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Learning from your mistakes is great, but learning from other people’s mistakes is preferable.
@BashCo_ Yubico authenticator FTW
@Mandrik @cryptosteel @mobitcon It identifies as a storage device!
Left: @cryptosteel Capsule
Right: @mobitcon Quadrat Register pic.twitter.com/gss5w0aVPJ
@prestonjbyrne Is open carry of narwhal tusks allowed?
@BitMEXResearch @CarstenBKK 2019 update: https://t.co/WyrpvsQAHn
When you plan on visiting a country to teach them how to evade your government’s imposed sanctions, best not to twe… https://t.co/6rjqeIoTg0
RT @BitMEXResearch: Bitcoin’s Initial Block Download
We record the initial sync time for many versions of Bitcoin. The results show an imp…
@WhalePanda Is Bitcoin dot com Exchange the real Bitcoin exchange?
Remember to practice good OPSEC at Thanksgiving Dinner - if anyone asks about Bitcoin, it’s the perfect opportunity… https://t.co/X66CZtyIBY
Dear dumbasses who use your botnets to run dictionary attacks against non-custodial bitcoin wallets: pic.twitter.com/rcVvijNa0q
@NeerajKA Please memorialize @halfin’s account, @jack & @TwitterSupport. He’s probably going to want it back when he returns.
@pocketdev When I say “no different” I mean that iOS push notifications pass through servers controlled by Apple; I… https://t.co/mIrByGvH4L
@farl You’d basically want to look around for technical documentation regarding how the Apple Push Notification sys… https://t.co/rz7ttKSTXA
Casa Keymaster comes in two flavors:
Basic Multisig - 2 of 3 key set provides far more robustness than a single har… https://t.co/WJG9W24VdC
After switching to a version of Android with Google services ripped out it becomes painfully obvious how many apps… https://t.co/5YyJishhPi
@Suitpossum In relative terms, yep!
As the sum of human knowledge grows at an ever-increasing rate the unfortunate result is that the relative ignoranc… https://t.co/bKr9SyY91p
Many states sell DMV data; this is a privacy nightmare because DMVs are generally strict about requiring multiple p… https://t.co/GEJGC7M6YQ
@BitcoinAustrian You can be the god of your own sandbox, sure!
Scarcity is a universal constraint - there will never be enough resources for us to do everything we can imagine, e… https://t.co/PoNF7cquHU
Democracy is magical pixie dust that makes theft, violence, and aggression acceptable as long as 51% of people are… https://t.co/VtM5kMPooT
@badcryptobitch Yeah it seems that very few countries have the same level of shielding for corporate entities as America does.
@badcryptobitch I’ve had no trouble registering ISP accounts to LLCs for both rented and owned properties. Sometime… https://t.co/J84wbTXIH1
A VPN provider is just a second ISP; it’s preferable to register accounts for either without using personally ident… https://t.co/dimB2MTRyz
@sanishiver The laws of man are being made irrelevant; good luck.
Drama, fearmongering, and politics are to the mind what sugar is for the body. Your primitive monkey brain craves t… https://t.co/QRamIHXjMz
Bitcoin’s primary function is not “store of value” - that’s a result of its primary function.
Bitcoin is “fuck you… https://t.co/TwQu67zAUD
You don’t need insurance.
You don’t need weapons.
You don’t need backups.
You don’t need privacy.
You don’t need bitcoin.
Until you do.
The Bitcoin Core Config Generator has been updated for compatibility with the 0.19 release. https://t.co/BLC9JD6maQ
RT @bitcoincoreorg: Bitcoin Core 0.19.0(.1) was released!
https://t.co/iE3Bd0H5pO
Release notes: https://t.co/741TxACPay
Not your keys, not your domains. https://t.co/0sKQVID4OY
Dear @KeybaseIO, you integrated cryptocurrency into your chat app and now all I get are spam messages requesting mo… https://t.co/iFvmXDPNUg
Ohhhhh snap.
https://t.co/bEYtGptcMe https://t.co/xGbyKrCLbp
@jxelsson You can build up your nerves by buying the 2 different Walking Dead titles that are coming out in the next month. 🙃
Today is a glorious day for virtual reality enthusiasts! https://t.co/zID3qi7Nq8
Two men broke into the Simply Delicious Food Market in Vernon, Canada, to grab cash from its Bitcoin ATM. They stol… https://t.co/R6uQeWpp6m
@mikeinspace @vinarmani @HotepJesus “A bunch of newbie devs ousted Roger Ver” https://t.co/qEtZTsJmHO
@anguschampion Any time!
