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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

3 months

No matter how many times I have seen this, it never gets old. Favourite #Bitcoin pumping video...

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@gregory_nico

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Medium of exchange is a distraction? I swear the title of the white paper was. "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System"

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

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JPEGs, spam, and junk items on the Bitcoin blockchain are distractions. The real adversary is companies like ChainAnalysis, whose voodoo science threatens Bitcoin's foundational principle as a peer-to-peer currency. In the Roman Sterlingov case, unreviewed, closed-source

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

1 year

Excited to announce the release of our latest paper, working tirelessly with @raypaxful and Antoine Riard! We propose a new peer-to-peer electronic market system built on the #Bitcoin and #Lightning . It's open-source and we've already started implementing it! #opensource

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

7 months

@Snowden Democracy is an illusion...

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

1 year

Today we introduce MercuryLayer, our new Bitcoin Layer 2 initiative! We're thrilled to announce this significant step in our journey. Inspired by @SomsenRuben statechains paper, we initially developed MercuryWallet in 2020.

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

11 months

Exciting news! Proud to announce the first release of CivKit Node, a basic Nostr relay with additional features for a functional peer-to-peer market board, written in Rust. Check out the GitHub link below to explore and get involved! 🔗 GitHub:

GitHub - civkit/civkit-node: CivKit Node

CivKit Node. Contribute to civkit/civkit-node development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

2 months

Bitcoin was created to be a superior form of money, not a religion. The moment it becomes blind dogma rather than an evolving financial innovation, it's time to reevaluate

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

10 months

1/7: We're excited to announce a new #LightningNetwork server implementation, Civikt Orage! 🎉

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

7 months

@mohammed_hijab @benshapiro @PiersUncensored Can't blame him for fearing you, you are not small :)

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

24 days

History does not repeat but it does rhyme...

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

6 months

The Irony of Bitcoin Influencers and the Myth of Software Ossification In the dynamic and often speculative world of Bitcoin, the concept of 'software ossification' becomes a paradox, especially when promoted by certain Bitcoin influencers. It's almost comedic, akin to armchair

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

1 month

Bitcoin layer2s for the win. Lightning network with have Bolt 12 soon, @mercurylayer will be live next month. #bitcoin #Layer2

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

5 years

Assets , Securities and Cryptocurrency

The issuance of third party assets on "the blockchain" is an idea almost as old as Bitcoin itself. For years I have been intrigued by this concept and have researched and participated in the implem...

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

15 days

Tom Hardy knows...

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

1 year

Virtual Open Dimes is the way.

What Bitcoin Did

@WhatBitcoinDid

2 years

"You're essentially turning bitcoin into a dollar bill...I was a fan of Opendimes...we've kind of made them virtual." - @gregory_nico WBD560

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

2 months

@L0laL33tz So anonymous crypto in Europe tax free now?

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

5 months

Success in Bitcoin was always destined to attract adversaries, particularly in the form of weak men. These individuals, lacking in both vision and integrity, are the true enemy. They articulate convincingly, yet they possess no substantial history of creation or contribution. In

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

3 months

Always said: Scalability issues = users, a good sign. Being hacked = we're valuable. Our database on the @mercurylayer testnet was hacked & faced a ransom demand yesterday. If these numpties had read our docs, they'd know we're a blinded service with no valuable data. Proves why

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

5 months

Best example of biggest threat to Bitcoin…

BitcoinSapiens ⚡️

@BitcoinSapiens

5 months

Ready to make a change to the #Bitcoin protocol when these 10 people agree it’s needed. 1- @jimmysong 2- @BitcoinPierre 3- @dergigi 4- @PortlandHODL 5- @saifedean 6- @Excellion 7- @giacomozucco 8- @BitcoinErrorLog 9- @MrHodl 10- @saylor

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

1 month

Do you truly want Wall Street's involvement in funding Bitcoin development? History suggests this is dumb, as their track record indicates a propensity for imposing control. I have firsthand experience working within Wall Street, building trading and risk software. I

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

2 months

It's remarkable that in 2024, there is still a misunderstanding that recording data on a blockchain automatically creates a 'digital asset.' Companies have tracked ownership of stocks and other assets digitally for years without using blockchains. The primary purpose of a

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

8 months

If it were not for the Roman Empire, we would never had the movie Gladiator…

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

8 months

No better place for a conference then @SurfinBitcoin and great photographer!

Surfin'Bitcoin

@SurfinBitcoin

8 months

💥 Revivez Surfin' Bitcoin 2023 en vidéo, la conférence incontournable de l'année ! #SBTC23 On a hâte de vous retrouver l'année prochain pour la 5e édition 🏄‍♂️😎

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

1 year

🔗 Look at our paper here: We can't wait to see how to will work in the wild.

