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Jameson Lopp
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Insights on security, privacy, technology, & money Β· Casa Co-founder & Chief Security Officer Β· https://bitcoin.page

False. The incentives are more accurate fee estimation and faster block propagation.

Bought a bottle of water from a vending machine and it came out frozen solid. It seems you always get rugged how you least expect it.

It's gonna be hilarious when we reach the point that it appears half of the network is running Knots and yet absolutely nothing changes regarding activity on chain. πŸ™ƒ

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I put a lot of work into my website recently. The layout is much cleaner now. I added a contact and media page with blossom links.

Check it out: https://hashpool.dev

I'm working on uploading more of my talks and interviews, but it's slow going thanks to the captured platforms.

Does anybody have a solution to scrape youtube videos without a paid account? It's ridiculous how much friction they add to block you from downloading a "free" video.

I scrape my videos with yt-dlp, it's super simple.

Good, you've taken the first step.

The second step is to use your brain to come to your own independent conclusions rather than simply trusting someone else.

I recommend Floresta or btcd because they have completely different codebases and have strong integrity assurances built into the software development lifecycle.

Literally every commit to the project. None are peer reviewed. Easily verifiable on GitHub.

Only if you enjoy running unpatched software vulnerabilities.

"When does Saylor stop dumping on us?"

Except changes aren't peer reviewed, so if auditing is occurring, it's not being done transparently.

It doesn't have anywhere near the same integrity guarantees built into the software development lifecycle.

It has nowhere near the same software integrity process, however.

If you run Knots because you think it's a better Bitcoin implementation than Core, you're just vibe noding. πŸ€ͺ

My black pill theory for why the US and Russia allow the Ukraine war to drag on for so long is that both sides want a testing ground to accelerate the innovation of drone warfare.

Not sure who needs to hear this (zoomers?) but there's no need to wear underwear underneath swimming trunks 🩳

"To attain knowledge, add things every day.

To attain wisdom, remove things every day."

- Lao-tse

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nostr:npub17u5dneh8qjp43ecfxr6u5e9sjamsmxyuekrg2nlxrrk6nj9rsyrqywt4tp do you have any write ups or additional information for this link I found on your site?

The readme covers it pretty well.

It's an interesting concept, I'm just not sure how practical it is given that you still need to store enough master fingerprints to be able to recover the descriptor.

https://github.com/joshdoman/multisig-backup/blob/main/README.md

This is what the crying looks like in Bitcoin hater land lately.

We use AI to improve engineering productivity at Casa, such as for writing boilerplate code and for performing various sanity checks during code reviews.

But the AI is often wrong. It will write brittle code, it will make incorrect recommendations on code reviews. AI is just a tool; it remains critical to have competent engineers as part of the process to guide these tools with skilled hands.

Your perspective when things go from bad to worse.

Everyone should read Die With Zero. It's not merely about spending all your money before you die.

It's about realizing there's a complex relationship between your money, time, and health.

The value of each changes over your lifetime and, as such, you should strive to maximize the utility of each when it's appropriate.

If X bot authors were smarter, they'd program their bots not to reply to a post from an account they don't follow before it has been reposted by anyone.

Thankfully they're not smart.

Don't understand why Valve only produced 2 Portal games. I bet they could pump one out every year and make a killing.

I have a virtual reality port of Portal 2 and it's one of the best VR games I've played...

75 miles into a 150 mile bike ride. Pray for my knees πŸ˜…

People said the South Park "Woke is Dead" episode is hilarious but that's underselling it.

This is comedic genius.

Belgian barber lies about being a successful crypto trader to impress pretty woman. Woman invites barber to spend weekend at her luxury flat. He walks into a wrench attack trap. Attackers are upset to learn he only holds Β£6.71 worth of cryptocurrency.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/gang-kidnapped-barber-they-mistook-for-crypto-billionaire-n0hgdshvm

Is it just me or does San Francisco have the worst weather of anywhere in California?

It's a weird bubble. It's currently warmer in Juneau Alaska and Portland Maine than it is in San Francisco!

They suggest it, but I always power off my devices before passing through security checkpoints.

Gonna eat $200 worth of sushi tonight in San Francisco, so I got that going for me.

Why day trading is retarded: