2026 DILEMA

Here is a list to "study":

https://darthcoin.substack.com/i/84508208/the-bitfinex-case

And if you want to go deeper here is more:

part 1 - https://stacker.news/items/1042943

part 2 - https://stacker.news/items/1059310

Who knows the past, will know how to protect in the future...

The so called "morons" were in fact the patsies for an inside job...

😄 😄

You can do that (building apps on LN) in many ways:

- run a private node connected to a good LSP / public node

- run a public node with 4-5 good channels only, with good peers, as a decoy for a private LN node dedicated to your project

Nobody says that first you have to be profitable as LN node in order to build your project. But you have to take in consideration why somebody else would open a channel with your public node.

For example, I see Rizful (disposable) nodes perfectly fine for a small project. With just 1 or max 2 channels, well positioned, it is more than enough to have some liquidity for building a project. You can run both public and private channels on it.

Public LN node operators should pay more attention to this

https://www.peerswap.dev

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I've tested some tools, but until now I didn't find one that is the "ultimate" one to give you the best results. There are many to be used.

Here is a list of tools maintained by nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qgcwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxg6tnda3x27fwv3jhvtcqyrh7t5fqmuxv9y86wjrj076943y8e2kngm20y2f6kp573uqlc5vczn845gx

https://lightning-network.tech

The TLDR is quite simple to analyze a public peer:

- is it running on clearnet to be reliable?

- is it having good size of the channels with other peers?

- it brings to your node enough payments to be routed so will cover at least the costs of maintaining that channel with? Here you have to take in consideration the capital allocation.

- is it offering good fees for rebalancing?

- is it force closing your channels, accidentally or intentionally ?

And many other aspects that a peer should bring you benefits not just being a peer in your list.

You can run a private node perfectly fine and be part of that distributed permissionless network.

Public nodes are run for incentives. if that incentive will not exist, the whole LN will be a failure.

Be careful what peers you get! Choose wisely.

>Do you want to open a channel with me?

LN is not Facebook. Peers should not open channels by "affinities" or friendship.

Choose wisely your LN peers.

The right question would be: can we have smart contract on LN that will benefit economically both of us?

When people want to open a channel with a peer, should think about many aspects:

- Is it a private channel towards a good LSP that can offer good routes and cheap payments and reliability?

- Is it a public channel towards a good and reliable peer that can offer multiple routing payments through this new channel that will cover the expenses of maintaining it?

People that just a LN node for "I want to help the network" in fact are doing more harm than good to the whole network.

please use the github version from now on. The substack is not updated anymore

https://darth-coin.github.io

torrents here:

https://eztvx.to/search/bad-trips-abroad

streaming here:

https://www.bitcine.app/tv/75988/

No digo que los novatos no tienen que probar con HW. Por esto he regalado a novatos mis HW.

Yo digo que si sabes hacerlo bien, no es necesario un HW.

He escrito bastantes guias donde he explicado muchos metodos.

No te voy a decir exactamente que y como uso... esto no seria un buen opsec...

Yo no compro ninguno. Y todos los que he tenido los he regalado a noobs.

Para mi estos HW son juguetes de plastico que no vale nada. Si sabes bien usar seguridad personal y plausible deniability", no necesitas HW.

https://blossom.primal.net/afb9e9ec14c9f866b7708e3cd0cce1faa770bb1f52a3db3e41b1323410af69c8.mp4

https://stacker.news/items/520773

THIS

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There are many sites like this.

People paying netflix subscription are ahort bitcoin LOL

You have also cineby.gd but always access it through vpn

Bitcine.app

Darth-wife

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU3QkteXTfI

Here is my tax declaration

Spark is a trap from Marcus Family and should be treated very seriously as an enemy of Bitcoin, no matter how much they like to pretend to be bitcoiners. They're not.

Read more and pay attention here (is long but worth reading):

https://unlimitedhangout.com/2024/10/investigative-series/the-chain-of-command-how-facebooks-libra-bank-regulators-and-paypal-built-a-new-world-currency/

Ark is just a joke. Ark will always depend on LN to get out from ASP, using a swap channel, so again will be "gates" from ASP that can easily be KYCed and controlled.

So come the question: if I need anyways a LN channel why would I enter into an ASP ? Ark is just a scam for poor and clueless newbies.

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https://stacker.news/items/1275977

Do not add Spark / Ark crap onto Alby Hub !

It will be the end of Alby...

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

next year, please don't be such a statist pussy and a snowflake

At this stage EVERYTHING that come up about this case IS FAKE!

They will "release" fabricated "evidence" to fulfill a narrative.

ITS ALL A PSYOP.

This is how users should gift sats

Dear bitcoiners,

Please stop being such crying pussies making petitions to politicians.

Do not fall for their bullshit rules, a bitcoiner should stay strong on his sovereign position not being a weak shitizen asking for permission.

And also after 15 years, bitcoiners realized something unimaginable: the involution from Homo Bitcoinus to Homo Rektus...

My cats too 😄

Dexter Morgan will love these knifes 😄

And you could start with a simple first step: stop believing in government, is the most dangerous superstition.