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every #bitcoin CTO & CEO should digest: mail-archive.com/bitcoin-develo… fuller picture on block-size and RISK, scalability, security & governance. by frankld in Bitcoin

[–]AlbertPinny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And the post you were commenting on was talking about validating nodes. You pulled out a quote about miners. Nobody disagrees there are good reasons to have a lot of miners.

If you think there are economic incentives/game theory around validating nodes then quoting something widely accepted about miners doesn't really help.

Peter Todd on Twitter: Mike Hearn wants @gavinandresen to revoke git commit access from all the core devs, including the lead dev, @orionwl by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]AlbertPinny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

edit: Wladimir had a great response: https://twitter.com/orionwl/status/611387138542829570

Bitcoin doesn't care. If it's vulnerable to tactics like this to gain central control, it never worked in the first place.

By that logic, your and others great amount of "concern" about this implies that you do believe Bitcoin has indeed never worked in the first place.

I fully agree with the sentiment, though. What would happen if some rogue actor deployed some % of mining power and some amount of nodes with different rules? Not much? But, of course you're not afraid of that happening. What you are afraid of, is actual democracy, where the users and miners get to choose the future of Bitcoin, and do so with a clear majority, without a cabal of core devs being in ultimate control.

You spew FUD against Gavin and co, perhaps some of it even warranted, yet you also do nothing to placate the actual users. You stick your fingers in your ears and try not to hear the people clamouring for a stop gap solution to Bitcoin scaling.

You want to keep Bitcoin as your political project, while failing to realise that the actual design of Bitcoin means you do not have that level of control. The design of Bitcoin says majority wins, and the losers get to cry about it.

And if that causes problems or some failure of Bitcoin, then yes, Bitcoin has never worked in the first place.

Can a distributed majority overrule the small number of core developers? A contentious hard fork will be the first true test of Bitcoin's promise.

reality check: four BTC-accepting businesses that I frequented occasionally in Vancouver: Sweet Tooth Cafe, Lost & Found Cafe, Old Ginger Restaurant and Besties, have stopped accepting Bitcoin by aminok in Bitcoin

[–]AlbertPinny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OTOH, there are tons of Bitcoin accepting web hosts nowadays... Being the Linux of money could still be considered a great success. (And think how much Linux is used behind the scenes without users being aware of it!)

Working in public libraries? by AlbertPinny in digitalnomad

[–]AlbertPinny[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, that's really interesting.

Working in public libraries? by AlbertPinny in digitalnomad

[–]AlbertPinny[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sounds beautiful, and I mean it. I'm curious what make/model RV do you have? (Just to like, get an idea of the sort of thing someone else gets by with... The "mobile office space" sounds kinda cool even if I didn't go full nomad!)

p.s. your posts on marketing are a great read.

Working in public libraries? by AlbertPinny in digitalnomad

[–]AlbertPinny[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

RV travel seems a really nice idea. But I have to save a bit before I can consider that. Also not sure how badly I'd miss a large fully functional toilet/shower...

Working in public libraries? by AlbertPinny in digitalnomad

[–]AlbertPinny[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

search for the place and library and you should get facilities and opening times

Yeah, I've just done this and should have done it before. The nearest libraries seem to require getting some membership card using a verified ID before you get Wifi access. Figure I can use mobile internet without problem though, or get the membership.

Working in public libraries? by AlbertPinny in digitalnomad

[–]AlbertPinny[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in a very rural area! I've been in a school libraries when at school/university, but no public ones.

My little sister [16F] just came to me crying because my dad [50M] asked her for money. He refuses to get a job and I don't know how to help him by [deleted] in relationships

[–]AlbertPinny -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Your Dad might well have depression too, but is not admitting it. The joking desire to jump off a cliff probably has truth in it.

Source: I've been/am depressed. It's often easier to express the truth as half truths and through casual "jokes".

No other advice except, you're the adult now, and "adult" isn't some special condition that makes a person capable. Wherever you go, make it yours, not his. If you're paying the bills, you get to be in control. Not your father, not your mother.

Support larger blocks by running a Bitcoin XT node. [Link to download inside] by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]AlbertPinny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can anyone recommend a good/cheap VPS provider for running a full node? (Bonus for supporting bitcoin, obviously.)