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2026-08-29 15:36:20 UTC

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CTV was prematurely pushed 😂
Hey man I have a bridge that's really cool do you wanna but it?

2026-08-28 21:52:27 UTC

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Evidence is 0 change in Bitcoin. Even if it's not just him, there's a problem. It's stuck as is.

2026-08-27 20:43:22 UTC

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Monero should be in any intellectualy honest conversation discussing a censorship resistant protocol. Sorry you get triggered by that.
- The payment targets NIP PR was merged as a result of that exact conversation because I brought up how it's bullshit non Bitcoin PR's stall. Now it's part of the nostr spec.
- I suggested a better UX for Payment Targets.
- I suggested a better UX for being exposed to content via feeds. I raised issues I have in Amethyst.
- @nprofile…nj27 actually had a great suggestion to have nitter devs mirror X on nostr toward the end of the conversation.
Last one obviously wasn't me, but sometimes it's impactful to make noise about things that are going wrong so suggestions like that come to light.
The nostr ship is being steered in a direction leading to the current situation. Yet you just want to focus on me bringing up Monero. Why?

2026-08-27 15:30:36 UTC

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The market is completely irrelevant to every point I made. It's a silly point.

2026-08-26 19:56:04 UTC

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The problem is that it's hard to actually curate the experience and takes a lot of work / navigating the client.
I'm using Amethyst. I want to try out Imwald soon.
But in Amethyst for example, I have no idea how to see @nprofile…nt9f 's follow lists. Nothing populates in the UI when I tap their lists. Idk if I'm doing something wrong or looking in the wrong place.
I've recently found "feed algorithms" in this app which are kind of interesting when they load, but the UX is pretty painful digging through to figure it out. Loading screens that just sit, sometimes never functioning with unclear messages.
And my main point was that clearly a lot of development time has gone into features like Cashu NWC. It's the center button on the bottom bar of the app. Rather than features that actually would make this a pleasant experience for non maxis.
I feel bad picking on Amethyst because the creator seems like a genuine nice person. I hope this can be taken as constructive feedback because I really do like nostr's bones and there really is so much potential with it (and with this app).

2023-06-01 09:01:33 UTC

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This is how it works. The idea is to have a small number of ASPs.
https://twitter.com/brqgoo/status/1664006603119501314

2023-06-01 08:48:02 UTC

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Why would someone choose Fedi/cahsu over Ark? Better theoretical privacy maybe?

2023-05-09 22:47:45 UTC

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Cancel you cuz I'd rekt you in Shogi

2023-05-08 13:10:48 UTC

The invention of the computer and then the internet promised a more democratic world; a world where people have more power and knowledge at their fingertips; where people would be able to resist power structures' control and manipulation for their gain at the people's expense. We've made good progress, but it hasn't fully panned out yet. Bitcoin is the next critical step fowards toward that end. I'm enjoying watching history progress.

2023-05-08 12:43:19 UTC

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Honestly, fuck you. My government is recklessly irresponsible with fiscal and monetary policy and Bitcoin serves me as useful insurance against their continued egregious incompetence.

2023-05-08 11:59:10 UTC

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Interesting times we're living in

2023-05-08 11:48:44 UTC

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Has it happened during a bear market? I can't recall

2023-05-07 08:01:47 UTC

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Do you think this is the most common onramp to bitcoin maximalism? Shitcoiners who first ignored Bitcoin like idiots?

2023-05-03 18:53:15 UTC

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#[7] ?^

2023-04-29 20:20:49 UTC

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If you lose access to this data but still have your seed, how does restoring your history look like? Can the ecash server instantly provide you all your transactions and only yours?

2023-04-27 18:45:44 UTC

Bitcoin makes me optimistic for a better future for humanity.
Bitcoin maxis make me pessimistic.

2023-04-27 18:37:14 UTC

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Bitcoin conf thing is just a guess based on timing of Seth's post. Idk.

