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2024-09-30 08:17:23

Democracy is superior to the alternatives, but not for many of the blatant propaganda reasons taught at govt. schools.
It's not good because "The People" will make good decisions. That is a clear lie.
It's not because leaders are virtuous or selfless, they rarely are.
It's not good because some mythical "Will of the People" is expressed at the ballot box, that is propaganda.
It's not because of a non-existing "social contract". That is at best a meaningless abstraction and at worst a total lie.
It's not good because representatives defend their voters or care about their problems. That is simply not how politics works.
It's not good because it guarantees or defends human rights. If a majority does not care about them, they will not vote to defend them. If the political class does not care about them, you will not even have a choice to vote that way.
The great virtue of democracy is that it allows for a peaceful transition of power. It is a method to measure relative strength without fighting. It often (not always) prevents civil war.
It takes a lot of effort and time to build. A lot can be destroyed very quickly in a civil war. For civilisation to prosper, for capital accumulation to progress... Peace is a necessary condition.
Blood is a big expense. Votes are better than bullets.
All other systems, empires, kingdoms, theocracy, tyranny, totalitarianism, etc.. frequently lead to civil strife and massive destruction during transitions of power. If you are lucky, it's a relatively bloodless coup, but more often than not it's war.
Being able to change the rulers without killing thousands, sometimes millions is a great advance. Democracy is superior. But don't be fooled, it's no panacea. Even in a democratic system you are the only one able to defend your rights from your rulers and fellow citizens. If you don't defend free speech, property rights and the right to defend yourself, there is nothing instrinsic in a democratic system that will do so for you. Majorities can be as tyrannical as kings.
Churchill was right when he said "democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."

2024-09-28 17:48:05

Salvo un par que no tenían puesto el lightning address... creo que he zapeado a todos. #wob24
Si me he olvidado de alguien ¡decídmelo!

2024-09-24 11:49:23

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¡Sin duda!

2024-09-24 08:11:42

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It was at best a defensive strategy. Perhaps able to hold ground in the US, but unable to gain ground.
#Nostr is aggressive. It can take #FreeSpeech to Cuba, China, North Korea, Venezuela...

2024-09-24 07:57:08

#FREESPEECH is the exception. In most places it is outlawed.
Elon's strategy of defending it only within the law is a losing one, but the best he can do as a corporate.
#Nostr as a decentralised protocol can do better.
https://m.primal.net/LAGk.png

2024-09-23 11:12:03

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You can probably use a wood gasifier. Less efficient but highly resilient. You can run a generator on it.
https://youtu.be/a6e3CprVTi8?si=hW-dS39xVqk_HIUj

2024-09-23 09:45:32

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By build an ark I mean:
Get a generator, some chickens and start building community ties so that you can buy black market gas with bitcoin.

2024-09-23 09:38:14

If this survey is true, marxist decels will be completely in charge in 10-15 years.
Better build an ark before it rains.
https://m.primal.net/KzAj.jpg

2024-09-19 11:31:16

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More questions on the e-naira:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CBDC
How many users?
What tech stack does it use?
What companies are developing it?
How much privacy does it have?
How much transparency?
Is the issuance amount known?
How do people access it?
What apps do people use it with?
Is it convertible to normal Naira?
Are there exchanges to buy/sell e-naira?
Where can you pay with it?
Is it online only? or also physical shops?
Are salaries paid in e-naira?
Did the govt use incentives to promote adoption?
How does it compare to paying in Bitcoin?
Can accounts be blocked? For what reasons?
Is the govt using it for mass surveillance?
Also... it would be nice to have images and videos of e-naira payments, apps, etc...

2024-09-17 09:38:45

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0.2 BTC per trade. If you can do 5 trades at once to buy 1 BTC at a similar price, that would satisfy 95% of people. Maybe not huge institutional traders...

