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Yea, along these lines, I probably would have been mining bitcoin back in the day on my laptop had I been a windows user. Heck, may have even been a cypherpunk. Alas the allure of apple had me nearly from the start. No regret though; I trust universal plan.

But my question was intended to be a leading one because I no longer am comfortable with that level of trust. Instead now prefer FOSS solutions, and similar arguments can be made for DIY hardware.

Why properly aligned incentives are so important. Any good examples? hint begins with B 😉

May we get transparency on fees? Maybe FAQ like #PhoenixWallet : https://phoenix.acinq.co/faq#what-are-the-fees

I have this question also. In particular, I'd like to use a bip85 derived seed.

Okay, I wasn't understanding because I don't have enough context. Is this about Bitcoin Core still wanting to offer some protection for those wanting to trust zero confirmation transactions? I agree that nodes should be free to relay and miners should be free to mine any transaction that meets consensus rules.

Replying to Avatar Peter Todd

Good example of the economics of a replace-by-fee-rate replacement: https://mempool.space/tx/2506c63f693895c723a7930e264d12dfa3767901f7e3ad2d1278c84d42bf3762

While the absolute fee dropped from $82 to $3, the fee-rate increased from 5sat/vB to 18sat/vB:

F2Pool mined a block with a minimum fee of 10sat/vB. So the truth is the $82 was worthless to them. Much better to take the $3 now; a 5sat/vB transaction might never be economical to mine.

Note that I have no reason to think that F2Pool is running Libre Relay. This kind of situation happens periodically simply because mempools aren't a consensus, so they aren't always consistent. Of course, it helps that a few dozen Libre Relay nodes are out there relaying RBFR replacements when they happen; I know that at least some Libre Relay nodes are directly connected to F2Pool.

I don't understand your point here. A large transaction is replaced by a smaller transaction and pays a smaller fee. Isn't that to be expected?

Replying to Avatar Peter Todd

https://video.nostr.build/609b3d0280d5c0805c876a21467720331e0d4038f7e3b1be17c856d532b97769.mp4

Russian oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod earlier today, 800km from Ukraine.

Far more effective to help Ukraine blow up Russia's economy with drones and agents that worry about Bitcoin sanctions.

...and as for anyone killed at that facility: they were war criminals, directly helping Russia fund its invasion. Fuck them.

Currencies are being inflated worldwide as the primary means of stealing from the populace to fund endless war. Does something fix this? Get on zero!

privacy > usability > scalability

idea credit to John Light from recent what bitcoin did podcast

Replying to Avatar Max

So smooth! I now have 2 wallets - nostr:npub1mutnyacc9uc4t5mmxvpprwsauj5p2qxq95v4a9j0jxl8wnkfvuyque23vg & nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg -that use Nostr contacts for social payments. I can pay ANYONE on Nostr with either app. Instantly. Interoperably. Internationally. For effectively free. This is already a 10x better experience than Venmo or CashApp. (I assume nostr:npub1cashappn03s3cl2ljsdntv0v28e2um5lgx4vjctqjt23pcwzjhsqmtdg5l will join the party soon though ;)

nostr:note125hlxq6u9umkca5jpm848yav0zcmaucjjvg4868mpg7dn7cxyxnqkr4g6u

And ruin the enjoyment of good songs? Why? Guess maybe you had to be there ;)