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David W

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2024-04-24 18:28:58

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* smaller spaces & social circles

2024-04-24 18:28:29

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It was meant to trigger 😂 Nostr will win out. Just some ways to go before zaps become more lucrative. Think we’ll see spaces & social circles leading to more zapping

2024-04-03 19:50:31

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Easy mistake to make. But bitcoiners are everywhere and you’ll find plebs in any country 💪⚡️just need a few weeks to make those connections

2024-03-25 21:44:43

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Thanks mate. Hopefully will be setup to host you when the time is right 😁 hope you’re all doing great.
You missing the 🐻 like I am?😂

2023-12-31 00:28:50

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🐅 https://video.nostr.build/c645079749f96993e8d18c447a0b3830674bd1e752b11fc7967453992b7ba17a.mp4

2023-12-22 12:51:04

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Morning ‘del boy https://image.nostr.build/9f5f39278a73c4ad91e14bc617297d4bc63ee56b2934eb20f06c0160edde3ea6.jpg

2023-12-21 21:18:10

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Would zap this if I could ⚡️👏

2023-12-13 01:49:27

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Fantastic work. Can never be enough of this 👊⚡️

2023-12-11 13:27:46

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Great write-up and justification for separating funds with new wallets. Top-up, spend and replenish.
Makes total sense to limit the amount of funds each service has access to. Rather than having complex configurations in macaroon files that depend on user awareness, fresh wallets will give us what we need. As you say we’re already doing it day to day with custodial solutions and users benefit by not exposing private keys.
Love what I see you’re building at Mutiny. Can’t wait to dive deeper into the API.

2023-12-09 03:43:58

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Thanks Car.
Just shows how much crazy good content has been posted on the site to date. Appreciated the golf clap. Have an epic weekend

2023-12-04 11:22:45

Missing the bear market already

2023-12-02 12:51:04

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Good practice. Long-form notes though can be edited. You may not be able to delete them, but you can edit and zero-out the content if you need to later

2023-11-27 17:03:09

PlebDev Journey:
Swapping 🟥RED squares in the physical world for 🟩GREEN ones in the digital realm.
note1yux0ru64n3wzzleetsstjted5y0ejctenzzjs5h74tumtgpktatqhy007a

2023-11-26 19:03:12

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I hear you. Portugal is a better idea. They are part of the EU (a sinking ship) and do depend on business & immigration to sustain themselves. But they have a solid friendly culture and having family as a safety net can be important.
Hope things become clearer and easier for you guys. Enjoy your Sunday with the fam, my friend

2023-11-26 18:57:33

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I know myself that moves like this are never easy. The good thing is you have your wife’s family to support you both. And Mercosur will still allow you to jump around if need be.
I do believe that such mandates are easier to circumvent this side of the water, than in Europe. You will find like-minded people who are prepared to help you, less worried about the ramifications. As the Sovereign Individual states:
“It will therefore be easier for persons living in traditionally poorer countries to surmount the hurdles that their governments have thereto placed in the path of economic growth.”

2023-11-26 18:35:30

“Freedom is stronger than slavery, and a good idea, once spread is impossible to stamp out.”
“When men are free to think and produce, they innovate and improve everything around them at a startling rate.”
📕 The Market For Liberty
(revisiting a recent write-up)
#naddr1qq…f706

2023-11-26 18:25:40

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“In nations with relatively limited governments, this conflict may only be minor, but in totalitarian countries it can amount to a latent civil war between the ruled and the rulers.”

2023-11-26 18:24:58

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“A sizeable laissez-faire society, simply by existing, would amplify stresses within the nations and compel them to move rapidly toward either complete freedom or tyranny.”

2023-11-26 18:24:33

“Producers in every nation would want to move to a the laissez-faire society. Governments wouldn't be able to offer the men of ability in their countries enough to keep them from flocking.”

