Yes, way better asked than me. Is an AI using Bitcoin now where let's say it needs to do micropayments (7x24) for energy use or to get a legal signature/timestamp/"digital wax seal"?

What are some of your favorite websites (extra points for old school) that should have better exposure? I will start, https://despair.com/ and their 'Demotivators' have made me laugh for decades. Totally underrated/under appreciated.

Bitcoin: Will we ever be able to know when AI starts to use Bitcoin on its payment rails or could it already be happening?

I am so done with X thanks a lot to that craptastic 'debate' between British and the Community College professor with an Italian accent hosted by Wink Martindale.

Is Bitcoin Core compromised? Is Ocean, backed by Jack Dorsey good for Decentralization? Is Bitcoin Knots, backed by Jack Dorsey promoted developers a good thing for Bitcoin? Satoshi used Filters, why are Filters a big deal now?

So many questions. So many opinions. What's the truth?

Thank you for replying to my note, I will start with this guy. I know how essential it is but I follow mostly the Bitcoin Knots guys and their points seem to point to Bitcoin Core being compromised.

There has to be reality somewhere in between etc.

I am still learning.

Bitcoin: "Bitcoin Core: Protecting Open Source"

Subhead: "The 5 Horsemen"

Jack Dorsey is my goto guy for Open Source. I have struggled on Social Media, especially X, it's all so "empty" exactly as Dorsey has explained repeatedly. It's about Free Will not Free Speech. So, why the Hell am I still on X with my ridiculous Blue Check? I am trying to get to NOSTR only (aside from snarky replies on X, that's my infotainment.)

I am older, first year Gen X, like Sayloris , but I am three months younger. Dorsey is so right on all his Open Source, Saylor is so right on Bitcoin. Both men can't be similar experts as I addressed via the previous "Thank you Note to Odell" post. Damn that podcast meant a lot to me.

I am a 27 year volunteer national level Patient Advocate in cancer, I just explained last week to a group of world known Hematologists/Clinicians/Pathologists/Radiologists, after they asked me a question about how to talk to other Advocates . I explained how the first 7 years of my advocacy, I learned from a lens of anger and desperation. When I started to learn I could communicate with anyone on the subject, my emotions subsided and I was invited behind the scenes. I WAS TOTALLY WRONG on most of my assumptions.

Most of you aren't interested in Cancer, perhaps just like I wasn't either, completely complacent. "We all have to die of something..." I won't scold, I was exactly like you before my wife, then 31, diagnosed with incurable Stage IV cancer. She's alive, thanks to wildly diving into the data and learning all I could about her disease. I am so grateful, so now I am learning all I can about Bitcoin using the same techniques I did to learn about cancer.

Yes, I am wordy. I am a walking talking TLDR, but my motto is "if you can't fix it, feature it." It works for me and I quote a 'study' done the early Internet days. The premise was "the more information people have at their disposal the more overwhelmed they will be."

The conclusion, "those with the most information were THRIVING."

Bitcoin is my hobby.

Cancer taught me Health over Wealth.

Like with cancer, there's the Generalists and the Specialists. If you are a Generalist, you know a little about each letter in the alphabet, perhaps like a surgeon needs to know. As a Specialist you are a generalist too, but you are are experts in one or a couple letters.

Perhaps you specialize in Brain Cancer?

Regardless, people spend their entire lives looking for a trusty car mechanic, but when they get a life threatening cancer diagnosis, they go to 'the doctor.' Some generalist? Close by?

If I could sum up almost three decades:

1) If it's your radiator go to a radiator specialist

2) In the past I'd say get a 2nd opinion at least, now with AI I am hoping in the future you can get a million opinions on your Diagnosis. Using the data from people just like you who had the same diagnosis?

So how the HELL does this relate to Bitcoin? Like with cancer there is an entire Bitcoin alphabet and there are generalists and specialists. Some of you know a little about each letter and some of you know a lot about certain letters.

I am looking for the expert on this Letter:

Bitcoin Core (and why at this point I promote Bitcoin Knots, misguided?)

I am only in my first 4 years of Bitcoin so I know I am still learning and unenlightened. Perhaps there is a similar anger so I really want feedback not validation.

Like with cancer, I am a hack with my Bitcoin knowledge.

However, to me the giant red flag was when Udi was on stage at a previous 'Bitcoin' event (for the record I have 0 trust in Bitcoin Magazine and their employees. Like with cancer, parasites make money off the disease. Misguided?)

As I try to become a Bitcoin generalist what is Bitcoin Core from a people standpoint?

