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The One Where I Become a Product Reviewer

Hey there, fellow kids! Jumping on the already-parked annual back-to-school bandwagon, I bring to you an AWESOME new blog post highlighting my FAVOURITE 15″ LAPTOP BACKPACK PICK! Get ready for at least 145 paragraphs of preamble before I reveal this NUMBER ONE TOP 100% BEST 15″ LAPTOP BACKPACK PICK and DIY BACKPACK HACK!!

I also realised I needed a post in my “lifestyle blog” repertoire that might convince people to send me free products? So this is that post. Search engine optimization.

Backstory

On February 19, 2019, esteemed letterer and all-around Creative Professional Jessica Hische tweeted out that she was looking for a new, fashionable laptop backpack and wanted suggestions. I happened to see this tweet that night and thought, “Maybe I, myself also a Creative Professional, need a new, fashionable laptop backpack as well?” I read through the mostly terrible (???) suggestions from her followers, saw one I liked, and then, with the quick late-night text approval of my probably-drunken sartorial consultant T, impulse-bought a $235 backpack.

The Arrival

A week later The Backpack arrives. It’s partially leather! It smells very new! It’s literally made by a Creative Professional for Creative Professionals! It’s so nice that I’m already worried about ruining it with thoughts of biking or commuting. But the straps are kind of stiff and uncomfortable on my delicate mammary glands. And did I say it’s pretty expensive?!

It’s the kind of backpack I’d be happy to keep if it were, say, $79. Maybe even $89. But $235?! For a backpack that’s not even some sexy upscale Creative Professional household brandname?? My lower middle-class upbringing prevents me from committing to such an expenditure on which I’m only lukewarm. What to do?

The Virgo/Libra Cusp Solution

Obviously I go out and buy two more backpacks.

All my children.

On Being a Virgo/Libra Cusp-er

I’m on the Virgo/Libra cusp which makes me the perfect person to review anything because I’m really picky and really indecisive. This means that if I’m forced to make a decision about anything, I generally change my mind multiple times and lose sleep in the process of over-thinking every minute detail, what fun! (For the record, I’m also strictly adhering to the deeply-scientific, back-of-your-local-free-weekly astrology column definitions of these signs. [Also, unnecessary childhood trauma story, I never really knew how to astrologically-identify growing up because as a cusper my sign categorization changed from paper to paper? The struggle was—and I cannot stress this enough—real.])

Laptop Backpacks: Necessary?

“Why does one need a special laptop backpack?” you might ask. Obviously, you don’t. No one needs anything. Why do we buy things, to feel a brief sense of happiness or accomplishment in our lives? Does it work for you the way it definitely and always 100% works for me? Leave your response in the comments!

But also I’ve never had a bag that was made for a laptop, so I figured I should probably get a backpack that's actually functional and isn’t painful to carry heavy shit around in all day?

Criteria

In order to be considered for this review, a potential backpack had to meet the following criteria:

Must hold a 15″ MacBook Pro

Enough padding to protect that laptop without a case

Must be comfortable to use while biking

Unisex design

Is black/screams “Creative Professional”

Bonus points: also screams “... who deserves a large salary”

In addition to my a laptop, I assembled a weight/capacity testing control group with the following everyday accessories:

Work essentials: mouse, laptop charger, Moleskine notebook, pencil

Life essentials: overnight kit, moisturizer, deodorant, underwear, sports bra, water bottle

Um, glasses and some other crap: eyeglasses & case, dirty socks, folded blanket, Le Creuset 18cm cast-iron pot

🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒 The Backpacks 🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒

Bag option #1: The ISM Backpack

The ISM retails for $235 USD; it’s only available online but comes with free shipping and returns in the USA. It ships in a pretty box with a pretty branded dust bag and a bunch of tissue that smells of “Instagram unboxing moment”.

I wore this bag out in public a few times: to the work lounge at the Public Hotel (a hotspot for “cool-looking people” working remotely), to pay a visit to my old MoMA office, and to a job interview. Did I feel like a Creative Professional? You bet I did! But then my former coworker commented that the bag made me look like a “techy person”, which ruined everything it had going for it. (There is a fine line between Creative Professional and Startup Chic that I refuse to cross. It involves hoodies.)

Left: fancy regal satin lining, to remind you that you’re the millennial queen you are. Right: full bag, with front pocket that is great for fitting flat stuff and maybe only flat stuff.

It fit everything in the “capacity” control group, albeit quite snugly, but its real downfall was the straps: although they were quite hearty, being both wide and well padded (which would be great for those with flat chests), their stiff sturdiness meant they were very inflexible, and basically cut into my breasts any time I raised my arms together, as one would if biking:

MEINE POOR BOOBS.

ISM owner/designer Justin emailed me after I returned the bag, and explained they were working on a smaller version for 13″ laptops. I explained this doesn’t help people with mammary glands who own 15″ laptops. Per Justin:

I feel what you mean Christy, a bag that fits a 15" laptop and is unisex has been a tough design challenge given the size difference between males and females. We have been able to shorten the straps to accommodate though.

I get it. Designing for the fact that 50% of the population has boobs is hard! Did you know that basically everything is designed around men and their stupid bodies?? It's also subsequently a prime example of how e-comm genders backpack sizing: you’ll find that 15″ laptop bags are generally only found in the “Men’s” section of websites. I need a drink.

Pros

Looks and feels fancy

Separate laptop pocket from main compartment

Water and weather resistant

Good amount of padding everywhere

Real leathurrrr bottom

Bitches be loving gold zippers

I am weirdly very into the simple strap adjustment design (not pictured but trust me that it’s nicely done)

Cons

High price point for my feeble income

Cut into my boobs

Front pocket is pretty difficult to put stuff in due to being so flat

Makes me look like a tech bro

Did not get the job I interviewed for while using it

Rating

Comfort: ★★☆☆☆ Creative professional-ness: ★★★★★ Female compatibility: ★☆☆☆☆ (one star for gold zipper) Value for monies: ★★★★☆ (if you don’t bike or have boobs) Overall: ★★★☆☆

🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒 Bag option #2: MUJI Water Repellent Backpack

I bought this bag at the MUJI store for a very reasonable $49 USD. Like everything MUJI, it’s pretty decent quality both in materials and design, and feels like it’ll last a while.

Unfortunately, I didn’t end up testing this “in the real world” because, whoops, it only comfortably fits a 13″ laptop. But I did uncomfortably fit my 15″ laptop inside, really stretching the limits of the side panels, and then managed to cram the test “capacity” content on top (with room to spare!). I then did a “hunch test”, folding myself over as one would on a road bike, and found that there was barely any padding on the back panel, and my spine was knocking against the hard surface of my computer. Not cool! Plus the back did not have a mesh surface, literally making it not cool on a sweaty back.

Yes I get it, I have a big stupid computer.

Pros

Nice quality

Large capacity

Water repellent

Has a secret little back pocket you’ll probably never use

Has those tacky side pockets for water bottles which are surprisingly handy for sunglasses or pocket chargers

Cons

Made for a 13″ laptop

Non-meshed back

Not enough back padding

Rating

Comfort: ★★★☆☆ Creative professional-ness: ★★★★☆ Female compatibility: ★★★★★ Value for monies: ★★★★★ Overall: ★★★★☆+

🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒 Bag option #3: UNIQLO Water Repellent Backpack

Right after purchasing the MUJI bag I walked across the street and picked this up for $29.90. YOLO!

Realising that is was yet another bag made for 13″ laptops, I could immediately tell that the quality was much lesser than MUJI’s: it was much lighter in weight, and the fabric thinner. Look at those ugly shoulder straps where the fabric is bunching. The front pocket’s structure is so weak that it sags. Sad!

But: pretty good akshully?!

I again force-fit my behemoth laptop and belongings into the small frame, yet, contrary to expectation, this thing was comfortable AF?! And even had room to spare. The straps were super soft and cushy and malleable around my boobs, and the “hunch test” revealed amazingly thick layers of padding on two sides of the back panel, with a thinner center panel that relieves any pressure on your spine. What kind of ugly genius is this?

