Miners either have access to dirt-cheap energy and mining rigs, or they are betting big on the increase of Bitcoin value

I'm only at page 20 of Fiat Ruins Everything, but I already feel the pain from the bruises from plunging even deeper in the rabbit hole... Thank you @jimmysong

LDK v0.0.117 is out!

GitHub

Release v0.0.117 · lightningdevkit/rust-lightning

0.0.117 - Oct 3, 2023 - "Everything but the Twelve Sinks" API Updates ProbabilisticScorer's internal models have been substantially improved, incl...

Privacy works! You talk to a Bitcoin ecosystem dev guy at some events, who goes by a pseudonim, a couple of times. Some time later someone else ask you 'do you know xyz? He also lives in the same country'. Heck, no, I had no idea! Privacy works, privacy is important! :D A sensitive information was hidden, I learnt it by web of trust!

BTCDEB works! I've heard rumors and legends about transaction debugging tools... until now, when I dared to look for it, and try it. It'was much easier to build&run, and it saved me a couple of hours of blind trial-error tx building. BTCDEB #transaction-debugger #btcdeb #bitcoin-core

GitHub

GitHub - bitcoin-core/btcdeb: Bitcoin Script Debugger

Bitcoin Script Debugger. Contribute to bitcoin-core/btcdeb development by creating an account on GitHub.

Miner efficiency continues to improve: the recently-announces S21 pushes it below 20 W/TH/s -- 17.5 for the air-cooled, 16 for the water cooled. Expect global hashrate to continue to climb...

Is `EntropySource` a better name than `RandomNumberGenerator`? Why?

3x3 and 2x2 skills do not directly interpolate to 4x4... still exploring

[Silent Payment] It is a bit early, but I want to put out this idea: Silent Payment Receiver and Forwarder Bitcoin silent payment (BIP352) receiving is a bit tricky, therefore I expect that it will take some time until some wallets implement it. For the meantime, a forwarder could be very useful. A separate app, that holds the scanning/spending keys, scans transactions from a node (ideally own node). Whenever it detects a new incoming payment it forwards it to a ‘regular’ address (descriptor/Xpub-based, no privkey needed, no address reuse). Forwarded payments can be processed with any usual bitcoin wallet. I wonder about security and privacy considerations of such a scheme, but I don't see a show-blocker. I see one downside: the forwarding has some fee. Also, the scanning/spending keys have to be kept securely. A subset would be an app that only does notification.

[LDK Splicing] Collected info on status and prototype details on LDK+Splicing prototype:

HackMD

LDK Splicing Prototype - HackMD

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Any way to start a meetup.com group anonymously? Requires payment, and only option supported is credit card...

An old relic found hidden in a box. Sadly, it doesn't hold any sats, I've never opened it

Bitcoin loves atlantic islands: first BTC Azores, then Bitcoin Atlantis in Madeira 😎

Lightning is a magical payment layer on top of Bitcoin. But others are emerging as well. Lightning INVOICES are emerging as the de facto STANDARD connecting different payment layers (like e-cash)

If India indeed changes her name to Bharat, BRICS will become unpronouncible BRBCS !?