TOTP uses a shared secret that is also kept on the severe side, so anyone gaining access to the server can imitate it. Now, if it was U2F there would be no shared secret (a plus), but then again, U2F can associate all seasons / messages to the same person (potentially a negative).

(updated, I meant U2F!)

Btw, I dunno how good of a match this is for you but you could try something like Hugo to create a blog that looks dynamic but is actually just static web pages hosted on a cheap VPS. Tbh, I find the learning curve a little steeper than advertised but once you've got a template you're happy with, updates are easy. Just saying.

I totally get this! That's why I just stick to money chains like litecoin and dash. I can handle the complexity but I find my investment and trading decisions are better when I easily understand the mechanics.

I've tried LN and to this day I find it a nightmare with all it's concepts, terminology and if's and but's. It's just a PITA to deal with. I can't onboard people with all that going on!

Correct, bitcoin is the original shitcoin.

Maybe then, banks could stay open at the weekends if they really want to compete.

In my case, try opening a brokerage account without having a fixed address with no bills or rent with my name.

Large scale voting does not work because all votes - even if you agree with most - are a compromise on everything else you value. For example, why should the people you love be subjected to war.. though to be fair, some people are proud to send their children to the front line. In any case, even those people accepted all vote outcomes because it was "democracy".

Vote with your wallet, vote with your feet, nothing else. If people don't like where they're living, they should go elsewhere instead of complaining with no action.

You must be in the UK 😁

Yes, been through this many times, that's why I use banks for the absolute bare minimum.

Once I went to buy a bicycle from a national retailer but they declined the transaction "to protect me". Took several hours of my time to get permission to spend my money!

If you really want to be interrogated, try maxing your withdrawals for 5 days in a row. I'm more than happy to be almost entirely outside the fiat system.

That's fine because I nearly always talk about crypto without mentioning that surveillance shitecoin of yours.

Code is law, it doesn't give af what you call it.

Does that include Dash?

It's all part of the plan.

Fill the ETF bucket with lots of money. Allow regulators to fail at their job. Sit back and wait for an opportune time. Declare crypto as dead (again) when multiple ETF funds are discovered to be bogus and empty. Add a high profile ETF crypto hack for good measure. Crypto market crashes by 80%. Announce more draconian regulation including the illegal possession of self-hosted wallets. Job done.

It really does look like a hit piece. According to the article logic, we shouldn't trust TCP/IP because we already know it was a product of ARPA.

The "trustworthiness" is misdirection when, really, we only need to scrutinize the code.

Is it April Fool's day?

Sad and more disturbing that you feel the need to establish the term "nonconsensual deepfake".

Not really a username, this sounds more like shielded contacts.

All those who think bitcoin is not crypto should take a math class. It's like saying a Penny Black is not a stamp because it was first over the line.

Really, the mental gymnastics maxis jump through to reach such a ridiculous conclusion is insane.

Definitely a case of the emperor wearing lovely clothes.

Fully undressed in imagination

Censorship resistant and infatuation

I think if someone is deep into a crypto project from a technical point of view, then it's very understandable that this person would not stray much into other territories.

But if someone is going to be intentionally blind and ignorant to new or alternative technologies, then yes, they have earned the negative image of a maxi.

I don't really understand the people that go out of their way to tell others that "bitcoin is not crypto", other than to say, they must be very insecure.

It's not even a bitcoin thing, it's a maxi-thing. Sure, there are level headed and open minded individuals here, but the maxis are so fucking prominent and arrogant.. they're the ones that stink, only really appealing to like-minded people.

Bitcoin is a surveillance coin, not that any maxi would ever acknowledge all the problems this causes, such as front-running and discrimination.

Personally, I did once consider developing on nostr but, yes, this maxi thing "bitcoin is not crypto" shit is just so off-putting. At the moment, all I see is one big echo chamber. If you were all talking about cars, cats or cathedrals instead, that too would be just as unattractive.

Want to prove me wrong? Then integrate a coin agnostic system. Let's see Lightning decred, or truly fungible options such as beam or grin.

Now watch the maxi replies that prove this point of how fucking obnoxious they can be.

A #bitcoin maxi puts all their eggs in one basket.

Fun Fact: Bitcoin has gone through two Near Death Experiences with infinite inflation bugs, the last was in 2017.

Holding another #crypto not based on the bitcoin stack is one way to de-risk.

Crypto includes bitcoin.