TheCharlatan
Reproducibility Matters

The two things that irked me was the misunderstanding around soft forks and the constant comparison of our engineering with aircraft engineering. Aircrafts have an intense maintenance schedule, last 30 years, and have a long supply chain. Things that don't translate well to what we do.
I also got the impression that the past soft forks were apparently in the disinterest of miners, when in truth miners were often fighting users over increasing the block size. The idea that past miner expectation has to be fulfilled at any cost seems bad too. There is no single expectation and it is not clear which point in time we should take to measure this expectation. I get the feeling that the whole argument seemingly caters to the big public mining companies. But we already have soft fork activation mechanisms for them to express their opinions, so the whole line of arguments feels like a straw man for what you already pointed out as a 'gold bug' vision.
Cash on the internet is my goal and this seems to be running against it a bit.

2024-06-01 22:13:19

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2024-05-29 18:40:57

"We are 138"
Banger.

2024-05-29 09:52:33

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Nice interview, liked how the limits of "ossification" were layed out.

2024-05-26 17:44:27

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Eh, I listened to it again in full and Peter actually does ask some decent questions.

2024-05-26 08:23:34

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Need an actual dev to ask him this question. Someone who might to not ask a strawman question leading him to provide a strawman answer.

2024-05-22 17:37:24

🍕

2024-05-22 10:09:34

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Ok, I'll bite. Why is that bad?

2024-05-16 09:48:24

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Everyday. https://image.nostr.build/bfd16e297a6669a6ce5f2eab52fcbd762c5f6e40f3239e59ea7ac18063a5cfc1.jpg

2024-05-14 09:18:49

"My name is Henry, and you are here with me now."

2024-05-04 22:21:45

Trust me, the Ballmer Peak is real. https://image.nostr.build/61419f6ca3cb0b8988925056c288f1e1d078894261737770e4831efc2ad45980.jpg

2024-05-04 00:12:15

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Yes, at least once a day.

2024-04-30 22:45:06

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Why the tennis balls?

2024-04-29 10:52:20

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50 rolls of toilet paper.

2024-04-27 10:27:51

Why is my riscv devboard running more stable than my Ryzen desktop?

2024-04-24 20:35:39

Tjoppies en slaai 🤤

2024-04-23 19:01:50

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How about ALSO Haskell? 😎

2024-04-23 18:18:53

Gotta say, using 4 programming languages at the same time to work on the bitcoin kernel is kind of fun.

2024-04-23 09:44:25

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Who owns it? Nobody knows. 😑

2024-04-23 08:54:56

Huh, so std::shared_ptr really is evil.

2024-04-10 08:00:47

It's simple really: You ossify, you die.

2024-04-01 17:02:53

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💩

2024-03-31 20:25:50

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It's for Bitcoin Core

2024-03-30 10:08:46

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Was just picking up cat shit and closing a hole this morning 🫠

2024-03-29 12:46:12

Is there a more efficient way to review build system changes without waiting minutes at a time, inevitably leading to me slacking?

2024-03-21 11:33:05

ngl, morale is bad right now.

2024-03-18 17:10:36

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This is unwatchable if you understand french.

2024-03-18 17:06:00

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Nice sleuthing :)

2024-03-14 23:31:26

Sorted out my last leg of civil service in a few months. Going to be commuting to a pasture for de-bushing work and natural stone walling.

2024-03-02 12:02:46

Harvested the winter leek and dumped all of it into a risotto.

2024-01-22 20:43:47

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Mmmh https://github.com/orgs/bitcoin/projects/3?pane=issue&itemId=27617957

2024-01-12 22:35:35

Bitcoin is now an ETF, but has anybody asked it if it is also DTF?

2023-12-21 10:45:44

Script was a mistake.

2023-12-04 22:12:57

Asynchronously processing Bitcoin Core validation events through the kernel library in Rust?
✅

2023-12-01 23:57:21

Feeling much more confident about the kernel these past few days. The progress is going to be glacial, but we might just be able to pull it off.

2023-11-24 19:47:03

Does this help cash on the internet?

