• Israel’s is promoting an initiative to abolish the 200 shekel bank notes as a first step to narrow use of & abolishing cash. Same as in India in 2016.

• Physical gold & silver may be forbidden to hold. 🪙💰

• Gaza’s population suffering from financial oppression via lower cash deliveries & bank notes physical erosion.

All explained in this video, please share! 🙏🏻

https://v.nostr.build/J3BiwP5FUjIpBKNj.mp4


Make privacy normal.
Make VPNs normal.
Make fake names normal.
Make privacy focused messengers normal.
Make 2nd phone numbers normal.
Make encrypted emails normal.
Make less information shared normal.
Make private payments normal.

#nostr #privacy #grownostr #plebchain


I’d say that CJ is part of LN privacy, as something that should always be done prior to using UTXOs for LN nodes.


“most mitigations are likely to be defeated as surveillance increases”

Of course the same applies to coinjoined and Monero transactions, assuming no further improvements.


A few assumptions are made in some attacks in that analysis, such as “KYCed coins used to open channels.” Also, some of the suggested mitigations are already active in LN implementations. Of course people fuck up. In any case, it’s definitely more private than non-coinjoined on-chain transactions.


God damn AI is only getting better. I could totally fool my grandparents with this.
https://m.primal.net/KyVn.mov


Samourai Wallet has been forked. Some brave souls have picked up where Samourai Wallet left off and the fight for privacy lives on.

Excellent work in reigniting this flame in the darkest hour. Running your own Dojo now required.

https://ashigaru.rs/

http://ashigaruprvm4u263aoj6wxnipc4jrhb2avjll4nnk255jkdmj2obqqd.onion/


The shutdowns will continue until KYC improves, or people switch to nostr:npub1sqn6rpml88nq8khuvvneuqztfmvalpsarr8grkwy837hzdw63ajs6t5net and Robosats

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Got him.
https://m.primal.net/KxTA.jpg


I’d just like to express my appreciation for the freedom-minded developers who understand cryptography and how to use it to give us free and open source privacy and censorship resistance tools. I’m intellectually incapable of understanding it myself and I feel overwhelming gratitude for those who can. Thank you.


Does it use Core Lightning on the backend?


Zig. It’s like C but you get comp time, which is better and more flexible than generics, and some memory safety options that don’t ram it down your throat like Rust.


Surprised there weren’t more hits in the authoritarian left quad.


The stainless steel, yes, slightly. It withstands 9mm, but not higher velocity rifle rounds. It will probably do OK against shrapnel from artillery rounds.


The truck comes with adapters for 120 and 240v outlets. 120 takes forever for a few % though.


The stainless steel sides probably do provide a little more protection against shrapnel relative to other pickups, but they should probably at least partially cover the massive windows with some protection.


Governments always go after "controversial" causes to change platforms and make companies and their leaders fearful. I love the work Geyser is doing, but at the end of the day, this is why protocols matter more than companies.

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That’s surprising to me if that’s the case. I think the batteries would have to be chemically different and have different (less) capacity when integrated explosives are inside. I’m no chemist though so IDK for sure. Perhaps the power use of pagers is low enough that it’s not noticeable if the batteries have 25% the capacity they should.


I’ll bet they’ve been sitting on this type of attack for years too. Waiting for the right time to pull it off. The thing about this type of attack is its effectiveness drops off dramatically after using it once. It may not be usable again.


Skeptical on the claim they were actually used in combat. The massive windows seem like the last thing you’d want exposed like that on the battlefield.


They say if you go far enough left you get the guns back.


If so, just more evidence that he’s a genius.


So we need a “Conflict Zone Geyser.”


Geyser Fund has shut down the crowdfunding project Bitcoin for Palestine, citing regulatory uncertainty.

Let this be your reminder that you cannot code faster than the state can invoke arbitrary penalties. Permissionless money is under massive threat by the global AML regime. It's time to wake up.

Full story:
https://www.therage.co/geyser-bitcoin-for-palestine/


That would be the one you have written on a small piece of paper near where you keep the Coldcard. 😂💥


when explode PIN? nostr:note1rktcqze4h0qegh6xwjdqp3v0nkzcx9vlsveuge6zq22na9mxz34q7nmq4e


Keep this meme handy for CA election time when the law and Gavin’s insecurities kick in!


That’s how fast people go back to X after pretending to abandon it for a bit. 😔


Gavin Newsom. Careful, there’s legal risk now with memes about him!


As a Californian, I’m so sure that this video is authentic that I’m comfortable re-posting it without risking going to jail. nostr:note1c0p4fag0krq9lpm4w6grmwqn2cjzr7rk22ckwqrzclkt6hjvqqts9a62fa


Technically everyone in the US but not in California shouldn’t care either. Let’s see if it plays out that way!


Is this pic illegal in CA now? 😂


A few of the contraband items California checkpoints on the border with Arizona and Nevada have to check for now:
Fruit
Fireworks
Guns
Ammo
Gas appliances
Gasoline powered lawn mowers and blowers
Normal (non-low) flow faucets and shower heads
Memes
Plastic straws
Red food coloring

…just off the top of my head


I consider 56k - 60k to be inside the bounds of ownership of the 58k gang.


$158k could take its place?


Where on the IQ bell curve is the line where meme transitions to “illegal misinformation” when people below the line believe it’s real? https://image.nostr.build/b3bbb14bfc0a26ea9fc02981b9dad2c758a581211390c420c89697200b35bb63.jpg


#### Investigations in the so-called darknet: Law enforcement agencies undermine Tor anonymisation

***The Tor network is considered the most important tool for surfing the internet anonymously. Law enforcement agencies have apparently begun to infiltrate it in order to expose criminals. They have been successful in at least one case.***

https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/panorama/aktuell/Investigations-in-the-so-called-darknet-Law-enforcement-agencies-undermine-Tor-anonymisation,toreng100.html

##### Tor-Relays Mailing List Response from Isabela Fernandes

Hi Tor,

I am reaching out to inform you of an upcoming news story concerning a
potential deanonymization attack on Onion Services.

What is happening?

On September 9, 2024, The Tor Project received a press inquiry from
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR, part of ARD, a German public broadcaster) with
a request for comment to their upcoming reporting of "investigative
measures by German and international law enforcement agencies in the Tor
network, in particular the localisation and deanonymisation of onion
services." We complied with the outlet's deadline of September 12th and
answered a series of questions.

The reporter claims to have "evidence that shows that in several cases
German law enforcement authorities were able to locate the Tor entry node
of onion services and thus successfully deanonymise Tor users. V2 and V3
onion addresses were affected at least between Q3/2019 and Q2/2021." The
reporter further claims that "law enforcement agencies used so-called
timing analyses and broad and long-term monitoring of Tor nodes in data
centres."

As of today, The Tor Project has not been granted access to supporting
documents, and has not been able to independently verify if this claim is
true, if the attack took place, how it was carried out, and who was
involved.

In the absence of facts, it is hard for us to issue any official guidance
or responsible disclosures to the Tor community, relay operators, and users
at this time.

We are calling for more information from you.

If you have any information that can help us learn more about this alleged
attack, please email security at torproject.org.

If you want to encrypt your mail, you can get the OpenPGP public key for
this address from keys.openpgp.org. Fingerprint: 835B 4E04 F6F7 4211 04C4
751A 3EF9 EF99 6604 DE41

Your assistance will help all of us take the necessary steps and
precautions to keep Onion Services safe for the millions of users that rely
on the protections Tor provides.

Are Tor users safe?

Tor users can continue to use Tor Browser to access the web securely and
anonymously. Nothing that the Tor Project has learned about this incident
suggests that Tor Browser was attacked or exploited. We encourage Tor
Browser users and relay operators to keep software versions up to date.

The reporter's questions focus on the use of onion services and .onion
addresses. Which leads us to assume that the alleged attack was targeting a
specific .onion site.

We will continue to share updates on this email as this situation evolves.

Thank you!

Isabela

https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2024-September/021855.html

##### Tor's Official Response

***We are writing this blog post in response to an investigative news story looking into the de-anonymization of an Onion Service used by a Tor user using an old version of the long-retired application Ricochet by way of a targeted law-enforcement attack. Like many of you, we are still left with more questions than answers--but one thing is clear: Tor users can continue to use Tor Browser to access the web securely and anonymously. And the Tor Network is healthy.***

https://blog.torproject.org/tor-is-still-safe/

#ikitao #tor #anonymity #privacy


This vid is illegal in California now. 😂


Well, holdouts on other platforms will have to come to nostr for memes now! nostr:note1k658ju62095u6aemhjssmxkkskkqt2kdy3q68dk7d7sdpvc2dpdqse4w2w


Since this meme was just made illegal in California, I feel it would be an injustice not to post it on #nostr where ti can breathe the free internet air.

This is a perfect example of pure, unstoppable Streisand Effect 🤣

By MrReagan on X
https://v.nostr.build/PMV1ixx1gjMCJ6YD.mp4


They’re going to try it with wealth and unrealized gains taxes, which is basically asset seizure.


When will be the flippening?

Tether flipping ETH that is.


Probably building it yourself. If you didn’t build it yourself, it should at least be easy to take apart and inspect.


Supply chain attacks are more than a theoretical thing and they happen at scale.

If adversaries can hide enough explosives in pagers to kill or hurt thousands, how can you be sure your hardware wallet is what it says on the box?

Some hardware wallets come in transparent casings and while that might help to detect explosives, it's more of a gimmick when it comes to hidden antennas or chips.

But what can we do to still be safe? Commodity hardware like nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl? Multi signature? Who has an answer?

nostr:npub16lcw8ytugeh3ug3na93yl0tdf0gnjtduljhn2a852atf6jtvkucs7pruje nostr:npub1s0vtkgej33n7ec4d7ycxmwt78up8hpfa30d0yfksrshq7t82mchqynpq6j nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 nostr:npub1tg779rlap8t4qm8lpgn89k7mr7pkxpaulupp0nq5faywr8h28llsj3cxmt nostr:npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n nostr:npub16s4cnphx2k7ndmlt9qmurkdrrulcammg3jxnz0f9c7dhepqg38zqpp4p24


Arresting FBI agent: “you’re under arrest and all your devices are being seized.”

