Validating Lightning Signer Separates Nodes Keys – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1264: “Don’t underestimate human creativity.” Sign up for the newsletter here. It’s true what they say: Bear markets are for building. Here’s a shining example of that via the Sphinx team showing that their Lightning node is leveraging the Validating Lightning Signer architecture, which […]
Podcasting 2.0 Will Bring Bitcoin To The Masses – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1262: “The content monetization via LN wave is here.” Sign up for the newsletter here. (Source) In March 2021 I wrote a piece that called out the Web3 meme and the convoluted schemes that shitcoin projects were/are attempting: to have their tokens monetize content. […]
Consumers Are In The Inflation Hurricane – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1261: “CPI Shocks the Markets.” Sign up for the newsletter here. The August 2022 consumer price index (CPI) print was released on Sept. 13, 2022, and it came in at 8.3% year-over-year growth, and shocking all of the talking heads who were certain that […]
Companies Track Transactions, Bitcoin Privacy Is Important – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1260: “They’re using debit and credit card purchases to make lists.” Sign up for the newsletter here. Jewish population in Europe – note prepared for the Wannsee conference. (Source) via Reuters Nothing highlights the need for bitcoin more poignantly than attacks on transactional privacy. […]
Bitcoin Is Going To Be Hard To Stop – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1259: “Bitcoin is action. The accumulated momentum is going to be hard to stop.” Sign up for the newsletter here. This morning I listened to a recent Macro Voices podcast with Brent Johnson from Santiago Capital. It was a very good conversation about the […]
Energy Crisis Calls For Bitcoin – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1258: “The energy crisis is going to turn the money printers back on faster than most expect.” Sign up for the newsletter here. Despite a very predictable catastrophe the speed at which the energy crisis in Europe is unfolding seems to be catching the […]
Bitcoin Will Find Success Via Ultimate Utility – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1257: “Success via ultimate utility.” Sign up for the newsletter here. I’m currently on a flight from Newark to Oslo, Norway as I make my trek to Riga, Latvia for the Baltic Honey Badger conference hosted by HodlHodl. Please excuse any typos as I […]
People Are Not Prepared For The Energy Crisis – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1256: “Most people are not prepared.” Sign up for the newsletter here. The freight train is barrelling down the tracks with malfunctioning brakes, the conductor is leaning on the horn, but very few people standing on the tracks and in imminent danger seem to […]
Lightning Network May Have A Channel Problem – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1253: “Channel jamming research you should read.” Sign up for the newsletter here. Channel jamming makes forwarding payments near impossible from Antoine Riard and Gleb Naumenko Here’s a great website from Antoine Riard and Gleb Naumenko that breaks down the channel jamming problem on […]
The War On Financial Privacy Is Escalating – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1248: “The privacy wars have escalated.” Sign up for the newsletter here. The U.S. Treasury decided to come out of the woodwork and send a shot across the bow of the “crypto” industry yesterday by adding the open-source privacy project Tornado Cash that runs […]