It seems easier to attack infrastructure directly than to design an EMP that will do the job. But maybe its easier to build than I'm aware of.
I like all of this.
I also like covenants so far but I want to think about it more and learn more before saying I support such a change.
Air gapping. do we really need it?
Why is an animated QR code communication needed. Is this any better than communication with a UART? I do accept that USB and Ethernet are much more complicated and have larger attack surface. Using these interfaces would potentially allow exploits of bugs in the hardware or middleware.
But what about an isolated serial interface? Technically its air-gapped, but its still coupled in some way.
I first heard this discussed on citadel dispatch talk on VLS.tech. I think I agree with this. Animated QR does limit the surface. But UART communication is almost as good. You can audit the communications without much difficulty in both cases but neither are human auditable.
UART hardware is simple. The protocols are simple.
Air gapped hardware could also have USB support and have the air gapping done via isolation on the same board.
Animated QR codes are an isolation method. There are several isolation methods. You can use transformers for magnetic coupling. Capacitors for capacitive coupling. Opto isolation using LEDs and light sensors. You could send the data with air pressure, speaker + mic.
There is not much different between an opto-isolated UART and an animated QR code.
supposedly they seed the funds a little bit and ahead of time as coin telegraph says
"BlackRock is reportedly planning to acquire $10 million worth of BTC as initial funding for its potential spot Bitcoin ETF, still currently under review for approval from the SEC."
acquired emergency food. Freeze dried beef, fruit, eggs. Several water containers.
Now I'm stuck on the idea of a solar powered meat freezer. It might be cheaper than all the freeze dried stuff.
update: rust macros are roughly as bad as C macros. For now, it will be a goal to not use them. Some crate developer saved a lot of time on boilerplate so that I could spend a lot of time trying to decode their macros.
Yea, there isn't a good argument available. Good that you were out of it. You aren't missing anything. Its just a bunch of shitcoiner drama and big blocker propaganda.
Shutting down the internet isnt easy. If we are going to do that, we are back to barter or cash anyway. There isnt much cash so its barter. So censoring bitcoin leads to a complete breakdown of the economy. Whats the problem?
ah yes, the 80s. just as I remember it.
I don't expect anyone to act out of goodness or whatever.
I just now discovered, the incentives for this are applied by charging more routing fees if a transaction unbalances a channel and less if a transaction balances the channel.
Yep, you are right. The affect isnt neccessarily unbalancing. But every transaction does affect other's channel balances.
So, is there a way to determine, when doing this, if the transaction will be a net positive to the network?
Every lightning transaction messes up peers channel balance. If you balance your channel, you are unbalancing someone else.
Receiving lightning to mutiny:
Id like to sweep another wallet to mutiny. Guess the invoice amount. Not enough for fees. Guess again, still not enough. Guess again, some extra left. Guess again, not enough... fine i give up.
How does this work?
No tamales would be a sad christmas š„
Isnt the news for this a while ago? Or at worst a few days ago when early jan was "confirmed"? Or is the news the actual event?
Im ok with normal bitcoin NGU. Id probably let the dust settle before selling anything.
What actions are needed? Why not just ignore it?
Yea USA. Around here, ribeye and tenderloin have a premium. Find the less known cuts and you save a lot. Find less good cuts in wagyu and you get better meat and less expensive than popular prime cuts.
butcher sells these for fajita meat, but I just eat them with salt or with chimichurri sauce.
with wagyu, there is a lot that isn't anything special but still has that label. My grocery store wagyu is not better than prime but still costs a little more.
This one was 35$/pound. Its a christmas treat. My butcher constantly stocks this cut in non-a9 wagyu for 20$/pound. Imo its worth the experience. I tried both a9 and non back to back. it has a very different flavor and texture.
Australian wagyu sirloin flap. Its a9 and its great. This cut is expensive but cheaper than prime tenderloin. Using a badass knife increases testosterone by at least 200 points.
I agree.
But i find it interesting that bug fixes are censorship. Now we got a bunch of people defending bugs based on a concept that if its in the code, it must be intentional. Some of them even come from engireering backgrounds which is baffling to me.
I think its working out so far. But if in x years, monetary transactions are still pushed out by collectible transactions then it will be obvious that no one is taking it seriously as a monetary system.
That outcome would suggest that the incentives were not correctly anticipated.
If at some future date, they didnt go away then bitcoin didnt work out. So how long before we give up? I think its single digit years.
Since discovering bitcoin i have only realized that i know almost nothing.