https://fountain.fm/show/WsgcNaWLPk5jHFtbPds2

Oh, looks more like a feed of books and Max's appearances on other shows. That's fine -- I wish more people did this actually. Having to hunt them down across 20 shows is tiring.

It makes it so you show up on our feed even without us following you (on yakihonne anyway). Just like ads on twitter.

Yes to more metal on nostr. 🧡

Equity investing I think will always have some sort of a place. However, when the companies out there are all accepting melting ice cubes and many even store their treasuries in it, it's hard to find one that's worthwhile (especially when the sound money is monetizing such that it returns better over the long term than even the best companies can). The thing about investing though, is that it was never something anyone should have HAD to do to avoid being robbed. It was something you did to make more money, by funding new businesses. Using your stored labor to give them the ability to turn that potential back into kinetic energy to fuel the engine of the economy. When everyone has to invest just to avoid losing everything, it's because everyone's being robbed. Simply holding money should also appreciate in value, as the most broad investment of all: holding the lubrication that all enterprises make use of to conduct business. If it doesn't, the money is broken.

Oh shit. I didn't know @Max had a podcast. Not sure if I'll listen or read the book as I have a physical copy but I do sure appreciate the ability to choose freely.

Also, I was being a bit tongue in cheek just to take a stab at Robert. Only difference between his use of shirts and mine is that nobody wants to see me posting pictures of it on the Internet.

You're better at that than I am.

I don't think you should in any way count on me because I play MMO's for a few days and find other ways to spend my time because I just can't. OSRS is the closest I can get to dedicated and even then it's like, months between play. But I'd probably get it running and drop in however briefly.

Anyone who takes issues with a bit of skin in selfies should go bother Breedlove first. The bear market's been so bad I don't think he can afford any shirts.

Why do we feel the need to convince people that being dumb enough to fall for this and not fixing that first is okay before taking self custody? Anyone who knows enough to custody their bitcoin would never have put their key on a device that could possibly know this information. Telling someone who doesn't understand this to custody their Bitcoin is like asking your dog to hold onto a $100 bill for you. They should self custody. And to do that, they should learn what it means to do so, and how to do it, FIRST. Order of operations matters. By all means, cut out manual typing of json with the importing of wallet descriptors. But all you do when you make things this idiot proof is make big piles of money for thieves to scoop up. You literally are just funding scammers and wrecking plebs. Rhetorical you here, not singling you out Daniel.

Ira Levin thought so too.

Math problems? Anyone got an example of AI cracking a math problem? They seem hellbent at conflating AI with quantum...

Veggies? I don't think that cow is still eating -- what are they for?

The lack of BIP-39 support I think is a major point of friction. I agree it has technical downsides. It's also what people have chosen to use despite that because as far as a backup solution goes it is unparalelled. They really should add the ability to at least import a BIP-39 key directly. I get I can make a wallet with Sparrow and import it to Core and be happily on my way, but the friction is enough to stop most people from bothering with Core at all. Refusing to include it doesn't protect users from footguns nearly as much as it ensures they'll use less optimal solutions in the first place. We live in the world we have, not the one we wish we had.

About time someone did a proper public service announcement about centralized side chains. Been sick of hearing influencers back this shitchain for years now. At least Cashu tells you it's a toy and you're probably gonna lose everything. Blockstream actually tries to get people to take Liquid seriously. And got hacked for double what Coinkite lost. can we be done with this silliness yet? This only ever had the support it did because your name appears in the white paper. Not sure how you think about legacy, but custodied sidechains and hardware signers that phone home seem like a step down from your earlier achievements. I'm not even mad here -- this thing was such a bad idea from first glance I'm just shocked there was so much Bitcoin to be hacked in the first place.

Between the unverifiable supply and the history of successful hard forks speaking volumes about centralization, I consider it a bit like a Cashu alternative more than anything. It offers some privacy, but is for funds which would not be life changing if they disappeared. I don't personally find much use for it but I could see it being handy for swapping through as an alternative to lightning or sub swaps for larger amounts, and things like that, where a coinjoin protocol alone doesn't leave you quite sleeping well at night. Though, I'm very interested in some of what has been doing with combining wabisabi, zerolink, joinmarket, and payjoin to address some of the short comings of each system. Taking real advantage of our low fee market lately.

It's gotta be hard for you on Nostr not being able to just silence everyone for calling out your bullshit. Good luck with your fork though. I'd rather sell it than use it to put ordinals on your new chain.

HUNDREDS of dollars.

I enjoyed your conversations with in any case. I miss his show, only got a few episodes left to catch up with. Nobody seems to cover a similar angle in the space.

When you're there to create content, not share information, you make it take more time. At least Opti is a bit more entertaining than some. The ads are awful though. You wanna loan? How about a nonairgapped signer? Maybe some cloud mining? In between talking about Saylor and the Clarity Act with a bit of Trump? I mostly listen to hear what acronyms he'll make up for ticker symbols. Wrong names only.

It does seem like there would be some issues with it, but it's a model that nonetheless does have some use. There are some cases where it makes sense just from my experience: consider the restaurant, where your bill is presented to you with a QR code on it. You have all the time in the world at the table to get it settled as your server has walked away. But yes, maybe give it a pass if you're at the counter with a line behind you at the boba tea shop.