Today there were headlines about a “double-spend” in bitcoin! Many took that to mean that bitcoin has a catastrophic flaw (it doesn’t) or the network is not secure (it is) or that bitcoin is somehow broken (it’s not). Watch this video to learn the truth about what a double-spend is, what it’s not, and how to separate FUD from facts. tl;dw: Nothing abnormal happened.
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