Pros

Stupidly comfortable

Large capacity

Water repellent

Again, tacky side pockets, this time with an angled top hem

Cons

Made for a 13″ laptop

Pretty cheap and ugly looking

Pretty cheap and ugly feeling

Rating

Comfort: ★★★★★ Creative professional-ness: ★★☆☆☆ Female compatibility: ★★★★★ Value for monies: ★★★★☆ Overall: ★★★★☆

🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒 Other opshuns, you ask?

There’s a few other mid-range “nice” bag brands I was looking into online, such as the one which esteemed Creative Professional Jessica Hische ended up going with, but let’s just assume I left them out because they lack the quality needed for this rigorous assessment and not because the bag designer whom I went on a date with decided to ghost me after I sprained my ankle while in Canada. Ahem.

Final Verdict... and a Backpack Hack (!!) (...Backhack™?!)

Although I was quite impressed with the comfort the UNIQLO model provided (both to my body and my wallet), I was actually going to declare this experiment a failure and return all the backpacks. Until, that is, I took a closer look at the interior construction of the UNIQLO and MUJI bags: they measured as though they should be tall enough for my latop, and yet the MacBook corners stubbornly stuck out. Time to play detective! 🔍

Turning the bags inside-out, I noticed they both included a superfluous, space-reducing seam at the bottom of the main pocket. WTF.

UNIQLO bag before & after: the difference a simple seam (and lack of colour temperature matching) makes!

By removing this seam on the UNIQLO model, I gained a full inch of vertical room, ALLOWING THE 15″ LAPTOP TO ACTUALLY FIT IN THE DAMN BAG. Yes, it fits snugly, and some may argue that the superfluous seam protects the edge of the computer from hitting the ground, but the very bottom edge seam is actually pretty bulky and does a decent job of protecting as is.

Verdict: With the inclusion of this super deviant hack (and ONLY with this inclusion), UNIQLO wins!!!!!!!!

Epilogue

I’ve been using this bag for 7 months now. It looks kinda cheap and it tends to collect lint, but my shoulders are miraculously like never sore. And, even on a grocery run after stuffing a myriad of pokey-shaped food items in the thing until I can barely close it, it’s always very comfortable on my tender back when biking home (I did this very thing 2 weeks ago at the Farmer’s Market after buying Celine Dion tickets, because I am a white woman in her late 30s).

Oh, also: it’s black, so yes I am a Creative Professional, thank you for noticing!

TL;DR: UNIQLO; cheap; comfortable. Send me your products to review! 🔚

Colophon backpacks: ISM, UNIQLO, MUJI; socks: UNIQLO; t-shirt: from a Women Who Code meetup hosted by One Month; sweatpants: Alternative Apparel; laptop: Shmapple; glasses: Steven Alan clearance; stool: Target; plants: IKEA & Home Depot; blankets: Hudson’s Bay, E. Stocking; mirror & couch: IKEA; drawing above mirror: K. Freeman & P. Lyle; posters: Bruce Nauman and a Finnish Design Annual fold-out; calendar: Massimo Vignelli; bike: Miele; weight/capacity control group: thrifting, Peru, Amazon, HAY, more places; suddenly questioning the consistency of whether I’m listing where objects were bought or the brand name of the object itself: something I am going to pretend to resolve at a later date in time; brevity rating for this blog post: ★☆☆☆☆; fan appreciation: I am so sorry if you read this far

#product review #backpacks #UNIQLO #ISM #MUJI #review #diy #hack #padding #seam removal #laptop #macbook pro 15"#knapsack #computer bag #SEO

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2018-04-01 21 BIT COIN now

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@AmberBaldet

Incredibly brave young woman [email protected] is raped, intimidated, and harassed by multiple cops, yet doesn’t yield; her story leads to laws changing, and the NYT doesn’t mention her by name and instead congratulates the dude who interviewed/wrote about her. Do better. https://twitter.com/brentnyt/status/979810651957850112 …

There comes a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious that you can't take part. You've got to put your bodies upon the gears and wheels and indicate to the people who own it that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all -Utah Phillips

I wasn’t surprised or more outraged than usual about all this, but I did finally hit the last straw of wanting to participate in the gross machine; hard logged out & unintalled all FB apps 2 weeks ago, no ragrets. (Deleting does nothing for US users & limits future choices) https://twitter.com/newsycombinator/status/979826208262246402 …

Georgia passes a bill that’s bad news for security researchers. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/georgia-passes-anti-infosec-legislation …

Alright, it's on. Mid-late twenties black woman seeks white male mentor in Startup, VC, Equity space. Must be wokety woke, preferably happily married feminist with a feminist wife who's equally dope, cuz I'm not trying to get harassed this year. RT please.

@AriDavidPaul

Their fault for texting. We need to go back to old fashioned communication with greater human connection: AOL instant messenger. https://twitter.com/dickerson_des/status/979867128143794177 …

Laura has a great podcast. We chatted about security, custody improvements, and ASIC resistance. https://twitter.com/laurashin/status/979762986372947969 …

2/ Or just put the whole treasury in cryptokitty accessory stickers. https://www.kittyhats.co/

Projects ask me about treasury management. I say, "you're already all-in on crypto. Your project is pro-cyclical in all regards. Your costs are all in USD. You should be 100% USD in your treasury." ...death stares. "Fine you want to gamble, at least be 50% USD." https://twitter.com/twobitidiot/status/979507369448296455 …

I came up with a half dozen religion-cryptocurrency jokes, but I'd rather avoid offending believers in both. Beautiful setting for a fun discussion with @prestonjbyrne, Joel, and Rebecca moderating. https://twitter.com/JohnnyAntos/status/979136970860441600 …

@ErikVoorhees

The Evolution of Religion https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2018/03/29/the-evolution-of-religion/amp/?__twitter_impression=true …

Crazy right? Well this exact thing happened in 1933 with gold... https://imgur.com/a/gWpuu Government cherishes its ability to debase and control money. Not much longer will they have that power. #bitcoin

FCC authorizes Elon Musk's SpaceX to provide broadband satellite services https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/29/fcc-authorizes-elon-musks-spacex-to-provide-broadband-satellite-services.html?__source=sharebar%7Ctwitter&par=sharebar …

Software Daily Podcast: ShapeShift with Erik Voorhees https://www.softwaredaily.com/post/5abe18fc6422da00046b628c?platform=hootsuite … # via @software_daily #bitcoin #EndTheFed #fiat

If someone proposes that "blockchain can solve X"... ask them "Which blockchain?" If they are confused by that question, they may not know what they're talking about.

@Excellion

Happy Aprilpic.twitter.com/TPEyiUSjS1

Finally got around to reading this. Great write up on $XRP from @kilrau. https://twitter.com/kilrau/status/937659345399156736 …

Got my hands on one of the new Ebang E10’s. 18TH, 10nm chips, built in power supply, and more efficient than an S9. It’s a beast. #DecentralizeMiningpic.twitter.com/TmE3ToByLY

How do you send the signals faster than the speed of light, @proffaustus? It takes light 130 ms to circle the earth. How can we have 99.998% certainty in only 20ms when it would be impossible for a node in New York to send and receive a message back from a node in London?pic.twitter.com/RFnFubEkJS

You had us at satellite connections @TREZOR. We’ll take 50. https://twitter.com/trezor/status/980218726250438656 …

@KevinRose

New KRS Podcast: @adamgazz M.D. / Ph.D - Improving your brain with medically prescribable video games: https://www.kevinrose.com/single-post/Adam-Gazzaley …

Reminder: Mister Rogers stamps are now available at USPS, just ordered mine: https://store.usps.com/store/results?_dyncharset=UTF-8&Dy=1&Nty=1&siteScope=ok&_D%3AsiteScope=+&Ntt=mister+rogers&search=&_D%3Asearch=+&_DARGS=%2Fstore%2Fcartridges%2FSearchBox%2FSearchBox.jsp …

can't wait to read this!! https://twitter.com/jasonfried/status/976850741985009664 …

So many cool topics in this episode...more reasons to use the sauna. https://twitter.com/foundmyfitness/status/975769511788929024 …

Happy Wednesday, much love to you all.

