Tuur Demeester

@TuurDemeester

Economist & investor, Editor in Chief at Adamant Research. Mostly Bitcoin.

Texas, USA
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Joined May 2009
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    12 Jul 2017

    I just published “Critique of Buterin’s ‘A Proof of Stake Design Philosophy’”

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    A Brief History of Information Technology Market Cycles

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  3. 2 hours ago

    Imo he's saying "cars fail as means of transportation , but the combustion engine is promising".

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    Bitcoin declared a failure by BoE's Mark Carney. More from :
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    Feb 18

    Number of crypto hedge funds doubled to 226 in the last 4 months and is up from 37 at the start of 2017; assets under management reached between $3.5B and $5B ( / Reuters)

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    17 hours ago

    Xanadu Project in late 80s dreamed “Every document can contain a royalty mechanism at any desired degree of granularity to ensure payment on any portion accessed”—the holy grail of a microcurrency with fees small enough to enable payments for short text now seems possible on LN:

    Been consuming all the LN content I could get my hands on last couple weeks and people won't shut up about . Getting comfy with the testnet now ahead of my brave leap to buy something from , and now I can see why. Excellent job !
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    Feb 18

    Some of the best projects currently in development don’t have big marketing teams or organizations promoting them. No timelines, roadmaps, communiques. Only talented individuals working together on common missions to make great things and change the world.

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  7. Feb 19

    Related thread:

    5/ The trust in .com names is justified: on a relative basis, 99.5% of .coms are likely bona fide — better than .org, .net, .info.
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  8. Feb 19

    "A new study finds less than 1% of Bitcoin transactions to exchanges are illicit." This may support my thesis that Bitcoin is the .com of crypto: higher cost, higher quality (others are equivalents of .net, .eu, .science, etc.).

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  9. Feb 18

    In a few years I hope we'll see video productions like these in the Bitcoin industry - highlighting key lessons from investigations into security breaches.

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  10. Feb 18

    Scaling plans for Ethereum:

    Replying to @Kediri_020
    Scaling is a bish in the space, but there are several scaling projects which will deviate load from the main network: - Project Oaken by - POA network by - Relay networks V2 by - TruBit by All L2 i.e. off-blockchain solutions.
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  11. Feb 18

    Replying to @Melt_Dem @DCGco
    Given SEC scrutiny and general issues of fairness, we do not invest in any token sales where they offer discounts other than time based and equally to all investors.
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  12. Feb 18

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  13. Feb 18

    Twitter options: is there a way to only see the list of latest comments on my tweets, and not likes/retweets?

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  14. Feb 18

    src

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  15. Feb 18

    To add: the soundbit-driven side also has a knack for misrepresenting the views of technically skilled side. As an example, here's Rick Falkvinge "quoting" Bitcoin core developers:

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  16. Feb 18

    Six days in, and two suggestions so far: Joseph Poon and Joaquim Pedro Antunes.

    Often heard: "but Ethereum *also* has world class engineers working on the protocol". Please name names and relevant pedigree so I can follow and learn.
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  17. Feb 18

    Bram Cohen's resolution of Bitcoin's scaling debate paradox: if the technological foundation is solid, why is there no clear consensus on how to move forward?

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  18. Feb 18

    Very exciting

    Sneak peek at a new feature we're working on
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    Feb 18

    Catch a very special 2 Hour episode of The News Show on today @ 12pm PST w/a full panel of amazing guests including , , and more!

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  20. Feb 18

    Replying to @arrington @getongab
    There was no possibility that these public ICOs were permissible under the Exchange Act.
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  21. Feb 18

    Maybe if you buy in at a discount and use your social media presence to promote you look a lot like an issuer
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