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Lightning Network Development for Modern Applications (https://medium.com/@andreneves/lightning-network-development-for-modern-applications-e4dd012dac82?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------0-59------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-1§ionName=top)

In-depth guide to help you kickstart and streamline your Lightning Application development workflow
André Neves (https://medium.com/@andreneves?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
in Lightwork (https://medium.com/lightwork?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
12 min read


Blockstream's new Liquid Network asks us to rethink trust (https://medium.com/@inbarpreiss19/blockstreams-new-liquid-network-asks-us-to-rethink-trust-4d7a7b26860b?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------1-59------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-1§ionName=top)

From the makers of Lightning Network, Blockstream now presents to us the Liquid Network. This second layer on…
Inbar Preiss (https://medium.com/@inbarpreiss19?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
in ChainRift Research (https://medium.com/chainrift-research?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
6 min read


Atomic Cross-Network Swaps (https://medium.com/@tgriff3/atomic-cross-network-swaps-50c62b51d078?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------2-59------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-1§ionName=top)

Instantly settling trades across blockchains
Trey Griffith (https://medium.com/@tgriff3?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
in sparkswap (https://medium.com/sparkswap?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
10 min read


Analyzing Ethereum Classic with Google BigQuery (https://medium.com/@yazanator/analyzing-ethereum-classic-with-google-bigquery-df55822ec6a6?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------3-59------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-1§ionName=top)

I'm happy to announce, through collaboration with Allen Day and Evgeny Medvedev of Google, Ethereum Classic…
Yaz Khoury (https://medium.com/@yazanator?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
in Ethereum Classic (https://medium.com/ethereum-classic?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
14 min read

Based on your reading history

Bitcoin Governance (https://medium.com/@pierre_rochard/bitcoin-governance-37e86299470f?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------0-59------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-16§ionName=recommended)

My speech at the Chain-In conference that this medium post is based on:
Pierre Rochard (https://medium.com/@pierre_rochard?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
7 min read


Ethereum's roadmap to (possible) ProgPoW switch. (https://medium.com/@andrea.lanfranchi/ethereums-roadmap-to-possible-progpow-switch-9878de8763c8?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------1-59------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-16§ionName=recommended)

You may (or may not) have heard that during the last All Core Devs Call a more precise roadmap to (possible)…
Andrea Lanfranchi (https://medium.com/@andrea.lanfranchi?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
in Coinmonks (https://medium.com/coinmonks?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
9 min read


MakerDAO Governance Risk Framework (Part 1) (https://medium.com/@MakerDAO/makerdao-governance-risk-framework-38625f514101?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------2-59------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-16§ionName=recommended)

Untermyer: "Is not commercial credit based primarily upon money or property?"
MakerDAO (https://medium.com/@MakerDAO?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
in MakerDAO (https://medium.com/makerdao?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
14 min read

Best in Sexuality

Applause from Medium Staff
16 Men and Women Share Their Sexts and the Stories Behind Them (Warning: Very… (https://medium.com/@jennydeluxe/everybody-sexts-4937de2bc1d7?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------0-49------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-11§ionName=topic)

What love and sex really look like in the 21st century.
Jenna Wortham (https://medium.com/@jennydeluxe?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
in Matter (https://medium.com/matter?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
16 min read


How Sexual Assault Survivors Are Redefining Pleasurable Sex (https://medium.com/@katiewsimon/how-sexual-assault-survivors-are-redefining-pleasurable-sex-c9c44a88dbce?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------1-49------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-11§ionName=topic)

Some survivors are learning to move past their trauma by asserting their needs
Katie Simon (https://medium.com/@katiewsimon?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
6 min read


Sex Robots Could Save Your Relationship (https://medium.com/@annaleen/sex-robots-could-save-your-relationship-and-more-good-news-on-the-future-of-love-275a33bb6e9c?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------2-49------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-11§ionName=topic)

And more good news on the future of love
Annalee Newitz (https://medium.com/@annaleen?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
8 min read

Best in Visual Design

Let's talk about margins (https://medium.com/@craigmod/lets-talk-about-margins-14646574c385?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------0-49------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-11§ionName=topic)

We're making a book.
The margins are important.
Do you know how important?
Craig Mod (https://medium.com/@craigmod?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
in The Message (https://medium.com/message?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
7 min read


The Case for a Queer-Friendly UX (https://medium.com/@annaroseiovine/the-case-for-a-queer-friendly-ux-c37b65caaf15?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------1-49------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-11§ionName=topic)

There's no Grindr for queer women, and that has a lot to do with design
Anna Rose Iovine (https://medium.com/@annaroseiovine?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
8 min read


