The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @lopp ever

November 2021

yeah sex is great but have you ever tried fucking authorities

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@intangiblecoins I suggest dropping the $200 on the wireless adapter.

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@CryptoCobain @RealRossU Yeah I see a lot of positive words of support. Looks like I have all the folks you’re referring to muted. :-)

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@CryptoCobain @RealRossU I haven’t seen any of this drama so I guess you need to tune your filters more.

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@emilepetrone Countries without coercion.
Pure memetics.

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@MadMoneyOnCNBC @jimcramer A War on COVID will be as effective as the War on Drugs / Terror / Poverty. Have fun with that.

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@pil8920 @KatlasC Yeah I meant you can’t just trust a timestamp given to you by some random entity. The game theory… https://t.co/HQyPucOuYW

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In @nealstephenson’s Termination Shock, one protagonist regularly runs his “PanScan” app to check for confirmed cas… https://t.co/wx84qOSj4E

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@wheatpond 1 week in crypto is 7 years in tradfi

checkmate

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Full validation sync of Libbitcoin Node 3.6.0 to block 705,000 took my machine 46 hours, 41 minutes with a 100,000 UTXO cache.

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I guess you could say…
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transitory was transitory.

https://t.co/QRaFozfre8

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@nvk Didn’t the mastodon primary dev / instance block the bitcoinhackers instance due to being “right wing” or some similar BS?

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@DougBorden pretty sure your account will be banned

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For the record, as a public private individual I do not consent to having the following depiction of myself shared… https://t.co/AYJ2Q3wSO2

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@Cryptdorian There’s a trillion dollar bounty on the line for hacking Bitcoin at the protocol level. Many have tried.

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Imagine if we can reach the point at which every human runs their own fact checking daemon on a phone / wearable /… https://t.co/Z0NLuFYqHe

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We run Bitcoin nodes because they act as autonomous agents of truth, instantly rejecting attempts of fraud & decept… https://t.co/QAQZ8M3Pvt

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Over the past 17 months / 75,000 blocks, @saylor & @MicroStrategy have acquired 138,775 BTC, which is nearly 30% of… https://t.co/j36WHJx4Ew

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*brrrrrrrrrrrrrr*
THE VIRUS MADE ME DO IT!

https://t.co/1K07MEny8h

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“This bull market is so dumb; only goes up because MicroStrategy is buying them all.” pic.twitter.com/1gKyVLr3dV

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RT @CasaHODL: What is CoinJoin, and how does it augment #Bitcoin privacy?

Our latest article has a quick explainer and a peek at the futur…

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Great writeup by @GaloyMoney on how to build a local circular Bitcoin economy.

* Community organizers are key.
* S… https://t.co/8r2e0XGq28

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@mikejcasey @prestonjbyrne @BJacksonWrites I seem to recall that 1A does /not/ protect speech that incites violence… https://t.co/NFfvK3uhex

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@saylor Phew; I was getting worried - it’s been nearly 3 months since your last purchase!

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@novogratz @JoeBiden @SpeakerPelosi @AOC @SenSchumer The politicians are silent because they are fuelling the probl… https://t.co/9P7s32NmJ7

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@ecurrencyhodler Yeah, ligandrol. Don’t use it if you’re a professional athlete. ;-)

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@Mark_MNLocal Depends on severity of illness and time constraints. If it’s an emergency I clearly need to trust the… https://t.co/PPuElZLI1O

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@Mark_MNLocal Science is all we’ve got! Unfortunately the lines between science and propaganda can get blurry.

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Actually I am… and so can you with this one neat trick! #bitcoin https://t.co/42YcfLtkZj

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@realrysi Anything with a couple dozen GB of RAM and a solid state drive will be plenty of overkill for running a node for many years.

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Full validation sync of btcd v0.22.0-beta to block 705,000 took my benchmark machine 4 days, 7 hours, 15 minutes.

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Free your mind and your body will follow.

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@bitcoinsatvva It sounds like the only copy of the keys were in that safe.

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There will always be another threat of which you are told to be afraid. The ability to rationally assess risk while… https://t.co/isekL2GgL1

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I’m trying to get into the holiday spirit but the bottle won’t open.

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@ohhushmusic This type of distribution decreases the likelihood of a single event wiping you out, but increases the… https://t.co/tqpmuZzohM

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@TheIllix Any setup where you have keys distributed around; multisig is not the only way but it’s the most straightforward.

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Bitcoin does not merely let you be your own bank; you can secure your funds in a manner that is far more robust tha… https://t.co/Oe9Shn6b0V

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Man sells his 1,000 BTC for shitcoins on advice of a “crypto investor,” then proceeds to lose all of his money. He… https://t.co/QbAGyOr8Ew

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Remember, it’s rude to evangelize Bitcoin at Thanksgiving dinner unless a related topic comes up such as

Food cost… https://t.co/moctUIHRHk

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Yes, I’m being bullied on a daily basis by a criminal organization that calls itself “government.” Send help. https://t.co/Z2en6owcSc

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@satoshis_dog @olairet Pretending? Do I need to post a photo of me standing next to the wood pile holding my bow?

