Tim Bouma

A LinkedIn post from someone oblivious to what Bitcoin can actually do. —— Did you catch me on TV last night? Neither did I. I recorded a segment on the #Visa/#Mastercard settlement for ABC News. Not surprisingly, they haven't used anything I said. Why "not surprisingly"

A few months back I was thinking about the banana index - how many sats does a banana cost in your country. This is a similar idea to the Big Mac index that the Economist created that compared how many hours(minutes) you needed to work in a local economy (average…

A reverse hash function. Derive private keys from public keys. A successful Docker build.…

Trust is leaving your keys in the ignition and the front door unlocked.…

Voltage rocks, by the way.…

I’ve done this. is directly connected to my voltage node. There are a few niggly details, happy to share in DM…

Melancholy.…

LOL. I can just visualize myself reading these magazine adverts in the middle of the 70’s energy crisis.…

Stablecoins and CBDCs are the intranet of money.…

Yup. ecash that can be redeemed via Lightning and settled with Bitcoin makes stablecoins and CBDCs completely unnecessary. @calle 👁️⚡👁️…

Verifiable Web…

BS…

Ok. I am not sure what your point is. I made a statement about two very generic requirements and now the discussion seems to be about how #nostr doesn’t meet them.…

Agree. But the ability to for anyone to generate a key and self-sign a #nostr note based on its contents goes a step toward that.…

Maybe, maybe not. What #nostr has enabled me to appreciate are the ‘global’ requirements. If the protocol goes a long way to fulfill those requirements, I am pretty happy about that. While the protocol might not fulfill the requirements 100% at least it does not actively prevent.…

LOL.…

The new #OODA loop: Discover. Verify. Sign. Finalize.…

One day, I hope.…