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State of Digital Assets: Keynote by Cathie Wood

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The big secret at the heart of Bitcoin mining

"It turns out that for every 100 Bitcoin miners, just two of them will ever find a new block. Here’s why."

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Venmo and Robinhood change our financial system at the UI / UX level without any infrastructural change. Bitcoin changes our financial system at the infrastructural level. UI / UX improvements will follow.

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2020s: The Rise of Ethereum

"TL DR; What the Internet did to data, Ethereum will do to finance. As a result, Ether will be the best risk-adjusted investment this decade."

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MCC 2019: Jameson Lopp - Sowing the Seeds of Destruction

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Risky Business: #DeFi and Ethereum’s Coming of Age Story

"Unfortunately, being naive doesn’t reduce risk, nor will it remain an acceptable excuse as time goes on. If we want to have a ‘coming of age’ story rather than a ‘fall flat on our face’ story, we cannot rely on being adorable to get away with the risky business we engage in."

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The Lightning Conference 2019: Replacing Payment Hashes with Payment Points

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We all just accept bitcoin is decentralized, but when you really unpack what that means it is extraordinary. There’s no point of failure. No centralized control. The more a government squeezes it in its fist, the more it slips through their fingers. That’s really something.

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MCC 2019: Brandon Goodell - Harder, Better, Faster, Smaller

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I first heard about bitcoin in 2013, but didn't bother looking into it until 2017 when I saw an article about a new all-time high ($3,000). Many others have the same story. Like it or not, all-time highs convert more nocoiners than anything else. The bull market starts at $20k.

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Crypto adoption mirrors the Internet’s early growth, says Deutsche Bank

"The bank is confident that digital assets have the potential to replace cash, predicting that crypto wallet users will reach 200 million by 2030."

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The Lightning Conference 2019: Lightning Hardware and Nodes

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Will the Implementation of Regulations Kill the Cryptocurrency-Dependent Industries?

"Aside from businesses and consumers seeing the potential of cryptocurrencies, governments in different countries also started to take a look at it. This still means, however, that it took around 10 years for regulators to notice cryptocurrencies."

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Mass Adoption of Bitcoin's Values

"While the mass adoption of Bitcoin as money is a decent goal to strive for, many have already pointed out that it is far from perfect. In an ideal future, everyone not only uses Bitcoin but also holds their private keys and runs their own full node; i.e. everyone is a first-class Bitcoin citizen."

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This crypto bull market will only be moderately more discerning than the last.

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Blockchain Developer? Here Are 3 Things to Consider Before Choosing a Platform

"To a large extent, talented developers can pick and choose which platform they want to work on, based on the allure of its infrastructure, its potential to bring about real-world change and, inevitably, the spoils on offer in terms of salary and bonuses."

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MCC 2019: Luke Dashjr - Briefly, Why Blocksizes Shouldn't Be Too Big

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The Economics of Halving: What Will Happen to the Price?

"The next halving is estimated to occur on 12 May 2020, so let’s take a closer look at what will happen afterwards."

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