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COYG. Sport Science, Child Protection. GAA. All views my own 'Peace and not war is the father of all things' -Mises Time Horizon = Forever Bitcoin is hope

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Conn Stevenson 🏐 ⚡️@ConnStevenson91·
Finally on Nostr 👇 npub1s3parh6f5rtgjhmhgua7slmuxgxfwv9cad99wl4fu07am49nyv2srpf0gt
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Peter McCormack 🏴‍☠️🇬🇧🇮🇪
"Every currency system in the world has to grow or die." New pod with @LynAldenContact where we discuss: - A system designed for you to lose - The illusion of growth - Why you are falling behind - How the elite "short" your savings - How to protect yourself Link to show 👇
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RohanJivan@RohanJivanAFC·
A Kaka Messi type regen hehe At The Arsenal 😀
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Conn Stevenson 🏐 ⚡️
Conn Stevenson 🏐 ⚡️@ConnStevenson91·
@PuntingArrows @btcjvs It doesn't matter if he's alive or dead. The most likely scenario is all the private keys (all the BTC are in 50BTC chunks from block rewards) are burned.
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@btcjvs If Satoshi is alive, it seems highly likely his coins move this year you’d think? Ultimately those coins are a sitting duck in time
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James Van Straten
BIP 360 is a short-term solution for quantum resistance, but it does not address the full scope of the problem. I’ve argued that using quantum computing to access Patoshi’s coins, 1M BTC, is fair game. That said, there are more credible approaches, such as Hourglass V2. It’s also worth noting that the market already demonstrated it can absorbed 1 million BTC in selling pressure back in December over a 30-day window.
Justin Drake@drakefjustin

Today is a monumentous day for quantum computing and cryptography. Two breakthrough papers just landed (links in next tweet). Both papers improve Shor's algorithm, infamous for cracking RSA and elliptic curve cryptography. The two results compound, optimising separate layers of the quantum stack. The results are shocking. I expect a narrative shift and a further R&D boost toward post-quantum cryptography. The first paper is by Google Quantum AI. They tackle the (logical) Shor algorithm, tailoring it to crack Bitcoin and Ethereum signatures. The algorithm runs on ~1K logical qubits for the 256-bit elliptic curve secp256k1. Due to the low circuit depth, a fast superconducting computer would recover private keys in minutes. I'm grateful to have joined as a late paper co-author, in large part for the chance to interact with experts and the alpha gleaned from internal discussions. The second paper is by a stealthy startup called Oratomic, with ex-Google and prominent Caltech faculty. Their starting point is Google's improvements to the logical quantum circuit. They then apply improvements at the physical layer, with tricks specific to neutral atom quantum computers. The result estimates that 26,000 atomic qubits are sufficient to break 256-bit elliptic curve signatures. This would be roughly a 40x improvement in physical qubit count over previous state-of-the-art. On the flip side, a single Shor run would take ~10 days due to the relatively slow speed of neutral atoms. Below are my key takeaways. As a disclaimer, I am not a quantum expert. Time is needed for the results to be properly vetted. Based on my interactions with the team, I have faith the Google Quantum AI results are conservative. The Oratomic paper is much harder for me to assess, especially because of the use of more exotic qLDPC codes. I will take it with a grain of salt until the dust settles. → q-day: My confidence in q-day by 2032 has shot up significantly. IMO there's at least a 10% chance that by 2032 a quantum computer recovers a secp256k1 ECDSA private key from an exposed public key. While a cryptographically-relevant quantum computer (CRQC) before 2030 still feels unlikely, now is undoubtedly the time to start preparing. → censorship: The Google paper uses a zero-knowledge (ZK) proof to demonstrate the algorithm's existence without leaking actual optimisations. From now on, assume state-of-the-art algorithms will be censored. There may be self-censorship for moral or commercial reasons, or because of government pressure. A blackout in academic publications would be a tell-tale sign. → cracking time: A superconducting quantum computer, the type Google is building, could crack keys in minutes. This is because the optimised quantum circuit is just 100M Toffoli gates, which is surprisingly shallow. (Toffoli gates are hard because they require production of so-called "magic states".) Toffoli gates would consume ~10 microseconds on a superconducting platform, totalling ~1,000 sec of Shor runtime. → latency optimisations: Two latency optimisations bring key cracking time to single-digit minutes. The first parallelises computation across quantum devices. The second involves feeding the pubkey to the quantum computer mid-flight, after a generic setup phase. → fast- and slow-clock: At first approximation there are two families of quantum computers. The fast-clock flavour, which includes superconducting and photonic architectures, runs at roughly 100 kHz. The slow-clock flavour, which includes trapped ion and neutral atom architectures, runs roughly 1,000x slower (~100 Hz, or ~1 week to crack a single key). → qubit count: The size-optimised variant of the algorithm runs on 1,200 logical qubits. On a superconducting computer with surface code error correction that's roughly 500K physical qubits, a 400:1 physical-to-logical ratio. The surface code is conservative, assuming only four-way nearest-neighbour grid connectivity. It was demonstrated last year by Google on a real quantum computer. → future gains: Low-hanging fruit is still being picked, with at least one of the Google optimisations resulting from a surprisingly simple observation. Interestingly, AI was not (yet!) tasked to find optimisations. This was also the first time authors such as Craig Gidney attacked elliptic curves (as opposed to RSA). Shor logical qubit count could plausibly go under 1K soonish. → error correction: The physical-to-logical ratio for superconducting computers could go under 100:1. For superconducting computers that would be mean ~100K physical qubits for a CRQC, two orders of magnitude away from state of the art. Neutral atoms quantum computers are amenable to error correcting codes other than the surface code. While much slower to run, they can bring down the physical to logical qubit ratio closer to 10:1. → Bitcoin PoW: Commercially-viable Bitcoin PoW via Grover's algorithm is not happening any time soon. We're talking decades, possibly centuries away. This observation should help focus the discussion on ECDSA and Schnorr. (Side note: as unofficial Bitcoin security researcher, I still believe Bitcoin PoW is cooked due to the dwindling security budget.) → team quality: The folks at Google Quantum AI are the real deal. Craig Gidney (@CraigGidney) is arguably the world's top quantum circuit optimisooor. Just last year he squeezed 10x out of Shor for RSA, bringing the physical qubit count down from 10M to 1M. Special thanks to the Google team for patiently answering all my newb questions with detailed, fact-based answers. I was expecting some hype, but found none.

