M0053
M0053 (Balakay2b edition)

It is truly sad she has left the stage.
#dolly #rip #titties (lol) #ass
https://media.jmoose.rocks/81d3271daa2a3b1bbdeffbbc7b0c71ec93c87e71c2ce4c09b0f57fcd2f209e7b.mp4

2026-08-26 15:06:58 GMT

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Not laughing. 😁

2026-08-26 14:39:04 GMT

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An asymptotic shattering?

2026-08-25 22:45:29 GMT

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Oh no, I am very sorry to hear this.

2026-08-25 22:40:08 GMT

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M'lady, maketh not my heart tremble thus again.

2026-08-25 19:53:24 GMT

#RIP #Dolly Parton
What a unique human being she was. She was like a living superhero whose power was charm.

2026-08-25 16:06:28 GMT

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I appreciate this very thoughtful and thorough answer. And I agree with most of it. Your simple paragraph of the negative side of the trade-offs monero makes is quite good.
Where I believe we differ is on the current state of Bitcoin and the implicit state of it in the future. I agree Bitcoin is being used for all kinds of tomfoolery and silliness with blocks full of transactions that are out of sync with the purpose for which it was originally developed.
It's interesting, continuing to contrast Monero to Bitcoin, some of the reasons the former has emerged *currently* as a superior transactional money are exactly those same reasons.
Monero is actually being used as transactional money because it is more fungible as well as private. Ordinals on Bitcoin, for example, require a transparent base layer. You couldn't really do those on Monero. Its design makes that impractical if not impossible.
You said Bitcoin is mainly used for speculation. I think that is ignoring the store of value property that Bitcoin is also doing quite well at the moment. People complain that a good store of value is not volatile. But I almost think that's economic propaganda more than truth. Bitcoin is still bootstrapping, and in the last decade and a half its volatility has been diminishing.
I foresee that once Bitcoin has established itself as a trustworthy, worldwide, trust minimized, decentralized asset, that transactional uses will follow naturally. Of course, most of these will not be on the base chain. That has always been true since the moment of Satoshi's first email. But these are just computer science problems. Some solutions already exist.
I believe Bitcoin's transactional use will outbid the spam in the end. And I believe that SOME data on the chain is important for things like transactional systems to be built on top of it. (honestly, I think op_return just being large enough for a a few hashes to be stored is probably enough, but...)
Bitcoin's design originally and with the people who have carried the torch since the beginning has prioritized its continued decentralization over its transactional use. I think this is the right decision.
If Monero's use grows to the point that it is being universally used transactionally, its blockchain will become huge. And it will centralize.
But since we're not there yet with either Monero or Bitcoin, Monero has the advantage.
The reason I'm engaging with you is I have enjoyed your posts ever since I've been reading them and I share a lot of your views. I've also been in the Bitcoin "space" for a long time. I've seen good people branch off into other projects, not chasing after the latest shiny thing, but because they believe there's a mistake being made. Bitcoin Cash and several others frankly. Monero did not start that way, but it ended up there too.
But I think any blockchain-based cryptocurrency is going to face the same problems. And a lot of work has been done on Bitcoin to begin to solve those problems. It is also the clear schelling point in this whole realm.
I agree that parts of Bitcoin's development have been bad choices, particularly recently.
But I also believe we're not going to get another chance at this. And I think we must be careful not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. As much as I respect Luke Dashjr, I believe that's what he's doing.
Anyway, if you read all this, I appreciate it. And, again, I appreciate your heartfelt, articulate thoughts.

2026-08-25 02:16:08 GMT

WORD5 #690 3/6
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2026-08-24 18:43:46 GMT

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Also, anybody who claims they're not kind of watching it right now is lying to you. 😁

2026-08-24 18:43:14 GMT

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Kind of both actually. I'm usually watching it and over the years I've just learned to stop caring about it. So I guess yes to the frequently watching question, but no to the obsessively part.

