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title: 'Bitcoin Mempools Cleared: Is Nobody Using Bitcoin?'
-type: missive
+type: memo
date: 2025-02-09
modified: 2025-10-24
description: Bitcoin mempools have cleared before and there's no immediate reason to panic.
---
title: Minimum UTXO Value
-type: missive
+type: memo
date: 2023-08-04
modified: 2025-02-07
description: A look at what Bitcoin dust is, historical fee rates, how fees are calculated, and a decision on a minimum UTXO value to stay above the dust threshold.
---
title: Monetary System Enshittification
-type: missive
+type: memo
date: 2024-03-01
modified: 2025-01-27
description: Is the US monetary system experiencing enshittification? And how do we solve it?
---
title: 'R1 vs. o1: AI as Commodity or Moat'
-type: missive
+type: memo
date: 2025-01-27
modified: 2025-10-24
description: Is DeepSeek's R1 an existential threat to OpenAI?
---
title: 'Removing a Drive from a Btrfs Array'
-type: marginalia
+type: note
date: 2023-07-05
modified: 2024-12-23
description: If a drive is failing in an array, Btrfs could block attempts at removing the drive due to corrupted files. A quick write-up of how to get it removed.
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