Bitcoin

resources.md

Energy

• https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin/wiki/Energy-Waste-Fallacy
• Bitcoin Transactions and Energy - Unpacking A Common Fallacy

  • Bitcoin energy consumption will scale proportionally to the amount of transactions that the Bitcoin network has to process — right? Wrong.

  • “I keep reading that Bitcoin energy usage has increased over this past year!” the cause here is entirely economic.

• Stop worrying about how much energy bitcoin uses
• Bitcoin vs Banks: Which Uses More Energy?

  • we get approximately 100 or so terawatts of power consumed by banks each year. Clearly, this pales in comparison to the 25-30 terawatts Bitcoin consumes.

• "Cryptocurrency mining gets a lot of bad press, but we've found that power companies love mining because it creates a consistent load on the grid." - @jpbaric
• CEO of Hydro-Québec announces plans to attract Bitcoin miners to Quebec to mitigate energy policy crisis (low demand, excess supply)

Lightning Network

• Bitcoin Q&A: Misconceptions about Lightning Network
• A curated list of awesome Lightning Network resources, apps, and libraries
• LND Developer Site
• #RaspiBlitz, a full #Bitcoin and #LightningNetwork node running on a Raspberry Pi
• Lightning Network Explorer
  • https://github.com/chemicstry/recksplorer
• Lightning Network infographics
• The Lightning Network by BitMex research

Wallets

• Lightning mobile wallets

Good Threads

• Bitcoin and Litecoin payments are not peer-to-peer
• Bitcoin is moving container ships, VISA is moving parcels.
• Here’s why I think Ethereum & Proof-of-Stake are bad ideas.