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Hardware wallets can be hacked, but this is fine (https://medium.com/@snigirev.stepan/hardware-wallets-can-be-hacked-but-this-is-fine-a6156bbd199?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------0-59------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-1§ionName=top)

Here I describe how to live with it. In particular, how the attacker can encode our secrets in bitcoin…
Stepan (https://medium.com/@snigirev.stepan?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
in Crypto Advance (https://medium.com/cryptoadvance?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
10 min read


Speaking of Equihash (https://medium.com/@beam_privacy/speaking-of-equihash-1ab467d01f68?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------1-59------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-1§ionName=top)

The generalized birthday problem
Beam Privacy (https://medium.com/@beam_privacy?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
in BEAM-MW (https://medium.com/beam-mw?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
13 min read


Lightning Network Development for Modern Applications (https://medium.com/@andreneves/lightning-network-development-for-modern-applications-e4dd012dac82?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------2-59------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-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-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
in Lightwork (https://medium.com/lightwork?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
12 min read


Bitcoin's Attack Vectors: Fungibility (https://medium.com/@MattoshiN/bitcoins-attack-vectors-fungibility-ed58cb4cff73?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------3-59------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-1§ionName=top)

When attempting to define the characteristics that make a currency 'functional', Aristotle settled on five…
Matt ฿ (https://medium.com/@MattoshiN?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
in ChainRift Research (https://medium.com/chainrift-research?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
4 min read

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Unpacking Bitcoin's Assurances (https://medium.com/@nic__carter/unpacking-bitcoins-assurances-a3c98824d3f0?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------0-59------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-16§ionName=recommended)

Dis-aggregating the system's guarantees
Nic Carter (https://medium.com/@nic__carter?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
10 min read


Bitcoin's Incentive Scheme and the Rational Individual (https://medium.com/@hugonguyen/bitcoins-incentive-scheme-and-the-rational-individual-dc20effa4715?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------1-59------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-16§ionName=recommended)

Unlike Proof-of-Work and Public-Key Cryptography, the third component of Bitcoin is not based on math, but…
Hugo Nguyen (https://medium.com/@hugonguyen?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
10 min read


Fifteen Men on a Dead Man's Switch (https://medium.com/@lopp/fifteen-men-on-a-dead-mans-switch-b7e2cbbfa49d?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------2-59------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-16§ionName=recommended)

Crypto Asset End of Life Planning Complexities
Jameson Lopp (https://medium.com/@lopp?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
6 min read

Best in History

Applause from Medium Staff
Rosalind Franklin's groundbreaking work was left out of DNA discovery story (https://medium.com/@Timeline_Now/rosalind-franklins-groundbreaking-work-was-left-out-of-dna-discovery-story-8c54e6222848?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------0-49------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-11§ionName=topic)

All she got was sniping about her looks from the men who got the credit
Timeline (https://medium.com/@Timeline_Now?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
5 min read


Applause from Medium Staff
When Did Men Stop Wearing Wigs? (https://medium.com/@mshannabrooks/when-did-men-stop-wearing-wigs-9e3890ffaeab?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------1-49------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-11§ionName=topic)

Yes, we'll get to the syphilis part
Hanna Brooks Olsen (https://medium.com/@mshannabrooks?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
6 min read


Where Do You Draw the Line? (https://medium.com/@colin_woodard/where-do-you-draw-the-line-1d1abd8c022e?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------2-49------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-11§ionName=topic)

Secessionist movements are on the rise in the U.S., but ignoring regional histories is a disaster waiting to…
Colin Woodard (https://medium.com/@colin_woodard?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
10 min read

Best in Podcasts

The Real Reason We Can't Stop Watching True Crime (https://medium.com/@laura.barcella/the-real-reason-we-cant-stop-watching-true-crime-8420793384ee?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------0-49------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-11§ionName=topic)

A roundtable with four of crime media's most notable hosts
Laura Barcella (https://medium.com/@laura.barcella?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
9 min read


How True Crime Helps Us Process Our Fear (https://medium.com/@chelseagsummers/love-in-a-time-of-true-crime-94a1f20aa1b4?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------1-49------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-11§ionName=topic)

Women are taught to fear the bogeyman. The real threat is closer to home
chelsea g. summers (https://medium.com/@chelseagsummers?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
13 min read


Audio boom: how podcasters make a living (https://medium.com/@Financial_Times/audio-boom-how-podcasters-make-a-living-cc2d5857249f?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------2-49------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-11§ionName=topic)