My concern is the most obvious, people are the weak link in code, projects.

It comes down to an anonymous quote from a college textbook to me:

"Computers are incredibly fast, incredibly accurate, and dumb. People are incredibly slow, incredibly inaccurate, and smart."

- Anonymous

Are we smart with Bitcoin Core? Why don't we know the 5 people who hold the keys to software that runs the Bitcoin network? There are a lot of checks and balances

Trust is what motivates and challenges us to be experts.

Some of you techies are too cool to focus on the teachings or efforts of others who you deem not worthy because they are not techie enough for your taste. However, there are lessons to be learned in other letters of the Bitcoin alphabet, namely those experts on Bitcoin Communication.

They teach you, your EQ is just as important as your IQ.

For instance, Natalie Brunell:

"Gloria Zhao on Bitcoin Network Defense: Core Developers, Decentralized Nodes, and Emerging Tech Threats... "

https://fountain.fm/episode/TmC6KGSxTKYt8X9Zb2zY

My notes are, Gloria Zhao is one of the 5 Bitcoin Core key holders. We trust them until we can't. I really liked how her biggest fear is "how people perceive Bitcoin Core."

But it wasn't until she said 'why' did it resonate with me, she used an example of some people who give Bitcoin Core a bad name, as they are over the top with their approach.

DAMN RIGHT

Was she talking Udi and those who support him like Bitcoin Magazine and, Starknet?

The latter matters, I have written about it a lot. It's a problem when VCs infiltrate 'open source.'

Compromised?

I get it. But I also understand how the first Oncologist/Hematologist told me "You will burn out in 2 months, I see husbands like you all the time."

Yeah, that was 27 years ago Mother Fucker, while most of my anger has subsided on cancer, your words still motivate me today. Thank you. I take comfort knowing you are retired and I don't have to go to any more funerals of your patients. (I went to 3.) Thankfully it will never be my wife's funeral and it sure would have been if we didn't fire your ass. You weren't a specialist in her cancer and yet you graced the cover of Minneapolis Saint Paul Magazines as if you were? (See "Bitcoin Magazine?", it matters.)

Thank you for the motivation, thank you to the actual experts who know how to use their EQs and IQs to help.

Thank you Bitcoin Experts. Thank you 5 Horsemen of Bitcoin Core?

Sign me,

- Four year Bitcoin Advocate learning the basics as the Hack I am

I woke up the other day and scrolled X looking for you/your posts. Great to see you over here, people like you are a huge draw for me on NOSTR and for the right reasons.

Excellent take...it's getting tougher and tougher for me to 'spend' time on X when it is such a 'waste' of time and Bitcoin is all about how precious our time is (Gigi's article.)

I am part of the Timechain Gang thanks to Bitcoin.

I am trying to move over here, Dorsey said how the engagement is so 'empty' on X and I have felt that will all my social media accounts. I have 2 left, an anonymous one on X and an anonymous one NOSTR.

I want to get it down to just here but I struggle. It may be two steps, 1) I still can do snarky replies

2) I will not spend the time for thoughtful, well thought out comments, feedback, criticism, or articles I compile

My engagement analytics are terrible on X but I firmly believe I have better content than the low effort, high engagement 'influencers.'

I am Bitcoin Only and if you post a lot of Bitcoin on here, please let me follow you. I know that isn't what NOSTR is all about but I have a chance to evolve over here.

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Bitcoin: "A Thank you Note to nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx "

I wanted to personally thank Matt Odell for his interview with Saylor. It meant a lot to the community and me. I really liked the format but of course my favorite part was the same as everyone else. When you addressed the "elephant in the room."

Open source is the toughest environment there is, but having an open mind like you do, shows enlightenment. Of course I gave you kudos for your frustration with Saylor not opening up his checkbook and perhaps his being behind Cathie Wood/ARK not supporting developers (ARK has recently reversed this stance and is donating 8% of REVENUE to open source development.)

It is no question Jack Dorsey is the king of Open Source and at first glance it would appear Michael Saylor is the spoiler.

Here is where my 35 years of cube dwelling comes in, all my years were in the BI space, as a developer, including a stint working on the vendor side, as a tech rep, for a competing BI company to MicroStrategy.

It was super eye opening being behind the scenes of BI Software and all the headaches. I know exactly what kept Saylor up at night and that was making sure his MicroStrategy software wasn't compromised.

I worked the 3rd and 4th level Help Desk at times and that was nerve wracking as I had no clue how some of the software was supposed to work on various operating systems. My example, the WANG.

