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HannahMR

Developer Advocate at Lightning Labs | Organizer of San Juan Bitdevs | Founder of Velas Commerce | Here you'll find Bitcoin, Lightning, and whatever is on my mind.

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2024-11-19 23:49:35

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2024-11-19 23:11:20

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edge scammers?
Margin scammers?
also... "drip goblins" 🤣 🤣

2024-11-19 23:02:31

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Ya generally, but it's not even about that. It's not healthy or fulfilling for an adult to spend all day playing patty cake with a toddler.

2024-11-19 23:01:15

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2024-11-19 20:42:47

If you’ve done much business then you’ve likely had the misfortune of running across those scammy “business people” who will rip you off juuuuust enough that it’s not worth it to go after them. These people know what they are doing and do it rather intentionally.
But, there should be a term for this behavior. Help me come up with one!

2024-11-19 19:57:11

The concept of men as "bread winner" and women as only child care givers... or put another way, the idea that only men can or should engage in economically productive work, is very new to humanity.
For all of human history women have been very involved in economically productive work. This 1950's ideal is a complete anomaly in human history.

2024-11-19 18:29:59

Happy International Men's Day.

2024-11-12 14:25:15

For the women in this space who have had the misfortune of encountering the very few but very loud members of the machismo red pill crew, remember that people will try to control you by controlling your self concept. These people will try to define for you what “femininity” is. They will try to tell you that it is unfeminine to be a decision maker, to be a leader, etc.
Don’t ever let anyone control your self concept. You are a woman, you define what “femininity” is. Don’t ever let anyone define it for you. ✌️🧡

2024-11-08 15:12:59

The real battle ground is your self concept and who controls it.

2024-11-04 15:48:06

This weekend I got to go to the movies and watch a movie that I’m in! (...for like 30 seconds, but hey it counts! 😁) Lot’s of fun.
And if you also like movies about Bitcoin, and are in Puerto Rico, check out the show times below.
https://caribbeancinemas.com/now-showing/
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2024-10-31 14:59:11

Don't let anyone disrespect you 😜
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2024-10-31 14:57:43

This whole Puerto Rico is an island of garbage debacle might actually wind up being really good for tourism here. All my feeds are full of gorgeous photos of Puerto Rico. I’ll add a few more photos that I took myself.
Puerto Rico really is stunningly beautiful 😍🇵🇷
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2024-10-22 14:17:30

Good morning!
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2024-10-14 17:38:16

We need to be capable of reality and nuance.
If you are someone who values non-aggression, voluntaryism, human rights, etc. then what happened in the Americas after European discovery should be absolutely unacceptable to you. Reality.
That does not take away from how impressive the European discovery of the Americas was. I can only imagine how terrifying/exciting it must have been to be on one of those boats. Nuance.

2024-10-01 14:30:17

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I went for a hike through the Rain Forest in Puerto Rico this weekend.
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2024-09-30 13:20:54

Good morning.
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2024-09-28 23:54:49

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2024-09-28 15:35:26

It would be great if sexism were a zero-sum game, then it would be the case that if women are getting shit on then men aren’t, and vice versa. But that isn’t the case. The world can totally shit on men and women at the same time.

2024-09-26 18:01:51

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2024-09-25 20:25:39

We are all familiar with imposter syndrome, but have you ever had a moment where you are like "holly sh*t, I'm over qualified here, I totally know what I'm doing!" ??
Tell me about it!

2024-09-23 16:34:42

Would you have been friends with Diddy if the opportunity had been there?
Who are you friends with now that you know could very well get called out for horrific behavior? Why do you hang out with them? Does this align with the values you claim to have?

2024-09-23 16:21:43

It a mark of a mature person to be able to understand and care about issues that don’t effect you personally at all.
Tell me about an issue that you’ve never dealt with but that you care a lot about.

