A trip to Berlin is incomplete without paying for some Club Mate variant with #bitcoin. Enjoyed the socratic seminar, catching up with folks and finally getting my nostr wallet connect to work with Cashu. It turned out a mint rugged me, causing the payments to fail but without a clear error message.

Apple enshitification continues. They do not care about user, creator or app developer experience. Pure and desperate rent seeking.

Apple’s requirements to hit creators and fans on Patreon

Apple’s requirements to hit creators and fans on Patreon

Apple requires that Patreon switch to their iOS in-app purchase system, or risk being removed from the App Store. Here’s what’s creators need t...

Interesting chat between @Lyn Alden and Molly White.

Interessant item over de Digitale Euro. Ik wacht nog steeds op een fatsoenlijke technische omschrijving. Tot die tijd ga ik er vanuit alle marketing over privacy kul is.

Video message from Alexy Pertsev's prison studio. The fundraiser on Juicebox is ETH only. I asked them to look into Geyser Fund since there might interest from Bitcoin folks too. Otherwise I guess we'll have to figure out how swaps work...

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Alexey Pertsev (@alex_pertsev) on X

Exactly two years after my arrest in Amsterdam, I’m back behind bars, appealing a 5-year sentence. This fight isn’t just about me; it’s about...

McDonalds radio ads for staff. That's a bull-market indicator, right?

No war zone, but a bit too long of a drive. Not sure yet if I'm going, but if so I'll probably fly. View quoted note →

I saw this mini bicycle garage being constructed during my visits to Den Bosch for the #TornadoCash trial; the court is on that side of the station.

Narrator: the guest was not honest > The guest was apparently honest about his crypto mining and told Ashley that he made over $100,000 during his stay. Which makes no sense at all given: > a tenant installed 10 mining rigs that racked up a $1,500 electricity bill in just three weeks.

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Airbnb host adds ‘no crypto mining’ rule after tenant installs 10 rigs

Airbnb owner Ashley said the guest ran up a $1,500 electricity bill and also installed an electric vehicle charging point.

Nice cat therapy session:

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Bitcoin Review Podcast BR069 - Cat is out of the bag? OP_CAT ft. NVK, Andrew Poelstra, Rob Hamilton & Rijndael

I’m joined by guests Andrew Poelstra, Rob Hamilton and Rijndael to discuss OP_CAT.

Regarding the first disclosure, I remember reviewing the rate limiting pull request, but didn't know about the 32-bit nIdCount field. The PR didn't touch that variable, but just indirectly caused it to increase less. An alternative fix would have been much easier: just make it a 64-bit number. But that would have been obvious to anyone looking. Since the rate limiting was useful on its own, it makes sense to me that this indirect fix was used.

Episode 5: Discussing Pre-22.0 Bitcoin Core Vulnerability Disclosures

Gloria Zhao and Niklas Gögge discuss the recently disclosed Bitcoin Core pre-22.0 vulnerabilities.

Twitter login failed because it looked suspicious. I used the same IP as always. Typically it fails the first time and succeeds the next time, that was already the new normal. Anyway, Nostr doesn't have a login. View quoted note →

> The Fourth Amendment still applies at the border, despite the feds' insistence that it doesn't. (the headline is phrased a bit ambiguously, but it's good news) View quoted note →