Patrick

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2025-05-28 00:12:42

I just realized someone I know doesn't know about Limewire 😮

2025-05-25 14:58:51

When I was a kid I remember my parents took me to some local police event where they took my fingerprints and made a copy they gave to my parents. It was geared as a system to help parents if your kid ever gets abducted or something like that. Does anyone know if the government kept any of this collection? I've always thought about that over the years that I'm likely already in some system somewhere
#nevent1q…34ca

2025-05-24 21:00:30

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Mad = Proud

2025-05-24 15:58:55

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Have a good week Uncle! Wish @nprofile…dmxh and I would be seeing you this week but not making the journey for this one.

2025-05-24 02:30:31

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Yeah that's exactly the one. They had done a good job on the UI for it but Bitpay....

2025-05-24 02:18:25

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I have the same problem but they're all in a drawer and paper copies. I'm pretty sure @nprofile…dmxh and I have an old savings wallet from Copay that we were saving for a vacation in around here somewhere.

2025-05-16 17:59:06

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My process wasn't as smooth but for a nationwide rollout they're killing it

2025-05-16 17:54:12

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Yeah I think that's the way it was **supposed** to go. The manager called what I presume was her DM on speakerphone and he wasn't happy that she hadn't completed the training for her store. He was a little upset on that lol. He walked her through me ordering in front of a group of people and then realized it wasn't even an option on the screen and they needed updates to their terminals so then they just took my older and put it in their tablet as a total and cleared it that way. Overall wasn't a bad experience even with the fumbles.

2025-05-16 17:48:35

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Yeah that's what I was expecting. They apparently have a fallback solution of accepting payment from a POS on a tablet but this location was behind on a few things lol

2025-05-16 17:01:50

I'm this location's first Bitcoin customer. Special process apparently.
#nevent1q…jew9

2025-05-16 16:59:38

Good snap, play falling apart https://relay.patrickulrich.com/65f198dce2bb7ead78d4c59fde21ab4d9a79152b76c9e3f09fd8f67f7dd9d28b.jpg https://relay.patrickulrich.com/9e1d02b78f67b15d0e9645d23d49d6d046a9e7e10da94e7b8252c363c510405a.jpg

2025-05-11 16:55:00

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Ok I've setup a new station created by @nprofile…8rn8 and left a comment on the @nprofile…6jqt version. I also made sure that @nprofile…8rn8 went to using it's own NIP-05 instead of Fountain to cover both bases. This is awesome!

2025-05-10 19:11:50

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How do you claim a station that's already on there? @nprofile…pc0f

2025-05-10 15:42:37

GoodMorningBitcoin.com is on Wavef(u)nc already! Very cool project
#nevent1q…45wv

2025-05-10 14:29:22

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Their node is still active in my channel 🙏

2025-05-08 16:31:10

New Pope https://relay.patrickulrich.com/5122ee1ef5bdcad1932fb666e0497ed62a1225f14db945f7900e76344b75484e.webp

2025-05-08 14:51:20

Anyone had had any luck with nwcprovider working on the new lnbits v1? I can't seem to get it to load into my sources now. https://github.com/riccardobl/nwcprovider

2025-05-07 14:21:27

Compassion shot of the Windows XP image to now. The field has become a vineyard so it makes sense the bright green has faded away but what's most shocking to me is that all the sky pictures now appear with the grayed out sky. https://relay.patrickulrich.com/1f32a76cd302da97f45581a11b9fa25f08dfe9d0de85d4bbe3d835422f4d3347.jpg

2025-05-04 14:31:03

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=6tjlU4w4fSo

2025-04-29 10:31:58

Beautiful day https://relay.patrickulrich.com/f2caea542dafa0cc134169218071d2fec9cb6b3584e7bcf11dc716e0b537a01d.jpg

2025-04-28 12:39:17

GM, I think I fixed my hot water heater this morning 🤞 hot water is back and no leaks detected after roughly 8 hours of being pressurized again

2025-04-24 16:46:37

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No fetuses were harmed in the production of this ultrasound

2025-04-24 16:42:00

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I feel like I could have had a full vacation in Bosnia plus the scan now

2025-04-24 16:33:32

$1500 for an ultrasound!?!

