A demonstration of the dangers of manually manipulating seed phrases by showing how easy it is to reduce their comp..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…iv
lopp Filling your home with smart devices is a not so smart long term decision. pic.twitter.com/IoTbd2UKcS
A comprehensive guide to reclaiming your privacy in the surveillance age. blog.lopp.net/modest-privacy…
@DanDarkPill Looks like Mike relented… to an even scammier coin!
Thoughts on inheritance planning for folks who own cryptographic assets. blog.lopp.net/fifteen-men-on…
Life comes at you fast. pic.twitter.com/mDBoClipGQ
Today is a good day to update your lnd node.
twitter.com/roasbeef/statu…
lopp Bitcoin’s primary function is not “store of value” - that’s a result of its primary function.
Bitcoin is “fuck you..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Lw
Did you learn the hard way, anons?
https://t.co/W8DFpPPPEL
@gainzy222 It is my displeasure to inform you that practically nobody cares about privacy, even though they really should.
lopp Dating can be tough when you have Bitcoin on the brain. pic.twitter.com/43wOGHgrHN
@acityinohio Are you sure you wanna dox your kids without their consent?
Congrats!
@NeerajKA muh-muh-muh my baloney!
RT @CasaHODL:
The Commandant of Stalag IX, a German POW camp, ordered Sgt. Roddie Edmonds to gather all the jewish soldiers to be..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lZ
Contrary to popular belief, bitcoin is not anonymous. There are many ways you might leak information that can be us..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…9A
@JeremyBrace @BobMcElrath I can’t. I was one of the first folks to pay for Twitter Blue, but then they deactivated..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aY
@BobMcElrath It did for legacy verification; I often had impersonator reports clear in less than a day. Now that my..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…wG
lopp Miners don’t waste energy securing Bitcoin.
The military industrial complex wastes energy securing the petrodollar.
I don’t expect AGI this decade.
When it comes to AI, I expect we’ll see another year or two of progress with LLMs..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…G1
anilsaidso LAUNCH DAY
The #Bitcoin Handbook is now available in hardcover.
The book is a collection of the most foundational..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7Q
One of these things is not like the others…
tvp.fund/whitepapers/bi… pic.twitter.com/jax0FCD0lE
@functi0nZer0 I feel personally attacked.
@gladstein @muneeb Garbage in, garbage out.
Perhaps not great for “truthiness” but definitely great for preventing… https://t.co/uCKXDxEXnF
LearnMoreWithC4 In the majority of cases, if private keys have been compromised, then the funds are already gone for good. @lopp an..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…OX
@Arthur_van_Pelt Good to see more pushback on this. Most folks tend to focus on the more absurd aspects of his frau… https://t.co/lqPD1oaJUJ
T-minus ~1 year ‘til the 5th Bitcoin mining epoch.
bitcoinblockhalf.com pic.twitter.com/SxqD3XwSdK
Pushed under the pretense of protecting children, of course.
wral.com/nc-lawmakers-w…
“The Promise and Perils of Non-Deterministic Bitcoin Scripts” is a deep dive into more advanced scripting and why t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…TN
Imagine how many fools would dump their coins if they received a false alert that Satoshi’s coins were on the move. twitter.com/HsakaTrades/st…
lopp Yield farming explained in 30 seconds: pic.twitter.com/R8HnQXiZaN
@zachxbt @inversebrah Oh look, turns out there are still some HEX morons I haven’t muted yet.
@zachxbt Oh they’re both shilling HEX… no further research required.
@zachxbt People watch these videos and are like “whoa that’s some great financial advice!” ?
LONG ISLAND BLOCKCHAIN AMIRITE
twitter.com/TheStalwart/st…
No one can resist dunking on Cramer; he has such a dunkable face! pic.twitter.com/AUXDvxIEom
never mind lol
https://t.co/FKRRqiO5dD
“Have fun staying poor!”
- Bank of England
bbc.com/news/business-…
bitcoin-bronnen in het Nederlands btcwiki.nl/wiki/Hoofdpagi…
Last Week Tonight’s coverage of last year’s crypto crime meltdown was incredibly well done. Both accurate and enter..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ib
lopp bitcoin veteran seen preparing for bear market pic.twitter.com/kiVn2rsFZk
RT @TheBitcoinConf: #Bitcoin is the end of banks as we know them
@JohnOdetteMD @phathodl This is what happens when I try to sign up for Twitter Blue (again): pic.twitter.com/zwg2AUMpRY
@streetjogi Except… twitter.com/lopp/status/16…
@JJ___LL Privacy. twitter.com/lopp/status/16…
@MikeJamer1992 I can’t. twitter.com/lopp/status/16…
New strategy: feed low, fast high. pic.twitter.com/fORXZ9AnIQ
RT @ambosstech: Lightning Network data company Amboss announces $4M seed round to power Bitcoin as a payments rail
https://t.co/sUqcpG4QH8
Blows my mind that Biden’s re-election announcement video rests upon a claim that his primary goal is to fight for..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vp
Gonna talk about Bitcoin and beyond in 1 hour!
