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npub1ru9h...35qe
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jex 2 years ago
ch11: writing automated tests
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jex 2 years ago
Hey @preston and @miljan, just listened to your podcast conversation from Dec 23, 2023 The Free Speech Solution. Thought everything you were talking about was really cool. I created my nostr keys just a month ago. I am a bitcoiner and an aspiring rust/bitcoin dev. One of the aspects of bitcoin I really love is the hope for the future it gives me and the motivation to gtd. It inspires me to be a better person. e.g., focusing on Quality (as described by Robert Pirsig). I'm seeing parallels with nostr. The more I learn about it the more convinced I become of its importance to circumvent a dystopia. I never really cared that much about social media –I never created a twitter account. Thought it was mostly a waste of time. But I feel differently about nostr. I feel like I'm participating in something that is actually going to benefit humanity. There is a line from A Cypherpunk's Manifesto which to me has never rang more clearly: "We must defend our own privacy if we expect to have any. We must come together and create systems which allow anonymous transactions to take place." Bitcoin and nostr are the protocols/systems that will take us to the promised land. But we need to be preparing, always preparing and building and educating ourselves. It's not going to be easy, but who the hell wants easy? These are exciting times and I know the cypherpunks will prevail. Anyways, just wanted to give a shoutout because you guys suggested to in your podcast convo. ₿₿₿
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jex 2 years ago
Hey @`Preston` and @`miljan`, just listened to your podcast conversation from Dec 23, 2023 The Free Speech Solution. Thought everything you were talking about was really cool. I created my nostr keys just a month ago. I am a bitcoiner and an aspiring rust/bitcoin dev. One of the aspects of bitcoin I really love is the hope for the future it gives me and the motivation to gtd. It inspires me to be a better person. e.g., focusing on Quality (as described by Robert Pirsig). I'm seeing parallels with nostr. The more I learn about it the more convinced I become of its importance to circumvent a dystopia. I never really cared that much about social media –I never created a twitter account. Thought it was mostly a waste of time. But I feel differently about nostr. I feel like I'm participating in something that is actually going to benefit humanity. There is a line from A Cypherpunk's Manifesto which to me has never rang more clearly: "We must defend our own privacy if we expect to have any. We must come together and create systems which allow anonymous transactions to take place." Bitcoin and nostr are the protocols/systems that will take us to the promised land. But we need to be preparing, always preparing and building and educating ourselves. It's not going to be easy, but who the hell wants easy? These are exciting times and I know the cypherpunks will prevail. Anyways, just wanted to give a shoutout because you guys suggested to in your podcast convo. ₿₿₿
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jex 2 years ago
Q: Who should own the global town Square? A: nobody The free speech Solution - miljan braticevic with preston pysh episode 818
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jex 2 years ago
another great listen with Preston Pysh talking to a miner Harry Sudock. BTC167
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jex 2 years ago
Bitcoin will have to hard fork one day. I wonder what all will be in the hard fork. For sure the Unix time stamp.
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jex 2 years ago
chatBTC should be a part of every developers toolbox. makes learning super efficient
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jex 2 years ago
syncing my node
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jex 2 years ago
worth it's weight in bitcoin. rn working on figuring out how to use python-bitcoinlib to access bitcoin core's JSON-RPC for regtest network image
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jex 2 years ago
keys to the internet. watch DNSSEC key signing ceremony #52 planned for Feb 14, 2024 at 21:00:00 UTC in El Segundo, CA
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jex 2 years ago
love syntactic sugar of the ? operator in rust
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jex 2 years ago
can't wait to work on bitcoin & rust tonight after work
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jex 2 years ago
finished chapter 2 of mastering bitcoin 3rd ed. working through chapter 8 of rust book. putting in POW ~midnight now. time to rest and solidify learning
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jex 2 years ago
putting in work learning rust. finished ch7 tonight.
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jex 2 years ago
exciting @Blockstream talk #26 with christian lewe talking about simplicity "bitcoin's last softfork?"