Currently we're using a fixed set of relays in bitchat which is only a temporary solution. We could let users edit their own relays but 1) users don't know what relays are and 2) if users have no overlapping relays they can't talk to each other.

Here's a solution that we came up with. I'd like to know your thoughts. We're going to crawl a long list of relay URLs every 24 hours. This list will also include their estimated geo locations, also updated every 24 hours. This could be done in an automated GitHub runner.

That list of URLs plus their geo locations will be embedded and shipped with the bitchat app. Users who join a geohash channel will use the five closest relays based on the geohash location of interest.

This solves multiple problems at once:

1) relay centralization

2) privacy

3) speed

4) maybe censorship resistance?

What do you think?

In five years of going to bitcoin conferences, I’ve literally never had a truly bad experience with someone. People who fly out to be at places are almost always reasonable.

To put this in context, I’ve had thousands of brief meetups over the years and nothing truly bad happened even once. The worst outcome was I had someone be slightly awkwardly clingy a few times, but nothing worse. So this is a 99.9% social uptime situation, and even the 0.1% is still okay.

I am kind of at the top end of the gray zone of security. Super-celebs have security teams and don’t walk around on the conference floor. I do personally walk around the place by myself (which yes is a friction as I get dozens of interactions and photo requests and such), and when offered security by the conference to get out, I turn it down since I find it very hectic but manageable and worth it.

People who are negative (and usually anon) online tend to either not go to these events or don’t show their face if they are there. That seems on brand. No skin in the game.

This is a positive space, and I think we’re going to win.

We need to fix this as a society.

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Humanoid robots are interesting, but over the next decade, keep in mind the power requirements.

The human brain is an *immensely* powerful computer and runs on like 20 watts. It is a breathtakingly efficient thing. Plus with a bit of water and (optionally) some food, a human body can operate for days.

Getting humanoid robots to the point of being able to walk around and participate in our world with high levels of processing and long run times is going to be a hard and long-term engineering challenge. Harder than EV adoption. Robots in the real world are an order of magnitude more complex to get right than robots in a controlled industrial setting.

I’m pretty bullish on smaller non-humanoid home robots though. Things like robodogs. They can plug themselves in to recharge whenever they are low on power, and can do all sorts of tasks that a well-trained dog could do, plus some other things (language recognition, a mounted arm that can grasp things better, etc). They’ll get exponentially better in the years ahead.

Users are like: We want the most beautiful app, full of nice, exciting animations, that runs crazy fast while using close to zero battery, memory, disk and data plan.

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Stablecoins are what?

What is a good source to learn more about stablecoins?

Will bricks use stablecoins?

Will World Liberty Financial use stablecoins?

#asknostr

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Nothing beats swimming in the ocean after a show

Ultimate technology detox

There is a real lack of understanding in just how fucked up the algos are, and how much power we gain in not being manipulated by them. We could be using the internet to do something extraordinary, and instead it is being used primarily to sell us shit and keep us scared. The whole of humanity is being fed lies and distortions through centralized social media that is designed to keep everyone asleep and unaware of their real power.

Now that there is no longer gatekeepers to what can be said to a global audience we have the power to shape a real unadulterated narrative; also known as the truth. The power of censorship to have molded a false global narrative is one of the pillars of the power structure that keep people divided over petty and impractical differences that can now be shown for what they are: manipulation tactics through the algos to keep everyone disempowered. We now have the ability to reclaim our voices in a way that no one can stomp out. What is to come and the changes that are to be ushered in will surprise all of us in the most remarkable of ways.

I work for Disney.

I sent an email 3 years ago to our then-CFO pitching Bitcoin on the balance sheet. Not surprisingly, they weren’t interested.

I followed up again last week because we have a new CFO. Here’s the response.

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“The bitcoin asset class is quite interesting and has been a fast growing asset class for a number of years now. I do think it is an interesting investment alternative for investors that believe the upside justifies the high volatility of the asset.

For corporate purposes, however, I do not think it is an appropriate investment. It is not part of our company strategy (entertainment), and as a store of value for our cash it is too volatile to be useful. I’ve stated my views on CNBC multiple times, and there was a Fortune article on my comments.

Keep in mind, our stock trades on the strength of our brands and other competitive advantages. They provide a level of stability that enables us to maintain a high PE multiple relative to the sector. Investors are not looking for us to be investment speculators - they can buy other trading companies (eg Bunge for commodities) in order to invest in that asset class. If you look at trading company PE multiples, they are generally far below those of TWDC.

Our priority for our cash is safety, liquidity and price stability. We only keep enough cash to ensure the company can function smoothly and efficiently. Beyond that, we return the cash we generate to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases.

Thanks for thinking about how to make the company better - I appreciate your passion and thoughts.”