Bitcoin miners have barely scratched the surface seeking out wasted energy. twitter.com/BitcoinMagazin…
Show me someone who whines about crypto tribalism and I’ll show you someone who doesn’t understand network effects.
@TheStalwart The joke is that Dogecoin Core is so out of date and the network so shaky that syncing a node is order..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…x2
@kim0raku @PeterMcCormack I rekt my Tesla while margin trading via the center console screen so I upgraded to an As..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…K7
@0xbool The official rankings are meh 🙃 twitter.com/lopp/status/13…
Dogecoin made great strides in boosting its joke status over the years.
* stagnant development
* takes a month to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4Q
That awkward moment when it becomes clear that your vanity transaction count metric was mostly due to a single enti..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vo
“Drop the laser eyes, the bull market is over.”
LOW TIME PREFERENCE HODLERS UNDERSTAND THAT BITCOIN HAS BEEN IN A..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oi
The energy required to mine bitcoin increases over time.
The energy required to HODL bitcoin decreases over time.
@elonmusk @ChainLinkGod @PeterMcCormack You know how money used to work.
Nothing other than A SWARM OF CYBER HORNETS twitter.com/tracyalloway/s…
pete_rizzo_ Understanding Bitcoin means accepting its rules
It’s not rocket science
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.
Wait ‘til @elonmusk finds out that the most prolific dogecoin developers are Bitcoin Core contributors.
Thank you Bitcoin Jesus for these opportunities to dunk on bcash logic against someone with a large audience.
@elonmusk @itsALLrisky WHY HAVEN’T WE THOUGHT OF THAT pic.twitter.com/vEXNXl6MXF
@itsALLrisky @elonmusk ROFL
lopp As the BTC exchange rate rises, so shall its energy expenditure. Some see increased waste. I see a system bootstrapping its own security.
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.
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
@GuyWithGolden Not an argument, merely a statement. Naturally, those who don’t find any value in Bitcoin will alway..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oB
The energy used to secure the Bitcoin blockchain from being rewritten is not wasted, it’s purchased by the ecosyste..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7F
For several years I’ve run a script that notifies me if any links on my web site break.
Wanted: a script that noti..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sX
Number of pages in @IntelTechniques’ Extreme Privacy guide…
1st Edition: 378
2nd Edition: 574
3rd Edition: 639
Pour one out for the weak hands who are shaken out by *checks notes* energy consumption concern trolls. twitter.com/bit_maniak/sta…
@tqlemd Methinks you missed the joke.
Also if you identify as fully vaccinated. twitter.com/CDCgov/status/…
IntelTechniques Extreme Privacy 3rd Edition Now Available!
Details and links can be found on my site at inteltechniques.com/book7.html. 3..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Aw
The enemies of Bitcoin don’t have the means to attack its thermodynamic security. Thus they attack its legitimacy w..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ht
@michael_saylor ‘Til death do us part. twitter.com/lopp/status/86…
You know you’re a Bitcoin OG if you’ve heard every flavor of FUD before and are now immune to it.
@Iwastoldofgin @Arganaut @georgeeaton @NewStatesman @DantonsHead The difference being that nobody is going around c..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qj
ChristopherA Blockchain Commons is working to advance the state of cryptocurrency wallets with interoperable specifications. We’..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5K
glxyresearch The team at Galaxy Digital Mining wrote an excellent white paper examining #bitcoin’s energy usage.
Did you know..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…tL
“Bitcoin is bad for the environment!”
Indeed. So are you.
@elonmusk This time I’m just here for the ratio.
@BlueGooGuns Is that a yat with which one can yeet? @whatsyouryat
Sounds good, just remember the healthcare privacy rules - you can’t force us to disclose medical history! twitter.com/POTUS/status/1…
@elonmusk Crypto can and will do whatever it damn well pleases.
@elonmusk Are you being held in a black site?
Over a year before the Lightning Network whitepaper was released #ThrowbackThursday twitter.com/lopp/status/50…
@ncdc919 Technically, Dogecoin is a fork of Luckycoin 🤓
@elonmusk @michael_saylor This is the part where you pledge to stop promoting DOGE because it’s also powered by Proof of Work, right?
@DavidVorick Doesn’t that statement hold true if Vitalik sells any of the ETH he received from the Ethereum ICO?
@DavidVorick I think you’re conflating money and value? Vitalik used his tokens, everyone else kept their tokens.
@giaki3003 @DavidVorick Therein lies the rub. As David notes, being added to an airdrop without consent is forced p..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…TT
@giaki3003 @DavidVorick Yeah it seems morally neutral to me.
He was given the tokens, he should use them however h..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…rf
@DavidVorick Not sure why the desires / expectations of said speculators are relevant. Burning the tokens would hav..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…q3
Debating energy consumption concern trolls is as useful as debating the exhaust blowing from a Bitcoin ASIC.
