Op returns burn any bitcoins they contain
And I'm not interested in counting non-bitcoin payments
Op returns and p2a outputs also wouldn't count because they aren't payments
Yeah, though I'd assume one output per tx is "change" and doesn't count
unusually slow network today
the average block in the last 24 hours only had 3.59 tps in it (i.e. 2154 transactions) and NO BLOCK had more than 6.33 tps (3801 transactions)
yesterday someone pointed out a building and said, "that's a robot furniture factory"
why the robots want furniture is a mystery I guess I'll never know
No
But you just gave a new project idea: it would be cool to have a tool where you can paste a set of one or more ecash qr codes, and it will make a shareable link that you can give to anyone; if they visit your link, they see an interface that shows them the amount in the qr code and a Send button to send it via lightning to any LN compatible wallet.
I could have just printed the tokens directly from the mint, instead of running lnbits, but the tokens would have worked with fewer wallets -- and if I wanted to retain self custody of the money I would have to run the mint anyway, might as well run lnbits
No but it would have been cheaper. I had to pay phoenix a setup fee to open my channel
Perfectionists never ship
A more complete explanation of how we did it is available here:
Meet the Bitcoin Piñata!
We think it's the first piñata ever that pays you bitcoin. Myself and a bunch of other bitcoiners bashed it yesterday in Guadalajara during a Posada (Mexican Christmas party). So much fun!
https://video.nostr.build/5a202e6829e21b665480dfc46ac8ff542c2cd69a3595fa221c4652036a141834.mp4
The piñata held 51 qrs: sticky paper on black foam (all bought for $2 in total at a paper store). We had 100k sats in prizes divided up like this:
1 qr code worth 22,500 sats ($22.50)
10 worth 4000 ($4)
10 worth 2000 ($2)
10 worth 1000 ($1)
10 worth 500 (50¢)
10 worth 250 (25¢)
Meet the Bitcoin Piñata!
We think it's the first piñata ever that pays you bitcoin. Myself and a bunch of other bitcoiners bashed it yesterday in Guadalajara during a Posada (Mexican Christmas party). So much fun!
https://video.nostr.build/5a202e6829e21b665480dfc46ac8ff542c2cd69a3595fa221c4652036a141834.mp4
I didn't think of BitTorrent! Good call. Is there a website somewhere that estimates the total number of active seeders?
Bitcoin vs the World: how big is btc's network compared to other large networks?
Here's my analysis: https://stacker.news/items/816200
if we activate the P2QRH bip by nostr:nprofile1qqsqqqqqqqpn93urrkw94x03swhu9qf6da56zmka5lm0crkczyzkdesnfcrn3 then bitcoin will finally have a quantum resistant signature scheme
at which point we should stop calling it a "cryptocurrency" and start calling it a "quantum wampum"
My latest invention is P2PK Playground: create P2PK outputs on one of bitcoin's testnets and pay someone's raw public key
At the following page you can learn what a P2PK output is, watch the demo video, or even try it yourself!
1. It feels a bit different to me, but anyway telling my users to download *anything* (even bitcoin core) is too much
2. That sounds like the same thing as making my own faucet, and it is my understanding that any faucet will quickly stop working unless you rate limit your users, which is exactly the thing I don't want to do
it works on the "bitcoin inquisition" regtest but not the "bitcoin" regtest
and I don't want to make my users do this procedure to use my playground:
(1) download and set up bitcoin inquisition
(2) download and set up and run powcoins
It's just too much
I want to make an OP_CTV playground but CTV has a problem:
- it doesn't work on regtest
- it doesn't work on testnet3
- it doesn't work on testnet4
- it works on signet but the faucets are too rate-limited
- it works on mutinynet but the sole existing faucet is too rate-limited
Not just on the internet. My brother invests in stocks through a traditional 401k. He had no idea publicly traded companies are allowed to print and sell new shares; he told me that would be illegal because it would dilute the value of his shares, which the company does not own, and that would be theft. But I showed him the shareholder agreement and quarterly shareholder reports of one of the companies he invests in, and it clearly showed they are not only allowed to, but over 20% of outstanding shares in that company were printed and sold this year. I hope he learns from this that it's all rigged against the little guy. ("Major shareholders" were largely unaffected as they got first dibs on all newly printed shares and could thus maintain the same percentage as they had before the new stock was issued -- but people like my brother had basically no recourse.)