Cykros

The roof is most certainly not on fire. Fees are next to zero, mempools clear regularly, and we have a 4 MB cap. Libbitcoin just demonstrated IBD in 14 minutes with assumevalid set to 95000) and 55 min with full verification.
Manufacturing false emergencies is the oldest trick in the scammer book, and it's no surprised it's being done now in service of the creation of a new shitcoin.

2026-07-22 10:25:29 UTC

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I was shocked the first time I had peanut butter on a burger but I bet hodlbutter is definitely better.

2026-07-22 09:41:39 UTC

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Pretty sure siding with the protocol attackers will be the error in judgement.
Or just characterizing 'Sticking with Bitcoin's first principles design' and 'refusing to run a knee jerk poorly reviewed and reckless fork' as siding with the spammers.

2026-07-22 08:44:12 UTC

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It's almost like the whole idea of BIP-110 is reactionary, flawed, and entirely at odds to first principles design or something.

2026-07-22 08:36:06 UTC

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Hot butter or lobster salad?
Both are good, but hot butter easily is the winner. And foregoes mayo which is usually full of seed oils.
Not that I can ever turn away fried clams. If anyone starts frying them in tallow I may go back to food service just for access to them regularly.

2026-07-21 21:03:39 UTC

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All right made it go through. Probably just primal, or maybe my phone was weird in the office. 🫶

2026-07-21 17:12:53 UTC

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Also, dammit, your Lnurl is failing to generate an invoice. Now that you're not a hotshot public CEO maybe you have time to make it so I can zap your ass? 🧡

2026-07-21 16:59:48 UTC

@nprofile…uh0e posting here rather than replying on twitter because my reach is limited anyway. Just wanted to say that while I don't know everything that happens behind closed doors and that it likely was a hard decision, I think you made the honorable call in stepping away from XXI, and can't say I'm surprised you did.
You're a different kind of guy than the people it seemed like you were associated with, and while it never seemed like you'd 'sold out' I'd be lying if I said there were zero concerns about what you'd get put as a face for. Anything you build this way will be on a far stronger foundation. It may (and probably will) be a slower process in some ways, but you're a guy who I know understands the value of a solid foundation whose concrete was given the time it needed to cure (ask @nprofile…49mp about literal concrete to expand the metaphor). And I'm excited to see the structure as it emerges, one block at a time, ready to stand the test of time.
Thanks for always being an open book and for staying true to the principles you've preached. Proud to have you in the trenches with us. Onward and upward.

2026-07-21 12:00:52 UTC

GM
Copilot has told me that my run the other day both did likely help clear up my lungs but also horribly irritated my chest (especially with reduced air quality). Think this means I'm on rest protocol with some thyme tea and honey (and knocking off deep breathing I've been doing which has gotten counterproductive).
The wild thing is I don't think my lungs were ever this irritated when I used to smoke...

2026-07-21 10:26:24 UTC

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Cabo?

2026-07-21 10:23:36 UTC

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Teaching me new math symbols an terms here Sjors.
Though yes, that is about the hashrate they're sustaining so far. We'll see if they can keep it that high after Bob Burnett drops off.

2026-07-21 08:45:16 UTC

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I bet it's bomb on a burger. @nprofile…xnyn has mentioned people enjoy it on a steak...

2026-07-21 08:44:21 UTC

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Been there.

2026-07-20 21:34:17 UTC

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Hypnagogia ftw

2026-07-20 21:15:24 UTC

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4th trimester.

2026-07-20 15:15:23 UTC

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But yes, they'll abandon it eventually, or change PoW. I just think they'll mine a block first.

2026-07-20 15:14:34 UTC

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They don't understand the concept of economic nodes. You think they're going to sanely allocate resources?

2026-07-20 15:13:07 UTC

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Light roast, maximum acidity and caffeination.

2026-07-20 14:18:24 UTC

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One of us is certainly attacking Bitcoin -- but it's the one actively engaged in a 51% attack.

2026-07-20 14:17:47 UTC

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And I know I'm not Conor McGregor 🥲
Hope you at least had a tasty steak.

2026-07-20 13:11:43 UTC

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Not only is there, there's also multisig via frostr. https://frostr.org/

2026-07-20 13:09:43 UTC

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Nice! Been thinking of growing some for salve and just soil building. Might even get the invasive kind and set it loose against the Japanese knotweed and Alder Buckthorn for a deathmatch...