@Melt_Dem

"If you see fraud and wait to say fraud until the market has retraced 70%, you are a fraud." - @_jillruth This applies to almost everyone in crypto. https://twitter.com/APompliano/status/979760554272272390 …

“with their reach considerably larger than any college professor, (insert famous VC name) apes expertise in an effort to get us to believe that the best society is one where men like him determine legitimacy.” - @girlziplocked slays me https://medium.com/@girlziplocked/paul-graham-is-still-asking-to-be-eaten-5f021c0c0650 …

is it bad that i view someone calling me “an absurdist, contrarian crypto troll” as a compliment? paging my mom aka @D_Demirors - can you put that on the fridge at home?

can we have a support group called "bag holders anonymous"? asking for a friend...

so excited for the US version of Crypto Finance Conference! if it's anything like the St Moritz, it's going to be absolute FIRE! https://twitter.com/marcpbernegger/status/979240765741240320 …

@Naval

The biggest cost of politics is that it can cause you to have comforting, false, and ultimately expensive beliefs about business and science.

"You two are having a kid? That kid is going to be *so smart*" "Why do you say that?" "Because it will be your kid" "So?" "..." "Say it" "..." "SAY IT" "..." "SAY IT!" [defeated voice] "because secretly we all believe that IQ is real and has a significant genetic component"

Small tip: If you’re in the tech industry, make the effort to have a clean email address. “[email protected] ” signals poorly.

The Hedonic Ratchet

Fair people make fair offers. https://twitter.com/naval/status/979865634639986688 …

@NeerajKA

Anyone else seen these around Williamsburg?pic.twitter.com/qdab8wCFTD

The Sinbad Shazaam movie is real

Thinking about Jeb!’s turtles

Everyone donate to Coin Center so I can buy this jump suit http://coincenter.org/donate

@antoniehodge can I expense this

@NickSzabo4

When the email hosts, the web hosts, the domain registrars, the banks, the payment systems, the censors and the politicians crack down on crypto... only then will we see the true power of decentralization.

All phones have spy backdoors these days. But if you live outside of China buy a phone from Huawei and use encrypted communication apps. That way it’s the Chinese spying on you and they don’t share your data with US / EU spy agencies #PickYourSpies

We will look back on the idea that government bonds can be "risk-free" as a kind of collective insanity: "Despite history and facts, associating the word 'risk' with UST is for some reason blasphemous among financial professionals." ht @michaellebowitz https://realinvestmentadvice.com/the-mind-blowing-concept-of-risk-freeier/ …pic.twitter.com/IgyCNqQBiq

Welcome to the UK in 2018, where publicly elected officials snitch on citizens for saying things they don't like it and call for their imprisonment.pic.twitter.com/auBXFA1lVv

how a well diversified modern portfolio management strategy would have managed in 1912 https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/holy-grail-hedge-fund-strategy-handle-black-swan-size-world-war-i-1576915 …

@SatoshiLite

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Now, for something totally random. How do you spell this? After voting, read this: https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/news/a32934/the-berenstein-berenstain-bears-conspiracy-theory/ …

The rumors are true. We'll be holding the first ever Litecoin Summit this September in San Francisco. We'll update http://www.litecoinsummit.org as we have more information. Hope to see you there!

Also, this introduces a risk for miners to include any transactions, because any transaction could potentially be a double spend that the miner didn't know about. It creates a mine field for miners. Would give miners incentives to mine empty blocks.

A simple attack would be to broadcast a double spend and send each transaction to half the network. If the double spend gets mined, then 50% of the network would orphan. You now just cut the networks total hashpower in half. Keep doing that to disrupt the whole network.

@TuurDemeester

3) "If somebody controls 51% of hashrate, he controls Bitcoin!" No, even if somebody controls 100% of hashrate he still cannot turn invalid transactions into valid (stealing, inflating, changing rules). W/ >50%, he can just CENSOR transactions, in the future in the past (reorg).

New feature on http://transactionfee.info/charts : Bitcoin transaction fees distribution by percentile. You can see the fee rates rising and and falling and which fees are “high” vs “low” at any given time. https://transactionfee.info/charts/feerate/percentiles …pic.twitter.com/L9ntWw0oNv

Stanley Jevons: Historically speaking … gold seems to have served, firstly, as a commodity valuable for ornamental purposes; secondly, as stored wealth; thirdly, as a medium of exchange; and, lastly, as a measure of value. https://medium.com/@vijayboyapati/the-bullish-case-for-bitcoin-6ecc8bdecc1 … @real_vijay

Weekend poll

Pro memoria: the team behind Raiden (lightning for Ethereum) promised a Minimum Viable Product by March last year. https://medium.com/@brainbot/update-from-the-raiden-team-on-development-process-announcement-of-raidex-6c94b4edcf73 … Progress bar here: https://github.com/raiden-network/raiden/milestone/9 …pic.twitter.com/mBGnxU0oHe

@VitalikButerin

From the department of "math problems that have unexpectedly large, but still finite, solutions". See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look-and-say_sequence#Growth_in_length …https://twitter.com/fermatslibrary/status/971385056668286978 …

I just published "Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad": https://vitalik.ca/general/2018/03/28/plutocracy.html … @VladZamfir @dannyryan

The State of Ethereum Union - Ex Unitate Vires https://blog.cosmos.network/ethereum-and-cosmos-bae657645e31?source=linkShare-aa134d2d5140-1522374466 …pic.twitter.com/IZlcCWSNUq

Over 5 days and that https://www.facebook.com/VitalikButerln account has still not been removed. Shame on you, @facebook. BTW, can someone who has not yet deleted their instagram account please report https://www.instagram.com/vitalik.buterin ? I HAVE NO SOCIAL MEDIA EXCEPT REDDIT AND TWITTER.https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/977557216080273414 …

Here are a few examples of anomalous cancellations: a particular kind of arithmetic procedural error that gives a numerically correct answer. Can you derive a few elementary properties of anomalous cancellations?pic.twitter.com/ecUbejoQfQ

@WhalePanda

"Where's Wally" game on Google maps.pic.twitter.com/LG6kCqPrQ6

#Bitcoin mempool (unconfirmed transactions) vs #Bitcoin UTXO set size (unspent outputs) during the last 12 months.pic.twitter.com/nqfNmLGGe0

If we roll back the chain and bail out the plant, there was never really a nuclear meltdown. https://twitter.com/bascule/status/979764534771511297 …

Dear IRS, I also lost all the coins I had left after my tragic boating accident by accidentally revealing my private keys on a video. So $crypto will never be mainstream and I quit. Love, Panda. https://twitter.com/MrBeastYT/status/979227177165172736?s=19 …

I might just be a grumpy old panda but I don't actually enjoy April Fools' Day pranks. Most are unimaginative, silly and predictable. I prefer sarcasm, word play, memes and gifs with a slight hint of political incorrectness.

@aantonop

That article is by @starsoup7 who's written a lot on the topic of design in our industry. I'm reading up, better late than never...

