An random speculation post: there is so much doomposting on #ethereum right now (rightfully so), that the price will probably bounce (ETH/BTC pair) soon before continuating it's downtrend.

Mixtral AI giving some ideas to make Nostr relays more resislient (no clue if they actually work). 1. Implementing a system of transaction fees, as mentioned in my previous response, could help to deter bots by increasing the cost of using the network. 2. Requiring users to prove their humanness through a captcha or other verification mechanism could also help to prevent bots from joining the network. 3. Implementing a system of micropayments for messages could further discourage bots, as they would need to pay a small fee for each message they send. This could be set at a low enough rate (e.g. 1 satoshi per message) that it is not a significant burden for human users, but is still a deterrent for bots. 4. Implementing a system of rate limits, in which users are limited in the number of messages they can send or receive in a given time period, could also help to prevent bots from overwhelming the network

"When two fight for a bone, a third runs away with it." Would be funny if Leclerc beats both Norris and Verstappen in the WC #F1

Will Coinbase be solvent during a huge market downturn? With other words: is the whole BlackRock-Coinbase thingy 1:1 liquid?

I'm no economist, but rate cuts to keep inflation going (instead of letting the economy correct on it's own) feels counterintuative. The balloon must keep inflating... Undermining fiat money is a duty.

Europe seems to be disintegrating (nation wise). Divide and conquer really works there (and foreign countries know that). Cultural differences are still to large and citizens feel nothing for EU power over nation states. Only way is to mix up all kinds of demographics, make English the European language and weaken the nationalistic culture. That process was pretty far but now people have had enough. Decentralisation has started again and nations are increasingly undermining EU power. History rhymes.

A random rule I set for myself: Everytime I want to buy something stupid which is not necessary to own, I have to buy the equivalent amount of sats.

Shorters were absolutely murdered in the last year.

Staking bitcoin

Murdered my wrist couple of weeks ago🤮 Just got diagnosed with a torn ligament (completely) which means I need surgery. No more ice hockey for me😔

I'm shorting Netflix stock here. Gut feeling.

Gonna watch Dune tonight for the first time🍿

I guess it's not too late to start as a "debt mediatior"... Ticking time bomb if you ask me. The worst part is that these are families as well... very sad.

[Civil war in Sweden in 1,2,3...] I do agree that you gotta respect the culture of the country you have moved too, but saying these things now is way too late. Sweden was way too naive in accepting massive amounts of immirgrants for years and thinking this would be easily digested by the Swedish society. Besides that, if you centralize the immigrants into facilities or neighorhoods, its common sense they will not integrate... My point is that it's not the fault of immigrants. It's the fault of the Swedish government. Saying these things now will only add fuel to the current tensions between citizens. Swedish citizens will start to feel more nationalistic, especially when high political agents are going to say this.

I found some very interesting posts on @Stacker News: The bitcoin - renewable energy relation

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Fossil Fuels are Fiat Energy. Reorg of the mining space coming ⚒️ \ stacker news

Public bitcoin mining companies in their current iteration are frustrating, with an exception of a couple, and I'm tired of making excuses for them...

Dark Maximalism

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Dark Maximalism ♠️ \ stacker news

What if I told you, the left and right wing are part of the same bird? Well Morpheus, I’d probably tell you that bird shot is cheap around here. ...