Nostr notes by BMaxi

BANKING INDUSTRY ANALYST TELLS FOX NEWS #BITCOIN IS "COILED ...

2025-07-09T05:50:32Z

BANKING INDUSTRY ANALYST TELLS FOX NEWS #BITCOIN IS "COILED LIKE A SPRING" AND POISED TO BREAK OUT TO $170,000

#Bitcoin #BTC #Damus #Nostr

Trump to eliminate ALL capital gains taxes on Cryptocurrencies ...

2024-11-15T11:34:24Z

Trump to eliminate ALL capital gains taxes on Cryptocurrencies issued by U.S. companies

#Bitcoin #BTC #UnitedStates #US #Nostr

Denmark's Minister of Taxation proposes unrealized gains tax ...

2024-10-23T21:08:14Z

Denmark's Minister of Taxation proposes unrealized gains tax on crypto

Danes who own cryptocurrency would be taxed at 42% on value increases and decreases every year, regardless of whether they have sold or not.

If passed, would start Jan 1, 2026. Will Denmark follow Italy?

#Bitcoin #BTC #Cryptocurrency #Crypto #Denmark #Italy #Nostr

"#Bitcoin has gotten to the point where it’s sufficiently ...

2024-08-29T14:56:09Z

"#Bitcoin has gotten to the point where it’s sufficiently stable to be used as a store of value.

Since Covid, USD has lost 25% of its total value, while Bitcoin is up something like 800%.

It’s a pretty good store of value," says Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan

#Nostr

BREAKING: OFFICIAL CHARGES RELEASED FOR PAVEL - UP TO 20 YEARS IF ...

2024-08-26T19:01:47Z

BREAKING: OFFICIAL CHARGES RELEASED FOR PAVEL - UP TO 20 YEARS IF CONVICTED

French authorities list 12 charges against Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, arrested in Paris on August 24, including complicity in child pornography, narcotics distribution, and organized fraud.

Authorities cite refusal to cooperate and providing illegal cryptography tools among the accusations.

1. Complicity in enabling illegal transactions through an online platform.

2. Refusal to provide information for legal interceptions.

3. Complicity in possessing child pornography.

4. Complicity in distributing child pornography in an organized group.

5. Complicity in acquiring and distributing narcotics.

6. Complicity in providing illegal tools for hacking.

7. Complicity in organized fraud.

8. Criminal association for committing crimes punishable by 5+ years.

9. Money laundering from organized crime activities.

10. Providing illegal cryptology services for confidentiality.

11. Providing a cryptology tool without prior declaration.

12. Importing cryptology tools without prior declaration.

#Telegram #Socialmedia #Pavel #EuropeanUnion #EU #Crypto #Bitcoin #Nostr

CNBC’s Joe Kernen vs. “The Black Swan” author Nassim Taleb ...

2024-08-06T14:31:15Z

CNBC’s Joe Kernen vs. “The Black Swan” author Nassim Taleb on #Bitcoin

Joe Kernen:

“You’re LOSING your ASS from when you told me it was USELESS at $30K…SHORT it!”

#Nostr

Is the UK the next Germany? Merryn Somerset advises the new ...

2024-07-19T19:22:14Z

Is the UK the next Germany?

Merryn Somerset advises the new Chancellor to sell the country’s 61,245 #Bitcoin to help “rebuild Britain,” noting that "as long as international criminals use Bitcoin and the police catch them, more crypto will likely come their way."

#Nostr

launches a property listing website similar to Airbnb, but ...

2024-07-18T18:56:11Z

launches a property listing website similar to Airbnb, but exclusively deals in Bitcoin.

List your property and help grow the circular #Bitcoin economy

#Nostr

https://airbtc.online/

German Government sends another 282 #Bitcoin worth $18 million to ...

2024-07-02T10:49:22Z

German Government sends another 282 #Bitcoin worth $18 million to exchanges.

BITCOIN - MicroStrategy Orange: the proposal for online identity ...

2024-05-02T08:49:42Z

BITCOIN - MicroStrategy Orange: the proposal for online identity based on #Bitcoin

On May 1st, during the MicroStrategy World 2024 event in Las Vegas, MicroStrategy announced the development of a new open-source solution for decentralized identity management called MicroStrategy Orange. The solution is based on Bitcoin’s decentralized identity (DID) protocol, which utilizes UTXOs to control identities. Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) are a type of unique identifiers that allow entities to be identified in a decentralized manner, without the involvement of a central authority.

The DID method of inscriptions on Bitcoin (did:btc), used by MicroStrategy Orange, leverages inscriptions embedded in the witness data field to store and retrieve information about DIDs, utilizing UTXOs for DID control.

