Stacker News Live #59: Only Two Beers

<p>Join Car and Keyan to discuss Stacker News top posts, Car & Keyan's favorite posts of the week, and top stackers.</p> <p>We discuss:</p> <ol> <li><a href="https://trustisascalingsolution.com/">Trust is a Scaling Solution</a> is a collection of essays on trust by <a href="https://twitter.com/futurepaul">futurepaul</a> packaged in a brutal, nostalgic design. Why and who do we trust? Why do we betray trust? How does trust relate to money? Paul provides insight.<ul> <li><a href="https://trustisascalingsolution.com/">https://trustisascalingsolution.com/</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/151727">SN Discussion</a></li></ul></li> <li>Someone <a href="https://nitter.at/RoboSats/status/1635432123648622593">exploited a vulnerability in Robosats' on-chain swap feature</a> earning themselves 5m sats. The vulnerability has since been closed, and was apparently <a href="https://github.com/Reckless-Satoshi/robosats/pull/388">caused by a race condition</a>.<ul> <li><a href="https://nitter.at/RoboSats/status/1635432123648622593">https://nitter.at/RoboSats/status/1635432123648622593</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/151862">SN Discussion</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="https://lnbits.com/">LNBits</a> shows you how to make a nostr hardware wallet for $10. They also sell them <a href="https://shop.lnbits.com/product/nostr-signing-device">pre-made with a case</a> for $20.<ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD6OQPoNlzA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD6OQPoNlzA</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/151780">SN Discussion</a></li></ul></li> <li>Before micropayments were technically possible (ie pre-Lightning), the internet's visionaries dismissed micropayments on the grounds of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_fatigue">decision fatigue</a>. <a href="https://brandonlucas.net/">Brandon Lucas</a> surveys the history of micropayments and the tech that might change it in <a href="https://brandonlucas.net/posts/lightning/micropayments">Micropayments and the Lightning Network</a>.<ul> <li><a href="https://brandonlucas.net/posts/lightning/micropayments">https://brandonlucas.net/posts/lightning/micropayments</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/150907">SN Discussion</a></li></ul></li> <li>Most of use now know Silicon Valley Bank has been <a href="https://www.fdic.gov/news/press-releases/2023/pr23016.html">taken over by the FDIC</a> following a bank run. <a href="https://stacker.news/felix">@felix</a> provides a short explainer in <a href="https://stacker.news/items/150421">ELI5 – What's happened to Silicon Valley Bank? ☠️</a>.<ul> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/150421">SN Discussion</a></li></ul></li> </ol> <p><strong>Car's pick:</strong> </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/152435">Tari Labs wins restraining order against Lightning Labs over Taro protocol</a><br /> <a href="https://stacker.news/items/152435">SN Discussion</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Keyan's pick:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Following SVB's bank run last week <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/12/silicon-valley-bank-collapse-no-bailout-janet-yellen">the US government stepped in to guarantee the deposits of SVB and <em>any</em> US bank in a similar position</a> allocating two trillion dollars to the effort.<ul> <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/12/silicon-valley-bank-collapse-no-bailout-janet-yellen">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/12/silicon-valley-bank-collapse-no-bailout-janet-yellen</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/151419">SN Discussion</a></li></ul></li> </ul> <p>For the week of March 17th, 2023.</p> <p>Stacker News Live <a href="http://stackernews.live/">Website</a></p> <p>Thriller Bitcoin <a href="https://www.thrillerbitcoin.com/tag/stacker-news/">SN Newsletter</a></p> <p>Please find us on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbpAtpGwoRxD8GOpRL-_4g">YouTube</a> &</p>