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I'm saying you don't have to.

As for "100% certainty," there is a non-0 chance that someone will randomly create a private key that collides with yours, enabling them to spend all your coins.

If you want 100% certainty, you don't want Bitcoin.

Then, there will always be incentives for smaller miners to rat out bigger miners who are trying to cheat.

Thanks to Bitcoin's designed asymmetries, it's trivial for them to prove that something is being done against the rules.

As evidence of what I'm saying, BitMEX Research does exactly what I'm saying:

https://twitter.com/BitMEXResearch/status/1351862939452641286

To "assess" what "type" of Bitcoin you're dealing with, all you need is the block headers.

Assuming you can get that, it's trivial to find competing headers if they exist, and to check the timestamps and received times of block headers.

Growing chain data isn't an externality.

Pruning is built in and does not diminish verification for user side issues.

Chain production will always require the chain tip, meaning, the current UTXO set. That is not the same as the full chain's data.

Out of context, that was a very interesting twetch to read.

Do you want to learn how to build on Bitcoin?

I run a group, It's A Draft! which is dedicated to helping you do just that.

We need learners. We need builders.

Come join us.

I just want to mention, we're less than 2 weeks out from the Mars rover Perseverance landing on Mars.

Well, rocket goed boom.

Looked like an engine restart issue on the landing burn.

Specifically, it appeared to be an engine failure on startup.

Tri-vent just occurred... ~10 minutes out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfHqbahPKpY

Yup. I'm thrilled by all of this. It's so freaking cool!

Exclusion zone violation has been taken care of... Restarting prop loading. ~30 minutes or so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfHqbahPKpY

Rough guesstimate: 30 minutes from launch attempt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfHqbahPKpY

I might be a bit distracted by a rocket today...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfHqbahPKpY

Low information vs high information...

It's a real thing...

First image I made...

I've got another frame of a "melting" animation made, but haven't had the time to continue it yet. Lots of chaos going on right now!

As I said, 1-2 hours a week max. But it intrigues me as a hobby, and I'll continue it in time.

“Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.”

― Leonardo da Vinci

I knew I'd get someone delivering a good answer!

2 hours worth, too. Fantastic!

Getting ready for a productive day tomorrow.

What music should I use to keep focused?

Update: Looks like a no-go on the flight for today.

Likely weather restrictions causing an issue.

Potential SpaceX SN9 test launch today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPRfJxz-ECE&feature=emb_title

A good one, but a two parter... Doesn't quite work out the same way. Hard for a single episode to compete with a two parter.

Drumhead is more condensed goodness.

Shawshank Redemption is an exceptional film, through and through.

Engage.

Also, Picard is still the ONLY Star Trek Captain. The rest are all posers.

None of the Q episodes are as good as Drumhead.

Are they entertaining? Sure.

But Drumhead encapsulated everything that makes TNG great, with an interesting conflict, and a very Star Trek resolution.

Only a few episodes come close to this level.

Best episode of ST:TNG...

S4:E21 - The Drumhead

Anyone daring enough to dispute me on that?

So, SpaceX bought two oil rigs and are taking them to be rebuilt into rocket launching facilities.

They have named the rigs:
Phobos
Deimos

These are the names of the Martian moons.

It's truly exciting what they're doing!

I've got a new side hobby, with ~1-2 hours a week tops right now:

Creating pixel art.

I really love good pixel art. Not only does it evoke a certain sense of nostalgia for me, but it also enables the creation of wonderful aesthetics.

I've never had the chance to play the 2D Zelda games.