2024-09-17 08:52:49

Anybody from #Nigeria has more info on their #CBDC #eNaira ?
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CBDC
How many users?
What tech stack does it use?
What companies are developing it?
How much privacy does it have?
How much transparency?
Is the issuance amount known?
Any good info on this, useful links, will be zapped ⚡

2024-09-07 12:02:21

The previous US recession in 2022 was very mild. However the upcoming one is looking like a beast.
https://m.primal.net/Khzc.png

2024-08-31 14:17:06

Societal maturity follows a similar path to individual maturity.
Censorship stunts the learning process.
I see the argument for protecting small kids from harsh reality or lies. That same argument cannot be used for adults.
At a certain age you have to teach kids that people lie. That politicians, advertisers, historians, salesmen, scientists, journalists and even AIs lie.
You have to give them the tools to discern truth from lies, wherever possible and to keep a healthy scepticism in general.
Importantly let's not forget that censors are the biggest liars of all. They primarily censor anyone exposing their lies.

2024-08-18 13:38:45

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How about a water wheel driven crane?
Pulleys are old tech...

2024-08-18 13:24:32

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Water was a very big part of it. Slaves, not so much.
Floating a 10 ton rock up takes water and time. Pushing it up would take an almost unthinkable number of humans.

2024-08-16 08:43:00

Fiat money inflation.
Price controls, etc... they never learn!
https://youtu.be/U4aRuiO1OuQ?si=oRD9ji-8MEhticBc

2024-08-15 11:19:18

Why would you fund your enemies?

2024-08-13 07:59:04

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The hard lesson here is that there is no delete option for online content. If you upload, the data is out there. Or do you think that twitter has no record of your "deleted" tweets?
Similarly on Nostr you could easily delete from your own relay, or have some relays that offer a "delete" option... but other relays will not.
imho it's better to not fool ourselves and learn the lesson that we have to think before we post. Nyms, multiple npubs, other privacy options will have to do..

2024-08-12 19:37:33

Talking to an intelligent member of the UK financial elite. He is completely in favour of censorship. Thinks the US 1st ammendment is crazy. Believes that online pseudonyms should be illegal. He completely agrees with the UK crackdown on the "far right" protests.
His answer to the danger of the power to censor falling into the wrong hands is "don't let autocrats get into power".
I have reason to believe that his opinion is shared by a large part of the UK political and financial elite.
I see no solution to this. These successful, powerful and arrogant people will not change their minds absent a huge crisis. There is no stepping back from the Road to serfdom. I see a fall. I don't see any way to prevent it.
Our mission is to build the tools for a renaissance. Like Noah's ark, Asimov's Foundation or Rand's Galt's Gulch we can mitigate the fall, protect a remnant and shorten the ensuing chaos. We can try to rebuild on better foundations.
...but I don't think we have the power to stop the momentum of the fall.
I remain optimistic in the long run.

2024-08-11 10:05:28

Is Nostr working in #Venezuela ?
Please confirm. I will zap.

2024-08-03 07:32:36

#IJMbitcoin
Otro buen sitio para ganar unos sats...
https://satsfaucet.com/

2024-08-03 04:48:52

Pentagon Pizza meter jumping 🚩🚩🚩. Prepare for war.

2024-07-22 09:37:17

My guess: it's the algo.
#note1tw7…hne7

2024-07-22 08:53:29

It's funny that Twitter is so toxic despite all the moderation and censorship, while Nostr is always upbeat, constructive and friendly despite having none.

2024-07-20 16:58:05

Weimar Germany hyperinflation
https://m.primal.net/JXsm.png

2024-07-20 15:35:53

Debasement of the Denarius.
https://m.primal.net/JXoA.png

2024-07-13 11:06:51

Work on the ECB's CBDC "Digital Euro" continues to advance.
https://m.primal.net/JPGx.png

2024-07-11 09:43:22

#IJMBitcoin
4. Ganar Bitcoin
Earn Bitcoin
https://www.fountain.fm/
https://zbd.gg/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Jobs4Bitcoins/
https://lnmarkets.com/
Nostr (zaps)

2024-07-11 09:01:52

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Habrá que hablar con @npub1rec…lju2 para que le dé un empujón a Mexico!

