Matt Corallo

Most of nostr not loading cause it’s actually all cloudflare is kinda hilarious, ngl.

As the only person to have ever implemented both spillman channels and lightning, I can state confidently that adapting spillman channels to support HTLCs will result in something equally as complicated as lightning. You aren’t getting away from the challenges of lightning with spillman channels, sorry.

3% doesn’t sound like a lot, but at a 2x normal retail margin that’s a 6% increase in margin. With high retail costs that’s easily a 10-20% increase in profit! 3% on the retail price on everything you sell is *huge*! Talk to merchants. They’ll use it. nostr:note1zf6y08qwy4alulm4rlqdtp7f9ltrqxzrpwnelfntvqpg3rqce8zqdxg0h2

If you work on a project (like Bitcoin, but really any) and don’t use it, you’re missing out on the most valuable product feedback - experiencing it for yourself. I get it, Bitcoin often isn’t super easy to pay with everywhere so it seems like a low priority task to get yourself set up to only use infrequently, but even infrequent use is incredibly valuable feedback! nostr:note1zygs3wscs6slzdqew3n0ajwpt6ezjflvwaw6tz8wr53jpm3khfsqqx3wgm

Bitcoin is going to zero if this fork activates. A few devs deciding it’s okay to seize people’s money just because they use the same feature as some spammers use isn’t even remotely bitcoin. nostr:note1u5w7w37tfj076v8llw4435hwyhxetxjcezjfurfxc6g44qxhwpyqq94sty

nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s if I host my own relay, how can I set Damus to make my profile just say my personal relay so that everyone who follows me connects to it, but on my client end I actually connect to more to see everything?

TIL in the US banks often share every transaction you make with third party credit reporting services (not the big three, ones dedicated to checking/savings account credit risk). You can view the report under the FCRA, but anyone can access your report (as long as they promise it’s to “provide services to you”).

Why on earth would you use or promote a wallet that lies to its users about how their funds are stored? nostr:note135zpgjarlfkxxh99c8f090rt4s68zf49svx6s3l6hsey8vdmwxhs7akl0m