Kalle Rosenbaum @kalle@mastodon.cloud

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

80's country music is indistinguishable from 80's pop.

Change my mind.

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 @bquittem@twitter.com
Take a deep breath.

10 years ago, some guy released some code & a 9 page whitepaper.

This code bootstrapped itself into the most powerful computer network in history.

Casually redefined money.

Then slurped up 100s of billions of dollars.

Oh and it’s 100% self funded.

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 @thomasfuchs@twitter.com
Legendary Apollo project programmer Margaret Hamilton, next to a printout of the node_modules directory listing for her first Hello World react app

RT @hrdng@twitter.com
This. Consider showing respect for Nakamoto not by naming things after him but by using the name he gave to the currency he created: bitcoin.

RT @Codiox@twitter.com
These beauties are worth $0.0002 each. 1 year ago this was Venezuela's higher denomination bill.

RT @_youhadonejob1@twitter.com
Brilliant.

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/

RT @pwuille@twitter.com
Assuming the Bitcoin hashrate is perfectly constant, and all 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?

Please, help me find answers to my @BitcoinSE@twitter.com question. I'm lost: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/84761/why-hash-witness-script-instead-of-pubkey-script-in-signature

Lightning devs, you can stop coding now. Final milestone reached. I just fed chicken with lightning. https://pollofeed.com/order/id/SrL1vw6jy6Wt~mPz8GlsL

RT @PerBylund@twitter.com
Hjälp, hjälp, saker blir billigare över tid! Bäst att skapa mer pengar ur tomma intet. 🤔 https://twitter.com/fjafjan/status/1097760865112260609