3D printing of firearms won’t stop at replication. It will inevitably accelerate innovation as well. https://t.co/WJ26FAuuJt
How easy is it for agents of the State to legally rob you? A map of asset forfeiture standards: pic.twitter.com/lVim6uWTTQ
@schnerchi @Ledger @Trezor @COLDCARDwallet @CasaHODL It’s in final testing phase as we speak. https://t.co/tmjDVTaaYk
RT @Nneuman: I’m incredibly excited to be taking the helm at Casa, and we have a big year planned for 2020!
This year, we’re fully focuse…
This, but don’t use @Ledger OR @Trezor. Use @Ledger AND @Trezor AND @COLDCARDwallet for extreme additive security v… https://t.co/szDMm4KoQ3
RT @CasaHODL: A review of the tremendous growth we saw at Casa in 2019, and a personal update from our cofounder @jeremyrwelch
https://t.…
There is no Bitcoin troll army that is commanded by the Dragon’s Den. Rather, there are innumerable Bitcoin narrati… https://t.co/d9vnbiy19n
@PAAttorneyGen Whatever the public does, they definitely shouldn’t Google the “yankee boogle” - the public can’t handle it!
@onchainfx @twobitidiot What is this, a rocket ship for ants?
Remember to practice safe siphoning of electrons - don’t plug your Uber driver’s dongle into your port without using a USB condom!
How a veteran HODLer handles market swings. pic.twitter.com/YnbImq2qNU
@lrvick @ElkimXOC @GrapheneOS Cash App’s web app doesn’t have the bitcoin functionality. *sad trombone*
@lrvick @ElkimXOC @GrapheneOS Cash App
Keybase
Protonmail
ProtonVPN
Slack
@matthew_d_green I think Bitcoin has “locked in” a number of properties such as money supply auditability and other… https://t.co/NXj0Y2kFKv
@ElkimXOC @GrapheneOS Yeah it’s not optimal but you have to make some trade-offs at some point.
This is another reason why Aurora Store is better than the Google Play store - it tells you what all of the tracker… https://t.co/GMMxGjPAy5
Inserting single points of failure into distributed systems DeFinitely degrades the security model. https://t.co/DyUIIjssPB
@Bitcoin The combined results from all of my stress tests are now available here: https://t.co/1pvkkCs3wX
@c1lud Replace “btc” in your tweet with “cash” and re-read it.
The next great Bitcoin battle will be over privacy; the cracks are already starting to show as more companies are c… https://t.co/rXt0hu7DtZ
@DanDarkPill I believe you, Norbert.
@APompliano Let’s be honest; you could be trying harder. https://t.co/tFCTPtG8oP
@APompliano @pierre_rochard My gut always told me @DanDarkPill’s a bitcoin billionaire.
@twobitidiot Are you one of those “if it’s not on the first page of my inbox it never actually happened” people?
@paulvigna When I was in school the only classes that took attendance were the ones for which it didn’t really matter.
@bendavenport @TuurDemeester @glassnode It’s likely due to the surge in tragic boating accidents.
On the bright side, fears of pandemics are a positive for privacy - nobody questions your use of a mask.
@maxtannahill @KeybaseIO No, but I get notified on my laptops so it’s not a big deal.
Feeling naughty, might delete later. pic.twitter.com/RtlrqmmLtP
@cryptodotbi @panicfomo @BashCo_ I think your definition of “no rules” is different than mine. I seriously doubt ea… https://t.co/h6wt6BGViu
Come and take them. https://t.co/rDGg7AVzwP
@cryptodotbi @panicfomo @BashCo_ Martial arts have rules; they are a sport. In the real world there are no rules.
@panicfomo @BashCo_ The size of your body is irrelevant with regard to self defense if you have the right knowledge… https://t.co/xDrbaDBzyI
@Madbreaks Where does it say that non-citizens aren’t allowed to bear arms?
