Because a ton of things can go wrong with the seed and most people don’t actually test loading a device with… https://t.co/TWoXg7UOKB
@Bitsolgroup Indeed. The solution we’re building at @CasaHODL removes the need for users to manage recovery seed phrases.
Just another good reason to own multiple hardware key management devices: preventing catastrophic loss due to firmw… https://t.co/xEdbdNZuFM
@akaAndre82 Andreas did this Q&A a couple of years ago https://t.co/YxQlczDUgg
@ricburton @logonaut @fubuloubu @Nneuman @CasaHODL Exactly. This is going to be a learning process to see how much… https://t.co/2ZlqmnDq3d
@mikeinspace @MissHon73983988 And a concealed carry permit.
@mbrochh @bitstein $300M would be a good start for Rat Thing development. https://t.co/wIsfNEohok
@LightningK0ala @Blockstream @adam3us @Excellion @humanifold @Snyke @rusty_twit @LarryBitcoin @theinstagibbs… https://t.co/dQVbji2i1H
RT @CasaHODL: *PLEASE NOTE* We do not recommend placing “Secured by Casa” signs at your residence until after we release our Rat Thing lin…
cdixon Introducing a16z crypto a16zcrypto.com
I just published @CasaHODL’s Privacy Model https://t.co/D7SOjjVz21
@Roadfighter No, you want the threshold (m) to be lower than the total group size (n)
@FlyWhisperer Everyone who cares makes their own decision and consensus emerges from the chaos.
@Deeeeeeej_ Yeah, that was an odd mistake to make. They clearly aren’t economists.
This research on multi-hop locks for payment channel networks looks promising. Interestingly, the authors state tha… https://t.co/f4sgASvODX
You can block but you can’t hide, Twitter scambots! Just squashed my 200th impersonation account. Kudos to… https://t.co/UEWIkfji5y
RT @bendavenport: 9/ The fact is, a HODLer choosing to hold a coin for even 1 month is 720 times as effective at generating base demand as…
@bytemaster7 @bittybitbit86 You’re equating resolving a consensus failure (the Bitcoin bdb locking bug) with revers… https://t.co/Hj90lbdeM4
coinableS Checkout my newest video, a short bitcoin market talk, why dollar cost averaging is a good idea now, and… youtu.be/leku–UsEQ?a
@XLdean I hope not, because biometrics are incredibly dangerous in the sense that if stolen from you, you can’t change your biological data.
@zeropassio @bytemaster7 You presume too much. It’s currently far too onerous to secure crypto assets, which is why… https://t.co/uwychcdNWM
@bbbowski Party’s problems were an entirely different issue related to smart contract security.
@weissjeffm You should not /only/ use bank vaults because they are vulnerable to insider theft and nation state attacks.
@ChrisAbnerter @Roadfighter The only decent guide I’m aware of is @pamelawjd’s Crypto asset inheritance planning. https://t.co/kmbLfX3DJd
@qudusato @mcnicollme BitGo has SegWit support; it looks like Copay still has not added it! https://t.co/0o3QUYyM35
@mcnicollme The most user friendly free multisig wallet is probably https://t.co/TJNZJkcTdl - not sure if there are… https://t.co/cxTtQn6SeI
@chrisdunnbirch Yep, humans are fallible; I expect humans to continue making mistakes for the forseeable future.
@WillSchulz29 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ either the fundamentals of a system are sound or they aren’t. A ton of individuals may choo… https://t.co/XLhFdSHBdp
Completely agree… Note that EOS already had 7 accounts frozen without arbitration in violation of Article IX of its… https://t.co/t12XY7JUKY
@Roadfighter Yes, you’re only really limited by your creativity. In general you’ll probably want to set up a system… https://t.co/s24e1TIJP6
This interpretation of the New York Agreement explains a lot about Dan’s perspective on governance. The Bitcoin com… https://t.co/QT9T2WdXn6
The most secure account is multi-sig with trusted first party - where all keys are held by yourself, but on a varie… https://t.co/5omzOxySqH
@djspinhideaway @Sunny_Singh10 I theorized about that and more several years ago: https://t.co/Nzrp3jFMh0
@djspinhideaway @Sunny_Singh10 Right - transaction fees. Which is why it’s important for the system to develop in a… https://t.co/n5dVCpfAc3
@shitcoinprotips No guarantees - some miners could be making what ends up being a terrible investment.
