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by kevinak 4y ago
The subject of this thread is the literal solution to micropayments using “blockchains”. And it works amazingly well! “
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by kevinak 4y ago
This is just your opinion, and wow is it a privileged take. Of course there is value in being able to trade with whoever you want, regardless of jurisdiction. Just because YOU do not see the value doesn't mean it's not there.
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by kevinak 4y ago
You're optimizing for the wrong thing here IMO. You should optimize for decentralization. Without it, there is no point to Bitcoin (or any cryptocurrency for that matter). Increasing the block size won't solve the inherent problem
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by kevinak 4y ago
Every cycle brings in more “true” bitcoiners that will DCA and buy BTC at any price. It will go up again. Just a matter of time. A bit tired of these “Bitcoin is dead” articles. They almost never adds anything to the discussion.
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Learn Svelte: An interactive tutorial using WebContainers(learn.svelte.dev)
6 points by kevinak 4y ago|0 comments
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by kevinak 4y ago
If your state is simple enough you can just use a custom store or a writable store. If it gets hairy you could pick something like xstate or rxjs, they both conform to the store contract that svelte uses so they are pretty much plug and pla
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by kevinak 5y ago
…or maybe a censorship resistant peer 2 peer cash that could also subsidise these plants
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by kevinak 5y ago
A bunch of them are and more are working on it. Here are some non custodial crypto to crypto ones: https://wiki.ion.radar.tech/tutorials/lightning-exchanges And here are some traditional ones: https://github
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by kevinak 5y ago
Maybe not eliminate them, but they won’t be able to use the money printer as they please, effectively funding things like forever wars.
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by kevinak 5y ago
How does this refute the argument that you can use it, for legal purchases, in El Salvador? Also this doesn’t really apply unless you use the custodial wallet. McDonalds isn’t, and you don’t have to either. If you self custody you’ll be fi
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by kevinak 5y ago
You can use it as an everyday currency in El Salvador. Here's an example from three months ago: https://youtu.be/6IAc1G8xaDs?t=62
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Bluesky Pbllc(blueskyweb.org)
1 points by kevinak 5y ago|0 comments
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PriceRunner sues Google for €2.1B, prepares for long fight(reuters.com)
2 points by kevinak 5y ago|0 comments
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by kevinak 5y ago
Even better: never leave The lightning network and you’ll never really have these issues
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by kevinak 5y ago
I agree, most of the crypto usage is just speculation. I'd even go so far as to say 99.999% of all cryptocurrencies are scams of some sort, either incidental or intentional. I view Bitcoin as pretty different to the others. I'd su
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by kevinak 5y ago
If anything, what I wrote would lead to lower electricity costs. One country's criminal is another's activist. You're making it sound so simple.
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by kevinak 5y ago
Sure: > Where does this end in societies governed by the rule of law? Who can decide to opt-out or in? I think individuals themselves should decide what is and isn't OK to spend money on. In such a world you rely on law enforcement
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by kevinak 5y ago
Of course it's true. You just haven't run into it. PS. I am in the EU. What kind of argument is that, anyway?
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by kevinak 5y ago
I can't speak for other people but I personally believe most of the folks into Bitcoin aren't crazy libertarians longing for a world without a functioning society. It's a loud minority. With regards to practical wins I can se
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by kevinak 5y ago
> In the UK, we now have "Open Banking". Which means my bank offers an API which I can plug into. It also means that loads of 3rd parties can now offer banking services on top of the "centralised" core. > So, in a
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Bottle-to-Bottle Honey Production(youtube.com)
3 points by kevinak 5y ago|0 comments
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by kevinak 5y ago
First: Ok, so. Let's imagine that there was a perfect sound money. One that couldn't be tinkered with, one that couldn't be debased. Would you still need to "encourage spending"? I definitely do not think that'
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by kevinak 5y ago
How is it fine? Even a currency like the USD has lost most of it's value over time: https://howmuch.net/articles/rise-and-fall-dollar I guess you could call it stable. A stable decline!
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by kevinak 5y ago
> Yes I do. Why? Because they handled it for hundreds of years, and it works all day everyday. Do you mean to say that you are fine and dandy with your purchasing power eroding over time? All governments eventually start tinkering with t
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by kevinak 5y ago
I find it to be close enough for my purposes. I've also re-bound some keyboard shortcuts.
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by kevinak 5y ago
Does it matter? Not sure I follow, can you elaborate?
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by kevinak 5y ago
Another argument is that it actually encourages the development of new power generation plants by subsidising the cost for producers: https://www.newsweek.com/bitcoin-mining-americas-most-misund...
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by kevinak 5y ago
It’s also a system that is built on centralized systems. Is this really ideal? Do you really trust governments to handle the monetary system? No currency in the history of the world has survived in the long run. The number of transactions h
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by kevinak 5y ago
This really is getting quite tiring. It’s such a red herring. I’d suggest reading this article by Nic Carter to get the other sides POV: https://www.newsweek.com/bitcoin-mining-americas-most-misund...
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by kevinak 5y ago
I recently installed Pop_OS on a new Workstation and wanted it to look and feel like MacOS as much as possible. It's surprisingly easy. You can even make Firefox look like Safari if that's your jazz. Here's what I used: http

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