kurt

privatize money #bitcoin
decentralize everything #nostr #selfhost

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npub17sshdgv07tcg6n0l7346j8rcddc9a2sfyh5m6c55pvj3vrkkyxhqn3ctnr

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kurtknapp@getalby.com

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kurtknapp@getalby.com

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ditto.pub/relay

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2025-04-11 12:32:17

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IMO, if you are for purposeful tax evasion, that is your choice, but I wouldn't post about it publicly (even as small as nostr is)

2025-04-10 23:03:01

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How do you send in the payroll tax and withholdings to the government?

2025-04-06 22:02:07

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I'm not even a techie and was able to get a HWW to use with sparrow wallet attached to my own full node.
LLMs will give you instructions and will troubleshoot problems for you

2025-04-05 00:16:44

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don't even self-custody their gold? how dumb is Germany?

2025-04-01 14:20:18

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I'm not a tech person, have no idea what any of that means.
But thanks for the reply.

2025-04-01 12:15:03

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silly question, how do you use it? It just looks like a directory.

2025-03-30 20:24:08

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people collectively agree on them. In this context rules are typically very fundamental and very few things (no stealing, no murdering, etc) that basically everyone with common sense can agree upon via voluntary consent.
Injustices typically result from rulers making rules and enforcing these rules via violence (fines/imprisonment/death) in order for the people to agree to submit to such injustices.

2025-03-20 16:49:34

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Any true progressive bitcoiner would redistribute their bitcoin to everyone else.

2024-12-14 13:42:06

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decentralize. run a matrix synapse server at home. encrypted messaging stored securely on your own server not Amazon's

2024-11-22 23:33:55

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CashApp

2024-11-22 19:51:32

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He doesn't own it by himself

2024-11-21 18:39:23

In case anyone missed it Bitcoin has passed $100K
If you go to buy sats directly from @npub12vk…pugg it cost $116,916 per bitcoin

2024-11-17 16:07:45

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plot twist he's telling the truth

2024-11-16 15:38:16

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In short: industrialized "food"

2024-11-16 03:35:28

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to be fair, people naturally want to be around like-minded people. constant debate is exhausting.

2024-11-15 13:42:43

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How does/would nostr deal with spam bots?

2024-11-13 18:57:55

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Does anyone sell bitcoin to just hold literal cash? You can sell bitcoin and invest in stocks or real estate for example, for diversification purposes or income-production.

2024-11-13 15:12:25

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Jack is clearly not storing value in clothes and shoes

2024-11-13 02:24:13

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I say it's worth a try. What we've been doing the last 40 years hasn't been working that well.

2024-11-13 02:02:07

The irony of Bitcoin being "too slow to use" and the slew of stories of people missing dips due to waiting on tradfi settlements
#note1l5m…zlqs

2024-11-12 15:32:08

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Am I a scammer?!

2024-11-11 18:40:11

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this is dated

2024-11-10 23:43:16

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This has always been the way. Before people just bought stocks, bonds, real estate, etc... the "game" has always been hold as little fiat as possible.

2024-11-10 22:02:00

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agreed and just posted this elsewhere. next level hasn't been reached until people stop saying how much fiat their Bitcoin can buy.

2024-11-09 03:09:01

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I don't agree that this is entirely true. I don't think the top 500 businesses in the world produce zero real return. certainly it isn't 100% real either but don't agree it is 0%

2024-11-09 01:10:16

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1m next year? No way, almost zero chance

2024-11-08 20:46:48

'not your keys, not your coins"
#note12pt…yd02

2024-11-08 19:48:19

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yeah these types of scenarios show the importance of nostr.
I would agree with you also in that it won't shift many to it. Most people do not care about KYC right now and that isn't reason enough to shift. they are used to it.

2024-11-08 18:59:31

I personally do not see #nostr becoming mainstream any time soon. Don't get me wrong, I think it is superior, however there is no urgency to use it by the masses
Historically free, open, decentralized software projects have lagged greatly to closed for-profit centralized projects
The biggest value in nostr will continue to be as a safeguard. It is extremely important to maintain and improve it as it is a "check" that could very well be needed one day (same as #bitcoin)
That being said, I do think the potential is there. I'm not technical, only interested in privacy and decentralized projects. I stumbled upon nostr and was able to use it. It works.
#bitcoin #nostr #linux #selfhost

2024-11-07 14:33:12

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We all forget about @npub1sn0…jdv9?

2024-11-07 13:35:16

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This highlights the destruction of the American family (traditionally the backbone of a stable society):
From 74.3% married (44% with kids, 30% no kids)
----To 47.3% married (18% with kids, 30% no kids)

2024-11-07 12:47:28

I appreciate everyone working on operation opt out. Open source decentralized technology is a safeguard against tyranny. You are all doing very important work!

2024-11-07 12:42:33

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I think if Bitcoin succeeded, which is has, it was inevitable corporations and nations would buy it too. They aren't going to altruistically leave the good money all to the people.

2024-11-07 04:13:15

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We're still at stage 1: denial although a few are in stage 2

2024-11-07 04:05:33

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No one is deprived of basic care. We have medicaid.
We have giant insurance pools already (both public and private). They don't work great.
Like I said, I don't have a solution, but centralizing power doesn't seem to be the best option

2024-11-07 03:45:36

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Everyone in America currently has a right to healthcare (shouldn't be denied for discriminatory reasons).
No one has the right to slave labor. (also why income taxes are immoral)
America's healthcare industry is an enormous rat's nest. I don't think single-payer is the best answer. I'm not sure what is, but right now I do know insurance companies have WAY too much say in dictating care. Shifting all that to the federal government doesn't seem like the best solution.

