Getting your book published is nice but getting it pirated is nicer. There is no such thing as intellectual property & knowledge is meant to be shared.
This thread will compile pirated versions of my book, The Bitcoin Standard. Please share yours!
When humans change the way we think about the world we are able to invent more powerful types of organizations. Bitcoin is a breakthrough in self organization - now the rest of the world just needs to update its mental models to take advantage of it.
For now this hashwar has been quite disappointing... The best thing is that on some big exchanges they now have the ticker $BCHABC. Which makes it less confusing with Bitcoin.
Imagine having to defend the narrative that $BCHABC is the real Bitcoin Cash which is the real Bitcoin!
Gold doesn't have the scarcity many gold bugs think it has. That's another reason why I'm long term bullish on Bitcoin. Only ~21 million will ever be created.
I'm really looking forward to asteroid mining.
We’re at a 50/50 moment for the web. We’ve created something amazing together, but half the world is still not online, and our online rights and freedoms are at risk. The web has done so much for us, but now we need to stand up #ForTheWeb#WebSummit
The second issue of my monthly Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin has been published. You can subscribe on https://t.co/x805Grp4Zu or by emailing [email protected]
A gripe I have that is nearly universal across different cryptocurrencies and implementations is that very few will throw an error if you pass an invalid configuration parameter. Most silently ignore them and you may not notice for hours or days.
Today is a banner day for #opensource. Red Hat will be combining forces with @IBM in the largest software transaction in history and it’s an open source company. Read Paul Cormier's thoughts: https://t.co/trjpJMk3w9 https://t.co/G8SKS5gsVk
Extrapolation for dummies:
"I am concerned about the progression of your pregnancy madam. If your belly is this big at 8 months, in 2 years you will be as big as this room"
1/ Chinese court confirms Bitcoin protected by law. Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration ruled a case involving cryptos. Inside the verdict: CN law does not forbid owning & transferring bitcoin, which should be protected by law bc its property nature and economic value.
European Parliament Member @EvaKaili announced today at #WIF2018 that $5 million will be awarded in January 2019 to the 5 most promising #blockchain-for-good projects. @Europarl_EN