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2024-10-04 13:10:51

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How can sats be very valuable and at the same time never traded?

2024-09-07 20:29:30

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Being subjects of the regime that controls the world’s reserve currency does nothing for ordinary Americans. It only benefits the State and its associated corporate clients/partners, while hollowing out and taxing to death the once highly productive American economy.

2024-09-05 16:55:41

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How so?

2024-08-31 15:11:15

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@npub1unm…d0j2, love the new direction. An annoying bug unrelated to Nostr though: on iOS, audio stops when phone screen locks or app goes to background. I’m sure you understand that for podcast listening, this is a dealbreaker. Thanks!

2024-08-27 16:46:10

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Behold Bellamy, the first National Socialist, and his dystopia posing as utopia.

2024-08-03 02:25:11

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No way. We need a Trust and Safety committee now.

2024-07-04 17:06:16

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The fact that the sheikhs hold their vast surpluses in Treasuries matters a lot more than them pricing their oil in dollars. Putting this out there as this aspect of the petrodollar system is often understated. (Not an original thought, heard it first from @npub1gdu…6nak .)

2024-07-04 14:18:16

Happy 4th of July to my American friends. Remember today that “taxation without representation” was a psyop.
https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-revolution-was-culture-war

2024-06-19 21:42:23

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Chomsky should burn in hell for his insane Covid positions, despite his sometimes heroic anti-war stances.

2024-06-19 06:32:11

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To avoid single point of failure.

2024-06-19 06:28:58

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Yes but newbs need to be aware of the tradeoffs: (1) you need at least two more secure locations to store backups; (2) you need fatter utxos to make up for the added weight of transactions when you spend which means you have to spend a lot of time consolidating safely or you will compromise your privacy; (3) you need to keep a single-sig cold wallet as well for medium term savings or fees will bite and because you don’t want to access the multisig too often or you may compromise the security of your multisig and because you don’t want to let receivers think you have a big stack; (4) you need to step up your opsec when you spend from the multisig as the tx combined with an IP or any other personal info leak can lead to a wrench attack; and, (5) you need to store multiple backups of the wallet because you and your heirs cannot just rely on the seed words to access funds.
I can’t wait for FROST, which would take care of many, but not all, of these tradeoffs.

2024-06-07 01:19:56

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Looking forward to the airdrop. Then you will realize it’s not.

2024-06-07 00:05:08

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We are not talking about software; we are talking about a protocol for separating money and state.

2024-06-07 00:02:15

The corporate press is the enemy of the people.

2024-05-14 12:56:51

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Yes, but it would be a soft fork, so we would need to do more than just not update.

2024-05-14 12:54:21

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Reasons are not needed. Default answer is always no.

2024-05-04 14:08:54

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My point is that the transparency of the timechain is not as damaging when your coins are not attached to your identity. Think of Satoshi, he has the largest onchain footprint of anyone, yet he still has pretty good privacy.

2024-05-04 13:13:57

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Plus, human action - the outcome of free will - is not amenable to the statistical analyses that work for the natural sciences.

2024-05-04 13:09:36

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Agreed. Here is what I will do:
1. Set up an LN node, despite getting wrecked twice in the past running one.
2. Go back to providing liquidity on JM, which I had only run for a short time because of all of its quirks and rough edges.
3. Pledge 1M sats to any credible and organized effort to revitalize JM.
Any other suggestions for what a pleb can do are welcome.

2024-05-04 12:57:49

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The most important barrier to onchain privacy is KYC/AML. Once more of us earn in sats or buy our sats peer to peer, the situation will be much better.

2024-05-04 02:25:07

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Just about the only good thing that deranged individual has said about anything other than chess.

2024-05-04 02:23:40

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The issue is not technical risk, it is fucking-up-miner-incentives risk. Poelstra focusing on technical risk and not the broader economic incentives are what gave us high-resolution dickbutts under Taproot.

2024-05-01 04:11:05

A common tactic of political regimes grabbing more powers is to first direct these on unpopular, disreputable or otherwise easily discredited targets. They start there knowing that few will defend these unsavoury people on principle, and that the sheep can be distracted from the real issues by bringing up all these people’s defects. With those powers thus legitimized through precedent, the regime can advance to wield them on the general population.
A contemporary example is corporately-administered but state-directed censorship, first with Alex Jones, Milo, Spencer, etc. Since these people are hard to defend personally, even free speech advocates have to waste time throat clearing, after which there is only time for a weak defence of the principles involved. The tactic thus legitimized, the power grabbers were then free to move on to blanket censorship on major platforms.
Why does this matter now? Well, they are using the exact same tactic now in the “then they fight us now” phase of Bitcoin. The regime is targeting controversial people because of their past as bitcoiners, and some people that call themselves bitcoiners are bringing up the victims’ misdeeds instead of providing an unqualified and full-throated defence.
Let’s not fall into this trap. Let’s not waste precious time on bullshit. Let’s defend principles. Let’s defend people prosecuted for non-crimes or for crimes they didn’t commit, even if they may have committed other offences. The stakes are too high to do otherwise.

