DeanFaulkner1EY

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This is a free short intro course for ABSOLUTE beginners wanting to pick up some basic coding / webdev skills.

I built this mostly to serve as a precourse to help beginners that wanna go through the frontend course but might need a bit more exposure and time spent on the foundational topics.

This is the 2nd week since the plebdevs.com launch and it's been exciting to see people starting to use the platform give me feedback and requests for what they want to see. I've got more content and more improvements to the platform coming soon but please give me any feedback you have!

Onwards!

PlebDevs Starter: New Free Beginner Developer Course

lightning

Any good competitors for Wallet of Satoshi?

EvanPotterOBL

Day 199 of snailposting everyday 'til BTC hits $100k.

__@_'-'

bitcoin

Showing Number Of Stackers Who Zapped On Posts (Without Hovering)

RachelHooverSQ3

Ah, interesting. I already knew about "Mastering Ethereum" but I don't see creating a book about Ethereum and explaining how it works "shitcoining". Are we no longer allowed to understand the opposition?

Regarding "blatantly racist stuff" I only found the following tweet:

> Fantastic recommendations for podcasts. I think we've covered almost ALL the white male podcasters I should visit. 
> 
> How about some other shows? 
> 
> Not American, not investment/finance, not men, not white. I can't change me (I'm many of the above) but we can change the other side!

-- https://twitter.com/aantonop/status/1202010211894091776

That does not sound like "blatantly racist stuff" or racist in any way. He just mentioned he already "covered almost ALL the white male podcasters" and asked about other shows.

Care to explain to me how that is "blatantly racist stuff"?

security

Hi everyone, 

I'm not a big reader. I rely on quotes from books and movies. I also feel that it's better to read or listen to a few quotes in the morning to boost your day. I don't stick to single source. Rather I select randomly and listen patiently to some of the finest quotes everyday at least for 15 minutes.

Today, I read some quotes from here. https://www.bookbub.com/blog/famous-book-quotes

> 1. “There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

> 2. “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince


So, I would like to know what are some of your favourite quote that you always look at to motivate and boost yourself. Also, tell me which one you can never forget? The quote that's just stick to your mind like forever.



What's one quote from Movies or Books that you can never forget?

UFOs

Some thoughts on re-reading Bradbury's *Fahrenheit 451*

DarrylMorgan95J

I love these stories.
The Christmas bitcoin gifts are extremely powerful. He did the best thing ever to give them bitcoin.
That owner is a true Bitcoin warrior.

Thank you for this amazing story shared here!

I am Steve Lee, lead of [Spiral](https://spiral.xyz), the open-source bitcoin initiative of [Block](https://block.xyz). We have funded over 50 people to work on FOSS bitcoin.

Topics to ask me about:
* Spiral
* Block
* Various projects Spiral supports: LDK, BDK, VLS, Bitcoin design community and bitcoin design guide, Stratum v2, Fedimint, etc.
* LN ecosystem "roadmap"
* Mobile LN wallet architecture considerations
* Centralization forces on bitcoin and efforts to improve
* "PMing" in open-source bitcoin
* Framework for FOSS bitcoin projects
* Future of bitcoin mining
* Future of self-custody and self-sovereign bitcoin
* PoW vs. PoS hot takes

Let's go!

I'm Steve Lee, lead of Spiral. AMA.

# Zero fee playground
A site for trying out zero fee bitcoin transactions

# How to try it
Just click here: https://supertestnet.github.io/zero_fee_playground

# What is it?
This project showcases a recent upgrade to bitcoin in version 28. Before v28, all nodes refused, by default, to relay transactions that paid zero fees, and miners refused to mine them. Also, nodes and miners rejected transactions that *did* pay a fee if it was below a "minimum fee" threshold. The "minimum fee" threshold varied on a node-by-node basis, but it was related to the average fee paid by the transactions in each node's copy of the mempool.

V28 changed the rules. A transaction can now pay zero fees (or a fee below the "minimum fee" threshold) if it is paired with a second transaction that pays *extra* fees. To follow the new rule, the second transaction has to pay enough fees that, when the two transactions are considered together, their "combined feerate" is above the old "minimum fee" threshold. There are also several other conditions they have to follow; for example, the two transactions have to have version number 3, and the "first" one can't spend an unconfirmed utxo. The full rules are outlined in [Bip 431](https://bips.xyz/431) and [Bip 331](https://bips.xyz/331).

If you [visit this link](https://supertestnet.github.io/zero_fee_playground) and follow the steps, you will *create* a pair of transactions that follows the new rules. The first of your two transactions will pay zero fees, but nodes will still relay it (and miners will still mine it) as long as it is paired with the second transaction.


Zero Fee Playground: A New Toy by Super Testnet

Wikileaks has just put more of its files online.

