Bitcoin Marches On: Schnorr, BetterHash, Personal Safety

Tommy and Brady take a minute to appreciate all the bitcoin progress made during this down cycle in the price. Bitcoin just keeps marching on with improvement proposals like Schnorr signatures and BetterHash. Personal safety as a bitcoin hodler is also discussed. Links from the show below. Fascinated by bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and breakdowns about how the system works. We are dedicated to being sovereign citizens of bitcoin and we're sharing our journey learning bitcoin hoping it makes yours a bit easier. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.world/ Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitcoin Links from the episode: @Cryptoconomy tweet thread listing developments in bitcoin over the past 30 days: https://twitter.com/TheCryptoconomy/status/1015362096832307200 Funny Name or Not, Schnorr Is a Big Deal for Bitcoin: https://www.coindesk.com/schnorr-signatures-explained-bitcoin-tech/ Schnorr signatures BIP: https://github.com/sipa/bips/blob/bip-schnorr/bip-schnorr.mediawiki @TuurDemeester tweet of Gregory Maxwell quote: https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester/status/1015305074728415232 BetterHash Aims to Increase Bitcoin Mining Decentralization: https://news.buybitcoinworldwide.com/betterhash-aims-to-increase-bitcoin-mining-decentralization/ BetterHash BIP: https://github.com/TheBlueMatt/bips/blob/betterhash/bip-XXXX.mediawiki @lopp tweet about documenting physical attacks against bitcoin owners: https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1015945799652474880 Known Physical Bitcoin Attacks: https://github.com/jlopp/physical-bitcoin-attacks/blob/master/README.md