2024-07-10 10:37:46

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¡No te estreses! He ido un poco rápido por avanzar con los ejercicios... pero ahora tienes todo el tiempo del mundo para practicar a tu ritmo. Y también para hacer preguntas por aquí.

2024-07-09 19:00:10

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Podéis usar el hashtag #IJMBitcoin para hacer preguntas, compartir experiencias, resolver dudas... ¡se aprende más después de las clases que en ellas!

2024-07-09 18:54:36

@npub1gcm…02s6 @npub14h7…jk3j @npub1cy5…mwmq @npub10r9…df7n @npub1efw…r0df @npub1fsf…mg6y Os animo a seguiros entre vosotros y practicar los zaps ⚡
#IJMBitcoin

2024-07-01 09:49:01

Acabo de comprar libros en @npub1zae…qz9x pagando en bitcoin.
https://m.primal.net/JEPg.jpg

2024-06-18 15:05:21

What would granny-proof Bitcoin self-custody look like?
Something that can be used by a person with zero technical knowledge.
Pitch me your best concept. No need to rely on existing tech. Put as much imagination and sci-fi into it as you like!
Will ⚡️ zap best answers generously.

2024-06-12 09:23:50

I can't wait to see @npub1dll…0tz5 join Robosats @npub1rec…lju2 on @npub126n…e9ll
Sovereign computing + Bitcoin + DEX + Nostr

2024-06-10 12:46:59

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I can't actually see this note on Primal. Are you using the Amethyst Nostr polls?

2024-06-10 10:03:19

Wikipedia Nostr entry keeps getting edited to remove references to censorship resistance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostr
I'm starting to understand why WikiFreedia needs to be a thing.

2024-06-05 08:27:05

https://m.primal.net/IZRe.png
We can onboard a billion/year to LN using just batching. Oh future tech? Nope: tools exist to do it today. 50 channels takes ~2k vbytes, a day has 144k vbytes, so ~3mm/day or ~1b/year. But no one is doing it? Wrong again, here is a 50 open batch paying $2:
https://blockstream.info/tx/4599e32f43622cb551ef065e3f01c945956783a6efb280be231dc7e785580db7

2024-06-03 15:11:34

Más claro.
https://m.primal.net/IXRO.png

2024-06-03 14:42:05

Hay que darle la enhorabuena a Marc, que ha conseguido entrevistar a 11 de los 33 candidatos al Parlamento Europeo. Será muy interesante.
@npub1gy7…975x
npub1gy7mu0y64wgurj5y4gtg2xkz0l4nshyzmm4u7rha8r5dzcm60fzq54975x
https://m.primal.net/IXPv.png

2024-05-31 16:16:52

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Sure. Here's the DGT one, which was announced today.
https://www.eleconomista.es/tecnologia/noticias/12842760/05/24/filtracion-masiva-en-la-dgt-ponen-a-la-venta-mas-los-datos-de-mas-de-34-millones-de-conductores.html

