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Can I sell my npub?? How could you sell your private key without compromising it? 
 Currently no key rotation so you would not be able to convince other party you no longer have the key.  
 #nostr tell me what are your thoughts about sharing photos of your kids online? Considering AI, f... 
 Feels bad to say but not posting photos due to these fears seems pointless.  Your kid will get tagged and associated to you regardless of what you do. There are that many surveillance cameras around that unless they will live under a mask their face is out there. At best you'll be able to prevent your friends making memes / AI videos with your baby's face. But, more sophisticated actors have what they need.  
 This seems like the best balance.  
 Dafuq is a cbBTC? 
 The memes write themselves! 
 Who would buy this new bond after just getting rugged on the last one?  
 I for one would not. Lending to people who just defaulted is not high on my list of things to do. Additionally, the default would have absolutely smashed the economy with all banks and pension funds being wiped out.  
 It was remover for a very specific reason that has been addressed in the proposal. You may still believe it should not be added  however the original reason it was removed should not be one of them as it is a trivially addressed vulnerability.  
 Thanks for the write up.  
 Like I was saying, this is legally (and functionally) impossible. 

Legally, because it violates ... 
 Who would buy this new bond after just getting rugged on the last one?  
 nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx JUST TOLD ME TO POST SOMETH... 
 Please don't. All it does is make things harder to read.  
 "Unlike most VPNs, Obscura masks your traffic as an HTTP connection" should this be HTTPS?  
 Please someone explain to me how the samsung's picture editing tool works? I can coming back and ... 
 You have two options: 

1. Hit the "save" button which saves the original photo but with your edits applied to it. If you try to edit this again you'll see you can undo all the edits you made. 

2. Go to settings and hit "save as copy" this saves a copy of the photo with only the final version available. 

Alternatively, you can screenshot your edited photo if you want to be double sure and to strip some metadata.  
 I'm 95% there extracting the entire state of Nutshell into the database which means that after th... 
 Does this imply the keys and interface could simultaneously be served from geographically distributed locations? 
 #asknostr what is the link to get into @TheGuySwann s Keet room?  
 I've been on a crappy mobile connection while traveling and have been more mindful of bandwidth u... 
 Just checked my data usage and Amethyst was my highest consuming app despite only being used on mobile data two days out of the month. 

Thanks for the warning.   
 Saylor's message is not "bitcoin should not change" or "bitcoin should go slow and steady". 

No.... 
 His example of a change was doubing issuance to 42M. A deeply unserious strawman take on the kind of change people advocate for. 

He could at least pretend to have a nuanced take but that would require him to say the quiet part out loud, Saylor doesn't care about scaling censorship resistant non custodial usage. 

If we get covenants through we may be able to do away with him and his banking buddies. As the protocol stands now, we will not and he likes that.  
 Thoughts on  nostr:npub15dqlghlewk84wz3pkqqvzl2w2w36f97g89ljds8x6c094nlu02vqjllm5m  on  nostr:npu... 
 Feature complete if your ok recreating permissioned banking.  
 @StableArtMaker imagine photo realistic white fluffy dog sitting inside on a windowsill. Sun shine rain outside 
 so far I have found 3 AI generating images bots

 nostr:npub1zuwgrq3s40w69a3tjvuvdeqt945kknckmmfp... 
 I just got a result instantly.  
 There will inevitably be KYC relays and clients but that is OK. You will always have options here.  
 Good morning to all my brothers and sisters seeking true liberty. 🫡 
 Gm now that you have had some time for the after BIOs glow to wear off, what mother board would you recommend? 
 Me: I’m done game anymore but maybe I should build a top of the line gaming pc 🧐 

Also me: ... 
 What model do you recommend? 
 When PayPal asks for their 20 #btc fee back ... the miners should ask for ID, mother's maiden nam... 
 Donate it to OpenSats.  
 Option: 
User wants to split. They enter people in the split. Defaults to 1 weight on each. Percentage automatically calculated and displayed. User configures weight. Percentage automatically updates. 

