I don't know, because I've never been in this early on any other technology that became widely used.

I had the good fortune of earning my first significant amount of sats on SN when there was a custodial wallet. There was no difficulty at all and I had plenty of time to gradually build out the rest of my lightning setup as I needed it.

I wonder about this when I think about how I’d advise someone to get started.

I still think the main issue is the initial setup. It’s a lot of new stuff for people.

The points you raise are legit issues to work on but I think most people will have given up already before they get there.

Did you do something to randomize those cases? It seems like typing it would have been annoying.

Very important subject

There was a good post on the subject on this a few years ago, but this is the stuff we need to get back to talking about more.

You know what silver stackers are saying now? If you don't hold it in your hand, you don't own it.

I feel like this has been a long standing mantra of precious metals people. They like the property that gold and silver are amongst the only assets that are not someone else's liability.

Very impressive output, nonetheless.

I’m fascinated by how active and thoughtful this community is.

There's your answer

any advice for a newbie trying to earn his first sats?

Leave thoughtful comments. Ask genuine questions. Zap content you value.

You'll quickly find that this is a small enough community that you actually get to know people and they get to know you (even with the generic nym).

I never authorized use of my likeness!

Excuses are like assholes

The intern is depressed because he wanted Team America to lose.

punishment will come in the form of losing.

When you're properly hedged, it's impossible to lose.

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Bitcoin has the deepest straw, though, and it has a straw in the dollar's milkshake too.

My expectation first came to me before I came over to the dollar milkshake view, but I don't think they're incompatible.

This gold-token system might reduce the extent of dollarization, compared to what it otherwise would have been, and increase the adoption of dollar alternatives even after it fails.

The dollar probably will survive this gold-token but will be weaker on the other side than it would have been if all these countries had just kept their current fiats.

I've seen this name before but I don't recall in what context.

Most of these items are things other people have discussed, so it certainly seems plausible.

I still expect it to damage the dollar on its way to failure though. We'll see.

This is the trajectory I've been expecting. The non-Western world will attempt gold settlement to free themselves from the dollar and because they trust gold way more than they trust each other.

Eventually, it will fail for the same reasons gold always fails: it's possible to cheat on a gold standard.

Dear Jesus, I see what you’ve done for others and I’d like you to do it for me.

So sorry to hear about Squidley. I know this is basically impossible (I still haven't managed it for myself), but try not to beat yourself up about all the things you could have done differently. I'm sure you tried your best and acted with her well-being in mind.

It gives me a practical use for all of the stuff I'm constantly dumping into my brain.

I like this. It's how I think about my prediction market use.

Wow, they had such a lock on that market for so long. You'd think just churning out the same product forever would be pretty easy.