Rene Pickhardt
@renepickhardt
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#Bitcoin & #lightningnetwork developer & educator demanding open knowledge! Proud member of @wikimediaDE @de_Serlo & former #BTW17 Frontrunner of @piratenpartei
Gjøvik, Norge
Joined January 2011
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
Optimally Reliable & Cheap Payment Flows on the Lightning Network the joint work with @stefanwouldgo is now (as promised) in the #open: https://t.co/CjzaZ1edVG This method should allow us to ⚡️ send large #Bitcoin amounts over the #LightningNetwork ⚡️ Thread: 1 / 15
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Ever wondered if Ark is better than Lightning? Our panel with @realtbast from @acinq_co, @erikdesmedt from @2ndbtc and @VeronikaKuett from @ArkLabsHQ hosted by @BitcoinMagazine @BitcoinConfEUR offers a new perspective on the future of #Bitcoin payments! https://t.co/KiCGr8BhrS
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Rückenwind bzgl unserer möglichen Verfassungsbeschwerde! Petra Volke, Richterin am OLG Köln, schrieb folgendes in FamRZ 2025, 1768-1771 über das Gewalthilfegesetz: "Es erscheint kaum vorstellbar, dass sich das Bundesverfassungsgericht nicht [...] mit dieser Frage befassen muss"
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Recurring ‘Winter Blues’ may be a sign of Seasonal Affective Disorder. Did you know that up to forty percent of people living in the Northern Hemisphere suffer from some degree of Seasonal Affective Disorder? Dark-skinned individuals and those from East Asia are particularly
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Exactly one year ago @AppliedLevel posted a video about mstr comparing their btc yield to a ponzi and explaining that mNAV > 1 is obviously not sustainable In that video, btc was at 90k usd and mstr at 340 usd Today, btc is at 90k usd and mstr is at 195 usd while mNAV went down
Where does $mstr #bitcoin yield come from? As people yelled at me big times last night and after I spend another 4 hours reading mstr SEC filings I decided to share this idea by @AppliedLevel to whom it concerns: https://t.co/kkgH5LXDTh So will it really go up #foreverLaura?
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Grateful to @BitcoinMagazine They hosted a panel with @realtbast, @erikdesmedt, @VeronikaKuett & myself on the main stage of @BitcoinConfEUR to discuss how lightning & ark could be interoperable to improve the future of #bitcoin payments My Conclusion: More research is needed
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I get it, it's a long talk, but you'll learn more about Lightning ⚡️ routing and reliability of payments in this one talk. It's a culmination of 7 years of work! Here are some segments of the talk, watch the full one below it! 👇👇👇👇
Independent Bitcoin Researcher Rene Pickhardt @renepickhardt's results have been influential to all major Lightning implementations. If you like LN⚡️, Maths, Geometry and deep dives this is for you! Supported by @OpenSats and individual donations Rene GOES DEEP in this talk!
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It's very hard to describe how mixed my feelings on this are
The value of MSTR is less than the value of the BTC they own.
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Independent Bitcoin Researcher Rene Pickhardt @renepickhardt's results have been influential to all major Lightning implementations. If you like LN⚡️, Maths, Geometry and deep dives this is for you! Supported by @OpenSats and individual donations Rene GOES DEEP in this talk!
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When the typical winter depression, due to darkness, was about to kick in I decided to start the #icebathing season. Outside temperature -2° C Water temperarurw 4° C As expected the endorphine kick was surperb (: Thoug I was a little out of practise - only lasted 2.5 Minutes.
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Der @Tagesspiegel und viele andere Medien haben die gelungene Berichterstattung der @dpa über die Versorgungslücke beim Männergewaltschutz in Deutschland aufgegriffen https://t.co/PZBxtfUR1F Beispielzitat aus dem Artikel: „Wir dürfen die Männer nicht vergessen“, sagt Pickhardt.
tagesspiegel.de
Vor allem Frauen werden Opfer häuslicher Gewalt. Doch auch immer mehr Männer suchen Schutz und treffen auf einen Mangel an Angeboten. Was Betroffene erleben und warum Experten mehr Hilfe fordern.
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Auf dem Weg nach #Berlin zur Bundesstiftung #Gleichstellung Ich werde die strukturelle Unterversorgung von Männern beim @Gewaltschutz skizzieren und fordere eine geschlechtsneutrale Erweiterung des #Gewalthilfegesetzes Gewaltschutz darf nicht am Geschlecht des Opfers scheitern!
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Happy to see @ArkLabsHQ @arkade_os making progress & being honest about their limitations I asked how far does ark scale bitcoin payments? https://t.co/cH3rJWKydr All relevant information is in their documentation. IMHO * Ark for MPC & channelfactories * LN for payments on top
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Happy to agree with @TheBlueMatt though I'd add that ark scales liquidity management. Quote:"In terms of Ark + LN trust isn't required, it instead is a matter of Ark scaling onboarding while LN scales payments. Neither suffices on its own, but together they're pretty good."
@BitcoinErrorLog @stevenroose3 Ark + LN's trust model is only "come online every N months to roll over so the LSP doesn't sweep your funds". Its not perfect, but during the N months there is no counterparty trust at all. As for your top-level comment, hybrid solutions like graduated wallets allow users to not
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“ETF My Keys Daddy” I honestly think this should be required watching for bitcoin devs building today. Also helpful for everyone to understand where things are going. Even if it doesn’t change any of the decisions you make for your products, we have a collective responsibility
Checkout Matt Corallo, @TheBlueMatt from @jack's @spiralbtc Team 's lightning++ Berlin Talk His talk covers bitcoin and lightning decentralization, and shares his expert perspective. Follow us to keep up with the highest signal bitcoin dev talks around the world.
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The simplex method is an algorithm that turns an optimization problem, like setting up an investment portfolio, into a geometry problem. Recently, the scientists Sophie Huiberts (left) and Eleon Bach reduced the runtime of the simplex method. https://t.co/52maQuGbA4
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The moment I started putting my conjectures into those LLMs: Of course they spit out something. But they throw mathematical tools at me that I have never seen before and I can't quickly know if they are hallucinating or being reasonable! Not sure if I celebrate or regret this?!
You say #vibeCoding ?! I'm currently on fire with #vibeWriting. While I was planning to finish a mathematical theory of payment channel networks this year, after @btcplusplus I am even more motivated to do so. Really curious how useful those LLMs will really be in the end ((:
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You say #vibeCoding ?! I'm currently on fire with #vibeWriting. While I was planning to finish a mathematical theory of payment channel networks this year, after @btcplusplus I am even more motivated to do so. Really curious how useful those LLMs will really be in the end ((:
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Do you want to understand my latest insights on Routing Reliability, Liquidity & scaling the #LightningNetwork? Missed to come to Berlin for @btcplusplus by @niftynei ? Check out https://t.co/gIZWvnGGms to learn about The Mathematical Theory 🧪👨🔬 of Payment Channel Networks🔥
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Big shoutout (and big thanks) to @niftynei and her incredible team and the volunteers for organzing an amazing @btcplusplus lightning edition in #Berlin! I'm now again highly motivated after having talked to many amazing people which Lisa was able to bring together.
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In a very good mood on my way to @btcplusplus ⚡️lightning edition. What could possibly go wrong? 1. German trains late almost one hour (as expected...) 2. One of the largest train stations in germany's financial epicenter is fully covered with shitcoin advertisements... 🤮💩
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