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I’ve developed a new workout regimen I’ve dubbed The Gratitude Stack.

1. Go out in the woods.
2. Cut down a tree.… https://t.co/SKPV9VpBbO

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Your groceries cost more for the same reason your bitcoins cost more. https://t.co/NsZCB50yKG

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SDWouters The saddest image I’ve ever made I think. We need a standard yesterday. pic.twitter.com/xibCbTjNbO

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RT @CasaHODL: Excited for Taproot? Want to learn more?

Join us at 3 p.m. EST/12 p.m. PST for a Twitter Space featuring @lopp @forwardsecre…

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@CodlStorage Probably around $50; seems like the hex caps tend to be the most expensive part.

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If you create a https://t.co/H0S6PHClts style DIY seed backup, consider storing it inside of a 1” stainless steel p… https://t.co/xm2L4FvFyu

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Oh dear. Don’t day trade your daughter’s wedding funds. https://t.co/o5B0upNHtx

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@gladstein @udiWertheimer i thought everything was good for bitcoin

gonna be a short debate

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Politician courts Sovereign Individuals.

The thesis continues to play out as predicted. pic.twitter.com/y3zS46qGuM

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@shinesdw_lee Yes, for $350 you can get a top of the line flashlight that will throw a 30,000 lumen beam over half… https://t.co/i7kcY9trYS

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is it just me or is the miami airport the coldest (air conditioned) airport in the world

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@orweinberger Might want to check out Wyoming. I expect New York would be one of the worst.

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The rate of technological progress is amazing. Flashlight luminosity has increased by an order of magnitude in a de… https://t.co/kCIhZ8RzJv

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@johnconnor421 Mostly San Salvador. I’d agree that it seems like a rougher country than most.

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@JeremyRubin @SatoshiSarah What’s the cost/difficulty of registering? Hard to tell how big of a barrier this is. Wh… https://t.co/cFHSPfq3fA

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@johnconnor421 I was just there this week and saw quite a few familiar faces.

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There are plenty of ways the El Salvador Bitcoin project could fail, most of which are outside of our control.

But… https://t.co/lNcKAvHFf8

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@jespow @twobitidiot It will all be fine if we just comply. A psyops bot told me so. https://t.co/6sBFAFg6SJ

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RT @Snowden: There is a strain of wealthy VC-guy who pretends to do you a favor by “warning” against Bitcoin (or whatever) while hyping cen…

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@pepperonner @CasaHODL Yeah it does, I use it via Aurora store. What won’t work is the encrypted cloud backup featu… https://t.co/HJuH1qu9l0

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7) Adopters of crypto networks are not insane, they are merely opting into realities that have more to offer.

They… https://t.co/RokN7HUL3E

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6) The further one goes down the rabbit hole of any given network and the ecosystem being built around it, the more… https://t.co/zZt9yeRfDr

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5) There are some who work on better defining and defending the edges of a given crypto network by crafting memes a… https://t.co/e8jrNK8Pq8

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4) Unlike with traditional migration between nation states, there is no border control between crypto networks. All… https://t.co/9bG4Hf7vOI

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3) Crypto networks establish microcosms with rule sets that define a reality anyone can opt into.

It’s more akin t… https://t.co/j2kXoFfenC

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2) In meatspace (what some call “the real world”) you can not simply change the facts of reality - there are conseq… https://t.co/7Zu4iZhBQK

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1) “I reject your reality and substitute it with my own.”

This mindset would traditionally be the mark of a lunati… https://t.co/DD3MWhcKN0

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Not sure why Twitter doesn’t tout itself as a mental health platform given how many folks on here happily give out free psychoanalyses.

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@udiWertheimer i operate under the assumption that this is what you have chosen to do with your retirement

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@Bruno_Nardi Looks like the bot owner caught wind of this, claimed not to be a bot a few times, then blocked me and… https://t.co/vDGK9Twgup

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@DanielSingerS @prestonjbyrne “Sanity” is by definition a construct of the masses, who are rarely forward-thinking. https://t.co/p28cm33DYt

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@DanielSingerS @prestonjbyrne Hard to have logical conversations with folks who have been brainwashed into thinking in binary terms.

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Full validation sync of Mako commit hash 3d8a5180… took 24 hours 10 minutes to sync to block 705,000 on my benchm… https://t.co/RFi6NPd7Of

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You shouldn’t hate me for being “right wing” because I’m not - I’m anti-wing.

