Completely understandable.
Yeah, I've actually thought about just re-reading the non-fantasy chapters. Good once, but not as interesting the second time.
One cookie is all it takes.
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1651997901889974272/vid/576x1024/jzxutcI6TkhIs5vt.mp4?tag=16
I would do almost anything for a cookie, but I won't do that.
I've been halfway through it since it came out. Restarted twice. Promised myself I'd only read it while exercising, but sometimes I get too busy for long walks for a while… 🙂
Everything about this case is insane and horrifying. Every Bitcoiner—nay, every American—should learn how the US DOJ is running amok… https://www.podpage.com/citadeldispatch/cd100-the-disturbing-chainalysis-led-prosecution-of-roman-sterlingov-with-mike-hassard-and-tor-ekeland/
I'm really enjoying following this account. It's like a timestamp in my nostr feed, but using blocks instead of sidereal/clock time. Total mind reset.
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Something for the "Quantum will kill #Bitcoin " crowd: You can cross 'Quantum computers to smash crypto' off your list of existential fears for 30 years
https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/26/quantum_breaking_encryption_rsa/
Adi Shamir, the cryptographer whose surname is the "S" in "RSA", thinks folks need to stop worrying about quantum computing breaking encryption algorithms.
Speaking on the annual cryptographers' panel at the RSA Conference in San Francisco this week, he opined that in the 1990s he saw three big issues appear on the security industry's radar: AI, cryptography, and quantum computing. Two out of three had delivered, he said, and quantum computing has yet to show promise and won't for decades to come.
30 years is nothing on the Bitcoin time scale. There will still be block rewards in 2053.
We do know how many ETH there are: add up the balances across all accounts. We just don't know how many will exist at any point in the future.