2026-07-20 12:59:17 UTC

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It's an ineffective knee jerk reaction to a phenomenon that is a mostly harmless nuisance and is a complete departure from first principles design.
And it ends in led than 3 weeks.

2026-07-20 12:55:16 UTC

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Eh, the hash renters on Ocean might. Especially Roughnecks.
They can beat their chest about money all they want but they're clearly not good with it.

2026-07-20 12:50:58 UTC

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Most days I think I keep it below this these days. Definitely not all days.
Telling me to drink less coffee has been shown to be bad for one's health too though.

2026-07-20 11:23:08 UTC

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90 in Texas sucks but 90 on the East coast is absolutely vile.

2026-07-20 11:21:57 UTC

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Gm, and congrats on leveling up. Hope you got some good skill points to spend.

2026-07-20 11:21:15 UTC

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Gm.
And *on earth

2026-07-20 08:45:07 UTC

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Hit up @nprofile…ga7p for some decent American wagyu.

2026-07-20 08:44:25 UTC

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That thing is wagyu like ETH is decentralized.

2026-07-20 08:41:50 UTC

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If that's wagyu I'm Conor McGregor.
Still, nice steak.

2026-07-20 08:07:59 UTC

GM.
Okay that run last night was apparently worth it. Lungs are raw from coughing but no longer feeling constrained.
Would definitely have preferred the explosive iceberg but think I'll at least be getting to pickleball this week.

2026-07-20 00:30:57 UTC

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My hard is when I'll work out and eat well for awhile so I know how good it feels. And then go a few years letting it all go, so that like today I can go almost die running a single mile. Ffs 6 years ago I was putting in 30k steps a day and 3-4 miles of running was something I'd do out of boredom alongside daily kettlebell swings and getups.
I'm sure I'll whip myself back into shape with some fasting and working out as my kid goes to college -- not my first time getting way into and then way out of shape. At some point perhaps I'll take the hint that its easier to stay in shape than get in shape...
Whatever though. I'm a mess, and I'll just be glad I at least can muster the will to fix the messes I make for myself even if I can't seem to stop making them.

2026-07-20 00:18:11 UTC

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There are different terminals. Handhelds at best require merchant interaction (including employer TIN input first time -- don't hassle your cashier!). The register types with a customer facing screen typically don't.
And remember that them taking Bitcoin gets them a 3% revenue boost. You're doing THEM a favor. If they're not interested, their loss, but don't go in begging. Do be sure to out them on @nprofile…4lpn for their participation.

2026-07-20 00:06:41 UTC

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Others can work but I think only these require no merchant involvement.

2026-07-20 00:01:05 UTC

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Also, not for nothing, but if a merchant is that opposed I'm happy to charge them the 3% processing fee to take my 2% cash back on my credit card to buy more sats with. Fuck 'em.
Probably won't patronize them either though.

2026-07-19 23:58:48 UTC

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Depends on the terminal type they have. The only ones I know work have a screen facing the customer.
There are many square terminals. They don't all work. Yet anyway.

2026-07-19 23:50:31 UTC

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Smoked salmon and hardboiled eggs are my go to when I'm in the office. With a bit of scallion cream cheese.
Not that I'm fit at this point. But pretty sure my breakfasts aren't the problem.

2026-07-19 22:56:22 UTC

I decided that running for the first time in years was what I needed to make my lungs open up. Felt like giving up by a third of a mile. By halfway through didn't think I'd make it. By two thirds imagine I'd literally involuntarily stop despite trying to go on (and perhaps land on my face).
By the time I got back to the house I was making some alarming fucking noises. But I finished it running. And as far as I can tell I haven't technically had a heart attack just yet.
I do think my lungs are still tight and sickly despite it all though.
Anyway, if you want music that'll keep you running even if you probably SHOULD stop for health reasons, I highly recommend Eluveitie's Helvetios album. It's about fighting to the last man woman and child in the face of an imperial genocide waged by the Romans. Absolutely beautiful album. If you run yourself to death though it's not my fault; you've been warned.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUuhouxXY05pFTEtInXZGxUFapBKQzsd4

2026-07-19 22:19:43 UTC

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Though arguably tits can play into a good roll for CHA...