The logical reason to hate me is bec… https://t.co/THcDHbekY2

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@PeterMcCormack Might I suggest block/mute and move on. https://t.co/hqVTBbZJSu

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@TomerStrolight @BitcoinIsSaving Rulers don’t appreciate when subjects declare independence. 😬

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El Salvador has declared war on the dollar, just as @BitcoinIsSaving predicted 7 years ago. https://t.co/dRoeciZefO

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@lommaj Who, me? I’ll have you know that I am an NFT owner. https://t.co/gXrj54NdgI

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@paoloardoino New Tether truther conspiracy theories in 3…2…1…

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@kyletgibson @Twitter Somewhat, though you can be smart about it. They’d not want to translate on demand every time… https://t.co/O4keO5Xfez

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If @Twitter lets me tap on a tweet and then tap again to translate it to my native language, why can’t it automatic… https://t.co/D6VloVqdVI

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RT @ChristopherA: @n1ckler @EESAenAlemania @UFGoficial There is now a Spanish (and Portuguese) translation of @BlockchainComns Learning Bit…

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@Cursed2Know @welcomtomachine @Joz3d I suspect it’s not worth arguing with someone who chooses to give credence to… https://t.co/FgLCD5pfc5

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@BITPAINTCLUB Yeah I don’t have the time/ability to replicate my resources site for multiple languages but I’m happ… https://t.co/Ty5XDZW0nT

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The most common question I got from locals in El Salvador was where to find trustworthy bitcoin educational resourc… https://t.co/DtluCimL7l

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@OneDeuxTriSeiGo Domestic travel doesn’t require it. Entering from another country does.

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@TheDRNet1 Remember when you used to be able to walk right up to the gate without being treated like a criminal?

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@wtogami @orweinberger @orionwl Not sure though I’ve run it for several years without problems, generally only upgrade annually.

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@orweinberger @orionwl @wtogami +1 for self hosted ghost. Also easy to migrate from medium.

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@Cr03Sinister Masks don’t guarantee anything either. Oops.

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@4realchris It’s not about the personal inconvenience, it’s about irrational compliance.

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Let me get this straight:

Most folks boarding an international flight to USA are vaccinated.

Everyone has a recen… https://t.co/oX56gsO9HT

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@Ibo1337 I have no wings. You’ve fallen for the trap of believing there are only two schools of thought.

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@ChaosInAShell I suppose it’s somewhat irrelevant because there’s no way for me to convince anyone about my motives.

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The curse of having a high follower count is many folks assume your goal is to be an influencer and you derive your… https://t.co/jdiiM10Pi3

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@Jon_HQ For efficiency and my own amusement :-P

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@DanDarkPill I’m impressed that you can keep up with all this BS

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@Swayyemm For self custody there are no restrictions. For in-app bitcoin purchase it really depends on our broker p… https://t.co/5joh8Hkvoh

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Yes, I’m aware that making controversial statements will result in people unfollowing me. No need to announce your… https://t.co/SzK27A1J0p

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@wolftendo They wouldn’t let me bring my own weapons  🤷

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@sylvesterboyd @BonzManifest Using lethal force to defend property is a much trickier legal stance and tends to dep… https://t.co/E7hHwPBPxU

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@henjumeric43 @kybabtc Without explaining how escalation of force works, it goes from peaceful to not peaceful. The… https://t.co/fkylVxYNaR

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@brentkearney It’s not optimal. I’ve never seen so many armed guards around a city in my life.

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If you were surprised / upset by the verdict, you weren’t paying attention. Or you think the legal system cares abo… https://t.co/FpKtLt1gNQ

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@kybabtc dis gonna trigger folks fo sho

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Fuck around with a peaceful armed citizen and find out.

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“What you said is dumb and lacks nuance.”

Sir, this is Twitter.

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@Billyndroid The authoritarians wouldn’t let me bring my own guns!

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Like it or not, you are the protagonist of your own story. Might as well act like it.

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@IoshiTatamoto ikr, but I’m not one to turn down bodyguards when offered

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In order to achieve outsized success you must be brave enough, independent enough, and weird enough to stray from mainstream groupthink.

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The quickest way to a security conscious Bitcoiner’s heart is via armed escort.

Hola, El Salvador! pic.twitter.com/YYonZdMk0N

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Bitcoin down from $69,000 USD to under $58,000 USD. Possible buying opportunity.
https://t.co/9y217n9Ewb

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🤡 “In the event of emergency, an oxygen mask will drop down. Remove your mask before putting on your mask.” 🤡

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@Kexkey @BashCo_ Yeah so when using regex validation we’ve seen stuff like the user accidentally typing an exta ‘a’… https://t.co/ZQJCCmR8X1

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@matthe1972 OK I didn’t ask them for ID, they could have been 10 or 13.

