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A book about how to use Bitcoin to be your own bank. Tweets by @lightcoin.

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Joined March 2015
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The largest cohort of all my tests. 22 metal seed backup devices. 140 photos published. 4,000 words written. blog.lopp.net/metal-bitcoin-…
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The bitcoin rewards space is getting hot & I’m down for it - New Fold Kickbacks allows users to get up to 20% back in-store/online - Lolli continues announcing partnerships/is working on a mobile app - Casa users can soon earn sats with SatsBack using Sats App #StackingSats
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Happy #FourthOfJuly Declare your independence from printed money and experience the freedom of bitcoin today. We can help you get started 🤗
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One of my favorite @naval quotes on Bitcoin
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as seen on an authentic italian crypto telegram group
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Great overview by @ercwl of different scenarios for keeping bitcoin use private. Looking forward to the day when there's a wallet where all transactions are encrypted, run over Tor, no third party servers, by default. No privacy headaches. Peace of mind. link.medium.com/IhRfvABQLW
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Day 2 Videos for #UnderstandingBitcoin: PANEL - Privacy & Fungibility by @mir_btc , @waxwing__, @nopara73 & @n1ckler youtube.com/watch?v=WiOm3aed…
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If you like the United States Government using its monopoly on international payment clearance as a tool of foreign policy, you're going to hate bitcoin. teapaw.org/kyletorpey/status/1126…
Replying to @kyletorpey
the video of @BradSherman's call to ban bitcoin is the best advertisement for the digital asset i've seen in quite some time (HT Oskar_Koch on Reddit) reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comment…
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On the back of #Bitcoin starting to show some signs of life, I attempted to answer the simple question ‘what is Bitcoin worth?’ for a traditional investor from a traditional investor (me!) Key points in there Signum Global Advisors report here:
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A thread on why Coinbase firing former Hacking Team team members isn't good enough. (Ref: blog.coinbase.com/living-up-…) #DeleteCoinbase
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Bitcoin obituaries proclaimed per year: 2010: 1 2011: 6 2012: 1 2013: 15 2014: 29 2015: 39 2016: 28 2017: 125 2018: 90 99bitcoins.com/obituary-stat…
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Releasing part 1 of my infographic about Privacy and UTXOs! 🙌 We'll start with a very important question: "How UTXOs work?" Check it out: bitcoindesigned.com/infograp…
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Satoshi Nakamoto thought the alert system was "an important safety improvement," but it was actually a vulnerable, centralized chokepoint. satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.or… Bitcoin is a civilization-scale software project. Not a single person, not even the creator, can know it perfectly. teapaw.org/bitstein/status/101392…
[bitcoin-dev] Alert key disclosure lists.linuxfoundation.org/pi… @kanzure has disclosed the Bitcoin alert keys and shared @achow101's write-up on vulnerabilities in the alert system. gist.github.com/achow101/18a… Thank you, guys!
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Don't store your private keys online Get a hardware wallet How is this not obvious yet?
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By popular demand: a curated list of Bitcoin developers. Please suggest additions! teapaw.org/lopp/lists/bitcoin-dev…
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With recent reports of hardware "vulnerabilities" in wallets such as the @LedgerHQ , our most recent blog post discusses best practices for using hardware wallets for #DigitalCurrency transactions: athenabitco.in/HardwareWalle… Image Credit: @wuestenigel
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"As an old-timer this is my experience reading Bitcoin commentary for the last 7 years"
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⚡️ “The Memes of Bitcoin Art Gallery” by @btcArtGallery teapaw.org/i/moments/930919621217…
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