thinkmassive @[email protected]

If you're on the Fediverse and you want to host code for libre software and other collaborative projects, you might want to check out @gitea:

https://gitea.io

It's free, open source and it's currently in process of adding Fediverse compatibility through ActivityPub, the same standard that Mastodon etc use to communicate with each other.

You can see some of the Gitea instances that already have experimental Fediverse connections listed at https://fedidb.org/software/gitea

If you're just looking for a Gitea instance to join, there's @codeberg at https://codeberg.org

To see the current state of federated forges, have a look at the @forgefriends blog post at https://forgefriends.org/blog/2022/06/30/2022-06-state-forge-federation/

#FediTips #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Gitea #ForgeFed #GitHub #GitLab #Alternatives

Bitcoin Optech newsletter #207 is here:

- summarizes discussions about long-term block reward funding
- alternatives to BIP47 reusable payment codes
- options for announcing LN channel splices
- LN routing fee collection strategies
- onion message rate limiting

https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2022/07/06/

A must read to understand what #forge #federation is about and what is going to happen.

The "State of the #Forge #Federation: 2021 to 2023" report was published today on the @forgefriends blog. It contains a retrospective of what happened in the past year and explains what is likely to happen in the next twelve months.

https://forgefriends.org/blog/2022/06/30/2022-06-state-forge-federation/

New release of Electrum Personal Server. Fixed issue with upgrading to Bitcoin Core 23.0. Also now supports signet. Connect your Electrum wallet to your own full node today!

Bitcoin Optech newsletter #204 is here:

- summarizes continued discussion about adding package relay to the Bitcoin P2P network
- shares a summary of the recent LN developers meeting
- describes an argument for how spenders and routing nodes on LN can optimize for both reliability and low fees in a way that benefits both groups

https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2022/06/15/

Casting my mind back on the event: I was impressed with the quality of Elle Mouton's talk on invoices in LN: https://vimeo.com/703262308 , also Tadge's talk was good if you're not too au fait with DLC: https://vimeo.com/703271912 (has some overlap with mine).

Late but worth it! bdk 0.19.0 brings experimental taproot 🥕🥕🥕 support including tr() descriptors, taproot PSBTs, signing key and script spend taproot PSBTs, and tr() in descriptor! macros. Plus new OldestFirstCoinSelection, a sqlite-db fix, and more, see: https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/releases/tag/v0.19.0

I'm researching an idea for a Software Coop (in a small domain) And would love to get in touch with people who have experienced a coop. In IT.

Any pointers, names, boosts or retweets are very welcome.

Bitcoin Optech newsletter #202 is here:

- describes experimentation by developers working on silent payments
- HWI 2.1.1 and LND 0.15.0-beta.rc3 releases

https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2022/06/01/

Meanwhile, took the opportunity to install LIT on my raspiblitz. Web-based GUI looks pretty slick. I think I will try out the new Lightning Pool feature, even though I have special need for more inbound liquidity, I'm really curious to see what it's like making a bid and getting it filled:

Have run these ⚡️ benchmarks on a 64bit RaspberryPi4 with a USB SSD and got relieved that this common setup is not a bottleneck for the Lightning Network.

Find all the details and how to reproduce the results here: https://github.com/openoms/lightning-benchmark/blob/master/install.aarch64.md

HW specifics and results comparison:
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RT @bottlepay
We've been digging a little deeper into Lightning node performance 🤓

Here's what we've fou…
https://twitter.com/bottlepay/status/1376918214249218049