Which RTL version are you using? It definitely supports CLN 24.11.1, but you probably need RTL v0.15+ for the clnrest change. I'm running RTL v0.15.2 with CLN v24.11.1 and it works great.

Damn, a future complete with tokamak power generation seemed so far off when playing SimCity 2000 as a kid. I had no idea the state of the art of was this far along. I guess there's no mention of the Q ratio here, or how much power was generated, so maybe I shouldn't get too excited yet. Still, just maintaining confinement without melting the reactor within seconds is an incredible feat of engineering.

Part of this is to actively obscure particular transactions. But it would also be nice to have average transactions stand out less by breaking the common input ownership heuristic with payjoins. If chain analysis can no longer tell who is the receiver and who's sending, it passively benefits the privacy of everyone - saves on utxos consolidations too.

That's really all I needed to know. I got access to this in November, but alas, only Mac was supported (at the time at least.) I'm looking forward to trying this out. Can you imagine a world where digital goods and services provided this way is the norm? That's the goal we have to stay focused on.

It could, and I really hope it continues to show no correlation.

From anecdotal experience, I've had success with politically moderate types who were concerned with just saving a nest egg. I've also had some success with right-wing ideologues. The most trouble I've had was with progressives who had supported the occupy Wall St movement. I was a bit flabbergasted, because I see bitcoin as trying to solve the same problems and literally the same diagnosis of the problem (Chancellor on brink of second bailout) but with an actual plan. That was frustrating.

Right, my point was that a 2028 survey of bitcoiners may show a different balance than the 2024 survey.

This is a good point. I think there are plenty of people who are left leaning and already into bitcoin. However, if you pitch bitcoin to an average progressive nocoiner today, you're likely to be met with insurmountable resistance. They've told it's horrible for the environment, itself causing ransomware attacks and scamming old ladies, and beyond that they may think money the technology is evil too.

The average conservative is also going to be against it, but it's not so much of an uphill battle.

A willingness to give bitcoin a chance probably has more to do with: being intellectually curious, maintaining an open mind, and not sitting too comfortably in the economic system we already have.

Lightning invoices are really simple to pay though. Why would that method of payment make it more desirable to commit to a year as opposed to a month/day or even a metered number of response tokens?

Lightning payments should enable less friction than credit card payments, not add more, right? (Sorry, not trying to be an ass, just trying to understand if there's a pain point I'm missing here - maybe we can do something about it.)

This looks great! Why does it cost more to pay in bitcoin though?

I believe head of household just means you have at least one dependent living with you, a child for instance, and no one else is claiming them on their taxes.

Does LNproxy support Multi Path Payments (MPP?) If strike split this payment, perhaps a first part of the payment made it to you node (220K) and it was waiting on another 130k htlc? That would cause an inbound liquidity drop, and you node would refuse to settle it because it doesn't satisfy the full invoice.

Is your inbound liquidity still reduced?

My wife has one of these - it's really slick, both high quality, and configurable. Coincidentally she also works for the organization that introduced the right to repair bill. I'd pick one up myself, but I can't justify replacing my current machine just yet.

IIRC, he was mining a substantial fraction of blocks at the time and doing so well that he was looking to distribute the proceeds a bit. This was much more likely a conscious decision, not a shortsighted mistake. After all, a monetary medium works better when there's some distribution and not just a single owner. Let's also not pretend like Laszlo traded the entirety of his bitcoin for two pizzas.

The early Andreas Antonopulos videos are great at conveying how revolutionary bitcoin is, the ethical implications of a neutral monetary policy + immutable, censorship resistant transactions, and why the status quo doesn't appreciate it. It's hard to watch them without getting worked up and excited for the possibilities. I would start somebody new there before getting into the technical details.

Good advice. This is about a once a year event for me personally, so I'm not too worried about it currently. Feerates are a bargain right now if anyone's looking to consolidate utxos.

My son has his own hardware wallet. I started by buying bitcoin with the stimulus money we got in his name several years ago, and have been adding since. It's my view that the world is getting less meritocratic in many regards. I'm not actually sure what the overall change of social mobility has been compared to when I was growing up, but I could basically get through a pretty decent college education with a combination scholarships, a summer job, and/or a very small loan. What are the odds of my son being able to do that a decade from now?

On the other hand, it is becoming easier to learn and certain entrepreneurial activities might be more accessible to him. I hope there's increasing opportunity for him in the future, but to hedge, I think it's wise to start him off with enough that he has options. Of course that also comes with an increased requirement of responsibility, and self control, but those are attributes I try to instill in him anyway.

Ideally he won't need these sats, can keep them safely stored, and reach financial independence a bit earlier than he otherwise would. Perhaps having a bit of savings that is already working for him will provide a bit of optimism for his future. At least it does for me.

That was fascinating. Our ape brains definitely come prewired for tribalism - sometimes to our detriment.

I think with investing it's a little different, but there's something similar going on. Intelligence often seems counterproductive, but I think there are some orthogonal attributes that are maybe also prerequisite - an ability to reason about exponential growth, and a healthy amount of introspection of one's emotional state. A healthy appreciation of statistics may come into play as well. In any case, I've met several very bright people who made for terrible investors.

I used to make a batch every week with plain whole milk from the store. A spoonful of a previous batch it enough to inoculate the new one. Just simmer the milk first and let it cool before adding the culture. I've never made it while travelling - thanks for the tips!

The La Quinta in downtown Austin always seems to be popular with bitcoiners. Reasonable accomodations, but pretty minimal. Close to pleblab and the rest of downtown. Can't beat the price.