This is a thread for random discussions that gets posted everyday at 5am central.
Tell us what you're doing today, ask questions, or vent about your life. Whatever you want, let it rip!
It just occurred to me that with biometrics and AI reaching the level they are at we are maybe going to see grocery stores where you just walk in and get your stuff and walk out. No cashier, you are monitored throughout the store and they know exactly what u took and who u r and what and where to charge. Easy.
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I watched a great MIT Open Course piece on Lightning from the earlier days by Tadge Dryja.
I am keen to understand more about what Lightning is like to work with as a developer? I get the impression that it is quite strict and complex to work with. How will it grow to serve the world as a Layer 2 tech, how far away are we from that, what are the big challenges on the horizon?
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At the application layer, it's less strict than trad financial rails. The protocol layer is definitely tricky though.
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Anyone else with a Fold card? Did they nuke the 1 month purchase history match (5k sats back) spin reward? I used to get this almost every day making my daily McD's ice coffee almost free. I haven't gotten this spin reward now in over a week which seems like a statistical impossibility (should be 12% per their TOS). Did they cap the number of times you can spin this?
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I don't know about rhis particular issue but I wonder if rising interest environment is good or bad for this kind of company. If bad that could maybe explain the potentially lower reward.
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What have you done to grow the Bitcoin network today?
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always wanted to post here. I am finishing the third chapter of my first book this week. It will have four chapters, so I'm approaching the finish line!
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Nice. Fiction or non-fiction?
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it is the biography of my grandpa, so I took stories from him and spun them up into a narrative of his life
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Omg, that's awesome.
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aw thanks
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Sorry gang I couldn't post earlier had to run, hoping everyone is having a good one, it has been hectic but managed to get my hot cup of joe so all is well with the world in my book. Check out some of the posts guys, interesting stuff today... Gotta fly though be well and stay frosty!!
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I ve just finished to read Layered Money by Nik Bhatia. So it s another brick in my undestanding of the money/economy/Money Pyramid/CBDC/Stablescoins and what could be the future, our future....
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I am still pondering how to best open up LN channels and whether I should switch from Citadel to something more robust. At some point, I just need to stop reasearching and make a decision :)
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I wrote several guides about running LN nodes, you should read them first:
The most important question is WHY do you want to run a LN node. Once you answer yourself that question, you start building the node suited for that destination. Not all LN nodes are equal.
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In terms of who to open channels with, I'd recommend starting at https://lightningnetwork.plus/
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Good morning internet! hump day. let's get to it!
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I am looking for Lightning frontend/fullstack webapp dev tutorials, has anyone resources for me? Furthermore, I am experiencing with ChatGPT - mindblowing test it now!
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https://www.pleblab.com/course might be what you are looking for.
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Yea already bought the course today. I skipped most of the course and did not found what i was looking for. It would be great if the videos are short 2-10 min and not 1-2h
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Have a look at https://www.webln.guide/ it's a pretty good place to start.
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