On February 6, Bluesky, a decentralized alternative to social network X backed by Twitter co-founder and ex-CEO Jack Dorsey, went public after beta testing with more than 3 million users.

 

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On February 6, Bluesky, a decentralized alternative to social network X backed by Twitter co-founder and ex-CEO Jack Dorsey, went public after beta testing with more than 3 million users. 

You can now sign up for Bluesky without an invite! 🎉https://t.co/rUyMjYVEkt pic.twitter.com/PaT4Z6hJnu

— bluesky (@bluesky)

“When you go to Bluesky, it may seem familiar - the user experience should be simple. But internally it's designed to put control [of the tape] back in your hands. Here, your online experience is not at the disposal of one company. Whether it’s a time period or content filters, Bluesky allows you to easily customize your personal social experience,” says the project’s blog. 

Alternative Approach

The interface and functionality of the social network really resemble early Twitter. The platform logo is a white butterfly on a blue background. 

Jack Dorsey profile. Data: Bluesky.

However, according to the developers, Bluesky's algorithms and moderation mechanisms differ significantly from the approach of its competitors. The project is built on the decentralized AT Protocol, which is “virtually uncensored and does not collect personal data.”

According to a Bluesky press release, an experimental "Federation" feature will be available in February, allowing users to connect to private servers within the platform's ecosystem.

The Federation architecture includes three main parts: 

• personal data servers (PDS);
• repeater; 
• App View - content that is displayed to users.

“AT Protocol is designed on the principle of “big world with small fallbacks” as the most open network. On the Internet, individual computers upload content online, and then all of that content is streamed back to other computers. Similarly, using our protocol, we send messages to a much smaller number of large aggregators, which transmit them to PDS,” the developers explained . 

Personal data servers send the received information to a relay, which then filters the content for a specific user. After this, suitable posts are displayed in the feed in the form of a so-called App View. 

The mechanism of the Federation's work. Data: Bluesky.

User Experience

When registering on a social network, the user is immediately prompted to select several areas of interest in the form of tags. Based on the selection, the algorithm will also select suitable accounts to follow. 

In addition, Bluesky has implemented a system of feed channels that relay content on a specific topic. 

Feeds tab. Data: Bluesky.

The social network’s personalized moderation mechanism, in which algorithms and users themselves mark specific content, allows you to customize its display in the feed.

Filter system. Data: Bluesky.

Dorsey first announced the project of a decentralized social media platform in 2019. In February 2022, the Bluesky PBLLC organization was born .

In April, after Twitter management decided to sell the social network to billionaire Elon Musk, Bluesky recalled its independence . 

Dorsey's project later raised $8 million in a seed round led by Neo. 

Let us remind you that from January 25 to February 3, 2024, the number of active users of the Farcaster Web3 platform increased ninefold - from 2,700 to 25,000. The number of content authors in social applications based on the protocol increased from 2,400 to 19,100.

 

How many bitcoins does Satoshi have? BTC Creator Wallet Address

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The story of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto is one of the most fascinating mysteries of recent decades . Despite the fact that Satoshi invented a technology that had a great impact on the world and mined billions of dollars of Bitcoin, he remains completely anonymous and does not touch his wealth.

* Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonym of the person or group of people who developed the bitcoin cryptocurrency protocol and created the first version of the software

The reason why we can say that Satoshi did not spend his bitcoins is that researchers were able to identify addresses that most likely belonged to him.

In this article we will look at the most interesting facts about Satoshi Nakamoto’s wallets and addresses.

Satoshi Nakamoto wallets:

Satoshi used a huge number of addresses; some estimates suggest he may have had over 20,000 different addresses. He used a separate address to receive each block reward, and since he was the most famous miner in the early days of Bitcoin, he received a large number of block rewards.

Most of Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin wallets are not particularly interesting, except for the fact that they belong to the creator of Bitcoin. Most of them simply received the 50 BTC per block reward and remained inactive.

However, there are several Satoshi Nakamoto wallet addresses that have interesting stories.

Address "Hal Finney"

One of the more interesting addresses controlled by Satoshi is the address he used to send 10 BTC to Hal Finney. This was the first Bitcoin transaction between two users, as all previous transactions were simply miners (mostly Satoshi) receiving block rewards from the Bitcoin protocol.

This address currently holds 18.43 BTC, which at the current price is around $482,000. The balance of this address is slowly growing over time as it receives BTC transactions from time to time, most likely from people paying tribute to Satoshi for his revolutionary invention .

The last time this address sent an outgoing transaction was January 12, 2009, just three days after Bitcoin launched.

Bitcoin creation address

The most famous of Satoshi's addresses is the Bitcoin creation address. This is the address that mined the first block in the Bitcoin blockchain. Satoshi Nakamoto's wallet balance is 72.6 BTC, which at current prices is approximately $2 million. Similar to the address discussed earlier, the Bitcoin creation address receives BTC as tribute from users from time to time.

