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  1. Liquid is a blockchain so its transaction throughput has limits even if the limits are higher than bitcoin's. @benthecarman argues bitcoin needs to scale without a blockchain.
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  3. Replit might replace its airline miles-like currency with bitcoin. Replit's CEO, Amjad, isn't stunting. He's no stranger to bitcoin.
  4. Bitcoin might swallow capital like a black hole but @davidw searches the universe for an even better metaphor.
  5. In our most commented post ever, @kepford gets stackers talking about JFK, the moon landing, UFOs, and the Earth's shape.
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Top Friday fun fact \ 10.8k sats \ @0xbitcoiner

The Bitcoin Network Has Been Functional For 99.99% Of The Time

Since its inception on January 3, 2009 at 02:54:25 GMT bitcoin network had only 2 downtimes events:

  1. CVE-2010-5139 - 8 hours and 27 minutes
  2. CVE-2013-3220 - 6 hours and 20 minutes

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