Many have noticed a sharp increase in paid Lightning spam lately.

Opinion is divided - some love the free sats, some hate the constant notifications and spammy messages. In any case it's an interesting development in the ecosystem! ⚡️

We have just implemented a change on our server to detect payments that are likely spam. You'll still get the sats and can look at the messages in your payment history if you want, but this should help minimise unwanted system notifications starting now! 🙏

Things are starting to noticeably accelerate on several fronts.

It’s a bit spooky TBH.

Long story short: humility is a good thing.

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I think a fair amount about why I am doing this (as in working in Bitcoin and educating around it as I see it), and why I don’t just throw it to the win and live my own happy little life.

The truth is that I think if we are not ‘all in’ we may very well lose. And not just bitcoin, but the wider vision of the Cypherpunks, and the possibility of a truly free internet and what that promise would mean to humanity.

I simply cannot walk away. I must do this because I feel morally and ethically obliged to fight fiat on every front available so that the lies may finally be seen by all for what they are: lies.

Damn lies that have pulled the whole of Earth into its nihilism and despair; damning language itself to its collapse and presenting the impossible idea of freedom from the State and its infinite tyranny.

We must win—or all of posterity will be enslaved forever.

Thank you #nostr for introducing me to this masterpiece 🫂

That's an interesting take.

They make me want to suffer through watching it so I can argue with you too

it can handle the full 1420 watts. i ran it full bore for 4 months during the winter 3 years ago. also known as the winter i couldn't use my basement because it was loud and hot.

Angry about Armenia. Angry about a lot of things. So many feelings, so little to say.

Do you think, long term, country states would cease to exist? What would replace them?

#philosophy

Just being here now and understanding #bitcoin is not an indication that you are going to make it from here to there.

Many will not make it.

As Thorin carefully explained, and the finding of the suggested sub-titles; and wish they could at a little distance.

has John “the midwit’s midwit” Carvalho ever actually done anything admirable? the more he attacks me from behind the block and the more I troll him in response and win over his own followers, the dumber and dumber he seems and I’m trying to remember if he’s literally ever said anything worthwhile or built anything anybody uses.

I also feel an amusing sense of calm asking this here because he virtue hates nostr and is building his own version that nobody can explain, including himself, or use, including himself.

fwiw, I mulled over just letting this go an taking the high road but then I’ve been entertained and alarmed in equal measure by my DMs filling up with stories of him being a cunt irl. so now it feels more like bullying a bully and I’m occasionally pretty into it …

Good afternoon,

Satoshi was a Nym.

Satoshi separated the Ego from the Ideas.

Being a Nym allowed Satoshi to humbly work (as a Noob) to advance #Bitcoin and accept help, input, and corrections from others.

#Bitcoin needs more nyms.

Good afternoon.