2023-11-26 18:13:36

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Ideally. However a second citizenship is likely sufficient, as a 1st step.
If you have a citizenship, that country will very likely let you in. If you have a 2nd passport, the leaving country cannot likely keep you in.
Providing you have enough time to arrange travel, a 2+ year temporary citizenship is likely sufficient for most use cases. Particularly as a stepping stone to a passport 🤙

2023-11-26 18:04:04

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Going from USA to Germany is like moving states in my opinion. It would be better to stay, rather than move from one potentially chaotic place to another.
My advice to most people would be to explore Central and South America or parts of Asia, sooner rather than later.
Europe has arguably more problems than the U.S. right now. They are intentionally creating a nationalistic reaction.
Think about immigration flows, political differences inside the country, family, protests, purchasing price index and access to resources. Germany is de-industrialising, just the rest of Europe to follow.
People fleeing to the West are going in the wrong direction, just at the wrong time IMHO.

2023-11-26 17:48:45

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The easiest way is to use vacations as scouting missions. Pick a region & hit-up 2-3 locations in 2 weeks. Get a feel for the place.
Family & belongings complicate things, but it can be done in stages. Once you have a place in mind, it will focus your mind.
If interested, I did a post on Uruguay, hoping for others to follow suit with their Plan B locations soon:
#naddr1qq…xl57

2023-11-26 17:32:57

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💯 agree. Just to add:
- Prepare your documents in advance and get them apostilled. They are often only valid for 6 months.
- Have somewhere in mind, that you know you could settle. Ideally visit first.
- Ask yourself what would need to happen to pack-up and go. Write it down somewhere visible.
Options are available until they are not. You have a backup of your data, you should also have a backup for your life 🏠

2023-11-26 17:27:29

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Instincts are powerful and to be trusted. What a tough time that must have been. I’m really glad you got to share those moments and comfort your father, like he no doubt did for you during your youth.
You’re an inspiration to a lot of us, with your hard work & intellect. Not only us, but without doubt him also. Enjoy those fonder memories and enjoy your Sunday Lyn

2023-11-26 17:02:56

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The only positive is that we’re learning a lesson in real time of what not to put on-chain.
And driving people onto Lightning, potentially making fees there more lucrative

2023-11-26 13:50:16

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Genuinely should be one of these. I bet you it would get adopted big time by the adult industry 😂
@npub1a8j…5pj4 has said for a while we need to do more for workers. More tools, more ‘hardware’, more adoption. Forever getting debanked.

2023-11-26 02:40:43

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Those we love never truly leave us. Especially such a unique spirit. I’m really sorry for your loss Jack. Lots of love for you and the Dorsey family 💜

2023-11-26 02:23:08

I wonder how much @npub1sg6…f63m wishes this tweet was about Bitcoin… https://twitter.com/jack/status/1741680949
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_7685016589404386561700965290.webp

2023-11-26 00:57:17

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Now vemos pronto, me imagino 💪⚡️

2023-11-25 17:57:02

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Thanks 🙏 means a lot @npub1wmr…g240 🧉
Planning a few edits to tidy things up, so will make sure to add extra emphasis to that point.
When you’re next in town, would love to buy you a beer 🍻

2023-11-23 15:33:20

Ever considered Uruguay? You might after reading this…🇺🇾👇
https://stacker.news/items/326364

2023-11-20 11:40:21

Viva la libertad, carajo 👏

2023-11-08 01:59:42

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Looks great & without doubt an awesome addition. Believe it would be better to allow the merchant to display it as a discount via Bitcoin.
20% off ⚡️, not 20% surcharge 💳
Normies will think a 10% or 20% surcharge is a bait and switch tactic, at checkout. An extra cost to the advertised price, damaging brand & trust.

2023-11-01 16:46:15

Want to know the benefits of Payjoin? Read this 👇
https://brandonlucas.net/articles/bitcoin/payjoin

2023-10-22 14:58:26

Make sure you are well stocked for tomorrow🍿
Things are about to get crazy in markets 📉

2023-10-20 02:34:23

That’s convenient, if you’re BlackRock that is 🤔 #note159u…74xn

2023-10-18 22:16:50

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Thoughts on Starlink? Same scepticism or real value there?

2023-10-18 17:22:19

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X need your identity to be your bank. Bots are all the cover they need.