2026-07-19 22:19:00 UTC

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Everyone knows INT, CON, CHA, DEX, STR, and WIS are more important than TITs

2026-07-19 22:14:30 UTC

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So it's not just me.

2026-07-19 22:12:05 UTC

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Boring. Seems like at least a microkernel would be interesting and arguably more suited to a post AI landscape. You wanna keep RMS's vision alive, use Hurd!

2026-07-19 22:08:24 UTC

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I'm on Slackware. It does what I want it to -- why would I want my edges to bleed?

2026-07-19 21:39:52 UTC

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Kinky.

2026-07-19 19:26:11 UTC

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https://media4.giphy.com/media/RkdzrXkpcaDHG/giphy.gif?cid=4ea4f8d5cn3o9d7bk2rbvu88w5mfkh13vfz6hzxvpqfels1r&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g

2026-07-19 19:22:46 UTC

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Everyone can have keys. Not everyone can have utxo's.

2026-07-19 19:12:32 UTC

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I mean, the shape is there, it just has the world sitting in it.
That said, the fact that you can't drink out of the world cup is pretty bullshit. Also, how tiny that thing is...
Meanwhile, the Stanley Cup...
https://media0.giphy.com/media/UvuThu3WZYUfe/giphy.gif?cid=4ea4f8d52l4qr63ixl8zzpse1my3yd6kiduzse3guhejfs3i&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g

2026-07-19 18:58:21 UTC

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Anyone who can, should.
Of course not everyone can. Not everyone can do anything.
Bitcoin isn't for everyone. It's for anyone who wants to use it. And some will use it directly, others mediated.
Not everyone had money in the middle ages, either, and those that did didn't always have gold, but may have had copper.
Is your goal to be nobility, or just some peasant?

2026-07-19 18:53:05 UTC

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Can't believe you held it together to not make faces at the camera.

2026-07-19 18:38:38 UTC

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I get 'em all from bulk nutrition on Amazon by the kg. Probably could stand to do less, but they're salts lol...just keep 'em dry and they'll last forever.

2026-07-19 18:37:56 UTC

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Oh, sorry, Calcium Lactate, not Phosphate.

2026-07-19 17:55:27 UTC

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We've actually been making a cabbage and ground beef stir fry with onions and mushrooms lately that has been pretty awesome. Still a fair bit of crunch though not quite as much as raw. Takes on some nice flavor though.

2026-07-19 17:48:33 UTC

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1/8 tsp mg (don't overdo the magnesium or your GI system will hate you)
1/4 tsp potassium
1/4 tsp calcium
1/2 tsp pink salt
1 tsp creatine
1 liter water.
Flavor as you like.

2026-07-19 17:21:44 UTC

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10 hour shift. I just posted an hour into it. At least today is from home -- next three days are on site 🫤

2026-07-19 17:14:58 UTC

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I just get bulk magnesium glycinate, potassium chloride, calcium phosphate, creatine, pink salt, and a lemonade mix from gamersupps for flavor and nootropic blend.
LOT cheaper than electrolyte pouches. SOTE or otherwise.

2026-07-19 17:12:13 UTC

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Lol if you think it's just guys I know a few women to put on your radar.
Usually older unfulfilled women but definitely knew one who cheated compulsively in her early 20s. Even while pregnant...

2026-07-19 17:08:31 UTC

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Did you just try to flirt by mansplaining?
Because I agree that's definitely the right way to do it.

2026-07-19 13:50:23 UTC

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Loop is one of those things that people don't often know about too but it's really handy when it's useful.
There's a good chance you already do, but if not, this may save you some time.
https://softpanorama.org/Commercial_linuxes/Filesystems/loopback_filesystem.shtml

2026-07-19 13:48:19 UTC

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Is there a reason you're not using a chrooted build environment? Though in fairness that's one of those things I think to do AFTER breaking everything too. Bonus points if you use a loopback filesystem and thus can just keep a clean system copied as a file in case you need to blow away whatever you just broke.
Docker works too but I find docker more convoluted than I care for in most cases.

2026-07-19 13:45:36 UTC

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Someone who held Bitcoin for a decade but hadn't bought more since MtGox and had been working on a diversified portfolio and learning my way around stocks and the monetary system
Don't mind the education I got doing so...but do wish I'd DCA'd :'-(. Thankfully we got some people who bridge the gap like @nprofile…szx8 that got me to take a closer look.

