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Jan 1, 2022 10 tweets 5 min read
1/ @RaoulGMI being the open-minded macro analyst that you are, I’d like to present an essay series of appreciation to you and the @RealVision community for helping to the level the informational playing field in these times of cultural, economic, and political distress. Until ... 2/ now there has not, in my opinion, been an accessible and well-presented comparison of Bitcoin’s classical Nakamoto consensus mechanism to IOTA’s new many-worlds Nakamoto consensus mechanism—so I’ve attempted to write the layman's Bible on it in a four-part essay series ...
Aug 6, 2021 8 tweets 3 min read
1/ There’s a phenomenon in psychology called an ego investment where an individual builds his identity around an idea. Any threat to the idea then becomes a direct threat to the individual himself. Those ego invested in blockchain technology will likely dismiss my writings ... 2/ before even reading them. Maybe they’re right to, and I’ve fallen victim to my own ego investments. I’m human, after all. But for those willing to listen: the blockchain value proposition is not the distributed ledger value proposition. Anyone confusing the two will ...