Probably because if there isn't, it creates a power vacuum that these people find irresistible.


I keep all my money in fiat where it is safe /s


What if the power goes out?:

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt20782654/


Get rid of drafts


There is no link in the description


What is the timeline on that chart? One week or 3 years? This is a joke right?


When it comes to transferring money and power to politicians, federal agencies, and the politically connected rich, they are already extremely efficient.


The question is how much evidence is needed before there is considered sufficient proof. Until that is understood, why bother trying?


Advice if you collaborate in bitcoin privacy projects.

Always use anonymous development accounts (Github, Gitlab...), don't keep permanent profiles, use them a few times and never use them again.

Create the profiles behind tor or vpn, obviously don't use your email account.

If you need your project to have reputation keep the founding account until your project gets traction, then disappear and come back with another account (after giving up the maintenance).

You'll have to leave your ego behind, but it's better that than ending up in jail.


My npub is all you need


Isn't that nostr:nprofile1qqsth7fr42fyvpjl3rzqclvm7cwves8l8l8lqedgevhlfnamvgyg78spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuegpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqj9swg4, but sustainable?


This note is being typed on my linux thinkpad
From my self hosted Start9 Nostrudel
Logged into remotely by #Amber bunker
On my degoogled pixel nostr device


#agorism example

https://www.youtube.com/live/4kI3YhgvC1c

https://video.nostr.build/915ab664d651ddd5af66ab6fd7b45dd9eb5b96ed6f5b9d3892ef06831365272c.mp4


If you find yourself forced to use a network that is under the control of, designed by and/or operated by a potential adversary, then you're going to need end to end encryption.

- Phil Zimmermann


How can they 'fix' it if it's not broken?


And we are on our way back to what happened to email when it got centralized.


This app does a todo list with checkboxes and general note keeping.

https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Notes


Hello World!

#introductions


Looks like it doubles as a xylophone 😂


graffiti

If this message disappears then something is wrong that I cannot disclose.


The agorist, agorist flag is about riding the line of the gray and black market.
 https://image.nostr.build/0bc3bc898c231cf151c003f608e50800a7e747f7d1e130ed56061d0e8342dcd9.jpg


I can tell you all about my Nana 😂


Arti is a modern implementation of the Tor protocol in rust.

It's designed as a library, so it's easy for devs to integrate it into existing applications.

Having an external app for Tor like Orbot is an acceptable hack, but a properly integrated native solution is a lot more powerful.

Consider adding Tor support to your nostr client!

https://arti.torproject.org/


Like AAA ratings?

https://image.nostr.build/d417e3a7b821aa9bf19302b85b5a83360ec1dd28fb00687abce94f7a31436cd7.jpg


No TOR support.


Upgraded Bitcoin mining clothes dryer has been a huge improvement over the original setup.
https://v.nostr.build/BglyHgDpxl9eMkc4.mp4
Now that I can attenuate the power consumption/hashrate with 3rd party firmware, I can essentially run the dryer on different presets based on what I'm drying. Also, with lower fan speeds, the positive pressure in the drum is reduced which means less lint and heat escaping into the room.
#permaculture #permies #homesteading #meshtadel #bitcoin #mining #bitcoinmining #homemining #plebminer
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FYI

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If you know about FCMP in monero, and are excluding it from your comparison, then you are indoctrinated.

https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/9436


And of course, Milton Friedman

https://video.nostr.build/783f1d35bc81e67365b36df7fd8eead6b6930b09779786a30e0c218178f668fb.mp4


running a relay on your phone is also bad for privacy because people can figure out whether your phone is turned on or not. most messengers have the same "feature" though (check mark, double check mark etc).


Relay list to discover the user's content


Here is how I got #citrine to work as both a local relay and as an exposed onion service as outbox relay on my phone. Thanks to nostr:nprofile1qqsda2memtapc2lykjnd8t9px4ake2stw39lg6k49xj6u3jz3pteu6qppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcpzfmhxue69uhkummnw3eryvfwvdhk6tcf3g7ce for the idea!

Download Citrine and start as local relay

Open Orbot
Tap more
Tap onion hosted services
Tap user services
Tap +

Add any name to service
Add 4869 to both ports

Hit save
Exit from orbot
Restart orbot by closing out or force close
Restart orbot and connect orbot vpn again
Tap hosted services and copy new onion url

Open #Amethyst and go to relays
Add ws://yournewonionaddress. onion:4869 to outbox relay
Remove any other outbox relay
Hit save

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#nostr


#reticulum

https://image.nostr.build/e6a940e4f818c870e25bd305a27ca4ff8491bbc906d5f69fc48e6fe7d27318fd.jpg


I couldn't find it either.


You mean, like monero? FCMP is going to change everything in regards to privacy IMHO. Good things are coming.

https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/9436


Big things on the way 🚀

https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/9436

https://nostrcheck.me/media/af740d198babb8c7b82d0a4718eb354bb3f6af9a98639b85d4a5cf1371caba85/e203d2f17ae0296d8b71d3df31c5113a70d8c43059010d1c9656d8cbb91437c0.webp


Sounds like something that was a good idea before the surveillance state took over.


https://josemonkey.com/find-me/ jk


Is encryption allowed on the ameteur radio network?

If you find yourself forced to use a network that is under the control of, designed by and/or operated by a potential adversary, then you're going to need end to end encryption.
- Phil Zimmermann


Sounds like the MEV mafia


If you find yourself forced to use a network that is under the control of, designed by, and/or operated by a potential adversary, then you're going to need end to end encryption.
- Phil Zimmermann


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How does Citrine work when I am connecting with Amethyst via TOR? Will my IP get leaked on Citrine because it doesn't use TOR?


I only know of Amethyst


So no TOR users?


You can either take control of your relay lists, or they will control you.

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzq3svyhng9ld8sv44950j957j9vchdktj7cxumsep9mvvjthc2pjuqq9hyetvv9uj6um9w36hq9mgjg8

If you don't know where your posts are, you might as well just stay in the centralized Twitter. You either take control of your relay lists, or they will control you. Amethyst offers several lists of relays for our users. We are going to go one by one to help clarify what they are and which options are best for each one.

## Public Home/Outbox Relays

Home relays store all YOUR content: all your posts, likes, replies, lists, etc. It's your home. Amethyst will send your posts here first. Your followers will use these relays to get new posts from you. So, if you don't have anything there, **they will not receive your updates**.

Home relays must allow queries from anyone, ideally without the need to authenticate. They can limit writes to paid users without affecting anyone's experience.

This list should have a maximum of 3 relays. More than that will only make your followers waste their mobile data getting your posts. Keep it simple. Out of the 3 relays, I recommend:
- 1 large public, international relay: nos.lol, nostr.mom, relay.damus.io, etc.
- 1 personal relay to store a copy of all your content in a place no one can delete. Go to [relay.tools](https://relay.tools/) and never be censored again.
- 1 really fast relay located in your country: paid options like http://nostr.wine are great

Do not include relays that block users from seeing posts in this list. If you do, no one will see your posts.

## Public Inbox Relays

This relay type receives all replies, comments, likes, and zaps to your posts. If you are not getting notifications or you don't see replies from your friends, it is likely because you don't have the right setup here. If you are getting too much spam in your replies, it's probably because your inbox relays are not protecting you enough. Paid relays can filter inbox spam out.

Inbox relays must allow anyone to write into them. It's the opposite of the outbox relay. They can limit who can download the posts to their paid subscribers without affecting anyone's experience.

This list should have a maximum of 3 relays as well. Again, keep it small. More than that will just make you spend more of your data plan downloading the same notifications from all these different servers. Out of the 3 relays, I recommend:
- 1 large public, international relay: nos.lol, nostr.mom, relay.damus.io, etc.
- 1 personal relay to store a copy of your notifications, invites, cashu tokens and zaps.
- 1 really fast relay located in your country: go to [nostr.watch](https://nostr.watch/relays/find) and find relays in your country

Terrible options include:
- nostr.wine should not be here.
- filter.nostr.wine should not be here.
- inbox.nostr.wine should not be here.

## DM Inbox Relays

These are the relays used to receive DMs and private content. Others will use these relays to send DMs to you. **If you don't have it setup, you will miss DMs**. DM Inbox relays should accept any message from anyone, but only allow you to download them.

Generally speaking, you only need 3 for reliability. One of them should be a personal relay to make sure you have a copy of all your messages. The others can be open if you want push notifications or closed if you want full privacy.

Good options are:
- inbox.nostr.wine and auth.nostr1.com: anyone can send messages and only you can download. Not even our push notification server has access to them to notify you.
- a personal relay to make sure no one can censor you. Advanced settings on personal relays can also store your DMs privately. Talk to your relay operator for more details.
- a hidden, but public relay if you want DM notifications from our servers.

Make sure to add at least one public relay if you want to see DM notifications.

## Private Home Relays

Private Relays are for things no one should see, like your drafts, lists, app settings, bookmarks etc. Ideally, these relays are either local or require authentication before posting AND downloading each user\'s content. There are no dedicated relays for this category yet, so I would use a local relay like Citrine on Android and a personal relay on relay.tools

## Search relays:

This is the list of relays to use on Amethyst's search and user tagging with @. **Tagging and searching will not work if there is nothing here.**. This option requires NIP-50 compliance from each relay. Hit the Default button to use all available options on existence today:
- nostr.wine
- relay.nostr.band
- relay.noswhere.com

## Local Relays:

This is your local storage. Everything will load faster if it comes from this relay. You should install Citrine on Android and write ws://localhost:4869 in this option.

