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It’s interesting that Bitcoin is on version 0.x.y (0.28.1 rn) and it’s 15+ years in. Typically when a software is below major v1, it indicates that it’s still early on in development. Bitcoin is one of the most battle tested and reviewed software there has ever been.
But it’s important to keep in mind that this is all an experiment. Nobody has guaranteed anything.
Maybe the most interesting social project EVEr. If you keep this in mind, and only this, then you will be happy.

2025-03-01 20:04:47 UTC

People tend to focus too much on what Bitcoin isn’t rather than what Bitcoin is.

2025-02-27 03:58:22 UTC

The “oddity” with OP_CHECKMULTISIG and need for OP_0 might have been a placeholder for future upgrade. That’s an interesting thought.
I would like to think that Satoshi had some foresight.

2025-02-25 15:14:50 UTC

I’m hoarding

2025-02-22 18:40:02 UTC

CompactSize ints are kind of like utf-8 in that there are marker bits to signal length

2025-02-22 16:10:46 UTC

Public ledger that’s immutable and correct - re math & thermodynamics

2025-02-09 17:28:27 UTC

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Break things on purpose - them fix them

2024-11-22 16:47:41 UTC

100K is peanuts. It's all perspective.
- When 1₿ was $1,000 then $1 bitcoin seemed so cheap.
- When 1₿ was $100,000 then $100 bitcoin seemed so cheap.
- When 1₿ is $100,000,000 then $100,000 bitcoin will seem so cheap.
- When 1₿ is... (there is no top)

2024-04-19 15:06:28 UTC

The feature on CashApp to smash buy automatically when Bitcoin drops below a threshold is 👌
@npub1sg6…f63m

2024-04-02 12:31:45 UTC

The game is to acquire assets. Bitcoin is the ultimate asset. It’s real simple

2024-03-31 15:24:29 UTC

automatic referencing and dereferencing 👌
#rust

2024-03-29 15:31:38 UTC

fletcherism is #pow

2024-03-27 13:03:47 UTC

slow down, chew your food more
"Fletcherism: What It Is"
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/47026/47026-h/47026-h.htm

2024-03-23 17:49:12 UTC

I hate when people describe any aspect of bitcoin as “magic”
Math is not magic and describing something as magic doesn’t facilitate learning or understanding. It discourages it.

2024-03-23 13:27:23 UTC

"Give me liberty, or give me death!"
- Patrick Henry
March 23, 1775

2024-03-23 04:08:13 UTC

gpg --full-generate-key

2024-03-21 22:48:50 UTC

A sat saved is a sat earned.

2024-03-20 20:34:57 UTC

parameters => place holders
arguments => actual values

2024-03-20 18:43:22 UTC

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the knowledge-motivated person. as described by Robert Pirsig.
here's an excerpt: http://mat.msgsu.edu.tr/~dpierce/Courses/Pirsig/no-grades.html

2024-03-20 13:38:56 UTC

pros and cons list of #rust programming
Pros: memory safe, maintainable, fun
Cons(1, Box::new(Cons(2, Box::new(Cons(3, Box::new(Nil))))))

2024-03-20 12:52:39 UTC

“ I can’t afford to waste my time making money.”
- JLR Agassiz

2024-03-19 20:10:33 UTC

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library cards are free. if they don’t have it in stock, request order.

2024-03-19 19:57:56 UTC

pomodoro technique

2024-03-19 13:58:57 UTC

retention >> pace || volume

2024-03-19 01:32:47 UTC

Leonhard Euler was so fucking insanely genius it's hard to believe.
Everyone knows: e≈2.71828
But check out this wiki list. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_things_named_after_Leonhard_Euler

2024-03-18 17:04:01 UTC

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@npub1exc…n72a

2024-03-18 17:01:52 UTC

ah now its more clear - deref coercion is quite convenient. and of course it's implemented implicitly. Else, could you imagine the eyesore of * and & combinations all over the place.

2024-03-18 01:01:43 UTC

(2.1×10^15) / (8.1×10^9) = 259,259

2024-03-16 01:17:10 UTC

Bose–Chaudhuri–Hocquenghem codes (BCH codes) are actually really cool and useful

2024-03-15 13:59:43 UTC

simple example showcasing stack vs heap behavior
let w = 5;
let x = w; // two copies of value w now on the stack
let y = Box::new(w); // copy value w on the heap (y points to it from stack)
let z = y // ownership change. y goes out of scope and now z points to that value on the heap.

2024-03-14 20:03:27 UTC

Bitcoin gives me so much to look forward to. Can’t image how it must feel to be a normie.