I knew the mainframe, midrange, DB2/2, PC....but it was hard to learn and I quickly learned, I can't know it all and you had to hunt down the right people in the company or WORLD who could assist. Most of this was pre-Internet so I relied on Knowledge Bases behind firewalls.

But the trickiest were the New Feature Requests (NFRs) or User Written Subroutines the customers demanded.

The reason Saylor is so gun shy to just go gung ho on supporting the funding of Bitcoin development is exactly what I feared as a developer.

Think about it, Microstrategy has 1000s of installations around the world, with millions of users. All behind firewalls and truly centralized. All those developers who are writing billions of lines of code with the MicroStrategy software doing reporting for internal lawyers, sales, or more important the SEC.

Yes, that SEC, there are so damn many rules and regulations and most companies rely on the software to make sure they are not understating (they love it if you overstate and go quiet) PnL, Balance Sheets, General Ledgers. But what if one of those NFRs, was traced back to MicroStrategy's software and they were sued for Billions? Game over.

Saylor is not anti-spending Bitcoin, but he has repeatedly said the most friction is Bitcoin as a currency. He also lays out why, with the legacy systems all built on the US dollar, but he also knows the scrutiny. The government is watching Saylor's every move, they even sued him because they didn't believe he shares half his time in Florida and DC. My friends are quick to bring up he paid $40 million just to settle, they see guilt, I see focus.

Compare and Contrast this with Dorsey. Dorsey can be a lot more free wheeling than Saylor. Dorsey wrote Twitter which essentially is a one-stop-shop installation in one spot. (Coincidence Cash App/Block are all over the news with some recent $15 Million payout?)

With Twitter/X, something goes bad in the code, they can easily do an 'emergency' change it in one place. Have you ever installed BI software in Fortune 50 companies? I have, sometimes all alone. It isn't easy at all. Especially with MicroStrategy, no offense, but I voted against them because I heard nightmares about their installation process. It matters to BI professionals.

So, thank you Odell, for that interview with Saylor, and not bringing up the public discourse of Saylor not supporting open source development.

I bet he does, but super calculated, and behind the scenes. I am sure he'd rather give NOSTR $40 Million than the government.

Best.

So, I know this is

On June 22, 2024, Jack Dorsey gave an amazing presentation in a hot hotel room with bad audio and video. All I can find is the Bitcoin section but the entire presentation with NOSTR in it is a must watch/listen. I simply want it as I am trying to compile the best moments in Bitcoin/Free Will.

Yes and actually 'thank people' if they help you, including teachers, police, doctors, nurses, and financial geniuses on the spectrum. (I have thanked you repeatedly and have never heard a word. It's different with some of the more personable Bitcoin celebrities but it can be construed as distant. I know you are busy, we all are, but after years you could try and acknowledge one new person a day.)

I am so thankful for the Open Source community, especially from Bitcoin to NOSTR. Thankful for Jack's tireless efforts to move to true decentralization (i.e. Ocean/Bitcoin Knots).

Salute to Bob Burnett too.

Salute to the BitAxe guys.

The details matter, especially in the tougher times, and the scammers and spammers will be exposed and lose. Bitcoin scammers/spammers are playing in a low time preference sandbox with high time preference actions and they can't hide their turds much longer. Including you, Bitcoin Magazine.

Delayed gratification for the Bitcoiners doing what is right in the long-low-time-preference-run.

Salute.

Thank you nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5, without you I'd stop listening to podcasts and podcasters.

- Value 4 Value

- It works great, no more texting myself a crappy YouTube link that skips and stops and has annoying ads you have to click through

- Easy to use

- Getting sats to simply listen is fantastic

Podcasters not on Fountain are missing out on listeners and a potential income stream.

https://m.primal.net/JmqV.webp Pretty good graphic of the History of the Bitcoin Timechain

Love the development on here, I liked a Reddit-like option called Oddbean.com but it hasn't been available for almost a week? Just curious if it will ever be live again.

WIth that shirt...it's obvious:

Don't you know

That you are a shooting star

Don't you know, whoa, yeah

Don't you know that you are

A shooting star, yeah

And all the world will love you

Just as long, as long as you are

Exactly, especially the ones who may have a serious conflict of interest on everything they represent.

Butter all the way, about 30 years ago, someone showed me you simply melt the butter in the pan first then butter both sides of the bread. Game changer. Why wasn't I taught this day one?

In Kansas: "Toasted Cheese"

In Minnesota: "Grilled Cheese"