@drawpie Chinese volume died when China banned bitcoin trading. Check out the chart from mid 2016 - back then China..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…DI
@Ethan_Heilman It’s certainly an apples and oranges comparison, but doing actual github stats collection is even harder than git stats.
@mikeziri bitcoincharts.com/charts/volumep… and archive.org snapshots
The @BitMEXdotcom insurance fund grew steadily in 2018 and now holds 0.12% of all BTC. H/T @lowstrife..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…gK
@acousticplayer @finchify It’s a single metric that’s part of a much bigger picture. Try not to read too much into a single tweet.
January 2018 vs December 2018
bitcoin <=> fiat exchange volume pic.twitter.com/wjwW00vCPY
January vs December 2018 Bitcoin exchange volume comparison. pic.twitter.com/VvKCKfdtui
SoarPay If you want too learn about #bitcoin, you need proper guidance. 🎓 Jameson Lopp (@lopp), who has created arguably th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8j
@finchify Code quality is more important than code quantity - being number 1 in this metric should not be considere..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…iH
@PrimordialAA @fluffypony I was in a rush and had to change the commands I was using due to differences in how diff..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…bE
@fluffypony For each one I only looked at the node implementation repository.
@finchify Cardano is also high, but tweet space is limited and I don’t find it as interesting.
@madacol The percentage was too low because the starting exchange rate was too high.
2018 commits & contributors, excluding merges from upstream forks:
Bitcoin Core: 3274 | 194
LND: 3050 | 139
geth: 1..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kc
@Daniel_Plante @britttttkelly @Excellion @bisq_network @CasaHODL It /is/ Bitcoin. It /is/ Lightning. With a built-i..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…hz
@Daniel_Plante @Excellion @bisq_network @CasaHODL There’s the actual software project but it’s open source and plen..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3j
@Daniel_Plante @Excellion @bisq_network BTCPayServer is a full stack solution that can be easily installed on your..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Qs
@SatoshisVision @Omni_Layer OP_RETURN is a method of embedding data in the blockchain, which enables you to use Bit..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Xp
53% of Bitcoin OP_RETURN outputs were used with the @Omni_Layer protocol in 2018. In recent months we’ve seen a lar..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…W6
Excellion Freedom is taken, not given. That means there’s work involved. Hosting your own web servers. Accepting a bearer ass..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Pq
@jimmysong Looks like I get to re-use this tweet, except seriously. twitter.com/lopp/statuses/…
@trent_vanepps @lightcoin @matt_odell Core has some meetings on IRC and transcripts are here..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kE
Final Round! Facebook’s digital currency should be colloquially called:
Bitcoin Wishlist for 2019:
Fungibility
SegWit on @blockchain
Anything from my 2016 list:
twitter.com/lopp/statuses/…
.@TheBlueMatt’s Bitcoin Relay Network (2016) vs his FIBRE Network (2018)
Old: many blocks required > 100KB to trans..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0V
@steven272 Right - segwit, batching, lightning. It’s not really up to the user to make decisions about these things..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…QG
@ercwl @nwoodfine @coindesk Here’s what I see when I zoom in… I may have found a bug in your UI, @coindesk..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Wq
Bitcoin average DAILY value change during:
2010: +0.82%
2011: +0.76%
2012: +0.26%
2013: +1.11%
2014: -0.25%
2015: +..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lS
I deleted this tweet because the 2017 metric was calculated from incorrect exchange rate data. Corrected tweet comi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Z1
@steven272 Once demand exceeds block space, competition heats up and raising fees incentivize users to make more ef..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…32
@ercwl @nwoodfine Hmmmmm then @coindesk’s BPI is very wrong… coindesk.com/price/bitcoin
@stephanlivera @pierre_rochard @ajtowns So… we offered a Proof of Reserves feature at @BitGo for a while but it n..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3c
@nwoodfine Hmmmm how are our 2017 numbers so different? I used a starting value of $3650 and ending value of $13800..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5A
@_drgo @TheBlueMatt Sure, check out the first chart on bitcoinfibre.org/stats.html and read the “speed of light” description.
Comparing @TheBlueMatt’s Bitcoin Relay Network (2016) vs his FIBRE Network (2018)
On the old network, 90% of blocks..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…02
@bascule So you’re saying the growth potential is over 100X!
