The Bitcoin 5th column is real, and growing. Like deep cover Soviet moles but loyal to the ideals of a global individualist movement, not a socialist one.
We collect a regular paycheck, but watch the growing value of Bitcoin with more than idle interest. We might fit in as loyal corporate workers, but are secretly working to overthrow the economic system that allows the bourgeois management class to rule. Our manifestos come from Tim May and Eric Hughes. Builders of the world, unite!
Bitcoin devs Antoine Riard and Gleb Naumenko announce The Label
"If no one wants a devaluation-proof, censorship-resistant, permissionless, borderless, non-discriminatory, teleporting financial asset, then no one will feed it energy, and it will die." @gladstein for @Quillette
https://quillette.com/2021/02/21/can-governments-stop-bitcoin/
RT @openoms
The latest http://mempool.space with #signet support is the nicest way to explore your transactions when testing #JoinMarket (a few clicks to setup with #JoininBox).
Some #coinjoin-s of my test node as a Maker:
https://mempool.space/signet/tx/0d1a0545fe56258b3f4fba33ee11c3fc880c16640cca6942d25b8defb3a7d326
https://mempool.space/signet/tx/0429f5133c8e3c72ba63aa5121b9718820148d35d0f28e802c7be4ad23b49193
yielding 355 sats. https://twitter.com/mempoolspace/status/1363459065427480576
@PaulTroon @Blockstream Bisq fully supports Liquid Bitcoin and Liquid USDt. Check it out.
BDK v0.4.0 has been published! 🎉
It comes with a new API to build transactions, upgraded dependencies and more!
See @afilini's blog post for details
Way to go @afilini and @rcasatta ! (experimental) compact block filter testnet full sync in ~31 mins, no electrum or esplora server needed, works with a shiny new #bitcoin core 0.21.0 node https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/pull/211#issuecomment-777142318
Love this story of @TuurDemeester giving Doug Casey his first bitcoin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy92yOU9jeA&feature=youtu.be
this is a good detailed write-up about developments in bitcoin-core's build system security which i missed the first time around
https://blog.bitmex.com/build-systems-security-bitcoin-is-improving/
RT @anilsaidso
Offline bitcoin tx options are becoming ever more accessible-
Satellite: https://bit.ly/32Vc2Cx by @nwoodfine
Radio: https://bit.ly/2Ex1nVm by @nvk
SMS :https://bit.ly/300t9Rs by @SamouraiWallet
Mesh: https://bit.ly/32Tbqxk by @notgrubles
Bearer Instruments: @Opendime
Follow up Taproot activation meeting on IRC on February 16th 19:00 UTC https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2021-February/018380.html
.@Bisq v1.5.5 shipped with support for charting USD-denominated trade volumes.
Previously volume charts were denominated only in BTC.
Toggling to USD gives a better sense how much more value is being transacted over time.
If anyone still doubts the home of the free and land of the brave 🇺🇸 is becoming an authoritarian dictatorship....
In case you missed this epic meme from @dooowta
https://youtu.be/8OGFUhPalj4
Bitcoin Optech newsletter #133 is here:
- announces a meeting to discuss taproot activation mechanisms
- includes a link to a Bitcoin Core usage survey
- lists top questions and answers from the Bitcoin StackExchange
We are now hosting a signet server (available next release for others)
Signet is a more reliable Testnet supporting taproot.
Server: https://signet.demo.btcpayserver.org
Other useful tool for signet created by
@kallewoof
Faucet: http://signet.bc-2.jp
Explorer: https://explorer.bc-2.jp
@jon @orionwl @max_1337 We really need people to be facing criminal fraud charges for this nonsense. The difference between 99% survival and 99.9% is very significant for society. Lying about things like that to pad your own pockets is evil.
If we don't, it will happen again. And it has happened before: H1N1 turned out to be overhyped.