Successful broadcasters need more than a good radio voice and smart marketing
The Financial Times (https://medium.com/@Financial_Times?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
6 min read

Best in Music

The Future of Celebrity Is a Japanese Hologram Named Hatsune Miku (https://medium.com/@stephenmarche_96648/the-future-of-celebrity-is-a-japanese-hologram-named-miku-a87419c951e?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------0-49------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-11§ionName=topic)

At a time when beloved performers are imploding by the score, her cheerful emptiness is a virtue
Stephen Marche (https://medium.com/@stephenmarche_96648?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
12 min read


Beyoncé and Jay-Z's 'Apes**t' Was a Subtle History Lesson in Race and Power (https://medium.com/@laurenaissance/beyonc%C3%A9-and-jay-zs-apes-t-was-a-subtle-history-lesson-in-race-and-power-f03104d8f67?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------1-49------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-11§ionName=topic)

The Carters weren't just flexing by shooting their latest music video in the world's largest art museum
Lauren A. Henry (https://medium.com/@laurenaissance?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
8 min read


Bloodletting (https://medium.com/@grantreynolds_30109/bloodletting-166c05a2b868?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------2-49------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-11§ionName=topic)

My introduction to Concrete Blonde
Grant Reynolds (https://medium.com/@grantreynolds_30109?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
in Spiralbound (https://medium.com/spiralbound?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
2 min read

Best in Politics

The Geopolitics of 2069 Are Crazier Than You Can Imagine (https://medium.com/@ianbremmer/the-geopolitics-of-2069-are-crazier-than-you-can-imagine-a7d9d4392abf?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------0-49------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-11§ionName=topic)

If you think 2019 is going to be chaotic, just wait for 2069
Ian Bremmer (https://medium.com/@ianbremmer?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
3 min read


If Not Now, When? (https://medium.com/@mdaum213/if-not-now-when-a19afe63e09f?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------1-49------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-11§ionName=topic)

There's nothing wrong with calling fellow liberals into account over needless, often opportunistic, identity…
Meghan Daum (https://medium.com/@mdaum213?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
8 min read


The Government Has an Instagram Problem (https://medium.com/@digiphile/the-government-has-an-instagram-problem-8a087e8a58ab?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------2-49------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-11§ionName=topic)

Social media connects us to our officials, but much of what they say will be lost to history
Alex Howard (https://medium.com/@digiphile?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
7 min read

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Waking Up Is Hard to Do (https://medium.com/@kevinroose/waking-up-is-hard-to-do-c720dc9617a8?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------0-62------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-21§ionName=evergreen)

In a new monthly series, our correspondent tries to improve every one of his daily routines. First: how to…
Kevin Roose (https://medium.com/@kevinroose?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
12 min read


It's time to kill the web (https://medium.com/@octskyward/its-time-to-kill-the-web-974a9fe80c89?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------1-62------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-21§ionName=evergreen)

Something is going on. The people are unhappy. The spectre of civil unrest stalks our programming…
Mike Hearn (https://medium.com/@octskyward?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
in Mike's blog (https://medium.com/mike-hearn?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
12 min read


Applause from Medium Staff
Surgeons Should Not Look Like Surgeons (https://medium.com/@nntaleb/surgeons-should-notlook-like-surgeons-23b0e2cf6d52?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------2-62------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-21§ionName=evergreen)

CHAPTER from SKIN IN THE GAME
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (https://medium.com/@nntaleb?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
in INCERTO (https://medium.com/incerto?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
17 min read

Editors' picks

Everyone's Missing the Obvious About the Declining U.S. Birth Rate (https://medium.com/@thecolorcodedlife_51187/everyones-missing-the-obvious-when-it-comes-to-the-declining-u-s-birth-rate-679abebb854b?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader------0-13------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-6§ionName=suggested)

7 counterarguments for anyone blaming the baby bust on women or millennials
Amanda O (https://medium.com/@thecolorcodedlife_51187?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
in Noteworthy - The Journal Blog (https://medium.com/did-you-know-the-journal-blog?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
7 min read


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-1548599503657-digest.reader------1-13------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c-6§ionName=suggested)

And insurance companies are already interested
Daniel Kolitz (https://medium.com/@danielkolitz?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1548599503657-digest.reader-------------------------de9b1ffd_d347_4ef9_8979_fe27022f030c)
7 min read

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