I bought a used game from BGG and the seller said he would accept #Ethereum I have a little for playing around with, rather than investing, so I went for it.
Regular ETH payments only make sense on L2 networks because of gas fees, so mine is sitting on zkSync Era and his is on Loopring.
The UX of bridging the two L2 networks via orbiter.finance was terrible. Dangerously opaque. I managed it in the end, but I honestly thought I had lost the funds.
#Bitcoin maxis can rest safely for now.
#crypto
Inspiring call to arms from Erik Voorhees.
Thanks. I'll listen. 👂
500k is a lot more than the estimates I have seen. Source?
https://unherd.com/2023/09/the-russian-invasion-was-a-rational-act/
By presuming Putin is irrational, you rule out any possibility of peace talks, or any possibility of gaining the understanding necessary for negotiating such talks. The piece is not pro-Putin, it is pro-understanding-Putin. Sun Tzu long ago instructed us to "know your enemy." Why is that seen today as a bad thing?
Russia's invasion makes sense to them. If Russia tried to get Canada or Mexico to join a new Warsaw Pact, then the USA would probably invade.
On the other hand, the West's strategy with Ukraine is also rational. Russia and China supplied Vietnam during the Vietnam War and we are doing the same.
What’s the difference between DMix, Wabisabi and Whirlpool?
According to Italian academic researcher Fadi Barbara, his DMix protocol removes the need for a CoinJoin creator to intermediate the collaborative transaction.
Therefore, the transaction is more censorship resistant and benefits from a greater degree of plausible deniability.
Learn more about DMix by listening to S14 E8 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast: now available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & YouTube! https://video.nostr.build/ffa1da5796349322815a8823af5771e241fae2cfd4ae4686eb2fa3f52fc1e709.mov
are the fees cheaper?
nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m what do you think of BIP-300 Bitcoin drivechain?
Not at all. Have you ever worked in big organisations? They are generally well meaning but slightly incompetent and lazy. Shining a light on that would paralyse them through constant butt covering.
That's the real world. 🤷♂️
They'd lose all organisational agility if their treasurers were paranoid about public criticism. They'd never get anything done.
Their annual accounts deserve scrutiny.
I'm walking back on this. Decentralised stablecoins could change everything but right now the UX is horrible.
Why You Are Probably An NPC
https://gurwinder.substack.com/p/why-you-are-probably-an-npc
So much discussion about which is the best stablecoin, but so little discussion about how to use one effectively in practice. I can't see a practical use case at the moment - except high-value/international/private payments.
After voting, I got stuck in Phoenix wallet and could not return to amethyst. I force closed phoenix wallet and then amethyst opened with no problems.
We interrupt your regularly scheduled drama to bring you an actual software release.
Primal for Android build 0.15.1 has just been released. Here’s what’s new:
- Zapping fully implemented (1-tap zaps, custom zaps, zap settings)
- NWC for nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm and nostr:npub1mutnyacc9uc4t5mmxvpprwsauj5p2qxq95v4a9j0jxl8wnkfvuyque23vg wallets 👀
- Solidified note posting
- Various fixes
Enjoy! 🤙💜
Nostr Wallet Connect
On a web browser Primal is the best.