2026-08-24 16:46:54 GMT

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Do you not think that to actually separate money from state you would have to have number go up?
Don't get me wrong. Majoring on that, concentrating on it, making it a pillar of your religious faith in Bitcoin is a mistake.
But the world is not going to use a form of money that does not hold or gain value.
I have been watching Bitcoin for a very long time. In every cycle, there's a new bad guy, a new entity that has captured Bitcoin.
It's been mtgox and China and tether and the banks and the treasury companies and the ETFs and each time we add a new bad guy and drag all the other ones back out of the closet again and parade them around.
I respect your thoughts on this, and I understand where you're coming from. I am not truly a maxi in the sense that I think most people mean. I am a giant Monero fan, for example.
But Bitcoin is for everyone. It's for the people we don't like. It's for the United States government and Iran. It's for the banks. It's for the billionaires. And if it can't survive, those people trying to control it, then we never needed all the bad guys. It was going to fail on its own.

2026-08-24 14:01:29 GMT

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I quit, then. 😁

2026-08-24 04:19:38 GMT

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Did you say Australian or Nostralian? I am not sure, you c... you c... I can't do it.

2026-08-23 23:02:00 GMT

The next thing I'm going to say is not meant to be a call for action. It is only an observation.
Timothy May was a seminal cypherpunk who wrote a book called "The Cyphernomicon." In it, he predicted and advocated for a world built around ideals of self-sovereignty, freedom, freedom of thought and expression, and privacy.
If you enjoy exploring technical concepts, it's worth a read. It's intense in places, and he understood encryption and surveillance long before most people, as well as how a counterculture might rise in defense of these fundamental rights.
One of his particularly controversial and prescient predictions was the emergence of markets where people could bet on outcomes... something we've now seen materialize in prediction markets.
This brings us to something just one step further: what May predicted would emerge as an "assassination market"... a way for individuals to anonymously pool money into a bounty that would be released to an assassin who could prove they had carried out the act.
Someone who would rob a group of people for whom this concept resonates quite strongly is brazenly foolish. We live in an age one step away from that very future.
I wonder if they now worry about a risk they may not have fully considered.
#nevent1q…70fq

2026-08-23 18:44:52 GMT

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How about we talk about that when I come back from vacation?

2026-08-23 18:23:39 GMT

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Your ability to enact that didn't have anything to do with that little piece of paper was that really long number on it that I used to roll a joint with just a minute ago, did it? I'm just riffing. Certainly nothing like that could be the case.

2026-08-23 18:09:58 GMT

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I don't see why you couldn't take some time off while we're looking for a spork?

2026-08-23 18:05:53 GMT

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Let me know if you have any time to get on to the architecture for the onboarding process for new positions. You know, sometime, you know, this week, next week, whenever you can, because we just filled another new position, (which actually happens to be you) that you will need to train and lead through the onboarding.

2026-08-23 17:54:00 GMT

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Wait what?
Cool.
I'll get right to it! Probably tomorrow if that's cool.

2026-08-23 16:15:44 GMT

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You need an incompetent vice forker?
I'm kind of between stuff right now and might be able to have time to ignore a lot of that sort of thing.
But I'm not even sure what sort of thing, though. So do I need to get my resume to somebody?

2026-08-22 18:02:24 GMT

I have been working on my own "freedom tech" infra recently... and am pleased with some of my progress. And some of it is open to anyone's use.
strfry relay: relay.jmoose.rocks
Blossom server media.jmoose.rocks
nostr tools: tools.jmoose.rocks
BTC explorer explorer.jmoose.rocks
BTC node: jmoose.rocks
Monero node: not open to public
The nostr relay is not comprehensive, but it's fast and works. Feel free to use it.
The Blossom server will allow unlimited access with a 100 year retention (lol) for my friends. If you are my friend and want this let me know. Youre on the list. But right now it's also open to all with 2 year retention. Depending on (ab)use I might pull that though. Yet if it gets uploaded I will leave it So use away!
Feel free to use the explorer. My logs stay pruned. I do not give a whoop about your data so it's a good place to do your lookups (trust me bro). I might spin up a mempool.space clone, but those things chew up so much resources... The old school BTCExplorer is as solid and fast as ever.
The Nostr tools are ways to look up events and npubs etc on various relays. It's a WIP but is mostly working. Knock yourself out.
(I am also glad to give anyoneone who wants a NIP05 address. In fact one of the next things I build will be an automated way to request that. It will cose 250 billion SATS if you expect it to work forever, and is free otherwise.
The monero node is mine, and I use it, and I am sick of the maxi/monerobro bullshit so you can't use that. GFY. But light a scented candle and put on some Barry White first.
Love,
moose.

