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BingoBoingo: You know what would be the interesting desk accessory for bitcoiners,
a Lucite genesis block, block. For use as
a paperweight or bludgeon or whatever.
benkay: <mircea_popescu> benkay: i'm highlighting that in
a worst case scenario it's not
a problem and also as Mats_cd03 and i have and keep pointing out - not
a problem to begin with even. << what happens to you once gb blocks ? // let me know when it's realistic.
benkay: <mircea_popescu> benkay: you don't need
a blockchain to accept/send btc. << not to mention the coinbr thing. he really doesn't need the blockchain at all. // coinbr requires btc addr to sign up i b'leev
mthreat: taxis in buenos aires are often cheaper than
a bus ride in the US
mike_c: related aside: i got charged 2 to 3x for everything in romania and still felt like i was getting
a deal
mircea_popescu: this has nothing to do with women. when i don't want to be treated like
a fucking retarded tourist and charged 2 to 5 x everything, i learn and use the fucking local language.
mircea_popescu: princessnell: feminists have again come full circle: attacking
a beauty queen for insuffiently supporting patriarchy << they're spinnin' so fast they could be weaving wool.
Namworld: Well, it's always nice when you see someone with
a last name befitting their career, at least.
mircea_popescu: so am i right in assuming the only career worthy of
a man named brandon billings is... bill collection ?
nubbins`: and while
a few speckles on
a microfiche aren't
a problem,
a few speckles on
a dvd are
nubbins`: grandfather was
a war photographer, he lost boxes of negs
nubbins`: great way to burn
a house down
smickles: I'm failing to see the value in this usagi crap and i didn't notice
a video. I'm going to clean some dishes, easily worth more than reading about usagi
mircea_popescu: nubbins` it's more one of those "let's inject some power into otherwise worthy projects geeks had been dilligently holding afloat with
a cuttingboard and
a spatula over 30 years"
pankkake: f2fs would be
a good candidate for blockchain storage. anyway, I'm in the "block size won't go up that much, things will happen offchain" camp
fluffypony: nubbins`: it's
a Web of PGP Signing Parties
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: storing bits that never need to flip again ought to be technologically simpler - on basic physical level - than the normal kind. << this is
a good point, and i imagine within the decade we will have special blockchain ssds being made.
mircea_popescu: benkay: i'm highlighting that in
a worst case scenario it's not
a problem and also as Mats_cd03 and i have and keep pointing out - not
a problem to begin with even. << what happens to you once gb blocks ?
smickles: giving
a thread title with [UnModerated] in it is like telling someone they are free
smickles: even if all but
a few lost the chain, i would be very suspicious of that few
hdbuck: mircea_popescu im not taking anything personnally, i really appreciate your inputs man.. the average propaganda almost got me with their Carebears and unicorns. i'd rather being insulted for my stupidity than thrown
a lollipop in my mouth ^^
smickles: oh my, is usagi still
a thing?
mircea_popescu: diametric> mircea_popescu: thats probably
a good idea to start doing. perhaps keep it on
a usb stick on my keys or something, gets updated when i plug it in. << or on
a 4 redundant raid array, under concrete.
Namworld: What the hell? That's one hell of
a misread.
mircea_popescu: benkay: you don't need
a blockchain to accept/send btc. << not to mention the coinbr thing. he really doesn't need the blockchain at all.
mircea_popescu: hdbuck well what makes you think you have any sort of
a vantage point ?
princessnell: mircea_popescu right vs wrong centralism is what my article tomorrow is about. but as you know i am
a gentle touch.
bitstein: "Centralization" is
a vapid term without
a sound theory of monopoly and competition.
diametric: mircea_popescu: thats probably
a good idea to start doing. perhaps keep it on
a usb stick on my keys or something, gets updated when i plug it in.
mircea_popescu: diametric: I have to admit, its annoying getting
a fresh copy of the blockchain in
a new client, even though I have the space, and I have 75Mbit internet, it still takes over 2 days. << i keep
a master copy like the holy fucking scriptures. which is what it is anyway
princessnell: dub saying "men are responsible for women's safety" is
a patriarchal notion
princessnell: feminists have again come full circle: attacking
a beauty queen for insuffiently supporting patriarchy
smickles: i don't think i've knowingly encountered
a society of rapists
smickles: there isn't really
a woman raping game mechanic
smickles: It was not so fun as
a hostile takeover
TomServo: Was this
a hostile takeover? :D
benkay: no get it right you issue
a "pull request"
Mats_cd03: it seems like the world desperately needs
a well documented SPV client
benkay: failing that, you can use
a btc addr as well.
