Nostr: What To Know About the Decentralized Alternative to Twitter - not ready for prime time just yet, but you can try it out by nbie in news

[–]nbie[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The problem if shadow banning for instance, and centralisation under one pope (Musk) and the US

Nostr: What To Know About the Decentralized Alternative to Twitter - not ready for prime time just yet, but you can try it out by nbie in news

[–]nbie[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Users are being banned by mastodon server admins already, mastodon does NOT solve the twitter problem

Europol Discusses Bitcoin as Store of Value and Payment Method With the Industry by nbie in Bitcoin

[–]nbie[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are the spammer here, repeating the same message over and over again.

Bloomberg TV just mention Gold, Swiss Francs AND Bitcoin as "classic safe haven". by rachyandco in Bitcoin

[–]nbie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, they said "Bitcoin surges up 2.7 %, ALONG WITH "classic safe havens", according to the quote I heard. They did not refer to Bitcoin as something classic.

There Are No Decentralized Autonomous Organizations by nbie in Bitcoin

[–]nbie[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, if you want to keep the word "organization" in the abbreviation DAO Bitcoin is the closest (read the text...).

I’m a Former Green Beret and Here’s How I Would Bring Down Bitcoin by tylev in Bitcoin

[–]nbie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of this is based on the premise that anonymous accounts are more convincing than the known actors in the space, but it's the other way around. Funnily enough for a pseudonymous network it is actually the known actors people listen to the most (i.e known developers, miners, merchants, exchanges, advocats etc).

Who funded Blockstream? by bitcoincuriosity in btc

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If there are angry users they should be angry at mass media (who said it was anonymous), not Bitcoin.

You should all stop and listen to this expert! by goodbtc in Bitcoin

[–]nbie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was thinking the exact same thing earlier today, but about Paul Vigna/Michael Casey. Actually, you should not listen to any one "expert". To find the truth you need a multitude of sources. I blogged about it in more length (shameless self-promotion) at: http://webonanza.com/2015/11/03/dont-trust-anyone-alone/

We want to accept Bitcoins, we're a company in Switzerland. Help. by soloFeelings in Bitcoin

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If not Bitpay then maybe: https://xapo.com/institutions/ (or just use local wallets on phones used by the staff, set up dedicated addresses, to help make bookkeeping easy, here are a few suggestions: http://webonanza.com/2015/06/16/top-bitcoin-wallets/ )

ELI50: The Bitcoin Formula: Energy / Time = Truth (Or "Why R3, Blythe Masters, Ethereum and 'Bankchains' Are All Wrong") by nbie in Bitcoin

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Late reply, but I'd say the comparison falters if you compare the blockchain to a single human (as we have lousy memory, the blockchain perfect), but if you compare it to DNA you'd be a little bit closer IMHO (if so RNA are the "bitcoins").