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

2 months

The guy is basically saying you can not have a democracy without freedom to transact your funds. CBDC does not fix this, Bitcoin does...

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@INCIndia

2 months

All our bank accounts have been frozen. We cannot do our campaign work. We cannot support our workers and candidates. Our leaders cannot travel from one part of the country to the other. We're unable to put out our ads. This is being done two months before the election campaign.

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

1 year

It seems that @torproject is suffering under DDOS. Projects are going to have to be network agnostic and be able to switch to different networks. We have been looking I2P. Coming soon...

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

8 months

Mastering JiuJitsu: The BJJ GOAT, Roger Gracie via @YouTube

Mastering JiuJitsu: The GOAT, Roger Gracie

https://www.patreon.com/StuartCooperFilmsSubscribe to my NEW PATREON PAGE to access more EXCLUSIVE & UNSEEN Jiujitsu video content. This will help me to keep...

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

2 months

Lightning Latch Transfers Unlocked 🔓 We at @commerceblock been working hard on attaching spending conditions to existing statecoins! With @mercurylayer 's blinded servers, we can now leverage Hodl invoices to lock funds until a payment hash pre-image is revealed. This allows

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

1 year

The things you see on the london tude... I would have asked her number for other bitcoiners, but she was with a guy.

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

1 month

They rendered gold irrelevant by reducing it to a mere pet rock, with boomers insisting it will regain its former glory. The same narrative is happening around Bitcoin. Let's not forget the Bitcoin paper: 'Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.' Its for payment not just

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

2 years

i can't think of anything more bullish for bitcoin

Ukraine war: UK joins ban on imports of Russian gold

The move by the UK, US, Canada and Japan will "strike at the heart of Putin's war machine", the UK PM says.

www.bbc.com

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

1 year

The system enables censorship-resistant and permissionless trading between users of Bitcoin. We leverage the Nostr protocol for a decentralised P2P order book and the Bitcoin for our Web-of-Stakes market ranking paradigm #Nostr

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

7 months

Most bitcoiners have failed, @raycivkit

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

2 months

Mercury Layer's Lightning Latch Swap Protocol

The new atomic swap protocol developed by Commerceblock for their Mercury Layer protocol begins the process of stitching the Lightning Network and statechains together to function as a singular...

bitcoinmagazine.com

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

1 year

🌍 This system has the potential to enable global trade of any kind of item, including fiat currencies, goods, and services, all over the world. 🚀

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

9 months

@culturaltutor San Sebastián

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

3 months

Sample UI for @mercurylayer almost complete.... #bitcoin #layer2

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

7 years

Decentralised exchanges are going to become a lot more popular.

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

3 months

Mmm, sorry @mercurylayer was not invented by @Blockstream

Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠

@basedlayer

3 months

There's a tsunami coming

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

28 days

Encrypted PGP chat for dispute resolution coming to #Civkit

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

1 year

Great article from @BitcoinMagazine from @brian_trollz on work we have been doing with the broader community to get lightning / statechains compatibility. #bitcoin #lightningnetwork #statechains

Integrating Statechains With Lightning Channels Can Allow For Off-Chain Balancing And Improved...

A Commerceblock BLIP facilitates Lightning channels built on Bitcoin statechains, improving flexibility for the Layer 2 protocol.

bitcoinmagazine.com

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

3 months

Overwhelmed by inquiries about creating a token for @mercurylayer . Surprisingly, those asking haven't grasped from our docs that it's not feasible. A 30-second read would clarify! #Bitcoin #ReadTheDocs

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Nicholas Gregory

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5 months

So called bit-coiners kissing the arse of blackrock...

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

4 months

Layer 2 @mercurylayer employs a decrementing locktime contract, where the lifespan of a state coin diminishes by 8 hours with each statecoin transition. This process hinges on the nLockTime parameter in transactions, a feature designed to enhance security. The rationale behind

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

5 months

Nice to see people playing / experimenting with the @mercurylayer test network! #Bitcoin #Layer2

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

6 years

@ToneVays @binance The biggest scammers always tend to be the ones calling out others as scammers

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

8 months

Institutions are coming. Me and @TTrevethan at a big bank to discuss lightning, CivKit and MercuryLayer. #Statechains , #Civkit , #Bitcoin

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There are no UTXOs stored in @mercurylayer ; it does not exert control over transactions. The service functions purely as a blind signing service. As long as the service can confirm that a session owner can cryptographically prove ownership, it will sign. It does not verify the

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

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@BitcoinHalving Yes and this

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

8 months

@mercurylayer is evolving. CoinSwap will be a Nostr service. More services to come! #bitcoin #Statechain #privacy #coinswap

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

1 month

@TheVladCostea i run a monero node and always will...

