TD₿: Bitcoin Is Time
Time is money, or so the saying goes. It follows that money is also time: a representation of the collective economic energy stored by humanity.
Hey Bitcoiners,
I’ve shared this epic piece before, but it’s time to share it again for those of you who have not yet read it, and to encourage those of you who have to revisit it. Gigi’s masterpiece details how Bitcoin is a decentralized clock whose “relentless beating… is what gives rise to all the magical properties of Bitcoin.”
Enjoy!
Tick tock next block,
Cory Klippsten
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Quote of the Day
Tick tock tick tock tick — what is the time?
Tick tock tick tock… it ends in c619.
Are you sure this is fine? Are we probably late?
Absolutes do not matter: before nine there comes eight.
The clock isn’t exact; it sometimes goes in reverse.
Exact time implies center; that’s the root of this curse!
Yet this clock keeps on ticking, tock-tick and tick-tock,
there’s no profit in tricking; just tick-tock and next block.A Funny Little Rhyme on Bitcoin and Time (2020)
The job of the Day
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Featured Event
Tuesday, February 28th — Join Bitcoiners at The Meteor on South Congress each and every Tuesday night from 5:30-8PM for food, wine, and good conversation.
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Meme of the Day
HODL Time
This relentless beating of the clock results in an impressive correlation between price and mining difficulty. Any commodity eventually returns to the price of the sum of their costs of production.