@freegold This one? I don’t think it’s this one because their protocol uses a BCP prefix and uses 35 bytes whereas..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8V
@codingrobot Hmmm any ideas @VeriBlock @bloqinc @JeffGarzik?
Can anyone tell me what OP_RETURN based protocol is creating outputs like this? They have become the highest volume..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0z
TheBlueMatt 1/ Just got the FIBRE stats page updated for the network architecture I switched to a year+ ago. For those who miss..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…PW
The number of Bitcoin ATMs doubled to 4,000 in 2018, continuing a 3 year trend of 100% year over year growth. pic.twitter.com/mfYDxxkT1l
@brianchoffman Will there be lambos and scantily clad booth babes?
@QWQiao I think that in general there is plenty of friendliness or at least neutrality / apathy. Our perception is..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kz
@QWQiao Any number of reasons. In some cases they may feel attacked (such as by forkers.) In other cases they may b..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…xm
Q: Can’t all you crypto people get along? You want the same thing.
A: While we generally have similar goals, we hav..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ei
The Bitcoin developer mailing list was relatively quiet in 2018 (you can see scaling debate spikes from a few years..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…99
@cburniske @RyanMilb Some of us spent a lot of time building infrastructure for Ethereum and ran screaming back to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…GJ
stephanlivera SLP43 @lopp, Cypherpunk & CTO of @CasaHODL
Jameson joins me to discuss:
- What he’s working on now
- “Who contr..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zo
@peterktodd I haven’t done the calculations regarding the difficulty of taking lightning to the banana, but if it’s hard we’re gonna do it!
@TheBlueMatt Don’t ruin the surprise! pic.twitter.com/psvjIE4IGM
We choose to take ⚡ to the 🌙 in this decade not because it is easy, but because it is NP-hard.
@satoshiPL subredditstats.com/r/bitcoin - has some missing data but I connected the dots
The rate of new subscribers to the /r/bitcoin subreddit slowed considerably after the exchange rate dropped, but it..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…N5
@TuurDemeester “he is nuts, I don’t even think that is a real name” 🤣
@killerstorm Or IPFS?
Bitcoin historian hell. pic.twitter.com/4Cjfq2dHfb
Daily visitors to lopp.net/bitcoin.html peaked at 6,000 on January 5th and have bottomed out around 300 in late 2..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…VH
Georgia State Senator Michael Williams charged with insurance fraud for claiming that $300,000 worth of cryptocurre..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ed
Amazon coins are up to 20% off today - buy the dip! /s
amazon.com/dp/B018HB6E80/…
TIME “Why Bitcoin matters for freedom” mag.time.com/zntxSUI
@csuwildcat I shot you an email with a stats question - if you could provide me with any insights I’d appreciate it.
During 2018 Bitcoin fell from 19th to 49th position in terms of M1 money supply. pic.twitter.com/jyCz7oDEbg
@woonomic @SMKainkaryam liquid.horse has those charts though I’m not not sure if there’s a public api available.
There is only one true @ButtCoin and it predates Bitcoin by a decade. cc.com/video-clips/zp…
@starkness @SeeDecentral @abrkn @cyber_hokie @bennybitcoins @jpurd17 @Shaughnessy119 @CasaHODL The proof is in the payment channels.
A sybil + malware attack is ongoing against @ElectrumWallet users - if you see a message asking you to upgrade, don..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…rp
@nvk @BrownellsInc I hope it comes with a forklift.
@guy_malone Of course; no permission required!
During 2018 Bitcoin’s blockchain grew from 150 GB to 198 GB; the annualized growth rate fell from 40% to 25%. pic.twitter.com/SgkT7UsCJB
@kallewoof @timoncc Mine used a lot more bandwidth at the end of 2017 / beginning of 2018 statoshi.info/dashboard/db/b…
Bitcoin blocks mined with overt “version-rolling” AsicBoost increased from 0% to 31% during 2018. pic.twitter.com/5uJmu3kwFD
Bitcoin OP_RETURN outputs created in:
2014: 13,000
2015: 655,000
2016: 1,040,000
2017: 2,253,000
2018: 6,750,000 pic.twitter.com/6tTEUUmU6c
@DanDarkPill And any code review is better than no code review!