2023-04-27 18:31:20 UTC

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On your first two paragraphs, I get the view. I disagree it's the ideal structure for the business landscape (for the government to protect IP) but I'm not gonna go on about that. I insulted you because you characterized my view as socialist and entitled, which it clearly is not. My view is closer to anarchy than anything haha.
I'm pretty sure this particular saga started because coinkite is going to be on the open source stage at the bitcoin conference. That is confusing to people who are unaware. Coinkite accepting to be there is sketch.
https://twitter.com/ck_SNARKs/status/1650875333212602370
Also, here is what Seth had to say about a business choosing not to be FOSS:
https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy/status/1651243037966708746
So he doesn't view it as negatively as I do.

2023-04-27 17:32:21 UTC

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That's a cleaner argument. I'll discuss this argument without insulting you.
If someone thinks they can execute ideas better than someone else, I think we should want and encourage that. Innovators then make their money by executing their ideas better than the competition. Ideas and by extension, goods and services, then flow at cheapest cost from best competitor to the market. Monopolies lose protected edge granted to them by the government.
This is the opposite of socialist. It's pure free market competition. The strong survive, the consumers benefit.

2023-04-27 17:21:22 UTC

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Right there are some people who like free markets but only when it suits them. They use laws to protect their business when it doesn't. They call it acumen. Everyone else who doesn't do this is socialist, commie, entitled, and lazy. You sound like the next Steve Jobs man, keep going.

2023-04-27 17:14:48 UTC

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PSA: free and open source software is now socialist shitcoining.
Preferring the government not prevent competition in the free market is now socialist shitcoining.
Bitcoin maxipads are such idiots sometimes. It's comical.
#[2]

2023-04-27 17:06:40 UTC

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Yes, FOSS is shitcoiner socialist energy. That's right. You're doing great!

2023-04-27 16:11:46 UTC

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I think he understands it, he just selectively chooses to ignore it when he thinks he can get away with it. And bitcoin maxis give him a pass on everything so long has he keeps that whole charade up.

2023-04-27 15:59:37 UTC

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Lmao bingo to the ad hominem. Classic.

2023-04-27 15:58:43 UTC

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Lol, my arguments have been fine. Yours have been alright too, much better than anything nvk has said on the topic. From what I've seen him say on this and how he's acted, I think you're giving him too much benefit of doubt.
Yes I don't like how nvk acts for valid reasons, in this instance included.

2023-04-27 15:25:49 UTC

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First paragraph, yes foundation forked from coldcard and have always made this clear. Just like coldcard forked from trezor.
The MIT commons clause license website faq explicitly states it shouldn't be considered open source.
Sounds like you're running with incomplete information and ignoring the facts on the ground.
I don't give a shit what product you use. Have fun.

2023-04-26 21:36:12 UTC

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That last paragraph looks ripe for lawyers to sort out and suck more money up out of free enterprise.
Even though Foundation forked from the permissively licensed code, NVK and co still continue to launch plenty of accusations Foundation was/is a re-skin of Coldcard with no substantial changes to the code, which isn't the case.
It is clear NVK's choice of this license had 1 goal: prevent Foundation from building on the code.
This decision was and continues to be bad for the Bitcoin space and antithetical to FOSS principles that led to Bitcoin in the first place.

2023-04-26 20:11:33 UTC

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Does this reveal # of a user's txs + timing leaks?

2023-04-26 15:43:02 UTC

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They made a business decision purely out of fear and reliant on the state. Weak sauce.

2023-04-26 15:23:06 UTC

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#[4] did this because he is afraid of competition and loose on ethos. In other words, because he is weak.
You're confusing MIT (FOSS) with MIT-CC (not FOSS, source available).
It does affect quality and security of their products. Fewer people can build on top of their code means fewer eyes on the code means fewer bugs discovered and patched by the wider ecosystem.

2023-04-26 05:14:21 UTC

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Principles are tight. Some have em and keep em, others "adapt"

2023-04-26 05:01:55 UTC

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Yes, exactly. The antithesis of Bitcoin protects coldcard.
Just because we live under the threat of violence from the state doesn't mean we should adapt to use the state to be violent against each other. That is regression. It is weak.

