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May 18, 2022 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
One phenomenon of twitter becoming the town square for discussions about #bitcoin is that the most prominent voices have gradually selected more and more for those skilled at self-promotion, and less and less for those who are...you know...good at understanding bitcoin. 1/13
Of the two dozen or so individuals who understand bitcoin best, half aren't even on this platform. Most of the other half are here but barely tweet. 2/13
Jun 20, 2021 • 9 tweets • 1 min read
Question for #bitcoin enthusiasts - how well do you understand what taproot does?
How well do you understand what SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT is and what it can enable?
Feb 20, 2020 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
This is an interesting thread that gets some stuff very right, but then suddenly overreaches with its conclusion.
I agree with @MartyBent's point that Jevon's Paradox works heavily in our favor. As we create ways to more efficiently use blockspace, that absolutely does increase demand for it (all else being equal).
Apr 7, 2019 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
This image should make it very intuitive/clear how fee estimation has a LOT of room for improvement in #bitcoin. Comparing the red circles, you can see that more recently, a lot of people are seriously overpaying for their transactions:
A couple of takeaways come to mind...
Jan 14, 2019 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
1/6 I've noticed a subtle bait and switch that happens in conversations comparing Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake. Sometimes intentional, sometimes not. But is one of the things that dupes a lot of people into falsely believing that PoS is somehow a legit alternative to PoW.
2/6 Both PoW and PoS are designed in purported to provide consensus without relying on a central authority.
PoW achieves this. PoS does not.
Nov 19, 2018 • 27 tweets • 36 min read
@TuurDemeester 1/27 Can't communicate this in 280 characters, so here's a long one.
*Deep breath*
When I look back over the past 3 years, it is staggering how much my life has changed, and Bitcoin was a huge factor in that.
Late 2015/early 2016 was the darkest period of my life:
@TuurDemeester 2/27 I was falling further into debt failing out of a university program I didn't yet realize I hated, my social life was little more than getting drunk several nights a week, and I had no constructive hobbies - nights alone were often spent compulsively playing computer games.
