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“I wanted to see if I could add bitcoin into a Super Mario running on my original NES, every time you get a coin it sends you some sats!” ~ learn more
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Why Nassim Taleb does not like Bitcoin.
He thinks its worthless for various reasons. “If any non-dividend yielding asset has the tiniest constant probability of hitting an absorbing barrier (causing its value to become 0), then its present value must be 0.” | learn more
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The crypto geniuses who vaporized a trillion dollars.
History rhymes once again. “Among crypto’s smartest observers, there is a widely held view that Three Arrows is meaningfully responsible for the larger crypto crash of 2022, as market chaos and forced selling sent bitcoin and other digital assets plunging […]
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Bitcoin’s longest-serving Lead Maintainer calls it quits, names no successor.
“Van der Laan is the second successor to Satoshi Nakamoto and is one of the few people in the world with final commit access to Bitcoin Core’s GitHub.”
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Listen to earn & Bitcoin.
“The team at Fountain has created a new category called “Listen-to-Earn.” Any mobile device user in the world can download the Fountain app and start listening to podcasts today. As you listen to your favorite podcast, you will earn money. […]
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I think it’s finally starting to be crypto winter.
Almost everywhere I look the sentiment is thoroughly negative. It feels like CNBC had been lying in wait to call Michael Saylor a “dot-com era entrepreneur” in the same sentence as they write “Bitcoin’s plunge spells trouble.” | learn more
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In praise of Bitcoin.
This is from Ben Hunt of Epsilon Theory. If you know who that is, you can probably guess this isn’t a boring read. “The value-deniers, like the Zoom crowd the other night, think I’m agreeing with them when I say […]
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An anatomy of Bitcoin price manipulation.
This gets detailed! “I show how price manipulation to liquidate traders is done in cryptocurrency markets. I point fingers at people.” | learn more
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A Bitcoin-only travel story.
“Here are some travel tips from a couple who traveled around El Salvador for 45 days using only Bitcoin.” | learn more
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Inviting Bitcoin miners to stabilize the Texas electrical grid.
“Abbott’s is a risky bet for the grid, yet one that Bitcoiners have been promoting for years. On one hand, the industry creates unprecedented financial incentive to produce more energy. On the other, it ultimately involves bringing greater demand and […]