Me: “I want my phone call.” nostr:note18kukf8et7anskyydr58v6xx30vnav9u67csh94dmjmvqzfg4ejps2c55dx


People generally don’t change their ways until they’re deeply uncomfortable with the current ways.


Both sides have openly said they want to censor.


When I see someone with piercings, tats and brightly colored hair now, I see a rule follower and adherent to mainstream media narratives. Funny how that same look was generally seen as rebellious in the 80s.


people who have believed that inteligence is about how many things you can memorize are about to have a rude AI awakening.
people who have believed intelligence is about intuition, adapdation, creative solutions, on pace flexibility, and abstract thinking, are going to have an extra tool called AI.


HOW DID MOSSAD SIMULTANEOUSLY BLOW UP 4,000 HEZBOLLAH PAGERS?  The pagers were imported five months ago and contained up to 20 grams of explosives. Sky News Arabia reports that Mossad allegedly planted PETN on the pager batteries, detonating them by increasing the temperature.


Exactly. Batteries don’t detonate with that kind of force. These were explosives implanted in intercepted shipments of pagers. nostr:note1taslxum3mmnhkcau5t5tzmlncl2k6w25g69ntezm9q8mtn88mntq7yst2c


Pretty sure they had actual explosives installed, via either interception of the shipment or collusion with the manufacturer. Most likely intercepted the shipment.


We are basically watching what governments can do with modern tech when the gloves come off.


🧵 NEW: HRF Bitcoin Development Fund grants 1 billion satoshis to 20 projects worldwide!

The grants are focused on global education, privacy, decentralizing mining, and empowering human rights groups with private financial solutions 🌍🌏🌎🎁

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/human-rights-foundation-grants-10-bitcoin-to-20-projects-worldwide

📝📲 African Bitcoiners is helping to onboard Africans to Bitcoin through a “Bitcoin for Beginners” course, free Lightning payment routing for merchants, and the ability to buy airtime & data with Bitcoin. The grant will support operational costs, educational materials & more.

Stratospher, a Bitcoin Core developer working to enhance the P2P network privacy, reviewing critical pull requests in the libsecp library, & mentoring new talent. This grant will support their full-time development efforts 🔒⚙

Jeff Gardner is working on bringing end-to-end encryption to Nostr Direct and Group Messages without centralized servers. Funding will support ongoing development, allocating bounties to community contributors, and conducting a security audit of the project 🛡💻

🔐🌐 @Coracle, a Nostr web client, developed by @hodlbod. Recent and planned updates include customizable & shareable feeds, improved DMs for privacy, and encrypted public & private communities. Funding will support the hiring of a full-time developer.

Harbor, an open-source #eCash wallet started by the @MutinyWallet team but now an independent project led by Ben Carman and Paul Miller. Harbor incorporates multiple mints, is Tor-only, & automates fund management. This grant will support the development of Harbor’s 1.0 production release 🕵♂💸

The 256 Foundation's mission to make Bitcoin mining free & open starts with the #Bitaxe initiative. Bitaxe provides an affordable entry point for home mining. This grant will support improving Bitaxe with an aim of making the Bitaxe available with more ASICs manufacturers. ⛏

👩🏽💻🌍 Kiveclair led by Gloire Wanzavalere in the Democratic Republic of Congo, hosts monthly meetups & training sessions for activists, journalists, & developers around Bitcoin and provides shelter to refugees. Funds will cover the cost of meetups, equipment, and space rental.

Silentium Wallet, a self-custodial, privacy-focused Bitcoin wallet built by @TheSingerLouis, brings privacy preserving Bitcoin donations to activists via Silent Payments. Funds will support the wallet’s infrastructure, including a full cloud node, web server, & hiring a developer. 🛡📱

BTC Shule, by Belyï Nobel Kubwayo, educates Burundians, in Kirundi & French, to use #Bitcoin for uncensorable payments under Burundi’s authoritarian regime. The grant will support the development of a digital learning platform & educational materials. 📚🏫

🌍💰EttaWallet, an open-source, self-custodial mobile #Lightning wallet built by Collin Rukundo with improved usability & accessibility for Africa. This grant will support further development of the wallet, improve localization efforts, & foster growing a community of users. #Bitcoin

The Tor Project for relay operators to increase network reliability and performance. Funding will allow relay operator to deploy nodes that improve the stability and reliability of onion services and increase network robustness against DOS attacks 🌐

Rikto Xonghoti is developing a Bitcoin circular economy in Assam, India. The project offers online Bitcoin education in Assamese & plans to establish a physical Bitcoin center. The grant will support teacher salaries & acquisition of Bitcoin nodes & mining equipment 💡

Yes Bitcoin Haiti led by @HaitianHODL, empowers Haitians in political & financial crisis with Bitcoin education.  The team translates educational materials into Haitian Creole & host workshops. Funding will support salaries, equipment, & producing educational materials 🇭🇹📖

Bitcoin Indonesia is building an education platform in Bahasa Indonesia, hosting the largest local Bitcoin conference & connecting local talent with Bitcoin companies for jobs. This grant will support content creation, community outreach, and operational expenses.

Bitcoin++, a Bitcoin-only dev conference organized by @niftynei featuring long-form lectures & workshops. This grant will cover travel expenses for developers from authoritarian countries to attend the upcoming Bitcoin++ mints ecash conference in Berlin

🛠 TABConf, a Bitcoin conference hosted by Michael Tidwell in Atlanta, which creates a forum for protocol and application developers to debate and collaborate on Bitcoin. Funds will cover conference expenses & travel costs for developers in need of financial assistance.

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🌎 HRF is committed to supporting human rights and financial freedom with Bitcoin.

If you are working on a #Bitcoin or adjacent freedom tech software (Nostr, eCash etc), education or adoption project that meets our mandate, submit your application at http://hrf.org/bdfapply 💪


“BTC is under $350 mil. It’s ded.”
- haters in 2047


Record the FBI. Security cameras help. Get their faces on camera and share them to the world on nostr.


I hope everyone who has it happen records it and gets the FBI goons’ faces on video like this.


Same shit they do in the EU to people who say mean things about the government.


WOW - the USA is falling even faster than even I thought.
And: Yes, this guy handled these FBI Agents PERFECTLY.... 👊

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The bar for what counts as “incitement” is going to keep lowering.


Sadly this guy will probably suddenly have CSAM on his computer and get raided at 4 AM about it.


FBI agents are already going to some conservatives homes over social media posts. This guy handled it perfectly
https://v.nostr.build/EKBCqIX84TF005IP.mp4
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Something is happening in banking right now, tightening KYC AML...

Having serious banking issues these days. Friday found out my US Wells Fargo account was closed as a final decision after 30 + years, 830+ credit and just a few auto pays, no issues and yet adios. Not only closed it but me on some list so can't open another even with banks I have credit accounts with.

I was planning 1 st qtr 2025 to dump the accounts but they did it 1st. Pain in the ass and no crypto linked to this account just a history of receiving funds from Mexico. All KYC AML BS  was submitted and approved.

Same day de it card in Mexico where I can sell or buy bitcoin and use debit card got blocked from use??

They are working on it as they too have all KYC AML info they've ever asked for.

Feeling like the "now they fight you" stage is kicking in.


How far are we from having to check our latest model cell phone for hidden bombs?


The Reuters article says they were a recent shipment of pagers Hizbollah ordered in the last few months. Probably intercepted and rigged with bombs by Israel.


They had to be a shipment of pagers that Israel rigged with bombs.


Shoutout to nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc for showing me this site https://i.nostr.build/6X9re8zFXAGp9JFS.jpg  nostr:note1an5k9jj2zemrusy5vsvqa9kzt3hshtyj5lwmraygnh6jawrguadq7krx9e


A bit of both sides yelling “incitement!”
https://m.primal.net/KsQO.jpg


Yes, THAT politician who wants to punish people for vague statements made on social media. Thanks!


Yes, THAT politician who wants to jail people for vague statements made online. Thanks!


Felt like an outsider before deleting, still feel the same, so no change there. There are informative accounts I miss a little, but there are other ways to connect and stay informed such as through Discord.


Are people open to moving from Facebook to Nostr?


Silencing the Press, Silencing Democracy

In Suriname, the government is weaponizing defamation lawsuits, violence, and intimidation to stifle journalists and muzzle free speech. The world stays silent—perhaps we're too small for the global stage to care.

But censorship here is real, and it's growing. As media platforms like Facebook are used to suppress local news outlets, we look to decentralized solutions like Nostr as a lifeline for our democracy. Yet, despite the urgency, we’ve been met with silence from the global community.

Our largest news outlets are under attack, with pages facing deletion. Facebook has become a tool for censorship, with false reports leading to suspended pages. We haven’t received any support, but we refuse to surrender.

Freedom of speech shouldn’t depend on a platform’s whims—or a government’s threats.

Starnieuws, Suriname Herald, SUN News, ABC, Rasonic TV… they all face the same crackdown. The time to act is now.

Read more here:

https://m.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/82838


By Tether 😂


When flippening?


Good complements to each other.


#SimpleX founder Evgeny Poberezkin speaking truth. #Nostr focuses on censorship resistance with privacy as an afterthought. SimpleX focus is on privacy. Do not confuse the two.

> **Censorship resistance and privacy are in a contradiction - the more censorship resistant a communication solution is, the less private it is, inevitably.**
>
> Evgeny Poberezkin

https://i.nostr.build/GnyxMZRnCnOf9zzh.jpg

#ikitao #opensource #privacy #nostr #censorship


Rome downfall= lead. Our downfall= plastics and pesticides
https://i.nostr.build/NdxVHCase9gok1Sb.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/A63I86n4l2waWD1C.jpg


That’s what anyone who has installed a proprietary closed-source implant gets.


The desperation vibes of the search term. 😂


For now.


I guess we have to assume that all methods of censorship resistance become illegal eventually. Then it’s just a matter of how popular open non-compliance is.


