Pitched Bitcoin to a rather old gold-bug friend years ago and I thought he’d stay that way — that he’d never begin to understand Bitcoin and that’s fine. He’s a child of his own era. But a few days ago, he messaged me asking for help and recommendations on choosing and setting up a hardware wallet because he’d bought some Bitcoin and didn’t want to keep it on the exchange. When we met, I realized he’d done his homework. I knew it when he said, “Not your keys, not your coins!”

If you think making meaningless memes makes you look interesting, know that it simply makes me unfollow you immediately. Create some valuable content, for fuck’s sake. If I were interested in bullshit, I’d get it fresh from Instagram or Facebook.

Thunderheart (1992) is really underrated. It’s the best Neo-Western movie I’ve seen. It’s a masterful blend of mystery, social commentary, and character evolution. My rating: 8/10

What is OP_RETURN after all?

Some people are really slow learners (like yours truly). But if you don’t give up, you’ll succeed long after the fast learners have given up with smaller gains.

This might be the first time in a decade that I’ve gone an entire day without coffee or even tea. It’s my new experiment.

There is no alternative. Bitcoin only!

She said yes!

Just watched Disclosure (1994) with Michael Douglas. If you’re looking for some solid entertainment with a decent story, Disclosure is a good pick. However, I felt the film ran about half an hour too long and the final act seemed oddly rushed—as if the creators were experimenting to see if they could elevate it even further. Unfortunately, those choices didn’t land for me and ended up costing the film about three points in my overall rating, bringing it to a 7/10.

“The ‘real’ mathematics of the ‘real’ mathematicians — Fermat, Euler, Gauss, Abel, and Riemann — is almost wholly useless.” (G. H. Hardy, 1940) Ironically, RSA, one of the most groundbreaking applications of math in the modern world, was born from that very “useless” field: number theory. In my latest chat with Sohail, a mathematician and old friend, we explore the history of RSA, the math behind it, and how it works through simple, accessible examples:

Before elliptic curves and Bitcoin, there was RSA — the cryptographic breakthrough that changed everything. Join me and Sohail (a mathematician & my long-time flatmate) as we unpack the math and the magic behind RSA. 🎥