@datEEsweg It’s certainly possible, though the question would still come down to why no other repository admins ena..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7y
Straight up negligent behavior: Bitcoin Private collaborator gave commit access to a user with no reputation / dev..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…OZ
The great thing about proof is that it requires no belief. Don’t believe, verify! twitter.com/VitalikButerin…
@pig_poetry Yeah, it’s a fully semi automatic swiss cheese maker.
@ArminVanBitcoin @LocalBitcoins I specifically switched the Y axis on the charts to be denominated in BTC. Source: coin.dance/volume/localbi…
While bitcoin trading volume generally dropped along with the exchange rate over the course of 2018, there were a f..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fF
The improvements in bitcoin block propagation during 2018 are even more apparent when you look at the 90th percenti..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lk
American Christmas pic.twitter.com/AVbbnwdxnP
“US President attacks central bank” - it’s a Christmas miracle! twitter.com/AP/status/1077…
@eriklaan @Blockstream What color is your shed, because I regret to inform you that it’s wrong.
The @RSKsmart sidechain launched in January 2018. It’s now merge mined by 43% of bitcoin’s hashrate and capitalized with 250 BTC.
The Liquid sidechain is only 3 months old and still bootstrapping; it’s currently capitalized with 25 BTC from the..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Y1
The number of OP_RETURN bitcoin UTXOs increased from 4M to 10M this year due to the rate of OP_RETURN output creati..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…L6
@Trader_Kloud There are no central points of failure that can be attacked to bring down the whole system. Centraliz..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…r6
@OsrsLiquid Default has been advertised though I think the plan it to switch it to unadvertised eventually.
The number of known (advertised) Lightning Network channels has grown from 0 to over 19,000 while their capacity ha..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8J
@Trader_Kloud Scale-free networks can look either centralized or decentralized depending upon your perspective.
Lightning Network: January 2018 vs December 2018 pic.twitter.com/P6LWP1RRzr
Blockchain.com estimates (by removing likely change outputs) that over $410 billion was transacted via BTC..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…tW
nic__carter So proud of the Coinmetrics team for this forensic analysis. One of the most fascinating case studies I’ve come acr..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…dL
@kippwatson Loosely correlated, perhaps. You may be interested in this analysis: blog.unchained-capital.com/bitcoin-data-s…
Bitcoin’s UTXO set fell from 62M to 50M outputs during 2018, shedding a net UTXO every 2.6 seconds. This reversed m..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…nd
@danheld If Bitcoin is like a plant, the logical next question IMO is “what are the epiphytes of Bitcoin?”
A green perspective: Bitcoin mining uses ~170% of the potential energy of the water flowing through Niagara falls. pic.twitter.com/FDROle9WEN
@APompliano In my experience most of them will think you’re crazy, remain uninterested, and despise you years later for being right.
@rperezmarco Short range attacks and long range attacks are two very different concerns, the complexities of either..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…V0
@derekcapo It can, but it will be at higher layers rather than on the base layer. You can make the exact same argum..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ac
@derekcapo If that was actually feasible, it would likely drop the average value. However, Bitcoin won’t support th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5j
We saw yet again in 2018 that the value of UTXOs consumed (spent) appears to be uncorrelated with bitcoin’s exchang..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Wb
The value of the average bitcoin transaction peaked at over $100,000 and declined 90% to $10,000 in 2018. This near..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…P0
@qertoip I almost never work in public places, so it’s not something I’ve looked into.
@rperezmarco @mbrochh The “proof of work days” chart is merely a statistic. It makes no assumptions about the feasibility of such an attack.
Citizens get to prorate their taxes based on upon government downtime, right? What’s the SLA?
@mbrochh “An attacker” seems to assume that all the disconnected hashing machines can be found, attained, and coord..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…p7
@EmmanuelBosquet It’s not the difficulty change /history/ that nodes care about, building rather the cumulative pro..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Xj
@EmmanuelBosquet No, though it would have to be valid with regard to the difficulty adjustment logic based on the t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…12
@TamasBlummer It’s a statistic rather than an argument. Yes, short term 51% attacks cost less today than they did several months ago.
@_prestwich I noted it so hard you may have missed it.