2023-11-19 18:03:38

"The word 'crypto' today represents a repugnant abomination, a festering swamp of duplicity and moral decay, so utterly despicable and irreparably tainted that it casts a dark shadow over the noble aspirations of Bitcoin. This loathsome 'industry', birthed from the most corrupt recesses of greed and deception, deserves nothing but to be vehemently denounced and abandoned, lest its foul stench continues to defile the purity of Bitcoin's visionary premise."

2023-11-14 14:54:24

Noooooo, stop having fun online, noooooo

2023-11-09 20:00:42

One thing that's been at the back of mind is that I feel like integration across racial boundaries took a step back again in South Africa. I saw fewer interracial couples, and fewer white people hanging out with black and coloured people. In general felt like everyone was keeping closer to their communities again. Not saying this a real thing, but it left enough of an impression, that I'm writing this.

2023-11-09 19:35:14

Nice evening yesterday.
https://image.nostr.build/8f2d4014b5e7dfcc698710fc7d0b13dd1857b14f7cb0ebcd6bff72177a70fe17.jpg

2023-11-05 17:02:25

Metal in the hands, metal in the ears.

2023-11-03 12:26:25

Would YOU integrate a "cerealization" protocol library in Bitcoin Core?

2023-10-28 23:47:52

For Siya.

2023-10-27 17:13:31

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Few are more deserving.

2023-10-20 11:31:07

Breakfast ramen: 👎/👍?

2023-10-19 07:42:43

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We call it "Pampe" in this household, which translates to "Mush".

2023-09-23 12:39:27

Deploy people not software.

2023-09-22 00:03:13

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I feel like this applies to specced protocols in general, but not sure about Bitcoin. The problem is that its consensus is always re-implemented from a reference client, and a bug free reimplementation is close to impossible imo.

2023-09-21 23:25:15

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Have fun!

2023-09-21 22:49:20

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Yeah, ask me again in four years.

2023-09-21 20:14:20

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Even though the pay elsewhere is better, I absolutely prefer work on Bitcoin Core. It is an inspiring project.

2023-09-12 23:12:22

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Where is this?

2023-09-08 19:35:12

The donkey's running again.
https://image.nostr.build/fb3c0b26d1e75f0079fed078a595ac3fab3f4a6068f5861d6e82daa95352e912.jpg

2023-08-31 16:37:58

The only boost I want is for my morale.

2023-08-12 20:26:11

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We all are 😁

2023-08-12 08:43:53

He fast
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/1tD2S0OwwCQ8XwycaI6D.gif

2023-08-07 17:18:04

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And... it's done https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/26296

2023-07-26 12:36:45

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I thought I could come up with some clever retort how deniability helps enforce layer isolation and helps keeping OTR carrier agnostic, but I dont think there is anything there either.

2023-07-25 23:21:16

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Is your gripe weak deniability or deniability in general?

2023-07-25 22:40:08

That feeling when you are finally done with a pesky review and can move on to other stuff.

2023-07-22 20:11:05

Bredie and roast. #foodstr
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2023-07-20 20:16:11

Already the third harvest this summer :)
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/3dgNqYdVUV6R89M14aV7.jpg

2023-07-13 19:23:20

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Still upset about this.

2023-07-09 11:43:19

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Guessing this is in response to the new silent payment format, but then what about this part of the BIP: Therefore, a URI scheme should not represent an exchange of personal information, but a one-time payment.

2023-07-05 23:45:27

Ripped my favorite pants ☹️

2023-07-04 23:54:57

Clang tidy plugins are the way to safer code thanks to their contract enforcing capabilities. We should land them in Bitcoin Core.

2023-06-23 10:04:30

In the end we're all just a bunch of awkward nerds.

2023-06-21 15:13:04

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Are you only using them for compost?

2023-06-12 19:03:28

So Fedi is pretty cool.

2023-05-26 10:50:12

It really is a memepool, isn't it?

2023-05-23 13:54:27

In Bitcoin Core we don't do pull requests, we do bull requests.