RT @Mario_Gibney: We really enjoy #Halloween here at @Blockstream. While everyone else dresses up in costumes, we finally get to relax and…
RT @nic__carter: If you’re sick of handing out candy and/or praying at the altar of Satoshi, here’s my latest on Bitcoin’s identity over ti…
@IAmSuperTrump @getongab @giacomozucco I suppose it could be, but I’m making a statement based upon my own experien… https://t.co/xGJ0CRQT1T
Goodbit101 Check out our newest video! “What is Bitcoin? (In 2 Minutes)” youtu.be/bRtFCXkNpWI #bitcoin #blockchain pic.twitter.com/985E2g1wYl
@getongab @giacomozucco You and your family are going to need better opsec if you plan on continuing to walk this path.
@RobertSpigler Bcash fork date
RT @BitcoinMagazine: “Bitcoin as a 10-year-old kid is not a bad analogy. The tech is still very young, still growing. It’s been shooting up…
@Ragnarly @mHaGqnOACyFm0h5 I was just interested to see how many folks chose it 🙂
Sound logic - Brock argues that the concept of Bitcoin was sown on October 31st with the whitepaper release while t… https://t.co/Yfhh7oM6PJ
@VoskCoin The main point I tend to make regarding the whitepaper is that it’s only a starting point, not a Constitu… https://t.co/39oN4gZd4J
Thread: a reminder of how the dynamics of an open financial system work. This story has been playing out for a deca… https://t.co/ZkACTvRjgx
@VoskCoin I consider the creation of the genesis block to be the actual birth of the historical ledger that we all use today.
@BlockchainBilly No one knows, but presumably final testing by Satoshi.
@marshalletaylor Jan 3rd: Genesis block created
Jan 9th: Network starts operating
August 1: Bcash is born (some con… https://t.co/gRS054G0T3
Bitcoin is so complex and controversial that we can’t even decide which day is its birthday ðŸ˜
Which day do you consider it to be?
Everyone who is interested in cryptocurrency should read the Bitcoin whitepaper. If you’re intimidated by it or hav… https://t.co/TI8ez5Emtu
10 years ago the course of financial technology was shifted by an anonymous entity that posted this 9 page whitepap… https://t.co/MRqNPGbpyd
@antiprosynth Yes, I commented on the issue with the version I used.
Anyone with a Yubikey Nano should read this - funky things can happen when you’re on a site / app that supports key… https://t.co/BpkKUjS2NC
@shitcoiner Username checks out.
@Truthcoin I don’t think that this is about being right or wrong. I believe this game is called “to the pain.”
@antiprosynth If you’re there please ask someone to fix it kgr8thx
@cryptodahveed @CasaHODL As far as I know, though we’re still working out some of the global logistics issues.
RT @CasaHODL: Team Casa working overtime to assemble Casa Node packages!! First batch ships this week!
âš¡ï¸ðŸ”’🌎 https://t.co/fb9WVnMnfQ
AmeerRosic Bang on! pic.twitter.com/FY4MTmmury
@ericbowman87 @monero Minimum specs are tough to say because it usually comes down to “how long are you willing to… https://t.co/TfIuGqet82
Some folks wanted a comparison full validation sync of geth and I’m happy to oblige. Unfortunately it’s stuck at bl… https://t.co/G1k7UifrWv
RT @PeterMcCormack: WBD042 - Crypto Custody with @jeremyrwelch and @AlenaSatoshi. Early release today as I am about to jump on a plane.
We…
@ExuberantCrypto @SwiftOnSecurity @CasaHODL Running any service that is exposed to the internet will attract attent… https://t.co/dgrUTtZHX2
@IAmReidiculous @monero Around 65GB
Full validation sync of @monero 0.13.0.4 on my beast machine took 20 hours 16 min w/ non-default configs. My earlie… https://t.co/zPlxMzu7Oi
RT @davidzmorris: We asked @ErikVoorhees, @lopp, and other early bitcoin boosters about the first time they read the white paper. Here’s wh…
Lots of folks in the blockchain space are focused on technical scalability. Few folks in the blockchain space conce… https://t.co/0IWSBGyZUO
@spencecoin @brucefenton That’s probably why they’re so random - I have ad blockers on most everything but this was… https://t.co/B8CXuotqF4
@brucefenton I enjoyed your whitepaper anniversary article. Some of the ads were kinda inappropriate though. https://t.co/tONJrK3sfN
@francispouliot_ Like stealing a lightning fast fighter jet or something?
