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OC Bitcoin Network: meetup.com/oc-btc/events

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npub1mm5h2xq80qyqj969q92yr9f6mq2vyt2w4646dxtrsk3a0hpary0qrs07y3

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heady_wook@bitcoiner.social

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2025-02-11 03:12:04

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I just had my first 6,718 blocks ago at block 876,533:
https://mempool.space/block/00000000000000000000355580dc19cb919cd6057bc72fca329a49ea92ae9ef3

2025-02-11 02:39:22

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Congratulations, Corey 👏🎉

2025-02-11 02:33:44

Implementing a decentralized version of Samourai Wallet’s Whirlpool coin join protocol would require redesigning its existing coordinator-based architecture to remove reliance on a central server. Here’s a high-level approach:
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1. Understanding Whirlpool's Current Design
Whirlpool currently relies on a coordinator to facilitate the coin join process.
Clients register inputs, the coordinator builds the transaction, and participants sign it.
The coordinator doesn’t take custody of funds but still knows the transaction structure before broadcasting.
2. Key Challenges for Decentralization
Removing the coordinator without reducing efficiency.
Ensuring Sybil resistance to prevent DoS or manipulation.
Maintaining privacy while coordinating transactions.
Minimizing reliance on a single blockchain explorer or external services.
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3. Decentralized Whirlpool: Potential Design Approaches
To decentralize Whirlpool, we could leverage one or a combination of the following:
A. Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Coordination Using Tor/I2P
Use a DHT (Distributed Hash Table) for peer discovery.
Clients initiate coin joins directly in a P2P fashion.
Nodes use Tor or I2P for anonymity.
B. Federated or Multiparty Coordination
Instead of a single server, use multiple semi-trusted facilitators.
Shamir’s Secret Sharing could be used to prevent any single entity from knowing the full transaction structure.
A threshold cryptographic scheme could allow transactions to be constructed collectively.
C. Bitcoin Script & Covenant Approaches
Use vault-like smart contracts (e.g., OP_CTV, OP_CHECKSIGFROMSTACK) to enforce coin join conditions.
Create "CoinJoin Pools" where users deposit funds and can only withdraw through pre-agreed anonymity conditions.
D. Lightning Network for Pre-Mixing
Before on-chain settlement, users could mix UTXOs off-chain via the Lightning Network.
This avoids large on-chain transaction fees and improves speed.
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4. Implementation Steps
1. Peer Discovery Layer
Use a decentralized network (DHT, Nostr relays, or LN-based signaling).
Implement a reputation system to mitigate Sybil attacks.
2. Decentralized Input Coordination
Use a Zero-Knowledge proof system (e.g., zkSNARKs) to verify valid inputs without revealing them.
Alternatively, Ring Signatures or Threshold Signatures could be used.
3. Transaction Construction Without a Coordinator
Each participant signs their input separately.
Use secure multiparty computation (MPC) to build the final transaction.
4. Broadcast & Finalization
The final transaction is either broadcast by multiple peers simultaneously or via a privacy-preserving relay (e.g., FIBRE, Tor).
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5. Potential Risks & Mitigation
https://image.nostr.build/0ef3cb4fea346a59fd4f6c6086c3877ff791d9edb0c1a5c989a01f28092ea6a1.jpg
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6. Conclusion
A fully decentralized Whirlpool would likely rely on P2P coordination, zero-knowledge proofs, and multiparty computation to remove the need for a trusted coordinator while preserving privacy and efficiency. It would be a complex but highly valuable upgrade to Bitcoin's privacy ecosystem.

2025-02-10 01:51:10

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Same, I was looking for a different name too

2025-02-10 01:49:23

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I see you now, it also used your lightning handle as walking smoke

2025-02-10 01:27:14

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I found me! It took my lightning handle!

2025-02-09 23:16:05

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My receipt:
https://btcpay.deltabtcbank.com/i/PE6waNvjRW7X5oCw6hLtbQ/receipt

2025-02-09 23:08:09

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I paid for one. I don't see myself there either

2025-01-05 01:53:13

@nprofile…m3jp
New York (reversed seared), leftover homemade mashed potatoes with beef roux gravy, and boiled/blanched broccoli https://image.nostr.build/a26e0576f56db20e73db13f9e7a15102670f60353d90fdeb5378664f5edceb7d.jpg

2024-10-06 03:26:39

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Note: After making plain kombucha, I added more sugar to yield the desired ABV.

