Marty's Ƀent Issue #1177: Pressure forcing alternative transaction relay solutions Here's to the builders. They're making the world a better place.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1140: A lesson from Kazakhstan How can miners and the industry at large act to ensure this type of attack doesn't perturb block production in the future?
Marty's Ƀent Issue #762: Bitcoin doesn't care about governments It would be a bad sign if these kleptocrats weren't scared of Bitcoin.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #691: shallow safety v. deep safety My long-term bet is on the system exhibiting deep safety.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #527: BetterHash explainer Let's break away from the madness of the current macro environment and pivot back to "the tech" that is Bitcoin. Specifically, Bitcoin mining. And, more specifically, Bitcoin mining pools. Bitcoin mining pools have long been the crux of many detractors' arguments against the nascent
Marty's Ƀent Issue #523: Surveillance tech crawls forward > "Worse yet, the students can’t opt out. “It’s a binary choice for the kids,” Bulger said. “A teacher told me years ago, ‘If you want to opt out of using the Google education suite, then you’ll also need to opt out
Marty's Ƀent Issue #447: A Herculean Effort A huge step forward for Bitcoin on its quest to become more modular was just enabled by a Herculean effort from one man and a nebulous team of reviewers from around the globe.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #442: Offline transactions As someone who lives in many ant farm-like apartment buildings (depending on what year it is) in one of the most densely populated cities on Earth, I find this type of setup to be daunting and cumbersome, but something I eventually would like to have as my go-to setup at some point in the future.