...so what happens to #meshtastic devices as an "off-grid" and censorship-resistant internet-less anonymous comms protocol and all that...if the FCC can just...what, jam? block? make illegal? the use of that band? We all become pirate radio?

nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpmdfdjun4mxavxk7ps0e62lal9d8uak0rj5fsgxr3ehye6j4crq9qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3xamnwvaz7tmsw4e8qmr9wpskwtn9wvhsqgp6qchahqhvwduz0ruc6ps2hzc4jd2tcg0wahdkxr70s43l9ghqfqcr6mte


🚨  Is the FCC coming after #meshtastic?

letter of opposition: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0071/3772/files/Opposition_Letter.pdf?v=1725463027&mc_cid=6d9d8a9255

details: https://meshtastic.org/blog/meshtastic-opposition-to-nextnav-proposed-changes/?mc_cid=6d9d8a9255

submit comment in protest: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express?proceeding%5Bname%5D=24-240&mc_cid=6d9d8a9255


Until around the time relays delete posts after some time to keep storage low, except for paid relays that advertise keeping them up as a feature.


Nothing will keep your money safe better than sending it to the address he gives you for safekeeping!


We’re not going to take your guns… except the most common rifle in America. That one we’re taking away.


nostr:npub1jw7scmeuewhywwytqxkxec9jcqf3znw2fsyddcn3948lw9q950ps9y35fg  and nostr:npub1sqn6rpml88nq8khuvvneuqztfmvalpsarr8grkwy837hzdw63ajs6t5net  are on nostr now, follow them


Can oscillate across, but not escape the gravity well.


If you ever worried that mosquitos may have been blessed with an inability to feel pain, fear not. You no can show them no mercy and have some comfort that they’ll suffer for their crimes.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0065280622000170


The US’s moral high ground isn’t far above this, and it’s sinking.


What if you just take the SUV and then disappear?


At that point might as well just run Linux.


Making my own templates mining on nostr:npub1qtvl2em0llpnnllffhat8zltugwwz97x79gfmxfz4qk52n6zpk3qq87dze

Can't overstate how significant this is. https://image.nostr.build/f9c91fcef40608d4f71d341acdd453557485a132110e10bec2012e163b1707c4.png https://image.nostr.build/8d688620787f68471b8e3193ac06d0cb8242fd491a50200c0ebcff478b9389a2.png


And increasing censorship and surveillance, and dollar debasement, and raising taxes, and …


Made it back to the other side of the 58k gravity well.


Every Samourai wallet supporter should listen go my podcast episode with nostr:npub1pww7030g95nv9ptfpgfu69jpfxj6pm33xxueztsupwekce45wx4sm6en60

If you don't have the patience to sit through a 3-hour recording, I've added timestamps.

Just skip to 00:42:46, you will learn something new today.

Now also available on Spotify & whatever!

https://www.youtube.com/live/v952Fd1vmOs


You fuks that hate on EVs are no bitcoiners.
Electricity can be made from any energy source.
Does heating oil or deisel fuel flow to your house through a breaker panel?
Can you generate your own gasoline with just a solar panel?
Nevermind global warming, that is a red herring.
Ford and Edison understood electricity will free mankind from centralized global energy cartels.
Anything you need to mine from the ground will be controlled by the government in the name of the environment, and only the crony crapitalists are given a patent over the resources under your feet.
Electricity is the way.
Oil doesen't flow out of nuclear power plants.
Electricity will be nearly free.
Communication will be nearly free.
Bitcoin is here to stay.


TF I just read


All of Google's software is malware.

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They’d have to block Tor too.


Of course all the regulated exchanges are going to comply with whatever they are told and stop accepting LN or BTC that has coinjoin history. Europeans should embrace Bisq and Robosats.


In Europe, privacy currencies are going to be eliminated from exchanges.

We will see what happens with techniques like coinjoin or lightning itself because lightning for issuing payments is very private and lightning with bolt12 is also very private for receiving payments.

https://m.primal.net/HKjW.png

https://m.primal.net/HKjX.png

https://m.primal.net/HKjY.png


Thanks Iris!


I’d say that from the human perspective, and in answer to your question, our attempts to live forever are as old as humanity.


A crime.


To them it was the same.


Been around forever. All the mummification and tomb stuff the Egyptians did was to keep on going in the afterlife. Probably has been a thing long before them.


Lots of effort and constant vigilance. Which is why I’m not even bothering with a nym for now.


Check out the dissenting opinion in the Heller case if you’re interested. Pretty wild that just less than half the justices joined in the “it protects the government’s guns, not yours” opinion.


Everyone understands what it’s actually intended for. Many, including progressive federal judges, pretend to understand it in a way that it’s effectively nullified, I.e. “it’s only for state militias, which of course must follow federal orders according to the Supremacy Clause.” So essentially that it gives the government the right to have guns, which makes no sense as an item in the Bill of Rights. 😂


Problem is it won’t be a radical change by the time it arrives. It will be at a time when Americans are used to needing a permit to have a bolt-action hunting rifle and a revolver for self-defense.


It will eventually happen in the US and the 2A will be no obstacle. Lots of judges, including some on the Supreme Court, would rule that the 2A only protects a state’s right to have a militia, and does not protect an individual’s right. I expect Heller will be overturned eventually.


Amen 😡

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TLDR on what it protects against?


Would definitely eat/10


I don’t see any reason why Lightning wallets couldn’t implement NFC and shiny graphics.


Need censorship, privacy tech bans, gun bans and higher taxes to protect you from the fascists.


$58k is humping the red candle dog pretty hard right now.

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Freedom and privacy under attack with lots of aggression there it seems.


Does Wine not work with some?


Are there times when Wine on Linux doesn’t work for those, company computer requirements aside? I mean when you have a choice in which OS you use.


Same with my work computer. Should have specified that it’s when you own it. If “you” is your company, same question applies. Proprietary software requiring Windows is a valid answer, but perhaps much of it works in Windows emulation (Wine) on Linux?


Why do people still use Windows? #asknostr


Go to 𝕏 for noise. Come to Nostr for signals.


This is essentially a bet that government regulations will hamstring open weight, open source AI. Nobody is going to want neutered, less versatile AI when open alternatives exist. It’s an investment in tyranny.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-co-founder-sutskevers-new-safety-focused-ai-startup-ssi-raises-1-billion-2024-09-04/


NEW: 🇦🇪 The United Arab Emirates announces the opening of their first multi-unit nuclear power plant ⚡

This comes one year after signing a major bitcoin mining deal with MARA.
 HT
FinancialWorldUpdates

https://video.nostr.build/a0a887ef33f223f253ffe95b5da3822fca80252d7a0d73b4e4c6b542c9589925.mp4


Do you think the Wasabi wallet UI might eventually provide a convenient way for one to just optionally turn on a local backend and/or coordinator if one wants?


#WasabiWallet backend no longer requires a fully-indexed Bitcoin node. Now, it can operate with a pruned node, lowering the costs for freedom fighters looking to host a Wasabi backend, Wasabi coordinator, or both.


It’s a problem with the transformer-based architecture. They are basically feed-forward networks where the “neurons” all face the same way, input layer -> inner layers -> output layer. They need a new design for more complex reasoning and eventual consciousness. Maybe liquid neural networks? Not sure what it’s going to be.


Jacked up shoulder, so I guess physically weak it is. Though other exercises for different body parts can substitute. Squats, etc.


It’s Elon.


At some point they’ll probably get what they’re asking for as tyrants and their cowardly constituents try to 1-up California’s AI regulations.


Nice to see more open source AI models keeping up and sometimes surpassing the closed ones. It’s no wonder OpenAI keeps trying to push governments to regulate AI. They need to have small players and open source squashed to make their business model viable.

https://venturebeat.com/ai/meet-the-new-most-powerful-open-source-ai-model-in-the-world-hyperwrites-reflection-70b/


Ramen with extra eggs for dinner it is.


How did you post a gif?


There probably aren’t aliens who are smarter than us via biological evolution. The cost of a large brain is just too high. It costs a lot in energy of course, which generally causes evolution to disfavor it. Child birth and care are extremely expensive for large brained creatures. Human babies need to be born in an extremely helpless state just to get their massive head through the canal. Then there is more than a decade of relative helplessness that the parents must put off survival tasks to handle.

This article describes yet another disadvantage - accelerated cognitive decline.

If there are aliens more advanced than us, I’m 100% sure they’re synthetic.

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-larger-brains-of-humans-come-with-a-tragic-cost-study-finds


They need to figure out a synthetic spark of creativity. I think they’ll get there, but the relatively feed-forward transformer-based generative AIs are probably not it. They just spit out a derivative of what they’ve been trained on. There may be promise in something like liquid neural nets.


Enjoy your break! 🍻


They can’t. That’s the wave Elon is trying to hold back with Reply Guy.


Maybe he wants to prevent more people from leaving X for here?


He is, but he wants everyone back on X, so…


This is the way👇

We’re also going to need a way for new users to get into the trust graph because all new users look like spammers and will automatically be blocked. nostr:note1gaut89kukvy94l4kv0692twdzm3xqqnc7m9revp06xc9vx0h6c8sr52mnx


Elon


Akshually, right now the $58k dog should be humping the red candle dog.


One day the spam AI will be advanced enough to get triggered by this.


Once there are wealth/unrealized gains taxes, they will come after hodlers that they know of as well.


NEW TUTORIAL:
Using Wasabi Wallet for #Bitcoin coinjoin/privacy 🕵
+ Choose your own coordinator using #Nostr! (shoutout  nostr:npub1u4rl3zlfa2efxslhypf4v6r8va5e0c9smxyr5676pxkyk0chn33s0teswa)

ALSO:
-Coinjoin directly to your  nostr:npub1wu4aye7ll0lnrrg638e90sehzsgpzx5t39t3mwl05aa0d0ap08esdz3vw0 Coldcard
-Connect your  nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll node
-Verify your download using Sparrow Wallet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52pSd3I1nac

Coordinator used in this video:
https://kruw.io/
Download Wasabi:
https://wasabiwallet.io/


You might try thinking of it like just a censorship and seizure-resistant savings account that you try to add to more than pull from. Still purchase a few nice things to enjoy in your physically capable years, if you can.