2024-03-14 13:10:17 UTC

Happy birthday Albert Einstein. He would have been a legendary bitcoiner.

2024-03-13 13:15:55 UTC

I like 1 Peter 3:15 because it makes me think of Bitcoin. “… and if someone asks you about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain.”
It’s our duty as bitcoiners to educate ourselves as well as we can and be able to articulate our convictions if asked (sincerely).

2024-03-13 01:30:58 UTC

documentation comments in Rust are pretty cool because you can write test examples in markdown and then Doc-tests will be run when you execute `cargo test`.
Good way to have documentation of your API and be sure that it stays up-to-date with your code.

2024-03-12 20:34:01 UTC

Just enrolled in "ECON103: Principles of Austrian Economics I" @npub15dq…lm5m Academy. sounds pretty interesting

2024-03-11 17:40:17 UTC

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guess not
https://m.primal.net/HjrD.png

2024-03-09 01:25:30 UTC

Zero-cost abstraction with iterators - how neat is that?

2024-03-08 04:24:48 UTC

Preimage attack (find same input)
Second preimage attack (find alt input)
Collision attack (bday paradox)

2024-03-07 17:45:45 UTC

Beef tongue burritos

2024-03-07 03:24:07 UTC

Notes with my Ticonderoga

2024-03-07 02:49:55 UTC

$ cargo run
...
Compiling bdk_test v0.1.0
Finished dev [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.80s
Running `target/debug/bdk_test
₿DK rocks!
mnemonic: release repeat vendor code finish discover put error mean stock display doll
recv desc (pub key): "wpkh([c09eb2be/84'/1'/0']tpubDDFa8ZzFYsqSnHwdfF7UhY8ELvxrMJQ2eJir1BKscjADuGqHkM3NrmtcMFT7CcturXArLUTvY8htddVxiEJaeyFwbjzBqKFm6AAmZ1WCdZr/0/*)#wqkg3sas"
chng desc (pub key): "wpkh([c09eb2be/84'/1'/0']tpubDDFa8ZzFYsqSnHwdfF7UhY8ELvxrMJQ2eJir1BKscjADuGqHkM3NrmtcMFT7CcturXArLUTvY8htddVxiEJaeyFwbjzBqKFm6AAmZ1WCdZr/1/*)#l5nfv9dg"
@npub13dk…gnvc

2024-03-07 02:15:00 UTC

finished the book (Rust) section 13.2 this evening on iterators.
iterators are so lazy

2024-03-06 19:21:09 UTC

if I didn't have to work - I'd work on bitcoin

2024-03-05 15:14:07 UTC

Pr( A⋂B ) = Pr(A) × Pr(B)

2024-03-05 13:41:04 UTC

Guy on a buffalo

2024-03-03 16:50:29 UTC

Bitcoin mining giving power Africa.
power = electricity
power = force × distance / time
power = strength
power = influence
Bitcoin is giving them power in every sense of the word.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=8OmanI67Khg&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fbitcoinshooter.com%2F&feature=emb_title

2024-03-03 14:55:20 UTC

Great conversation between @npub139n…kwf4 and @npub1s5y…6q7z about bitcoin adoption, lightning and scaling more broadly.
https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/bitcoin-fundamentals/can-bitcoin-lightning-scale-globally-alexander-leishman/

2024-03-03 03:17:59 UTC

Broken Money by Lyn Alden

2024-03-01 23:56:35 UTC

I think a Rust implementation of the WabiSabi protocol for coinjoin would be cool

2024-03-01 23:25:05 UTC

No one is bullish enough

2024-03-01 20:17:45 UTC

I like the place I work, but I really don’t like the state of how research is done. In particular, the publish or perish mentality. It’s a fiat system. Fast fast faster. Lacks quality. Here is a message I received to give an indication of what it’s like as a pro researcher whose job is to publish to get funding to publish to get funding…
“This group of colleagues were instrumental in posting three publications to the MedRxiv preprint server (PersonA et al., PersonB et al., and PersonC et al.) in a very tight ~3 week timeline that was dictated by my external funding deadline. We essentially had a house of cards - if any publication didn't go up in time, the entire timeline would fall apart, and I wouldn't have been able to submit as strong of a grant proposal. I appreciate all of your efforts in making sure our house of cards didn't fall, and wish us all easily addressable reviews!”
I know Bitcoin will fix this - can’t wait to see how! Eager to hear ideas from all you that read this.

