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An attempt at learning how to build something with⚡️Lightning
14.2k sats \ 2 comments \ @BeverlyHoweTE3 4 Aug Outdoors freebie

In my previous post, I suggested that more services software should be built with lightning as the incentive system.
@nerd2ninja suggested that I start building myself, after thinking about it I've decided that I should at least attempt to learn how to do it.

so what's the purpose of this post?

1.suggestions:

  • I want to ask for suggested resources and advice, Rust was suggested as many lightning projects use it; do you think its the best for this purpose? Or do you have a different suggestion? (And I understand I can google myself, but if there are some suggestions from experienced people it may save me some time).

2. To see what your thoughts are on:

  • what decentralised services might have the best impact (search, compute, storage, something else?).

3. As a sanity check, to answer:

  • would any of this actually be helpful? Or am I just beating a dead horse?
  • I'm really a noob, I've only built basic web apps and super dumb bots before, am I going in over my head?
  • These have already been built but you haven't heard of them OP.

4. As a log:

  • I want to give a weekly or bi-weekly log of what I'm learning and the small programs I build along the way, this might be useful for someone later on if I do manage to actually build something.

5. Any other criticisms, eg:

  • you shouldn't post about this stuff here!
  • you are too dumb clearly.
  • insert useful criticism
  • you don't have the write attitude, etc...

Thanks for reading, now give me some of your thoughts!

225.4k sats \ 1 reply \ @ToddGuerrero1Q5 4 Aug freebie

I think he hated the fact that he couldn't control bitcoin (he wanted composability, larger blocks etc) so he went and made a project that he could control. I have no problem with that, I have a problem with how it was sold, the scammy marketing over the years and paying influencers to promote eth and slam bitcoin etc. The constant narrative shift to try and suck more people in when the last narrative is dwindling.

He wants his cake and to eat it to. He wants all the positive features of a centralized corporation but under the guise and regulatory regime of a decentralized protocol.

I like to describe ethereum as Vitalik and eth devs sandbox where they circle jerk over complexity and your net worth is along for the ride. And I am absolutely fine with that existing in the world, as long as people understand what it is. Unfortunately, 90% of eth holders don't have any clue.

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9464 sats \ 0 replies \ @SydneyVincentBCX 4 Aug freebie

Best thing you can do is run cgminer and connect to CKPoolSolo. But that assumes you have an ASIC miner. I just read you have a GPU... sigh...

A GPU doesn't really work for mining real Bitcoin. You will simply waste your time and electricity.

It's like trying to mine for gold with a plastic spoon. Even with an ASIC you are basically playing a lottery. A GPU is just a waste of time, really.

If you just want to do this as a learning experience, you can mine at testnet with your GPU. These coins don't have any value, and they might disappear at any time.

I wrote a couple of guides about this on Bitcointalk:

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