2024-09-23 13:39:38

The stories coming out of the P Diddy debacle are horrific, it’s fucked up, but I hope it reduces some of the naiveté in the world on these issues.
This is a dramatic example, but in the 90’s & 2000’s, this was normal. This was not at all specific to P Diddy, or the music industry. I experienced these types of things while working as a part time sort supervisor at UPS and nearly all of the women I know from that era did as well. This was simply the state of the world. An open secret held in forced silence and shame by the women of that time.
It is what it is. Look reality in the eye.

2024-09-20 21:06:56

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Did you see the people wearing the ear bandages? Spotted a few of them at the Nashville conference. Cringe.

2024-09-20 21:05:18

If you can’t have a difficult conversation with someone, you don’t have a good relationship with them.

2024-09-20 20:59:48

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I believe so yes. Sigh.

2024-09-20 14:39:23

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Yes I think a lot of this comes from there being a lot of men who were raised for a world that no longer exists and now they are struggling to find a sense of value in today's world.

2024-09-17 21:40:19

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2024-09-16 17:19:35

What is healthy masculinity? What is healthy femininity?
People like to go backwards and forwards over this one and I have never seen an explanation that I like, so I made my own.
To be a man or a woman is simply to have a different set of logistical challenges in life. To be a good man or a good woman is to do a good job of handling the burdens, and the privileges, of your circumstance.
The difference between men and women is pregnancy, everything else, EVERYTHING else, is downstream of that.
Men have the privilege of walking away from a pregnancy. As such, a good man is a man who chooses to take on responsibility.
Men, in general, have the privilege of being less physically vulnerable than women. As such, a good man is a man who chooses to protect those more physically vulnerable than him.
Women, in general, have the privilege of being able to create life. That’s massive. As such, a good woman is a woman who, if/when she chooses to do so, chooses to create life in a responsible, thoughtful, and loving way.
A good woman is a person who is aware of, and respectful of, the burdens that men face.
A good man is a person who is aware of, and respectful of, the burdens that women face.
And of course, any individual that tries to deride, shame, or control another is a monster.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

2024-09-13 14:03:13

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2024-09-13 13:59:03

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A bit bodyshamey, but, Elon started this so 🤣 🤣 🤣

2024-09-11 13:52:11

Good morning!
I am braced for a day full of posts from the righties explaining why Trump trounced Harris, and posts from the lefites explaining why Harris trounced Trump.
Ahh Merica!

2024-09-10 21:04:57

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It is just cute cats or am I missing some subtext here?

2024-09-03 21:05:51

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Real humans change and grow. It's not realistic to expect everyone to stay with someone they chose decades ago for the rest of their life. Sometimes divorce is healthy.

2024-09-03 17:13:25

What do yo think is a healthy divorce rate?
At 1% I think something has gone wrong... like is divorce illegal in India? And at 90% clearly something else has gone wrong.
So what is a healthy rate? I'd say about 20-30%. You?
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2024-09-02 17:01:03

I don’t vote and I often get accused of not caring about humanity, or being lazy, or dumb because of that. People ask me “what are the consequences of not paying attention to politics!?” and I say “what are the consequences of giving my time and energy to politics?”
Politics is reactionary. Politicians aren’t leaders, they are just doing what they think will be popular and what they get paid to do. Politicians are followers.
What actually changes the world is us. Our culture and our technology.
I too want a better world, I put a lot of effort into making a better world, and I do that by building better technology and encouraging a better culture. And this is where I think my time/energy is most impactful.
I scroll social media and see angry rant after angry rant and I feel exhausted. How much time and energy are all these people giving to reflexive fear mongering debates?
What if we took all that energy and instead put it into changing what is popular, and changing what is possible?

2024-08-30 19:38:53

Election derangement syndrome has taken over all my feeds.

2024-08-30 02:03:11

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2024-08-30 01:53:35

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2024-08-29 22:52:40

Sometimes I think life is all just an exercise in choosing your values.
I’m thinking about this a lot today as my feed is full of praise for “the Strongman”, the “king” 😕

2024-08-27 20:10:40

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🤣 Okay I get it, a troll account.
Very nice, now go waste someone else's time.

