Every online resource is someone else's computer. There's no free lunch.

Don't take valuable resources for granted. Consider paying a subscription or donating a small amount if you can. In the case of Wikipedia, you can also contribute by correcting mistakes or writing technical articles.

Most "free" services are indeed paid by ads, incentivizing people to create addictive crap instead of true value. We end up with bloated platforms in which the gems are buried in a sea of nonsense.

That's also why I'm experimenting with #nostr: zapping gives users the power to decide what is valuable enough to be paid for.

Yesterday, I gave a talk about the principles behind the #bitcoin protocol. This is part 1, covering:

1. the problem we need to solve to build an #economy based on digital transactions;

2. the bitcoin transactions data structures; and

3. the embedded programming language that makes #money programmable.

https://youtu.be/vOiRQoLhIoY?si=n-KXjr1Tf8UB66nk

The more I dig into the nitty-gritty of the protocol, the more convinced I am that #bitcoin truly is the internet of money.

It's not only a superior form of money but also a platform for supporting financial applications we can barely imagine right now. Feels just like the #internet in the year 2000, just before we woke up and realized all aspects of our lives depended on it.

AI will kill coding just like restaurants killed home cooking and Spotify killed live performances.

https://twitter.com/ammohitchaprana/status/1760619467019804878/video/1

Yeap

Historical picture revealed today: Satoshi Nakamoto attending the bitcoin++ conference in Argentina in 2024.

#btcplusplus #vinteum #base58

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Maybe you may educate me.

Because the issuer continued to issue more dollars. This is a policy, if they chose to not do it, it would probably not happened like that. Gold redemption indeed made it more difficult for governments to issue money. But this is not a requirement to people actually using something as money.

Thanks!

Thanks, Derek. Trying to understand the protocol and applications built in it.

Obrigado!

I just learnt about it, trying find my way on it.

Hey, thanks! First lightning transaction I ever participated.

I tend to not agree as bitcoin is based on real physical processes to be issued.

Thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks, nostr:npub1h50pnxqw9jg7dhr906fvy4mze2yzawf895jhnc3p7qmljdugm6gsrurqev Trying to find my way here.

Just figured out how to make it work.

nostr:npub1kuy0wwf0tzzqvgfv8zpw0vaupkds3430jhapwrgfjyn7ecnhpe0qj9kdj8 I wanted to say thanks for your video about how to connect a LN wallet to Damus. I just got started on this nostr thing and it was quite helpful.