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1201  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: NFTs in the Bitcoin blockchain - Ordinal Theory on: June 05, 2023, 08:11:22 AM
Plus WHO is Casey Rodarmor? Where was he during the scaling debate, and which side of the debate did he go in favor? What were his other contributions in Bitcoin?
Maybe he's a new BTC developer.
Obviously, but WHO is he, and what were his other contributions in Bitcoin, or open source? Have you noticed that Google has very little information about him before Ordinals? Plus in gmaxwell's post, why would he tweet something like, "Really a kick in the teeth for the authors of segwit", with an added piece of misinformation.
https://twitter.com/rodarmor/status/1614076795082641410
"Kick in the teeth"? Is he saying that with vindictiveness?
I doubt that Casey Rodamor is even close to the "villian" that you are suggesting that he might be.. even if some of the later developments might have been to strive to evolve cardinals/inscriptions into various ways to attempt to attack bitcoin - whether physically and/or socially.   and your harping on his "kick in the teeth" post was already characterized by GMaxwell as a misunderstanding that Rodamor seemed to have had, rather than as if Rodamor was wanting to be "vindicitive" as you seem to want to read into the situation, Wind_FURY.
I know it's sometimes hard to interpret the tone behind a forum post. I assure you that I was asking for opinions with sincerity if truly there's some vindictiveness in that tweet. Because for me there's a softer way of phrasing it instead of "kick in the teeth", followed by, I'll stop saying it's misinformation, the wrong assumption.
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Rodamor seems to have a decent amount of skills to have had identified ways to get the cardinals/inscription thing going on bitcoin.. within the available rules.. I doubt that he would characterize himself as a new developer, but I recall that he had said that he had worked at Coinbase for a while, and he had said something about reviewing bitcoin code.. and may even participating in some of the discussions around development, which he likely would have to have some programming skills and abilities to know how the cardinal/inscriptions code would fit into being used in bitcoin, since he seems to have had been innovative in terms of the way that ordinals/inscriptions were introduced.. and that it was a kind of niche that no one had previously exploited (whether thinking about exploiting in a good or a bad way... which I am still not presuming ordinals/inscriptions to necessarily be bad even though there seems to be some later evidence that some of the BRC20 angle of the ordinals are being manipulated by Ayer/Wright - even if Greg (Gmaxwell) might not wanted to have wanted to use shittwat Wright's name within this discussion.

Rodamor had discussed cardinals and inscriptions on several bitcoin podcasts and gave reasons why to develop cardinals/inscriptions on bitcoin (and why not do it on shitcoins)... He had quite a few appearances on podcasts - especially right around the time that the cardinals/inscriptions went live in January/February 2023  (do you need me to provide some links? so you can actually listen to the ways that he discusses how he got into the ideas of cardinals/inscriptions), and he even has his own podcast (and has not had a new episode in the last few months)
I don't doubt his skills as a coder. I was merely curious what his previous contribitions were, because there's mostly nothing said about him before Ordinals when I do a search.

His opinion and what was he in favor during the scaling debate will truly say a lot about him. I'm not saying it will be good or bad, I'm not here to judge him. Merely curious.

Of course, it is not easy to judge character of any of the people in the bitcoin space, and sometimes they might seem genuine, but really have evil motives... so sometimes any of us might go by our own hunches, and even though Rodamor is not completely famous, there is quite a bit of content out there of him participating in interviews, discussions, talking about himself and talking about his views of bitcoin and various bitcoin related matters, including arts and some of his distastes that has evolved regarding scams in the shitcoin space (especially ethereum).   I just happened to have had listened to most (if not all) of the Hell Podcast episodes after I had heard Rodamor in an interview in some other podcast  (probably around the end of 2022), and Rodamor is pretty well liked (and even trusted to be a genuine and good actor) by a lot of folks in the bitcoin maximalist circles, even though some of the bitcoin maximalists did not really like some of what he had done in regards to cardinals/inscriptions, but I think that Rodamor has been able to defend himself quite well in terms of working within the code and largely having decently good intentions in terms of trying to expand bitcoin's use cases.. and I am not even suggesting that I necessarily agree with him and/or all of the points that he makes.. and surely I have not been hearing (or seeing him) much in the past couple of months, including that I doubt that he had much involvement in the BRC20 developments...

I don't have any problem with your wanting to be skeptical of motives of some persons in the bitcoin space, including persons that you don't know very well in terms of having had not seen their content,


I'm not skeptical of his motives, I'm just curious on what he was in favor for during the scaling debate, Segwit or bigger blocks. Merely a personal curiosity, although he's a smart guy. He probably supported Segwit.

Since you said that you have listened to all of the episodes in his podcast, then you probably have heard him talk about his viewpoint?

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but I doubt that Rodamor is as evasive and lacking as content as you seem to be making him out to be, and likely when you are making superficial assertions about his potential vindictiveness or evil intents, you may well be getting that kind of information from bad and/or ill-informed sources... even if Greg was one of your sources.. hahahahahaha for the "kick in the teeth" reference.


I never said or suggested he's evasive, but there is lacking content about what he was doing before Ordinals. I also never said that he was vindictive, I asked what everyone thought about his proclamation in his tweet, whether it sounded vindictive or not.

Plus gmaxwell isn't the source, Casey literally posted it himself in a tweet.

I think it's usually useless to debate motivations: either it's unambiguous, in which case there is no debate... or it's not and there will be no resolution.  


You're right, I'll stop asking.

 Cool
1202  Bitcoin / Hardware wallets / Re: Ledger Recovery - Send your (encrypted) recovery phrase to 3rd parties entities on: June 05, 2023, 07:50:13 AM

The solution is simple - avoid any platform which requires KYC.

Life gets very hard if you do so, especially if you actively travel. But probably that's the price of privacy, just wonder how long can one keep living in such a discomfort.


Or you can choose to trust this fake messiah[1] (Ledger CEO). ~ 2 weeks have passed from the announcement of Ledger Recover and he's already going out and giving speeches in keynotes, sharing "his outlook for the future, the UX needed to enable mass adoption, and how crypto can protect our online identity. Thank you for the inspiring words!" They keep preaching about "how can crypto protect their online identity" when, at the same time, they are offering services that will link your own identity to the funds that you currently hold (optional, as always  Roll Eyes). Isn't this ironical?

What is even worse is that there are actually some providers that agree with Ledger stance on embracing more users by providing easier entry points[2]:

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For instance, Madar highlighted that one of the biggest challenges associated with cryptocurrency is that it’s too complex for many users. “Specifically, keeping track of your physical device and seed phrase for years is far from trivial for the average person. Every user should be able to back up their keys somewhere,” he said.


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Echoing this, Marvin Janssen, co-founder of hardware wallet provider Ryder, told Cointelegraph that Ledger Recover might appeal to mainstream customers. “It absolutely happens that people, especially those new to Web3, lose access to their wallet because of a faulty or complete lack of a backup. A feature like Ledger Recover can, therefore, definitely help,” he said.


How can anyone agree that, with a simple update, independently or not if I choose to take part of it, my device will have a "dormant" code that could be exploited in the future and thus voiding everything that the product & company stands for? That's madness!



[1]https://nitter.it/thecryptovalley/status/1664691045299376138

[2]https://cointelegraph.com/news/ledger-ceo-says-crypto-key-recovery-service-makes-self-custody-easier


Shower thought. Is it possible that if a user has enabled the recovery feature, and has his/her data held by a third party, then it's probable that a government entity could issue a written order telling the third party to give them access to then user's coins/savings?

Because I believe the user has given up some of his/her rights upon upload of his/her own data. Don't third parties always have Terms of Agreement that users never read?

 Cool
1203  Bitcoin / Wallet software / A Non-Custodial wallet, Atomic Wallet, being compromised on: June 03, 2023, 04:55:12 PM
This announcement/warning made six hours ago through Atomic Wallet's Twitter account.

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We have received reports of wallets being compromised. We are doing all we can to investigate and analyse the situation. As we have more information, we will share it accordingly.

For any questions and concerns, contact support@atomicwallet.io

https://twitter.com/AtomicWallet/status/1664946301815910400?cxt=HHwWgMCzneP1iZsuAAAA


It's still being investigated, and no one actually knows if their software is really being compromised or not. But better be safe than to lose all of your coins/savings. If you're an Atomic Wallet user, send them out to another wallet ASAP.
1204  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Proof of work comes to Tor on: June 03, 2023, 03:13:04 PM
Hopefully this puts an end to DDoS on Tor.

Oh it will alright, but it will also get Greenpeace's angry wrath  Cheesy  At this point, these watchdogs should just go after Netflix, your IDE, software updater, and all your games for your COU contributing to the carbon footprint. We shall hear what they have to say about this eventually, if their XRP fallguy they even care at all Roll Eyes


Don't worry about "Green Peace", their people at the top don't actually care. Tin-foil hats on, but just like the World Economic Forum, it's merely one of the organizations created to help achieve the elite's Globalist Agenda.


Saw online while trying to understand more on the attack a term called hactivist

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https://gridinsoft.com/blogs/ddos-for-hire-used-by-hacktivists/ The reason for the recent uprising of DDoS attack and, particularly, DDoS-for-hire services, is hacktivists activity. Hacktivism has evolved from loosely structured groups to a more mature ecosystem with diverse motivations and sources. It got a massive punch particularly after the beginning of the Russia-Ukrainian war.

As a result, hacktivist groups have become more organized and conduct military-like operations with precise positioning and clear objectives



won't this organized attack pose a threat to the system in its early adoption? But in all I wish the project success because having a network that boast of good anonymity is uncommon


It will, just like how miners could be hired and be a threat against nascent altcoins, BUT it's not without a cost which is the point of POW. Want to attack it? Pay the price because sometimes it won't be cheap.
1205  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: June 02, 2023, 10:57:12 AM
My small brain says that it's so improbable for BTC1 = $1 billion as proclaimed, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5454591.0

BUT if we're lucky enough, I would suggest that you keep that you're HODLing Bitcoin only to yourself, not even your relatives and close friends should know. Believe me, wealth doesn't entirely change the person who made the wealth. It changes those people around the person because they know he/she has made wealth.

In my personal experience the "wealth change" wasn't that much during last ATH, but if Bitcoin surges to $1 billion, I probably should go into hiding.
1206  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: NFTs in the Bitcoin blockchain - Ordinal Theory on: June 02, 2023, 07:42:10 AM
Plus WHO is Casey Rodarmor? Where was he during the scaling debate, and which side of the debate did he go in favor? What were his other contributions in Bitcoin?
Maybe he's a new BTC developer.
Obviously, but WHO is he, and what were his other contributions in Bitcoin, or open source? Have you noticed that Google has very little information about him before Ordinals? Plus in gmaxwell's post, why would he tweet something like, "Really a kick in the teeth for the authors of segwit", with an added piece of misinformation.
https://twitter.com/rodarmor/status/1614076795082641410
"Kick in the teeth"? Is he saying that with vindictiveness?

I doubt that Casey Rodamor is even close to the "villian" that you are suggesting that he might be.. even if some of the later developments might have been to strive to evolve cardinals/inscriptions into various ways to attempt to attack bitcoin - whether physically and/or socially.   and your harping on his "kick in the teeth" post was already characterized by GMaxwell as a misunderstanding that Rodamor seemed to have had, rather than as if Rodamor was wanting to be "vindicitive" as you seem to want to read into the situation, Wind_FURY.


I know it's sometimes hard to interpret the tone behind a forum post. I assure you that I was asking for opinions with sincerity if truly there's some vindictiveness in that tweet. Because for me there's a softer way of phrasing it instead of "kick in the teeth", followed by, I'll stop saying it's misinformation, the wrong assumption.

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Rodamor seems to have a decent amount of skills to have had identified ways to get the cardinals/inscription thing going on bitcoin.. within the available rules.. I doubt that he would characterize himself as a new developer, but I recall that he had said that he had worked at Coinbase for a while, and he had said something about reviewing bitcoin code.. and may even participating in some of the discussions around development, which he likely would have to have some programming skills and abilities to know how the cardinal/inscriptions code would fit into being used in bitcoin, since he seems to have had been innovative in terms of the way that ordinals/inscriptions were introduced.. and that it was a kind of niche that no one had previously exploited (whether thinking about exploiting in a good or a bad way... which I am still not presuming ordinals/inscriptions to necessarily be bad even though there seems to be some later evidence that some of the BRC20 angle of the ordinals are being manipulated by Ayer/Wright - even if Greg (Gmaxwell) might not wanted to have wanted to use shittwat Wright's name within this discussion.