How Tech Companies Can Make Their Products Less Addictive (https://medium.com/@alexsalkever69/how-tech-companies-can-make-their-products-less-addictive-4e409df8316?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------2-49------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-11§ionName=topic)

Dependency can no longer be at the core of their product design
Alex Salkever and Vivek Wadhwa (https://medium.com/@alexsalkever69?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
7 min read

Best in Future

A New Test Predicts When You'll Die (Give or Take a Few Years) (https://medium.com/@danielkolitz/a-new-test-predicts-when-youll-die-give-or-take-a-few-years-2d08147c8ea6?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------0-49------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-11§ionName=topic)

And insurance companies are already interested
Daniel Kolitz (https://medium.com/@danielkolitz?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
7 min read


The End of Affordable Travel (https://medium.com/@jeffbercovici/the-end-of-affordable-travel-2c6301d2073d?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------1-49------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-11§ionName=topic)

While the rich traverse the globe in an instant, the rest of us will be staying put
Jeff Bercovici (https://medium.com/@jeffbercovici?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
11 min read


Your World Is Going to Shatter (https://medium.com/@hinton_72224/your-world-is-going-to-shatter-620ac40ec25c?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------2-49------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-11§ionName=topic)

A letter from the future
Erik Hinton (https://medium.com/@hinton_72224?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
9 min read

Best in Addiction

Quitting Zyrtec Is 'Total Hell' (https://medium.com/@jessmisener/quitting-zyrtec-is-total-hell-c3e79d753a1a?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------0-49------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-11§ionName=topic)

Users of the popular allergy drug can experience withdrawal symptoms. I was one of them.
Jessica Misener (https://medium.com/@jessmisener?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
13 min read


Meet 'NoSurf,' the Self-Help Group That Told Us to Log Off Before It Was Cool (https://medium.com/@ajzaleski/meet-nosurf-the-self-help-group-that-told-us-to-log-off-before-it-was-cool-4ff14516f8fb?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------1-49------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-11§ionName=topic)

The rise of a community dedicated to combatting the endless scroll
Andrew Zaleski (https://medium.com/@ajzaleski?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
9 min read


Confessions of a Juul Junkie (https://medium.com/@ahmedkabil/confessions-of-a-juul-junkie-6b5ce4a8b92e?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------2-49------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-11§ionName=topic)

I'd never considered a future where a pod was out of reach. Moving to Barcelona changed that.
Ahmed Kabil (https://medium.com/@ahmedkabil?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
10 min read

Most read

The Poor Can't Afford Not to Wear Nice Clothes (https://medium.com/@tressiemcphd/the-poor-cant-afford-not-to-wear-nice-clothes-b015f6a79561?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------0-62------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-21§ionName=evergreen)

Why do disadvantaged people spend money on status symbols? For the same reason we all do.
Tressie McMillan Cottom (https://medium.com/@tressiemcphd?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
9 min read


Silk Road: A Cautionary Tale about Online Anonymity (https://medium.com/@marcell74/the-silk-road-a-real-thriller-and-the-truth-about-the-anonymity-of-bitcoin-198b519ca397?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------1-62------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-21§ionName=evergreen)

Are bitcoin and the Darkweb as anonymous as people think?
Marcell Nimfuehr (https://medium.com/@marcell74?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
10 min read


Why Do All Coffee Shops Look Alike? (https://medium.com/@zandercutt/the-end-of-authenticity-bd858bc3b413?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------2-62------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-21§ionName=evergreen)

The end of an authentic aesthetic
Zander Nethercutt (https://medium.com/@zandercutt?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
8 min read

Editors' picks

What Poverty Taught Me About Being 'Too Generous' (https://medium.com/@kristinelevine/i-am-a-little-too-fat-im-a-little-too-generous-i-think-i-know-why-e97cd25b7eeb?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------0-13------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-6§ionName=suggested)

Using the hunger I experienced as a kid to teach mine the power of generosity
Kristine Levine (https://medium.com/@kristinelevine?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
6 min read


How I Adapted the Bullet Journal Method to Organize My Entire Life (https://medium.com/@jennifertchan/how-and-why-i-use-the-bullet-journal-to-track-my-work-money-and-habits-62af88557f74?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader------1-13------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a-6§ionName=suggested)

As a lawyer, my time is a scarce resource. I've designed an all-in-one system that beats any productivity…
Jennifer Chan (https://medium.com/@jennifertchan?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
in Simple, Not Easy (https://medium.com/simple-not-easy?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549716643869-digest.reader-------------------------a2b327e7_27ea_4795_bd0d_c6ab8057e01a)
9 min read

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