Murch
@murchandamus.bsky.social
Ponders Bitcoin • Moderator
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bitcoinops.org- Co-host bitdevs.org & podcast.chaincode.com • Engineer Chaincodelabs
bitcoin.stackexchange.com • Contributor
bitcoinops.org- Co-host bitdevs.org & podcast.chaincode.com • Engineer Chaincodelabs
What is the most fitting term for someone that is putting forth a new BIP to the Bitcoin community?
July 16, 2024 at 5:50 AM
What is the most fitting term for someone that is putting forth a new BIP to the Bitcoin community?
2017 Murch had a pretty decent take on Scaling:
July 16, 2024 at 5:49 AM
2017 Murch had a pretty decent take on Scaling:
Does the BIP process need more Status field values than these?
July 16, 2024 at 5:45 AM
Does the BIP process need more Status field values than these?
The mempool was cleared of transactions bidding 7+ ṩ/vB.
July 16, 2024 at 5:43 AM
The mempool was cleared of transactions bidding 7+ ṩ/vB.
It’s only a soft fork when it’s from the rough consensus region of the Bitcoin Community. Otherwise it’s just a sparkling majority attack.
July 16, 2024 at 5:43 AM
It’s only a soft fork when it’s from the rough consensus region of the Bitcoin Community. Otherwise it’s just a sparkling majority attack.
BIP 432: Ephemeral Anchors looks close to ready, if you wanted to give it a read before it gets merged:
July 16, 2024 at 5:38 AM
BIP 432: Ephemeral Anchors looks close to ready, if you wanted to give it a read before it gets merged:
I heard yesterday that someone thought the Bitcoin Developer mailing list was dead.
In case you missed it: The Bitcoin Developer mailing list migrated to googlegroups.
Read more here:
groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c….
In case you missed it: The Bitcoin Developer mailing list migrated to googlegroups.
Read more here:
groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c….
July 16, 2024 at 5:37 AM
I heard yesterday that someone thought the Bitcoin Developer mailing list was dead.
In case you missed it: The Bitcoin Developer mailing list migrated to googlegroups.
Read more here:
groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c….
In case you missed it: The Bitcoin Developer mailing list migrated to googlegroups.
Read more here:
groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c….
BIP 328: github.com/bitcoin/bips/b…
BIP 373: github.com/bitcoin/bips/b
BIP 379: github.com/bitcoin/bips/b
BIP 390:
BIP 373: github.com/bitcoin/bips/b
BIP 379: github.com/bitcoin/bips/b
BIP 390:
July 15, 2024 at 8:01 PM
BIP 328: github.com/bitcoin/bips/b…
BIP 373: github.com/bitcoin/bips/b
BIP 379: github.com/bitcoin/bips/b
BIP 390:
BIP 373: github.com/bitcoin/bips/b
BIP 379: github.com/bitcoin/bips/b
BIP 390:
Mea culpa, 379 is here:
July 15, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Mea culpa, 379 is here:
Some new BIPs were merged, by the way:
• BIP 328: Derivation Scheme for MuSig2 Aggregate Keys
• BIP 373: MuSig2 PSBT Fields
• BIP 379: Miniscript
• BIP 390: musig() Descriptor Key Expression
• BIP 328: Derivation Scheme for MuSig2 Aggregate Keys
• BIP 373: MuSig2 PSBT Fields
• BIP 379: Miniscript
• BIP 390: musig() Descriptor Key Expression
July 15, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Some new BIPs were merged, by the way:
• BIP 328: Derivation Scheme for MuSig2 Aggregate Keys
• BIP 373: MuSig2 PSBT Fields
• BIP 379: Miniscript
• BIP 390: musig() Descriptor Key Expression
• BIP 328: Derivation Scheme for MuSig2 Aggregate Keys
• BIP 373: MuSig2 PSBT Fields
• BIP 379: Miniscript
• BIP 390: musig() Descriptor Key Expression
GM,
Affect vs. Effect
As verbs:
• _Affect_ means "to produce an effect upon".
• _Effect_ means "to cause to come into being" or "accomplish."
Usually _effect_ is used as a noun to mean "a change that results when something happens".
merriam-webster.com/grammar/affect…
Affect vs. Effect
As verbs:
• _Affect_ means "to produce an effect upon".
• _Effect_ means "to cause to come into being" or "accomplish."
Usually _effect_ is used as a noun to mean "a change that results when something happens".
merriam-webster.com/grammar/affect…
July 15, 2024 at 7:56 PM
GM,
Affect vs. Effect
As verbs:
• _Affect_ means "to produce an effect upon".
• _Effect_ means "to cause to come into being" or "accomplish."
Usually _effect_ is used as a noun to mean "a change that results when something happens".
merriam-webster.com/grammar/affect…
Affect vs. Effect
As verbs:
• _Affect_ means "to produce an effect upon".
• _Effect_ means "to cause to come into being" or "accomplish."
Usually _effect_ is used as a noun to mean "a change that results when something happens".
merriam-webster.com/grammar/affect…
Reminder, BitDevsNYC is meeting at PubKey_NYC this Thursday! Please, note the different location. See you there!
July 15, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Reminder, BitDevsNYC is meeting at PubKey_NYC this Thursday! Please, note the different location. See you there!
Credit where credit is due:
@BitGo has had Taproot support since the week Taproot activated and had MuSig2 support since June 2023.
@BitGo has had Taproot support since the week Taproot activated and had MuSig2 support since June 2023.