MicroStrategy Orange provides three main components: the Orange service for organizations wanting to issue DIDs, the Orange Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers, and Orange applications such as “Orange For Outlook,” which integrates digital signatures into emails to verify the identity of the sender.

During the presentation, Michael Saylor stated:

"Wouldn't it be great if instead of a blue check, green check, etc., there was an orange check that was a global standard? With MicroStrategy, maybe we could approach this idea of decentralized identity, with Bitcoin."

According to Saylor, MicroStrategy Orange is capable of processing up to 10,000 DIDs in a single #Bitcoin transaction. The system aims to simplify the adoption of DIDs for organizations and individuals, offering a way to manage online identities securely and pseudonymously.

The community’s thought:
The reactions to the proposal have been mixed. While proponents of the Ordinals and inscription protocol have enthusiastically welcomed the proposal, skeptics have expressed their doubts about it.

@giacomozucco (Giacomo Zucco), director of the Plan B Network project, stated:

"One ID for one UTxO doesn't scale (we need Todd-style single-use-seals). If it did, we would already have: BitAuth, BitID, ION, and other hundreds attempts. Even if another attempt like that was needed, using the term "inscription" or saying that the witness "saves blockspace" is retarded."

@francispouliot_ , CEO of Bull Bitcoin (Francis bullbitcoin.com ), stated:

"Using inscriptions to create digital IDs on Bitcoin is so retarded that I'm not concerned it will go away. Saylor is doing it because BMag [Bitcoin Magazine] people hyped inscriptions as cool and edgy tech.

Its even more dumb then ordinals because at least with ordinals you can do scams."

The @lnp_bp (LNP/BO Standards Association) commented:

"The approach on BTC DID is similar to our SSI, but not that much: MSTR proposal requires to create a bitcoin tx per identity, i.e. it simply won’t scale, would be expensive and not adopted. SSI does not have that limitation."

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2024-03-05T11:05:22Z

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#bitcoin mining regulation coming. Listen closely ...

2024-03-05T10:31:41Z

#bitcoin mining regulation coming.

Listen closely

Satoshi Nakamoto's earliest collaborator Martii ...

2024-02-23T15:36:46Z

Satoshi Nakamoto's earliest collaborator Martii 'Sirius' Malmi just released their entire email history.

At 120 pages, its the most significant addition to the archives of #Bitcoin 's unknown inventor.

Here are the most important new findings.

When asked how #Bitcoin might scale in the future, Satoshi theorized the network would have a maximum of 100,000 nodes.

Here he goes into the calculation, and the economics of the network at scale.

Note: About 50,000 nodes run the software today

Satoshi foresaw at least 1 viable, non-monetary use for #Bitcoin , backing the time-stamping use case

Satoshi describing the differences between #Bitcoin and DigiCash, David Chaum's failed e-money

This is notable as Chaum's work had a profound impact on the cypherpunks, including Hal finney

Satoshi was concerned about his legal risk in launching #Bitcoin , nothing he was "uncomfortable" with explicitly labeling it an investment.

Note: Here also we see he didn't come up with the term "cryptocurrency" himself.

By July 2009, Satoshi was tired, saying he "needed a break" from Bitcoin.

Here, he also explains Hal's absence from the work

Satoshi discussing how #Bitcoin might gain adoption. Of note is his emphasis that Bitcoin was easy to obtain given that you could mine it on a computer.

Very different from how we think about BTC today.

In June 2010, someone offered to donate $2,000 to Satoshi for his #Bitcoin work.

Notably, he had the donor send it to Martti's address.

Already known, but Satoshi was pretty adamant that early users consider #Bitcoin "free"

Here he is discussing removing transaction fees from the UX of an early software

Satoshi worked on #Bitcoin on Christmas Day

Satoshi saw #Bitcoin taking hold as a way to trade other internet currencies like Liberty Reserve.

Note: Liberty Reserve was later shut down by the US

Satoshi had a mysterious leave of absence from #Bitcoin in 2010. Here he is talking about it with Martti, though it's notably also short on details.

It was Satoshi who removed the language that #Bitcoin was "anonymous" from Bitcoin.org.

He worried it made Bitcoin sound "shady."

Worth noting given the historical revisionism around this, Satoshi thought very highly of @gavinandresen.

Here he is praising Gavin and referring to someone else as a "goofball."

We finally have a copy of the email Satoshi sent other developers before taking his name off the project website.

As they've said, Satoshi doesn't mention his intention to step back from the project at all

Here you’ll find all the emails:

https://mmalmi.github.io/satoshi/

Elizabeth Warren signed a certificate to honor #Bitcoin creator ...

2024-02-15T16:44:06Z

Elizabeth Warren signed a certificate to honor #Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto with a ceremonial flag.

"For the 15th anniversary of Bitcoin, the first truly inclusive financial system"

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2023-05-31T18:17:38Z

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