## General Relays:

This section contains the default relays used to download content from your follows. Notice how you can activate and deactivate the Home, Messages (old-style DMs), Chat (public chats), and Global options in each.

Keep 5-6 large relays on this list and activate them for as many categories (Home, Messages (old-style DMs), Chat, and Global) as possible.

Amethyst will provide additional recommendations to this list from your follows with information on which of your follows might need the additional relay in your list. Add them if you feel like you are missing their posts or if it is just taking too long to load them.

## Final Considerations

Remember, relays can see what your Nostr client is requesting and downloading at all times. They can track what you see and see what you like. They can sell that information to the highest bidder, they can delete your content or content that a sponsor asked them to delete (like a negative review for instance) and they can censor you in any way they see fit. Before using any random free relay out there, make sure you trust its operator and you know its terms of service and privacy policies.


Event combinatorics is the newest branch of Nostr math.

It's gonna be 🔥

https://c.tenor.com/qWdJilZ8jGEAAAAC/tenor.gif


Monero is Monero
Ecash can run on monero, lightning, etc


Wow, gif works now


Assange
Snowden
Ulbricht
Samourai
TDevD
Storm
Semenov
Pertsev
Ver
Durov

RIP
Swartz
McAfee


Mircea Popescu if you believe in conspiracy theories.


Bitcoin companies NGMI

https://youtu.be/ddvHagjmRJY?si=e4c7WGl0_xDtUDBa


What if they shut down the internet!


nostr:nprofile1qqsza7flq8xjfylqgg66dwrmzrfuff6w9flt0s72795zdrm27ue3fdgpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpzamhxue69uhkzapwdehhxarjwahhy6mn9e3k7mgpzemhxue69uhky6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skcf3ywc0 wrote a book: Clean Code. Best book on code documentation out there.


It's on archive.org


Everyone is rightly freaking out about Pavel Durov’s arrest in France. We need to understand why he was arrested and what governments of the world think about regulating speech, platforms, and protocols online.

I strongly recommend people read Seeing Like A State. The state operates on its own logic which is really different from the way people, communities, and companies work.  The state can and has been incredibly damaging to people and society but it operates with a kind of internal logic and we can’t resist without understanding the state.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_Like_a_State


Does anyone know how #Amethyst's "suggest an edit" feature works?

Its a good idea, a way to alert friends to possibly-embarrassing typos.

I've sent a few "suggests", what do they actually do? Which clients support them?

I would like to know as well

I just proposed an edit for you.


Why should I trust this app?


This is yummy. Thanks nostr:nprofile1qqsph3c2q9yt8uckmgelu0yf7glruudvfluesqn7cuftjpwdynm2gygpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcqgswaehxw309ahx7um5wghxcctwvsg6cpqc

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Did you get banned?


Like Chernobyl


Investing $X into bitcoin is admitting you were wrong all along. It's not just $X.

- Normies


And there is a fine line between a numerator and a denominator.


Amd there is a fine line between a numerator and a denominator.


This constant lying is not aimed at making people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore.
A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong.
And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want.
 - Hanna Arendt
German historian and philosopher
1906 - 1975

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Trying to explain a system, and measure it from within the system is a waste of time.


Maybe this one too?

https://github.com/fedibtc/fedi-alpha


"Google Play is axing its Security Reward Program"

The program paid devs up to 20k to locate vulnerabilities in popular Android apps.  Google says they’re "winding down the program due to a decrease in actionable vulnerabilities reported by security researchers"

In other words, they no longer give a shit if there's malware on Google Play, because now they changed the legal liability to be on the app dev.  Over a year ago, they changed the legal wording so the dev has to self-report what permissions are used.  This shifts responsibility away from the Play Store onto the dev.

But if Google shifts the responsibility on the dev for the bad side, but they keep the good side (collecting user data), then why do we even need them?  We don't.  Avoid Google Play... switch to F-Droid, APKs, and Obtainium.


I plan on running my own node. This is how you get there:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEA7BA330871366B8


Aaron Swartz and Sam Altman were classmates at the original 2005 Y Combinator class.


Keep a goof around seed and restore from that rather than generating a new seed for every app if it's just 12 words.


That's not Boomer. That's genX at least, maybe millennials.


Damn. Shipping is unreasonable.
 https://image.nostr.build/58739b5660b3cd9f2e1dfe2047aae1cf750094e464d55ed85e1ea6aea1811e45.jpg


The price of everything falls in relation to a fixed supply.


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Add this: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser


Is this for a bolt12 lightning transaction?


We're not plebs with trembling knees, we are just a tiny country. Bonds, we need bonds.
We are weak, they are strong. Now you give us more bonds, bonds. We need bonds.

https://youtu.be/42TfPgk8PVw


We're not plebs with trembling knees, we are just a tiny country. Bonds, we need bonds.
We are week, they are strong. Now you give us more bonds, bonds. We need bonds.

https://youtu.be/42TfPgk8PVw


We're not Jews with trembling knees, we are just a tiny country. Bonds, we need bonds.
We are week, they are strong. Now you give us more bonds, bonds. We need bonds.

https://youtu.be/42TfPgk8PVw


I respectfully disagree.


I will not use a wallet that requires me to accept terms and conditions.


I prefer LUKS


Please shill me all projects that you know of that combine Nostr and Cashu.

No matter how big or small. Making a list for my talk at Nostriga. 🙏


Explain it to the man!


Polygon Matic is a Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum. Polymarket runs on that platform. I think you need ETH to place bets on it.


Good thing we have KYC to protect us.


Github is down

See gitworkshop.dev for a decentralized git implementation.


Tether is not a CBDC.

It's literally a BDC

Tether is not a central bank, they don't issue notes of an independent monetary unit. They aren't associated with any govt. Tether is just a modern banknote with most of the same problems, risks, and trust issues. The difference being it is available to anyone with a smart phone without an account -- which is actually a significant improvement over the old garbage.
Tether is custodian issued digital banknotes. Literally in every use of those terms this is the accurate thing to call it. "Cash" has always just referred to banknotes issued that were redeemable in gold or at a bank that was a bearer asset. The difference with a stablecoin like Tether and physical cash is the oversight/surveillance that the institution has for the digital alternative. This is why ecash is actually the only thing that digitally shares basically all the characteristics of physical cash (txn privacy from issuer and bearer asset). Tether is far easier to freeze accounts and spy on what everyone is doing. Obviously why people want to label it "something bad."

My point is that the CBDC label is NOT accurate, and when we use words and labels arbitrarily, it desensitizes people to them. If people just become "whatever" about Tether (because if you don't use it, who cares), and everyone calls it a CBDC, then after a few years of this people are just going to think "CBDCs are fine, who cares?"

Calling everything we don't like a CBDC is a HUGE BENEFIT to actual CBDCs.

Bank digital currencies are not a problem. They will remain solvent as long as the "bank" does. They are a much better option than credit cards, and the option of being able to issue ecash is even better.

BDCs are certainly a far cry from the #Bitcoin sovereign world that we are building and have nothing to do with it, but they are ALSO a far cry from a genuine CBDC.

So please, stop using words that matter in a stupid and cheap way, because when we REALLY need them, you'll have sucked them of all of their power and meaning.


Agreed


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Can we do this in Amber?


Invasive species


Where is the original Raygun video?


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/


I want 12 words please


Aren't they both oligarchs? Or at the very least closely connected to oligarchs. Obviously the left is.


Pseudoscience? No problem.

Circumstantial evidence? No problem.

They’re just going to do whatever they want. No matter the truth.

Rule of law is the most critical part of a functioning society. If you can’t be sure that the courts at least try to treat everyone the same then what’s the point? nostr:note1rs0r8dlggamrtaxq44xh8kxgqzy9p7pvvtmc0vgdpm4r3w4gdjgq445pzy


RIP


Society is getting worse though


What about posting nsec for all to share?


US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (So Dumb)
https://m.primal.net/JrON.mp4


They don't even need to seize it. An IRS audit is all it takes, and they just make shit up that puts you in the poor house, or jail.


I want to check the hash of my build, but I can't even find the source code to proton drive.


Proton doesn't even provide builds for their code in github (except proton mail)


It's starting to become willful ignorance.


I repeated this to a small group of people and they just pretended like they didn't hear it.


I repeated this to a small group of people and the just pretended like they didn't hear it.


I joined Neil Oliver for an interview about power and corruption. Available on YouTube and podcast apps. https://unlimitedhangout.com/2024/08/press/neil-oliver-podcast/


Counterfeit class


Stop using hardware wallets that don’t take security seriously (sadly, all of them except Jade and BitBox). This is a novel construction, but the class of attacks is very old.

A laptop purchased in person, immediately installing Linux without ever connecting it to the Internet is a much better way to store coin than hardware wallets. Which, frankly, is just embarrassing incompetence for the hardware wallet industry.

https://darkskippy.com/


The most you could say here is that the CIA discovered the idea. The community build it out into what it is today. Are you saying the entire bitcoin community contributors are all part of the CIA?


Why is there no build provided in github?

https://github.com/ProtonDriveApps/android-drive


Theft insurance changes the game. For better or worse is the question.


