Happy halving!

Block 840000 had over 37 BTC in fees with a block subsidy of only 3.125 BTC.

The minimum fee was a tiny 100 sat/vByte, the highest bid fee was 3.6M sats/vByte. This transaction alone paid 6.73 BTC in fees. An unnecessary waste of a lot of money.

Onward 🫡

I really don't know that much about it, but my impression is that the cashu protocol is simpler and more open. Dumb protocols are great. It's ok for ecash to not be federated, because with enough mints the rugpulls just aren't very lucrative or damaging. I have nothing in particular against fedi, just more familiar with cashu.

keep nostr weird

No Brasil você precisa explicar, desenhar, explicar o desenho e desenhar a explicação.

- Olavo de Carvalho

Hypothetical: the powers that be come after all the clients, all the relays they can, all at once.

How does nostr survive that?

De-platforming from app stores. Domain takedowns (take down web apps). Severe legal threats to relay operators.

What keeps nostr afloat then? Will everyone just post from localhost? Is there a newbie friendly home-spun relay option?