Nostr notes by sedited

Sharks got found out. Are the Stormers going to do the same as ...

2026-10-11T03:47:15Z

Sharks got found out. Are the Stormers going to do the same as last season where they are brilliant until about January and then just fall apart?

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2026-10-09T17:58:18Z

Navi Pillay a deserving recipient of the peace prize.

The notion that the filter split wouldn't have happened with ...

2026-07-07T17:47:50Z

The notion that the filter split wouldn't have happened with more alternative clients is ill-conceived. There are many alternative clients. To my knowledge exactly two of them (core and knots) allow significant policy tweaks. Exactly one of them filters aggressively.

Apparently so.

2026-07-05T17:33:58Z

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Apparently so.

Yes, that proof generation is already possible and has been done ...

2026-07-05T08:29:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…e8c6
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Yes, that proof generation is already possible and has been done by a few people now. It is the main motivation behind this work. Long term the goal is to have the same capability for full block validation.

Just commenting on the Rugby from earlier.

2026-07-04T19:52:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…90yp
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Just commenting on the Rugby from earlier.

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2026-07-04T17:33:10Z

'n proper klapping

This interview is eye opening. People just can't seem to wrap ...

2026-07-04T07:04:47Z

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This interview is eye opening. People just can't seem to wrap their heads around the fact that there isn't a single group or person to bully.

And he's the staff-level officer to run it.

2026-07-03T21:06:15Z

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And he's the staff-level officer to run it.

Bitcoin Core now tracks the ability to compile the script ...

2026-07-03T06:09:41Z

Bitcoin Core now tracks the ability to compile the script interpreter to a bare metal target. This allows for transaction script validity checks in constrained environments, be it embedded, enclaves, or proof generation engines.

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/31425

Still feel the same way. #nevent1q…xm7h

2026-07-01T11:25:36Z

Still feel the same way.

quoting
nevent1q…xm7h
Three years doing full time Bitcoin Core work and I still find it very fun.

Heh, funny that you posted that the other day.

2026-06-30T18:23:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…j70h
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Heh, funny that you posted that the other day.

One of my goals doing maintenance the past half year was trying ...

2026-06-30T10:06:08Z

One of my goals doing maintenance the past half year was trying to get through a lot of the pull request backlog. Managed to get through a good chunk of it, but the rest seems to require increasingly more effort.

The project needs to find a better way to reward and surface good and dedicated reviewers. Review work is tedious, often boring, and not something that can be easily measured. This makes it hard to both surface to the public and for developers to build their prestige around it.

I am curious how I can improve my leadership in this respect. I found the pull request review club not effective in this regard. The amount of effort spent on preparing it usually did not pay off. We need to find some way to better reward review.

https://dergoegge.github.io/bitcoin-core-github-metadata-stats/?tf=quarter&repo=bitcoin-bitcoin#pr-days-destroyed

You can still limit datacarriersize in v31 if that is what you ...

2026-06-28T21:46:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…g4rr
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You can still limit datacarriersize in v31 if that is what you mean. There is nothing under handed about this. The project just doesn't have the resources to endlessly backport. That said, the v29 backport we just shipped as a release candidate, has some of these improvements included as well.

Looks like v32 will ship a big improvement in block validation ...

2026-06-28T19:26:26Z

Looks like v32 will ship a big improvement in block validation and ibd speed.

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2026-06-25T07:06:13Z

Really didn't expect Bafana to pull through anymore.

Ek's van die Klein Karoo af, so ek ken goed van die hele ...

2026-06-24T08:49:34Z

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Ek's van die Klein Karoo af, so ek ken goed van die hele area.

Got rid of libevent. That leaves just the boost multi index ...

2026-06-23T22:02:29Z

Got rid of libevent. That leaves just the boost multi index headers as an external dependency for bitcoind. https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34411

For the love of preserving vernacular, please stop shipping piss ...

2026-06-20T08:58:32Z

For the love of preserving vernacular, please stop shipping piss colored websites.

Cash on the internet. No auto-updates.

2026-06-20T08:10:31Z

Cash on the internet.
No auto-updates.

I think it is one of those french loan words.

2026-06-12T06:26:15Z

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I think it is one of those french loan words.

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2026-06-11T20:52:14Z

Bafana vat nog n rooi om vinniger thuis te wees.

https://thecharlatan.ch/Validation/

2026-06-07T07:36:27Z

https://thecharlatan.ch/Validation/

Been listening to your music since Vollmilch, thank you for that!

2026-06-05T13:09:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…q74h
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Been listening to your music since Vollmilch, thank you for that!

My experience so far has been the opposite. Either creating ...

2026-06-04T14:13:53Z

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My experience so far has been the opposite. Either creating needlessly complex generics, or completely failing to understand them.