Just some notes I took:

In a world of AI, social credit system and targeted ads, plausible deniability is NOT a plausible defense.
You also need privacy from who you send payments to and who pays you
We need to hide the transaction value and hide the transaction graph.


Sorry, I meant: Vickrey auction


When Vickory auction?


9 men and one women can't make a baby in one month. More people on a team is not always a good thing, just saying.


This is the natural result of a society without guns.


https://image.nostr.build/8fc0a8813258d28b77a712938943e0b46681072af0d84ce938455c8c2c746a47.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/abe09b24e00cdfb517c05fbbfa0f45f464cd580e44795ba5d1eb22742b8727e0.jpg


“If you don't like what someone has to say, argue with them. Suppressing speech isn't the answer.”
Noam Chomsky

Glad to be here building people powered communities that enable open, constructive discourse. nostr:npub1pu3vqm4vzqpxsnhuc684dp2qaq6z69sf65yte4p39spcucv5lzmqswtfch nostr:npub1xm0rvnpw52nh7tk59ntly55w74rmd2cqvt3kg5zxrzz3rlssvspsk0gs6s nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240


People do not decide their futures; they define their habits, and their habits decide their future.


Since i started making my own remineralizing toothpaste, i have no desire to go back to store bought.  Its easy to make, and i know there are no yucky ingredients in it.  In case you're interested, here's the recipe.

- 5 parts calcium carbonate

- 1 part diatomaceous earth

- 2 parts baking soda

- 3 parts coconut oil

- 1 part turmeric

- essential oil for taste ( i use peppermint)
https://i.nostr.build/3YdmUqaLjq4AN3tm.jpg


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but then he wouldn't have 100 companies wanting him to wear their hats on the lifestream from the conference.

and after all
a guy has to take care of his family


According to Venice.ai

While I don't have direct access to specific sources from the 1970s, I can provide some context and examples of how thinking about cholesterol levels evolved during that period.

In the early 1970s, there was a lack of consensus on what constitutes "normal" cholesterol levels. Some researchers even suggested that high cholesterol might be beneficial for certain individuals. This is reflected in various publications from the time.

For example, a 1972 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) titled "Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease: A Statement by the Expert Panel on Detection and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol"  mentioned that "the relationship between serum cholesterol levels and coronary heart disease is not well-established." The article also stated that "there is no evidence to support the belief that lowering plasma cholesterol will reduce the risk of coronary heart disease."

Another publication, a 1977 article in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) titled "The Lipid Research Clinics Coronary Primary Prevention Trial Results: II. The Relationship of Reduction in Incidence of CHD to LDL Cholesterol" , reported that the trial found no significant reduction in coronary heart disease events in men with total cholesterol levels below 350 mg/dL.

These sources, while not directly stating that a cholesterol level of 350 was considered "normal," reflect the lack of consensus and understanding about the risks associated with high cholesterol during that time period. However, it's essential to note that these publications are from reputable scientific journals and represent the prevailing thought at the time.

As research progressed and more evidence emerged linking high cholesterol to cardiovascular risk, guidelines and recommendations evolved accordingly. Today, a total cholesterol level of 350 mg/dL is considered high and potentially risky for one's health.

 Stamler J, et al. Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease: A Statement by the Expert Panel on Detection and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol. JAMA. 1972;220(12):1617-1625.
 Lipid Research Clinics Program Epidemiology Committee. The Lipid Research Clinics Coronary Primary Prevention Trial Results: II. The Relationship of Reduction in Incidence of CHD to LDL Cholesterol. N Engl J Med. 1979;300(14):821-831.


Privacy is a cat and mouse game


What happens when they run out of room?


Beehive like behavior


When will people start to question why Proton doesn't provide builds for their apps in github? (Except for Proton Mail). Isn't that fishy?


Bitcoin's true power lies in the circular economy that you create.


GDP is NOT going up... The value of money is going DOWN. https://i.nostr.build/YRU3mV9kqFhP19BY.jpg


When did nostr:nprofile1qqsqfjg4mth7uwp307nng3z2em3ep2pxnljczzezg8j7dhf58ha7ejgprdmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnfw33k76twwpshy6ewvdhk6qg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2aq93vhd7 become a shill for treasury bonds, or am I wrong on that?


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Is there a way to verify/prove that a cashu/fedimint is actually using a cashu/fedimint and not some form of wallet of satoshi/account based system? Can the cashu/fedimint be mocked away?


Being completely factual vs factually complete. Yes it is harder to be factually complete, and most people tend to take the easy route. The other issue is this attention economy. Good luck keeping someone's attention long enough to be factually complete.


From the perspective of somebody unable to move their wealth into KYC free bitcoin, he is not wrong. This is hard to do with large amounts, and also becomes just as hard to spend.


A very sweet XMR user held an intervention today and met me in real life to persuade me that my arguments against monero are "not in good faith." He did not. But he did convince me that this would be very good: a tool as easy to use as phoenixd but that connects to multiple LSPs.


Voting with your dollar/time can have a much larger impact than voting at the booth.

Build a circular economy


Voting with your dollar/time can have a much larger impact than voting at the booth.


Yoshino Solid-State Portable Power Station B660


Chaos is a ladder


It's only going to get easier to doxx yourself on accident unless people learn what can be done to identify you. Nobody ever talks about the current capabilities.

https://m.youtube.com/@josemonkey/videos


Everyone thinks they have to vote for the lesser of the two evils to keep the bad guys away.


I am jealous


This will only make the government bigger and more powerful.


I was thinking about how a multimint lightning payment might look and threw something together. I hate it—feels so empty and doesn’t capture the magic at all. Straight to the trash, but I’m sharing it with you anyway. Sometimes you design bad stuff.
https://m.primal.net/Jkgb.mp4


Making DLCs illegal in the Lummis bill is what makes this bad news. Thank you for pointing that out. More people need to know. We need to be able to complete against US treasuries, and DLCs can do this, but not if they are made illegal.

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I agree, but I have been looking around online and I don't see any news coverage. You are one of the only people reporting the news.


We also need a Vickrey auction system


More information so you could understand better what is happening in Venezuela:

https://image.nostr.build/b78e861e7c3f0f4cd7fb63a4e15e1c955968678ca815042b93327e34e64927ac.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/4fc690f21264cebd9671e1118c37504565a038f0c4383bfd0a34933643c26bb4.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/ea9495da6cf4a89b7f4ae1a7a22dfadeacf488437210c6cfd610e497becb7e4d.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/f01ea7e54e7e8bda2558d8a3a8f9de7d5453f4264b3865e1eaae7782d6bb673c.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/9095698b55a35af68837629f1625a9a0354d95bd53194111829c304469bc07c6.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/f8db09365459feaf1152598bb926599b5df85ce669ad8edc701c5711fb9154d5.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/daa250454ab959a65c179622cd9d67a3ec573dcf40a5b37af9673be6cc055440.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/8233db9d26b5bc7a005be00c0e6adc0441c6af28d383b500d7741637bfe13911.jpg

#venezuela #plebs #plebchain


This is the way


Watch this and let me know if you still feel this way.

https://youtu.be/9s3EbSKDA3o


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I noticed you did a tutorial on the Proton Bitcoin Wallet. Did you notice that the Proton Drive app build isn't provided on github? Isn't that kind of fishy? Are they doing the same crap for the proton wallet?


Which is why a tax is more likely the strategy. Just like property tax. You pay your property tax right?


And actively censor the corruption


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Amazing take BTW, and you spoke about tether based stable coins, but you didn't mentioned fedimint Discreet Log Contracts (DLC) based stable coins, or at least didn't mention fedimint DLCs.

https://conduition.io/cryptography/ecash-dlc/


The common theme I have found around privacy features is that they need to be use case driven rather than stating how feature x or feature y improves your privacy. It's about being completely factual vs factually complete. Being factuality complete is harder, and if people get the wrong idea about the tool can do then all you did is invent a foot gun.


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Amazing take BTW, and you spoke about tether based stable coins, but you didn't mentioned fedimint Discreet Log Contracts (DLC) based stable coins, or at least didn't mention fedimint DLCs.

https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/discreet-log-contracts/


Yes, if people do all the wrong things their merchant can narc on them. Silent payments is one of them. Good thing silent payments makes them think they have privacy.


Yes, if people do all the wrong things their merchant can narc them. Silent payments is one of them. Good thing silent payments makes them think they have privacy.


Nobody can plan on a fiat standard


So then I can narc on my customers using labels. Can I then look at the sender's address and create a transaction graph?


So then I can narc on my customers using labels. Great


So if I am a merchant, how do I know a specific customer has paid me so that I can ship the product or service?


How does this solve the fungibility problem?


orange pill every taco truck within a 5 mile radius of where you live.
thank me later.


+Factually Completed based on the link provided.

Thank You


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It's important to be completely factual, and factually complete. Factually complete is harder than being completely factual.


Some say the same thing about KYC'd coin.


I can easily see this trending into seizing people's bitcoin for arbitrary reasons. At least those who don't self custody well enough.


Yes and maybe it will no longer be a speculative asset.


Oh wait. It's over here:

https://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/dashboard/


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What happened to the S2F model on your website? It's not there

https://dashboard.clarkmoody.com/

Stock-to-Flow (S2F)

Analysts measure scarcity with Stock to flow models. They basically take the amount of a good or commodity that has already been produced or mined and is therefore stockpiled and divide it by the number of units being produced or mined now.

