EvanBush2S2

Confessions of a burnt-out father

KathleenAlvarezWMU

> New pathfinding variable to give more control over time and cost tradeoff 

I always love features like that. Yes, give users more power.

Imagine, you are in a situation where internet is to break up and things gotta be fast. Or there is a DDoS and you don't care if you order something right now or it goes through a little later.

This is underrated.

culture

Honestly, I didn't grow in an environment that I think obviously would've inevitably sent me down the rabbit hole. Didn't grow up in communism. Fairly stable family life. Not very techy, geared more towards arts. I picked up music from a young age, that stuck with me ever since. 

Not exactly a lot of overlap between bitcoin and music (for now...hoping to help change that at some point..)

One thing I think set me for the rabbit hole though was being instilled with a strong sense of independent thought. From a young age I learned of the importance of this. 

A less emotionally-intelligent version of myself would let that get the best of me...thought I would go into politics at one point (LMFAO - as an "independent thinker"). I was always a contrarian thinker, just with misapplied energy.

Bitcoin unplugged me. Truly was a Matrix-like experience, as much of a meme as that may be. I finally was able to apply my natural lean towards contrarianism in a much healthier, conducive way.

What about yourself? I know that everyone's road to Bitcoin probably comes from a combination of sources, but what are some key takeaways from your childhood that you think brought you to bitcoin so early?

How did your childhood lead you to Bitcoin?

science

#LegendsOfLightning is an accelerator style event open to anyone globally to help foster innovation, and collaboration in bitcoin and lightning. We partnered with Fulgur Ventures to provide some crazy prizes. The event is running from Oct 12 until Dec 7 which is much longer than our previous format with #ShockTheWeb which was only a week.

Hopefully this can activate folks all over the world to participate and get mentored by some of the big hitters in the industry (and ye... there's a 3 BTC prize pool). 

We need to grow the talent pool of developers, designers, researchers, and copywriters in the industry. Why? For bitcoin's global takeover! We think this platform and event format is something that can inspire people towards that.

Topics to ask us anything but here's some examples.
- Legends Of Lightning
- Hackathons
- Building in public
- Learning in public
- Onboarding new talent into bitcoin
- Innovative use cases of bitcoin and lightning network
- Developing lightning applications with APIs (WebLN/WebBTC, lnurl-auth)

Check out the tournament: https://makers.bolt.fun/tournaments/1
Check out the posts from the community: https://makers.bolt.fun/feed

Hi, this is BOLT.FUN AMA

Wasabi is a privacy wallet for Bitcoin only. Release notes & download (open source): https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/tag/v2.3.0.0

This version of Wasabi introduces major improvements to the user experience with a more intuitive and useful interface, while continuing the efforts to enhance and streamline the codebase for easier maintainability and better building blocks for further improvements.

🌐 Enhanced Tor integration

We’ve completely rewritten our Tor integration, replacing custom code with a more efficient, standard HttpClient. This not only improves performance but also enhances code clarity, making it easier to review which identities are used in specific contexts. This reduces potential errors and improves the wallet's overall security.

📊 Better BTC amount formatting

Amount formatting has been significantly improved across the wallet, offering clearer readability for both small and large balances, whether you want to read as BTC (decimals) or Sats. The aesthetics of all screens presenting amounts have been revisited to be smoother and consistent throughout the application.

🔍 More insight on transactions

The Preview Transaction and Transaction Details dialogs now include a lists of inputs and outputs. This long-requested feature offers insight into the privacy-enhancing effects of coinjoins and the level of anonymity achieved with each transaction. Additionally, it is now visually clear how privacy suggestions improves transactions.

💰 [Beta] Payment in coinjoin (RPC only)

Our Payment in coinjoin feature is now officially in beta! It is currently accessible only though the RPC. While this feature is still in development and lacks certain functionalities, we encourage users to test it and provide feedback. Learn more about it in the Documentation

🔒 Trezor Safe 5 & ColdCard Q support

Hardware Wallet Interface (HWI) has been updated to version 3.1.0 along with support for Trezor Safe 5 & ColdCard Q.

Wasabi Wallet v2.3.0.0 released!

bitcoin

The Bugle has a podcast and we are dropping the news here first because Stacker.News is our favorite forum to engage in spreading our top notch journalistic efforts. 

Today Rod Palmer and Dick Greaser sat down to discuss "Out Complying the Competition."

Listen here: https://www.fountain.fm/show/6850108

Let us do the thinking for you because life is too damn hard to the thinking yourself. 

Oh the podcast name is "The Bugle Weekly." 

Announcing Bugle Weekly: The Podcast to Take Down the Podconf Industrial Complex

Hey! Long time lurker first time poster. I've been doing Bitcoin and Lightning development for startups for several years now and have started to get more into consulting and research through the [Bitcoin Dev Shop](https://bitcoindevshop.com). My focus is on Lightning applications and especially the intersection of Lightning and Privacy.

You may have seen my privacy [report](https://abytesjourney.com/lightning-privacy/) last year or some of my Citadel Dispatch episodes [21](https://bitcointv.com/w/3GodMNMq1TeXbuAnbhTBzj), [53](https://bitcointv.com/w/j8fRXqtQMJG9wKgkbyUrL7), [69](https://bitcointv.com/w/duWSEKMGTosAc1kx4id9Ew), [70](https://bitcointv.com/w/dpzVg3QtPSzyqCPg4xAxmH), and [72](https://bitcointv.com/w/wQzKAgE5m6cJbmbgaT1uyK) where I chat about Lightning and/or Privacy. 

I'm typically not online in much places anymore so those are some of the things I'm most known for on the web. Socially I spend most of my time in the bitcoin space in Austin, currently at Pleb Lab now before I head to Bitcoin Commons tonight for Bitdevs. If you haven't made your way to Austin yet to check out the scene, I highly recommend. There's more stuff to do than I can handle.

I have a lot of fun things in the works since I have just recently started working for myself, but here's some of the things I would love to chat about if you had any questions:

- [Bitcoin Dev Shop](https://bitcoindevshop.com)
- [Mutiny Wallet (previously called PLN)](https://mutinywallet.com/)
- [Lightning Privacy](https://abytesjourney.com/lightning-privacy/)
- Lightning Apps/Development
- LND/LDK/Sensei
- Web5
- Where the best burgers in Austin are at
- Working at bitcoin startups
- Hackathons
- Living without social media (if SN doesn't count as SM)

Other than that anything is free game! 