It would be easier and far less to write sharing examples where I didn't make silly mistakes.

So Google Pixel phones will work? I was going to experiment first with an old 5a before committing to my daily driver 8a

I don't even need to read the article (tho I've read a many Mises/Rothbard/Hayek), I completely agree with the headline.

I can only speak for Sparrow: there is no fee to use it. It's one guy (Craig Wright) and he accepts donations. I've donated several times and I would suggest anyone/everyone do the same for the FOSS products they use on the regular.

Love the line "Bash in the past" and I don't know why...

I feel you but remember this: "casinos, lottery tickets, sports gambling, day trading, and horse betting culture is shaking my faith in humanity."

Degens gonna degen. Tis what tit tis.

If it's not cold, it's hot. The only way to be cold in any sense to be completely offline: no screens, no cables, no keyboard, no internet, no computer, no camera, period.

Personally, I don't eff with wallets that utilize anything other than Bitcoin. This is because of the additional attack vectors created from having multiple chains associated with a single device/wallet. Also, if it's not Bitcoin it's a sh*tcoin (in my opinion), so stick with the maxis.

If you're looking for a good hot wallet, just use Strike or CashApp. Strike edges out with the low cost of buying BTC, but CashApp has greater functionality as a bank. Then when you're ready for a cold storage custody wallet, use the Blockstream Jade. It's the best option for the lowest price ($70-80ish). Can't beat that.

It's a 3-tiered solution:

If this is your setup, just like the scenario you proposed, a blunt-force attack can only realistically steal what's in your 'wallet.' Additionally, you can setup your 'safe' and 'vault' with passphrases and decoy accounts just to be extra cautious.

Yeah, that's the last line of defense.

No, I don't believe so. So long as you have your seed, you can always restore back into the device under a different config, or a different device entirely. Actually, now that I think about it I believe you can still access the device without the QR even if you set it up that way. I may be wrong on that, I'll have to double-check...

Update: resolved -- turns out the VM on the server ran out of memory. Simple reboot fixed the issue facepalm

As Kratter said, we're in a race against time to prevent a war over the matter. Only when enough people are onboarded and integrated into owning and using Bitcoin in their daily lives does the government face a huge obstacle in making Bitcoin usage untenable. If that threshold is not breached soon, we may see some very dark times ahead.

I'm relieved to know this was sarcasm. When I read the tweet thread, I actually had no idea.

I've been thinking about starting up something similar here in the US. Could use someone with knowledge in this area. Let's keep in touch!

Ah yes, this was a while back. I still don't know if there is an update there, perhaps to can fill me in. Essentially, someone claims to have found a serious vulnerability, but we still don't know exactly what it is? Maybe I got that wrong. Anyway, for this post I'm specifically thinking of something more recent in which a dev stated that he was quitting LN and focusing elsewhere. I believe it was a different L2 like Ark. Does that sound familiar?

It was a quasi-Bitcoiner. Someone very much on the libertarian/Austrian side political/economically, but has an ETH node, too. I'd say he's 80% maxi, 20% crypto-bro. 100% anti-fiat. Oh interesting, didn't know and hadn't heard that before about WBTC. He didn't mention that in our brief discussion...

Yeah, this is what perplexes me: LN works, so I don't understand the reasoning leading to someone saying it has 'failed.' It works, it's relatively decentralized (compared to any other payment rail on Earth, at least), it's fast, and it's cheap. I'm just trying to understand the logic.