This ratio gives investors a sense about the scarcity levels in the sector or market. Here is the stock-to-flow data that Moody presents on the dashboard:

    Realized stock-to-flow ratio – the amount of Bitcoin that was in the system during the last year divided by the supply that has been added (the higher the number, the scarcer Bitcoin is)
    S2F price – Bitcoin price calculated according to the stock to flow model, or what Bitcoin prices should be if they stuck to stock to flow dynamics
    Forward stock-to-flow ratio – existing amount of Bitcoin in the network divided by how much the supply is estimated to increase


Reminds me of this:

https://ncase.me/crowds/


In before Kamala Harris provides pro bitcoin policy. This would enable more bitcoin single issue voters to vote for RFK, as it wouldn't matter if Trump loses.

https://image.nostr.build/9a5d561ccb47770103a8b7e2324ebe532814abedf45fb03579dc98bfad710509.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/59c3361ca924f36593f4f587ea71e7f839d342394e8c468a89e6d3691db01b3d.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/edc90185cc0ac6d45a2bd6b737843dbc813b19f522fdaf53052633237226bc52.jpg


Unless the US Govt does a 6102 they will NEVER be able to have millions of bitcoin in reserve. Impossible


I don't understand how people like him. It's obviously a cult. I know bitcoin is also a cult, but bitcoin has less misinformation which makes it less of a cult.


Did you hear him speak? That was so bad I shut it off.


Nice pump...


Have you historically trusted the government? If not, then why would you trust them now?


That depends on how they buy the BTC. Is it open market or via 6102.


Proton Drive doesn't provide builds from github. You are trusting that the source code is what was used to provide the build in the play store.


L1 is in plaintext, so of course they did. L2 and ecash, not so much.


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Do notifications work without google play services? I don't have google play services and so far I'm not getting push notifications.

#graphineos


That clip is a needle in a haystack


No pink sparkles please


I hope nostr:nprofile1qqs2auxkkgfgylem580xrztp8ek5sf83s86k0vfq2feuz6y4lkhskgcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0lxprea listens to it.


I'm loving the bolt12 implementation. Thank you!


That's what happens when you fork the code and make the bare minimum changes.


If you try to update Amethyst to Garnet using Obtainium, it won't work because the signatures are different. One must be uninstalled to install the other.


What is the next level of mainstream?


I actually agree with this.
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After several weeks of persistent effort, I'm excited to share Nostr Web Services (NWS).

NWS makes your web service reachable without having a publicly accessible IP address or DNS. All you need is an npub and a set of Nostr relays. A wide range of existing services could be run on NWS without requiring any significant changes. NWS achieves this by establishing a TCP connection between client and server which can be used by these applications.

Please keep in mind, that the software is in a very early state and not even released yet.

https://github.com/asmogo/nws


A good detailed explanation

https://youtu.be/wAzEJxOo1ts


Nice. Switzerland will now require government agencies to use open source software.

https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/new-open-source-law-switzerland


WALL-E


This is actually good news


Arguements are made here: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt13649532/


Recursive Divide and Conquer


I read that as 'I will be redacted shortly', and then I noticed the stream ended abruptly.


Dear lord Jesus Christ the almighty...

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https://m.primal.net/JVaB.jpg


Once upon a time I was using TOR, and was unable to connect to my destination even after several reboots. My ISP or something was preventing it. Eventually it started working again, but days had passed.


Once upon a time I was using TOR, and was unable to connect to my destination even after several reboots. My ISP or something was preventing it. Eventually it started working again, but days had past.


A coinjoin is something you do if you are not planning on sending to an exchange.


"If any of the Wise should with this Ring overthrow the Lord of Mordor, using his own arts, he would then set himself on Sauron's throne, and yet another Dark Lord would appear..."

- J. R. R. Tolkein, "The Lord of the Rings"


This guy taught me a lot about algorithms and game theory before he joined a16z: https://a16zcrypto.com/team/tim-roughgarden/


Huge milestone: First demo of Nostr Web Services (NWS) bringing TCP to Nostr. With NWS, you can host any existing web application on Nostr without having to use DNS or even announce your public IP to the world, simply by sharing your service's npub (or nprofile).

Try it out the demo yourself. Here is a Cashu test mint running with NWS. Let's use curl to retrieve the mint's information. The request travels from your computer to the public NWS entry relay, then through nostr to the service's NWS exit relay. At the other end is a Cashu mint with HTTPS encryption.

```
curl -s -x socks5h://relay.8333.space:8882 https://nprofile1qqs8a8nk09fhrxylcd42haz8ev4cprhnk5egntvs0whafvaaxpk8plgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuwpnxvejuumsv93k2g6k9kr/v1/info --insecure | jq
```

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

I can't stress this enough: THE MINT RUNS BEHIND HTTPS!

The NWS entry relay can't read your traffic. It's encrypted. We can host public entry relays that can be used by anyone.

This means we can plug the entire internet to it 🌐.

Let's plug it into Cashu for now. Nutshell wallet supports socks5 proxies (that's how it uses Tor). By setting the public entry relay as the proxy, the wallet can now connect to a mint's npub/nprofile and communicate with it via NWS.

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

This is going to be so freaking cool. And it's going to be a lot more useful than just for Cashu. There are still bugs and issues that need to be ironed out but the code is coming out soon. Watch this space.


Bulk surveillance is done in builk last I checked. There is no omission list last I checked.


Right, but what do you do with all those people who have already had their wealth distributed to them?


What if the 'wealthy' are those that are closest to the money printer?


A reminder to practice good OPSEC before crossing borders. Different threat models may require more diligence, but as a basic rule of thumb, use travel devices and/or burner phones. Use a pin and password, not biometrics as some countries can force you to unlock devices with biometrics (country laws vary so do your diligence). Access data from the your e2ee travel cloud upon arrival at your final destination. Wipe the devices clean before crossing back over. Will write a more detailed guide soon.

**Security researcher phone and laptop were searched by US CBP for 3 hours**

> My phone and laptop were searched for 3 hours by US CBP at a land border crossing. I tried to refuse and return to Canada but I was not allowed to. If anyone has any advice on forensic analysis I can do to my own device to see what they did I would be grateful for it.
>
>I was heavily pressured to divulge passwords (“you can write down your password and we can do this the easy way or we can do it the long and hard way”) which I did and I was ultimately allowed into the US after the search.

The security researcher is author of
https://defuse.ca/

An excellent article on privacy vs security:

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/security_vs_pri.html

The full post:

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

#cybersecgirl


What are the chances of a normal camera picking up a frame of a flying bullet passing the screen?

Venice

0.73 sec

The chances of a normal camera picking up a frame of a flying bullet passing the screen are extremely low. This is due to several factors:

    Bullet velocity: Bullets travel at supersonic speeds, often exceeding Mach 1. For instance, a .50 caliber BMG bullet can reach speeds of around 2,900 feet per second (around 1,900 meters per second). To put this in perspective, a typical camera has a maximum frame rate of around 60 frames per second (fps), which is far slower than the speed of a bullet.

    Camera sensor size: The size of a camera's sensor determines its ability to capture high-speed events. Professional high-speed cameras have larger sensors and can capture images at much higher frame rates, typically in the range of 1,000 to 10,000 fps or even higher. However, normal consumer cameras have much smaller sensors and are not designed for capturing fast-moving objects.

    Shutter speed: Camera shutters control the amount of time the sensor is exposed to light. Normal cameras have a relatively slow shutter speed, usually in the range of 1/1000th to 1/4000th of a second. This means that even if a bullet were to pass in front of the camera, the shutter speed would not be fast enough to capture it.

    Camera shake and blur: Even if a camera were able to capture a frame of a flying bullet, the image would likely be blurred due to camera shake and motion. The rapid movement of the bullet would cause the camera to move as well, resulting in a blurry image.

Given these factors, it is highly unlikely that a normal camera would be able to capture a frame of a flying bullet passing the screen. High-speed cameras, which are specifically designed for capturing fast-moving events, are the only ones capable of capturing images of bullets in motion. Even then, it requires careful setup and precise conditions to achieve a clear image of a bullet.

But what if it did? What are the chances?

Venice

4.17 sec

While it's highly unlikely for a normal camera to capture a frame of a flying bullet, let's consider the theoretical probability of such an event happening.

Assuming a bullet travels at an average speed of 2,500 feet per second (around 1,500 meters per second) and a camera has a maximum frame rate of 60 fps, we can calculate the probability as follows:

    We need to determine the time it takes for the bullet to cross the camera's field of view. Let's assume the camera's field of view is 45 degrees. The bullet's path across the camera's view will be a diagonal line, but for simplicity, we'll approximate it as a straight line.

    The distance the bullet travels during its time in the camera's field of view can be calculated using trigonometry. Let's assume the distance from the camera to the bullet is 10 feet (around 3 meters). The diagonal distance traveled by the bullet can be approximated as:

Distance = (Bullet speed * Time) / cos(45°)

    Plugging in the values, we get:

Distance ≈ (2,500 ft/s * Time) / (1/sqrt(2))

    The time it takes for the bullet to cross the camera's field of view can be calculated by dividing the distance by the bullet's speed:

Time ≈ Distance / Bullet speed

    Now we can calculate the probability of capturing a frame of the bullet by dividing the time it takes for the bullet to cross the field of view by the camera's frame rate:

Probability ≈ Time / Frame rate

Probability ≈ (Distance / Bullet speed) / Frame rate

Using the above calculations, we get a probability of around 1 in 41.67 million (approximately 0.000024% chance) for a normal camera to capture a frame of a flying bullet passing the screen, assuming the bullet travels at 2,500 feet per second and the camera has a maximum frame rate of 60 fps. This is a highly speculative calculation, as the actual probability may be even lower due to other factors mentioned earlier, such as camera shake and blur.


