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Rene Pickhardt

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#Bitcoin & #lightningnetwork developer & educator demanding open knowledge! Proud member of @wikimediaDE @de_Serlo & former #BTW17 Frontrunner of @piratenpartei
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    Rene Pickhardt
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    Jul 24, 2021
    Guess who received (& send back) 2 LARGE (!) mainnet #Bitcoin payments from @stefanwouldgo over the #LightningNetwork! 1st payment: 0.3679 BTC (345 parts minSplitSize: 10k sats) 2nd payment: 0.286 BTC (80 parts minSplitSize: 100k sats) Teamwork makes the dream work! 1/4
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    Rene Pickhardt
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    Jul 13, 2021
    Optimally Reliable & Cheap Payment Flows on the Lightning Network the joint work with @stefanwouldgo is now (as promised) in the #open: arxiv.org/abs/2107.05322 This method should allow us to ⚡️ send large #Bitcoin amounts over the #LightningNetwork ⚡️ Thread: 1 / 15
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    Rene Pickhardt
    @renepickhardt
    Aug 17
    In my leasure time I vibe coded a chess app using codex. (I might put it online eventually...) But I am hearing also compelling stories about Claude. Anyone here hosting latest deepseek model themselves and has experience how strong those are? Anyone tried more than 1 model?
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    Rene Pickhardt
    @renepickhardt
    Aug 11
    I empirically tested the mathematical theory of payment channel networks. I simulated 1 million payments on the 2-party channel LN, compared to a 3-party channel Network (same total cap) Supported amounts increase by almost two orders of magnitude! Payment Failure rates halved!
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    Rene Pickhardt
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    Aug 8
    Today was an excellent day for Bitcoin. It demonstrated perfectly that it worked as it supposed to work.
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    Rene Pickhardt
    @renepickhardt
    Aug 7
    If you run @BtcpayServer you probably need to act now!
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    BTCPay Server
    @BtcpayServer
    Aug 7
    There is a critical vulnerability being actively exploited on BTCPay Server, which can result in the loss of funds. Please update your BTCPayServer to 2.4.2 by going to Admin Dashboard -> Server -> Maintenance -> Update & verify the 2.4.2 version string in the footer. If you

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