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If P=NP, does Bitcoin fall apart? (https://medium.com/@orbify.io/if-p-np-does-bitcoin-fall-apart-21534c16ab97?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------0-59------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-1§ionName=top)

What if there was a way to break Bitcoin? To hack it apart? To tear apart its foundation? Is there such a…
H.K. Brar (https://medium.com/@orbify.io?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
in Predict (https://medium.com/predict?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
8 min read


Using the Lightning Network vs. Using the Bitcoin Network (https://medium.com/@lightningpeach/using-the-lightning-network-vs-using-the-bitcoin-network-87dbc4407b8e?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------1-59------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-1§ionName=top)

Bitfury's engineering team explains the difference between the Lightning Network and bitcoin - and when to…
Lightning Peach (https://medium.com/@lightningpeach?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
in Meet Bitfury (https://medium.com/meetbitfury?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
6 min read


Lightning network and gold standard nostalgia (https://medium.com/@TG34/lightning-network-and-gold-standard-nostalgia-db3ca0a42f43?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------2-59------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-1§ionName=top)

Satoshi Nakamoto built Bitcoin to be "A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System". Based on this alone, it would…
TG34 (https://medium.com/@TG34?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
in Hacker Noon (https://medium.com/hacker-daily?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
7 min read


Bitcoin Communities: If You Are Not A Miner, You Are Just A Spectator (https://medium.com/@siosism/bitcoin-communities-if-you-are-not-a-miner-you-are-just-a-spectator-2b1f94b77708?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------3-59------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-1§ionName=top)

"One thing we do know, the f***ing fans can't fight for you." ~Floyd Mayweather
George Siosi Samuels (https://medium.com/@siosism?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
in Faiā (https://medium.com/fai%C4%81?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
5 min read

Based on your reading history

A Modest Privacy Protection Proposal (https://medium.com/@lopp/a-modest-privacy-protection-proposal-5b47631d7f4c?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------0-59------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-16§ionName=recommended)

How to reclaim your privacy in the surveillance age
Jameson Lopp (https://medium.com/@lopp?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
31 min read


Reflections Upon a SWATting (https://medium.com/@lopp/reflections-upon-a-swatting-a45c0209135f?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------1-59------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-16§ionName=recommended)

October 16th, 2017 started off like any other Monday. I awoke at 6 AM and drove to the YMCA to play…
Jameson Lopp (https://medium.com/@lopp?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
7 min read


Bitcoin: Two Parts Math, One Part Biology (https://medium.com/@hugonguyen/bitcoin-two-parts-math-one-part-biology-b45ef48a0422?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------2-59------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-16§ionName=recommended)

"The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks"
Hugo Nguyen (https://medium.com/@hugonguyen?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
5 min read

Best in Future

Amazon Is Becoming More Powerful Than You Realize (https://medium.com/@karlbode/amazon-is-becoming-more-powerful-than-you-realize-2093d6860886?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------0-49------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-11§ionName=topic)

Retail and Alexa are just the start of the path toward total domination
Karl Bode (https://medium.com/@karlbode?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
6 min read


Finally, Fusion Power Is About to Become a Reality (https://medium.com/@bbergstein/finally-fusion-power-is-about-to-become-a-reality-c6b8b5915cf5?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------1-49------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-11§ionName=topic)

Long considered a joke, or a pipe dream, fusion is suddenly making enormous leaps
Brian Bergstein (https://medium.com/@bbergstein?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
14 min read


The Technology That Will Define 2019 (https://medium.com/@LanceUlanoff/the-technology-that-will-define-2019-48c041e98532?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------2-49------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-11§ionName=topic)

A major iPhone shakeup, 5G, and even more bitcoin are on the horizon
Lance Ulanoff (https://medium.com/@LanceUlanoff?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
6 min read

Best in Art

The Amateur's Guide to Visiting an Art Museum (https://medium.com/@ligayamalones/the-amateurs-guide-to-visiting-an-art-museum-ea76c05ed6b1?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------0-49------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-11§ionName=topic)

How to get the most out of an intimidating space
Ligaya Malones (https://medium.com/@ligayamalones?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
4 min read