An interesting fact about the Bitcoin creation address is that the 50 BTC received as a reward for mining the genesis block cannot be spent. According to the explanation provided by Charles Hoskinson, these BTC cannot be spent because Satoshi did not add the coinbase genesis block transaction to the global transaction database that Bitcoin nodes use. Hoskinson added that he is not sure whether this was an intentional move by Satoshi or just a mistake.

However, the remaining BTC on addresses controlled by Satoshi Nakamoto can be spent as usual. So far, Satoshi has not spent his Bitcoins, which is why many people are speculating that he may be dead.

Because Satoshi wanted to remain in the shadows, it is impossible to confirm with 100% certainty that the addresses that likely belong to Satoshi Nakamoto actually belong to him. However, blockchain researchers have put a lot of effort and time into figuring out the addresses most likely belonging to Satoshi.

For example, researcher Sergio Damian Lerner estimated that Satoshi Nakamoto mined about 1.1 million BTC. Lerner came to this estimate by identifying a pattern in the way Bitcoin blocks were mined during the period when Satoshi was active. This "Patoshi" pattern allowed him to distinguish with great confidence blocks likely mined by Satoshi from blocks likely mined by others.

BitMEX Research said in 2018 that an estimate in the range of 600,000 to 700,000 BTC is more likely than Lerner's estimate of 1.1 million BTC. Even if we use BitMEX Research's more conservative estimate of 600,000 BTC, Satoshi still owns $15.7 billion worth of Bitcoin.

There are probably many experienced traders in the cryptocurrency market tracking addresses that likely belong to Satoshi Nakamoto. If Satoshi were to suddenly activate one or more of his dormant wallets, it would likely be a huge event in the cryptocurrency market.

There have already been cases where Satoshi-era bitcoins began to move, but these transactions did not originate from addresses that are believed to belong to Satoshi.

Bottom line - Satoshi Nakamoto has thousands of Bitcoin addresses

Regardless of which estimate we use, it is clear that Satoshi Nakamoto has thousands of different Bitcoin addresses.

Most of his wallets are not very prominent, as they were simply used to obtain block rewards and remained inactive. However, if we ever see transactions from wallets that are believed to belong to Satoshi, we may see some distinctive pattern that will help us verify their authenticity.

**Cryptocurrency Wallet Generator/Checker.**

 

**Генератор/перевірка криптовалютного гаманця.**

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**Генератор/перевірка криптовалютного гаманця.**

*Zedx3-4 хвилини 12.09.2022*

Привіт всім. Продовжуємо дискусію про блокчейн і криптовалюти.

Оскільки це не конкурс статей, я надам лише найнеобхідніше:

Доступ до облікового запису/криптовалютного гаманця надається через 256-бітний закритий ключ. Для зручності користувачів був розроблений стандарт BIP39, що представляє собою набір слів (від 12 до 24), які легко запам'ятовуються, відомі як мнемонічна фраза або початкова фраза. Він описує метод представлення закритого ключа в цій мнемонічній фразі. Оскільки приватний ключ є впорядкованим рядком із 256 біт, слова фрази мають бути в певному порядку. У словнику є 2048 слів для генерації початкової фрази.

Щоб отримати доступ до свого гаманця, вам потрібна правильно складена початкова фраза. Імовірність вгадати правильну фразу для наявного гаманця вкрай низька через величезну кількість можливостей. Тим не менш, кожен може спробувати це. Можливо, маючи величезні ресурси, хтось виграє цю лотерею.

Цей шаблон генерує вихідні фрази та, отже, адреси для Bitcoin (BTC) та Ethereum (ETH). Для цього ми будемо використовувати бібліотеки NBitcoin і Nethereum відповідно. Уся магія відбувається в загальному коді, тому сам шаблон має мінімалістичний дизайн. Якщо необхідно, його можна змінити для інших монет, змінивши шлях виведення, де вказано ідентифікатор монети. Для початкової фрази ви можете вибрати мову ключових слів, а також кількість слів у фразі (12-24).

*Після генерації початкової фрази ми отримуємо з неї адресу (спосіб отримання заданої кількості адрес із початкової фрази розміщено в окремому блоці). Для BTC ви можете отримати адресу в 4 різних форматах - Bech32, P2SH, P2PKH стиснутий, P2PKH нестиснутий.*

За замовчуванням для мережі Ethereum вибрано Ethereum Mainnet. Щоб змінити мережу на будь-яку іншу в EVM, вам потрібно змінити ідентифікатор ланцюга та адресу сервера RPC у налаштуваннях. Наприклад, для основної мережі Binance Smart Chain: ChainID = 56 і RPC URL = https://bsc-dataseed.binance.org/

Дані для інших мереж можна знайти тут: https://chainlist.org/

*На останньому етапі ми перевіряємо баланси наших адрес. Для Bitcoin отримання балансу трохи складніше, ніж для мережі Ethereum, і є сумою всіх завершених транзакцій. Тому для цього ми будемо використовувати API блокчейну - QBit Ninja та його бібліотеку. Якщо вам цікаво, ви можете ознайомитися з його документацією та методами за посиланням: https://api.qbit.ninja/*

*Збережіть результат у файлі – і все!* Хоча, як згадувалося, для цього потрібні значні ресурси або велика удача. Проте я сподіваюся, що цей шаблон буде корисним для обмірковування реалізації ваших ідей.

