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Dr. Bitcoin, MD
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Bitcoin OG since 2010, former laptop solo miner, blockstream satellite node runner, #2A rights user, radiologist

If you and I agree on it, then it is theoretically possible. But as of now, there is no network that has such a guarantee-free promise. Even lightnings msat promise is unenforceable.

This must be a joke. Or some sort of estimate. It’s got more decimals than even a lightning payment could support.

Back in the day, I ran a gotenna mesh node with an antenna on my roof over looking my city. Had about 20mi range. Relay via residential isp.

The downside? It was gotenna and hence useful to essentially nobody.

Exactly. The Supreme Court is really just a game of placating the public with the appearance of careful thoughtful construction of law through wise consideration of difficult cases, but what it really is is just a game of unintelligent activism followed by minimally restricting the activism in a way that does the least possible to protect the rights of the people.

Nope. I’ll be working, unfortunately. Not sure when I’ll be at another conference. But hope it’s a good one!

I was debating Telegram vs Matrix groups with an Ethereum developer,

And he said "We use Telegram because Matrix hasn't lived up to democratizing things as promised"

You're mixing up democracy and decentralization. To quote nostr:npub1haqmanygx8nnzhv6n8ur7ytfpxvkqhamt9r5yd8sjxnpvy7utxgs89cvpg,

"Democracy is literally a 51% attack on decentralization"

Ethereum switching to democracy (proof of stake) has not really brought about the speed or cost fixes promised. But it has introduced the new issue of the KYC exchanges having majority staking power, so they could be forced by the government to censor or steal.

One day man, you'll wake up and see that democracy is bullshit, as your fundamental human rights shouldn't be subject to the mob's decisions. But unfortunately that day may only come because the vote will be against you.

This is why I have the right to keep and bear arms that shall not be infringed.

The problem with the US Supreme Court isn’t that most were appointed by conservative presidents.

The real problem is that the liberal justices are complete f*cking political hack morons incapable of weaving a coherent logical legal argument out of any set of facts.

Justice is best served when we have opposing sides of equal intelligence. But the Supreme Court is like 6 to 0 on the capability/competency scale.

nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl howdy!

Good to see you on Nostr! Got the metal seed signer I ordered when we met in Prague. Hope life is treating you well. Enjoy camping!

Lack of population growth is a sign the economy is manipulated far below natural level.

Humans get better at doing shit as time goes by. This should support more future humans. If somehow the productivity growth caused by people getting better at whatever it is we do is insufficient to cause family formation and population growth, assuredly either the economy is rigged or there has been some catastrophic change in the reproductive capacity/desire of mankind. There are plenty of resources available to be utilized to support a much much larger population than we have on earth today.

I’m a bachelor this week.

While I miss the fam, I gotta admit, it was awesome to make a quadruple thick steak with fresh truffle slices, have some wine, and listen to “boring bitcoin podcasts” on my couch…all while nobody cares if I’m even clothed.

Life is good.

If someone inclined to believe makes you act like this by merely asking reasonable questions then I presume there isn’t a tremendous amount of reason for me to care acutely about this Q stuff. Maybe it’s real and you’re just impatient. Maybe it’s not and you’re deluded.

Either way, I’ll keep my mind open and suspend judgement for now and I thank you for opening my eyes to things I previously did not know. You’ve moved me more than you know but I see no reason to believe or act upon said belief yet.

This is an unusual reaction and unexpected. My questions are valid and deserve thought, not feeling. I do appreciate you posting hours of video for me to review. From my first 30 minutes reviewing q proofs from the three videos you subsequently sent, it seems possible if not likely that someone posting as Q is reasonably close to POTUS. But it also seems many proofs rely on words or topics in tweets and posts…things like Q post uses the word tarmac and then a day later Trump post uses the word tarmac. When adding up the many similar seeming coincidences, it starts to feel more planned than accidental. The proper way to evaluate this feeling is by using the same methodology between known unrelated posters and seeing if discernment can lead to similar outcome say between Trudeau and a Canadian political blogger. I bet it can but am unconvinced.

So while the proofs can’t and in fact don’t intend to _prove_ anything, it seems strange Q spends so much effort trying to repeatedly bring legitimacy / believability to his position…either give reasonable evidence once and then move on with the message or forgo proving / supporting legitimacy entirely…The photographic stuff seems like enough evidence for me to listen to his message…the rest seems plausible but irrelevant.

But then I’m left with: ok, I’ll listen, but what is the message? There doesn’t seem to be anything to act on, so more proof isn’t necessary. I’m totally ok with it being all a hoax or totally real. I just don’t see the point. What is one to _do_ with this info?