There's plenty of experiences around the corner, but can those OGs here sit on the stoop as we gather around to listen to the past days of yore...
269 sats \ 6 replies \ @chairman_pretense 20 Sep 2023
wallet.dat
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @scottathan 20 Sep 2023
Was this just a type of backup? What made it special?
Young buck here only 2 years into Bitcoin :)
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5 sats \ 3 replies \ @chairman_pretense 20 Sep 2023
Before seed phrases were a thing, it was the only way to hold your keys. Bitcoin Core itself doesn't actually support mnemonic seeds.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @danieltapa 21 Sep 2023
i heard in some documentary that Mt.Gox used to store the clients private keys in pure unencrypted text files.. wild days..
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @scottathan 20 Sep 2023
That's... kinda terrifying. Glad I was orange pilled after the tech matured more
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 20 Sep 2023
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 20 Sep 2023
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155 sats \ 4 replies \ @ionisle 20 Sep 2023
Mt. Gox
The fact they didn't reverse the chain (like ethereum did during their dao hack) and people believed in bitcoin enough to keep going was a rallying moment and in the spirit of Bitcoin. Folks have it easy now.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitman OP 20 Sep 2023
Really great answer - that must have been a truly monumental time.
All power to those who answered the call and rallied around.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @FS 21 Sep 2023 freebie
Wait what happened. I want to know more.
208 sats \ 4 replies \ @birdeye21 20 Sep 2023
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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @nemo 20 Sep 2023
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 20 Sep 2023
…test!
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @scottathan 20 Sep 2023
testnet coins are kinda something where if you don't know why you need them beforehand then you don't really need them
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 20 Sep 2023
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74 sats \ 30 replies \ @siggy47 20 Sep 2023
I kinda feel like I missed Silk Road (purely from a research standpoint)
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761 sats \ 29 replies \ @nemo 20 Sep 2023
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1 sat \ 28 replies \ @siggy47 20 Sep 2023
Exactly! Oh. You thought I meant the other silk road?
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20 sats \ 27 replies \ @nemo 20 Sep 2023
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20 sats \ 26 replies \ @nemo 20 Sep 2023
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2379 sats \ 25 replies \ @siggy47 20 Sep 2023
I'm a feeble old bastard. I gum my food.
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20 sats \ 24 replies \ @nemo 20 Sep 2023
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2485 sats \ 23 replies \ @siggy47 20 Sep 2023
You know, I'm really enjoying the 1 sat Nemo. I feel less pressure. I say you keep it, at least for me.
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73 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 20 Sep 2023
UASF during the blocksize wars
Missed that myself
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitman OP 20 Sep 2023
Just did a shallow dive into that (Shaolinfry etc) and, somehow, it felt like a weird rerun of a 80s soap opera.
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31 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 20 Sep 2023
Empty mempools
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitman OP 20 Sep 2023
[Nods wisely]
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345 sats \ 2 replies \ @ruS7Y 20 Sep 2023
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A recently orange-pilled bitcoin'er missed out on the extremely high signal:noise ratio which has't existed in last few years.
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They also missed out of the deep respect for L1 gained directly from just being around the Bitcoin Politics.
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Oldfag's have seen so many bear markets that even 20-30% moves in a day aren't as exciting as a new BIP merge
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Newbies are yet to develop the BS sensor which an oldie can smell from a mile.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitman OP 20 Sep 2023
That's a really nice little list!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @FS 21 Sep 2023 freebie
What BS do you smell now?
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 21 Sep 2023
Dang, someone else said faucets, that's what I came here to say!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @MDono10 21 Sep 2023
Deciding for yourself what bitcoin is.
Currently we have so many people telling you what to think & feel, who to cheer for and hate, it is possible to outsource your thinking to: podcasts, influencers, meetups, and a load of thinkbois. I think this is a good thing to help people onboard, just wanted to note that in the prior times there was no way to outsource this in any meaningful way.
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