The flocks of geese, now back after their summer hiatus, believe in safety in numbers and not even Wiley Coyote would think of going after a goose dinner. This OzWiz was surprised to read that many pet owners put said pets out for the night and some wonder why they are not back in the morning. Our W-N library home will evict us for the next two months. We suspect that they found a group that will pay their going rent rate and as we, as a non-profit, we get a free ride. The library in Grayslake has stepped in in the past so our first call will be to them. For Cub fans this is the time to bring out the “Wait Until Next Year” slogan out of the moth balls, although they shelled the Braves last evening.
- The library in Grayslake has stepped in in the past so our first call will be to them.
- Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks; managing transactions and the issuing of bitcoins is carried out collectively by the network.
- As the hash rate increases on the network, mining difficulty increases (and vice versa) to keep the average block time at about 10 minutes.
- This clever structure makes Bitcoin transactions virtually impossible to reverse and truly decentralized, with over 1 million miners across the globe.
Ethereum was designed to run smart contracts, computer programs that live on the blockchain. Another notable difference is in how the two networks validate transactions. Bitcoin still uses proof of work, whereas the Ethereum network uses proof of stake.
How Can I Store Bitcoin?
Both Bitcoin Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens use inscriptions, a form of data storage on the Bitcoin blockchain, to bring new functionality to Bitcoin. Ordinals are much like NFTs you’d see on other networks like Ethereum. BRC-20 tokens are similar to ERC-20 tokens found on the Ethereum network, a way to bring value or additional functionality to crypto projects.
To receive bitcoin, simply provide the sender with your Bitcoin address, which you can find in your Bitcoin wallet. Bitcoin miners also use the longest chain, so a rogue miner working overtime to re-mine prior blocks is unlikely ever to produce the longest chain. This clever structure makes Bitcoin transactions virtually impossible to reverse and truly decentralized, with over 1 million miners across the globe. Miners earn both network fees and block rewards for successfully mining a block. Once transactions are validated in a block, it becomes prohibitively expensive for the block to be changed because all the subsequent blocks would also have to be mined again. However looking at the Senior Center schedule it is not today nor anytime during this month.
Through many of its unique properties, Bitcoin allows exciting uses that could not be covered by any previous payment system. Bitcoin was designed to be money, a verifiable and secure way to send value from person A to person B. But new developments like inscriptions (data storage) are bringing new functionality to the Bitcoin network, including https://cryptolisting.org/ Bitcoin’s own version of NFTs and BRC-20 tokens that trade on the Bitcoin network. Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer electronic cash system, as described in the now-famous Bitcoin white paper. Created in 2009, Bitcoin was the first of today’s cryptocurrencies, later giving inspiration to projects like Ethereum and thousands of other crypto projects.
What Are Bitcoin Ordinals and BRC-20 Tokens?
Just about every four years, the mining rewards for Bitcoin are cut in half, reducing the speed at which the supply grows. This event, called the Bitcoin halving, typically coincides with a sizable increase in price. Oh yes, this OzWiz created bipcoin that map which decorates the end covers of that 1949 yearbook. I must confess that I am not a fan of the Simpsons or any of their creator’s work going back many years when his “Life Is Hell” strip appeared in the Chicago Reader paper.
They made several trips forth and back to Thailand before finally returning home in 1967. He suffered a massive heart attack that Fall and passed on. This was the birthday of my father, the senior Howard Shaughnessy, born in Northampton, MA. Born of poor and humble parents (who else?) my dad went on to earn his Ph D in bacteriology from Yale University and to use his talents for the state of Illinois. At one time he and his colleagues had found a cure for polio, however Jonas Salk and his crew received the credit. He was on staff of the defunct Chicago Daily News and during the early 1940s he was a sports editor for it having a column, Voice From The Grandstand, where sports fans wrote opinions about the local Chicago teams.
It has been a frustrating year, again, for the Cubs & their fans. She had remembered the Collie we had (Ollie) and since this pup has the same coloring, decided to make Ollie a middle name for the youngster. That left me no excuse not to make an appointment to bring the Volvo in for an oil change tomorrow nor to put off any longer shredding documents that have accumulated for months & need recycling. When one shreds checks you recall what they were for, – ah yes, I remember that, was it really that long ago? You secretly wish that checking account still held all those funds you scribbled away.
I thought our book club met today
Bitcoin price predictions range from north of $250,000 to more pessimistic views that see BTC eventually going to zero. Adoption plays a big role in the future value of Bitcoin. As more people use Bitcoin as a store of value and a way to transfer value to others, the demand for BTC increases. Given Bitcoin’s fixed supply, increased demand could mean higher prices to come.
Like other cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin uses crypto wallets to store Bitcoin. Each wallet has private keys and public keys, with private keys allowing you to control your Bitcoin on the blockchain and send your Bitcoin to any public wallet address. Others can also send Bitcoin to your public wallet address, making Bitcoin function as a way to transfer value — like money, but without any middlemen like banks or payment services. It’s Lloyd Lewis’ Myths After Lincoln, a 1929 volume that has been in our family’s library since about that time. In researching an article for our CWRT newsletter next month on Lincoln myths, I began reading this book.
Abe was not an easy person to understand and all the stories about him, his family and his background that swirled around him made it that much more difficult. Bitcoin uses proof-of-work to validate transactions. In a nutshell, Bitcoin miners must invest computational power (electricity, hardware, and maintenance) to verify a block hash with specific requirements before transactions can be added to the blockchain. As the hash rate increases on the network, mining difficulty increases (and vice versa) to keep the average block time at about 10 minutes. Generally, Bitcoin focuses on use cases that involve the transfer of value, like sending Bitcoin to a family member or making a purchase in Bitcoin.
In the “In Memoriam” section I learned that Patricia Vaillancourt Woodstrup, spouse of Tom, passed away last October. That obit gave me a jolt since we were in classes together. Her husband, Tom, and I were, respectively, editors of the Northern Light (college paper) and the Norther (yearbook) during our senior years. Even tho it has been almost a year I know Tom is still hurting. He and my mother were world travelers beginning shortly after their marriage by working in Cuba. They took the Queen Elizabeth liner to Italy in 1953 to attend a conference on his specialty.