@billruby Yep, one of many variables upon which miners must speculate is how the global hashrate will change in the… https://t.co/VuxpcWllsG
@Brandonruck Certainly not possible to cover all of the variables at play in a single tweet; I suppose my main poin… https://t.co/KNAaqRdl10
@rambogoham Indeed!
Hashrate follows price. Some folks believe price follows hashrate, possibly because hashrate doesn’t simply track ~… https://t.co/wW6G3MWXJx
Be a sovereign pineapple. pic.twitter.com/zofkQL4scc
@Cryptobike @OneStrongCrypto @ChrisConeyInt I generally agree with the trade-offs he identifies between trusted and trustless systems.
@OneStrongCrypto @ChrisConeyInt @Cryptobike Yes, I do disagree with some parts of it. Perhaps I can make a tweet or two later today.
@ChrisConeyInt @Cryptobike There’s self governance (choosing and enforcing the rules to which you agree) and there’… https://t.co/V28lEyDnKL
@Cryptobike @ChrisConeyInt That process is opaque and unverifiable, thus it’s open to arbitrary changes. This is a… https://t.co/sH3IEd0Rb7
@ChrisConeyInt @Cryptobike Correct; EOS users are opting in to this system of authorities who have the ability to a… https://t.co/m89wCRIeKj
@Cryptobike I help people empower themselves and secure their own crypto assets; EOS does the exact opposite by put… https://t.co/2ESpTLZrUj
@spudowiar I’m unable to verify that signature. 🙄
Kneel before your EOS b̶a̶n̶k̶e̶r̶s̶ block producers. https://t.co/e14jZqNNAq https://t.co/zxH4KFyldE
This is pretty great at first glance - I’m diligent about reporting impersonators and yet Scam Clerk found 39 that… https://t.co/da5BiOLexZ
Bulls are for riding.
Bears are for hugging. pic.twitter.com/Nf8Czv8lmb
RT @CasaHODL: Watch now!
“Constructing Crypto Castles†by
@lopp and @jeremyrwelch at
#Cryptolina2018
https://t.co/Iv4LgIQ4qP
@mcnicollme @CasaHODL Right… about… now.
Multi-Signature
Multi-Location
Multi-Device
If @CasaHODL can help make this a standard, we expect it will deter ma… https://t.co/DFNNl6VXox
The rate of physical attacks will continue to accelerate as long as criminals view crypto asset owners as soft targ… https://t.co/sfZPqb9ZgX
@bitdeep_oficial Just randomness that some folks are reading too much into.
@cenaclecapital That screenshot is from grepping the debug log at ~/.bitcoin/debug.log though it’s important to not… https://t.co/16V6QYRSAd
@Sisko86 @BTCorBCH @MattCQuinnell @Devar https://t.co/c9Cq8UMVwX looks at the mempool to make rough estimates. You… https://t.co/OKJ1yYzAUW
@cenaclecapital Which post? What transactions are you trying to see - are you trying to connect a wallet to your node?
In the Information Age there is a surplus of people and events about which you can be upset. However, time is still… https://t.co/sGORK4NR4U
@Luke4Christ He was the first GPU miner; he was generating quite a few.
@UKTraderCrypto The purchases were made by other people via credit card; Laszlo sent the BTC to them.
Many Bitcoin users are aware that Laszlo Hanyecz bought 2 Papa John’s pizzas for 10,000 BTC in 2010. What’s less kn… https://t.co/ZeY7S1ArIN
RT @epicenterbtc: New episode is up! Lawyer Pamela Morgan @pamelawjd has been helping people and organizations build solutions to safely st…
@ljxie How about blockchain whisperer?
@CryptoMedicated I’ve never had it in my name or profile. Still growing! https://t.co/FGLSqu19WH
@bradmillscan Steve!
@jeffrade @gandibar Gandi gives you the first 2 TB for pretty cheap but the overages are expensive past that point.
