My son's trying to get a pink sheep on #minecraft because it's rare.
He already got 1. But he wants moar!
He likes to brag about rare stuff he got. And he loves to collect stuff: Pokémon cards, figurines, stones, coins, etc.
And when it comes to buying new stuff, he has to get 2. Getting 1 is never good enough!
💥 NEW VIDEO - The Anarchists of Costa Rica's Bitcoin Jungle
https://v.nostr.build/jwnG.mp4
Full video posted below EXCLUSIVELY 6 hours for early for NOSTR (but I have a small ask of you!)
Great video. Do we have anything similar in #Thailand - I'd visit and participate?
How we transported notes before #nostr
https://twitter.com/historyinmemes/status/1768166168613826626
🤣
Oh man, I make it rain!
Thanks.
We still don't know who Satoshi is!
#meme #funny
Robert Sterling: "This is the scariest chart I’ve ever made. This is what it looks like when a country is heading toward a financial precipice.
Each color shows $1T getting added to the national debt.
Not that long ago, it took six years to add a bar.
We’re now adding one every 90-120 days.
The explosion of debt has been the only bipartisan phenomenon of my lifetime. For us conservatives, we can’t blame it on just Biden and Obama. For you Democrats, you can’t put this on just Trump. It’s both parties, all presidents, and every Congress.
The acceleration started under George W. Bush. Bush went into 2002 with less than $6T of debt. Thanks to GWOT military spending and tax cuts we probably couldn’t afford, $6T grew to $7T in 23 months, $8T in another 21 months, and $9T in 23 months.
Then the Great Recession hit. We added the next trillion in 13 months, crossing $10T for the first time in American history. And we haven’t looked back since.
During the second Obama term, with spending reined in by the Tea Party movement, annual deficits reduced to less than $1T, and growth in the debt slowed down. At the end of Obama’s tenure, it took nearly 20 months to go from $19T to $20T.
That would be the last time it took a full year to add a trillion dollars to the debt.
In 2017, a real-estate developer got inaugurated as president. And, if there’s one thing we all know—and love!—about real-estate investors, it’s that they understand the value of leverage.
Under Trump, even as the economy surged, deficits grew, and national debt once again spiraled. We ended 2019 with a little over $24T in debt.
Then Covid hit, along with consumer stimulus, PPP loans, massive government spending, and reduced tax receipts. Over just two months in 2020—April and May—we added $2T to the national debt. Ever since, we’ve been adding $1T every 160 or so days.
With Biden in the White House and a narrowly divided Congress, we’re now adding $1T to the debt every three to four months. It took just 91 days to go from $32T to $33T. 104 days to get to $34T.
And it’s not slowing down. Biden has another 300+ days in office this term. When he or Trump enters their second respective term in office in 2025, the debt will likely be above $37T.
Where does it end? As deficits continue to pile up and borrowing costs remain relatively high compared to where they were over the previous 20 years, how is any of this sustainable?"
Source: https://twitter.com/RobertMSterling/status/1767293796490867031
Well, what do we have here? Is this a new home for my text notes? 🤗
Since we are making #introductions - I’m Jessica Chasteen, or Garden Variety Jess. I’m a gardener, writer, teacher, designer, and overall social media nerd.
I stumbled onto #nostr over on TikTok during discussion of our collective need for a decentralized social media platform that allows us to maintain digital ownership of our accounts and not be subject to the whims of the algorithms.
What’s funny is I thought: you know who might could help us is nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m without even knowing this existed yet! 😎
Extremely excited to see how this will evolve! Fantastic! 👏
Welcome. You should set up your lightning address, and discover zaps!
Wax Tailor's set on the Chao Phraya river was nice!
#concert #live #music
NEW NOSTR CLIENT ANNOUNCEMENT:
ONOSENDAI オノセンダイ
a cyberspace client for the one true metaverse: nostr
🌌 https://onosendai.tech 🌌 (hint: in alpha. desktop/android works best right now)
ONOSENDAI visualizes objects on the nostr protocol in an interactive 3D world referred to as 'cyberspace'.
⚡ Semantic Coordinate System (✅)
Each nostr note (kind 1) is assigned a 3D point in cyberspace based on the _meaning_ of its content using a 256-bit simhash. This unbiased algorithm maps all notes to a 3D universe you can explore.
