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2024-08-08 09:38:00

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Your logic makes no sense. What's the difference between paying your supplier with bitcoin and replenishing the bitcoin you used to buy monero?
Money is something you earn, spend and save, whether that's bitcoin, monero or both. Are you sure that's what you do?

2024-08-08 09:17:44

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Write your own

2024-08-05 12:16:13

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This is no longer true, hasn't been true for a long time. DAGs like Avalanche, Ghost and LLMQs can safely lock transactions within seconds, preventing double spends.

2024-08-04 23:09:00

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I don't understand why it matters. The question of scale is not important to those that choose to use it anyway.
For the same reasons someone might use a hw wallet as savings and a mobile wallet as their daily driver. Same really for fungibile coins. Just because the local car dealership won't touch it over the counter, doesn't mean you can't pay your rent with it.

2024-08-02 19:01:24

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#zcash proof of stake incoming

2024-08-02 14:07:13

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It's a different balance now.
Example. Back in the 50's and 60's, that generation also felt they were on the cusp of something great. They were going through a process of liberation and political cause despite the media centralization that existed.
Then 1984 came along and still privacy and censorship felt like a different kind of threat.
This is why I say it's a different balance now. I feel like I would prefer the 1950s for so many reasons, but I guess only to live in ignorance somewhat.

2024-08-02 01:50:47

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Yes, literally ignore them and don't even touch their fiat shit. p2p all the way.

2024-07-29 22:18:20

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lol, the author should probably remove that now to save themselves some embarrassment later #facepalm

2024-07-28 01:09:31

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I guess on twitter you could get away with missing context.

2024-07-26 20:54:58

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Maybe you can ask them about the items they won't export.

2024-07-26 20:49:45

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This is what happens when people try to measure utility by market cap. For utility, zcash, beam, grin, monero are the best coins for actual payments, not just hoarding and speculation.

2024-07-26 20:39:15

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Maybe I didn't understand this correctly, but from what I understand, you're moving a seed phrase from a computer to an yubikey... which means you may already be compromised given the seed was on the computer. I thought best practice was to never enter a seed phrase onto electronic devices.
I'm probably wrong...

2024-07-25 12:51:06

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That's like saying, email is good for onboarding nostr users.

2024-07-25 04:16:48

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Use good DNSBLs. As an independent, the big boys will always look down on you, no matter how clean your IP is.

2024-07-21 03:56:00

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Well written, though I think perhaps a little too long as one piece.
Also, while I understand how multiple relays might delay the building of a captive market, I wasn't convinced that a captive market is out of the question. IIRC, google chat, once upon a time, incorporated XMPP. They had also developed "a better email" that was an open protocol, though it's name escapes me.
Yes, I can run my own SMTP server (snd I do), but it's definitely not for most people. It seems to me, there's a small group of companies hosting most email and that's enough for them.
And one more thought I had was, the more relays someone goes through, the more easily location triangulation is. AFAIK nostr does not use Dandelion++.

2024-07-17 13:10:19

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I don't see any of these concerns, but what might happen is the development of a Bitcoin 2, a new subset with more "scarcity" and tighter provenance.

2024-07-16 21:32:00

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Is this the same company that won't sell mobile phones outside of the EU?

2024-07-14 11:22:34

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dunno which chain you're seeing do that but my UW syncs just fine

2024-07-14 09:16:34

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I dunno why you are so triggered when people say bitcoin is crypto. Unless, maybe, you are intentionally looking to trigger others.
I'll put it to you this way. When the first universal pre-paid postal stamp came out - the Penny Black - did anyone declare all other stamps to be inferior and distinct and not to use the word "stamp"? FYI, there are much more scarce and sought after stamps than the Penny Black.
For what bitcoin does, we can say it was the first to get the ball over the net. It had managed to piece together multiple concepts and cipher code that it could stand up and not fall over. When one person achieves something great, others learn to replicate and improve. Some people go on to run and become the fastest and others more agile. This is normal.
Now, just so you know, this wondrous thing you know as Bitcoin, that no one should ever declare to be called "crypto". To date it had at least two infinite supply bugs, the most recent being 2017/2018. In more recent times there were bugs to steal money from Lightning nodes. Just let that sink in a little.
OTOH you might be right. Perhaps we should distinguish between the first and all others that we can talk about bitcoin in the historic sense and crypto in the progressive sense.

