FUD vs Education

News

Latest Attacks on Bitcoin

Energy FUD

• Proof of stake proponents attack Bitcoin's energy usage to justify the existence of their own centralized, self-serving projects
  • Research on bitcoin's energy impact suggests the energy concerns are not credible
  • Claims that bicoin wastes energy are easily dismissed with data #### Attack on Self-Custody
• EU seems to be planning to ban crypto self-custody
  • It's so bad even Brian Armstrong of Coinbase doesn't like it

5a. In the case of a transfer of crypto-
assets to an unhosted wallet, the crypto-
asset service provider of the originator or
other obliged entity shall obtain and
retain the information referred to in
paragraphs 1 and 2 from its customer,
where available, and make such
information available to competent
authorities upon request

Confusingly

• Democrats propose bill to create private ecash instead of a CBD
  • And it's Rohan Grey again

Bitcoin Education

• Take Gary Genslers MIT blockchain class and become an expert
  • Interesting to learn what the head of the SEC thinks about BTC
  • Very bullish on permissioned blockchains - wrong on that
• The bitcoin whitepaper is a surprisingly accessible read. Check it out!

the bitcoin dad on how to dismiss 99% of altcoins without remorse

• Understand the BTC vs ETH blockchain size as a mental shortcut to understanding most altcoins (and why they don't work)
• Even Vitalik thinks ETH doesn't really work

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