Rodamor had discussed cardinals and inscriptions on several bitcoin podcasts and gave reasons why to develop cardinals/inscriptions on bitcoin (and why not do it on shitcoins)... He had quite a few appearances on podcasts - especially right around the time that the cardinals/inscriptions went live in January/February 2023  (do you need me to provide some links? so you can actually listen to the ways that he discusses how he got into the ideas of cardinals/inscriptions), and he even has his own podcast (and has not had a new episode in the last few months)


I don't doubt his skills as a coder. I was merely curious what his previous contribitions were, because there's mostly nothing said about him before Ordinals when I do a search.

His opinion and what was he in favor during the scaling debate will truly say a lot about him. I'm not saying it will be good or bad, I'm not here to judge him. Merely curious.
1207  Economy / Services / Re: [CFNP] SINBAD.IO [Mix Your BTC Quickly] Signature Campaign | Up-to $150/w on: June 02, 2023, 07:22:33 AM

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1208  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: NFTs in the Bitcoin blockchain - Ordinal Theory on: June 01, 2023, 11:47:09 AM
Plus WHO is Casey Rodarmor? Where was he during the scaling debate, and which side of the debate did he go in favor? What were his other contributions in Bitcoin?


Maybe he's a new BTC developer.


Obviously, but WHO is he, and what were his other contributions in Bitcoin, or open source? Have you noticed that Google has very little information about him before Ordinals? Plus in gmaxwell's post, why would he tweet something like, "Really a kick in the teeth for the authors of segwit", with an added piece of misinformation.

https://twitter.com/rodarmor/status/1614076795082641410

"Kick in the teeth"? Is he saying that with vindictiveness?
1209  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: NFTs in the Bitcoin blockchain - Ordinal Theory on: May 31, 2023, 04:42:10 PM

So what's the gist here?

There's a conspiracy against BTC from big blockers? Shocked


Gist? No, just questions.

Who is the entity that made 80% of inscriptions?

If the information that user apps built for Ordinals and BRC-20 were also built by devs who made apps for BCash SV, then is the entity and the developers connected in some way?

Plus WHO is Casey Rodarmor? Where was he during the scaling debate, and which side of the debate did he go in favor? What were his other contributions in Bitcoin?
1210  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Lightning Labs just made "Taproot Assets" v0.2 a BRC20 alternative. on: May 31, 2023, 07:57:01 AM

The most compelling one is LayerTwo Labs. No token, just Drivechains, https://layertwolabs.com/

That anything to do with BIP300, 301 I'm hearing about lately?


Yes it does. The co-founder and CEO of LayerTwo Labs is Drivechains creator Paul Sztorc, https://layertwolabs.com/about

He's brilliant developer, but regarded as a cry-baby by the Bitcoin community because, in conferences, it's the way he complains why BIP-300/301 are not being considered by the Core Developers. It's just he lacks some social skills in my opinion.


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OP, but the problem, Ordinals/NFT users want to store their dick pics and fart sounds in a bank vault, not in a museum. They believe it's part of the attraction, and part of what makes them "more valuable".

Wind FURY nailed it. This spam only has value because it is being immortalized in something valuable - the Bitcoin blockchain.

Unfortunately, this is coming at the cost of Bitcoin's original purpose as a peer-to-peer method of exchange. It is destroying it's value.

This bug is acting more like a parasite that is killing it's host. Lightning is not a real solution and this BRC-20 bug needs to be patched.


Technically not a bug. But if it's a bug in your opinion, then it's a feature to someone else's opinion.
1211  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: NFTs in the Bitcoin blockchain - Ordinal Theory on: May 31, 2023, 07:37:29 AM
I have read through a topic saying that there's a possibility that those building on top of Ordinals, and the BRC-20 "Standard?" are Craig Wright's minions from the Flat-Earthers' Society. I thought it was laughable and from a person who merely wanted drama until I read this,

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TLDR

We have analyzed all Ordinal Inscriptions created since Bitcoin block 779832, which marks the introduction of the BRC-20 standard. It appears that 80% of all inscriptions created in early-mid May 2023 belong to a single person or entity that controls a single public key, 117f692257b2331233b5705ce9c682be8719ff1b2b64cbca290bd6faeb54423e. Between March 7, 2023 (the introduction of BRC-20), and May 25, 2023, this entity accounted for 64% of all inscriptions. Their transaction fees amount to 1056 BTC, single-handedly influencing the regime of the entire blockchain.

https://block21m.substack.com/p/most-bitcoin-inscriptions-belong-d6d


Plus the timing of Casey Rodarmor's resignation as lead developer of Ordinals,



Who's the new lead maintainer? What's his background?
1212  Bitcoin / Mining / Re: Russia Becomes World’s Second-Largest Crypto Miner on: May 30, 2023, 02:56:44 PM
Russia has become the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency mining country this year, the Kommersant business daily reported Friday, citing Bitriver, Russia’s largest bitcoin mining provider.

