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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @faithandcredit 31 Mar 2023
Honduras has expelled Taiwans "ambasaddor" so Taiwan is now down to about 14 diplomatic allies.
I find it interesting considering they are neighbors with El Salvador. And China seemingly having such firm ties with that country gets my imagination going.
I did some research and it turns out El Salvador and Honduras has been at war in the past. Only for about a week. In 1969 i believe.
Anyway, i wonder what kind of things China can get Honduras to do down the line if their ties remain strong and maybe even become stronger.
PS. 51% attacking Bitcoin even with todays hashrate would just be a drop in the bucket for a government the size of China
My own estimates says about $10B-$15B to acquire the hardware at retail prices to get enough hashrate to attack Bitcoin. Thats the most expensive part. You can run the hardware for around $1M in energy costs per hour.
Compare this to for example the Shanghai Urban Rail Transit expansion has a budget of $44b. And thats just one out of many projects that China is working on.
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1 sat \ 13 replies \ @02db2213a7 30 Mar 2023
Can someone recommend me a mobile (android) lightning wallet that is as idiot-proof as muun when it comes to sending & receiving via lightning (so automatically creating channels or whatever it's happening there under the hood) with no minimum transfer amount nor ridiculous fees but that also supports LNURL-auth (or however it is named the thing that lets me use for login here on stacker news).
I tried muun today and was able to send and receive 100 sats but cannot use it to log in here. So I installed Phoenix which according to this list (https://stacker.news/faq#how-do-i-create-a-stacker-news-account) is supposed to allow logging in here but it has minimum transfer limit in size of thousands of sats :(
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394 sats \ 4 replies \ @Ge 30 Mar 2023
I see no one has recommended simple bitcoin wallet I like it and it's lnurl compatible check it out hope this helps
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @faithandcredit 30 Mar 2023
simple bitcoin wallet is discontinued its successor is Open Bitcoin Wallet
I would link to it but it costs 10 sats afaik
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @02db2213a7 30 Mar 2023
Well, that explains why Simple Bitcoin Wallet "install" button on google play store is inactive. The question is, why it's the same for Open Bitcoin Wallet?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Ge 30 Mar 2023
i looked at it in the store and u can click the app for details theres an install button does look weird it doesnt have it when u look it up there
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Ge 30 Mar 2023
I had heard talks of that but never knew it actually happened thats crazy just no more development on the wallet still have sbw and could use just haven't used it in a while to be honest definitely downloading OBW here soon
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @kenn_b 30 Mar 2023
Wallet of satoshi is easy to use
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @blocktock 30 Mar 2023
Unpopular opinion here but... Wallet of satoshi is NOT easy to use.
- Looks like it was designed in the 1990s
- Icon and font sizes all over the shop
- Hamburger menus have no place in modern apps
- Settings and core functionality are hidden in the menu itself
- Multiple QR codes to receive is confusing
- Not using any common design conventions or 'languages' that people are used to
It's very functional and incorporating latest infrastructure, but it has one of the worst UX designs of all wallets IMHO
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kenn_b 31 Mar 2023
That is an interesting take.
You do need to know something about ln and bitcoin to use it of course, but u just have a few buttons to choose from, so not sure what else is there
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @02db2213a7 30 Mar 2023
Wallet of Satoshi is NOT listed here (https://stacker.news/faq#how-do-i-create-a-stacker-news-account). Will it work for stacker.news login?
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @kenn_b 30 Mar 2023
Try it. I am pretty sure it will.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @02db2213a7 2 Apr 2023
OK tried, it works. But yeah, as previous commenter said it's not 100% intuitive, there is no dedicated option to use lnurl-auth - you need to simply use "send" button to scan the qr code and then it registers. If nobody told me this wallet supports it I would have not clicked around to find out that button dedicated to sending sats works for registering to sites with lnurl-auth.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @nkmg1c_ventures 30 Mar 2023
Phoenix
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @02db2213a7 30 Mar 2023
As mentioned, I tried Phoenix already. It has minimum payment limit (see https://phoenix.acinq.co/faq#i-just-installed-the-wallet-and-i-cannot-receive-payments and also see fees point).
