As the gossip model for relays gains wider adoption in 2024, we can expect significant advancements in the decentralization and resilience of the Nostr protocol. This will shift the focus away from relying on a small number of dominant relays, leading to a more robust and resilient network.

Client developers who have not yet explored the potential of the gossip model are strongly encouraged to consider integrating it into their development plans for early 2024. By embracing this innovative approach, they can contribute to a future where Nostr operates as a truly decentralized and censorship-resistant network.

Beyond increasing decentralization, the implementation of the gossip model significantly contributes to the long-term sustainability of the Nostr protocol too. This is achieved by alleviating the burden on relay operators, who no longer require substantial resources to maintain large-scale infrastructure. As a result, we can expect the emergence of smaller, more cost-effective relays becoming the norm within the Nostr ecosystem.

Our outrageous medical costs are the product of a few different failed policies, none of which are fixed on a bitcoin standard.

The AMA is literally a cartel that restricts the number of doctors that can graduate medical school each year. They fiercely lobby congress to prevent registered nurses and other professionals from providing care that they are well equipped and qualified to provide. In other words they have erected a regulatory moat to protect their own profits. They suppress supply in order to increase demand and keep their own wages high. And they use the government monopoly on violence to enforce their rules. Bitcoin doesn't fix this.

Employer provided healthcare is another scam put in place by the federal government as a temporary measure and kept in place by perverse incentives. They froze wages and exempted employer provided health insurance, creating a massive incentive for companies to juice their employee wages with healthcare dollars. Further changes to the tax code entrenched this crime against free markets as insiders used their influence and, again, the government monopoly on violence, to profit at the expense of the American work force. The system we have today is a disgusting leviathan of regulatory excess. The problem started in the US Congress and the solution must start there as well. Bitcoin doesn't fix this.

Disagree. On a Bitcoin standard, the State is brought to heel. Without the State meddling, free markets can emerge. In free markets, competition makes this sort of scam far less likely.

Are there any good LLM services that take lightning payments? Something similar to ChatGPT plus

#asknostr #bitcoin #ai

To treat my viral sinus infection (charming, right?), I was offered two prescriptions today: medrol dosepak (steroid) and a nasal inhaler. The former is commodity and $14. The latter is $144. lol.

The pharmacist, to his great credit, let me know that it’s a combination of two over-the-counter inhalers with a combined cost of $35.

When the money’s broken, scams are the norm.

PSA: “Inscriptions” are exploiting a vulnerability in #Bitcoin Core to spam the blockchain. Bitcoin Core has, since 2013, allowed users to set a limit on the size of extra data in transactions they relay or mine (`-datacarriersize`). By obfuscating their data as program code, Inscriptions bypass this limit.

This bug was recently fixed in Bitcoin Knots v25.1. It took longer than usual due to my workflow being severely disrupted at the end of last year (v24 was skipped entirely).

Bitcoin Core is still vulnerable in the upcoming v26 release. I can only hope it will finally get fixed before v27 next year.

Those are all Twitter links which arent accessible to everyone.

I miss Jeremy Rubins Advent Calendar thing he did a few years back and the leadup to OP_CTV.

Really wish we could get that discussed again for soft fork.

Bitcoin is for the children nostr:note1q4nlnccxj98ny8yagy8wwj9l0f95l8gkyhlcmgs7l2fy2j6uvclsxgad0f

China seems to like hard money more than america. We will see.

We dance around the term "nation state attacker" like its a taboo just to call it out. America. lol Also known for knocking out energy resources of other countries and attacking others for 99% of its existence.

It is in the worlds best interest, and Bitcoin's best interest that this empire falls.

Thanks for clarifying regarding the bugs. But regarding the chain fork, soft forks are backwards compatible, hard forks have happened before and we were alright. I mean BCH still exists but it doesn't pose a serious threat imo...