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I had difficulty understanding the point of that new account's long-winded comments, but they might be referring to using a blockchain for timestamping purposes.

See https://opentimestamps.org/


m-of-n provides increased security AND redundancy.

2-of-3 allows loss of one key, 3-of-5 allows loss of two keys, etc

The cost is increased complexity, but the alternative is potentially losing everything due to a single mistake. So far people seem to overweigh the complexity of multisig, and to overestimate their understanding of using a single signing device.


> A technical account published by Tibane Labs described an arrangement involving a microcontroller, cellular communication hardware and connections to the screen’s internal data lines.

Cellular communications hardware seems very sophisticated and expensive compared to a simple microcontroller.


It's not though, it's a pretty standard component.


How is multisig "quite painful" in your opinion?


Say you've done everything right and used 3 coldcards spread across 3 geographic locations using 2of3 multisig.

You're feeling pretty proud of yourself, your coins are super safe.

Then it turns out the RNG in the coldcard mk2 was badly/maliciously implemented and is completely insecure. You need to move your coins right now.

You can probably see the issue


You'd probably want to use diversity for this - do 2of3 multisig with a Coldcard, a Ledger, and a Trezor.


Yes, but the complexity of the setup (which is already way too much for any non-cypherpunk normies) is starting to get kind of ridiculous.

I am still pro crypto and fascinated by the technology but we have to admit the original cypherpunk vision was unfortunately never going to work, we're going to end up with something else


Peanuts contain plenty of oil.

Peanut oil is commonly used for all kinds of frying. It's hilarious that you're trying to lecture people without knowing this basic fact.


> Peanut butter definitely is. Even if you make it home-made you need to add some sort of oil to get the persistent creamy texture, but it naturally separates.

False, peanuts contain their own oil. Nothing needs to be added, not even salt.

Anything containing more than peanuts and salt should be referred to as something else, like peanut spread.


Slack was originally a side project built by a game dev company as a set of scripts on top of IRC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slack_(software)#History


Some excellent EVs are based on the CMA platform, which also supports combustion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Modular_Architecture

Polestar 2, Volvo XC40 & C40 (now EX40/CX40)


Not to be confused with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Modular_Platform . It seems like every surviving manufacturer has one of these, especially when the company like Stellantis is a cut-and-shut of struggling brands.


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