2024-04-28 18:16:01

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You made me think with this post… can’t say any guy, including my closest friends, has ever asked about my marriage and if it happened, I would be very suspicious. If a woman asked, I would run for the hills to make sure I stay married.

2024-04-28 16:05:29

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You need standing to challenge. And, to have standing you need to be in jail. The Samourai people may not be heroes, but they are victims, are Bitcoiners, and have standing. Why not make this our hill? I’m ready to put my money where my mouth is and I’m sure others are as well.

2024-04-28 13:30:00

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History books are written by the victors.

2024-04-15 13:36:59

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At least for me, this is a function of having children.

2024-04-15 13:33:24

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GM. TAKE THE HIGH ROAD. EVEN IF THE MORONS WON’T TAKE NOTE, MANY OTHERS WILL.

2024-04-14 15:47:45

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You are over your skis. Maybe some developers feel constrained because one of nine OpenSats members is also a partner in a VC fund that invests in competitors to OpenSats grantees. That doesn’t mean that there is a secret agreement imposed. If you don’t like how OpenSats is allocating grants, then donate directly. If you are a developer and feel uncomfortable, raise donations directly from your users. No need for drama.

2024-04-14 14:52:47

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If he double spends it, the replacement will find its way to a miner via full rbf nodes.

2024-04-14 14:35:31

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grug gets paid in ice cubes that are melting faster and faster, cant save any for mama or baby grug so buys bitcoin. other grugs catch on, buy bitcoin from the grugs that were early. both happy, early grug has enough left, later grug got rid of ice cubes. big brains laugh at grugs, but their ice cubes melt too. soon enough, all grugs want bitcoin, only work for bitcoin and therefore can only spend bitcoin, ice cubes are for summer drinks only. bean counters are not grugs, but they have to count their beans in bitcoins cause nobody uses ice cubes no more.

2024-04-07 01:06:13

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Had no idea! The only reason I switched to @npub12vk…pugg was for the zaps. Probably not going back tho. No shade on @npub18m7…q955 but I’m happy where I am and switching costs are a thing, at least for almost-boomers like me.

2024-04-06 00:56:33

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Welcome is too strong a word but it would be cathartic to have some salty retards to dunk on. over here This business of being all kind to each other does not go well with my personality.

2024-04-05 22:59:04

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Ok but push for what exactly? And how? I hold a bag and run a node. I can geek out on applied cryptography and game theory on my free time, but I’m not equipped to evaluate all of the proposals from first principles. So I will just watch from the sidelines until there is a UASF client that is widely supported by those qualified to evaluate it. If, and only if, I find it credible and useful, then I will upgrade my node. If its malicious and they try speedy trial, then I will run the URSF client.

2024-04-05 13:31:59

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Custodial “alternatives” have always been there in the form of exchanges and lots of people are satisfied with holding their IOUs instead of real Bitcoin, even at 1 sat/vB fees.
As @npub12rv…85vg says every time he gets interviewed, eCash is just a better alternative to custodial accounts. Plus, fees are now pretty reasonable again.
All to say there is no looming crisis here. Let the galaxy brain protocol developers reach consensus amongst themselves on a proposed soft fork with reasonable activation parameters, support from app developers in the form of prototypes, and guarantees of no unintended consequences.
No need for us noderunners to start agitating for the latest thing right now.

2024-04-04 22:34:26

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Zaps only, likes are a shitcoin.

2024-04-03 03:32:01

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@npub1der…xzpc, I have the Kindle edition and have given away a few copies of the paperback as gifts, because I agree with @npub1h8n…rpev that it’s an excellent 1st book for precoiners and newbies. Any plans for a hardcover edition? I have been on a hunt for hardcover editions of my collection of Bitcoin books. Maybe https://thesaifhouse.com could print and distribute? It would be obviously better to buy with LN and not Amazon.

2024-04-01 21:44:36

@npub1qny…95gx, THIS ISN’T WORKING. INSTEAD OF ASSHOLES, MY TIMELINE IS FULL OF CRINGE TODAY.
#note1c2q…7cpn

2024-04-01 16:30:26

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No choice now, but this was so much better: better price, no waiting around for a suitable offer, better security with cash.

2024-04-01 16:23:46

So, this was just a preview. No-kyc with @npub1t28…nkzs is over. ID verification is now required at post office.
#note1lxt…trej

2024-03-31 22:22:01

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Bitcoin affinity scams abandoning their shitcoin blockchains in order to entice this cycle’s noobs to their scams.

2024-03-31 16:24:29

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Same energy as Biden proclaiming Easter Sunday as Transgender Day of Visibility.