2026-08-22 17:48:11 GMT

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This is an image post to test my blossom server... just responding to something unrelated because I am Chaotic Good.
https://media.jmoose.rocks/bb490c48f4fc716702c369ebc9eff19b23579502ed68563f3f7fa7b9108704a8.png

2026-08-22 17:14:03 GMT

Wow!
The new Yakihonne app looks great!
But pay only. AND ~$144/yr?
I do wish them luck as I want to see good new development in the nostrsphere. But there is no way I can afford this currently. :/
This is a sort of catch-22 isn't it? They should feel free to charge for their hard work. But I wonder how many accounts they will get? I suppose a handful is better than zero.

2026-08-21 22:07:43 GMT

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Monero Seed detected. I'm pretty sure I see 25 washers. 🤪

2026-08-21 22:03:24 GMT

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Wait, no, you can't leave us hanging like that. What happens after the third one?

2026-08-21 14:49:43 GMT

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I just sent my second off to college.
What a great adventure you are about to embark on. It goes faster than you think, and it will be the most important thing you do.

2026-08-21 14:14:38 GMT

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Anybody noticed the dude telling us all this just walked out of a McPalace with a three-car garage?
He's right.

2026-08-20 04:41:46 GMT

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Switch a couple lines and you have a haiku.

2026-08-20 04:23:24 GMT

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Some kind of, I just can't help it. I am still a seven year old boy inside.

2026-08-19 16:49:07 GMT

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It's an interesting question. As someone who has been interested in Monero from the very beginning I am not surprised. For many people like myself who might even call themselves "Bitcoin Maxis"... Monero is the only project that really does something that Bitcoin cannot and should not ever do. An obfuscated base layer is an architectural choice that has tremendous trade-off implications. And just like Bitcoin, in the end, there can really only be one project that successfully takes this path. To this day, Monero is that project.
It may be possible, and frankly I hope it is, that Bitcoin payment layers will eventually offer the same level of fungibility, privacy, and sovereignty that Monero offers on its base layer for the spender. And when that happens, Monero will most likely become much less important.
But until that happens... And you need to be able to send someone value without it being potentially known by anyone on Earth...
There really is currently only one choice.
Monero solves problems that Bitcoin does not even try to solve. They are not competitors, really. And people making some religious war between the two in either direction are really missing the forest for the trees.

2026-08-19 16:03:17 GMT

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... She whispered.

2026-08-18 17:29:32 GMT

I am about to go on a trip to meet a secret agent. We are planning the new world order. You will all love it, I am sure.

2026-08-18 04:17:23 GMT

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I like the stateless implementation.

2026-08-18 00:45:08 GMT

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Oh yeah baby Ima tell you a story... but I gotta remember it first!

2026-08-17 23:54:37 GMT

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I SAID I AM A KRAKALAKAH!!!

2026-08-17 23:40:55 GMT

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I'm a krakalaka

2026-08-17 20:36:40 GMT

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We are still testing it.

2026-08-17 20:35:55 GMT

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testing backup relay

2026-08-17 20:29:21 GMT

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This is also a post dammit.

2026-08-17 19:27:31 GMT

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Bu bu bu bu bu bu bu digabaga, Suba.

2026-08-17 19:05:24 GMT

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Starting to test again here.

2026-08-17 05:42:02 GMT

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Hello there Sir Muffin.

2026-08-17 05:41:53 GMT

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It's sleepy time.

2026-08-17 05:35:13 GMT

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Seriously, Moose, it's bedtime.

2026-08-17 05:27:44 GMT

I'm gonna be running tests for a while. I'll try to keep them in this stupid thread. Please forgive me. Plus I should be going to bed soon. This has been an incredibly harrowing day, and for some reason now I'm trying to fix my strfry router.

