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What is a Bitcoin Merklized Abstract Syntax Tree (MAST)? (https://medium.com/@hrdng/what-is-a-bitcoin-merklized-abstract-syntax-tree-mast-33fdf2da5e2f?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------0-59------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-1§ionName=top)

Merklized Abstract Syntax Trees (MAST) are a proposed addition to Bitcoin that allows for smaller transaction…
David A. Harding (https://medium.com/@hrdng?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
in Bitcoin Tech Talk (https://medium.com/bitcoin-tech-talk?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
11 min read


How Schnorr signatures may improve Bitcoin (https://medium.com/@snigirev.stepan/how-schnorr-signatures-may-improve-bitcoin-91655bcb4744?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------1-59------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-1§ionName=top)

When I was reading the MuSig paper from Blockstream I was trying to imagine what would it mean for me as a…
Stepan (https://medium.com/@snigirev.stepan?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
in Crypto Advance (https://medium.com/cryptoadvance?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
9 min read


Grin Governance: A Novel Approach (https://medium.com/@dhsue/grin-governance-a-novel-approach-154aca07291b?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------2-59------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-1§ionName=top)

Grin has generated a fair amount of hype and interest - in large part due the founding story, fair launch…
Derek Hsue (https://medium.com/@dhsue?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
in Blockchain Capital Blog (https://medium.com/blockchain-capital-blog?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
14 min read


Project Spotlight: Rootstock (https://medium.com/@flatoutcrypto/project-spotlight-rootstock-6bc1144b835b?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------3-59------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-1§ionName=top)

I am not someone who generally dallies with decision making and this rapid-fire approach extends to…
FlatOutCrypto (https://medium.com/@flatoutcrypto?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
in Hacker Noon (https://medium.com/hacker-daily?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
13 min read

Best in Addiction

Experts Still Disagree Over the Value of Vaping (https://medium.com/@DalmeetS/experts-still-disagree-over-the-value-of-vaping-4d8d2dfeed2d?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------0-49------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-11§ionName=topic)

E-cigarettes are a powerful smoking cessation tool, a new study shows. But not all experts want to embrace…
Dalmeet Singh Chawla (https://medium.com/@DalmeetS?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
4 min read


My Mother the Drunk (https://medium.com/@laura_june/my-mother-the-drunk-9b73c84212d0?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------1-49------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-11§ionName=topic)

I knew she was an alcoholic before I even knew the word
Laura June (https://medium.com/@laura_june?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
8 min read


The Real Cost of Phone Addiction (https://medium.com/@catherine_price/the-real-cost-of-phone-addiction-5a57a9b1be86?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------2-49------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-11§ionName=topic)

You use your phone too much. Here's how to stop the cycle.
Catherine Price (https://medium.com/@catherine_price?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
6 min read

Best in Podcasts

Kate Bornstein on Why the Gender Bullies Can't Win (https://medium.com/@RollingStone/kate-bornstein-on-why-the-gender-bullies-cant-win-afccc4bbf59b?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------0-49------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-11§ionName=topic)

Up until now, there hasn't been a definition of men and women that's been encoded and enforced by law - so…
Rolling Stone (https://medium.com/@RollingStone?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
6 min read


The Secret Sauce of Podcast Advertising (https://medium.com/@webby2001/the-secret-sauce-of-podcast-advertising-57f45ae73b95?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------1-49------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-11§ionName=topic)

Over the past 3–4 years, my company (Edison Research) has conducted dozens of advertising effectiveness…
Tom Webster (https://medium.com/@webby2001?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
7 min read


17 Podcasts Every Entrepreneur Should Listen To (https://medium.com/@vbykanov/17-podcasts-every-entrepreneur-should-listen-to-5fad41a55156?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------2-49------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-11§ionName=topic)

Discover who could enlighten you to move forward and manage a venture of any scale.
Valeriy Bykanov (https://medium.com/@vbykanov?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
in The Startup (https://medium.com/swlh?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
6 min read

Best in Psychedelics

Inside the Bay Area's Craziest Secret Underground Parties (https://medium.com/@ahmedkabil/inside-the-bay-areas-craziest-secret-underground-parties-d1529c0fad03?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------0-49------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-11§ionName=topic)

