This very important book about surveillance ("intelligence") has been just released freely. It is a short but important read, especially if you are into privacy or cypherpunk, from two cypherpunk OGs.… Juraj Apr 12, 2024, 5:34 AM
What is the best guide to start using Nostr Markets as a merchant? I do not have lnbits installed (although I have btcpayserver). What do I need?… Juraj Apr 10, 2024, 7:22 AM
I updated my article about scaling Lightning using Liquid to match the chapter from the newly published book: The Orange Flash of Freedom: Understanding and using the Bitcoin Lightning network. The main idea is that you can expand Lightning beyond just on-chain backed channels. There are already ideas about… Juraj Apr 10, 2024, 7:02 AM
I just published a new book, this one is specifically on Lightning network. From basic use-cases to explanation of how it works, and a few things that I see coming in the future (or hope for). The Orange Flash of Freedom: Understanding and using the Bitcoin Lightning network Bitcoin… Juraj Apr 8, 2024, 4:49 PM
Strong Towns is a very interesting book, combining complex systems approach, decentralization, (anti)fragility and architecture and human relationships. It explains why most cities are broke, why infrastructure is falling apart and suggests a better approach to building cities. Highly recommended reading.… Juraj Apr 5, 2024, 10:04 AM
Computational approach to reality. When studying computer science ("informatics" in central european curriculum), I did not get the vast usability of this approach to many other fields. We have learned about what is decidable, how (asymptotically) complex a computation is, the universality of computation and many topics, hidden Juraj Apr 5, 2024, 9:48 AM
Help me understand this part of a common woke narrative (also known as mainstream). With the keyword being understand. A banker called me today and she mentioned some ESG investment fund (of course I'm not interested, because the only ESG investment I'm interested in is called Juraj Apr 5, 2024, 8:41 AM