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Amounts of Bitcoins held by country

Is there a list about the amount of Bitcoins that countries around the world are holding? The majority probably of these assets comes from crime gains (?) Or are there countries (except El Salvador...) that admitted that they officially bought and ke...

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2nd Amendment and bitcoin

when put in place, The Second Amendment was seen as a safeguard against potential government tyranny, as it gave citizens the ability to defend themselves against any abuses of power by the government. I think, If you believe in this, then you are al...

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Running a Bitcoin Core Full Node as a Noob

i installed the bitcoin core full node on my windows 11 pc and it is always running in the background. i opened the port 8333 and have active connections about 20 to 30. is there anything else to do or is this enough to support the network? su...

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Dumb question about lightning network

I’m a little confused about the lightning network. I watched a video about getting started they showed using an exchange to buy “lightning bitcoin”. I was previously under the impression that the lightning network was simply a network/2nd layer that...

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Large holders and kidnappnig

I saw a post about a kidnapping where the person was tortured and a wealthy crypto relative was asked for a ransom. I'm sure there's something I'm missing regarding security on the public ledger, but could someone explain it to me? I know...

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Do i need to file these for taxes?

I bought some btc in 2021 and forgot about it until summer 2022. I withdrew and found my realized loss was -$334.97. Now i got an email about filing taxes so do i need to file this for my taxes? Email included: You won’t be receiving any IRS 1099 fo...

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Civ Kit: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Market System

Abstract. The Bitcoin protocol enables a global store of value system without a single trusted third party issuing or holding the funds. Participants are only required to have access to a standard computer using a broadband connection. As a sec...