@JustDoingItBig @ParityTech Not from me, though if anything I’d expect it to be a bit faster because you wouldn’t h… https://t.co/Fi4aNqRJjv
RT @alexbosworth: Strong (rough) quote from Electrum author Thomas Voegtlein in his presentation announcing LN support coming to Electrum:…
@cyber_hokie @econoar @hrdwrknvrstps @ParityTech Keep track. I don’t think that testing the sync once or twice a ye… https://t.co/Ke7ufPuUFW
@AFDudley0 @antiprosynth @oscpacey @ParityTech It’s important to clarify the different use cases. For the purposes… https://t.co/d4n2UEupbj
@cyber_hokie @econoar @hrdwrknvrstps @ParityTech The point is to keep track of the resources required to achieve th… https://t.co/e7FeOHXsGd
@oscpacey @hodlonaut @felfarns @ParityTech While Ethereum is running near max capacity it appears to be adding abou… https://t.co/ouor8UNeZa
@adam3us @MrHodl @ParityTech If I recall correctly, $20k is the “piss off!” threshold.
@SylTilt @ParityTech Sure, might as well.
@adhik_Joshi @ParityTech That’s a personal decision. I’m pretty sure a VPS with these specs will costs you hundreds of dollars per month.
@midmagic In terms of block height? Super fast until around block 2.7M, then slow for a few hundred thousand blocks… https://t.co/tzhI6W5RjX
@BitcoinJC @jimmysong Fees are implicit in bitcoin transactions; it’s up to wallet developers to implement appropriate sanity checks.
@oscpacey @ParityTech Ethereum is slightly different / more complex. I’m not doing full archival because my hard dr… https://t.co/yXLoOqykdL
@emivelazquez6 I haven’t come across any; doing some searches and it looks like the few that are out there are more… https://t.co/zanzhZ3eM2
Full validation sync of @ParityTech 2.1.3 now takes 5,326 minutes (3.7 days) on this machine. I increased cache to… https://t.co/saK7zyaw6b
@hodlonaut Because speech that clearly causes harm is not protected. As such, the determination of what is harmful creates a cloud.
@SteveHa85000139 Of course, though note that speech that directly incites violence is not protected. My question is… https://t.co/CKqy2Sxcx0
@hershykershy Agreed, though I would not at all be surprised if this is the direction in which we’re headed.
Hate speech is constitutionally protected in the United States. The Information Age has reduced the barriers for ha… https://t.co/2wJySDe82F
@matthartmann01 I don’t see how that would help - fractional reserve bitcoins are just IOUs in some company’s datab… https://t.co/nF88sCyF5B
RT @BlockFuse: Developing LAPPs on the #LightningNetwork just got a whole lot faster! âš¡ï¸ We added lnd support from @lightning to our open-s…
What if the final shitcoin bubble is fractional reserve bitcoins? https://t.co/DjoEdvNqkR
Starting to feel like we’re within a decade of reaching the golden age of virtual reality. https://t.co/WyPcO2GcdN
@ChiPets1 @patestevao @marcoagner A big part of learning is learning from mistakes. The important thing is to minim… https://t.co/h99Hamu2vV
@matthew_d_green Actually it’s only 49.9999% of the point.
@aantonop @BitGo @rstormsf @KyberNetwork @republicorg @bencxr Yo dawg, I heard you like Bitcoin and Ethereum so I p… https://t.co/88R7g6RUA6
@ChiPets1 @patestevao @marcoagner I don’t give investment advice, I show people how to educate themselves. If you i… https://t.co/hjMP18VMAj
@skwp @Visa @jimmysong Visa et all are welcome to become liquidity providers on other layers and offer to be middle… https://t.co/EVZ7QsaAot
@sandeepnailwal I meant that the hype shall pass as the realistic applications of the technology become more clear.
