– Created the GNU operating system that makes Linux actually usable.
– The GPL didn’t exist, so he wrote it himself to protect software freedom forever.
– His code powers every major Linux distro, embedded systems, and the entire free software ecosystem.
– Never took a dime from it , lived on grants and donations.
– Just gave it all away so *you* could own your computer.
absolute 🐐
For most of Bitcoin's history, miners never chose what went into their blocks. The pool decided.
Today that changed.
Working with @DMND_Sv2, we mined a block where the miner built and declared the template, using Stratum V2's Job Declaration.
We picked the transactions ourselves, and we filled the block with GoBTC Pay payments.
Stratum V2 is the how. GoBTC Pay is the why.
Mine the blocks. Choose what goes in them. Make Bitcoin spendable.
What would you prioritise if you built your own block?
DMND has mined the first known Bitcoin block using Stratum V2 Job Declaration.
Block 955,318, on mainnet, mined by @GoMining, who built and declared their own block template and included their GoBTC Pay transactions.
https://t.co/k4gs0uAIbs
This morning @GoMining mined the first Sv2 block with @DMND_Sv2 pool.
https://t.co/n6BrJoZk8h
I am very happy to have contributed to this achievement. Thanks @dev_sv2@bitentrepreneur@PriscyChidimma Esraa and Denis and all the dev that contributed over these years
After working on Sv2 for more or less 5 years, we finally proved it with a block on bitcoin mainnet!
Can't tell you how happy I am about it.
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Our @DMND_Sv2 pool just mined the first known Bitcoin Stratum V2 block,
Block 955,318. Mainnet.
A miner built their own block template and mined it through our pool. No pool deciding their transactions for them.
New SRI Protocol libraries 1.7 and SV2 Apps 0.2 are out! ⛏️
Compatibility with a new specification breaking change where Extended Channels can now be grouped into Group Channels
Fuzzing coverage for all Sv2 messages, Bitcoin Core v30.2 support and much more!
I'm extremely proud & happy! After 7 years in lightning and 2 years with @opensats I published
A Mathematical Theory of Payment Channel Networks
https://t.co/1Z0gInYc9h
Also, my first solo authored paper though many people helped with great discussion & Feedback.
See u in Q2!
The DMND team is live at @BlLife_Forum in Dubai 🇦🇪 — connecting with innovators, miners & builders shaping the next era of #Bitcoin mining.
As the first fully #StratumV2 pool, we’re driving decentralization with SLICE payouts.
More payouts. More transparency. More decentralization.