2024-03-01 16:59:00 UTC

People that are being intellectually lazy will be revealed. Left behind
Bitcoin POW

2024-02-29 14:29:03 UTC

“Bitcoin, and digital currencies like it, are best known for two things: They’re really hard to understand…”
- Dave Ramsey
Come on Dave, Bitcoin honestly is not that hard to understand. It’s like the simplest thing really. Don’t scare your followers like that.
And in general, people should NOT be describing Bitcoin as complicated. It discourages people from trying to learn.

2024-02-29 14:22:05 UTC

I’m actually super excited about the fact that saving money will become the wise thing to do again. Analog of a Penny saved is a penny earned.
- a sat saved is a sat earned

2024-02-29 14:20:24 UTC

Leap day - payday for many.
Hopefully people are being wise and saving some money for a rainy day. Save in bitcoin

2024-02-29 01:17:49 UTC

I read https://dergigi.com/2020/04/27/dear-family-dear-friends/
when it first came out. Started me on the path. Thank you @npub1der…xzpc
I found it to be very useful when I was first learning. Will likely be useful to share with other new persons wanting to learn

2024-02-28 21:31:35 UTC

Studying philosophy of the late Mike Mentzer. I’m one passage he comes up with a mnemonic device to describe what powerful critics do when they feel threatened by something new from outside their ivory tower. IRACS - first they ignore the discovery, then ridicule it, attack it, copy it, and, finally, they steal it.
We see parallels in the Bitcoin world too, Mr. Mentzer. Don’t let them steal your Bitcoin. Hold your keys.
https://www.mike-mentzer.com/actualize-your-muscular-potential-1/

2024-02-28 15:13:38 UTC

fb is next
Bitcoin Market cap
$1,197,969,111,174
META Market cap
$1.243 T

2024-02-18 18:55:32 UTC

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egg-flation

2024-02-17 13:23:38 UTC

cash me outside, how bout dat

2024-02-14 18:50:22 UTC

microstrategy, holds the keys of 190k bitcoin
100% makes sense to focus on being a bitcoin development company. invest in your future. put in the POW

2024-02-14 18:42:55 UTC

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"...the bill forbids the government from impairing the right to use coins and tokens in transactions – provided the transactions would otherwise be legal – and to self-custody said assets and reiterates that miners cannot be given discriminatory rates – such as for electricity – due to their activities.
...
The bill has a counterpart in Nebraska and 11 additional states."
https://finbold.com/missouri-enshrines-right-to-trade-bitcoin-into-law/

2024-02-13 14:41:15 UTC

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happy extraterrestrial culture day @npub1sg6…f63m

2024-02-09 03:40:16 UTC

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how dreary to be somebody!

2024-02-08 18:40:50 UTC

I am nobody
refrain from assuming an identity so as to not limit yourself

2024-02-08 17:05:31 UTC

zsh-syntax-highlighting is a pretty nice plugin

2024-02-08 16:56:35 UTC

ripgrep
https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
tool of the day #rust

2024-02-08 02:40:48 UTC

env::args().collect::<Vec<String>>()
I <3 turbo fish

2024-02-08 02:22:59 UTC

grep (globally search a regular expression and print).
use this everyday but i never knew that's what it stood for. you can learn a lot from the rust book.

2024-02-07 18:46:27 UTC

that time on the tim ferris show when naval ravikant said nick szabo wasnt a serious programmer... lol

2024-02-07 13:55:49 UTC

how many man-hours of intellect have been wasted on stupid stuff like flat-earthers? imagine if all those hours had been put to use on bitcoin education & development.

2024-02-06 13:54:36 UTC

life rewards the dogged, not the qualified

2024-02-06 02:33:58 UTC

ch11: writing automated tests

2024-02-05 19:22:35 UTC

Finally found article with visual rep of salinity coefficient! @npub10af…0xj0
Heard it referenced on WBD podcast on feb 1,2024 @npub14mc…frlx
https://medium.com/the-bitcoin-times/bitcoin-behind-the-veil-b600835a511b
https://m.primal.net/Haqm.jpg

