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Matt Corallo 🟠
@TheBlueMatt
10th known contributor to Bitcoin Core. Full-Time Open-Source Bitcoin+Lightning Projects @spiralbtc. Open-Source Bitcoin for 15 years. Mostly reposting @soona.
NY/SF, usually
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    Matt Corallo 🟠
    @TheBlueMatt
    Feb 13
    It’s time for bitcoiners to step up and build. You don’t need to know anything about software development anymore, you just need to know how to write words! We have a golden opportunity to build out agentic payments based on open money, rather than letting agentic payments be
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    calle
    @callebtc
    Feb 12
    USDC on base seems far more common for 402 payments now than Bitcoin. Recently, even Stripe joined the bandwagon. That’s a centralized stablecoin on a permissioned chain. Agents are starting to use fiat. It’s a huge loss, and in a race, many aren’t even aware that it exists. The
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    Matt Corallo 🟠
    @TheBlueMatt
    Aug 8, 2022
    1/ Bitcoin maxis are a dying breed. While there was a time where ~everything except Bitcoin was basically a scam, that hasn't been true for a long time, and the smart money has moved on to figuring out which projects are going somewhere, and which are straight pump-and-dumps.
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    Matt Corallo 🟠
    @TheBlueMatt
    Mar 9, 2022
    Looks like Yellen's comments on tomorrow's Executive Order were accidentally posted a day early (now removed). archive.org got them, though - web.archive.org/web/2022030901…
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    Matt Corallo 🟠
    @TheBlueMatt
    Aug 9, 2021
    Just so we're all clear - if Bitcoin mining ends up regulated as a broker in the US (pushing it overseas), the transition of Bitcoin mining to clean and otherwise-unused energy will be delayed, pushing us back a decade in the reduction of carbon emissions from Bitcoin mining.
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    Matt Corallo 🟠
    @TheBlueMatt
    Jun 9, 2021
    Being a Bitcoin Core developer is a thankless job. I once told another now-former developer that “Bitcoin will never succeed because of our work, but it may succeed in spite of our flaws”. So much respect for those who have contributed longer than I and contribute today.
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    Matt Corallo 🟠
    @TheBlueMatt
    Jan 17, 2022
    People really need to stop blaming email for the fact that Gmail is terrible.
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    Matt Corallo 🟠
    @TheBlueMatt
    Aug 8, 2022
    Replying to @TheBlueMatt
    5/ Focus on why Bitcoin is unique, talk about the difference of approach and conservatism and a focus on why Bitcoin is the only real candidate as a truly neutral currency for the internet. Point out how funding models change neutrality, but don't call that a scam, cause its not.
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    Matt Corallo 🟠
    @TheBlueMatt
    Sep 6, 2023
    This is absolutely awful. Anyone working on this should seriously reconsider why they're working on "cryptocurrency" at all - enabling more effective global, automated blocking of coins based on things like chainanalysis is breaking the biggest reasons why cryptocurrency exists!
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    Fabian Schär
    @fschaer
    Sep 6, 2023
    Very excited to share our new paper. This is joint-work with @VitalikButerin, Jacob Illum (@chainalysis), @mat_nadler (@UniBasel_en) and @ameensol. Full Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
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    Matt Corallo 🟠
    @TheBlueMatt
    Mar 6, 2021
    Bitcoiners being mad at people for even trying NFTs is my new favorite cringe.
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    Matt Corallo 🟠
    @TheBlueMatt
    Oct 7, 2022
    No, @github, nuking a user and removing all history they ever had on the site, as if it hadn't exist, doesn't only effect that user, it screws over random unrelated projects that the user contributed to.
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    Matt Corallo 🟠
    @TheBlueMatt
    Aug 8, 2022
    Replying to @TheBlueMatt
    2/ This is particularly damning to Bitcoin b/c, instead of its most vocal proponents explaining why Bitcoin is great and unique, its most vocal proponents spend all their time just attacking other projects. Sure, some of them are scams and may deserve it, but it doesn't help BTC.
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    Matt Corallo 🟠
    @TheBlueMatt
    Apr 16, 2024
    Craig Wright has discontinued his claims against Bitcoin developers (incl me) in the TTL case (where he was asking for a fork of bitcoin that seized random coins and gave him free money)! old.reddit.com/r/bsv/comments…
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    Matt Corallo 🟠
    @TheBlueMatt
    Feb 24, 2024
    This is absolutely disgusting. Hal’s bitcoin were sold long, long ago to help pay for ALS treatments. Treasure hunters have since harassed Fran (Hal’s widow) seeking some billions in bitcoin that she doesn’t have. Alleging some is satoshi is incredibly dangerous. Don’t do it.
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    Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth)
    @adamscochran
    Feb 23, 2024
    1/25 I've always thought that Hal Finney was the main person behind Satoshi Nakamoto (Supported by 1 or 2 other minor characters) And I think the new emails help back that up overwhelmingly:
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    Matt Corallo 🟠
    @TheBlueMatt
    Aug 20, 2019
    So excited to be joining the @sqcrypto team over the coming weeks. Experimenting with different models to accelerate Bitcoin OSS is awesome! Gonna miss the @ChaincodeLabs folks, but given they host anyone who works on Bitcoin OSS, I'll probably be there every other day anyway.
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    Spiral
    @spiralbtc
    Aug 20, 2019
    BIG NEWS: Please welcome @TheBlueMatt to Square Crypto. Woo! THINGS ARE HEATING UP EVERYBODY GET IN HERE LET’S PARTY 🌀🔥🌀🔥🌀🔥 *A lone figure watches from afar, their haunched shape a dark smudge against the gathering gray sky… Gary?*