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A French mother & her crypto trader son discovered they were being surveilled by folks planning a wrench attack who had placed a GPS tracker on their car. They alerted police, who set up counter-surveillance & arrested 5 people before they attacked.

https://www.europe1.fr/Police-Justice/info-europe-1-cryptomonnaies-les-enqueteurs-dejouent-un-nouveau-kidnapping-en-normandie-759929

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It's not real bitcoin unless the keys are created & stored in a region you physically control.

Otherwise it's just ✨sparkling shitcoin.✨

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"The Promise and Perils of Non-Deterministic Bitcoin Scripts" is a deep dive into more advanced scripting and why the use of time locks can actually be detrimental to wallet security if not implemented thoughtfully.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXOwerjuQ9M

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I propose that, henceforth, all bitcoin associated registered securities be referred to as "suitcoins."

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It appears the majority of poll respondents agree that suitcoiners are issuing TradFi shitcoins in order to acquire more bitcoin. This should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with @bitstein's seminal work, "Everyone's a Scammer."

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Bitcoin Resources in Arabic https://bitcoinarabic.org

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A question for Bitcoin Puritans:

Are bitcoin-associated equities (e.g. STRD,STRK,STRF,MSTY) shitcoins?

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There are a plethora of metrics available about different aspects of the Bitcoin network. They can help us track its adoption and use. You can check out dozens of statistics sites linked from here: https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information/statistics-metrics.html

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Altseason is coming, just not how you think. Instead of being driven by new tokens on crypto exchanges it will be from new equities on tradfi exchanges.

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"Corporate treasuries are buying more BTC than is mined each day!"

So what? Newly issued bitcoin is unrelated to market depth and volume. It's a drop in the bucket compared to what's available on various trading platforms.

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Every cycle someone comes up with a narrative for why there won't be another bear market this time.

"This time it's different!" they exclaim.

But history doesn't repeat, it rhymes.

Each cycle is different, yet the same.

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Fundamental principles of Bitcoin that must be preserved if we are to maintain the system's value. #repost https://blog.lopp.net/key-properties-of-bitcoin/

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There's more to wallet security than just keeping private keys safe; here are some often overlooked issues with wallets running in web browsers. #repost https://blog.keys.casa/security-issues-with-browser-based-bitcoin-wallets/

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Things to be aware of when using generic Shamir's Secret Sharing to store backups for private keys. #repost https://blog.keys.casa/shamirs-secret-sharing-security-shortcomings/

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The best way to reduce the potential impact of price suppression from "paper bitcoin" is for everyone to take custody of their own coins.

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Bitcoin is an open collaborative project. As such, public discussion of current events and improvement proposals is crucial to its healthy evolution. Here are places outside of Twitter where you can meet other enthusiasts: https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information/discussion-forums.html

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The more rigid your mental model of Bitcoin, the more likely it's flawed, which will lead to your eventual disillusionment.

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"Cryptographic Primitives in Bitcoin" is an introductory presentation to some of the fundamental building blocks of the Bitcoin protocol such as public key cryptography, hashes, merkle trees, and proof of work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK8y1N9m1wg

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If you tell people that the value of BTC is guaranteed to rise, you're no better than any two-bit token pumper.

The unique properties of Bitcoin do not morally absolve you to make these false claims.

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If you're looking for educational Bitcoin resources in African languages, bookmark https://exonumia.africa/

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