@JustinFilson @CasaHODL @spudowiar The sweatshop started to crank out the node devices this week.
Sorry @Visa, we’re deprecating the middle. https://t.co/bVLYcixw3Q
@bencxr Interesting. You may have just discovered the first case where cryptographic proof of reserve actually make… https://t.co/g9OjweEymH
.@CasaHODL facts:
* Every company meetup must include a trip to a gun range.
* New hardware devices must pass… https://t.co/BoCRWV2wb1
@brianchoffman Sorry to hear that. Humans aren’t built to be subjected to such horrors.
@zackvoell @nic__carter If you’re trying to quantify “greater good” you’re gonna have a bad time. I don’t operate u… https://t.co/zk4d9Dhb4C
@Y_deGaia I use yubikey 4 and yubikey 5 - it has supported GPG for a while. https://t.co/j6COZXFM2P
@Y_deGaia I suppose it’s debatable, though my new key is twice the length and only exists on dedicated signing hardware.
@murchandamus Good suggestion; how’s this?
gpg —local-user 0x8721DC54853620DC —edit-key 0x7E15222D71C6D9FD tnrsign
https://t.co/abQeiazz1C
@r32a_ @nic__carter Looks like the fine is $50. Yes, I’d pay $50 to not vote. https://t.co/BBnNE1L9Ol
@r32a_ @nic__carter I don’t know how non-US voting systems work with regard to privacy. It seems like in general it… https://t.co/YpTmKNWBvQ
@themadmedic1 @Obstropolos @zackvoell @nic__carter Indeed, but they don’t require reverification if you burn your o… https://t.co/Qj775A8b44
@zackvoell @nic__carter It is good for oneself, I don’t see how strong OPSEC could harm others. Voting, on the othe… https://t.co/yPtCzRYr5a
@nic__carter Registering to vote is an OPSEC failure.
@WayneVaughan Not good enough - still have to defeat gait recognition.
@technicalhype Updated and available at https://t.co/etvT18WEid
My old PGP key 0x8721DC54853620DC expires soon.
New key is 0x7E15222D71C6D9FD
fingerprint 67BF 3141 CED3 8424 D5E0… https://t.co/qX6g5DH8uu
@nvk They’re right in front of you - take the shot!
Do you have friends who you want to learn about Bitcoin but you can’t get them to read walls of text? Send them to… https://t.co/tl3Iw39AuW
@twobitidiot You joke, but overinterpretation of Satoshi’s writings is the root cause of so much vitriol…
@Jim_Harper @Ggcrm The biggest privacy issue IMO is that you’re still anchored on-chain, so on-chain analysis could… https://t.co/uthu2X0PM7
@Jim_Harper In a general sense it depends upon how each layer is constructed. Lightning, for example, was built wit… https://t.co/XwuHI4zojQ
@mschnidrig @RobertSpigler Hmmmm well “gettxoutsetinfo” will give you the /serialized/ size though I’m not sure how… https://t.co/Ay7rgDD8iN
Multi-year Bitcoin scaling debate in < a tweet:
* Some folks prioritize low cost of transacting.
* Some folks prior… https://t.co/Xl1G1Nlg32
RT @nic__carter: One of the best things I’ve read on the prehistory and cultural context of the Bitcoin (& cryptocurrency) movement. Bravo…
@blockplate Don’t worry, I’ll be sure to include you in Round 2!
@mark_engelberg @monero Correct, it’s an entry level device. It would take at least a month, probably 2 months to sync from genesis.
