In 2017, Germany completed a repatriation operation of half the country's gold reserves, which lasted four years and cost 7.7 million euros. The operation aimed to repatriate all gold held in Paris and one-third of the reserves in the US, where it had been stored for many decades to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Soviet Union's communist regime during the Cold War. This cost of 7.7 million euros was purely operational and included: - Authentication verification; - Detailed weighing and laboratory testing; - Remelting of bars for international standardization required by banking records; - Transportation; - Insurance; It did not include the largest cost, which was precisely adapting the storage facility in Frankfurt for this reserve, estimated at 52 million euros. Now, imagine if there were an asset that could: - Be verified instantly instead of going through weighing, analysis, and laboratories; - Be transferred within 60 minutes, not four years; - Cost a few euros instead of tens of millions; #bitcoin #btc #nostr

Já que não existe muitos usuários de Bitchat no Brasil, tá aí uma forma alternativa de usá-lo: Para receber perguntas da plateia durante um painel sobre a um evento! #bitcoin #btc #nostr #bitchat

Paying it forward with what I've learned over the past few years. For at least the last three years, I've been jotting down notes on concepts tied to the financial system and Bitcoin. Some of that stuff I even shared or published, while other bits were just for my own understanding. But after piling up page after page, it hit me that the same material that helped me start wrapping my head around these ideas could be handy for other folks who, like me, aren't economists or tech whizzes. So I decided to turn those notes into a free book that anyone can download and share for free. This weekend, I picked up some printed copies, and I also got a site up and running (it's pretty basic, I know!) where you can grab the digital version, plus links to buy physical copies or e-reader editions, those come with their own costs, and I don't make a dime off them! There won't be any bookstore launch event or signing session, but that doesn't mean I can't share it with you here in #nostr . In the final chapter, I rounded up 65 fun facts about Bitcoin throughout its history! So even if you skip the more technical sections, you've got this lighter one to check out! There are tons of people I should thank for their support along the way, even though most of them don't know me and have no idea about the impact they've had. A few are already mentioned in the book, but I have to give a special shoutout to other authors Nik Bhatia… Let me know later which fact you thought was the most interesting!

The curiosity about who Satoshi Nakamoto is will become a movie. “Killing Satoshi” has just been announced and is set to premiere in 2026. And no, Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto wasn’t invited to join the cast. Unlike most films on the topic, which are documentaries, this one will be fiction and is set to start filming in London in October. #BTC #bitcoin #nostr #satoshi