The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @lopp ever

May 2021

Traditional payment systems work reasonably well for sending amounts between $5 and $5,000.

Try sending payments u… https://t.co/sc70nCD6U8

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Sent 2M+ satoshis via lightning recently and paid a fee of 3 satoshis.

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Received a paper check in the mail for $0.07 - a lightning payment would have been far faster and more efficient.

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@Jim_Harper @BLR13 This has nothing to do with rights, but with the scarcity of time and the fact that smaller netw… https://t.co/Waqn7ZoFhG

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Nassim Taleb is supporting a con man’s conference, therefore…

@nntaleb is a fraud. Hopefully he can appreciate… https://t.co/hlURbsfaHW

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@CryptoFatties Dare you to do Agustín Carstens

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/r/bitcoin has just surpassed 3 million subscribers! reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/

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@Jim_Harper @BLR13 I’m saying such enforcement happens organically via freedom of association

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The meaning of life is the struggle to slow the inevitable increase in entropy. https://t.co/ypYVbZ8GFH

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My latest blockchain spelunking has uncovered a few interesting tidbits about pools that were mining unnecessarily… https://t.co/83r2vqfGIn

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“We can stop ransomware attacks by banning Bitcoin!”

Why not simply ban ransomware? 🤡

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@crypto_bobby @hectorr159 Looks like someone has not learned his lesson. https://t.co/JXQVA2cw2N

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RT @michael_saylor: We have upgraded the #Bitcoin Websites section of https://t.co/kZl3k7Tm4h with links to bitcoin-intro, End the FUD, 10…

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no blue check for @bitcoin because what the fuck would that even mean https://t.co/cLwQMD37mt

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Fiat, fiat, every where,
And all the yields did shrink;
Fiat, fiat, every where,
The masses get hoodwinked.

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Everybody knows it’s not sustainable to spend more than you earn.

Except for politicians.

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@Mandrik Ah I didn’t know it was an option - I see it’s under “accessibility” - huzzah!

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The Android update that removes the back button from the bottom bar and makes “swipe right” the new “go back” gestu… https://t.co/jfv4sSZEqy

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The Bitcoin blockchain is a fascinating data set in which many secrets are hiding in plain sight. You just have to… https://t.co/nfG7s2YLuN

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“Rich people are just poor people with money.” - Jim Brockmire

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@twobitidiot My understanding is that they are marketplaces that generate revenue from traders. I suspect that most… https://t.co/j905B0hkLw

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@twobitidiot Is “interoperability” a ten-dollar word for “shitcoin trading?”

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@twobitidiot This is that A/B test where you tweet the exact opposite in an hour, eh

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@PeterMcCormack @tyler Personally I think you should form a Council of Peters

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@milner_aviv Thanks for the heads up, I haven’t tested the service myself. Sounds like I should.

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Found an interesting project @bitcoin - looks moon worthy. 💍🙂

$BTC sale is live on hundreds of exchanges 🚀

They r… https://t.co/D6EeXko5We

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@notgrubles It is time for me to do the 2021 edition of my annual altcoing node sync tests… https://t.co/EDEpEg7sSO

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The best way to protect people from themselves is to not hand them footguns like sensitive key material. https://t.co/LNDUSUwE4x

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RT @ProgrammableTx: @CasaHODL is an amazing company. I had an emergency on a Sunday night and called the hotline. CEO @Nneuman answered the…

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Shameless celebrities shill shitcoins. Archived for hall of fame copy / paste fail lols. archive.is/Z0bo4 pic.twitter.com/bZvIj14FqT

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I’ve been screwed over by 3 different banks in 3 different ways… just this month. So I guess you could say I’m st… https://t.co/LDDD8Ipm2x

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Maybe we should ban the dollar because it’s used to fund terrorists via ransom payments. 🤡 https://t.co/WrMbhYHazA https://t.co/oC94kZ5xdv

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decaffeinated coffee
non-alcoholic beer
central bank digital currency

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Discussing private key management on the Mastermind podcast: https://t.co/gGoWT5K8JD

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@KimDotcom Cool buzzwords, bro. Your head is in the clouds; there is always a bottleneck. https://t.co/EDEpEgp4ho

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If you focus on bitcoin in terms of its exchange rate, you’re gonna have a bad time.

