I guess http pages with meta tags are kinda the same result but everything nostr is cooler 😅
Would be cool if each update was just a nostr note, then a client like Amethyst would render it nicely like an info card.
Monero is not on many exchanges but not by choice or through lack of trying. Heck, bitcoin is on exchanges and that is also not by choice.
But you are focusing on the community, that isn't Monero, so you could say the "Monero movement" fixes this... And power to you.
When people say "Bitcoin fixes this", I think a big part of it is how bitcoin incentivises more people to invest in it over time and how when people get burhed, it doesn't just die and so it will continue to gain traction.
People who learn about bitcoin learn about money and the evils etc. Then they move away from custodians. Bitcoin fixes custodians too, but it is not an easy or fast battle.
If Monero community refuses to make compromises, then Monero stays in a bubble and outside the mainstream. How does that fix anything? Monero does nothing AFAIK to drive adoption or to start the education process.
On top of all that, I have never heard the counter-argument to these questions:
1. How can you ever know and/or fix if there is an inflation bug or infinite money glitch?
2. How decentralized is it really if it requires much bigger blocks, beefier nodes, and hard forks are easy to roll out?
You are never too old for bitcoin.
This is Tito, he is 86 years old. Even though he has seen bitcoin grow over 16 years, one of his biggest fear is that if he buys a lot, since most places won’t take bitcoin he will have to sell below what he bought for an emergency.
What would you advise Tito?
https://video.nostr.build/14e9bd9f1e38a76edf3cb5b0b45f27ecb2eb7e1f928679145799efc8d27ec066.mp4
Bitcoin is a long term savings technology but you should not typically use it for an "emergency fund" (this is standard advice that you can google).
Having an emergency fund is a good idea and very important for people who are beginning in their journey of saving in things other than cash.
Build up and save around 3-5 months of your monthly outgoings and keep it aside in a savings account that you can access immediately without notice.
This is reserved for medical energencies and other emergencies such as losing your job etc.
Feel free to invest and save in other things in parallel if you don't have this emergency fund yet. Eg. Save $100 in emergency fund and $50 in bitcoin each month until you reach your target and then save $150 per month in bitcoin after you have reached your target.
If you already have the appropriate amount, feel free to just keep it aside and don't over indulge in Bitcoin.
You may feel differently after 5-10 years, but this is just good standard advice for anyone looking to start investing.
The FUTO keyboard works really well now. It does autocorrection, swipe typing, and it no longer fights with #Amethyst anymore. 😁
Will be using it as my daily driver from now.
Available on nostr:nprofile1qqs83nn04fezvsu89p8xg7axjwye2u67errat3dx2um725fs7qnrqlgzqtdq0, is it possible to get a sharable link or nostr id for it that brings you to zapstore?
Do expand on how Monero fixes the harms that regulations do to people who use custodial services in Europe.
The FATF Travel Rule, now applied to bitcoin, requires extensive KYC data sharing, causing serious concerns about privacy, financial freedom, and personal safety.
My latest Forbes article featuring nostr:npub1mznweuxrjm423au6gjtlaxmhmjthvv69ru72t335ugyxtygkv3as8q6mak.
Do they require this rule to be applied for "unhosted" wallets? (Also why use the term at all? Just call them self controlled wallets)
Because if not, I don't see how this drives people to using centralised services over their oen wallets.
Also, don't conflate Bitcoin being pseudonomous and promoting freedom with some sort of "ethos" that companies and regulations should follow.
If you don't mind feedback, I would have reordered the article to talk more about data breaches and personal burdens first, well before talking about "conflicts with bitcoin’s core idea". It reads as if it breaks a fundamental property of Bitcoin, whereas it only forces legal and compliant individuals to expose themselves to personal risks in order to stay compliant.
I read this and thought "but people in other countries can still use bitcoin anonymously, can still transact without permission, these regulations simply restrict our freedoms without offering clear reasons, but it doesn't break bitcoin in any way."
Another thing to potentially mention is how it will restrict citizens' freedoms, but will not protect against criminals who would simply ignore regulations and benefit from operating outside the purview of regulatory oversight.
Imagine I say, "all people must declare their identity when they enter the country so we know who is here and when they come and go, but by the way, if you don't do it, we won't know so we only promise to protect the people who declare their identities against the others who declared their identities but we can't protect you from those who intentionally came by secret to harm you."
What is the point.
Do you recall what categories of products it was limited to or what it prohibited?
GN. Sometimes I feel sad that people don't have the mental bandwidth or time or energy to learn how to get confident owning Bitcoin.
Then I remember/realise they don't even have a password manager and it all makes sense. Some people, and unfortunately, some families have a longer road to travel than others.
So if I can't melt gold down to dust, I don't own it? I can't destroy it, therefore I don't own it?
At least with a note, if someone gains access to it and tries to claim it is theirs, there is a natural mark on it that proves that claimant to be a liar and allows others to agree with me. Is that not ownership?
Yes, it was my choice to make it public, but I own how it could ever possibly be manipulated. Just by the fact that my data is signed and you can't forge that.
So, run a relay. It can be as simple as running citrine on your Android smartphone.
That is my data. Best still, that data remains compatible with Nostr forever so no "platform" is stopping me from holding my data nor can it delegitimise it.
Would be amazing if these memes would pop up on the user's screen when this happens.
Am I being too mean? 😈
That's a great perspective to have when the purchasing power of your bitcoin rose just AFTER you spent a bunch of it on an orange dress 😅🤫
#Chesstr
I guess it doesn't have the payment bit yet, but chess was actually one of the first things developed on #Nostr.
Less than a month notice?!?? Wow.
Anonymity set: infinity.
Great for privacy.