2023-04-26 04:51:38 UTC

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If I fork coldcard's code today and start selling a product using this code, who will protect coldcard from me?

2023-04-26 04:19:03 UTC

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Badass cypherpunk tools that wouldn't exist if the state didn't protect their code lol

2023-04-26 03:30:38 UTC

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Being a Bitcoin maximalist can be logical. Most who espouse the religion throw logic out the window and ignore facts in favor of the cult narrative.

2023-04-26 03:03:25 UTC

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This NVK guy really doing a good job marketing his competitor

2023-04-25 21:46:07 UTC

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Someone incorrectly expecting zaps to be private by default (when they are not) is harmed more than someone incorrectly expecting zaps to be public by default (when they are not). But it does feel weird for someone to expect they're private by default.

2023-04-21 21:11:50 UTC

Screeching scam at a clearly useful tool like Monero is a clear sign of someone who lacks integrity.
#[0]and all the weak maxis who do this work against the interest of power to individuals.
The ability to transact privately with ease is good. No amount of maxi delusions and dishonest framing will change that.

2023-04-21 18:10:50 UTC

From what I can tell, Monero is a more prominent topic on nostr than Ethereum. Probably because Monero is mostly all I talk about on here, unless...

2023-04-21 17:41:46 UTC

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2023-04-21 17:39:29 UTC

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2023-04-21 17:08:35 UTC

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*note

2023-04-21 17:04:57 UTC

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Out of respect for #[3]'s tweet about Morse code, I'll ignore this ignorant drivel

2023-04-21 16:57:04 UTC

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What shitcoin?

2023-04-21 16:47:48 UTC

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If you genuinely think Monero is a scam and isn't a useful tool for sovereign individuals, you're a blind zealot. Your twitter rant sounds more performative than genuine to me though. I don't think you're actually that much of an idiot

2023-04-20 20:08:18 UTC

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Straight from the horse's mouth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccJ33hLaMF0

2023-04-20 19:58:50 UTC

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Liquidity on join market isn't enough to qualify as best imo. But maybe some day.
"Not possible to censor you only your pub keys" isn't a coherent statement. They can prevent you from using the service if they choose to arbitrarily. Therefore it relies on trust that they won't do that.
I can still feel it ;)

2023-04-20 19:51:12 UTC

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There are tons of scenarios where coinjoinjng is necessary and useful today, even if you're 100% p2p no-kyc circular economy. And the best CJ relies on trust. You seem the type incapable of admitting you were incorrect. I can feel it.

2023-04-20 19:48:00 UTC

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Soon I will have a non custodial LN address! But not before then ;)

2023-04-20 19:47:11 UTC

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I agree network effects are important.
I disagree ASIC resistance is silly. Monero's hash rate is solid and not at the mercy of specialized manufacturers. It's easier for an individual to mine Monero and it'll be that way forever.
The point remains that Monero offers a compelling use case for those who need or want private money. Even the guy who coined "there is no second best" literally said "if you need privacy maybe you need a Monero" lol

2023-04-20 19:42:31 UTC

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Whirlpool/Wasabi have the most liquidity for coinjoins. We have to trust that they won't censor us and allow use to use their services in order to use them.

2023-04-20 17:10:52 UTC

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Well if you like censorship resistant, fungible, private money that the state doesn't want you to use there is Monero. I find its use case pretty compelling

2023-04-19 19:11:07 UTC

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#[5] perhaps you could also support pointing to magnet links or IPFS hashes🤔

2023-04-19 18:38:38 UTC

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If we get to a point where relays can host files, we can move closer to censorship resistant music streaming #[5]

2023-04-19 18:19:30 UTC

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How is the LN interoperability still private? If you have ecash tokens and use the LN integration, I assume you have to reveal destination and amount to the fedimint custodian, is that not the case? Same goes for receiving over LN via the fedimint

2023-04-19 18:06:56 UTC

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It's kind of wild to get the best privacy available in Bitcoin 2023, we have to trust people not to censor us

2023-04-19 18:02:40 UTC

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Wen Monero

2023-04-19 03:15:45 UTC

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You need a license to get going with ham radio, right? What would happen if you set up transmission equipment without a license and just kept switching locations every hour? How would they get you?