While the United States remains by far the world's largest crypto miner, boasting 3-4 gigawatts of mining capacity, Russia’s generating capacity reached 1 gigawatt in January-March 2023.

In taking second place for the first time, Russia took a spot previously occupied by Kazakhstan, which introduced restrictions on crypto mining activities in 2022 and now ranks ninth, Kommersant cited Bitriver as saying.



 Cool

I personally am not very surprised. But the article didn't mention why, or what caused the surge in hashing power within their region. I'm not blowing my own trumpet or anything like that, but I posted about the possibility that Russian Oil could be used as an energy source to mine Bitcoin as a means to go around sanctions and "export" their Crude Oil.

Surging hashing power also coincides with the Russian Finance Minister's statement made last month.

https://tass.com/economy/1608715

Bitcoin will probably have its own use in their "unrestricted" cross-border digital payments protocol. 🤔
1213  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: On Ordinals: Where do you stand? on: May 30, 2023, 07:34:03 AM

Nice to see those Legendaries here are getting a complete mental breakdown from Ordinals...

That's what I like the most Smiley



Legendaries mental breakdown? I believe we haven't seen everything yet, but we will! Starting with Gold bug Peter Schiff.

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I'm pleased to announce an art project with one of my favorite artists, Market Price. This collaboration features the original painting “Golden Triumph” as well as a series of prints and Ordinals inscribed on the #Bitcoin blockchain

https://twitter.com/peterschiff/status/1662210584178475008


He wants to inscribe his "valuable" Gold memes in the Bitcoin blockchain, but believes Bitcoin the unit itself will never be valuable. He truly doesn't understand how it works.

Waiting for Jihan Wu, Roger Ver, and Craig Wright to inscribe their memes. THAT will start the real mental breakdown in my opinion. It's a direct attack.


You're assuredly just trolling me now. With each subsequent response you make less and less sense. I'm out.


Honestly I wouldn't waste your time anymore. I think franknbeans is just wrestling with personal demons at this point.

I thought TECSHARE was stubborn but franknbeans is a whole nother level of autist OCD stubborn. There's no point in conversing with him, but when he tricks impressionable newbies into believing his misinformation I feel compelled to point out why he is wrong. In this way he is kind of a menace and I understand why he was banned from posting on the more serious boards.


Franknbeans' 4D Chess is working on you.

 Cool
1214  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin History, Philosophy, And Prehistory on: May 29, 2023, 02:51:31 PM
Nice timeline, a must read for anyone who considers themselves interested in the pre-history of Bitcoin.

I would have also referenced the launch of the Tor Network in October 2002.


Or the other more general/extensive movements that helped form Bitcoin's ethos and philosophy, like the Open Source Software and the Copyleft/GPL movements, which both fight for the same principles as Bitcoin.

In fact, there's a thesis that explains one of Bitcoin's most practical principles. I believe anyone who truly understands it would consider this thesis a candidate for a Nobel Prize for Economics.

https://werunbtc.com/thesis.pdf

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1215  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: On Ordinals: Where do you stand? on: May 27, 2023, 11:46:56 AM
Haha yeah, and it's not just about disinformation and the lies about the Lightning Network.

even you dont know how lightning works.


You're right, I don't know how Lightning works. That's why I take advice, and learn from the people from this topic, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5158920.0

DEFINITELY NOT from people like you who disinform anyone who wants to learn and gaslight them. Didn't you try to disinform people that transactions in Lightning are merely IOUs?

 Cool

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It's also the fact that he evangelized that Bitcoin Unlimited, and all those hard forks to bigger blocks, are the best technical solutions to scaling the network. He probably should make his definition of scaling clear.

actually i was never an angel trying to convert people to a religion..


Who said you were an angel? Laughable. You're merely a villain trying to spread misinformation in the forum. But everyone got smarter, and braver. Why? Because they saw through your crap.

 Cool

Did you notice that more people are debating you now? Before there was just DooMAD, me and probably two more people.

want

wants

want

dont want

Listen clearly, you insidious, manipulative snake.  


