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    Bitcoin Daily Discussion, May 02, 2021


    Daily Discussion, May 02, 2021

    Posted: 01 May 2021 10:01 PM PDT

    Please utilize this sticky thread for all general Bitcoin discussions! If you see posts on the front page or /r/Bitcoin/new which are better suited for this daily discussion thread, please help out by directing the OP to this thread instead. Thank you!

    If you don't get an answer to your question, you can try phrasing it differently or commenting again tomorrow.

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    Please check the previous discussion thread for unanswered questions.

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    Every newbie must learn

    Posted: 02 May 2021 12:13 AM PDT

    "Bitcoin fixes this" on the Bank of England

    Posted: 01 May 2021 06:09 AM PDT

    So many new "traders" are recently hitting this sub, it looks like the scam, alt season is here and with it all the get rich quick MoonLambo gainz bois. Shitcoins, trading and leverage are here for one, simple reason: to steal your Bitcoin. DCA & HODL strategy works best and keeps you sane.

    Posted: 01 May 2021 12:21 PM PDT

    Taproot signaling: ON.

    Posted: 01 May 2021 09:17 PM PDT

    Taproot signaling: ON.

    Our mining pool Slush Pool is the 1st pool to signal the support for Taproot - block 681 458.

    Other pools will soon follow suite. There should be no problem reaching the activation threshold soon:)

    mempool.space

    Taproot explainer:

    For those non-technical Bitcoiners wanting to better understand Taproot and it's implications, we've got you covered:

    Explain Like I'm Not a Developer: Taproot Privacy

    Key points:

    • Explanation of how blockchain analysis works and what heuristics can be used to follow the flows of UTXOs
    • How Taproot initially makes life easier on chain analysts, but can eventually make it much harder on them
    • The importance of taking privacy seriously

    braiins.com/blog

    Memes from the community - thanks for them!

    1/ https://twitter.com/benthecarman/status/1388703448007389186

    https://preview.redd.it/1mscwjzrumw61.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=ed95a881d85c4bf894a27375af2b8a6f50dae3ca

    2/ https://twitter.com/SanakTony/status/1388702183827197953

    https://preview.redd.it/ngphzapqumw61.png?width=475&format=png&auto=webp&s=0e2037077446fdaebbad7222510b61947822959c

    3/ https://twitter.com/benthecarman/status/1388794587460820995

    https://preview.redd.it/kyid0go3mow61.png?width=890&format=png&auto=webp&s=9cf405bfafb59603959166f2120742752c9d8772

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    SlushPool is first to signal for taproot!

    Posted: 01 May 2021 10:23 PM PDT

    Let’s all remember. Berkshire Hathaway is complicit in money laundering and the deaths of 100k+ Mexican deaths

    Posted: 01 May 2021 11:27 PM PDT

    Charge my electric vehicle and im saving the environment, use the same amount of electricity to mine bitcoin and everyone loses their minds..

    Posted: 02 May 2021 12:22 AM PDT

    If I take my electricity and plug in my electric vehicle every single day so I can drive to the mall I am saving the environment.

    But if I take my electricity and plug in my electric bitcoin miner to provide transaction validation and propagation services for the worlds population then I am somehow destroying the environment.

    The whole bitcoin environment destruction narrative is such a farce.

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    Only another $346Billion before we pass silver total market cap. Go BTC! That's only about another $18,506 per coin to have total market cap surpassing Silver

    Posted: 01 May 2021 07:06 PM PDT

    Bitcoin Core 0.21.1 Released With Taproot Activation Code

    Posted: 01 May 2021 02:49 PM PDT

    Bill Maher: “It’s been explained to me, and I still don’t understand it.”

    Posted: 01 May 2021 09:09 AM PDT

    Satoshi Nakamoto: "If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry."

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    Miner signalling for the Taproot Speedy Trial softfork starts now! I've made a simple site where you can follow the progress.

    Posted: 01 May 2021 01:29 PM PDT

    In the rabbithole: Read "The Bitcoin Standard", got a fullnode, telling everyone to do the same

    Posted: 01 May 2021 02:32 PM PDT

    Bitcoin made me want to look into finance and understand the basic concepts of finance. The book "The Bitcoin Standard" opened my eyes and now I can't close them.

    I can't stop thinking about how the state is devaluing my money. And that's why, little by little, I'm not going to play this game anymore. Bitcoin is the solution.

    Since one week I am my own bank with my bitcoin fullnode, Lightning Wallet and BTCPay Server. The goal is to gradually transfer the fiat money into bitcoin.

    And I'm telling everyone who shows even a hint of interest everything I know about it.

    Follow my lead!

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    they keep selling, I keep buying

    Posted: 02 May 2021 02:31 AM PDT

    alright, alright, alright

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    A quick reminder that Charlie Munger is a financial terrorist

    Posted: 01 May 2021 03:45 PM PDT

    This sub is 1000x better than r/cryptocurrency

    Posted: 02 May 2021 12:08 AM PDT

    That sub has become a cesspool since issuing moons. You guy and gals are awesome 😎.

