Jeff Booth spent about 15,000 hours trying to kill Bitcoin. He failed. The Canadian entrepreneur says the attempt left him more convinced the network cannot be broken.
Every scenario ran into the same wall. Blocks kept arriving on schedule, and each one cost real energy to produce.
I’m honestly quite afraid that people in the UK are gonna end up like in France. You know, there have been loads of attacks on crypto holders over there, and now I’ve got this email.
Like, what the fuck, guys? How can this bullshit even happen?
I’ve been trying to follow the whole BIP-110 situation, but I’m struggling to separate the technical issues from the politics and personalities involved.
But now that the fork has happened and appears to have failed to gain meaningful hashpower, I’m seeing BIP-110 supporters saying that the current BTC chain is “corrupt” or no longer the real Bitcoin, while some people are essentially treating the BIP-110 chain as Bitcoin. At the same time, there are plenty of people who are very happy with how things turned out and strongly oppose Luke Dashjr and the whole BIP-110 approach.
What I’m particularly interested in is the technical side, rather than the personalities. Why did it fail to gain enough miner support? How should we think about the argument that the existing BTC chain has become centralised?
I’ve been trying to follow the whole BIP-110 situation, but I’m struggling to separate the technical issues from the politics and personalities involved.
But now that the fork has happened and appears to have failed to gain meaningful hashpower, I’m seeing BIP-110 supporters saying that the current BTC chain is “corrupt” or no longer the real Bitcoin, while some people are essentially treating the BIP-110 chain as Bitcoin. At the same time, there are plenty of people who are very happy with how things turned out and strongly oppose Luke Dashjr and the whole BIP-110 approach.
What I’m particularly interested in is the technical** **side, rather than the personalities. Why did it fail to gain enough miner support? How should we think about the argument that the existing BTC chain has become centralised?
Hey everyone,
I’m new to Bitcoin and crypto, and I’m trying to learn everything from scratch just because I find it fascinating. I don’t have much of a technical background, so I’m really starting from zero. When I say I want to learn Bitcoin, I mean the technical side as well, not just what it is or why people invest in it. I want to understand things like:
-How Bitcoin transactions work behind the scenes
-Mining and how blocks are created
-Nodes and the network
-Bitcoin layers (Lightning, etc.)
-Protocols and the technical architecture
-How everything fits together under the hood
My goal is to eventually reach a point where I can have technical discussions about Bitcoin with people who know the subject well. At the moment, I’m following Learn Me A Bitcoin, and I really like it, but I’m still at the very beginning.
What resources would you recommend? YouTube channels, websites, podcasts anything that helped you build a solid technical understanding of Bitcoin would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Hey everyone,
Is there an easy way to track which nodes have signalled for BIP110?
Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks!
He says: “The four-year cycle is no longer the dominant model.” He argues bitcoin’s four-year cycle is losing dominance as the crypto asset becomes embedded in global finance. What do you think?
Everyone seems convinced the 4-year Bitcoin cycle is guaranteed at this point. The more I read Bitcoin Twitter, Reddit, and YouTube, the more it feels like the cycle is treated as a fact rather than a theory. Historically, markets love making the majority look foolish.
What if this is the cycle where it breaks?
I don’t understand why everyone says, “Learn Bitcoin really well, understand how it works, learn about hashrates, mining, self-custody, etc. and then buy it.”
My mom buys gold every month (it’s a cultural thing where I’m from), and her parents did the same. They never learned why they should buy gold or how gold mining works. They just thought it was valuable, so they bought it and kept it until they needed to cash it out to buy something.
My question is: Why do Bitcoin supporters say that we need to learn the technology, how it works, hashrates, and all that stuff before buying? It doesn’t make sense to me because most people are never going to put in that much effort to learn these things.
If we want ordinary people to invest in Bitcoin, and we expect them to learn all of this first, I don’t think that’s going to happen. What do you think?
I don’t understand why everyone says, “Learn Bitcoin really well, understand how it works, learn about hashrates, mining, self-custody, etc. and then buy it.”
My mom buys gold every month (it’s a cultural thing where I’m from), and her parents did the same. They never learned why they should buy gold or how gold mining works. They just thought it was valuable, so they bought it and kept it until they needed to cash it out to buy something.
My question is: Why do Bitcoin supporters say that we need to learn the technology, how it works, hashrates, and all that stuff before buying? It doesn’t make sense to me because most people are never going to put in that much effort to learn these things.
If we want ordinary people to invest in Bitcoin, and we expect them to learn all of this first, I don’t think that’s going to happen. What do you think?
I’m pretty new to crypto and currently only hold around $200 worth of crypto. My plan is to keep investing over time and hopefully grow my portfolio into the five-figure range in the future. The thing is, I see some hardware wallets that cost $150–$200+, while others are around $50. I found Trezor Safe 3 in the $50 range that seems decent, but I honestly don’t understand what the practical differences are between the cheaper and more expensive options.
Would you recommend buying Trezor Safe 3 for $50 now, or waiting and getting a premium one later?
I’m pretty new to crypto and currently only hold around $200 worth of crypto. My plan is to keep investing over time and hopefully grow my portfolio into the five-figure range in the future. The thing is, I see some hardware wallets that cost $150–$200+, while others are around $50. I found Trezor Safe 3 in the $50 range that seems decent, but I honestly don’t understand what the practical differences are between the cheaper and more expensive options.
Would you recommend buying Trezor Safe 3 for $50 now, or waiting and getting a premium one later?
Hey guys, I’m new to Bitcoin and still doing my research.
Can someone explain why wars like the current US-Iran situation affect Bitcoin so much? With the fresh US strikes on Iran today, I noticed Bitcoin dropped.
I thought Bitcoin was supposed to act like a safe asset sometimes, so why does news like this push the price down instead? Just trying to understand the reason behind it.
I’m honestly still in shock 😭I was really nervous after seeing so many posts from people saying they had been waiting 2–3 months.
I did my biometrics at the visa centre on 12 May 2026 at 5pm, and today I got the email that my visa has been approved! My husband is British and I applied from inside the UK.
Super happy and relieved right now 🥹 Just wanted to share this in case anyone else is stressing and waiting, sometimes it can move much faster than expected!
Good luck to everyone still waiting.
I saw that the Senate dropped the 309-page CLARITY Act crypto bill. Basically, it draws a clear line between the SEC and CFTC, something that’s been missing from U.S. law since Bitcoin started. I have no idea what does this means.
It took me 2 hours to finish the onboarding process, but I failed as soon as I was done. I’d really like to know what I did wrong. I actually enjoyed the onboarding process, so it’s a shame.
By the way, this was my first project.