I just asked around and it turns out that we do not currently have consensus to allow Bitcoin to die at this time. https://t.co/jWljeLq9Bs
RT @thomasgermain: Ever see an ad on a billboard that seemed a little too specific to your interests? It’s no coincidence. By tracking your…
@ClintEhrlich That would be difficult to do, but the question is what sort of attack are you proposing? Anything si… https://t.co/HtkuxsljRx
Q: What’s stopping big banks and governments from buying all the bitcoins and taking over the network?
A: The fact… https://t.co/Oz4eCk3bj7
@olivierjanss No one “calls the shots” - no one can stop anyone over the long term, though economic realities will… https://t.co/5A7v60dRvz
@olivierjanss Any such test would be flawed if you as a miner are not reliant upon paying your electricity bills wi… https://t.co/RIc19Ixqce
RT @Investnoir: Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: Episode 58 - Jameson Lopp https://t.co/kgzMAHUrK9
@LukeDashjr I think the dynamics are a bit different with regard to disease because there’s probably a period of ti… https://t.co/pIU8zcRQG3
@LukeDashjr If you get infected with a disease due to your own decision not to defend yourself against it, then inf… https://t.co/ueUJAwPeoo
@olivierjanss Go ahead, we’ve been waiting for YEARS for someone to demonstrate this claim!
@Suitpossum To be clear, I’m in favor of unions - workers should have the right to voluntarily assemble and use col… https://t.co/k7BWTTZivc
RT @coinmetrics: Coin Metrics and @BitMEXResearch are happy to announce the release of https://t.co/skaQ7gQ8j3, the successor to https://t.…
@Suitpossum That’s an interesting perspective but it seems like an oversimplification. While employees need food or… https://t.co/O3gw6SiRgl
@Suitpossum Coercion requires force; it sounds like the “force” in this situation is biological processes that are… https://t.co/JD9BVGd5Lt
@Suitpossum By exploitation do you mean when I have something you want but you don’t believe the price at which I’m… https://t.co/NZkMOWLp7p
People want positive rights because they want to feel secure, like they have a safety net. But positive rights can… https://t.co/VNBW5v5q8m
If you support both negative & positive rights then you’re a hypocrite at some level. Negative rights mean you beli… https://t.co/MknWwS6BK5
RT @RepThomasMassie: Today, while everyone is distracted by impeachment drama, Congress will extend warrantless data collection provisions…
There’s no shame in preparing for events that are unlikely to happen, so long as the resources you expend are comme… https://t.co/rNAd4iGeGe
@WhalePanda @CasaHODL It’s a boat to take us to the seastead citadel.
Charting the course of @CasaHODL pic.twitter.com/BDaZ07wCg3
@stacyherbert @coinmetrics I think Vinnik was laundering funds that were stolen from MTGOX later on, not from the 2011 hack.
The 6th richest bitcoin address holds $650M worth of BTC that were stolen from MTGOX in 2011 but never moved after… https://t.co/oc2rlfZk1q
@MatthewAaronCLE It was; obviously I changed it before posting.
Not the response you want to receive when filing a support ticket for login issues… pic.twitter.com/fB9T73l5HF
You’d probably be surprised by how many bitcoin owners don’t know about the halvings… https://t.co/N7jvCUmhbp
@anguschampion This debate has occurred for every halving and I expect will continue happening for at least the next several. 🙂
@matthew_d_green OK FINE BUT I DISAGREE WITH ANY PHRASING THAT MAKES IT SOUND ELEGANT 🙃
Bitcoin co-opted one altcoin idea:
The first issuance cut in 2012 was called “the halving.”