2026-08-17 01:22:44 GMT

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Oh, I think it has to be the first one. That second one is creepy. As to why we hold our dicks. It's just that we have them. It's really that simple.
Reminds me of an old favorite joke.
Two old men were playing chess on a porch somewhere in the south of the US. The guest was looking out at the lovely sunset and there in the yard was one of his friend's trusty dogs. He was leaning over the way dogs do and "cleaning himself" so to speak.
The visiting man watched a moment and lifted his eyes to his friends and said, "I wish I could do that."
His host was thoughtful for a moment. But then quickly answered. "He'll bite ya".

2026-08-17 01:17:04 GMT

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I have no idea what this means, but I like how it sounds.

2026-08-15 21:20:59 GMT

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Woo!

2026-08-15 03:30:12 GMT

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The Peter Sellers Pink Panther series. Almost all of it.

2026-08-14 04:25:15 GMT

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What does that even mean?

2026-08-14 01:34:00 GMT

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Pfft.
Looks like you're going to make two people's ignore list.

2026-08-13 22:17:25 GMT

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It's too bad that she taints and otherwise very good point that she makes by shitting on "white guys".
But that's just the thing. We don't want any small groups having power.
When we can't agree on the solution, then anarchy is the answer for that problem.

2026-08-13 22:11:06 GMT

#flock #bip39 #doom #doooooooom!
Pack it up everybody. The jig is up. There's no way out of this one. They've had one of those damn things in the seed words since the very beginning!
https://npub1qktjyk0vdqlfss7wztawdnka5phx2p3vlvq50x0z402jk2fjhtnqlx9qas.blossom.band/a24648662818ed8e0336ea4e378318f1763ad687d6f0a946ee22c22511480044.jpg

2026-08-13 18:31:08 GMT

Calling the 12th (or 24th) word in your mnemonic seed"the checksum" is technically incorrect. It also contains 3 (or 7) bits of your base entropy. The checksum is only the remaining 8 (or 4) bits.

2026-08-13 15:37:12 GMT

WORD5 #678 2/6
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https://otherstuff.ai/word5/
Lucky!

2026-08-13 15:33:34 GMT

So, a couple things about the #Boltz situation.
First, I think is overall good that people are thinking so adversarily about it.
And as far as I can tell, services like Boltz are absolutely integral to scaling Bitcoin as close to the base layer as possible.
But until we have proof of shenanigans, I am going to cautiously watch to see if the people stepping in to run the project have good or bad intentions.
Finally, I am going to predict that either Samson Mow and/or #Jan3 and possibly #BullBitcoin / Francis Pouliot will be the people picking this up. Their business was built on it and they have the vision for it. Plus, they probably have the financial backing to be able to run it on the level it will need to be run.
I believe that will seal the deal for some people that this is rigged, but personally I trust those Bitcoiners who have shown over many years that they want to build bitcoin the right way.
And yes, I used the word trust.

2026-08-13 01:11:06 GMT

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I speculate Samson/JAN3.

2026-08-13 00:07:50 GMT

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If there's a fork all bitcoinners get it.

2026-08-12 19:39:49 GMT

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Wait....

2026-08-12 05:45:57 GMT

WORD5 #677 3/6
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https://otherstuff.ai/word5/

2026-08-11 20:52:54 GMT

Ross Perot was right.

2026-08-11 13:53:02 GMT

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Thus shall it be.

2026-08-10 22:38:55 GMT

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https://npub1qktjyk0vdqlfss7wztawdnka5phx2p3vlvq50x0z402jk2fjhtnqlx9qas.blossom.band/ea675a29293fe68db75657b74ba624e513874b28fcd42168100e6bcd41a5f8a0.jpg

2026-08-10 22:35:58 GMT

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Oh, so this was more of an Indica.

2026-08-10 22:27:08 GMT

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But then you surprise all of us by playing this right after taking the biggest rip.
https://npub1qktjyk0vdqlfss7wztawdnka5phx2p3vlvq50x0z402jk2fjhtnqlx9qas.blossom.band/d6c4b635ae1715f3c27efa878f59f8cc02b994e64020517cafcd9f963aeba954.mp3

2026-08-10 04:19:55 GMT

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Is this awesome? Or creepy? Or crawesome? https://image.nostr.build/3c0448bf7de29bb7caf401463223afc55d2596906ed73976d62f1ab35d91bd8d.jpg

2026-08-10 00:01:31 GMT

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Where have you been? I'm glad you're back. ❤️😁

2026-08-10 00:01:06 GMT

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https://github.com/mutatrum/nostr-follow-recovery
Not sure if this one is any good, but somewhere for you to start if you wish.