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@Kexkey @BashCo_ Not sure what you mean. Just because a string is base58 / base32 and a certain length doesn’t mean… https://t.co/RDsQq0xvav

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@Kexkey @BashCo_ IIRC when you resort to regex you are throwing checksum validation out the window.

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@Kexkey @BashCo_ You’re gonna have a bad time if you use a regex.

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When I say “overheard,” it’s literal.

I’m not creative enough to make this stuff up.

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Overhead some 12 year olds:

“What’s an NFT?”

“It’s a token you can buy with bitcoin. And then later you can sell… https://t.co/baFCvW78R4

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kinda hope one of them follows me, sees this, and freaks out

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Overheard 2 guys in their 20s:

“Dude, he’s such an idiot - he’s going around trying to impress women by showing th… https://t.co/YJq064kHVu

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@BTCBoromir @megatove @ODELL Depends on what you choose to receive at that address. Mostly bills for me.

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@DanDarkPill Indeed, there is no way to value testnet bitcoin :-D

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RT @reason: Environmentalist attacks on #Bitcoin are best understood as a strategy by economic, media, and political elites to undermine a…

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@JustWhatDrOrdrd IDK, are prosecutors highly empathetic? It’s really about personality and ability to learn the tec… https://t.co/d22Onvszo0

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Really good summary of the evidence presented during the Rittenhouse trial, in timeline form of what happened the n… https://t.co/3gYoyvYZEq

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@Melt_Dem a billion bucks ain’t what it used to be

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Murphy’s Law ensures that if you go on a trip without a specific PGP key, someone will soon send you a message encrypted to that key.

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Our fiat overlords say inflation will go away when the virus goes away.

They won’t say the virus ain’t going away.

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@kitathinking Good question; not sure if it makes sense for us to do in house given how jurisdiction-specific estat… https://t.co/hAAQ620K3j

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@BTCBoromir Not really; credit kills privacy. It’s really easy for folks to run reports on your credit and find eve… https://t.co/KaFOvQJO8G

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@NeerajKA @TheStalwart who needs a mortgage when you can 100X margin long a fractionalized NFT to extract enough li… https://t.co/T9IODdV2iS

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@BTCBoromir Yes I’d generally only recommend that route if you are looking to buy it outright with cash. A mortgage… https://t.co/AFdhyusH4P

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@crodas To be clear we’ll consider anyone in a timezone that is shared with the continental US, though you’d likely… https://t.co/d3wKj4PkJW

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Casa is hiring! Open roles:

Brand Designer
Client Advisor
Director of Engineering
Director of Finance
Director of… https://t.co/rqtRI4rMZM

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@megatove @BTCBoromir @ODELL It’s also helpful to use commercial remailers that will scan your mail; you can set th… https://t.co/h5kg0402cf

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@BTCBoromir @ODELL Actual pseudonymous mail is hard; you will likely need to receive mail in your real name at some… https://t.co/GxB1wRjmG3

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@bill_mcgonigle @thebitcoinrabbi @BTCBoromir @ODELL You either need to incorporate in a state that doesn’t require… https://t.co/FsrA6V2Z9v

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@PermaRich @Bcoin My annual node performance test blog post will have deeper insights.

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@Bcoin Full validation sync of @Bcoin v2.2.0 to block 705,000 completed in 27 hours, 47 minutes on my benchmark machine.

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@chaindesign Not really; for most international travel you need testing regardless of vaccination status.

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@Kalewakid Not always, I checked. Rapid testing facilities are much rarer.

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“If you want to get in you’ll need a negative covid test from the past 72 hours.”

“OK, how long does it take to ge… https://t.co/FAtuhg3Nsl

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@AdamBowcutt That’s not Satoshi, that’s a con artist. https://t.co/bQ0DdO4CI7

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RT @bitcoinbrink: Our current application window for this round of Brink grants is closing this week.

Get paid to work on open source proj…

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“The pandemic has been calling the shots for the economy and for inflation.” - @SecYellen

Holy deflection & scapegoating, Batman!

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RT @jimmysong: Fakeness Everywhere. Taproot live, Muun upgrades, Covenant debate, Seed backup tests, Utility-to-Speculation, Plebnet, Reusa…

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RT @APompliano: Today’s guests on The Best Business Show are @lopp and @pete_rizzo_.

We’ll be discussing the early days of bitcoin around…

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@lightcoin @adrien_lacombe @PeterMcCormack @CryptoCobain It needs at least 750GB, which is how much mine took up wh… https://t.co/hKnJ8hLk7m

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@lightcoin @adrien_lacombe @PeterMcCormack @CryptoCobain Trivial for us, not for everyone. Also worth noting that e… https://t.co/o9jq2FoEsR

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@udiWertheimer ser if I want to know what normies think about taproot i’ll just ask @PeterMcCormack

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