2026-07-19 12:48:50 UTC

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That's not really how it works, but some businesses get bullied into not realizing that an emotional support animal is not the same thing as a service animal.
Service animal designations are NOT just a fee.
Used to happen all the time at the restaurant I used to work at. Bunch of entitled fucking yuppies.

2026-07-19 11:19:00 UTC

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That all said, I do commend you on the full year, and would caution against just "waiting it out." Enjoy the difficulty of it. Handling anxiety and pressures of life is very similar to any other sort of work out. The more you can embrace the suck and smile at the adversity the easier it gets, but it's also something there are no shortcuts through. It is really easy to go backwards though.
Ever read Aleister Crowley's Diary of a Drug Fiend? Pretty solid read by someone who knew a lot both about accomplishing things and being very dragged down by his habits at times (didn't help that they literally prescribed him heroin for his asthma which he got by doing pranayama).
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/619WwJbe18L._SL1360_.jpg

2026-07-19 10:57:42 UTC

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As someone who's a lot more sober now than I was in the past but not too dogmatic about it...well, idk that I have any good cookie cutter insights to share.
Taking a 100% reprieve has its value for sure if only to let you see where on the spectrum you've been to stop you from lying to yourself and rationalizing (and to reset and consider what your priorities actually are).I would say there's definitely also value in learning to contend with the parts of sobriety that are hard -- sort of like maintaining the ability to talk instead of just being happy to reach for the motorized wheelchair.
But at the end of the day you live by your own scoreboard, not someone else's. "Stop and smell the roses" seems to be a perfectly fine activity -- just maybe don't decide that you live in a rosebush now, because you won't get much done, and those thorns will cause you harm sooner or later.
I do know I'd take 100% sobriety over inebriation 100% of the time. But for now anyway landing somewhere in between is okay with me.

2026-07-19 10:42:44 UTC

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Third? FFS, as far as I can tell Knots is third, behind Libbitcoin which has been here since 2011. And then we have btcd, utreexod, florestad.
He might be able to call tenth node implementation. The more the merrier fwiw -- but third, lol.

2026-07-19 10:38:42 UTC

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Ever look at Emacs org-roam?
Might be dated in the context of the post-LLM world, but it was always a cool way to sort of build your own personal wiki-like knowledge base with very little friction right from the comfort of emacs, formatted to be org-mode friendly.

2026-07-19 10:33:08 UTC

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I stand with Bitcoin. Core's governance seems like some issues for them to figure out, but that'll happen any time you get a company involved. I don't think there's anything too nefarious, but systems can evolve problematically even with the best of intentions. The good news is, Core isn't the only game in town.
Just saw Eric Voskuil the other day post a chart about libbitcoin 4's performance on a Raspi 5 compared to Core v31. It's admittedly with txindex=1 and txospenderindex=1 (to match libbitcoin's native functionality with it's mmap approach rather than leveldb), so it's not quite fair to compare to how people usually run Core, but for a raspberry pi I'm pretty surprised.
https://image.nostr.build/4c4e154af1cebda1117335df776c62ef5152dd253f62f9af7a2b36b4d2cd48c2.jpg
There's also utreexod and florestad on the horizon.
At the end of the day the gentleman's agreement that was mempool policy filters was never going to last. Filters work when nodes all agree, and miners either agree, or are too decentralized to do anything to override it. As long as something like slipstream is possible, or things like LibreRelay exists, it only makes sense for a default filter policy to be open (and for the configuration to opt-into tighter policy to be available in the name of configurability), because the alternative is leaving node runners with a poor view of what is coming down the pike without any benefit being derived from it.
I've not seen any indication that spam can sustain expensive fees for any prolonged amount of time -- there's just no feedback loop you're going to get from selling dickbutts. People will create it, their sats will be gone, and that is that. Bitcoin is stronger than this, and certainly doesn't need to be getting dragged into this silly game of whackamole over the games of trifling fools.

2026-07-19 10:23:50 UTC

GM
Still sick (seriously it's been a week wtf), staring down the barrel of another 9 hours of work. Munching on some himemaru rice crackers and washing it back with some cold brew genmaicha. Got a french press full of coffee for after that and a Yeti full of my homemade electrolyte caffeinated lemonade blend, with a side of pseudoephredine sitting at the ready. Already finished my matcha copycat Mud/Wtr
I'm either getting through this day or my heart's gonna explode. https://media3.giphy.com/media/gIpfiHhGbEkLYqozsZ/giphy.gif?cid=4ea4f8d5jxz29f3o803mflc80qjfncqzp5k78nidfdhsft9x&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g

2026-07-19 09:40:14 UTC

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And now that I've told you to kill your enemies' children, GM :-).

