4 men robbed 11 victims suspected to be involved in a Chinese cryptocurrency gambling ring. They got away with over $3M in crypto & watches.

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Lessons learned from running a routing node on the Lightning Network. #repost blog.lopp.net/lightning-netw…

Dating can be tough when you have Bitcoin on the brain.

The Injustice System in a nutshell.

Episode 48 with Jameson Lopp youtu.be/eJiKIHgF7ow

All I see is more Bitcoin FUD that screams 'DONATE TO John E Deaton!'
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Seeing the presentations and discussions happening this week at bitcoin++ is reinvigorating.

Bitcoin development will not be stopped!

The boring truth about cyber security is that most attacks are not technically sophisticated, because the weakest link in the security chain is the user.

The freedoms we surrender today are the freedoms our grandchildren will never know existed.

Since the demand for bitcoin transactions fluctuates it can be hard to know the appropriate fee. A variety of fee estimation services are available to help users navigate the fee market; you can find them here: lopp.net/bitcoin-inform…

The point of decentralization is to distribute power.

Distributing power is the most effective way of establishing individual freedom & preventing tyranny.

When you decentralize aspects of a system without dispersing power, you end up with a DINO: Decentralized In Name Only.

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'CCN 02/May/2024 Bitcoin Testnet Could Need Reset'

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Q: Is bitcoin a good store of value?
A: It really depends upon your time horizon.

'Sowing the Seeds of Destruction' - in this presentation I cover the lessons learned from stress testing various seed phrase backup products.

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Sayloooooor the inscribooooor 🙃
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This tidbit flew under the radar in Jan 2023, but it was clearly Roger Ver and he's been fighting the IRS for quite some time.
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Financial privacy, freedom, and #Bitcoin are under assault in the US.

In response, Alex Thorn offers a solemn warning to policymakers: “If we drop this ball, somebody else will pick it up and we might not like the way they play the game.'

If you aren't concerned about your privacy by now, I honestly don't know what it would take to change your mind.

The Constitution served America well for two centuries, successfully limiting government overreach.

But it seems the bureaucracy has manage to reorganize itself to route around the Constitution. We're failing at balancing the power between the government and the governed.