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Programmer-at-arms, believes in rough consensus and running code. Space colonization demands serviceable, secure and safe systems. Let’s build!
Nov 24, 2022 8 tweets 3 min read
Raising for a Bitcoin only startup isn’t easy but it is THE WAY. We are demonetizing gold by establishing an AUX/BTC swap.
No more need to do AUX -> USD -> BTC just because there’s no price fixing for the AUX/BTC pair. Swap directly. Get spot. You might even save on taxes (ask your accountant!).
Oct 30, 2021 14 tweets 8 min read
As a species we’ve entered a period of rapid evolutionary change again.
Unbeknownst to the majority, the intense pressure produced by the Final Money, also known as #Bitcoin, will produce a higher level of cooperation between competent members of our species.
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For people without hard skills (politicians, lawyers, and other looters) this will be an exceptionally difficult time. All human actions currently mediated by the STATE will be disintermediated.
We will found a new civilization based on principles of individual freedom.
Jul 11, 2021 10 tweets 5 min read
Let’s build a new #Bitcoin node using the DeskPi Pro kit. Detach the M.2 expansion board and fasten the M.2 SSD
Apr 3, 2021 28 tweets 7 min read
I’ve done a lot of thinking about command and control systems lately.
The next level of urban combat will revolve around secure p2p protocols, mesh networks with clandestine repeaters, anti-personnel mines that identify you by camera or your phone’s MAC address…
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We used to play these spy vs spy games during the 90s. The game was prepared in a city by the game master ahead of time. A LARP game that used paper slips in dead drops as communication channels (pre mobile phones). You received encrypted instructions from your handler…
Oct 17, 2020 7 tweets 3 min read
Saturday is #beachday with
OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS by David Kilcullen.
Probably the best analysis of how networked weapons and networked insurgents changed the definition a the theater of war.
Applying these lessons to monetary systems will be essential in the near future. Image Reciprocity in a networked world Image
Jul 4, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
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The modern power grid has to deal with lots of dynamic producers and consumers. The power engineer call this a “frothy” market. Any miscalculation in projected production or consumption can lead to a brownout. Enter: Bitcoin mining 2/n
The price per kWh is by far the largest OPEX factor for large scale Bitcoin miners. Most analysts calculate profitability based on the assumed PPA of a facility. A low price per kWh means you can mine profitably if the BTC exchange rate isn’t too low. But…