@jeffrade @gandibar You mean in terms of bandwidth? I’ve seen my well connected node go as high as 3 TB upstream in… https://t.co/QFRrVQ4uLc
@Cryptonautikus @pmullr Try a browser refresh and wait a few seconds; seems to sporadically have issues loading.
visualblockchain.org is the first (AFAIK) realtime visualization of bitcoin spending by coin age. pic.twitter.com/yuj6GjO6bQ
@coinspectator @WhalePanda Pretty much 0; it could only work if folks are not verifying. That is, it could work as… https://t.co/9Osyxf5b1c
RT @khannib: You can now see the breakdown of how many BTC is stored in each multisig setup on https://t.co/BSQTsUzDN3
https://t.co/H5corl 
You can now listen to my latest interview, “Cypherpunks and the Rise of Cryptoassets” on the Beyond Disruption podc… https://t.co/BIN1n67tLp
@Twitter @TwitterSupport @jack The smarter crypto scambots instablock the accounts they are mimicking shortly after… https://t.co/Em6BnuXgtZ
@UliGall @Excellion Unclear, not sure it’s even possible for me to retrieve that raw transaction since it got thrown away.
@kryptografisi @minefarmbuy @gandibar It’s all virtualized but yeah it’s cores.
@paul_ferguson Probably because it doesn’t cost much to try and you could potentially fool some nodes that aren’t fully validating.
@MediumSqueeze I run a few flavors though I can’t say Arch is one of them… just never tried it.
Monthly bill breakdown for my (midrange performance) https://t.co/HN6b9OKPvS full node on @gandibar:
4 CPUs - $9.75… https://t.co/wZCICxlQ5D
@notontweetter @udiWertheimer You’re not validating “for everyone else” but rather verifying everything because you… https://t.co/moe2QNxT37
@crypto_eyed @Excellion This is a local log just for my node; nodes don’t share bad data as that would open a denial of service vector.
@Damrondl IMO the point of running a node is to abstract away the hard parts of consensus; the average user shouldn… https://t.co/LW2N7DK6sN
Is this you? Don’t worry, the answers are waiting for you at lopp.net/bitcoin.html pic.twitter.com/9GfE7ubUls
@Rptr45 It certainly wasn’t, it’s just fascinating that this feature was used IMMEDIATELY upon the launch of the network.
@notontweetter Inflating the money supply without consensus is defrauding the entire user base. Up to you whether o… https://t.co/FbydKJorzs
EOS is setting records left and right. File this under “fastest to fail at censorship resistance.” https://t.co/xBCvV7KD35
Bitcoin is an adversarial network; by my count there were 68 attempts in the past week to feed an invalid block to… https://t.co/Hi7OonOTds
@udiWertheimer @giacomozucco ROFL I still have nightmares about EthereumJ
@TuurDemeester Real men put their dicks on the line. dickline.info
@ABsam55 Good question, though I don’t think it’s a simple answer because it would depend upon the amount of traffi… https://t.co/bkEq9MmLKd
@gladkos @WhalePanda It’s actually a protocol limitation for safety. Hopefully as Lightning matures we’ll see folks… https://t.co/0vxwu2IycS
BashCo_ My node’s latest view of the Lightning Network pic.twitter.com/RdKbIEBHSt
The Lightning Network continues to grow pic.twitter.com/Y4LFg045Fc
@MaxFerlatte @worbli_ceo @CharlieShrem @CasaHODL Allow me to simplify that a bit further: anything that can be owne… https://t.co/VjQbYFu4RE
@anguschampion …and they’ve been squashed. Twitter seems to be getting more responsive to reports.
@anguschampion Just another scammer; they posted scam replies to my latest tweet.
@CT_Investing Of course they do, but no one can guarantee that. They can only /promise/ safety and stability.
A side effect of freedom is the ability to voluntarily relinquish it in favor of new masters who promise to solve y… https://t.co/FE56VRi41s
@worbli_ceo @MaxFerlatte @CharlieShrem You don’t have to be a geek in order to securely manage private keys. You ju… https://t.co/G3DSuLfJs1
@NeerajKA @pierre_rochard It’s amazing how they managed to screw up such a simple headline… it’s interesting spec… https://t.co/mlziy5kSAl
@maxkeiser Are you suggesting the Labor Theory of Value?
RT @anguschampion: 2014: Bitcoin is dead
2015: Bitcoin is dead
2016: Bitcoin is dead
2017: Bitcoin is dead
2018: Bitcoin will kill the Inte…
“I was just doing my job as a jackbooted thug employed by the State.” https://t.co/oT0rU5Rq6g
“It’s simply too risky on a number of levels to try and run the global economy on a network with no center.”
Yeah,… https://t.co/AIYq6MMdhA
@H3dgi @elonmusk @michaelshermer Sure; there are many flavors of libertarianism, some more voluntary than others.
