Oh, is that right? Here is mine:

Car  Couch  Sweeter Candle  Lamp  Tissue  Pillow  Screen  Book  Dog  Blanket  Bed

Yes, if I'm not mistaken, today is the day you're supposed to type your seed phrase as a reply to this comment. Right?

NorthKoreanHostage

It's a sidechain, created by Blockstream that came out a couple of years prior to the LN.  It is more centralized, but faster, cheaper, and more private.  You can peg in or out 1:1 with Bitcoin into Liquid Bitcoin. Once in L-BTC, there are DEXs that trade assets like stablecoins and other tokens.

Here's a 3min video if you're interested:
https://youtu.be/ipBSTuxMlLc

The Liquid Network sounds intriguing, I gotta look into that. Is it analogous to Taro protocol on Lightning Network?


Ed_Relight

bitcoin

1. January 3 is Proof of Keys Day, in which Bitcoiners celebrate how they are their own bank by removing their Bitcoin from third-party services and transferring them to non-custodial wallets. (https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2019/01/03/proof-of-keys-explained-bitcoins-first-planned-bank-run-is-today/?outputType=amp)

2. January 3rd marks the date when the Genesis Block (first block ever recorded on the BTC blockchain) was first mined. This Genesis Block consists of a reward of 50 BTC that can never be retrieved! (https://academy.binance.com/en/glossary/genesis-block)

3. As early as 2014, Flinders University, an Australian university, made history by accepting Bitcoin within its entrepreneurial programme called the Venture Dorm program. (https://anthillonline.com/foward-thinking-flinders-university-becomes-first-accept-bitcoin/)

4. Bitcoin-friendly cities in the United States:
- Austin, Texas (Austin Bitcoin Club, active BTC mining community)
- Nashville, Tennessee (Bitcoin Park, Bitcoin Magazine)
- Wyoming (first state in America to make Bitcoin Banking legal)

5. Crusoe Energy, an energy company that leverages wasted natural gas to power BTC mining and boasts a patented Bitcoin Flare Mitigation technology, announced its intention to expand its operations in the Middle East with investment backing in the form of sovereign wealth funds of Abu Dhabi and Oman. (https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/06/03/middle-east-oil-producers-move-into-bitcoin-mining-with-crusoe-energy-stakes/)

6. The Relai app (Swiss BTC exchange) allows you to buy non-KYC sats.

7. The Lightning Network is quite well-known, but have you heard of the Liquid Network. Apparently, it’s a Bitcoin layer-2 enabling the issuance of stablecoins, security tokens and other digital assets. https://liquid.net and the https://sideswap.io wallet are good ways to get yourself up to speed with this network. 

8. You can buy physical gold Bitcoins here: https://www.bitgild.com/1-oz-gold-bitcoin-2022

9. Kraken allows you to buy BTC and withdraw your sats via the Lightning Network. What’s more, it does not charge a fee for your LN withdrawal. Here’s a list of exchanges that support the Lightning Network. (https://cointastical.github.io/Exchanges-With-LN/)