Meh, they’d still hold 50k btc whilst watching dollar and euro enjoy their trip to zero
Considering the manner in which trials are carried out without placebo control which is fundamentally fraud, would it not be good to have open debate on what truly is disinfirmation in thus space? Surely a retroactive study of vaxxed vs unvaxxed isn't too hard and is much cheaper than the billions for some pretty crap research out there. I think would be nice to know risks and benefits and having read a couple thousand research papers and getting to stage where just bored of blatant statistical fraud, regardless of peoples unscientific views (that's 100℅ of people without better studies being carried out), we could all do with some uncorrupted transparency.
Our mistake was simple. We didn’t realise the impact of late afternoon direct sunlight on the windows of the living room. Pretty dumb really but because of restrictions outside, the only fix is drapes and doesn’t really help. We’d have been fine if we simply upped the output of the Aircon. Theoretically there was already margin so I’d consider looking at things like that and asking him to just have a think in that. Do keep in mind, here in Costa Rica direct sun has a very rapid impact. It’s a little stronger than texas
Is it a unit per room? If so, as long as you make sure they calculate well, I’d go slightly higher than theoretical requirements for a large room but mine works fine. It’s just our living room on really hot days could do with a little more juice!
Try pixel with graphene if you have opportunity and then decide. Pretty easy for me but we all have different tastes
Ultra processed foods are so good that cars converted to running on them NEVER run black people over
Its fantastic but I think with pressure wounds, there can be slightly deeper damage. If I remember rightly, have to be a little more careful there
Family? Never know where that could lead. Nuce part of the world and very friendly!
Yup lots of next time. There's part of me happy for still being here but a little rained in. Good excuse to make that next trip sooner. Very different to Costa rica where I live. Definitely recommend you go up next time. Fantastic views
That's something really emphasised in training. You don't notice it often til after the damage is done. Good reminder for people. Hope it heals fast 🫂
A thought on Adopting bitcoin conference. Seemed fantastic for those building in the space to network and connect. Great signal.
In the airport in Johannesburg in South Africa, the public toilets are fantastically well maintained and cleaned by people who dance and sing, take pride in their jobs and get a large number of tips. In adopting bitcoin cinference, the facilities were equally clean. I saw no lightning QR to tip which seemed odd to me so I talked to the cleaners. No idea what bitcoin is at all. There are simple things that help adoption and its easy to lose focus on building from the bottom up. Sad to see little things like that missed. Hopefully next time.
I do hope this simple thing reaches those who organise these events. It must be extremely hard to capture small elements when there's so much work to do.
#bitcoin #adoption
Last couple days in el Salvador. Raining pretty much constantly. Will have to return to truly enjoy. Still managed to orange pill a Canadian and get a Salvadoran to sign up to mi primer bitcoin. Great journeys are the sum of small steps, one foot in front of the other. PV
OK, past few days were quite wild. I am currenly in El Salvador because I was attending the Adopting Bitcoin conference. My very limited internet connection here made it quite difficult to engage, I mostly just got push notifications. Hereby I want to take the opportunity to tell the story from my side.
TL;DR: We were just having fun, we thought it was okay. Apperently it's not and nvk is is so upset that he felt he had to file a GitHub takedown request. I feel that's not how bitcoiners behave.
### How it started
I have been working on the #BTClock since April '23. It started of some sort of bet where I challenged myself to make a BTC ticker as cheap as possible. I just ordered seven eInk displays on AliExpress with the intention of showing information related to bitcoin using an ESP32.
Why seven? Because the words BITCOIN and SATOSHI both consist of seven letters and connecting more screens to the ESP32 did not seem possible without adding I/O-port expanders.
Yes. The idea was inspired (among other projects) by Blockclock, which also uses eInk displays. I don't own one, so I couldn't "reverse engineer" or use any direct inspiration of it but the way you can combine multiple eInk displays to display information in an useful way is very limited.
After getting the schematic right. I created a 3D printable case for it (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6009628) and named it BTClock after someone's idea in the Dutch Noderunners community. Since it consists of seven characters I thought it's the perfect name since it fits the seven displays too.
nostr:note19zp3c8lsm4s5lwvuscu4dll3clkzvajrwthvqed5q7s83mazrr2swc6mqe
### May 2023
This allows you to create a BTClock for ±70 euro (if you own a 3D printer).
I shared the progress of the project in the MakerBits telegram group. Ben Arc checked with nvk how he felt about it, and I have seen his responsse where he replied with that he felt honored and that I should go ahead. In hindsight, I should've asked Ben to forward this to me but I wouldn't expect this to "haunt" me like it did last week.
