Hmmm,
What's going on here?
https://mempool.space/signet/tx/a6ed9d290adcecd33be48996f89d53d4ffef35dace9ae19a180164a898cfa4e6
It was a commitment, a prediction about the future. But predictions can be wrong, just like this one will be. And you never know how many other "wrong" predictions were made that you never hear about.
Since it's so easy, let's try again.
https://mempool.space/signet/tx/9cfeece131e843dca6aa1df07e59aed9e10666b03811498b2e72efb7786f1eb0
Hmmm,
What's going on here?
https://mempool.space/signet/tx/a6ed9d290adcecd33be48996f89d53d4ffef35dace9ae19a180164a898cfa4e6
Hoping to clarify what seems to be a misunderstanding by nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx about how the Pi Zero hardware shapes the nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl security model.
(see: nostr:npub10uthwp4ddc9w5adfuv69m8la4enkwma07fymuetmt93htcww6wgs55xdlq #320)
I'm not about drama, certainly not looking to increase it.
Please give this a read and hit me back w/any questions:
https://gist.github.com/kdmukai/e270dd1c7b53b8daea4a9fc1ac89847c
Thought experiment:
All of the devices have a zero-day from the factory. We won't learn about them until it's too late; nobody will/can prove or disprove it.
* Stay updated on current attacks. Get comfortable remaining at a heightened alert-level; everyone wants your bag.
* Don't keep all of your eggs in the same basket(s).
* Don't trust, verify. But also, maybe remember that more of us are good actors than bad ones, we are making individuals and the collective stronger. We ARE on the same team.
Two significant-ish "akshually"s but also a DEFENSE of nostr:npub10pensatlcfwktnvjjw2dtem38n6rvw8g6fv73h84cuacxn4c28eqyfn34f in regards to nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl.
On nostr:npub10uthwp4ddc9w5adfuv69m8la4enkwma07fymuetmt93htcww6wgs55xdlq #320, nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx said:
"There's multiple conspiracies with OpenSats and two of the key ones is Knots and SeedSigner. And neither have submitted applications. If you're a developer or a contributor working on either of those things, opensats.org/apply"
Akshually:
1.) SeedSigner DID submit an OpenSats application for the project as a whole. The application languished for months (perhaps 6mo to a year?) and was ultimately declined with the explanation that it was easier/preferable to support individual devs than whole projects.
2.) Based on that feedback, I submitted an OpenSats application to fund just me specifically. That was also declined. BUT the rationale was because nostr:npub17xvf49kht23cddxgw92rvfktkd3vqvjgkgsdexh9847wl0927tqsrhc9as had just announced a 6mo grant for me. I was encouraged to reapply to OpenSats before that HRF funding expired.
The delays around 1.) were totally understandable. OpenSats is a VOLUNTEER effort and had even fewer human resources at that time. But also: they don't owe us a f'n thing!! They're under no obligation to say "Yes" nor should we ever have the arrogance to think we deserve to demand a "Yes"!
BUT the delays to get to ANY answer were VERY frustrating and likely added to some of the bad blood in the water amongst those watching the project closely. Eventually each "later, soon..." response was received with increasing cynicism and creeping conspiracy theories.
The "No" was totally reasonable. Getting to "No" faster would have been better.
The "No" on 2.) was also totally reasonable. No complaints from me whatsoever. I also strongly believe that THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN A "YES" had the HRF funding not come through.
I consider O'Dell a friend and an ally. When I saw him in Nashville I gave him a hug and said, "I appreciate you."
I'm not about drama.
Not here to start any shouting matches.
Just trying to paint a clear picture about what was good and what was bad throughout our interactions with OpenSats thus far.
And full disclosure: I'm prepping a new grant application for myself for OpenSats. So, sure, I have personal reasons for not wanting to burn this bridge.
But the reality is that there was just nothing outrageous or awful or controversial about our interactions. Circumstance and timing weren't right for attempts 1.) and 2.). Crossing my fingers for upcoming 3.).
Conspiracy theories are dumb.
FOSS is very difficult when it comes to making ends meet. I've been a "user" of FOSS since the mid 90s, and used it exclusively in my professional life since the early 2000s — just to avoid myself and clients becoming prisoners of a particular platform. Until recently — and for ideological reasons, certainly not for financial ones, my only contributions were relatively meager donations to particular projects behind the tools I needed professionally.
But lately with OpenSats, HRF and others, empowered by appreciative folks who donate like heroes to make freedom possible, there is finally hope that FOSS might be something that can help pay the bills and not just be a "loss-leader" effort of passion for contributors.
Speaking for myself, I wish we could pile-on tremendous support (written, meme-etic, financial, screaming-from-the-rooftops, etc) behind contributors who apply for grants so that they can focus on a particular project. Whether developing specific new features, keeping "working" code working, or reviewing and curating others' contributions, it is required that developer minds are not wandering between the projects they love and how they'll keep a roof over their loved-ones' heads with food on the table.