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

1 year

BJJ in your 40s is a different type of Proof of Work. Great honor to get a belt promotion from arguably the greatest ever, Roger Gracie!

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

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@Musqet_David Pet rocks...

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

5 years

@Ragnarly 1BTC = 1BTC, end of 2019

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

9 months

@ErikVoorhees I thought did this

DCRDEX | Cryptocurrency Exchange

DCRDEX is an open source, peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange built by the Decred Project.

dex.decred.org

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

3 months

I am starting to get very sceptical now of any white papers or blogs I see claiming something without working code. Idea/vision = 3%, Execution 97%...

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

7 months

Hash rate about to increase…

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

1 year

We've started implementing the ideas from the paper, and it's an open-source project. We invite you to join us and contribute to the codebase. We're open to pull requests and believe that collaboration will make this project even more successful. 🤝 #collaboration

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@gregory_nico

1 year

🚀 Exciting news! The Staking Credentials spec, part of the upcoming #CivKit project, has been released! Initial code drop is less than a month away. Get a sneak peek here:

GitHub - civkit/staking-credentials-spec: Staking Credentials specification

Staking Credentials specification. Contribute to civkit/staking-credentials-spec development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

30 days

The UK government claims we're the crypto capital, but that's BS. Need to set aside distractions like digital assets, stablecoins, CBDCs, mining and ideas like bangers & mash on the blockchain. Focusing on Bitcoin being used as payment is a quick win for gov and BTC users alike.

Simon Dixon

@SimonDixonTwitt

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This is 100% true. Tax it as a currency & people will use it as a currency. Tax it as an asset & people will use it as an asset. El Salvador 🇸🇻, Portugal 🇵🇹, Germany 🇩🇪 etc. made it possible to be used as a currency for tax treatment.

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@gregory_nico

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The "bitcoin needs bigger blocks" argument reminds me of my banking days. A trader said "Make the app faster, just use multiple threads." I was dumbfounded by the naive belief that tweaking one parameter could magically solve performance issues. It severely underestimated the

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@gregory_nico

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In just 2 weeks, Civkit Node (Nostr implementation) will support on-chain payments, DDOS protection, and pay-to-publish! Dive in: #CivkitUpdate Not many may know, but you can already run a Civkit node. Give it a try. Currently you can publish offers,

GitHub - civkit/civkit-node: CivKit Node

CivKit Node. Contribute to civkit/civkit-node development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

2 months

Fun night, they took my comment about “blockchain and digital assets, being a load of nonsense”, fairly well…

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@CryptoMondaysUK - rly enjoyed this panel all about Bitcoin. Tysm @LaraAssi11 @STXLDN @e_rossiello @HDisney @gregory_nico

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

11 months

Can’t stop, won’t stop. #Civkit

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@timmyisagod

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Running CIVKIT, CIVKIT is advancing Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin vision, striving to achieve the full potential of the BITCOIN .it’s creating an unstoppable global electronic marketplace, empowering individuals worldwide to construct their own peer-to-peer trading platforms

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

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Chatting with @raycivkit about what is really happening in Nigeria #bitcoin #civkit

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Yeh, uploading your KYC data everywhere is such a good idea...

MoD data breach: UK armed forces' personal details accessed in hack

The details of serving Army, RAF and Navy personnel are involved, the BBC understands.

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@gregory_nico

2 months

After getting rid of Ubuntu and installing pops os. I am loving Linux again! #linux

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@gregory_nico

6 months

@robin_linus @renepickhardt @brqgoo @mercurylayer will be live in weeks and does not need an upgrade to layer 1.

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

1 month

Proud daddy, my little girl was not scared to ski a glacier by the Matterhorn…. She is based!

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@gregory_nico

10 months

Got to love the #Civkit community. I wake up in the morning and someone put this in our discord channel. Civkit, the achilles heel of CBDCs!

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@gregory_nico

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A question we frequently get asked is why not use a federation of signers for @mercurylayer . I've answered this many times. It's not until you spend time designing and thinking about execution that you encounter challenges. The current protocol is totally blind, and the benefits

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@gregory_nico

1 year

We plan to provide these tools alongside the release of full cryptographic blinding for Mercury. This ensures that Mercury will no longer see any Bitcoin addresses or possesses any information about deposited coins or swaps.