@ImWilsonCarter3 Doubt it’s possible to comprehensively cover all of the aspects I think make Bitcoin unique in a s..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…CB
Due to the recent drop in hashrate, the amount of time it would take for an attacker with 100% of the current hashr..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…FC
Bitcoin’s network security accelerated at an average rate of 885 GH/s^2 in 2018. twitter.com/lopp/status/94…
Despite the massive exchange rate decline that forced many miners offline due to unprofitability, Bitcoin’s hashrat..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…q3
Bitcoin block propagation started the year off averaging over 1 second to reach half of the nodes on the network an..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3b
Reachable Bitcoin node count in Germany closed half of the gap with the United States in 2018.
US dropped from 27.6..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Wb
@ArminVanBitcoin @sakak_musdom @NickMicale @CasaHODL It’s “better” in the sense that there are more connection slot..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Uo
According to @LukeDashjr’s estimates of unreachable / non-listening node counts, the total number of Bitcoin nodes..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1n
@ArminVanBitcoin @CasaHODL We try to make them reachable via uPnP but it doesn’t always work. Ultimately the nodes..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oQ
Reachable Bitcoin nodes (non-default if you run a node at home behind a router) fell 19% to 9,600 during 2018. pic.twitter.com/rOsWQKRAHw
@xn3cr0nx oxt.me/charts
There is no need to identify change addresses - reusing change addresses is as b..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pr
@specialenmity @jratcliff @Trader_Kloud Shoulda called sidechains shitcoin simulators, @Truthcoin. Always alliterate!
The average bitcoin transaction size peaked at 750 virtual bytes in February before falling to 450 virtual bytes in..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fE
The percentage of bitcoin transactions spending Segregated Witness inputs rose from 10% to 40% in 2018. pic.twitter.com/wGiFZsFga5
@flyosity Literally breaking news.
Bitcoin address reuse, which is a poor privacy practice, rose again in 2018 and completely reversed the trend seen..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…TI
Bitcoin market cap dominance (a highly manipulable metric of questionable value) bottomed out at 32.5% in January 2..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0J
36 crypto assets have the word “bitcoin” in their name.
12 have a market cap over $1,000,000.
3 claim to be Bitcoin.
1 is Bitcoin.
@ToneVays hey buddy I think I got one of your emails pic.twitter.com/R76gYVAthA
@alexbosworth Are you saying LNBIG isn’t smart? 😇
Facebook’s stablecoin should be referred to as:
Bitcoin’s exchange rate volatility was on the decline throughout 2018… until the contentious bcash fork on Novemb..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4w
@rayyoussef108 Some do, some don’t. Miners can justify either in terms of fees (a few large fees vs many small fees.)
@rayyoussef108 As long as demand for block space is less than available space, fees are only the minimum relay fee..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4P
@theinstagibbs I’m assuming blocks since it’s “chain output count”
Daily bitcoin transaction outputs peaked at 1,247,000 in January and stayed steady between 500,000 and 600,000 for..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…nm
lopp @rayyoussef108 Total BTC transaction output volume dropped about 66% from a peak of 3M BTC / day to around 1M BTC /..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cx
@rayyoussef108 Total BTC transaction output volume dropped about 66% from a peak of 3M BTC / day to around 1M BTC /..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cx
@Trader_Kloud Fees will certainly rise again; they dropped due to a variety of factors such as increased efficiency..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…j4
Daily on-chain bitcoin transaction volume peaked at $38B in early 2018 and dropped 92% to around $3B. pic.twitter.com/mLfgRlbLeP
@AaronIngalls @CasaHODL please contact help@team.casa - may need to have an engineer walk you through a fix on the command line
Over the past year transaction fees collected by Bitcoin miners have plummeted 99.5% from a high of $22,700,000 per..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…PJ
GitHub’s new (beta) contributor stats provide a neat breakdown of your activity. github.com/jlopp pic.twitter.com/hpnKj2ZAj5
@kim0raku @alexbosworth @Ragnarly It’s not possible to know and that’s a feature.
@ubolator @pierre_rochard These are all relevant concerns that node operators will need addressed - especially for enterprise operations.
@WayneVaughan 20 Facecoins says it’s more centralized database than distributed cryptocurrency.
@ubolator @pierre_rochard One question I would be interested in knowing is what happens if you subscribe lnd to a l..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Lw
@ubolator @pierre_rochard Your request as I understood it was for Core node redundancy, not lightning node redundan..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…f8
@AmberBaldet Wait until he finds out that matter is energy!
