The Sunday Recap - Down the Rabbit Hole 25

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Any fool can know. The point is to understand.
Albert Einstein (apocryphal)

In the short-term, the market seems poised for a significant move - direction unknown. As usual, a lot going on throughout the cryptoverse -EOS governance changes a highlight for me this week.

As always, I’ve selected the articles, etc. because I found them enlightening, compelling or challenging in some fashion. I don’t necessarily agree with the sentiments of each Tweet or article but aim to provide a door into the competing narratives that comprise crypto.

Pick of the Week

How to Scale Bitcoin by Nic Carter - this article is brimming with insightful and network knowledgeable concepts. The lit. review provided at the start of the article, is itself, of great value. If you are looking to deepen your understanding of the conceptual landscape of BTC -this is a great place to start.

Twitter

On freedom of speech:

https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1108452304464670720

This is Satoshi Nakamoto?:

https://twitter.com/Xentagz/status/999367525279371264

Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin SV compared:

https://twitter.com/jpurd17/status/1117893207856009217

Bitcoin as Time:

https://twitter.com/misir_mahmudov/status/1118967276894425088

The complicated world of MakerDao-Dai:

https://twitter.com/bennybitcoins/status/1116036883002294273

On thinking (non-crypto)

https://twitter.com/TheAncientSage/status/1118704808624574465

Articles

On scaling BTC (highly recommended):

https://medium.com/@nic__carter/how-to-scale-bitcoin-without-changing-a-thing-bc4750dd16c7

BTC up down from here -3 scenarios (recommended):

https://mentormarket.io/cryptocurrencies/pandorasbox/bitcoin-is-this-a-suckers-rally-or-denial-%F0%9F%A4%94-yes-im-still-here-read-all-about-where-i-went-and-why-im-back-%F0%9F%99%8B%E2%80%8D%E2%99%80%EF%B8%8F-2/

PoW as energy efficient:

https://www.danheld.com/blog/2019/1/5/pow-is-efficent

ICOs, IEOs now BROs?

https://hackernoon.com/viable-alternative-to-icos-introduction-of-the-believers-reward-offering-bro-7efbdbe0c25f

EOS governance just changed substantially (highly recommended):

https://trybe.one/the-eos-user-agreement-eua-has-replaced-the-interim-interim-constitution-whats-coming-next/

REX may lead to substantial EOS network Inflation (recommended):

https://medium.com/@david.packham/eos-to-double-network-inflation-every-year-via-the-rex-bbb83679d75d

For those of you of a technical bent - coding pEOS:

https://medium.com/@pEOS_one/peos-pushing-eos-to-the-limits-215fcc6c7df4

Blockchain and the energy industry go hand in hand:

https://hackernoon.com/why-industry-leaders-should-leverage-blockchain-to-bring-energy-forward-d979e27edea3

Awareness of self - is all part of being a successful investor/trader (non-crypto):

https://medium.com/personal-growth/think-like-a-roman-emperor-69ac71284d54

Podcast

Examining China's hostile position on Bitcoin:

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/joyce-yang-founder-global-coin-research-chinas-hostile/id1434060078?i=1000434959126

YouTube

What China's endgame with crypto? This analysis is spot on(highly recommended):

How do you separate yourself from the herd?

I learn every time - I listen to Anton Antonopoulos (recommended):

I won't be rushing out and putting my crypto on this hardware wallet just yet - but it's one to track:

Infographic

Comparing fiat and crypto - somewhat dated but just as relevant:

Click the link for the full-size image:

Website / Utility

A wide-range of crypto charts to help you stay informed:

https://coinlib.io/global-crypto-charts

That's it for another week. Lots to take-in and as always exciting developments ahead. Until next week. Looking forward to your comments and suggestions.

Note on Sources:

Twitter & Reddit (cryptos current meta-brains) / Medium / Trybe / Hackernoon / Whaleshares / TIMM and so on/ YouTube / various podcasts and whatever else I stumble upon. The aim is a useful weekly aggregator of ideas rather than news. Though I try to keep the sources current – I’ll reference these articles and podcasts etc. as I encounter them – they may have been published just a couple of days ago or in some cases quite a bit earlier.

Also published on TIMM

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