Mr. Attorney General, I’ll direct you to the Pennsylvania Constitution, Article 1 § 21.
“The right of the citizens… https://t.co/dqZstIXuyo
@GBDave Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
75 years ago Auschwitz was liberated. Today China imprisons a million Uyghur Muslims & other minorities without tri… https://t.co/vjJKBTsz4x
RT @ddmeyer: Pre-2010, 50g of crack-cocaine got you a mandatory minimum 10 years in prison.
Post-2010, that threshold was raised to 280g,…
“Boos don’t block dunks.” - @kobebryant, Rest in Peace
Map of countries by bitcoin legality vs map of countries where honeybadger gives a shit. https://t.co/kqhn71tKJ7 https://t.co/1qBKo3nFdM
A Philadelphia store manager was left baffled after thieves brazenly busted open an empty Bitcoin ATM, completely i… https://t.co/5zh3UKRv94
@nflux1 @orionwl @BtcpayServer For simplicity could you just copy your newest receive address out of electrum and p… https://t.co/1OoxkO1zC3
@nflux1 @orionwl I’d think the preferable option would be to export the master public key from your electrum wallet… https://t.co/XCSR1Q50iy
@csahoo At this point it’s just morbid curiosity.
Sysadmin’s log, star date 2020.1.24:
Pulled a Windows 10 mini PC out of storage that had been offline for over a y… https://t.co/7khcHyCb0o
@jimmysong Reminds me of Trump’s plan to “make Mexico pay for the wall” by raising import tariffs. 🤡
@senutocryon @lyft Yeah, but in Lyft’s case it immediately closes the app after you tap “OK”
@merwanedr @lyft Yes. https://t.co/vauQFnGlIq
@pendragonn @lyft yes
I guess this means we must part ways, @lyft. Uber doesn’t force you to use Google Play services… pic.twitter.com/985B9LCiMn
@AnitaPosch Thanks; updated the blog post and the table at https://t.co/1pvkkCs3wX
WHEN CRYPTO CARNIVORES ATTACK:
Around 4:15 AM yesterday, three crooks smashed through the door of Messinger Meats i… https://t.co/4QyjMbRGU8
RT @WIRED: To prevent a Fukushima-style disaster, Germany began decommissioning its nuclear reactors. A new study suggests it was an expens…
@PeterMcCormack I believe that it’s more likely than not that humans will destroy themselves before eliminating all… https://t.co/20DdNAUbV9
@jerrybrito Have you stress tested its claim of unbreakability?
@jasonmsteele It will never be perfect, as an attacker could steal your identity and learn everything about you, or… https://t.co/czqhXZvq74
The swattings shall continue until law enforcement requires callers to confirm their identity. It’s as simple as th… https://t.co/y6vPKJd1Ss
@pete_rizzo_ @MessariCrypto @Mona_El_Isa I guess you could say Bitcoin… DeFied expectations. pic.twitter.com/Vcwe7H9DlZ
@LappZap In terms of the Kardashev scale, energy demands will continue to soar. I suspect that there will never be… https://t.co/40D2vVOzcP
@MrAtulNair Wind and solar are great when they’ve available, but my understanding is that it’s infeasible to build… https://t.co/g0vzWcxKsi
Climate change options:
* Build modern nuclear power plants that can’t melt down.
* Accelerate development of geoen… https://t.co/keVUTo5zG6
There’s a theory that most intelligent civilizations fail to sustainably transition to a high tech, high resource c… https://t.co/Ked7z3e7tG
@pete_rizzo_ This is not a contrarian view because that’s not the part with which people have a problem. The contro… https://t.co/qS7qouocrB
@Obionecoinobi Research - I track node performance changes over time to see how the cost of node operation is trending.
@itsLIRAN Around 7 hours if you force checking of all historical transaction signatures. Half that if you use the d… https://t.co/PxHJNBcRQo
@yashar_rashedi NVME drive, pruning old states to reduce disk space. https://t.co/BcSRZBskN3
@PeterMcCormack 1) Number go up!
