Thanks for producing quality content as always. Although Jim completely misses the mark on Bitcoin - that "bubble" is only just beginning - his insight into private equity and credit markets is unmatched. https://fountain.fm/episode/sLUtq1LOh51IGRbSFp2h

I use a self hosted node to purchase Proton services using bitcoin I mined myself. Not mining your own corn? Send KYC coins as eCash through two anonymous Cashu wallets before sending to Proton. You'll get the same privacy as Monero, if not better.

Because it's a v30 feature. Backporting it onto minor update of v28 circumvents Core node runner's ability to choose, by "sneaking it" into what appears to be a maintenance update. It looks like think they need this out in the wild, and are willing to sacrifice any semblance of convention to make it happen.

This usermag.co editorial is garbage propaganda btw. And not garbage as in false. Garbage as in not-even-good-at-being-propaganda propaganda. It's just weak anecdotal arguments in support of Piker, weak emotional arguments against "the far right", and then page after page of conflating livestreaming with involuntary surveillance, claiming this drama is indicative of some existential threat, and then the pièce de résistance closer and not-so-subtle endorsement of Piker's anti-capitalism agenda: "Profit-driven tech platforms ensure that bad actors and extremists reign, and we’ve allowed tech oligarchs to dismantle all vestiges of a shared reality." The whole thing reads like a fluff piece somebody would write if they NEEDED to defend Piker.

Piker has been preaching violence for years, and none of his followers batted an eye. It wasn't until he used a shock collar to punish his dog for stepping off the bed she's forced to lay on on for 4+ hours at a time, that his audience is waking up to what a piece of shit he is. Some part of that backlash could very well be stoked by ulterior motives, sure. This is an information war, and there a lot of powerful interests that want to see Piker's influence continue to grow.

And then flew home to posthumously award the late Charlie Kirk in ceremony with his widow.

This whole OP_RETURN fiasco has me wondering if Core's inscription/ordinal sugardaddies are simply unaware that they're picking up pennies in front of a steamroller, or if this is actually something more sinister than follow-the-money analysis would suggest. Running Knots either way.