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The 21 Bitcoin Computer
by Balaji S. Srinivasan (@balajis)
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 850 posts.
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Tornado cash takedown and its repercussions
HN Discussion
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The $1.5B Bybit Hack
The $1.5B Bybit Hack demonstrates how the Era of Operational Security Failures has arrived, and most cryptocurrency companies are not prepared for its implications.
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Filecoin, StorJ and the problem with decentralized storage (2019)
Blockchains for everything Decentralized storage services such as Filecoin and StorJ seek to disrupt the data-storage industry, using blockchain tokens to create a competitive marketplace that can …
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The Alternative Genesis Block of Bitcoin
Discover the hidden story of the first genesis block of Bitcoin
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Cypherpunk Desert Bus: My Role in the 2016 Zcash Trusted Setup Ceremony
Update: taking this down for now until some questions about the deterministicbuilds are answered; currently I do not believe the Zcash trusted setup shouldbe...
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Is Web3 Bullshit? (Transcript)
'Is web3 bullshit?'. A talk by Molly White on the Crypto stage at Web Summit in Lisbon on November 4, 2022.
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Protocol Labs is laying off 21% of staff (89 people)
Protocol Labs is an innovation network driving breakthroughs in computing to push humanity forward.
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ICOs and VCs
The Brave browser team concluded an ICO for their Basic Attention Token yesterday in about thirty seconds. This led to this tweet: The Basic Attention Token (BAT) ICO just raised 30 million dollars in 24 seconds. VC’s didn’t even have time to put on a sweater vest. — briantobal (@briantobal) May 31, 2017 Of course…
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Hacker News is more interested in Bitcoin when there's a bubble forming
You might have got the impression that there are a lot of Bitcoin-related posts on Hacker News lately. With SegWit set to activate in the next few weeks, and Bitcoin Cash likely to fork off on the 1st of August, I took a look at Hacker News' relationship with Bitcoin over the past years.
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The blockchain is a threat to the distributed future of the Internet
Ayudamos a la comunidad a través de actividades cívicas constructivas.
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Don't get caught up in blockchain hype
Internet Hall of Famer says it pays to consider non-blockchain solutions.
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How to Buy Bitcoin
As someone who recently purchased Bitcoin and two other crypto currencies using three different methods, I thought I’d share how to buy Bitcoin because I know there’s precious little information out there:
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Anatomy of a cryptocurrency scam
You receive a message. Now either you will be victim or not. Your knowledge, attention and moral compass will decide where you will end up.