2) When in doubt, zoom out! pic.twitter.com/sKBdYRkkJX
So if I’m reading this right, 5 mining pools with 35% of the BCH hashpower are threatening to orphan blocks from th… https://t.co/OZsGKcy39W
@chrislockwood_ All of the above!
The OG-ness of a Bitcoiner ought not be measured by the coins they have, but by the coins they have lost.
@JustDoingItBig Yeah and in the debug logs it seemed to be continuously looping through trying to connect to various peers.
It appears that new Parity Ethereum nodes won’t do a full sync thanks to a stale bootnode list and incompatibility… https://t.co/g3Ag0mD5yj
@djhfhasfdshy @god_of_bitcoin My geth config:
[Eth]
NetworkId = 1
SyncMode = “full”
NoPruning = false
DatabaseCache = 26000
@omgbtc Yes, I skip doing any “warp” syncing or “snapshot” syncing - it downloads and verifies every block.
@stochasms If you try to sync on a machine with a spinning disk you’re gonna have a bad time. My machine is pretty high end.
It took my benchmark machine 5 days 15 hours to full sync Geth 1.99 to block 9,330,000. It performed over 6 TB of d… https://t.co/RC1f8LzwSv
@LoughlinRI1 What part of “shall not be infringed” do you not understand?
@fluffypony “I’m a pony wearing a man-suit”
@Dimitris Hmmmmmm I don’t suppose that tool is open source, eh?
@theinstagibbs Looks like a great option for uber nerds!
@nickycutesc @NordVPN Hmmm as far as I can tell, NordLocker is not open source, so you’re trusting them to not be doing anything shady.
@E_Gruberman @FuggGunControl It is you who appears to be not so bright, as you seem incapable of distinguishing bet… https://t.co/t8bjUsrR8i
Today we learned that Apple dropped its plans to end-to-end encrypt users’ iCloud data backups. I’ve been researchi… https://t.co/irHVD1hI0V
@secparam The history of gun control in America is steeped in institutional racism.
“The principle of self defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi…”… https://t.co/VuIjivsKPb
“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
@danhwang88 I think SSS and social recovery mechanisms that are based upon it have a number of issues. https://t.co/M6RnCcTCgb
@udiWertheimer There’s little doubt that a team of specialists will be better at securing sensitive data than your… https://t.co/OcffB4yIrU
“Your private keys are safe with me!”
- Owner of centralized exchange that lost $40,000,000 worth of bitcoin last… https://t.co/a4Htb8KPIt
@ErikVoorhees This is a perfect example of why it makes no sense to play the part of Johnny Appleseedphrase. https://t.co/mreP4UIEDm
@MAurelius99 @nic__carter @CasaHODL Security through obscurity isn’t real security.
With sovereignty comes responsibility. No one can stop you, but neither can anyone save you. If you don’t eliminate… https://t.co/QYWPQ9moQv
Because it was set once, is known by all, and can’t be changed without overwhelming consensus. The actual number it… https://t.co/uEeyUX8PRo
Most folks seem to agree it’s a horrible idea for central planners to set the price of goods & services since free… https://t.co/2AYyyY5TlK
The Sovereign Individual is now available on Audible and will be released for Kindle on February 4!
Buy it.
Learn i… https://t.co/dvT3osa4A4
@prestonjbyrne Sir this is cultural appropriation from DOGE
There’s no need for fantastic price predictions since Satoshi said it succinctly:
“It might make sense just to get… https://t.co/2sTP0sLLpj
@aantonop @polemitis Metal seed storage stress test results are available at https://t.co/1pvkkCs3wX
RT @kashhill: The privacy paranoid among us have long worried that all of our online photos would be scraped to create a universal face rec…
@evan_van_ness @twobitidiot One man’s stagnancy is another’s social scalability.
