Interesting, I'll try to keep this in mind.

Today I learned about inscriptions AND how to identify them on mempools - thanks SN 😸

I will say though, as this all seems tied to the uptick in UTXOs... Having triggered a 'repair UTXOs' run on my Raspiblitz, the majority of the slowdown in executing this repair happened when I hit the wall of UTXOs in 2023.

There does seem to be some validity, at least from where I'm sitting, to the little guy being bogged down by UTXO bloat due to these inscriptions.

True, but in one scenario they have a chance of coming out on top despite you going down.

Done correctly, you'd still go down but at least they didn't walk with your tasty sats.

It helps when cutting off a finger is kind of a moot point

With an appropriate cold storage or multisig setup... it's probably a tired trope to say this but it really should be very difficult for anyone to gain access to your ice cold crispy sats.

This is friggin rad

Same. I'm getting emails about one that I showed some interest in but haven't pulled the trigger. Feel like I'll be glowing fluorescent orange from orange pilling myself by the time I show up to one.

I'm still learning about lightning while aware that there's this whole ecash (cashu?) thing waiting for me to dig in to, but one thing at a time. I don't parallel process well.

I own a cat and there's a rap lyric in the song "Get Down" that goes "I'm a mack daddy soprano".

I'm not even a big rap listener I just would get that catchy lyric stuck in my head now and again. Rest is history.

Noted for future posts 🙇🏻‍♂️

I've never heard of this I'll look into it, thank you for responding!

Suppose it's worth identifying that the UTXO spike (in April 2023) does seem to lead the price increase by a fair bit, so while I respect position that 'price go up, UTXOs go up'... I think this chart still indicates a drastic UTXO shock upwards that continued despite pauses in price action.

Hot take: LLMs are commodities... all the money thrown at developing them ends up being furnace fodder when someone else did it faster/better/smarter on cheaper hardware.

There has never been a point in my bitcoin journey where my setup, my privacy, my environment, or my execution has felt flawless. I'm just always trying to do a little bit better - and ensuring security has taken more precedent so far than absolute pristine KYC practices.

I'm trying, but I hang my head a little on this one.

I crushed that interview a day ago and now I'm speeding towards final rounds 💪

Above: Catdaddysoprano Below: Catdaddysoprano reading the Darth Guides, a pathway to many abilities some consider to be.... undebasable.

🙇🏻‍♂️ Your guide just on wallet structure and 'thinking like a bank' succinctly conveyed many best-practices that I've been (slowly) developing for myself.

Very grateful you've left such great resources - shortcuts to truths I'd otherwise earn at a high cost.