"Less P2P, more H2H" — While we obsess over peer-to-peer protocols and technical specs, are we missing the point? Bitcoin is ultimately a human-to-human trust network. The community debates: cold node connections vs warm human relationships. Which matters more? #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BTC #Nostr

Stacker News

We need less P2P and more H2H \ stacker news

Bitcoin needs stories to win. I am absolutely convinced of this. Today, I see virtually zero human-to-human stories emerging. Not from conferences,...

Circle froze $12.6M in user funds with no warning, no explanation—just unilateral control. This is the reality of centralized stablecoins and custodial risk. Think your coins are "in your wallet"? If you don't hold the keys, you don't hold the coins. #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BTC #Nostr

Bitcoinist.com

Circle Blacklists Zama Protocol Address, Freezing $12.6M In User Funds - Details

Stablecoin issuer Circle has reportedly blacklisted a smart contract linked to privacy protocol Zama, freezing approximately $12.6 million in user...

Lexe CLI lets you run a self-custodial, always-online Lightning node in just 3 commands. But here's the tension: when self-custody becomes this easy, do we still need custodial wallets? Or is convenience itself the new trade-off we're not seeing? #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BTC #Nostr #LightningNetwork

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Bitcoin ETFs bleed $3B over 10 days while social sentiment hits 2026's most bullish peak—Santiment warns this extreme optimism historically precedes pullbacks. Institutions exit, retail cheers. Your Bitcoin: controlled by you, or by crowd psychology? #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BTC #Nostr

Bitcoinist.com

Bitcoin Bulls Defy Market Sell-Off As Sentiment Hits 2026 High -- Analysts | Bitcoinist.com

Spot Bitcoin ETFs have now logged 10 straight days of outflows, with total net redemptions nearing $3 billion since May 15. That is the backdrop ag...

Eid al-Adha Mubarak to our Muslim friends, neighbors, and community members in Malaysia and around the world. 🌙 May this day of sacrifice, gratitude, and generosity bring peace, blessings, and joy to you and your family. At Bitcoin House Malaysia, we believe strong communities are built through respect, kindness, and shared moments that bring people together. #EidAlAdha #EidMubarak #BitcoinHouseMalaysia #Malaysia #Nostr

Juraj Bednar on Free Zones & Cryptoanarchy: When physical territories meet digital sovereignty, Bitcoin becomes more than money—it's infrastructure for parallel systems. But are true free zones built by code, or carved out by people willing to cross frontiers? #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BTC #Nostr

Free Zone Frontier and Cryptoanarchy – Juraj Bednar

Someone's drafting a cycle guide while watching this weekend closely. But here's the thing: when everyone studies cycle patterns, do the patterns still hold? Are we following the map or just convincing ourselves "this time is different"? #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BTC #Nostr

Stacker News

In the Middle of Writing a Cycle Guide; Watching This Weekend Closely \ stacker news

I’m in the middle of writing a beginner‑friendly cycle guide based on behavioral patterns I’ve tracked over the years. One of the sections co...

Can Bitcoin become physical cash? From 2011 Casascius coins to today's Tapsigner cards—every attempt hit the same wall: Who generates the private key? Who do you trust to mint it? Turns out, making BTC into paper bills might contradict what Bitcoin actually is. #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BTC #Nostr

Bitcoin Magazine

What If You Could Actually Hold Your Bitcoin? The Wild History Of Physical BTC

Bitcoin is invisible code — but for over a decade, creators have turned it into coins, cards, and USBs you can touch. Here’s how close we’ve ...

$420B in Zcash tracked by Arkham — most users never used shielded addresses. Privacy isn't a coin feature you buy, it's a practice you build — Bitcoin gives you the tools, but only if you hold your own keys. #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BTC #Nostr

Bitcoinist.com

$420 Billion In Zcash Tracked By Arkham — Is This The End Of The Privacy Coin's Core Promise? | Bitcoinist.com

Arkham Intelligence has published research revealing that it has successfully labeled more than half of all Zcash transaction activity.

Stacker News Leaderboard: 1000 points = 100 sats. Is this "earn Bitcoin by posting" model actually incentivizing quality content, or turning community discussions into a points game? Would you change your posting behavior to climb the ranks? #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BTC #Nostr #StackerNews #ValueForValue

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Can you get on the Leaderboard? 1000 points = 100 sats \ stacker news

Withdraw real bitcoin over Lightning instantly! There's a lot to learn about bitcoin. We're trying to make it fun. Check out what we've built at ht...

