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I had bitcoin in a Lumi wallet. I had not logged on in a while, typed in Lumi to google and went to the first page up top ( web.lumiwallet.org ) I typed in my recovery phrase, then was wondering why my balance was loading for so long. I then downloaded Coin Wallet, entered my […]
Brendan Sorsby’s most recent betting scandal that has rocked the college sports world is an indictment of fiat and our modern culture more than anyone thinks. To give a bit of background for the Bitcoin community: the transfer from Cincinnati, QB Brendan Sorsby, was due to make a massive 4 to 5 million dollars this […]
I bought a large lump sum of IBIT in a registered account because I wanted Bitcoin exposure with tax advantages. I now realize there are trade-offs: I don’t hold the underlying asset directly, there are management fees, and I ended up buying near a market peak. With the subsequent drawdown, roughly 25%–30% of my portfolio […]
When FTX collapsed, I genuinely thought Bitcoin might be finished. Not just another bear market. I mean finished. Regulation, contagion, trust destroyed. I sold most of my position somewhere around $16k telling myself I was being rational. Six months later I was buying back above $25k. The thing that bothers me most isn't the money. […]
Yesterday's institutional outflow data showed BlackRock's IBIT shedding roughly 2,424 BTC (around $178M). Most mainstream headlines are immediately reading this as a bearish signal, but digging into the raw numbers tells a completely different story. Context matters, and BlackRock’s total Bitcoin exposure is still absolutely massive: IBIT still holds roughly 792,000 BTC (valued at over […]
Texas has appointed a five-member advisory committee to oversee its Strategic Bitcoin Reserve as the state prepares to transition from ETF exposure to directly custodied bitcoin. submitted by /u/TheresNoSecondBest [link] [comments]
I know we're still in the bear market, but timewise this is quite an unexpected dump in the last days, right? 12% in the last 2 weeks. No real macro indicators, positive news on war, stocks are flying worldwide. Is everyone fleeing into stocks? BTC too risky all of a sudden? submitted by /u/Electrical-Value-673 [link] […]
Bitcoin has no boss. No foundation that votes on changes, no CEO who decides the roadmap, no shareholders' meeting, no token-holder vote. But the protocol does evolve. Slowly, contentiously, through a process nobody designed but everybody recognizes. Five stakeholder groups hold the real power — not by decree, but by veto. Any one of them […]
Quick background if you have not run into it: the 1000 BTC Challenge is an on-chain puzzle from 2015. Someone funded 160 addresses whose private keys sit in deliberately increasing ranges (key N is between 2N-1 and 2N), and in 2023 the prizes were bumped 10x. The low ones have been picked off over the […]
A lot of people assume self-custody means making everything way more complicated. But honestly, once you use COLDCARD, you realize a secure setup can still be pretty straightforward. It meets Bitcoiners wherever they’re at, whether you just want to safely hodl long term or you’re into using multisig, and advanced setups. Feels like the “secure […]
Bitcoin Optech newsletter #407 is here: - announces the responsible disclosure of a vulnerability that allowed a remote peer to crash Core Lightning nodes - links to transcripts from a recent Bitcoin Core developer meeting - Optech Newsletter #407 Podcast https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/05/29/ Chandra Pratap posted to Delving Bitcoin disclosing a denial-of-service vulnerability discovered during a Summer […]
Most Bitcoin investors watch price. Few watch what drives it. Global liquidity — M2, Fed balance sheet, Reverse Repo, TGA, credit spreads — has historically led Bitcoin by weeks to months. When liquidity expands, Bitcoin tends to follow. When it contracts, Bitcoin feels it first. I built LiquidityPulse to track exactly this. It combines these […]
I’ve been holding crypto since 2021, mostly BTC, but honestly I’m getting tired of just letting it sit there. Every time I want to actually use it, it feels like a whole process. Move funds to an exchange, convert to fiat, deal with fees, wait for withdrawals, then finally spend it. At that point it […]
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My solar panels create more electricity than I can use, what is a good suggestion for a setup for mining when electricity is free? submitted by /u/bradwwww [link] [comments]