oshi testing out their new nostr integration

thinking when these notes get zapped they are split between customer and merchant, thoughts?

The reason my Bitcoin businesses will never support stablecoins, despite huge profit potential...

Is not because I hate money

I just hate **their** money

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump’s crypto czar David Sacks says, “I sold all my cryptocurrency prior to the start of the administration.”

“Children have to touch the stove, they’re going to get burned”

Ross Ulbricht calls for support of Roger Ver.

Do you agree?

Very different tone. Red rising has a ton more action and emotion and urgency. Empire of Silence is a slow burn semi-philosophical build up. Will appeal to different readers on average, even as I like both.

Basically, Red Rising feels like the author is micro dosing cocaine while writing it, while Empire of Silence has the vibe of a good French red wine, slipped slowly.

I read Empire of Silence recently.

Pretty solid overall. It's the start of a 7-book Sun Eater series (plus novellas) about a space opera set 20,000 years in the future, where humanity has colonized a third of the galaxy.

And this is not a spoiler since it's from the first page: the protagonist blows up a sun at some future point in his story, resulting in the deaths of billions of people during war against aliens. It's written from his perspective in the future, as he goes into his life and how he got into that huge decision.

It's a slow-burn read. Excellent prose. Subverts a lot of expectations, while also having clear influences from books like Dune, and maybe Name of the Wind. Some of the characterization and plot details could be a bit stronger, at least for this opening book (can't comment on the full series yet).

Solid 4/5 stars imo.

one day I will give up and finish building cln-hub to host a custodial lightning wallet for damus users. the nwc alternatives for new folks are just not good.