#touchgrass

Running a #Lightning Node reliably & safely is a lot more work than a #Bitcoin node.

Then... Even after years of development. Trying to run a mobile noncustodial Lightning Client is still hit & miss, and generally a royal PITA.

Sadly these are still nowhere near ready for mass use. No non-tech people can setup either.

I wanna talk shit on nyc and dont wanna be judged on it. but the reality is you can’t choose who listens or follows. and nature is the best thing that has taken over my life in the past 2 years

Why is Calculator on #Fedora #Linux attempting to call the central bank of Canada?

#Bitcoin

What is the ideal flow for buying on a decentralized exchange?

Ideally...

1. I visit a website. I don't need to download anything.

2. I click BUY or SELL

3. I see some options who to buy from and their asking prices

4. I have a clear understanding of how this thing works. Don't just tell me the payment method, but how that transaction looks like after I hit buy.

5. Sort by payment method

6. Guide me through the transaction or better yet, facilitate it automatically.

What does the dream flow look like?

1. Click buy. You are automatically offered the best deal with your preferred payment method (maybe you specified it earlier).

2. You are provided super simple step by step instructions to finish transaction.

Similar for sell side.

The issue I see with decentralized exchanges:

1. Have to download something

2. The whole thing looks way too complex

3. Not clear how it works

Compare to centralized exchange:

1. Click buy. Done.

See the difference?

I think if we are to improve the UX, we have to think grandma level and start from scratch. No trying to improve a complex trading platform, but really think from the basics. What will grandma need to know or click on and how will she feel about it?

You make it work for grandma. You make it work for everyone.

The issue I see with Bisq (I couldn't install it, got corrupt file) is that it looks like a literal stock trading platform. NOT for an average person. I'd say you have to strip it down to 10% basics to make it work for the average person, provided you do everything else well.

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Just need to find an address that matches the last 5 characters

What are you building?

I have the same, not sure what's going on there.

If you’re trying to validation on why you should own #bitcoin on #nostr this is the biggest bitcoin echo chamber. Buyer Beware. #bitcoin

Is Taproot considered part of software maintenance in your opinion? It was an upgrade to the protocol, not some minor bugfix/optimization.

The only attack vector for #bitcoin is Bitcoin Core developers — a small group of individuals with the authority to approve (merge) code changes and make final decisions on the Bitcoin Core implementation, which accounts for 98% of all nodes.

"B-but you don't have to update." — Bro, then why are people crying about inscriptions, labeling them as "spam", and advocating for censoring transactions? You all allowed it, it's part of the protocol now. Shit like this will happen again in the future if changes continue to be made.

Stop this madness. Ossify the base layer.

Asked the taxi driver if he knew what the #bitcoin Halving was: «Does the price get cut in half?»

My wife might be mad at me..

#foodstr #healthstr #meatstr

I mean, is it a more effective and/or efficient application of the same amount of funds?

If I have €200k sats and I want to give them to devs, is it better to give it to a board or to donate directly? We all assume the board has the most information, which is often the case in a particular case, but is it possible across all donors?

I suspect not. The board has one particular set of information, but not necessarily more than the entire group of donors. Each donor has a particular subset of information and can probably make educated guesses within that sphere, that would add up to more accuracy in aggregate.

Is central planning really more efficient?

Sorry You're still a doomer

Join us as bloomers

Finally a dry day to do some gardening here in sunny North Wales.

1.5 acres mowed and levelling and seeding of old box hedge beds (still more to remove!)

Might need another bay for compost, that much lawn makes a lot of clippings!

Now onto some chainsaw milling if the rain holds off

#yardstr #gardening #grownostr

I'm so much all over the place that I'm struggling to even define what I do.

I consider the programming I do for the actual product to also just be "helping out" because we're short on staff. It all feels like I'm just bringing people coffee, or something, but digital.

Developer is so vague. Everyone is talking about different things.

"Developer" comes from "Research and Development" or R&D. They're the people who take the ideas from the researchers and try to pour them into marketable solutions.

"Programmers" just program. They write some code.

Not all developers are programmers. Not all programmers are developers.

No, you wouldn't. It's not a finished product yet.

Are developers and programmers different then…?

Right in the moment you instruct a computer to do something. Doesn't matter how you do it, Excel, Assembler, Python, Java, or what ever, they are just tools.