July 15, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Credit where credit is due:
@BitGo has had Taproot support since the week Taproot activated and had MuSig2 support since June 2023.
@BitGo has had Taproot support since the week Taproot activated and had MuSig2 support since June 2023.
Made me laugh out loud a few days ago:
Before Bitcoin, digital cash suffered from "oversupply or FBI". #resistancemoney
Before Bitcoin, digital cash suffered from "oversupply or FBI". #resistancemoney
July 15, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Made me laugh out loud a few days ago:
Before Bitcoin, digital cash suffered from "oversupply or FBI". #resistancemoney
Before Bitcoin, digital cash suffered from "oversupply or FBI". #resistancemoney
GM,
Bitcoin invoice addresses don’t exist at the protocol level. Addresses are just a shorthand notation for output scripts that is exclusively used out-of-band at the user level in wallets, explorers, or invoices.
Bitcoin invoice addresses don’t exist at the protocol level. Addresses are just a shorthand notation for output scripts that is exclusively used out-of-band at the user level in wallets, explorers, or invoices.
July 15, 2024 at 7:41 PM
GM,
Bitcoin invoice addresses don’t exist at the protocol level. Addresses are just a shorthand notation for output scripts that is exclusively used out-of-band at the user level in wallets, explorers, or invoices.
Bitcoin invoice addresses don’t exist at the protocol level. Addresses are just a shorthand notation for output scripts that is exclusively used out-of-band at the user level in wallets, explorers, or invoices.
This question deserves a more helpful answer: bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/123045/5406
Anyone know of a mobile phone wallet with signet support?
Anyone know of a mobile phone wallet with signet support?
July 15, 2024 at 7:41 PM
This question deserves a more helpful answer: bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/123045/5406
Anyone know of a mobile phone wallet with signet support?
Anyone know of a mobile phone wallet with signet support?
How to be a Bitcoiner:
Step 1 - decide that you are a Bitcoiner.
Step 2 (optional) - inform people that you're a genuine and authorized Bitcoiner.
Who's going to tell you otherwise, when it's you that defines what Bitcoin is per the rules that the software you run enforces?
Step 1 - decide that you are a Bitcoiner.
Step 2 (optional) - inform people that you're a genuine and authorized Bitcoiner.
Who's going to tell you otherwise, when it's you that defines what Bitcoin is per the rules that the software you run enforces?
July 15, 2024 at 9:24 AM
How to be a Bitcoiner:
Step 1 - decide that you are a Bitcoiner.
Step 2 (optional) - inform people that you're a genuine and authorized Bitcoiner.
Who's going to tell you otherwise, when it's you that defines what Bitcoin is per the rules that the software you run enforces?
Step 1 - decide that you are a Bitcoiner.
Step 2 (optional) - inform people that you're a genuine and authorized Bitcoiner.
Who's going to tell you otherwise, when it's you that defines what Bitcoin is per the rules that the software you run enforces?
There are 135 million poor and low-income people in the USA, the richest country on earth.
It’s an avoidable situation: study after study shows that securing basic living needs would reduce the overall economic toll e.g. per improving resulting health and educational outcomes.
It’s an avoidable situation: study after study shows that securing basic living needs would reduce the overall economic toll e.g. per improving resulting health and educational outcomes.
July 15, 2024 at 9:22 AM
There are 135 million poor and low-income people in the USA, the richest country on earth.
It’s an avoidable situation: study after study shows that securing basic living needs would reduce the overall economic toll e.g. per improving resulting health and educational outcomes.
It’s an avoidable situation: study after study shows that securing basic living needs would reduce the overall economic toll e.g. per improving resulting health and educational outcomes.
Oops, apparently, I must submit the mandatory photo before continuing ...erm... "starting" to read.
July 15, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Oops, apparently, I must submit the mandatory photo before continuing ...erm... "starting" to read.
📣Official statement: the new EU chat controls proposal for mass scanning is the same old surveillance with new branding.
Whether you call it a backdoor, a front door, or “upload moderation” it undermines encryption & creates significant vulnerabilities
signal.org/blog/pdfs/uplo…
Whether you call it a backdoor, a front door, or “upload moderation” it undermines encryption & creates significant vulnerabilities
signal.org/blog/pdfs/uplo…
July 15, 2024 at 9:18 AM
📣Official statement: the new EU chat controls proposal for mass scanning is the same old surveillance with new branding.
Whether you call it a backdoor, a front door, or “upload moderation” it undermines encryption & creates significant vulnerabilities
signal.org/blog/pdfs/uplo…
Whether you call it a backdoor, a front door, or “upload moderation” it undermines encryption & creates significant vulnerabilities
signal.org/blog/pdfs/uplo…
BIP 46: Address Scheme for Timelocked Fidelity Bonds
seems almost ready for merge. If you were waiting to review it, now would be a good time.
seems almost ready for merge. If you were waiting to review it, now would be a good time.
July 15, 2024 at 9:17 AM
BIP 46: Address Scheme for Timelocked Fidelity Bonds
seems almost ready for merge. If you were waiting to review it, now would be a good time.
seems almost ready for merge. If you were waiting to review it, now would be a good time.
Merged PR from instagibbs: Cluster size 2 package rbf
July 15, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Merged PR from instagibbs: Cluster size 2 package rbf
Bitcoin Core 27.1 released
July 15, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Bitcoin Core 27.1 released
Would you believe that you can draw colorful triangles for less than ~$17m?
July 15, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Would you believe that you can draw colorful triangles for less than ~$17m?