2025-04-22 18:49:18

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I'm actually updating my Lnbits at the moment but thank you for the thought!

2025-04-22 18:42:06

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🫡

2025-04-21 11:38:16

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Depending on terms of the employer being able to let me go before, I'll still take this offer. I don't earn 10BTC a year and 5 years from now I definitely won't have that earning potential. https://relay.patrickulrich.com/e0fb98cee8eff18eba821e61f8fc171daec7531a91d7e6feb8260ed7bdc316ba.png

2025-04-20 11:53:38

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Beyond the fact that snipers will just attack the top zapper spot, it'd be much better if there wasn't a DM invoice and instead replied with a comment on the post that the OP would just zap. This would give public confirmation that it was paid so users don't use tagging @buzzbot as a fake engagement trick in itself. I'd also let users customize their preferred % breakdown for what they want to see boosted and offer other functions instead of just Top Zapper which will just be gamed like I opened with.

2025-04-20 11:39:40

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The simple answer is because fiat is dying. The deeper answer is that this entire statement is misleading. While Lightning does have routing and liquidity mechanics under the hood, those aren't issues a company like Epic would ever have to deal with directly. Epic would likely use a payment provider, like @nprofile…x85g that I mentioned above with Splitgate, that abstracts all that away. And to say fiat has 'no such problems' ignores the real world issues with fraud, chargebacks, fees and settlement delays that fiat rails still deal with on the daily. So the comparison doesn’t hold.
Also, the part I was saying was wrong wasn’t about fiat vs. Lightning. It was your blanket claim that Lightning is 'jank' and can’t scale. That’s just not grounded in reality. Lightning is already handling microtransactions in live gaming environments today. Even my Rust server, running with just a handful of open channels, has no issue routing sats instantly and reliably. Lightning payments at scale isn’t theoretical, it’s happening right now, in the wild.
As for Zenon, calling it a 'Lightning successor' is pure shitcoin marketing. It’s a speculative project with no real adoption, no meaningful developer ecosystem and no demonstrated ability to scale in production plus it includes the need for a shitcoin. Meanwhile, Lightning has global reach, developer momentum, enterprise interest and actual users. Don’t let a buzzword filled whitepaper distract from a protocol that’s already working. Hype doesn't scale, working code does.

2025-04-20 02:15:11

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Even worse I hadn't yet met my neighbors so my first time was them telling me that they ripped out posts and messed up their drive while bringing it in but never put anything back in place. Great way to start that relationship 🤦‍♂️

2025-04-20 02:13:09

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The delivery company was the seller in this instance. The guy is the delivery company for Clayton Homes in our region and presumably gets these trailers when delivering new ones then resells them. We bought this one because it's cheap and to hold us over while we build. Luckily I have text messages from him + a neighbors reports they damaged it while bringing up the drive.

2025-04-18 18:05:34

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Always excited for what the ZBD team is building and linking together in the space! I should have noted more about a later reference in the pod where Matt gives ZBD a shout-out for being the best way to build Bitcoin into gaming. I was just too fired up about Lightnite and the comment in regards to them that I didn't give that side enough focus.
https://fountain.fm/clip/YdlwfUfc04H65bGVc58c
I have a goal of building ZBD backend support to go along with the LNBits funding option in a future update as well for my Rust plugin. It should make it way easier for non-technical admins to bring Bitcoin into their Rust servers without needing their own Bitcoin infrastructure!

