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Debate Intensifies Over Significance and Implications of Ordinal Inscriptions on Bitcoin Blockchain

DIGIT — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 19:00:13 +0000

During the past two weeks, members of the cryptocurrency community have discussed the non-fungible token (NFT) concept known as Ordinals. Since the 3.96 MB block (#774,628) was mined, there has been a significant increase in Ordinal inscriptions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Ordinal Inscriptions on Bitcoin Blockchain Spark Debate Among Crypto Community The controversial NFT concept […]

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Crypto Stories: Dr. Adam Back shares his life of hacks

DIGIT — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 22:19:41 +0000

A cartoon version of Dr. Adam Back recounts stories of hacking coded doors at university and the inception of Hash Cash in the latest of Cointelegraph Crypto Stories.

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Satoshi Nakamoto’s Seminal Bitcoin White Paper Turns 14 Today

DIGIT — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 18:30:01 +0000

Approximately 14 years ago today, on Halloween, Satoshi Nakamoto introduced Bitcoin to the world by sharing the renowned white paper. Satoshi’s invention, shared on metzdowd.com’s Cryptography Mailing List, not only solved a problem that had plagued computer scientists for years, but the invention also redefined how people look at money. Furthermore, as a side effect, […]

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Tech’s good intentions and why Satoshi’s new ‘social order’ foundered

DIGIT — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 13:45:00 +0000

Bitcoin’s creator seemed to succeed where others failed — initially. What did he do differently? He rotated record-keepers.

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$53 million raised for Assange showed the power of DAOs

DIGIT — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:30:00 +0000

In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, AssangeDAO’s core members explain how a decentralized autonomous organization could obtain the release of Julian Assange.

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Celebrating the Seminal Bitcoin White Paper Satoshi Nakamoto Published 13 Years Ago Today

DIGIT — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 17:30:09 +0000

All around the world cryptocurrency supporters and proponents of blockchain technology are celebrating the 13th anniversary of the Bitcoin white paper. The summary of the inventor’s creation was published on metzdowd.com’s Cryptography Mailing List on Halloween 2008, as it gave birth to an asset with a market valuation of over $1 trillion and sparked the […]

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Hacktivist collective Anonymous takes aim at Elon Musk. Who cares?

DIGIT — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 01:11:52 +0000

The collective’s power has been waning in recent years, showing more bark than bite.

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The Many Facts Pointing to Cypherpunk Len Sassaman Being Satoshi Nakamoto

DIGIT — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 04:30:27 +0000

Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, has always been a mysterious character and a great number of sleuths have made it their mission to discover the inventor’s identity. One particular theory was published this month which attempts to tether the well known and now deceased, Len Sassaman to the creation of the first cryptocurrency. Moreover, […]

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Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin White Paper: A 12-Year Old Summary of Robust Unstructured Simplicity

DIGIT — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 01:07:56 +0000

Cryptocurrency supporters all around the world are celebrating the fact that today is the 12th anniversary of the Bitcoin white paper, a summary of the invention created by the pseudonymous inventor Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin’s inventor published the paper on metzdowd.com’s Cryptography Mailing list and ever since then, the financial world hasn’t been the same. 12 […]

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Did Satoshi choose to publish Bitcoin’s whitepaper on Halloween as another Easter egg?

DIGIT — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 13:35:21 +0000

For all we don’t know about Satoshi, we can tell he loved a touch of theatricality

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