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Tiny magnetic waves could unlock quantum computers the size of a penny
Tiny magnetic waves could unlock quantum computers the size of a penny
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Tiny magnetic waves could unlock quantum computers the size of a penny
A major breakthrough in quantum technology has turned magnons, tiny magnetic waves once considered too short-lived for practical use, into promising carriers of quantum information. Researchers extended their lifetime by nearly 100 times, reaching up to 18…
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Bitcoin is crashing again but these believers don’t care – Channel 4
Bitcoin is crashing again but these believers don’t care – Channel 4
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Bitcoin is crashing again but these believers don’t care
President Donald Trump has revealed that he and his family made $1.4 billion from crypto ventures and meme coins in 2025 according to latest financial filings.
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Blockstream:
Welcome to the New Simplicity
Welcome to the New Simplicity
Blockstream
Welcome to the New Simplicity
Simplicity just got a fresh new look. The redesigned site matches where the language is today: live on Liquid mainnet, running real financial contracts, and built for the developers and institutions creating the next generation of Bitcoin applications. The…
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
July 2, 2018 (8 years ago)
The Gold Bug vs. the Bitcoiner: Voorhees Defeats Schiff at the Soho Forum
Two hard-money voices, one room. One backed gold. The other backed code. Both agreed the dollar was finished. They just disagreed on what comes next. Brief thread... 🧵👇
July 2, 2018 (8 years ago)
The Gold Bug vs. the Bitcoiner: Voorhees Defeats Schiff at the Soho Forum
Two hard-money voices, one room. One backed gold. The other backed code. Both agreed the dollar was finished. They just disagreed on what comes next. Brief thread... 🧵👇
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 2/7 - The Soho Forum ran Oxford-style debates: audience votes before and after, and whoever moves the room wins.
Proposition: will Bitcoin replace fiat money as the preferred medium of exchange?
Pre-debate tally: 40% yes, 40% no, 20% undecided. A coin flip.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 2/7 - The Soho Forum ran Oxford-style debates: audience votes before and after, and whoever moves the room wins.
Proposition: will Bitcoin replace fiat money as the preferred medium of exchange?
Pre-debate tally: 40% yes, 40% no, 20% undecided. A coin flip.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 3/7 - The timing gave @PeterSchiff ammunition. Bitcoin fell from $20,000 in late 2017 to $6,500 by July 2018, a 65% drop in six months.
Schiff had been calling Bitcoin a bubble since 2013. The bear market was his argument made flesh. @erikvoorhees walked in as the underdog.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 3/7 - The timing gave @PeterSchiff ammunition. Bitcoin fell from $20,000 in late 2017 to $6,500 by July 2018, a 65% drop in six months.
Schiff had been calling Bitcoin a bubble since 2013. The bear market was his argument made flesh. @erikvoorhees walked in as the underdog.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 4/7 - Schiff's case: money must be a reliable store of value. Bitcoin's swings make it useless to price goods or contracts. People hoard it to sell higher. "Fool's gold," he called it: speculation dressed as philosophy.
Governments can ban Bitcoin far more easily than gold.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 4/7 - Schiff's case: money must be a reliable store of value. Bitcoin's swings make it useless to price goods or contracts. People hoard it to sell higher. "Fool's gold," he called it: speculation dressed as philosophy.
Governments can ban Bitcoin far more easily than gold.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 5/7 - One line landed:
"I remember when it was a big deal when Bitcoin moved 50%. Today it's a big deal when it moves 10%. In a few years it'll be a big deal when it moves 2-3%."
Volatility self-corrects. Then: censorship resistance, borderless transfers, fixed supply.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 5/7 - One line landed:
"I remember when it was a big deal when Bitcoin moved 50%. Today it's a big deal when it moves 10%. In a few years it'll be a big deal when it moves 2-3%."
Volatility self-corrects. Then: censorship resistance, borderless transfers, fixed supply.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 6/7 - Post-debate tally: 55% yes, 31% no.
Voorhees shifted 15 points in a room already leaning pro-Bitcoin, in the middle of a brutal bear market, against a man who had spent years predicting this exact crash.
The Soho Forum declared him the winner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8R71WGO3qU
R to @daily_btc_lore: 6/7 - Post-debate tally: 55% yes, 31% no.
Voorhees shifted 15 points in a room already leaning pro-Bitcoin, in the middle of a brutal bear market, against a man who had spent years predicting this exact crash.
The Soho Forum declared him the winner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8R71WGO3qU
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 2/7 - Mt. Gox collapsed in February 2014, taking 850,000 BTC with it. Customers got nothing. Every Bitcoin holder was asking the same question: where do I keep this that won't disappear?
Coinbase's answer:
https://www.coinbase.com/blog/the-coinbase-vault
R to @daily_btc_lore: 2/7 - Mt. Gox collapsed in February 2014, taking 850,000 BTC with it. Customers got nothing. Every Bitcoin holder was asking the same question: where do I keep this that won't disappear?
Coinbase's answer:
https://www.coinbase.com/blog/the-coinbase-vault
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 3/7 - Vault's security: 97% of Coinbase's Bitcoin offline in geographically distributed vaults and safe deposit boxes. Withdrawals triggered a 48-hour hold while Coinbase reached out to confirm the request was yours.
If your account was hacked, you had 48 hours to cancel.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 3/7 - Vault's security: 97% of Coinbase's Bitcoin offline in geographically distributed vaults and safe deposit boxes. Withdrawals triggered a 48-hour hold while Coinbase reached out to confirm the request was yours.
If your account was hacked, you had 48 hours to cancel.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 4/7 - @BrianArmstrong framed it in banking terms: moving toward "professional financial services that high net-worth individuals would expect."
The analogy was explicit: wallet = checking, Vault = savings. Bitcoin was being domesticated into familiar financial categories.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 4/7 - @BrianArmstrong framed it in banking terms: moving toward "professional financial services that high net-worth individuals would expect."
The analogy was explicit: wallet = checking, Vault = savings. Bitcoin was being domesticated into familiar financial categories.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 5/7 - The community noticed the catch. Vault was fully custodial: Coinbase held the keys. "Not your keys, not your coins" was becoming a mantra in the wake of Mt. Gox, and BitGo had already been offering actual multisig for a year. Coinbase was behind, and users knew it.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 5/7 - The community noticed the catch. Vault was fully custodial: Coinbase held the keys. "Not your keys, not your coins" was becoming a mantra in the wake of Mt. Gox, and BitGo had already been offering actual multisig for a year. Coinbase was behind, and users knew it.
Today in Bitcoin History / @daily_btc_lore:
R to @daily_btc_lore: 6/7 - Coinbase fixed it four months later. On October 29, 2014, they launched a multisig Vault in a 2-of-3 setup: user holds one key, Coinbase holds another, a third for recovery. For the first time, Coinbase users actually held their own key.
R to @daily_btc_lore: 6/7 - Coinbase fixed it four months later. On October 29, 2014, they launched a multisig Vault in a 2-of-3 setup: user holds one key, Coinbase holds another, a third for recovery. For the first time, Coinbase users actually held their own key.