2024-08-27 19:56:10

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I hope you are joking, cuz this is a comical display of collectivism.
"women"

2024-08-26 17:03:34

I just have not respect for those who complain about the ugly things that it is common to say about men in some segments of our culture, but then have a complete inability to care about the lack of physical safety for women in the world.
It’s totally fair to be upset about the man bashing that happens in the world, I’m with you there. But you need to be divorced from reality to think insults are a more pressing issue than physical safety. And it shows how self centered and emotionally immature a person is when they can’t distinguish between these two things.

2024-08-24 13:25:49

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2024-08-23 22:42:48

Sometimes, I really miss properly being a developer. It's great, you sit alone with your computer, no one is allowed to bother you, and you get to just sort out a puzzle all day 🧩
It's strangely meditative 🧘‍♀️

2024-08-23 13:46:24

How would you define emotional maturity?

2024-08-21 13:08:44

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Ahh yes, lets encourage people to make everything in their life about Bitcoin... doesn't sound like a cult at all.

2024-08-13 15:26:39

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Read more about it here, https://docs.lightning.engineering/the-lightning-network/taproot-assets/trustless-swap

2024-08-13 15:26:04

One of the new features of Taproot Assets v0.4 are trustless on-chain swaps 💱 using Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBTs).
With this feature users can swap assets for bitcoin or other Taproot Assets allowing non-interactive trade without requiring the trust of their counterparty or a centralized coordinator.
Example: Alice creates a PSBT that sends her Taproot Assets out and sends back to her a BTC amount. She posts that publicly. Bob can then come along whenever he likes, complete that PSBT, and broadcast it to the network effectively buying Alice's Assets in exchange for BTC.
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2024-08-13 14:51:56

Relationships, of any kind, require proof-of-work. That will look different with every relationship, but often proof of work looks like…
Texting to check in.
Showing up to that event.
Remembering that important date.
Asking for updates on important life events.
Letting someone know when you are thinking about them.
Remembering things that are important to them, rather than just things that are important to you.
Etc, etc.

2024-08-13 14:27:09

Caring for people means caring for them in the ways in which they want to be cared for.

2024-08-13 13:33:51

People love to make jokes about 🍆 or gossip about the size of various 🍆
But really gents, no one, I mean not one soul on this planet, cares about the size of your 🍆 more than you do. There are indeed some ladies out there who care a lot about size, but the vast majority of us care about a few hundred other of your features dramatically more.
I think 🍆 gets talked about so much simply because y’all respond to it so dramatically. If you want to get a mans attention, talk about his 🍆!!!

2024-08-13 01:54:37

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I get that I can't stop the relay, but I can remove it from my page... ya? You would think you could do that.

2024-08-13 01:46:59

...so um how do you delete a note where you made a bunch of typos?

2024-08-11 23:55:55

Years ago I had this incredibly interesting dream that I still think about nearly daily.
I was back in a childhood home and with me was a creature that was ancient, it had been walking the earth for thousands of years. It was with me back in this childhood home as it was trying to show me the incredible importance of all of the little decisions I had made in my life, even my choices as a child. It was trying to explain to me the impact that my choice to write in my diary everyday as an adolescent had had on my adult life, etc.
This creature was kinda a snarky asshole and was making some rude remarks. I told it not to do that, I told it to “take it back”. It said “Okay, I’ll take back every snarky thing I’ve ever said” and snapped it’s fingers. The room was changed. The computer was different, the technology had changed. I looked out the window to see that the style of clothes everyone was wearing had changed.
“How did this happen?” I asked, and this creature showed me a thing that you can’t put into words as it had more dimensions than the human mind can visualize. Essential it showed me a ribbon woven through reality that was all of it’s actions. When that ribbon was changed, reality changed.
The point of this dream was a visualization of how incredibly important and impactful all your actions are. ALL of them. And you just have no idea how one thing you say will ripple out into the world. We think of ourselves as so ineffectual, but our actions, even as a child, are massive.

