- Jon Atack - Using Alternative P2P Networks with Bitcoin Core (and More) https://jonatack.github.io/articles/using-alternative-p2p-networks-with-bitcoin-core 6 comments bitcoin
- Story about Fiat & Banking system, P2P Electronic Cash & Bitcoin system and Lightning network https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K07bbJUc6o 4 comments btc
- (Unverified) report that China is trying to block bitcoin exchanges and p2p network in China by GFW https://twitter.com/SimonDixonTwitt/status/909010478872928256 8 comments btc
- It is with great pleasure I announce Freedom Network is launching on the Bitcoin Cash blockchain on February 11. Freedom Network creates a scalable system for peer-to-peer trade. p2p Cash + p2p Trade = Freedom http://www.freetheplebes.com 17 comments btc
- Time for P2P reddit/BCH sidechain? Satoshi, 2010 - "If there's going to be a message system, it should be a separate system parallel to the bitcoin network. Messages should not be recorded in the block chain. The messages could be signed with the bitcoin address keypairs to prove who they're from." https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1545.msg18250#msg18250 13 comments btc
- BitMex "Research" on the lightning routing problem: "We (...) do not see the computer science of routing to be a major challenge, finding paths between channels to make payments may be relatively straightforward and similar to other P2P networks, such as Bitcoin." https://twitter.com/MihailoBjelic/status/1110938494342451207 30 comments btc
- Samson Mow, CSO of Blockstream, explains in a fireside chat that Lightning still has a long ways to go before being usable, there is no original plan for Bitcoin to be a p2p electronic cash system, Bitcoin is not a payments network, and more! ⚡️🤦♂️ (video inside tweet) https://twitter.com/DavidShares/status/1103343372515926016 57 comments btc
- @SatoshiLite: 1/ On-chain Bitcoin and Litecoin payments are not peer-to-peer. Payments are sent from sender to miners, who record it on a distributed ledger. The recipient receives the payment when it's recorded. BUT, this is facilitated by a p2p network where transactions are broadcasted. https://twitter.com/SatoshiLite/status/1048468911929274368 13 comments btc