Important work on design principles for blockchain apps: https://medium.com/design-ibm/blockchain-design-principles-599c5c067b6e …

Very important work. Design is an underappreciated skill in our industry. This article is about UI/UX design in DApps https://twitter.com/lyricalpolymath/status/979689345937477632 …

Sounds like the Nazarean cult is afraid of some competition

LOL https://twitter.com/weareyourfek/status/980164659054632960 …

@brian_armstrong

Made a new friend in the Amazon, Avi, joined us on the boat ride https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg-CzsylEQ0/

Friend made on the Amazon river, Avi https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg9P6TUlz1m/

Lots of rain today, but quite warm. Amazon rainforest https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg7aOwvFamE/

Old Spanish churchs in Latin America https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg6017NF-TT/

Amazon river https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg6dImilfXI/

@gavinandresen

The Ventures @ CICS (@umasscs) event will be held on April 3rd. See you there. #Entrepreneurship https://www.cics.umass.edu/event/ventures-cics-panel-networking-event …pic.twitter.com/HDQ9AmAhly

We’ve created https://doublespend.cash -- a tool demonstrating Bitcoin XT’s ability to monitor double spends on the Bitcoin Cash network

After a devastating earthquake in 2010, the world collectively pledged about $13B to aid to Haiti. That's enough to give every Haitian a 50% pay increase for 3 years (on average) and far less than we'd need to fund a #crypto #UBI there. https://jamespflynn.com/2018/03/21/the-cryptoeconomics-of-funding-a-universal-basic-income/ …

Damned if you do, damned if you don't? http://gavinthink.blogspot.com/2018/03/precautionary-principle-problems.html?spref=tw …

What’s new with BlockSci, Princeton’s blockchain analysis tool: https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2018/03/15/whats-new-with-blocksci-princetons-blockchain-analysis-tool/ …https://twitter.com/random_walker/status/948408704596168704 …

@lopp

Brace yourselves; Crypto Fool's Day is coming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGOUuXFucEg …

After reviewing @pamelawjd's Cryptoasset Inheritance Planning guide, I expect that it will become required reading for @CasaHODL employees and clients. https://www.amazon.com/Cryptoasset-Inheritance-Planning-Simple-Owners/dp/1947910116/ …

"If you don't run a fully validating node, you're a second class Bitcoin citizen. If you don't hold your own private keys, you're a third class Bitcoin citizen." - @TraceMayer

High time preference crypto noobs right now:pic.twitter.com/A0S9av6mac

I weighed in on current events at @CrushTheStreet in which we discussed ICOs, crypto ad bans, privacy, AI, and @CasaHODL . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPAHzcuQauA …

@prestonjbyrne

Tether releases full audit. https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/88ofay/tether_releases_full_audit_after_months_of_waiting/ …

This is what mind control looks like.pic.twitter.com/WVHFy9qDZ0

$2bn for a token that doesn’t yet exist shows you how much pent up demand there is once custody is solved for in bitcoin. https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/979829408570671104 …

Eat your heart out, Paul Wolfowitz https://twitter.com/dcexaminer/status/979776791660433413 …

"but omg what happens if the state loses a bunch" Well then maybe the state shouldn't have brought the cases to begin with. In the absence of procedural protections like the 4th, 5th or 6th amendments, this might be a good way to impose costs for natural rights violations.

@rogerkver

#BTC a year ago 300k txs, now 170k #LTC a year ago 2k txs, now 40k #ETH a year ago 50k txs, now 750k #ETC a year ago 20k txs, now 100k #BCH a year ago 0 txs, now 20k BTC dominance a year ago 90%, now 45%... A substitute good is one good that can be used instead of another....pic.twitter.com/tWuPw3r0XB

Don't like fast, easy, safe, cheap, and reliable transactions? Don't use #BitcoinCash. For everyone else there's now @blockchain, @coinbase, @BitPay, @BitcoinCom, @CoinText, and so many more!pic.twitter.com/1MiWwimAFf

Be your own leader.

Too many people don’t understand that: GUN CONTROL IS GUN VIOLENCEpic.twitter.com/rIrEKkSCHr

Software developers far too often underestimate the importance of business developers.

@starkness

Just released the first beta of LightningTip! I created it to make it easy to accept tips via the Lightning Network on my website. It uses LND as backend to create invoices and monitor which of them were paid. Source code: https://github.com/michael1011/lightningtip …pic.twitter.com/wIMb4a5SsJ

Tonight: @lightning Labs CTO @roasbeef to speak @SFBitcoinDevs about lnd 0.4, the beta release for the live bitcoin network! https://www.meetup.com/SF-Bitcoin-Devs/events/248815578/ …

Meet @starkness. The Lightning Queen. She'll stitch a global payment network on a shoestring budget. One of few people who can follow a rosabeef conversation in realtime. 15/10pic.twitter.com/Yvt8qRPbgN

The Times 21/Mar/2018 Bitcoin will the become world's single currency, tech chief says. https://twitter.com/Beautyon_/status/976511842926432256 …

Yes

@twobitidiot

$2bn for a token that doesn’t yet exist shows you how much pent up demand there is once custody is solved for in bitcoin. https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/979829408570671104 …

I understand not owning bitcoin, but how on earth could you *short* it right now given its history and tailwinds. https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/979901520832487425 …

Satoshis, the true token of LN.™

Closing credits of a movie with “Chain of Fools” playing and a reel of all the crypto frauds getting walked out of courtrooms and their mugshots

SEC announces intent to award a sole source contract to CipherTrace to trace individual cryptocurrency wallets, addresses and smart contracts. The US Department of Homeland Security is listed as a party to the MOU as well.pic.twitter.com/lnFoLgVnMP

Bitcoin Magazine

Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review: South Korea Rises, Cryptocurrencies Falter

Hong Kong Exchange OKEx Rolls Back Futures Transactions

Intel Releases Patent for New Cryptocurrency Mining Accelerator

Cryptocurrency Exchange Bittrex Introduces Stable Tether-to-TrueUSD Pairing

Op Ed: France’s Emerging Cryptocurrency Policy Appears Optimistically Vague

Bitcoin Price

Telegram raises $850 million in second ICO round; Ethereum falls below $400

Cryptocurrency market bloodbath continues; Bitcoin Cash topples hard and fast – March 29

Litecoin dips hard for the first time since February – March 28

Ethereum falls to new 2018 low as markets tumble; Australia seeks public input on cryptocurrency taxation – Mar 27

Cryptocurrency market declines slightly; Monero devs say no to ASIC mining – March 26

Bitcoin Reddit

You know you want it

Lambos are so 2017. Get a TREZOR Scooter instead!

The only thing you can trust today is that Bitcoin will work

Just a reminder. They control the media. They control the banks. Don't let the fear, uncertainty and doubt get into your mind. Stay strong.

"We don't need #segwit, we can just double the block size" "We don't need an engine, we can just add another horse"

Bitcoin.com

Many Brits Confuse Cryptocurrency with Something Else

Test Drive: New Cryptocurrency Mobile App ‘Circle Invest’

US Bitcoin Trader Convicted for Illegal Money Transmission and Laundering

Report Details Surge in Crypto Mining on College Campuses

Cambodia’s Crypto Industry Marches Forward Despite Legal Grey Area

Brave New Coin

New York law firm launches crypto litigation tracker

Towards a practice of token engineering

Blockchain as life: Incentivizing humans with machines

How blockchain can revolutionize the HR and recruitment industries

ICOs so hot right now and Morgan Creek hedge fund goes crypto

CCN

Kazakhstan May Ban Cryptocurrencies Citing Money-Laundering Concerns

Decentralized Exchanges will Simplify the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem for End Users

Bitcoin Records 7% Increase as Cryptocurrency Market Rebounds From Yesterday’s Losses

Bitcoin Futures the Beginning of a New Derivatives Class: Wedbush Securities Director

Slump Begone: What’s Next For Cryptocurrencies? Tokens & Purpose

Coin Journal

Safeguard Eyes US$12M ICO For AI System And Blockchain-Based Safety Data Marketplace

Havas Group Launches Havas Blockchain

Can Minds Capitalize on Facebook’s Failures ?

Two More Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchanges to Shut Down as Regulations Tighten

London Block Exchange Adds Ripple, More Coins to Follow

Coin Telegraph

China’s New Central Bank Head Is Pro-Market, Could It Impact Cryptocurrency Industry?

Kazakh National Bank Considers Ban Of Crypto Trading, Mining In The Country

Report: Stealth Crypto Mining Much More Prevalent In Higher Ed Than Other Industries

Is Crypto Space Fated to Become Another Dotcom Bubble?

Thai Finance Ministry Releases Final Version Of Cryptocurrency Tax Framework

CoinSpectator Blog

How Zerocoin is Set to Solve the “House Always Wins” Problem?

You can now pay with crypto in over 6,000 South Korean Shops

Gibraltar leads on ICO regulation

How Blockchain can Solve Problems for Online Gambling Sites?