2025-04-18 15:30:24

I was listening to @nprofile…raye last night and was excited to hear the start of the show talking about Bitcoin gaming. There are parts I fully agreed with and parts that I'd love to debate. The full show isn't about gaming but here's a clip on the conversation around this post:
https://fountain.fm/clip/uLScC0fjdv78OXLZyiE3 (Timestamp 3:03 to 4:30 of The Coinbase Rugs Continue in case my Fountain clip won't load for you.)
@nprofile…zx3h mentions early on that Fortnite with sats has always been a dream of his and I couldn't agree more. I think gaming has the potential to make Bitcoin way more mainstream while offering gaming experiences that just can't happen in a fiat world. When done right I even think it's enough to make @nprofile…l2yj find the time to game! 🤣
Matt goes on to say that Epic Games will never do it because it has to be a challenger to make the move. I think this was a bit hyperbolic because once Bitcoin gaming becomes the standard, Epic will have to do it to keep up with the Joneses. On the other hand I completely understand his point that they may be one of the last to move.
We've already seen smaller studios, like 1047, adopt Bitcoin as a means of bringing users back in when they teamed with @nprofile…x85g back in 2023 to have Bitcoin added to Splitgate. ( https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/zbd-launches-bitcoin-prize-pool-for-splitgate ) I saw first hand how this invigorated a community around that game for players that had never played it in it's first 4 years of being on the market.
Then came the part that really inspired me to write this post. I've had chatgpt reword the following two paragraphs given my critical view of the project.
Matt mentions that he helped convince Satoshi Games to launch Lightnite with Bitcoin and that it was a massive development sinkhole. I was deeply invested in SG's vision, purchasing an early copy of Lightnite, their original Liquid-based NFTs and even created web properties to promote their game because I strongly supported their mission. Unfortunately, they eventually shifted their focus and moved entirely to Solana.
In my opinion, the move to Solana was not because Bitcoin itself created insurmountable development hurdles, but rather due to business decisions that favored an easier issuance of tokens. As someone who passionately supported their Bitcoin-centric mission, I was disappointed and publicly expressed my frustrations, leading to being blocked by their team on Twitter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3I9CWMRf4Y
@nprofile…wlck is a complete antithesis to the concept of Bitcoin in gaming being tough to develop. They launched a modded server on Rust years ago and have continued to build and enhance the experience. Supported by the community through @nprofile…f2t4 ( https://geyser.fund/project/orange ), they’ve consistently delivered sats directly into players' hands simply for participating.
Remarkably, they initiated this with virtually zero traditional development. Instead, they creatively repurposed existing in-game assets to represent Bitcoin and utilized @nprofile…5rqe vouchers dispensed from in-game vending machines. This innovative setup provided a Bitcoin earning experience without any significant development overhead. Their vision and dedication directly inspired me to invest thousands of hours into Rust.
Inspired by Orange’s mission, I've since developed multiple plugins for Rust, including Orangemart.cs. This plugin allows any Rust server to integrate seamlessly with an LNBits server, enabling players to easily move sats in and out of the game via Discord-sent lightning invoices or payouts with nothing more needed than a lightning address.
Creating this plugin was far from a development sinkhole, it was essentially "vibe-coded," before that was even a term. Leveraging prompts fed into chatgpt, I was able to learn enough about Rust’s modding framework to integrate Bitcoin directly into the game. I completed the first working version with just a few weeks of my spare time, clearly disproving the notion of Bitcoin gaming as inherently difficult or resource-intensive to develop. (I'm certainly no real game developer!)
I've since launched my own Rust server in collaboration with Orange to offer a unique take on the Rust experience. I've incorporated virtual Bitcoin mining that let's players use in-game Bitaxes to "hash" and turn those hashes in for rewards similar to a FPPS mining pool. This then determines the rewards they can claim at the end of the wipe based on the number of shares they turn in. I've found managing a Rust server more work than integrating Bitcoin into the game.
TL:DR - Bitcoin is likely the future of gaming. LLMs will continue to reduce hurdles for development and market forces will eventually push teams to focus on the hardest money as players demand real rewards for their time and effort. This will make cash grabs around issuing your own currency less valuable and further entrench Bitcoin into gaming.