@smithstock @elonmusk Bitcoin pays for its own security; the market is speaking. twitter.com/lopp/status/13…
THESE IGNORANT FOOLS ARE TRYING TO CONCERN TROLL US AWAY FROM ATTAINING A KARDASHEV TYPE II CIVILIZATION
JasonYanowitz In 1999, Forbes claimed that the internet “burns up an awful lot of fossil fuels” and sets the world on a dangerous..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5w
Bitcoin survived countless rounds of China “banning it” when the network was 1/10th of its current size. Elon is a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…gX
Why do so many otherwise intelligent folks hold and propagate misconceptions about Bitcoin? Because they haven’t pu..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vd
@elonmusk Bitcoin’s thermodynamic security increase over the past few months is insane!
@TuurDemeester “JUST TESTING MARKET DEPTH FOR SHORTING OPPORTUNITIES!”
Oh nooooooooooo the Dogefather doesn’t understand Proof of Woof whaddawegonnadooooooooo
@elonmusk It’s a feature, not a bug. Educate yourself.
I kid you not, I have had people argue with a straight face that I can’t call myself a software engineer because re..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wS
RIP DOG DEGENS twitter.com/lopp/status/13…
Short term crypto exchange rates are easily decoupled from fundamentals during mania phases. Remember that price di..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cE
@PeterMcCormack LOOK PETER, WHAT YOU FAIL TO UNDERSTAND…
OH NO
THAT’S NOT A GOVERNMENT APPROVED CONTAINER pic.twitter.com/kglh3Jmoee
bitcoinbrink The current round of Brink grant applications ends May 17th, so developers working on Bitcoin open source projects,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Cp
@HODLHanger IIRC it was the revenue act of 1861 meant to fund the Civil War.
The original American income tax was also “transitory.”
Ladies, if he…
* says he’ll protect you
* makes you ask permission
* takes a cut of your paycheck
* beats you if..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oB
the twitter algorithm is onto us pic.twitter.com/s50XUQSVNk
Bitcoin is a forcing function for fixing cybersecurity. twitter.com/matthew_d_gree…
lightning Announcing Terminal Web, a new site to help Lightning users improve their nodes! ✅
Run a Lightning node? Check you..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…SY
@nic__carter I CAN’T BELIEVE I MISSED THE CUMROCKET PUMP
@DanDarkPill Which end of the pill is the ass?
Finally found some of that ultrasound money folks are talking about. pic.twitter.com/iK9XG4q6vK
Ethereum 2017: cat tokens
Ethereum 2020: food tokens
Ethereum 2021: dog tokens
History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme.
@DanDarkPill *chef’s kiss*
twitter.com/lopp/status/13…
@Rudefire I’m referring to the new wave of dog spinoff shitcoins that have caused gas fees to surge…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…SK
Appears that Ethereum is buckling under the burden of all the shitcoins it’s supporting, even faster than during th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Rm
Just because someone appears to be a fan of Bitcoin does not mean your interests are aligned.
Bitcoin is the currency of enemies.
ATTENTION, SHIBES!
This sounds like a job for the dogecoin community…
twitter.com/BBCWorld/statu…
@twobitidiot Blocked and reported.
@danheld Bitcoin doesn’t have a lovable logo!
jimmysong The Siren Song of altcoins. Taproot benefits, RBF vulnerability, multisig guide, dual funded channels in the wild,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qe
The Bitcoin ecosystem eagerly awaits your contribution in the form of an improvement proposal. twitter.com/Snowden/status…
Fiat holders should be prepared to slowly but surely lose all their money. twitter.com/lopp/status/11…
IN HINDSIGHT
IT WAS INEVITABLE pic.twitter.com/slfl1tLHoD
What are your favorite 10X goods and services - those that may cost 10X the average brand, but offer far higher quality?
I’m releasing a new tool to help Bitcoin node operators get set up. From what I could tell, the only way to generat..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wH
@_jonasschnelli_ No recommendations, just research. blog.lopp.net/custodial-bitc…
@davidmarcus I’d start here, though ultimately you have to travel around to get a sense for how the local populatio..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Db
@davidmarcus I’d suggest seeking out a new area with a higher proportion of rational residents.
@davidmarcus IDK but you might want to take that as a sign!
THE UNIT BIAS FALLACY IS A SELF IMPOSED IGNORANCE TAX THAT WILL BE PAID BY MANY FOLKS twitter.com/novogratz/stat…
IF YOU THINK DOG STOCKS ARE THE FUTURE OF FINANCE YOU’RE NGMI
self worth > net worth
Our forefathers watched their comrades get slaughtered for daring to resist tyranny that had been imposed “for the..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ld
On this anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, we’d do well to remember that war is hell. These are the words of my..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Hh
@CryptoTuesday FYI the SSL cert on your web site needs to be renewed
@JosephPitluck He lived another 70 years!
Tomorrow is the 76th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. My grandfather wrote this in his journal when he began h..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…9V
Funny to see folks use the same flawed logic to argue against using all sorts of security hardware, from firearms t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Qo
@PeterLBrandt Tech companies != tech protocols
@hectorr159 Aimpoint Nano
MP3
MP4
MP5 pic.twitter.com/Nwvj5OeBqe
@lingzhong_ @jack It should be optional. Just like how I have the option to take my account private and take a hit on engagement.
