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by wbnns 10mo ago
The collected bounty on this should have been so much higher than $14K :/
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by wbnns 1y ago
Would you have said the same if I told you last year that the president and first lady would each have a memecoin?
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by wbnns 1y ago
Debatable but IMO Lightning is still nascent even to this day. There is no real large ecosystem of interactive web applications available in-browser that you can build 402 offerings on top of. The EVM is light years ahead. I'm by no me
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by wbnns 1y ago
It's pretty trivial to set up, here's a link to the docs: https://x402.gitbook.io/x402 Transactions confirm every 2 seconds on Base, and preconfirm even faster (every 200ms); there's no lag from a peer to pee
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by wbnns 1y ago
Yep! Here: https://www.x402.org/ecosystem
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by wbnns 1y ago
It's really difficult to build agentic applications on top of Bitcoin. It's generally possible throughout the EVM however, which is many networks, not just Base. Base won't be the only EVM-compatible network that x402 utilize
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by wbnns 1y ago
> The protocol boast "no fee" but that's deceptive: if it's based upon a blockchain, there will be transaction fees. These days many transaction types onchain are completely free and subsidized because gas costs are s
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by wbnns 1y ago
You're absolutely right!
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by wbnns 1y ago
Cheers, yes, this is inspired by it.
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by wbnns 1y ago
> A blockchain is the world's slowest database. It's dependent on how performant the underlying protocol is, not all blockchains are the same.
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by wbnns 1y ago
I think we'll see this soon, perhaps on Tempo, the new L1 backed by Stripe and Paradigm.
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by wbnns 1y ago
v1.4.0: https://github.com/wbnns/submit-to-hacker-news/releases/tag/...
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by wbnns 1y ago
Additional updates alongside the change: https://github.com/wbnns/submit-to-hacker-news/commit/d9e027...
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by wbnns 1y ago
Thanks so much, I've just refactored to do exactly this, based on your comment: https://github.com/wbnns/submit-to-hacker-news/commit/1afd66...
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by wbnns 1y ago
Hi all, I built this browser extension as someone who reads HN daily but doesn't post much. I want to be more active and thought this would be a fun weekend side project. Would appreciate any feedback. Particularly interested in hearin
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Show HN: Submit to Hacker News | Browser Extension(hn.wbnns.com)
1 points by wbnns 1y ago|7 comments
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by wbnns 1y ago
> a blockchain is not a bank, it's decentralized Not all blockchains are decentralized, it depends on the consensus mechanism
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by wbnns 1y ago
> What is blocking its adoption? There's no native web experience that makes it easy to use Lightning in a browser; this forces everyone to step outside the box to figure out a way to (e.g. install extension or download an app) Ther
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by wbnns 1y ago
Reminds me of the days when I had Procomm Plus on redial waiting for someone to log-off a BBS so I could get on to play TradeWars, LORD, and/or read whatever was new that people had uploaded
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Mid-1980's textfiles and the world as it was then(textfiles.com)
2 points by wbnns 1y ago|1 comments
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by wbnns 1y ago
> There is nothing stopping a government from declaring that all wallets owned by their citizens must be registered, and that all transactions must be voluntarily reported to the authorities. This would likely drive capital and the finte
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by wbnns 1y ago
Nice work; this is super interesting and clearly reflects a lot of thoughtful planning. At this stage, I’d suggest actively joining a range of communities to gather feedback on how they might leverage this in their apps. A good starting poi
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by wbnns 1y ago
Hey Anthony, nice work so far. Jackpot-style games are a tough space to build in, but there’s real upside. No one’s really cracked onchain versions yet, even though they’re everywhere offchain. What you’re building reminds me a bit of lotte
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by wbnns 1y ago
Some people will fold, while others continue to hold or buy the dip Bear case: Solar flare or thermonuclear war/nuclear winter puts us back a century without an internet, which in effect turns off crypto for everyone Bull case: It all
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by wbnns 1y ago
> Some type of crypto bounty site It's a hard problem to solve, especially for decentralized ones -- who attests that the job is complete, who releases the funds, how do disputes work And like all two-sided marketplaces, quality is
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by wbnns 1y ago
Contribute to open source and join communities associated with what you're interested in In them, build in public and share what you're shipping each week
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by wbnns 1y ago
Doesn't seem to work in Brave
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by wbnns 2y ago
Pura vida
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by wbnns 2y ago
This video is mainly about if you're interested in working on the Base core team or in the ecosystem, but some of what I say also generally applies to any network or crypto community you might be interested in or are already a part of
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by wbnns 4y ago
Hi HN friends, happy almost new year. A moonshot for 2023 would be the launch of sBTC, a trustless 1:1 peg between Bitcoin and Stacks (a Bitcoin layer two), as it would unlock defi for all BTC holders. This post is Part 2 of a series I&#x27

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