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Out of Context Football Manager
Football Manager fans... who would you be your four wonderkids on your own personal FM Mount Rushmore? For me: Thiago Almada Gabriel Barbosa Kristoffer Ajer Predrag Rajkovic
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MatchDay Central
MatchDay Central@MatchDCentral·
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Arsenal are in advanced talks with Mikel Arteta over a new long-term deal. 🔴⚪️ The proposed contract would extend his stay by another six years, potentially keeping him at the club until 2033. ⏳
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Charles Edwards
Charles Edwards@caprioleio·
MicroStrategy is down -13% on its Bitcoin. All that financial engineering & fancy tickers. Would have been better off just parking that capital in treasuries.
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Conn Stevenson 🏐 ⚡️
Conn Stevenson 🏐 ⚡️@ConnStevenson91·
@GaelicStatsApp The impressive thing is the possession/shots. If you're 60% or above on your own KOs and making a good dent on opposition KOs then getting the ball dead on the majority of your possessions 1. Allows you to reset 2. Prevents opp transitions/fast attacks
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Conn Stevenson 🏐 ⚡️@ConnStevenson91·
Donegal's efficiency, use of the ball and manipulation of the opposition defensive structure is absolutely elite 😳
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Niall McCoy
Niall McCoy@McCoyNiall·
Find that horn and crush it.
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Conn Stevenson 🏐 ⚡️
Conn Stevenson 🏐 ⚡️@ConnStevenson91·
@CahairOKane1 We done this at minor in a league game. They had a prominent inside forward and a centre half forward (future Armagh snrs). We decided the inside forward was going to score regardless so we put our best MM on the centre half, who would provide him with most service. Worked out
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Cahair O'Kane
Cahair O'Kane@CahairOKane1·
Is McCole on Dylan Geaney a kind of admission that there's so little you can do about Clifford and if you shut their other threats like Dylan Geaney down, that might be as effective as giving up your best man-marker for it?
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George
George@GeorgeV_AFC·
Really happy with the club prioritizing the run in- you can’t play nice & also demand no excuses for success. Broadly we need an independent national body to determine the impact of this schedule it’s simply accepting we are going to injure players for entertainment.
Charles Watts@charles_watts

Zubimendi returning to Arsenal. Spanish statement: "Martín Zubimendi has withdrawn from the Spanish national team camp due to discomfort in his right knee. To avoid any risk and to protect the player's health, he has been removed from the squad. Arsenal FC's medical staff have been informed of the situation."

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Chewy
Chewy@s256anon001·
Just watched Interstellar for the first time Wow
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Conn Stevenson 🏐 ⚡️
Conn Stevenson 🏐 ⚡️@ConnStevenson91·
@EverythingGAA20 @SmallerFishGAA If you did cross over the half and got pressed, you could release the pressure by switching the play to one of the back 3 on the other side as you leave the half and they enter. You'd see more of that. Overall a net negative
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EverythingGA@EverythingGAA20·
@ConnStevenson91 @SmallerFishGAA No but it changes the dynamics. Its like add an extra line in that can act as defender. The best teams would be coached to use it as pressing trigger. It would add to it a bit. Yes not all teams would use it.
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Smaller Fish
Smaller Fish@SmallerFishGAA·
LIMIT THE HANDPASS It's a cancer on the game, you'd need to be blind not to see it
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Conn Stevenson 🏐 ⚡️
Conn Stevenson 🏐 ⚡️@ConnStevenson91·
@EverythingGAA20 @SmallerFishGAA Doesn't address the issue of players keeping the ball though. It just switches the area of possession to their own half during certain game states, which probably becomes even more of an eyesore for the spectator.
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EverythingGA@EverythingGAA20·
@ConnStevenson91 @SmallerFishGAA Yeah thats true but once they cross the hallf there is no back court so it will allow teams to chase out and set more traps. Agreed they should strip some rules back.
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