@Scoresby's sibling comment is fantastic. Here's a less fantastic factoid:
I tried not to look at the leaderboard at all. I think I looked at it twice? and then never again. It stirred up a bunch of the competitive feelings that others have mentioned and that I didn't want. Even afterward, I noticed that there was like a dark tide urging me to try to compete. But I avoided that.
FWIW, I'm a super competitive person, though I try not to be bc it's been almost entirely destructive. So maybe others could walk the line in a way that I can't.
Thank you for sharing! There are so many bitcoiners working out there almost in isolation; trying to run a business and stay on top of LN developments etc as well as incorporate them. Those who can help and simplify the process for busy people are going to be invaluable to the revolution (this seems to the current hang up with Nostr - people don’t care how good it is if they can still use easy interfaces like Twatter etc)
Howdy y'all! In addition to the cowboy hat and the BTC Mask, I also made me a BTC ring... and now I can really feel the power of the ring 🤣 I wear the ring from time to time and it has engaged me into very cool bitcoin conversations with strangers... its a very powerful ring y'all lol
The battle isn't won...It's going to be bloody...but we can speed up the timeline by building products and services that actively show people the benefits of using Bitcoin as money. Show, don't tell. Do, don't talk. We've got way too much talking and telling in Bitcoin circles, and not nearly enough showing and doing.
I'm not really qualified to speak on quantum computing. So happy to be shown differently...
But the entire field feels sorta scammy. For instance, they never demonstrate practical problems being solved, but instead they invent specific calculation "benchmarks" and then demonstrate how fast their quantum chip is at solving that.
In this case they are bragging about this chip solved "RCS" 10^25 times faster then classical computing. But when you read more about "RCS" you find that it was a calculation developed by the quantum research team, specifically for testing their chip.
It all comes across like they are just farming for PR to get quick stock price bumps.
@Scoresby's sibling comment is fantastic. Here's a less fantastic factoid:
I tried not to look at the leaderboard at all. I think I looked at it twice? and then never again. It stirred up a bunch of the competitive feelings that others have mentioned and that I didn't want. Even afterward, I noticed that there was like a dark tide urging me to try to compete. But I avoided that.
FWIW, I'm a super competitive person, though I try not to be bc it's been almost entirely destructive. So maybe others could walk the line in a way that I can't.
Notification gang rise up!
Thank you for sharing! There are so many bitcoiners working out there almost in isolation; trying to run a business and stay on top of LN developments etc as well as incorporate them. Those who can help and simplify the process for busy people are going to be invaluable to the revolution (this seems to the current hang up with Nostr - people don’t care how good it is if they can still use easy interfaces like Twatter etc)
better than being the face of http://thebitcoincompany.gay
Howdy y'all!
In addition to the cowboy hat and the BTC Mask, I also made me a BTC ring... and now I can really feel the power of the ring 🤣
I wear the ring from time to time and it has engaged me into very cool bitcoin conversations with strangers... its a very powerful ring y'all lol
https://m.stacker.news/4474
https://imgprxy.stacker.news/MB18r-irt9_3cBGMQelabjsxVj_OxJHFFU514szFBBw/rs:fit:600:500:0/g:no/aHR0cHM6Ly9pLmliYi5jby9rVm5TNUZqL0lNRy03MDEzLmpwZw
The battle isn't won...It's going to be bloody...but we can speed up the timeline by building products and services that actively show people the benefits of using Bitcoin as money. Show, don't tell. Do, don't talk. We've got way too much talking and telling in Bitcoin circles, and not nearly enough showing and doing.
I'm not really qualified to speak on quantum computing. So happy to be shown differently...
But the entire field feels sorta scammy. For instance, they never demonstrate practical problems being solved, but instead they invent specific calculation "benchmarks" and then demonstrate how fast their quantum chip is at solving that.
In this case they are bragging about this chip solved "RCS" 10^25 times faster then classical computing. But when you read more about "RCS" you find that it was a calculation developed by the quantum research team, specifically for testing their chip.
It all comes across like they are just farming for PR to get quick stock price bumps.