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# Larry's Newsletter - Issue #21
- URL: https://larrysalibra.com/newsletter/larrys-newsletter-issue-21/
- Published: 2016-10-30T15:19:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-20T09:35:31.000Z
- Author: Larry Salibra
- Tags: newsletter, #Import 2024-08-23 13:31

Hi y'all! Welcome back after an extra, extra long summer hiatus! I Hope you enjoyed your summer (and fall!). I just got back from a month long \~13,500 km roadtrip across the USA 🇺🇸 and back again with a week long hiatus to help with [Scaling Bitcoin in Milan](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX1jlrc%5FKO1cMWE2HagT51gjEB9p7cAw3&ref=larrysalibra.com) 🇮🇹.

Besides enjoying many of the great natural wonders of North America's second biggest country, I had the opportunity to spend some much needed time with friends and family. You can check out some highlights from my trip on my [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/larrysalibra/?ref=larrysalibra.com).

Questions or comments? Reply to this email or [tweet at me](https://twitter.com/larrysalibra?ref=larrysalibra.com)!

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## Happy Hard Fork 🍴Week!

🎃 Happy Hard Fork Week! Version 0.14 of Blockstack Core is coming out this week. We're hard forking the consensus rules just in time for Halloween at Bitcoin block #436650 (originally #436363). Learn what's new in 0.14 in [Jude's announcement post](https://blog.blockstack.org/blockstack-core-v0-14-0-release-aad748f46d?ref=larrysalibra.com#.1x5cwhyvp).

## Exploring Blockstack

🔭 As some of you know, I've been working more working more closely with the Blockstack team over the past few months. One of the things I've been working on is building a [block explorer for Blockstack](https://explorer.blockstack.org/?ref=larrysalibra.com).

The Blockstack Explorer has yet to be officially announced while I work on additional features, mobile support and some scaling issues, but as a loyal newsletter reader, you get a sneak peak:

In Blockstack, Bitcoin addresses own names. Here you can see that the Bitcoin address [15kxt5aboFnBuJseR6cHNxMG7Tn6tfkrQZ owns my name larry.id](https://explorer.blockstack.org/address/15kxt5aboFnBuJseR6cHNxMG7Tn6tfkrQZ?ref=larrysalibra.com). You can [learn more about my name and its history here by looking up larry.id](https://explorer.blockstack.org/name/larry.id?ref=larrysalibra.com). From this, you can see that the zone information for larry.id was last updated in Bitcoin blockchain [in block #428902](https://explorer.blockstack.org/nameops/428902?ref=larrysalibra.com).

Here you can see an example of someone who has bought multiple Blockstack names with the single Bitcoin address [1MH74mNXSustf2zpFiFvPdcUwnfFk4r2j8](https://explorer.blockstack.org/address/1MH74mNXSustf2zpFiFvPdcUwnfFk4r2j8?ref=larrysalibra.com).

## Links & More

😱 "[Toasters are breaking the Internet](https://blog.blockstack.org/toasters-are-breaking-the-internet-c1d153c33f78?ref=larrysalibra.com)" - Muneeb Ali weighs in on the recent IoT powered DDoS attack on a large DNS provider that brought down a large portion of the Internet and talks about what we can do to fix it.

🤑 [TechCrunch: "Zcash, Blockstack, and appcoins, oh my!](https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/29/zcash-blockstack-and-appcoins-oh-my/?ref=larrysalibra.com)"

💡[Video: Ryan Shea's "Decentralized, Server-less Applications with Blockstack" talk at AllThingsOpen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WveXpldGGa8&ref=larrysalibra.com)

🔧[Video: Muneeb at the Internet Archive on how trust on the Internet is broken](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmWIMiED9cE&ref=larrysalibra.com): "Something is wrong with the picture when you are trusting people that don't exist" ****SHORT, MUST WATCH**

## Lessons from history

🇨🇳 "[Why the Industrial Revolution didn’t happen in China](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/10/28/why-the-industrial-revolution-didnt-happen-in-china/?ref=larrysalibra.com)" - Answer: Centralization prevents competition. Competition is good for progress. History makes strong arguments for decentralization of technology and power. ****GOOD READ**

## Final Photo

🌄 I leave you with one of the dozens of amazing sunsets from my past month. Until next time!

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/74/e474b4cb-cbee-4c30-844d-ae523b708967/content/images/2021/10/IMG_5154.jpg)