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No, I'm not doing these, but still all that goes on Bitcoin is a 32 byte merkle root every couple of hours or more.

Also nostr:npub1ej493cmun8y9h3082spg5uvt63jgtewneve526g7e2urca2afrxqm3ndrm is paying, so we don't have to worry.

To be pedantic, I'm not personally paying for OpenTimestamps transaction fees. There's a community fundraiser for that: https://geyser.fund/project/opentimestamps and the calendars themselves accept funds directly to their wallets.

Last time I pushed for donations was in January, and I got enough donations to last until now (most donations, by value, were not sent through geyser).

I'll probably run out of donated funds again in another 2-4 months. FWIW I share the funds donated to my calendars (and through geyser) with the other calendars.

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replete sumo 1y ago

how often do the calendars publish on chain? Is there a way to track those transactions on a website like mempool.space?

Peter Todd 1y ago

There's a list of the four calendars on https://opentimestamps.org/; each calendar has a website showing you stats.

The most frequent transactions at the moment are done by https://alice.btc.calendar.opentimestamps.org/, on average once every 5 hours at a cost of 20,000sats/week.

replete sumo 1y ago

Thanks. Open timestamps is a fascinating project.

I noticed that the transactions are using Segwit. Would there be any significant savings by switching to Taproot?

Peter Todd 1y ago

nostr:nprofile1qqsw3znfr6vdnxrujezjrhlkqqjlvpcqx79ys7gcph9mkjjsy7zsgygpr9mhxue69uhhqatjv9mxjerp9ehx7um5wghxcctwvsq3samnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarjd93kztnrdaksz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ekk7um5wgh8qatz7tvu4p donated 500,000sats! That's enough to keep the two calendars I run going for another 4 months at current fee rates (I have a sponsor for server expenses).

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Fat Zaps 1y ago

nostr:npub1ktgaplzmwud8qsg9f67764au80eq76wvhwwunw80gv5qr5j8ma7qca5ma5 zapped ⚡️10,000 sats

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