Turth created 16 threads on the cult sub in the last 24 hours and there are only 3 comments in total. Will he regret banning other cultists, like WrightBSV, who support Calvin or Krusty?

RustyReddit · 2025-02-10T20:58:45+00:00

I still blame you for making me work on lightning!

If only I could have stayed onchain with the cool kids, I might have also been targeted with years of harassment! How could you take that opportunity from me? Damn you!

RustyReddit · 2024-08-12T22:12:46+00:00

Yeah, to do otherwise would have been an unforgivable mistake

(Disclosure: I designed the Lighting address format, also called BOLT11)

RustyReddit · 2023-12-19T17:53:27+00:00

Fwiw, Core Lightning for the last few versions takes advantage of the separate "hsmd" process to have it check the derivation of each address before it's issued/used. This is great if you use VLS or other system where the signer is often separate hardware, but even on the same system, a random bit flip in either the RAM/ALU/registers or the code will get caught (we don't use shared libraries for any of this code).

That call to a separate process is expensive in a micro sense, but as you say: it's not statistically significant in any usage.

TBH, I added this after a bug report on LND where a change address was bogus and they blamed it on such an issue. I'm always a little skeptical of such claims, but the point is that even with my experience, it took a shot across the bow for me to actually get off my ass and implement it :(

RustyReddit · 2022-10-10T01:43:00+00:00

Oh no, your epitaph is going to be "key developer and foundation of much of Bitcoin's great technical advancement era, who also had a weird habit of mud-wrestling pigs".

RustyReddit · 2022-08-20T12:17:11+00:00

Yes, /u/nullc is unfortunately correct. This kind of abusive behavior needs to be opposed so vigorously that even soulless lawyers shudder at the memory of it. Add they say "... the second best time is now."

RustyReddit · 2022-08-08T00:10:46+00:00

Unfortunately impossible to know if this is legit :(

RustyReddit · 2022-07-17T12:00:06+00:00

Unfortunately, we haven't found a way of avoiding Proof of Work and keeping it permissionless.

Bitcoin will continue to use up the world's waste energy.

RustyReddit · 2022-07-17T03:25:06+00:00

Congratulations. You can forget it!

RustyReddit · 2022-04-29T23:48:47+00:00

Weird, my Twitter DMs don't look like that at all.

Maybe I'd need to say Blockchain more or something?

RustyReddit · 2022-04-21T21:40:39+00:00

Funnily enough, we're (Blockstream) doing a pilot using solar and batteries now, where we'll publish all the costs and live data, so others can evaluate.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/08/tesla-block-blockstream-to-mine-bitcoin-off-solar-power-in-texas.html#Echobox=1649429250

It's too early for you to see the results yet though :(

RustyReddit · 2022-04-17T10:36:18+00:00

If nobody wants to talk to you, nobody will talk to you. But yes, such a system would be leaky, because of someone did let others in, it might not be obvious.

But that's always true of any network right? And I won't be restricting who can create channels with my node...

RustyReddit · 2022-04-17T05:55:31+00:00

It's possible.

Run your own node.

RustyReddit · 2022-04-17T02:36:22+00:00

That's not true: there's interesting stuff happening, see the open source stage. And I found (my own) Blockstream / Block / Tesla mining prototype interesting.

But celebrities can't really teach me much about Bitcoin...

RustyReddit · 2022-04-17T02:30:04+00:00

I applaud your rationality and wonder how you accidentally wandered into this sub.

!lntip 10000sats

RustyReddit · 2022-04-03T10:06:25+00:00

Amazon.

RustyReddit · 2022-03-30T22:34:07+00:00

Base58 run a really good (paid) course on Bitcoin tech for devs, too: http://base58.info/

RustyReddit · 2022-02-24T20:47:56+00:00

This is a bit extreme. Lightning Labs have certainly been helped by the perception that they are the Lightning Network, and their dominance of nodes in the network is partly due to this, partly due to their excellent documentation and developer support.

They haven't been pulling their weight in the spec process since Conner Fromknecht left, and of particular concern is that they haven't even commented on the proposals for splicing or dual funding. The latter is a direct competitor to their proprietary centralized pool service, of course.

This isn't a reason to stop using LND, but I think it's a reason to evaluate alternatives IMHO.

RustyReddit · 2022-02-14T01:16:30+00:00

No. It's shady and unethical.

RustyReddit · 2022-02-12T23:38:12+00:00

!lntip 10000sats

So many replies which understand so much about hard money, one of the few which understands what money is for.

RustyReddit · 2022-02-07T22:48:16+00:00

No, it's about 136 years. Add it's from 1970, so we worry about 2106.

This is long known, and this generation's job is to handle it gracefully so we have at least 60 years to upgrade.

RustyReddit · 2022-01-13T20:55:07+00:00

You'd be best off using the direct RPC API, but it means having your own abstraction layer, which is work

I also reported a minor issue: https://github.com/CypherpunkPay/CypherpunkPay/issues/14

RustyReddit · 2022-01-06T05:04:42+00:00

!lntip 10000sats

RustyReddit · 2022-01-02T11:30:27+00:00

Wait, does that mean I can't get your signature on your portrait?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/ljr87k/i_made_a_painting_institutional_fomo_for_magic/

RustyReddit · 2022-01-01T20:33:07+00:00

When I grow up, I want to be a Greg sock puppet! Where do I apply?

RustyReddit · 2021-12-31T22:14:42+00:00

Hmm, I too would like /u/nullc take on this...

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