2024-05-31 15:58:51

Here are the top 50 failed Bitcoin exchanges, ranked by the number of Bitcoins lost:
Coins lost - Name - Year - type of failure
850,000 BTC, Mt. Gox, 2014, Insolvency
523,000 BTC, Coincheck, 2020, Hack
119,756 BTC, Bitfinex, 2016, Hack
43,717 BTC, Bitcoinica, 2011, Insolvency
20,000 BTC, GBL, 2014, Ponzi Scheme
19,420 BTC, Poloniex, 2014, Internal Theft
12,000 BTC, F2Play, 2020, Email Phishing
11,900 BTC, Zclassic, 2018, Defunct
9,000 BTC, CoinDeal, 2020, Insolvency
8,000 BTC, Coinpayment, 2020, Insolvency
7,000 BTC, Moolah, 2017, Ponzi Scheme
6,500 BTC, Hashflare, 2017, Ponzi Scheme
6,000 BTC, CEX.IO, 2017, Insolvency
5,500 BTC, iCoin, 2019, Insolvency
5,000 BTC, BitConnect, 2018, Ponzi Scheme
4,717 BTC, NiceHash, 2018, Hack
4,000 BTC, Novacoin, 2018, Insolvency
3,500 BTC, Coinnest, 2018, Insolvency
3,300 BTC, Voiantix, 2014, Insolvency
3,000 BTC, Digibyte, 2015, Insolvency
2,800 BTC, Coinware, 2018, Insolvency
2,700 BTC, Bithumb, 2017, Hack
2,500 BTC, ZeppelinX, 2014, Insolvency
2,400 BTC, CoinFirm, 2019, Insolvency
2,200 BTC, Cryptopia, 2019, Hack
2,100 BTC, Binance, 2019, System Glitch
2,000 BTC, Japan-based Bitcoin Exchange, 2014, Insolvency
1,900 BTC, BTC-e, 2014, Hack
1,800 BTC, Bitstamp, 2015, Hack
1,700 BTC, Coinmon, 2019, Insolvency
1,600 BTC, BitGrail, 2019, Hack
1,500 BTC, Coinexchange, 2018, Insolvency
1,400 BTC, Hotbit, 2020, Hack
1,300 BTC, Bibox, 2019, Insolvency
1,200 BTC, CryptoLion, 2018, Insolvency
1,100 BTC, Coinjar, 2019, Insolvency
1,000 BTC, Bitfloor, 2014, Insolvency
970 BTC, CoinAlts, 2019, Insolvency
900 BTC, Coinex, 2019, Insolvency
800 BTC, GateHub, 2020, Hack
750 BTC, Coinbe, 2019, Insolvency
700 BTC, Coinwell, 2019, Insolvency
650 BTC, CoinCasso, 2019, Insolvency
600 BTC, CoinTrade, 2019, Insolvency
550 BTC, Bitstamp, 2015, Hack
500 BTC, CoinBnb, 2019, Insolvency
450 BTC, CoinCheckMe, 2019, Insolvency
400 BTC, CoinBite, 2019, Insolvency
350 BTC, CoinConnect, 2019, Insolvency
300 BTC, CoinCurve, 2019, Insolvency
...there are more!
This is why we need #DEX

2024-05-31 15:55:01

Just a tiny sample of failed Bitcoin centralised exchanges and the coins lost.
This is why #DEX
https://m.primal.net/IUAM.png

2024-05-31 15:32:32

This week in Spain we have seen data leaks from Banco Santander, Iberdrola, Telefonica and DGT. Personal data for the entire adult population is on sale to spammers, scammers, hackers, thieves and worse...
ALL centralised KYC databases will leak. They are huge honeypots.
This is why the best projects DO NOT WANT YOUR DATA.
Unfortunately stupid regulations force many companies to require that data...

2024-05-30 14:36:41

Hey @npub1vmz…ly0t please talk to @npub1vtl…jrhd he's doing great stuff in Nigeria!

2024-05-24 13:36:43

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Reading up on https://comit.network/
Very interesting... I don't quite understand yet.

2024-05-22 18:05:36

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Now do one for how to get a million zaps 😉

2024-05-22 09:05:53

Bitcoin holidays:
January 3rd is Proof of keys day. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Proof_of_keys_day
May 22nd is Bitcoin Pizza Day
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_pizza_day
The Halving every 4 years.
Any others I'm missing?

2024-05-21 10:28:46

China has very likely wargamed this 100s of times. They know that a conventional war is a losing proposition for them and will continue to be so for the next decade.
That is why they will absolutely bet on unconventional tactics:
Bio, cyber and economic war.
All while having the West fight endless asymetric wars of occupation in Afghanistan, Iran or South American jungles.
https://primal.net/e/note1ga8pvrsphlc4490kecvgdwfer69y2ygz0vxmtr5el96x0dscuwrq9kzqdc

2024-05-21 09:25:31

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Auxai tartas en Aravaca
https://m.primal.net/IJMw.png

2024-05-20 17:13:57

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For Russia the outlook is also grim. It has held its ground in the European front, but now it has to fight on two fronts and is also being outflanked by US navies. Europe has gained control of the Baltic Sea, making Scandinavia much more difficult to hold onto and threatening St. Petesburg. It will inevitably be ground down in a war of attrition.
https://m.primal.net/IImr.png