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Nicholas Gregory

@gregory_nico

6 months

@raycivkit on how bitcoin maxis are pathetic and @thecivkit can save bitcoin

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@gregory_nico

1 month

Bitcoin's journey to becoming money hinges on our ability to build practical use cases that leverage it as money. While milestones like ETFs, new exchanges, and public companies adopting Bitcoin bolster its status as digital property, they alone do not fulfill the vision

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@gregory_nico

9 months

MercuryLayer will be live by Q4. We still provide a default wallet on Stayed tuned. Working on mobile / desktop support with lightning network integration.

Mercury Layer

@mercurylayer

9 months

As we move forward with our new Blinded MPC off chain layer. We will discontinuing support for Mercury Wallet. Services will remain available for a 3 month period which is the duration of a statecoin. Look out for production release of Mercury Layer.

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@gregory_nico

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Mainstay is coming to Civkit! What's the impact? It ensures proof of publication for Civkit market orders and integrates seamlessly with the expansive Nostr ecosystem. Expect more use cases and experiments on the horizon... 🔗 #Civkit #Nostr #Bitcoin

feat: implement mainstay for attestation of events by DhananjayPurohit · Pull Request #68 ·...

Not sure about which events needs attestation, implemented the attestation for events of SubscribedEvent type only for now. https://github.com/civkit/civkit-node/pull/68/files#diff-d57fbbfa7926bfcc...

github.com

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@gregory_nico

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@NeilJacobs Retirement sucks…

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Wrong take. It’s about scaling bitcoin to support more users..

Cory Klippsten 🦢 #Bitcoin is moral tender

@coryklippsten

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If I wanted a scambrian explosion of shitcoining "on Bitcoin" I would claim that "a fork is coming" so that people would be tempted to align behind one of several script options (all of which lead to a shitcoin explosion). But what if "Fork coming!" is just marketing?

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The @thecivkit reputation system is starting to take on shape, data stored on #nostr relays, verified against #Mainstay attestations...

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@gregory_nico

8 months

Mercury Updates #MercuryLayer is nearing completion, and soon you'll be able to perform fully-blinded transfers of private keys. 🛡️ 👩‍💻 Check out the dev branch to download and explore: 🤔 Questions? Join the conversation here:

Mercury Layer

You can view and join @mercury_layer right away.

t.me

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@gregory_nico

1 year

We're hopeful that the highly anticipated AnyPrevOut upgrade to Bitcoin will be happen within the next year. This new feature on the consensus layeer will enable many improvements to MercuryLayer, including the possibility of establishing a shared global on-chain state.

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@gregory_nico

1 year

Market trades are locked under Bitcoin contracts to avoid reliance on trusted third parties for dispute arbitration. Privacy-preserving service credentials backed by Bitcoin payments incentivise all market nodes. #decentralized

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@gregory_nico

10 months

Our ultimate goal is to stimulate the development of more 'Lightning-aware' applications. By integrating custom scripts, Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs), and #Taproot , we aim to collectively facilitate this ambition. 🚀

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@gregory_nico

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Road map for Civkit #Civkit . Expected delivery end of Q4 2023. Please come join us. #opensource #Bitcoin #Lightningnetwork #nostr

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@gregory_nico

10 months

Lifting with @raycivkit is brutal !

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@gregory_nico

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@DrBitcoinMD Yeh, came to the conclusion that our / all parents are imperfect. It helps…

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@gregory_nico

3 months

Over the past week, I've delved into reading Satoshi's emails, gaining fun insights. One striking realisation is that Satoshi never sought permission; he simply forged ahead with his vision. The moment you seek permission, you cede a portion of your power. No entity willingly

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@gregory_nico

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Thanks @bitfinex on this informative article on @mercurylayer #bitcoin #Layer2

What is Mercury Layer? - Bitfinex blog

A New Kind of Bitcoin Layer 2 Protocol Mercury Layer, created by Commerce Block, represents a significant advancement in Bitcoin’s layer 2 scaling ecosystem, focusing on enhancing privacy and...

blog.bitfinex.com

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@gregory_nico

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"The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past." - Sir Tim Berners-Lee "The Bitcoin as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past." - Anonymous Its not time to ossify...

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@gregory_nico

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My thought on ordinals. Real men don't fear Jpegs...

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6 months

Can’t say this is not fascinating to watch…

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@gregory_nico

4 months

Rethinking Bitcoin adoption: It's clear that top-down approaches with politicians may not be the best path. Just like Bitcoin's origins as a grassroots movement, perhaps we should engage politicians in a similar narrative. This weekend, I discussed with Councillor @AmandaJayneB

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