CryptoChat_020 - ITS ALIVE!! Brandon Quittem & Der Gigi on the Bitcoin Organism
“Life is like fire, not water; it is a process, not a pure substance. […] The simplest, but not the only, proof of life is to find something that is alive.” — Christopher McKay The author of the inc...
21 Elo 20192h 6min
CryptoQuikRead_285 - Proof of Life [dergigi]
"Ralph Merkle… made the argument that Bitcoin is the first example of a new form of life. In this article series, I intend to take this claim seriously, explore it further, and see what can be gleaned...
20 Elo 201945min
CryptoQuikRead_284 - Bitcoin is the Antivirus [Brandon Quittem]
Our monetary system has confiscated trillions in resources and value by corrupting the very incentives that keep our economy healthy and resilient… in that world, what role does Bitcoin play? Today we...
15 Elo 201958min
CryptoQuikRead_283 - Invalid Blocks Need Not Apply [StopAndDecrypt]
Everything that defines the Bitcoin network is in the validation rules, and the nodes are its enforcers. An impenetrable fortress of validation. Because it deserves an episode of its own, today w...
13 Elo 201931min
CryptoChat_019 - Under The Lightning Hood: Resurrection
The crew from the Lightning Hood website and weekly wrap-up are back for another episode chatting all about the developments in Lightning & Bitcoin throughout the last year. What's new, what's the sa...
13 Elo 20191h 44min
CryptoQuikRead_282 - The Right to Read [Richard Stallman]
Do we live in an age of liberty, where information is freely accessible, or an age of heavy-handed copyright restrictions where we are losing the ownership of the very devices we hold in our hands? If...
9 Elo 201934min
CryptoQuikRead_281 - Unpacking Bitcoin's Assurances [Nic Carter]
We make claims about Bitcoin's assurances all the time. It is censorship resistant, it's open and permissionless, it's counterfeit proof, etc. But are these things entirely true? When someone wants ...
7 Elo 201949min
CryptoQuikRead_280 - My Path to Bitcoin Maximalism [Ben Perrin]
Today we read an excellent article by Ben Perrin (@Btcsessions) laying out an excellent argument that reveals #BitcoinMaximalism as the meticulous and thoughtful position it actually is. Rather than ...
6 Elo 201954min
