The best is yet to come. View quoted note →

Open source ftw In software, trust follows from transparency which is why critical encryption, and all widely adopted protocols are *open* Examples include TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, DNS, Tor, Bitcoin, Nostr and some AI models The acceleration in the progress of AI models always appeared likely to be overtaken by open source models, and increasingly is being proven to be so The closed source walled-garden approach can be brilliant for a short period of time .. and it looks like the sun is setting For those of you old enough, there’s some direct parallels to the battle of AOL Online vs the open Internet .. and we all know how that ended I love seeing Open source win 🏆

In-kind ETF redemption Lot of chatter about US ETFs requesting permission to allow in-kind redemptions for AP’s .. essentially massive insto’s .. not retail Really behind the 8-ball compared to Monochrome Bitcoin ETF in Australia (IBTC) which was established as a bare trust enabling: - in-kind submissions - in-kind redemption - and means unit holders are the *legal owner* of the underlying asset - which means that in-kind activities don’t trigger tax events since no change to legal ownership I don’t own ETF units, but if you wanted the optimal setup this is close to it imo .. ETF makes easy onboarding and then once you’ve learned what you’ve got, you can take actual ownership Not your keys, not your coins

Tick Tock, Next Block Simply, this is how Bitcoin succeeds: a slow inexorable unstoppable monetary heartbeat Unique features Increasingly sought Increasingly needed One block at a time 🧡

"Seeing Ross walk free under an open sky" was one of my objective criteria for "Bitcoin has succeeded" many years back Honestly, I thought it was the one that would be fulfilled later Happy and emotional to see Ross walk free under an open sky 🧡 Thankful that

Donate to help Ross Ulbricht | #FreeRoss

has setup new donation capability to help Ross quietly restart life in his own time. Grateful for boltz.exchange for being able to send massive fucking zap that converts into on-chain corn for Ross Now give the man some space and time with family Bitcoiners do not forget their own.

Ross is free Today is very very good day

Autonomy & Sovereignty Related but different Excellent read from @rarepassenger

The Autonomous Individual

Thoughts on being a sovereign individual.

Good reminder of why an always-on VPN is part of your basic privacy tools 👇 View quoted note →

GM #AUStriches So did the important thing happen, or no?

GM #AUStriches 😎 So did the important thing happen .. or no?

What a banger!! We see you #AUStriches 🔥🧡 @Michael Dunworth @_Checkɱate 🔑⚡🌋☢️🛢️ View quoted note →

Is quantum any near-term threat to Bitcoin? Yeah, Nah! Approachable piece from @TEN31 on the state of quantum and the reality of timelines and effort required to be any level of viable threat ".. something like 50% of bitcoin are currently held in re-used addresses .." 🤯 I mean, what the actual fuck are people doing?🤷‍♂️

Quantum Leap?

Disentangling fact from fiction in bitcoin and quantum computing

Hell yeah This is going to be a banger🔥🔥🔥 View quoted note →

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Bitfeed

An open-source Bitcoin mempool visualizer and blockchain explorer.

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New to Bitcoin? This essay is a great read and one i enjoyed that helped me learn - @Stephan Livera kindly pointed me in this direction many years ago .. it’s still good 🔥

Bitcoin Is Worse Is Better · Gwern.net

2011 essay on how Bitcoin’s long gestation and early opposition indicates it is an example of the ‘Worse is Better’ paradigm in which an ugly...