Blockchain-based Container Shipping Platform 300cubits to start the TEU ICO on 12th April 2018

Coindesk

The Maddening Task of Calculating Taxes on Crypto

IBM Is Finally Getting Serious About Cryptocurrency

Everything You Were Afraid to Ask About Crypto Taxes

Report: Kazakhstan's Central Bank Wants to Ban Cryptocurrencies

Chile's State-Owned Bank Cutting Ties with Crypto Exchanges

Crypto Currency Reddit

CMC Market Cap in LAMBO for April Fools!

A cryptocurrency with several red flags.

With CoinText.io, even elderly grandmas with ancient Nokia cellphones can send cryptocurrency via SMS. This will be a game changer for the billions of poor people in developing countries who don't have internet access.

Are we naive to think what took the dotcom bubble 6 years to grow and 2.5 years to burst that crypto did all that in six months?

Stellar + IBM + Central Banks in Asia and North America

NewsBTC

Bitcoin Price Weekly Analysis – BTC/USD Could Decline Further

Ethereum Price Weekly Analysis – ETH/USD Upsides Remain Capped

The Time to Stop Worrying About the Bitcoin Price is Right Now

IRS Investigations into Cryptocurrency Holders, a Positive Sign

China May Follow Global Cryptocurrency Regulations, Central Bank Report Suggests

Reddit Cryptocurrency

CMC Market Cap in LAMBO for April Fools!

A cryptocurrency with several red flags.

Are we naive to think what took the dotcom bubble 6 years to grow and 2.5 years to burst that crypto did all that in six months?

Stellar + IBM + Central Banks in Asia and North America

#bit coin

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Welcome to South Korea, quite possibly the cutest country in Asia, and undeniably the most drunken nation in the world. Koreans drink more than twice as much alcohol as the second hardest drinking country, Russia. My first impressions of Korea were of being surrounded by cute women and cute cartoon characters alongside countless bars and drunk people stumbling down the streets at night.

Korean makeup tips revealed

Here is a quick overview of some of the lessons learned from my first impressions of Korea plus the information, photos and videos that you will find in this post: Cute Korean women are not actually cute Korean men wear makeup to make themselves cute Korean Nipple Stickers for me: how to use (and remove) video Even items such as food and household products are cute Korean drinking rules, etiquette and bars Korean money denominations and prices Size does matter in Korea

My first impressions of Korea were shattered when I realized how much they drink — and how many other problems this has caused among Korean citizens, from health issues and violence to staggering suicide rates and the nonexistence of any alcohol laws. (image via Wikimedia)

97% of alcohol sold in Korea is liquor, primarily soju, the national drink of Korea.

See More Unique & Traditional Types of Alcohol Around The World

My First Impressions Of Korea

Drinking in Korea

The only country where liquor comes in giant 10-litre bottles!

10 years ago while living in Tokyo, I thought that drinking was the national pastime of Japan. HA! How wrong I was. In Korea the mentality is: “Work hard, drink hard.” Say this to any Korean man and they will immediately begin laughing hysterically

Drinking In Korea Is A Team Sport

Unlike in most other countries, where going to the bar alone is not only common but a great way to meet singles, that is unheard of here in Korea. Drinking is always done in groups. Bars have tables instead of bar stools, and people always stick with their group while getting drunk, rather than mingling with strangers or people from another group and making new friends. If you are traveling Korea solo, this makes it very difficult to make new friends over alcohol — something which I do in every country I visit. (Yes, even the Muslim ones ssshhhhhh!)

Grocery stores have 3 soju sections: with the bottled water, with the imported wine, and in the meat/cheese section

This is not a 10L bottle of water — it is 30% alcohol soju, Korean rice wine (the national drink of Korea)

Soju shopping at 7-Eleven in Korea

“Beer for Music” two types of Korean craft beer

Liquor shots for sale at 7-Eleven 24/7/365

Flavored Korean beer

Tuesday. 1pm. Seoul. Drunk Korean man passed out at the subway entrance

There are even special bars here that only serve alcohol if you also order food. Why? This is to keep customers from getting too drunk too fast. Drinking in South Korea is NOT a slow process — it is basically a race to see who can get the most drunk the fastest. Shots are poured and passed around like candy.

There is even a Korean drinking ga– (well, it’s not much of a game….more of a challenge) known as “one shot”. No, it is not one single shot. It is an entire glass of soju (20-50% ABV rice wine) that is chugged in one single shot. Any foreigner that can pull this off will immediately win the respect of all the Koreans around him.

Oh Korea, what will you think of next?

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Cute is King in Korea

From the moment you step off the airplane, prepare to be surrounded by cute women and cute cartoon characters. Advertisements, clothing, food, games, household products, souvenirs, television shows and even warning signs all feature cute cartoon characters. Although the use of cartoon advertising is widespread in Asia, no country does it quite like South Korea.

Even dangerous Korean warning signs are cute

Pokemon ramen noodles

Even Korean spam is cute

Even juice bottles resemble cute cartoons

Korean cartoon suitcases

Cute Korean food

Korean bus

Cute Korean Coke bottle

Cute Korean coffee

Cute Korean juice cans

Korean makeup tips revealed

Cute Korean women are all fake

SPOILER ALERT!

Cute Korean Women Are Not Actually Cute…They Are Fake

Hate to ruin the dreams of all the men out there, but Korean women use extreme amounts of makeup to alter their appear so drastically that they become unrecognizable to their own families! They spend hours applying obscene amounts of makeup on a daily basis — including items such as double eyelids, nose thinners and products designed to shrink lips, enlarge eyes, and even shape their face into perfect V-shaped cartoon proportions. Videos of these phenomenal daily transformations are all over the internet and social media. (And you thought your girlfriend wears a lot of makeup, HA!)

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Yay or nay.? . . #makeup #koreanmakeup #beauty #eyemakeup #nails

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These women are completely unrecognizable after all of the makeup has been removed, so it should be no surprise that South Korea has the highest rate of beauty-enhancing procedures per capita. 1 in 5 Koreans has plastic surgery to enhance their features.

In South Korea being cute is mandatory — not just for cartoon characters and women but also for men.

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Although not directly related to the high suicide rate, the need to look a certain way plays a big part in a Korean’s self-worth, especially if they feel they can’t reach society’s standards.

Wikipedia > Korean Beauty Standards

Not cute? Well then you must be an animal. My airport arrival was interesting, to say the least

https://twitter.com/the_HoliDaze/status/1028439398277246976

Male Beauty Products

Because Korean men prefer cute over masculine 😂

A trip to a beauty store on my first day here revealed more male beauty products than I even knew existed. From nipple stickers designed to keep those pointy bastards from being visible underneath your shirt to crotch cleanser and hair removal products for every part of the male body, it would appear that the most attractive Korean men are also the most feminine. Their logic is that if the women take time to be as beautiful as possible, so should they.

Korean nipple stickers for men, by far the most entertaining male beauty product in Korea

Pubic hair removal cream for men — only in Korea!

Korea has SO MANY male beauty products it is disturbing

Crotch cleanser for men

Shrek facial masks

Korea leg trimmer for men

Nipple Stickers For Men!

Since everyone wanted to know WTF was up with Korean nipple stickers for men, this week I tested them out. The following video is for all you curious folks. Oh and the Korean translation of the label on the front of the box is: Pleasant Vigor Grooming Conquest 😂

Korean nipple stickers for men video — how to use them and how to remove them

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Cute Household Products

Even ordinary household products such as sponges, clocks, pillows, fans and kitchen appliances need to be cute! Spend a few minutes shopping around any city in Korea and you will begin to understand. Just take a look at some of these products I discovered my first weekend in Korea:

Angry Mama, the best Korean microwave cleaner — and the only angry mama you want in your life 😉

Even the toiletries are cute 😂

Didn’t rabbit ears go out of style once TV went digital?

