"I think that Iran being public about this is a HUGE deal...it means that Russia is heavy in Bitcoin. Because Iran is one of the countries that Russian oil passes through...countries that allow Russian oil to pass through to get to Iranian ports, will be compensated in Bitcoin."
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On October 31, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto released “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,” the technical vision for a “purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash” that would become the preeminent cryptocurrency and blockchain.
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As the growth of Bitcoin has proven, the need for a P2P, electronic version of cash was much needed then and has become even more important today. What better time than this anniversary to revisit this seminal document?
In the paper, Nakamoto outlines many of the qualities that have made Bitcoin so successful — including transaction signature verification, timestamping and proof of work — with notable prescience. For instance, Bitcoin’s critical difficulty adjustment (cont. below):
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Macro Update! Bitcoin Winning Against Governments - Fed Watch 26
This week @ck_SNARKs and @AnselLindner recap prior guests, discuss recent Federal Reserve quiet, the ECB digital Euro study and trademarking of the term, and dive in deeply into the @Bitmex, Bitcoin, & @Tether.
Today commemorates an important day in the #Bitcoin community where on August 1st, 2017, users decided to claim control over the network. We've compiled a thread of @AaronvanW's coverage on the event dating back to May 2017👇#UASF#No2X
May 24th, 2017 — Spearheaded by @barrysilbert's DCG, over 50 companies signed and published a “Bitcoin Scaling Agreement” on Medium. [It] intends to put an end to Bitcoin’s long-lasting scaling debate.
June 16, 2017 — Bitcoin’s long-lasting scaling debate appeared to be heading toward a climax lately, with two proposals gaining significant traction. At one end... BIP148, a user activated soft fork.. On the other, there’s SegWit2x. bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bip91…