2024-03-31 01:19:05

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many different factions but no hard sides yet, but @npub1xr5…93g6 identifies one important fault line.

2024-03-31 00:44:46

The only reason we are not fighting a civil war worse than the Blocksize war is that the multiple factions going at it have not coalesced into two sides just yet. Can anyone convince me otherwise?

2024-03-29 01:06:11

All good-natured fun but people should not forget that @npub1qny…95gx's objection was to the KYC and he didn’t bend the knee on that.
#note12nl…0hv2

2024-03-28 01:52:50

Why does everyone want to attach their own retarded metaphor to Bitcoin? It’s just money, the best humanity has ever had. Isn’t that enough?
#note1mpc…jrm5

2024-03-27 22:09:48

I don’t know what the current blastr vs outbox beef amongst nostr devs is about and I don’t want to know. It just makes me wish that I could mute words like on Twitter.

2024-03-27 21:54:25

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Not many users here yet that deserve being called retarded though.

2024-03-26 22:50:57

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It was more of a cultural thing. People were rightly distrustful of paper notes and the idea of having a bank account was absurd. Silver coins in a jar hidden somewhere at home was the way for most people to save. But yes, change will have to be driven by a minority and yes there rob not in our lifetimes.

2024-03-26 22:39:16

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There was a time when common people would insist on gold or silver coin and save that way. Only merchants used custodians to do large, long-distance transactions. You can think of the unnatural expansion of the banks, aided by legal protections for their fraud, as part of a century-long psyop.
All to say that there is nothing innate about most people’s servility or learned helplessness. New, deserving and natural elites can show the way onward and set the tone for a new culture. Won’t be easy or guaranteed, but the current bad state of things isn’t baked in either.

2024-03-26 18:49:37

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They’d be happy to ban porn if it would help them ban Bitcoin.

2024-03-26 14:30:09

@calle, there must be a wonderfully long compound word in German for a law like the Bank Secrecy Act or the Inflation Reduction Act? One that does exactly the opposite of the professed intent?
#note1avc…n2yy

2024-03-26 14:22:53

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WE MUST PUT A STOP TO THE CAP PHOBIA CRISIS!!! 🤣

2024-03-26 14:11:38

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Not forever. Once Bitcoin becomes global money, people’s demand for cash balances may change. Hyperbitcoinization will lead to a more peaceful, prosperous, free and less uncertain world. Therefore, the demand for cash balances reduced.

2024-03-26 12:18:14

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Did he really win? The process is the punishment.

2024-03-25 18:46:30

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The most compulsive liars (politicians) will say something true on occasion. Bitcoin IS a threat to democracy. That’s what brought me to Bitcoin and why I’m all in.

2024-03-25 14:20:17

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GM. Proof of work Monday. Idle time is the Devil’s play.

2024-03-23 02:10:36

Feature request for @npub16c0…6nvr /@npub12vk…pugg : add option to disable likes. Likes are a shitcoin but muscle memory often makes users like when they should zap.

2024-03-23 01:34:09

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Can someone tell the nostr CEO to provide proper notice in future when a #zapathon is happening? And for us almost-boomers, WTF is a zapathon? Everyone is talking about it but nobody actually says what it is.

2024-03-23 01:30:25

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Strike out Sweden and Finland, just joined NATO. Switzerland is neutral in name only, since they bent the knee so many times with the US, EU re Russia sanctions.

2024-03-20 14:00:20

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Open Mouth Operations

2024-03-19 14:17:38

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His ghost writer, Steve Patterson, used to have a philosophy podcast that was very good. Brilliant guy, surprised he’s a big blocker still.

2024-03-14 19:59:56

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Because we are from somewhere, not from anywhere.

2024-03-12 18:31:58

@npub1t28…nkzs recently added KYC-light in the form of phone verification to its “non-KYC” option. Sad but still better than the alternatives.

2024-02-28 20:58:14

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Fiat brains cannot comprehend that a money is forged in a market process. First store of value and only when widely held, generally accepted medium of exhange and unit of account.

2024-02-25 04:01:59

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I think I see what you did there… heterodox maths & atheism?

2024-02-24 19:24:12

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You are the outlier, while she is staying true to her roots. The Fed was the lynchpin of the Progressive Era.

2024-02-09 15:22:24

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Fair and thanks for the response. So, if ACINQ turns evil, it can use the timing and amounts of the LN payments to Boltz to try to find the ultimate onchain addresses. Makes me wonder how good @npub1psm…8970 is at managing their onchain footprint.

2024-02-09 15:03:37

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Good advice! I'm ready to keep stacking with a @npub148q…jra7 channel with plenty of inbound capacity. Have been using @npub1psm…8970 to swap to onchain amd regain inbound liquidity. Do you have any thoughts on the privacy aspects of that?