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If you're new to bitcoin, take 5 minutes to work through this thread.
You'll get a basic foundational understanding of key terms and how the system functions.
And, if you're teaching others, steal these slides.
pete
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pete
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- The root cause of the Segwit2x fail is the unilateral decision here github.com/btc1/bitcoin/i… Code is warned against and gets no ACKs.
- Replying to @ErikVoorhees and @morcosa9 months ago on 2 Nov 2016 Segwit was released in Bitcoin Core v0.13.1
- Replying to @TuurDemeesterJust use Google Authenticator app. Does not require SIM or SMS. I have no idea why people use SMS.
- Replying to @zorinaq @Melt_Dem and @StockTwitsTrading history for this exchange—showing first trades at $0.003—is available at api.bitcoincharts.com/v1/csv/bcmPPUS…
- Replying to @Polylunar_ @bergealex4 and @Polyd_I found this but not dug into it yet
- Replying to @TroyasaurusRexx @udiWertheimer and @WhalePandaThe unprofitable miners fall away, the hashrate drops, then the difficulty until there’s only profitable miners left.
- "One Seed to rule them all, One Key to find them, One Path to bring them all, And in cryptography bind them." - Ethan Kosakovsky in BIP-entropy Deterministic Entropy From BIP32 Keychains
- Replying to @BitcoinErrorLogThe 10th halving is more than a 50% subsidy reduction. See en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Controlle…
- So many interesting but differing opinions.Hey libertarians, what is your best explanation for why the world is not far more libertarian now? I'll do a poll with the four best options.
- Hear! Hear!
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