I have also been surprised TCG based games using Bitcoin never took off. It looks like "Spells of Satoshi" is still running, but the blockchain seems to only be used to trade some more advanced cards, and it uses either an eth wallet or counter party for bitcoin. Using a sidechain of Bitcoin makes sense, but it seems like more of an afterthought then central to the game.
Not just LDK, and anyway in LN it takes two to tango (er, I mean test a standard)
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/01/04/#eclair-2464
I'm with you 💯. I just want to understand at a more root cause level why we might need a particular medical intervention or dietary change. The simplistic "cholesterol is bad" narrative glosses over what seems to be some important nuisance.
Rifting on your tire analogy, why does a road (arterial wall?) become a down hill off-road emergency situation?
Any scientific research/writers you like on this topic? My (ex) cardiologist gave a very unsatisfying analogy involving clogged drains to explain the value of statins. 🪠
Update on our bitcoin mining ASIC work https://www.mining.build/update-on-our-bitcoin-mining-asic-program/
It would be great if mining ASICs (and support hardware) could be designed to encourage recycling.
Latest gen chips that become uncompetitive for professional mining, can have a second life in home water and space heaters. Mining revenue only needs to partially offset power costs if the waste heat is used.
This could help increase decentralization and the useful life of ASICs.
At first you might think AI systems like ChatGPT will make us all dumb and unimaginative because we can outsource things to the AI. But how is this different than a child learning to write a good five paragraph essay? a teacher will give you examples and correct your bad text. Likewise a spell checker shows you all of your misspelled words and eventually you will learn those words and do not misspell them - but only if you write frequently. People who rarely do math might use a calculator for simple multiplications that others who routinely need that answer learn to do in their heads. If you area plumber who needs to write a letter, ChatGPT will put you on par with an English major on those occasions you need to be elequent, and an English major can avoid some routine plumbing problems by asking ChatGPT why their sink is gurgling. Anyone writing a book can now generate an evocative cover image for their first self published novel without having a publisher taking a cut, and perhaps also an AI editor to help them write better; but to become a professional author they will need to internalize the advice and be able to recognize when the AI is wrong. In short, many people will lose their jobs doing bullshit work, and eventually find better jobs doing less bullshitty work with the help of machines.
What do you think?
Nice find! my son wanted an AI picture for a Roblox game of "shadowy figure in a creepy basement" and this one is much closer to what he was looking for than what I could create with my local SD model. 🙏
My son told me he wanted to print some money, and I want to support his hobbies.
ht @cryptograffiti
*cough* BIP-70 *cough*
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0070.mediawiki
I'm just being pessimistic, no inside info. Governments are trending towards wanting more and more of people's (previously) confidential transaction information. The EUR 1000 cash purchase limit is an example of this insanity.
It's something we should push back against and so I support your proposal.🙂
The recent European regulations do not have aopp like requirements, but it seems inevitable from the tone of this legislation they will. Individual countries may also decide to interpret it in a way similar to the Swiss if you withdraw to self custody. We should not make it easy to "over comply" by signing to prove control of our self custodial addresses.
If they want to make that a requirement they can implement it and users should have an appropriate amount of fear/resistance for using such systems.
Anyone else in Amethyst have trouble doing this poll? Not sure if it's my nostr client, LN wallet or Gigis's LN host.
https://images.app.goo.gl/HN82RV6CrjjvLhyq8
The fiendish fluoridators of the world will hate this.
I agree the USG will never hand over billions to a shady offshore exchange, but I do hope the Japanese bankrupsy custodian pushes for the 50,000 BTC on behalf of their creditors. It still seems pretty unlikely the USG will recognize that claim, but it may cause the mask of "rule-by-law" to slip a bit further.
Good point! there seems to be legal precedent for victims to have some right to recovery.
Why is the 50,000 Bitcoin being liquidated instead of going back to the Mt.Gox creditors? If you catch a bank robber does the government get to keep the cash, or do they return it to the bank? 🤔
Heard on twitter: "That sound you hear is the assembling of an army of copyright lawyers, the largest the world has ever seen, who have been in cryosleep since the Napster lawsuits and have just now been reawakened for one last job: AI art" 🤣
#[0] I don't think that's what Michael is saying; I see his question as asking if from a utilitarian standpoint it might be that the Chinese people have done well, even if their leaders were harvesting the organs from some of them. I think the answer is maybe ya, probably - though it's an impossible equation to solve and that kind of "aggregate happiness" thinking leads to very dark outcomes. We can't know the counterfactual of what would have happened if the US elites did not collaborate with the Chinese elites. Would they have all died of starvation? would the CCP have collapsed?
Two things that first attracted me to the "LN Symmetry" (eltoo) style of Lightning channels:
1) Symmetric channel updates are less complex to think about; once you start layering on all the other complexities and edge conditions a simple base makes a big difference.
2) Potentially much lower bandwidth and communication round trips to update a channel. This isn't important over high speed internet, but if you ever want to use low-bandwidth radio it does.
Ok - but biology is complex and evaluating what is plausible can be subjective. A study can cut throw the noise if done properly. I agree a hypothetical mechanisms of action must also be plausible, but that is something that further studies canhelp refine.
For example, what if statins do lower CVD risk in a RCT, but due to some different mechanism than their purported LDL lowering? maybe they act as mild blood thinners.
How would you recommend a properly skeptical patient with a family history of CVD evaluate the various preventative measures they could take?
If you ever feel compelled to read the NYT, don't give them any money - instead read it on Tor:
https://www.nytimesn7cgmftshazwhfgzm37qxb44r64ytbb2dj3x62d2lljsciiyd.onion/
Bitcard and Blackhawk Network have partnered to offer Bitcoin gift cards at select US retailers like Safeway, Vons and Albertsons. The cards can be redeemed on the Bitcard website and come with instructions on how to use them. https://cryptoslate.com/press-releases/bitcard-and-blackhawk-network-bhn-to-offer-bitcoin-gift-cards-at-select-u-s-retailers/
Not impressed of they're using KYC like the current Bitcard.
It's not just the absolute nominal debt and percent of GDP, but I think #[2] pointed out that the area under the curve matters.
The last spike was relatively brief during WWII, this one has been building since the Nixon shock in the 70s.