Kiwi Bitcoin Guide

Thanks for the signal Chris, as always. Can you help us understand the game theory for BIP110 in relation to mining. If they have very low hashrate (<10%) can this still cause a disruption and potential chain split? My initial thoughts were that they won’t get a significant amount of hash so it will just die on the vine. But the proponents of 110 are talking like they can still force a counter fork if they have minority hash. Maybe I’ve got this wrong so can you talk us through this pls. https://fountain.fm/episode/rcW9yFF6VJmWiO6Q55Wk 📝 8a137a8e…

Loved this episode. Hearing Mehdi’s personal story over decades and his insights into how things were in Iran before the revolution was fascinating. Listening to a conversation like this is a much better way to understand what’s happening there now than all the headlines and clickbait on MSM. Bravo Cody and Medhi. Thank you. https://fountain.fm/episode/X91Bjp1uOmK8nzSqq0XW 📝 620ae62a…

Boost for the road! I’d like to hear your opinion on Open Source LLMs. If an LLM is Open Source, how much can we know about the security and telemetry of that model? If the source code is visible and we can audit it, can we be reassured of what’s being logged or used for training, or is it still a black box? I’m having a debate with a friend at the moment, he says that LLMs are black boxes, even if they are Open Source. What say you? https://fountain.fm/episode/YHmbWUNnBcQv7PmlM3pS 📝 f055df20…

A question about nodes and one for Wes. What is Nix Bitcoin? I hear you talk about Nix on LUP, and as I understand it Nix is a distro, but maybe it’s not? And how does Nix Bitcoin fit in? Is it a node implementation? Or not? Help me out with this one please. For Wes: What would it take for more Open Source believers to get into Bitcoin more? I’d love to hear his thoughts on this, hopefully you have some time on the road for some Bitcoin chat. Safe travels. https://fountain.fm/episode/Oz8GZDAxHzqozajATIMf 📝 f1ffce4e…

Really @Bitcoin Mechanic Really? If there's one word I've heard thousands of times in my time in Bitcoin, it's permissionless. No permission required by anyone, for any use. The only boundaries are the consensus rules. I've learnt so much from you over the years and I always considered you one of the good guys. It's really sad to see this from you. What happened man, what happened? Bitcoin's not permissionless? Really? The word is a trope for scammers. Really? Dude, you need to look in the mirror and go play with your kids. 📝 a2c4ba89…

There are lots of Bitcoin adjacent projects which we support because we want to, more for ideological reasons than practical ones. But using @PayPerQ is not like that, over the past year here are my two practical, real world reasons for running PPQ and the value I've got from it. 1. Stopped using Chat GPT. Protects my privacy and saved me $20/month. For my general non private queries I moved from Chat GPT to the PPQ web interface. It gave me access to lots of models, including the latest releases of frontier models. Offers better value, you only pay for what you use. This can go both ways, but at least you know where you are and don't just suddenly run out of tokens or get downgraded to a slower model. 2. Stopped using Cursor Same as above, I had a KYC account tied to a fiat payment method, so Anthropic and Cursor could know exactly who I am and what prompts I issue. So I found myself guarded and very careful about what I put in there. So I moved to Cline and connected to PPQ using my API key. Using Cline is very similar to Cursor, but I had to give no personal information and my connection to the LLM is protected by a VPN and the anonymity of paying with Lightning on PPQ. I still don't put personal information into Cline or PPQ, but can talk a bit more in my prompts in general terms. I'm just a Bitcoiner with an interest in Open Source software and AI, and have found PPQ.ai to be one of the best tools in the space. Give it a go for yourself. 📝 a62ed490…

Has AI affected my job? Yes, in a positive way. I am self employed and take care of clients’ website and e-commerce infrastructure. AI allows me to do way more than before. An example is testing, I use AI to write scripts to automate testing, saves me hours each time. AI helps me troubleshoot issues on tools I have very little experience with. And this is just the beginning, I haven’t even gone deep into the Agent world yet. AI is going to disrupt and create opportunities at the same time. It’s up to all of us to make sure we’re in the right place to benefit. https://fountain.fm/episode/Oz8GZDAxHzqozajATIMf 📝 b9e63b0e…

The bear market getting you down? BIP110 doing your head in? Well here’s just what you need, all of you! A Bitcoin meetup in New Zealand. We run these really relaxed and friendly meetups, called Bitkiwi, three times a year and all Bitcoiners are welcome. We often have overseas Bitcoiners come along too. The next one is real soon, we’ll let you off Chris cos I know you’re at Planet Nix. But next time. Everyone welcome! https://kiwibitcoinguide.org/home/bitkiwi-meetups/bitkiwi… https://fountain.fm/episode/SrnH7P2j6W6Nf04kFnFb 📝 c2988557…

OpenClaw Question: What are the pros and cons of self hosting OpenClaw on a server in a home LAN? After looking at my options, I thought I’d try hosting the agent on a Pi at home. But a friend pointed out malware and security vulnerabilities and suggested a VPS. What would you suggest? (And can you recommend a good VPS service suitable for this task) https://fountain.fm/episode/p3JZGfncqmJdUzZB8ZFy 📝 903498d4…

Could you give us some beginners tips for trying OpenClaw. In a FOSS way, what’s a safe way to play with this without losing the farm. I was thinking of spinning it up on an old Raspberry Pi 4 I’m not using. How do you think that would work? I’d like to play around with this but aren’t quite ready to unleash it on my main computers. Thanks. https://fountain.fm/episode/DuEsFuxQuEdGNcZLv5FM 📝 2475bd25…