2023-04-18 20:17:51 UTC

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Yeesh

2023-04-14 17:16:13 UTC

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Lol

2023-04-14 16:58:15 UTC

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I feel like I've seen comments from them criticizing the tech without a lotta clarification, but can't find anything like that when I search now. I just see them criticizing that it's an echo chamber for the "kliq" type like this:
https://twitter.com/SamouraiDev/status/1620080552778027009

2023-04-14 16:40:14 UTC

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How come Samourai doesn't like nostr?

2023-04-12 19:38:46 UTC

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Better stated: if a customer sends coinjoined Bitcoin to a Chivo wallet user, what's your take on Chivo freezing the Chivo user's funds?

2023-04-12 19:24:51 UTC

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Chivo has allegedly been freezing funds of users who fund their wallets using Wasabi coinjoins. What's your take on this?
Source:
https://twitter.com/Bitcoinbeach/status/1642878147472527362

2023-04-12 02:42:29 UTC

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This idea to implement coinjoin friendly silent payments or a similar scheme may be of interest to you
#[3]

2023-04-12 02:38:08 UTC

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Cool, gl. Will follow along

2023-04-12 02:37:22 UTC

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Sounds like a potential new coordinator impl on the horizon? 👀

2023-04-12 02:34:33 UTC

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#[2] how do you guys plan to make money?

2023-04-11 19:48:04 UTC

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Curious if you considered religion/religious events in this timeline

2023-04-11 18:31:14 UTC

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Share your math, man

2023-04-11 15:01:20 UTC

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Capitalism = civilization. Socialism = monkeys throwing shit at each other. How profound. Wow when you put it like that I'm truly in awe of the intellect on full display.

2023-04-11 07:08:47 UTC

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Yes, I have. Austrian Economics is sound. Mises, Hayek, Rothbard etc. all sound. In constrast, quotes like the one you shared offer no substance. Just bullshit spew with a toxic spin for morons to eat up. Saifedean is good at that.

2023-04-11 02:48:04 UTC

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If you want to learn more about BTC and "principles of economics" as they relate to BTC, I recommend going through the literature here:
https://nakamotoinstitute.org/literature/
Specifically look for stuff written by Nick Szabo. Some particularly good ones: "Shelling Out: The Origins of Money", "Trusted Third Parties are Security Holes", and "Money, Blockchains, and Social Scalability"

2023-04-11 02:25:30 UTC

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I can see why this kind of colorful bullshit prose appeals to a certain type of Bitcoiner, but there isn't any substance to this. Idiocy.
#[4]

2023-04-11 02:19:32 UTC

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I haven't read the book. Saifedean is a charlatan. The clearest evidence for this is his past appreciation for the stock to flow model as a useful tool to predict Bitcoin's price. You can find his positions on it on twitter. The stock to flow model is irrational. Saifedean made asinine arguments in its defense before it was obvious the model "failed" to predict Bitcoin's price. The stock to flow model had no basis in economic principles (it ignored demand in the equation). To read "principles of economics" from a fool who makes irrational economic arguments (ignoring basic economic principles in so doing) is a fool's errand.

2023-04-10 19:14:32 UTC

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Adding to this: you could flag all "silent" coinjoin txs via an OP RETURN field and implement an RPC that returns those txs for the silent sync. A wallet need only sync new txs since it last loaded. Should keep sync overhead low.

2023-04-10 18:50:45 UTC

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I'll get my non custodial LN address set up one of these days

2023-04-10 18:46:18 UTC

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Ya this is a significant downside of silent payments. I think the custom sync is worth the downside. Could implement both legacy sync and silent payment sync for users of the feature

2023-04-10 18:37:31 UTC

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Oh ya, I get that. But the goal is to avoid reusing an address that's used in a different tx, on the output side of the coinjoin. If you can guarantee that never happens, even if the recipient of some UTXO's in the coinjoin is distinct from the sender who owns some inputs in the coinjoin (for example I'm making a donation to some org via a coinjoin), without requiring interaction from the recipient, that would be good and worth added complexity to do the silent protocol within the coinjoin.