2024-08-08 19:51:08

You suddenly find yourself in this room... who do you go talk to first???
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2024-08-08 15:07:16

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If everything is emphasized then nothing is.

2024-08-08 14:46:58

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Why are you always yelling?
...I get exhausted reading your posts lol

2024-06-07 14:06:42

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😧 what's happening? What did I miss?!?

2024-05-24 13:29:51

Did you change your values, or were you lying about them this whole time?
There are still a few more people in my life who I know I will wind up having to have this conversation with. It just boggles my mind. How do self proclaimed “libertarians” and “anarchists” go from declaring “no rulers no masters!” to now declaring that women should submit to the rule of their man and praising the dominant tyrant?!?
And it’s clear, if that’s what someone supports, their values are too wildly out of alignment with my own for us to have a close connection, but I just really want to know…
Did you change your values, or were you lying about them this whole time?

2024-05-24 13:28:37

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Yes. ...But, WHY ARE YOU YELLING???

2024-05-21 22:00:59

I’m migrating my LND nodes over to litd in integrated mode. This way I’ll be able to run LND with Loop, Pool, Faraday and Tapd seamlessly!
If you’re thinking about doing this, here is my cheat sheet…(for Ubuntu servers)
✅Backup node (Static channel backup file, server snapshot, etc.)
✅Stop LND (Via the cli, systemd, etc.)
✅Delete old binaries and repos
✅⚠️🚨 Don’t touch the .lnd data directory!!! ⚠️🚨
✅Install litd
✅If installing from source you’ll need GoLang, Nodejs, and Yarn
✅$ git clone https://github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-terminal.git
✅$ cd lightning-terminal
✅$ git checkout v0.12.5-alpha
✅$ make install
✅$ make go-install-cli
✅Configure litd
✅$ mkdir ~/.lit
✅$ vim .lit/lit.conf
✅Migrate config. Copy any important config from ~/.lnd.conf to ~/.lit.conf adding the lnd. prefix
✅Start up Litd (adjusting systemd files, etc as necessary)
✅Test $ litcli --network=testnet status
Sample Systemd file…
[Unit]
Description=Litd Lightning Terminal Daemon
Requires=bitcoind.service
After=bitcoind.service
[Service]
ExecStart=/home/ubuntu/go/bin/litd litd
User=ubuntu
Group=ubuntu
Type=simple
Restart=always
RestartSec=120
[Install]
WantedBy=http://multi-user.target

2024-04-29 15:21:26

A question for the builders out there, specifically the application builders...
When you are experimenting with a new framework/library/repo, etc. what are your go to tools for testing it out and tinkering? What tools do you wish you had to make learning something new easy and to make building with it easy?

2024-04-26 18:06:22

If US regulators were to drive the crypto industry out of the States, what jurisdiction would be the beneficiary?

2024-04-18 14:30:48

Is this your first Halving? Second? Third? ...Fourth?
For the first Halving is was Googling "what is a Bitcoin halving?" 🤣
The second one I was at a BOB meetup party in Chicago 🥳
For the lockdown halving 😷was chillin in my basement on a MadBitcoins livestream
For this one I plan to be dancing in Viejo San Juan 💃
How about you???

2024-03-13 14:26:24

Gender based challenges are not a fixed total quantity. An increase in the suffering of men does not imply a decrease in the suffering of women & vice versa. These are mutually independent quantities.

2024-03-11 16:07:55

San Juan people, are you coming out to the next Bitdevs ?
This months event is a bit unusual as it's on Friday.
We're expecting a full room and some lively debate on Bitcoin's L2's, join us!
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2024-02-16 14:18:39

I don’t have a problem with Ordinals, BRC20, etc, I'm just not a fan.
If we actually believe in permissionless innovation, and I do, then we don’t get to tell other people what to build with Bitcoin. And I see no moral issues with these protocols, I just find them to be short term ideas.
I suspect that 90% of the use cases currently being facilitated by Ordinal theory will wind up on other more efficient protocols. They will just get priced out. As well they should. That’s how Bitcoin works.

