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Matt Carvalho
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chronicling the products layered upon the bitcoin protocol. dying on the crypto(graphy)-abolitionism hill.
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mattcrv 11 months ago
Boe Jiden's Executive Order 14067 placed "the highest urgency on research and development [...] of a United States CBDC." Donald just revoked it and prohibited CBDCs. This seems to be the only news worth BREAKING. πŸ—žοΈ image
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mattcrv 1 year ago
Sat/Cent parity achieved! Now, 0.00000001 BTC is worth more than $0.01. πŸͺ™ image
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mattcrv 1 year ago
Buy the dip! Bitcoin won’t stay this cheap for long image
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mattcrv 1 year ago
Data breach alert: 250,000 Brazilians' IDs, credit card details, and bank statements leaked from 7 financial institutions. πŸ‡§πŸ‡· KYC is the illicit activity. πŸͺͺ image
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mattcrv 1 year ago
Kendrick dropping Bitcoin bars on his new album is bullish πŸ‚ Drake bribing snitches in Bitcoin is bearish 🀑 image
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mattcrv 1 year ago
Thrilled to see Bitkey rolling out new on-ramps with transparent pricing! I didn’t expect them to go beyond CashApp. 🎒
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mattcrv 1 year ago
Closing my Xapo account today. It served me well for over an year. Now seeking a Bitcoin-friendly fiat bank that: πŸ₯Ύ Doesn't hike prices by 567% without offering anything new πŸ€Ήβ€β™‚οΈ Prioritizes core services over yield gimmicks image
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mattcrv 1 year ago
Taxation is theft, and using Bitcoin as a Medium of Exchange is self-defense.
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mattcrv 1 year ago
Excited about @npub19yfz...mc68's Bitcoin-backed credit card! πŸ’³ Locking collateral in a multisig escrow lowers risk for lenders and slashes interest rates. Spend without selling. Perfect for holders who live on the Bitcoin standard and need a bridge to the fiat world. image
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mattcrv 1 year ago
Someone recently lost 0.8 BTC after stepping on an option Sparrow probably shouldn't even have exposed. image Footguns everywhere. Tread lightly! πŸ’£ image
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mattcrv 1 year ago
reading this headline gave me headache image
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mattcrv 1 year ago
I just set up my @npub1tftc...xar5 Vault, and the user experience was incredibly smooth! πŸ” Using Bitcoin-only hardware wallets like the @Blockstream Jade makes multisig so much easier. You don't even need to install companion apps like Trezor Suite or Ledger Live. image
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mattcrv 1 year ago
Days ago, Mt.Gox transferred 141,686 BTC in preparation for the upcoming distribution. Today, a Japanese exchange loses 4,503 BTC. Full circle. image
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mattcrv 1 year ago
When @Blockstream Green upgraded from nLockTime to CheckSequenceVerify, users didn't care about adopting a new OP_CODE. They cared about no longer needing to back up pre-signed transactions. When wallets add support to covenants, most users won't care if it's CTV, CCV, or CAT...
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mattcrv 1 year ago
Introducing the Humane Bitcoin Wallet ✨ Hardware wallets should feel more human: πŸ—£οΈ Read your seed phrase out loud πŸ‘• Pin your life savings to your shirt πŸ€– Select and label UTXOs with your voice 🀌 Verify transactions with your bare hands Not your pin, not your coins! image
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mattcrv 1 year ago
every time a mobile wallet asks you to back up 24 words instead of 12, a honey badger dies 🦑
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mattcrv 1 year ago
Bolt Cards on the Google or Apple Wallet would be dope image
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