All usage of the Vegeta meme is hereby canceled. https://t.co/SiLkflu314 https://t.co/g5JR1C4rcl
@pierre_rochard @soundmazedj For proof that I have nothing against valuation models, see https://t.co/r8u48YdYPn
@soundmazedj @pierre_rochard I’m not aiming at anyone; my statement applies to anyone making specific predictions o… https://t.co/dcNlEq7s3E
@pierre_rochard Anyone who predicts the future with an air of certainty is either delusional or has an agenda. If s… https://t.co/Jk8QlQKgqD
@pierre_rochard To be clear, I draw a distinction between valuation models and price predictions.
“Bitcoin could h… https://t.co/f4qW3XLhVw
Underfollowed #FollowFriday:
@arcalinea
@badcryptobitch
@BobMcElrath
@FreedomIsntSafe
@J9Roem
@jlppfeffer… https://t.co/qn5LWLMBRL
@notsofast All assets have risk in terms of price; the difference between bitcoin and traditional assets are the my… https://t.co/vU9DS7WZph
@FlyingBaloney The moon is the friends we’ve made along the way.
Bitcoin price predictions are ridiculous and are a disservice to the ecosystem due to their shallowness. They bait… https://t.co/8DwJ5eS5G9
@BrianLockhart I JUST GOT IMPEACHED AND I AM GOING TO BE OUT OF TOWN THIS WEEKEND!
If you’re waiting for regularity clarity before investing in bitcoin then you should invest in educating yourself a… https://t.co/oW0a0swQby
@charliebilello It’s completely understandable that you left out the bitcoin returns since going from 0 to $8,000 i… https://t.co/6RikA9Mfr3
@Mike62667550 Each individual gets to decide for themselves. My viewpoints don’t represent anyone other than myself.
@WillPow13 @Mike62667550 My politics are nondirectional; I reserve the right to offend authoritarians of all persuasions.
@l0bbelt I support freedom of association. No one should be forced to interact with anyone against their wishes.
@Mike62667550 It’s simple freedom of association. Many folks, myself included, are not interested in interacting wi… https://t.co/rA4lsnM7YC
@miscreanity I reserve the right to refuse to interact with anyone for any reason; this is simple freedom of association.
@DonkerEmilia ProtonVPN
Bitcoin can protect you from financial censorship.
Bitcoin can’t protect you from being ostracized by large swaths… https://t.co/QObADWCCFT
The @GrayscaleInvest Bitcoin Trust 4th quarter 2019 investment of $193.8 million marked the largest quarterly capit… https://t.co/5HTrmivXDA
@paoloardoino I was amazed that nobody seemed to figure that out given the obvious heuristics. https://t.co/Wv342EmpqG
@bitstein @Bitcoin I’m trying to sync a new Parity node on my benchmark machine and it won’t even connect to a sing… https://t.co/FbXHkkU5Bo
RT @TheBlueMatt: Over the last year or so, Tamas had been hard at work leaving a legacy of better bitcoin SPV client libraries. While they’…
A Singaporean man was betrayed by his friend, kidnapped during a work trip in Thailand, beaten, electrocuted, and f… https://t.co/c6JiT9iWxj
Google engineer @maddiestone reveals Android phone OEMs:
* Disabled Google Play Protect
* Shipped remote code execu… https://t.co/xt65CJGTu8
The free exposure by the IRS is starting to kick in. https://t.co/ZujFzJKQ2V
@LittleBlueDotTx @TexasTribune Because laws are subject to change on the whims of legislators.