2024-05-20 17:09:42

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Unfortunately for China, India can also do the math and decides to abandon neutrality at the perfect moment. As Chinese fleets are tied up in Oceania and the Pacific and Chinese armies are defending the coasts in the north... the Indian army launches a surprise attack on multiple fronts. India enters Tibet, Thailand and even some core China provinces. The surprise attack is crippling.
China and Russia are forced to sue for peace almost immediately.
https://m.primal.net/IImc.png

2024-05-20 15:46:11

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Europe is suffering heavily from Russian sabotage in the back lines and its economy is in trouble. However help from Canada and the US is starting to arrive by sea in enough numbers to make up for losses. The Ukraine-Belarus-Scandinavian front remains static.
In the South the Middle-East alliance remains neutral, but continues to slowly gather strength and support, especially in Africa. US military bases in Morocco, Algeria and South Africa are perceived as a threat and could lead to conflict in the future.
https://m.primal.net/IIjS.png

2024-05-20 15:40:34

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The Pacific Theater gets interesting as US fleets start to arrive in large numbers, threatening both China's new sphere of influence and Russia's backyard. China has overextended and is very vulnerable to an India backstab.
https://m.primal.net/IIjM.png

2024-05-20 15:17:45

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In the European theater the war remains static with Ukraine as its pivot. Forces are evenly matched... at least until the americans arrive.
https://m.primal.net/IIiu.png

2024-05-20 14:21:25

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All out war has not started, but the major blocks start to be clear. The US mobilizes towards the Pacific in defense of Japan and Taiwan. China mobilizes fleets while keeping its armies away from conflict zones with Russia, hinting at a secret pact that belies its neutrality.
India faces potential conflict on two sides, with China to the east and Iran and its allies to the west... so it is particularly cautious and neutral.
Saudi Arabia signs a mutual defense agreement with Turkey, strengthening the Middle East alliance.
https://m.primal.net/IIho.png

2024-05-17 14:10:09

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I still think that there could be room for BTC-fiat MAD 2-of-2 trade protocol... especially for small amounts with an instant payment method.
For BTC-altcoins atomic swaps are just superior to any multisig... as BTC-BSQ swaps have shown.

2024-05-17 13:57:10

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LOL. I kept trying to convince him to use MAD 2-of-2 at the time 😄. You won.
You were probably correct about that...

2024-05-17 09:33:22

Nature is healing...
https://m.primal.net/IHeD.png

2024-05-16 10:01:50

30 de los 33 partidos que se presentan al Parlamento Europeo en 2024.
https://juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/documentos/candid_proclam_UE_140524.pdf
Ubicados ideologicamente según la puntuación adjunta en 2 ejes. 1-10 Autoritarismo-Liberalismo. 1-10 Socialismo-Propiedad Privada.
Si alguien quiere corregirme, es bienvenido.
https://m.primal.net/IHMB.png

2024-05-16 07:49:40

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Bill information HB 3594
http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=hb3594&Session=2400

2024-05-14 14:26:26

Successful political movements win by getting their demands included by ALL parties.
There are 50M+ #Bitcoin users in the USA.
They should have enough clout to get ALL political parties to court them and compete for their vote.
So far Kennedy and Ramaswamy have been most vocal pro-Bitcoin. Trump has made some vague "pro-crypto" statements. Biden has been actively anti.
To avoid empty promises the Bitcoin voting block should demand clear, in writing promises to:
1. Defend Bitcoin individual custody.
2. Defend free speech including for Bitcoin transactions.
3. Fight taxes on Bitcoin.
4. Defend freedom to transact in Bitcoin.
5. Defend privacy.
Make a "Bitcoin pledge" including these 5 demands. Ask all candidates to publicly endorse it in writing. Shame the ones that don't.
Make sure that every bitcoiner knows which candidates are defending their rights and who is not.

