I listened to the Bitcoin Audible Podcast episode where Guy read the Ryan Gentry article on taproot assets (formerly known as Taro). From Guy's take, at worst this could solve an onchain problem. At best, it could open up many new lightning use cases. Guy seemed positive, and I usually trust his opinion.
Searching SN for info, I saw that @DarthCoin weighed in with "TapAss" on May 19. I must add that to the Second Edition of the Translation Guide.
What's the consensus here, or is it just wait and see?
Thanks for the recap Siggy. I haven't been to NYC in a decade or so. Maybe I will take the family on a road trip next summer. Check out a Mets game (I have already been to old and new yankee stadium and I hate the yankees) and check out PubKey.
"During World War II, when the Japanese Empire invaded regions throughout Asia, they would confiscate hard currency from the locals and issue their own paper currency in its place, which is referred to as “invasion money“. These conquered peoples would be forced to save and use a currency that had no backing and ultimately lost all of its value over time, and this was a way for Japan to extract their savings while maintaining a temporary unit of account in those regions."
Lyn Alden is a treasure - this is exceptionally well written.
Monetary policy being used as a weapon of war is a grotesque yet revealing portrayal of the perils of Fiat money.
Snails are the fastest beings in the known universe.
https://i.ibb.co/nQQ794S/f435a1c8-0976-48e6-acd5-038ad0ffcae6.jpg
This is how quantum research started...
https://m.stacker.news/54413.png
And this is how it's going:
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2399246-record-breaking-quantum-computer-has-more-than-1000-qubits/
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https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Press-Release-View/Article/3498776/post-quantum-cryptography-cisa-nist-and-nsa-recommend-how-to-prepare-now/
This is a really thoughtful reply. A bunch of rapid-fire responses are occurring to me, but when I get this feeling it makes me alert to arguing because I'm trying to win vs arguing because I'm trying to find the truth. So I mostly won't.
No.
I'm trying. But not hard enough, so it's good to be reminded.
The human condition in one sentence.
I'm glad this discussion (and the other one) exist and the points that are made have been made. It will be useful as part of the ongoing public dialogue about this topic, which is bigger than SN, I think.
Keeping my longest cowboy streak going until __@_'-' reaches its destination: 7
seeing another big day of visitors on SN, October is already an all-time record month for unique visitors, visits, and pageviews
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Posts created the same day could get exponentially more expensive to create...