Cash on the internet. No auto-updates.

2026-06-02T06:50:18Z

Cash on the internet.
No auto-updates.

Really? I think I'm the most bullish I've been.

2026-05-29T08:07:33Z

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Really? I think I'm the most bullish I've been.

Not once have a found myself saying "I wish I had ...

2026-05-27T18:59:11Z

Not once have a found myself saying "I wish I had date-prefixed branch names"

Epic. And the two patches he mentioned are somewhat known issues.

2026-05-27T17:54:16Z

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Epic. And the two patches he mentioned are somewhat known issues.

Yes, and this patch is slated for v32: ...

2026-05-25T16:28:25Z

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Yes, and this patch is slated for v32: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/30951

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2026-05-18T19:35:24Z

It's time to repost this. ...

2026-05-17T20:35:45Z

It's time to repost this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsDXvvIRIy8&t=2s

kernel-node now has a tiny silent payments wallet ...

2026-05-15T12:31:05Z

kernel-node now has a tiny silent payments wallet

Keyword there be being "open", not "drafted" ;)

2026-05-10T11:40:40Z

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Keyword there be being "open", not "drafted" ;)

And: PSBTv2, the oldest open PR at the time, was finally merged. ...

2026-05-10T11:39:34Z

And: PSBTv2, the oldest open PR at the time, was finally merged.

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/21283

Surfing with the Duskys. ...

2026-05-09T12:24:22Z

Surfing with the Duskys.

Literally all that is to it.

2026-05-09T11:45:15Z

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Literally all that is to it.

Curious ladies ...

2026-05-04T10:42:14Z

Curious ladies

I don't think many use it, but the barrier to do so is as low ...

2026-04-27T04:58:56Z

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I don't think many use it, but the barrier to do so is as low as it can get at the moment.

Cash on the internet. No auto-updates.

2026-04-26T07:27:07Z

Cash on the internet.
No auto-updates.

Honestly though, you can pretty much live on it now. Gas ...

2026-04-26T06:15:23Z

Honestly though, you can pretty much live on it now. Gas stations, cafes, restaurants, grocery stores... was at a random cafe around the corner from where my family used to live and paid for a lunch there.

quoting
nevent1q…vmg5
Using bitcoin in South Africa became so easy that the government decided to shut it down.

There's a government gazette for proposed legislation ...

2026-04-25T12:51:19Z

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There's a government gazette for proposed legislation limiting pretty much everything. The tldr here does a good job of describing it https://ag.bitcoinzar.co.za/

Using bitcoin in South Africa became so easy that the government ...

2026-04-25T07:38:09Z

Using bitcoin in South Africa became so easy that the government decided to shut it down.

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2026-04-10T19:59:56Z

Same for high temperature super conductors. There are a few now ...

2026-04-08T05:36:13Z

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Same for high temperature super conductors. There are a few now that are close to 0 Celsius, but they require such insane pressures that they are useless for most applications.

Lol, wouldn't have expected a sten

2026-03-24T19:01:08Z

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Lol, wouldn't have expected a sten

Waiting for the bitcoin core PR 🙄

2026-03-21T17:54:49Z

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Waiting for the bitcoin core PR 🙄

Thought this was going to happen these days ...

2026-03-21T17:34:20Z

Thought this was going to happen these days

https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/2128/changes

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2026-03-19T18:52:30Z

Cash on the internet.
No auto-updates.

So we pull up out of the bush through the khowarib rivier, ...

2026-03-15T22:13:27Z

So we pull up out of the bush through the khowarib rivier, completely caked in fine, flour-textured dust of the mopane savanah. It's been seven days since we set out into the wild from the brandberg. Suddenly we see a fence rise on our left side, punctured by holes, goats and other farm animals freely crossing through it, the odd herder waving at us as we drive past. In the distance a green tin roofed plaza appears: Kamdesha veterinary gate. The fence on either side of the plaza is busted, sections either lying flat on the ground, or missing completely. It should be part of the red line, the cordon dividing Namibia into a "safe" veterinary sector, supposedly FMD free, and the "wilderness" beyond. Some of us get out, talk to the warden, there is a brief back and forth, some favours are exchanged. A few men with rifles line either side of the plaza as our convoy of three vehicles rolls through, a goat scurrying away in front of us. It is another 20 kilometres from here to a marked road, following the rough dirt track we're on. Twenty minutes later I see truly wild giraffes for the second time in my life.

quoting
nevent1q…js4g
This is probably the weirdest internal border that I know of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Line_(Namibia)

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2026-03-14T17:22:26Z

Much more cohesive from the stormers today and a decent watch too.

This is probably the weirdest internal border that I know of ...