*У папці шаблону знаходиться папка DLL. Вміст цієї папки потрібно розмістити за таким шляхом (може відрізнятися залежно від вашої версії ZennoPoster): C:\Program Files\ZennoLab\EN\ZennoPoster Pro V7\7.x.x.x\Progs\ExternalAssemblies*

**Cryptocurrency Wallet Generator/Checker.**  

*Zedx3-4 minutes 12.09.2022*

Hello, everyone. Continuing the discussion on blockchain and cryptocurrencies.

As this isn't an article competition, I'll provide only the essentials:

Access to an account/cryptocurrency wallet is granted through a 256-bit private key. For user convenience, the BIP39 standard was developed, representing a set of words (from 12 to 24) easy to remember, known as a mnemonic phrase or seed phrase. It describes the method of representing the private key in this mnemonic phrase. Since the private key is an ordered string of 256 bits, the words of the phrase must be in a specific order. There are 2048 words in the dictionary for generating a seed phrase.

To access your wallet, you need a correctly composed seed phrase. The probability of guessing the correct phrase for an existing wallet is extremely low due to the enormous number of possibilities. Nevertheless, anyone is free to attempt it. Perhaps, with immense resources, someone will win this lottery.

This template generates seed phrases, and consequently, addresses for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). For this purpose, we will use the NBitcoin and Nethereum libraries, respectively. All the magic happens in the common code, so the template itself has a minimalist design. If necessary, it can be modified for other coins by changing the derivation path, where the coin's id is specified. For the seed phrase, you can choose the language of keywords, as well as the number of words in the phrase (12-24).

*After generating the seed phrase, we get an address from it (a method for obtaining a specified number of addresses from a seed phrase is placed in a separate block). For BTC, you can get an address in 4 different formats - Bech32, P2SH, P2PKH compressed, P2PKH uncompressed.*

By default, Ethereum Mainnet is selected for the Ethereum network. To change the network to any other within the EVM, you need to change the Chain ID and RPC Server Address in the settings. For example, for the Binance Smart Chain Mainnet: ChainID = 56, and RPC URL = https://bsc-dataseed.binance.org/

Data for other networks can be found here: https://chainlist.org/

*At the last stage, we verify the balances of our addresses. For Bitcoin, obtaining the balance is a bit more complicated than for the Ethereum network and is the sum of all completed transactions. Therefore, for this, we will use the blockchain API - QBit Ninja and its library. If you are interested, you can familiarize yourself with its documentation and methods at the following link: https://api.qbit.ninja/*

*Save the result to a file – that's it!* Although, as mentioned, this requires significant resources or great luck. However, I hope that this template will be useful for contemplating the implementation of your ideas.

*In the template folder, there is a DLL folder. The contents of this folder need to be placed in the following path (may vary depending on your version of ZennoPoster): C:\Program Files\ZennoLab\EN\ZennoPoster Pro V7\7.x.x.x\Progs\ExternalAssemblies*

**Yggdrasil Network Overview: The Future of the Internet. Mesh and Its Significance.**

 **Yggdrasil Network Overview: The Future of the Internet. Mesh and Its Significance.**

*Author: [Peer Video Club](https://peervideo.club/w/iz6QSycxZwK1CrHH6V2JWX) | No.1*

**Introduction:**

Yggdrasil Network presents a revolutionary solution aimed at reshaping the landscape of the modern Internet. At the core of this transformation lies the concept of Mesh networks, providing new possibilities for resilient and decentralized communication. In this overview, we will explore what Yggdrasil Network is, why Mesh is crucial, and for whom it can become a vital element.

**1. Yggdrasil Network: Core Principles:**

Yggdrasil Network is a global network built on the principles of Mesh technology. Unlike traditional networks with centralized control, Yggdrasil adopts a decentralized approach, where each network node is equal and interacts directly with others.

**2. Mesh Networks: Core Concepts:**

Mesh networks have become a key element of modern communication technologies. Unlike traditional networks, Mesh has no single point of failure, as each node can operate independently and maintain connections to multiple nodes simultaneously. This ensures high resilience and fault tolerance in unfavorable scenarios.

**3. Future Perspectives of the Internet:**

Yggdrasil Network offers a much more flexible and dynamic environment for data exchange compared to traditional networks. The decentralized nature of Mesh networks opens up new possibilities for secure, anonymous, and stable communication, making them a crucial element for the future of the Internet.

**4. Who Needs Mesh:**

Mesh networks, such as Yggdrasil Network, find applications in various areas. They can be valuable in conditions where traditional infrastructure is lacking, in locations with network restrictions, or in countries with censorship. Additionally, Mesh technologies can be beneficial for forming connected communities, ensuring communication even in conditions of limited infrastructure.

**5. Conclusion:**

Yggdrasil Network and similar Mesh networks bring new perspectives to the evolution of the Internet. Their decentralized and resilient nature makes them key players in ensuring communication in variable scenarios. In the future, we can expect the expanded use of such technologies and their influence in creating a more open and accessible Internet for everyone.

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