Dogecoin was created in… https://t.co/LpOInWLVFe
@Timccopeland Then dumb it down by saying that miners play a lottery and buy tickets with electricity.
The Halving
@MrHodl XT, Classic, and Unlimited (pre BUcash) are good examples of codebases that had the potential to become alt… https://t.co/B6OMImIJTe
@MrHodl I’d still agree with that statement. Take, for example, two versions of Core, one which has the non determi… https://t.co/8tB2yH3dCG
@killerstorm I agree that miners use mathematical functions as a part of their work, but it’s not a “math problem”… https://t.co/Ltld8L5awd
@BitcoinAustrian If we only considered “circulating supply” (though we’d have to first agree on how to define that)… https://t.co/nQMGmWxfdO
Less than 6 months until we enter the 4th era of bitcoin inflation, at which point BTC will fall below the 2% infla… https://t.co/NsLtE9XQOx
Bitcoin miners don’t “solve complicated math problems.”
They make 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 guesses per second @… https://t.co/GWMgMWVr3t
RT @BtcpayServer: Ready for something special?
Introducing new themes and our first, specially crafted @CasaHODL theme. ðŸ˜ðŸ’œ
By @DennisRei…
@tchabes Quite effective!
Learning how the sausage is made. #CasaNode2 pic.twitter.com/2TBRBnPIgd
@lukechilds @wtogami Also, in my experience, electrs is far simpler to install and run.
Don’t build your castle in someone else’s sandbox.
What they say:
“Smart ____”
“Predictive _____”
“______ assistant”
“Back up ____ to the cloud”
“Log in with [Faceboo… https://t.co/KEMzCmhF85
@CharlieShrem I ‘member. https://t.co/te7aaqL58B
@pierre_rochard The commission fees are insane!
Get busy learning or get busy dying.
@99BitcoinsHQ It might be interesting for you to create a chart that overlays the bitcoin exchange rate with all of… https://t.co/avO5Bc0wyf
“In 2017 & 2018 during boom bust cycles, everyone thought that blockchain would be the answer to pretty much everyt… https://t.co/89WFQ8Pu9Q
Most folks don’t value privacy and security because they think they are sufficiently safe and free. It’s inconvenie… https://t.co/Vdqc1oxDOO
@SGBarbour It’s possible, though easier to do on second layer networks.
Q: Is 21 million bitcoin enough to power a global economy?
A: No, but 2.1 quadrillion satoshis ought to suffice.
Infrastructure improvements reduced the scarcity of food. The Internet has reduced scarcity of info. Now humans mus… https://t.co/wBT3cd3bwi
@Nikhil25257582 Not gonna limit myself to one gravity well; need to digitize and distribute my consciousness across the universe.
Lambos are overrated. I’m HODLing out for a holodeck, life extension technology, and a ticket off this god forsaken rock.
@BitcoinErrorLog Sure, privacy and other use cases could command a premium.
@HighbrowHaze It’s always the case, by design. You might mine bitcoin if you have a competitive edge (low costs) or… https://t.co/TSRhn2LoT9
Q: How much does it cost to mine 1 bitcoin?
A: Approximately 1 bitcoin.
@ryanxcharles Any day now. Annnnnny day… archive.md/7ya10 pic.twitter.com/2AAXFj7Eb8
@TheBTCGame According to bitnodes.earn.com/nodes/?q=Gocoin there are 0 publicly reachable gocoin nodes.
Beat Saber + Superhot = Pistol Whip
https://t.co/liORlSH1Tp
@JeremyRubin Unfortunately not, but if you can point me to the right tools I’m happy to give it a shot.
@JeremyRubin I’m sure there’s room for improvement, though it seems the low hanging fruit has been plucked. I’d be… https://t.co/za5Wzs15tP
@tututpouet @MartyBent Technically it was the release candidate :-P https://t.co/PZxPqp9yQn
@coinableS Keep the change.
@matikwin Gigabit fiber. The bottleneck is still CPU though; if I didn’t have assumevalid set to 0 then I could syn… https://t.co/9ruMtXPpWU
The results are in! https://t.co/Wyrpvt8c5X
Full validation sync of Parity Bitcoin (commit 7fb158d) to block 601,300 on my benchmark machine took 2 days, 2 hours, 10 minutes.