The raucous, multi-day events that are turning the psychedelic scene on its head
Ahmed Kabil (https://medium.com/@ahmedkabil?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
18 min read


I Got Off Adderall and Xanax Using Psilocybin (https://medium.com/@taolin_5749/i-got-off-adderall-and-xanax-using-psilocybin-86fa1ca8d7e0?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------1-49------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-11§ionName=topic)

The trip that beat back addiction and unleashed a cascade of better choices
Tao Lin (https://medium.com/@taolin_5749?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
6 min read


Ayahuasca Let Me Walk Again (https://medium.com/@meeok/ayahuasca-let-me-walk-again-43e429fcf522?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------2-49------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-11§ionName=topic)

I'm not cured, but I'm healing in mind, body and spirit
Mee-ok (https://medium.com/@meeok?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
7 min read

Best in History

How a Bear in a Backyard in Maryland Triggered a National Brawl Over the Inner… (https://medium.com/@cbsweeney/how-a-bear-in-a-backyard-in-maryland-triggered-a-national-brawl-over-the-inner-lives-of-animals-bb55ecb69d3d?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------0-49------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-11§ionName=topic)

A private zoo owner thought he was taking perfectly good care of his bear. Activists say he was torturing…
chris sweeney (https://medium.com/@cbsweeney?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
20 min read


Why Older People Have Always Trashed Young People (https://medium.com/@heyfeifer/why-older-people-have-always-trashed-young-people-8f918529009a?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------1-49------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-11§ionName=topic)

It's partly fear, partly self-flattery, and partly delusion, and it's been happening for thousands of years
Jason Feifer (https://medium.com/@heyfeifer?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
9 min read


Slavery and the Origins of the American Police State (https://medium.com/@befountain/slavery-and-the-origins-of-the-american-police-state-ec318f5ff05b?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------2-49------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-11§ionName=topic)

From the beginning, some Americans have been able to move more freely than others
Ben Fountain (https://medium.com/@befountain?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
19 min read

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One Rainy Night (https://medium.com/@pkuperart/one-rainy-night-44389dd9b91?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------0-62------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-21§ionName=evergreen)

Excuse me, young man…
Peter Kuper (https://medium.com/@pkuperart?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
in Spiralbound (https://medium.com/spiralbound?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
2 min read


How to Make Your Phone Into an Ally, Not an Enemy (https://medium.com/@margie.mem/how-to-make-your-phone-into-an-ally-not-an-enemy-5e0f4302df6c?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------1-62------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-21§ionName=evergreen)

Technology doesn't have to be an isolating force
Margaret Morris (https://medium.com/@margie.mem?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
6 min read


Can Silicon Valley 'Do Good'? (https://medium.com/@thomas_mac/silicon-valleys-business-of-giving-ca7dcd04e4c1?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------2-62------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-21§ionName=evergreen)

A look at how tech titans approach the business of giving
Thomas McMullan (https://medium.com/@thomas_mac?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
9 min read

Editors' picks

Why Technology's Early Adopters Are Opting Out (https://medium.com/@hairyelefante/the-growing-cost-of-early-adoption-75050e80b004?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------0-13------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-6§ionName=suggested)

There was always a financial cost to early adoption. Today, there's a potential privacy cost, too.
Jesse Weaver (https://medium.com/@hairyelefante?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
in The Startup (https://medium.com/swlh?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
8 min read


The Science of Miracles (https://medium.com/@bradleyhagerty/the-science-of-miracles-e7cc19f31c8d?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------1-13------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-6§ionName=suggested)

Is God all in our heads-a product of brain chemistry? Or is the human brain like a radio that can tune into…
Barbara Bradley Hagerty (https://medium.com/@bradleyhagerty?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
12 min read


He Was Supposed to Be the Next Stephen King. Then the Aliens Came. (https://medium.com/@drewmillard/he-was-supposed-to-be-the-next-stephen-king-then-the-aliens-came-afd7195e0b49?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader------2-13------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d-6§ionName=suggested)

Reclusive writer Whitley Strieber reflects on his career - and 'the visitors' that interrupted it
Drew Millard (https://medium.com/@drewmillard?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1550149516393-digest.reader-------------------------b1b85f4b_c9ed_4ccb_88de_21e27d65a05d)
15 min read

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