It's a bit hidden in the rhetoric, but Shinobi raises an important point in this article.
With CoinJoin, does everyone...
- send money to each other
- send money to themselves
(Technically, you can't really trace sats over the blockchain; each transaction destroys UTXOs and creates new UTXOs.)
Long shot, but if anyone has more information about William Hill AKA TDevD / @SamouraiDev (in particular, name/contact info of his lawyer if he has one), please let me know?
aaton@bitcoinmagazine.com
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Same goes for those of you who rated/reviewed it on Goodreads, by the way :) Thanks a lot! 🤝 
Quick shout-out to anyone who left a rating and/or review for The Genesis Book on Amazon. You're awesome! Thank you 🙏 
Very proud to have done my part to help launch this initiative, and honoured to be a member of the genesis committee!
We'll keep running bitcoin Hal 🫡
I'm only in favour of upgrades that make bitcoin more valuable.
Well this is part of the question.
That said, the protocol in this context is how computers "speak Bitcoin' with each other. This inciudes Bitcoin's consensus rules, most notably: what makes a Bitcoin block valid. But there are other important protocol rules as well, like how transactions are sent over the network.
Basic maintance I would define as making sure the software keeps running. So this can include bug fixes, making sure the code remains compatible with other programs, etc.
This stuff isn't always black-and-white though, and to me it remains rather unclear where Saylor actually wants to draw the line in this regard. (I'd say the general sentiment of the interview however pretty strongly suggests a "just don't touch it" attitude.)
Listened to Michael Saylor on the nostr:npub1r8l06leee9kjlam0slmky7h8j9zme9ca32erypgqtyu6t2gnhshs3jx5dk podcast. It's 3 months old, but sheds some light on the ARK funding story.
TL;DW: Saylor strongly believes in *OSSIFICATION NOW*. From that POV, protocol development is a liability.
Some quotes (and thoughts)👇
"You only get to play God once. And Satoshi played God. And you can say 'well Satoshi got to do it, why can't I?' Well the answer is Satoshi did it, the reason we're talking about Satoshi is 'cause the other 100,000 would-be Satoshis failed. If you read the history of the world, work your way through 10,000 pages of Western history, there will be thousands and thousands and thousands of episodes of 'alpha male thinks he was put on this earth, you know, to change everything', full of hubris [...] he's gotta do more, change more, etcetera.'" (53:34) "Bitcoin Core developers, or protocol developers, they want to fix something, or they want to make a contribution, because it's in their DNA, but developers are just the lawyers of cyberspace. When a lawyer shows up at the capital, they gotta make a law to save you from yourself, and the more laws they make, the more they cripple the economy, until eventually there's so many laws that the entire civilization collapses under its own weight." (58:06) "The world is full of people that need something to do. I would say, the real key to wisdom, channel your energy constructively. If you're gonna do something, improve Lightning, build an application, persuade someone to adopt Bitcoin as a reserve asset, educate someone… these are all constructive things. Destructive, dilutive, distractive things are: fight with random people 'cause they want to fight with you, attack the core network and make it confusing and introduce anxiety, and confusion and fear, uncertainty and doubt into the base layer. Right? And then attempt to imprint your ego, you know, on the base protocol, you know? Like, 'I gotta introduce this so my name will go down in history forever'." (2:38:55) My view: it's understandable to want Bitcoin to behave like the granite under Manhattan (his analogy); a solid bedrock that never changes. Especially if you truly believe Bitcoin will take over the world as SoV-only and "there is no second best". But IMO this is wishful thinking. While I agree it's near-impossible for an alt to overtake Bitcoin, I do think adoption could stall.
Luckily, Bitcoin isn't really a natural element. It's spontaneous order, more like language. Hard to change and no one can dictate changes, but if market wants it to change, it can.
Furthermore, despite Stephan asking a few questions in that direction, Saylor mostly failed to distinguish between protocol upgrades and general software maintenance.
Arguing against any hard/soft forks is one thing, but Bitcoin Core 26.0 can obviously not last for centuries...
Having said that, Saylor is of course free to not upgrade anymore and stick to Bitcoin Core 26.0 for as long as he lives.
In Bitcoin, Explained 92, nostr:npub1s6z7hmmx2vud66f3utxd70qem8cwtggx0jgc7gh8pqwz2k8cltuqrdwk4c and I explain what's new in the upcoming Bitcoin Core 27.0 release.
👂👇
https://bitcoinexplainedpodcast.com/@nado/episodes/episode-92-bitcoin-core-27-0-c4wla/embed/light
In Bitcoin, Explained 91, nostr:npub1s6z7hmmx2vud66f3utxd70qem8cwtggx0jgc7gh8pqwz2k8cltuqrdwk4c and I are joined once more by nostr:npub18hwpk5qep3ptnmzatq22ptwr9mth7ccrku56rdntwpxjxlkfyr2qrav8du, this time to explain splicing.
👂👇
https://bitcoinexplainedpodcast.com/@nado/episodes/episode-91-splicing-qh8g9
Good news.
The Genesis Book review by former DigiCash employee Jurjen Bos.
https://medium.com/@jnebos/i-thought-i-understood-bitcoin-until-now-07e064c4ba7a
Reason published an excerpt from The Genesis Book 🙌
Due to a shipping issue, no Genesis Books made it to Bitcoin Atlantis this weekend.
However, at 14:40 (2:40pm) today a grand total of ONE BOOK will be for sale in the book corner!
And yes there will be a signing session.
In Bitcoin, Explained 90, nostr:npub1s6z7hmmx2vud66f3utxd70qem8cwtggx0jgc7gh8pqwz2k8cltuqrdwk4c,
nostr:npub18hwpk5qep3ptnmzatq22ptwr9mth7ccrku56rdntwpxjxlkfyr2qrav8du and I explain asynchronous Lightning payments.
👂👇
https://bitcoinexplainedpodcast.com/@nado/episodes/episode-90-asynchronous-lightning-payments-31owp
You were right around the corner, too ;)
(If you are who I think you are.)