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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @0x032e5661c6 15 Mar \ on: Alekos Filini AMA bitcoin
Congratulations @afilini on the release of Portal.
I enjoyed watching your product announcement at Bitcoin Atlantis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRAM6bwS8mU&t=31093s
The Bitcoin hardware wallet (signing devices) space needs more innovation and more competition.
I see huge potential for Portal.
I look forward to a future collaboration with a company known for design aesthetics, like https://intl.nothing.tech
https://intl.nothing.tech/cdn/shop/files/ear-stick-03_b5f7f1fd-ec59-4e8f-91ae-c2652c2d8f9c_2792x.jpg
Many multiple happiest days.
For me it is looking back and realizing the hard life decisions i made eventually paid off. e.g.
- Emigrating from country of birth.
- Meeting and marrying my partner.
- Having kids.
- Finding and studying libertarian ideals.
- Getting fired for not complying with govt mandated injection.
- Finding an even better job.
- Being alive and well and thriving with young family.
- Watching the kids meet milestones. e.g. Toddler's use logic to argue their point.
- Knowing that when i die a little bit of me would live forever through my kids and their kids till October 2140 and beyond.
@benthecarman What was the happiest day of your life?
The nostr protocol has an improvement proposal (NIP-09) that touches on Event Deletion (Kind 5).
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/09.md
Nostr kind 5 is a best effort approach and relies on both the client and the relay on observing the protocol rules.
It is by no means perfect. Nothing is.
It will not save you in court.
It is no different to Facebook or Twitter deleting your posts on request but storing a backup on file.
https://delete.nostr.com is a tool that uses NIP-09 (Kind 5) to
delete nostr notes.i welcome criticism.
Iron sharpens iron.
You want to know your bllindspots and make sure those are covered in your thesis.
So i welcome criticisms and listen attentively and only respond if i feel the person speaking is in a place to receive feedback. And i do so with humility and respect.
Every Bitcoiner, young and old, should consider reading all TuttleTwins titles.
These are easy and accessible kids storybooks that incorporate libertarian ideas, a necessary grounding to understand the values of Bitcoin and freedom.
These kids storybooks are stepping stones to works by Mises, Rothbard, Hoppe, Bastiat, Ayn Rand, etc.
@btcschellingpnt thanks for sharing. It sounds like there is hope in Australia and things are not as bad as they are painted to be by some.
Sounds like with enough ground work Australia could position itself as a beacon of financial freedom and innovation through Bitcoin.
I see Peter McCormack recently took his show to Australia.
https://youtu.be/K-SEEQD_PoE
Thanks @blockstream_official for sharing the link to the Blockstream Quarterly Q2-Q3 report.
Was a good read.
It was especially interesting to see how far along Jade has come.
Jade appears to be one of the better open-source hardware wallets in the market.
I like Liquid. I've used it in the past.
Here are some questions or observations that i was hoping @blockstream_official would be able to answer.
Liquid has about 67 members in its federation comprising of major exchanges, Bitcoin infrastructure companies, digital asset managers, wallet providers and other Bitcoin-focused companies.
Of these 67 members, 15 operate signers that run custom-built hardware security modules (HSMs) and specialized software to produce blocks and manage the pegged bitcoin in an 11-of-15 multi-signature wallet.
- Are these 15 signer members rotated amongst the 67 members?
- What is the rotation period?
- What is the process of selecting these signer members?
- How do you prevent signer members from the same parent company or VC funded bias from colluding together to harm the Liquid federation?
- How are conflicts resolved amongst Liquid federation members?
- Are Liquid federation memberships accepted from US sanctioned countries like Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Cuba and Russia?
In addition to the 11-of-15 multi-signature wallet, the Liquid federation’s wallet implements an Emergency Withdrawal Procedure (EWP) by using a 4,032 block (28 days) timelock after which a 2-of-3 multi-signature wallet is able to spend from federation wallet.
- Which Liquid federation members are part of this 2-of-3 multi-signature wallet?
- What is the process of selecting these members for the 2-of-3 multi-signature wallet?
- Are these members rotated amongst the Liquid federation 67 members?
- How do you prevent members from the 2-of-3 multi-signature wallet from the same parent company or VC funded bias from colluding together to harm the Liquid federation?
Blockstream rebranded C-Lightning to Core Lightning (CLN). This was a good move.
- Are there plans for Blockstream to rebrand Liquid (L-BTC) to remove BTC from the token name to help reduce confusion between Liquid and Lightning?
In addition to the above, Liquid Network has emergency backup keys held solely by Blockstream.
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What prevents Blockstream, or a rogue employee, or pressure from a despot government regime from harming the Liquid federation?
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How do we know for certain that a government does not already have access to a copy these Emergency Backup Keys?
FYI, I’m a fan of Liquid. I acknowledge Bitcoin layer-2 is hard to pull off and tradeoffs must exist. I am simply after some extra transparency on above questions while the network continues to grow, liquidity increases and before the next bull-run arrives. Thank you.
Here is a YouTube reading of The Law by Frédéric Bastiat for your listening pleasure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z8u7Sz8n1c
You can also download the LibriVox recording of The Law by Frédéric Bastiat for offline listening:
https://archive.org/compress/thelaw_bastiat_2007_librivox/formats=128KBPS%20MP3&file=/thelaw_bastiat_2007_librivox.zip
Good summary.
Great little book.
Highly recommend.
The SUN
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is the source of life.
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without it, all living things die.
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The skin and retina are photon receptors that respond positively to Sunlight.
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blocking Sunlight with blackout curtains in bedrooms, wearing long-sleeved tops, long pants, hats with visors, sunglasses, and application of sunscreen lotion could be doing more damage than good by reducing your vitamin D levels and significantly impacting your body's immune system.
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Let there be light (but only during the daytime).
BIP85 enables you create several independent BIP39 mnemonic seed words (private keys) for several Bitcoin wallets from a single, primary mnemonic seed words (private key).
All you will have to do is remember the primary mnemonic seed words AND the index numbers for each derived mnemonic seed words.
The derived mnemonic seed words are completely isolated. These derived seed words can therefore be used for testing wallet software, etc.
Great also for setting up younger ones, or spouse, or parents with a bitcoin wallet.
Blockstream's Child Recovery Phrase allows you do the following:
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Choose an index number based off your BIP39 mnemonic seed word (private keys)
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Choose mnemonic seed word length.
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Blockstream Jade would then show you your new derived recovery phrase (independent mnemonic seed words).
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