CryptoTwitter Roundup 09/10/2019

Hashrates and Futures and Epochs...oh my!

Micah White, creator of Occupy Wall Street, took 30 days to learn Solidity.

Micah White, PhD @beingMicahWhite

It took me 30 days to learn solidity, the smart contract programming language used by Ethereum. I learned quickly because: a) I found a mentor who reviewed the code and offered suggestions b) I essentially stopped working on anything else -- a luxury of working for one-self.

Bakkt announces that the Bakkt Warehouse is active for futures.

Bakkt @Bakkt

The Bakkt Warehouse is active for futures Bitcoin deposited at our Warehouse is protected by a $125 million insurance policy

BullyEsq: ‘If you think bitcoin is going to somehow destroy banks you’re out of your fucking mind.’

฿ully @BullyEsq

If you think bitcoin is going to somehow destroy banks you’re out of your fucking mind

Joseph Delong shares photo from the Ethereum 2.0 Interop Lock-in.

Joseph Delong @josephdelong

The #Ethereum 2.0 #Interop Lock-in GeneralAssembly0 is off to a good start.

Antiprosynthesis: ‘Bitcoin is one of the most important breakthroughs of this century, much like the steam machine, vacuum, and telephone before it.’

antiprosynthesis @antiprosynth

#Bitcoin $BTC is one of the most important breakthroughs of this century, much like the steam machine, vacuum tube and telephone before it. But today we're driving electric cars, and transistors power the general purpose, programmable computers we call phones. #Ethereum $ETH

Hasu: ‘I stopped saying "dApps" a few months ago because none of them are actually decentralized.’

Hasu @hasufl

I stopped saying "dApps" a few months ago because none of them are actually decentralized.

Jacob Horne: ‘Cards are to crypto what mailing DVDs were to Netflix in the early days—a necessary distribution play to bridge between the known future that isn't quite here yet.’

Jacob Horne @js_horne

Cards are to crypto what mailing DVDs were to Netflix in the early days—a necessary distribution play to bridge between the known future that isn't quite here yet We'll be streaming crypto for everything one day, but first help people spend it like they do everything else

Set Protocol's total ETH locked blew up +382% Sunday morning.

DeFi Pulse 🍇 @defipulse

😲 @SetProtocol's total ETH locked blew up +382% this morning! All due to @tokensets rebalancing:DV

TokenSets @tokensets

1/ The 3rd rebalance has settled for the ETH20SMACO Set with $827k USDC auctioned for ETH at *0.8%* slippage for users. Since the last rebalance, this has resulted in 18% more ETH accumulated in each Set for holders🚀 https://t.co/cnytu2S48o

Rhythmtrader: ‘Bitcoin's hashrate is now 8 times larger than it was during price's all-time high of $20,000 in 2017.’

Rhythm @Rhythmtrader

Bitcoin's hashrate is now 8 times larger than it was during price's all-time high of $20,000 in 2017. This is resources being spent researching, developing, and deploying mining hardware at a record pace. Investment into bitcoin infrastructure is accelerating. 🔥

James Prestwich: ‘I write fewer tests & less scaffolding for Ethereum tools than I do for Bitcoin. The Bitcoin code is an investment in the long future, while the Ethereum code is likely to be thrown away in a couple years.’

James Prestwich @_prestwich

I wrrite fewer tests and less scaffolding for Ethereum tools than I do for Bitcoin The Bitcoin code is an investment in the long future, while the Ethereum code is likely to be thrown away in a couple years

Nathaniel Whittemore - Long Reads Sunday #63. 

Nathaniel Whittemore @nlw

Long Reads Sunday #63. A week that should have been exuberant - BTC prices sustained above $10k, Bakkt begins warehousing as planned, interesting new DeFi announcements - instead seemed muted, if not downright glum. What the hell is going on?

For his 35th birthday, he crowdsourced a list of 35 things people wish they had known before going down the bitcoin/crypto rabbit hole.

Nathaniel Whittemore @nlw

BREAKING: today is my 35th birthday. Let’s crowdsource a list of 35 things we wished we’d known before going down the bitcoin/crypto rabbit hole! Who has one?