Is there relay code for hosting videos yet? Could be huge for paid relays.


Solid anti-Harris


The current Supreme Court is the only thing holding back the Second Amendment from being reinterpreted into effective nullification.  Just a matter of time.


TL;DR: Start resisting.


Scientists have developed a DNA-based computer capable of solving simplified chess problems, marking a significant advancement in the field of molecular computing. This innovative approach uses DNA strands to process and store data, offering a unique alternative to traditional silicon-based computers. The DNA computer can tackle basic chess scenarios on a 3x3 grid by encoding board configurations into DNA and using enzymes to narrow down solutions, demonstrating the potential for massive parallel processing in molecular computation.
https://www.perplexity.ai/page/dna-computer-plays-chess-HAm0GbDySzqhrdLQpeS4_w


FBI #Seizure of #Mastodon Server Data is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/fbi-seizure-mastodon-server-wakeup-call-fediverse-users-and-hosts-protect-their
#privacy


Should be more often accepted as a medium of exchange soon. No volatility risk for businesses.


With Reticulum the future is so here

https://youtu.be/HAX8GFn5uCI?feature=shared


He gives his life for you!


The UK government arrested a pro-Palestinian activists just for what they’ve said online.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/sarah-wilkinson


Core Lightning v24.08: 'Steel Backed-up Channels'

"We extend our heartfelt thanks to the 21 contributors who made the v24.08 release possible with their 378 commits since the last update. Your commitment to enhancing CLN is invaluable, and we are grateful for your ongoing support."

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/core-lightning-v24-08/


The New York Times is an actively hostile Marxist media organization operating in the US.

https://m.primal.net/KYtP.png


Communists aren’t all bad either. Some are just misguided or weak.


Perhaps socialism and restrictions on speech are actually the wrong track, and it’s not “Nazis voting harder.” https://www.axios.com/2024/09/02/german-far-right-state-elections-eastern-region


Scientists have made a significant breakthrough by simulating a traversable wormhole using Google's Sycamore quantum computer. The experiment, conducted by a team of physicists from Caltech, Fermilab, and other institutions, provides new insights into the relationship between quantum mechanics and general relativity, potentially paving the way for a deeper understanding of quantum gravity and the fundamental nature of the universe.
(Copypasta)
https://www.perplexity.ai/page/universe-wormholes-simulation-WUoAJ3CDREaEXZrOC2WAgw


We’re getting closer to this fork in the road. California is about to pass its AI regulation laws that will place responsibility on model developers when the models are used for “nefarious” purposes. Releasing open source models will be legally riskier.

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10,000 construction jobs were created last month!
10,000 demolition jobs were created this month!


Whether it’s Trump or Harris, speech is going to face more restrictions in the US, unfortunately.


A lot of libertarian-minded Bitcoiners are so naive to support this big government buffoon.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-restrict-first-amendment-1235088402/


I think regulators will force Tesla to reduce the tow rating at least.


Nope, watch the whole Whistlin Diesel video. They DID smash the tow hitch with a large perpendicular force prior to the breaking, but it was in fact the cast aluminum frame that broke. While this was a torture test with conditions not encountered by regular users, the failure supposedly happened at least once in the field with someone whose trailer hit a pothole. Since cast aluminum tends to crack rather than bend, this has the potential happen even more when the trucks are subjected to smaller stresses over time as people tow.


The frame breaking has to be the scariest issue for Tesla. It potentially results in Tesla being forced to say the Cybertruck can’t be used for towing at all, and it has no possible fix with software or recalls.


Access X via a proxy in Brazil connecting to a VPN outside Brazil connecting to X. Send their enforcement agents on a quest.


Switch to a nym.


🎈 https://i.nostr.build/IdbiJw6GWzH8aVlu.jpg


I’m old enough to remember when liberals were the pro-free-speech side.


We live in the most interesting point in human history.

There are two paths that lay before us and forces are exerting a lot of pressure in one direction or the other.

The path we ultimately go down depends on the individual.

Will you cave to the totalitarians or will you embrace freedom tech and stand up to the insane people who want to control every part of your life?

The Nanny State will tax, censor and jail you if you don’t take a stand.

Make yourself resilient by embracing freedom tech like bitcoin, Nostr, and other open source software projects while building a strong community in meat space.

We can defeat these despots. It will take many individuals taking action to do so though. Don’t cower in fear. The future of humanity depends on you taking a stand.
https://m.primal.net/KVqA.jpg


The most likely forecast for the next few years is MUCH higher spending, higher taxes, stricter speech regulations and 80% of the population being for it all, indifferent or not uncomfortable enough take any action. Without #bitcoin and #nostr there’d be little hope. Fortunately we do have these powerful tools!


Should see greater Bitcoin adoption for payments now. Stablecoin at $58k.


You’d think we would see lots of huge coinjoins from whales after Harris’s threat of unrealized gains taxes. But we don’t because they’re just going to comply.


Alternative title: “AI Giants Work With Feds to Crush AI Startups and Open Source Models”

https://www.axios.com/2024/08/29/anthropic-openai-models-us-ai-safety-institute-biden


I didn’t know there were still BCH and BSV shills around. Can’t imagine the accommodations their bus needs.


But I emphasize “almost” because it will certainly be some completely subjective verbiage like “realistic enough to mislead a significant number of viewers.” Which, uninterestingly and by design, lets them prosecute pretty much any poster of memes they choose to destroy.


I almost want to see where they draw the line between meme and “misinformation” in their proposed speech regulations.


Do you have the “circling the drain” sats/dollar one?


Having the tools available is just part of the solution. Probably the hardest part is willingly developing/making use of them when being jailed and taken from your family is a possibility. Hope to see lots of people make it past the “examples made” to discourage us.

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If there’s a head to cut off …

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Looks like it was the second of two steep slumps. Busy few days on other networks? Events taking place?


Nope.


I’m too old to know that one I suppose.


The capital of Latvia? Does the link work?


What?


Both Switzerland and El Salvador have extradition treaties with the US. They used the extradition treaty with Portugal to arrest Roger Ver there on tax charges. Not sure if they used it to get the Samourai devs. Some countries that aren’t themselves tyrannies like Russia and China need to give the US the middle finger more often.


Just need to maintain some places that refuse to get on board with global minimum tax mandates, and also don’t extradite to the US.


With #Kamala wanting to introduce a 25% captial tax on unrealized gains (wtf?), a lot of wealth will move out of the US if she wins the election. #Norway, which is a tiny country compared to the US both in terms of population and total wealth, imposed a 1.1% wealth tax and which resulted in a lot of the richest billionaires and multi millionaires moving all their capital out of the country.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/04/19/wealthy-norwegians-flee-to-switzerland-to-evade-high-wealth-taxes-bankers-following-dnb-abg-sundal-collier/


Some (mostly Democrat) lawmakers literally calling for banning memes. What a time to be alive.
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4850752-lawmakers-crackdown-ai-deepfakes-grok-backlash/


🚨🚨 JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Kamala Harris economic adviser confirms plan to tax unrealized gains.

A reason to vote Trump #bitcoin friendly admin
 https://video.nostr.build/64c816e0672d0b14eb516784470dab1a6d6afe7d25fa50e5fda6d7a2e38ae7bd.mp4


nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 mandated KYC for IaaS providers

https://www.cozen.com/news-resources/publications/2024/u-s-department-of-commerce-proposes-a-new-kyc-rule-applicable-to-u-s-iaas-providers-


By bending over and asking for regulatory clarity you are failing to  meet your obligation as a US citizen to disobey the unjust laws enacted  by a vile class.

https://tftc.io/were-at-the-loot-the-treasury-stage-of-empire-collapse/


Look out Toyota CEO. France will come for you next.

https://image.nostr.build/f6320def963f153bc7998a830fb304bfb224e4f26df6dba3bf8dffe7b254b85e.jpg


Energy efficiency. Same with Koalas.


Yes, the back end took a major perpendicular force in the demo, but there looks to be at least one case in the field of a trailer hitting a large pothole and causing the same failure. More minor forces will likely build up stress damage in other vehicles and I’m guessing that in some years, maybe months, we’ll see lots of instances of the failure.


Oof. I like the Cybertruck, but when this issue happens to more trucks pulling trailers it’s going to result in Tesla being forced to say the Cybertruck can’t safely pull a trailer, and regulatory agencies enforcing that. This issue doesn’t look fixable at all with recalls. Could be the end of the Cybertruck. https://youtu.be/_scBKKHi7WQ


Right when the Trump campaign had the opportunity to present itself as the party of free speech, a day after Durov’s arrest, Trump calls for jail for flag burners. He keeps his foot gun loaded at all times.


Are the CEOs the client devs or the relay operators? Are they in the room with us now?


What criticisms are they using other than network effect (“nobody is there”)?


It will be nice to have some kind of censorship resistant alternative to GitHub for developers like yourself.


Talk is cheap. When the government comes kicking, you're life changes. That hill you said you'd die on becomes real because you're forced to stand on it. Then you look at your kids, your spouse, the life you built, their futures, your life dead or behind bars for something made up.

This isn't dramatic, those who've been there know that I'm talking about. These actions happen in silence "why cover it in the news, they were clearly breaking the law".

These are very real events you need to know so we can build more resilient systems. Don't let your hubris convince you that you're safe.  Most of my friends think I'm insane for building the tools I do, in my last gig and now. They told me to get out while I can, go do something more mainstream so you can sleep at night. To me, I'd get worse sleep living a "normal life" wishing I did something more, took a risk maybe, stood up for something I believed in.


An increasingly capable open weight text-to-video AI: https://github.com/THUDM/CogVideo


Just a week in and GrapheneOS already supports the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL.

Gotta love open source.


True, but if there’s an afterlife then that’s the same as immortality in my mind. Perhaps with quality of life varying wildly depending on who’s right about how it works!


But if my family couldn’t come with me in immortality I’d chose “No”.


Doesn’t matter, since being mortal means at some point I’ll cease existing and will not contemplate being gone. Being immortal means the lifetime of the universe = my own lifetime, which is pretty much the same after perception of time adjusts to that lifetime. What actually matters is quality of life.


