Privacy, at long last, is back in vogue. This is a net positive, but it also presents an opportunity; current solutions are not perfect. There is a particularly hard problem that needs solving... @gazza_jenks and I discuss it with @EliBenSasson of @Starknet for @Cointelegraph👇

It's not until you truly understand a subject, perhaps even nearing an "expert" on it, that you realise how often ChatGPT is incorrect. If there were an online misinformation tracker, ChatGPT would have been like a singularity event for it.

One of the most interesting things I’ve learned about Bitcoin this year is that not every bitcoin commands the same price. This has nothing to do with technical fungibility. Firstly, from the Nobitex hack (and a conversation with @hackenclub), I learned that where satoshis have been in their life dictates whether some institutions, exchanges, and people will touch them in the first place. The traceable history means that many have to be careful not to hold any bitcoin that may have travelled through sanctioned entities or interacted with blacklisted wallets. Imagine if this were true of cash! Secondly (from a conversation with @Peterlane1985), newly mined bitcoin commands around a 5% markup by virtue of its clean history. Thirdly (from a recent episode with @DrOVaughan), to many institutions, bitcoin that has been mined sustainably is also more desirable than bitcoin that hasn’t been. Green bitcoin commands a premium, and some believe this demand will only increase. Digital provenance is a double-edged sword, but fascinating when it’s a component of money.