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@CryptoManhatt @CaitlinLong_ It doesn’t; the network keeps chugging along. You’re referring to the fiat exchange ra… https://t.co/Dlz1nK7Dok

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Bitcoin rejects kings, presidents, and voting.

Bitcoin rests upon rough consensus and running code.

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@nic__carter @satsie Imagine the value of a lawn mowed with Proof of Work

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@doctorow Dentacoin has been around for 4 years, try to keep up!

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There is no need to get triggered by folks having meetings & not inviting the entire Bitcoin ecosystem. That’s free… https://t.co/mUEsQyS1GG

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@elonmusk Can’t wait ‘til you figure out that the incentives drive miners to use cheap stranded / renewable energy.

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If you felt like last week’s capitulation was even worse than the 2020 COVID capitulation, you’d be right! Pour one… https://t.co/FRLiekx1Yj

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*waves*
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🖕 🖕 🖕… https://t.co/lt1I9TYlL1

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@VitalikButerin I’m confused I thought you were a big fan of bcash

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@SimplyHODL There are some here, not aware of any realtime charts. https://t.co/Zqzh2P6vnx

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*BREAKING* BITCOIN CRASHING AS USERS SPEND IT ALL ON PIZZA

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@thechaz As much as I wish that was the case, we all know it’s not.

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@BTCSTL_Tech @AgoristView @NiceInherent @RealHuman33 I don’t “care” either in the sense that I believe these people… https://t.co/LilcymSFKw

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@BTCSTL_Tech @AgoristView @NiceInherent @RealHuman33 Statistically speaking, almost none of these people care about… https://t.co/H3VTgXdx2d

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When I had no money I dreamt of all the things I’d buy some day.

Today I have none of those things and I only drea… https://t.co/wWyNSmGFMx

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@AgoristView @BTCSTL_Tech @NiceInherent @RealHuman33 I have a habit if pointing out hypocrisy and irrationality whe… https://t.co/9PFO7VzsbT

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Now I feel like I need to wear a mask so as to not attract attention…

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Visiting a blue state and all the cucks are walking around outdoors in sunny summer weather while wearing masks. Dafuq.

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@markfakelast @DjdentDavid Balance transfers offers often give you the option to have the funds deposited to your checking account.

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Credit card company just offered me a 0% APR 1 year loan.

BRB, buyin’ some dip.

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Smart hodlers buy cars and houses with bitcoin collateralized loans. https://t.co/S0dtP5g0le

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@jamesburrell2 No consensus required; it’s trivial to change ports. Though blocking the default port would probably… https://t.co/OkVWSMLJDc

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Imagine selling an asset because an authoritarian regime doesn’t like it.

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China has banned Bitcoin countless times and yet they have yet to block port 8333 at the Great Firewall

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Bitcoiners don’t drive Teslas because they ride the Lightning pic.twitter.com/OCnI6KuST5

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Can you file for worker’s comp if you have repetitive strain injuries from tapping a yubikey too many times?

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“Inflation is the true opium of the people and it is administered to them by anticapitalist governments and parties.” - Ludwig von Mises

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Nocoiners wanting to debate energy consumption with Bitcoiners are as cute as Liberals wanting to debate gun contro… https://t.co/u0soRnLvXX

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@FundacionNanoVE Debating something that’s not up for debate is the true waste of energy. https://t.co/vUt45UOtJt

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BREAKING: the government still wants to take your money even as they continue to make your money worth less.