2024-02-02 19:10:33 UTC

Hey @npub1s5y…6q7z and @npub16c0…6nvr, just listened to your podcast conversation from Dec 23, 2023 The Free Speech Solution. Thought everything you were talking about was really cool.
I created my nostr keys just a month ago. I am a bitcoiner and an aspiring rust/bitcoin dev. One of the aspects of bitcoin I really love is the hope for the future it gives me and the motivation to gtd. It inspires me to be a better person. e.g., focusing on Quality (as described by Robert Pirsig).
I'm seeing parallels with nostr. The more I learn about it the more convinced I become of its importance to circumvent a dystopia. I never really cared that much about social media –I never created a twitter account. Thought it was mostly a waste of time. But I feel differently about nostr. I feel like I'm participating in something that is actually going to benefit humanity.
There is a line from A Cypherpunk's Manifesto which to me has never rang more clearly:
"We must defend our own privacy if we expect to have any. We must come together and create systems which allow anonymous transactions to take place." Bitcoin and nostr are the protocols/systems that will take us to the promised land. But we need to be preparing, always preparing and building and educating ourselves. It's not going to be easy, but who the hell wants easy?
These are exciting times and I know the cypherpunks will prevail. Anyways, just wanted to give a shoutout because you guys suggested to in your podcast convo. ₿₿₿

2024-02-02 19:09:04 UTC

Hey @`Preston` and @`miljan`, just listened to your podcast conversation from Dec 23, 2023 The Free Speech Solution. Thought everything you were talking about was really cool.
I created my nostr keys just a month ago. I am a bitcoiner and an aspiring rust/bitcoin dev. One of the aspects of bitcoin I really love is the hope for the future it gives me and the motivation to gtd. It inspires me to be a better person. e.g., focusing on Quality (as described by Robert Pirsig).
I'm seeing parallels with nostr. The more I learn about it the more convinced I become of its importance to circumvent a dystopia. I never really cared that much about social media –I never created a twitter account. Thought it was mostly a waste of time. But I feel differently about nostr. I feel like I'm participating in something that is actually going to benefit humanity.
There is a line from A Cypherpunk's Manifesto which to me has never rang more clearly:
"We must defend our own privacy if we expect to have any. We must come together and create systems which allow anonymous transactions to take place." Bitcoin and nostr are the protocols/systems that will take us to the promised land. But we need to be preparing, always preparing and building and educating ourselves. It's not going to be easy, but who the hell wants easy?
These are exciting times and I know the cypherpunks will prevail. Anyways, just wanted to give a shoutout because you guys suggested to in your podcast convo. ₿₿₿

2024-02-01 18:43:22 UTC

Q: Who should own the global town Square?
A: nobody
The free speech Solution - miljan braticevic with preston pysh episode 818

2024-02-01 15:54:02 UTC

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go nuclear

2024-02-01 15:53:50 UTC

another great listen with Preston Pysh talking to a miner Harry Sudock.
BTC167

2024-01-31 21:29:04 UTC

rogue money

2024-01-30 01:29:56 UTC

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this episode was badass. bitcoin mechanic so eloquently and convincingly described the current mining issues and Ocean's stance on them. very mature arguments layed out.
and props to Preston pysh - one of my new favorite podcasters

2024-01-27 03:37:30 UTC

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fully synced with 661GB of storage

2024-01-26 19:13:28 UTC

learn about future of residential (pleb) mining with Michael Schmid and Preston Pysh: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-study-billionaires-the-investors-podcast-network/id928933489?i=1000640379860

2024-01-25 18:07:42 UTC

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Here is what chatBTC has to say about the Unix time stamp.
Holocat:
Bitcoin needs to change the Unix time to address potential issues that may arise as the current timestamp system approaches its limits. Specifically, from the content provided in link [4], we understand that Bitcoin uses an unsigned 32-bit number for its Unix timestamp, which allows it to represent dates up until the year 2106. However, once this limit is reached, known as the Y2.038 problem for signed integers, there will be a need for a hard fork to extend the timestamp's capacity.
Furthermore, in link [3], there is a discussion about post-soft fork nodes incrementing the timestamp by one with each new block starting at Unix Epoch 0x80000000. This approach temporarily extends the timeframe before a hardfork is necessary, as it changes the unit of time increment from one second to ten minutes, significantly delaying the point at which the Unix time limit will be encountered.
Therefore, the reason Bitcoin needs to consider changing the Unix time is to ensure the continuity and stability of the system beyond these temporal limitations imposed by the current 32-bit unsigned timestamp implementation. It is essential to anticipate and plan for this far in advance to avoid any disruptions in the network when the current timestamp reaches its maximum value.
Sources
[0]: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/96434#96457
[1]: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/83229#83271
[2]: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/50728#50736
[3]: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2021-October/019557.html
[4]: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/41933#41934
[5]: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/36989#62363

2024-01-25 18:07:06 UTC

Bitcoin will have to hard fork one day. I wonder what all will be in the hard fork. For sure the Unix time stamp.

2024-01-25 18:03:19 UTC

chatBTC should be a part of every developers toolbox. makes learning super efficient