1,000 Lego sets attack
I explain and contemplate a double spending attack that targets many low-value transactions instead of few high-value transactions.
I'm prepared to stand corrected.
TIL: There's a caterpillar, which, after shedding its exoskeletons, carries around all its previous heads, stacked on top of each other. It is called the Mad Hatterpillar.
OMG! I can't believe my @ManningBooks@twitter.com book Grokking #Bitcoin was just sent off to printing! Expect release in about four weeks! 🍾🍸🥳https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-bitcoin
Very interested thread on "quantum resistance". Pretty much common sense, but needs to be said.
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RT @JSmith_Crypto@twitter.com
I've recently noticed an uptick in claims of "quantum resistance" from cryptocurrency projects. This thread explains how to differentiate which are BS and which are legit.
https://twitter.com/JSmith_Crypto/status/1108008518131638272
Seems like my old contraction timer for Android is still around. Never give birth without it! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.rosenbaum.varktimer&hl=en
You often hear that the blockchain is #bitcoin's database. I'd say that the UTXO set is the database. The blockchain is just the history of all database update commands (BTC transactions = DBMS transactions).
RT @garybernhardt@twitter.com
This tweet made me wonder: if we actually printed the dependencies of a "hello world" create-react-app app, how tall would the stack of paper be? Let's calculate. https://twitter.com/thomasfuchs/status/1103700462107164672
Re #bitcoin unit naming proposals: You can't centrally control language. Let it emerge.
RT @aantonop@twitter.com
Watch out! https://twitter.com/jonf3n/status/1062380032889368576
Någon som begrep frågan om #bitcoin i @svt@twitter.com På Spåret? Inte jag, men svaret var tydligen "blockchain".
Remember: Always select the least voted option of @pwuille@twitter.com's quizzes. Easy. The hard part is finding that option without answering.
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RT @pwuille@twitter.com
Assuming the Bitcoin hashrate is perfectly constan@pwuille@twitter.comll blocks have exact timestamps (corresponding to the time they were mined). Which of the options below is closest to the expected time retargetting periods will take?
https://twitter.com/pwuille/status/1098288749098795008
RT @WhalePanda@twitter.com
This is both hilarious, scary and the perfect example of why we need Bitcoin. Venmo worried about the word "Cuban".
h/t https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/astx9b/my_friend_bought_me_a_sandwich_at_a_stall_and_i/
Bitcoin enthusiast. Author of Grokking Bitcoin https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-bitcoin