Read_410 – Entering the Decade of Lightning [Elizabeth Stark]
“#Bitcoin as protocol has huge potential: it’s like the TCP layer, but no one has built the HTTP layer yet.” – Elizabeth Stark
Today we read an article from earlier this year on the massive advances we have seen in Lightning since its inception, and the awesome potential it has for the future. Written by Elizabeth Stark, co-founder of Lightning Labs, and followed by a long rant about all of the tools I’ve been using and the amazing things that are made possible with them!
Entering the Decade of Lightning, by Elizabeth Stark
https://medium.com/@lightning_labs/entering-the-decade-of-lightning-8c4a4d31167f
Links Below of all the incredible services and wallets available to begin experimenting with:
Breez Wallet:
https://breez.technology
Zap Wallet:
https://zap.jackmallers.com
Strike:
https://twitter.com/ln_strike
Blue Wallet:
https://bluewallet.io
Muun Wallet:
https://muun.com
Wallet of Satoshi:
https://www.walletofsatoshi.com
BTCPayServer:
https://btcpayserver.org/
Fold App:
https://foldapp.com
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Chat_42 – Pseu, Guy, & the Future of Bitcoin
“Guy Swann returns to the show to discuss Bitcoin scaling, privacy, lightning, state chains, institutional solutions, owning your keys, and much more.”
Pseu and I go down the rabbit hole of Bitcoin’s future and what the road there may look like in this episode of his show, “A Boy Named Pseu.” If you haven’t checked out his podcast yet, it’s a great one to explore on the principles of liberty and deep dives into all sort of conversations around Bitcoin. It’s definitely one not to miss!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-boy-named-pseu/id1477843916
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Read_409 – 57 Varieties of Pyrite [Rusty Russell]
“Incentives have driven exchanges to become casinos, and they’re doing exactly what you’d expect unregulated casinos to do. This is no place you ever want to send anyone.” – Rusty Russell
A sobering and important reminder of the dangers that exchanges have come to pose for people new to the Bitcoin space. Rusty Russell writes a concise piece breaking down the incentives of the exchange market and the increasing risks they pose in hooking people with the promise they can buy Bitcoin, and trapping them in the cycle of chasing green candles on 57 varieties of crap.
From Rusty’s excellent blog with many other great little thoughts, check out below for tons of other great insight and discussion:
https://rusty.ozlabs.org/
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Read_408 – Assange’s Extradition & Bitcoin’s Battle for Freedom [Nozomi Hayase]
“Years before the U.S. government’s assault on free speech escalated into the indictment against the WikiLeaks founder, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin recognized the potential fate that would befall the world’s first global Fourth Estate. “ – Nozomi Hayase
Another excellent write up from Nozomi Hayase & Bitcoin Magazine, on the plight of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange & the injustice of his extradition. It is an astonishing thing to see how many world changing systems, technologies, and institutions found their beginnings in a tiny group of mathematicians & activists who found a commonality on the internet around the principle of free speech, sharing ideas on a virtually unknown mailing list of self-proclaimed “cypherpunks.” Who knew how much it would shape our world?
Check out the original article and link sot donate to the Wikileaks Defense Fund below:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/julian-assanges-u-s-extradition-and-bitcoins-battle-for-freedom-of-the-internet
https://defend.wikileaks.org/donate/
Check out the other amazing books mentioned on the Survivor’s Book List:
https://thecryptoconomy.com/bitcoin-survivors-book-list/
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Read_407 – The Bullish Case for Bitcoin [Vijay Boyapati]
“the adoption of a superior form of money has tremendous multiplicative benefits to wealth creation for all members of a society.” – Vijay Boyapati
Rebooting one of the most essential Bitcoin works out there. If you are either new to Bitcoin, or if you have simply not listened or read this one in some time, there is no better time than now to listen to Vijay Boyapati’s excellent work, “The Bullish Case for Bitcoin.”
Drop some applause and check out the original below with links to numerous other languages and platforms at the bottom of the piece. Drop some applause while you are visiting!
https://medium.com/@vijayboyapati/the-bullish-case-for-bitcoin-6ecc8bdecc1
Mentioned in this work for more incredible digging into the history and origins of money, here is Nick Szabo’s “Shelling Out, The Origins of Money”
https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/Reboot—Shelling-Out-The-Origins-of-Money-Nick-Szabo-e9omme
Follow Vijay on social media so you don’t miss his other incredible work and insights:
https://twitter.com/real_vijay
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Read_406 – Two Revolutionary Networks, Lightning & the Internet [Roy sheinfeld]
“We have JCR Licklider to thank for the first articulation of the Internet, which he dubbed the “Intergalactic Computer Network” in 1962” – Roy Sheinfeld
If we look at the history of the most influential network in the world, the mother of them all, the internet; what might it be able to tell us about Bitcoin and Lightning? What might it be able to inform us about where we are going in the future of this ecosystem? And can it assist in helping us to find a direction for the enormous amount of work to come? Find out in this great piece from Roy Sheinfeld, CEO of Breez Technology.