⚡ Proof of Work for Localization of Constructs (wip🛠️)
Placing 3D objects in Cyberspace is a self-evident necessity. Kind 10333 notes may be published with content set to a common 3D format to create public 3D visualizations. Proof of work can be utilized to mine the event ID hash which determines the coordinate location. Proof of work is the only way to claim cyberspace real estate.
⚡ Presence (wip🛠️)
Ephemeral events could be used to *optionally* share your current position in cyberspace so that other users can visualize your movement and interact with you.
💡 Rationale
Cyberspace (in this context) is an early-internet trope from the 80s. It's an enthusiastic and naive speculation on the future of network-connected computers and how humans might use them. Ultimately, instead of interacting in 3D virtual spaces, humans ended up interacting via documents in web browsers which is much more practical and efficient than 3D visualizations.
Besides the problem of visualizing content, there are several more critical problems with the concept of cyberspace that are rarely (if ever) addressed in fiction:
- Who hosts it?
- Who decides how it looks?
- Who owns the content?
- Who makes the rules?
- Who assigns the space?
- Who controls it?
These questions are answered satisfactorily in the era of bitcoin and nostr:
- Who hosts it? nostr relays
- Who decides how it looks? nostr clients like ONOSENDAI
- Who owns the content? users cryptographically own their content
- Who makes the rules? open source consensus
- Who assigns the space? an impartial algorithm + proof of work
- Who controls it? 🖕NOBODY🖕
In my opinion, it is only in the context of bitcoin and nostr that something like cyberspace could make sense. Without the decentralized properties of nostr and bitcoin, cyberspace is just another 3D game owned by a company. However, when cyberspace is decentralized, enforces property rights, responds to proof of work, and enables instant value transfer, it becomes something entirely different.
Because cyberspace inherits all of these unique properties from nostr and because value transfer can be executed in cyberspace through bitcoin lightning, I argue that it is time for humanity to take another look at this dusty old concept and start exploring it with renewed interest.
I, unlike many metaverse enthusiasts, have a strong moral preference for reality over illusion. The idealized metaverse or cyberspace worlds that Meta and the like want to build are nothing more than a drug used to extract resources from miserable VR-goggled souls. That is the fiat version of cyberspace and it sucks. I am not interested in building clever simulations that seek to replace reality. I want to build tools that enable people to connect and be more productive. I want to open up new channels for communication, innovation, and human flourishing in reality.
Cyberspace is a new way to visualize the new paradigm for digital communication and property. It is wholly based around cryptography and digital ownership. If not for these things, cyberspace would be irrelevant.
A cyberspace built on decentralized protocols and sound money — nostr and bitcoin — has the potential to be something innovative, healthy, and ultimately productive for humanity. Cyberspace can be something where wealth is not extracted but rather generated by work and free markets. Cyberspace could be a new medium of connection built on sound principles that can enable humanity to do new things not previously dreamed of.
If it were not for the profound inventions of bitcoin and nostr, these aspirations would be nothing but ludicrous and delusional. In fact, any metaverse or cyberspace built outside of the context of bitcoin and nostr are delusional at best and Machiavellian at worst. Spoiler: it's the latter in most cases. But we have the opportunity to build something better. We have the winning hand. Let's make it happen.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk. Let's build. Read lots more and contribute at https://github.com/arkin0x/ONOSENDAI
Made with love posthaste,
arkinox
PS - I'd rather have reposts than zaps! Tell your friends! Thank you! 💜
I'm going on a cruise tonight. And I hope I won't lose my #Bitcoin in a boating accident...
Red, and you get Monkey D. Luffy 🤣
So far, so good. Seamless experience with nostr:npub1kvaln6tm0re4d99q9e4ma788wpvnw0jzkz595cljtfgwhldd75xsj9tkzv! I received sats (thanks for the zaps nostr:npub1vchehlucehyyesu4tzdwu5u2sf5n8wqyhem2u6mg94v7rztq76eqsrzfru).
The only thing I didn't expect was the sats to be sent to my Alby wallet, and not my Minibits wallet.
I'm not sure how these 2 are connected, though, as I don't use Alby as Nip05 verification, or LN address...
It would be best if it split and send the zaps automatically. Now, you need a lot of clicks.
Man, I feel the same...
I've never listened to your podcast, but that's what I like to read. The important stuff.