Billy Eipp

Family, Skiing, Cycling, CS and Cybersecurity

[Adam Ogilvie @Adam_Ogilvie_]

Crypto will never become real money if it can’t stay stable. Nobody wants to buy coffee with something that drops 10% before lunch. Bitcoin solved trust. DigiDollar solves usability with transparent on-chain collateral. Stable money without middlemen. #DigiByte

[Jared Tate ©️ @jaredctate]

Ladies & gentleman, it is my absolute pleasure to announce I believe $DGB DigiDollar, the Worlds 1st Truly Decentralized, TimeLocked Stablecoin is ready for MainNet!🙏

Thank you to everyone who has helped make this a reality. Stay tuned to the end of the video for a surprise 🤓

[Billy Eipp @BillyEipp]

@Retroldies @pikuma I still use Logo to introduce programming to my students. For the record, Logo got me hooked on programming in 5th grade on my Apple II+

[Jared Tate ©️ @jaredctate]

$DGB DigiDollar is successfully activated on TestNet24 with no issues & significant security hardening! https://t.co/0e6NhGbENC

[DigiByte @DigiByteCoin]

Passed ✅ $DGB

https://t.co/Xj5MAKTPU2

[Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet]

Between the forced updates, the spyware, the adware, OneDrive constantly attempting to suck up all your data, and infinite dark-pattern subscription traps, I'm gathering that many Windows users are now nostalgic for the days when the shit only seemed to be up to their ankles rather than lapping at their nostrils.

The information asymmetry of closed-source software inevitably fucks the user over. I know, I know, I sound like a broken record. I've been banging on about this for going on 30 years now and even I get tired of my own rant sometimes.

That's not why I'm posting today. Instead I want to publicly contemplate an unobvious question: just why is Microsoft treating its users so badly?

"Because it can" is not really a responsive answer. Corporations don't do evil things because they like being evil, they only do evil things because they think they're profit-maximizing.

So I understand about the dark-pattern subscription stuff and the adware. That's slimy, but it's revenue capture. There's at least a cold-blooded trade-off you can imagine some product planner making between revenue line-go-up now and pissing off people who won't be customers later.

But what is Microsoft maximizing by doing things that drive users away from it without any revenue capture? What model of reality, or failure of decision making, do you have to have to think it's a good idea to push forced updates with work-interrupting reboots that can't be blocked or delayed by the user?

It would have been trivial to have a pop-up that says: An update is available. Do it now, or
or defer it until <date/time form>? The fact that that didn't happen can't be ascribed to revenue-line-go-up fever. These are two different kinds of ugly.

And that second kind makes me think that there's nobody left in product management at Microsoft with the ability and authority to veto bad ideas because they will anger the users.

It looks to me like nobody over there is thinking strategically about customer retention anymore. By the time you get to the point where nobody squashes forced-update reboots, nobody can seriously raise the question of whether adware is going to drive away so many users that Windows market share will tank and take all that lovely subscription revenue with it.

This is where I point out, with weary inevitability, that it's going to get worse before it gets even worse. With nobody keeping an eye on the long game and user retention, the petty money grabs will only accelerate. Microsoft will keep flogging that donkey until it dies.

The irony here is that if Microsoft were an efficient maximizer of long-term profit they would be doing less of the shitty enraging crap that they are now.

How much less depends on how good their judgment is. You can be actively trying to keep a critical mass of your user base happy enough not to bail out and still fail. But at least Microsoft would be trying. Right now, there's damn little evidence that they are.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Metallica performs “Enter Sandman” in Moscow in 1991, drawing an estimated 1.6 million attendees.

It’s considered one of the best performances of all time

[Documenting Saylor @saylordocs]

Real Luxuries in Life

1. Living 10 minutes from work
2. Living 5 minutes from the gym
3. Having quiet neighbors
4. Having money left at the end of the month and investing it
5. Peace at home
6. Drinking coffee without rushing
7. Sleeping with a clear conscience
8. Laughing with people who truly get you
9. Traveling every year
10. Waking up naturally without an alarm
11. Enjoying a home-cooked meal with loved ones
12. Having time to read a book in one sitting
13. Finding joy in simple daily routines
14. Having a pet that greets you happily at the door

These are the things that actually feel rich.

[AlphaFox @alphafox]

Wife saves husband from tragic car accident:

[Jared Tate ©️ @jaredctate]

What if you could tap the value of your crypto without ever selling? Introducing $DGB DigiDollar in 5 min.

World's 1st truly decentralized, time-locked stablecoin built natively on an OG UTXO blockchain. No company to trust. Just you, your private keys, &amp; a core wallet.

[Road To Success @_RoadToSuccess_]

Einstein's Lesson Everyone Forgot 🧠

[Jared Tate ©️ @jaredctate]

I will never forget the phone call I had with John a week before this tweet. One of the most brilliant minds I ever had the privilege of speaking to. He understood crypto on the deepest level &amp; why it matters for the future of humanity. RIP sir. You are missed.

[Johnny B. Good @Cat5SMASHICANE]

This might be the 2nd funniest Carlin skit I've seen. 🤣🤣🤣

[Billy Eipp @BillyEipp]

@steveinman You too!!! Thank you for all the fun you provide!! Happy Thanksgiving

[Jared Tate ©️ @jaredctate]

🚀🔥 HUGE $DGB DIGIDOLLAR MILESTONE! 🔥🚀

The DigiByte Core devs — powered by the DGB DIGISWARM 🐝🤖AI dev team— just pushed the #DigiDollar V1 MVP branch live & open source to DGB Core GitHub! 🎉

This v1 release includes:
💲 The **initial MVP DigiDollar system**
💲 The **first DigiDollar Oracle MVP**
🔄 A fully **reset TestNet**
➡️ Ready for community testing!

This is the foundation of **DigiByte v9.26** — a major leap toward decentralized, time-locked, truly decentralized, stablecoin digital assets built directly on-chain. ⚡🌐

If you want to understand DigiDollar + the Oracle implementation, read these docs IN ORDER:

1️⃣ **DIGIDOLLAR_EXPLAINER.md**
2️⃣ **DIGIDOLLAR_ORACLE_EXPLAINER.md**
3️⃣ **DIGIDOLLAR_ARCHITECTURE.md**
4️⃣ **DIGIDOLLAR_ORACLE_ARCHITECTURE.md**

Start exploring the DigiDollar V1 branch here:
👉 https://t.co/hzcwbVpYKd

More videos, guides, and walk-throughs are coming as TestNet deployment begins. 🎥💡

This means DigiDollar is actually here now in its very first version! Although there will be tons of testing & optimizations needed, this is an absolutely huge milestone years in the making!

The evolution of $DGB continues — let’s build the future together! 💪#DIGISWARM🐝🌐

[Jared Tate ©️ @jaredctate]

Boom! The $DGB AI 🐝DigiSwarm dev team had a very productive night! Almost 17,000 lines of code, mostly tests for DigiByte DigiDollar Oracle functionality written over night!

Lots of debugging done! Now on to 2nd phase of debugging/ testing with Regtest preparing for Testnet!

[Bite-Sized Nostalgia @landofthe80s]

RIP Ace Frehley 😥

[Jimmy Traina @JimmyTraina]

It’s good to see there’s one person in the media who isn’t in Brian Cashman‘s back pocket. Love you, Derek. https://t.co/axC38TSuET

[Billy Eipp @BillyEipp]

Buffalo Bills should lose because of their uniforms 👍🏻

[Choose Our God Jesus Christ @GodIsJesusChrst]

Coming in 2026 (or sooner!)
DigiDollar from DigiByte $DGB