Jonny Rhea posts screenshot of PegaSys’Artemis (soon to be renamed beaucoup) and SigmaPrime’s Lighthouse communicating with each other.

Jonny ☠️ Rhea @JonnyRhea

#eth2interop Artemis (soon to be renamed beaucoup) and Lighthouse are talking! @PegaSysEng @sigp_io

TrueProfile, a global digital platform for the verification of professional docs, launched an integration with uPort for portable employment credentials. 

uPort @uport_me

Portable employment credentials are here! 💼👩🏻‍⚕️👨🏽‍💼 TrueProfile.io (@trueprofile_io), a global digital platform for the verification of professional docs, launches an integration with @uport_me. Members can now use uPort to store #trueproofs! 🚀 https://t.co/H6QlwtuBRyT

Paul Hauner shares screenshot of Lighthouse and Nimbus finalizing an Eth2 epoch: the first instance of finality on a multi-client Eth2 testnet.

Paul Hauner @paulhauner

#Lighthouse and @ethnimbus just finalized a #Eth2 epoch! As far as I know, this is the first instance of finality on a multi-client Eth2 testnet! Thanks @protolambda, @dannyryan for the help. Great work on the networking stack @AgeManning and @jcksie! #Eth2 is coming!

Peter Pan: ‘Imagine if every DApp dev/maker/team in Ethereum coordinated together to learn from each other and accelerate the shared progress of building valuable DApps.’

Peter 'pet3rpan' @pet3rpan_

Imagine if every DApp dev/maker/team in Ethereum coordinated together to learn from each other and accelerate the shared progress of building valuable DApps.

Meltem Demirors describes conversation with investor where they think Binance will be the one exchange to rule them all.

Meltem Demirors @Melt_Dem

meeting today investor: @binance will be the only exchange and will own the world! me, also an investor: wow. um... why are you even investing in crypto companies? the whole point is to minimize intermediaries and make it impossible for this to happen. am i taking crazy pills?

Emin Gün Sirer: ‘Over the years, I heard a few academics refer to their "billionaire friend" who was into Bitcoin. I wonder how many of them were referring to Epstein.’

Emin Gün Sirer @el33th4xor

Over the years, I heard a few academics refer to their "billionaire friend" who was into Bitcoin. I wonder how many of them were referring to Epstein. My guess, based on their connections and recent revelations: all of them.

RhythmTrader celebrates some Bitcoin accomplishments. Then asks why occupy wall street when you can replace it. 

Rhythm @Rhythmtrader

Bitcoin: - Transferred $7 trillion in value - Settled $2 trillion of TXs - Reached $100 billion in average cost - Rewarded miners $14 billion - Hit $180 billion market value - Produces 80 exahashes per sec Why 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐲 Wall Street when you can 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 it instead?

Jesse Walden thinks legal wrappers for DAOs will be a distribution hack. Mentions OpenLaw’s LAO. 

Jesse Walden @jessewldn

I think legal wrappers for DAOs will be a distribution hack. Take @TheLAOOfficial, a for-profit fork of @MolochDAO (aka a VC fund.) As a DE C-Corp its limited to accredited investors only, but there are lots in crypto. Think it'll raise more $?

Jesse Walden @jessewldn

The Netflix DVD analogy may also resonate for on-chain orgs with legal wrappers. DAO-corp/coop hybrids before internet-only organizations (for “incomplete” products/svcs) Like browsing DVDs online, incorporating on-chain offers convenience & customization at lower cost. https://t.co/quRY99fF1J

Evan Van Ness posts poll: ‘What is the best store of value in crypto?’

Evan Van Ness @evan_van_ness

What is the best store of value in crypto?

María Paula announces that ETHBerlin will be curating Devcon5’s art hallway.

María Paula, not Maria @MPtherealMVP

I’m STOKED to announce that @ETHBerlin will be curating @ethereum’s #Devcon5 art hallway. For that we need patrons. If you liked the #ethberlinzwei culture room please reach out - we need help

Jameson Lopp asks ‘Why are crypto airdrops still a thing?’

Jameson Lopp @lopp

Why are crypto airdrops still a thing? Has there been any research or evidence that giving people free tokens actually results in a non-negligible number of recipients becoming long-term adopters?