Marty's Ƀent Issue #1063: Stress test: passed This was a massive stress test of the network and Bitcoin passed with flying colors.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1021: This week should bring with it the biggest difficulty adjustment in Bitcoin's history We are in the midst of a seismic shift in hashrate that will be written about decades from now.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #983: Taproot activation signaling has started The real time dynamic nature of Bitcoin will never cease to amaze me.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #973: Hashrate shock This incident is an illuminating case study for the bitcoin mining industry for many reasons.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #971: It's all about the energy, stupid Humanity has found a way to create a currency backed by energy and it will make the world a much better place. We live in incredible times.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #966: The last tax... he vision of distributed sovereign small (and large) nation states and city states being erected around stranded energy sources that are leveraged to mine bitcoin.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #943: Downward difficulty adjustment coming It will be interesting to follow along with the mining industry this year as the many factors described above continue to play out.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #939: Bitcoin created its own concept of time via dergigi.comWe've talked a lot about the beauty of Bitcoin's difficulty adjustment and why it is THE pivotal innovation that Satoshi brought to market. Bitcoin is the combination of
Marty's Ƀent Issue #854: Miners unplug, a Singapore bank opens an on ramp, and more gold is discovered There's a lot going on in the Bitcoin world this week.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #815: Smorgasbord Tuesday That was this week's Smorgasbord! We'll be back with another whenever we feel like it.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #785: Bitcoin basics threads There is never a bad day to brush up on your Bitcoin basics. Luckily for you freaks, Danny Diekroeger has been BEASTING Twitter threads.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #760: Capitalism in the US is nothing more than an idea at this point Capitalism is nothing more than an idea that is given lip service by people who like to pretend that what the Fed is doing is natural and necessary.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #758: Another exciting week for Bitcoin fundamentals It's been an economics-heavy and bitcoin-light week here at The Bent, so I figured I'd brain dump some interesting things that caught my eye over the last few days that show that Bitcoin's fundamentals are only improving.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #743: Post-Halving Dynamics The third block subsidy halving is 10-days behind us at this point and your Uncle Marty feels it's a good time to check in on some network data to see how things are going.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #730: Mining basics It feels like as good a time as ever to get back to our roots here at The Bent.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #654: POWSWAP, REAL DeFi Truly smart contracts and DeFi brought to Bitcoin. Done correctly with minimalist design that doesn't rely on a 3rd party oracle. Bitcoin is the oracle. The haters are in disbelief!
Marty's Ƀent Issue #652: Fundamental refresh Wednesday Why do individuals decide to put in the effort to acquire hardware to mine bitcoin?
Marty's Ƀent Issue #610: State of Bitcoin mining Is Hut 8 proving the haters wrong? Or are they an anomaly that cannot be replicated?
Marty's Ƀent Issue #603: Satoshi is the Michelangelo of our time Very minute details like this highlight just how thorough Satoshi was from a design perspective.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #573: Recent hashrate surge in perspective Despite what some might say about Bitcoin's "shortcomings" and immaturity for the world stage, the Wiley entrepreneurs in the mining industry seem not to care one bit.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #542: An ode to the difficulty adjustment This is why the difficulty adjustment is so vital to Bitcoin as an incentive system with built-in checks and balances. Without it, Bitcoin's distribution schedule would be unpredictable.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #406: Gather round now Without the ability to adjust the difficulty, assuming that Bitcoin had value and miners were joining the network, blocks would come in way too fast, expediting the issuance to the point where Bitcoin wouldn't be good as a money.