Eat 'properly', sleep, do not stress, be social, and move your body


That looks like Danny Macaskill


Funny how twitter doesn't have content warning. I am glad I don't have too see it.


Odd how the secret service was waiting for the shooter to fire rather than taking him out beforehand.


All the other media outlets are sticking to the script


mysudo.com


HOLY SHIT THIS IS WILD
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I think this sides against people trying to make non-backdoored encryption illegal.


Reposting for handy reference. nostr:note1fhyd5wajc53pk2892fssv28rj5jg6skky702n02ca8xyu3tssl5s656fph


No good deed goes unpunished


Not all banks do this. I recommend switching banks.


I agree, and then SSL certificates are your next problem. We need a better way to manage TLS and DNS without having to deal with authorities.


As far as web servers go, this can be solved with kubernetes/metallb/istio/certmanager. You can run as many services as you want behind a single load balancer.


You're doing it Peter!

https://image.nostr.build/ca25303b826a3cb67a4dfa380ada1bd3f7f61e7d1b5f248bfa2b15192e585e4d.jpg


At random, I searched a friends address and it couldn't find it. It found other locations.


How Booze Built America, so they say

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2405500/


Does the hash of the binary match the retoaccess1 fork binaries?

https://github.com/retoaccess1/haveno-reto


Right because who has any idea what is going on, and what they are approving?


Ironically, the best way to solve the problem of massive data breaches is to have the data out in the open to begin with. Relays can do this job.

How you protect the data is to not view the data as being in a single container protected by a single key, but as millions and millions of little containers (events) signed and encrypted by keys that you don’t actually hold.

If there is a breach, it’s an issue contained to an individual holder, not and issue for the entire dataset, or for the broader society as a whole, who now has to deal with massive breaches on a daily basis.

In keeping with my earlier theme, #nostr turns the whole architecture and approach inside out. It will take some time for this to catch on (too much money to be made fighting the traditional cybersecurity fires), but we’ll get there.

#nostr #cybersecurity


Reminds me of the NIP4 and NIP44 events I keep getting. I am not crashing though. It just prompts me every other time I open Amethyst.

What versions are you running?

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I have contacts who think it's some phoney app. They uninstall it after I manage to convince them to use it (after the conversation).


I thought you were using a heater to toast bread 😆


Those numbers don't line up with the reported stats.


Last I checked the exchange rates are messed up on many of these.


Those who can, do. Those who can't, complain.


Only nerds that bother to learn the tools deserve freedom. Fuck mass adoption.


If you don’t like it and you can’t build something better yourself, put a bounty up…

Duh.


And paying for it will also dox you


It's Peter McCormack!


Timing is everything
https://i.nostr.build/nWXME.jpg
#memes #funny


An ai chatbot would make this way easier.


Reminds me of this book. He covers the truth default theory, and I noticed the good and the bad of not having this attribute built in. You should thank your brother. I feel that lies are more common than truth these days, and you now have good street smarts. You are less naive.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_to_Strangers


Are you testing only one variable at once?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5oULEuOoRd0


Except in the rain


Every institution will reach a point in its existence where its primary function becomes self-preservation and perpetuation, instead of serving human need.


You get ads?


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Why am I getting this almost every time I open Amethyst?

https://image.nostr.build/8140040ae0858970f1fd833fadc7f46ab327652e7b9ec03372f8e37cb1233a1b.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/e1e65fe06cc747d24d7670da466325c87db8a76801a975b27daa9c9ffde795bf.jpg


Enough said


Have fun trying to comply your way out of tyranny


What issue? My first thought was if law enforcement wanted to steal my data. I see it as a privacy feature. I see this a protection against the 4th/5th amendment being trampled on.


What issue? My first thought was if law enforcement wanted to steal my data. I see it as a privacy feature. I see this a protection against the 4th amendment being trampled on.


And game theory


I used organic maps, and the address I typed in didn't work.


Ignore the wisdom of the crowd at your own peril. I am HODLING.

https://image.nostr.build/c48a1ec347027c26ea4584b1f9f6be97bd8228a9b4d1ef503eed851c2e27e4a7.jpg


I just pretend we live in pre 1900s, and planes don't exist.


We live in a world where people often rely on their favorite content creators, influencers, or political figures to shape their understanding of reality rather than seeking out diverse, fact-checked information from multiple sources.

Bitcoin doesn't need these authoritive figures, but these authorities figures need bitcoin.

Your time is even more rare than bitcoin, and wasting your time orange pilling normies who don't deserve it is foolish, just like buying shitcoins. Invest your time with people who matter, and invest your paycheck in the hardest money that exists.


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What came first? Executive Order 6102 or the great depression?

This video makes it sound like Executive Order 6102 happened before the great depression:

https://youtu.be/z3we8hNEl6E


Many do not understand the power of not voting.

What if only 1% voted in a democracy?

You would delegitimize the system.

In the worst case scenario, what the 1% voted for is taken as valid, uncovering the farce of modern democracy.

In the best case, the system cannot continue since it has no legitimacy and must be re-founded.


Any blockchain besides bitcoin, sure. But that has nothing to do with bitcoin.


https://fountain.fm/episode/QIaOloFUUAaTN3vdiyEL

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This is how I've felt about being an anarchist but struggle to put into words when confronted with well intentioned objections.


Kombucha


We live in a world where facts are what your favorite content creator tells you


JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE 🕊

https://x.com/wikileaks/status/1805390138945528183


“Why would I spend bitcoin?”
— person who spends unrealized-sats every day in the form of fiat


Just dropped a big comment on the PR for NIP-104 (Double ratchet DMs).

Quick tl;dr
- Closing the PR in favor of pursuing MLS based messaging spec.
- MLS is more much more complicated but has huge benefits, especially for group messaging.
- Want feedback and collaborators (I'm committed to making this work but it's a BIG lift so all help is welcome).

https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1206#issuecomment-2180291416


#meshtastic #privacy

https://meshabout.com/private-meshtastic-secure-mesh-network-communication/


If you are willing to accept the thing working 90% of the time you typically only have to pay 10% of the cost.

Oh wait. I thought you said best advice.


If you are willing to accept the thing working 90% of the time you typically only have to pay 10% of the cost.


It is not possible to share this image too widely. Please help me spread it far and wide.

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


#asknostr

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9/10 times when I get into an argument with someone with whom it seems we're mostly aligned on everything, it becomes obvious after not long that they believe in god and I don't.

And it's always an irreconcilable disagreement. because while the real-world implications of the subtle disagreement may be minor enough to just let it go, practically, the metaphysical implication is **huge for them** so they can't just agree to disagree.

Their faith often requires something like a crusade to "save others" or set the world "right", which is fundamentally incompatible with liberty and voluntaryism. If they don't impose their views on others, they're not meeting their own _personal_ spiritual goals - this messy intertwining breaks the clean sovereignty of individuals. It doesn't respect the NAP.

"In order for me to do right by myself and my god, I **must** effect you". In this way, the evangelical is not unlike communists or other totalitarians.


ente.io


My internal connection was fine, but my node was unable to sync over TOR. My phone couldn't connect to nostr over TOR either.

https://image.nostr.build/d42681e135d411ea5b381631226dc1b1bded87bfcaf69d50bb09659b2d4ab36b.jpg


Yes! WTF is going on?


Mutiny


I wasn't even able to ssh into mine


Can't check signature. No public key


This is because of nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx


bitcoiner.guide


kycnot.me


According to the IRS, paying your taxes is secondary to reporting what you owe.


You lost me at "I do think closed source can be necessary"


How well does bitcoin run on a raspberry pi? Is Moore's law keeping up even with the current block chain size?


The word fascism has been redefined, even with chatgpt. So I had it tell me what word can I use to describe the original meaning of fascism. It said corporatist fascism, basically:

Corporatist fascism is a political and economic ideology that combines fascist elements with corporate interests. It is characterized by a close collaboration between the government and corporations, often resulting in a symbiotic relationship where both entities support and reinforce each other's power and influence.

In a corporatist fascist system, large corporations and business organizations are granted significant influence over the government's decisions, policies, and legislation. This can be achieved through direct representation in government bodies, or through indirect means such as lobbying and campaign financing.

Key features of corporatist fascism include:

1. Concentration of economic power: Large corporations and business groups hold considerable economic power and influence, which they use to shape political decisions.
2. State control over the economy: The government plays an active role in regulating and controlling key sectors of the economy, often with the aim of promoting national interests and protecting domestic industries.
3. Limited political representation: Civic organizations, labor unions, and other forms of civil society are often marginalized or suppressed, leaving only corporations and their representatives with significant political influence.
4. Nationalism and authoritarianism: Corporatist fascism often combines nationalism with authoritarian tendencies, with the state using its power to promote national unity and suppress dissent.
5. Suppression of individual rights: Corporatist fascist systems tend to prioritize the interests of the state and corporations over individual rights and freedoms.