“After discussing the problem with blockchain experts we have decided to solve the problem with a blockchain. It’s… https://t.co/cth975lHyY
@mark_engelberg @monero I haven’t had a PC with a spinning disk in probably 6 years, but I bet that you could sync… https://t.co/k3N6qRT47c
@KamlinM @monero I use various flavors of linux for everything. Note that with ubuntu you’ll likely need to install… https://t.co/DPpQmoqMhU
@KamlinM @monero Depends on your budget. You can run on a Raspberry Pi if your budget is really low, though for a f… https://t.co/ZmZmkYP0f0
@joc_ra @monero Yes, I’ve run that before and will do so again soon. https://t.co/N1hBLRMlN6
@indvs3 @monero There aren’t many tricks. I’d basically boil it down to:
Hardware: buy SSDs and plenty of RAM
Softw… https://t.co/j8n2KaMml5
For comparison I synced @monero 0.13.0.3 on the same machine; it took 168 minutes to reach chain tip. Monero is 65G… https://t.co/1bT72BvFGJ
@CobraBitcoin @WhalePanda @adam3us @Excellion @jimmysong @ToneVays @TuurDemeester You’ve got it backwards - all of… https://t.co/lAXP9WCPZp
@theinstagibbs @bitcoincoreorg It took 311 minutes to sync Bitcoin Core 0.17 from genesis with assumevalid=0 on thi… https://t.co/l683ttxXKG
@ericbowman87 @bitcoincoreorg Would be interesting to test though I recall one person trying to sync directly from… https://t.co/gRxaOpHEFC
@KristianKhoHT @radeUNO I don’t think it’s possible to buy a pi with more than a couple GB of RAM.
@acityinohio @lightcoin @TwitterSupport Dafuq happened now?
@RobertSpigler I’m just eyeballing the bitcoind logs.
Larger cache -> faster sync. If you’re running a Bitcoin node on a machine with 8GB of RAM or more, set dbcache=800… https://t.co/EkABDrbPRK
@CharlieShrem “STOP SENDING ME MESSAGES ABOUT VOTING I’M A FELON I CAN’T VOTE!” - @CharlieShrem keeping it real
@ericbowman87 @bitcoincoreorg If you wanted to reduce the variability, sure. Though network optimizations are also… https://t.co/HARkG5MXjN
@LukeDashjr @PugetSystems The more backdoors you have, the faster the data can flow in and out.
@ericbowman87 @bitcoincoreorg Yes though I’m not sure where the bottleneck is at this point. It peaks at around 80… https://t.co/AMWDQPugjC
@van_flymen @bitcoincoreorg Total disk space used on an unpruned node is currently ~203GB
@_geonic @bitcoincoreorg I wasn’t running that node on this hardware, but it’s on my to-do list to test.
@theinstagibbs @bitcoincoreorg All defaults other than dbcache=24000. If you want to validate all historical signat… https://t.co/DUdvTh7KoA
Synced Bitcoin Core 0.17 from genesis to chain tip (block 547,038) on this machine in 144 minutes. For perspective,… https://t.co/WupMQ8cjdG
Bitcoin Bubble
Altcoin Bubble
ICO Bubble
Forkcoin Bubble
Stablecoin Bubble
Life’s a bubble and then you die.
@WhalePanda USDUnlimited!
The “toxicity” of cryptotwitter is still far preferable to that of traditional politics, in which people tacitly ad… https://t.co/NFb13d1wPo
Statoshi has been updated to Bitcoin Core 0.17. No new metrics, though pull requests are welcome! Adding metrics to… https://t.co/ryl8iBbMzH
@spencerwyckoff @nic__carter Hmmm well with any service you can usually delete your account, which ought to stop an… https://t.co/4ohPqhkbQV
@twobitidiot @TheBlock__ And they haven’t ruined the content by jamming inline ads between every paragraph!
The phenomenon to which Gavin refers is real, but it is unrelated to maximalism. Technical & social limitations ens… https://t.co/yHxVWdUicC
@MPtherealMVP You may have missed the fact that it was Vitalik who originally coined the term. This is not about be… https://t.co/LFYai0scCv
@MPtherealMVP How many _____ maximalists have you met?
