The more I look into Prime, the more convinced I've become this is the future of Bitcoin. Prime will do for Bitcoin what smartphones did for the internet, or what FinTech did for banking. Prime makes things like RGB transactions on Bitcoin viably scalable, with an incredibly minimal on-chain footprint. It almost certainly obviates the perception of necessity for drivechains, since Prometheus state channels can arbitrate a 2WP. It does not require changes to the base protocol, it only uses layers, and as a result, is entirely permissionless. Protocol ossifiooors have been vindicated. Prime is a fantastic defense against attacks on Bitcoin: Those wanting the security of Bitcoin, but needing the scalability for utility use-cases. If you're interested in Prime, I highly recommend joining the discussion group on Telegram and catch up on the conversations we've been having there:

Telegram

Prime - scalable Bitcoin layer 1

You can view and join @prime_layer1 right away.

And if you believe in doing the work instead of just taking my word for it, read the spec yourself:

GitHub

GitHub - LNP-BP/layer1: Paper on new bitcoin layer 1 design

Paper on new bitcoin layer 1 design. Contribute to LNP-BP/layer1 development by creating an account on GitHub.

Shit, we need this here in the U.S.

Bitcoin Magazine

How The Bitcoin Blockchain Is Fighting Fraud In Guatemala’s Presidential Elections

Guatemala's Supreme Election Tribunal is using bitcoin timestamping to detect fraud attempts in the country's presidential elections.

This service looks really cool. Gonna try it out for a nostr relay for some really neat stuff we're cooking up for diba.io. View quoted note →

Kinda fascinating how furries kinda invented some of the dynamics used to market NFTs with things like this. I remember seeing things like this on FA 10+ years ago. View quoted note →

F.A. Hayek after the world recognizes the importance of sound money, finally spending his fat sat stacks. 2035, Colorized #AIArt #Midjourney #Bitcoin

You've been visited by the Good Luck Ferret May you have a pleasant day

Reverse Engineering of Exotic Technology of Non-Earth Origin #UAP #UFOs #AIArt #Midjourney

Just some links. Do with this information what you will.

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Ashton Forbes (@AshtonForbes) on X

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Ashton Forbes (@AshtonForbes) on X

**MH370x Breaking Update** The Smoking Gun, Redeux Our previous smoking gun was the fact that the WSPR route, following the Inmarsat pings into t...

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https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/15rbuzf/comment/jw8533l/ #uap #ufos #mh370

Really cool panel on Nostr at TABConf

GitHub

All Things Nostr · Issue #172 · TABConf/2023.tabconf.com

Description Hear from Nostr builders and creators. Day Day 4 Time 2:30PM - 3:00PM Speaker(s) @briimhd, @Claire, @Kati . Moderator @zantoshi.

Makes me really look forward to #NostrNovember

RGB is orange-pilling shitcoiners, and we don't have to graffiti the timechain with JSON to do it! We've launched RGB transfers to mainnet today btw. Come help us test!

BitMask Wallet

The Browser Extension for Decentralized Applications on Bitcoin. Access Bitcoin Finance, NFTs (UDAs) and more using RGB protocol, with full financi...

In case anyone's curious about all the #zaps #zapping just now in this #zapathon, check this out:

ZAPLIFE.LOL

A decentralized Craigslist running on Nostr

Turns out, I'm a slut for zaps

He's now demoing this GitHub project

GitHub

GitHub - SamSamskies/nostr-zap: Zap any Nostr npub or note from anywhere.

Zap any Nostr npub or note from anywhere. Contribute to SamSamskies/nostr-zap development by creating an account on GitHub.

#zap me harder daddy

SuperTestnet struggling to demo during y'alls #zapathon

If anyone at BBB wants to hang out, reach out! I should be at the Hilton later in the afternoon.

Let's go gay camping! We have rainbow campfires, baked jellybeans, and mushroom hotdogs. And the company is fabulous, honey. #artstr #aiart #midjourney #gay

Slides for the presentation I'm currently giving at PlebLab Startup Day: https://cryptoquick.com/files/How%20RGB%20Colors%20Coins%20in%20Secret.pdf

If you're not mad as hell about inflation, we're probably not going to agree on anything that actually matters. 8% inflation is nearly a month's worth of wages, lost. All so the rich can continue to borrow money they'll never have to pay back, and the government can spend money they don't have and don't have to ask for. Inflation is the most regressive tax there is. It concentrates wealth into the already wealthy, and robs purchasing power from those who can least afford it. I could give a shit if you're cool with the fact that I'm a man married to another man, or that I identify as being a mountain lion person on the internet. That shit doesn't matter when people can't afford to feed themselves because a weekly grocery bill seems to regularly exceed $100, when it didn't used to. Touchy-feely rainbow-washed identity politics doesn't solve this problem, and neither does socialism. In fact, socialism makes the problems that lead to price inflation far worse, in several ways. I've also gotta say, I've felt way more accepted for being who I am in the community of Bitcoiners than I've felt amongst those who don't understand money. If you know what a Rai stone is, chances are, you're alright.