Pre-stream Christmas dinner... nothing could be more traditional than KFC and Chriatmas cake.
Mulled wine & eggnog to go with.
Pre-stream Christmas dinner... nothing could be more traditional than KFC and Chriatmas cake.
Mulled wine & eggnog to go with.
I'm following my yearly Yuletide tradition of making mulled wine. The recipe I had called for star anise and cardammon seed, but cloves, cinnamon sticks, brandy, and honey alone seems more than sufficient.
@ehhh @4ae515ec75aada2816397dda84cc63c2ca1e2b27bf49f173abda9764b9bde35b FFFUUUU- they changed to invite only 8 days ago, dammit. That sucks. It's by application now, you have to request one:
@ehhh @4ae515ec75aada2816397dda84cc63c2ca1e2b27bf49f173abda9764b9bde35b ...they are? Damn, was open when I made mine...
Hold on.
@ehhh @4ae515ec75aada2816397dda84cc63c2ca1e2b27bf49f173abda9764b9bde35b I'm actually still a Lightning novice myself. I'm using Alby (getalby.com) which is a web wallet. They have a browser extension too, but I don't use it... I plug into it via a smartphone app (Zeus) or just via web browser directly.
I know this is ungood, being custodial/hosted (Alby has my keys, and thus controls my coins) but its easier to start out with. If I wanted full self custody, I'd have to set up my own Lightning node and that has too big a time & resource cost for me to handle right now.
Personally, I think Alby is a fine starting point to figure out Lightning. You might not be a fan of web wallets, but if all you did was top it up to immediately spend, I think its a good enough compromise.
I'm afraid I don't know good desktop wallets for Lightning now, but I'll look into it & get back if I find any.
"Streaming Saturday: S.T.A.L.K.E.R Anomaly, Part 18 - the VOD!" (what little there is of it) is now available on Odysee:
>bring ETH-like features to BTC
i.e. "I really enjoy this sandwich, but I think it could be enhanced by taking a shit directly inside it."
@ehhh @hazlin Oh, sorry, I wasn't thinking. For desktop, maybe Sparrow or Wasabi might be better.
Most decent wallets have a backup/export -> restore/import feature, but I think they usually only work internally (Samourai backups can only be restored on Samourai, etc). Of course, if you use your seed words you can restore the wallet just about anywhere, but I guess that's a more extreme option.
@ehhh @hazlin I'm not a Wasabi user, full disclosure, but from what I've read both Samourai and Wasabi use CoinJoin for anonymity, just in different ways. I'm not sure how Wasabi's implementation is better, but a few years ago Wasabi made the news for blacklisting certain bitcoin addresses to "avoid trouble for the company":
They were probably scared of glowies kicking in their door, but it didn't earn them a lot of love. Samourai, afaik, has never opted to blacklist anyone. In purely practical terms, though, I don't think there's any reason not to use Wasabi. Make of that information what you will.
>TGE?
It's "the", I just fat-fingered
@ehhh @hazlin If you just need a wallet to hold small amounts long enough to spend them, Andreas Schildbach's "Bitcoin Wallet" on FDroid is simple and good enough:
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.schildbach.wallet/
If you're looking to hold BTC long term, Samourai Wallet or Sparrow Wallet are a bit more feature rich:
https://samouraiwallet.com/
https://www.sparrowwallet.com/
It's a good idea to use Mempool to keep track of network fees. If you send a transaction with too low a fee, it can get stuck for quite a long time before it's confirmed:
The fees have been getting pretty crazy lately, which is a bit of an issue. But it's worth remembering that paying Medium or higher priority fees only matters if you absolutely need it to confirm promptly. If you're willing to wait hours, or a day, then lower fees are fine.
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"Let's Play: S.T.A.L.K.E.R Anomaly, Part 18" is tonight at 8:30pm JST, only on PeerTube:
@ehhh @hazlin I'll also ass, hodling in XMR and siphoning small amounts off to BTC as/when needed has been a pretty good second best scenario for me. It does a lot to obfuscate chainalysis compared to working in BTC exclusively.
@ehhh @hazlin You're right, it doesn't.
To more directly answer your question, BTC probably has the most usability out of tge lot, being the most popular and highly valued. ETH fees are a huge pain in the ass. idk shit about LTC, though
Your experience with prepaids may be different from mine... I practically live off them sometimes, though it's usually hooking them up to one of Japan's cashless pay apps as a kind of intermediary.
Tonight's pre-stream meal is beef, green pepper, and onion skewers with some sides. A very small bottle of Crystal Head vodka & some other beverages to go with.
@hazlin @ehhh Before you trade your XMR away, consider looking at https://coincards.com . They have a BTCPay server configured to accept Monero, and they have a decent variety of prepaid cards/gift cards for a a lot of different services.
Failing that, https://trocador.app/en/prepaidcards/ and https://spendit.finance/ offer prepaid credit cards in exchange for XMR. Limited value and non-refillable, but useful nonetheless.
@Tamamo It was so good to have Haachama Cooking back
>"she's just fuckin' hot"
Understandable, enjoy your collection sir.
@greyarea I'd heard about this, was aiming to try it sometime after New Years
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