@BashCo_ Satoshi’s Vengeance
“Of the 1,187 Arabic language accounts connected to [XRP promoter] @GiantGox, 70% were retweeted by accounts disclo… https://t.co/JZzeQUXFqq
Another p2p network with a scale-free topology: The Fediverse. fediverse.space pic.twitter.com/0iSAV0g5UL
@ljxie I unintentionally turned off phone notifications by switching to an operating system with all Google services stripped out 😒
Phew, and to think I almost created an insecure username! pic.twitter.com/PTu0upiift
BTCPayServer instances are breaking due to reliance upon centralized APIs for exchange rates. Good example that sho… https://t.co/8fukN1Br1h
@oscpacey @newmoneyreview @twobitidiot Citadels are a reference to this legendary post archive.is/GTPzf
@theinstagibbs Resistance to disease is less controversial. Enhancements for superior physical and mental traits will be more interesting.
If you enjoyed debates over abortion rights then you’ll love debates over the rights of parents to genetically engineer superhuman children!
New report from BitMEX Research has found far more non-cooperative Lightning Network channel closures than expected… https://t.co/qEzN1nh23S
Failed U.S. banks per state over the past 20 years. https://t.co/VIvUXB14tc https://t.co/eYLXtgYgPf
Bitcoin HODL levels:
-1) You have no bitcoin
0) Someone else has custody of your keys
1) You keep your keys in hot… https://t.co/JgGheUROQi
Is the desire for newcomers to share their bitcoin ownership a unique phenomenon? You never see folks on other asse… https://t.co/Q6gGR6u27E
RT @nakamoto: @hosseeb Years before most people had even heard of the internet, a group of people on an email list envisioned a future wher…
A node for every purpose.
A purpose for every node.
https://t.co/WXtC2QckFp
RT @CasaHODL: Start the new year off on the right foot by upgrading your bitcoin security with Casa Keymaster! https://t.co/tPRAz4Eenc
RT @FuggGunControl: New Release Today!
The F17, by d33pthought, is a suite of quality of life updates to the wildly popular FMDA G17 - les…
Anyone who is familiar with @CharlieShrem’s writing knows the real money’s in mackerel. https://t.co/xSZzj8NavY
D E F I A N C E
Unschoolers defy the ED.
Biohackers defy the FDA.
Gun printers defy the ATF.
Drone pilots defy the… https://t.co/ghZ5ntImfT
@NeerajKA There’s a crypto twitter for everyone! You just gotta curate that echo chamber better.
If everyone was honest
If everyone could get just along
If people minded their own business
Then we wouldn’t need B… https://t.co/5VQ6ZzlL9Z
@pierre_rochard Yes, but as an owner of GBTC shares I’m pretty sure that you don’t have any rights to ownership of… https://t.co/PEy2yHxzxc
@VirgilKinney9 Another option would be to find a trustworthy technical friend who’s capable of running a node + ele… https://t.co/51nBptvzcY
Public Electrum servers are unreliable and may be honeypots or even malicious. If you’re using Electrum as a wallet… https://t.co/f0yT2P1cXX
@iam_preethi We can fix that with ocular implants so that you can just have a heads-up display projected directly onto your retina.
@braincramps Fidelity
I’m lending shares of GBTC (a synthetic asset loosely based on BTC) in return for USD interest. Supposedly I mainta… https://t.co/qW6WgntyCi
@arjunblj There’s owning BTC and then there’s owning promises of BTC. Some promises are stronger than others.
RT @jeremyrwelch: Expect this trend to build in 2020.
At @CasaHODL we never had trackers in the first place.
No trackers (except for se…
Nobody cares how much money you have… unless they want it for themselves.
@MatthewZipkin IDK, not that I recall.
98% of XLM inflation payouts went to the Steller Development Foundation, which already owns 80% of all XLM in exist… https://t.co/IukW6vlZxk
Is this performance art? https://t.co/MoS0XECM1C https://t.co/V1PUjFzr2k
@NickSzabo4 You know what they say: not your nukes, not your land!
