All payment protocols can eventually be reduced to: send <amount> <address> <optional comment>… Tim Bouma Nov 12, 2024, 5:47 PM
From Tuur Demeester on Twitter. It shows how easy it is for the ECB to fudge money and reports ECB bombshell: On Nov 4—the night of US election—the authors of the highly aggressive anti-#bitcoin paper softened the language in their concluding paragraph: In the original it said: Tim Bouma Nov 12, 2024, 5:03 PM
What’s amazing, that up until the late Middle Ages nobody cared who the artist was. Then the ‘Cult of the Original’ (not my words) began to emerge, and voila, the artist could issue scarce works because people wanted something created by someone and the attributed works became scarce. Most… Tim Bouma Nov 12, 2024, 4:46 PM
I don’t go to Starbucks because I refuse to do KYC. I am honest to a fault and won’t give a fake name. If I do, I feel like I am criminalizing myself, which is exactly the intent of the system.… Tim Bouma Nov 12, 2024, 2:25 PM
npub Naahh, I will use a #npub instead To get a SWIFT address (or SWIFT code) for a bank, you can: Check Your Bank's Website: Most banks list their SWIFT codes on their websites, typically in sections related to international banking or wire transfers. Call Your Bank: If you Tim Bouma Nov 12, 2024, 2:07 PM
I think the biggest sin to be had is being a trained economist and thinking you're a scientist or engineer.… Tim Bouma Nov 12, 2024, 1:41 PM
