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Gardens by the Bay in the evening

It’s fun to think there was a time when the price of gold was flat. In Britain, the price was set by law to £4.25per troy ounce between 1821 and 1914. 93 years. https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/olympic-britain/the-economy/small-change/

La meilleure explication du cas d’école du Texas. #energy

Difficulty will adjust down in 12 days and will make anyone playing with a Bitaxe or warming up with a Heatbit a little bit happier.

I asked Claude for a filtered list of positive world news and it gave up. Probably melted a few data centers with this request.

Bitcoin Walk SG on 4th February! In the spirit of Madeira’s @BitcoinWalk , join fellow enthusiasts for a casual after-work stroll around Gardens by the Bay. No stage, no slides, no sponsors. Just walking, talking about hard money and eating local food. All knowledge levels welcome. - 18.30 Meet inside Dimbulah@MBFC - 19.00 Start walking along the marina all the way to Satay by the Bay food court - 20.00 chope table, order food, talk bitcoin - Walk back to MRT Gardens by the Bay and split-up. - Rainy alternative: Lau Pa Sat When and Where - Date: Wednesday 4 February 2026 - Meeting point: 18:30 in Dimbulah MBFC - Walk starts at 19:00 for about 1 hour. Rainy backup: Head straight to Lau Pa Sat hawker centre for eats and chats. Route - Start along the Marina waterfront -> cross the Helix Bridge -> End at Satay by the Bay food court. - We’ll sit down at Satay by the Bay for food and drinks. - Exit point: MRT Gardens by the Bay TE22 (brown line) What to expect - Easy, flat walk at conversational pace. - Singapore weather: could be hot and humid or a sudden downpour. - Informal discussions about sound money, Lightning wallets and adoption. - Hokkien mee, popiah, rojak and satay. - Flexible: Join late, leave early, or stay for extra chats. - Free to attend; bring water, comfy shoes, and your best questions. What this is not - Not a conference - Not a pitch night - Not a crypto or web3 event

The Exit Manual videos are getting better and better

C++ keeps evolving. It gets interesting new features roughly every 3 years. The Bitcoin core code already uses some of the language features introduced in C++20 (2020)

Merchants using Wallet of Satoshi are now getting this message when trying to create an invoice. I could not pay yesterday because of it.