2024-11-07 03:39:46

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Bernie talks a good game, but socialism isn't the answer to America's problems.
There are people making 6-figures living paycheck to paycheck. You cannot legislate and "safety net" irresponsible spending. Ironically, the best safety net is no safety net. Humans will actually take care of themselves if they have to. People will be charitable to those in true need, America has always done this.
Relative wealth inequality is irrelevant (other than a political football), so long as absolute wealth rises, which it has. America's poor are more wealthy than the average income person in the world.
Finally, the way you get big money out of national politics is to make federal government less powerful so it isn't worth buying. Reduce the federal government back to it's original intended size. Centralization of power will always lead to corruption/waste. It is inevitable.

2024-11-06 15:50:30

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Elon just needs to tell him how popular it would make him

2024-11-06 02:54:52

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Correct. Freedom means different things to different people. One can mean actual freedom, while another is for people to live the way they demand. Words can be the same, values diametrically opposed. For example "freedom from poverty" or "right to affordable health care"

2024-11-05 23:25:28

Proper politics isn't to vote to "better" anyone, but to leave everyone alone to their own actions as much as possible.
Voting in this way (to try to better some group) means you are forcing someone to do what they don't want to do, or rather, you know better how they should live their lives and spend their money than they do.
#note1772…77hd

2024-11-05 23:22:51

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That is the natural course unfortunately. It doesn't "have" to be that way, but it presupposes strict self-control and shared morals/ethics. For example, it is in your immediate best interest to vote yourself favors/money, but ethically you shouldn't as it would be wrong to take from others or tell them how to live.
This standard, can persist, but it is such a high standard for the masses and breaking it can be done so privately and carried out through a 3rd party so that history has shown this standard always falls, without fail, given enough time.

2024-11-05 22:38:11

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I'd argue it is more than you think.

2024-11-05 22:37:25

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I agree we use coded language, for example we all say "freedom" but that means vastly different things.

2024-11-05 22:32:43

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Sure. insofar as they both want "freedom". One side that means leave them alone. the other side it means "freedom" from gun violence by gun control. "Freedom" from misinformation by censoring.
But yeah, they both say they value "freedom".

2024-11-05 22:22:06

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The "rub" is the core values are diametrically opposed

2024-11-05 22:17:49

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Very sorry to hear that. FWIW from random internet guy; Research has shown fasting prior to chemo helps the chemo target the cancer cells

2024-11-05 03:13:36

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2024-11-05 03:11:26

Living in a swing state right now:
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2024-11-04 20:13:07

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nice post

2024-11-04 20:13:03

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nice post

2024-11-04 13:13:45

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Rumble seems to be biggest after YouTube. Odysee is out there too. No one has the "reach" for newcomers like YouTube currently.
it is a vicious cycle.
Until content creators move, the viewership won't move. Viewers aren't going to go to alternatives and watch nothing. Creators must go first.

2024-11-03 23:32:16

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Uncle Ted figured this out and wrote about it decades ago

2024-11-03 22:38:27

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Called to help everyone in true need, even those we disagree with or may not otherwise like

2024-11-03 22:00:34

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I had all kinds of mess. But revolved around using two different computers during setup with it and just starting nostr. Had different accounts and didn't realize it

2024-11-03 21:57:37

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Linux users are still saying they're early...

2024-11-03 18:40:19

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I'm not tech savvy. Does this mean you can get domains for free? You don't have to go through domain registrars?

2024-11-03 18:35:28

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internet says Tor (onion routing) is an open protocol. The network of relays is considered a "platform". I'm no network administrator though

2024-11-03 18:31:51

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Harris will be declared the winner

2024-11-03 13:50:01

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Tcp/IP is a government thing, so is SHA256

2024-11-03 13:48:45

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Full node, tor relay, nostr relay, matrix server ISPs will hate us

2024-11-02 23:50:23

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Go back and forth between Iris and Primal

2024-11-02 02:11:25

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It is entirely possible a crap company holding bitcoin is still a crap company.

2024-11-01 18:01:45

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Money is a huge leverage point for the government to use to manipulate the populace. I agree this doesn't "solve" tyranny in large, but does take one piece out of the equation, money.
Next is censorship and government approved speech. Nostr takes this piece out of the equation, free speach.
Lastly is taking away ones ability to defend themselves but 3D printed guns and ghost guns takes this piece out of the equation, right to bear arms.
That being said tyranny is still not solved but it is kept in better check than before these technologies. To your point though, hopefully not that many bitcoiners are voting for Harris.

2024-10-31 13:17:20

Dominion voting scanners are messed up. How is this possible? We've been grading college exams via bubbled in scans for decades upon decades. This technology was perfected long ago.

2024-10-30 18:02:27

In the race to accelerate as fast as possible, it is good that a minority of people are focused on decentralized technologies that could always remain outside the system.
Arguably this tech is always needed, but it certainly must be developed and deployed before it is ever truly needed as in that moment it would be too late.

2024-10-30 17:50:19

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You'll have to stake your reputation on it then

2024-10-30 17:35:43

It is odd that people living in tight and unnatural quarters (large cities) adopt a socialist ideal. While people living in open and more natural spaces in the country maintain a more conservative ideal.
There must be something about population density that makes people go bonkers and think they are entitled to others property.

2024-10-29 16:20:04

If you'd be interested in increasing by 10,000x your money, put it in the S&P 500 and wait 100 years