2026-03-13T16:40:16Z

This is probably the weirdest internal border that I know of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Line_(Namibia)

Loved the video, looked pretty chill. I think that was in 2008. ...

2026-03-13T13:27:34Z

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Loved the video, looked pretty chill.

I think that was in 2008. Crazy scenes on the Zambia/Botswana border too. The backlog on trucks trying to cross the border was a multi week wait. Both sides had soldiers patrolling them to avoid looting. Back then there was only a barge doing the crossing, iirc two trucks every 20 minutes or so. There is a bridge there now :)

It's a really funny document too.

2026-03-09T07:43:30Z

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It's a really funny document too.

Not everything I hoped for, but * Support for querying slices of ...

2026-03-09T07:20:51Z

Not everything I hoped for, but

* Support for querying slices of a block
* The new txospender index for querying the transaction of a spent output
* Better handling of pruned nodes using an index
* A host of bug fixes that should make using indexes more robust

quoting
nevent1q…4fj4
Feeling like v31 may have a bunch of new indexing features.

Probably the most depressing border I've been to. Was there ...

2026-03-07T19:58:28Z

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Probably the most depressing border I've been to. Was there when the situation was really bad again and people attempted to barter my clothing out of desperation.

This was with most of your patches applied :) It's really ...

2026-03-02T16:43:46Z

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This was with most of your patches applied :)

It's really cool to see though that it takes about the same time now that it took me when I benched it back in 2019.

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2026-03-02T12:16:24Z

Synced bitcoin core on a seven year old rock pro 64 in 34 hours.

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2026-03-01T07:07:58Z

The coverage of this by european newspapers is atrocious.

Exactly.

2026-02-27T18:27:13Z

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Exactly.

Wow, hetzner hiking their prices by over 30 percent for their ...

2026-02-25T10:10:21Z

Wow, hetzner hiking their prices by over 30 percent for their boxes.

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2026-02-24T07:20:31Z

Some people seem confused about section eleven of the whitepaper.

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2026-02-21T15:00:15Z

Cash on the internet.
No auto-updates.

Or now again.

2026-02-15T09:54:36Z

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Or now again.

I still think so. #nevent1q…5zsm

2026-02-13T07:15:46Z

I still think so.

quoting
nevent1q…5zsm
Bitcoin Core should get an address index.

Indeed that would be bad.

2026-02-12T10:22:06Z

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Indeed that would be bad.

https://explained-from-first-principles.com/internet/

2026-02-10T21:45:29Z

https://explained-from-first-principles.com/internet/

The issue is that with guidelines like ...

2026-02-07T10:29:11Z

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The issue is that with guidelines like
https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/post-quantum-cryptography
and
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/pqc-migration-roadmap-unveiled
these institutions might be spooked to enact the migration in order to retain their licenses.

Nuts.

> Its increasing There's not been a significant increase ...

2026-02-06T18:08:22Z

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> Its increasing
There's not been a significant increase in usage of large op returns over the past half year. The utxo set has been steadily shrinking in the same time frame.

The chart you showed seems to be measuring small op_returns too, which bip110 does not stop.

Not against stopping spam, strongly disagree with the method.

2026-02-06T13:00:48Z

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Not against stopping spam, strongly disagree with the method.

I wonder how many people still self host their own lightning node ...

2026-02-02T06:31:40Z

I wonder how many people still self host their own lightning node without the help of a third party.

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2026-01-31T08:24:37Z

Cash on the internet.
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Bitcoin Core while reading UTXOs from disk ...

2026-01-30T14:18:01Z

Bitcoin Core while reading UTXOs from disk

Maybe file an issue? I've looked at it on amethyst and ...

2026-01-26T21:19:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…ujax
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Maybe file an issue? I've looked at it on amethyst and primal. Amethyst also renders it a bit weirdly, but primal gets it right.

To calm your nerves "driebuffelsmeteenskotmorsdoodgeskietfontein" is an afrikaans hyperbole sometimes used to refer to the middle of nowhere, or some outlandish place. It also a real place and the longest afrikaans word :)

https://maps.app.goo.gl/g7LhrSYEjt6PQGEPA

2026-01-26T19:51:40Z

https://maps.app.goo.gl/g7LhrSYEjt6PQGEPA

Sacha's fancy stuff not working today, but seems like stuff ...

2026-01-24T19:22:59Z

Sacha's fancy stuff not working today, but seems like stuff is not gelling in general.

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2026-01-23T15:36:26Z

First proper work week in the new role.

It is south :) It's in my home town's area.

2026-01-22T21:45:15Z

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It is south :)
It's in my home town's area.

Can't wait to be going back here again soon. ...

2026-01-22T16:59:39Z

Can't wait to be going back here again soon.