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More / Bitcoin Reddit - 2 years ago

Just 11 years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto sent his last online message in the form of an email to Gavin Andresen. In it, Satoshi reminded Gavin that it was essential to give credit to dev contributors to the Bitcoin project rather than to its creator.

The last known public online message from Satoshi Nakamoto was a post on the Bitcointalk forum on December 12, 2010.Yet Satoshi Nakamoto continued to give signs of life in the following months to some early contributors to the Bitcoin project. Among...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 2 years ago

Please help with my Bitcoin Mining Survey

Hi Guys, please I need your help with completing a survey about bitcoin mining. I need enough responses to this survey in order for me to complete my Masters Degree in IT.I created the survey in order for me to understand the bitcoin mining industry...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 2 years ago

ELI5: Does Bitcoin have smart contracts, or not?

I have been under the impression that Bitcoin has smart contract functionality, and that this is what allows things like Lightning Network to exist. My understanding was that Taproot (or more specifically, Tapscript) enhanced Bitcoins smart contract...