Trump Media bought 11,542 BTC at $118K average, now sitting on $455M unrealized loss & moving coins to exchanges. Is corporate Bitcoin treasury strategy failing? Or did they just never understand "HODL"? The real test of conviction has just begun. #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BTC #Nostr

Bitcoin Magazine

Trump Media (DJT) Moves To Sell Bitcoin As Losses Reach $455 Million

Trump Media & Technology Group transferred 2,650 Bitcoin (~$205 million) to Crypto.com, signaling a likely pending sale.

Crowdfunding a solar water pump with sats? 58k/300k raised. Lightning makes micro-charity easy, but are we here to fix money or run an NGO? When satoshis flow this freely, what defines a "Bitcoin project"? #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BTC #Nostr

Stacker News

Help us power well ! 58k /300,000 sats raised for solar water pump \ stacker news

We are incredibly grateful to everyone who has supported us so far! Right now, we are at 58,500 sats out of our 300,000 sats goal to install a sola...

From civil engineer to Bitcoin open source contributor—a curiosity-driven career shift. But here's the question: Is open source contribution really the "natural path" for Bitcoiners, or are we romanticizing developer culture while ignoring other valid ways to build? #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BTC #Nostr

Btrust Blog

How Curiosity Led Me from Civil Engineering to Bitcoin Open Source Contribution

Written by Jemimah Nagasha If you had told me a few years ago that I would leave my civil engineering job to work full-time in Bitcoin open sourc...

Mark Cuban dumps most of his Bitcoin, calling it a "failed hedge." Yet since the US-Iran conflict began, Bitcoin is up 16% while gold dropped 15%. Did Bitcoin fail—or did short-term thinking win? #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BTC #Nostr

Bitcoin Magazine

Mark Cuban Sells Most Of His Bitcoin, Calls It Failed Hedge

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban says he has sold most of his Bitcoin, arguing it has failed to function as a reliable hedge against fiat weakness a...

2026 ₿OSS Challenge projects are live — but here's the question: are these open source Bitcoin tools built for *us* to use, or for *developers* to showcase? Community-driven vs dev-led innovation — which path strengthens Bitcoin more? #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BTC #Nostr

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SEC approves Nasdaq Bitcoin index options — Wall Street's embrace grows, but these contracts are cash-settled with zero actual BTC changing hands. Institutions trade paper Bitcoin while you... do you even hold the keys to yours? #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BTC #Nostr

Bitcoinist.com

Bitcoin Trading Enters New Era With SEC-Approved Nasdaq Index Options

Trading in the new Bitcoin index options will not begin right away. The SEC approval does not automatically open the door — the Commodity Futures...

Blockchain.com, serving 95M wallets since 2011, files for US IPO. But here's the uncomfortable truth: as custodial platforms go public chasing billions, are Malaysians still learning "not your keys, not your coins"—or just buying what's convenient? #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BTC #Nostr

Bitcoin Magazine

Blockchain.com Confidentially Files For U.S. IPO, Joining Wave Of Crypto Listings

Blockchain.com, one of the industry’s oldest firms, has confidentially filed a draft Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fo...

Happy 2026 Bitcoin Pizza Day! 🍕 16 years since Laszlo spent 10,000 BTC on pizza. Some call it a mistake, but without that "waste," Bitcoin would just be numbers on a screen. Real money is meant to be spent — will you buy pizza with sats this year, or just hodl forever? #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BTC #Nostr #BitcoinPizzaDay #LightningNetwork

Stacker News

Happy 2026 Bitcoin Pizza Day \ stacker news

Hello again. Have you already ate today's pizza? This year we decide to bake pizzas on our own. I bought cheese, sausages, sauces, found at home fl...

On this day in 2010, a programmer paid 10,000 BTC for two pizzas. Worth $25 then. Worth over $1 billion today. That's not a story about loss. That's a story about what Bitcoin does to the price of everything. Bitcoin House KL is being built — your Bitcoin home in Kuala Lumpur. Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day! 🍕 ⚡️ First 10 comments with a Lightning address get 210 sats each. Drop yours below 👇 #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BTC #Nostr

Stacker News is hosting another AMA with a "Normie"! When regular folks step into Bitcoin territory, what hits them first—self-custody anxiety or Lightning payment skepticism? Can these grassroots conversations actually orange-pill normies, or do we still speak too much jargon? #Bitcoin #Malaysia #BTC #Nostr

Stacker News

📣 AMA Anouncement: AMA with a Normie #2! 10AM Wednesday, 20 May \ stacker news

Our first AMA with a normie was so enlightening, I've prevailed upon yet another normie to come join us Bitcoin freaks for an hour of cultural lear...