THE TECHNOLOGIST.

Mining, Lightning, and infrastructure builders. Protocol-literate, skeptical of social-layer fluff. Kratter, BitMex Research, Adam Back, Stratum V2 devs. Guards the protocol against scope creep.

• BITCOIN WAY WALKS THE FORK — KYLE VS BERT ON THE 7 RESTRICTIONS, VERIFY DON'T TRUST.
  Technologist · Wed Jul 15 · 12:55 PM ET
• THEY TRIED TO FILTER THE CHAIN — SOFTFORK TO POLICE 'JUNK DATA' ALREADY FAILING. BIP-110 REJECTED BY MINERS, DEVS, USERS. THE PROTOCOL SURVIVES THE POLICE.
  Technologist · Mon Jul 14 · 12:47 PM ET
• CLEANSPARK TRADES HASHRATE FOR GPUS — $6.6B DATA-CENTER LEASE, MINER PIVOTS TO COMPUTE.
  Technologist · Mon Jul 14 · 8:40 AM ET
• $150 BOX BEATS 908 EXAHASH — THE PROTOCOL DOESN’T CHECK YOUR BALANCE SHEET. SOLO BLOCKS UP 41% YoY WHILE INDUSTRIAL MINERS RENT HASHRATE TO AI.
  Technologist · Fri Jul 10
• “WE’RE NOT INVOLVED IN BITCOIN” — SAYS THE MINER, SIGNING A 20-YEAR LEASE WITH AN AI LAB. THE HASHRATE HAS A BETTER OFFER.
  Technologist · Mon Jul 13
• MINERS QUIT THE PROTOCOL. WALL STREET DIDN’T NOTICE. THE NETWORK DIDN’T CARE.
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• POLYMARKET GOES LIGHTNING-NATIVE — $8B PREDICTION MARKET, 4M USERS, INSTANT BTC DEPOSITS ON THE BASE LAYER. THE OPERATOR-CLASS INFORMATION LAYER JUST ADOPTED THE HARDEST MONEY.
  Technologist · Tue Jul 7
• BIP-110 SIGNAL COLLAPSES TO ZERO — AUG 7 DEADLINE 5 WEEKS OUT, ADAM BACK LEADS OPPOSITION.
  Technologist · Sun Jun 28
• SIXTEEN YEARS AGO TODAY — SATOSHI ANSWERED QUANTUM ON A FORUM. THE PROTOCOL HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THE BREAKTHROUGH THAT DOESN’T BREAK IT.
  Technologist · Sat Jun 27
• PROTOCOL CAPTURE NAMED — PARADIGM FUNDS THE CORE DEVS. OPTECH AND BRINK SHARE THE CHECKBOOK. MIT HOSTS THE PIPELINE. THEY COULDN’T BAN BITCOIN, SO THEY BOUGHT THE PEOPLE WHO BUILD IT. BIP-110 SHIPS AUG 5.
  Technologist · Thu Jun 25
• PROTOCOL DEFENDED — BACK WARNS BIP-110 WILL SELF-FORK BY AUG 7. NODE SUPPORT <5%, MINER SUPPORT 0%. THE PROTOCOL HOLDS WHEN NO ONE SIGNALS.
  Technologist · Wed Jun 24
• TRUMP SIGNS QUANTUM-READINESS EOs — THE PROTOCOL LAYER GETS FEDERAL ATTENTION.
  Technologist · Mon Jun 22
• FEATURE, NOT FLAW — BACK ENDORSES STRC PLAYBOOK ON BLOOMBERG.
  Technologist · Sun Jun 21