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Putting the finishing touches on my Farcaster vs Nostr piece. Would appreciate a separate pair of eyes from the Nostr community to review it! It’s focused on technical differences of the protocols
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ابو مريم · 48w
Interesting. I've heard others make this comparison before
Abstract Equilibrium · 58w
Is this only on Meta phones with modern local LLM capabilities?
Abstract Equilibrium · 58w
I actually don't know what WhatsApp search does; could very well just be searching metadata
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On August 15, 2010, Bitcoin broke.

A bug in Block 74638 created 184 billion BTC out of thin air. That’s not a typo. Two outputs of 92 billion BTC each slipped through because the code didn’t check for integer overflow. The system just accepted it. Bitcoin’s sacred 21 million cap? Completely ignored.

This wasn’t a theoretical flaw. It actually happened. And it proved something most people still don’t understand.

Bitcoin’s scarcity is not protected by code. It’s protected by people.

The only reason Bitcoin didn’t die that day is because someone noticed. A fix was pushed. A patched client was released. Nodes upgraded. Within five hours, the invalid block was erased from consensus. Bitcoin’s monetary policy was rescued, not by the protocol, but by the humans running it.

That’s the truth behind the “trustless” narrative. Code did not save Bitcoin. The community did.

Scarcity was never a guarantee. It was a fight. And it still is.
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Leo Wandersleb · 59w
Ephemeral as in one-off. One of Alice, Bob or Carol liked and replied and we don't know if it was the same user or two out of these three. The account has no profile but provided proof to be from that group.
Rinzler · 63w
You use iPhone, right? 🤔
Marko · 63w
You can currently swipe to exit any thread or section you choose. Please let me know if we are missing this functionality anywhere in the app
HaloKat · 63w
Wow, what do you use all the pro tools for?