Posts by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
(DIR) Post #AQYW1MGa4V9tu5VgmW by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2022-12-13T06:36:20Z
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@taoeffect hmm my first read of this has me thinking it is a sacrifice of more than just 'some' security. eg) the threat of a miner cheating creditors by including their own (previously not broadcast) transactions is very real. The author's counter to this (that it is somehow not economical/incentivized?) is unconvincing to me.
(DIR) Post #AQemmSP1q5UYlChYYq by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2022-12-16T07:12:25Z
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@taoeffect I read through the mailing list, and some of the medium replies, and it still seems obvious to me that no matter what the specifics of the relative UTXO/payment/fee sizes are, you will always be required to fully trust that the lender is not a miner that will cheat you (or will not collude with one).
(DIR) Post #AQenD89HFdfblK3Kds by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2022-12-16T07:17:14Z
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@taoeffect the only way that wouldn't be incentivized, is if the amount that could be stolen by a cheating miner was less than the (min_feerate * tx_size) for next block inclusion.Keeping in mind that being able to aggregate many lent-out-UTXOs into a single spend would further reduce this cost of attack, I think you'd end up with a pretty small value that could 'safely' be traded.
(DIR) Post #AQeqonBtv4IVd6vjSC by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2022-12-16T07:57:36Z
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@taoeffect miners would not necessarily be identified. They'd always have plausible deniability of not being the lender, at least.But perhaps interestingly: if bitcoin's value continues to rise, then that 'min safe value' would also rise over time, making this perhaps slightly more tenable.
(DIR) Post #AQer5u7JQE3S27wY6a by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2022-12-16T08:00:20Z
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@taoeffect in what way do you think LN would fail? Some previously undiscovered exploit?I mean, in terms of there being trusted or semi-trusted solutions to scaling up bitcoin, there are plenty. Its just that the more trust-less options are more interesting, and viable (censorship resistant).
(DIR) Post #AQgYv57Im6KQ6XY2c4 by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2022-12-17T03:46:32Z
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Trump selling NFTs is honestly not something I saw coming LOL. #NFT
(DIR) Post #AQinQ5VBBEctwzJce0 by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2022-12-18T05:38:25Z
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@NunyaBidness @EmptyBanks whats the best way to use nostr in your opinion? Looks neat I've been thinking I should join the fun.
(DIR) Post #AR1WZRjHtw76HE1ul6 by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2022-12-27T06:29:08Z
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This is quite the reddit thread, it is pretty wild how misinformed almost everyone commenting is.Happy holidays fediverse, I hope you get a chuckle reading through some of the replies 😂 https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/zuoflh/why_is_there_no_app_like_uber_running_on_ethereum/
(DIR) Post #AR3qpRFbprCupCyGHY by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2022-12-28T09:25:31Z
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Resetting all of your passwords really is an eye opening experience. Quite the look at the infrastructure of various web-services. There is a lot of variations for how password resets are handled.eg)- Do you have to enter you current password, alongside a new password?- Do you have to enter the new password twice, to ensure no typos, etc?- Is there some sort of CAPTCHA involved?- Do they even have a password reset option? (some sites make you hit the 'forgot my password' button at login!?)
(DIR) Post #AR3rZ95fgfAfp47LFY by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2022-12-28T09:33:49Z
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- Does the site log you out upon pw reset?- At least two websites so far have had a pw reset option, but it was broken in some way, and so I had to use the 'forgot my password' option instead (one of them was a rather important gov site too 🙄)- At least a couple websites wouldn't allow pasting a pw into the pw reset fields. Annoying & prone to transcription error!- One website put a MAX limit on the number of characters, at only 15(!) lmao wut- 2FA is nice, but forced SMS-based 2FA is not
(DIR) Post #AR3spDpPwJbh6WkDVw by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2022-12-28T09:47:56Z
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On the topic of 2FA, the new yubikey5s look cool, I might order a few. It would be nice if FIDO2 was more widely implemented..I'll add more to this if anything else funny comes up.#security #infosec
(DIR) Post #AR89grwnsuuh8h4CUy by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2022-12-30T11:15:44Z
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@berkes you mean... 0.09%? 😅
(DIR) Post #AR9iSDQ7SStMwiUFXs by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2022-12-31T05:19:59Z
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@berkes it's been a long couple years 😪
(DIR) Post #ARHkyZQIwPf5cuoCSO by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2023-01-04T02:25:54Z
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I haven't followed the GBTC rumours closely, but here's hoping the whole thing falls apart. Locking a large percent of the bitcoin supply into a highly regulated financial product is an attack on bitcoin. Burn it to the ground, we'll be better off for it. #bitcoin
(DIR) Post #ARQMlfiLFhwUy0OwvA by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2023-01-08T06:07:05Z
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@BereanBitcoiner many of the active accounts aren't centralized into one instance. This instance is kinda quiet these days, but there is a bit of #bitcoin discussion going on in the wider fediverse.
(DIR) Post #ARQObJvPbp0WOwhsWW by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2023-01-08T06:27:35Z
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@FranckLeroy @rieger_san @ralf @marcel @DecaturNature @rothgar @chabicht Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, but saying "bitcoin is not (what people colloquially refer to as) crypto"is just a way of pointing out that bitcoin is the only cryptocurrency that has any chance of maintaining censorship resistance for it's users. And that's what is actually of value here anyways! If that censorship resistance is lost, I'd actually start to agree with the OP toot here.
(DIR) Post #ARQOj765BdX6vuPiiG by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2023-01-08T06:29:02Z
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@lizard How much space is it currently requiring to keep it up and running?
(DIR) Post #ARQSnCB6dZ1tfNxutM by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2023-01-08T07:14:35Z
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@ralf @FranckLeroy @rieger_san @marcel @DecaturNature @rothgar @chabicht I know about that. I'm not overly concerned about 'censorship' by way of the US gov controlling a bunch of coins though?
(DIR) Post #AS3nWyw8dxqX4RYevo by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2023-01-27T06:40:41Z
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@atomicpoet When I boost, its almost always because a fat-fingered a post while scrolling the feed on mobile 😅
(DIR) Post #ASf2iujxt5nYpiHCOe by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2023-02-14T05:55:11Z
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@raucao yeapeghttps://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet/109860672276812781