Korean cartoon fridge deodorizers are more efficient when cute

Perfect for a kid….except it is the Korean adults who use them 😂

I’m a sponge! A cute sponge 😝

Why let your cat sleep on you when you can sleep on it 😉

Cute Korean fans come in all shapes, sizes, colors and animals

Korean Money

Korean currency is the won and it is pronounced “wan” — like wand without the ‘d’ not like won. Notes come in 50,000, 10,000, 5,000 and 1,000 denominations and coins come in 500, 100, and 50. 1,000 won is worth a little under $1 USD, about the same price as a bottled water. Simple convenience store snacks range from 3,000-5,000 and a basic meal for one person can range from 8,000 to 20,000+ won.

Korean currency is called ‘won’ and denominations range from 1,000 to 50,000 plus coins for 500 won and less

Size Does Matter

It’s no secret. Everything in Asia is smaller. From beds and bathtubs to clothing, countertops, ceilings and yes, even condoms, being tall is a huge disadvantage in Southeast Asia.

Despite calling various Asian nations home over the last decade, I still manage to hit my head on a daily basis. Finding clothing that fits is a difficult task and finding shoes or sandals in my size is literally impossible. Even mirrors are hung so low that the reflection is of my chest, rather than my face. This is something that we vertically-gifted people will never be able to get used to, no matter how many years spent in Asia.

Bathtubs here are also incredibly small. Despite staying at one of the top-rated hotels in the city, my foot is nearly as wide as the bathtub. Even the shower head is located at eye-level — and in my attempts to raise it, I accidentally broke the shower. (oops!)

Ever visited Korea? What did you think?

See More Adventures Around Korea

First Impressions of Korea: The World’s Cutest And Drunkest Country Welcome to South Korea, quite possibly the cutest country in Asia, and undeniably the most drunken nation in the world.

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2018-04-01 18 BIT COIN now

BIT COIN

@AmberBaldet

Georgia passes a bill that’s bad news for security researchers. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/georgia-passes-anti-infosec-legislation …

@AriDavidPaul

Their fault for texting. We need to go back to old fashioned communication with greater human connection: AOL instant messenger. https://twitter.com/dickerson_des/status/979867128143794177 …

Laura has a great podcast. We chatted about security, custody improvements, and ASIC resistance. https://twitter.com/laurashin/status/979762986372947969 …

2/ Or just put the whole treasury in cryptokitty accessory stickers. https://www.kittyhats.co/

@ErikVoorhees

The Evolution of Religion https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2018/03/29/the-evolution-of-religion/amp/?__twitter_impression=true …

Software Daily Podcast: ShapeShift with Erik Voorhees https://www.softwaredaily.com/post/5abe18fc6422da00046b628c?platform=hootsuite … # via @software_daily #bitcoin #EndTheFed #fiat

If someone proposes that "blockchain can solve X"... ask them "Which blockchain?" If they are confused by that question, they may not know what they're talking about.

@Excellion

Finally got around to reading this. Great write up on $XRP from @kilrau. https://twitter.com/kilrau/status/937659345399156736 …

Got my hands on one of the new Ebang E10’s. 18TH, 10nm chips, built in power supply, and more efficient than an S9. It’s a beast. #DecentralizeMiningpic.twitter.com/TmE3ToByLY

You had us at satellite connections @TREZOR. We’ll take 50. https://twitter.com/trezor/status/980218726250438656 …

Japanese customer service is top notch. https://twitter.com/nathantolbert/status/979540725179256832 …

@KevinRose

New KRS Podcast: @adamgazz M.D. / Ph.D - Improving your brain with medically prescribable video games: https://www.kevinrose.com/single-post/Adam-Gazzaley …

can't wait to read this!! https://twitter.com/jasonfried/status/976850741985009664 …

So many cool topics in this episode...more reasons to use the sauna. https://twitter.com/foundmyfitness/status/975769511788929024 …

Happy Wednesday, much love to you all.

@Melt_Dem

is it bad that i view someone calling me “an absurdist, contrarian crypto troll” as a compliment? paging my mom aka @D_Demirors - can you put that on the fridge at home?

can we have a support group called "bag holders anonymous"? asking for a friend...

so excited for the US version of Crypto Finance Conference! if it's anything like the St Moritz, it's going to be absolute FIRE! https://twitter.com/marcpbernegger/status/979240765741240320 …

@Naval

The biggest cost of politics is that it can cause you to have comforting, false, and ultimately expensive beliefs about business and science.

Small tip: If you’re in the tech industry, make the effort to have a clean email address. “[email protected] ” signals poorly.

The Hedonic Ratchet

Fair people make fair offers. https://twitter.com/naval/status/979865634639986688 …

@NeerajKA

Anyone else seen these around Williamsburg?pic.twitter.com/qdab8wCFTD

The Sinbad Shazaam movie is real

Thinking about Jeb!’s turtles

Everyone donate to Coin Center so I can buy this jump suit http://coincenter.org/donate

@antoniehodge can I expense this

@NickSzabo4

Welcome to the UK in 2018, where publicly elected officials snitch on citizens for saying things they don't like it and call for their imprisonment.pic.twitter.com/auBXFA1lVv

how a well diversified modern portfolio management strategy would have managed in 1912 https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/holy-grail-hedge-fund-strategy-handle-black-swan-size-world-war-i-1576915 …

@SatoshiLite

Now, for something totally random. How do you spell this? After voting, read this: https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/news/a32934/the-berenstein-berenstain-bears-conspiracy-theory/ …

The rumors are true. We'll be holding the first ever Litecoin Summit this September in San Francisco. We'll update http://www.litecoinsummit.org as we have more information. Hope to see you there!

The job of blocks is trying to determine which transactions are real. Doing that outside of blocks is like trying to solve the byzantine general problem all over again. Satoshi already solved that with the blockchain!

@TuurDemeester

Weekend poll

@VitalikButerin

I just published "Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad": https://vitalik.ca/general/2018/03/28/plutocracy.html … @VladZamfir @dannyryan

The State of Ethereum Union - Ex Unitate Vires https://blog.cosmos.network/ethereum-and-cosmos-bae657645e31?source=linkShare-aa134d2d5140-1522374466 …pic.twitter.com/IZlcCWSNUq

@WhalePanda

"Where's Wally" game on Google maps.pic.twitter.com/LG6kCqPrQ6

#Bitcoin mempool (unconfirmed transactions) vs #Bitcoin UTXO set size (unspent outputs) during the last 12 months.pic.twitter.com/nqfNmLGGe0

If we roll back the chain and bail out the plant, there was never really a nuclear meltdown. https://twitter.com/bascule/status/979764534771511297 …

@aantonop

That article is by @starsoup7 who's written a lot on the topic of design in our industry. I'm reading up, better late than never...

Important work on design principles for blockchain apps: https://medium.com/design-ibm/blockchain-design-principles-599c5c067b6e …

Very important work. Design is an underappreciated skill in our industry. This article is about UI/UX design in DApps https://twitter.com/lyricalpolymath/status/979689345937477632 …

Sounds like the Nazarean cult is afraid of some competition

LOL https://twitter.com/weareyourfek/status/980164659054632960 …

@brian_armstrong

Made a new friend in the Amazon, Avi, joined us on the boat ride https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg-CzsylEQ0/

Friend made on the Amazon river, Avi https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg9P6TUlz1m/

Lots of rain today, but quite warm. Amazon rainforest https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg7aOwvFamE/

Old Spanish churchs in Latin America https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg6017NF-TT/

Amazon river https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg6dImilfXI/

@gavinandresen

The Ventures @ CICS (@umasscs) event will be held on April 3rd. See you there. #Entrepreneurship https://www.cics.umass.edu/event/ventures-cics-panel-networking-event …pic.twitter.com/HDQ9AmAhly

We’ve created https://doublespend.cash -- a tool demonstrating Bitcoin XT’s ability to monitor double spends on the Bitcoin Cash network

Damned if you do, damned if you don't? http://gavinthink.blogspot.com/2018/03/precautionary-principle-problems.html?spref=tw …

@lopp

Brace yourselves; Crypto Fool's Day is coming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGOUuXFucEg …

"If you don't run a fully validating node, you're a second class Bitcoin citizen. If you don't hold your own private keys, you're a third class Bitcoin citizen." - @TraceMayer

High time preference crypto noobs right now:pic.twitter.com/A0S9av6mac

I weighed in on current events at @CrushTheStreet in which we discussed ICOs, crypto ad bans, privacy, AI, and @CasaHODL . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPAHzcuQauA …

@prestonjbyrne

Tether releases full audit. https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/88ofay/tether_releases_full_audit_after_months_of_waiting/ …

This is what mind control looks like.pic.twitter.com/WVHFy9qDZ0

$2bn for a token that doesn’t yet exist shows you how much pent up demand there is once custody is solved for in bitcoin. https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/979829408570671104 …

Eat your heart out, Paul Wolfowitz https://twitter.com/dcexaminer/status/979776791660433413 …

@rogerkver

Be your own leader.