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    I made a bitcoin price tracker you can run on any device in 10 seconds for free (details inside)

    Posted: 01 May 2021 02:13 PM PDT

    Warren Buffet sees unstoppable inflation, Charlie Munger says it is very dangerous and just the beginning. These two are anti-bitcoin dinosaurs but they know inflation when they see it.

    Posted: 01 May 2021 11:05 PM PDT

    Fixed it there for you buddy

    Posted: 01 May 2021 06:23 PM PDT

    Why The Taproot Activation Proves Bitcoin's Decentralization

    Posted: 02 May 2021 12:57 AM PDT

    56 nodes running Bitcoin Core 21.1

    Posted: 01 May 2021 07:29 PM PDT

    According to https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/nodes only 56 nodes are running Bitcoin Core version 21.1 which has the new taproot softfork proposal implemented

    If you're not running a node, consider doing so:

    https://bitcoincore.org/en/releases/0.21.1/

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    Explain Like I’m Not a Developer: Taproot Privacy | Braiins

    Posted: 02 May 2021 12:19 AM PDT

    Seen in Mexico City Yesterday (has anyone been here?)

    Posted: 01 May 2021 03:24 PM PDT

    In light of Bill Mahers Bitcoin talk on HBO

    Posted: 01 May 2021 08:42 AM PDT

    For anyone interested on why Bill Mahers Bitcoin Talk on HBO gets such negativity on Crypto related news, ill try my best to dissect and comment what he said.

    The Video (YouTube)

    1.) All other Cryptocurrencies are comparable to Dodgecoin and the whole thing is a Joke.

    Dodgecoin is indeed a Memecoin created as a Joke with no Capped Supply and no stable development team. There is no capped supply and around 14.4 Million new coins minted each day or 5.2 billion each year. This makes Dodgecoin a inflationary Crypto and its impossible to sustain or hold value without manipulation or huge influx of investment. Comparing this to other Crypto like Bitcoin is just plain wrong and just said to make a joke – a bad start because at this point he made himself look like a fool.

    2.) After his Dodgecoin rant, he explains how he read articles about it and had it explained to him and he still does not get it, procedes to accuse the viewer and anyone else of the same.

    Instead of giving a journalistic and scientific approach to a complex problem, he again chooses to have ignorant rhetoric with no meaning or value to the topic of Crypto.

    3.) He explains "these things called nerds" made up Bitcoin out of thin air, with the Name Satoshi Nakamoto that translates in "Monopoly Money". After this he explains that in his view, Bitcoin has no Service and is there to create money out of nothing.

    Now it gets rather complicated because a lot is in this statement. Ignorance and hate aside, I don't think Maher is an Idiot, he just has absolutely no idea what money, value and service means. While he used the ignorance and hate speech to devalue programmers and scientists that created one of the most important protocols since WWW to force cheap laughs, which in itself should be pretty viewed controversial to say the least, the essence is him in not knowing anything about the matter.

    Bitcoin has value because is solves a fundamental problem in value transaction: Consenus. While you needed real labor and third parties in Mr. Mahers prime to get real consent on two partys, the protocol deletes the need for any third party in validating. In time, everything that has evolved in leech like behavior in this space to create consent or validate facts / ownership is no longer needed. The protocol is the invention of a century and not some idiotic thing a "nerd" created out of thin air.

    Absolute atrocious mindset and critic for this is very well deserved.

    4.) He babbles on about how people that grew up with the internet are retarded and that mining is not real. Not worth writing about.

    5.) What is real is the massive amount of energy the "supercomputers" use for mining. Goes on to defend cars. States a Nature article from 2018 that Bitcoin could produce enough Co2 to push the world over 2°c in three decades.

    Cryptocurrency mining 110-130 TWh per year. (0.6% Global Energy consumption)

    Gold Mining 130 TWh per year

    Baking System 140 TWh per year

    Data Centers 260 TWh per year

    Concrete production 446 TWh per year

    USA 4194 TWh per year

    China 6880 TWh per year

    Global energy consumption 22.315 TWh

    On cars I'm not in the clear because sources differ.

    60-80% of energy is wasted in combustion engine cars so the efficiency varies from 20-40% per gallon of used fuel.

    Electric cars are 85-90% efficient with the energy feeding though.

    1 Gallon of Gas has 33 KWh of potential stored energy. It takes about 5 KWh to refine 1 Gallon of Gas. An electric vehicle can drive around 20 miles with 5 KWh.

    While I understand the bias of "why does it use energy if it has no use", the internet of things is real. It will solve and be useful for so many different things that the original consensus is just the spark of a new generation. The impact will be extreme.

    The conclusion is that not everything is as black and white as Mr. Maher paints it out to be. His points are full of holes. His arguments weak, offensive and ignorant.

    All in all 10/10 prime boomer trolling.

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    China Creates Its Own Digital Currency, a First for Major Economy - WSJ

    Posted: 02 May 2021 12:51 AM PDT

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