twitter.com/i/spaces/1kvJp…
RT @P3b7_:
@GoingParabolic I’ve yet to see any evidence that the movement of funds from old wallets are a result of any type o..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…KJ
morcosa Announcing the public launch of the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund!
bitcoindefense.org
Please join us in helping..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…W3
Managing private keys to “be your own bank” is no small task. It can involve complex processes if you want protecti..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…rI
@NeerajKA Oh is @NeerajKAfood hosting a dinner?
@ReannaGoya You haven’t been paying attention, have you? twitter.com/lopp/status/16…
Central banks have been gaslighting the public for generations into believing that inflation is necessary for the economy to grow.
@ChrisBlec Yeah I have a couple real SIMs that are not linked to my identity… and I don’t want to link them to my..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Wa
@mikejcasey To be clear, I’m an edge case. I was an early adopter of Twitter Blue but then they kicked me out. twitter.com/lopp/status/16…
@Replicante0001 I would love to pay the $8 a month. And, in fact, I did… until they kicked me out. twitter.com/lopp/status/16…
@phathodl I would love to pay the $8 a month. And, in fact, I did… until they kicked me out. twitter.com/lopp/status/16…
@ReannaGoya It is not I who shall cry, but rather the victims of the impersonators.
@ChrisBlec I was an early adopter of Twitter Blue but they kicked me out. I’d happily pay $8 a month. twitter.com/lopp/status/16…
Looks like the impersonator bots are back, and now that I’m no longer verified my impersonation reports are deprior..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1V
@elonmusk Starship went up in smoke on 4/20 lol
lopp You’re here because you know something. What you know you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your entir..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…P8
@Arthur_van_Pelt “Rebuilding them changes all checksums”
10 years ago today. Deja vu?
twitter.com/lopp/status/32… pic.twitter.com/nGEhAWP08S
@Btc4R We’ve called ourselves a “Bitcoin First” company for years; you’ll have trouble finding any instances of us..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0k
@blk014 It’s a meme. pic.twitter.com/KqixrdkVm8
Kudos to the team of @CasaHODL engineers & alums for winning the @MITBitcoinClub hackathon!
github.com/0xBEEFCAF3/mun…
twitter.com/Arminsdev/stat…
Welcome to Bitcoin! Here’s your FAQ:
Q: Who should I trust?
A: Nobody.
Q: When should I sell?
A: Never.
Q: Is Bi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…E1
Why should you run a full node? How can you maximize the value of doing so? blog.lopp.net/securing-your-…
Great documentary about huge crypto investment scams targeting people in the UK. These scammers have managed to rak..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oH
@xames81 @CasaHODL Using a diversity of random number generators does indeed protect you from a weak RNG.
lopp Privacy is a prerequisite for freedom.
Nobody likes the guy who enforces the rules. This becomes a non-problem when the rules are enforced by everyone who wishes to participate.
A deep dive into claims that it’s safe to remove Bitcoin’s block size limit and instead rely on existing SPV method..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Dq
lopp Whenever you go against the mainstream flow. pic.twitter.com/dnwpLBd1qf
@DanDarkPill Such is the fate of thought leaders who are ahead of their time.
Bitcoin transaction fee estimation is a goldilocks problem wrapped in a future prediction enigma shrouded in myster..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6J
Generating random numbers is hard. An issue with Trust Wallet’s psuedo-random number generator resulted in it only..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Xg
Willem Arondéus was an artist who bombed the Amsterdam public records office in WW2 to hinder the Nazi effort to id..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…gu
Why is Bitcoin so hard to understand? blog.lopp.net/nobody-underst…
A debate is raging in the interface design community over the best way to implement gender selection on forms. pic.twitter.com/Odsg5MM1OJ
@sethforprivacy IIRC the BlockClock supports displaying price tickers for hundreds of shitcoins…
NC NGMI btctimes.com/news/north-car…
@CoinDesk @inkbacker Pro tip: if you stop giving scammers attention, you won’t have to issue retractions for their shenanigans.
lopp decaffeinated coffee
non-alcoholic beer
central bank digital currency
ktreywalsh My article, “The Bitcoin Culture War Won’t Win Mass Adoption” is live! Thanks again to @PeterChawaga and..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…WC
@JackRhysider Sounds great; I find that very hard to believe!
@JackRhysider The only way to fix it is to move + enact strong privacy protection for the new address, but he’s not..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…V9
RT @bradmillscan: Ep 66 of #MagicIntertnetMoney, a sit down with @lopp @adam3us & @BTCismoney, is out!
