Did you purchase this file from someone? If so, how much did you pay?

(I've been on this forum WAY too long. I'm getting cynical in my old age)

I'd like to be able to transcribe and summarize YouTube Live broadcasts via a tool like fireflies.ai.

I need a way to capture and route the audio from the live broadcast directly into the service.

I don't really have the time (or motivation) right now to solve this myself.

What would be GREAT would be if someone could get an AWS EC2 instance all set up and working to accomplish this, and then could just share the AMI so that I can fire up the instance whenever I want it, point it at a live broadcast and AI tool of my choice, and then shut it down when I'm done with it.

Does anybody here have the time and skills to set something like that up, and if so, at what cost?

It doesn't necessarily have to be an EC2 instance. That's just the first solution that came to mind. I'm open to other solutions, or even a well-written set of step-by-step instructions on exactly how to set it up myself (assuming that the steps could be followed without much knowledge, and can be completed in less than 2 hours).

I don't really follow the news in MicroStrategy, I'm more of a Bitcoin purist at heart. I was really surprised today when I saw her post with the math on it. Saylor really isn't leaving much Bitcoin for the rest of us.

https://x.com/thebitcoingal/status/1921423207602549166?s=46&t=K2piHOMJsAki_jkyqWadxg

"If we start with the first block mined on 8/10/2020 (block 643027) and end with the last block mined before 5/5/2025 (block 895295), we can calculate that 1403881.25 Bitcoin were mined during the period Strategy has been aquiring it. More than a third (39.6%) of those went to Strategy.

Another interesting way to look at it is that as of block 895295 mentioned above, Strategy effectively owns every Bitcoin mined since block 778776 mined on 3/1/2023"

I have a few questions.

• How many words do you have written on the paper. Please count them. Is it 30? Is it 50? Is it some other number?
• Is there any pattern to how they are written? Alphabetical? Length (number of letters)? Vertical list? Horizontal, comma separated? Around the circumfrence of a circle? Something else?
• How many bitcoins will you gain access to once you solve this puzzle?
• Do you have/know any of the Bitcoin addresses associated with the puzzle?
• How much did you pay to purchase this puzzle? Where did you buy it? How did the seller contact you

How much did you pay for this wallet? I hope it wasn't very much. Are they selling more?

While I see a few things about this technique that are ignored and not included in the "findings", and I believe significantly better search algorithms already exist, I'm most curious why you chose THREE, specifically, as the number of "characters" to check?  Is there something about THREE that makes it better than TWO or FOUR (or any other number)?  Have you tried your simulations with other prefix sizes to find the optimal prefix size?

Also, it seems very inefficient to take a hash (which is a large binary number), and first convert it to a string representation of its value as represented in hexadecimal, and then use string manipulation to compare "characters"?  Wouldn't it be much faster and simpler to perform a bitwise XOR between some predetermined prefix of bits of the hash computed from the list element and the same prefix of bits on the target hash.

And, if you ARE going to use XOR, is there a benefit to taking the extra steps to generate a bitwise prefix since XOR is so incredibly fast as a comparison method? In the time you spend separating the prefix from the initial hash, the XOR between the full hash values would likely already have completed, wouldn't it?

That's another thing I've enjoyed about her content. She doesn't seem to care about growing her following or to be selling anything. Instead of chasing clout, she's just sharing her experiences for those that find them interesting. It's refreshing to have something in my feed that feels real and organic.

Did you look at the content at all? None of it sounds AI generated to me, and I've seen a LOT of AI generated nonsense here on this forum. I've seen her active on several podcasts and X (Twitter) live broadcasts. She always seems to know what she's talking about on those, so it seems pretty unlikely that it's just AI generated content.

I'm not forcing anybody to follow, I just found something I've been enjoying and decided to share it. I don't really care if you decide to take a look, or wether or not you decide to click the "follow" button. However, given how little I see of any value on this forum anymore, I'm happy to share something that I found and enjoy.

