I'll never understand how so many supposedly smart people can ignore truth when it slaps them in the face.


Stand for Privacy and Free Speech

Free:

Pavel Durov (Telegram)
Ross Ulbricht (Silk Road)
Alexey Pertsev (Tornado Cash)
Roman Storm (Tornado Cash)
Keonne Rodriguez (Samurai Wallet)
William Hill (Samurai Wallet)

These developers built tools for privacy or refused to bow to government censorship.


Wait and Bleed - Slipknot


#truth. GM


Really beginning to understand the concept of the "sunk cost" fallacy.  And unfortunately,  I see a lot of it from posers in the Bitcoin space.  I'm not talking negatively about Bitcoin, before someone gets offended. Just saying, I see a lot of group think with zero proper logic involved.  If you can't FULLY explain why you're here, you need to do more research into #facts.


#FreeSamourai


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If you don't use #SamouraiWallet, you need to.   Samouraiwallet.com


Privacy and freedom are the most important parts of #Bitcoin.  Period.   NGU bros do nothing but muck it all up.


Unpopular opinion, but the NGU crowd have completely missed the point.  Yes, that's part if it, but if at least part, if not the majority, of your focus isn't on privacy and freedom,  then GFY. You don't get it and probably never will.  No matter how much you keep telling yourself that you do.


It's false to say that there are 2 sides to every story.  There are always three.   And that 3rd side is usually where the truth lives.


I have to get on NOSTR more.   I don't have much time for social media, but everytime I open this app, I remember how cool it is.


Chucking off some Psychic Vampires and the like out of my life.  I've aloud their shenanigans way too long.  GM! & GFY!


Instead of complaining about everything that went wrong today that kept me from enjoying my day, I'm choosing to reflect on everything I learned and know now I need to cut a lot of things and/or people out of my daily routine.  Would certainly make things simpler.


Today is the Highest of ALL Holidays for me.  44 trips around the sun.   I still feel like I'm in my 20's.   And thanks to practicing Tangsoodo for years, I can still kick above my own head level.  Not too shabby.


Test


So, since I'm moving to Android, testing out Amethyst.  Pretty slick so far.  Coming from using Damus, it's pretty intuitive.


Next stop, 11k Unspent Capacity? https://image.nostr.build/7b1d9d0bf4798149f5a4e215cd0b3ee31dd1a2d4a2e4faf410a7dca565a711f3.jpg


Really working to improve so many areas of life right now.  I almost feel overwhelmed.  But change is necessary.  And it’s coming…


GM!


So happy and proud to have given my son the Xmas he wanted.  A few months ago, I told him, “make a Xmas list and write down anything you want.  Even if I’ve told you before you were too young to have something.”  Knowing he would write down one specific thing for sure, that I in fact, have told him he was too young for at the time of asking.  Anyway, happiest kid in the world I think.  And that’s all the matters.


GOOD MORNING NOSTR,

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Making a serious effort to get back to regular NOSTR notes and activity overall.   I see lots of improvements to UI in Damus.   Here we go, 2024!


GM & GFY! #Bitcoin


Bitcoin doesn't have wallets.

It has clients and signers.

Get on with the program https://bitcoinstack.info


#Bitcoin isn’t broken.  Some of the humans in the space though…. well….


Did Bitcoin mining change forever yesterday 🤔

Hey nostr:npub1zmc6qyqdfnllhnzzxr5wpepfpnzcf8q6m3jdveflmgruqvd3qa9sjv7f60 l, @npub1lh273a4wpkup00stw8dzqjvvrqrfdrv2v3v4t8pynuezlfe5vjnsnaa9nk, and @npub1wnlu28xrq9gv77dkevck6ws4euej4v568rlvn66gf2c428tdrptqq3n3wr, I watched the announcement yesterday but came away with a lot of unanswered questions that I'll detail below. I would legitimately love to hear the answers to these if at all possible!

How is Ocean non-custodial for the average miner?

On the stream it was mentioned that payout thresholds are 0.0108 BTC (but nostr:npub1wnlu28xrq9gv77dkevck6ws4euej4v568rlvn66gf2c428tdrptqq3n3wr was unsure), a number that would take a pleb miner with an S9 ~470d to reach.

Until he reaches that payout point, all of his mined sats seem to be entirely custodied by Ocean.

How does Ocean decentralize mining today?

I was so excited by the teases and pre-announcements for Ocean as it sounded like exactly what I wanted in a Bitcoin pool. Unfortunately, it sounds like all of the decentralization possible is yet to be release, including StratumV2 and any ability for miners to submit block templates themselves.