After a session at the gym & some p…
There are many open source tools available to help Bitcoin developers save time. There’s no need to re-invent the w..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…DA
@VC4DOGE I already was, but they decided they don’t want my money. https://t.co/U1S0J0ALrA
@nachik I was an early adopter of Twitter Blue but they kicked me out. twitter.com/lopp/status/16…
Easy come, easy go. pic.twitter.com/Kqq10ICCme
@apenomic @ercwl @udiWertheimer Folks who speak in this manner display their ignorance of proposed scaling improvements.
@BTCMiningFarm @BitcoinMagazine You said solely. There are plenty of non-BSV folks who are interested in ordinals.
@DownwardDave I did!
@nate_zec @0xa1b @tayvano_ @NFTSpectacle @Tip_Me_In_BTC If you really want to generate a seed phrase with dice, I’d… https://t.co/rWrCOdn0lu
Although the shortest path between two points is a straight line, life rarely offers straight paths. pic.twitter.com/7FyDHYYxVU
lopp Bitcoin miners don’t “solve complicated math problems.”
They make 100,000,000,000,000,000,000+ guesses per second…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…SH
“SMS is dogshit for security”
- Doomed (who sim swapped Matt Walsh)
wired.com/story/matt-wal…
“Cryptographic Primitives in Bitcoin” is an introductory presentation to some of the fundamental building blocks of..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…gO
zachxbt 1/ In recent weeks influencers have given @souljaboy praise for new NFT projects in hopes of clout.
In reality he..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…L7
@zachxbt @SlowMist_Team @thevaporware Wait, people literally bought vaporware?
@DwightManfredi1 It does indeed, though not automatically. Bitcoin users can eliminate single points of failure but..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qu
The fastest code is that which is never executed and preferably never written.
lopp Dating can be tough when you have Bitcoin on the brain. pic.twitter.com/43wOGHgrHN
TuurDemeester Among perennial FUD, the data shows that bitcoin core development truly is decentralized, with relative newcomer..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fg
By popular demand: 2020 vs 2023 brute forcing difficulty. These numbers are the result of a variety of assumptions..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…bh
@TheMart91335693 @bradmillscan @adam3us @BTCismoney You’ll have to listen to find out!
It was a pleasure speaking with @bradmillscan, @adam3us, and @BTCismoney about Bitcoin’s evolution and potential pa… https://t.co/XFVS1Gi8gy
Two men posing as plumbers robbed an elderly couple in Durham, NC and forced them to transfer a large sum of crypto..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…nz
“ZeroGPT is the most Advanced and Reliable Chat GPT and GPT-4 detector tool.” pic.twitter.com/AoWVTa1LCJ
bitcoin-bronnen in het Nederlands bitcoinst.art
@BitcoinOby Generally folks use GPUs. But there’s little point in trying unless you already have a pretty good idea what the seed phrase is.
@StanislawBits That’s one of my other favorite books!
buildingonbtc Excited to announce our first #BTCBuilders2023 speaker, Jameson Lopp (@lopp)!
Jameson is the Co-Founder and CTO o..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…bU
Merry national extortion day, ‘Murica!
Password cracking security if your password has been previously leaked or if you reuse it between web sites. pic.twitter.com/FN7zlZEtIg
@BarnabusCarmud1 These type of brute forcing attacks don’t occur over a network. They occur when an attacker gets a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…R7
Entropy is your friend. pic.twitter.com/AJqj7R935d
/r/tipofmytongue is now obsolete pic.twitter.com/g8l7Ozfsdh
Update your Apple devices! kaspersky.com/blog/ios-macos…
@niftynei @base58btc I have it listed on the classes section, but I’ll add a cross-link. lopp.net/bitcoin-inform…
Good news, everyone! It will take a few years to scale up to humans, but this should do wonders to advance our unde..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pX
If you want to understand low level details of the Bitcoin protocol, there’s plenty of documentation available. Her..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…GP
lopp Bitcoin is not:
A crypto republic
Crypto democracy
Crypto socialism
Crypto communism
Bitcoin is crypto anarchy.
Sums up my relationship with food. pic.twitter.com/djiZiMDVIb
@Philastru It’s certainly unlikely, yet these attacks provide learning opportunities. And I track them to see if th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8Q
@ChrisBlec @RoninDojoNode Added!
