ProjectB59

We research Bitcoin’s origins, the cypherpunks and extropians, lost media, retro computing, gaming, and the history behind today’s internet.

[ProjectB59 @ProjectB59]

https://t.co/QqFi1kKTmj just got a new front door.
You can now choose between the Timeline to Bitcoin and the new Gaming History archive, covering early games, Sierra, Atari, consoles, virtual worlds, digital economies, preservation, and playable history.
The Sierra side also got a major rebuild, with new Vault records, source trails, and a much deeper Buckazoids section.
A special thanks to @caboken and Roberta, and to @TheColossalCave and @SierraOnlineUni for helping keep so much Sierra history alive.
And Ken, if you ever dig up anything cool from the old Sierra days that deserves a safe home, send it our way. We’d be very happy to preserve it in the Vault for you 😉

[ProjectB59 @ProjectB59]

You can sign up for the demo here 👇

[nodeB59 Arcade @nodeB59]

The NYM ARENA waitlist is open.

A game arena inside the station. Meet the guides, walk through the gate, and be first in when the demo opens.

Sign up: https://t.co/BBSgWGLDKX

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@MayaPar25 💯 Well said!

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Themed nights at Channel 59 on @nodeB59 😎

[nodeB59 Arcade @nodeB59]

Exciting things are coming to https://t.co/f9kDz1uWHf

[calle @callebtc]

I know multiple people who basically quit working on Bitcoin because of how stressful it is to maintain software that handles money nowadays.

I tell them all the same thing: What do you think will happen if we all quit and become gardeners? Are we just going to give up on the internet? Do we just accept fiat as the end game? Are we just going to let go of the dream of an internet that doesn't exploit your humanity and take away your rights to privacy and self-determination?

I know, fuck, it is hard. But you're not alone.

We must fix this. Nobody else is there to do the necessary work. If we stop doing this, we're 100% doomed. I can guarantee it.

But if we continue, we have a chance.

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@nodeB59

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@BuckazoidsWorld

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@bigdaddyleo1037 Artaaaaax!!! 😭

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@XenFlares @chesscom @chess24com Beautiful!

[ProjectB59 @ProjectB59]

October 31, 2008: Satoshi Nakamoto publishes "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" to the Cryptography Mailing List.

Eighteen years later, the nine-page paper remains one of the most important documents in the history of digital money.

Read the record: https://t.co/LUXGlliwBj

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The cypherpunks figured this out in the 90s. Hashcash was built to stop spam by making each email cost a little computing work, and Bitcoin later used the same idea. Second Name brings it back to sign-ups. No email or phone, just a bit of work per account.

[Modulo 59 @modulo59]

Second Name is a sign-up check that doesn't ask for your email, phone or ID.
Your device does a small piece of computing work to create an account. It takes seconds for one person. Doing it for thousands of fake accounts gets slow and expensive.
Accounts also build history over time, so apps can save things like free credits for accounts with some track record.
https://t.co/JRQmajMG95

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Happy Halloween! 👻Channel 59 has a schedule now 👀 Live community shows are coming soon. Check out the lineup!

[nodeB59 Arcade @nodeB59]

Channel 59's Halloween marathon is on air now 🎃
Horror all day, Night of the Living Dead at 8 PM, and The Driller Killer uncut at 11 PM (viewer discretion).

Pull up a chair: https://t.co/TLsqI8Q0k4

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@Maliki_Children

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The nodeB59 Vault is now open 🔐
It's the home for the art and metadata of every nodeB59 NFT collection. The first collection is The Cipher Set from Nym Arena, with both pieces minted on Solana Devnet.
https://t.co/08zLzNEtV1

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@nodeB59 😎

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Update on the Second Name demo: it's later than planned because I'm finishing the security work first. The two demo collectibles are already minted on Devnet. More soon.

[nodeB59 Arcade @nodeB59]

Quick update from the Arena 🏛️
We planned to drop the demo last week. We held it back to tighten the privacy and security side first, because that's the whole point.
It's close. Meet The Cipher Set: our first Devnet demo collectibles. Coming soon.