Writing GUIs in rust is surprisingly satisfying! Tried out the ‘iced’ crate to make a desktop app. The number of available components is pretty limited, but the snappiness of resizing and interaction is a huge breath of fresh air compared to Electron- or Tauri-based apps.

Politicians flocking to Bitcoiners now that they need us feels like abusive parents asking their grown children to take care of them as they approach old age.

“No one is coming to save me; no one is coming to make life right for me; no one is coming to solve my problems. If I don’t do something, nothing is going to get better.” - Nathaniel Brandon This resonates with me strongly after all of the conference politicization. We need to build our way out of the mess we’re in and make the state obsolete.

Are any Bitcoin mining operations leveraging the Rankine cycle to produce additional power with the waste heat? Would be similar to turbocharging an engine.

🤔 I think the US govt needs to look in the mirror

Currently reading Confessions of an Economic Hitman and am genuinely confused how Nayib Bukele hasn't been assassinated yet

Talked to a friend the other day who runs a small business. He's not a bitcoiner but I've talked to him about it here and there. He mentioned how much they have to pay in credit card fees, so naturally I brought up the ability to circumvent that using lightning. I showed him Zaprite and he seemed genuinely interested. At $25 per month for a Zaprite subscription, and assuming that you save 2% in fees and pass half of that savings back to the customer (i.e. you save 1%), you'd need to get $2,500 per month paid in Bitcoin. The conversation ended with "this doesn't quite make financial sense... yet" but I don't think it'll be long until it becomes a no-brainer for most small businesses, even if neither the business nor the customers care about Bitcoin.