A bolt12 offer with an amount is better ux than a bolt11 though, in that it's safe to share, and if you try to pay it multiple times worst case the recipient gets paid multiple times, instead of some random intermediate node stealing your funds. And you get payer proof (though there's no tooling to expose this yet, sorry!). Right now, bolt11 is universal so the tradeoff isn't worth it ofc! And then recurrence is a whole other use for amounted offers.

It hasn't actually posted parts 1.. 4 though (yet?)

Mine's more aerodynamic though!

I strongly suspect that the bitcoin experience, even for veterans, will be quite different in ten years. BIP 353 brings names: ACINQ have a spec for supporting contact lists too. I expect vanity addresses to follow as providers get onboard. Silent payment addresses should replace all other on-chain addresses, especially deposit to exchanges. Though you'll probably just send to e.g. @client.river.com (will this allow probing of account names? Will they use random ones instead? Or accept anything and if they get typo payments sort it out in customer service?) And BOLT12 provides reusable lightning addresses, which provide the off-chain analog of silent payments. Doesn't matter to you if the recipient is using some weird layer 2, either. BIP 353 returns both this and a silent payment address, so the sender wallet chooses.

I only play cooperative games! Unfortunately in board games, unlike real life, they're rare...

My son and I have now watched over two hours of How to Play tutorials, and are digesting the (58-page!) rulebook and the first 6 character card sets. It's a very slow start (it took three of us almost 2 hours simply to unbox and set up!) but I'm hoping the investment is worth it...

No. Fees are fundamentally different from other filters. You know this.

It's been two years since the twenty-weeks-of-friends-coming-over that was Pandemic Legacy. Now the second edition of Gloomhaven has arrived, and we are planning another epic: If you haven't played this kind of thing before: the game is a progressive cooperative affair, designed to be played in two(?) hour long sessions. Obviously there are weeks you miss, but the overall experience is a season or two of regular game play. There are highs and lows as things twist and turn, and I always feel the discomfort of doing something complex and unfamiliar, but overall it's about shared experience. Must get the script BIP drafts published *before* we start this!

I must be slow. I'm asking about your claim that "this default policy change- which will lead to increased spam in blocks" I would like specifics, because I don't agree, but I would like to know where we differ.

Are you talking about increasing the OP_RETURN standardness limit, or something else?

I hugely appreciate what these developers have brought into the world without me paying them in any way. I'm impressed, inspired and humbled by their efforts. Like most noise on the internet, I am delighted to ignore your claimed opinion.

Don't suggest a developer resign unless you're the one who will shoulder the load. And if any bitcoin developer is thinking of stepping down over the current drama, *please * reach out to me: I've been a FOSS dev full time for over 25 years and I've been there! I'm not going to judge, but I may have a useful perspective. ❤️

No, really, this is a distraction. All drama, no content. But being tricked into doing something by a paper tiger is a real category of mistakes. I will ignore it, continue my work unaffected, and the world will slowly improve.