Free speech under attack from both sides.


The meme rails are pretty strong.


We’ve been bouncing around between $58k and $69k for around 6 months now. Can we go a year?


Victimizers of children may be the only bad guys that are hated all across the political spectrum, so makes sense they’re played again and again. For censorship it’s child porn. For gun control it’s to stop school shootings, etc.


And then when you mention Nostr “buT nObodY’s ThEre!”


"Anonymizing tools and services on global internetworks can give a competitive advantage to publishers and merchants, and security to individuals from foreign governments and unhinged individuals worldwide."

A prescient cypherpunk article from 1994.👇

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It’s unfortunate that Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been detained based on what appears to be overzealous enforcement of some moderation requirements.

In that vein I’d like share a few thoughts on the topic,

Telegram as many Cypherpunks have pointed out was an unencrypted, centralized service that everyday put all its users at risk and painted a target on its founder & employees BY DESIGN.

They chose to design a system where attacks on the operators were not only feasible, in many cases they are the most profitable attack (especially when accomplished in secret against the users interest).

The whole concept of secure & pseudonymous Cypherpunk crypto was first build as Mixmaster an anonymous remailer which was written in response to the Church of a Scientology suing to get access to database of pseudonyms in the http://Anon.penet.fi legal case which ultimately caused the pseudonym service to shut down.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penet_remailer

This directly led to the creation of Mixmaster anonymous mail relays, TOR and our own service ZeroKnowledge Freedom.  The design principles for all of these were to include no trusted third party and use cryptography to enable the user to control their own identity.

By removing the 3rd party trusted entity it made everyone safer including the operator of the service.

Also while everyone rails against the French government for arresting Pavel, it’s not a concept foreign to Western democracies like Canada and United States.

Hushmail was encrypted private email compromised with a back door and data dump ordered by US government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hushmail#Compromises_to_email_privacy

E-Gold was a 10yr old online payments service linking gold deposits to online payments operated by Cypherpunk Douglas Jackson.  He was arrested, threatened with 20yrs in prison and his company shuttered after he asked for the rules to operate legally and instead of defining them, he was persecuted.  https://wired.com/2009/06/e-gold/

The operators of Backpage a commercial competitor to Craiglist build by local newspaper entrepreneurs (https://reason.com/2018/11/15/the-backpage-scandal-isnt-what/)  were arrested and the government spend more than 5yrs in court arguing that they couldn’t even use the 1st amendment as a defence.  https://reason.com/2023/06/09/prosecutors-say-backpage-defendants-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-reference-the-1st-amendment/. This was after a mistrial, a judgement of prosecutorial overreach, government officials still appealed with the sole intent of removing any mention of freedom of speech as a right.  This was essentially the government claiming that they didn’t moderate ads properly.

Kik Interacrive and Canadian messaging app with 100employees was sued for $100m and ultimately shut down following prosecution by the SEC for an illegal token sale. https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/kitchener-based-messaging-app-kik-to-close-amid-digital-token-lawsuit-1.4607874(Remember Telegram completed a token sale which made its founder a billionaire)

There are many more cases that I could reference from
@KimDotcom
 , Ross Ulbricht and Wikileaks.

Conclusion

The facts are still out with regards to the specific law Pavel is  being held on. It’s not clear if this is just a French government prosecution or a multilateral effort with US Government participation.  (as seen above extra jurisdictional application of its laws in cyberspace is the norm)

Before everyone answers the call to invade France, or to take up arms to free Pavel we need to know more about the specific charges, remedies being sought and what the exposure the the millions of Telegrams users is.

Regardless the Cypherpunks who’ve long pointed out that unencrypted, centralized services are a risk to users and the operators of that service are the ones who get to claim “I told you so”.

Your protections in the digital age shouldn’t be based on the fickle policies of governments, or the goodwill of an operator who hopes not to be forced to betray you.    Use services that are trust minimized.

We called our company ZeroKnowledge for a reason.  If there was a gun to our head we couldn’t violate our users privacy.  It wasn’t possible. — that should be the standard.

Post by Austin Hill  @austinhill


Sometimes I wish I had an account on X just to tell authoritarians who find the 1A an obstacle, like this guy, that they should face the guillotine (one that drops slowly).
https://m.primal.net/KOJX.jpg


nostr:npub1el92x37jgdpxkgcu278ja06a9djxzj24nxutg96qcljsehls0aesc2wpyf See the rest of the thread, or this blog post :) https://blinry.org/50-things-with-sdr/


They’ll try wrenching it out of him with plea deals.


They probably have all of southern Lebanon under 24/7 surveillance with automated rocket detection.


Funny how in military and LE circles you’re a sheep, a sheepdog or a wolf. Nah, fuck them all. 😂


Western countries no longer have moral high ground.


Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested in France…

If there is a throat to choke, it will be choked.

If there is a head to cut off, it will be cut off.

Platform owners that bend the knee to totalitarianism will censor and deplatform you.

Platform owners that do not comply will be arrested and threatened with the full force of “The Law.”

Nostr is a Hydra. You cannot kill Nostr. There is no single throat to choke, no one head to cut off. Succeed in cutting off one head and two will grow in its place.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/telegram-messaging-app-ceo-pavel-durov-arrested-france-tf1-tv-says-2024-08-24/


Also gotta do something about the masses of idiots that vote for the “safety” of an open air prison.


Uncensored social media is now a crime in Western countries. They have no moral high ground over Russia or China.

“Authorities believe that Telegram's lack of moderation, collaboration with law enforcement, and the instruments it provides (disposable numbers, and cryptocurrency) make it an accomplice in drug trafficking, paedophilia, and fraud.”

https://www.the-sun.com/news/12283508/telegram-founder-pavel-durov-arrested/


BREAKING: Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been arrested in France


Data Shows Bitcoin Mining Giants Foundry and Antpool Seize 56.7% of Network’s Hashrate. In the last three days, Foundry USA and Antpool have emerged as the leading forces in bitcoin mining, together controlling a whopping 56.7% of the network’s total hashrate. Since the year began, Foundry’s hashrate has climbed by about 75 exahash per second (EH/s), marking a significant increase.
https://yakihonne.s3.ap-east-1.amazonaws.com/89f93336152fbe149c10445b7e780339e16f9ed7ceeb1596414c65c2779b7582/files/1724528269556-YAKIHONNES3.webp


🚨 For the first time, a government is being overthrown by 3D-printed weapons 🔫

The longest-lasting civil war today took an unexpected turn... when the resistance adopted plastic weapons and cryptocurrencies.

You NEED to know what's happening in Myanmar 👇

https://image.nostr.build/a2fdf9026e54b6b1da842627fb5b8c4bd194211838d838b3c0d791eb5db65441.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/90c607aedae1666db44e2cdf10bfc325b857c46a8afaebebbe2752b7e1b23cca.jpg

Myanmar has never had political stability since gaining independence 76 years ago.

The latest coup was in 2021, banks were drained, and the local currency lost 60% of its value in the following months.

Rebels have since been using CRYPTO to finance themselves.

https://image.nostr.build/ddaac81e9555922d2c8940c90ccbc8f37c6f4e1b987a79282a8324377d0e1724.png

They declared TETHER as the official currency 🏅

They launched a stablecoin and a crypto bank on the Polygon network that accesses Uniswap pools for buying and selling currencies.

They even created a digital lottery and boycotted the national Myanmar lottery, which saw its revenue drop by 80% 📉

https://image.nostr.build/4fd9c942150d77ed2c032af07f7d6f785b35ec52806f9c76a523398a6fad93a7.png

https://image.nostr.build/7d8e3303a2f7a823094c281d65fe926358158e4beea41ee7f8f0d740985e3e28.png

The rebels have raised about $100 million in recent years.

They even auctioned "revolutionary bonds": buyers could receive a share of a deposed general's mansion, for example.

But this $100 million is nothing compared to the nearly $1 billion that the junta has invested in the war since the coup.

https://image.nostr.build/eb9746cf073e54a643de3c70767aee6aa0be09634ae9af0578b67d5c902892c6.png

https://image.nostr.build/fc6f73aa8cc85024cbe4667725066c98c5f3fdb1bbedde479b0b897fdfef4d2e.png

This ASYMMETRY of resources suggests a protracted conflict with no end in sight.

The junta is unable to eliminate all the decentralized insurgency hotspots... but it can exhaust them financially.

However, the asymmetry is decreasing, thanks to DISSIDENT TECHNOLOGIES...

https://image.nostr.build/93ff5fc270a0569fd2b314e37b46d713b868279b95d830f906c0ecfb3a633cd1.png

JStark would be proud.

In recent months, there have been reports of FGC9s in use in Myanmar.

FGC9 is one of the most popular models of self-made firearms.

FGC = Fuck Gun Control

No one conquers a city with FGC9s.

But it is certainly possible to...

https://image.nostr.build/e71236550139189060f73e9c771bec5ad5c7ee6d74ff839519ec4f94dfaf8be4.jpg

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... defend a mountain pass or a village surrounded by forest with them.

Moreover, the resistance has mastered the art of producing and piloting homemade patrol drones.

Check it out 👇

https://video.nostr.build/6455e3665450014e51e9c7ca96424c463741751239bfa6b8f059c90ac27fb6a8.mp4

https://image.nostr.build/aa0cdf1ebde058c7d6816499bb20eb220aa3e4825c12fc866deeb170f053711b.jpg

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The insurgents have already liberated ~50% of the territory.

The military junta controls the most populous and economically significant areas.

China supported the last coup in 2021. The West never had enough incentive to confront Beijing 🇨🇳

But in 2024, everything starts to change.

https://image.nostr.build/56c5705a1c8f1e73685767d2b059cdf38d9002029369c667c4ce246a9090e595.png

China's interest is economic.

They need to be on the side of the "winner" to ensure access to Myanmar's strategic pipelines and ports.

But in March of this year, Beijing lost its patience.

Hold on to this:

😳 44,000 CHINESE were in Myanmar as "slaves"...

https://image.nostr.build/faa92bf49b76a74367313ae9dc701a20800fef77c00a74676e9003f557211332.png

...and they were finally discovered and "returned."

