Here is the full text of Satoshi Nakamoto’s #Bitcoin white paper. You might have to zoom in to read it, but as a general rule for Bitcoin it’s better if you zoom out.
Not a Polar Bear
somersetben@evocomp.co.uk
npub13wpu...qpdr
Not a Polar Bear, who went from Electronics -> Software -> Databases -> Monetary Systems.
“My £250 Child Trust Fund is now worth only £12.”
No schadenfreude, please.
BBC News
Child Trust Fund: 'My £250 investment is now worth only £12'
Max Prince was shocked to discover that surprise fees had left him with just £12.39 in his trust fund.
Help!
An update concerning our choir and members of the committee who are worried about #Bitcoin. One opinion was that “a drug dealer from Guatemala might send us 1,000 Bitcoins” and we would be done for money laundering. I have been asked to remove the lightning QR code!!
First, apologies to all Guatemalans.
Second, I would love it if anyone felt like making a small donation to the choir at https://chorale21.org.uk/news/a-21st-century-choir.
@Alby is an awesome #Bitcoin Lightning setup (Hub and Go). I set it up but how to transfer all Sats from @Wallet of Satoshi (sorry guys) to this new, more self-sovereign home? I wanted to transfer everything but was told I had to leave 3% behind for Lightning fees.
The answer, transfer 90%, and then 90% of the remainder, etc, etc. Eventually I was left needing to transfer 20 Sats which took zero fees.
I’ll keep WoS as a super simple demo for when I’m orange pilling people (please don’t judge me) and for accepting Sats from those who have my WoS address.
"A trillion computers, doing a trillion computations, every trillionth of a second, for a trillion years, is still [not enough to hack Bitcoin]"
— Andreas Antonopolous
Thought for the weekend:
Time flies like an arrow,
Fruit flies like a banana.
Some friends and I have set up a choir (chorale21.org.uk). It’s going nicely and now I’ve added a QR code for Bitcoin donations. A committee member has raised a concern that “people ...might be interested in utilizing the bit coin aspect to take advantage of the choir”. It’s going to be a long slow journey…
…and then there was this time that #Bitcoin c-r-a-s-h-e-d from $73,738 down to £63,546.
It’s the weekend. 🧘♀️
Buying a fiat white from Vladimir the Ukranian at The Cobbled Roastery in Edinburgh. Paying with #BTC with my card from @npub19khx...2tru, followed by a quick replenish on @strike. Life’s good.