GrantMeyers4P0

I agree. No ChatGPT please. 
**Stop trying to break the beautiful culture we have at stacker.newst @k00b!**
If you want growth, I still think you just need to find a way to bring people over from /r/bitcoin and twitter. It's that easy.

nostr

21 Rules to Become a Whole Coiner

TammieMiller8LH

What do you think is the biggest misconception that the West has about the global adoption of Bitcoin?

history

Fun Fact Friday- Best Fact gets 10k sats

BettyHayesWFE

Curious about the claims myself, but Carl is def talented and the marketing around it is great. For those that don't know, he also runs the proxy that allows you to purchase Mullvad via LN. https://vpn.sovereign.engineering

I just finished the third book of The Wheel of Time series. It's a very compelling fantasy world and before I get any further into it, I want to get a quick review up for any stackers who may be interested. I'll try to avoid any spoilers while giving a sense of what these books have to offer.

# Overview
First, for those who have seen the Amazon series, the first two seasons roughly correspond to the first two books. However, there are some changes made by the adaptation that change the story significantly. I would describe those changes as HBO'ifying the series: the characters were made older, sexier, more violent and it's more of an action adventure than fantasy epic. I think the show is fine as its own thing, but it has a very different feel than the books.

Robert Jordan built a very intricate fantasy world that feels vast and rich. It's a fairly standard fantasy setting, with roughly medieval technology, various types of supernatural abilities, and recognizable but distinct mythical creatures.

Most people in this world live their entire lives near to where they're born and there are vast regional differences in what people believe about the world and its history. However, there is more or less a shared language and mythology.

The story is presented from one character's perspective at a time and the reader learns new information as the characters do. Much of the lore of this world is unknown to the characters we follow. What is generally known to all (or at least believed) is that the world was broken 3,000 years ago in a battle with Shai'tan the Lord of Darkness, Prince of Lies, and many other names associated with him. Also generally known/believed is that he had powerful magic users fighting on his side known as the Forsaken and that one powerful magic user known as The Dragon was responsible for breaking the world. This created a widespread distrust and fear of magic users.

# The Eye of the World
The first book is very Tolkienesque. We learn about the people of a small remote region. They raise sheep and grow tobacco and enjoy their seasonal festivals. It's a quiet society that only receives news when the occasional merchant visits during harvest season.

Several teenagers from this town are reluctantly swept up in an adventure involving things they had believed to be entirely mythical. Their journey is arduous and written in a very grounded way that emphasizes how difficult and perilous travel in that setting would be. The show basically resorts to "fast travel" for this portion and totally loses the sense of distance travelled.

This book largely serves to explore the world through the eyes of characters who live in it, but are also largely unfamiliar with anything outside of their home.

# The Great Hunt
Game of Thrones was inspired by the portion of this book about Daes'de Maer, the Game of Houses, that describes the political machinations amongst the nobility of one of the great cities.

This book introduces several major settings, including Tar Valon where the magic-using Aes Sedai live and train. 

Much of the story revolves around a powerful and mysterious army arriving from the sea and making fantastical claims about their link to the history of the world known to our characters. This leads to uncovering how some of our characters are also connected to long past historical events.

# The Dragon Reborn 
A mystery in Tar Valon, an assassination plot, and a search for a missing member lead our scattered characters towards a seemingly impossible prophecy.

A great deal is learned about the sinister forces emerging in the world and what our characters may have to contend with in the future. 

# Takeaways
I had to be very brief in describing the later books for fear of spoilers. Much of the appeal of these books is following and anticipating the mysterious elements.

One of my favorite things about how this series is written is that the world feels very lived in. The cultures and places are detailed and distinct from each other. The characters have to make pragmatic decisions about where to stay and how to travel, based on factors like cost, time, and risk. Each of the characters also has a very distinct personality and seeing events from their varied perspectives gives a richer view of the story and a deeper understanding of the world. Also, each character serves a distinct role in the narrative. No one is just along for the ride.

The lack of an omniscient third person narrator really enhances the mystery of the story. We often don't know what certain people's motivations are or what the truth of a situation is and are left to puzzle it out alongside our characters.

Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time: Books 1-3

In another thread I mentioned a takeaway that stuck with me having read at some point about the merits of 2:2 multisig, as opposed to 2:3

... but for the life of me I can't find it. Not sure if it was here, twitter, or elsewhere.

The gist was that the added complexity of managing 2:3 makes it less failure proof 2:2 and that the redundancy is a paradox. There was more to it than that, and so I'd like to re-read it. 

Others requested it as well per the conversation in the other thread: https://stacker.news/items/323877/r/0330830bf9

I'm putting up 6150 sats for the best steel man of 2:2 vs. 2:3 in an effort to crowdsource a search.




Looking for a post discussing 2:2 vs 2:3 multisig cold storage

@k00b Has Shadow Banned the Bugle 

MariaOwens0ZN

is just a way of saying to piss off those gov agents reading my posts...
here I make it even simpler for them to understand
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They understand only their language (aka launder money). For me "launder money" it doesn't make sense. My own money cannot be laundered.