Keith, if you think that my written support might help, I'd stop what I'm doing to express support for you to decision makers. If they're already reading this here, then I'll say that I know Keith as a key player whose focus on seedsigner results in real-world value that many (even ones we'll never know about) benefit from seasonally as they revisit their self-custody setups. His focus also results in magnifying the efforts of new contributors who may lack the scarce historic perspective that Keith, SeedSigner and Nick have gained over the lifetime of the project; I can say that from first-hand experience.
Thank you Keith for arriving here and doing what you've already done, for pressing to find a sustainable long-term financial reason to continue being here, and for staying here anyways even when it's difficult to find that reason.
And thank you to all of the other heroes keeping solutions for freedom moving forward. In my gut it feels inevitable, but in our lifetimes — sooner than later, is what keeps me going and checks the "purpose" box.
Lean on that needle! ...a little harder now ...I think it's budging... Onward!!!
Go ahead, touch it! The paint is finally dry.
Because YOUR attentive eyes DO matter:
* for yourself and for your loved-ones, present and future,
* and for your fellow peers, known and unknown,
* and for the beautiful future we're building together.
Who the hell is @jdlcdl (Jean Do) and why is he fiddling with embit? You may find the answer to the second question below:
https://gist.github.com/jdlcdl/4f9f9cc8d24f5fc6d39e833520d2f199
A crowd has been waiting for 50m already, and 6 new blocks have been mined since then.
Stand up, Walk out?
Tik Tock Next Block.
Wait for no man's empty promises.
Onward!
I repeat:
My never ending gratitude to all you good folks who support developers.
Whether you do so indirectly through great foundations like HRF and OpenSats, to your favorite project fund, or directly to individual devs, you're playing a real part in making the projects we love become reality.
Developers cannot thank you personally, but when they put their noses down to provide solutions, they're doing it partially because you make that possible.
Together, we're going leave this place better off than we found it... and our children deserve every bit of that.
Thank you!!! 🙏
as mechanic said:
since the car body is ground, open the circuit on negative terminal first when disconnecting then close the circuit last on negative terminal when reconnecting -- so that you don't accidentally close that circuit with your wrench when working on the positive terminal.
I wouldn't make it in "sales" because I'd be too honest with potential customers about the downsides.
But there are exceptions for products and projects that are so good that I'd be able to shill with, if not better than, the very best of 'em.
Here's one.
nostr:note1c4u882nsa93szydjkn56ethf5356s9wew2m5ql3m4vq95ujh572s5x32pq
I don't know who you are, but you certainly do.
Thank you! 🙏
It's happening. The happening is happening.
https://image.nostr.build/1fc92af646012f21b6941167a7cbfde8c2a6d6372b3958faeb9a2b29500bd607.webp
My journey of running gobrrr.me officially started in September 2021, at block height 698517, I started to build this shop after spending a lot of time in my two rabbit holes which are bitcoin and 3D-printing. It's not obvious at first glance but the two overlap quite a bit.
I had some experience in building onlineshops and this was my chance to build something entirely different. Most fiat online stores are loaded with trackers and cookies to get every little bit of information out of their customers. It is, quite frankly, disgusting for a person like me who's old enough to have had the pleasure to experience the old "open" Internet as it was back when I got to know it. My regular job in marketing forced me to work with Facebook a lot, I knew all the ins and outs of their tracking systems and let me tell you, it's not pretty. The general consensus among the people I worked with was, if you want a successful online store, you need all the tracking you can get. Not just Facebook, all of them.
Well, they were wrong. It is possible to run an online shop in a privacy preserving fashion, without third-party cookies, tracking, automated newsletters and plugins from middlemen.
Is it more work? Absolutely. But the extra mile is worth it to me, and here's the kicker, it seems to be worth it from the customer's POV as well, because I received insane amounts of positive feedback in the last 2.5 years from so many people. And not only that, many offered their support, pointed out flaws or just helped me get things working without wanting anything in return. By now, it would be far too many to list here, and I can never repay them for their time and patience with me, so here's just a general BIG THANK YOU. You know who you are.
The real news is here, because I have a confession to make. With the start of this year, I have been slowly transitioning to going brrr full time. I admit I was very hesitant to make this information public because I didn't want to jinx it, but, here it is. This little side project has grown so much, that it is my life now, and I am insanely grateful for that. Even more for all the lovely people I have encountered along the way, some of them have become my friends and I would never want to be without them again.
Am I making less than I did before? Yes, and by a wide margin. But I'm also MUCH happier because I can finally do what I love, 3D-print stuff, design cool things, build nodes and play with awesome bitcoin tech. You can be sure that everything I make, was made with <3 and I am now 100% sure that all of my previous experiences led me to where I am right now. There's still so much to do and discover.
Am I afraid of the risks sometimes? Hell yes, but im infinitely more pumped about the possibilities and can't wait to see what the future holds.
Big thanks to all customers, partners and friends for your never ending support. I deeply appreciate it!
Thank you for reading! As part of my nostr first approach. I will post this on twitter at a later date. You heard it here first. :D
🔥
nostr:note1zavh43dp9cph89e84kty8agg7cdan95cm5xvzqj42ahp5gjg79ysxt82r6
Hi nostr:npub1jmr7lf85239hswjhy6jxrq2hf8cteelkddl855shfd23564ajxeseaukpd,
I've bricked my K210 based sipeed-maix-amigo many times and it always comes back to life (via ktool). Rumor has it that you have an m5stickV that bricked during a recent flash operation which failed. I'd like to know the current state (still bricked? or since fixed?) and if you'd like help in debugging -- here in public or via dm, as you wish.
