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Read_647 - Understanding Decentralization in Bitcoin [Arman the Parman]
"The answer that matters depends on the context. The context you need to have is that cryptocurrency, i.e. Bitcoin, was invented/discovered initially to allow...
A Look at the Lightning Network [Lyn Alden]
"I think too many people in those early years interpreted “e-cash” to mean quick-and-easy payments for everyday goods using the base layer, when a...
Chat_72 - The UnCommunist Manifesto, The Swann Brothers chatting with Mark Moss and Aleks Svetski
Tearing down the fallacies of the collective, and digging through the principles of liberty and personal responsibility with the one and only Aleks Svetski...
Read_646 - A Look at the Lightning Network - Part 3 [Lyn Alden]
"Back when the iPhone was introduced in 2007, few people thought, “wow this could really disrupt the taxi industry a decade from now.” A ...
Read_645 - A Look at the Lightning Network - Part 2 [Lyn Alden]
"But more broadly, one must ask, “at what point would someone want to permanently exchange their self-custodial scarce money (bitcoin) that has a 1.8%...
Read_644 - A Look at the Lightning Network - Part 1 [Lyn Alden]
"Simple “bubbles” don’t survive through several 70%+ drawdowns over a period lasting thirteen years and counting; it looks more like Metcalfe’s law of network...