2023-10-18 16:48:43

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And about having you ‘onboarded’ and identified onto their new payments platform

2023-10-18 16:20:35

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It’s an impossible game. Bots are here to stay and will probably outwit the barriers imposed.
Think we simply need to rely less on feeds and more on curated content, powered by trust graphs of people you’re following.
Pay to post also. There needs to be a cost of creating content and to be put infront of people’s eyeballs.
My point was that the moves X are making is not for protecting users from ‘fake news’. It’s about being able to have everyone use X as the value transfer mechanism. They want to be the biggest bank in the world. To be that they need your identity.

2023-10-18 16:03:51

Identity is the only temporary ‘band aid’ they have for filtering bots.
Identity opens the door to offering micropayments. Incumbents will also use identity as the means to censor. They will make social media borderline unusable without it.
Nostr + Lightning zaps present a completely different ecosystem, without such walls & restrictions ⚡️ #note1w24…qvzj

2023-10-18 15:27:26

💯 Things will really heat-up this weekend #note1zkq…cmfv

2023-10-18 14:26:07

Looking to build on Nostr? More and more grants are becoming available… #note13nk…gw7m

2023-10-17 13:51:59

👀📉
#note1ctp…wns9

2023-10-17 04:20:40

Is Elon a trojan horse?
I’m finishing off an article this week, looking at Starlink’s progress. Plus the implications on our future internet.
#note12ra…9teu

2023-10-17 03:37:50

Today, Tuesday 17th, is likely to be the day traditional markets take a tumble. They’ll try and save things until the weekend before things really truly turn south.
Stay humble folks.

2023-10-17 01:37:58

COINJOINS:
- Inputs: 6 apples 🍏 (with stickers on of owners)
- Outputs: 6 apples 🍏 (no stickers on)
PAYJOINS:
- Inputs: 4 apples 🍏 & 2 oranges 🍊(with stickers)
- Outputs: 2 green apples 🍏, 2 red apples 🍎 , a banana 🍌 & an orange 🍊 (no stickers)
#note1dgw…wgnc

2023-10-16 20:03:55

We really should be more bullish on Payjoins…
https://stacker.news/items/284908/r/davidw
“Payjoins will make privacy the default on-chain, without any additional transactions”

2023-10-07 02:06:26

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Would you be open to relocating? Often voting with your feet is the best option.

2023-09-02 13:15:46

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The next innovation no one is ready for…
“Nanotechnology has made nearly anything possible, and so the cultural role in deciding what SHOULD be done with it had become more important than imagining what COULD be done with it.”

2023-09-02 13:13:25

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One of my favourite lines refers to Psuedo-Intelligence not Artificial Intellogence.
“You know, when I was a lad, they called it A.I. Artificial Intelligence”

2023-08-31 22:29:32

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Would love to demo & test this out. Lightning payments over Mesh networks…
https://decrypt.co/154499/no-internet-you-could-still-use-bitcoin-on-the-lightning-network

2023-08-31 20:00:23

Mesh networks… anyone got any good repos to take a look at?

2023-08-31 13:50:06

The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new… ⚡️

2023-08-18 02:24:35

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Great write-up!
Just an FYI, on mobile, individual articles on your site seem to extend beyond 100% width. Might need some CSS to style entries as per blog overview 👌

2023-08-12 14:34:31

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Furthermore, I sense we're underplaying the importance of more flexible filtering.
With now zero cost for content creation, it's incredibly important to filter signal amongst the noise. Custom filtering & algorithms for users should become the norm over curated lists & content.
Setting a minimum zap for DMs, minimum zaps for posts to appear in the feed, automatic categorisation & tagging - all of these bring power to users. Would love to see more experimentation in this area

2023-08-12 14:25:01

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We must segregate A) work from social, B) banking from health, C) marketplace from data storage. One public/private key pair is not good practice, just like merging UTXOs isn't good practice on Bitcoin. We can do better.

2023-08-12 14:23:29

Layered identity on Nostr needs to become the norm. We should be building this into today's clients & products.

2023-08-09 15:14:09

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When you’re next in 🇺🇾, would love to catch-up! Salud 🧉

2023-07-24 02:32:29

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Great read. Idiot proof (almost) & yet concise.
What are the chances of getting our hands on the computed monthly/annual values? More than 3% I would hope…

2023-04-23 14:10:07

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“In a world of artificial reality and instantaneous transmission of everything everywhere, integrity of judgment and the ability to distinguish the true from the false will be even more important.”

