Last Notes
What is FUD?
Showing that advancements are being made in the area of quantum computing is not FUD. Significant advancements are being made at a regular rate.
Claiming to know how many years of more advancements it will take before a cryptographically relevant quantum computer is built... that is FUD.
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Making good progress on X detox.
6 months ago I removed the app from my phone.
Over the 3 day weekend I went on a trip and left my laptops at home. Ergo, 3 days sans X.
When I got back it was clear I didn't miss much.
Just found out that one of my redirect domains broke months ago when something went wrong with the automated ssl certificate renewal 🤬
If you own web domains / run any internet services, set up monitors for them even if they rarely get used! You can get free alerts from uptimerobot.com and it only takes a few seconds to set up.
Nostriches not affected.
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I'm pleased to announce that Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots have reached an agreement to merge and activate BIP-110 before the August deadline!
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More algorithmic efficiency improvements, but still need a ton of other improvements to make physical qubits scale. Unclear how hard that will be.
We're in a quantum state of being fucked.
What is FUD?
Showing that advancements are being made in the area of quantum computing is not FUD. Significant advancements are being made at a regular rate.
Claiming to know how many years of more advancements it will take before a cryptographically relevant quantum computer is built... that is FUD.
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LLMs rebalance the asymmetry.
I was able to have an LLM analyze the recent papers and point out which of the assumptions they rely upon were the weakest and explain why. Only took a couple minutes.
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One pleb's slop is another pleb's steak.
Lord give me the confidence of the man who takes phone calls while shitting in a public restroom.
You can just ignore idiots.
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I recently watched a documentary about the Manosphere and concluded that its existence is the result of poor / missing father figures.
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For a golfer, Tiger sure is a terrible driver!
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You're crying about half of Core pull requests (that have been peer reviewed) being merged by a single maintainer and in the same breath you're suggesting people run Knots...
Knots is even worse, with 100% of pull requests merged by a single maintainer, many without even being peer reviewed!
https://blog.lopp.net/knot-a-serious-project/
You're welcome to fork yourself off the network with your fellow nutjobs in August 😁
Asked a friend in the Air Force if he thought he'd get sent to Iran and instead of saying yes or no he said "I go wherever they send me." 🫠
Are you using a VPN?
A year or so ago they changed it to block logins from VPNs though once you get a session token they don't block the VPN.
Weird take. As far as we're aware, it's neither well funded nor has any developers or code.
My main point all along is that if you truly want to be independent of Core, it's best not to be a downstream fork of Core.
Ask me how I know.
Just logged into a service and my TOTP 2FA code was 696969 😏
One would imagine that would be simpler and more effective than creating Yet Another Core Fork.
Folks are using AI slop to spice up real estate listings 🙄
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6160-Carrollton-Ave-Indianapolis-IN-46220/1245994_zpid/
We desperately need more Bitcoin client implementations... if you conveniently ignore the fact that there are half a dozen independently maintained from-scratch implementations!
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Stpe 1: build time machine
We stopped selling those 5 years ago.
Right; they know they need to piggyback off of Core's development process.
At @nprofile…f2s8 we've been exploring how to leverage AI while being cautious about the undeveloped state of security for this fast-changing toolset.
We still had an AI security incident recently that falls into a pattern that is becoming increasingly common.
https://blog.casa.io/dont-trust-clankers-ai-agents-are-dangerously-helpful/
Beautiful
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One belief I have that keeps me optimistic about Bitcoin's future is that the system runs on the actions of rational, self-interested actors.
Irrational propagandists have no power here.
There are already half a dozen independently maintained from-scratch Bitcoin clients.
I don't expect Yet Another Core Fork to change much.
Funny that you love the process that has led to Core being the most battle tested, yet the process is so terrible it must be completely thrown out the window.
Knotzis will find themselves acting in the same way after their fork fails.
I guarantee it.
There are already a half dozen built-from-scratch implementations being actively maintained.
How does Another Core Fork change anything?
Relays only store text, right? Don't you mean media hosts?
Let's play a game I like to call "Spot the Sybil Attack" 🙂
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Consider that the dumbest person you know is repeatedly being told 'you are absolutely right' by an LLM.
Monero has objectively stronger privacy than Bitcoin.
Probably some cypherpunk.
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Pretty neat dashboard tracking stablecoin censorship: https://stables.rip
For sure. The stands just needed some dusting off and they're good to go!
I wouldn't be so sure about that. Pretty much any tire with a car's weight on it will start to deform after several months of inactivity.
Had to lift my fancy sports car off the ground because I'll be globetrotting for many months and the manual warns of tire deformation.
Naturally, the floor jack I've owned for 20 decided to stop working. Turns out you're supposed to do regular fluid changes on jacks 😅
It's not a fiat, they don't make cars that I find particularly enjoyable 😎
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What it's like being Chief Security Officer
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