Namworld: Blockchain keeps fitting on
a single drive as long as it's regularly upgraded to
a recent one and start looking smaller and smaller.
benkay: i'm highlighting that in
a worst case scenario it's not
a problem and also as Mats_cd03 and i have and keep pointing out - not
a problem to begin with even.
Mats_cd03: seems like this is
a solved problem with SPV
benkay: hdbuck: if you're serious about wanting to learn, start with gpg. get into the wot, get
a rating, lurk or derp in here as you see fit.
BingoBoingo: benkay: Nah, storage capacities are growing too fast and have too much of
a head start. It will probably fit on
a single hard drive for at least another decade. It's just... Parsing the block chain as
a full node will probably require more thoroughput than
a single drive offers.
Namworld: We will probably reach usage saturation and blockchain will grow too slowly compared to storage doubling in capacity much before blockchain doesn't fit in
a single recent consumer grade drive.
benkay: i imagine you're just
a random joe not in the web of trust, hdbuck ?
benkay: you don't need
a blockchain to accept/send btc.
Namworld: It might be
a problem for
a short while. Assuming we reach saturation of usage, it might grow almost linearly, at least compared to storage capacity growth. Even if population growth and associated usage is exponential, the exponent is much lower than storage growth.
benkay: blockchain monotonically increases in size. this is
a fact of reality.
diametric: I have to admit, its annoying getting
a fresh copy of the blockchain in
a new client, even though I have the space, and I have 75Mbit internet, it still takes over 2 days.
hdbuck: saw pretty pessimistic articles about that matter regarding the long run of Bitcoin. plus those core devs seem not to have
a clue about what's going to happen - so i figured.. you guys should know better! ^^
thestringpuller: In bitcoin: "
A scam until proven innocent by
a court of #bitcoin-assets"
Namworld: "Our 28nm ASIC design architecture dubbed the “Creator” to be used at the foundry level allows for simultaneous production of the 1TH “Creator 1” Bitcoin ASIC, 256GH “Creator 2” Bitcoin ASIC and the 4MH “Creator 3” SCRYPT ASIC from the same wafer batch. This unique ability, and the lower costs associated with the FDSOI process, lends Provenance ASIC
a competitive advantage
benkay: "disliking the usg makes you
a bad person"
punkman: ;;later tell mircea_popescu
a silly example, me and dignork both make
a 1btc transaction to each other, but we can only spend them after the bitbet oracle signs the transaction
mircea_popescu: and anyone can trivially be charged
a fee for finding out when x bet resolves : he sends
a bet to
a virgin address
punkman: anyway why not charge
a fee to sign transactions when X bet resolves
mike_c: it probably has good uses, but i wouldn't like bitbets decided by
a vote.
dignork: mike_c: i think it's possible to make
a multisig fund, where each oracle op drops some funds, these funds are deal insurance, but I didn't think it through completely
mircea_popescu:
a decade back they introduced .ro, ie, for romania. i laughed at them then, i'm still laughi8ng at them
mircea_popescu: "Second set of drafts coming through tomorrow. Seen
a little preview, already looking very sharp. After that, we refine and then program. Looking good for the one month ETA"
dignork: dunne is
a dev of multibet
assbot: [XCP] IPO announcement. DunneCapital LTD - UK bitcoin exchange and
a casino | Bitcointa.lk
pankkake: the letters are available for free, this is just
a nicer packaging
benkay: i had an idea: buy
a datacenter in argentina.
benkay: this ebook thing is
a vehicle for this startupper to make money on others work
nubbins`: but i look at it
a different way now
pankkake:
a format that works only with amazon's reader and comes with drm, that's an horrible combo
mike_c: it moves around
a lot when i click the client boxes
benkay: pankkake: it pops
a modal. maybe one of the designers knows how to make it happen without js, but that's like 0.001% of potential clients.
Mats_cd03: how do you recover data from an SSD with
a failed microcontroller
pankkake: .foundation is
a newly approved TLD
benkay: i'm calling it
a business expense. the business buys all sorts of stupid fiat scams all the time.
benkay: "There are undoubtedly more mercurially-tempered people in the stock market now than for
a good many years, and the duration of their stay will be limited to how long they think profits can be made quickly and effortlessly."
mike_c: interesting because the early years are him digging his way out of his first mistakes (buying
a textile company)
benkay: 3000 words, once per year. that's
a pace i could sustain...
benkay: skimpy logs. mike_c i'm taking
a page out of your book and reading berkshire letters over coffee...
assbot: Madonna - Like
a Prayer [Official Music Video] - YouTube
jurov: benkay you tend to think the siren is
a whore?
dignork: Apocalyptic: yep, probably it's
a company PR anyway, just executed by someone clueless