After sharing the very spaghetti-y schematic in some Telegram groups, someone replied that he was working on making an actual PCB out of it. After some DM'ing back and forth we got our first PCB prototype that needed some work. After 4 iterations we finally got it how we wanted and were able to sell DIY kits. The PCB is real artwork, so we wanted to show it off. Therefore we added a acrylic backplate to be able to protect it while still able to see the proof-of-work by Madbo, the PCB artwork designer. We used a lot of through hole components to make it accesible for anyone who has a soldering iron.
### August 2023
In August 2023 we finally got the kits ready, while the initial plan was to only sell the DIY kit within the Dutch Noderunners community, I brought smoe with me to Baltic Honeybadger '23 as well, where it proved to be pretty succesful while sitting next to Ben in the chilling lounge.
I got a lot of encouraging and positive remarks about the project, including Daniel Prince (@princeysov) who tweeted about this (https://x.com/Princey21M/status/1698257536418267624).
It appeared that this tweet firstly poked the lion, since nvk sent some of his coinkite employees to me after this tweet, a group of 4 people asked a lot of questions while filming me (without my consent, I didn't realize this when they were asking it but when they walked away it was clear to see the iPhone was recording video).
Not a lot later, nvk sent out a tweet which was clearly about the BTClock project without explicitly mentioning the name (https://x.com/nvk/status/1698423362819682400)
However, in my opinion this did still fit the message I read he wrote to Ben that he was more flattered than upset. It was only then when I learned about how he reacted to Foundation Passport and how he behaves regarding the SeedSigner project.
### March 2024
During Bitcoin Atlantis in March 2024, there was a nice space for the MakerBits projects including the BTClock, the software by this time has many improvements, including real-time new block notifications by utilizing the Mempool.space Websocket API. Since the hardware is also open source, many alternative faceplates are available including a stainless steel one and a completely white one. Multiple people witnessed nvk walking passed the maker space while looking at me, but he did not engage or whatsoever. I would expect if he would take offense by the product, he would've approached me by now but he didn't. He does know who I am though, both in real-life and I'm posting enough on my social media accounts (Nostr and Xitter) to find me there as well.
### Fast forward to November 2024
A lot has happened in the development of the BTClock, among other things I added a BitAxe integration and Nostr Zap Notifications to the software and we managed to add frontlight to the eInk displays which I really think sets the BTClock apart from other "tickers" like the Blockclock mini.
The Blockclock mini hasn't had any updates for two years (since October 3rd, 2022) which seems to be like the Blockclick mini can be considered end-of-life.
I therefore was very suprised that when I woke up on November 14th, I received an e-mail that the BTClock GitHub organization was flagged because of alleged trademark infringement of the BTClock.
This was according to a report by Coinkite to GitHub. The letter I shared in the MakerBits Telegram group was ONLY sent to GitHub, not to me (although I haven't been home for a while so I don't know something is waiting in my physical mailbox).
Luckily git is decentralized version control and there are already mirrors of the hardware and software source available. Also GitHub allows me to appeal but haven't taken the chance to do so.
Although I do understand that the concept of trademarks exists for a reason, I feel this a very cowardly move and certainly not something that I would expect from fellow bitcoiners. Just sending me a DM on Nostr, X or Telegram is the least I would expect. I don't mean to offend or infringe, and would be happy to discuss options if open to it. Either in DM or out in the open.
I'm all about transparency so nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 here is my invitation to discuss this out in the open. I'm sorry that we seem to upset you. what is it that bothers you, can we find a way to let the projects co-exist? Or even see if the BTClock software can adapted to your Blockclock mini hardware.
Le me see if I understand this. As a community this is "fix the money and argue about clocks". May need a little more time with great minds working on part 1 for now
We certainly did. Do remember to post your art. Am not always on here but tag me in any posts and happy to boost!! Have a great trip home! 🫂
Wondering how much associated gas is flared in deep water. Obviously floating LNG is an option but it's big infrastructure with high complexity level. A modular scalable generator and mining setup safely can't be too complex and facilitates conversion of energy to transmissible value on site. An FPSO may already be a little cramped for space without prior design integration but the possibility of a connectable Floating Bitcoin Facility with quick disconnect for bad weather etc should not be an insurmountable task to design.
Also, when oil for btc? Sitting in El Salvador after the adopting bitcoin conference it seems logical. Volcano energy is all well and good but still need liquids for transportation etc. Energy to value to energy protocol. Use bitcoin effectively as an energy swap facilitator. Obviously not for the petrodollar advocates. Hmm 🤔
Hmm not seen it in years but X giving stream of snuff movies to start your day pretty good reason too!
Welcome all to your network. Don’t shun, be open, have fun and triage any assholes. Nostr reflects real human interaction more than other social media. Be open to trust all, be diligent with verification. Wonderful people here. Have fun!
PV