RT @MPtherealMVP: Due to my tax advisor’s gross negligence, on Thursday while trying to pay for a burrito, I found out my main bank account…
@JWilliamsFstmed Not as far as I can tell; looks like plenty of folks were charged with helping him escape but don’… https://t.co/GYzN9BhWNP
@JWilliamsFstmed Indeed; apparently it’s also true in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Mexico, The Netherlands, and Switzerland.
@Kyle_Schieck Correct
@PeterMcCormack If you put your house on the blockchain you can recollateralize it in infinitely small increments;… https://t.co/1sq4K94HHp
@rossdefi Well, this guy went to the airport… https://t.co/MUOKvOuXzk
@BradyDale Yeah, there are a number of unique aspects to Iceland’s justice system.
In Iceland it is not a crime to escape from prison: the law recognizes that inmates, like all human beings, are nat… https://t.co/DABnswnjnR
@untappedgrowth I know of at least one person who is working on this as a long-term project.
Remember, remember!
The eighth of November,
The SegWit2X fork and plot;
Not enough time can elapse
That the 2X coll… https://t.co/3QlejJX2RI
An East Hollywood woman known as one of two “Discount Bitcoin Bandits,” who robbed five people under the pretense o… https://t.co/kTs5JBJ25S
Can’t stop won’t stop #VegetaMeming pic.twitter.com/ROO39bKE50
@least_nathan Just eyeballing it.
@_willjarvis About 200% of it.
@bommachine The reason I’m timing it to a specific block is because I’m testing 7 different implementations over th… https://t.co/WtxMD8rpc1
@least_nathan Yeah, just looking at CPU usage vs all other resources. Bandwidth / disk I/O / RAM were all fairly lo… https://t.co/QxyrcDobDn
@felipekosma Gigabit connection but in practice btcd was using a steady 20 mbit/s. https://t.co/68sMUpA26Z
@WhiteRabbitBTC @PsychedelicBart @pierre_rochard Indeed. But there’s an added benefit - nobody gives a second glanc… https://t.co/mGW8hxQZ2g
Full validation sync of btcd v0.20.0-beta to block 601,300 took my benchmark machine 3 days, 3 hours, 12 minutes. 💅 https://t.co/iuFqHoqOt1
@hodloncomrades I depends on many variables. My highly connected node used about 500GB last month, though I’ve had… https://t.co/G0qoQjkEH1
RT @CasaHODL: Browser-based Bitcoin wallets have serious security risks. 🔔
@lopp explains why in his latest post:
https://t.co/37qH5qlOKz
@WhiteRabbitBTC @PsychedelicBart @pierre_rochard Highly dependent upon the rider. If you survive your first 500 mil… https://t.co/K5WteGwBno
@PsychedelicBart @pierre_rochard I used to want a supercar, then I realized I could easily afford to buy a sport bi… https://t.co/Al855soZdO
If you take a “customer is always right” approach to software development, your interface will inevitably end up lo… https://t.co/EirZ02zfIE
@BTCPuertoRico @pierre_rochard You can get a modern armoring package that only adds 500 pounds to the vehicle, whic… https://t.co/kw0M9Dd0Yy
@pierre_rochard Armored Tesla FTW. Still fast, but with an excellent crash rating and room for the whole family.
HEY EVERYBODY CHINA IS GOING TO _____ BITCOIN! pic.twitter.com/tbThu2cmdP
RT @RayDalio: My below piece “The World Has Gone Mad and the System is Broken†explains some of the crazy things that are happening, why th…
@davidzmorris The ol’ tragedy of the commons problem; I touched on that here: https://t.co/Pb4plZCbB4
Capitalists and their companies would be well-suited to invest in developing climate change counteracting technolog… https://t.co/KejCs0suG2
@american_hodl @giacomozucco @halfin @NickSzabo4 Hal shall return.
@nic__carter I consulted the authority of course: Merriam-Webster.