“Bitcoin maximalists are nationalists” is one logical leap from “Bitcoin maximalists are nazis.” Let’s hurry up and… https://t.co/TQD4PuARHq
@nic__carter The CAN-SPAM act provides exemptions for “transactional” and “relationship” emails - while companies a… https://t.co/OuLIxKFnI3
@Truthcoin I’m disappointed that you even had to ask. pic.twitter.com/Ufh8gZiwNw
@BTCSocialist @MattiPori @hundsnus Suspects have the right to be presumed innocent and have a fair trial; asking fo… https://t.co/9cU7IbWmMq
This has to be the first time I’ve seen a government care too much about protecting someone’s privacy. H/T @hundsnus https://t.co/4kpLUHaAPG
Suspect identified as Christian Linden of Sweden. Please contact INTERPOL if you have information on his whereabout… https://t.co/wl68w9mlFl
@MBfalz According to Interpol he was born in Sweden. https://t.co/lPEixmyPx2
@verretor First I’ve heard of it - was he known to have held btc?
@lightcoin I guess I stand corrected! https://t.co/9s5vqhmZJL
@jkubes652 @LedgerHQ @monero @CasaHODL Targeted supply chain attack; I order my devices anonymously so that even th… https://t.co/GPsgxoiuA1
@jkubes652 @LedgerHQ @monero @CasaHODL Nope but I’d honestly be kind of weirded out if they were… the whole privacy thing, you know?
@JohnnyBNL @LedgerHQ @monero Yeah, “Monero support” is listed as “done” and I /thought/ that Nano S and Blue both r… https://t.co/BnWF74YJ9w
@jkubes652 @LedgerHQ @monero No swag for me, thanks. I don’t wear crypto branded stuff any more unless I’m at a crypto event.
@jkubes652 Only defense against email bombing of which I’m aware is to not give out your main email address, but ra… https://t.co/587huu7NIC
@giacomozucco @nic__carter I’d hazard a guess that the earlier one adopted Bitcoin, the more likely that their expe… https://t.co/RKvacU19cb
This man is wanted for questioning regarding the murder of a 24 year old bitcoin holder in Oslo, Norway last week.… https://t.co/3hYFEoPhG5
RT @arnav_vohra: Checkout our latest interview with @lopp https://t.co/65s4xkmrJS.
We talked about Fund Security/Recovery In Crypto, Lightn…
@lopp casts “generate!” pic.twitter.com/WEapmcLTY7
I was there when noSQL was going to solve all our computing challenges.
I was there when the cloud was going to sol… https://t.co/0Yua6V1kXe
@adhik_Joshi I hear they do have rare earth elements though necessary for high tech hardware…
China is taking huge strides towards bringing Orwell’s nightmare into reality. There are already a million people i… https://t.co/cFOCNt00VL
@CCNewbie It depends upon from whose perspective you’re viewing it. In terms of income taxation, it’s extortion aga… https://t.co/haT3QtGN53
The theft occurs when the money for Social Security is taken out of your paycheck before it even hits the bank. Any… https://t.co/Y2WCGROSBp
@prestonjbyrne @naval Solution: every developer is Satoshi Nakamoto.
RT @CryptoInsiderHQ: In this week’s interview we sat down with pro cypherpunk @lopp!
We talk Bitcoin vs. BCH, the B Foundation, @Blockstr…
Apparently @elonmusk won’t build bikes because he had a near death experience on one. I’d urge you to pivot your pe… https://t.co/IG23XXKK0R
@CryptoHughGlass 2FA only keeps attackers out of your account via the normal login process. If an attacker compromi… https://t.co/rJgCtlkFIn
@crypto_fruit The blockchain is needed to build the UTXO set. After reading the blockchain you can technically dele… https://t.co/0hUg5KAyN5
@crypto_fruit The entire set of unspent transaction outputs. AKA spendable BTC. AKA the entire set of bitcoin value.
@pierre_rochard Bounded by latency, I expect.
@ryanpflynn @elonmusk Noooooooooooooooooo
@maxgreen____ @elonmusk Oh, I have. Would like to see more competition.
@elonmusk When electric motorcycle, sir?
@crypto_host @DecentralizTech @grinMW 1 GRIN per second forever, IIRC. It may not be an interesting investment but… https://t.co/FWIPAfGsEB
@AriDavidPaul Counterpoint: the recent inflation bug that was not present in other Bitcoin implementations. As such… https://t.co/zyQUXZzjDq
The 4th and hopefully final @grinMW test network has launched! https://t.co/bG1DNkHgAd
@neha IMO reorgs that are longer than the coinbase maturity depth enter into a new classification of seriousness.