2024-05-07 11:47:04

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🤣

2024-05-06 09:45:23

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According to this..
https://www.reddit.com/r/nostr/comments/12bc801/almost_every_polular_relay_gets_banned_in_china/
China is blocking/banning popular Nostr relays...

2024-04-29 09:57:27

It's no coincidence that the censored but not surveiled space is empty. You need surveillance to be able to implement censorship.
https://m.primal.net/IBKR.png

2024-04-29 09:43:29

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It does look FOSS.
Maybe it's just the founder making a company for his dev work...
https://github.com/simplex-chat

2024-04-29 09:38:14

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I had to check. It's not. They have a lot of transparency, but it's owned by a company domiciled in London. https://simplex.chat/transparency/

2024-04-29 09:32:05

Please let me know if I left anything important out!
https://m.primal.net/IBKG.png

2024-04-29 08:57:36

Many social media platforms were created promising free speech. Many were created in reaction to censorship. All failed.
Nostr will succeed where so many others have failed.
But let's look at some of the failures and why they failed.
Many popular platforms never even tried. They directly enforce govt censorship or surveillance or both. Including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Wechat...
Others were created explicitly to fight censorship and soon fell into it themselves for partisan reasons: Gab, Parler, Truth...
Some started relatively free but came increasingly under pressure from advertisers, govts and others to "moderate" and censor: Twitter, Reddit... Their investors, advertisers and legal counsel told the company that there was no other choice. Even Twitter/X post-Elon censors massively outside the US in accordance with local laws. The founder of Telegram had to flee Russia and the US to keep a decent amount of free speech, but that will not last long as there is a clear central point of pressure.
A few saw the problem and tried to build a network that was more decentralised: Mastodon, BlueSky, SSB... it's too soon to tell, but others have pointed out technical flaws.
Nostr has the best chance of success and survival. It's FOSS. It's decentralised. It's a protocol, not a platform.

2024-04-29 08:27:29

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Of course another, even more stupid way to manage the market is to limit who can buy and sell. In the limit having a monopoly seller. Since "only authority can be trusted", only authority can license someone to sell (or buy).
Unfortunately we see many examples of this in our world.
It is inevitably abused by the monopoly holder to extract rents and exploit those forced to buy from it.

2024-04-29 08:22:20

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A good example of this is the institution of money.
Social credit and reputation can work well in a small community.
But what do you do in a large market with 1000s of participants?
The stupid, costly, tyrannical way to do it is to put a cop on every entrance, register everyones identity, keep huge ledgers of all the credits between participants, spend huge amounts on enforcement to crack down hard on those who don't pay.
The institution of money was a better solution. Once the buyer receives the merchandise and the seller receives the money the exchange is complete. No need to keep track of anything or identify everyone. Enforcement is needed only in a tiny minority of cases. You only need negative reputation (ie: keep track of a few thieves and scammers) but most honest participants can move freely.
You reduce cost of enforcement, maximise freedom for everyone and increase the openness and scope of the market.

2024-04-29 08:13:49

People yearn for the tribe. All our instincts pull us to a small, high trust, homogeneous groups where reputation matters.
High civilisation requires more complex institutions that scale beyond these reputation and trust based relationships.
Authoritarians think that we can scale identity and reputation via facial recognition, social credit score and other automated impersonal replacements for trust. Their way leads to horrifying dystopia.
There is a better way. The Bitcoin way. A way to reduce the need for trust through openness, clear universal rules and equal access. Replace identity and reputation with institutions that make it difficult and costly to do evil.
Instead of universal surveillance and authoritarian control to keep people in check, which are inevitably abused by those in control of the system, decentralisation and trust minimised relations allow for massive scale societal interaction with freedom and low risk of deceit or abuse.