2023-04-21 00:39:15

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“If you fail to transcend conventional thinking at a time when conventional thinking is losing touch with reality…
…then you will be more likely to fall prey to an epidemic of disorientation that lies ahead.”

2023-04-19 16:15:53

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This. The Damus UI that exists currently for long press should be default for single press. Hope it can be switched asap.
The zap button has more utility with custom options than it does for instant fixed amount. The latter should be the long press option

2023-04-19 14:41:44

As #[0] has said, us hoomans tend to overestimate the impact of hardware & underestimate on the software side.
Its clear to me that with this AI expansion, we will each have virtual assistants with us at all times, working for our own independent interests… but the idea of a robot walking around and picking up after me will likely go the way of the flying car.
Despite the technology being there, no one is going to want one of those metal giants around their kids

2023-04-19 13:42:19

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Brits, need to consider their options. The country is only going in one direction

2023-04-18 14:22:52

“Cognitive skills will be rewarded as never before. It will be more important to think clearly, as ideas will become a form of wealth.”
Love this book 📖

2023-04-17 23:34:54

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totally should ship a new testflight build with a drunken easter-egg. see if you remember tomorrow 😅

2023-04-17 22:03:15

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Do they even want our momey anymore? 😂 Sure sounds like not

2023-04-17 20:50:55

Microstrategy giving lightning addresses to every employee is a FAD move.
Microstrategy streaming employee salaries to those addresses & providing each with their own page to monitor the sats rolling in every second… providing an HR, payroll & recruiting case study for corporates around the world… now that would be a CHAD move! 🤙

2023-04-12 14:41:51

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Great stuff Odell. Have a great summit

2023-04-12 14:39:53

Which are the biggest problems still unsolved in bitcoin? And lightning? And nostr?
https://stacker.news/items/163842
🟠🟡🟣

2023-04-12 14:34:25

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Let Nostr zappers choose one too 👾

2023-04-12 03:22:36

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Got to claw back that investor cash. Teams will pay for it, especially if they’re special at liquidity management. Target customer is probably exchanges, given their priorities.
Would much rather hire 5 people full time and build the capability internally though, than stump up for Tier 3

2023-04-12 03:11:19

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We’ll be there in zpirit.

2023-04-11 00:53:33

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Hope the team have baked-in more regulatory obstacles into launch plans, during the age of capital controls. That too is coming

2023-04-11 00:50:05

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Have you tried #plebstr on iOS, to partner Damus? Better speed, performance & UX than Damus. Playing catch-up & fast

2023-04-11 00:46:16

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same experience as Zerohedge tbh 🤦‍♂️even the anti-establishment are using the same flawed business model

2023-04-11 00:42:21

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You know what comes next…
The ‘T’ word

2023-04-11 00:29:36

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I should clarify that the low-margin business was the traditional circus

2023-04-11 00:28:17

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Blue ocean strategy 🌊 speaks about just that.
Decent example is how Cirque de Soleil, took a 1) low-margin business of 2) high-cost main performers and cheap tickets targeting 3) youth & families. Instead they built a 1) high-margin product with 2) lower cost performers targetting expensive tickets for 3) a wealthy adult audience.
The same pivots are happening in software and with even fewer clowns & stage performers 🤡

2023-04-11 00:14:09

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Short-term growth & retention, over long-term brand affinity. If they measured that and they soon will, they’d notice.
It’s just that corporate hierarchies are structured around hacking the wrong human behaviours and growing those metrics

2023-04-11 00:06:28

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One last hurrah and bull-run for subscription-based businesses. Can’t blame them.
With a closed platform, clever cross-selling and 10% cut on all subs… they’re definitely going to make it rain for a while longer

2023-04-10 23:59:17

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Out of the blue…
Is a phrase that suggests something unexpected, something out of the ordinary… damn right that’s what’s happening…

