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Did you know you can create payment prompts for bitcoin and the lightning network on any website all with a simple bit of HTML? -->> https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/create-lightning-payment-links/ Accepting payments via Lightning continues to get easier, and with Lightning payment links, anyone can add on-click prompts to any piece of text, image, or email to request a bitcoin payment. Find out how to use it in our latest post and start accepting payments today
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Have you ever wondered why bitcoin trades in lock step with financial markets? If it's meanto be an inflation hedge and a counter to current assets why are they so correlated? ->> https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/btc-trades-closely-stock-market/ As bitcoin matures, it brings in more investors; in the first two cycles, the influence was predominantly retail, but that has gradually changed, especially in the last five years. More institutions are starting to take…
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Listening to the lasted podcast by saif on the bitcoin standard talking to one of Arsenals former left backs kieran Gibbs such a great chat and shows how Bitcoin is reaching all over the world I highly recommend giving it a listen
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When you've already sold everything you have but you still looking for something to get rid of that does not spark the same amount of joy as stacking sats does
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Lol have you ever tried to orange pill someone and get them into bitcoin and the first thing they ask is how they can make money or sell it? How do you deal with it?
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Getting into bitcoin can be a daunting task, especially if you don’t have a fully orange-pilled friend or family member to lean on when you’re unsure or feeling confused. It's understandable, there's a lot to learn about this asset before you own it -->> https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/considerations-before-buy-btc/ If you are interested in purchasing bitcoin but you're unsure of where to start, then these 8 considerations are great jumping off point for anyone…
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If you're not excited to put your #bitcoin in self custody why are you getting into bitcoin in the first place? You're not even using bitcoin if you're not holding it in a wallet that generates public keys from your own set of private keys. Its 2022 and time to learn how to use bitcoin properly
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If you've ever spent any time on YouTube you've probably seen some crypto live streams with Elon musk constantly making the rounds, these broadcasts are scams pulling in millions Read more>> https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/btc-youtube-livestream-scam/ We review how the scam works, how you can protect yourself and why YouTube is doing nothing to stop this #youtube #scam #bitcoin
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Did you know you can create short vanity links using the lightning network? Yes that's right if you're a fan of bit.ly or you used to use goo.gl back in the day, there's now an option called lnshort.it Read more>> https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/bitcoin-app-lnshort-it/ In our latest review we take a look at how the app works, what you can do with it and how much it costs to start creating your own custom shortlinks
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Have you ever created a #bitcoin onchain address that is a long string of text, have you noticed how different some address formats are and wondered why some might be mixed casing and others are lower casing Read more>> https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/btc-bech32-address/ In todays post we take a look at the bitcoin wallet address formats and how they work
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Lol with so many scams in the #crypto space it's hard to find the signal between the noise, the incentive to promote and create these scams is so high and many people are going to get caught in it and are caught in it and yet to get rugged.
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Talking to older generation people about #bitcoin is like talking to a brick wall, if you've ever tried speaking to gen x or boomers you'll know what I am talking about, they are so stuck in their ways and NGMI
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Have you always wanted to curb the spam you see online when using social media or email? Well there is a solution and it's using #bitcoin and the #lightning network, and its called the LSAT -->> https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/what-lsat/ A basic review of Lightning Service Authentication Token, what it is, how it works and what functionality it brings to the bitcoin network
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A lot of people tell me #bitcoin is a waste of time why stack something you can’t hold a whole one and rather buy things that you can afford to get a whole one like shitcoins or stocks But I think they’re falling for unit bias and failing to understand the value of a scarce asset and how pricing in Satoshis work! There is no stock or shitcoin that’s holding its value against Satoshis
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If you're looking to learn more about #bitcoin, I would highly recommend listening to the bitcoin standard podcast by Saifedean Ammous, he is by far one of the best at explaining bitcoin and its downstream effects on the world Every week he debunks myths and has some awesome discussions with great guests
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WHen you've been talking to a friend for a while about #bitcoin and they finally get it and start to buy its a wonderful feeling to be able to orange pill another person and watch how their mindset changes Have you been able to orange pill anyone? How long did it take?
