In Facebook's early days, you could only sign up with an invite or a university email domain

Perhaps for nostr we need a similar idea, you don't need an invite, you just need one follow

Or a nip05 from a trusted domain

These are forms of proof of work that a GPU can't do

Delete Coinbase

this "duplicate posts because primal says it didn't post" and not being able to delete stuff is annoying af

I’m seriously thinking about moving to Chiang Mai

#travelstr

I can’t imagine how much time people spend to write a code from scratch! Insane

I'd like it even better with a link to how to do proper dice roll instead though

Stop trying to use dice-rolled seeds unless you're an expert ❌

Just had yet another person (hard to count the total now) reach out about a low-entropy seed they generated and were allowed to import into a certain hardware wallet. A lot of the blame for these lost funds falls on influencers who shill users on overly-complex security setups without properly explaining the massive risks and tradeoffs associated for the average user.

What happened:

Less than 10min after funds were sent to what they thought was secure storage, they were swept to an attackers address.

They used <10 dice rolls, meaning the private key had <25bits of entropy when the minimum for strong security is 50 dice rolls (128 bits of entropy). Wallets should not allow a user to import a seed that they know is completely insecure.

Staying safe:

As I have said many times, if you don't know the ins and outs of dice rolls, entropy, verification of the resulting seed offline, etc. please do not use dice rolls alone for seed generation. 99.99999% of users are better off allowing good, multi-source, open-source random number generation like we do on Passport.

To date I have heard of zero compromised seeds that were generated using on-board RNG due to entropy issues, while there are countless examples of users losing funds due to improper dice rolls.

Stay safe out there, folks.

This is how email services should prevent spam and abuse on registration, not KYC, Tor-blocking, phone numbers, etc.

Nice going cockli !!!

Pay attention to the words used here.

Optimal level = subjective

More effective = subjective

Real-world needs = subjective

Bad actors will inevitably want to co-opt #Bitcoin and turn it into something they can control by adding vague subjective requirements.

We already have that with fiat money and it’s clear that experiment has failed.

Bitcoin’s value lies in its resistance to subjective determinations and the whims of weak minded individuals.

We just want to live a reasonably enjoyable life.

I’m told it was possible as a hunter/gatherer.

Violence became very profitable for a while, but I’m glad violence doesn’t pay well anymore, with Bitcoin.

buying bitcoin -> pays miners who are selling their coins -> price goes up -> miners invest in building out capacity -> grid demand grows -> more power plants built to satisfy it

He is against nuclear so probably most of his other believes are based on feelings rather than facts