The Lightning Network is a second-layer protocol built on top of Bitcoin's stable base layer. Unlike Bitcoin, Lightning does not have its own blockchain, so it does not require a consensus mechanism. Instead, it relies on agreed-upon accounting and security guarantees between peers to maintain payment channels.
On the Bitcoin network, consensus rules determine the validity of blocks. While mempool relay policies do not influence these rules, they can fragment mempools and significantly delay full block relay.
Many non-technical and often non-economical participants are misled into believing they can influence consensus rules through relay filters. This is not only inaccurate but also potentially harmful to the network.
filters so good that mempools empty regularly 
This is about the general non-technical moralizing and larping.
The removal of the OP_RETURN mempool policy limit does not worth the energy going into it, could just leave it alone, but agree with the technical motivation.
I just want my node to be able to predict the next block as accurately as possible when it has the mempool on at all.
Running Bitcoin Core.
Are Samourai Dojo nodes still configured to drop Bitcoin Knots peers?
#asknostr
Suddenly needed to unfollow nostr:nprofile1qqsvche9nupkdqme3e99ypcahwtj8pczl7m0pjz67mf88jxahewq47cpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytngw5hsfhd62w again.
Thank you for the service regardless.
At least one of your cars needs to have minimal electronics, difficult to find an EV like that, but there is a decent ICE range from the past 10-20 years.
If you are (or not yet) working with AI read this sci-fi take: https://ai-2027.com
Yes!
First you can chain swaps (even accross different providers eg swapmarket.github.io nostr:nprofile1qqsrtm03p9knckg63gyjk74yxy3u9e28vgxgr8ju3jk9dfz0ph7qrjqpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9uq32amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0fns9n9 )
onchain - LN - LN - onchain
Second is the actual coinswap protocol aka teleport transactions under development:
Does anyone use some LLM powered tool to help the review of github pull requests?
Could be useful running locally (with a remote API), but if good enough could even comment straight into the PR discussion too.
#asknostr
Anyone with a phone running Android 15 and sufficient data available will have a Linux terminal at their fingertips.
What are you thinking?
A dev environment?
Hosting websites?
Easy onion services?
Sparrow-server? nostr:npub1hea99yd4xt5tjx8jmjvpfz2g5v7nurdqw7ydwst0ww6vw520prnq6fg9v2
A pruned bitcoin node? #RaspiBlitz
Just need a few weeks free to play around 😅
(also it crashes on GrapheneOS so far, but a fix is underway)
X is down, probably nothing
Actionable browser advice found on Telegram, original post (with clickable links):
@NoGoolag #browser #alternatives with mitigations, patches etc.
Alpha version release March 6, 2025
FireFox browser options
- Tor Browser (all)
- Mullvad Browser (Desktop)
- IronFox (Android) Read the Known Issues section on the gitlab.
- LibreWolf (mentally ill devs)
Make your own #Firefox with mitigations etc...
- Phoenix / wiki
- Arkenfox user.js / wiki / gui / user-tool / mobile
- Narsil / Narsil Mobile
- Betterfox / Betterfox Mobile
- pyllyukko
- Compare some of the user.js files
Chromium based browser Options
- Ungoogled Chromium (all)
- Cromite (Android, Linux, Windows)
Browser extensions
- uBlacklist
- uBlock Origin or uMatrix (never both)
- LibRedirect (setup your instances for each service in the settings)
Links to block lists...
- Yokoffing
- Celenity/Phoenix
- FilterLists
Set your default search engine to a search proxy
- 4get instances
- Searx instances
Why your favorite browser is not recommended
- Celenity Firefox browser comparisons
- How to choose a browser for everyday use?
- is your browser spyware?
- Choose your browser carefully
- Browsers and the connections they make compared
- Fake Privacy and security
Additional reading...
- Wiki about extensions
- Multiple Extension Conflicts
- uMatrix for beginners
- Firefox user.js install guide
- Arch Linux Firefox Privacy wiki
- Bromite (for knowledge purposes)
Testing your browser
- Fingerprint.com
- How to test browsers for spyware
- Privacytests browser comparison
- Mullvad check
- Bromite fingerprint testing
- IP Leak
- List of test sites A
- List of test sites B
* Thunderbird users should consider taking a look at Dove - Phoenix's sister project.
Selling for fiat is not an option.
Using bitcoin is.
Step 1: Register all your assets through regulated exchanges and KYC
Step 2: Make your government interested in digital asset forfeiture
Step 3: ...
hellthreads earn a mute (no hard feelings)
True, the two approaches can be used the same time. Benefit from the OS defaults and at the same time be sovereign on the protocol level.
The one click open for arbitrary kind should be based on [nip89](https://nostr-nips.com/nip-89) .
If clients start supporting that instead of hardcoding links (of which I'm guilty too, as of yet) then you can look up the the handler info based on app recommendations of the logged in user, then redirect him to the handler he prefers.
Alternatively, show recommendations for the user based on some web of trust pubkeys, ones that have a preferred handler for that kind. That would be a two-click jump ofc.
Sounds way too complicated, why nost just use nostr:
This way I could choose which nostr app to open with the same way I can choose the broelwser for http: / https: or lightning wallets for lightning: .