2024-07-12 16:26:36

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None, they're all shit. Just use a fast crypto like dash for your day to day spending / tipping. That way you won't have to consider your spending and receiving limits, or having to open and close channels. Fewer steps, better experience, easier to onboard others.

2024-07-12 16:16:22

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Or stick to the truth and talk about the receiving and sending limits, and the need to also backup their lightning channels, in addition to their on-chain backups.
In the time you've onboarded from no bitcoin to bitcoin to Lightning, you could of just said, "just use a fast crypto like dash or nano" and you'd be done in half the time.
Just saying, sticking to the facts.

2024-07-09 21:59:34

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Better than Go

2024-07-08 13:07:01

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Totally agree. And just as importantly, it's actually illegal to delete the data they collect. Depending on the jurisdiction, records must be kept for years and sometimes indefinitely.
This is exactly why I live almost entirely out of the fiat system. None of this is about terrorism etc, the only they're interested in is tax collection.

2024-07-08 12:54:51

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I dunno, I think you're making too many assumptions. Do you know she is capable of managing money better than her husband? Maybe he really is protecting her. If their collective income improved a lot, how do you know the husband wouldn't spoil her? I mean, after 13 years, I'm pretty sure they have some kind of understanding that goes beyond male domination = bad.
If you know he is controlling and abusive then fine, but this generalisation is not the best of arguments. It's really no better than a politician pushing for laws "to protect ud" for all the same reasons.
Care to imagine what would happen when the husband finds money on her phone?
I understand your POV is from a good place but just too many assumptions about cultural differences, wanting a round peg to fit into a square hole.

2024-07-08 10:14:13

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better to keep an air of curiosity / discovery, encourage some anonymity where people really tell you what they are thinking

2024-07-08 10:09:32

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I dunno what yikyak is but the way I'd like it to work is, instead of actually chatting directly with people, I just want to set certain states e.g. pissed off, feeling horny, I'm a bit geeky, I love animals, hoping for serendipity, love the rain, hate the rain, you look familiar, vegetarian, my first time here etc

2024-07-04 12:20:42

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It won't work like that because there's no way of guaranteeing that when you arrive at a past date, it will be the same time-space path that took you to the future in the first place. Your version of reality would of changed to whatever the new reality is.
For example, suppose you wrote down a bitcoin block hash for a specific block height. When you go back in time to witness that same block height, the block hash would be different, because the time-space path is different.
I've tried it so I know it's true. It's not just computer algos like TOTP, it's everything. This version of time-space is particularly annoying as a lot of Ed Sheeran lyrics are slightly off. In this instance, Perfect ends with "Darling, you look perfect tonight", but in my previous journey it was "Darling, you look perfect to me".

2024-07-01 16:41:04

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Good advice, of course. I too saw this coming years ago. But my only comment is that, imo, it is okay to talk about crypto in cash terms, just don't brag or dwell on such matters.
I suppose my situation is a little unusual in that I don't actually buy or use bitcoin. The only part that interests me is crypto as a cash payment for day to day expenses. For me, "do you accept litecoin?" is okay. But I agree, no need to draw unnecessary attention with clothing, stickers etc.
I say this because there is some normalization needed, no more or less than talking about good old fashion cash purchases that are, unfortunately, increasingly rare. I mean, ATM hold-ups still occur and I guess that's in the same risk bracket.

2024-07-01 15:46:15

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TOTP uses a shared secret that is also kept on the severe side, so anyone gaining access to the server can imitate it. Now, if it was U2F there would be no shared secret (a plus), but then again, U2F can associate all seasons / messages to the same person (potentially a negative).
(updated, I meant U2F!)

2024-07-01 15:44:22

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Btw, I dunno how good of a match this is for you but you could try something like Hugo to create a blog that looks dynamic but is actually just static web pages hosted on a cheap VPS. Tbh, I find the learning curve a little steeper than advertised but once you've got a template you're happy with, updates are easy. Just saying.

