Alts are not small cap stocks. They are failed currencies like the Zimbabwean dollar.
Young men glued to their screens wait for the briefest flashes to make their fortunes.
Don’t be that man. Remember why you hold the hardest currency on earth.
It's estimated that ~200 million people own bitcoin.
There are 48 million addresses with over $1 in BTC.
Self custody users tend to have multiple addresses.
It's reasonable to conclude that over 90% of Bitcoiners are at risk of being rugged by trusted third parties.
If the USD inflated 50% every year, but everyone's share of the total supply remained constant, then 50% inflation wouldn't matter
If the USD *deflated* 50% every year, but everyone's share of the..........same result.
The issue with inflation is that it's never proportional to…
If the USD inflated 50% every year, but everyone's share of the total supply remained constant, then 50% inflation wouldn't matter
If the USD *deflated* 50% every year, but everyone's share of the..........same result.
The issue with inflation is that it's never proportional to…
It’s hard to imagine, but just a couple of years ago, the #Bitcoin landscape looked very different.
Back then, #btc was trading at 20k and its hashrate was 95% lower than today.
It had no legal tender status anywhere in the world and was not yet accepted on the Tesla balance…
The security provided by 1 confirmation in Bitcoin's blockchain actually varies over time as a result of different factors. My latest article explores how to calculate double spend risk for confirmed transactions and provides a tool to make it easier. blog.lopp.net/how-many-bitco…
It is quickly becoming apparent that signing into a decentralized social media service via a client that requires your private key (rather than cryptographic proof of knowledge of your private key) is not ideal.
1/6) The good, the bad and the ugly of cryptocurrency:
The ugly; Matic's & Arbitrum's admin keys can steal all user funds! A total value of over $2B!
Chainlink's admin keys allow for the manipulation of its price oracles, which are used across DeFi
Putting over $40B at risk!
Today the annualized inflation rate of Bitcoin is 1.71%.
One year from today the annualized inflation rate of Bitcoin will be 1.68%.
Good luck getting this level of predictability from a central bank issued currency.
[1/4] BitMEX’s PoL System Now Live & Operational
All BitMEX depositors can now verify their individual liability is included in the total exchange liability balance. This self verification process can be conducted without a third party auditor.
blog.bitmex.com/bitmex-pol-sys…
🧵 Today, I'm sharing my long-standing theory behind a US government covert operation designed to partially crack Bitcoin privacy and deanonymize transactions. I believe that popular Bitcoin mixer ChipMixer is actually a United States government honeypot. Here's why.
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