Just updated to the latest unstable version of gossip. As usual, @npub1acg6thl5psv62405rljzkj8spesceyfz2c32udakc2ak0dmvfeyse9p35c is crushing it. It's so fast and pretty now.

The company that created Zyklon B purchased the company that made Agent Orange back in 2018. I think about this sometimes.

Very cool to log in to Nostr to discover its birthday. I'd probably have missed this if I wasn't doing #NostrNovember. I'm really glad Nostr is a thing. Like Bitcoin, it's the Plan B. BTW, if there's anyone I should follow, or if I haven't followed you back, be sure to let me know.

Will be presenting on RGB at tonight's Denver BitDevs. Come join me for pizza, beer, and learnins! https://www.meetup.com/denver-bitdevs/events/296814866

It's November! Gonna make an effort to use #Nostr more. #NostrNovember

@Edward Snowden 🫂

Bitcoin, the idea, is 15 years old today. New technology like the printing press is one thing that contributed to the Protestant Reformation that democratized education and literacy across Europe. That's likely also why Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin whitepaper on 10/31/2008-- A reference to the day Martin Luther famously nailed his 95 theses against the church, 491 years prior. Both used technology to challenge the dominant power structures of the time; books and bibles against the church, and software and cryptography against the banks.

It'd be so ironic if we met aliens and started learning about their cultures and the ones that lasted millions of years were the ones using sound money, practicing individual responsibility, freedom of speech, and the right to self defense, refusing plastic and eating red meat...

Stealing AI generated art from Xwitter #stealingstolenart #shameless

We are living in a system of monetary socialism that privatizes gains to those who least need them and socializes losses to those who can least afford them. Support the automation of the jobs of bankers by buying and using #Bitcoin.

Bitcoin is a meritocracy of virtuous incentives built on a solid foundation of conservative, antifragile principles. It just draws all the good things into it; and rejects the bad things. It's a good filter to view the world through. If it comes to Bitcoin, it must have merit.

My Midjourney credits reset in a couple of days, so I'm having fun with a few "we live in a society" prompts Donald Trump with a gay pet gator in a swamp Alex Jones dancing with the reptilian Illuminati Kanye West, brokering peace in the Middle East and Sleepy Joe, sleeping on the issues #aiart #artstr

Hayek, Friedman, Keynes, and Marx as Super Smash Bros characters #aiart #artstr

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.