Too many people don’t understand that: GUN CONTROL IS GUN VIOLENCEpic.twitter.com/rIrEKkSCHr

Software developers far too often underestimate the importance of business developers.

@starkness

Tonight: @lightning Labs CTO @roasbeef to speak @SFBitcoinDevs about lnd 0.4, the beta release for the live bitcoin network! https://www.meetup.com/SF-Bitcoin-Devs/events/248815578/ …

The Times 21/Mar/2018 Bitcoin will the become world's single currency, tech chief says. https://twitter.com/Beautyon_/status/976511842926432256 …

Yes

@twobitidiot

$2bn for a token that doesn’t yet exist shows you how much pent up demand there is once custody is solved for in bitcoin. https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/979829408570671104 …

I understand not owning bitcoin, but how on earth could you *short* it right now given its history and tailwinds. https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/979901520832487425 …

Satoshis, the true token of LN.™

Closing credits of a movie with “Chain of Fools” playing and a reel of all the crypto frauds getting walked out of courtrooms and their mugshots

Bitcoin Magazine

Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review: South Korea Rises, Cryptocurrencies Falter

Hong Kong Exchange OKEx Rolls Back Futures Transactions

Intel Releases Patent for New Cryptocurrency Mining Accelerator

Cryptocurrency Exchange Bittrex Introduces Stable Tether-to-TrueUSD Pairing

Op Ed: France’s Emerging Cryptocurrency Policy Appears Optimistically Vague

Bitcoin Price

Telegram raises $850 million in second ICO round; Ethereum falls below $400

Cryptocurrency market bloodbath continues; Bitcoin Cash topples hard and fast – March 29

Litecoin dips hard for the first time since February – March 28

Ethereum falls to new 2018 low as markets tumble; Australia seeks public input on cryptocurrency taxation – Mar 27

Cryptocurrency market declines slightly; Monero devs say no to ASIC mining – March 26

Bitcoin Reddit

Just a reminder. They control the media. They control the banks. Don't let the fear, uncertainty and doubt get into your mind. Stay strong.

Ridiculous The Atlantic article asks if It’s unjust that most of Bitcoin’s investors are men

April fools! The dip was just one big joke. The whales got us good.

Hand made Bitcoin Quilt 100% Cotton. Truly one of a kind.

At Last: Halong Mining is NOT a Scam – nopara73 – Medium

Bitcoin.com

Test Drive: New Cryptocurrency Mobile App ‘Circle Invest’

US Bitcoin Trader Convicted for Illegal Money Transmission and Laundering

Report Details Surge in Crypto Mining on College Campuses

Cambodia’s Crypto Industry Marches Forward Despite Legal Grey Area

New ESMA Measures Impose 2:1 Restriction on Leverage for Crypto CFDs

Brave New Coin

New York law firm launches crypto litigation tracker

Towards a practice of token engineering

Blockchain as life: Incentivizing humans with machines

How blockchain can revolutionize the HR and recruitment industries

ICOs so hot right now and Morgan Creek hedge fund goes crypto

CCN

Decentralized Exchanges will Simplify the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem for End Users

Bitcoin Records 7% Increase as Cryptocurrency Market Rebounds From Yesterday’s Losses

Bitcoin Futures the Beginning of a New Derivatives Class: Wedbush Securities Director

Slump Begone: What’s Next For Cryptocurrencies? Tokens & Purpose

Opinion: Bitcoin’s Biggest Problem Isn’t Child Porn, It’s GDPR

Coin Journal

Safeguard Eyes US$12M ICO For AI System And Blockchain-Based Safety Data Marketplace

Havas Group Launches Havas Blockchain

Can Minds Capitalize on Facebook’s Failures ?

Two More Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchanges to Shut Down as Regulations Tighten

London Block Exchange Adds Ripple, More Coins to Follow

Coin Telegraph

Kazakh National Bank Considers Ban Of Crypto Trading, Mining In The Country

Report: Stealth Crypto Mining Much More Prevalent In Higher Ed Than Other Industries

Is Crypto Space Fated to Become Another Dotcom Bubble?

Thai Finance Ministry Releases Final Version Of Cryptocurrency Tax Framework

Major Russian Bank Looks To Pilot Crypto Transactions In Switzerland

CoinSpectator Blog

How Zerocoin is Set to Solve the “House Always Wins” Problem?

You can now pay with crypto in over 6,000 South Korean Shops

Gibraltar leads on ICO regulation

How Blockchain can Solve Problems for Online Gambling Sites?

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@AmberBaldet

Georgia passes a bill that’s bad news for security researchers. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/georgia-passes-anti-infosec-legislation …

Kind of got too busy to remember to boost this one, but I’m thrilled to host this month’s sold out #ETHNYC @ JPM’s Hudson Yards innovation hub! There is... a lot of pizza. https://twitter.com/nyc_techevents/status/977571246819995648 …

@AriDavidPaul

Their fault for texting. We need to go back to old fashioned communication with greater human connection: AOL instant messenger. https://twitter.com/dickerson_des/status/979867128143794177 …

Laura has a great podcast. We chatted about security, custody improvements, and ASIC resistance. https://twitter.com/laurashin/status/979762986372947969 …

2/ Or just put the whole treasury in cryptokitty accessory stickers. https://www.kittyhats.co/

@ErikVoorhees

The Evolution of Religion https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2018/03/29/the-evolution-of-religion/amp/?__twitter_impression=true …

Software Daily Podcast: ShapeShift with Erik Voorhees https://www.softwaredaily.com/post/5abe18fc6422da00046b628c?platform=hootsuite … # via @software_daily #bitcoin #EndTheFed #fiat

If someone proposes that "blockchain can solve X"... ask them "Which blockchain?" If they are confused by that question, they may not know what they're talking about.

@Excellion

HODL. Or HODL not. There is no try. #Bitcoinpic.twitter.com/bcLZu7f50a

C'mon, guys, we can't wait for the next episode! This is what we need, I mean based on the episodes I've watched so far - I consider The Magical Crypto Friends the "TOP GEAR" of Crypto space. In all seriousness. One learns a lot as well enjoys tons of fun and laugh.

When is "Episode 6: What did Charlie do this time?" coming out? @MagicalCrypto @Excellion @WhalePanda @fluffypony @SatoshiLitepic.twitter.com/sZVYU1kbTM

I think you’re obligated to record the song and make a music video now @La__Cuen. https://twitter.com/la__cuen/status/979530081361125376 …

If you’re an exchange operator and want to be a part of the #CryptocurrencyDataFeed hit me up! https://twitter.com/blockstream/status/979539061001113601 …

@KevinRose

can't wait to read this!! https://twitter.com/jasonfried/status/976850741985009664 …

So many cool topics in this episode...more reasons to use the sauna. https://twitter.com/foundmyfitness/status/975769511788929024 …

Happy Wednesday, much love to you all.

My first job was also $4.25/hr making bread sticks at Olive Garden. Then I got a job as a cashier at Computer City https://twitter.com/btaylor/status/970010441702260736 …

@Melt_Dem

is it bad that i view someone calling me “an absurdist, contrarian crypto troll” as a compliment? paging my mom aka @D_Demirors - can you put that on the fridge at home?

can we have a support group called "bag holders anonymous"? asking for a friend...

so excited for the US version of Crypto Finance Conference! if it's anything like the St Moritz, it's going to be absolute FIRE! https://twitter.com/marcpbernegger/status/979240765741240320 …

@Naval

Smart partners negotiate fair deals because they know that lopsided deals are fragile and that most value accumulates in long term trust relationships. You can tell a lot about a potential partner by their opening offer.