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Since #bitcoin cannot be printed or rather created without effort, if you're not mining you either have to buy or work for your bitcoin, which creates quite the incentive to go out and get a job -->> https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/btc-get-job-technology/ That's why I am calling bitcoin Get a Job technology, check out my latest argument on why this is good for society
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Stablecoins have become a popular method of value transfer in the blockchain space, and many stablecoins are minted on EVM chains, but they are not the only place they can be created and transferred, bitcoin-backed synthetic assets are also possible, even on the lightning network -->> https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/standard-sats/ Standard Sats is a service built on the Lightning Network to solve the high volatility of bitcoin against various faith currencies by…
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As bitcoin becomes part of the internet a web standard was bound to emerge that would help make it easier for app developers and web builders to create awesome products that leverage bitcoin. WebLN aims to be the building blocks for that -->> https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/what-is-webln/ WebLN is a library and set of specifications that lightning apps and client providers can use to facilitate secure communication between apps and users’ Lightning nodes or custodial…
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If you're worried about locking your funds into the lightning network so you can spend #bitcoin and wondering if someone could steal your funds if you open a channel to them, the answer is yes there is a possibility, but you also have the option of penalising them if they do try it -->> https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/what-is-a-bitcoin-penalty-transaction/ A penalty transaction allows one party in a Lightning channel to reclaim funds stolen during the dishonest closing…
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Have you ben tempted to spend your bitcoin? What did you spend it on and why? -->> https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/considerations-before-spending-bitcoin/ As bitcoin continues to rise in price, those satoshis you have stored away can start to buy you a little more, and I can understand why this becomes a temptation. You want to realise those sweet gains, and it will only get harder as you can afford more stuff. If you’re starting to feel the need to spend your bitcoin,…
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Do you browse Youtube, Twitter, Google, Bing and Wikipedia regularly and would like to turn that time into #bitcoin, then check out this latest app that pays you to view ads on these sites -->> https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/bitcoin-app-slice/ Slice is a browser extension that allows users to monetise the time and attention they invest in internet browsing. Slice is the browsing standard that may become the norm in the future with the backing of micro-payments and the…
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If you've ever wondered what's going on with #bitcoin second layer options like the Liquid network then we've got the scoop. Sure you won't have to use it now with block space still pretty cheap but in the future, it could become far more attractive to get on liquid rails --> https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/liquid-fits-into-btc-ecosystem/ A look at the current use cases for the Liquid Network and how it could expand to support future uses as the bitcoin ecosystem…
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Bitcoin volatility is often used to dismiss its ability to combat inflation, but is inflation hedging just a meme, or is there more to it -->> https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/btc-inflation-hedge/ Inflation hedging is an investment strategy where you seek out an asset class to store your wealth in, intending to protect the value of an investment against the decreased purchasing power of a currency, which typically results from inflation.
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If you're using the liquid network to transfer #bitcoin or any asset on the network, there is no need to spend your bitcoin, instead, you can use a stablecoin, which removes possible future losses too. -->> https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/bitcoin-app-liquid-taxi/ The Liquid Network application Liquid Taxi which allows users to move non-native assets on Liquid without having to hold any L-BTC to pay fees
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As the economic climate continues to deteriorate people still don't get that bitcoin is there only out, they would rather have central banks twist their nipples and be happy about it, I sure do love watching them try to rationalise all this nonsense while my funds sit cosy in cold storage
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If you like gaming and earning some #bitcoin then check out the latest release by Thndergames, its called Club Bitcoin Solitaire, a game we're all familiar with especially if you used to play around on windows back in the day -->> https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/bitcoin-gaming-club-bitcoin-solitaire/ get back into the game and earn some sats in the process
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A review of proof of stake as a consensus method and why it's shortcomings are not worth potential negative environmental impact ->> https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/pos-bad-environment/ A lot of fuss around POW and POS has been going on this year as ETH kept pushing the merge but no one talks about the downstream effects of POS and why it's a worse system than proof of work
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A lot of advocates of bitcoin claim we should be focusing on mass adoption and miss the steps in between, I think selective adoption is more important, by bringing in people who believe in the thesis and want to focus on improving the network, we need them first to build a moat around the protocol -->> https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/btc-focus-selective-adoption/ As selective adoption moves on, these people will gain an outsized reward for their conviction and their…