They were working in "ONLINE SCAM CENTERS" operating in the northern part of the country. They were lured with fake job advertisements.

This is a scam center on the border with Thailand, packed with Chinese workers, scamming people worldwide 👇

https://image.nostr.build/2460a015b0beb3b775506b6e50e9c96c1ceb743e4214a3a1a1f4ebd6b3c00b20.jpg

Think about this 👇

You’ve probably been targeted by some online profile trying to scam you, operated by one of the THOUSANDS of trafficked Chinese people working in centers like this.

What year are we living in, folks?! 😳

https://image.nostr.build/ede9666bb2b241506214704e0f7b4585fc1adb5db438145c77e89a73b32ce65b.png

The fight against tyranny still seems far from over. But the end appears to have already begun.

The balance of power is shifting.


For a while.


Eventually California will just launch smoke-detecting drones that home in on someone smoking and incapacitate.
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/carlsbad-bans-people-from-smoking-in-their-own-apartment/3602928/


They announced the money printer firing up.


Your printed dollars at work.


69k back on deck.


Which will not happen because they will QE as much as needed to prevent it.


His only chance is a major economic crash between now and November.


Smart.


Possessing nukes is the only way to own physical real estate.


Real estate is a shitcoin - you can't *actually* own a home, you can only have permission from the state to pretend to own it

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/her-husbands-dying-wish-was-that-she-stay-forever-in-the-house-they-built-now/article_7caac3aa-5fe7-11ef-8bb9-c39f29b3d376.html


Nostr Plebs stand on principles.
https://m.primal.net/KIrp.jpg


Why?


May the Lightning Gods not force close you at this moment in time 🙏
https://i.nostr.build/RUSA0Dqnvvq0eO4Q.jpg


This many people are falling for the “send me your BTC and I’ll send back more” scam? 🤦♂


Forgot the cringe warning!

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The institutions can’t dump it back down there forever.


At some point after Trump the Republicans will probably get on the “coup until we have a candidate who wins in the polls” train.


Followid


👀👀👀👀

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Would you? It’s a giant nope for me. https://youtube.com/shorts/ULZsVPPUp1o


I’m sure they’ll find a way to do it sometime in the evolution of sex robots.


Robots can be made fairly bulletproof. And they won’t experience stress from getting shot at. Bullish on robotic home defense. https://youtube.com/shorts/gglyzU_naLs


As you know, things can be done with modern tech. Here, for example, is a bulletproof automated sentry gun. For airsoft only of course. https://youtube.com/shorts/gglyzU_naLs?si=oOdZ_tYjjy2xPylj


Eventually moving won’t get you away from those cucked rules. Then it will be non-compliance only.


If open source AI models continue to even kind of keep up with proprietary models, it’s almost guaranteed that the US gov will attempt to restrict it with export controls and placing liability on devs for model “misuse.” Sucks, but I don’t see it going any other way.


I’d call them DEXs. I really am curious if any DNMs you might call descendants of Silk Road have LN as an option though.


Though I suppose new Androids must be assumed to be pre-loaded with malware at this point.


If Android phones can be obtained, side-load the VPN apps?


Which Darknet market added LN?


Bisq v2.1.0: Support Lightning Network as Additional Bitcoin Settlement Method

The latest Bisq 2 release, v2.1.0, brings support for the Lightning Network as an additional Bitcoin settlement method, a QR code scanner, upgraded chats, improved Tor startup, and more.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bisq-v2-1-0/


If ya dig, ya Zig.


The one on the right mentions it has an optional generator for range extension. I want just that one item if nothing else.


Since sending encrypted messages via #HamRadio is illegal it sure will be a shame when people start using open source LLMs and the text to voice Whisper model with steganography to obscure private conversations in innocuous voice banter… 🙃🥸


Make bitcoiners anarchists again 😑


Don’t need, but want.

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The #BitAxe Hub BETA is now released and fully open sourced. Do with it as you want.

It's still a work in progress so have fun y'all.
If you remix or modify share you files so I can add it to the page.

Grab it here:
https://printables.com/model/976630-bitaxe-hub-v1-beta/files


I suppose red dwarf systems could allow more time, if they are habitable. Also, there’s an interesting article suggesting that planets that migrate into the habitable zone of a white dwarf star (probably a different planet from any that were in the habitable zone prior to the red giant phase) could harbor life. https://www.space.com/white-dwarf-habitable-planets-migration


Makes you realize that the time allowed for intelligent life to evolve is actually pretty short (assuming ~4B years between genesis and intelligent life). Probably the reason we haven’t made contact yet - the window is very short. The best chances for contacting intelligent life will probably involve looking for civs that have transcended to Kardashev II+.


Price controls favor the largest industrial food producers. Small producers will be unable to compete.


Anyone else who uses Arch run into PGP signature issues every time you do a full system update? #asknostr


Imagine if Linus was a US citizen

https://falkvinge.net/2013/11/17/nsa-asked-linus-torvalds-to-install-backdoors-into-gnulinux/


It’s good that you can. Doesn’t mean you should.


I got my #Meshtastic node working with an #Arduino. No #wifi nor #bluetooth required. No #smartphone, #RaspberryPi running Linux or any other real computer involved.

https://image.nostr.build/4e7ce90879e8adde483a0864dea7205a1a69f404b8ac660443d4548b1b3a12b5.jpg

Nodes can talk directly to one another with no #infrastructure, and no #HAM #licenses.

The picture is a prototype for a project I'm working on, but just having the ability to have little #electronics speak Meshtastic natively is a game changer! #hardware

alt A battery powered Arduino mega with a bunch of other boards attached, including a Raspberry Pi Pico-based Meshtastic node.


A reminder that California would like to be able to sue devs of open source software that gets “misused.” https://reason.com/2024/08/13/californias-ai-bill-threatens-to-derail-open-source-innovation/


Let’s see them try that here.


And direct military interventions without declaring war. “Special military operations” so to speak. 😂


Are they getting deleted from other platforms?


The US government will probably never declare war again except if directly invaded by a nation state. Other than that, not too far fetched.


While you were busy making fun of the UK for criminalizing free speech, the UN finalized its Cybercrime Convention which will overrule bank secrecy and criminalize hacking, whistleblowing, and security research.

The convention, which was finalized last friday, drastically expands government surveillance powers and enables the widespread sharing of personal data between UN member states.

The convention mandates the identification, tracing, confiscation and seizure of "proceeds of crime, property, equipment or other instrumentalities" and the collection of real-time traffic and content data on behalf of requesting member states.

It further mandates member states to establish criminal offences for "the concealment or disguise of the true nature, source, location, disposition, movement or ownership of or rights with respect to property" and  "the conversion or transfer of property [...] for the purpose of concealing or disguising the illicit origin of the property" when committed intentionally.

As the Electronic Frontier Foundation explains, the convention includes "documents saved on personal computers or notes stored on digital devices. In essence, this means that private unshared thoughts and information are no longer safe. Authorities can compel the preservation, production, or seizure of any electronic data, potentially turning personal devices into spy vectors regardless of whether the information has been communicated".

While the treaty defers most articles to the governance of local laws, it states that states "shall not decline to act [...] on the ground of bank secrecy".

Full story:

https://www.therage.co/un-cybercrime-convention-bank-secrecy/


Voting harder and pressuring politicians won’t work. There is no political solution. Decentralization of coin mixing and privacy tech in general is the way. Wasabi wallet is on the right track with the decentralization of coinjoin coordinators.

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The US just recommended a 30-year prison sentence for alleged Bitcoin Fog operator Roman Sterlingov.

Sterlingov's case became known as the case to "put cryptocurrency tracing on trial", as much of the evidence presented was collected using Chainalysis' blockchain analysis software Reactor – The prosecution "haven’t pointed to any smoking-gun digital evidence retrieved from Sterlingov’s possessions or devices", as WIRED reported following Sterlingov's arrest.

Chainalysis described Sterlingov's guilty verdict as setting precedent for "Chainalysis blockchain analytics being used by prosecutors as evidence when they take criminals to court", arguing that the verdict "affirms the ways in which our solutions have become the industry standard, made possible by our partners in government who use our tools everyday to fight illicit activity".

The only problem: experts believe that the government's got the wrong guy, and that the jury has convicted a user of Bitcoin Fog as its operator – arguing that Chainalysis' tools are "flawed" and "shouldn't be trusted to convict defendants when they face decades in prison".

2024 is the year of dangerous precedents in which not just your right to privacy is on the line, but the very question of how much science matters in a court of law when it comes to BTC.

All the tea:

https://www.therage.co/bitcoin-fog-sentencing/


So did the runes/inscriptions degens get bored or rekt?


It’s a good thing there are so many open source 3D printers out there now. Stratasys is sending out patent infringement lawsuits.
https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/3d-printer-maker-bambu-lab-faces-patent-infringement-lawsuits-that-could-threaten-hobbyist-3d-printing-in-general


Pony Flux probably not far away. 😂


Break the chains of KYC in some way, sell P2P and accept the risks that come with committing “tax fraud” which is just the phrase the state made up for their form of extortion / theft.


I'm curious, we have all these tools to self custody and protect our bitcoin, but how do we protect against the cap gains tax man?  As an American we will pay 20% no matter where we live in the world, and in Cali it's 33%

Does it just come down to non KYC purchases only to avoid tracking? Will you have to earn it directly to avoid fiat paper trail from paycheck like a cash job would now?

What are the odds the U.S. abandons its federal cap gains tax?

#asknostr


I think without the ability to do that you’d see a lot of people copy an old post they want to keep up and paste it into a new post, which is annoying UX.


Agreed. Users of free relays could repost notes they want to restart the timer for.


The only long term solution is FOSS software and hardware in modern vehicles. Full self driving and fully  autonomous unmanned vehicles (land drones) are going to become increasingly common and eventually change the way intersections and traffic flow work. Relying on old vehicles that lack computers and networking is not a long term solution.

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MORE CLIENTS SHOULD SUPPORT DISPOSABLE NPUBS. AMETHYST IS LEADING THE WAY HERE. WOULD BE THE SINGLE BIGGEST PRIVACY WIN FOR ONLINE SPEECH ACROSS THE BOARD.

