1+ hour, 31+ min ago  (110+ words) He has outs but none of them are good. Here is how I see it. The market really has Saylor pinned down here. He sacrificed his rook (cash reserve) to eliminate an opposing pawn (convertible debt) hoping for a better…...

2+ hour, 48+ min ago  (274+ words) We published a write-up on how we run parts of Alby's own business finances on bitcoin using Alby Hub: https: //getalby. com/blog/manage-business-finances-bitcoin-alby-hub The short version: income streams are separated with sub-wallets + Lightning addresses recurring and one-time payments, zaps,…...

4+ hour, 46+ min ago  (107+ words) Has anyone else noticed the proliferation of BCH hawking accounts on nostr? Maybe it's a bot invasion, but some of the accounts seem real to me. Granted, I'm a sucker for bots. I wonder if this is an orchestrated move,…...

6+ hour, 8+ min ago  (496+ words) Yesterday, we hosted an introductory session on LN Markets, a Bitcoin-native derivatives platform built on top of the Lightning Network. At first glance, some people might assume the purpose was to encourage trading or speculation. It wasn't. The real objective…...

8+ hour, 16+ min ago  (132+ words) I have been using the feature that allows switching between accounts. If I use the same attached wallet for both accounts, I notice that the failure rate for zaps using the second account is very high. It doesn't seem to…...

15+ hour, 43+ min ago  (1731+ words) In general terms, one is able to trace themes throughout world history. Some of them also come with catchy taglines (e. g. absolute power corrupts absolutely, innovation happens on the periphery, the dialectic of technology and the environment--thesis, antithesis, synthesis, social-Darwainism,…...

17+ hour, 8+ min ago  (422+ words) I would like to reopen the discussion around unstructured data in the taproot annex, with a narrower scope than previous proposals. This has been discussed before. BIP341 introduced the annex as a witness element starting with 0x50. The annex, or the lack…...

21+ hour, 30+ min ago  (165+ words) Formosa aka BIP 450 has already been posted about twice on here (#1498637, #1494889), but it didn't get much attention and seeing as the name doesn't exactly explain what it does, I thought it'd be interesting to discuss. BIP 450 proposes a new encoding…...

21+ hour, 51+ min ago  (127+ words) " Biggest Channel Opened Today Capacity: (5. 2 BTC) Between: Bitcoin VN 22 " Bitcoin VN 26 Transaction: 940105x2790x1 Details: https: //mempool. space/lightning/channel/1033656379013201921 https: //1ml. com/channel/1033656379013201921 " New Node Spotlight Name: 03d9ae1a0aab2e0c233a - View profile Capacity: (50k sats) Transaction: 953560x1909x0 " Network Snapshot 17, 438* nodes * (+1, +0. 01%) 4898 BTC* total capacity * (+1. 7 BTC, +0. 03%) 41, 080* channels * (7, -0. 02%) " Today's featured…...

22+ hour, 46+ min ago  (122+ words) I'm reading "Cryptonomicon" by Neal Stephenson from 1999, p459. This "email" reads like a bunch of technical gibberish, which I think it is, but it reminds me of the quantum computer threat (or hoax, depending on your persuasion). Entertaining book either way....