Starlink for cooperatives

Letters of Lyman are a series of dispatches to friends and maybe enemies going back 20 years. The writer writes freely and sometimes or most of the times, every time, for no discernable rhyme or reason. Parental guidance is advised.

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Let’s get ‘phygital’

Letters of Lyman are a series of dispatches to friends and maybe enemies going back 20 years. The writer writes freely and sometimes or most of the times, every time, for no discernable rhyme or reason. Parental guidance is advised.

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Your Own Private Venice

Venice utilizes leading open-source AI technology to deliver uncensored, unbiased machine intelligence, while preserving your privacy.

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Lets Chat: Bitcoin Mining

Bitcoin miners compete to solve math puzzles to earn the right to add a block to the chain of blocks called the blockchain, a decentralized ledger that records all bitcoin transactions. But The Great Yan explains it 21X better.

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Be a noderunner!

A bitcoin node stores a complete record of all bitcoin transactions ever made. This record is essential for verifying transactions and ensuring the security and decentralization of the bitcoin network.

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World War Zed

Zed is the first neobank to offer credit cards as a standalone issuer in the Philippines. Zed doesn’t just rely on traditional credit scores to set limits. They use smart credit limits based on your current income and future potential.

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Our copilot’s name is Leo

A generative AI platform that transforms text, sketches, specs, and CAD constraints into DFMA-optimized, full-assembly 3D CAD models.

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There IS a perfect dance

Letters of Lyman are a series of dispatches to friends and maybe enemies going back 20 years. The writer writes freely and sometimes or most of the times, every time, for no discernable rhyme or reason. Parental guidance is advised.

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McDonald’s Bitcoin
McDonald’s Bitcoin

What has gaining 24.5 pounds (11.1 kg) from eating only burger McDo and fries for 30 days got to do with bitcoin?!

by Lyman Manzanares
Episode 4: Bitcoin Pizza Day
Episode 4: Bitcoin Pizza Day

The speaker highlights reasons why Bitcoin Pizza Day is a significant event. First, it signified the evolution of Bitcoin from a theoretical monetary system to a medium of exchange.

by Liz Manzanares & Chat.coop
Episode 3: Fiat Monetary System
Episode 3: Fiat Monetary System

Today’s fiat money system is a debt-based system, meaning the money supply is increased by banks issuing loans. This is different from the old system where money was backed by gold.

by Liz Manzanares & Chat.coop
Vanguard CEO replaced by BlackRock bitcoin man
Vanguard CEO replaced by BlackRock bitcoin man

While BlackRock was launching bitcoin ETFs, Vanguard CEO was lazily asleep. Woke up, got replaced.

by Lyman Manzanares
Why is CoopPay bitcoin-only?
Why is CoopPay bitcoin-only?

Built in the Philippines, CoopPay is the world’s first Lightning wallet for cooperatives. It is bitcoin-only, meaning it doesn’t do “shitcoins” like tokens and all that blockchain buffoonery.

by Lyman Manzanares
CoopPay is the Marc Rebillet of Wallets
CoopPay is the Marc Rebillet of Wallets

So much history happened in the last two days with OpenAI and Google I/O 2024 that I decided Marc Rebillet should be the opening act for CoopPay today.

by Lyman Manzanares
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