2026-07-19 09:39:34 UTC

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"Trust not him whose father, brother or other kin you have slain no matter how young he be, for often grows the wolf in the child." – Volsunga Saga

2026-07-19 09:35:20 UTC

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It might not work as well as I hope. Going for apple pie, but yea, the textures may be entirely wrong. Also very much depends on the cider used. We have some good local unfiltered cider that has some nice spiced variants that I think could work without the added whiskey.
Maybe best to just have a milkshake and a slice of pie.

2026-07-19 09:16:27 UTC

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Makes sense. Cashu can work in meatspace on paper if you want -- dropped connectivity being probably a wider application that actually needs the code.

2026-07-19 08:54:33 UTC

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And China plays Go.

2026-07-18 23:34:23 UTC

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I bet hard cider in a vanilla milkshake could actually be pretty fire -- giving you much less booze, being a bit more in line with beer. Might have to play with the liquid to ice cream content though, and maybe throw in some apples or like, crumb topping to make it all play right.
Hard apple pie a la mode milkshakes though, I think you'd find some takers. Even more dangerous if you throw in some cinnamon whiskey (just for flavor of course).

2026-07-18 23:29:37 UTC

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I've been trying to get my head around what it's doing for bitcoin there. Because pretty much anything except ecash (be it cashu or fedimint) is gonna be offline if the internet's offline. Technically they're offline too but you can at least exchange ecash in a higher trust manner while awaiting it coming back online. Looking at github though I didn't see mention of cashu; just Breez.
Not that cashu needs to be built into something to be transacted over it, as we've seen time and again with Bitchat. I've even sent cashu inside an emoji over bluetooth mesh on bitchat...

2026-07-18 22:24:23 UTC

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I suspect you may not be the most familiar with the buddhist concept of anatta, or 'not-self.'
Curious if you've encountered Thich Naht Hanh's book Living Buddha, Living Christ. He was a pure land buddhist, not Zen, but they share more in common than what differs.
It's true they don't talk about God, but when you're constantly peeling away that which appears to be self...idk man, I think there's more similarities that look different due more to matters of language than substance.
Trappings of course vary, but trappings are hardly unique to anu one traditon. Arguably these are the graven images we're warned about anyway.
Not saying go be a Zen monk of course. In most cases it makes sense to find your way in the tradition you're familiar with culturally, rather than being a religious tourist. I find it helpful to be able to speak to someone in the spiritual language they understand though.

2026-07-18 22:10:50 UTC

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It doesn't do that though either. Taproot is still around, just with a couple almost arbitrary limitations on tapscript which demonstrably don't stop ordinals, runes, or other data pushes. Nor should it, I'd argue, as Schnor signatures were a good addition. Tapscript probably should have at least been deliberated a bit longer -- I'd happily give it all up for CTV.
It does seem to line Kratter's pockets though to make people feel like they're doing something.

2026-07-18 21:55:46 UTC

What's goin' on out there today guys?
https://blossom.primal.net/06e8885cffd6f7c5d4873ca6b72bf266ae8f98ae4674f6e71b525ef67ce21daf.jpg

2026-07-18 21:54:12 UTC

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https://media3.giphy.com/media/JjUMxtqGYXaKc/200w.webp

2026-07-18 21:47:36 UTC

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I can think of a way...

2026-07-18 21:46:43 UTC

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Those turnip greens are 🔥🔥🔥

2026-07-18 21:45:24 UTC

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They do have really good oysters though.

2026-07-18 21:44:20 UTC

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Far worse, there's the NSA there...

2026-07-18 20:39:58 UTC

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Lol. What do you expect though on a Fischer Price phone?

2026-07-18 20:14:20 UTC

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I mean...I still don't understand why people can't just brew their own coffee. But if you're supporting a local business hey, why not?
I do somewhat think it'd be better if the coffee shops closed and the labor went to more productive endeavors though. But maybe not -- there's something to be said for supporting public gathering spaces.
Guess we just let the market decide.