2024-04-26 15:28:56

@npub148q…jra7
May 3rd
https://m.primal.net/IAHl.png

2024-04-26 09:16:42

Very clearly coordinated.
Add also:
-Biden trial balloon on unrealised cap gains
#note1p2u…qq6r

2024-04-26 09:12:10

Recap 24 hrs:
1. Samourai devs arrested on AML
2. FBI warning about self custody, non-KYC
3. SEC letter to Consensys re: Metamask

2024-04-23 08:40:36

Another day, another reason why #Nostr is necessary.
Elon has already failed to prevent #censorship in Australia, he is just defending the last, weak trench of "Australia cannot censor in the US".
Twitter has already failed to defend free speech in 95% of the world.
https://m.primal.net/Hytc.png

2024-04-22 14:37:07

I see an inflow of new users with no LN⚡ address.
Are these the tiktok refugees? Or something else?
https://stats.nostr.band/
https://m.primal.net/Hyfz.png

2024-04-22 14:19:53

Buffer zones / DMZs are extremely useful for large distances (Ukraine/Russia) but as weapon range increases their usefulness in peacekeeping is reduced. In Israel/Palestine they would make little sense.
Information sharing would be the best guarantee of lasting peace, eventually. Information sharing combined with gradual disarmament is extremely effective at creating trust.
Transparency is even better: if the entire population is aware of the information being shared, if they can see disarmament happening live and information being increasingly shared, they will also gradually increase their trust in a lasting peace and start changing attitudes and behaviour.

2024-04-21 11:34:38

Lightning Network ⚡ really proved its usefulness during high fee environment. I tested and both custodial solutions like Primal, WoS and self-custody like Phoenix worked smoothly.
Obviously it was not a good time to open or close channels.
High fees provide the incentive to continue to innovate and scale. LN ⚡ can probably take us to the next billion users, but beyond that we are going to need even more scaling solutions.
For 8 billion people to use Bitcoin we are going to need a LOT more.

2024-04-10 17:49:30

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Claro. Que cada cual asuma sus decisiones y su responsabilidad. Yo no le diré a nadie lo que hacer, pero estudiar y asesorarse no hace daño.

2024-04-08 16:32:31

#timeline #history work in progress... https://m.primal.net/HscK.jpg

2024-04-03 11:02:56

Content by itself will never pay the bills for 99.9% of creators. However content marketing associated to another business model does work even at much smaller scale.
I've seen several of these business models work sustainably:
-Content marketing + consulting
-content marketing + financial services
-content marketing + merchandise shop
-content marketing + lifestyle products
-content marketing + niche products
-content marketing + porn
-content marketing + video game keys
...and a million more.
I think the challenge is having the entire business model on Nostr + LN... but social media as the first step in a larger marketing funnel does work wonders.
Creating content also has other advantages:
-Meet interesting people and grow a network of business contacts for the future.
-Learn while teaching. Discover new things and put in effort to understand them enough to be able to teach others.
-Keep up with new tech - it's hard to do when you are focused on just one area, but content creators are all about novelty.
-Builds your profile... a few years from now you will have a lot of open doors because people remember you.
But yeah, if you want to put out a video and make a million bucks like Mr. Beast, you better have 250 million subscribers and average 70m+ views per video.
Alternatively have very niche content and have 1000 very loyal subscribers willing to pay $10 per month.
Both are very hard work with a LOT of competition. There is a lot of free content out there.
Even highly paid information services like Reuters, Bloomberg don't really command high values for the information itself. Companies don't pay $2000 per month for a BBG terminal for the data feed alone. They are paying for access to clients on BBG chat, secure messaging, legal proof of orders, etc... network effects + other services are what allow BBG to command such a high price.
So if not even BBG can make money just from content... what chances does an individual creator have?
There are only 3 business models in media since the time of Dickens:
-Propaganda "get paid to print something"
-Blackmail "get paid to not print something"
-Sensationalism "if it bleeds, it leads"
That means that if you want to be independent, say the truth, not sell out, not try to appeal to the lowest common denominator... you have to have another source of income.
Alternatively embrace the marketing aspect of it and be as honest a salesman as you can, keeping your independence by selling multiple competing products and giving your honest opinion about each.
Or, a reasonable compromise, choose what you think is the best, most positive thing to sell and then sell that. Explain to your viewers that you could make more money selling X shit, but you think that Y shit is better. Long term what you gain in loyalty and respect for your honesty can compensate giving up on the quick buck.

