Well i mean a few pools together control over 50% so all you have to do is take control of the pools. Considering majority is located in China, it seems like it's something the government could do?

https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Programming-Open-Blockchain/dp/1491954388

You can also download the PDF of the book on andreas Github for free and then pinch in some for andreas https://www.patreon.com/aantonop

So i'm just wondering whether there is a possible solution to prevent 51% attack? Or is this the threat, that will always be there?

The problem i see is, people believe what they hear/read on the news. Also a negative review has much more impact than a positive one.
But the biggest problem is, that people just believe, and do NOT check the facts and dig deeper into the matter.

Everything has a price. And they are paying for it right now, as Bitcoin is rising and they are still in denial. Hopefully they will learn from the mistake.

So i'm looking for the best Bitcoin documentary. One where people could understand what it's about, how it works, it's potential, origins,...

Almost everyone i know in real life has very bad view on the bitcoin, thinks it's a scamm, ponzi or something like this. I know that this is just PURE assumption and not based on facts. Since they probably know near-zero of what it is all about, they just heard about the price going up on TV(most likely). So i would like to recommend them a documentary but i don't know which one.

Suggestions?

So how many people are working lightning? Like 10? Maybe?

Seems like not many people are intrested in participating in open source("free) development?

Many people have gotten crazy rich from this thing, why do they not fund the developers or something? It would only increase their wealth and  their net worth is probably above what you need. I mean they could afford to contribute.

Why is there not a fundraiser for the development, or some campaign like this? Do you think this is not needed?

Any thoughts?

Well as far as i know, how it works is you have to open a payment channel with somebody and then you can transact with them off-chain. So this is peer to peer. You can only send to people you have an open channel with, or if they have an open channel with somebody else, you can send the money through the person you have an open channel with, to that 3rd person.
But it will likely be more efficient if there are big, centralized nodes("hubs"), to which many people connect and then they can transfer between each other through that node(note that this is still completelly trustless. The node is not used to rely trust, but to make the transactions fast and cheap).

My question is actually, could there be a blockchain-based-decentralized-trustless Lightning network node("hub")?

So once Bitcoin has lightning network you will be able to send payments INSTANTLY and very cheap. There will likely also be ways to send transactions anonymously.

What good are then so many altcoins that all they are trying to achieve is, to send fast/anonymous payments?

One reason against Bitcoin is, that you will still have to pay(likely expensive) on-chain fees. anything else though?

So my question is, is it possible to create a system that works on top of Lightning Network that is Proof of Stake. Users "stake" their bitcoins(which are used to open a payment channel and serve as collateral) and they collect the fees from transactions that are happening on this payment channel.
(is this a side-chain?)

And the number two thing is; is it possible to create such system so people would be able to create a wallet on the lightning network itself. (To open a payment channel you have to pay a fee on the bitcoin chain). But what if you can not afford to pay the fee to open the channel. Could this be implemented on top of that "PoS" system that you can create wallets that would exist only on the PoS chain(but it would still be trustless and decentralized?->noone could take control of your coins?). So basically you would be an owner of Bitcoins without EVER transacting on the main chain, while still benefiting from the security of Bitcoin network(also relying on the security of PoS system as well)?


TLDR: My question is actually, could there be a blockchain-based-decentralized-trustless PoS Lightning network node("hub") on which you could create a wallet inside that system so you would theoretically own bitcoins, but you would never see them on-chain and never have to pay fees on the expensive bitcoin chain??

Did Bitcoin Diamond HF have premine. If so-how much?

Also is the mainnet running and working? What is the status of the project

Boardwalk v2 coming
https://t.co/9caE94VCEW

Boardwalk v2 coming
https://t.co/9caE94VCEW

Do you think it is Swarm City Token - SWT?

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/swarm-city/

I think it's very unlikely but the "graph" was dead for months and now suddenly few days ago it jumps up 100%? Maybe those early subscribers filled their bag or something? Just a coincidence?

SWT price finally rising 

SWT price finally rising 

"I like this view on Coins by @coingecko . It is sorted by Developer Activity. Look at @SwarmCityDApp, we are on place 65, @BITCOlNCASH is on 66!!"

Active coin development...

https://twitter.com/BerndLapp/status/930357020615757824

still for sale

Well i believe he meant someone with bad intentions would pay 100k as they could get potentially much more out of it.

I contacted the project that has that name but they stopped replying so i guess i'm selling to someone else now.

"I like this view on Coins by @coingecko . It is sorted by Developer Activity. Look at @SwarmCityDApp, we are on place 65, @BITCOlNCASH is on 66!!"

Active coin development...

https://twitter.com/BerndLapp/status/930357020615757824

Thank you very much. I am not under 100k(yet) so yeah... Thanks very much for the response. By the way- do you know if these faucets are actually making profit or are they at loss?