This is the most fed-like behavior ever: Paying both sides of the war, in order to control the narrative and make sure that no significant development ever happens Jack Dorsey is no stranger to collaborating with 3-letter agencies, as evidenced by #TwitterFiles Now we have to believe he’s a new person who somehow adopted a new lifestyle under the Bitcoin standard… while completely cutting ties with his old friends. I ain’t buying it. Unlike many of my peers, I’m not under Jack’s payroll and can afford to speak my mind: this is what we get in order to prevent us from scaling Bitcoin and making it private. Eternal conflict, chaos, and infighting that breaks year-long friendships and reputations that took many years to build. But hey, at least the price went up. Why aren’t you happy?

Can Vitalik 51% attack Bitcoin via Ethereum bounty? Andrew Poelstra seems to believe so.

You can’t spell GrassFedBitcoin Without FED

Big day tomorrow for the Bitcoin Takeover podcast! Will broadcast 2 episodes: S16 E40, part 2 with Cory Klippsten In which we’ll try to define Bitcoin maximalism S16 E41 with Yonatan Sompolinsky In which I’ll try to understand how Kaspa works Quite a juxtaposition!

Been reading news about privacy coins becoming a hotter topic on Google Trends To me, it was obvious since last year when I attended the Nashville Bitcoin conference The revolution is dead, so there will be a massive exodus towards anything that offers financial privacy. It’s not a matter of “if” at this point. It’s a matter of “when”. The fact that so many Bitcoin OGs are interested in Monero/Zcash/Zano/Beam these days is proof that there is still hope. The only other question is: when will the “plebs” wake up and join the battle? Then will the normies put their money in something that better protects their freedom of transaction? Regardless of when, I’m ready.

Simplicity recently launched on Blockstream’s Liquid federation, after being is development for about a decade. But is it really better than Ethereum’s smart contract scripting?

Here’s what Blockstream head of research Andrew Poelstra thinks about two-way pegged sidechains, as described by the 2014 sidechains whitepaper and the drivechains

Feeling cute, might inscribe my podcast theme song on the Bitcoin blockchain … so I can’t delete it later 🙃

Unsolicited bull market advice: you don't have to prove anything to anyone while it might be tempting to show off to the people who made fun of you for believing in internet money it's really not worth it. they won't feel as bad as you did when they hurt you and you'll feel like an idiot for spending your money on something that doesn't really make you happy

Went to the gym again today Was disappointed to see that nobody was doing any barbell exercises Kids these days are playing it safe w/ cable pulls & machines for every muscle group When I was in high school, I was doing olympic lifts, standing military presses & deadlifts.

A world in which Monero and BCH are merged-mined with Bitcoin is really wonderful Maximum security for all assets, more revenue for miners, and the culture of hating other chains that do something different comes to an end We kill the 21m utopia, but build a better future 🫡

The nicest compliment my work can receive is when others reference it Yesterday, Matthew Krater of Bitcoin University recommended his followers to listen to my interview with @Super Testnet on the topic of Monero vs Lightning for privacy. Thank you!

If I used the same rationale as Bitcoin maximalists nowadays and just settled for something imperfect that’s popular I would have never discovered Bitcoin in the first place

If you cannot publicly criticize your own investment Then you are either intellectually dishonest Or else haven’t diversified enough to comfortably say what you don’t like Just remember that there is no growth without pain and you never really learn until you take some losses.

Can’t hate on ETH anymore They’ve been around for a decade, built some great stuff, proved a lot of critics wrong They’ve been through hell, they’ve been ridiculed by bitcoiners, but they’re still standing Congrats on this, seriously! You deserve it.

If you spend too much time studying Bitcoin, you’ll inevitably get frustrated & disappointed with the lack of technical progress and the ignorant confidence some people displayed when they decided to ignore the breakthroughs made by alts. But when you read news about politics & central banking, you regain faith in the system and realize everything could have been much worse. Sometimes your happiness and contempt are found in the point of reference.

I woke up this morning with a positive state of mind Read the news and I’m happy that Bitcoin exists, as inflation rate in my country is close to double digits and everything is getting worse At the same time, I’m grateful that other money networks exist to do what BTC cannot Bullish on this future that we’re building!

Pay close attention to the amount of denial that the Monero bros are showing in the aftermath of a 51% attack. It’s how bitcoiners will react in a few years when quantum computers become a serious threat.

Shitcoins have more soul than corporate Bitcoin