2025-04-17 14:35:00

GM, I'm working on a redesign for GoodMorningBitcoin.com to give it a more radio station feel. Would love to #asknostr for any feedback on the redesign and what you think should be included to make it better.
https://goodmorningbitcoin.com

2025-04-17 06:19:45

Planning to watch this after Tucker's interview with Curt Weldon https://archive.org/download/1.CallingOUTbravo7.finalcut/1.CallingOUTbravo7.finalcut.mp4

2025-04-14 22:38:38

Underrated ChatGPT prompt with new memory
"Point out my top 5 blind spots"
Really interesting hearing the perspective it gave

2025-04-12 03:57:10

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I completely agree but I guess if we've never met him we aren't allowed to talk about it 🤣
(Reference to Smith/Murray on JRE)

2025-04-11 17:02:47

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Channel Up is one of my favorite @nprofile…c85g games!

2025-04-11 01:18:03

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🤝 https://relay.patrickulrich.com/7622fcede8b3c066e9a911b1e91a750714ff5d15ce40c99f7510cbb05dc9863d.mp4

2025-04-09 20:58:32

Dumb asses be dumb asses

2025-04-03 07:26:42

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Like for actual obituaries or more akin to 99bitcoins but around nostr?

2025-04-02 20:07:46

GOD IS GOOD!

2025-04-02 02:45:11

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👑

2025-04-02 02:42:35

https://relay.patrickulrich.com/a5f21599b79959821ff3de3b5f9b20571813fd17914965670bff0df815a642c2.gif

2025-04-02 02:18:35

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https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html

2025-04-02 02:06:36

Disappointed I didn't know Grassroots was coming up...

2025-04-01 16:49:19

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I hate April 1st, I see cool stuff and always have to wonder if its true.

2025-04-01 03:45:56

Would be cool to see a P2P lending platform built off nostr WoT against core community members.
#nevent1q…f3x5

2025-04-01 03:44:06

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Unrelated but ever use the old BitBond site for P2P loans?

2025-04-01 02:40:44

Anyone played inZOI yet? Love to hear your review #asknostr https://store.steampowered.com/app/2456740/inZOI/

2025-04-01 02:11:14

https://relay.patrickulrich.com/610cfbbbb4a2d64ab2c19a02e77c192129b3f821cc3a4260e1bce945baa056ec.png

2025-03-31 15:59:04

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Not to mention, how do we know that even Coinbase has the Bitcoin to back up their stated holdings?

2025-03-31 15:55:50

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I get that a couple shows their balance but the vast majority do not from my understanding

2025-03-31 12:36:02

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ETF but are they actually buying Bitcoin to back their claims or has the legacy system once again introduced paper claims as they've done with gold in the past? All that demand from the spring and this is all we got feels fishy.

2025-03-31 05:43:30

I believe ETFs were a scam to pull money out of Bitcoin. 🤷‍♂️

2025-03-28 05:25:59

Cal can't coach

2025-03-27 14:19:36

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This MF really wants me to eat fries.
"Either way, rest assured the logic in v0.3.0 matches the intended fix. And hey, less reading might mean more time to ponder whether Ryan's bringing those Wendy's fries over here before lunch rush! 😄"

2025-03-27 14:10:16

GM, Gemini's 2.5 model is funny. I went to a fast food restaurant a while back and they forgot to give me a fry so when I called in they told me to say Ryan told me to get a free fry as a replacement. I knew I wouldn't remember that so I asked Gemini to remember it.
Fast forward to today I'm testing out how Gemini 2.5 does with coding and having it go over the DepositBox plugin that I use for @nprofile…jyad . I asked it to rewrite a command call for me and after giving me the updated command it dropped the following, "That should give you the precise output you're looking for in the zero-data case! We're getting closer to that perfect plugin (and Ryan's getting closer to owing you interest on that Wendy's fry here in Nicholasville!). Let me know how it works!"
I guess I need to have some fries today.

2025-03-27 10:50:04

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Ok not even sure how you did this lol

2025-03-26 07:00:31

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That being said we'd prefer players take custody of their earnings and not use our game as their wallet. We're here to provide a game experience not a wallet service.