Happy TGIF, enjoy your weekend.
-jd
Beautiful Christmas message Seed. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Got the correct ePaper display and, of course, had to hack in a dark mode!
nostr:npub16cpe069rjz6pm5t42xcyhcn66f5rr04k64df3g03fk2wctlrlhsqycedcd nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl nostr:npub1alrqg4f7kmyv0wd9vm2qreh0vrcr249ykmfjrj3p7587zw3lxz7sfe2ynd #OrangeClock
toggle bg to fg...
* based on a threshold triggered, w/ an icon to indicate trigger type?
* based on fees
* based on price
* for significant block-heights
???
Holy moly.
83.7 BTC transaction fee.
https://mempool.space/tx/b5a2af5845a8d3796308ff9840e567b14cf6bb158ff26c999e6f9a1f5448f9aa
When will regulators hold OFAC compliant miners responsible for failing to protect users from such obvious mistakes? /s
Earlier this month we made a contributor distribution from the SeedSigner Development fund; additional info to follow in this brief 🧵 but here is the transaction:
https://mempool.space/tx/4f418963b597935e25a8fccb8d92db6f3d4f261b116a5aae080944ab00c27522
The SeedSigner Development fund is kind of like the House Cup at Hogwarts, where points are awarded to contributors based on their work, except that our points carry forward perpetually & contributors receive a proportion of funds distributed based on their point total.
Donations that are received by the project are channeled into a 4-of-6 multi-signature wallet that is managed by myself and 4 other stakeholders in the project. I hold two keys but if I were to disappear, the other key holders would still have access to the funds.
This distribution consisted of a total of 0.14 BTC, which was ~$4,000 at the time. Two new contributors and a total of 50 points were added to the table.
DesobedienteTec has put a ton of work into SeedSigner OS, as well as documenting methods for removing wireless comms capability from various Pi models.
Jean has been extremely helpful with code review and release testing, & is always willing to help people in our Telegram chat.
The remainder of contributors are:
KeithMukai: Lead Developer
newtonick: Lead Maintainer
easyuxd: Lead UI/UX Design
jayparalejas: Web Dev
StepanSnigirev: Embit Creator/Maintainer
ShadowsLewis: Logo/Design
surfacePlasmon: Very Early Supporter
ThisisMarcG also received a one-time award of 0.003 BTC for his efforts to improve our Github repo documentation, especially making the software verification process as approachable as possible even for less technical users.
Our point system is intended to reward early contributors as well as those who continue to contribute over the life span of the SeedSigner project. I make it a point to share info on these distributions so donors can see exactly where their funds are going.
I always wish we could more proportionally reward our contributors relative to the amount of time and expertise they lovingly give to the SeedSigner project. It's a passion project for us but we appreciate any sats shared from those receiving value from the project.
If you would like to donate any amount, large or small, on-chain or via LN, anything and everything is appreciated:
https://seedsigner.com/donate-custom/
All zaps to this account also are sent to our development fund.
A big thank you to all of our contributors and those who have donated to the project, including Matt Odell who generously shares Citadel Dispatch listener support funds w/ us.
Still plenty of room for growth and development w/ our little bitcoin signer project -- stay tuned. 🙂
nostr:note1xfa6dgt6zzh23ea6cv4pxcdqes2h8spghlaxwlmkjh60prelzhfs2sqfuh
I confirm.
`vcgencmd otp_dump` will dump an RPi's otp registers, w/ entries 28 and 29 being the id and its ones-compliment. I don't know if the otp id is related to the etched id, but Im also not sure what the concern is.
Can someone enlighten me?
"not nearly enough."
or is it
"thankfully, more than yesterday."
???
My first piece for nostr:npub1t8a7uumfmam38kal4xaakzyjccht4y5jxfs4cmlj0p768pxtwu8skh56yu
Thank you nostr:npub1n0arukddjfs69cztsqy2qcsllqpzsk3748ccz40p9jrsagsl4hqsv3gvx5 , nostr:npub1yyt2uhvjsdfqpfuqe4e9k0ft4cy6ln0z2jv2unvywj49hmhx4tkqw0vz67 , nostr:npub1zkr064avsxmxzaasppamps86ge0npwvft9yu3ymgxmk9umx3xyeq9sk6ec , nostr:npub10vudmjqhr8kn2kv2pxhezt2h5t5c9zauwq8qr56nhdn64yacsqyqf08djm , nostr:npub1fnn2h0tgm2mwnl0kar5ez25wztum2w0q0rrrf326n0ljn999znwsqf4xnx , nostr:npub1v466lnw2qhfykp0ed29pt683zz0hg57xhz4jzwqx8qk76u2n04sq6w03nr for taking the time to speak with me. I’m immensely grateful for it.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/africa-the-new-land-of-the-free
#bitcoin #africa
Making it happen. Good job!