Martin Zumsande

[Wes Bos @wesbos]

Claude Code leaked their source map, effectively giving you a look into the codebase.

I immediately went for the one thing that mattered: spinner verbs

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[Martin Zumsande @Lightlike1]

@sedited_ Not sure - I was under the impression that many people think that steady engineering improvements will get us there, not a sudden breakthrough with a completely novel approach no one saw coming. But yes, would love to read experts' opinions on this.

[Martin Zumsande @Lightlike1]

Not an expert at all, but what I feel is missing is a meta-discussion on what QC advances would need to happen to actually commit and move forward with this or another scheme (with all the disadvantages of a forced transition).

[Ethan ✨ is on BlueSky✨ Heilman 🐱 @Ethan_Heilman]

@GuerillaV2 @nic_carter @kale_abe @cryptoquick @isabelfoxenduke Core has engaged with BIP 360.
BIP 360 has more comments than any other BIP so far in history of BIPs. Not all are from core devs but many are. @murchandamus esp. spent sufficient time and effort on reviews. These comments from core and other people are extremely helpful. /1

[Martin Zumsande @Lightlike1]

This would help avoid "but QC still can't do X, it'll never be ready" / "but QC did already Y, the end is neigh" hindsight bias, of which there has been so much in AI discussions over the last years.

[Martin Zumsande @Lightlike1]

Both people who believe these breakthroughs will never happen, and those who believe they are imminent should commit in advance on what should be the point of no return - maybe they can even agree.

[The Finney Freedom Prize @FinneyPrize]

NEW: The Finney Freedom Prize for the 2012-2016 era goes to Pieter Wuille and Gregory Maxwell for their contributions to Bitcoin usability, scalability, and privacy.

For more info on the Prize, Hal’s story, the committee, and future prizes, visit https://t.co/R5GDXdLHtX

[Martin Zumsande @Lightlike1]

@_jonasschnelli_ They should. The holdings of nation states should not depend on what they randomly confiscate in criminal cases. (whether legit or not is another question). If nation states want to hold bitcoin, they should just buy bitcoin.

[Martin Zumsande @Lightlike1]

@chesscom Congratulations to @MagnusCarlsen, the new CEO of FIDE!

[localhost research @lclhostresearch]

1/ As Bitcoin continues to grow, so does the pool of talented individuals contributing to critical codebases. However, full-time employment opportunities for these individuals remain limited.

[EXADECIBEL @INFINITELOGIN]

I think I’m losing my mind

[Peter Schiff @PeterSchiff]

@saylor Defeating the entire concept of self-custody and moving away from the banks.

[allen farrington @allenf32]

BREAKING: FIRST EVER TIME ONE BITCOINER PAYS ANOTHER WITH A FORMER PRESIDENT STANDING CLOSE BY AND WATCHING.

[Martin Zumsande @Lightlike1]

@basisbtc @the_charlatan_ Yes, the key is also written to a file in the datadir, or the feature could be disabled. What won't work is create a new xOr-ed block dir, and then try to use that with a pre-v28 version of core.

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Schrödinger's Cat is alive... and Pissed.

[Martin Zumsande @Lightlike1]

@lopp (or create their own forks / one-person projects where they don't need to interact with people, seek consensus or make compromises)

[Martin Zumsande @Lightlike1]

@lopp This is just human, a reality of life, no one wants to spend their time with people they don't like. In open source, there are certain people who don't get this and cultivate the self-image of a brilliant asshole who can get away with everything - they typically fail.

[Martin Zumsande @Lightlike1]

@eric_lombrozo @jamesob @lopp @JeremyRubin Not only consensus - the same increasingly applies to policy.

[Martin Zumsande @Lightlike1]

@DavidFBailey @Scaramucci obviously

[Martin Zumsande @Lightlike1]

@peterktodd I was also making another point: If the role of maintainers is largely to implement the consensus of a larger community, size of this community is a better metric for decentralization of the project than number of maintainers.