Who needs med school when you’ve got virtual reality? https://t.co/6kwRKCsgDm
There are now 6 competing copyright claims to the Bitcoin whitepaper, including one by a “Satoshi Nakamoto” with a… https://t.co/hxim9ujgk1
@CharlieShrem Craig never registered a copyright for the code; I imagine that would be tough to do for MIT licensed… https://t.co/dNVovULrYC
RT @NeerajKA: Bitcoin becomes the Flag of Technology https://t.co/rJwCLgn3Rs
@port8333 If you’re already running a Bitcoin node, you might as well also run it on Tor - it doesn’t require much… https://t.co/Y1kn5zDj9J
@razrezzing @port8333 You can’t disprove that, but bitnodes recently fixed their Tor counting logic. https://t.co/atkpld7Sur
Great to see @port8333 improve their counting of Bitcoin nodes on Tor; now seeing 2,200 nodes rather than just 200.… https://t.co/Nd47mxKFKK
@nopara73 @nvk The Tor node count has been wrong for a very long time. https://t.co/atkpld7Sur
@LaurentMT @BashCo_ @TheBlueMatt @bastienchanot @bitcoincoreorg @aantonop @bitcoinpointfr This could explain it https://t.co/PxjoZD162P
@bastienchanot @LaurentMT @bitcoincoreorg @aantonop @bitcoinpointfr Maybe bitnodes finally fixed the tor node logic… https://t.co/7uebTaMKal
@eric_lombrozo Gotta curate that feed - unfollow the drivelers!
Q: “How can Bitcoin Terrorists possibly be good for Bitcoin?”
A: https://t.co/ulIZndvcLb
@mikeinspace Ha, actually I’d say I manage to trigger some subset of Bitcoiners at least twice a year.
RT @balajis: Being pro-Bitcoin and holding BTC does not necessitate wishing another human being ill. It means being pro-Bitcoin: helping wi…
@giacomozucco @udiWertheimer @theonevortex There’s really no point arguing about a term for which people hold different meanings.
@giacomozucco @udiWertheimer @theonevortex Roger supports anything he believes will empower individuals and disempo… https://t.co/3t2FpmBGsc
@PsychedelicBart @BrianLockhart @MrHodl @giacomozucco Nah man, I’ve run Ripple nodes.
@BrianLockhart @MrHodl @giacomozucco Bitcoin Ultra Enthusiast => Bitcoin Supremacist => Bitcoin Terrorist
@MrHodl @giacomozucco The B Foundation was sabotaged by the most toxic Bitcoin Supremacist of them all, @giacomozucco!
@bitdov @theonevortex @udiWertheimer @nakamoto @BKBrianKelly @rogerkver We’ll have to wait to see if Roger writes anything!
@MrHodl @giacomozucco I’m sure this won’t be the last time I disappoint Bitcoin Supremacists ðŸ˜
During 2019 the amount of BTC pegged to the Liquid sidechain increased from 42 to 96. liquid.net pic.twitter.com/MszgGfxYP9
@theonevortex @Xentagz @nakamoto @starkness I think it’s more that I understand that many folks who are despised fo… https://t.co/8uFiilFCaE
@theonevortex @Xentagz @nakamoto @starkness Of course it is. I was asked to support the idea of a blog with evergre… https://t.co/PgegnRGr4O
RT @nakamoto: @balajis @VitalikButerin A wonderful piece by @lopp on the key properties of Bitcoin.
- Consensus
- Trust minimization
- Dec…
@Xentagz @theonevortex @nakamoto @starkness You can check out my contribution here! https://t.co/i3KrGYKOd6
@brucefenton @jillruthcarlson @SwiftOnSecurity @WatchdogCapital In my experience it’s expensive but you can often h… https://t.co/Z3463FDhMw
@jillruthcarlson @SwiftOnSecurity Yes, I purchased a house under an LLC that is managed by a trust.
If you go this… https://t.co/zoHqN8lnWC
@PeterMcCormack They did you a favor.
RT @CasaHODL: Bitcoin secured with Casa Keymaster means:
âœˆï¸ Physical separation to protect from loss and theft
🔠Cold storage to protect…