One thing that I’m excited to work on into the new year is a project I’m calling “Altcoin 101.” Before you make assumptions, let me explain. Something I’ve always tried to stay true to is to not hate what you don’t know. No matter what it is. In that same regard, I am going to be doing deep dives into various shitcoins on an intelectual and fundamental level with the view of them being a solution to a Bitcoin problem and disproving that. This idea came from an Uber ride where the driver was fairly knowledgeable about Bitcoin (relatively), but thought that there was a scaling issue, and thus came to the conclusion that XRP was the solution. He had never heard of Lightning and was very open to learn about it. I was able to help him understand Lightning to a degree, but was not able to disprove any of his XRP claims. We have created a relationship and I’m going to keep working to move him over. I want to share this research with you all as I conduct it so it gives you a ground to argue against shitcoins without just saying “they’re not Bitcoin so they’re bad.”
How do you do a long form post (with formatting) in Damus?
Yo @Marty Bent, I’ve been trying to do some research on the Stratum protocol (and prior with getwork) the past few days, mainly trying to understand what led up to Stratum V2. I keep finding myself on trails that seem like I’m getting somewhere, but can’t ever get a good grip on just the entire history and understanding of it. Buddy of mine said you might have some helpful resources so I thought I’d reach out. I appreciate the time!
@OCEAN block template view image
Currently live on @OCEAN. Will post updates as I learn more. This is awesome. image
I’m still trying to figure out the relation between getblocktemplate and Stratum admittedly. Both, to my understanding, were replacements / advancements from getwork, but I may be wrong about that.
I did not expect to learn as much as I did in my deep dive tonight on the Stratum protocol. Very excited to see what happens with Stratum V2. Thankful in times like this for for the knowledge preserved. I know more about mining now than I did yesterday.
Super excited for the @OCEAN event today. Almost too excited. Live in 7!! https://www.youtube.com/live/CDhzRrf9sWk