I literally wrote my doctoral dissertation on why this doesn't work...
Replying to @itsALLrisky
Ideally, Doge speeds up block time 10X, increases block size 10X & drops fee 100X. Then it wins hands down.
Christian Decker
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Christian Decker
@Snyke
They call me Dr. Bitcoin. --
Bitcoin enthusiast since 2009, and researcher at @Blockstream
- The Schnorr Signature proposal has finally been ... proposed: github.com/sipa/bips/blob… #bitcoin #BIP #schnorrification
- Dear journalists and bloggers, If you really want to compare the (estimated) energy consumption of #bitcoin with the energy consumption of something else, don't use a country, use the fiat system. That'd be equally hard to pinpoint but would be an apples to apples comparison.
- Replying to @martijnboltSure, there is a naturally occurring blockchain forkrate which is caused by the way blocks and transactions propagate in the network. The bigger the blocks and/or shorter the block interval the larger the fork rate, which benefits attackers and weakens the rest of the network.
- The growth of the #LightningNetwork has been accelerating a lot lately. Current record: block 562892 with 523 channels being opened in a single block, followed by block 567255 with 404 new channels.
- Kind of amusing that people "discovered" that LN channels have a small capacity after months of us cautioning users to use small amounts during their testing...
- Do you want to know what the future of #Lightning looks like? #eltoo is a huge step towards a more flexible, secure and robust protocol. blockstream.com/2018/04/30/elt…
- Today we are extremely proud to open-source the #greenlight client repository as part of our Developer Preview🌱 Included are the client libraries, with bindings for python and JS, as well as all the tools to self-host a Greenlight node. Learn more at buff.ly/3IY4Mun 🚀
- This is terrible, the @Core_LN team does not condone attacks of any nature. And namedropping a competitor is in really bad taste. Please follow responsible disclosures, and avoid publicity stunts like this, it's not helping, and causing a lot of issues!Savage takedown of LND lightning nodes by exploiting a consensus discrepancy between Bitcoin Core and btcd with a single Bitcoin transaction. Encoded message: "you'll run cln. and you'll be happy." Probably not a "responsible disclosure". Time for an LND bug bounty program?
- In case you missed it: #clightning supports both incoming and outgoing #tor connections, and will even go as far as registering a auto hidden-service for you :-) github.com/ElementsProjec…
- Just had a great beer at @puzzleitc and paid with Lightning. They had to add a warning that payments are so fast that you have to stand ready with cup.
- A giant leap towards the moon: first main-chain test of #lightning buys coffee from #starblocks and an article from yalls in milliseconds. What else do you need for a successful morning? blockstream.com/2017/12/06/lig…