NORMALIZE SINGLE USE DISPOSABLE IDENTITIES. AS THE REST OF THE INTERNET MOVES TOWARD LINKING EVERY ACTION TO LEGAL IDENTITIES, NOSTR REPRESENTS A BRIGHTER PATH.


Silver lining in threats like this: censorship at the tech level must be failing miserably.

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“Whether you’re in this country committing crimes on the street or committing crimes FROM FURTHER AFIELD ONLINE, we will come after you.”

I would like to personally invite this limey totalitarian tosspot to come after DN. https://v.nostr.build/qClavbisR4nnUM3k.mp4


The UK suffers from having lost its most courageous and virtuous men, who either died fighting in the world wars or went abroad to explore new lands.

Though some patriots still remain, they are largely outnumbered by NPCs.


It showed up for a minute on Primal after sending it, but then disappeared.


Hey it worked!


Freedom Tech Crash Course: Nostr, Ecash, Lightning, Fedi, Fedimint

Decided to put together a list of the freedom tech conversations I've had on nostr:npub10qrssqjsydd38j8mv7h27dq0ynpns3djgu88mhr7cr2qcqrgyezspkxqj8  -- please find them below in reverse chronological order of recording date.

I hope you find them valuable.

nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a  - Freedom Technology White Pill
https://youtu.be/YHVVC2Eo70Q

nostr:npub1kp7jzme0qs3wcqjjmkq6v5fm359sclhc22glhadgtmerlr0h37nsn8487l ` - nostr:npub1uq70uqgas9pyhds2zt57kr9se8rg3s68ztphjnq82ts8rzeknmeql7u0c2  -  Open-Source Freedom Technology, Community & Trust
https://youtu.be/8MD3QQymz0c

nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft  - ESCAPING THE ALGORITHM WITH NOSTR
https://youtu.be/gG92XFg5Q48

nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg  - DEEZ eNUTS: Everything You Need to Know About Ecash
https://youtu.be/ipPqYIA7JkM

nostr:npub1773r2y5zl3sa7xufmye96un3hf02rse8j82hkd45ps0wvk2hrkasslesjt  - Machankura: Bitcoin WITHOUT Internet
https://youtu.be/tRjoWsc08h0

nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr - Nostr & The Future of Social Media
https://youtu.be/ZZJbXpQ-bxw

nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z - HOW TO ACTUALLY GET FREE SPEECH (not a conversation - I read a great piece by Preston)
https://youtu.be/OfOcRsEfWF8

Here is part of a conversation I had with Preston where we talk about Nostr: https://youtu.be/2IRMp9uj1xA

nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s - Bitcoin + Nostr: The Only Path Forward
https://youtu.be/AtsLp3Rg5AA


Protests are allowed, as long as it’s for an Approved reason. Else it’s terrorism.


Yeah. And you’re lucky to get more than 20 sats per spin. It’s basically just the gift card rewards and an exchange now.


The people who had any will to fight this kind of abuse by the government left centuries ago.
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Liquid is great. I just hope they geographically distribute the functionaries enough to minimize the disturbance to the network when the regulatory heat inevitably comes for them.


Brain dead easy usually requires custodial service. Even on-chain Bitcoin is used by most people through custodians like Coinbase.


Automation needs to drastically improve the UX of Lightning I think.


Perhaps I used the wrong word. I’m basically saying the paper does nothing to protect rights. Even the Bill of Rights has federal judges who interpret them to the extreme of basically doing nothing.


We’ll see if people are willing to do that when they ban “assault weapons.” My guess is that people will mostly comply and promise to vote harder next time.


It’s just a paper that can be (re)interpreted to any extreme. The only rights you have are the ones you seize and protect yourself.


They turned those in already.


Both. Been bouncing between the two for the last 5 months.


Hopefully in the next few years we see some affordable consumer-focused AI GPUs that allow people to train the ~400B parameter models locally.


Like nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs I actually don’t suggest physically leaving the US. Why?
-It’s legally harder to speak freely elsewhere.
-It’s harder to retain means of physical defense elsewhere (guns, networked security systems, drones).
-The US is culturally diverse (you can find your clan here).
-Bitcoin works just as well in the US as anywhere.
-There are secessionist movements that could gain steam at any time.


Once being productive just means you have to pay your gains to the less productive, they used to build a wall to keep the productive in. Now they are enforcing taxes globally with exit taxes, global minimum tax (on corporations) and extradition treaties so that the IRS can arrest people pretty much anywhere. They’re trying to expand global minimum taxes to cover wealthy individuals. They want wealth and unrealized gains taxes. This is the modern “wall.” Bitcoin can keep you out if used well.

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Actually there is a guarantee on “hate speech” and “misinformation” it’s called the first amendment you double chin ass commie bitch. https://video.nostr.build/eecfb5382d779f284167b3fa9acf000b2fe8593f3d32229de1a9df7ddc1ca388.mp4


There comes a point when the tyranny is uncomfortable enough that it’s worth it. The American Revolution was essentially that. Not saying that the UK is at that point yet, and it varies widely person to person.


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UK authorities have warned people that merely retweeting information about the riots could lead to criminal charges.
https://modernity.news/2024/08/07/brits-warned-merely-retweeting-information-about-riots-could-be-a-criminal-offense/


https://i.nostr.build/2H7WZAHjg4LOtgQ4.jpg
Rest of the post below 👇
The guy wearing a suit would then tell me his boring ideas of mainstream mass-adoption and getting big banks onboard. This happened all the time, and the business guys even attempted a hostile takeover of Bitcoin.

Mass adoption is a meme that means "build a bad product to pump my bags". It's the same mindset of trashy US startups where the aim is to grab money, stuff your org with HR and marketing and "fake it till you make it" mindset.

Now today we see people calling for a return to the core principles at the heart of cryptocurrency's journey in 2010.

What can we learn from the history of Linux?

The movement started in the early 90s, but had its roots much earlier. Richard Stallman saw the influx of VCs into the PC industry in the 80s, and the culture completely changed.

People stopped caring about computer freedom. So he proposed a big mission: lets create a new operating system. People called him crazy and a crank, but he didn't listen to them. Stallman invented the Linux operating system.

As the movement start gaining traction, soon the money people came back again. We need mass adoption they said.

They also said this: "talking about freedom is scary for big business. We need to tone that down and focus just on the benefits for business."

This was the origin of opensource. It was created to push Stallman out of the movement he created, and attract big business.

We saw the same thing happen in crypto. Corrupt people who benefit from money printing said "if only we can wrestle this Bitcoin thing out of the hands of the anarchists, then we can get mainstream adoption by big banks".

Opensource pumped big time on the stock market during the 90s, but then cooled off and eventually the markets got bored and moved on.

The Linux movement stalled, and the big meme in the Linux community became mass adoption. Notice the similarity here with crypto? Big money coming in but nothing new happening. Then people get bored and the movement dies, failing to achieve its objective.

Linux became a poor man's alternative to Windows and Mac. It tried to play catch up always copying its competitor, and being one step behind.

Worst yet, we missed the rise of mobile and Linux was left behind scrambling.

But that's changing in the Linux community. And I'm sensing crypto is also about to undergo this character arc.

The Linux renaissance was first sparked by outrage over systemd, but now people are getting back to the heart of Linux.

Linux is not Windows or Mac. Linux is Linux.

With Linux you can make infrastructure. Linux runs communities and gives you economic and social power. You are in charge. Everyone is a main character- you are developer and user.

By contrast, Windows and Mac are for cucks. You are enslaved. If you are locked out or experience injustice, you can only send the big tech corporation an angry email. You have no power. They make the decisions, and you live with them.

Worst yet, they don't care about people rallying to fix their situation. They spy on you and sell your data to corporations and governments. You are the product.

Linux is power. Cypherpunks use Linux.

Imagine an authoritarian regime comes to power and puts your friends in jail. They are oppressing you.

Are you going to use Google Docs and your Mac to overthrow the regime? Nope!

You will want anonymous freedom tech but it will be too late since you did not develop your skills. Think of it like prepping for the apocalypse, but rather than stockpiling tins of food, you're acquiring hard skills which your community will need when SHTF.

Understand anon, this is the true purpose and power of cryptocurrency too. Anonymous, uncensored and sovereign economic networks.

Cryptocurrency is power. You can send money from anywhere in the world to anywhere else fully anonymously using Monero and nobody can stop you. We can even form anonymous on-chain DAOs with DarkFi, mobilize to gather funds and act together as one powerful voice in the market. Nobody can stop this.

They might put any one of us in jail, or suicide us like what happened with Ross Ulbricht and John McAfee, but the ball is rolling and crypto is primed for a renaissance.

I remember telling everyone in 2000 the governments were spying on everyone. I downloaded OpenCV library and made an app in 10 mins to track my face on a webcam. Then I read how London has the highest number of CCTV cameras in the world. I put two and two together, and it made sense, right?

WRONG. People all called me a conspiracy theorist and gave me strange looks. I tried telling everybody, but nobody believed me.

Then the @Snowden
 disclosures happened, and suddenly everybody was saying "the government's spying on you!"... well duh! Hackers had been saying this for years!

But now the Overton window has shifted. People have woken up to the elites in power and their lies. The politicians used black magic and manipulated people. But black magic has a cost that must be repaid in the future and now their lies are catching up with them. People no longer believe anything the media says. It's all lies.

We are searching for the path forwards together. Crypto is meant to be a boat carrying us through the storm.

Things are about to change. There is a deep desire burning beneath the surface.

> How can we bring back the cypherpunk spirit?

We need to research, educate, spread the message, run nodes and write code. Learn philosophy/history and hard skills. Make video, movies and write. Actually run nodes, use Linux and write code. Even if you won't be a coder, still learn to write code and participate actively as a user. We need to rally and organize as a community around agorist cypherpunk values.

We need to create orgs dedicated to change and train the next gen of leaders. We need to create strategy and take action. We need to write code and ship products. We need to fight everyday with all our energy for freedom.