SHITCOIN SEASON CONFIRMED
twitter.com/kyletorpey/sta…
Yo @jack
Let us choose to charge a few sats if someone wants to reply to our tweets or tag us.
Spambot problem solved.
No central planners are capable of producing what free people can when left to their own designs.
“You haven’t made money until you cash out.”
Smooth-brained short-term fiat thinking that does not apply when your..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kd
TOR ALL THE THINGS
blog.lopp.net/tor-only-bitco…
Your node, your rules.
Not your node, not your rules.
Your keys, your choice.
Not your keys, not your choice.
hectorr159 The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting b..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sU
👀eyeballin’ my lightning channels like👀 pic.twitter.com/CnU0wJNXZK
SovrynBTC #Taproot activation on #Bitcoin has started. Here’s an explainer of the benefits from @lopp of @CasaHODL..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…tF
CoinDesk COMING UP: @CasaHODL CEO @Nneuman and co-founder @lopp walk you through the biggest security mishap and best practi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…r6
Congrats @BitGo on the record breaking deal with @GalaxyDigitalHQ financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency…
BitcoinMagazine BREAKING: Bitcoin is coming to hundreds of U.S. banks this year allowing customers to buy, hold, and sell bitcoin,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…27
@PeterMcCormack bruh have you not been to bojangles
If you don’t believe me or don’t get it, spend the next year ingesting the materials linked from bitcoin.page, sorry.
@alexbosworth My nodes tend to not have any available connection slots, so there’s that.
It’s much harder to do retirement planning when you set your life expectancy to “somewhere between 80 and the heat death of the universe.”
The best part about Twitter is blasting out a highly controversial thought and then turning the bird app off.
@PeterMcCormack ONE BIT IDIOT
Fuck You Money is a meme whose novelty never dies off.
scarcedotcity Lightning⚡️Auction Bid Action for:
🏃♂️Running Bitcoin🏃♂️
by @MarcusConnorNH
scarce.city/products/runni… pic.twitter.com/NnLpDTBrmv
lightning We’ve released the latest in our series of Builder’s Guides🏗️: Managing Lightning Liquidity!
Want to make the most..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…XN
intangiblecoins #Dogecoin has always been a joke, and the joke just keeps getting funnier.
We @glxyresearch just published the wor..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ii
@c_otto83 Sounds like network config magic is currently required but 0.13 release should support running on both interfaces natively.
CasaHODL 👨🏫 Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming #Taproot upgrade to #Bitcoin:
blog.keys.casa/what-is-taproo…
FOMO is the path to REKT
If you’re already running a lightning node on clearnet, you might as well also run a tor onion service. It won’t co..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vp
Over the past few months the Lightning Network has quietly surged to all-time highs.
45,000+ public channels
$70M+..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cI
Remember: exchanges are more than happy to help you swap sound money for dogeshit.
DOGE at #3
Building castles in the air
twitter.com/lopp/status/13…
Seeing a number of groups self-organize on various social media platforms to coordinate lightning liquidity swaps. pic.twitter.com/82ANbtIOme
@TheVladCostea Then you’re ahead of the curve
@ibrightly Don’t keep more funds in a hot wallet than you’re willing to lose. End of story.
@hegondoone3 The occasional channel rebalance may be necessary, usually only a fraction of a percent in fees to accomplish.
Now is the time for all good bitcoiners to open their lightning channels.
satofishi Here at @f2pool_official, in April 2021, the first month in our 8 years of operation, we have seen more $BTC hashra..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…nH
NO, STUFF ISN’T GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE
YOU’RE JUST BECOMING POORER
Congrats to @INXLimited on closing their historic IPO! Looking forward to exchange launch in a month or so. reuters.com/article/crypto…
Annoying for normies
Catastrophic for coiners pic.twitter.com/NoOYDymBgP
@gdudg It’s an observation rather than a proposal. They’d likely manage to screw it up if they did.
Materialism is a psychological weakness that makes you vulnerable to lifestyle inflation. You may find yourself tra..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Xp
If the government actually cared about the well-being of its citizens then high schools would have mandatory classe..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ad
Whenever you go against the mainstream flow. pic.twitter.com/dnwpLBd1qf
@_JustinMoon_ I JUST WANT ENOUGH KILLDOZER TO LEVEL A LITTLE TOWN
@DanDarkPill CLEARLY A MAN WITHOUT A SENSE OF TASTE
One can only imagine how many folks are having fun staying poor due to believing ignorant pundits. twitter.com/cryptograffiti…
@mperklin @billmaher Now you can imagine how many other things he states as facts are actually false…
DominicFrisby Look what someone projected onto the Bank of England last night. pic.twitter.com/DqGAeFfmjb
Seeking inbound liquidity to a high availability tor-only lightning node I’ve built. Hit me up if you’re willing to commit 10M satoshis.