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“Hey, you know that accounting system that makes it infeasible to rewrite history due to its unforgeable costliness… https://t.co/1he5rU3G7R

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@LarisaYarovaya You don’t understand the security model offered by proof of work. There are many other consensus me… https://t.co/pEWZ2Fagqv

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@orionwl Fun fact; I’m a curl project sponsor…

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You’re goddamn right.

There’s a twist: WE’RE ALL CRIMINALS

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@DannyManDeBo I suggest you educate yourself about the challenges of long term wealth management. I’d start here: https://t.co/Qtn55ixeGR

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Dollar billionaires must struggle to retain their wealth.

Satoshi billionaires only need patiently HODL.

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Refreshing to see some honesty from energy consumption critics! You have explained why your concerns are irrelevant… https://t.co/LWAJdNkDt3

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@ThomasEWoods Police aren’t crime preventers, they’re crime historians.

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RT @JeremyRubin: BREAKING: @PLEBFI IS IN #DEFI IS OUT

apply to https://t.co/ANyBS12GHp for hacking, mentoring, workshops, discussions on b…

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@johnfinkelste11 Bitcoin mining is powered by incentives, not narratives.

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@TheTomofBomb Beating a dead horse is not going to help with adoption. Bitcoin runs on incentives, not feelings. https://t.co/MuldnqjkX0

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@cedricloneux Nah. Debating is the real waste of energy. https://t.co/MuldnqjkX0

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The cult of people who believe that in order for digital money to be sound, it must be open source. https://t.co/WmqrZh9V8i

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PUBLIC NOTICE: stop inviting me to debate Bitcoin’s energy consumption.

I reject your premise.

There is no debate.

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RT @jamesob: In good news today, my bechmarks finally finished: @pwuille’s updates to libsecp256k1 look to have sped up Bitcoin Core’s vali…

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Broke: trade based upon the latest opinions of public figures.

Stoke: slowly steadily stealthily stack sats.

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blood in the streets
bull in the sheets

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@bkbirge @elonmusk It sounds like you have a different definition of coercion than I. No one is forced to play thes… https://t.co/yFKf4tiDMT

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RT @CedYoungelman: #52: #Bitcoin Key Management & Security

@Nneuman & @lopp CEO & CTO of @CasaHODL join me to talk about the world of mult…

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RT @jb55: awesome post by zeeman on why bitcoin is a kind of universal clock that is deeply tied to physics (via entropy)

“existence of a…

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@bkbirge @elonmusk It’s fair because no one is coerced into taking action based upon the opinions of public figures.

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@nic__carter It’s hard to find good cauliflower pizza crust but I have had one that was indistinguishable from flour.

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“It should be illegal for folks like @elonmusk to manipulate crypto markets!”

Nah, a robust market must be able to… https://t.co/lnoJHiLoWf

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You don’t need to get laid; you get fucked by bankers every day.

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Miners don’t waste energy securing Bitcoin.
The military industrial complex wastes energy securing the petrodollar.

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Bitcoin miners have barely scratched the surface seeking out wasted energy. https://t.co/URSfnKpcjh

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Show me someone who whines about crypto tribalism and I’ll show you someone who doesn’t understand network effects.

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@TheStalwart The joke is that Dogecoin Core is so out of date and the network so shaky that syncing a node is order… https://t.co/yxLiOmnCx2

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@kim0raku @PeterMcCormack I rekt my Tesla while margin trading via the center console screen so I upgraded to an As… https://t.co/ooycsmreK7

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@0xbool The official rankings are meh 🙃 https://t.co/Qo4DtWeJsm

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Dogecoin made great strides in boosting its joke status over the years.

* stagnant development
* takes a month to… https://t.co/77oQEb9P4Q

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That awkward moment when it becomes clear that your vanity transaction count metric was mostly due to a single enti… https://t.co/wGV5aU7Mvo

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“Drop the laser eyes, the bull market is over.”