2024-02-13 20:00:27

Define for me please… Bitcoin’s “3rd layer”

2024-02-13 17:48:35

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Don’t get me wrong here, I am motivated to be impactful, I very much enjoy professional respect when it comes my way, and having enough money to be comfortable and to travel is amazing and I highly recommend it.
But after that, it’s rapidly diminishing returns.

2024-02-13 17:48:07

I’m really not very motivated by money or status, and that’s a bit unusual in the crowds that I often find myself in… like here, on social media.
You do you, but I gotta tell you, I think my way is better.
I sit and watch the status chasers try to talk to the right people, and watch the money chasers try to buy the right shitcoin at the right time, and it all just looks so exhausting.
You sacrifice parts of yourself whenever you give your time to people you don’t actually like, whenever you spend all night researching things that you don’t actually care about.

2024-02-12 19:53:49

O excuse me, I went to Dubai the other day and forgot to brag about it on social media 😛
What was fun about the city was how very international it was. I’m told only about 20% of the residents are from the Emirates.
It does have a very manufactured beauty and feel, but it was wildly pleasant. And I've seen SO many pictures of it that it felt like driving through Instagram!https://m.primal.net/HcQI.jpg https://m.primal.net/HcQK.jpg https://m.primal.net/HcQL.jpg https://m.primal.net/HcQM.jpg

2024-02-12 19:11:59

If you’re going to set up an LND node, run litd!
When you set up your LND node using the Lightning Terminal Daemon you don’t just get LND, you also get Loop, Pool, Faraday, and Taproot Assets! All bundled up and ready to roll whenever you are 🥳
You can download litd here: https://github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-terminal
And have a look at some of the tutorials available that will walk you through the installation process.
Checkout the Speed Run video to watch Leo install litd from binaries: https://youtu.be/9svP0Fpp1ZQ
Or checkout the Launch with Litd video from the tapd demo series to watch a litd installation from source: https://youtu.be/EaPZ3EbTWhE

2024-02-12 18:37:40

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And this isn’t about number go up. Excuse me, but I couldn’t give a shit how rich you do or don’t get off this cycle. This is about adoption and impact.

2024-02-12 18:37:07

Can’t you just feel it? ...how epic this next bull run is going to be!?!
I’m exciting as Bitcoin has never been in better shape to really make a lot of awesome happen. The tech is now ready to handle some serious use cases.
It’s usable, it’s robust, we’re ready!

2024-02-12 15:04:19

GM!
What are you doing today?https://m.primal.net/HcNU.jpg

2024-02-08 14:40:42

As we head into another bull run be careful what you get yourself involved with.
It's easy to get swept up in the hype and fomo, but ask yourself where you want to be standing, who’s hand you want to be caught holing, when the tide goes back out.

2024-01-26 15:10:33

Have you tried Terminal lately? There are so many new features that you might not be aware of. Have you tried…
Connecting with LNC?
Insights?
Liquidity reports?
Autofees?
Multi-node connections?
Batch opens?
Auto Loop?
LND accounts?
...
You can read all about these features in the docs and more demo videos are in the works!
https://terminal.lightning.engineering/

2024-01-12 17:43:44

Ya know I get it, I’m quite the oddity when I’m the only woman at a crowded event, so I understand the curiosity. But I’m really, really over all the gender studies conversations.
Pretty please when I’m at a Bitcoin event can we just talk about Bitcoin and not gender studies? That would be awesome, thanks ✌️🧡

2023-12-21 17:39:21

The fee environment has a big impact on how #Bitcoin are #Lightning are used.
Velas Commerce sees this everyday as they manage the logistics of different services and setups with clients.
With fees relatively high right now, this latest blog post walks through how incentives have changed, who wins who loses, what are adaptations that can be made now, and what further solutions are in the works.
https://velascommerce.com/navigate-bitcoins-lightning-network-in-a-new-high-fees-era/

2023-12-15 19:45:37

Perhaps this high fee environment will finally persuade people to test on testnet 🤔 maybe...🤞possibly...🤞

2023-12-15 18:25:07

“Have fun staying poor” bums me out every time I see it.
If getting rich is your goal, perhaps you’re better suited to a more traditional Wall Street banker gig.
Bitcoin isn’t about lambos, yachts, and fancy watches. Bitcoin is about real utility for real people. It’s about providing an alternative to corrupt power structures and systems of control.
HFSP is a distraction from the mission.