“Bitcoin Maximalists” co-opted what was meant to be a derogatory term and have have built a brand around this philo… https://t.co/1gRek7nywT
RT @_jillruth: It’s Groundhog Day all over again. This week we’ve got Tether panic, @Fidelity hype, and @decredproject’s DAO 2.0 grinding o…
It took over 4 months for any of my 400+ Facebook friends to notice I had deleted my account. I was posting at leas… https://t.co/kYKdceQ7Io
On December 17th 2017 the BTC market cap peaked at $332B with a blockchain size of 147GB, a value density of $2.25B… https://t.co/XnZHuw1CeY
RT @lightning: Neutrino is a new bitcoin light client that enables Lightning to run on mobile phones. âš¡ï¸ðŸ”±
We wrote a post on the tech behi…
@AndreaPireddaHK @CasaHODL @giacomozucco @StopAndDecrypt @fluffypony @HeadedNine @stephanlivera @ferdousbhai… https://t.co/YWinGqsrIi
Police said the home invasion reportedly stemmed from a Bitcoin account the female victim opened in the name of Mon… https://t.co/TXvdnQI6U1
In free and open source software, if the buck doesn’t stop here (via extreme ownership) then the buck stops nowhere… https://t.co/OctCbzeR3t
Takeaways:
* There’s a significant backlog of PRs, @bitcoincoreorg could likely benefit from more code reviewers.
*… https://t.co/6qxchNaF6a
Open pull requests to Bitcoin Core: 318
Closed merged pull requests to Bitcoin Core: 6,667
Closed unmerged pull req… https://t.co/mJKtZEYnFc
RT @BitMEXResearch: Competing with Bitcoin Core
We draw distinctions between the various different ways one can compete with the project.…
@AriDavidPaul How to invest in tokenized guns & ammo?
@jeremyrwelch If you like your governance, you can keep it.
Anything that goes into a database can come right back out. https://t.co/UenUtvVowF
20+ hours of @TheBitcoinEdge Dev++ workshop tutorials are available at https://t.co/hIBhNIl2Vk
@StopAndDecrypt @StopAndDeCrypto Welllllll OK but now you have to choose a fork. Will it be the one with the most proof of work?
@TradeBlock Hey-o, looks like your explorer has frozen at block 545921
@bradmillscan I’d say that we already have “Bitcoin Flat Earthers.” Given that the sovereignty that the system enab… https://t.co/whxnDTm1VR
@hudsonjameson Surely you have satellite options? It sucks as a primary ISP but is better than no ISP when your landline ISP goes down.
@hudsonjameson Gotta get redundant ISPs, bruh.
@jbeardsley Yeah I noticed that - lucky neighbor seems to have benefited!
When you engineer with edge cases in mind, unlike everyone else. https://t.co/M4gaHqlMAZ https://t.co/3axEP4fsyn
@botcrypt Bitcoin is a protocol, but the protocol itself is just our best effort at trying to describe what Bitcoin… https://t.co/eCAhWfunfW
@flndwndrnk You misspelled “Baron” and “Aficionado” in your Twitter profile.
@HighbrowHaze Centralization is a multivariable set of spectrums, not a boolean. There are certainly some aspects o… https://t.co/lSclniD1kh
Bitcoin is like Linux in that it’s an open source collaborative project.
Bitcoin is not like Linux in that the syst… https://t.co/M0LncOXk41
Yes, we can build a better Bitcoin… by making Bitcoin better.
@vakeraj The article mentions some of the issues they ran into. It might make sense to make a market and offer dyna… https://t.co/bhTqzcuRDy
While waiting for hours in amusement park queues I wondered why we must endure this inefficiency. Surely one could… https://t.co/lLFuIFYBHG
@ShehryarHasan4 That may help though I seriously doubt that it will significantly reduce volatility on its own.
@peterktodd Haters still joke about next year being the year of the Linux desktop. They somehow missed that Linux c… https://t.co/gnw0FfcoKB