2024-06-30 23:00:45

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I totally get this! That's why I just stick to money chains like litecoin and dash. I can handle the complexity but I find my investment and trading decisions are better when I easily understand the mechanics.
I've tried LN and to this day I find it a nightmare with all it's concepts, terminology and if's and but's. It's just a PITA to deal with. I can't onboard people with all that going on!

2024-06-26 05:01:20

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Correct, bitcoin is the original shitcoin.

2024-06-23 13:02:40

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Maybe then, banks could stay open at the weekends if they really want to compete.

2024-06-19 13:38:18

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In my case, try opening a brokerage account without having a fixed address with no bills or rent with my name.

2024-06-13 07:24:04

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Large scale voting does not work because all votes - even if you agree with most - are a compromise on everything else you value. For example, why should the people you love be subjected to war.. though to be fair, some people are proud to send their children to the front line. In any case, even those people accepted all vote outcomes because it was "democracy".
Vote with your wallet, vote with your feet, nothing else. If people don't like where they're living, they should go elsewhere instead of complaining with no action.

2024-06-07 12:50:24

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You must be in the UK 😁
Yes, been through this many times, that's why I use banks for the absolute bare minimum.
Once I went to buy a bicycle from a national retailer but they declined the transaction "to protect me". Took several hours of my time to get permission to spend my money!
If you really want to be interrogated, try maxing your withdrawals for 5 days in a row. I'm more than happy to be almost entirely outside the fiat system.

2024-05-26 16:15:53

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That's fine because I nearly always talk about crypto without mentioning that surveillance shitecoin of yours.
Code is law, it doesn't give af what you call it.

2024-05-26 07:37:30

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Does that include Dash?

2024-05-24 20:02:24

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It's all part of the plan.
Fill the ETF bucket with lots of money. Allow regulators to fail at their job. Sit back and wait for an opportune time. Declare crypto as dead (again) when multiple ETF funds are discovered to be bogus and empty. Add a high profile ETF crypto hack for good measure. Crypto market crashes by 80%. Announce more draconian regulation including the illegal possession of self-hosted wallets. Job done.

2024-05-07 18:06:42

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It really does look like a hit piece. According to the article logic, we shouldn't trust TCP/IP because we already know it was a product of ARPA.
The "trustworthiness" is misdirection when, really, we only need to scrutinize the code.

2024-04-20 09:19:11

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Is it April Fool's day?

2024-04-03 18:50:50

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Sad and more disturbing that you feel the need to establish the term "nonconsensual deepfake".

2024-02-21 15:24:50

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Not really a username, this sounds more like shielded contacts.

2024-02-16 15:38:28

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All those who think bitcoin is not crypto should take a math class. It's like saying a Penny Black is not a stamp because it was first over the line.
Really, the mental gymnastics maxis jump through to reach such a ridiculous conclusion is insane.
Definitely a case of the emperor wearing lovely clothes.

2024-02-07 02:39:38

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Fully undressed in imagination
Censorship resistant and infatuation

2024-02-05 14:09:51

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I think if someone is deep into a crypto project from a technical point of view, then it's very understandable that this person would not stray much into other territories.
But if someone is going to be intentionally blind and ignorant to new or alternative technologies, then yes, they have earned the negative image of a maxi.
I don't really understand the people that go out of their way to tell others that "bitcoin is not crypto", other than to say, they must be very insecure.

2023-12-27 15:52:45

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It's not even a bitcoin thing, it's a maxi-thing. Sure, there are level headed and open minded individuals here, but the maxis are so fucking prominent and arrogant.. they're the ones that stink, only really appealing to like-minded people.
Bitcoin is a surveillance coin, not that any maxi would ever acknowledge all the problems this causes, such as front-running and discrimination.
Personally, I did once consider developing on nostr but, yes, this maxi thing "bitcoin is not crypto" shit is just so off-putting. At the moment, all I see is one big echo chamber. If you were all talking about cars, cats or cathedrals instead, that too would be just as unattractive.
Want to prove me wrong? Then integrate a coin agnostic system. Let's see Lightning decred, or truly fungible options such as beam or grin.
Now watch the maxi replies that prove this point of how fucking obnoxious they can be.