2023-12-10 16:26:30

I understand that the red pill contagion is a reaction to wokeism... it just bums me out to see so many people sacrifice their values to vengeance.

2023-12-09 15:05:12

I’m doing a bit of the end of year review stuff and taking a look at the status of the Lightning Labs YouTube channel, and I’m rather proud of our content.
No clickbait, no sensationalism, just the information you’re looking for if you’re building with Lightning ⚡🧡
Dare I say… pretty high signal.
https://www.youtube.com/@LightningLabs

2023-12-08 16:36:28

Individuation: The process through which a person achieves a sense of individuality separate from the identities of others and begins to consciously exist as a human in the world.
It’s a life long process and we often get stuck. Stuck in attachment to our parents, stuck in co-dependent romantic relationships, stuck in the role of parent, stuck in identity with our career, stuck in ideological movements and cults, etc. etc.
This is why it’s so damn important to consciously craft a self concept that is not at all dependent on circumstance or the world around you.

2023-12-07 20:38:36

We’ve finished up the tapd demo series! But here is some bonus content on metadata.
We weren’t able to fit in a metadata demo video in this round, but below are the basics of working with metadata with Taproot Assets.
First we need to note that there are many types and ways to add metadata to assets, below is the simplest.
Also, as always, have a look at the docs and the API info.
Docs: https://docs.lightning.engineering/lightning-network-tools/taproot-assets
API info: https://lightning.engineering/api-docs/api/taproot-assets/
Let’s start with the CLI. You can add metadata to an asset mint with the flag --meta_bytes
The data that you add after that flag with be encoded as hex and added to the mint. The data you add there may already be hex which means you may have to decode it twice when retrieving it.
To do that, try this command…
$ tapcli assets meta --asset_id [asset ID]
You should be able to find your metadata in the “data” value that is returned. You can then use a command similar to the below to convert that data from hex back to the original value on the command line. You’ll want to run the command once or twice depending on how you added the data.
$ echo [“data” value] | xxd -r -p && echo ''
$ echo [Output from last command] | xxd -r -p && echo ''
If you are working with tapd via the API, we’ve got some examples for you!
The below files are Python scripts for working with the REST API.
This script includes a simple metadata example: https://github.com/HannahMR/tapd-python-scripts/blob/main/mint.py
This script returns the metadata for an asset: https://github.com/HannahMR/tapd-python-scripts/blob/main/meta-data.py
This script returns the metadata and converts the result from hex to text: https://github.com/HannahMR/tapd-python-scripts/blob/main/metadata-conversion.py
I hope this helps 🧡
#keepbuilding

2023-11-24 13:17:45

I love halvings, not for the impact on price, but for the nostalgia.
When the first halving happened I was very new to Bitcoin and barely understood it. I was also living in rural Australia and caring for a baby, so no parties for me 👶
For the second halving I was in Chicago and involved with the BOB meetup. It was a great party 🥳
The third, I was hiding out in the basement of a family home in the midst of lockdown. ...not a lot of fun, but I got to join a livestream and share the moment with some friends 🙃
For the fourth I plan to throw a big party here in San Juan with San Juan Bitdevs
. Should be a blast 💃
I didn’t see a lockdown halving party or a Puerto Rican halving parting coming. And it makes me ponder what I’ll be up to on the 5th 🤔
You?

2023-11-22 19:58:50

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Do you know what pulled your friend out of that place?
I know you can't change people's minds for them, but there are some good friends of mine who are currently in dark places, and I'd like to help pull them out of that, if at all possible.

