People often start with Bitcoin, then are attracted to other chains because they have more "throughput" or "features", then realize those aren't the most important differentiating factors of a decentralized network https://t.co/VceKWe5ZFz
LOST COINS: Research suggests that anywhere between 2.8 and 3.8 million #Bitcoin might be lost forever. That makes Bitcoin even scarcer, but also shines a light on the significance of safe #storage with HW #wallets like @TREZOR and @LedgerHQ. https://t.co/qIU4t8zxDD
Warren Buffet: Bitcoin is like "rat poison squared"
Charlie Munger: Bitcoin nearly as bad as "trading harvested baby brains"
Wow, I can't imagine worse ways to describe Bitcoin! Sounds like some people are scared of Bitcoin. Bitcoin honey badger doesn't care though! 😀
A Federal Reserve Economic Letter shows that the Dec. Bitcoin price decline was directly tied to the launch of a futures market
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Beware of crypto "thought leaders": There's immense perverse incentive to declare that the emperor (Bitcoin) has no clothes and simultaneously identify "the next big thing"
There's huge market demand here: People want to believe someone will show them "the next Bitcoin". DYOR!
This evening at the opening party at the Dubai Keynote Crypto conference, I was blown away. People from USA,Kiev, Moscow, France, Singapore, Estonia,Japan and Korea all recognize me from the Little Crytpo show that started in the southern tip of Africa!
We are truly global!
1/ Here's how I'm using lingo: blockchain is a subset of ledger. Ledger is a subset of database. Blockchains, ledgers, databases can be permissioned or permissionless, centralized or distributed. Bitcoin was the first distributed blockchain.
Final month of drafting for "Mastering Ethereum". If you'd like to contribute, there are tasks for every skill level of contributor.
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