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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @chungkingexpress 13 Dec 2022
Is walled-garden Lightning (big corp, Lightning labs etc) that is talked about here technically different to independent Lightning node at all? Can someone please ELI5 then issue please.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nullama 13 Dec 2022
Question for the lightning crew:
With Bluewallet and others I can simply click receive and the camera will be ready to scan a QR code.
How can I do the same (receive sats through a QR code) with Blixt?, it only allows me to create an invoice, but I don't see an option to use the camera.
Thanks!
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @faithandcredit 13 Dec 2022
A decentralized world computer is a paradox!
A single world computer, decentralized? Why? What? Why not have 100000 computers instead of a single one
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 13 Dec 2022
If you critize Ethereum, please do it in a way which is not embarrassing for us. Your last sentence even seems to contradict you even though I can see how you actually meant it.
A decentralized world computer could be useful for permissionless, heavy computations. You want to compute something heavy but none of these centralized organizations allow you to use their infrastructure? Use this. Also, the system can easily scale by just adding more or less nodes since the system is inherently designed to support this.
Not arguing that Ethereum actually is this. Just explaining how a "decentralized world computer" could be pitched without being a "paradox".
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1039 sats \ 0 replies \ @gmd 12 Dec 2022
Whoa SBF was just arrested in Bahamas... looks like no more tweeting and twitter spaces for him.
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1096 sats \ 0 replies \ @cointastical 12 Dec 2022
Some stats after each 5,000 items.
SN Item #105,000: Dec 10, 2022 (12 days since Nov 28, 2022) 417 / day
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394 sats \ 1 reply \ @faithandcredit 12 Dec 2022
Reading about the history of money i am surprised Bitcoin still exists, i mean, how poorly regulated it is.
In the early american colonises for example they eleminated private curency (which was popular) by imposing a 10% tax on them. How hard would it be to impose a tax on Bitcoin?
Another fun fact is that the US dollar was originally based on the Spanish dollar which was also legal tender in USA up until 1857 and its speculated thats why the Dollar sign looks like an S.
Furthermore, El Salvador making Bitcoin legal tender is paving the way for the Spanish to set the monetary standard once again? Time will tell.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 13 Dec 2022
I think some countries do have a tax on it but some politicians do realize that a too high tax drives away innovation in this sector into other countries. Keyword: Bitcoin hubs. For example Austin, Texas. That's also where SN comes from.
Also, can't tax what you don't know, for example if I buy my bitcoin P2P.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @scottathan 12 Dec 2022
Holding a planning meeting with some friends for the Bitcoin meetup we're gonna start. Hopefully we can get enough people to come to make a decent sized group of bitcoiners in our local community.
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @pitiunited 12 Dec 2022
Wanted to share a sneak peek of the advent calendar my girlfriend made 😁
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @VEINTIUNO 12 Dec 2022
Proofreading ₿LOID ZINE 2212 🇸🇻 #0 🇬🇧 in English before assembling the PDF for print version.
Anyone else with a Figma.com account can help?
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25 sats \ 4 replies \ @BlokchainB 12 Dec 2022
Good morning SN need some help here. My friend’s son broke his phone and lost all the sats gave him. He spent most of them so only lost about 10,000 sats. He got a new phone that is a huawei and they blocked all access to the google play store. Does anyone know a simple way for him to get access to a bitcoin and lightning wallet? Any solutions that work I will pay in sats thanks.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 13 Dec 2022
Did he not write down seed words? Or is the only problem to download a wallet onto his phone?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 13 Dec 2022
Yeah I had him download a blue wallet probably just ignored the seed. But never backed up the ln wallet
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384 sats \ 1 reply \ @random_ 12 Dec 2022
Get Aurora Store via the F-Droid app.
F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/
Download and install, then search for Aurora Store.
You can then get any (free) google play app.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 12 Dec 2022
Thanks @v1ntage I’ll send this to him and see if it works. If it does I’ll come back and drop you more sats
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 12 Dec 2022
i m going to watch an Introdduction to mining and consensus
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413 sats \ 0 replies \ @softglitter2d 12 Dec 2022
Hello, I wrote something in spanish, kind of TL:DR but the message is clear: not your keys, not your coins. Stay safe sirs
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22 sats \ 0 replies \ @RealCoachAndy 12 Dec 2022
Good Monday everyone!! Hope all is well and good and recharged from the weekend, the holidays are right around the corner so it's almost time to be with our loved ones, friends or perhaps strangers united in a common feeling, giving, love and brotherhood. For now, it's just enjoying a hot cup of Java and reading the news, will be an interesting week it seems, so be well and remember NOT YOUR KEYS NOT YOUR COINS. have a wonderful day gang!!!
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