2026-08-09 23:58:04 GMT

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There are ways back from this. Someone built an app online somewhere that will restore your old follow list. You can resurrect that if you want to. It's just going to take a little searching and doing... if I find the link I'll let you know.

2026-08-09 21:08:03 GMT

http://shelf.mooose.art/i/uploads/46176fc5_6a78d82d.png
People are laughing at Ocean for doing this and missing the point entirely. Bitcoin won in that moment. And a single node operator spoke loud and clear.
So... people can hate on Luke... but at the same time he is helping develop some of the most important tech bitcoin needs as soon as possible.
So yeah... nothing happened yesterday.
And everything did.
Read the article: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178336.msg67027634#msg67027634

2026-08-09 15:50:01 GMT

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Not to mention the fact that you can make one into a clock. ☕👻

2026-08-09 03:33:57 GMT

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Oh, I want to believe so badly that that's a real picture and not AI.

2026-08-09 03:26:00 GMT

I think something is very important here.
All of us have been bombarded by messages saying one side of this argument is retarded or evil or in a means of bitcoin and the other are doing things to make sure that it keeps running well.
The people on the other side of this are not your enemies. They are not people who want something very different than you do even. They're people with a difference of opinion on how this should play out.
They saw it a different way.
There's no need to hate them.

2026-08-09 02:59:00 GMT

This honestly makes me sad.
I have been in Bitcoin almost as long as Luke may be exactly as long.
Luke has been one of the most important contributors to the project from the very beginning.
He has a natural strong bent towards contrarian and adversarial thinking. He tends to believe and act in the extreme.
I believe he cares about what Bitcoin is deeply and probably even sees the project as something that would protect against evil currencies in the digital age.
I agree with him on so many parts of why he is fighting.
This is not a minor loss to Bitcoin.
But Bitcoin is not about one guy.
Sigh.
#nevent1q…fkrj

2026-08-09 02:24:41 GMT

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Dude, you win the metaphor award for August 8th 2026th.

2026-08-09 02:23:39 GMT

The good/bad news depending on where you're at on the whole thing looks like #bip110 went over like a lead balloon at least so far.
And there are rumors and people talking about switching to a different proof of work algorithm, which would leave the Bitcoin miners as they exist on the chain that the majority considers Bitcoin, and then another coin would emerge with a complete different POW algorithm and a shared history.
As far as I can think through it, this is the least toxic end to this for those who believe #bip-110 was a mistake.

2026-08-08 17:31:11 GMT

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This is why I recently switched back over to Core 29.
I love the idea of there being less spam. I love the idea of doing simple things to restrict the amount of data that can be crammed into the Bitcoin blockchain.
But I also believe transactions that have a payload that does something useful, like data anchors for monetary uses, etc., are extremely valuable in having a little space to do that while still letting it be prunable for other note runners is good as well.
The two camps are too extreme for me.
One side seems to understand the game theory better.

2026-08-08 15:29:39 GMT

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jmoose.rocks Fulcrum[2665]: [2026-08-08 10:18:44.341] <Controller> Processed height: 912000, 94.9%, 36.1 blocks/min, 1928.1 txs/sec, 4425.2 addrs/sec
So close 😁

2026-08-08 15:25:21 GMT

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Wine is one of the best paid relays (more than one). I used it for a couple years myself. But I also run my own relay nowadays and have for over a year as well. And it is certainly possible to have a small number of relays that give you reliable, good service.
You are absolutely welcome to use my relay without any charge, although I guarantee nothing. It has been working quite well for some time now.
The only catch is I have it down temporarily since it shares the same mechanical drive as my blockchain and fulcrum instances. And fulcrum is finally in the 90th percent range of sinking, so in the next day or so, I'll be bringing the relay back up. Like I said, feel free to use it. Maybe it will help.
relay.jmoose.rocks
(again, I expect it to be back up and responding within the next 24 or 36 hours, I imagine. Also, it's in Helsinki, so depending on where you are in the earth, you may have a few milliseconds of latency. 🤪)

2026-08-08 13:26:35 GMT

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You are welcome!

