https://nostr.now https://nostr.now/npub1zrwrpdmavhpgsngzymvw45k494gdwens8l7ua7l55pcm8eejlfnsvk38tm https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg8r59ykj96nug0clhk8wur880pldydve7cuj3ggagzg4j78wvmtszyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxw8954s3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvqhv8lpk4q6th8yeqh20arrqxh4lk0e4qhmpz6sfwd5w2kzpykfcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0g8mqay'>nevent1q…mqay</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That seems to be the claim by the author of Libbitcoin. You would expect much faster sync time from Bitcoin Core too. It is limited by CPU signature validation. 2025-12-30T16:56:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqh4uugxv7ey6sxc33jk25fvftj2spp7zg5vysuk43nq7aywnkq4czyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwxfyewt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw2rpckypqr92ctnqt7pmjs32gl2uraxzvnh5lgas4cuf2tqktkrgppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp00708pd'>nevent1q…08pd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes 2025-10-07T18:47:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstnv9pumtvuyaxr7tnjm7g80sxfnunryfadp6ngfh050e5wnhmfhczyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxw34swuv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdgm5rlv0vmfg609nk3cl4qzdhvwn08k3kkyaltk7w5330r6xhn9spzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcfj9gqx'>nevent1q…9gqx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wait for it <a href="https://youtu.be/ZfjNDpZQvhk">https://youtu.be/ZfjNDpZQvhk</a> 2025-09-26T00:30:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9650vwh8k9p9xcny5fqrtype30hrmkaddfx8f3w8khyul36jspsgzyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwgulvhl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr333kmwhhs7lj5z9vlt5dt965zsxqq5llmmnerhlpa8xvkz2f73c565hn5'>nevent1q…5hn5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Can you just connect to their IP directly? 103.165.192.203 2025-08-22T19:36:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2rg44p0sxej3mdnzqyp60gmztjr4auwxz3vdjdz2w3zx85zyj90qzyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwv0wgrk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxy3c2jplu7f6u8lqdtqwj7naprptw0xv54rlr4k3dxfwp3s3z5qqzsrwe8'>nevent1q…rwe8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This doesn&#39;t work if we want mining to be decentralized and permissionless. Unfortunately it works today because there are so few mining pools. 2025-08-12T16:30:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz9nf3yk6gjfjjjly0qdtdrv8n9kv742nwle2z5pkjlnzn7cxat3szyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxw94qe0j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2u9xpfu7qvt2ptmzl97s7zaaw6q2524dvla9vakj9fr9mgz6eh5glar73w'>nevent1q…r73w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>All you need is the utxo set to know if a tx you recieved is valid. Meanwhile the node syncs the chain in the background to eventually validate that the assumed utxo set is indeed the correct one.<br/><br/>See <a href="https://blog.lopp.net/bitcoin-node-sync-with-utxo-snapshots/">https://blog.lopp.net/bitcoin-node-sync-with-utxo-snapshots/</a> 2025-08-05T15:46:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0s9eez8rr3qhxdw38ye35mvvueytuurtaz73n2zhkestcdwypfdczyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxw36a5vr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszehg80azs4xtqt4ff0a323qkpyrmepuqktf2tkwqflymjtxs3ndgnx3h84'>nevent1q…3h84</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How are they not money transmitters already? 2025-08-01T21:59:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz30z43c5574vpq30eqxj37cfm38n2dhf9jg86jkcw5nwyguu7y8czyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxw3708jk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsde20um7nmkmwfuanl5qs2dc5j4ayvtew405akwgfg8dr630sud8ca0g8yv'>nevent1q…g8yv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The reason the minRelayFee filter works is because there is very little economic incentive to bypass it. It is cheaper to just bump your fee to 1 sat/vbyte. This is not so for larger OP_RETURN txs or other types of non-standard txs. 2025-07-15T02:40:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspz4ufx878ku8jf08kuk2tluqh5gu9agdtwzkx37wrpjce8m95w4qzyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwurvw8f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyr632uevyy8k8ga63mq0784drrkclr7t4jl20zsuxp4a5x7g8gqcaxca65'>nevent1q…ca65</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Knuckles 2025-06-21T13:09:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrzyghwke8jxyfsutuztv6t4er22cecau8ep66vndtn8cttg6eeuszyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwppffdm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqerugpc5z3sqgn85rv6m34zz0vn5u7hxgfsv9zpq26mz790p5clckz7epp'>nevent1q…7epp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Probably a better time to sell than others 🤷. Around 3 months ago it was sub $80. 