Had to retreat to my old hardware. Every several days, the USB ports would lose power and effectively kill any access to the keyboard or mouse. Power cycling the MeerKat restored the USB ports but also hard stopped my running VMs. When the Fulcrum db gets corrupted, a full resync is required.
Any recommendation on a good desktop hardware for Linux?
If y’all want Bitcoin to stay purely a monetary protocol- then start fucking using it as money.
Before you read this take, know that my ideal scenario is monetary protocol only. Also know that I think it’s fucking dumb that nostr:nprofile1qqs8fl79rnpsz5x00xmvkvtd8g2u7ve2k2dr3lkfadyy4v24r4k3s4spremhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet59uq32amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7tc9vz57s got silenced for expressing a valid concern.
Here we go:
Hodling, sitting and waiting for NGU do NOTHING to increase long term demand for blockspace- which, in case you didn’t know, is needed to secure and stabilize the network once the block reward dwindles. This is what most people in Bitcoin do, unfortunately. This is why we started Conduit and why I’m personally hyper focused on marketplaces: if we can make global Bitcoin circular economies then there’s a chance this thing becomes self-sustaining and the phase change to zero block reward doesn’t result in fucking chaos.
So far, Nostr is the biggest circular economy here, and hate to say it, but since it’s all happening on Lightning we are barely moving the needle for base chain settlement demand. Surprised about empty blocks? I’m not.
Do all of you who disapprove of Core devs approach to increase block space demand actually use the blockchain for anything besides UTXO management when fees are low? Are you building anything that increases block space demand for monetary use?
nostr:nprofile1qqsve2jcud7fnjzmchn4gq52wx9agey9uhfukv69dy0v4wpuw4w53nqpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmqpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqx7hhq8 is not stupid. He’s been writing about long term instability for years: https://petertodd.org/2022/surprisingly-tail-emission-is-not-inflationary
Important quote:
“To date no proof-of-work currency has ever operated solely on transaction fees, and academic analysis has found that in this condition block generation is unstable. To paraphrase Andrew Poelstra, it’s a scary phase change that no other coin has gone through.”
He also created Opentimestamps which is severely under used in my opinion (NIP 03 would enable so many great features for a decentralized social protocol).
Neither is nostr:nprofile1qqs0w2xeumnsfq6cuuynpaw2vjcfwacdnzwvmp59flnp3mdfez3czpsprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68y6trdqhxgef0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7wrtw00 stupid. Or anyone else involved in the current drama. They’ve probably thought this through more than most.
You think these people are evil and don’t care about Bitcoin’s long term health? Think again. They are being practical and doing something about the blockspace demand problem.
You don’t agree with how they are going about it? Then build something that increases demand for block space in the way YOU want it.
Or run Knots. That’s a great and valid way to express that view. I support it. But make sure you’re prepared for the consequences if you win this war (stay sat flow positive)- and probably consider using the base chain more, or participating in the Bitcoin circular economy (which means spending Bitcoin).
I find it funny how so many people here celebrated big money and big government when it came in and are now surprised these same parties are taking action to protect their investment. If you don’t do it yourselves, they’ll continue to do so for you.
Part of the problem for those accepting payments in Bitcoin is they are not pricing whatever at a steep discount. Its like pay me 20 in Bitcoin or 20 fiat. It should be more like pay me 10 in Bitcoin or 20 in fiat. The other big hurdle is the fiat on/off ramps into Bitcoin. If the fiat on/off ramps were not such a high hurdle, more people would be willing to spend in Bitcoin.
Try setting up a page on etsy.com. My grandson is doing 3D printing and getting quite few orders.
Another option would be getting a BTCPay server running with POS app setup. Here is an example.
btcpayserver.sytes.net
Launched the Noderunners follow pack. Make sure to follow all these chads.
https://following.space/d/d2i5mt0bbp8q
Who am i missing? comment below:
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Run both Full Node self-hosted, and LND node cloud hosted.
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Trust Saylor as much as you trust Trump. 😂
ZFS (previously Zettabyte File System). It's been around since 2001. Hardly new in my book.
The changes from the Bitcoin Core 29.0 release have been merged into my Statoshi fork and deployed to https://statoshi.info/
Dope. Thanks.
I've been in Bitcoin and related since 2017 and fairly deep into it as well. The fiat systems are definitely a rich man's game. Bitcoin offers a glimmer of hope.
From the prospective of the person who has no shoes, I'm sure they feel like they are trading one master for another.
If the day ever comes when people are more focused on helping each other rather than helping themselves, then Bitcoin might shine.
Vibe coding resistance is likely similar to the switch from coding in assembler to using a compiler. On my to do list is to vibe code something I've already coded to see if vibe coding can to a better job of it.
I use 3 different ones.
Hashicorp Vault - it is a custom implementation. Replacing Keybase. See https://cadayton.onrender.com/scripts/VaultApi.html
KeePassXC - Duplicates Hashicorp Vault it most cases.
Keybase - KV feature. But Zoom appears to be letting Keybase die on the vine.
Follow DavideBTC. He has a bot the post the price every hour or so.
Balance channel per channel isn't good, your complete node need to be "balance", some channels are inbound, others outbound and the rest are balanced, if your total balance is close to 50%, it's good.
I drop the re-balance scripts from my node, too much noise and too much people using it, so... if you have some channels to those, you will have that "rebalance" capability.
PD: that screen shoot seems different that this node https://amboss.space/node/03f576c4fe7ec82a459dbc194b33b55f4e9a606442f69364a90e18f7bea9e4b414 hahaha, good amount of forwards.
It this the same node. I just give the channels my own alias to match geo location. I know DavideBTC is in Italy but I didn't brother renaming it's alias. I wrote my own circular rebalance script. see https://cadayton.onrender.com/scripts/BTCpayApi.html
Haven't used Telegram in many moons. I'm Keybase but I might be the only one there. 😂 Briar is looking good to me for secure private chats.
This is literally one of the main reasons nostr:npub1hxfkcs9gvtm49702rmwn2aeuvhkd2w6f0svm4sl84g8glhzx5u9srk5p6t exists - to help noderunners find trusted peers they can communicate with.
According to lightningnetwork.plus/nostr_nodes
There are 453 lightning node operators on Nostr.
This is literally one of the main reasons nostr:npub1hxfkcs9gvtm49702rmwn2aeuvhkd2w6f0svm4sl84g8glhzx5u9srk5p6t exists - to help noderunners find trusted peers they can communicate with.
These one needs 3 approvals.
https://amboss.space/communityRequest/478f30f8-461a-4a7a-a8bf-c9f62dfebcd2
Kool. https://docs.cashu-address.com/ is broken.
I need to dive deeper into the whole ecash ecosystem.
If time allows, excape to the North and visit one of the canyons.
I'd say Obsidian with Nostr-Writer plug-in is the least fictional way currently.
In that case, more women need to get involved in Bitcoin because they can spend money faster that I can make it. 😂
Perhaps the issue largely boils down to how what ever is marketed?
If one offers X for $10 in fiat or $10 in BTC, I"m going with $10 in fiat every time.
If one offers X for $10 in fiat or $1 in BTC, now I'm interested in paying wtih BTC.