2024-04-02 17:57:28

Has anyone tried Nostr Nests?
Do they work?
https://nostrnests.com/

2024-03-26 17:09:37

Reuters... this will be everywhere in the press tomorrow.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-fsb-chief-says-us-britain-ukraine-behind-moscow-attack-tass-2024-03-26/

2024-03-26 14:18:47

Casus belli just dropped.
I thought we had more time...
#note1e5z…sexk

2024-03-23 10:08:26

After the US Tiktok refugee wave, now get ready for the Spanish Telegram migration...

2024-03-22 17:07:22

How many people acting in coordination do you need for a successful bank run?
I hypothesize that today you can do it with under 10.000 people for many banks.
The bar for revolution is astonishingly low!
There are reddit and discord groups with 100x that number.

2024-03-22 16:58:48

Civil disobedience is increasingly becoming the only way forward.
1. Exercise FREE SPEECH by using uncensorable comms.
2. Exercise PRIVATE PROPERTY by transacting P2P in Bitcoin.
3. Exercise SELF DEFENSE when they come after the first two.
Mass civil disobedience wins. Tyrants never have enough enforcers.
However lone rebels get hunted down and made an example of.
If you want to win you need critical mass. For critical mass you need coordination and for coordination you need free communications.
That is why fighting #censorship is so important! That is why #Nostr matters.

2024-03-22 09:55:27

We have to make zaps so easy to do, so small and so numerous that any thought of regulating them is as absurd as regulating emojis. ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Normalize 21 sat zaps for everything. One-click-zaps should be standard.

2024-03-21 19:20:49

EU wants to ban #zaps
Fuck them. I will zap anybody that interacts with this note.
Who is going to stop us?
https://m.primal.net/HnEE.jpg

2024-03-21 10:38:54

Twitter is already fully prepared to comply with upcoming EU #censorship. Enforcement mechanism is already built.
They will comply, just as they do in every other jurisdiction with no free speech.
https://m.primal.net/Hmwp.png

2024-03-20 11:49:28

Inversión Racional Podcast
#Bitcoin #hispano
https://youtu.be/ETRadZt7m58?si=EDCzU_6udPdD5odV

2024-03-19 12:13:24

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He leído buenos argumentos a favor, pero aún no estoy convencido.
En cualquier caso pienso que la posibilidad de autocustodia fácil sería la mejor garantía de mantener honesta esa banca libre... por lo que sigo pensando que es importante impulsarla, mejorarla y hacerla muy sencilla.

2024-03-19 11:17:12

The higher the degree of control government has over an economic activity, the higher the incentive to influence and corrupt that decision and the higher the opportunity to be corrupted.
https://m.primal.net/HmPX.png

2024-03-17 16:20:55

I've changed from Amethyst to Primal. Loving it, especially one tap zaps ⚡️

2024-03-06 12:44:35

Nigerian govt attacks centralised Bitcoin exchanges.
This sounds like a good opportunity for #P2P and #DEX to show what they can do.
@npub1dll…0tz5 @npub1rec…lju2 @npub1yul…ncdu @npub1536…pswl
https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-cease-all-naira-services

2024-03-05 16:56:09

Big chunk of centralised internet is down today.
#Bitcoin and #Nostr running.
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2024-03-05 12:32:09

I keep seeing more signs of this:
-Sabre-rattling from Macron
-German military advisors in Ukr
-Call for Taurus missile strikes
-Investors buying remote land in Argentina explicitly for WW3 scenario
-Billionaire bunker building
Of course none of this is conclusive and could be just the natural reaction to the developing situation. Still... worrying.
I repeat my offer: I will ⚡zap generously any good info on this.
#note1efp…trja

2024-02-27 14:29:08

I'm hearing rumours of WW3 in 2025.
I'm naturally very sceptical, but the impact is large enough that I must research this scenario, even if the probability is low.
I will zap generously any good info on the subject as well as any detailed scenario analysis.

2024-02-22 11:03:49

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2024/html/ecb.blog20240222~0929f86e23.en.html
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