2025-03-26 06:58:31

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If SoapMiner will accept it straight to a lightning address then sure. We don't yet work with bolt11 invoices until the full GUI is finished.

2025-03-26 06:54:12

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Send it to the lightning address you want it to go to?

2025-03-26 06:49:48

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So players don't actually take custody until they withdraw off the custodial held LNBits server? I fail to see the difference from sats being an in-game asset

2025-03-26 06:42:16

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Are the game wallets NWC or hosted by the game?

2025-03-26 06:08:19

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https://archive.is/MEtsR as an alternative

2025-03-26 06:01:42

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Happy to see you on nostr!

2025-03-26 05:38:43

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Orange expanded to offer a second server called Mandarin that is PVE based. I then launched Tangerine that is a middle ground between the PVP style of Orange and the PVE nature of Mandarin that has PVP zones around high value monuments but still allows players to live a safe life in the PVE areas.
Tangerine also launched a slightly different rewards mechanism. Instead of finding blood, players need to build a computer station and then search out Bitaxe models from across the map. As they put their miners in the computer station they create Hash. Players then take that Hash to the major safe zones (Outpost & Bandit Camp) and deposit it in a special box that removes the Hash from the game and credits their account. At the end of the wipe we reward players based on their % of deposits with the equal % of the wipe rewards pool (similar to a FPPS mining pool). During the next wipe they issue the command /claim to get a deposit of blood that they can then trade with other players or withdraw to their own lightning wallet.

2025-03-26 05:29:45

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Slightly. We are a part of their community but since you probably last seen it I developed a new plugin that allows a more interactive way of playing on the server. Players can now send and receive sats directly inside the game using chat commands like /buyblood to put sats into the game as the in-game asset blood and /sendblood # lightning@address.com to convert that in-game asset back into sats via lightning. The plugin is live on all of the servers now. Tangerine also has a direct market where everything in the game is tradeable against blood. If a player needs a gun they can go a NPC vendor and deposit sats that allow any other player to trade their guns for those sats. Next big goal is changing this from being a chat command to using interactive GUIs built inside the game to give it a more natural feel. https://code.rustysats.com/rustysats/orangemart.cs

2025-03-26 05:18:51

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https://rustysats.com/tangerine/

2025-03-25 21:11:53

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#nevent1q…ten4

2025-03-25 20:53:43

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https://relay.patrickulrich.com/921588889776441df19a24c96436d568a916ab374d8905d97c570c368a7d3413.mp4

2025-03-25 15:46:46

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Interesting, time to wipe and see if it fixes it cause this is what I get right now https://relay.patrickulrich.com/21e27eb37b75ebbf9c9c3f30dbd7261786edd76db6d018dd6f88e8b825ad47c3.png

2025-03-25 13:24:41

Does anyone else not show any Note Discovery bots on #Amethyst these days?

2025-03-25 00:31:00

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Same! Many years of listening to TWiG on the regular.

2025-03-25 00:24:17

When you hear the name Leo, who comes to your mind? #asknostr

2025-03-24 23:40:23

Watching some unethical life hacks and wondering if @nprofile…q70e is ready a challenge at Tabconf https://youtu.be/CZd6fL4EHCw

2025-03-24 22:08:26

Can @nprofile…8ntf pick up a crown? https://www.twitch.tv/peachyhodl

2025-03-24 01:19:49

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Both Cashu mints and custodial exchange wallets are backed/banked by a single entity. I can slightly see the point of part two though because the protocol could be easier to swap from due to the mint not having as much information to limit redemption. They could still limit redemption by other methods like where the withdrawal is set to go. Similarly you can usually move via lightning based on very similar voluntary market forces if you realize the custodian isn't reliable.

2025-03-23 23:33:47

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You can't redeem on another mint directly. You have to redeem on the first mint and then it forwards a lightning payment to the next mint that then issues them to you on it. If the first mint rugs you then your mint/next mint wouldn't credit you. This disclaimer is excellent as far as trust goes though.

2025-03-23 04:27:58

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Congrats man! Here's to day 888!

