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Thanks for trying and flagging the issue. I think I have fixed it now.

The bots are here. You fools ain't fooling me. https://image.nostr.build/73ddba72f918e99fe359f8d74a9aeb3fc4c0e19e4f16168104db4dfd0b585864.jpg

targon @targon 1766414785

Keep in mind that your test will also sort out many non-native speakers, though.

Rizful.com (zap tester) · 8w

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Lyn Alden · 133w

I spoke at a big bitcoin-adjacent company this week and one of the best questions was from someone who asked what the downsides of bitcoin adoption might be. I always do appreciate these steelman que...

targon @targon 1691176097

One downside to widespread adaptation would be the cluster risk we have against the cryptographic algorithms used in bitcoin. While there is widespread belief today that they are secure, each algorithm only has a limited lifetime. If people misjudge this or cannot change them in time due to ossification, the world runs the risk that its financial system breaks down abruptly.

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Hoshi · 132w

also, production of efficient mining hardware could be a single point of failure. Only some problems can be caught by nodes. A backdoor could be used to cause all miners to reject transactions with an ip from a targeted country.