Peter Todd @pete@petertodd.org

I've started a new Geyser fund for Libre Relay: https://geyser.fund/project/librerelay

I've ported Libre Relay to Bitcoin Core's new v28.0rc1 release, and I'm trying out Geyser to see if I can get my time paid for. I'll release the code if I do.

https://petertodd.org/2024/one-shot-replace-by-fee-rate

One-Shot Replace-By-Fee-Rate

tl;dr: we can solve Rule #3 transaction pinning attacks by simply replacing based on fee-rate, if the old transaction wasn't going to be mined in the next block or two, and the new transaction will be.

This _is_ incentive compatible, because it makes more sense to make money now with a high fee rate transaction than to favor a transaction of lower fee rate that may never even be mined.

New blog post: https://petertodd.org/2023/why-you-should-run-mempoolfullrbf

What is full-RBF? Why is it good for multiparty protocols like conjoin? Why is it good for wallets and miners? And why do a small minority hate it with a passion?

(we all gotta take a break from ordinal drama you know)

Not good.

We really need miners to move off Foundry to smaller pools.

"A virus that turns things into opal"
https://youtube.com/shorts/_BuJ5BDQFjA?feature=share

https://youtu.be/GJSfEEdV76k

34:14 😂😂😂

"Combat GoPro - Wiping Out Russian Spetsnaz Team in CQB"
https://youtu.be/RQeyk1BQ7LE

Fighting 1m from the enemy.

Pundit (explorer) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pundit_(explorer)

Luxor mined a block with four full-rbf replacements at once: https://web.archive.org/web/20221224215544/https://fullrbf.mempool.observer/

Two from my OTS calendars (including a $165 fee). And two others that I didn't create.

Great example of how legacy payment systems are totally busted: https://www.raspberrypi.com/verify/

"My dude slowed down gravity in mid air 🤯"
https://youtube.com/shorts/Q7qCU4jOLyQ?feature=share

Dance battle or physics homework problem?

Part 2: https://youtu.be/DANTP2n8x3c

"Back from the front: a British volunteer in Ukraine"
https://youtu.be/TCbD4WBqPg4

Excellent video.

Interesting! Foundry USA mined a full-rbf double-spend, with a few minutes between tx #1 and tx #2: https://web.archive.org/web/20221221022035/https://fullrbf.mempool.observer/

My best guess is this has something to do with unconfirmed inputs. My stock v24.0 node saw both tx #1 and tx #2 at the same time initially, but rejected the latter for spending an unconfirmed input. Then a few minutes later, it accepted tx #2 once the input confirmed.

I have two rented VPS servers running full-rbf nodes that were previously in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, quite close to the front lines in Kherson.

The hosting company finally gave up and moved their whole operation to a Kyiv data center this weekend. Russia has been trying to destroy the entire Ukrainian power grid for two months now; wouldn't be surprised if that hosting company can't get enough diesel fuel in Mykolaiv due to demand by other critical services.

Sad.