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I was sending transactions just last week at 1 sat/vB and only waiting a few hours. Right now we’re 120 blocks deep in the queue.

Your comment got me thinking about who I’ve worked with over the years. I guess I’ve been really fortunate to have worked with some pretty legendary computer scientists. Sometimes we take things or people for granted, and shouldn’t.

In a virtual sense I guess, much the same way geographically distant devs work together today. But yeah, the community was pretty small and there weren’t many people that had multiprocessor machines that were prepared to test and run Linux.

A couple that I’d personally recommend. There are many more but these are top of mind…

Linchpin by Seth Godin because making your work into your art can be transformative.

Alchemy by Rory Sutherland which I reread every time I find myself becoming a slave to logical.

Range by David Epstein because being over specialized can lead to the Einstellung Effect getting in the way of creative problem solving. Because …

“jack of all trades and master of none, is far more adaptable than a master of one”

Clinging to our ego is the source of much of our own suffering. Ego is not self-respect, they are very different things.