@TomZ
@TomZ
2019 was a good year for Flowee I've been working in Bitcoin for quite some time now, with my first commit some 5½ years ago. After Gavin Andresen stepped down from Classic, and Bitcoin in general, I became the maintainer there. And a little over a year ago I started focusing on my own vision of what a so called "full node" should be. Bitcoin is the most disruptive technology of this century. The way that our money works is largely unknown to most, and people just feel like…
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Mythbusting: SPV is not secure **Also available in:** -****Español**** - **Português** - **Deutsch** - **Polski** - **Arabic /** العربية - ****Slovenščina**** - **Français** **Referenced in:** **news.bitcoin.com** https://read.cash/@SofiaCBCH/mythbusting-spv-no-es-seguro-escrito-por-tomz-7e76e1e4 https://read.cash/@SofiaCBCH/mythbusting-o-spv-nao-e-seguro-escrito-por-tomz-2c82daa3 https://read.cash/@SofiaCBCH/mythbusting-spv-ist-nicht-sicher-26e0b567…
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Mythbusting: We need a developer-fund This myth has been going around the crypto sphere for some time. Competing coin Dash has a system where funds are continuously generated that pay for further development. They have the 'developer fund' built in. Most people propping up this myth are not so blatant as Dash, but the concepts are always similar that either some social pressure or maybe a forced method there will be funds routed towards development. To understand this myth…
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Mythbusting: Bitcoin (on its own) cannot scale. Also available in: Arabic / العربية https://read.cash/@arslankhalid/mythbusting-bitcoin-mn-tlka-nfsh-la-ymkn-thjymha-17d7793f This myth is very stubborn in being squashed. For years have we seen people give numbers, show results and do design improvements that clearly gives the indication that Bitcoin can scale on-chain. Mostly with bigger blocks. Yet, there is still a myth that this is impossible. One of the most often heard…