Our aim: end the FED

Crypto is power. Cypherpunks use crypto.

https://i.nostr.build/XsHDQICOkVhyevFQ.jpg


There’s a lot outside strength that’s important to improve or at least keep from degrading with age. Vo2max, balance, dexterity, agility, reflexes, speed. Sports hit pretty much all of those. Unfortunately I hate sports.


DNS is a gov shitcoin

https://torrentfreak.com/z-library-more-domains-seized-than-any-other-pirate-site-in-history-240721/


Ugh, hate plumbing. The pain I endure to stack harder. 😅


Huge congrats to @obi and team on the launch of Fedi today. Couldn’t be more excited!

In a world where dictators use money and data as a weapon against free speech and individual frights and freedoms, and the surveillance state is emerging everywhere, this freedom and privacy protocol on top of Bitcoin is a critical path to bringing #Bitcoin to billions of people.

Learn more and download the app now at www.Fedi.xyz https://image.nostr.build/8653f13f44d6c78a4c65d06fa2c7ca5524a1c8207389a7bd6968bab49f587cd6.jpg


samourai wallet left me. phoenix wallet left me. mutiny wallet left me.😢

what are y'all using for wallets these days? (especially lightning)


What about Wasabi on desktop for convenient coinjoining?


Many will probably do it. The idea of living in an open-air prison is popular in Western Europe.


I hope the tide shifts back to one where privacy is valued too. At least with open source software the tools are out there for when people, and hopefully businesses, want to use them.


Mutiny+ I always looked at as a donation for helping build out the wallet. I can confirm I haven't been charged the past two months either. I guess that was a sign of things to come. Its been a rough year for wallets and devs. Sorry to hear you got burnt out.  Giving everyone until the end of the year to migrate off or self host I think is plenty of time as well. Honestly there is no perfect way to do this. I get people wanting transparency and being dissapointed but you also got to see it from the devs side. Its not that easy. Best wishes for the your future endeavors. I hope the Bitcoin sparks come back for you one day. I am seeing more people losing the passion for Bitcoin since its becoming more about the fiat number going up instead of the freedom roots it all started from. More people working on number go up friendly regulation instead of the shit that matters like the Samurai case. With no privacy there is no freedom. I hope the tide shifts back in the upcoming years maybe during the next bear market.


How did you get in trouble with fintrac?


Hope to see a robust federated ecash mint with globally distributed functionaries for things like this.


Self custody purism can be limiting the spread and reach of bitcoin. Not everybody on planet earth needs self custody and most don't even want it. We also don't have the technology for it at scale. But mints exist today and they are easy to use and scale. The front lines in the world of kinetically fighting tyranny is happening in Myanmar, where they opted for Tether. Could they have adopted bitcoin instead? I don't think the answer is easy and that is a problem.
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Thanks for the honesty. https://i.nostr.build/7fXWSpAbMd8HTqyj.jpg Can you clarify, 'fallen out of love with bitcoin?'


Gotta have something to point to as a “fix having been done” for when the administration takes heat on the economy tanking.


This is honestly a really sad day. As Mutiny wallet is sailing toward the sunset, I hope that Lightning wallet devs will step up their game to fill the void they left. We need self-custodial wallets that run a node on your phone. We need options. We need the talent.

We probably also need another wallet that mixes Ecash with Lightning to cover everything from very small balances to very large balances. One that let's you start with 100 sat and holds your hands and opens channels for you as you acquire more sats.

I've been building Lightning wallets for years before I started working on Cashu. I know how fucking hard it is. Ecash is child's play compared to Lightning's complexity.

My deepest respect goes to the lunatics who put a fucking Lightning node in the browser and pushed LDK to places where no one else has ever been.

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The more detailed Wired article: https://www.wired.com/story/rayv-lite-laser-chip-hacking-tool/


Of course they’re taking massive losses on VR - they’re pricing their headsets at a loss. Most other VR headsets are $1000+. I don’t think profitability was a goal for Meta’s Reality Labs. It’s to corner the VR headset market and put competitors out of business.  https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/vr-hardware/a-decade-after-buying-oculus-vr-metas-reality-labs-losses-are-spiralling-out-of-control-with-no-end-in-sight/


Do you think work will continue on Harbor after the end of Mutiny?


However if the economy tanks, so does the Harris campaign!

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Open source laser hacking device.
“You take the chip off the crypto wallet, hit it with a laser at the right time, and it will just assume you have the PIN. It just jumps through the instructions and gives the key back.”

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/this-3d-printed-laser-chip-hacking-device-uses-a-dollar20-laser-pointer-costs-dollar500-to-build-and-was-developed-so-that-people-can-do-this-in-their-homes/


Other than Mutiny, is there any other Lightning wallet that integrates federated ecash?

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Interesting to watch Trump close the gap on Kamala in the betting markets.

The worse the economy does, the less appealing an incumbent administration  becomes. For this reason, QE is likely. https://image.nostr.build/cc3f69a956b835643a7bdc7a86e00ce1262aeca93b74fab95d125de5e61ac9d5.jpg


Wow. End of Mutiny Wallet… https://blog.mutinywallet.com/mutiny-wallet-is-shutting-down/


Bisq is also good. Maybe a steeper learning curve.


Pretty good privacy flow that covers *most* average Bitcoin use cases 👇

BUY 🤖 - For use when you want to obtain sats that are not tied to your personal identity #noKYConly
➡  Robosats Trade > Use proxy invoice when withdrawing to own your node > Accumulate/spend from own node.

SPEND 🪙  - For use when you want to use Bitcoin as money
➡  Not too much to say here, LN has good base level sender privacy when using your own node.

STORE 🧊   - For use when your node balance gets close to channel capacity, or to a value that you want to move to cold storage
➡ Carry out atomic swap on something like https://boltz.exchange (use the .onion address) to go from your Lightning channel balance, straight to an address controlled by your hardware wallet. Boltz has a 0.5% service fee, plus you'll of course need to pay miner fees, which are negligible at the time of writing.

NOTES 📔

🟧 Your purchase sizes are limited by your inbound liquidity. Plan ahead!
🟧 If you don't want to or can't run a node, swap out that step for a nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 Olympus channel with a lightweight node on your phone. I recommend Zeus because spends from there are more private than in Phoenix due to client side path finding
🟧 When using the proxy invoice feature in Robosats, you may need to adjust routing fee and proxy provider allowances slightly

Happy to take questions or comments. Put down the CashApp and give it a go anon, I dare you!


Since the finance sector of the economy (investing, lending, payment processing, etc) just enables other things we more directly care about, the more efficient it is the smaller share of economic activity it should be.

Ideally the financial sector should be a half or a quarter of its current share of GDP. It should slip into the background.

The financialization of everything is largely attributable to bad money and bad structural incentives.


My latest invention is eXaMineR: a free and open source tool for tracing monero transactions

Learn more here: https://stacker.news/items/634963


Clearnet vs VPN vs Tor

A quick overview
#privacy #tor #vpn

Computer -> clearnet -> Website

ISP: sees that you are connected to website
VPN: n/a
Tor Entrance Node: n/a
Tor Exit Node: n/a
Website: sees your IP address and logs everything that you do on the website

Good for when the expectation of privacy does not exist. A KYC site you are logging into. Utility bill pay site, bank

Computer -> VPN -> Website

ISP: sees that you are connecting to a VPN but not what you are doing afterwards
VPN: sees your IP Address and that you are connecting to a website
Tor Entrance Node: n/a
Tor Exit Node: n/a
Website: sees that someone from a VPN exit node has connected but doesn’t know who. Logs data.

Good for hiding your activity from your ISP. Good for hiding your identity from the website. Good for when you want low level privacy but not anonymity. VPN provider sees everything and your level of privacy depends on how much they know about you and how much data they log and retain (varies greatly from provider to provider).

Computer -> Tor -> Website

ISP: sees that you are connected to Tor but nothing afterwards
VPN: n/a
Tor Entrance Node: sees your IP address but nothing afterwards
Tor Exit Node: sees website you are going to but not who you are
Website: sees someone from Tor has connected but doesn’t know who. Logs.

Good for privacy and anonymity. Assumes that Tor is legal in your country.

Computer -> VPN -> Tor -> Website

ISP: sees that you connected to a VPN but nothing afterwards
VPN: sees IP address and that you are connecting to Tor but nothing afterwards
Tor Entrance Node: sees a VPN is connected but nothing afterwards
Tor Exit Node: sees website you are going to but not who you are
Website: sees someone from Tor has connected but doesn’t know who. Logs.

Good for if your ISP blocks or cancels your service for using Tor. Potentially an option if Tor is illegal in your country (Dangerous).

Computer -> Tor -> VPN -> Website

ISP: sees that you are connecting to Tor but nothing afterwards
VPN: sees someone from Tor is connected and that they are connecting to a website
Tor Entrance Node: sees IP address but nothing afterwards
Tor Exit Node: sees someone is connecting to a VPN but nothing afterwards
Website: sees someone from a VPN is connecting but doesn’t know who. Logs.

Good for when a website blocks Tor traffic. Assumes Tor is legal in your country. Assumes that the VPN doesn’t know who you are. To maximize privacy and anonymity VPN provider should be KYC free and accept privacy payments (ex: Monero).

Note: If a website blocks Tor and VPN then maybe that is a sign that you shouldn’t go there.


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#meme #memes


They’ll get bored eventually and nothing will change.

They’ll have to do more than walking around in a circle before they end this travesty. nostr:note108m73g97fahgghkkt8tptyp3jmykfkhnpfcxuetsykerhfsxe8nqp9aarr


Yeah. It basically turns an open-weight model into a “semi open-weight” model where some weights are locked down against training. I’m certain there will eventually be regulatory pressure to add these limits to open models. I wouldn’t consider them open anymore though, since they would have limits on what can be fine tuned.


They call it a “new trick” but this essentially just comes down to restricting AI model releases to closed and censored versions. https://www.wired.com/story/center-for-ai-safety-open-source-llm-safeguards/


It’s a gambling addiction.


Safari Harlem now officially accepts Lightning payments with nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 and nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm – becoming the second #bitcoin restaurant in NYC and first in Harlem!
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If anyone kept a buy order at 58k and a sell order at 69k over the last 5 months…🤌