Thursday, June 20, 2019

Facebook Libre will fail

I predict that the project by Facebook called Libre will fail. It may change it's name too, but ultimately it will fail. It will bring more interest and make Bitcoin seem attractive.

Monday, June 10, 2019

Bitcoin Whitepaper - remember... this is why we are all in this space!


Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System 

Satoshi Nakamoto 
satoshin@gmx.com 
www.bitcoin.org

Abstract. A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution. Digital signatures provide part of the solution, but the main benefits are lost if a trusted third party is still required to prevent double-spending.We propose a solution to the double-spending problem using a peer-to-peer network.The network timestamps transactions by hashing them into an ongoing chain of hash-based proof-of-work, forming a record that cannot be changed without re doing the proof-of-work. The longest chain not only serves as proof of the sequence of events witnessed, but proof that it came from the largest pool of CPU power. As long as a majority of CPU power is controlled by nodes that are not cooperating to attack the network, they'll generate the longest chain and outpace attackers. The network itself requires minimal structure. Messages are broadcast on a best effort basis, and nodes can leave and rejoin the network at will, accepting the longest proof-of-work chain as proof of what happened while they were gone.

https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-paper

4 months into 2024 (Halving, Bitcoin ETF, FTX Sam Bankman-Fried, and Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto)

We are only 4 months into 2024 and already these major events have happened: 1. The Bitcoin Halving (reducing supply from 6.25 to 3.125 BTC...