Will Ricketts

Engineer, Father, Husband | Writing | Working full time in #Elixir

[Bitcoin Policy Institute @bitcoinpolicy]

BREAKING: ADM Paparo, 4-star Admiral and Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, just testified before the Senate that “Bitcoin shows incredible potential” as a tool for U.S. national security. Watch the full exchange:

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Since when is Asahi a product of Italy?

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You may not like it, but the Wii era was the absolute peak of video game music at large.

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Merry Christmas 🎄

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Happy all time high, friends

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@TheMittani Very nice 👌

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@bitcoin_bugle @nakamoto @DzambhalaHODL @BitcoinPierre I mean, that’s fine if you’re okay with skimping on a cobbler 😂 You know how much @DzambhalaHODL actually walks? It’s madness.

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[Charles Guillemet @P3b7_]

Monero appears to be in the midst of a successful 51% attack.

The privacy-focused blockchain, launched in 2014 and long targeted by governments and 3-letters agencies, is already banned from most major centralized exchanges.

The Qubic mining pool has been amassing hashrate for months and now controls a majority of the network. A major chain reorganization was detected this morning. With its current dominance, Qubic can rewrite the blockchain, enable double-spending, and censor any transaction.

Sustaining this attack is estimated to cost $75 million per day. While potentially lucrative, it threatens to destroy confidence in the network almost overnight. Other miners are left with no incentive to continue, as Qubic can simply orphan any competing blocks, effectively becoming the sole miner.

In effect, a $300 million market-cap chain is taking over a $6 billion one. Monero’s options for recovery are limited, and a full takeover is now possible and even likely.

So far, XMR has dropped only 13%.

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This is a powerful advertisement for permissionless protocols like #nostr.

It always seems like there’s an inversely proportional relationship between one’s online influence and ability to see the forest for the trees.

[Grummz @Grummz]

Asmongold and Elon debate real ID.

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GM ☀️

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@DzambhalaHODL We’re ready for our sun maxxing arc 😂

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Greetings from Charleston, SC. Now that the family and I are back on the east coast, we’re city shopping.

Our criteria:
Sunny
Coastal
Good food scene
Reasonable cost of living
Good place to raise kids

It’s our first day of exploring the city but it seems to tick a lot of boxes.

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@DzambhalaHODL @nakamoto CONGRATS MY MAN!

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[Steven Lubka ☀️ @DzambhalaHODL]

I am thrilled to announce that I am joining @nakamoto as VP of Investor Relations.

I believe that we are living through a once-in-a-lifetime integration of Bitcoin into financial markets. Bitcoin Treasury companies have emerged as a surprising but in retrospect obvious vehicle for global capital to flow into Bitcoin at scale.

@DavidFBailey and UTXO recognized this early and built tremendous expertise creating numerous Treasury companies globally.

That being said, most investors do not yet understand why these companies exist nor why they matter.

I get to help tell that story to capital markets via my new role with Nakamoto and I couldn't be more excited.

I also want to deeply thank the Swan team and @coryswan for the last 4.5 years - they were both incredible and life changing. My reflections on Swan deserve their own thread (and will get one).

But for now- thank you, and here's to the next chapter!

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Tried out @deno_land Deploy this morning. Impressive. Super smooth experience. Definitely going to be working with Fresh and Deno more often. Everything about it is slick and polished.

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The newest member of our family scored quite well at his first doc appointment. Everyone is still happy and healthy🙏

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@gareys Thanks my man ❤️

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My wife just delivered our second son. 8 lbs, 7 oz. Everyone is healthy and doing well. 🙏

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@Elve_gris Thanks a ton 🙏

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I guess I’m going to have to start up another #Bitcoin meetup here in Virginia 😎