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Issue #551: Bitcoin doesn't waste energy, distilled

This is the most succinct one-stop-shop on the subject of Bitcoin energy usage and why it is okay and should actually be encouraged that Uncle Marty has come across to date.

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Issue #550: A thread on money in Iran

A lesson for all the "barter never truly existed" stans out there. But also an incredibly useful example of how complicated money can be from monetary history that helps highlight the extreme utility that the Bitcoin Network provides.

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Issue #549: Reminder: Bitcoin distribution is fair

Everyone's a scammer, freaks. Especially those selling knock-offs that attempt to denigrate Bitcoin over a non-existent "distribution problem".

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Issue #548: Reminder: Bitcoin privacy isn't easy

I am very optimistic that things will continue to improve on the privacy front. However, it is extremely important that one acknowledges Bitcoin's current limitations.

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Issue #547: Corporate debt not looking so hot either

Luckily for us freaks, we have Bitcoin. A chance to build a system disconnected from the bullshit of the legacy system.

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Issue #546: The Argentine Peso has collapsed again

What we can say for sure is that the Bitcoin network should remain reliable for individuals in these countries looking for alternative stores of value.

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Issue #545: They're coming for our encryption tools

If you believe Bitcoin is a human right, you better stand up and begin pushing back against these attempts to expand the digital panopticon we're already living under.

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Issue #544: Bitcoin vaults. Yes, please!

Slowly but surely, the vision comes together, usability and security seem to be on the up and up, and this system may turn out to be more idiot-proof than we thought.

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Issue #543: The Fat Lady may be taking the stage

The lingering question that sits on the top of my mind as all of this goes down. IF this is the popping of the "everything bubble", is will people continue to put their trust in the politicians, bankers, and economists who obviously did a poor job of creating long-term stability post-2008?

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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.

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Issue #541: Annndddd... we’re off!

There is somewhat of an honor code between warring factions that the fact that they are engaged in this type of war should never be overtly mentioned because it can create a very slippery slope that ends in a decay of confidence in the whole monetary system. Did Trump just break this honor code?

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Issue #540: Bitcoin is a safe haven

The price of Bitcoin reacted very positively as the Chinese Yuan depreciated sharply against the Dollar yesterday afternoon.

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Issue #539: CoinJoins, fidelity bonds & Bitcoin's (lack of) privacy

In an attempt to prevent Sybil attacks which aim to deprecate individual privacy by using a single entity to dominate CoinJoins with multiple inputs, fidelity bonds force "makers" to put skin in the game.

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Issue #538: Turning the corner to complete the cycle

A project that was born out of the ashes of the last major financial crisis is now turning the corner to complete a full cycle of the Fed loosening and tightening their policies between crises.

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Issue #537: The threat of KYC/AML

Can we honestly look at the data and say that KYC/AML compliance has been a net good for individuals? I don't think so. How much economic harm had been wrought due to data falling into the wrong hands?

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Issue #536: Trusted 3rd parties are security holes

If anything, these recent actions should serve as a wake-up call to software developers working on critical infrastructure around the world, and especially to those working on subversive open source projects like Bitcoin.

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Issue #535: We can't go back to a gold standard

To all of you gold bugs out there, we Bitcoiners sympathize with you more than you probably understand. Let go of the losing battle you're fighting and join us on the front lines of the digital money revolution.

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Issue #534: A thorough history of money

I am at somewhat of a loss for something to write about this morning, so I figured I'd share this documentary recommended by our friend Beautyon, The Money Masters, with you freaks. A

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Issue #533: An update on assumeutxo

Last week, as the world was fixated on Bitcoin's glow up on Capitol Hill, a PR was merged into Bitcoin Core. The fourth merged PR in a series of code refactorings that James and others have been working on to make assumeutxo possible.

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Issue #532: Emergent, grassroots coordination

Bitcoin's emergent, grassroots nature is the crux of the strength afforded to its assurances of sound monetary policy, distributed consensus, and overall progress towards the Ideal of sufficient decentralization.

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Issue #531: The future of energy efficiency is here...

As you can see from the last tweet above, this one small Ohmm box reduces carbon emissions by 7400 metric TONNES per year. Imagine how much carbon we could prevent from entering the atmosphere if we begin retrofitting every oil and gas field in the world with these data centers.

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Issue #530: You should read this

We find ourselves in, what seems to be, a very precarious situation as the world looks to be entering another phase of coordinated monetary easing.

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Issue #529: The framing intensifies, will it work?

At the end of the day, the government can posture for or against Bitcoin as it sees fit. Bitcoin will continue to produce blocks roughly every ten minutes, enabling peer to peer transactions for anyone with access to the network.

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Issue #528: The framing has begun

Are we okay with accepting the uncomfortable truth that bad people will use certain tools to their advantage to ensure that we do not curb innovation and overall freedom?

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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