The total lightning node count trend did a sharp reversal in July. Obviously the tech has always been strong, but what changed in July? h/t @Amboss #lightning

It's pretty unfortunate that we collectively give so much attention to people that cause controversy instead of to those that move forward consensus.

Intelligence for Rails @Amboss has been updated which improves upon channel closing logic. Selecting which channels to close is a surprisingly challenging problem since it must value the opportunity cost of liquidity deployed in channels. Since liquidity leases are so much higher yielding than typical routing events but far more infrequent, the opportunity cost valuation is very complex. In order to fulfill a lease quickly, Bitcoin needs to be immediately available, which means that Bitcoin must be onchain. As a result of the increased intelligence (and fresh data feeds to Rails) we can cycle Bitcoin more quickly, allowing faster discovery of new routing opportunities on the network. Deployed capacity of our Rails cluster in the near term has sharply dropped following the upgrade, which gives us the opportunity to redeploy in more strategic zones.

Spotify

Never My Love - Remastered Version

The Association · Insight Out · Song · 1967

#tunestr

Pura Vida

#memes #funny

#funny

Received our first credit card dispute... How is this still the dominant payment system?!

If you've been debanked, how do you get paid? How do you cash a check?

Just experienced a 5.8 earthquake! Wow the earth is powerful! The energy released is equivalent to roughly half of an atomic bomb.

#memes #funny

#memes #funny

Imagine having to keep what you're working on completely secret because the world isn't ready yet.

Private channels enable decentralized liquidity providers on Magma to serve mobile nodes, which is a major unlock for lightning's decentralization and yield generation. View quoted note →

Spontaneous interactions are essential for productivity #memes #funny

Over the past 3 months, the @Amboss team simplified the toughest part of #lightningnetwork, liquidity management, into a simple API call. I'm very proud of what we accomplished, which is a key building block to trustless, debt-free, instant settlement on #bitcoin.

#tunestr

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See Her Out (Thats Just Life)

Francis and the Lights · Farewell, Starlite! · Song · 2016

Tried Factorio Where did my weekend go?

I'm looking forward to the local BitPlebs meetup with @BtcPins next week in #losangeles!

Beer & Bitcoin Tuesdays (Los Angeles Aleworks) · Luma

All experience levels welcome! Grab a beer, some food from the food truck and come discuss all things Bitcoin with your fellow plebs. Check out the...