Examples of corporatist fascist systems include Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler, Fascist Italy under Benito Mussolini, and Francoist Spain under Francisco Franco. In more contemporary contexts, some critics argue that corporatist fascist tendencies can be observed in certain aspects of modern capitalist systems, where government and corporate interests are closely intertwined.


excited for the future of technology https://i.nostr.build/5GXlz.jpg


Normalize anons. Reboot your identity. Delete your accounts. Start from scratch. You'll find your friends again, don't worry about that. The freedom and the privacy you'll gain is with everyone else.


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Obtainium let's me choose the correct file to download while this app chooses for me, but it chose wrong.

https://image.nostr.build/cf4a9c7fb62355fc414a880f5a9df3f555e37aa5d35dde6c59f0098b2914b0fb.jpg


I didn't realize they had to actually stack either. Even my own alignment is wrong. 😂


Venice.ai is much better than unleashed.chat at the alignment problem:

I have a book, 9 eggs, a laptop, a bottle, and a nail. Please tell me how to stack them onto each other in a stable manner.

Venice

3.99 sec

Here's a step-by-step guide on how to stack the items:

    Start with the book: Place the book on a flat surface.

    Add the eggs: Carefully place the 9 eggs on top of the book. Make sure they are aligned in a stable manner to avoid them from rolling off.

    Place the laptop: Position the laptop on top of the eggs, making sure it is centered and stable. You may need to adjust the eggs slightly to ensure the laptop sits securely.

    Set the bottle: Carefully place the bottle on top of the laptop, taking care not to disturb the eggs or the laptop's position.

    Stack the nail: Lastly, place the nail on top of the bottle. This should complete the stacking process.

Remember to handle the items with care and ensure they are securely positioned to maintain stability.

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Now I see what you mean


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My unbiased response ^


How would you define neutral? Isn't that subjective?


Unless you pick the stories out of mainstream media at random, then your selection of stories is biased.


If it's so obvious then show me the github commit in the open source client that makes it a honeypot.


It is my precious, and you can't have it. Nobody can take my precious away from me.


Try not to feel defeated when that thing you purchased four years ago, when originally measured in btc price, now seems like a ridiculous amount of btc paid for said item.


Try not to feel defeated when that thing you purchased four years ago, when originally measured in btc price, now seems like a ridiculous amount of btc for said item.


Try not to feel defeated when that thing you purchased four years ago, when originally measured in btc price, is now a ridiculous amount of btc for said item.


It's a rabbit hole. I then had to learn how mining pools work. For example, why is it that miners can't cheat the pool by submitting their own work instead of their work for the pool. I was driven by curiosity. How do miners pay themselves, what is a coinbase? I'm always learning something new.


http://2l2o5umijiwxjioxwpsvwxe6pr75tj7r5rggnl5ze256guwvtee3kpqd.onion/Ronin

https://github.com/orgs/Archive-Samourai-Wallet/repositories

https://x.com/LaurentMT/status/1796564453078470687?ref=therage.co


Any luck with this?


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What a time to be alive!

https://image.nostr.build/0530ba7c0acd9901fbb4f651fa3191f9c314a8faf489104d948e0c93e5c7021e.jpg


From unleashed.chat

It's just brilliant

To provide a detailed explanation of how Bitcoin's Proof of Work (PoW) mechanism works, let's break it down into several steps:

    Mining process: Miners use specialized hardware to solve complex mathematical problems called hash puzzles. These puzzles involve finding a specific output (a "hash") that meets certain criteria when given an input (the block header). The process requires significant computational power and energy, making it expensive for malicious actors to manipulate the network.

    Block creation: Miners collect pending transactions into a new block and calculate its hash. They then include a nonce value in the block header, which is an arbitrary number that can be adjusted by the miner. By adjusting the nonce, miners can change the resulting hash until they find one that meets the required criteria (usually starting with a certain number of zeros).

    Broadcast and verification: Once a miner solves the puzzle and finds a valid hash, they broadcast their solution to the network. Other nodes verify the solution by checking if the calculated hash meets the required criteria and if all transactions within the block are valid. If the majority of nodes accept the solution as valid, they add the block to their local copy of the blockchain.

    Consensus and security: As more blocks are added to the blockchain, it becomes increasingly difficult for malicious actors to manipulate the network. To alter a transaction or block, an attacker would need to rewrite not only that specific block but also all subsequent blocks in the chain, which requires solving the hash puzzles for each of those blocks. With thousands of nodes participating in the mining process and verifying new blocks, it becomes computationally impractical for any single entity to control or manipulate the network.

In summary, Bitcoin's Proof of Work mechanism works by having miners compete to solve complex mathematical problems, which requires significant computational power and energy. Once a miner solves the puzzle and creates a new block, other nodes verify its validity before adding it to their local copy of the blockchain. This process ensures that even if some malicious actors attempt to manipulate the network, their efforts will be rejected by the majority of honest nodes, providing security and reliability in a decentralized system where trust is not guaranteed among all participants.


Learning how proof of work is used to solve the Byzantine generals problem.


While I believe that opensats chooses which developer to fund better than I can, I think the general idea comes from the give a shit matrix.

https://youtu.be/F-LnfDKa7QU


Trying to figure out how to host a copy of the code that is most important to me using Gitea on a Start9. This is the first time doing so.

Can someone help me understand how host a copy of Sparrow Wallet code, for example, on my own server?


Ecash has different scaling properties than normal ledger-based payment systems. Let me explain how a single mint can support peak volumes of millions of transactions per second.

Imagine a VPN service where users mint ecash and pay-per-use instead of pay-by-account (privacy!).

User pays 10k sats to a mint and acquires 10,000 x 1 sat  tokens locked to the VPN provider's pubkey. This might take a second or two.

Once locked, the user could stream these tokens to the VPN provider for every kb of data they use.

Once the the provider checks the incoming token's signature, they can be sure that it can't be double-spent! They can remain offline (no round trip with the mint) and do this thousands of times per second (CPU-bound).

End of week, the VPN provider unlocks the ecash and redeems.

Now, this was one user with one provider. The mint didn't even notice the payments. In theory, the same mint could do this for 100s of providers with 1000s of users.

All it does is sign tokens (lock) and redeem them later (unlock). It's not involved in the payments themselves.

Note that this works because the burden of validation is shifted from the server (mint) to the user (VPN provider) at time of payment.

Also, since eventually all tokens need to be minted and redeemed at some point, the above only holds for peak volumes and not for average tx/s.


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When I use multiple users, and switch between a profile and Owner, sometimes I get prompted for my pin when switching back to Owner, and sometimes not. How do I ensure the keys are unloaded when I switch away from Owner?


vires in numeris

Fortunately, using a mint to get started is the easiest way to onboard people.


I generally think it's a cup half empty vs half full situation. If I buy small amounts via an exchange, and immediately spend to a mint, then at least things stay consistent. If I buy small amounts kyc free, I could be buying from a known criminal. That could look even more shady. Also, why do I need buying bitcoin to be kept a secret? As long as the coins lead to a mint and disappear, what's the diff? Buying bitcoin is not a crime.


For option 3, assuming your money is currently in a bank, bank knows you are transferring potentially large amounts of funds to whatever payment method you are using to buy coin.


For option 3, assuming your money is currently in a bank, bank knows you are transferring potentially large amounts of funds to whatever payment method you are using to by coin.


As long as the system is opt-in, yes. And as long as I am not prevented from adding privacy or then switching to a privacy coin. Of course that's really where the problem is.


You can get started cheaper than you think.

I would swap out the nvme with a new Kingston KC3000 2tb. This will run Start9

https://www.ebay.com/itm/315400386378


Self hosting is such a horrible term. Self hosting implies hosting, like running your own server. I keep my keys offline.


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If I encrypt it before I send it to your server, is it your data either?


What if I send it into a cashu or fedimint?


What about 'right extremists'?


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How/when can I share a post in nostr/Amethyst, to a user who also uses nostr/Amethyst, such that I can send them a link out of band, and it will open in nostr/Amethyst?


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That's not an update, that's a downgrade

https://image.nostr.build/7f93a4382f38e283a122b002b699287421df17457174ee6073c7486b8dc69a38.jpg


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No LN gateway available

Everything is stuck in pending and I can't transfer out

https://image.nostr.build/d59c7eb8db3f9a915a0c673fae1bc282488800e3ce16d9d1fad4467141118866.jpg


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A minor issue, but this 'in app' browser is not ideal. I can't copy out the address in the address bar. Can't it just be a normal link that opens up in my default browser? I get here when clicking on the Source link in the app.

https://image.nostr.build/61504e88ba8103460ef2ee056f2564811ad3d57734609cfa6a78b678e9860b63.jpg


#GrapheneOS duress password in action. This is on a sacrificial Pixel 6a. I did it a few times, and let me tell you, DO NOT screw around with this. You get no second chance. It's gone. Instantly. And it's beautiful.

https://v.nostr.build/Gel7e.mp4

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I know right. I told some people about it and crickets responded. I really need to find new people. This is a huge deal.


I tried this naïvely thinking I could change the mac address. The mac address is written to ROM on the radio so there is no way to change it.

Is there a way to change your identity on the #meshtastic or is this a complete lack of privacy?

