Aphorism: Bitcoin is peer-to-peer electronic cash.
Explanation: “Peer” means a person. If Alice wants to pay Bob, Alice creates a Bitcoin transaction and hands the transaction to Bob. Bitcoin is electronic cash. It is analogous to physical cash. Just like Alice would hand a dollar bill to Bob, or any other fiat currency note, Alice can hand a Bitcoin to Bob. Because Bitcoin is electronic, it works on computers, making it possible to send cash over the internet. You can’t do that with physical cash. Bitcoin is an important innovation that makes peer-to-peer electronic cash possible for the first time.
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* Segwit2x is a game of chicken between industry and core devs
* Satoshi Nakamoto Maximalism
* Bitcoin Core rejects pull request for segwit2x https://twitter.com/bitcoincoreorg/status/902163115801845766
* Openbazaar to support multiple cryptocurrencies https://medium.com/@brianhoffman/2014-openbazaar-2017-still-openbazaar-3364a13f73d9
* Japan’s internet giant GMO to build bitcoin mining chips https://news.bitcoin.com/japans-internet-giant-gmo-launching-bitcoin-mining-with-7nm-chips/
* Correction: only $3 million https://qz.com/1071926/japans-gmo-internet-group-plans-a-300-million-investment-in-bitcoin-mining/
* ICOs banned in china
* Is trading bitcoin banned in china as well? http://finance.caixin.com/2017-09-08/101142797.html
* BTCC has not received any notification about bitcoin being banned https://twitter.com/YourBTCC/status/906181802548539393
* Some areas of Switzerland will let people pay taxes in bitcoin starting in 2018 https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-bitcoin-arena-switzerland-has-a-new-cryptopolis
* Game over, bitcoin exchanges http://news.8btc.com/game-over-bitcoin-exchanges
* PBOC notice http://www.pbc.gov.cn/english/130721/3377816/index.html
* OpenBazaar to support multiple cryptocurrencies https://decentralize.today/2014-openbazaar-2017-still-openbazaar-3364a13f73d9
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqimvc0OO84
* Coinbase clarifies: They regard the longest chain measured by total PoW to be bitcoin https://blog.coinbase.com/clarification-on-the-upcoming-segwit2x-fork-d3c0f545c3e0
* Jeff Garzik’s new token will be blockchain-independent so can be moved if a blockchain has a problem https://www.coindesk.com/jeff-garzik-startup-bloq-launch-new-cryptocurrency-token-sale/
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This new vlogging series is dedicated to covering the crazy historic block size debate that is reaching a crescendo. The fork will occur on August 1st. I will cover my personal involvement and the involvement of my business every day through the fork.
Topics covered:
* Bitcoin block size debate
* Real life game theory experiment
* The different interests: users, businesses, miners, core devs
* Bitcoin fees are high
* Yours had to switch to litecoin. Fees are prohibitively high on bitcoin.
* Even if bitcoin is settlement layer, cannot reach most people. Bitcoin cannot grow any more. Takes 30 years to send 7 billion people 1 tx.
* segwit vs. hard fork.
See our product:
https://www.yours.org
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My talk at the Texas Bitcoin Conference, March, 2014.
Topics discussed:
* Why bitcoin is exploding - the four forces that monetize bitcoin (intrinsic value, first-mover advantage, network effect, self-interest of bitcoiners)
* Bitcoin is the economic singularity
* How I quit my PhD and went full-time bitcoin (of course)
* Privacy in bitcoin wallets (mixing, coinjoin, merge avoidance, stealth addresses)
* Security in bitcoin wallets (multisig, 2-of-3, 3-of-5)
Slides:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/211494377/How-I-Quit-My-PhD-And-Went-Full-Time-Bitcoin-Ryan-X-Charles
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F57HIxQuMo
* ETA 3 Days. Vlog 11.
* Blockstack Summit
* Bitcoin Unlimited Cash new version: https://twitter.com/sickpig/status/890948969043513346
* Calvin Ayre talks about CSW and Bitcoin Cash: https://calvinayre.com/2017/07/28/bitcoin/fulfilling-satoshis-vision-craig-wright-commends-bitcoin-cash-initiative/
* Paul Puey / Airbitz https://medium.com/airbitz/airbitz-and-the-bitcoin-cash-fork-886c62f96d22
* Jaxx will provide full support for bitcoin cash http://decentral.ca/jaxx-statement-bitcoin-cash-bch/
* Charlie Shrem pays back Roger Ver amidst drama https://twitter.com/CharlieShrem/status/891063501120307201
* New version of Bitcoin ABC https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/6q8hbj/bitcoin_abc_0146_is_out/
* Bitcoin XT supports bitcoin cash https://github.com/bitcoinxt/bitcoinxt/releases/tag/cash
* BCC is a forcing function to raise the block size on bitcoin https://twitter.com/ryanxcharles/status/891125057958707200
* What do Core think of Bitcoin Cash? https://coingeek.com/core-think-bitcoin-cash/
* Interview with Bitcoin ABC lead dev Aumaury Sechet https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/future-bitcoin-cash-interview-bitcoin-abc-lead-developer-amaury-s%C3%A9chet/
* Summary of Chinese exchange support https://twitter.com/cnLedger/status/891330422805635073
* Stability of mining - Bitcoin Cash vs. Bitcoin
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