2023-11-22 16:11:01

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Yup. If you can't get along with half of the human race, it's not half of humanity that's the problem, it's you, you're the problem.

2023-11-22 16:01:38

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There is nothing wrong with being a feminist or a meninist in the context of supporting humans rights. Both men and woman should have basic human rights.
The root of the problem is the hate and the collectivism.

2023-11-22 14:46:08

It’s all of our responsibility to keep our values.
I’m very angry at the red pill talking heads for encouraging so many of my friends to lose their values. They have corrupted people by tapping into men’s wounds and insecurities. An evil thing to do.
Now we could also blame the angry blue haired radical feminists of TikTok, and some of them are just awful, and deserving of condemnation. But the solution to a problem is never to lose your values.
I’ve had a lot of very ugly experiences, I could easily slide into hate and lose my values. Especially this last year as I’ve been bombarded by very ugly messages from the red pill crew. But it's on me to not become hateful to men despite past traumas or the current state of my DM's.
It's my job to keep my values. It’s your job to keep your values.

2023-11-22 14:44:52

The secret to living a good life isn't to be happy or successful or better than anyone else, it's just to have some values and live in accordance with them.
And the fucking brilliant part about this this that absolutely no one can stop you, ever. No matter the situation, no matter hardship, you don't need anyone else to care or help at all, this is always entirely in your control.

2023-11-21 20:31:08

Ridicule isn't a persuasion strategy, it's an emotional revenge strategy.

2023-11-20 15:44:52

It’s a core human weakness that goes by many names, “false dichotomy”, “black or white thinking”, “for us or against us”, etc. etc.
Humans have trouble with nuance on any issue that has emotional impact for them.
The standard scenario is team A says mean things about team B. People with a connection to team B are insulted, as they should be. Some some grifter comes along and says extra mean things about team A. The wounded of team B exalt the grifter giving them the attention that they crave. Some grifter on team A will do the same. And both sides, full of the wounded, slide deeper and deeper into hateful manias.
If you take a step back, zoom out a bit, it is quite clear that both teams have, have spiraled into a hateful mania. This happens all the time, and it is our job, as rational, caring human beings, to not participate in or support any of the hate.

2023-11-20 14:25:34

I lost all my faith in politics and politicians well over a decade ago. I’m not excited about this, I’m not hopeful. I suspect that Milei will cave the way that they always do. And I will invest no time in this… Except, to take a moment to note that it would be rather lovely if I were wrong.
https://news.yahoo.com/argentina-holds-cliffhanger-election-economy-011043999.html

2023-11-15 18:35:39

If you’re building with Taproot Assets there are a ton of resources for you. Extensive docs at docs.lightning.engineering, API documentation, and a variety of tutorial videos. But also, if you get stuck on anything, you can chat with us on Slack or Telegram.
➜ Slack: https://lightning.engineering/slack.html (join the taproot-assets channel)
➜ Telegram: https://t.me/lightninglab

2023-11-15 18:18:04

We’ve now got 5 videos in the Tapping into Taproot Assets playlist! This is a series of short demo videos walking through using the #TaprootAssets Daemon, tapd, from install to mint to transfer to burn.
So far we’ve demoed installing tapd… three different ways, adding a universe to your federation, and now, finally, we demo minting!
In this one we mint some Taproot Assets using the CLI while discussing batching, block space and fees, meta data, and more.
https://youtu.be/FccI6j0mxuE?list=PL-3jjRT_28Sh3u_9CPVJkm8BLomh23QGk

2023-11-14 23:22:19

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2023-11-14 23:13:32

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Or maybe, AI will just help you to write it much faster and easier that you could have on your own! ...maybe.

2023-11-14 13:54:00

It’s gotten to the point where I, nearly, have less respect for people the more Twitter followers they have.
Being on the platform for many years now I’ve seen what is necessary to gain a following there, and it ain’t pretty or respectable.