Did I miss anything that makes Ocean more decentralized than other pools today?

Why is Ocean not open source?

If Ocean is as revolutionary and decentralizing as it's being made out to be, wouldn't the best thing for Bitcoin be that all pools switch over time to the same mode?

If so, why isn't Ocean open-sourcing any of it's protocol or code? In the announcement it seemed that nostr:npub1wnlu28xrq9gv77dkevck6ws4euej4v568rlvn66gf2c428tdrptqq3n3wr was bragging that no competitor would be able to "reproduce" their lead dev's code, thus keeping their competitive edge.

There was no mention to my knowledge of open source, but it's possible I missed it!

What guarantee do miners have that you won't censor transactions?

As miners cannot submit their own block templates right now and the source is not open code, miners have to rely on manually checking a visual block template on your site to find censorship.

nostr:npub1lh273a4wpkup00stw8dzqjvvrqrfdrv2v3v4t8pynuezlfe5vjnsnaa9nk has a history of censoring what he viewed as "spam," and there was a lot of time spent in the conference talking about how bad Ordinals are and how bad pools are that mine them.

What guarantees or promises do miners have that you won't censor transactions you don't like?

How will Ocean handle regulatory pressure to enact KYC?

In the event that regulators of the Feds come knocking and want you to implement KYC (as seems to be the case with other pools), what will you do?

What will Ocean's fee model be after the 0% period?

There was a lot of talk about how most pools subsidize larger miners and charge exhorbitant fees to smaller miners during the conference. One thing that wasn't ever mentioned was what Ocean's fee policy will be after the 2mo 0% fee period.

Could you explain how the fee model will work?

Conclusion

That's enough questions for now, I think, but I look forward to getting answers to these! We have a desperate need for decentralized mining in Bitcoin and a massive gap today.

I look forward to hearing back 🙂


So, uh, hate to break it to all those cheering for  @npub1qtvl2em0llpnnllffhat8zltugwwz97x79gfmxfz4qk52n6zpk3qq87dze so far but it seems they’re already censoring transactions intentionally…

Details here:

https://x.com/checksum0/status/1730004768410493183?s=46

How it started:                    How it’s going:
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/9e35bea02e3200325df6f7e59cec3d50dc135ed7792793504f2a2c0e76460986.webp
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/4d2448623deb77d3e9a98e399d5844c05d94d723e5da607df89274f7d37a4bc8.webp
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/a3fb71791c06c12224c15b52b32f61c16e10dcc3ff86c51c42d9ac565dce5535.webp


They call it "spam filtering," I call it censorship.

Confirmed that @npub1qtvl2em0llpnnllffhat8zltugwwz97x79gfmxfz4qk52n6zpk3qq87dze is filtering Inscriptions as "spam" today, with no recourse for miners until Stratumv2 is live "over the next year".
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/6aaea5b427cd5816cdf6249e94761efad49839adc15071e550caec4688eae4d3.webp


No clue how @npub1qtvl2em0llpnnllffhat8zltugwwz97x79gfmxfz4qk52n6zpk3qq87dze can sell itself on a platform of "transparency" and "bringing censorship-resistance back to Bitcoin" when this is how they approach things.

Can't think of a more disappointing Bitcoin launch in recent memory. Maybe community pushback will make them rethink their approach, but I can't sit by and watch this unfold without calling out this BS.
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/57f54acce26acba03282480936f7b055452c28fe0d80001376e127b48e9906cd.webp
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/288026b002e71c2faa76ee64b7795141e98ade94b157412beb7cecc4b50b9b11.webp
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/4409358f1bcb29e0964a07352a26e1b1cc32796a29cb212e4c5ce3eafd41f57b.webp
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/8dde889e9227e7ad1d2c6479504ed24e000dc70880d20e5a1845ef81e98ddcf3.webp


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As a member of the Church of Satan, allow me to correct some misconceptions.  First, We are atheists. We do not believe in deities.  Whether that be an imaginary sky daddy or otherwise.   Second, we do not recruit or proselytize. Meaning we do not go out with the intent of “converting” anyone.  Satanists are born, not made. We would never have any “after school” groups or whatnot.  You’re thinking of the political stunt group that call themselves Satanists but are hired, sometimes paid, actors who completely misrepresent Satanism.  Doing what you would propose would not make Christian’s back down.  They would double down and be worse than they already are.  To be clear, I do not speak for the Church of Satan.  I’m only stating facts which can be found on the Church of Satan website in the FAQ section.  www.churchofsatan.com


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