2025-05-21T01:38:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9y4mdny3telas8gff0ue8fjckm29u8edm5t32nlqcmthrveuv3hqzyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxw7t2e5a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy4fc3mljjvvfk7h5ca7yjzgdxfl6wtdpgqgggldgjg8axgggf4eclvlnrz'>nevent1q…lnrz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You didn&#39;t link to the actual PR because it isn&#39;t merged. It was closed without merging <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32359">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32359</a>. Why are you lying? 2025-05-18T19:53:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszlhhw8lxq6chk0hs4dveuul89m96z5x6st5ffrz2mjcejr4yawnszyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwyhmucn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst3q2rgzs0jc236umupyqmdykyh8le995h9jw0tldge0lz6yp586q8p5duc'>nevent1q…5duc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Why are you spreading this misinformation? No policy changes have been merged regarding OP_RETURN in Bitcoin Core. Version 30 is not even scheduled for release for another 5 months. 2025-05-18T17:41:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxuw5p6leynt2j32c75l0l66pgzlq78py0vqdrxss8wwcfqusn60czyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxweh0mry In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszkvh62tqjn5srlxe574wc95ugjtxnn2k2dt4n56xmqxrhaxtn5jgqnpck8'>nevent1q…pck8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt; Core removed the 80-byte limit with almost no discussion.<br/>&gt; Thousands of nodes implemented it automatically.<br/><br/>This is complete nonsense. There has not been any removal or change of any limit. There has been ongoing discussion about potentially removing a limit for weeks now. There has not been any new release of Bitcoin Core that implements any change of policy in months. No nodes are implementing anything automatically. 2025-05-18T04:14:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdsddxd54vn5dzr5q5x5jcrkvqk3upv6lm30l8y5nckwjldn493kczyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwh9dytx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfs4u9qd87ja0atpfvgfmyqp2fa4sapua82f0r9dh9aap528kx57gsdd8c5'>nevent1q…d8c5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Currently generateblock takes an address or descriptor as first argument. It could be extended to also take an array of descriptor/address and value tuples. That way we don&#39;t need a new RPC command. 2025-05-10T17:19:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstmw0gxrldxp42arf33r3vmejej4fk9jqf9q5je0yu82mkaee32dczyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwk68fn4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf9h0pseg5yt8y6k3cwkwy983rpa3v83ahv95322pt7tv33x0pqhc77c7uw'>nevent1q…c7uw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not sure of the stats, but a lot of spam are large jpegs, which would always be cheaper as inscriptions.<br/>The one you quoted I calculate as 139 bytes.<br/> 2025-05-06T18:37:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyzgyypvvqwz3zuwhjjzs3xtxdpgeqlg6rc4v0gucynusnnma75pqzyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwdh82zj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8n3hlz3mz4ls492m4053jj73ga9059j7d5n7ut3ylape3dyqy4yc4jfgjj'>nevent1q…fgjj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think private mempools are a bigger threat than spam. 2025-05-06T18:23:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswq4r67r5av6hen4w026s3ky854l3d79f2uq4e5w7f3velgtct8kgzyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwxvhfv8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0a3m59x6sm7q3z697202wpssnswnfhq48v3wvwvsqewzxs39en2cq33cw7'>nevent1q…3cw7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Previously this would have taken 2 txs (1 to publish a Taproot output and the next to spend it, revealing the data in the witness). 2025-05-06T16:06:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrthgq6mwhurf2twjxmge7s5neewqya97d8kln7gqzt6p6dsnqsrgzyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwyxl7tj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy2zws369r0sfpu5x7s5nla99280pxhuzxm904fcxfzrxja0l55aqaj58jd'>nevent1q…58jd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This OP_RETURN change has nothing to do with JPEGs. It is 4x cheaper to store JPEGs in the witness data, and the witness data is *not* stored in the UTXO set.<br/><br/>This change is for protocols that need some small amount of data but bigger than 40 bytes to be in an output before being spent. Witness data is not suitable for this because the tx has to be spent to reveal the data. 2025-05-02T16:41:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz63p4ar2gjzgwmd3eylehnfy3mfymez0qs2lcrrml0pwg06pu7yqzyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwy4jdny In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyqjy7est4kasxu999f5zdkky9t7purutyr2rjtmcjyzk0uvjmwugn5wuq8'>nevent1q…wuq8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How do you drain the wealth without appearing as a parasite yourself? 