2023-04-10 18:09:12 UTC

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Interaction*

2023-04-10 17:47:17 UTC

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There needs to be input from senders not receivers, no?

2023-04-10 06:14:20 UTC

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I was thinking if a receiver shares their "silent" address with you there shouldn't need to be any additional interaction beyond that

2023-04-08 22:55:48 UTC

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Bitcoin benefits from the money printer in every way

2023-04-08 22:33:31 UTC

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I heard amazon is making sure customers have a tiny penis to buy Jason Lowery's book. Piloting KYP

2023-04-08 21:41:15 UTC

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Sure, but address reuse seems a significant issue you'd ideally want to avoid trustlessly without another interactive protocol, and even if 2 clients are open at the same time

2023-04-08 21:37:01 UTC

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Can't the coordinator just make sure users of the updated protocol coordinate with like users

2023-04-08 21:24:29 UTC

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Considering coinjoins already stick out on chain, maybe a similar spec could work that works inside coinjoins without silent payment's strict requirement of needing to look like every other taproot tx. Address reuse inside coinjoins is bad
cc #[6]

2023-04-08 18:50:21 UTC

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#[2] are you guys working on this feature?

2023-04-08 02:58:57 UTC

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Not only is he a self confident charlatan, he's also a flaming douche. When he spews bullshit, the plebs eat it up and rejoice in admiration. Illogical idiocy packaged in just the right amount of toxicity. Plebs can't get enough, they love it. This is his what 3rd book now rehashing the same bullshit

2023-04-08 01:32:12 UTC

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Question: in what way do you find it easier to fact check here versus twitter?

2023-04-08 00:53:58 UTC

The toxic plebs ❤ grifters
Max Kaiser, Jason Lowery, #[0]
The list goes on. The toxic plebs have created a breeding ground for grift of their particular flavor

2023-04-08 00:09:58 UTC

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Learning about principles of economics from someone who thought the stock to flow model was logical makes perfect sense, if you're a moron

2023-04-07 18:12:10 UTC

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I'm a cartoon character and won a bet with another cartoon character on here for 0.5 Monero. He didn't pay me for a while so I called him a scammer then he paid me and called me a pussy. It's pretty magical here, I'm a fan.

2023-04-06 19:23:34 UTC

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> calls me a retarded ignorant dumbass for saying notification txs to paynyms are clearly visible on chain
> tries to bet 0.1 BTC that they are not visible
> agrees to bet a measly 0.5 XMR instead
> loses the bet, because notification txs to paynyms are visible on chain
> doesn't pay for over a month after saying he will pay by end of week
It seems scammer isn't the right word for you anymore. I wonder what the right word is.

2023-04-06 08:16:35 UTC

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Circular local economies -> create our own society

2023-04-06 06:47:33 UTC

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I'm curious to hear nothingmuch's thoughts too

2023-04-05 18:55:04 UTC

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Is this the case in Stack? That is solid

2023-04-05 18:10:02 UTC

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Assume you're a stack duo user. You want to pay a paynym. You send the notification transaction to the paynym. You then use the change UTXO from the notification transaction to make the payment to the paynym. A presumably common flow if you intend to pay a paynym. The world sees the notification transaction and then sees the change UTXO spent in a subsequent tx.
Assume 2 other people do this same thing.
Now assume the recipient is another stack duo user who has posted their paynym somewhere. The recipient then consolidates those 3 payments in a subsequent tx.
This is strong evidence that anyone can use to form a lower bound on the amount the paynym received. Without a strong holistic privacy toolkit, leakages like this are bound to happen.

2023-04-05 15:18:15 UTC

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Releasing paynyms without whirlpool support is a bit irresponsible. That will harm both sender and receiver privacy and can very easily undo all benefits of paynyms in the first place.

2023-04-04 21:04:17 UTC

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Ah the hyper arrogant charlatan has arrived thank g for self confident idiots