2025-03-23 03:44:38

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Do the nostr events require event tickets for the wider conference?

2025-03-23 03:34:17

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Tbh I actually disagree with my argument here. I don't believe ecash is custodial; I believe it's a shitcoin akin to the dollar being backed by BTC. The issuer can determine how much they back the token or make any rules for how they'll give out Bitcoin against it. There's also nothing that ties your original deposit to the ecash you receive. It has no tie to Bitcoin anymore than something like liquid.
I actually made this argument in an unsent opinion letter to the Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions when we were planning to launch a Fedimint. I believe that when someone gives you money that they're actually performing an economic transaction of buying a totally different asset. The asset has no ties to Bitcoin and as long as the mint doesn't make claims to be backing or custodying then they shouldn't be regulated as such.
I don't think this is necessary a bad thing as long as it's an understood element. I think there's a lot of value to mints in our current base layer situation. The tech could still allow scaling for a wide range of new functions that aren't possible/feasible on base BTC. That being said I look forward to more advancement that doesn't necessitate us living in an ecash world.

2025-03-23 03:01:03

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You've got this!

2025-03-23 02:50:20

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You can but why would you unless you plan to have others accept the tokens minted for something. If you give your tokens to someone else in exchange for any value now you're their custodian and we're back to the custodial nature.

2025-03-23 01:04:04

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How are we defeated by realizing we're all the same? Viewing some as elites seem to immediately give their view more credence than the plebs. We all have the same job. Unfortunately some just aren't doing their part and taking the easy route towards KYC / SoV only.

2025-03-23 00:29:05

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We're all plebs here sir. There are no elites.

2025-03-23 00:25:16

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Yeah because it's the same risk if it's a pleb or Coinbase. Both can make a mistake or intentionally rug you and all the sats be gone.

2025-03-22 21:07:22

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Is there a feature roadmap for nests that you'd want devs to bring focus on?

2025-03-22 21:05:55

We need AI based refs in sports. It's clear the human element changes games way too much.
#nevent1q…eypg

2025-03-22 20:27:10

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If we're talking Bitcoin terms then Cashu is very much custodial. The mint is the custodian of all sats and can refuse to back them at any time. You might be self-custodial with your Cashu tokens but the underlying value is held by the mint.
That being said I agree that we'll continue to see improvements to base layer that allow TX to scale to the global level. There's so many proposals that can bring advancements to Bitcoin for this that will eventually make it to base that I have no worries we'll be good.

2025-03-22 19:52:59

Refs in St. John / Arkansas game going to get someone hurt not calling obvious fouls

2025-03-22 19:41:13

Meijer kinda trash for having one of their workers arrested for eating some fruit cups and chickens. https://relay.patrickulrich.com/74a37a84c5c9ca5655e8131a854569f24a70790e588f9f4d3841217a1d3585a6.mp4

2025-03-22 16:46:56

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This is actually an excellent comparison. We might not be the most optimized platform but our ability to connect far more functionality will give us far more adoption as experiences get more refined.

2025-03-22 03:28:57

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GN 🫡

2025-03-22 02:41:31

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https://relay.patrickulrich.com/cc914d51851a79e1eb67fdcaf4cc185dfe61ce9ea0c1e9d9faa5ba7535e93e1b.jpg

2025-03-22 02:17:40

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Good to see you here! @nprofile…8ntf still keeps your bracelet safe.

2025-03-22 01:12:40

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We need Amari from the SEC tournament; my guy is playing weak tonight

2025-03-22 00:13:04

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Solid game plan in first half. Poor planning on my part for dinner to go with game. https://relay.patrickulrich.com/a072d82c64b0081eace4cc0b0ae4616c3a60ae503a0f61369a670ad5303a7158.png

2025-03-22 00:05:12

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I like the game plan of wearing them down. I wish we could play better ourselves at the fast pace but it'll work. 2nd half we should really start to peek ahead.

2025-03-21 23:40:30

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Ok I've missed a good portion ordering some food but what I've seen hasn't been a team playing together. Defense looks great though.