Exactly. That's one of the things I really like about her content and why I said:


She's got some really good poetry, commentary on raising children, discussions of life experience, and clearly a strong belief that Bitcoin is going to play a big part in everyone's future. Most of the Bitcoin social media that I consume is hyper-fixated on the technical aspects of Bitcoin as a piece of software. I just found the more well-rounded discussions about how it's impacting someone's life and the decisions they make on a daily basis to be really refreshing and a great reminder of WHY this technology is not only interesting, but also important.  I've enjoyed her content so much the past few months, I figured others here probably would too.

I came across this person on X (Twitter) and have really been enjoying their posts for a few months now. If you're looking for some well thought out commentary on Bitcoin and life, I definitely recommend adding them to the list of people you follow:

https://x.com/thebitcoingal

There are 2²⁵⁶ possible SHA256 results when hashing the public key

There are 2¹⁶⁰ possible RIPEMD160 results when hashing the SHA256 hash result.

Since there are more SHA256 results than there are RIPEMD160 results, there must be some SHA256 results which, when hashed with RIPEMD160 will provide identical results (this is known as the pigeonhole principal).

Dividing the number of possible SHA256 results by the number of possible RIPEMD160 results, we find that, on average, each RIPEMD160 result can be computed from 2⁹⁶ different SHA256 results. That implies that there is an average of 2⁹⁶ valid private keys for each address computed with RIPEMD160 (that's 1 : 2⁹⁶ ratio, and not the 1:2 ratio that you suggested).

The odds of finding any one of those 2⁹⁶ private keys is vanishingly small. It just isn't going to happen. With nearly 2²⁵⁶ valid private keys,  and only 2⁹⁶ of them being valid for a given address, you have a 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000684% chance of a collision on each attempt.

It seems you didn't try very hard, did you?



No. Your opinion is your opinion. Facts are facts. Your opinion is not facts. Facts are not an opinion. Until you understand that, you will be incapable of presenting objective facts without being biased and including your opinion.

It sounds to me like Hal was describing something very close to the WBTC (Wrapped Bitcoin) that's managed by BitGo, Kyber, and Ren.

Cold storage has existed for as long as Bitcoin has existed.

People are dumb. They do dumb things.


What about it?


In the early days of Bitcoin, there was a LOT of fraud, there was a lot of hacking, and there was a lot of attempted businesses losing their financial backing. People lost Bitcoins to such services all the time.
Sometime law enforcement got involved (especially if it was a large enough amount lost), but often they didn't understand it well enough to be able to do anything about it.

There were many failed attempts at creating a way for people to buy and sell bitcoin. Some of them turned out to be scams, some of them got shut down by governments or lost their financial backing, some of them got hacked. Those who were around then learned quickly that self-custody is very important.


Check the reputation of the service. Get your bitcoins (or cash) out of there as fast as possible. Make several smaller purchases, rather than one large purchase to reduce exposure.


If you made the effort to learn about bitcoin and the various services before you engaged in any transactions, then there definitely was information available to help you minimize risk.

One of the best ways I found to minimize risk back then was a service called LocalBitcoins. That website would connect people locally that wanted to buy and sell and then they could meet in person at a safe and secure location to make the exchange. Taking some precautions, this was a great way to avoid needing to trust a third party with your bitcoins.

I don't understand the question. Why did 50 million people or more in the U.S. alone need to know about it? Those that are interested in technology will pay attention to what's going on. Those that aren't interested, won't.

It takes time for a population to learn about a new thing. It always has. It always will.

Bitcoin is a piece of open source software. It is not a person, and it is not a company. How exactly would you expect a piece of software to contact marketing agencies, create marketing media, and pay for advertising?

In 2011, you could learn about the existence of Bitcoin by reading the publications of Wired:

https://www.wired.com/2011/11/mf-bitcoin/


In 2014, if you wanted to learn about the existence of Bitcoin, all you needed to do was watch American football:

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2014/06/college-football-now-has-a-bowl-game-sponsored-by-bitcoin/372988/

Received pm demanding 250 € loan.

Given the level of risk inherent in such a transaction, I would require 0.02549 BTC collateral.
When would you pay back?

Don't know. Don't care. I don't live in El Salvador.

Perhaps use your telephone to call up a financial advisor in El Salvador and ask them?