Adam Back

Fishy mining with Ocean pool
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5 December, 2023

Fishy mining with Ocean pool

In 2011, Dashjr started one of the first Bitcoin mining pools called "Eligius," presumably named after the patron saint of...
Crypto Open Patent Alliance is rotten to the core
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23 November, 2023

Crypto Open Patent Alliance is rotten to the core

In the latest charges against COPA members, Kraken was charged by the SEC on November 20 over illegally selling digital...
Vitalik Buterin says BTC’s ‘really weird politics’ holding back adoption
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10 July, 2023

Vitalik Buterin says BTC’s ‘really weird politics’ holding back adoption

Vitalik Buterin said in a Twitter Space with Eric Wall and Udi Wertheimer that BTC has effectively merged its technical...
BTC response to Ordinals will be yet another demonstration of centralized power
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18 May, 2023

BTC response to Ordinals will be yet another demonstration of centralized power

Ordinals have been highly divisive—some decry the congestion caused by sending so much traffic to the BTC blockchain, while others...
China court says Tether stablecoin ‘should not be circulated’
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8 July, 2022

China court says Tether stablecoin ‘should not be circulated’

A Chinese court has ruled that local companies can’t pay their workers’ wages with USDT (aka Tether) because the government—like...
How Gavin Andresen gave away 19,700 bitcoins in 2010—the Bitcoin faucet turns 12
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14 June, 2022

How Gavin Andresen gave away 19,700 bitcoins in 2010—the Bitcoin faucet turns 12

Andresen was one of the earliest Bitcoin developers and advocates. He got involved with Bitcoin in 2010 and had interacted...
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