Richard Red 🦬

Techno-social (data) scientist. Author of (free). Founder of Decred Journal(ist).

[Richard Red 🦬 @RichardRed0x]

Version 1.0 of https://t.co/45pwb3OiyF is finally ready! I have written up the changes since the initial release about a year ago, so people who have already read version 0.8 can get straight to the new material. It also doubles as a review of 2020: https://t.co/8FHfndmHQN

[Richard Red 🦬 @RichardRed0x]

@ercwl @tarunchitra I love these stories too, thanks for writing this one up, and all of the hex reporting.

If you do write some of this stuff up I'd be interested to contribute. It's great source material for the kind of research and writing I have done about crypto.

[VLAD HOSTS THE BEST PODCAST IN BITCOIN @Vladcostea]

@MorePhorUs @DecredSociety @xmrbazaar if more than 10 people send the same request, i shall set up bison relay and accept dcr

[Justin Bons @Justin_Bons]

7/18) 6. Political decentralization

The power of influence is unavoidable & an inevitable aspect of human nature

Political analysis is needed to map influential figures & factions

Technically decentralized chains are still centralized if a founder cult of personality dominates

[_gabrielShapir0 @lex_node]

the real blackpill:

credible neutrality is impossible without immutability, is not actually an "Ethereum value" (see Lido backlash and below)

'rough social consensus' downplays very real dev power

"social contracts" is a post hoc rationalization of coerced outcomes

social slashing is regressive kangaroo court mob rule that ignores the idea of due process, bias, etc. that inspires why we have rule of law, rules of evidence, randomly selected juries, etc.

[Block Commons @BlockCommons]

Issue 64 of Politeia Digest is online now.

@cakewallet integration is back for another try after failing to meet quorum requirement. There is also a new PR proposal from @MondePR which is likely to be abandoned, as well as the inactive Odaily proposal.

https://t.co/A3JSIX1U7b

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Stanislav Petrov, the man who saved the world from nuclear disaster, on this day in 1983, 39 years ago today, saw the word "LAUNCH" flash across the Soviet Union's attack early warning system. His screen stated with high reliability that a total of five American intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) had been launched and were headed toward the Soviet Union. Petrov had to make a decision: should he report an incoming American strike, or should he hold off, confident that what they were seeing was a false alarm?

If he reported it, Soviet nuclear doctrine called for a full nuclear retaliation. There would be no time to double-check the warning system or seek negotiations with the U.S. This occurred during the Reagan administration, which had taken a firmer stance against the Soviets compared to previous administrations. The Reagan administration was deploying Pershing I nuclear-armed missiles to West Germany and Great Britain, capable of striking the Soviet Union. Given these circumstances, Petrov had reasons to believe that Reagan's brinkmanship had escalated to an actual nuclear exchange.

However, Petrov chose not to report the incoming strike. In the end, his decision proved to be correct. The system had mistaken the sun's reflection off of clouds for a missile. A 1979 report by Congress had estimated that a full-scale Soviet assault on the U.S., and an eventual counter-strike, would have resulted in over 100 million deaths. Petrov, almost single-handedly, prevented those deaths.

Despite being right, Petrov was relentlessly interrogated afterward and never rewarded for his decision, according to David Hoffman of The Washington Post.

[Block Commons @BlockCommons]

Issue 59 of Politeia Digest is online now.

Another two new proposals this time: a new Decred Vanguard initiative which has already started voting, and a content proposal from @btcecho.

https://t.co/Buzak54GxE

[Human Passport @HumnPassport]

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We're convening the industry's leading thinkers and builders in Sybil defense, identity, & reputation.

None of us are going to "solve" any of these problems alone.

Reply to this tweet if you'd like to join a group where we help each other and discuss the bleeding edge of each of these topics 👇

[Richard Red 🦬 @RichardRed0x]

@gitcoinpassport I am interested in joining such a group

[calle @callebtc]

If you're the reason a pink-haired commie (they/them) doesn't join, use, or develop on Bitcoin, you're probably an enemy of Bitcoin.

You may not think of yourself that way but it's true. You've failed to separate your tiny personal insignificant ideology from the bigger goal.

[Jonathan Chappelow @chappjc]

This week we've done many mainnet atomic swaps with ETH and USDC (ERC20) with newly-deployed contracts.

https://t.co/KB0vTuBLUe

It's all ready folks.

[DCR Bison @BisonContent]

He's riding a Bison, Clay Stakey is now @BisonContent!!

The DCR Bison joins with Clay to urge the stakeholders, get your tickets out for the Revival!

[Jonathan Chappelow @chappjc]

@decredmagazine RR has been a trooper.

[Richard Red 🦬 @RichardRed0x]

It would also cover @BlockCommons and @pi_crumbs, if those are more your thing!

[Richard Red 🦬 @RichardRed0x]

My new proposal is now voting on Decred's Politeia, if you have tickets I would appreciate your vote.

It is quite a departure from my previous research proposals, including stuff like Clay Stakey and @BisonContent along with testing, admin, helping out.

https://t.co/jhowSwv5gx

[Texture @iamtexture]

NFT influencer twitter is like if there were a casino where people who hit the slots jackpot became celebrities and started lecturing everyone about how to get rich.

[Richard Red 🦬 @RichardRed0x]

@DecredSociety Yeah been thinking about this too, I'll probably write something like it if my proposal is approved.

[Richard Red 🦬 @RichardRed0x]

@polarpunklabs I've got a 2019er 😉
https://t.co/0CTFuvlQZ8

[Richard Red 🦬 @RichardRed0x]

@polarpunklabs "Bitcoin Maximalism" is a tool which has been crafted to take on this challenge directly, those who won't participate in reinforcing the sacred rules are seen as weakening or dangerous to Bitcoin, and so encouraged to leave.

[Richard Red 🦬 @RichardRed0x]

@griffgreen But on the other hand freedom to create an address without cost does make the system more open to people, in practical terms making it easier for people to earn rather than buy their way into being able to use the system. Had not occurred to me in exactly those terms before.

[Richard Red 🦬 @RichardRed0x]

@griffgreen Fair enough, I agree that it doesn't fit the definiiton of any of the "types of good" perfectly.

I guess I discounted the unlimited addresses because only a small fraction of people could use them at the same time without causing a congested tragedy of the commons.