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I thought I understood BitCoin, until now medium.com/@jnebos/i-thought-i-understood-bitcoin-until-now-07e064c4ba7a

1432 sats \ 8 comments \ @moel 21 Mar bitcoin

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132 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 21 Mar

Excellent article, although after nitpicking the author in places, he then misspells Satoshi?

76 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 21 Mar

Also BitCoin

118 sats \ 0 replies \ @moel OP 21 Mar

Also, we found the last person alive to write the capital C 😂

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln 21 Mar

The current situation, where there are only a few giant mining pools that in a way act as mint, and a few trading sites that act as banks, is not mentioned. This has resulted in limiting privacy (because the network that exchanges transactions is small), and also in less democracy (because the mining network operators determine the code base).

What is meant by the part in bold (emphasis mine)? Do miners decide what code to run? Isn't this the nodes' job? Probably I'm just misunderstanding what is meant.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @DiedOnTitan 21 Mar

Really good review. I am sold. Just a few clicks from buying this book.

8 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 21 Mar

I'm not that old like you. I mean in Bitcoin. My view of Bitcoin is that it is clearly by far the biggest invention of our times. It's simple yet so complex. I think the more time you be with Bitcoin, the more you understand it. It requires a lot of patience to understand miracles, that Bitcoin is.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs 21 Mar

Yeah it sure seems like an interesting book, it's on my "maybe" list - for now.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @pajdo 21 Mar

BitCoin ≠ Bitcoin