2023-12-26 13:20:42

A #bitcoin maxi puts all their eggs in one basket.
Fun Fact: Bitcoin has gone through two Near Death Experiences with infinite inflation bugs, the last was in 2017.
Holding another #crypto not based on the bitcoin stack is one way to de-risk.
Crypto includes bitcoin.

2023-12-24 09:21:08

#bitcoin maxis love dollars more. They are KYC ready for the day they cash out.
#crypto

2023-12-23 16:00:54

Maxis hold "shitcoins", they just dare not admit it.
#crypto includes #bitcoin

2023-12-08 08:17:29

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Seemz appropriate to remind you that it's dangerous to put all your eggs in one basket. Maybe you can think about that when admiring your transparent surveillance coin.

2023-12-03 12:53:02

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On the one hand tax authorities say it's okay to use chain analysis tools, it's okay to share and collect personal data from foreign countries, and that data hacks are encouraged because it's illegal to destroy customer data...
But then on the other hand, tax authorities demand a declaration of holdings because they don't actually know what you purchased or if you lost it. Because if they do know what you have, why the fuck can't they automatically fill in the details themselves and send out the appropriate bills? Even better, they can just take the tax due directly from your bank account, because why not?
What they want is to, on the one hand, know what you buy and sell, but not tell you they know, because this way they can declare perjury as the illegal act. "You lied and we can prove it", so why the fuck did you ask me?
Only scumbags of the highest order can operate this way.

2023-11-20 13:48:05

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#bitcoin is a "stay brain dead" tech.
To date, bitcoin has had at least two Near Death Experiences, the most recent infinite inflation bug was 2017 IIRC. So, while the maxis are prancing around with their "we're not crypto" stupidity, the rest of us are living in a rich market of ideas and innovation. Not just fixing bitcoin's shortcomings - chiefly the lack of privacy - but also not putting all our eggs in one basket.

2023-11-15 04:43:19

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Defund the cunts. No need to touch filthy fiat. Earn, spend and save crypto with your friends, family and locality.

2023-11-03 12:07:49

#Bitcoin maxis say crypto = endless inflation. Yet these same people support CEXs and ETFs, where the real inflation scams are endless rehypothecation.

2023-11-02 23:23:03

bitcoin maxis = more $$$, publically announced TXs, KYCd CEXs and ETFs
PriFi maxis = moral value, control who sees your TXs, no KYC DEXs, no front running exchanges
Web3 maxis = data driven, real utility, free market catalysts
Bitcoin *is* #crypto, it just does a pretty shit job of it.

2023-11-02 06:48:05

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Those who think bitcoin is not crypto should probably go back to school and redo math.
Not least that bitcoin has already had at least two Near Death Experiences, the last infinite inflation bug was 2017. So no need to get too comfortable on your throne.

2023-10-09 14:02:01

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The first scam I can see here is the US dollar.
The second scam I can see here is that trashpile of transparent bitcoin shite.

2023-10-09 07:31:24

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You're being an idiot. It's like saying the Penny Black is not a prepaid stamp because it was the first.
Not only that but, frankly, it's a discredit to all the cypherpunks before, during and after bitcoin. This evolutionary process continues even without lame ass comments like yours.
The Diffie-Hellman discovery of public key cryptography is, imo, probability the single most critical turning point in cryptography, but not the last because a few other critical components were yet to be thrashed out.
Again, this process continues and bitcoin becomes a blip in the history books, albeit somewhat interesting. For a start, the transparent UTXO model has completely blown apart any hope for privacy. Sure, we can talk about Schnorr signatures and LN nodes, but how about MimbleWimble, ZKPs, Lelantus and other works? Bitcoin MIGHT assimilate some of these technologies but it couldn't possibility represent all monetary policies to all people. That's why bitcoin is crypto, just one of many.
OTOH, there are a lot of shitcoins lol, but let's not throw out the baby with the bath water.

2023-09-28 15:55:20

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Bitcoin can't even cope with ordinals let alone absorb other use cases.

2023-09-22 08:18:34

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One side effect of this is that more people will be held at gunpoint to get the biometric process completed.

