50 sats \ 0 replies \ @DiedOnTitan 26 Aug \ parent \ on: How have you increased your reading rate? BooksAndArticles
Indeed a good book on this topic. Another intriguing book by Adler, The Paideia Proposal: An Educational Manifesto outlines education based on the foundational classic books.
It is not only important to read. But to read good books. And if one is to read good books, then use the precious time to read the very best books. And a good test of a great book is that it stood the test of time. Centuries or even millennia.
Orange pilling has become much easier recently. Not sure exactly why. But it is happening more than ever before in my own experience.
I keep them all here and zap back. Sometimes I zap large(r) amounts as gifts for inspired content with accumulated earnings. So if you get a 5k or 10k zap from me, now you know.
Are you a beneficiary of the "forced hodl" cartel? That is, would you have held through 3 cycles had Mt Gox not gone down? I don't expect the truth as a response, but maybe some reflection before answering. Either way, grats and welcome.
I am poking fun at Australia because it was literally founded as a penal colony.
Big fan of Unagi as well. But fresh high quality Uni sushi with Uzura
is what really revs my engines.
A good multi-wan router will allow you to connect multiple access methods to the Internet:
- Land line: Fiber, Cable, DSL, dialup
- Cellular: GPRS, GSM, 5G, 4G, 3G
- Satellite: Starlink, Viasat, HughesNet
- Fixed wireless broadband: Radio
- Ethernet over Power Line
For redundancy, try using 3 separate access methods: Fiber, GPRS, and Satellite e.g. These can be bonded for increased bandwidth, and configured to failover, so that if one or two points go down, the third will still route. There are many other methods to access the Internet, the above lists just a few fairly common ways.
Maintaining electricity is also important, so beyond your wired lines, you want solar/wind and a diesel generator placed above any potential flood line. Because it is precisely during a flood when power goes out, but you need to keep your Internet running. Even a bicycle powered generator with battery backup can kick out 50-100 watts and keep the router and a minimal node running.
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
Here is another fantasy scenario that could play out:
- 401k/IRA accounts get regulatory approval for private Bitcoin cold storage without incurring a penalty or tax event.
- An ETF allows for "in kind" Bitcoin withdrawals. That is, you can elect to receive Bitcoin directly to your own Bitcoin address. The benefit to this ETF is that they would drain liquidity from all their competitors and there would be an exit fee, but nothing close to the tax/penalty hit of early IRA/401k withdrawal.
- This creates a stampede from all other ETFs to that one, because every hodler with a 401k dreaming of this scenario will exercise it immediately.
- Those other ETFs that are fractionally reserving bitcoin will be caught with their pants down and collapse.
That would be a fun day indeed, as long as that "in kind" ETF let's us know their plan here on @sn first.
Good work Joe. Interesting to get different perspectives. From hard scrabble dusty corners of Peru, to glittering streets of affluent Istanbul, your Bitcoin journey takes you far and wide.
Imagine if Elon embraced Bitcoin on X and allowed zapping to the same extent that @sn does? Could have also integrated Bitcoin into charging stations for the Tesla fleet - perfect for robo-taxis....Game changer. Instead, he shitcoins, spreads fud, coddles tyrants and is an all around self-aggrandizing douche bag. All former respect lost.
at least one member of a predetermined group needs to be trusted to execute BitcoinOS honestly.
This is very clarifying. Thanks for the detailed response. This does indeed feel like a great step in the right direction.
Surprised that this is not getting more traction after 21 hours. If I understand this correctly, BitcoinOS effectively enables covenants, and other functionality without requiring soft forks of any kind. This is rather a significant achievement if it holds water. This means that good old stable Bitcoin can remain unchanged, solid, and "boring" while also allowing all the flexibility of smart contracts, ZKPs, and the unlimited scalability of any shitcoin ever proposed. Effective implementation of this should drain the liquidity from all other alts and help confirm the thesis that the world only needs one blockchain with Bitcoin crowned the undisputed king.
Before I get too far ahead of myself, I would value @supertestnet's take on this development. I know he worked on BitVM which BitcoinOS specifically mentioned influenced it.
21 sats \ 1 reply \ @DiedOnTitan 23 Jul \ parent \ on: Bad people make good money a hard problem. bitcoin
The Titanic, the "unsinkable ship" sinking on its maiden voyage was possibly the prefect perfect irony.