Engineer. Developer. Libertarian. Don't trust, verify
Stefano Gaspari
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Curiosity of the day:
Starting from block 139690 (05/08/2011) a miner named Eligius started to inscribe a Catholic Prayer in Latin in some coinbase messages.
Block 139690
cbaa0a64924fe1d6ace3352f23242aa0028d4e0ff6ae8ed615244d66079cfb1
(see the hexdump at the bottom of the... show more

I found on stacker.news this accurate definition of the eras of the #Bitcoin life so far…
1. Satoshi Era (2009-2010)
2. Silk Road/Wiki-leaks Era (2011-2012)
3. Mt. Gox Era (2013-2014)
4. Blocksize War Era (2015-2016)
5. ICO Bubble/Crash Era (2017)
6. #Reckless/Rings of Fire/Lightning Torch Era... show more
Unbelievable. If we will continue like this #Bitcoin subsidies will become very soon marginal for miners compared to block fees…

21,000 blocks to the halving.
90% of this cycle is completed.
Tik tok next block.
#Bitcoin

83.7 BTC for a transaction fee. New world record!
This event reinforces my idea that there are a lot of new big players (sometimes making mistakes) entering the #Bitcoin space in this period.
mempool.space/tx/b5a2af5845a8d3796308ff9840e567...
#Bitcoin first consolidates its role as a store of value then it will gradually become a medium of exchange.
Exactly like hard money did in the past
#Bitcoin is a concrete hope for a better future
326 sat/vB?!?! Never seen such a huge fee per virtual byte. Something is happening in the #Bitcoin base layer...

My feeling is that the increased number of unconfirmed transactions in the mempool is in some way connected to an intensive accumulation activity perpetrated by BlackRock, Greyscale, etc ahead of the spot ETFs approval. I might be wrong anyways…
#Bitcoin