2025-04-26T16:58:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv0qkg6czjuuxtqhkpxk34wxn0mtq58znz9l70xkekfu2vj0ngtsqzyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwl57ugw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqdmjrz7c0pzkh3s76cjyt97f7sgwu9e0hhc7j9890h3fu7706t8sftwzdf'>nevent1q…wzdf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am always impressed by the thoroughness and objectivity in your optech summaries. It does not go unnoticed! Thank you for all you do. 2025-04-01T20:58:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfcz26cm63esvqrczszaesjlq8z58zayc4ygh9qyg0jfamx8frtvqzyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwjqqs89 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz5upaapmt5v9zr2a520zyqy2w4sh75nnu7yz7jh4n9jepn6tc7eczm4r6a'>nevent1q…4r6a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One can only hope🤞 2025-03-25T15:55:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8tq7fvmx66zq0vzf0uk06ehnd8nmlu3fdrwgcf3xpa6etdmsan2czyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxw2j0tqa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst66n2q0x978yq3v44cl7hjr5tqfkpk9z7rdmy6r8q7ua94rydf9getp632'>nevent1q…p632</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Neat! How long does it take to finish syncing? 2025-03-16T18:09:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy5sgmjdlqwyrncgh0ajuzdcacp66t3rt6hy5uc3vz3t2ghrcehkqzyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwgv88k0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf5t88g5kp03c3fkxm8lckgppejy4wgs0034gsa4dnrj76yrxn28cajt8gv'>nevent1q…t8gv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is the other tom brady? 2025-01-20T22:25:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswh7gusukq3ux465lu4ym3qpz74hw2tcgm2gmr9ne89j55x9dj2uqzyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxw0ew6zj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfyynqgyajjg87ud4aelgg32dv9qrmt2sltmt8km3wtmwsg7z5u9s0zc3ke'>nevent1q…c3ke</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Read the OP_RETURNS. It was the mining pool itself that paid for it by forgoing the fees it could have earned in the mempool. Some 0.018 BTC that was awarded the next block. 2025-01-17T19:57:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswlgqpcnts6evlnjucjz6lps6k6r4z76acadsnqvd0fk9ne32n0zszyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwj3z5m8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst5k6ppjpxx2s9v7snex28zsvy288438683gt0z2lxn27xnmjf4gck7qdkq'>nevent1q…qdkq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>THERE<br/>ARE<br/>21 MILLION BITCOINS! 2025-01-14T18:21:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvwevn0ce5k5a5fdggn30ynggslr9m3qugakdam286ugcdl6d7kxqzyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwjgg06f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrc0mkxcmc54kw2auwa90mxw0t3vrsre60t6tck2zwy87cgsnrwzgn0mert'>nevent1q…mert</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think outputs per block would be an interesting metric to track as well. A lot of the transactions could be large batch payments. 2024-12-24T03:55:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdr3u3k3gfxneqshxgvsk9nrvza2cfapd6hqu7ufm0wpewnk78ttgzyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwflexsn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfwk48dcdsaddsz78r3xs4a6zphhqq55hds8tnauf9earasr0a7kcwgzwsf'>nevent1q…zwsf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>mermaid? 2024-10-31T21:00:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0umcuy6mx6khrl9ml4knernck5hnhuxnzcsqyx770wskuen957zqzyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwzc8kl7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2vqvhf02970w5c2rpqts8n6e76sr5qq5d957kfx25zsekhenl5fcrhlfer'>nevent1q…lfer</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Chances would be greater for real world data. It&#39;s not perfectly random. Server could record the most common byte sequences and report those. 2024-10-04T02:42:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswffchlussxdn9rqzuj5lgejycg0uxat5z7aa05086r6paxxk5q0qzyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxwyema8q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxkglnqevq24pqngzmp9t5yjdda0549snk2zhvr5th2ym6yfwwqys48ccd7'>nevent1q…ccd7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s nostr for you! 2024-09-04T01:17:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9zg4kalt69tvut3tzvwr4s9xz85ceax2jckqwe7sgaentys3z02czyqgdcv9h04ju9zzdqgnd36kj65k4p4mxwqllmnhm7js8rvl8xtaxw5caz65 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsths279af54fuv6ctdlehgua7kw2m07q6vatas5s8j02r3whkk4zgeapwjc'>nevent1q…pwjc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Stale blocks are kept on disk indefinitely. The getchaintips RPC will show all historical stale blocks the node has seen. 2024-09-03T22:58:20Z