2024-09-24 04:16:04

Fermentation is almost done (~14 days). I could bottle it after this but I want to clear it out a bit given the big floaties. I'll rack it into a new jug, let things settle for 10 days, and then bottle. After 2 weeks or so in the bottle, place it in the fridge, and it's ready to drink.
https://image.nostr.build/9289a18b6a44d81d36dca3a9ebc3833866dada5127ee264384d397a3592b83dc.jpg
#nevent1q…vanv

2024-08-28 01:31:34

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We have meetups here and and an open-source Bitcoin festival in Santa Monica on 10/18/24

2024-08-25 18:07:03

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Skipping CA, I see

2024-08-21 06:54:09

Deep thoughts with The Deep
https://image.nostr.build/bf793ac975cdde2ffdcdb14b562a29488b77a6cf082f15d04c9ca7af8972cb7c.jpg

2024-07-31 06:07:06

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Within a span of 4.5 hours, bc1Zek engaged in several transactions (some transactions were dust attacks), potentially revealing ties to other addresses/transactions/services associated with bc1Zek
https://mempool.space/address/bc1qlap8hkt9genaljz5nt2zlehhudx63zlahr2zek

2024-07-30 04:38:02

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You mean this?
Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/fgc-9-mk-ii-guide
PDF: https://archive.org/download/fgc-9-mk-ii-guide/FGC-9_MkII_Guide.pdf

2024-06-25 03:57:35

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# BTC USD
btc_usd = [from your node]
# Price of the product in USD.
product_usd = 15.00
# Convert to sats
product_sats = (product_usd / btc_usd) * 100000000
# Format price to display with commas at hundreds place and sats units
product_sats_label = format(round(product_sats), ',') + " sats"

2024-06-09 04:28:38

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No particular order:
Blastoise
Dragonite
Gangar
Alakazam
Vileplume
Arcenine

2024-06-09 03:19:27

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Blastoise (Squirtle) because I don't care much for speed and I like the balanced defense stats and attack stats. Also, Blastoise has the least number of weaknesses
https://image.nostr.build/9a8fb407bc1a06d52d461854a2fc7b160e86c9d5023ba2af616aa7c5c4b2971e.jpg

2024-05-28 01:28:02

OC Bitcoin Pizza Day 2024 https://image.nostr.build/9e322a11db9a335e6f82f18d8ded395981c5de014524384ed4e99e3534fc2fc2.jpg https://image.nostr.build/fb523ad2a9619538947a835788b7e2c3b416fdb6e5f6e77e305524b3f6ff2262.jpg https://image.nostr.build/7cf5d216641412056f0472a8b1d7fe3f3343a3b858363a6dc663dd58979ef485.jpg https://image.nostr.build/453c8b0ebe8d3dac0447799ece11fb1620c633f6be8559fcf2a14c661e7cd648.jpg https://image.nostr.build/93250fd1f25f26f752030b58b61fa321c0ae020fc459b8b9cb11fbcd4eb3cdaa.jpg https://image.nostr.build/39a8469b0749f8e69e688aedf8a7bc63be6e2086279f3ffa45abe32d68f3c83c.jpg

2024-05-18 01:48:05

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What did Swaan talk shit on?

2024-05-09 22:48:17

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Sold!

2024-05-04 19:25:52

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Yes 👍

2024-05-04 06:31:35

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#2 and I run it on RetroPi 😎
I have N64, NDS, and SNS. I could do PS1 arcade games, and others (https://retropie.org.uk/about/systems/) if I had the USB controllers

2024-05-02 17:36:03

https://www.meetup.com/oc-btc/events/300784967/

2024-04-30 14:00:13

https://t.me/c/1195633341/12562

2024-04-23 03:53:27

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Michel Foucault on the Panopticon Effect: https://fs.blog/the-panopticon-effect/#:~:text=In%20his%20study%20of%20the,architectural%20figure%20of%20this%20composition.

2024-04-22 03:51:10

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El Shaddai
God Almighty
Deus Omnipotens
ʾAllāh Al-Shadīd

2024-03-31 01:45:53

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Whoa. No one said anything about declawing. It's just trimmed. He has claws

2024-03-30 23:35:49

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Sounds nice. Rocket the cat goes out in the balcony but he hasn't discovered how to hop the gate yet lol. There is chicken wire so he can't go through or under

2024-03-30 17:53:41

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And that's why I trim my cat's nails every week

2024-03-30 05:20:47

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I can't recall specifically. It''s been a couple years now. If I had to say, I think I would get to the end where it reboots and the USB is removed but it would boot up to the previous OS rather than Arch. If you have any resources to point to, please do. I want to give it another shot now that we're talking about it

2024-03-30 05:09:47

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I run Manjaro which is Arch based but less hardcore. I figured Nostr would be the place to find fellow Linux users
I've tried to build Arch but have yet to be successful

