Nostr

ZEUS turns 5 today.

We'd just like to take a moment to say thank you to all the users, contributors, partners, investors, and supporters that allow us to work on making a great payments experience on top of Bitcoin.

Without you, none of this would be possible.

Thank you. Much more to come. https://video.nostr.build/ddf32d2afcfab7ae06fa44e0780c39e2794993bef8db7bb0522364c450fe8a12.mp4

SBW 1y ago

Are you sorry about getting into all of this LN thing yet?

SBW 1y ago

Hey nostr:npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9 what do you think about putin killing navalny? Fear not, nostr is decentralized, you can do free speech here.

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walker

🔵 Blue wants to fund a forever war in Ukraine.

🔴 Red wants to fund a forever war in the Middle East.

🟠 Orange wants to end wars forever.

SBW 1y ago

You are a naive idiot, fuck you, eat shit and die.

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Jameson Lopp

If you drive around in a vehicle with firearm related stickers on it, you're an operational security retard.

Never disclose information to an adversary voluntarily.

SBW 1y ago

Damn you're so smart

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niftynei() 🇺🇸💸🧡

After almost 4+ years, 487 comments from 19 reviewers...

the spec proposal for adding v2 opens (aka dual-funding) to lightning is officially merged as spec in LN!!

huge thanks to Bastien Teinturier, Rusty Russell, Dustin Dettmer,

Matt Morehouse and countless others for their review and input on the spec.

doing spec work is a really long process, that requires so much work and input from lots of different stakeholders. it's probably the hardest type of work a programmer can do, and i'm so so thrilled that we got this over the finish line!

what's next? splicing and liquidity ads!

https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/851

SBW 1y ago

are you aware LN is a failed project?

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HODL

I fully support farmers.

Whatever the farmers are mad about we should all be mad about.

These people feed us and deserve our total support.

SBW 1y ago

For example, Polish farmers are mad about Ukrainian farmers being able to feed you at lower prices, even after all the state subsidies Polish farmers have been getting. What do you think about that?

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Jeff Booth

Expect the same or higher FUD on lightning as you have seen on #Bitcoin layer 1. Ie - Follow the money!!

As more people realize how attacking Bitcoin first layer only made it more decentralized and secure, it makes perfect sense that capturing the 2nd layer also moves into focus.

Imagine telling people that Lightning will not scale when it has grown ~ 20,000 % over the last couple of years. It IS scaling and becoming easier to use as companies building on it (like Breez) solve problems that bring on the masses.

Other scaling solutions like Fedimint, integrate and scale further.

Super exciting times in as the builders - build.

Yes, still things to work on but saying lightning is dead, is akin to saying Bitcoin was dead for the last 14 years.

Ps - on a personal note, I use it every day (as many of you do on Nostr) and it seems to be “scaling” just fine.

SBW 1y ago

You're making everyone a disservice by trying to set up a religious adversarial mindset here.

First, it makes sense to have such a mindset about Bitcoin itself, but not about a particular, optional and highly troubled L2 solution on top of it.

Second, LN fatal shortcomings are well known by now, your position could have made sense some 6 years ago when we had to try and find out, in 2024 this sounds pathetic and delusional.

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Jeff Booth

Expect the same or higher FUD on lightning as you have seen on #Bitcoin layer 1. Ie - Follow the money!!

As more people realize how attacking Bitcoin first layer only made it more decentralized and secure, it makes perfect sense that capturing the 2nd layer also moves into focus.

Imagine telling people that Lightning will not scale when it has grown ~ 20,000 % over the last couple of years. It IS scaling and becoming easier to use as companies building on it (like Breez) solve problems that bring on the masses.

Other scaling solutions like Fedimint, integrate and scale further.

Super exciting times in as the builders - build.

Yes, still things to work on but saying lightning is dead, is akin to saying Bitcoin was dead for the last 14 years.

Ps - on a personal note, I use it every day (as many of you do on Nostr) and it seems to be “scaling” just fine.

SBW 1y ago

Every programmer knows that "works on my machine" is a lame argument. LN is insidious because there will always be some guy for whom it all just works while overall the thing is a mess.

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jeff

I think probably 95% of ppl will use CBDCs. They simply don’t give a fuck.

SBW 1y ago

Me, also will add to wallet if it's going to be easy enough.

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Replying to

steepdawn974

No. But he openly states that he disputes Ukrainian being an own people and Ukraine being anything but a Russian province, that swindled it's way to "independence".

No news to anyone who cared to listen, but it being spoken out loud to an English speaking world audience is a first i think.

Let's see what conclusions are being taken

SBW 1y ago

He already said exactly this in his Feb 24, 2022 video which was released as invasion was unfolding.

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Uno

Here you go Nostr, full Tucker and Putin interview, here on Nostr.

#Plebchain https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1755644391144685568/vid/avc1/1920x1080/bavyaAnoVyUkfMKB.mp4?tag=16

SBW 1y ago

Was putin asked about Bucha, Mariupol, nuclear terrorism, deliberate targeting of civilians, mass abduction of children, attempts to destroy energy infrastructure in winter 2023, Kakhovka dam ecological catastrophe, etc etc?

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