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I don't want to work for the state or the banking system. I only want to work for myself and my family. To do that I must cut the state and the banking system out if my life. They won't let me go willingly because they consider me their slave. But their power rests upon my work, which I hereby withdraw.
Replying to Avatar Eric Voskuil / @evoskuil (RSS Feed)

**Response to @evoskuil:**

For years I have been largely alone in publicly arguing that HODLers have no say in consensus rules.

nitter.moomoo.me/evoskuil/status/1644100790460751872#m (https://nitter.moomoo.me/evoskuil/status/1644100790460751872#m)

https://nitter.moomoo.me/evoskuil/status/1644184655913172993#m

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( -_-) 2y ago

Hodlers are much more likely to receive bitcoin and validate that they did with their own node than a non-hodler. Hodlers accumulate bitcoin over time by nature.

Replying to Avatar Adarnit

I'm not replying with a chat bot answer, I just happen to know this stuff. Didn't mean to geek out on you like that!

What I'm trying to say is that there is a way to mathematically prove the computational complexity of a mathematical problem, so we don't have to assume that discrete logs with EC is difficult because we can prove that it is so computationally intensive that it takes way too long to crack in a reasonable time frame.
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( -_-) 2y ago

That's only proving that it's hard for the most efficient classical algorithm we currently know of. It hasn't been proved *for any/all* algorithms.

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The difficulty of the problem is variable. Some variants of the problem are trivial to solve, while others can be proven to have a higher computational complexity. It is precisely those cyclical elliptical curve subgroups are chosen for public key cryptography.

And the reason discrete logs are chosen for cryptography is because the inverse function is trivial and therefore the elliptical curve subgroups have an asymmetric property of easy to verify, hard to solve.

That is why it is easy to verify a Nostr post is legitimate with a public key, but near impossible to guess a private key with just the public key.

And since you can mathematically prove the average computational complexity of the EC groups, you don't have to assume that the discrete log problems in cryptographic systems are difficult.
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( -_-) 2y ago

Are you replying with a chatbot answer? This isn't something that's debatable. It's a fundamental assumption in bitcoin that you can't efficiently compute a private key if given the corresponding public key. There is no mathematical proof for this.

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What is that assumption?
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( -_-) 2y ago

That the discrete logarithm problem is hard. All elliptic curve cryptography assumes this without proof.

Replying to Avatar Adarnit

Math was not invented, it was discovered.

So if #Bitcoin is based on cryptography, and cryptography is mathematical, then #Bitcoin was discovered, not invented.
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( -_-) 2y ago

The cryptography bitcoin uses rests on an assumption that has not been proven

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EuroNews:

The EU 🇪🇺 faces a major demographic decline with 27.3 million fewer people by 2100

The estimates from Eurostat signal the bloc could see its population shrink by 6 per cent, or 27.3 million people, by 2100.

https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/04/04/china-sees-first-population-decline-in-six-decades-where-does-the-eu-stand

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( -_-) 2y ago

-6% over 80 years doesn't really seem major to me

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( -_-) 2y ago

Yeah, it's called a bear market

Replying to Avatar Carman

We're either all geniuses for adopting bitcoin and nostr early, or we're a bunch of autists so disconnected from society that we don't know what people actually want.
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( -_-) 2y ago

Technological advancement is not about what people want, it's about what they can't do without.

Replying to Avatar jeremy viola

A copy of the bitcoin white paper is hidden in every Mac !

https://waxy.org/2023/04/the-bitcoin-whitepaper-is-hidden-in-every-modern-copy-of-macos/

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Replying to Avatar Alejandro

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( -_-) 2y ago

Meh, worth it

Replying to Avatar GigaBTC 🌽⚡️🔑

Offered without comment:

https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/04/05/bitcoin-whitepaper-found-hidden-in-macos-with-unknown-virtual-scanner-ii-app

Steve Job’s death - October 5, 2011

Satoshi Nakamoto’s last message - April 26, 2011

Satoshi Nakamoto’s Birthday- April 5, 1975

Executive Order 6102 - April 5, 1933

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( -_-) 2y ago

Also, 6102 was repealed from 1975 onwards

Replying to Avatar Adarnit

Permission less does not mean decentralized.

For example, you don't need permission to walk into Central Park in Manhattan, but it's run by the New York City government, a central authority.
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( -_-) 2y ago

That's just implicit permission, it can be taken away.. and was taken away in many places during covid

Replying to Avatar Alan ₿

The difference is palpable
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( -_-) 2y ago

What's Twitter?

Replying to Avatar Love is Bitcoin 💜⚡

Get your idealistic #bitcoin mining ⛏️ going with a blockstream jade, buy it here loveisbitcoin.com/blockstream
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( -_-) 2y ago

Wait, what?

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( -_-) 2y ago

The greatest trick the bankers ever pulled was convincing the world their debts were money.

Replying to Avatar tanel

Washing dishes by hand is so meditative 🤷‍♂️💜
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Replying to Avatar captjack 🏴‍☠️✨💜

#bitcoin #richlist 2021 glassnode 🙏🏽
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( -_-) 2y ago

Why isn't an octopus above a fish?

Replying to Avatar George Mekhail

April 1st in this age means you can basically say what you want with impunity and just be like “April fools” if it backfires.
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( -_-) 2y ago

GM

Replying to Beiner

Yes.. ppl are saying g something about him but not saying lmao
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( -_-) 2y ago

No idea, I killed all social media except for nostr

Replying to Beiner

Ok im not on Twitter what's going on with Andreas anyone wanna give me the scoop
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( -_-) 2y ago

Antonop? Writing Mastering Bitcoin 3rd Ed.

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