“We optimized our blockchain for maximum throughput” is as relevant as “we optimized our hamburger for maximum aero… https://t.co/LXE4EZIbrn
“China is banning Bitcoin” FUD was more impressive than “Tether market manipulation” FUD and “mining is boiling the oceans” FUD. 😴
@JamesCPoole @masonic_tweets @Bcoin In the past year they’ve made a number of improvements such as rewriting the bl… https://t.co/99ChagElGy
@Bcoin Full validation sync of @Bcoin master commit 77d8804 to block 601,300 completed in 18 hours, 29 minutes. 😲
With at least 5 different people claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto these days, it really makes you wonder why none of… https://t.co/EbmYEXGm0b
CaaS is the future of trust outsourcing! pic.twitter.com/9gaR1brpMS
Full validation sync of Libbitcoin Node 3.6.0 to block 601,300 took my machine 27 hours, 37 minutes with a 100,000 UTXO cache.
@sudogene @stephendpalley No, but I’m pretty sure that perjury is a jailable offense.
@stephendpalley No chance of incarceration?
@_drgo I was able to generate 21,170,000 keys per second with oclvanitygen on an AMD Radeon 6XXX card in 2014. 5 ye… https://t.co/Dx6ECcVhA7
@_drgo Yeah I seem to recall spending several weeks generating a 1Jameson…. address back in 2014. https://t.co/qZaKTy2NLf
@_drgo Yeah I lucked out on the “fe” at the end. Only took a couple minutes. 9 letters would take a few days, 10 a… https://t.co/x5LuMILru0
bc1qcasacasafeh690xnv3jz6ehkdhnp0cd3qryzu8
Generated on a GeForce RTX 2080 Ti at 2,300,000,000 keys per second. Tur… https://t.co/pF4jsWaDSj
RT @joostjgr: Does instant messaging over Lightning have killer application potential? The world needs censorship-resistant chatting and wi…
@flyosity More puppies, less politics please 🙃
If you’re looking for an Android compatible phone that prioritizes privacy and security, @GrapheneOS appears to be… https://t.co/LX1u6uDPsP
@dev0tion_ @stratisplatform I suspect there is a lot of low hanging fruit; it was not taking full advantage of all my CPU cores either.
Syncing the @stratisplatform Bitcoin node has been pretty disappointing. After 4 days, 3 hours it only reached bloc… https://t.co/Pj0UP9JAGp
@TimBeiko I think the fascinating thing about the Ice Age is that if enough people believe it’s a forcing function… https://t.co/sMEVmFOtUR
@TimBeiko Seems to me the ice age code only incentivizes changing the ice age code. Other changes are incentivized… https://t.co/58ZdvXwoxg
@TimBeiko What’s the point of having an ice age when everyone knows it will just get delayed as long as necessary?… https://t.co/H06GqiIlw4
Ethereum devs delaying the Ice Age is becoming like Congress raising the debt ceiling - merely a formality. https://t.co/F5XCJYVmKc
@HeyTaiZen You get what you pay for; in this case you paid the absolute minimum.
@cryptosteel @Marsmensch @JuanSGalt @Trezor There is no standard for general SSS; SLIP-0039 is a proposed standard… https://t.co/OhHjGmeKGL
@San_person @Yubico At setup time when the secret is displayed, gather all your yubikeys, plug them in one at a tim… https://t.co/frTGIX8yqE
Congratulations @kellylions! https://t.co/1dKU1FHtNj
@jonathascarrijo @TwitterSupport Yeah but I wouldn’t have been able to confirm it and thus activate it.
Ah yes, the delicious irony of being unable to secure your Twitter account with TOTP 2FA because your browser is to… https://t.co/V51SlSwJ1X
@AnitaPosch @Yubico Time-based One-time Password - it’s the 6 digit rolling codes that you probably use Authy or Go… https://t.co/z7uOmWtbFM
Web services with hardware based 2FA should support registering multiple devices! No need to force us into single p… https://t.co/2xuhDIEpiR
@stephanlivera @GrapheneOS Perhaps. There were a few tricky steps like getting a phone with an unlocked bootloader…