✨ Today, I started my 8TH YEAR working full-time in #Bitcoin.
I've been a journalist, I've worked at a global exchange and I've spent thousands of hours down the rabbit hole.
If you're just starting out, here are the lessons I'd pass along 🧵
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The #Bitcoin fundamentals of four generations of inflation, entitlements, and regulations are separate and apart from #Bitcoin the technological innovation. If we had sound money there would be little demand for Bitcoin. (1/13)
The notion that gold futures hold down the physical gold price or subjects the gold price to long-term manipulation is a canard. CME gold futures deliveries are settled with warrants meeting exact specifications met by approved refineries, carriers, and warehouses which (2/13)
ensures the integrity of delivery apart from the exchange. https://t.co/CpV1OBSsAT One need look no further than the 1980 Hunt Silver fiasco which illustrates how deliverable futures contracts provide for the discovery of an untapped silver supply resting in people's homes.(3/13)
Not so for Bitcoin. The CME Bakkt Bitcoin contract is for Bakkt Bitcoin. It is not Bitcoin. Bakkt Bitcoin is a cash-settled monthly futures contract. While the Bakkt Bitcoin has geographically storage of private keys, they are not your private keys. (4/13)
Not your keys, not your bitcoin. The Bitcoin Warehouse is an internal ledger The internal ledger operates separate and apart from the Bitcoin blockchain. The only interaction with the public blockchain is during the deposit of bitcoin into the Bakkt Warehouse and the (5/13)
@woonomic @realmaxkeiser @stacyherbert @ToneVaysBTC @UglyOldGoat1
— Abolition (@kalsangdolmanz) January 22, 2021
What do you guys think? https://t.co/mF1z9QL1My
The notion that gold futures hold down the physical gold price or subjects the gold price to long-term manipulation is a canard. CME gold futures deliveries are settled with warrants meeting exact specifications met by approved refineries, carriers, and warehouses which (2/13)
ensures the integrity of delivery apart from the exchange. https://t.co/CpV1OBSsAT One need look no further than the 1980 Hunt Silver fiasco which illustrates how deliverable futures contracts provide for the discovery of an untapped silver supply resting in people's homes.(3/13)
Not so for Bitcoin. The CME Bakkt Bitcoin contract is for Bakkt Bitcoin. It is not Bitcoin. Bakkt Bitcoin is a cash-settled monthly futures contract. While the Bakkt Bitcoin has geographically storage of private keys, they are not your private keys. (4/13)
Not your keys, not your bitcoin. The Bitcoin Warehouse is an internal ledger The internal ledger operates separate and apart from the Bitcoin blockchain. The only interaction with the public blockchain is during the deposit of bitcoin into the Bakkt Warehouse and the (5/13)
1/ If, like me, you've been looking at #Bitcoin over the last few years with interest, but you have never really decided which side of the fence you sit on, this thread might be good for you.
This isn't another opinion piece on #Bitcoin , in-fact, it's exactly the opposite. 👇🏼
This thread is a list of resources I have found to be useful and insightful when it comes to understanding the pros and cons of #Bitcoin .
Below, you'll find knowledgeable people 👩🏽💻, articles/essays 📝, podcasts 🎧 and videos 📹 about #Bitcoin . Enjoy!
/2 People 👩🏽💻
These individuals are valuable to listen to, whilst they are bullish, they justify their stance:
@RaoulGMI
@michael_saylor
@DTAPCAP
@APompliano
@VentureCoinist
@AlexSaundersAU
@danheld
@aantonop
@jchervinsky
@real_vijay
@lawmaster
@LynAldenContact
/3 Resources 🏢
A video library of interviews from various Bitcoin enthusiasts. 👇🏼
https://t.co/CJJvHavSOn
A great guide for new investors to Bitcoin. 👇🏼
https://t.co/fOoSfTlWr5
A portal for people to go from zero knowledge to intermediate level.
/4 Tweet threads 🐦
A great thread on rebuttals from common #Bitcoin queries/criticisms. 👇🏼
https://t.co/tPEpFMMPhH
Why companies are starting to put BTC on the balance sheet. 👇🏼
https://t.co/lL71M1A3NF
“A double-spend broke Bitcoin" debunked.