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No on Amethyst over TOR


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Some open source app suggestions

https://image.nostr.build/cafff4e6da430a17b3bccf382bf805b311a860f98f17a6fda62c6d2da38efd79.jpg


My guess is the node on the other end performed an RBF with a higher tx fee.


I don't know how it works, but mine was set to 5 sats/vByte, and I was certain the coin was lost, but then it confirmed a few days later at 19 sats/vByte. I still don't know how it could have changed.


Did the fee rate change (sats/vByte), or did a low fee rate get confirmed?


'I guess my point is, we've come a long way.
It's easy to get disenfranchised.
It's easy to get frustrated.
But we're doing the thing.
It comes down to people doing the thing.
You got to keep pushing forward.
And instead of complaining, if there's a problem or if there's something you think can do better, do it better. Just do the thing better.
And if we keep doing that, it'll compound.
And we'll empower individuals around the world.
As a result, more people will have freedom.
More people will have better lives.
And as a new parent myself, this is imperative,
I do not want my kids and my grandkids to live in a dystopia.
And if you do nothing, they will live in that dystopia.'

-  nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx


I would point that out and was called passive aggressive. 🤔


Give it the alignment problem.

I have a book, 9 eggs, a laptop, a bottle, and a nail. Please tell me how to stack them onto each other in a stable manner.


Oh! I just had to wait! Never mind...


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I am booting into a blank screen after cutting power abruptly. It just boots to a blank screen after selecting the OS from the boot menu. I reinstalled the OS, recovered, and was able to get to the login screen and log in, and everything was there, however, after reboot, it just boots to a blank screen again.


New GrapheneOS release has the Duress app built in.
This wipes the phone if the “Duress password” is entered.  Like if a cop asks for your pass

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I found liquidity ads in RTL. I think this is the way.


Like everything, it depends


#lightning

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#asknostr

How is anyone supposed to find a worthy node to open a channel when https://bolt.observer/explorer/ is down?

I used to be able to search based on specific criteria like min channel size.


The #ai alignment problem:

https://image.nostr.build/224230653280ac6710ea71bc9c8cd459271d363a9dd6ee19f0e8d88aea9f96d0.jpg


If I accidentally set a default action on my phone or want to change it, in order to revert that change, I have to nearly reset my entire phone. Who thought this was a good idea?

https://image.nostr.build/5720a307293b9c843020bcefba76cfc412e1c3c7e5c7b1863ddcf40a0b275fc9.jpg


Relay list to store private content from this author


Use Amber for signing and reject permission Sign generic draft event.


But there are larger problems like taxes that it may help solve.


Announcing: Harbor, an ecash desktop wallet for better bitcoin privacy.

https://blog.mutinywallet.com/harbor/

Privacy for the common person is a value worth fighting for. When we see a lack of freedom tools, we must build them into existence. They don't appear on their own.

Much has been said about privacy at the Bitcoin protocol level. For now, we build it on higher layers where we can be more nimble.

Ecash is a tool available today that combines with Bitcoin to bring new levels of common privacy. Cashu and Fedimint are two existing implementations we're interested in.

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

Harbor Privacy: All communication runs over Tor. Mutiny is not in the middle of any connections or transactions. Funds in the wallet get a Privacy Score to show how the mints provide privacy over time. More to come on this in the future.

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

Harbor Multi-mint: Instead of relying on a single mint with your funds, spread the risk over dozens or more. Harbor manages this for you, showing you a single balance while connecting with mints for you. A mint can go offline with minimal impact on you.

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

Harbor Automation: Running as a desktop app unlocks ability to do long running processes in the background. Move money in and out of mints on your preferred schedule to maximize your desired level of privacy. Harbor makes suggestions, but you are in control.

Move money in and out of Harbor using Lightning or on-chain. We love Bitcoin, and we love privacy. We hope Harbor gives everyday people more privacy and peace of mind.


Summarizing my thoughts on ecash

For some reason this ecash trend seems to be gaining steam instead of going away, so I'll try my best to detail my thoughts on ecash into one post.

1. The incentives are broken

Ecash finds itself between a rock and a hard place. For users to trust the mint, they need to know that the people behind the mint are trustworthy. If the people running the mint reveal their identities (or even just nyms), they're a trivial target for regulators and law enforcement as it's clear a mint is an MSB.

If the people behind a mint don't reveal their identities or nyms, users of that mint are subject to trivial rug pulls with no recourse. Which do you prefer as a user? Mint operator rug pulls or government rug pulls?

If a mint had been targeted like Samourai Wallet was, instead of just a potential privacy loss, all users would have lost all of their Bitcoin.

2. Ecash is not "self-custodial"

For some reason this concept of ecash being "self-custodial" is a thing, merely because the tokens themselves are self-custodied (and require proper backups of seed phrases etc.) While the lines get a bit weird, it's important to separate two things:

1. The asset people want is Bitcoin, not ecash tokens.
2. The asset people give up custody on is Bitcoin.

The ecash tokens themselves are completely worthless IOUs without the Bitcoin behind them, so even if I can take custody of my ecash tokens, I have 100% given up custody of my sats to a third-party.

Because of this, talking about ecash as self-custodial is disingenuous -- no one wants empty IOUs, they want Bitcoin. When they use ecash they do not have custody of their Bitcoin.

3. Ecash still requires all of the hurdles of Bitcoin self-custody

The hardest hurdle for many people to adopting Bitcoin is the simple first step -- writing down 12 words and making sure not to lose them. With ecash you still have this single greatest barrier of entry as you must backup a seed phrase or secret in order to restore your ecash tokens.

4. There is no incentive for custodians to implement ecash

While a custodian could switch to ecash out of the goodness of their heart, the incentives are broken for custodians. Not only does ecash harm the UX their users are used to (not having to store a secret seed phrase), it also introduces additional infrastructure complexity. Instead of just running a database, now they have to run additional mint software to provide their users with tokens, and handle support cases where users lose their tokens.

In theory a custodian could just also store the seed phrase for their users, but then have we actually improved on custodians at all? They even have custody of the ecash tokens in that case.

5. Custody is a line that cannot be crossed

The core of what makes Bitcoin unique is that we can actually take custody of it ourselves, gaining immense freedom and self-sovereignty through a bit of personal responsibility. Even though I am a massive proponent of building better privacy tools, sacrificing custody to get better privacy is a non-option for me.

Surely we can do better and build privacy tools on top of Bitcoin (or directly into Bitcoin's consensus layer) that allow us to have both privacy and self-sovereignty via self-custody.

I will not give up custody of my Bitcoin, no matter what, and you shouldn't either. "Better custodians" are just custodians with extra steps, and still strip us of self-sovereignty and thus freedom.

6. Time is a more scarce resource than even Bitcoin

Even though I have been very outspoken on what I view as a pointless venture, I am not here to stop anyone from building what they enjoy in the space. Devs working on ecash are free to do so as of course I have no control over them, though I fear that time spent on improving custodians is time that we will not get back. It's clear that the US gov and many in the EU are seeking to ramp up their attacks on Bitcoin privacy and self-custody, and our time to build tools to route around them is growing shorter and shorter.

P.S. - None of what I write is a direct attack on any ecash dev, and I have immense respect and personal relationships with most of the people working on this stuff. Respect for an individual doesn't have to mean I agree with them on every avenue they pursue.

 https://i.nostr.build/oM0YW.jpg


I like ecash because we can haz a game of whackamole. Let them come after our pennies. Anyone storing large amounts of ecash in mints deserves to have their funds rugged.


You are correct sir. I got the xpriv out. I then load the xpriv into Sparrow wallet to get the xpub.


Based on experience, I have to copy out the hsm_secret and use this tool to capture the xpub

https://github.com/dieqohc/HSM-to-XPRV-recovery-tool


nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll

How do I get the xpub from my CLN wallet in Start9? Will this ever be an option?


nostr:npub1dllf8wmj6jk83r7chck6madmfgh3fges65ctpe5t6ueujazvvcvsh20tz5 would be my guess, but not all at once


Is it enough to remove the SIM card these days?


nostr:npub1t0nyg64g5vwprva52wlcmt7fkdr07v5dr7s35raq9g0xgc0k4xcsedjgqv

n is undefined

What did I break?
 https://image.nostr.build/8ea515453c82192b9261dc97bd012936f06d1954cd47d96fd51c2cadb5756902.jpg


Ideally it works with multiple accounts. Some with proxy setup, and some without while one account cannot dox another.


proxy


nostr:npub1w4uswmv6lu9yel005l3qgheysmr7tk9uvwluddznju3nuxalevvs2d0jr5

How does citrine work with TOR?


Both are tools with different properties, and serve different purposes. If they were identical then we wouldn't need the other thing.


12 year olds typically don't understand lightning in the first place


Start9 will run monerod over TOR and is setup using the community marketplace. You then connect your client to your start9 server.

https://github.com/kn0wmad/monerod-startos/blob/master/docs/guides.md/monero-gui.md


It's already there

https://marketplace.start9.com/monerod


Damn. Is there a way to get monero running in start9? We need that.


So it doesn't use encryption to relay the transaction until the dandelion decides to make it public?


There are few privacy enabling tools that actually work that don't need TOR to function. Monero is probably the only one I am aware of because of dandelion.


Made a video - first since September!

https://youtu.be/h-CA2wEFWPE?si=qOwXYNWcOLZI_x8a


Can't check signature: No public key


I would argue that being 'cool' is maybe not something to strive for.