@H3dgi @elonmusk @michaelshermer Voluntarism
@elonmusk @michaelshermer Tyranny of the majority is slightly more freeing than tyranny of a tiny minority since yo… https://t.co/oruZcpvH67
@gaborgurbacs @earndotcom @adam3us That’s the trillion dollar question. I suspect that any such schemes would inevi… https://t.co/DtOj0yopNU
@gaborgurbacs @earndotcom @adam3us To be clear, my intention here is not monetization, but rather spam prevention.… https://t.co/rVpYouyn9M
Million satoshi idea: an e2e encrypted p2p messaging Lapp where the sender pays per character. Kinda like… https://t.co/Bp9nF6la0r
@bjendyk EOS is just the latest example; this statement has been made regarding a variety of assets over the years.
“You should cut [crypto asset X] some slack because it’s still young. Even Bitcoin had bugs early on.”
That’s not… https://t.co/FUJS9oob7X
Choose your friends carefully, folks. Stay frosty. https://t.co/CWOHQrZiCD
@TuurDemeester Unfortunately, multiple presentations by multiple people.
It’s gauche to step onto a stage and disclose your highly profitable trades. And doing so while making a pitch is s… https://t.co/cOgoqk12ub
@crypto_jeronimo @unspecifiedllc IIRC they used the price history going back to 2010. Talk was recorded but IDK when it will be posted.
.@unspecifiedllc ran a ton of machine learning algorithms over hundreds of data sets to find the best “predictor” o… https://t.co/mNDB1iza2D
Looks like the EOS network managed to stay up for a whole day before running into a showstopper bug that froze the… https://t.co/hodNS4ppqk
“I’m not buying bitcoin because I don’t invest in things I don’t understand.”
That’s a great policy; on the other… https://t.co/4VspexcN2Q
@cenaclecapital @hmichellerose To be fair, there’s already a book 😀 https://t.co/C9qbVPL49u
RT @SFBitcoinDevs: Video from @alexbosworth’s talk about submarine swaps is available! https://t.co/GTO1M9BeUX
RT @elonmusk: Socialism vs capitalism is not even the right question. What really matters is avoiding monopolies that restrict people’s fre…
RT @CReckhow: Start building your #crypto castle with @CasaHODL ðŸ°ðŸ”’ @lopp and @jeremyrwelch closing out day 1 at @Cryptolina https://t.co/LC…
@Disruptepreneur @MadBitcoins @Zoodxxx @Cryptolina It’s your casa, where you can throw parties while relaxing with… https://t.co/pzc8nUfZog
@WhalePanda Clickbait headline pic.twitter.com/JkjyIp61sl
coindesk A Real-Time Fight Over Shitty Art Is Becoming a Big Deal for Bitcoin bit.ly/2HP3hfx pic.twitter.com/yF7SIQycEE
Proof of Steak pic.twitter.com/ezo308ZSa4
@lwsnbaker @ummjackson @mikeinspace But is that covered by the EOS Constitution? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@ummjackson @mikeinspace Not your keys, not your votes AMIRITE?
Seccour_FR Bitcoiners are so poor that they keep using the same clothes for years pic.twitter.com/1o8NBFwvTR
“These are exciting legal times” is not a statement I think any non-lawyer ever wants to hear. https://t.co/aDepS1R2Yw
RT @alansilbert: Introducing INX! We are building a regulated crypto & derivatives broker-dealer and ATS for institutions and retail inves…
“Bitcoin, and cryptography in general, are defensive technologies that make the cost of defending property & inform… https://t.co/A0IX4IHihS
“Crypto anarchy is the cyberspacial realization of anarcho-capitalism, transcending national boundaries & freeing i… https://t.co/r7Ri2a2T7B
If you like @BitcoinWisdom (which has languished for years without much maintenance) you’ll love the new and improv… https://t.co/cvm68H62ZB
https://t.co/bTmCvRb8Hj is driving Lighting innovation via real-world stress testing. Over 8,000 daily users, 8,000… https://t.co/bk4TZ3p9sg
@el33th4xor @TaylorGerring Nakamoto Consensus can be the only consensus mechanism if you kneel before the throne of almighty hashpower. ðŸ˜
RT @dansutterman: I just published “A Fly On The Crypto Wall†https://t.co/osQjirWamP
@TuurDemeester @coindesk @CNBC Or to protect folks from shortening the life of the CPU and battery.
RT @hrdng: Even knowing how LN works, watching frenzied activity on https://t.co/rbUgwOpCNq made me wonder about the mempool. Were all tho…