TX fees on BTC need to increase by $27.66 to retain current security There are only 2 ways to make up for the mining revenue loss to a coinbase halving. First is with an increase in the number of transactions per block. Historically this has happened. But with blocksize capped at 1 meg on the BTC chain this will be the first halving where the blocks are already full and there isno room for additional transactions. Those transactions are limited to about 2000 per block on the…
Garden 2020: Starting Peppers Take 2 No they aren't bags of drugs. Sorry to get your hopes up. Well so far I've had close to no luck with my pepper seeds germinating. Out of 144 starter pots I've had 5 sweet banana pepper plants germinate and maybe one other plant. It hasn't got it starter leaves yet just half germinated. It could be that it's just not warm enough in the basement but I have successfully germinated peppers the same way before. Some of the seeds might be too…
Few features/ideas for read.cash As I've been using read.cash I've noticed a few things that would be nice to have. A logo: I've already mention this in the forum. It would be nice to have an official logo to use for linking from other sites. Even better would be a set of graphics in different sizes with a little info about read cash on them. Share on Memo/Member: Have twitter and reddit why not memo and/or member. They both use the same protocol just need a way to determine…
BTC As Only Store of Value Is Little Better Than Centralized Paper Certificates Simple fact. If it doesn't have use then it's not really much better than any current centralized paper system. Why? Well there are many reasons. Lets start with how it's stored. If it's stored on an exchange well all you really have is a login to access it that can disappear at any time. The old saying "Not your keys, not your coins". You don't even have a bank or exchange statement showing your…
IFP: What Matters Now Currently there is a lot of fighting going on about IFP. Some people trying to push agendas and others trying to split the community. I've seen quite a bit of this the last week on /r/btc and it's only getting worse as the upgrade date approaches. So what really matters right now? Mining pool votes: Currently there are no votes for IFP by any mining pools. Why only mining pools and not miners? Well the nodes cast the votes not the individual miners.…
Garden 2020: Ready for Snow??? So I thought I was going to start getting things moved outside this week. Things started off well with a sale on Miracle Gro potting mix. Placed an order and had them load it so I didn't need to go in the store. Got that all unloaded. and stacked: Just a few bags. Hopefully some there to get next year started too. It's not all for the garden some of it is for flower baskets. The next day I dug out all my pots and went though them. Had to pitch…
How BTC full blocks drive people from crypto. Imagine you are in your local bar where you hang out every day after work having a beer or 20 (OK maybe 30 and a few shots). You and a few others are the only thing keeping the lights on. Then one day they hire a new manager. The bring in some entertainment and the place becomes popular. One day you are sitting there and the manager comes over and say hey there is a $20 cover fee now. How would you feel about that? I've had the…
Garden 2020: Starting Peppers Take 2 Part 2 So 4 days ago I started some new pepper seeds using a method I never tried before. Well today I got the initial results. 2 bags containing the seeds between paper towel layers had clearly visible sprouts. https://read.cash/@FUBAR-BDHR/garden-2020-starting-peppers-take-2-22a3ea39 Above you can see a bag containing Greek Pepperoncini seeds taped to my monitor with a white background. Another bag containing Sweet Banana Peppers had…
Member/reddit mirror bot possible? Just read a comment on a post on r/btc that basically said there is no good content on member. That made me wonder how much it would cost to put every post/comment from a handful of reddit subs on member. This part would certainly be possible and shouldn't cost too much. Couple of dollars a day maybe? Most spam would already be filtered out since automodded posts don't make it to the api for bots to pick up or they just show something like…
Amazing Evergreen Roots I have 3 long skinny flower boxes in my back yard. Each one is probably about 4 feet long and 8 inches wide. I used to plant flowers in them until I got bit by something and sidelined from gardening for several years. Well last year I started the garden back up and this year I'm hoping to plant some flowers again if I can find any. The boxes need a good paint job so I decided to empty out the old dirt into the bottom for some large planters. One of…
Garden 2020: Transplanting Time Been a few since the last update. Had a few setbacks. Turns out a bunch of seeds I had were just too old and didn't germinate. Also the grow lights I bought that were supposed to be full spectrum apparently aren't as they didn't provide the light needed for seedlings to grow properly. Lost most of my flower seedlings and a bunch of cucumbers because of it. Good news is I had already bought over 100 packs of seeds for next year so I just…
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