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John Carvalho
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CEO at Synonym, creators of Pubky, Bitkit, and Blocktank.
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bitcoinerrorlog 4 months ago
Do nostr users know the difference between an app and protocol? Between a product and tech? All your apps have ToS because all businesses have to follow laws. All your relays can censor you because all computers have an owner. This is just how things work.
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bitcoinerrorlog 5 months ago
This week I dropped my first formal research paper: Credible Exit and The Law of Conservation of Blockspace. It shows the limit on users that Bitcoin layers can support in a "trust-minimized" way, and proves layers cannot actually scale Bitcoin. It's so over?! No, but this requires earnest/honest protocol engineers and builders to recalibrate narratives and R&D around scaling the taboo concepts of trust, and credit. Synonym adjusted about a year ago and thus has already begun designing and implementing new ways to address the situation. @dzdidi and I also presented the latest progress on Paykit, a superficial payment layer for optimal coordination and payments UX. My slides are here, maybe Denys can share his too. https://blossom.primal.net/bf90dce113a89810a173d6064db1f47ef20911e5b2a7fe5a6c8fbc0ca5e380ef.pdf
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bitcoinerrorlog 6 months ago
You can't actually solve problems while following current norms. Because acceptable norms provably allow current problems to exist.
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bitcoinerrorlog 8 months ago
A list of products you are probably neglecting as a Bitcoiner, and as a proponent of freedom software in general. image
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bitcoinerrorlog 8 months ago
The fact the dropping my iPhone is unlikely to break the glass gives me hope for humanity.
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