This isn't another opinion piece on #Bitcoin , in-fact, it's exactly the opposite. 👇🏼
This thread is a list of resources I have found to be useful and insightful when it comes to understanding the pros and cons of #Bitcoin .
Below, you'll find knowledgeable people 👩🏽💻, articles/essays 📝, podcasts 🎧 and videos 📹 about #Bitcoin . Enjoy!
/2 People 👩🏽💻
These individuals are valuable to listen to, whilst they are bullish, they justify their stance:
@RaoulGMI
@michael_saylor
@DTAPCAP
@APompliano
@VentureCoinist
@AlexSaundersAU
@danheld
@aantonop
@jchervinsky
@real_vijay
@lawmaster
@LynAldenContact
/3 Resources 🏢
A video library of interviews from various Bitcoin enthusiasts. 👇🏼
https://t.co/CJJvHavSOn
A great guide for new investors to Bitcoin. 👇🏼
https://t.co/fOoSfTlWr5
A portal for people to go from zero knowledge to intermediate level.
/4 Tweet threads 🐦
A great thread on rebuttals from common #Bitcoin queries/criticisms. 👇🏼
https://t.co/tPEpFMMPhH
Why companies are starting to put BTC on the balance sheet. 👇🏼
https://t.co/lL71M1A3NF
“A double-spend broke Bitcoin" debunked.
1/ Fear and Bitcoin.
— Dan Held (@danheld) January 10, 2021
Whenever Bitcoin has a bull run, naysayers try to cope with missing the boat by rationalizing why it will fail through \u201cFear, Uncertainty, and Doubt\u201d or what we Bitcoiners have nicknamed \u201cFUD.\u201d
1/ #Bitcoin FUD-busting time!
claim: bitcoin ownership is heavily concentrated.
@business published an article claiming "2% of accounts control 95% of all Bitcoin" 🤣
truth: the facts, my friends, simple don't line up. let's dive in!
2/ interrogating on-chain addresses is tricky.
address =/ account.
one person can control multiple addresses.
one address can hold bitcoin belonging to multiple ppl.
exchanges and trading firms will have addresses with large balances that represent client funds.
3/ the fine folks @glassnode published an excellent analysis of on-chain address balances in January
the ownership distribution of bitcoin among wallets is actually much more diverse than one might expect.
full piece here:
https://t.co/n5IdIQdNoA
4/ 31% of BTC is held in addresses not identified as exchange wallets.
these are likely institutions, funds, custodians, and OTC desks.
our analysis at @CoinSharesCo indicates >15% of all bitcoin is held in third party custody, including @coinbase and our own @KomainuCustody
5/ in fact, between asset managers @Grayscale ($36B in BTC) and our @xbtprovider ($4B in BTC), 4% of bitcoin is locked up by fund providers and asset managers!
our @CoinSharesCo research team publishes an EXCELLENT weekly report on fund flows and AUMs -
claim: bitcoin ownership is heavily concentrated.
@business published an article claiming "2% of accounts control 95% of all Bitcoin" 🤣
truth: the facts, my friends, simple don't line up. let's dive in!
2/ interrogating on-chain addresses is tricky.
address =/ account.
one person can control multiple addresses.
one address can hold bitcoin belonging to multiple ppl.
exchanges and trading firms will have addresses with large balances that represent client funds.
3/ the fine folks @glassnode published an excellent analysis of on-chain address balances in January
the ownership distribution of bitcoin among wallets is actually much more diverse than one might expect.
full piece here:
https://t.co/n5IdIQdNoA
4/ 31% of BTC is held in addresses not identified as exchange wallets.
these are likely institutions, funds, custodians, and OTC desks.
our analysis at @CoinSharesCo indicates >15% of all bitcoin is held in third party custody, including @coinbase and our own @KomainuCustody
5/ in fact, between asset managers @Grayscale ($36B in BTC) and our @xbtprovider ($4B in BTC), 4% of bitcoin is locked up by fund providers and asset managers!
our @CoinSharesCo research team publishes an EXCELLENT weekly report on fund flows and AUMs -
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