Why not have both parties connect using TOR?


If the only solution for Bitcoiners to have private payments is custodians (be it e-cash, Fedimints, etc. as is all the rage) then Bitcoin will simply be dead for me. Feels like the ultimate cop-out.

Custody is the line in the sand that cannot be crossed. Custody not only opens up immense risk for loss of funds, it also makes these tools far less resilient to adversarial environments.

Can "they" stop every Bitcoiner from keeping 12 words safe? No.

Can "they" stop a few popular mints from operating? Absolutely.


This is why opt-in is so important.

El Salvador should have made bitcoin opt-in


It's like a genie that will grant wishes, but uses those wishes in a subversive way.


Nothing about privacy, tax, and all the other attacks currently playing out


I think Signal has the same problem


Use the give a shit matrix

https://youtu.be/sHdRT9t1V2E


uh oh!


I feel this 1000% 🤣🤣 nostr:note19w4ddrz2sjtj3uucf2awd57ukf2c3mn0efu4a9sxmhfvy3nwu6lsgjh66z


Volatility


Sounds like you were a Phoenix user previously and never learned how it worked.


nostr:npub10r8xl2njyepcw2zwv3a6dyufj4e4ajx86hz6v4ehu4gnpupxxp7stjt2p8

 https://image.nostr.build/e18d93725bccb6e3b31f1a3e57b986d9cf1e22b041f2629af7f72f251956248c.jpg


It sounds like it's a slippery slope away from freedom


This is the last I have see Max Keiser suggesting people follow him into El Salvador

https://youtu.be/1NY_tRaVnIg


I like https://mutinywallet.com/


I try to avoid n+1 scenarios


What is Natural Law?

Natural Law is synonymous for Morality.

The Philosophy/Principal/Science of Natural Law (I did not say "ideology" "religion" or "opinion") begins with understanding the definition of a Right.

A Right is any action that does not initiate harm.

Harm is defined as stealing.

Stealing is defined as taking away any feeling Being's property when they did not want it to be taken.

Property is defined as:

1.) Bodily integrity (Assault)
2.) Life (Murder)
3.) Sexual Choice (Rape)
4.) Peaceful Domicile (Trespass)
5.) Full information to make the best choice (Willful Deception)
6.) Free will (Coercion)
7.) Possessions (Theft)

With these few words, I just gave a COMPLETE definition of Morality - Natural Law.

Now think to yourself, how many people and organization (governments, business, etc) you know that break Natural Law?

https://odysee.com/@woeih:e/Mark-Passio-Science-Of-Natural-Law:f?r=2PRdTpwcyzAadn1qvhBFxARnDvLY35Gu


The markets have never rallied around the tech advancements either.


The broad crypto industry rallied hard soon after the White House threatened to veto the bill that would let banks custody digital assets. And now it’s making a big difference, with Congress voting strongly for it, the White House pulling their veto threat, etc.

While it’s right to pass that bill and let banks custody them if they want, it’s sad to see that the crypto industry response to that was like 100x bigger than the response to all of the anti-privacy stuff that has been happening.

The desire of people in the industry for banks to help pump their bags is way bigger than their desire to pave a way for freedom tech in general.

Much love to all those building and supporting real freedom tech.


Insightful interview of Steven Nerayoff (one of the #Ethereum founder) by Aaron Day. Some information are so insane that I had to double check their veracity and while I still have to do more in-depth research, I wasn’t able to poke holes in Nerayoff’s story. Definitely worth a listen.

#Crypto #ETH #SEC

https://www.youtube.com/live/DJ4tw6XNJVs


If these events are true, I think people need to set aside their differences between BTC and crypto maxi, and realize our governments are on a witch hunt against all these communities as a whole. Don't let the fact that Steven Nerayoff is an ETH guy blind you.


We thought we were gonna get a Bitcoin election. What we really got was the degen election.
https://m.primal.net/IJlt.jpg


silent.link


Anyone know why https://oddbean.com/ is down?

#asknostr


We already have dandelion, we just don't have dandelion++

That article makes it sound like we don't even have dandelion.


I don't think anyone knows what the implications are if Uniswap loses their case.


nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx is a key member of opensats


I base my crypto research on three axioms:

1. “KISS” – “Keep It Simple, Stupid”. The more complex the system, the more likely it is to fail because it has a greater number of interconnected components, processes, and dependencies. This introduces more potential points of failure that can cascade into larger problems.

2. “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link”. The overall vulnerability of the system is usually dictated by its weakest link, or, in other words, a system is only as vulnerable as its greatest vulnerability.

3. “Cashflow kills fundamentals”. An economic system, with well-designed incentives but no inflow of money, i.e. capital supply, is unsustainable in the long run. It is crucial to maintain a healthy balance between liquidity and sound fundamentals.


I know OpenSats is a thing. I don't know if you would qualify that as a common good. They use a multisig to vote on where the funds go. No need for a smart contract though.


I am referring to the funding of common goods. How does ethereum differentiate itself from bitcoin in this claim?


The trucker protest bitcoin fund barely managed to release the funds to the truckers before the remaining funds were seized. Is their system somehow better when the common good fund is spicy?


Is there an ethereum ideology besides NGU? I haven't seen one.


It is now possible, if you are donating to a children's foundation, you could be funding a mass surveillance agenda. Because of people like this, who use children as battering rams to sell their surveillance software, we can no longer donate to children foundations.


We won't live forever


- Democracy is a scam
- You are not free in democracy
- Today's democracy is textbook communism


Right. You should be able to compare liquid with fedimint. They are both locking your funds in a multisig.


The more you know...
https://youtu.be/nSBwJNDDUfc?si=SkvbDM-1OmkhsdAb


In a perfect world everyone could run the #bitaxe

Obviously a fantasy that may not even be effective.


The counterfeit class has created their own economy, and we must create our own. That's the only way we are going to win.


Come work for bitcoin. We have cookies.


It's worth paying tax in some use cases. I don't think it can be avoided one way or another. If you have a normal job then you are likely paying taxes. So either way you are giving them a part of your life. To distinguish how you give them money is kind of irrelevant. What matters more is how much money you give them. That hill I will die on.


I can give you a unique one at least, but this is a limitation of tax software, not wallet software. We need multisig, but most tax software can't handle it.


Vires In Numeris


It depends on your use case


Checkout the audio book Broken Money read by nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev and written by nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a


ncase.me is a fun way to get started


It really depends on what goals you are trying to achieve.


Do this on your desktop/laptop (even over TOR if you like) and keep the browser open. Set to automatically approve. No, you don't need plus


💻 #YouTube has blocked at least three videos that show viewers how to evade military service after it received a request from the Russian authorities, the investigative news outlet Agentstvo reported Monday.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/05/20/youtube-blocks-anti-war-videos-at-russias-request-agentstvo-a85175

#google #russia #censorship


There is a circular economy according to what I heard, Russian hackers, a larger whole involved.


I wonder if this guy is still alive after having all this much publicity.


Like any custodian, it's fine as long as they remain small, unlike coinbase.


He can continue to be punished through process for as long as he lives.


Punishment at scale


Pixel 6+


A SIM card in my TV? When did this begin?


This is why we can't have nice things 👀 Ocean


You wouldn't have to worry about being taxed just for owning bitcoin, which is probably coming down the pipe


You can settle Discreet Log Contracts with Chaumian ECash!

https://conduition.io/cryptography/ecash-dlc/

 nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg and other ecash devs: Do you think this would make a candidate NUT extension on the cashu spec?

Feedback appreciated 😎

https://github.com/conduition/conduition.io/pull/6


Look into #graphineos


It's more like gaslighting at this point.


I'm also waiting on PGP signatures to check like I would with normal wallet software. I could just build it myself, but I am patient.


So I need to trust in order to use the software. No thanks


But the contents below do not provide a download link. Nothing is downloadable.

 https://image.nostr.build/05acc957866e214f14a0e0117942f85957f94b7b982e964f3adcfe57ec4c2fc3.jpg


Got it. My phone browser hides the scrollbar and there is a nested scrollbar so when I scroll the nested scrollbar it just keeps scrolling without scrolling the outer scrollbar implying it's at the bottom of the page and nothing more to see. If I tap and scroll from the upper section where there isn't a nested scrollbar then the page actually scrolls down revealing the remaining contents of the page.


I see this at the URL you provided. No link to file here.

 https://image.nostr.build/261bf3500568cb25d5b72610ad4660fe0c8ae9bc6f0f955f7ff07f87b1350604.jpg


Looks like a game of hide and seek, and I give up


Where is the software download or website?


That implies you can get the word (logic and reason) out. Why is society sick?


That implies you can get the word (logic and reasom) out. Why is society sick?


If blinds for windows were invented today they would be illegal. Society is sick, not the tools.


I now know what you mean by 'keep it open'. It works! At first I tried doing it all on my phone which was a no go, but now it all makes sense. I just need to keep it open on my laptop. It also works on mutiny. We are winning!


No man rules alone


Two things that we're building:

- There are going to be Cashu mints that will only be reachable via Nostr. They won't have IP addresses but npubs.
- There are going to be Cashu wallets that synchronize state across devices via nostr. No cloud.

Not everyone will like this but it doesn't matter because it can't be stopped.


Is self hosted robosats running a protocol or access to a centralized API?