We throw block parties so we can mine as a group and try to hit a block. Everyone contributes hashrate via auction and nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqys8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttjv4kxz7fww3jhsctndpjkgem99eu8j7sqyq7jezkg8zyrx784ncdupq8p76wv8ssjcyymn8jpess7etzulu0lqs07j7q , our auctioneer, throws in bonus hashrate. 🔥

✨New bidders earn 200 TH/s bonus hashrate in their first auction win.

You’ve got until Friday at 7:00 PM Eastern to bid your way into the party! (But Evan always adds extra last-minute auctions the day of!)

For example, you could (theoretically) get into the party for as little as 700 sats, provided you’re not outbid. Pretty cheap way to win your share of a block reward!

(One person won their way in last Saturday’s party with a winning bid of just 500 sats, so it’s possible!)

Auctions are up on Upendo: https://upendo.rigly.io

If you’re new to this, it’s a fun and easy way to learn about #Bitcoin mining while actively helping to decentralize it.

We even have a Telegram group where you can ask questions, chill, and share your best memes: https://t.me/+AEvub_E_9hNiYzAx

P.S. you can use the nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqpqtvqc82mv8cezhax5r34n4muc2c4pgjz8kaye2smj032nngg52clq7fgefr & nostr:nprofile1qyt8wue69uhh2mtzwfjkctnvda3kzmp6xsurgwqpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqqyzur529hunjayz7evrzl46mxyhu422gkdw9akpzagf355te4jx29qszvkh5 #Plebchain radio referral code: Plebchain

He provided a Stike address, so that’s a shout out to nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttsw43zuam9d3kx7unyv4ezumn9wsqzp382htsmu08k277ps40wqhnfm60st89h5pvjyutghq9cjasuh38q7t6dtc who made Lightning convenient enough for Mark, who doesn’t understand or particularly like Lightning, to finally call my challenge and make me have fun staying poor, lol. And it worked flawlessly despite being an above-average sized Lightning transaction.

I then asked Mark if he could identify the sending wallet, but he said he couldn’t. He asked about block explorers to identify the payment, and while I pointed him toward Mempool Space, I highlighted that Lightning tends to make sending privacy pretty good even though I didn’t maximize privacy on this one. I'm not deep into the weeds on privacy tech, so I'm always genuinely curious just to ask "hey, can you identify any privacy leaks here?"

I also asked him if he would have shared his bank details publicly like he shared his Lightning address. He said of course not.

So even if people say “But Lyn, Mark used a custodial wallet”, I’d say that this tech stack reduced his friction and boosted sender privacy.

I think there are still improvements to make of course, particularly Lightning combined with other scaling methods (ecash, Ark-style stuff, and so forth), but it’s a powerful glue that connects a lot of things together.

In addition, when it comes to payments and small amounts of working capital, there is an important “choose your own adventure” aspect. For small amounts, in safe jurisdictions, custodial Lightning is not that big of a deal, like keeping cash in your wallet that is prone to theft or loss. It maximizes UX.

But it’s important to keep pushing hard, keep developing, keep providing capital, to make as many tools as possible available for people that need to maximize privacy and/or self-custody. Not everyone needs or wants those capabilities for every single payment, but they do need the *option* to turn to them when it’s important.

Mark Jeffrey then reached out to chat about fiction. Last year he asked me to go on his podcast to talk about Broken Money, but I fell behind on Twitter/X DMs due to bandwidth constraints and didn’t get back to him. So, after this I got back to him and said I’d be happy to talk about fiction with him to pick his brain, and talk Broken Money on his podcast, and we got one scheduled. 🤝