2023-09-14 23:15:47

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Well, after all these years, the newbie experience is still shit. Only yesterday I read how someone's lightning node was down for weeks and they didn't know about it. If an experienced IT guy can't get it right then what chance is there for regular folk?
As a newbie I could just use Dash on any wallet and get instantly settled payments without installing anything else. Am not so much shilling, my point really is that Lightning is such a complex machine, it walks and talks like overkill.

2023-09-03 21:39:40

Maxis, what they say publicly and what they do privately are two different things.
#bitcoin #crypto

2023-08-31 17:48:13

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AFAIK nexo actively bans VPN users, which means they don't give a shit about their customer's personal security or privacy.

2023-08-27 22:34:52

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Do you have an opinion on #hive vs #nostr ? I ask because hive has been around longer yet it is my impression nostr is making more waves. What do you think?

2023-08-25 09:13:11

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Did you say money laundering or tax evasion What criminal activity do you disapprove of?
It seems to me, writing a law to make it illegal to break it, is not a crime in itself, you should at least be doing something immoral.

2023-08-25 09:02:00

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One account for crypto, another account for location based, another account to publish my own work, another one for art / photography.

2023-08-24 00:08:39

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Dash Platform is on testnet and has paid storage via SQL like queries, plus versioning if you want it. Storage is proved mathematically correct where results are not just complete but proving there iare no other data in that set. Or did you mean something else?

2023-08-18 06:48:09

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Or you'd use any fast crypto and exchange it later.
But if you went PoW and fast irreversible payments, you'd just use #dash which doesn't have RBF and has never been double spent.

2023-08-10 04:15:12

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It could also be argued that the tech behind bitcoin solidified too early, making it somewhat stale. Not change for change sake but to prevent becoming the next MySpace. Yes I said that with a straight face!
Already, the Lightning Network has intermediated some core principles, such as flat fees vs percentage based. Innovation and alternate paths have been pushed onto other base layers. First mover advantage comes with no guarantees.

2023-08-06 13:51:07

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Not sure what you mean by "superior". It was the first working example, like the first working car. Not everyone cares to drive at 10 MPH.
Did you know bitcoin had at least two near death experiences, from the top of my head, the last was 2018. So yes, I do think it would be helpful to others that you define "superior" instead of just leaving it there as though it was defacto true.
As for unique, well I guess every first invention is "unique". Like the first pre-paid stamp - the Penny Black - but not the most valuable nor the most scarce.
If someone wants to use a blockchain with RBF and doesn't care about inscription spam, then yes, I guess bitcoin will do. So let's just say, unique like a tool waiting for the right job.

2023-08-06 02:55:52

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It's true, some cryptos are more advanced with better performances and privacy than bitcoin.

2023-08-04 08:05:19

Q: To get multiple LN addresses I must open multiple channels?
I don't want the same LN address on different nostr accounts. Seems expensive and limiting to open a new channel for each account.
#nostr #zap

2023-08-02 17:51:48

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More BS. For anyone who travels internationally, when did they ever get "absolute clarity" when having mandatory face and eyeball scans at border ports?

2023-08-02 16:41:30

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I get it, I really do, but to pull this off I think you'd either have to a) live outside the city, and b) not have a large family to ostracize yourself from. I mean, what you gonna do when others are inadvertently doxxing you in?
We are now living in a world where not carrying a phone still gets you spied on. For example, you carry a dumbphone but you travel with friends and family who do carry and use their smartphone.
Big data is, for example, quite capable of removing the noise and observing that two or more phones are going to a hospital. If they know one is your wife, it doesn't take much to conclude the other is yourself. Add to this the advances in facial recognition and voice prints and I think all these measures you take are looking quite weak. Not that you should make their life easier.

2023-08-01 19:59:09

Is there a linux desktop nostr client that supports multiple accounts? Don't want to compromise private key.
Gossip appears to only support a single account and it's a bit rough around the edges.

2023-08-01 17:40:54

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Well I don't know. If the SEC says everything except bitcoin is a security... and if someone is making money from illegal unregistered securities... then how and why should a government be collecting tax on it?

2023-07-31 20:37:45

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Wasn't it meant to be $1M by now?