2024-03-30 03:41:25

https://archlinux.org/news/the-xz-package-has-been-backdoored/
If you have version 5.6.1-2 you are good
You are not good if you have version 5.6.0-1 or 5.6.1-1
Older version 5.4.6 is also good
This for many Linux distros, not just Arch

2024-03-17 01:36:16

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Would be more useful if both were on the same scale (log) or standardized scores for a single y-axis

2024-03-15 06:44:44

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vO[P]Te
FOR
₿ETTER
MONEY

2024-03-08 19:52:20

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Nice find!
Its:
Men with 10 or more partners are 1.69 times more likely to report a cancer diagnosis compared to men with 0-1 partners.
Women with 10 or more partners are 1.91 times more likely to report a cancer diagnosis and 1.64 times more likely to report long standing illness compared to women with 0-1 partners.

2024-03-06 06:41:54

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All servers must report cash tips 🤣

2024-03-03 18:31:42

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My graph plots time and price with all time average and various deviations from the average. I suggest price will trend toward the average. If the average is 10k, then 10k. If the average is 100k, then 100k. See you later Lazer Ray Modus until 100k

2024-03-02 22:45:30

https://image.nostr.build/e2eee5e0e194466261141e1c6d353860138de8f04b460f0c25d00871c0592a70.jpg

2024-02-29 20:17:39

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If it follows regression toward the mean, then it will correct towards the mean.

2024-02-29 20:14:56

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Dynamic = moving average. No other sources I know provids all time average. Why not? Because you can look at the 200-day month whatever moving average on your own.
All time static average is a reference point. Not useless overall, but useless to you and that's okay

2024-02-29 20:11:06

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Lol, unlikely but not impossible.
Price is too high is what the graph says. Correction evident. When? That's a different question

2024-02-29 20:03:58

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Suggesting a phenomenon known as "regression toward the mean".
Although average is dynamic (changing day to day), price will tend to regress toward the average

2024-02-29 18:18:12

Average miner payout in BTC (subsidy and fees).
https://image.nostr.build/b7ded520ee7dbcb869f2d3a02b74cf5b76cfd5fe5d76419e00e5b6bc08ce16f3.jpg

2024-02-29 18:17:31

Average miner payout in USD per block (includes subsidy and fees)
https://image.nostr.build/485f5353ea5b3982539c9f9a8ff392324689e7a3f0a69d063d12f4c96483bf3f.jpg

2024-02-29 18:16:15

Average all time Bitcoin price (USD) ≈ $10,500 (Standard deviation [SD] ≈ $15,000).
Current price is over 3 SDs from the average.
https://image.nostr.build/0c3d8ee61bf664887406c4e0cda3ba961c5dcbffca2f7ead3d036a3a4ff1b34c.jpg

2023-11-13 04:58:48

#nevent1q…akhc
https://image.nostr.build/9b10ec8848d5e5475dc446b75d42ad30ebedd687fa248353e4b61a5afc19d130.jpg

2023-08-22 01:09:50

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I would love to taste that bud 😍

2023-08-13 22:30:40

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How to encrypt with 7zip
https://www.howtogeek.com/817446/password-protect-zip-file-windows/

2023-08-11 16:08:51

'Twas a grand ol' time 👏👏
#nevent1q…5c72

2023-08-11 16:02:30

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🤮

2023-07-22 01:42:59

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There are always trade offs 🤷‍♂️

2023-07-12 16:43:02

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Does it have Galaga?

2023-07-12 16:21:33

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Some of my buds are skeptical of simplex still, saying it's still new/not established. Curious what your thoughts are on this

2023-07-04 22:39:09

From sea to shining sea 🇺🇲🎆
#nevent1q…f0vd
https://nostr.build/i/7c1507ffd9a3ec14716783854f70505d7962efbb6c84b102b392f887c2d77a1d.jpg

2023-07-04 05:36:44

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Someone read it on YouTube. You can find it if you search it. I would have preferred the YouTuber not inject comments but comments are made here and there

2023-07-04 05:34:27

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On Lowery's "Bitcoin is (digital) violence" claim:
https://snort.social/e/nevent1qqsgun2qyuxu25xluzsm6j0t4q6cw9sx376pkxq7vd5qw4nsrdazengpz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcpzphhfw5vqw7qgpyt52q25gx2n4kq5cgk5at4t56vk8pdr6lwr6xg7qvzqqqqqqy922vy9