LOW TIME PREFERENCE HODLERS UNDERSTAND THAT BITCOIN HAS BEEN IN A… https://t.co/DEuU4FcCoi

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The energy required to mine bitcoin increases over time.

The energy required to HODL bitcoin decreases over time.

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Nothing other than A SWARM OF CYBER HORNETS https://t.co/aq147QybB4

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RT @pete_rizzo_: Understanding Bitcoin means accepting its rules

It’s not rocket science

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An idea is but a dream.
A dream with a date is a goal.
A goal broken into steps is a plan.
A plan combined with action becomes reality.

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Wait ‘til @elonmusk finds out that the most prolific dogecoin developers are Bitcoin Core contributors.

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Thank you Bitcoin Jesus for these opportunities to dunk on bcash logic against someone with a large audience.

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lopp As the BTC exchange rate rises, so shall its energy expenditure. Some see increased waste. I see a system bootstrapping its own security.

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lopp The amount of energy being “wasted” securing Bitcoin via Proof of Work is just the amount that the market has decided is worth paying for.

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lopp “Proof of work is also Proof of Stake. But Proof of Stake is not Proof of Work. With PoW, miners are staking energy (money.)” -@aantonop

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@GuyWithGolden Not an argument, merely a statement. Naturally, those who don’t find any value in Bitcoin will alway… https://t.co/KltPfeJyoB

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The energy used to secure the Bitcoin blockchain from being rewritten is not wasted, it’s purchased by the ecosyste… https://t.co/aUvb1ylu7F

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For several years I’ve run a script that notifies me if any links on my web site break.

Wanted: a script that noti… https://t.co/1R7NkMCDsX

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Number of pages in @IntelTechniques’ Extreme Privacy guide…

1st Edition: 378
2nd Edition: 574
3rd Edition: 639

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Pour one out for the weak hands who are shaken out by *checks notes* energy consumption concern trolls. https://t.co/muZaFS7uoq

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Also if you identify as fully vaccinated. https://t.co/doIRXWgvWM

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RT @IntelTechniques: Extreme Privacy 3rd Edition Now Available!

Details and links can be found on my site at https://t.co/LMPaNA6dde. 30%…

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The enemies of Bitcoin don’t have the means to attack its thermodynamic security. Thus they attack its legitimacy w… https://t.co/iS6oza9dHt

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You know you’re a Bitcoin OG if you’ve heard every flavor of FUD before and are now immune to it.

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RT @ChristopherA: Blockchain Commons is working to advance the state of cryptocurrency wallets with interoperable specifications. We’ve got…

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RT @glxyresearch: The team at Galaxy Digital Mining wrote an excellent white paper examining #bitcoin’s energy usage.

Did you know that 1…

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“Bitcoin is bad for the environment!”

Indeed. So are you.

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@elonmusk This time I’m just here for the ratio.

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@BlueGooGuns Is that a yat with which one can yeet? @whatsyouryat

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Sounds good, just remember the healthcare privacy rules - you can’t force us to disclose medical history! https://t.co/CpTQZTZu51

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@elonmusk Crypto can and will do whatever it damn well pleases.

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@elonmusk Are you being held in a black site?

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Over a year before the Lightning Network whitepaper was released #ThrowbackThursday https://t.co/vOxQblzBVb

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@ncdc919 Technically, Dogecoin is a fork of Luckycoin 🤔

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@elonmusk @michael_saylor This is the part where you pledge to stop promoting DOGE because it’s also powered by Proof of Work, right?

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@DavidVorick Doesn’t that statement hold true if Vitalik sells any of the ETH he received from the Ethereum ICO?

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@DavidVorick I think you’re conflating money and value? Vitalik used his tokens, everyone else kept their tokens.

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@giaki3003 @DavidVorick Therein lies the rub. As David notes, being added to an airdrop without consent is forced p… https://t.co/5rn6LNIJTT

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@giaki3003 @DavidVorick Yeah it seems morally neutral to me.