Don't let him get through to you. We know he's lying, and he knows that we know that he's lying. What will he do? Play 4D chess, and what does playing 4D chess need?

 Cool

(he pretend to not be doing that but seems too financially vested in keeping the scam alive to not be financially invested in their continuance)

franknbeans


Hahahaha! Nutildah dubs thee Ser FRANKANDBEANS.
1216  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: scalping Bitcoin vs. other assets on: May 26, 2023, 02:50:27 PM
What pros and cons do you see when scalping Bitcoin vs. other assets such as NASDAQ.
What assets do you recommend for scalping other than Bitcoin and what platform to use for those assets?


Pros for scalping Bitcoin is volatility. If you're good at scalping then you won't require a lot of capital and/or leverage when you trade.

Cons, it's also volatility, but just for plebs like me, or us? If you're a good scalper it will be good for you, if you're not, it will be a vector that will cause you mistakes.

When we do talk about scalping, then this is something that not all would be able to do so because actually scalping on a volatile market is really something a huge or almost close to impossible for someone to leanr in a short time.

This is why we dont usually see those traders who do love to play with those movement but there are actually ones who are really having that kind of method which not everyone could able to learn on.

Even myself did make out some try on scalping on 5-15m timeframe which i do end up on being that impulsive yet i couldnt handle out my emotions on just seeing those candle sticks who do rose and goes down on a very active manner on which i could say that TA wont really be that much precise on this one. Therefore, i have decided not to deal with this because it is really way too risky and this is the fastest way on blowing up your account if you arent really that good on this one.


It's not close to impossible to learn, it's just hard for plebs like us to profit from consistently because most probably plebs are under-capitalized which doesn't make it easier for risk management.

The other mistake is using a very low time frame like what you posted. Executing trades using a 5 - 15 minute time frame without a bot will just commit you to make mistakes, and from accumulated mistakes, it will eventually make you more emotional.
1217  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: On Ordinals: Where do you stand? on: May 26, 2023, 02:36:00 PM

your technical knowlegdge of how bitcoin works franky is pretty next level. there's no doubt about that


There's very much doubt about that. Based on his blatant lies about how the lightning network works, and the inability to see value in backwards-compatible software, I rather think he is technically inexperienced. Not to mention that he hasn't wrote a line of code and just whines about how developers should code.


Haha yeah, and it's not just about disinformation and the lies about the Lightning Network. It's also the fact that he evangelized that Bitcoin Unlimited, and all those hard forks to bigger blocks, are the best technical solutions to scaling the network. He probably should make his definition of scaling clear.

Furthermore, don't miscalculate how smart those who spread FUD in the forum are. 4D Chess is being played, but you might already know.

 Cool
1218  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Lightning Labs just made "Taproot Assets" v0.2 a BRC20 alternative. on: May 26, 2023, 08:33:30 AM
OP, but the problem, Ordinals/NFT users want to store their dick pics and fart sounds in a bank vault, not in a museum. They believe it's part of the attraction, and part of what makes them "more valuable".

BUT I believe some of them, especially the plebs, will concede that the inefficiency and the fees are not worth the costs on their capital. It also gives speculators some opportunities to do some shitcoinery.

Stacks has a token, STX, which might surge during the next bull cycle, and there's also another offchain/layer 2 network called MintLayer, which will have its own token soon. The most compelling one is LayerTwo Labs. No token, just Drivechains, https://layertwolabs.com/

1219  Economy / Economics / Re: Germany surprises everyone, the economy keeps growing on: May 26, 2023, 08:21:34 AM
I think one of the reasons that Germany are doing so well is that the economy of Germany is the largest manufacturing economy in Europe. Germany is also the most open economy amongst the G7 states, with a foreign trade quota at around 98%  Grin

Germany's rebirth as a global economic power after World War II, just shows us how fast they can recover after a crisis, so it was expected that they would bounce back first, after Covid and also the influence of the War between Russia and the Ukraine.


Read the first posts that bumped the topic. Germany is in a technical recession. Germany! Supposed to the economic-industrial leader in Western Europe, actually the WHOLE of Europe, turned into a big joke by their current leaders.

It's also probably because of their involvement with the war against Russia. If they wanted to fight a proxy war for the United States, then they shouldn't have shut off their nuclear power plants and be independent from Russia for their energy needs. The root of German inflation might be high energy costs.
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