2026-08-08 03:41:23 GMT

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Tempests in a teapot.

2026-08-08 03:31:39 GMT

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2026-08-07 22:43:30 GMT

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I see your vote.
You run a node?

2026-08-07 17:56:06 GMT

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I'm really kind of worried that a lot of us are about to become two coiners.

2026-08-07 16:52:50 GMT

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https://npub1qktjyk0vdqlfss7wztawdnka5phx2p3vlvq50x0z402jk2fjhtnqlx9qas.blossom.band/b2eb300ccd7ea6cf6a4465a125362a22f1425359c438835988b5aaf6d8c18a86.jpg
https://npub1qktjyk0vdqlfss7wztawdnka5phx2p3vlvq50x0z402jk2fjhtnqlx9qas.blossom.band/b2eb300ccd7ea6cf6a4465a125362a22f1425359c438835988b5aaf6d8c18a86.jpg

2026-08-07 15:39:41 GMT

#bip110 #knots #core
So the coinkite thing sucked up on my attention.
Where we at on the signaling thing? Are there two bitcoins yet?

2026-08-06 21:55:53 GMT

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If this is the case, (and unfortunately, it is much better than a non-zero chance, seemingly) then I would suggest that certain people have never read any of the writings of the cypherpunks, because if they had, they may have heard of a lot of the values and ideals that they seem to have ignored. And then other wild things, for example... assassination markets.

2026-08-06 21:48:36 GMT

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Too late

2026-08-06 19:47:22 GMT

#coldcard #hack #entropy #sad
#CoinKite cannot come back from this.
Even if they could rebuild the lost trust the company AND principals (due to negligence piercing the LLC/corporate protections) are going to be sued into oblivion.
The only HONORABLE move @nvk and @coinkite can do is simple:
They should FULLY make both the hardware and software 100% open source. This would allow the community to rescue the existing devices and project from being useless.
This is also the most effective, if not only way for the people behind this debacle to regain a small amount of respect in the community.
And... It is right.
Not holding my breath... I assume the lawyers and liquidators will be running the show soon.

2026-08-06 05:35:20 GMT

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Lol. Agree. The HRNG in a pi zero is going to be way better than some custom roll your own in an esp32 like environment.

2026-08-06 05:28:38 GMT

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https://npub1qktjyk0vdqlfss7wztawdnka5phx2p3vlvq50x0z402jk2fjhtnqlx9qas.blossom.band/7b307cb4c768bb3df5533f117d86659597049580f67943bc63162fd7e794d3de.jpg

2026-08-06 05:25:42 GMT

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I'm nobody. New to this bitcoin thing.
As to the statement. I saw remorse. Not rooting for him. He made his bed.

2026-08-06 05:23:43 GMT

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Lol. I'm no one. New to bitcoin. Nyknyc.

2026-08-06 04:31:50 GMT

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He did apologize. In a statement.

2026-08-06 04:31:14 GMT

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In the US this would easily be ruled negligence which will pierce the protections from the LLC or corporation.
Not sure aboot Canada.

2026-08-06 01:50:31 GMT

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Yeah, I remember when Specter was the overly complicated wallet that certain people were suggesting to non-technical folks to use. Nowadays, it's Sparrow, which I absolutely love, but I think we should be more careful who we suggest use things like wallets where you can set derivation paths, etc.

2026-08-06 01:27:16 GMT

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After watching Jameson Lopp mock his customer base, it became easy for me to strike this company from my list. I will never do business with a company with a founder who makes fun of the people who would be his customers.
Some of us will not forget.
There are other companies that do this same kind of job, but are led by people who have respect for others.
I suggest that anyone interested in forging a business relationship with a company that's doing something as important as helping them custody their Bitcoin should make sure that they're comfortable with the people leading it. To be honest, I think we've seen enough of what that kind of leadership begets even in recent days.
Hard no from me.