We're making progress!
If we can scale nostr adoption and zap volume by 100X then I'll finally be able to quit my job to pursue my passion project of memelord shitposting.
Women: What are some non-sexual things that men fantasize about?
Instructing computers to do your bidding by writing software is a tedious, masochistic process.
Yet it's far superior to the process of caring for and instructing humans to do your bidding.
That should work for the happy path, though I bet it would introduce other edge cases.
Looks like the TipBot wallet I setup is offline; it was working an hour ago. I'll let them know.
Bitcoin, Explained https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information/bitcoin-explained.html
On nostr, the post preview of embedded content actually looks like what the final post looks like. It's a coin toss on Twitter.
To meme or not to meme.
That is the question...
My SMTP keynote is posted on my web site: https://www.lopp.net/presentations.html
Salty big blockers think it's ironic that Bitcoiners love nostr because they're still coping with their loss 5 years later by believing that it was due to censorship. https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/11565jn/a_lot_of_blockstream_core_people_are_now_using_a/
ZAP!
Pools are certainly disincentived from performing attacks; they would likely lose a ton of business if they were to do so. And miners in general are long-term holders that are disinclined to harm folk's confidence in the system.
However, a pool can still be a single point of failure; someone could exploit a vulnerability to hijack a pool for a short period of time.
TL;DR use the tool I just released: https://jlopp.github.io/bitcoin-confirmation-risk-calculator/