Applause from Medium Staff
The Inspiration Behind Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man (https://medium.com/@walterisaacson/the-inspiration-behind-leonardo-da-vincis-vitruvian-man-974c525495ec?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------1-49------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-11§ionName=topic)

A look at the classic drawing stripped down to its essence
Walter Isaacson (https://medium.com/@walterisaacson?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
10 min read


A Note to Badly Drawn Webcomics Everywhere (https://medium.com/@milesklee/a-note-to-badly-drawn-webcomics-everywhere-533804510f67?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------2-49------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-11§ionName=topic)

An airing of grievances
Miles Klee (https://medium.com/@milesklee?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
7 min read

Best in History

The History of Civilization Is a History of Border Walls (https://medium.com/@davefrye4/the-history-of-civilization-is-a-history-of-border-walls-24e837246fb8?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------0-49------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-11§ionName=topic)

Were civilizations - and walls - created only by fearful peoples? Or did creating civilization cause people…
David Frye (https://medium.com/@davefrye4?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
10 min read


How to Spot a Sketchy Spiritual Guru (https://medium.com/@mitch.horowitz.nyc/how-to-spot-a-sketchy-spiritual-guru-d7e0a7cf6914?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------1-49------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-11§ionName=topic)

A practical guide based on the history of cults gone wrong
Mitch Horowitz (https://medium.com/@mitch.horowitz.nyc?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
12 min read

Best in Neuroscience

Why Having a Crush Is Good for You (https://medium.com/@sarah.griffiths.freelance/why-having-a-crush-is-good-for-you-d9b3b669a71e?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------0-49------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-11§ionName=topic)

Embarrassing fantasy relationships play an important evolutionary role
Sarah Griffiths (https://medium.com/@sarah.griffiths.freelance?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
5 min read


What Autism Can Teach Us About Overcoming Digital Burnout (https://medium.com/@awsamuel/what-autism-can-teach-us-about-overcoming-digital-burnout-38446b47c17c?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------1-49------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-11§ionName=topic)

Learning to cope in an age of digital overload
Alexandra Samuel (https://medium.com/@awsamuel?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
8 min read


The Cognition Crisis (https://medium.com/@adamgazzaley/the-cognition-crisis-a1482e889fcb?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------2-49------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-11§ionName=topic)

Anxiety. Depression. ADHD. Dementia. The human brain is in trouble. Technology is a cause - and a solution.
Adam Gazzaley MD, PhD (https://medium.com/@adamgazzaley?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
18 min read

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Applause from Medium Staff
SELFIE (https://medium.com/@rachsyme/selfie-fe945dcba6b0?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------0-62------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-21§ionName=evergreen)

The revolutionary potential of your own face, in seven chapters
Rachel Syme (https://medium.com/@rachsyme?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
in Matter (https://medium.com/matter?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
57 min read


What Really Happened with Vista: An Insider's Retrospective (https://medium.com/@benbob/what-really-happened-with-vista-an-insiders-retrospective-f713ee77c239?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------1-62------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-21§ionName=evergreen)

"Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it." - Steven Wright.
Ben Fathi (https://medium.com/@benbob?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
14 min read


How Facebook Has Flattened Human Communication (https://medium.com/@AuerbachKeller/how-facebook-has-flattened-human-communication-c1525a15e9aa?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------2-62------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-21§ionName=evergreen)

Online services demand easily classified content. Users have obliged.
David Auerbach (https://medium.com/@AuerbachKeller?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
9 min read

Editors' picks

The Simple Psychology Behind Apple's Fall (https://medium.com/@RJameson/the-simple-psychology-behind-apples-fall-66771889da10?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------0-13------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-6§ionName=suggested)

Customers are willing to pay upwards of $1,000 for a phone - but only if they're rewarded with just as much…
Robert Jameson (https://medium.com/@RJameson?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
in Bob's Economics (https://medium.com/bobs-economics?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
6 min read


My Life at 47 Is Back to What It Was Like at 27 (https://medium.com/@mdaum213/my-life-at-47-is-back-to-what-it-was-like-at-27-eb7a071b3598?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------1-13------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-6§ionName=suggested)

Post-divorce, I've returned to my old ways
Meghan Daum (https://medium.com/@mdaum213?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader-------------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071)
13 min read

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