Marty's Ƀent Issue #1055: BitMEX adds user verifiable Proof of Reserves This is a novel way to implement a Proof of Reserves system and should raise the bar for the industry.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #839: Signs of a mature market? The charges against BitMEX were a loud shot across the bow of the industry.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #836: The CFTC charges BitMEX for skirting KYC/AML compliance BitMEX is an incredibly innovative company that provides innovative products that stay true to the core ethos of Bitcoin.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #604: Exchanges, so cold right now Tough day for the industry in the eyes of the mainstream. If anything, this highlights how early we are in all of this and how much room for improvement and competition there is.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #557: The competition for blocks is fierce This is a great moment to reflect and bask in the beautiful glory of consensus via Proof of Work being tested in the wild. Bitcoin works!
Marty's Ƀent Issue #479: Hacks, insurance funds, and reorgs To pull this off, Binance would have needed to coordinate with miners to rewrite the chain to change the transaction executed by the hacker. Now, that doesn't seem very decentralized or trustless, does it? Nor does it seem very practical.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #466: A reorg in the wild We try not to waste too much time on laughable vanity projects here at the Ƀent, but Bitcoin SV, a low hash rate minority fork of Bitcoin Cash, which is a minority hash rate fork of Bitcoin, has provided us with a learning opportunity.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #450: Read this At the moment, being a good liquidity provider and profitable routing node is a very manual process that is not a very friendly user experience if you are not very technical.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #390: A decade in... Bitcoin's current level of fungibility is admittedly atrocious and may be the Achilles heel of the project at this point in time. The question of fungibility and, by extension, anonymity has been discussed since the very early days of Bitcoin.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #342: BitMex drops a Bitcoin client That's A LOT of money laundering... from the traditional banking system. You know someone is a normie when they rely on the "money laundering and drug dealers" crutch to argue against Bitcoin.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #327: Bitmain's IPO Prospectus As some of you freaks may know already, Bitmain's IPO prospectus was released a few days ago. Bitmain has been a huge news item for well over a year now, as they have attempted to wield their influence on the Bitcoin protocol.
