Read_058 – The Genesis Files: How David Chaum Spawned a Cypherpunk Dream
“Chaum’s work would inspire a group of cryptographers, hackers and activists, connected through a mailing list. It was this group — which included DigiCash contributors like Nick Szabo and Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn — that would come to be known as the cypherpunks.”Link to the Bitcoin Magazine article by Aaron Van Wirdum:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/genesis-files-how-david-chaums-ecash-spawned-cypherpunk-dream/
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Read_057 – The 17 Millionth Bitcoin is about to be Mined
What does it mean that we are crossing the 17 millionth Bitcoin in existence? In a world where sound money has gone extinct, Bitcoin stands alone as a provable and transparent monetary guarantee. Listen to today’s episode reading David Floyd’s article on Coindesk.com to learn more.
Link to the article on Coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/17-millionth-bitcoin-mined-means-matters/
Link to Flyod’s other articles:https://www.coindesk.com/author/dfloyd/
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Read_056 – Five Myths About Bitcoin’s Energy Use
Bitcoin mining is useless, it unnecessarily pollutes, its worse than credit cards, and its going to boil the oceans!! Are these inspired revelations, or inspired by ignorance? Listen to Peter van Valkenburgh’s article breaking apart the common myths around Bitcoin mining to learn more! From concenter.orgLink to the article:https://coincenter.org/entry/five-myths-about-bitcoin-s-energy-use
Also check out another article explaining Mining in more detail:ttps://coincenter.org/entry/what-is-bitcoin-mining-and-why-is-it-necessary
Here’s another clip that I mentioned from Andreas Antonopolous on the topic of Bitcoin Energy Use:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T0OUIW89II
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Read_055 – Bullish: The Return of the South Korean Premium
Are we likely to see another 2014 extended bear market, or have the bulls returned? Listen to the article from UnBlock.net, “Bullish Signal: The Return of the South Korean Kimchi Premium” to find out more.Link to read the article at Unblock.net:https://unblock.net/south-korean-kimchi-premium/
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Read_054 – The Long Road To Segwit
The segwit protocol upgrade was the biggest and most controversial software change in Bitcoin’s history. Listne to Aaron Van Wirdum’s article at BitcoinMagazine.com to learn why it was needed, and the many twists and turns it took to get the code live on Bitcoin’s mainnet.Link to the article at Bitcoin Magazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/long-road-segwit-how-bitcoins-biggest-protocol-upgrade-became-reality/Link to further details on SegWit’s many benefits:https://bitcoincore.org/en/2016/01/26/segwit-benefits/
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Read_053 – Pieter Wuille Championing Bitcoin Development
So who are the people behind Bitcoin’s past improvements and who are building its future? Today we have an article from CryptoCoreMedia.com introducing the “Chuck Norris of coders,” Pieter Wuille, and his enormous contributions to the bitcoin protocol. Listen to learn more!Don’t forget to check out CryptoCoreMedia.com:
https://cryptocoremedia.com/pieter-wuille-leading-innovate-bitcoin/Also Other works by Nuno Menezes:
https://cryptocoremedia.com/author/nuno-menezes/
And of course Pieter Wuille’s Github page:
https://github.com/sipa
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Read_052 – Mining Centralization Scenarios
Is Bitcoin really decentralized if we consider the enormous market dominance and hash power of Bitmain and the largest mining pools? Listen to Jimmy Song’s argument about the elements and consequences of centralized mining scenarios to find out.Don’t forget to check out @jimmysong’s other works on Medium:
https://medium.com/@jimmysong/mining-centralization-scenarios-b74102adbd36
Also check out Jimmy’s podcast:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEFJVYNiPp8xeIUyfaPCPQw
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Read_051 – Its Too Late – Nothing Can Stop the Bitcoin Protocol
“In 3 years no one will be talking about Bitcoin.” Miguel Cuneta has something to say about that claim. Listen to find out!Don’t forget to check out Miguel’s other works and the other writers with Decentralize.today:
https://medium.com/@MiguelCuneta_21450
https://decentralize.today/
https://decentralize.today/its-too-late-nothing-can-stop-the-bitcoin-protocol-738047bb5201
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Read_050 – Don’t Count Your FUD Before Lightning Strikes
We’re back in action! In the follow-up to Aaron van Wirdum’s excellent explanatory series, I decided to tackle 15 common claims against the Lightning Network, one by one. Only listen if you’re ready to learn!Want to see all the fun memes, the other linked graphics, and links to related works? Check out my article on Medium.com:https://medium.com/@thecryptoconomy/dont-count-your-fud-before-the-lightning-strikes-15-claims-against-lightning-answered-9671d4a663a9Don’t forget Aaron’s explainer series and BitcoinMagazine.com:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/understanding-the-lightning-network-part-building-a-bidirectional-payment-channel-1464710791/
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Read_049 – Understanding The Lightning Network Part 3
Completing the Lightning Puzzle with Part 3 of Understanding the Lightning Network. The riveting conclusion of Aaron van Wirdum’s series on the Lightning protocol from Bitcoin Magazine. Listen if you’re ready to learn.Don’t forget to check out Aaron’s other works as well as the wealth of information at Bitcoin Magazine.com:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/understanding-the-lightning-network-part-completing-the-puzzle-and-closing-the-channel-1466178980/
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Read_048 – Understanding The Lightning Network Part 2
Diving deeper down the Lightning rabbit hole with Part 2! How do we turn payment channels into a secure and trustless network? Listen to hear more from Aaron van Wirdum’s article series on Bitcoin magazine.Link to Aaron’s article on BitcoinMagazine.com:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/understanding-the-lightning-network-part-creating-the-network-1465326903/
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Read_047 – Understanding The Lightning Network Part 1
Take a dive down the Lightning Rabbit hole with Part 1 of Aaron Van Wirdum’s 3 part series at Bitcoin Magazine to understand how a smart contract network accomplishes instant, secure, and trustless payments. Listen to learn more!Link to the article at BitcoinMagazine:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/understanding-the-lightning-network-part-building-a-bidirectional-payment-channel-1464710791/
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