2023-04-10 23:55:45

Purple signifies independence, wealth, creativity & power. The successful products & businesses of tomorrow will adopt purple for their brand. Just like Nostr 👾💜
@note1wqn2f4e6mrxxc20gzz6l7p8kdnwerzr9pn3lysnt3uzn662hpvss4cgv53purp

2023-04-10 23:55:16

Purple signifies independence, wealth, creativity & power. The successful products & businesses of tomorrow will adopt purple for their brand. Just like Nostr 👾💜
note1wqn2f4e6mrxxc20gzz6l7p8kdnwerzr9pn3lysnt3uzn662hpvss4cgv53purp

2023-04-10 23:49:05

Companies like Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn all chose blue in their brand because it’s supposed to symbolise TRUST & LOYALTY for us as humans. Supposed to make us feel confident that their product is responsible.
(Meanwhile these companies simultaneously abuse said trust with their business models & poor policies. Furthermore by being closed networks they will retain little brand loyalty this decade) 🦕

2023-04-09 19:51:29

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Have you checked-out #plebstr yet?
Dare I say, it may be an even better experience…

2023-04-09 13:19:28

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For everyone new to the network, this probably needs to be the default user experience on a single tap (not just long press).
With a toggle to fly with the default always (configurable in settings) #[1]
Took me months to find this screen 😅

2023-04-09 13:16:23

Who here knew that long-pressing the zap button on Damus allowed you to send a one-off custom
amount?
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_a7494735593441dbbd314749cba727e21045fd528259be1b4d33ae4ce071ffe7.jpeg

2023-04-07 11:22:18

Morning zappers. Time to make something you all want…

2023-04-06 20:36:57

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Well, they might be called problem solvers instead 😀 and achieve disproportionately more than everyone else with these tools

2023-04-06 20:20:22

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Crazy to witness a 10x in efficiency for people adopting a technology.
Adopters are going to be the kings of the next decade.

2023-04-06 20:18:58

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His commentary is ace too. Can’t wait to see what he has up next.
What’s better… he’s inspiring thousands of other wannabe developers on how to do ‘no code’

2023-04-06 19:39:40

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Learning to code with AI (& feed it the right parameters) is going to a great way to arbitrage the heck out of these next few years.
The other great way shall be to buy Bitcoin ⚡️

2023-04-06 19:37:45

The future is here folks. It’s just not equally distributed.
https://twitter.com/mckaywrigley/status/1644034309253394433?s=20

2023-03-31 14:51:00

Who here will be building over this weekend?

2023-03-30 00:48:43

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Twitter is going to become an awful lot less fun, very quickly.
It’s the same fate for any other closed or centralised network.
- Facebook works against their users by selling their data.
- AirBnB works against their own users by becoming too pricey.
- Google has to surface advertisements ahead of more relevant organic content.
- Banks have to limit customers from withdrawing deposits to continue serving others.
- Governments cannot slow their size & become a drag for economies.
- Twitter has to gag & surveil it’s users to ‘protect’ them.

2023-03-29 17:04:47

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Inevitable migration to open networks.
The UX of closed networks is about to become awful due to the ‘restrict act’. Watch this video NOW 👇
https://twitter.com/GonzaloLira1968/status/1640574887961001985?s=20
Restrictions won’t stop at search. Same will come for posting. Same for following.
Soon it won’t only be for VPN use. Twitter will move to verify your identity & social credentials before many app actions. People will be forced to adopt alternatives. Livelihoods will depend on it. Truth will depend on it. You will depend on it.

2023-03-29 13:34:04

Mempool cooling down is great to see. 6️⃣ sats per byte.
About 70% fewer unconfirmed transactions from what there has been of late.
Could be an opportune time to move & consolidate balances…

2023-03-28 17:56:54

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This is NOT just a TikTok ban, folks.
- $250k fine for using a VPN or tor service
- The ability to cut-off a “foreign adversary” be it a country, corporation, individual, website, network or app (OR ALL)
- No due process whatsoever
- Ramifications with up to 20 years in jail for circumventing these new laws, for merely attempting to operate or financially transact around them
- Progressive priority to those with 1m+ active customers/users in United States
Here’s a decent write-up & I’ll be posting more:
https://www.internetgovernance.org/2023/03/13/the-restrict-act-reversing-globalization-in-ict/