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
I am not often hyped about self sustainability. I'd rather use the market to get things I can't produce very well and produce by using my unique abilities. It is called specialization. The problem is when the centrally planned providers are controlled by insane people. Then Juraj Apr 2, 2024, 6:38 AM
"It is always dangerous to treat nation-states like home teams, without acknowledging that these forms are always, in every case, containers whose function is to hold and codify power over subjects, and that those wielding power from within these structures can do so benevolently, or with unspeakable brutality. Juraj Mar 28, 2024, 2:11 PM
