Peter Todd @pete@petertodd.org

@kekcoin @jb55 @nvk The only personal data is DMs and metadata like IP addresses. I think it's fine to just give people a heads up before transferring operation/trust to someone else.

@jb55 @nvk IMO even having 100% on one Mastodon instance is still better than Twitter, and I say that being one of the very few who has my own personal instance.

@javier @nvk @jb55 I'd certainly promote it. :)

@nvk @jb55 The fact is it's very valuable to have an easy on-ramp to Mastodon. Like I say, it doesn't have to be perfectly decentralized to be a big improvement; perfect is the enemy of better. I'm sure people here would be willing to take the problem off your hands (modulo funding, I'd be willing to take it over).

@alan8325 The best model would probably be for there to exist a standardized encrypted blob protocol, that ISPs could run caches for at the edge. There's some privacy concerns vs self-hosting, as they could learn what content their users are requesting. But that's still better than the status quo of centralized CDNs learning everything. And VPN services could easily offer that caching too.

The internet used to work this way in some places actually, pre-https.

@alan8325 The sad thing is fixing this problem isn't that hard: come up with a secure caching protocol that all ISPs can run, on an equal opportunity basis. It doesn't even need to be some fancy decentralized thing. Encrypted blobs would be enough.

But there's zero incentive for Google to implement support for that in Chrome, so...

@alan8325 The internet is very dependent on what are essentially edge caches these days, and while those are physically distributed around the world, they're administratively/economically highly centralized companies. That's not quite the point he's making. But it's the biggest issue.

It's certainly doable to host yourself. But it won't be as cheap/efficient as using a big cloud provider unless you're operating at a huge scale. Note how Twitter is switching to AWS...

@Clashicly @nvk Yup. If spam from new accounts was an issue invite-only/request-to-join is a perfectly good option. Can probably automate it eventually with a LN payment.

@orionwl Does it really need to be on the release signing machine? OTS proofs are self-verifying after all, so all you need is the ability to upload to the website.

@nvk The world isn't perfect. Having bitcoinhackers.org is still a huge improvement over Twitter. You don't need to solve every problem perfectly, first try.

@nvk How much does the VM cost to run per month? Be good for someone else to just take it over, given that so many have joined it.

@nvk Yup, just checked: BlueWallet does require you to set an amount. No way to set the expiry, which defaults to 1 day. Even turning on advanced mode doesn't help.

@orionwl It'd be good to timestamp SHA256SUMS.asc

@unabomber "Northrop Grumman celebrates the diversity of places you will be after one of our guided missiles hits you."

@nvk Which software is that? lnd, Eclair, and Pheonix all let you create invoices without amounts. lnd also lets you set the expiry time easily.

@verretor This sounds like a good opportunity for a well drilling company to make a few bucks from nutters. :D

...like that steam powered rocket guy who got funded by flat earthers...

If you're crazy enough, it might actually help deflect blame from Trump etc. as to who actually organized it.

Though I've met people with some pretty crazy beliefs, so believing in witches and hexes aren't that implausible...

I'd say you can't make this stuff up... but hey, maybe aspects of this are made up? If not by media, by the organizers themselves.

"I heard a woman on NPR this week say the riot in DC was the most overt act of white supremacy in US history, which has got to be weird for the black guy who organized it." - https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1349462222641135618

...and yes, Stop The Steal was organized by a black man, Ali Alexander.

Source: https://www.salon.com/2021/01/13/stop-the-steal-denied-inciting-violence-now-its-leader-wants-to-bring-hell-to-his-enemies/

Like Viking Guy, he believes in witches:

"Witches and wiccans are putting hexes and curses on us."

https://thedailybeast.com/stop-the-steal-organizer-in-hiding-after-denying-blame-for-riot