2026-07-18 20:08:37 UTC

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This is very true. Vitor's the man. I just fire up yakihonne when I wanna throw in a gif. https://media0.giphy.com/media/l3vR9atRgHREvu1lC/giphy.gif?cid=4ea4f8d52k40b5pcd1vfj73w9swvwk1eno0ng470dzfzbkgh&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g

2026-07-18 19:44:05 UTC

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Same with Amethyst 🥲

2026-07-18 18:30:34 UTC

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Taproot was the last protocol change. In 2021.
It IS the same as it was in 2023. Some people just changed their node policy.

2026-07-18 18:17:59 UTC

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Tried. Turns out carrier unlocked doesn't mean OEM unlocked. Next phone will be compatible.

2026-07-18 18:10:30 UTC

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To double down, here's something to cheer you up and make it clear how much you can safely ignore #BIP110 :
Https://blockslop.dev
They've contracted with Oprah to make sure everyone gets their own split chain it would seem.

2026-07-18 17:57:25 UTC

https://blockslop.dev/
This is just the icing on the cake. Looks like even if they do succeed somehow at getting their 51% attack they can still fail to have the heaviest chain thanks to this bug resulting in a split chain among 110 nodes themselves. I'm sure y'all will figure it out in the next 3 weeks though. #BIP110

2026-07-18 17:45:20 UTC

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https://homesteadsurvivalsite.com/bacon-fat-candle/
Here you go. Sorry though, you ARE gonna have to cook some bacon first.

2026-07-18 17:20:59 UTC

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Yea they're so trouble.
Though to be fair I'd slug down brandy and soda a lot faster than I'd drink 3 milkshakes.

2026-07-18 17:19:41 UTC

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I've been sick all week and don't know what's the fires and what's the virus. The sky hasn't been orange in a few days though.

2026-07-18 17:18:18 UTC

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Also, appreciate your takes on twitter re:110.
But if you're having a rough day maybe don't dwell on all that stupid. It's over in 3 weeks anyway, and unless you're influencing mining pools it's just an inconsequential bar fight.

2026-07-18 16:48:56 UTC

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Gonna wish you PV anyway Derek. Check out these switch covers my wife makes with modgepodge and decorative napkins! Also, did you know you can buy large amounts of premade birdhouses for next to nothing online? You too can be a weirdo with 25 birdhouses in your yard, painted however you like! https://blossom.primal.net/fd9d1aa6bec6f550f7e94e45077ccceb80e05cc35be0a5cff189376f0c51ec7a.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/48b123bb6b02b8ab76f684560ae435e7d675dbc5e350a1da92a15f4a82ee0f1c.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/11324113ad034b17dfda30c3e1feec64246b6075c72284c8a77dca0385caeaa4.jpg

2026-07-18 16:42:14 UTC

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I'm being a bad influence but a milkshake with bourbon and bitters and a cherry on top (what a pub I used to frequent called an 'Old Fashioned milkshake') sort of meets those two ideas in the middle.
Great for when you want a milkshake by need more calories in it and wanna assault your liver too!

2026-07-18 16:37:57 UTC

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They are much more fiscally responsible than most countries. Having no military helps make that doable (though does raise questions about potential defense needs -- I don't recall much gun ownership for militia style defenses). I noticed a lot of people willing to work hard but also generally having much more of an attitude of abundance. Not the neurotic 'I need to work hard to have more' so much as 'I will work because I want a strong family and community.'
That slight shift in attitude can make for a hugely different set of results.
And of course, maybe I'm romanticizing. I was last there in the 90's as a teenager and obviously could only see what I saw. But we did get around a bit and it felt pervasive.

2026-07-18 16:17:32 UTC

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I very much appreciate the invite and will have to visit but we're thinking more Vermont or New Hampshire.
I am gonna have to figure out how I'll Bitdevs though. They do seem more in cities and I'm so spoiled being close to MIT here. Might just need to be a long drive every month or two. I like the merchant oriented Bitcoin meetups but need my fix of cryptographic explanations that make my head spin from time to time.
I should be volunteering to help organize more -- maybe I can just try to make a new one happen. Just dubious about how many folks I'd find on that wavelength when they're not where the tech companies are. I know people live around, but they sort of have to be clustered for in person meetups...

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It'll be a WAN party!
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