@TheGuySwann @Chester07752238 Interestingly I listened to your take TWICE just to be sure, because I struggled to f..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…hj
@Arthur_van_Pelt Did you miss his ragequit? He’s still deceiving himself. https://t.co/92IIUi1isN
Did you know that over 100 physical attacks have been perpetrated against Bitcoiners? You can learn more at this hi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Wq
Bitcoin offers a revolutionary level of security at both a global and individual level. In this deep dive you’ll le..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…gD
Life be like pic.twitter.com/Efb1TFaAfH
lopp Yield farming explained in 30 seconds: pic.twitter.com/R8HnQXiZaN
Help increase the Bitcoin network’s resistance to network censorship - run a hidden Tor service today! blog.lopp.net/how-to-run-bit…
@disablesafemode Some random hero on /r/wallstreetbets remembered the episode and found it.
@AristonZero Video was published to YouTube many years ago…
It appears that Caroline Ellison was on an episode of Arthur 20 years ago. This clip was filmed in the library of t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…KM
There’s more to Bitcoin hashrate charts than meets the eye. Be skeptical of folks who claim that a recent change in..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…bg
saylor In the first quarter, 2683 people completed the #Bitcoin for Everybody course offered by @saylordotorg. It is avail..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Gj
lopp Bitcoin’s primary function is not “store of value” - that’s a result of its primary function.
Bitcoin is “fuck you..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Lw
@gambadingdong Definitely!
@coinjunky Possibly only a few years.
GPT-4 is now better than the average student at a variety of popular exams. pic.twitter.com/uOpTgAxocS
@NeerajKA WTF do they think happens to the water after it is “used?” It’s not like the water gets destroyed…
If you’re a toxic maxi who’s interested in hearing
@TheGuySwann call me a bitch, you’ll have to listen to this epis… https://t.co/hD9w7LC4Dy
My latest research is a deep dive into the problems inherent with hashrate estimates. Beware of folks who claim tha..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…on
@MysthLS @TheGuySwann Nope.
@BTCMiningFarm @BitcoinMagazine Demonstrably false.
HesterPeirce In addition to ironing this t-shirt (which republishes code from a comment letter), will I need to register as an..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…T3
@DanDarkPill Where can I find the Pill Art Market Cap?
Tip of the hat to @LastWeekTonight for this excellent report on @ChuckECheese! lastsqueaktonight.com
You shouldn’t like Bitcoin simply because Hillary Clinton hates it. You should like Bitcoin because people who want… https://t.co/dkhnd6dk4d
lopp welcome to web3 where every click is a taxable event
@Opcode_Network @TheDesertLynx @PepperidgeFarm Learn your history so that you can avoid putting your foot in your m..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zd
@TheDesertLynx @PepperidgeFarm Yep, and mods are fully within their rights to do so! The rest of us are free to poi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lb
@0xArbiter @BitcoinMagazine Nah, that’s a hyperbolic overgeneralization. Bitcoin has not “become a cult” - rather,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Pb
@ErikVoorhees @BitcoinMagazine Cannibalism can’t be helped; we’re so delicious!
Well… that didn’t take long. nypost.com/2023/04/12/ai-…
@theflowalker Basically it requires stronger authentication of 911 callers who make these types of reports. From my..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…mm
@snedzy It depends on the governance structure. In my experience it was nigh impossible to reach the required thres..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oB
@Buchiimaine That’s why it was so easy for me to get on the board - nobody wanted to make the commitment. I ran unopposed.
The State has made itself vulnerable to an asymmetric attack. For $75 someone can have a school swatted. On the fli..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ny
This appears to be confirmation from an /r/bitcoin mod that they’ve added “ordinals” to their list of naughty words..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…uG
@NicolasDorier @gladstein Already is! https://t.co/a0cXMdZBX6
The blockchain is useful for more than just transfers of bitcoin. It can also store immutable timestamped records o..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…KX
Imagine how low risk the operators must consider it to be if swatting is offered this cheaply. pic.twitter.com/ccfc8AAIXP
Swatting as a service is now a thing. I warned y’all in 2018 that law enforcement had created an exploitable vulner..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4o
@wtogami 1) 82% of new homes come with one, so that makes competition tougher.
2) In many cases you aren’t legally..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Rv
82% of new single-family homes sold in the US in 2021 fell under the purview of an HOA. HOAs are an authoritarian c..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oI
@VC4DOGE @ercwl What happens is that the lower value transactions occur on cheaper and faster layers.
@manticlops We’re all shitcoiners now!
BAHAHA this is unironically pinned to the top of /r/bitcoin right now. Called it! reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comm…
Oh dear. Burnout? pic.twitter.com/hsrV1DphgN
lopp The illusion of choice in a two party system. pic.twitter.com/9tFCcJttpo
NeerajKA The Nebraska Public Power District testified on Bitcoin Mining in the Senate last month.
They say that Bitcoin mi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yS
@elonmusk @SenSchumer I already do not respect the AIEC. twitter.com/lopp/status/15…
@BitcoinGoliat Not really; it’s highly dependent upon one’s situation. In first world countries it’s a pretty rare..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kc