I disagree.

But I think there is a possibility for consolidation via a statechains, where private keys are consolidated rather than UTXOs spent. It might not be possible, but I can't get an answer.

It wouldn't be terribly difficult to imagine code changes to facilitate consolidation on the base layer, but there isn't really a push for that when we've got bigger fish to fry (or scale, as it were).

Can you "start" with a pruned node? When I started, I'm pretty sure my only option was to download everything and then prune it.

It's not taken over yet because it's difficult to use, very regulated, highly taxed, and most people don't see the compounding effects of inflation and believe the government statistics.

Most people are just living their lives, many paycheck-to-paycheck. They don't have time for the rabbit hole.

Oh wow that was RECENT. I started reading and thought it was from like ten years ago.

"technology" to save us is like "government" to save us-- It might, or geoengineering could cause cataclysmic unforeseen and unintended consequences. Still might be worth the risk, but I trust the scientists, not the governments who will ultimately decide.

But at this point I'm kinda like "fuck it, let's roll the dice"

Expensive though

... Unless you're running it yourself!

On the contrary, there may indeed be. I'd make the transaction with a bottom barrel fee, going it gets picked up. RBF in a few weeks or whatever if not

Why not use other plant sources? Terps from cannabis aren't magical; they're just chemicals, and you could potentially procure them for much cheaper from other plants.

Is "Elle Mouton" a pseudonym meaning "she sheep"?

Indeed. It's so very "human" to try to "outsmart" the work of decades of cryptography and computer science.

It's hard to believe that there's an "optimum" amount of randomness; that you can't just make more and more.

It's just one part of the entropy, like you can use a personal photo to create entropy. You still add more randomness.

Because some people don't trust entropy created purely by a chip.

Dark markets are like this.

Then they rug everyone.

This cycle there will be all the more centralized later 2s to deal with: Liquid, roll-ups, state chains, etc. Probably easier to target a sequencer than tens of thousands of nodes.

It's just not worth the effort.

Individuals can't use it to cash out without paying taxes.

Merchant adoption is approximately zero, as is consumer demand for merchant adoption.

Miners getting paid via lightning? Who cares?

Gov could give the MSM some talking points about it being used for money laundering, just to ensure people don't get interested.

In other words, "still early"

Yeah I think he's on a laptop with track pad.

I think I found a problem:

You need to get a mouse with customizable buttons for "open in new tab," "copy," and "paste".

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What made me dig that up was seeing Proton's:

Which are lower but their user base is also a tiny fraction of that of Google.

Science!