Mempool filters aka knots does nothing…

Mempool filters aka knots does nothing to change the code. Adversarial miners like Marathon will create their own mempool for spam and charge a premium for it and miners will accept it. This then takes away the free market of users setting their fee, rather it’s a centralized player…

Ran an 8.5 min mile…

Ran an 8.5 min mile today. After several months of running 4 days a week I’m finally getting up to speeds I’ve never thought were possible for me. Amazing what persistence and proof of work gets you…

ChatGPT is incredible. It walked me…

ChatGPT is incredible. It walked me through the entire process of getting this bare metal node online. I’m hyped just need to download core and a lightning node and then I should be back online to start zapping again! Added an extra TB of storage on this bad boy…

The Penny is getting phased out…

The Penny is getting phased out and the USA is moving to a “cash rounding system” - sounds like the start of hyperinflation. They’ll eventually say the $1 bill is getting phased because you’ll just round to the nearest $20…

I sent my 12 year old…

I sent my 12 year old brother $40 in bitcoin to teach him the power of investing. He’s in high school and that $40 is $140. He is getting a job during the summer this year and he plans to buy more bitcoin with his earnings. Plant seeds, watch…