Paul Allen
paulallen@nostrplebs.com
npub1m6x2...9dnn
"A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight."
44 years ago today.

James L. Dozier - Wikipedia
Something bad is going on with @Alby
First the ~500k sats on my side of the Dec 1 closed channel never got swept into my on chain wallet that I can tell (most recent receive was 5 months ago)
Last night I sent another 270k to open a new channel with Megalithic and Alby Hub is acting like the send never happened despite it having over 30 block confirmations.
Meanwhile a nest of Virginia yellow jackets will totally eff you up because your lawn mower disturbed their afternoon nap ๐คฃ
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Forget Lambos...


Up to now the reliability of Alby has been top notch for me. So much so that I can't remember the process to connect a Lightning wallet to Amethyst.
Some days I almost wish I'd never heard of Bitcoin. Definitely so for Lightning network. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
Is there a setup that allows your wallet to go back and zap all of the notes you tried zap while it was broke down?
I'm literally in awe sometimes at how self-sovereign some folks are (assuming they're not just larping or trying to sell you something). It's like, you mean your cars never break down, kids and pets don't get sick, appliances don't die?
If someone's got the freedom to suddenly put everything on hold every time their Lightning Node or Nostr client craps the bed, they don't need Bitcoin to hit $1M. They've already won at life.
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Mom: How in the world does that heater make bitcoins?
Me: Umm...
Mom: Well?
Me: I'm trying to think of how to explain it...
Daughter: Have you ever been doing something on a laptop and it starts getting hot? It's kind of like that.
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"is a friend"? Not 'was'? ๐ค
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It would be funny if it came out that the secret to Elon's success was he ordered that book they used to advertise on TV: 'Free Money for Everybody'
"Send check or money order to Pueblo, CO" ๐คฃ View quoted note โ
Nostr clients are magical. Every time you open one, some meatspace nag comes asking for something.
See y'all tomorrow. I hope.
What's the minimum number of lightning channels for a consumer node?
I had two on Alby Hub. One got closed but zaps still not working. I guess the other one was just for looks.
Starting to think Alby isn't worth the subscription.

Based on nothing more than the horror stories I've heard about the software used by government employees at all levels, I'm comfortable predicting that whatever A.I. solution gets implemented by a local, state or federal agency, it's gonna take a non-negligible number of humans to fix all of the problems it will cause.
"Why do we clean our weapons so often, Drill Sergeant?"
"Because they were made by the lowest bidder, rock head!" ๐คฃ
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If you bought at the 2013 ATH and held all the way through 2014 and 2015, respect ๐ซก
Talk about valley of the shadow of darkness!
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The ones I feel the most sorry for are the recently orange-pilled Square merchants.
Bitcoin is dead but nobody's shutting off their miners?


My kid just asked if she should buy more. I was like "Hell yes!"
"But I just bought a shit load! What if it drops more?"
"Then don't buy."
"But it's never been this low since I first started buying."
"Then buy more."
"Do you think it's gonna go lower?"
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I bought at 91900 a few hours ago. Sorry for crashing the price ๐คฃ
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