Calculating percent is too much to ask people to do.  
 This is so much harder than weight.  
 As soon as there are more than two people you have too many unconstrained variables.  
 Those wishing for a bull market, just make sure you are ready for one. Make sure you 👇

- Have... 
 Technical analysis. TA is to a tech bros what astrology is to the average 17 year old girl.   
 These navigation apps are pretty cool, but honestly what prevents them from sending reports to yo... 
 Modern GPS has a resolution of ~1m. It can very accurately determine speed. 
 Love the problem you are addressing.  How are you planning to ensure data availability?  
 Presumably you can build redundancy into the storage so you are never dependent on one provider?  
 Money is like a big record of who has done favors for whom, but a very abstract record which works without knowing the specific identity or favor.

https://www.truthcoin.info/blog/measuring-decentralization/ 
 Bitcoin exchange -> lightning wallet -> Second lightning wallet -> On-chain address -> Sparrow Wa... 
 Seems very expensive.   
 I don't know your threat model but I would simplify it. 

Exchange -> Self-custodial lighting -> submarine swap to onchain.  
 I've seen a lot of misinformation hating on BIP300 & BIP301. I cannot think of a single Bitcoiner... 
 1. I like:
  1.1 BTC denominated side chains. 
    1.1.1 This eliminates any technical justification for alts. 
    1.1.2 There is such cool privacy tech we can make. 

2. I don't like:
  2.1 Long withdrawal windows
    2.1.1 Feels inelegant
    2.1.2 Potential to depeg

3. Open questions:
  3.1 Can the fees ever be high enough to make miner theft uneconomic?
  3.2 Is this a centralising force? 
  3.3 Do I trust miners more than a multisig? 
 
 This is explained in a section of BIP-300. Give it a read then let ne know what you think. 
 https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0300.mediawiki 
 Re: Atomic Swaps

I am thinking of the atomic swap providers much the way I think of Fedi lightning providers. The swap providers do not have to be associated in any way with the "side chain controlers" but they do have to trust them. Only difference is the swap providers need to trust the side chain for the duration of up to two withdrawal windows (1year) where as with fedi lightning providers only need to trust until they request an on chain withdrawal. This is a much more intense capital requirement.  
 Re: depeg:

Under normal situation sBTC=BTC. 

However, if withdrawals freeze due to disagreement on withdrawal bundle progression, I see potential for long (months to years) depegs. I don't fully understand how to resolve side chain controversy. 50% of miners abstaining from any side chain controversy freezes the funds. What next? 
 I don't think a majority of sBTC to BTC volume will be peer to peer but rather will involve a swap provider. 

Consider. 
1. Anyone can deposit into the side using an M5 Deposit transfer of BTC from-main-to-side.
2. M6 Withdrawals take time and require bundles be proposed and accepted.  

This results in a situation where sBTC to BTC pressure can build but BTC to sBTC pressure cannot build. From this I assume sBTC -> BTC fees will be higher than BTC -> sBTC. The fees will attract service providers to arbitrage. They will need BTC to swap for sBTC. To transfer back out to have enough BTC to continue the arbitrage they need to wait for a withdrawal. They are effectively locking up BTC as sBTC to earn the withdrawal fee.  
 How is the UTXO set (or equivalent) of the side chain handled if it is overwritten?  
 I think we can do better.  Surely there is a more graceful way to wind down a drive chain. 

Assuming long term all drive chain slots get filled, there needs to be a way for low performing chains to drop off without rugging.  
 Why is nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 so dead set on drive... 
 I don't understand what this has to do with VCs? 

Drivechains enable BTC denominated side chains with any validation rules. This is anit VC tech. It eliminates all technical justification for Alts except for wanting to print your own token.  
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 The network is the point of lighting. Trustless atomic payments made by traversing through the network graph from where your node sits to where the person you're trying to pay sits. It's six degrees of Kevin Bacon. 

If you needed a channel with everyone you want to pay, you would have to know every person you want to pay ahead of time so you could wait for the onchain transaction to set up the channel.  
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 Is it accurate to view all developments made on cashu as ecash developments that could be implemented on top of fedi?