2023-07-03 22:53:16

Decades of psychological research on human aggression and violence have resulted in scientific definitions of these terms which aggression researchers agree upon. In psychology, aggression is defined as “𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑟 that is 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚 another person who is 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚” (Allen & Anderson, 2017). Further, the scientific definition of violence is an extreme form of aggression that has severe physical harm as its goal, such as maiming or death (Anderson & Bushman, 2002). However, in everyday language we often conflate these terms and use them in a non-scientific manner. For instance, most people would describe a salesperson who tries really hard to sell you something as 𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 or a really bad storm as 𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡. Neither of these descriptions fit the scientific definition of aggression or violence as the salesperson nor the storm intend harm. Therefore, bitcoin is not aggression or violence as bitcoin cannot have intentions (nor is it a behavior)—bitcoin is simply software.
Sources
Allen & Anderson, 2017: http://www.craiganderson.org/wp-content/uploads/caa/abstracts/2015-2019/17AA2.pdf
Anderson & Bushman, 2002: https://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~schaller/Psyc591Readings/AndersonBushman2002.pdf

2023-07-03 19:52:45

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I don't really. Not many that are very active

2023-07-02 20:58:52

OC Bitcoin Network has a meet up every Thursday at 630 PM🔥
This week's theme is Freedom Money 🎆🇺🇲
https://nostr.build/i/25000bec64719a4901f0c4590651f73c042d69d1f128855b6e645fbbe9210e7d.jpg

2023-07-02 20:55:19

OC Bitcoin Network has a meet up every Friday at 2PM🔥
https://nostr.build/i/b9a44a68f15592f5c84c6444eb144c02097109428f6bf678ed89640510fb9798.jpg

2023-07-02 20:54:40

OC Bitcoin Network has bi-weekly meet ups on Tuesday's at 5PM 🔥
The next one is 7/11/2023 😎
https://nostr.build/i/b12e2905f12db1d3710bdaf11fdf7443297f0845a8380328e92808ab05a64459.jpg

2023-07-02 16:43:12

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You don't make it easy, that's for sure

2023-07-02 03:57:05

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I often use throwaway emails, sometimes through guerrillamail.com or when that doesn't work, i use protonmail or others. I recently created a throwaway on PM and it was suspended within 24 hours. I appealed to see what was going on and that was the response. My guess is they mapped my IP address? Although I use a VPN and change the server locations on occasion, it seems they are keeping track. My thinking is to not only change the VPN server but change it to another location, such as another state or country or something, if creating another email but i have tested that yet

2023-07-02 03:32:20

Protonmail is clamping down on users with multiple accounts 😬
Make sure to change up your VPN IP address when creating new accounts.
https://nostr.build/i/8e4ba91fb0cdf256a8d7e6ad2e1c300b40f87adbbc704bab367090a322a9b743.jpg

2023-07-01 22:22:19

Find my PGP public key here:
https://ia903402.us.archive.org/1/items/heady-wook-pgp-public-key/heady_wook_pgp%20_public_key.txt

2023-07-01 21:47:49

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Been here on and off but this twatter debacle is just what nostr needs. Bullish on nostr

2023-07-01 21:36:40

https://nostr.build/i/b2abd214ad45580759410eec3d71474f5455dcd7d549a3660617c4dde8524f6d.jpg

2023-07-01 21:21:34

Twatter sucks anyway. My feed get filled with stupid ass shit and I have to constantly select "not interested in this twat"
I go on twatter for you all and y'all are already here 😎
No need for twatter

2023-06-28 05:53:10

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#nevent1q…0d6u

2023-06-23 17:59:36

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It's in Japanese so make sure you use subtitles

2023-06-23 17:44:42

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In our new article, Pseudonymity: An FAQ for Bitcoiners, we discuss how to use multiple nyms and things to consider when attending bitcoin meetups
👉 https://modusb.com/nym

2023-06-23 17:32:32

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New article 👉 https://modusb.com/nym
#nevent1q…7zdv
https://nostr.build/i/e4757ecd39ddd71ce3cc4bc257b5b01e1a6b38936c5827eedede2fb8a801e037.jpg

2023-06-20 00:58:45

Join us for Summer Sessions w/ OC Bitcoin! Weekly presentations, speakers, events, & giveaways. See you there 😎
This week (6/22) is Bitcoin Trivia. Winning team takes home a prize.
RSVP here: https://www.meetup.com/oc-btc/events/293948788
Weekly Schedule:
6/29 - Cypherpunk history
7/6 - Freedom Money
Etc.

2023-05-22 20:02:26

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OC Bitcoin had a grand time celebrating Bitcoin Pizza Day 2023 🍕
Remember Satoshi likes pineapple on pizza, get one in the name of Satoshi
#nevent1q…nuj7

2023-05-20 01:56:27

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#nevent1q…z2wd