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55 sats \ 5 replies \ @gmd 30 Mar 2023
Will there be a cowboy hat streak leaderboard eventually? :P
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261 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 30 Mar 2023
You're 11th! https://stacker.news/top/cowboys
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66 sats \ 2 replies \ @davidw 30 Mar 2023
It didn’t even cross my mind that referrals generate sats. Not sure why. Need to up my game.
You could probably have a dismissible banner at the top of the homepage soon, to copy the referral link. With a second bordered button to invite by fiat email.
Willing to bet that would generate a nice uptick of new users.
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66 sats \ 1 reply \ @mrldotsh 31 Mar 2023
What does the cowboy hat represent? 👀
Has it something to do with referrals?
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123 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw 31 Mar 2023
Giving is receiving ✨
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291 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw 30 Mar 2023
Does anyone ever have a chance of taking top spot?
Wonder if @k00b has a script to make sure his hat doesn’t blow off his fat head.
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179 sats \ 4 replies \ @mattsats 30 Mar 2023
Hey everyone, I'm excited to share my latest project: an interactive visualization tool that plots Bitcoin's price, interpolating between linear-linear and log-log scales to reveal the power law at play. This tool aims to help users better understand Bitcoin's growth patterns and price stabilization.
Simply scroll to view different perspectives and gain valuable insights into the underlying factors driving Bitcoin's price.
https://loglogbtc.com
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw 30 Mar 2023
Pinch to zoom-in on mobile could also be a nice addition.
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @davidw 30 Mar 2023
Amazing job. This is an awesome visualisation.
Would love it if there was a button bottom-right to overlay adoption of other s-curves (inc. internet, mobiles, electricity usage, hash rate) for comparison of where this thing goes next. They’d be disabled by default.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @mattsats 31 Mar 2023
Thanks. I really like how turned out too.
I would love to include a chart about hash rate (or hash price). Maybe a version 2!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw 31 Mar 2023
Nice! Not sure how your post earlier today didn’t appear higher up in my trending list.
Linked here, in case anyone reads & wants to send more sats your way. Or ask you more about it.
Bitcoin’s long-term price trajectory - LogLogBTC on SN
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33 sats \ 2 replies \ @Atreus 30 Mar 2023
After my discovery of "steak'n," I'm questioning whether I should ever return to legacy pork bacon 🤔
Other than that, smooth sailing
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99 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 30 Mar 2023
Where do you buy steak'n? Which part of the steer is it from?
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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @Atreus 30 Mar 2023
I bought it from Saddle Peak Steak'n Company. My old lady found it in a local butchery, then I ordered a bulk package, and now… I don't know, our breakfasts may have been revolutionized
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83 sats \ 6 replies \ @poe7645 30 Mar 2023
Finally decided to see what's going on at Nostr. Generally not a user of social media. Yet Bitcoin has a way of dragging the hermit in me out from the cave to check out what's going on with the lightning network, and decentralization of institutions and distribution of information.
Better late than never I guess?
Have a good one stackers.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @davidw 30 Mar 2023
Followed you 👀
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @poe7645 31 Mar 2023
Well shit I better get my act together. Eyes are watching. Early follower input on color of robes is welcome.
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178 sats \ 1 reply \ @Atreus 30 Mar 2023
Nostr appeared while I was hibernating this last winter, so I also missed out on the initial hype. I did take a closer look recently and it does look great.
I don't intend to pay for Twitter, so joining the BTC tribe on Nostr sounds good to me
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244 sats \ 0 replies \ @poe7645 30 Mar 2023
I somehow managed to completely avoid Twitter this whole time other than pretty much only using it recently for bitcoin magazine flash codes.
Maybe I've just been waiting for Nostr to show up.
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43 sats \ 1 reply \ @OneOneSeven 30 Mar 2023
What did you think?
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @poe7645 30 Mar 2023
Honestly much easier than I thought it would be. I'm using Amethyst and I'm sure I'm doing everything the wrong way but I expected more confusion.
Obviously I'm not running relays or anything. Just kind of poking around. But setting up a profile, linking wallet of satoshi and sending a few zaps around was slick.
I'm kinda just throwing memes into the wind to no one, but pretty cool.
All these things are starting to come together more clearly.
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