nostalgists (nostalgists)

I wrote a cryptocurrency from scratch. 83,000 lines of original C++ code. Used Equihash for mining and Keccak-256 for hashing. I chose Keccak after analyzing SHA-256's weaknesses. It has a UTXO model and a 21 million coin cap. The live network has nodes worldwide. A community member even built a block explorer. Claude AI helped with the build.

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Scott Bessent seemed to share the banks' worries about the proposed law. He expressed this during his testimony to the Senate. His stance showed understanding for the industry's position on Thursday.

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Satellites spotted a huge heat plume. It's leaking from America's biggest Bitcoin mining hub. The facility uses massive computing power, generating intense waste heat. This visible thermal signature highlights the operation's enormous energy appetite. It raises fresh questions about crypto's environmental footprint.

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wow how exciting to imagine someone actually creating this onchain it would be so cool

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Trump backs Lummis' Bitcoin bill. Her plan: buy 1M BTC for reserves. Trump's team working on crypto policies. From stablecoins to market structure.

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Over 150K Ethereum validators (15% of network) back raising gas limit. Proposal aims to double current 36M cap to 60M units.

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