Marty's Ƀent Issue #1138: The network is very secure Luckily for the world, there is not much to worry about at the moment in regards to the security of a transaction that has been confirmed and is sitting underneath many blocks.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1041: Defund FATF The time for you to stop reading this rag as a guilty pleasure and part of a silent majority is RIGHT NOW. A world worth living in may depend on it.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1031: Some EU Lawmakers want to outlaw Proof of Work Could you imagine if the ECB was made the ultimate regulator of Bitcoin within the EU?
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 #577: Was there a hashrate crash yesterday? Yesterday's "hashrate crash" is probably more accurately described as "normal and expected interblock time variance".
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 #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 #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.
Marty's Ƀent 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".
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 #511: Energy FUD priorities I'm beginning to wonder if people really hate Bitcoin's energy consumption or if they just hate the fact that it completely turns their worldview on its head and should not exist for this reason.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #506: Reminder: Bitcoin is GOOD for the environment At a time when the world is screaming about global warming and energy consumption, it's imperative that we stop talking and actually implement the solutions that exist today.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #472: This should end well A system addicted to debt sows its own demise at a certain point because it creates too much opportunity costs, forcing people to choose work over breeding, setting in play a long-term decay in the funding base of the system.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #446: More on timechain This is a great follow up read to last Friday's issue, in which we learned that Satoshi initially referred to Bitcoin as a timechain and never mentioned the word blockchain.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #444: GreenAddress --> BlockstreamGreen With the rebrand and redesign comes some cool new features, including hardware wallet compatibility for users who fall into the Android + Trezor One or Ledger Nano S owners' circle in the Venn diagram.
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.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #319: PoW is extremely efficient The fact Bitcoin has created a beautiful incentive system to make sure we humans are as efficient as possible when it comes to the consumption of energy is lost on most people, especially those championing PoS; a materially less secure and economically unfair system that favors incumbents.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #315: Bitcoin's Yin & Yang and Cliffhangers The price-performance ratio is a metric that is typically used to measure the ratio of the price of a product to its performance (performance metrics differ from product to product) and is used to illustrate the difference between old and new products.
