I think JPEGs on the timechain are stupid.

But the idea that they're going to hurt Bitcoin seems so weak to me. Like the US dollar can withstand people scribbling on it but Bitcoin can't?

In fact, the idea of Bitcoin as a glorious digital monument with some graffiti scribbled on it represents humanity pretty well. That's kind of us in a nutshell. Seems on-brand. Perfectionists trying to keep their little gardens tidy while trolls come in and find ways to mess with them anyway.

NFTs and memecoins already had their peak fad moments. People now know that they're non-scarce gambling toys rather than investments. It's just echoes of that peak now. The only thing that concerned me about the ordinals/runes period was the rapid UTXO bloat, not the blockspace usage, since the latter already has a consensus limit on it.

And if Bitcoin transactions can't outprice JPEGs in the long run, then it's just not that valuable. Bitcoin currently does about 1% of the gross settlement volume of Fedwire. That's peanuts. Imagine if it reaches a point where it does even like 10% of Fedwire. What would you pay to move a full bitcoin globally, permissionlessly, in 10 minutes, in a world where it's no longer a niche thing?

Yes! This is possible

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I said it before and I said it again, the discussion about Bitcoin protocol development should've never taken place on a platform that amplifies anger and outrage by design.

Why?

I did the math recently and a reasonable guess for the damages that Gaza owes Israel for Oct 7th is ~$30k/Gazan – tens of billions of dollars.

All of the real estate in Gaza is probably worth less than that: that works out to be $172/m².

It'd be perfectly reasonable for Israel to just take all of Gaza in compensation and kick everyone out. Sending them all to Libya would be a very reasonable way to do this.

The Gazan population clearly has an irrational hatred of Jews, they're extremely violent, and there is no path to fixing this problem. Trying peace and diplomacy got us Oct 7th.

A perfectly valid alternative to this would be to cut all aid to Gaza and just wait for the population to starve to death. No-one owes them free food or supplies, and they can't feed themselves. They fucked up their economy through violence – no one owes them anything to fix that.

Speaking of, you can solve a lot of problems that way: Yemen can rain missiles down on Israel and our shipping lanes in large part because western food aid is keeping 90% of their population alive. It's ridiculous that we're doing that.

Also, cutting off all this suicidal aid to people who hate us would free up money to send to Ukraine, a population actually fighting for us.

Reverse Osmosis?

A bought a filter that improves the water quality for my house, including water softness, and it’s a total game changer.

Didn’t realize how shitty my water was.

-Reduced the chlorine and iron, which were measurably bad.

-The softer water makes hair and skin feel so much better after a shower. Not dry.

only bitcoiners have an opinion about sats vs bits vs bitcoin. people who aren't into it do not care and the words will not stop them once they get it.

Send nudes…. Err I mean send nodes

node count is easy to fake

anyone can spin up a shit ton of nodes relatively cheaply

this is why proof of work exists

There’s this idea that being a leader is some sort of a desirable position.

Being a leader is being of service to others.

It’s being willing to face the consequences of every decision.

It’s taking responsibility for everyone under your care.

It’s prioritizing others before yourself.

To die if necessary for others.

It’s not something you want to do, but something you feel compelled to do.

It’s not a top spot or perch to boss others around from.

Leadership is a sacred calling and responsibility.

I have looked at that and also what seems promising is xenon gas therapy too. But sourcing has been challenging, and I don't want to pile on too many things at a time.