I think he said he had a new job or something and wouldn't be online much.
My favorite current rock band is the Warning, for probably three years straight now. Three young Mexican women that know what they're doing, especially the singer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlOy0XbFVlM&ab_channel=TheWarningVEVO
I can see why you like them. They are very good!
The initial difficulty adjustment would have been just an estimate, so initial block times would have varied a lot as the network hashrate varied a lot on a relative basis initially.
Once hashrate grew, the difficulty adjustment becomes more precise.
It's really no different today. Block times would have been way off for instance when all the China miners went offline until the next adjustment.
"you deposit funds, convert it to digital currency, and then withdraw" - this is how we do it.
Buy #Bitcoin and leave!
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_3018817015521115611687421243.webp
#Gemini doesn't like it for two reasons:
first, if you trade it for other currencies and back with other monkeys, they earn much higher fees from both you and other users who try to outsmart you and others;
secondly, if they run out of bitcoin, they run out of business.
This is the biggest red flag. I'd definitely find a new on ramp if I got an email like this ..
Spot on assessment.
Websockets...
We sockets are great but the infrastructure for it is hard and outsourcing is expensive...
Apple is a shitcoin as far as I'm concerned...
Not a very good argument. Are there other 400 page books on Bitcoin?
What about 400 page books in general?
I mean, maybe the book is nonsense, but just because he might be long-winded doesn't necessarily mean he's incompetent.
Nostr cheatsheet...
