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Last Notes npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv at least, that's how i ended up there npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv the longer you try to fix ecash, the closer you'll get to https://bitcoindeposits.net npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv same npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv this is the flexibility i need npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv please tell me that we've come full circle and this was ai generated npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv point your vr browser to https://atc.ynniv.com and you too can have an earlier-than-alpha experience npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv ads-b playback in vr (webxr)? npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv when you discover you have extra tokens that are about to expire npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv that's more exciting than the fancy steak 🎉 npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv i could. but the protocol can't escape without a rewrite that's so big it barely make sense to call it cashu: npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv luke was running qubes and *still* got owned? npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv https://blossom.primal.net/5a30c1317af3bb7a2d62940e919f014d40e839ab756dd26d8f9364191be42f6d.png npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv you might speak a different language, but i hear it npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv it turns out i forgot quite how cringe s.e. lain actually was. it's really quite impressive npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv wish @nprofile…7v94 was still around too npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv @nprofile…nt24 makes nostr a better place ❤️ npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv well ... depends on how people use it 🤷 npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv there's a few complexities. first, the intent of the app is primarily to be a bluetooth / wifi mesh, and many people won't use nostr at all. second, it makes a new key for every "channel", and even if you don't override your location (teleport) you make a new key for every level that you post in. third, it rotates keys sometimes - i'm not sure how often. so, there should be many more pubkeys than bitchat/nostr users npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv yes and no. they're ephemeral npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv never goes out of style npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv competition is always good news npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv what i find interesting is how much i just think about problems now. walk, and think. the part that used to take all the time has become dominated by clearly articulating the solution npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv the world feels both fast (many impactful, unexpected things happening) and slow (traditional progress). i worry that this discrepancy is systematic, and will continue to widen, creating stress and knock-on complications npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv not usually npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv "i'm assuming the client side is checking signtures" npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv i think it goes even further than sales. if you frame your idea as "better than x", you've positioned yourself to compete over the same base. i don't want deposits to compete with non-custodial lightning or even ecash ... as a percentage of the world population, the number of people running them rounds to zero npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv 🤷 potato, potato. i'm not saying primal is the best, but it's also not "paper" in the way that a nostr client that used a username/password would be npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv "i hated it before hating it was cool" 🏴☠️ npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv no. you can switch to another client at any time and keep all of your value npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv let's fix that npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv i made strong technical claims about the inability cashu to provide real privacy due to browser fingerprinting. these criticisms are based on the parts of my career involving web security, but we don't trust, we verify. here's a demonstration of the problem: npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv the best option seems to be to use ai to reduce the cost of development by a few orders of magnitude. this has its own issues (BUT TEH TRUST), but sometimes just a change of strategy creates opportunity. npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv well, yes. but they're still going to exist, and that's okay. the problem isn't "centralized services that use nostr data", it's that primal is one and it dominates the marketshare, therefore the most common nostr experience is centralized npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv the fact that we can argue over which nostr clients are "real" proves the point npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv really closing the back to the future loop here npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv #nevent1q…zsxh npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv as opposed to ... building lightning acceptance at square? a bitcoin layer 2? an operating system that's easier to defend than attack? npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv there's a fundamental tension here. it's easier to build and benefit from centralized services than distributed apps. philosophically we want distributed, permissionless, censorship resistant things, but most people, most of the time, just pick the easy one. @npub1sg6…f63m often points this out. npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv haters gonna hate. npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv thats what "permissionless" means though 🤷🏻♂️ npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv https://blossom.primal.net/ce0405a7f0208ef6344f22a96fe58afb3ae94d04d4a97cc16cba6f78cb9e4bab.png npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv i've been watching claude grind modus to pass the 1989 ANSI Common Lisp conformance tests. also boring as hell, and took a lot longer than i wanted, but exposed tons of bugs along the way npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv "i can stay autistic longer than the market can stay irrational" 🤙 npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv don't trust: verify npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv unilateral exit is misguided. maybe try doing the math npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv yes, but if the seller uses it they burn their reputation. thats unlikely to be worth it, but yes, still possible npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv don't exit 🤷🏻♂️ build a self healing network that doesn't die npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv when you're in ecash you have to assume mints last forever or confront the fact that rugging, even in the most honest case, is inevitable npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv or just ghost everyone. my solution to this in bitcoinsdeposits.net is to have public ledgers and funds controlled by someone other than the operator, so if they disappear another node just takes over npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv "i'm going to store all your deleted events and run an ecash mint that tracks everyone using it" doesn't sound like it's going to make very many friends though npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv will nitro sign that the document originated in the TEE? npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv nostr apparently needs more hackers to keep people honest npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv err... why? escrow seems to solve this. npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv curious to see how that goes npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv "i'm running inside a TEE" isn't verification. you have to publish audited, reproducible builds, that generate the key material, and somehow attest that the key was generated inside a process launched from a reproducible build on a TEE, in order to close the loop npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv https://image.nostr.build/59e671cc5e54c5f1fb851c95555678a3951c245925899549d97be0522fad1134.jpg npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv @npub1vlp…cfwp lol, speaking my language. except for apple products – they're too reliable. but i don't write software for them anymore npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv oh snap, that's slick. i'm never going to actually log in 🤣 npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv i would fat zap that 🤙 npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv no it's crap npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv distinguished! npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv shhh! it makes us look *verified* npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv it is... i packed too much into that reply. the reserves/collateral utxo degrades: 3 of 5, later 2 of 5, etc. this means that funds are never truly lost, but are locked long enough for the protocol to be effective. npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv if i was being charitable i would explain how this could solve cashu's privacy problem npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv if the minority is not honest / conforming, that's a different story and relies on the network being overcollateralized, and the conforming boundary having sufficient funds to restore operations npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv i think what you're asking is, what happens if three of five quorum members suffer a boating accident. i haven't deeply mapped this area, so let's assume the remaining two are honest / conforming. the reserves multisig will eventually allow the minority to spend, but the protocol would still require a majority to consign, which can't happen. i could change co-signing requirements to align with the degrading multisig. this would make sense because what's it matter what the ledger says if the reserves are gone. npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv yes. losing your winning lottery ticket is a form of slashing npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv miners can mine any block they want. so why do they mine consensus valid ones? npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv some people get millions of dollars to build important things npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv as in, a majority of quorum members go offline? i haven't covered that case as well as others. right now a minority would confiscate and reassign after a long period. 🤷🏻♂️ i can only do so much so quickly on my own npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv hard to pitch the whole thing in one reply. yes, you are operating a bank. but it's full reserves and you have to follow strict rules or you get slashed and someone else takes over your ledger. a form of multiparty lightning channel npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv which features a wallet uses is also their choice. simple, complex, full plaintext, partial with leaves, partial with encrypted full reference. one key, many keys, key change on idle, spend rate limiting ... it's up to the wallets, man npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv most people will never be able to afford a lightning channel. on-chain doesn't have the bandwidth, and faux-txo solutions have trust issues while still not scaling to "billions of lightning wallets" npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv been thinking about that. but, you could use a full plaintext descriptor. less private, but compatible with twelve words. you could also use a tap root plus a full, encrypted descriptor. this retains both twelve words and partial reveal. of course, you still have to find the deposit, but that can be any pubkey off the primary wallet. whole descriptors work because data is cheap off-chain npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv the simple truth is that you can never protect a browser from a web server. the only recourse is to build systems where the page can be hosted by anyone, from anywhere, and have it access important things through intermediate layers npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv which section covers browser fingerprinting and swap time correlation? npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv test cluster is down. back up soon with fancy descriptors that allow for social recovery and rate limiting npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv and not a very rational one npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv sounds like a challenge npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv bitcoindeposits.net is specifically designed around nostr relays to prevent operators from seeing you, and gift wrapped messaging to prevent relays from knowing you npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv even if you use a vpn/tor, it's very likely that your browser can be fingerprinted and identified across sessions, even with incognito mode. npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv this is inherent to all protocols based on https, which is central to cashu but not other ecash designs. npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv fine. npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv yep. trying to ensure delivery beyond best-effort will always sacrifice availability or partitionability / redundancy. npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv so does keeping old replaceable events, without making resolution a client problem npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv if you don't want replaceable events to be overwritten ... just retain them? no protocol changes required npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv i'm not saying that people don't want reliable delivery... npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv if you require sequential ordering, which relay is the point of truth? how does a client or relay keep a partial view? when is your "start" anchor? which kinds are included? do you increment the seq for giftwrapped events? do you block rendering until you've completed the chain? what if the popular relays drop one of your events, breaking the chain forever? npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv i'm trying my best to give the benefit of the doubt, man npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv the solution to ai ... is more ai npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv lame npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv this centralizes the protocol on relays and kills distribution and censorship resistance. it trades one convenience for everything that makes the protocol valuable npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv i'm tired of talking to the void npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv you stake 2x reserves in a 3 of 5 multisig of existing nodes, then operate as a full reserves bank ledger. if you're dishonest, they confiscate your funds and one of them takes over the ledger. if they're dishonest, they have their own funds that get confiscated. npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv everything's a dogwhistle in bitcoin npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv ah, that's good feedback. no one can actually steal funds though. i'll work on the copy npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv what if that liquidity had a thousand people transacting on it, and you got bps on idle funds npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv open the channels brodawg npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv lightning works pretty well when no one cares about bitcoin npub12akj8hpakgzk6gygf9rzlm343nulpue3pgkx8jmvyeayh86cfrus4x6fdh ynniv july of last year it cost $45 to open a channel