Groups who externalize thinking have to externalize responsibility as well.

Groups can’t admit to their members that they were wrong. That’s why when they lose in public, they fall back to conspiracy theories.

20) What is THE TRUTH about The Zone? 21) This is what I have discovered through my own experimentation. The Zone is not a state in which the mind is calm. 22) The Zone is a state in which the mind has disappeared.

@NeerajKA

Everyone donate to Coin Center so I can buy this jump suit http://coincenter.org/donate

@antoniehodge can I expense this

Do I cop?pic.twitter.com/YSAIUm00Q1

i dont know what this is or how it works or if it’s good

I'm minting my @CryptoFamous card to turn my Twitter into a CryptoCollectible™: https://cryptofamous.net/NeerajKA

@NickSzabo4

Welcome to the UK in 2018, where publicly elected officials snitch on citizens for saying things they don't like it and call for their imprisonment.pic.twitter.com/auBXFA1lVv

how a well diversified modern portfolio management strategy would have managed in 1912 https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/holy-grail-hedge-fund-strategy-handle-black-swan-size-world-war-i-1576915 …

@SatoshiLite

He also goes on to say that Bitcoin works because miners are greedy. That's true, but then if miners are greedy, it would be idiotic to orphan valid blocks and build off a shorter chain.

I just finished watching CSW's talk at Satoshi's Vision. I can't believe some people still think he's Satoshi. He proposed an idea to make 0-conf better: miners orphan blocks that includes double spends. This is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrVtC9r0sTU …

@TuurDemeester

Thread on "decentralized Twitter": https://twitter.com/muneeb/status/979722014767403019 …

Discussion about the mathematical proof that it is impossible to determine the “true” transaction history in a PoS blockchain without an additional source of trust: https://forum.blockstack.org/t/pos-blockchains-require-subjectivity-to-reach-consensus/762?u=muneeb …

Given the math proof that proof-of-stake is impossible without relying on an external source of trust, imo the PoS school is ultimately a set of political theories. Vitalik's article reminded me of Plato's belief that everything would be great if only philosophers were in charge.pic.twitter.com/kuGvZOTIQE

Vitalik Buterin criticizes delegated proof of stake, yet still believes: "The answer is ... cryptoeconomics". https://vitalik.ca/general/2018/03/28/plutocracy.html …

Thread: https://twitter.com/MartyBent/status/896775534658686979 …

@VitalikButerin

I just published "Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad": https://vitalik.ca/general/2018/03/28/plutocracy.html … @VladZamfir @dannyryan

The State of Ethereum Union - Ex Unitate Vires https://blog.cosmos.network/ethereum-and-cosmos-bae657645e31?source=linkShare-aa134d2d5140-1522374466 …pic.twitter.com/IZlcCWSNUq

Recap: Ethereum Sharding Workshop in Taipei https://medium.com/@icebearhww/ethereum-sharding-workshop-in-taipei-a44c0db8b8d9 … Thank you! @ethereum #sharding #icanttageveryone

Excited to be part of this initiative! https://twitter.com/Give_Directly/status/978796862936375296 …

@WhalePanda

Oh damn all social media usernames? They better add an extra page for the @BitcoinCom staff if any of Roger's employees want to enter the US. https://twitter.com/business/status/979589162910257152?s=19 …

Real Tether vs Wannabe Tether. Interesting times we live in. https://twitter.com/BittrexExchange/status/979419926917275651 …

$Crypto is definitely crumbling. #Bitcoin only up 7x in a year. Please send help. https://twitter.com/izakaminska/status/979323457728073728?s=19 …

@aantonop

Ridiculous yet true. Reality has become absurd. https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/979498330710425602 …

Sorry to longtime followers that know all this, but if you like Twitter bots and: - public records, @FOIAfeed - fruit watercolors, @pomological - emoji trains, @choochoobot - Joe Brainard, @i_remember_txt - old 78 records, @78_sampler - weird postcard poetry, @postcards_past

They also shot down our list that supposed to be used to announce critical updates to ETC

Great comments on my video about chargeback risks and decentralized exchanges like Bisq - Thread https://twitter.com/bisq_network/status/979472634747514882 …

This is the second instance I hear of @mailchimp shutting down accounts related to crypto-currencies. Not ones advertising ICOs, or even exchanges. Just news, books, event announcements. https://twitter.com/evan_van_ness/status/979485548476710912 …

@brian_armstrong

Friend made on the Amazon river, Avi https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg9P6TUlz1m/

Lots of rain today, but quite warm. Amazon rainforest https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg7aOwvFamE/

Old Spanish churchs in Latin America https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg6017NF-TT/

Amazon river https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg6dImilfXI/

Amazon rain forest hikes https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg6dFwMFfIA/

@gavinandresen

The Ventures @ CICS (@umasscs) event will be held on April 3rd. See you there. #Entrepreneurship https://www.cics.umass.edu/event/ventures-cics-panel-networking-event …pic.twitter.com/HDQ9AmAhly

We’ve created https://doublespend.cash -- a tool demonstrating Bitcoin XT’s ability to monitor double spends on the Bitcoin Cash network

Damned if you do, damned if you don't? http://gavinthink.blogspot.com/2018/03/precautionary-principle-problems.html?spref=tw …

@lopp

High time preference crypto noobs right now:pic.twitter.com/A0S9av6mac

I weighed in on current events at @CrushTheStreet in which we discussed ICOs, crypto ad bans, privacy, AI, and @CasaHODL . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPAHzcuQauA …

In high stakes adversarial environments you must defend against the impossible because the impossible will happen. H/T @hugohanoi https://medium.com/@hugonguyen/proof-of-stake-the-wrong-engineering-mindset-15e641ab65a2#---0-283 …pic.twitter.com/JNuohs6dn6

Connecting your hardware wallet to your own full node https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/880q54/electrum_personal_server_beta_release/ …

Grin team is making great progress & just launched testnet2! New features: * Schnorr-style signatures * Fast chain sync & pruning * Dandelion protocol * Compact range proofs w / bulletproofs * An efficient multi-device GPU miner * Compact block propagation https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin/ …

@prestonjbyrne

Breakups are hard to experience, but in the end we all know it's for the best.pic.twitter.com/6ybfb20T9y

Vox op-ed claiming Russia connection in five, four, three, two... https://twitter.com/thehill/status/979774520407023616 …

Let's face it, the kids who are fun to hang out with are pro-gun https://twitter.com/DLoesch/status/979829811332964352 …

Our response to the SEC’s first round of questions and comments on our Reg A+ Security Token Offering has been submitted! One step closer to making finance history.pic.twitter.com/X98cwpCBmr

“If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.” - @nntaleb This applies to everyone in crypto.

@rogerkver

Be your own leader.

Too many people don’t understand that: GUN CONTROL IS GUN VIOLENCEpic.twitter.com/rIrEKkSCHr

Software developers far too often underestimate the importance of business developers.

[email protected] , the man who had the vision to go all in on bitcoin in 2011 is one of Bitcoin Cash’s biggest supporters today. #MeToo https://falkvinge.net/2011/05/29/why-im-putting-all-my-savings-into-bitcoin/ …

@starkness

Tonight: @lightning Labs CTO @roasbeef to speak @SFBitcoinDevs about lnd 0.4, the beta release for the live bitcoin network! https://www.meetup.com/SF-Bitcoin-Devs/events/248815578/ …

The Times 21/Mar/2018 Bitcoin will the become world's single currency, tech chief says. https://twitter.com/Beautyon_/status/976511842926432256 …

Yes

@twobitidiot

I pretty much https://twitter.com/AmberBaldet/status/979834020912607232 …

Sometimes, right when you feel like you need to work 100x harder, what you actually need is a break.

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[email protected] has no top gainers today. pic.twitter.com/TjREDHvCzR

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