Don’t forget to check out the original plus a number of other great recent articles at the medium page below:
https://medium.com/breez-technology/comparing-two-revolutionary-networks-lightning-and-the-internet-d6043768e217
An excellent TEDx talk on the influence of the internet and potential change it may inspire for the future of governance, and how we may help to get it there, with the help of Bitcoin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=448&v=FNL22RvFwn0&feature=emb_logo
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Read_405 – Bitcoin May Not Survive a Bitcoin Standard [Hasu]
“While Bitcoin can control the number of users inside the network, it has no control over the number of users accessing the network through custodial banks. The growth of this banking layer is outside of the protocol’s control and could grow into a systemic risk for Bitcoin.” – Hasu
A very interesting thought experiment from returning author Hasu, on the potential risks of a Bitcoin future without a trustless means of transacting. If most Bitcoin traded is a custodial IOU, could Bitcoin fall victim to the same fate as Gold? Find out more in today’s read!
Check out the original and other great insights at Deribit.com:
https://insights.deribit.com/market-research/why-bitcoin-might-not-survive-a-bitcoin-standard/
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Read_404 – ION Beta Launches on Bitcoin Mainnet [Peter Chawaga]
“ION will decentralize the way that messages and application data is encrypted and exchanged.” – ION Announcement
With the help of Casa and a number of other partners, Microsoft finally releases the beta of their new decentralized ID system, anchored to the Bitcoin mainnet. A potential solution to security and privacy in our increasingly digital future. By Peter Chawaga, and published at the amazing resource that is Bitcoin Magazine, we read and discuss “ION, Microsoft’s Decentralized Identity System, Launches Beta On Bitcoin Mainnet.”
The days of usernames and passwords may be behind us.
Check out the original article at the link below, plus a number of other great recent articles at Bitcoin Magazine:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/ion-microsofts-decentralized-identity-system-launches-beta-on-bitcoin-mainnet
A huge thanks to The Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network and the amazing shows they produce for the Bitcoin space!
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Read_403 – Bitcoin is Antifragile [Parker Lewis]
“What doesn’t kill the legacy monetary system only makes it weaker. What doesn’t kill bitcoin only makes it stronger. “ – Parker Lewis
If you were hoping for another installment of the incredible Gradually, then Suddenly Series by Parker Lewis, then the wait is over. From the Unchained Capital Blog, today’s read is the 15th installment, “Bitcoin is Antifragile.”
Link to the original and the Unchained Capital Blog for tons of other great writings:
https://unchained-capital.com/blog/bitcoin-is-antifragile/
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https://twitter.com/parkeralewis
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Read_402 – Human Rights Foundation Funds Bitcoin Privacy [Aaron Van Wirdum]
“At the moment, the Bitcoin network is improving but is far from as usable and private as it needs to be with authoritarianism and surveillance on the rise in many countries,” – Alex Gladstein
Another great piece by Aaron Van Wirdum made available at BitcoinMagazine.com, today it was announced that the Human Rights Foundation, a great force for liberty and privacy across the globe, has turned its focus toward directly funding Bitcoin privacy projects thanks to a generous gift from an anonymous donor. Starting with funding an implementation of an awesome privacy development called coinswap, and with another grant soon to be announced, the future of Bitcoin privacy is yet again, just a little bit brighter!
Check out the original at Bitcoin Magazine for more links to explore this privacy technique as well as others:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/the-human-rights-foundation-is-now-funding-bitcoin-privacy-development-starting-with-coinswap
To make a donation yourself to the CoinSwap project, check out the link below:
https://bitcoinprivacy.me/coinswap-donations
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GuysTake_28 – Bitcoin & The Layers of Financial Cryptography
A follow-up to yesterday’s incredible read from The Nakamoto Institute by Ian Grigg, The 7 Layers of Financial Cryptography. Today we dig into what the reality of financial cryptographic systems as they have been developed & secured through Bitcoin. What philosophy and mentality informed it all, and where did it differ from Ian’s vision, and where was he able to see what would come about?
Mentioned in the show for further exploration:
Bittorrent Lessons Part 1 – https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_219—Why-BitTorrent-Mattered-Lesson-1-Simon-Morris-e3ghrs
Bittorrent Lessons Part 2 – https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_220—Not-Breaking-Rules–Youre-Doing-it-Wrong-BitTorrent-Lesson-2-Simon-Morris-e3grft
Bittorrent Lessons Part 3 – https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_221—Intent–Complexity—Governance-Paradox-BitTorrent-Lesson-3-Simon-Morris-e3h2uj
Bittorrent Lessons Part 4 – https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_222—Decentralized-Disruption–Who-Dares-Wins-BitTorrent-Lesson-4-Simon-Morris-e3hek4
Inventing Bitcoin by Yan Pritzker:
https://www.audible.com/pd/B087C59TS7/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWU-BK-ACX0-192596&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_192596_pd_us
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Read_401 – Financial Cryptography in 7 Layers [Ian Grigg]
“Financial Cryptography is substantially complex, requiring skills drawn from diverse and incompatible, or at least, unfriendly, disciplines. Caught between Central Banking and Cryptography, or between accountants and programmers, there is a grave danger that efforts to construct Financial Cryptography systems will simplify or omit critical disciplines.” – Ian Grigg
Another blast from the past of 1998, written by Ian Grigg, made available at the NakamotoInstitute.org. An awesome attempt at looking forward to the possible layers and roles within a financial cryptography system, providing a fascinating comparison to Bitcoin and the reality of that system today.
Don’t miss tomorrow’s episode where we dig into the comparisons and expand on the many incredible foresights that Ian designed in his own model of our cryptographic future.
Explore the incredible library of works at the Nakamoto Institute and the original with a long list of references to dig further into these Ideas at the link below:
https://nakamotoinstitute.org/financial-cryptography-in-7-layers/
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