codemonkey
code monkey

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codemonkey@strike.me

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2024-10-20 17:53:46

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I'm still trying to spec a true bitcoin bearer instrument as a physical L2/L3 with a hidden pre-image or time-locked transaction to guarantee x value (up to an expiration) with minimal trust and an easily verifiable serial number.
This would allow off-network physical bitcoin commerce. If anyone smarter than me likes this idea and wants to kick ideas, let me know. I have not seen a project like this but it seems possible.

2024-10-10 17:17:07

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I can sympathize. Hey if you've got highlights to relive in the past ten years that's a W. Imagine being a poverty franchise.

2024-08-31 10:56:44

Bruhh my Lyft driver is watching a whole ass movie while driving. He has his Lyft screen and then a movie screen playing through the car audio. I'm shook lmao

2024-08-30 05:49:36

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I try 😭😞
GN

2024-08-28 19:45:52

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Does iOS not let you customize application icons? I thought that was like a normal smartphone feature.

2024-08-28 19:44:21

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This is the single biggest iOS update for Android users haha. RCS support is well overdue.

2024-08-27 23:22:46

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I tried to brainstorm it roughly once with time-locked transactions to guarantee a bill controls a specific UTXO before and expiration, but I'm not sure I'm smart enough to spec it out or if it's even possible how I envision it.
Real bitcoin as cash or even a physical L3 would open up a lot of possibilities though.

2024-08-27 22:18:35

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Weren't there some of these printed with private keys under a strip?
I still think there's some potential for legitimate off-chain paper transactions if you had a mechanism to guarantee a private key has not been copied. Kind of like an opendime but with paper. The mint would still need to be trusted though.

2024-08-27 21:47:44

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I see to recall some zaps in this scene too

2024-08-25 20:38:13

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I love Montana. I'd love to build little home on family plot we have in the middle of nowhere. Just gotta be prepared for the wildlife showing on on your front lawn 😄

2024-08-25 20:34:49

Anyone have good resources to find development work in decentralized communication? Or other stuff like Opensats? Open source contributors are always great but if we want the technology to thrive engineers will need incentives right?
Feel free to educate me, as I've pretty much only worked as an engineer at a VC backed company.

2024-08-14 03:39:40

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I think the fact you are recognizing your overreaction and took steps to apologize is just as important as the reaction .
Many parents would wrongfully double down in this scenario. Hopefully they recognize that and you can move past it.

2024-08-11 01:05:28

Have been keeping an eye out for bitcoin-related software jobs.
There are still far far more shitcoin jobs that pay well, than any bitcoin-adjacent jobs. It's a bit discouraging.

2024-08-10 17:42:54

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I fear for people's media literacy. I would like to see a tutorial for some sort of cricket purée or mashed cricket sauce Julian 😍

2024-08-09 20:37:09

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You are a genius bro. These comments are about to be hilarious 😆

2024-06-24 20:37:59

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Bitcoin can't reset the game so everyone starts with the same score, but it can make sure we all play by the same rules.

2024-03-14 05:31:12

#nevent1q…x546

2024-01-17 03:45:05

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Hmm I find this slightly depressing more than motivational.

2024-01-13 05:49:00

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This fired some neurons in my brain that I forgot I had

2023-12-19 01:15:09

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Agreed we need show support for the projects we believe in. Sometimes we don't even know what those projects are until they are shown to us 😋

2023-12-14 04:44:44

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This is a bit disingenuous in my opinion, to basically say: "Because one group did this thing the other group will do the same thing but for real"
Honestly screw them both, neither of these people are doing any of us any favors.

2023-11-23 04:17:29

mempool is being spammed to death, paying 45x your output in fees is insane no matter how stupid or into ordinals you are

2023-11-18 22:54:01

Transaction fees are being overpaid by 50x plus. Here is one at a glance:
mempool.space/tx/dd8a15f6492e3d570053024c743a8571167c415eb3b5ea2b83f18cf06b2f7f3d
Nearly $4M sats in fees.

2023-10-11 23:26:33

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Seems to me like education is just a product of time and improved resources. The same way a 70 year old now has a basic idea of what an IP address is, people will have a basic idea of public/private key cryptography.
Someday I will be the one falling for AI scams probably because I don't understand about biometric digital signatures or something.

2023-09-15 05:46:05

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Me too, I want to run a full node and also get lightning setup, I did some research but never got too far with it. Doesn't look too difficult and seems like a great time to start.

2023-08-22 04:27:14

#nevent1q…uwnc

2023-08-22 04:25:24

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I'm out of the loop, what are we debating this time?

2023-08-21 19:10:38

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Yeah I agree completely. Sometimes it is silly, but then again if someone wants to wear a bucket on their head and walk around it does not affect me in the slightest, I have no reason to care- go for it.

2023-08-19 02:45:26

Went into a shop today to look at some gold coins, and they had a whole collection of precious metal "bitcoins". Gold bugs and bitcoiners unite.

2023-08-17 01:20:43

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Browsing cars on my budget be like:
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/6a325b4574a2b3a1a2d15712367003278145f4c82785abce984f6d8d3c84f385.jpg

2023-08-11 04:11:15

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yeah no thanks 🥵

2023-08-10 22:15:45

I hope those who believe in a positive future for #Bitcoin continue to push back against anyone who politicizes it, even if you agree with them.

2023-08-10 18:28:24

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So if milibits are 1/1000 of a bitcoin, how much is a micro-bitcoin? mBTC is taken 😄

2023-08-10 05:14:33

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I love and miss the PNW 💙

2023-08-10 04:28:13

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What I was thinking of I describe here wit @npub1lpq…wjuz
I think physical bitcoin notes that can operate trustlessly without electricity would be super cool.
#nevent1q…l30r

2023-08-10 04:20:31

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I meant to tag you in my main post this inspired, still figuring out mobile Nostr clients.
I understand the issuer holds the on-chain funds, but what I had visualised was notes that can be easily proven to be worth what is printed on them. So using time-locked transactions, and possibly multisig, you could have a paper note that essentially has proof of reserves via a generated identifier, and works entirely without electricity to exchange bitcoin physically without trust.
You could see the identifier, and you still have to trust the L2 software, but beyond that you would know for sure the paper is worth 1mBTC for instance. At least until expiry, which is required for the former to work.
I have not thought it all the way through but it seems possible and is what excited me as a thought experiment at least. Real physical bitcoin when there's no Internet or electricity.
Sorry for long reply 😆

2023-08-10 00:02:46

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Many people who write software every day are poor engineers (myself included). What you've said here about the sum of project knowledge, and knowing which people to listen to, is spot on.

2023-08-09 06:31:22

A comment got me thinking about the possibility of a functional #L2 for #Bitcoin which could provide tools to manufacture or just print physical bitcoin notes.
I know some companies like #Noteworthy and https://www.bitcoin-banknote.com have looked into this idea, but always as a novelty and always on the base layer.
Is there any group that has looked into how this might work as a Layer 2? There are a few problems I see, like the settlement on-chain and deprecating notes, but I am interested in the possible solutions here.
I have other thoughts on how an L2 could solve the trust problems of the examples above, but won't make a wall of text as my first post. Anyone interested in exploring this idea?

2023-08-09 04:16:36

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I like this idea, and hadn't thought of it. What would happen to the physical note though when the amount finally is settled on-chain? At some point this needs to happen, and the note no longer has value, or am I missing something?