He was given the tokens, he should use them however h… https://t.co/9UeLNIarrf

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@DavidVorick Not sure why the desires / expectations of said speculators are relevant. Burning the tokens would hav… https://t.co/ONdS9Kkvq3

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Debating energy consumption concern trolls is as useful as debating the exhaust blowing from a Bitcoin ASIC.

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@smithstock @elonmusk Bitcoin pays for its own security; the market is speaking. https://t.co/vUt45UOtJt

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THESE IGNORANT FOOLS ARE TRYING TO CONCERN TROLL US AWAY FROM ATTAINING A KARDASHEV TYPE II CIVILIZATION

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RT @JasonYanowitz: In 1999, Forbes claimed that the internet “burns up an awful lot of fossil fuels” and sets the world on a dangerous traj…

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Bitcoin survived countless rounds of China “banning it” when the network was 1/10th of its current size. Elon is a… https://t.co/OJ2fps10gX

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Why do so many otherwise intelligent folks hold and propagate misconceptions about Bitcoin? Because they haven’t pu… https://t.co/2B7m1Zxovd

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@elonmusk Bitcoin’s thermodynamic security increase over the past few months is insane!

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@TuurDemeester “JUST TESTING MARKET DEPTH FOR SHORTING OPPORTUNITIES!”

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Oh nooooooooooo the Dogefather doesn’t understand Proof of Woof whaddawegonnadooooooooo

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@elonmusk It’s a feature, not a bug. Educate yourself.

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I kid you not, I have had people argue with a straight face that I can’t call myself a software engineer because re… https://t.co/KqLfLeCKwS

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Short term crypto exchange rates are easily decoupled from fundamentals during mania phases. Remember that price di… https://t.co/YfUcyfiBcE

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OH NO
THAT’S NOT A GOVERNMENT APPROVED CONTAINER pic.twitter.com/kglh3Jmoee

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RT @bitcoinbrink: The current round of Brink grant applications ends May 17th, so developers working on Bitcoin open source projects, apply…

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@HODLHanger IIRC it was the revenue act of 1861 meant to fund the Civil War.

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The original American income tax was also “transitory.”

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Ladies, if he…

* says he’ll protect you
* makes you ask permission
* takes a cut of your paycheck
* beats you if… https://t.co/1XRRWnHtoB

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Bitcoin is a forcing function for fixing cybersecurity. https://t.co/kDZnx4GoCx

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RT @lightning: Announcing Terminal Web, a new site to help Lightning users improve their nodes! ✅

Run a Lightning node? Check your score a…

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@nic__carter I CAN’T BELIEVE I MISSED THE CUMROCKET PUMP

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Finally found some of that ultrasound money folks are talking about. pic.twitter.com/iK9XG4q6vK

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Ethereum 2017: cat tokens
Ethereum 2020: food tokens
Ethereum 2021: dog tokens

History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme.

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@Rudefire I’m referring to the new wave of dog spinoff shitcoins that have caused gas fees to surge.… https://t.co/Eeie3C6FSK

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Appears that Ethereum is buckling under the burden of all the shitcoins it’s supporting, even faster than during th… https://t.co/T3sWopQdRm

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Just because someone appears to be a fan of Bitcoin does not mean your interests are aligned.

Bitcoin is the currency of enemies.

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ATTENTION, SHIBES!
This sounds like a job for the dogecoin community…
https://t.co/tikriRbUYG

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@danheld Bitcoin doesn’t have a lovable logo!

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RT @jimmysong: The Siren Song of altcoins. Taproot benefits, RBF vulnerability, multisig guide, dual funded channels in the wild, LN option…

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The Bitcoin ecosystem eagerly awaits your contribution in the form of an improvement proposal. https://t.co/0cwE9S7sYJ

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Fiat holders should be prepared to slowly but surely lose all their money. https://t.co/5XPaQtLz27

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