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May 14th, 2023

User-friendly solutions for backing up sensitive data to cloud providers while keeping it safe from third party sno..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zw

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@punk6529 @shannonNullCode A $100 hard drive and a Dropbox subscription is the simplest solution I could come up wi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…eF

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@TO @udiWertheimer Are you claiming that every single digital image in existence is an NFT?

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@brucefenton The adult is just trying to protect themselves from the child.

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@hmo8863 That would require me to be holding fiat. I’m all out.

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@papacrypt Also known as “weak man fallacy.”

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@papacrypt Yeah I had a growing feeling that there had to be a term for it and it took me a while to find it.

rationalwiki.org/wiki/Nutpicking

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lopp pic.twitter.com/aw6kdWP9Gt

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@robustus @paalsky Well we know one person in this thread who is…

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@benschmidtbtc Yeah you could say that sidechains act in that way. Those last I checked there were no sidechains th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…QJ

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Cherry picking: fallacy of pointing at specific data that supports a position while ignoring data that contradicts..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…p0

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@LydonJC Not possible to support one without the other.

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@ChrisMartl Yep! And the economics of block space incentivize developers to do just that. Just take a look at what..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…EO

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@benschmidtbtc L2s (as far as I’ve seen) provide no long-term data integrity guarantees. They are not global consen..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…XK

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@AnalysisFeral “Useless” is a subjective perspective. The only way to ensure the value and utility of the functiona..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…fb

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@ChrisMartl Absolutely, though anything that anchors into Bitcoin will need to be able to store arbitrary data on t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…b9

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@PrinceySOV Of course, and we’ve seen a variety of timestamping services developed over the years such as @opentimestamps

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@benschmidtbtc I’m pro free markets. I’m ambivalent about ordinals.

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“We shouldn’t allow people to pollute the blockchain by using it to store non-monetary data!”

Y’all realize that S..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Tl

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Fundamental principles of Bitcoin that must be preserved to maintain the system’s utility. nakamoto.com/what-are-the-k…

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@gladstein @fiatjaf @metamick14 That’s a puritan position. There are many types of maximalists.

Monetary maximalis… https://t.co/LuxKljr0vY

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@jfonseca81 I get the perspective, under assumptions Bitcoin won’t improve its scalability.

IMO one of the big mis..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…JN

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@GoingParabolic On my to do list, do you have one you recommend?

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@GoingParabolic Maintenance is good.

Making tweaks to diet and exercise, feels like I’m on the brink of breaking through a 2 year plateau.

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@jfonseca81 There’s no doubt there’s demand for Bitcoin custody. It’s a big business.

Goes back to OP: creating a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vd

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@CaptEthereum Theoretically yes. Practically, no.

I would advise against time locking coins for a variety of reaso..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZD

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@jfonseca81 Feel free to point out any instances where I said that people SHOULD use Ethereum.

Providing a service..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Zi

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@LaozeC @LilWindexGang For sure, the song is quite entertaining.

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@bodymindarts @_pretyflaco @StanislawBits My statement holds true even for Casa’s free tier.

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@LongCrypto_ Eltoo by blockstream.

But it requires a soft fork.

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Tipflation is out of control in more ways than one.

* Higher default choices
* Pressure to choose a tip as employe..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kb

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@Arthur_van_Pelt I recall muting him years ago as a bcasher but holy shit he went full HEX.

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@olya_borderless Just that it’s a habit. I found it easier to break the habit when I replaced my nightly cocktail w… https://t.co/klAKOio44O

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