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A view I've taken is that there's a difference between occasionally putting non-monetary data on the blockchain and regularly putting non-monetary data on the blockchain. Both are a bad idea in general, but the former has two unique properties: (1) it is (probably) impossible to stop and (2) there are (probably) exceptions to the general rule. E.g. I personally don't mind someone uploading the bible, because there's a higher rule: exceptional things deserve exceptional treatment. And I think the bible is an exceptional thing.

That said, regularly putting non-monetary data on the blockchain is possible to stop because regular activity produces detectable patterns that can be blocked via a soft fork. A good example is ord wallet's "envelopes," they all use the pattern OP_FALSE OP_IF OP_ENDIF, and a soft fork can invalidate transactions containing that pattern. If I can discourage regularly putting data on the blockchain by prohibiting this currently-popular method of doing so, then I want to do that, and as a bonus, it still leaves the door open for people to upload exception-worthy data in some other way. So that's my preferred solution. A soft fork.

(I know, surprise surprise, Super wants a soft fork. Who'da thunk?)

@kr is underrated in the Bitcoin space. The man is doing great work!

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@ProofOfWorkFitness a fitness sub now for you to share your advice.

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Haha thanks k00b. Fun fact Gray and Ruby are my kids middle names.

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Congrats! This is huge. Wanted to pass on some feedback from my first gifting.

From the receiver’s viewpoint, the first thing they see on the “you have been gifted some sats” page is the amount in the upper left corner. At first, the amount of sats was there with a “~$0” below it which the receiver found confusing. After maybe 5-10 seconds the correct dollar amount showed up when the exchange rate was fetched. A better experience would be to not show any exchange rate until it was ready, I.e show nothing instead of $0, then have the fiat equivalency show up when it is ready.

It would be great if the gift giver had the option of paying the setup fee for the receiver. In the current situation, the receiver sees the total amount given in the upper left corner of the “you have been gifted some sats” page , and then after they claim, they see a smaller amount in their wallet (minus ~10,000 sats). I’d love to take that fee on my end, so when they see the gift amount, that’s the same amount they’ll see in their balance after claiming.

Keep up the great work!

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So lucky we all are to now hear her story.

Will definitely be Running Bitcoin on Jan 10th. Wherever I am, will do a half marathon that morning for Hal.

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Shitcoiners like you always bargain and are lazy.
I will do it for free just to fuck around and not let you take the sats, you don't deserve them.
Is a damn simple meme FFS, how much effort could take you? 10-30min?
30k sats could be generational wealth in few years, but yeah your shithead can't comprehend that, because you are dumping them for shitcoins or fiat immediately.

https://m.stacker.news/20443

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