@ubolator @pierre_rochard All you should really need is a load balancer with a reasonably smart health check.
@kyletorpey I don’t believe Paul Krugman is qualified to differentiate between technical jargon and technobabble. O..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Fu
@ladislavtweet Top 5 ICOs of 2018 took over 40% of all funds raised. coindesk.com/ico-tracker
Funds raised via ICOs:
2014: $30M
2015: $9M
2016: $245M
2017: $5,482M
2018: $16,718M
@BenLearnsTradin BitInstant, Coinbase, Ripple, and Gliph. coindesk.com/bitcoin-ventur…
Blockchain industry venture capital funding:
2012: $2.33M
2013: $120.11M
2014: $368.81M
2015: $601.25M
2016: $597.4..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…og
Cryptology ePrint Archive papers mentioning Bitcoin:
2011: 1
2012: 3
2013: 8
2014: 18
2015: 20
2016: 26
2017: 24
20..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…YU
@Adam_Hayes_1 I suspect that some content is getting backdated; the “2009” number increases every year I check these stats.
@hexlib From Jan 1 - Dec 31 of the given year.
@francispouliot_ If you elect me as benevolent dictator for life of Jameson Cash, I’ll put a node under every tree..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4b
Google Scholar articles published mentioning Bitcoin:
2009: 83
2010: 136
2011: 427
2012: 737
2013: 1,570
2014: 3,79..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sA
@darraez Indeed, though if you come across any that aren’t listed, you can submit them here: 99bitcoins.com/submit-obituar…
@WhalePanda Prepare the Bitcoin Obituaries obituary!
Countries with the most relative interest in searching for Bitcoin in 2018. Ghana and Nigeria have replaced Austral..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…T8
Bitcoin obituaries proclaimed per year:
2010: 1
2011: 6
2012: 1
2013: 15
2014: 29
2015: 39
2016: 28
2017: 125
2018:..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…iS
@fluffypony Every true Lambro knows scissor doors.
CasaHODL To all of YOU, from your Casa fam… pic.twitter.com/U5bow71fSM
@CElston To answer your question: no, you should not waste your time conversing with con men.
@nic__carter @twobitidiot @leartulaj @QWQiao My experience with Coinbase in NC 3 years ago: medium.com/@lopp/bitcoin-…
@mechanikalk I use that title as a test; it comes in handy.
@weissjeffm Exactly - as I’ve said for some time, the smartest folks are the ones who were paranoid from the beginn..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8Y
@BryanMicon Indeed, though I suspect some additional automation technology may be required in order to deploy this..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…F6
Asymmetric attack - for a couple hundred bucks you can disrupt the travel of a hundred thousand people. Airports n..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yT
chris_belcher_ In case you didn’t already know, single-address website-generated “paper wallets” are really crappy and dangerous,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4m
@zooko read between the tweets
cryptochamomile The US tech giants are building the most sophisticated censorship regime the world has ever seen, involving tens of..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…po
@weissjeffm I took extreme measures so that I didn’t have to burn the reputation tied to my real name. I also haven..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pX
BitcoinMagazine in 2018, Bitcoin made advances regarding privacy, sidechains, and Schnorr signatures. Aaron Van Wirdum (@AaronvanW)..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…KR
Some folks have been perpetuating a “no true Cypherpunk” fallacy that real Cypherpunks remain as anonymous as possi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lg
@TheCryptoBox Sounds dangerous. What happens if you step on a land mine or get taken hostage?
@WhalePanda @CasaHODL Someone should build a censorship resistant network for physical packages.
Trump administration announces intent to ban a piece of plastic that can be manufactured at home with a $100 3D pri..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…74
@hawks5999 Of course - Bitcoin doesn’t care. It’s for anyone who bothers to learn how to use it. Censorship resista..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…RG
Excellent post on UTXO dust dynamics by @dhruvbansal. Required reading for Bitcoin application developers in order..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qz
Want to accept money for conventional uncontroversial commerce or causes? Traditional payment rails may suffice. Fo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Oj
@xn3cr0nx @jimmysong Not exactly the same. The actual content of the whitepaper is encoded into block data whereas..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1t
If you’re running a Bitcoin full node, you’re storing a copy of the Bitcoin whitepaper. H/T @jimmysong bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/3595…