People also need to take into account other variables when thinking critically about the growth, adoption and scaling of technology, in general, not just about Bitcoin. The early internet was not “intended” to be what it has become to us all today, but it still went that direction nonetheless. We’re still very much in the early adopters phase of the bell curve of adoption for Bitcoin. Check out Geoffrey Moore’s “Crossing the Chasm” if you’re unfamiliar with the technology adoption cycle. Bitcoin may still yet become a MoE (or something else entirely) as we navigate the various adoption phases.

Good recommendation, thank you!

I will probably spin up LND and use it as well. However, my application requires the use of BOLT12 which LND does not yet support natively. Any idea when they will develop support for BOLT12?

The first two bullets make total sense. Not entirely sure about the 3rd bullet though…

It’s the parts and places on the internet where things are said and done that are explosive and inflammatory… and no one ever hears about it or even knows about it… until they do.

This needs to be converted into a romance novel! Well written and beautifully fun!

Interesting. I would love to see a renaissance in nuclear energy. We have come a long way since the 70s and 80s, technologically speaking.

While AI is an “obvious” use case to consider nuclear - how is Bitcoin not? Why not combine the two initiatives into one? Perhaps it is time for the Bitcoin lobbyists and powers that be start talking to their counterparts in the nuclear power realm…

Hey Lyn 👋🏻

Great to see you here!

Humor.. making people laugh.

As Lyn Alden said so eloquently recently… there’s no stopping this train. Stack sats, stay humble and try not to let the poor decisions of others drive you to also make poor decisions in your own life.

Ah yes good call. Add them to my list, Bills remain undefeated as well.

Value is in the eye of the beholder… if we use the idea of value to be subjective to each persons unique situation, then I see it this way:

The desire to use a tool/solution/approach because it adds value relative to your incumbent solution and is voluntary and a low bar to switch is one thing.

The need to use a new tool relative to your incumbent solution due to necessity is another thing entirely.

The gap between these two approaches is very wide at the moment, and until they start to converge adoption will remain low, since we are still in the voluntary realm.

Once the paradigm begins to shift to the necessity realm - we will be ready.

This is easy…

Still undefeated after week 3:

Good luck!

Well said friend! Just sent you a follow in Nostr as well.

Agreed. At what point does “the average person” become affected by all this overreach and oppression of rights? I think the same is for BTC to some extent; the average person does not need it, therefore they do not learn about it or pursue it.

If we wait for the average person to be meaningfully impacted we may be too late by then. I hope this is not the case, though.

I think they both set the bar for fantasy epic and sci-fi epic, respectfully. Too many points to make and it’s late… However, I’ll expand the question to where things are today: new Star Wars movies post Disney acquisition or Rings of Power per Amazon…..

I’ve been waiting for this to catch on and go mainstream. Call things what they are… don’t lump quasi-related items into a bulk category.