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opsec is mostly threat modeling

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infrared differential spectroscopy from weather satellites make it obvious that not every cloud is made from the same material. take from that what you will

“Now, a lot of the people the nerd dealt with were incredibly bad guys. Peg house habitues. Escaped convicts from all over the world. Psychotic gunslingers. People who owned slaves and massacred Indians. I’ll bet that the first day, or week, or month, or year, that the nerd moved to the gold-mining town and hung out his shingle, he was probably scared shitless. He probably had moral qualms too–very legitimate ones, perhaps,” Avi adds, giving Randy a sidelong glance. “Some of those pioneering nerds probably gave up and went back East. But y’know what? In a surprisingly short period of time, everything became pretty damn civilized, and the towns filled up with churches and schools and universities, and the sort of howling maniacs who got there first were all assimilated or driven out or thrown into prison, and the nerds had boulevards and opera houses named after them. Now, is the analogy clear?” ~ cryptonomicon

comparing lightning fees to on-chain fees is pointless. on-chain fees are going increase a lot, and most people end up paying 0.5 ~ 5% for fiat credit transactions anyway

yes! tor needs sats @calle

in a mature Deposits network, wealth would be channel agnostic. need more liquidity? transfer a deposit to a partner

if you want me to take your position seriously, first show me that you understand the problem. most of my disagreements are about the problem, not the solution