So many rabbit holes, so little time. We're all much better for what we discover down those holes.

... but it does have open channels.

Mine has traveled with me to 4 countries this year (2 continents). Of course, I had to unplug it while traveling between destinations, but there have been no problems. I do not have a LN routing node running on the system.

Most of my web browsing is using Firefox on Qubes OS with a Whonix gateway and much of my BTC transactions are done using TailsOS on a USB drive (thanks @DarthCoin). Both setups use tor for accessing the internet. It seems that many bitcoiners prefer online privacy, especially when transacting with their bitcoin, and therefore are using similar setups. Your current configuration forces people back out on the clearnet to access AirBTC's web site.

** Access denied. Your IP address is blacklisted. If you feel this is in error please contact your hosting provider's abuse department. **

This was an attempt to access your web site via tor.

I very much agree. I take a moment to attempt to commit a person's name to memory when meeting them for the first time, and then using that person's name later in the conversation. This seems to be very important for interpersonal communications but is so rarely done. Most people ask "what's your name again?" which is precisely how I commit the person's name to my memory. I ask that question and answer it in my mind after I hear their name.

What is the name of the man in the center, directly above Joe's head?

I have read through section 7 and really like how you're iterating through the process of writing the code just like real-world coding; small chunks at a time. I went through another online rust course last year, and the same one again a week ago, but I have not yet done any programming on an actual project with rust. I was recently briefly looking at the rust bitcoin library because I am interested in learning bitcoin programming as well. Thanks for all the time you've put into it so others can benefit. I look forward to your deeper dive into the bitcoin protocol.

Looks like the winning bid was 16 BTC.

Hah haha That's great!

yes

It's much swimming and breath-hold diving -- It's a workout, but well worth it. I learned how to spearfish with a speargun in the Caribbean. I have only been out less than ten times; once on a reef near Playa del Carmen, Mexico, but all the other times have been on the reefs of the east side of the island Cozumel.

Immediately upon readying this headline my brain told me "When they find out you have much BTC they will throw an anti-money laundering violation at you so they can take it all."

Now, I'm sure this has been happening for a very long time, not only with BTC, but I think I just now understood how easy it is for them to steal someone's wealth. Perhaps she's guilty of AML, but they are certainly guilty of theft.

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You are certainly correct, and I am crafting messages to a friend right now, one chunk at a time, to take him at his own pace, to a place he can take custody of his bitcoin. Once he's done that I will guide him further.

Oh my, many memories flooding back from my early linux days. This linux discussion caused me to go look at Slackware's history so I could somewhat pinpoint a year when I began using linux. Slackware begin in 1993, so that's about when I began using it. A professor at the university, where I was studying EET, loaned me 110 3.5-inch HD floppies containing the Slackware distribution. At the time, CDROM drives were very expensive and I don't remember seeing any/many computers on campus with them, and I certainly did not have one in my home computer. I had a 80286-based system at home so I could not run linux at home, and therefore installed it initially on a 80386-based machine in the ham radio shack. I was immediately compiling streamlined kernels to get as much horsepower out of those systems. A short time later I ended up acquiring a 80386-based machine at home, and have been running at home ever since.

Of course, this discussion also brings back memories of my early days on the internet; before HTTP/world-wide-web. Gopher, WAIS, telnetting to MUDs, FTP sites, and so much more. In a way, the advent of HTTP caused the internet experience to be limited (man, that sounds like an incorrect statement!)