Getting huge inspiration and energy from all the bitcoin builder guys here! You are awesome!
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freedom tech ⚡ freedom money
Went out yesterday to watch Perseids (shooting stars).
They reminded my of bitcoin blocks: looking back they come fairly regularly, but it's impossible to predict when the next will happen
😂😂😂


This is not a cat.
She is a european wild cat (recently re-released in the wild)


An anon-friendly SMS verification service that has been working recently:
smspool.net
Unfortunately sms4sats did not work for me and others.
Where does mempool.space show the block height of a transaction?
(I konw I can compute from no. of confirmations and current chain tip, but man, I'm lazy)


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Anyone experiencing trouble with email login on Fountain.fm ?
Tried every combination (app, web, diff. browsers, diff. emails), but keep getting errors without much detail... ('success: false').
@Fountain

GM! This is a shitpost
Tim May in 1992 (!), Cypherpunks mailinglist
(thanks @Aaron van Wirdum for reminding us in the Genesis Book)
(thanks @Aaron van Wirdum for reminding us in the Genesis Book)
Scenario for a Ban on Cash Transactions
We are all fiatjaf


What is the cumulative total number of hashes computed by all the bitcoin miners of the world since the beginning of times (i.e. genesis)?
My rough estimate: 3.84e28
Which is high enough that finding a hash with 24 leading zeros becomes quite likely.
(The smallest hash found so far is of block 756951 with 24 zeroes
My estimate is just summing up the last 6 years with an estimate avg hashrate for the year)

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Wicked (@w_s_bitcoin) on X
#Bitcoin block 756951 has the lowest SHA256 hash to date: 0000000000000000000000005d6f06154c8685146aa7bc3dc9843876c9cefd0f. Generating a hash this ...
Like someone who was born on Feb 29,
Bitcoin has a birthday only every 4th year!
/the-fourth-halving/


My little pre-halving mining economics explainer:
The two most important numbers for mining economics -- total global hashrate and bitcoin price -- have changed drastically over the years. However, one measure, the 'hash price' is more stable. It estimates the daily revenue from a 1 TH/s mining capacity, in dollar terms. For most of the 5+ several years, it has been in the 0.06 -- 0.12 range (higher during peak bull market periods).
If hash price stays above 0.06, most miners will be OK. Currently it is 0.108, after the halving it will be, well, halved, to 0.054. I expect it will creep back to above 0.06 soon, by some mild drop in hashrate and some NgU.
Things balance out.


It's relatively easy to create a random, 'raw' BIP39 passphrase, without using any computer, using a coin or a dice (e.g. 132 flips or throws with an unbiased item).
But can you compute the correct last word (it includes the checksum) on paper?
Can you derive a bitcoin address from the passphrase on paper? Or do you need to trust some chip, some CPU, with whatever inside?
I'm working on a solution...
BOIB: Bitcoiner Only in Bullrun. A person who likes to identify as bitcoiner only during bullruns (typical example: Pomp).
No statement in economics can be independent from politics.
GM frens
States profit from the people MORE than people profit from the state
I've sacrificed a fish-can to testdrive seed storage. Both stamping and decoding went quite smooth. All using only common household items. #BitCan

BitCan: DIY Bitcoin Seed Storage


First unverified and unverifiable rumors about BtcAzores'24 taking place in Terceira spotted in the wild

