Getting to a point of cognitive dissonance with the justification of paying taxes. There really is nothing the federal government does that I consider moral or ethical, but if I don’t pay income taxes, I’m going to jail and won’t be able to provide or be there for my family. Not sure why this is weighing on me so much recently.

The etf being rejected would be one of the best outcomes possible. The etf being approved will be for mass coordination between banks, Feds, fraud custodians and everyone else to try to maliciously attack bitcoin. They won’t succeed (in the long run) but anyone claiming they’re making etfs in good faith to offer to their clients that want bitcoin are just lying to themselves.

Maybe I’m still just an idiot that doesn’t get it…

But I still think cashu, liquid, drive chains, e cash, etc

Are all shitcoins

I’m seeing more and more about this nonsense everyday it seems like.

Those who say lightning can’t scale to 8 billion people…. I disagree

State broadcasters with disabled comments section. Can nostr fix that, please lol.

Yes, they do all seemingly have the same business model, (and all ooperating at a loss? Not sure). Except for odysee which has their shitcoin maybe (which potentially causes them some issues?).

#asknostr Reee: YouTube content moderation, video platforms

Noob question.... Are youtube's content moderation policies a sign of things to come to all video platforms? So they are anticipating this before being forced to implement? Or overcautious because of their size / reach / possible legal issues?

My real question is, are these same moderation policies going to come to youtube alts like odysee and rumble (there is the exception of Rumble apparently being banned in Brazil)? Youtube alts, who have up till now had 'good enough' moderation parameters to cater to video content creators who have been banned off YouTube? Obviously this would wipe them out of existence, no?

Bitcoin empowers you to serve better. Never use that power to dominate and steal the proof of work of other Bitcoiners. It is the fastest way to corruption.

"I’ve now upgraded my entire investment philosophy based on this experience and moving my entire portfolio into a 100x Bitmex account"

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Guys ! It wasn’t me 😂 I’m poor pleb nostr:note1g57zwwtdlxus735n2jupd43vkz48rzcs0hwupk0cj8cqmsgja3eszxfqev

I wonder if they gonna approve the halving

I’m Lodge maxi 👊

schnorr signatures solved the signature malleability problem that instead that gave us segwit - and it was only a year or two later that schnorr's patent expired

segwit's signature malleability was the main problem that stopped LN

imo people are a bit in denial about segwit as it really did weaken the protocol more than it strengthened it

Just like the Reichstag Fire and Enabling Act. The only question is: Who is Hitler?

We aren’t selling. We don’t care what happens. Have fun learning about actual scarcity. LFG.

Some people never learn. #Bitcoin only.

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The best thing the SEC could do for Americans would be to continue to reject and delay #Bitcoin ETFs. The longer we go without, the more people will self custody.

i personally think none of the changes since satoshi's disappearance have been good except for schnorr signatures

i 🧡 ossification

schnorr signatures would not have been a protocol change just a small change in the computation of signatures, and a neat consistent 64 byte signature that can be aggregated off-chain without affecting the protocol

ossification means nothing changes, right?

nothing except for schnorr signatures has made any difference and it was only bad luck for all of us that schnorr signatures were not in the protocol from block zero

But you haven’t yet realized that the towers were empty and the “tenants” were all cia front companies

Thank you for contacting me about Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). As required under the January 2018 reauthorization of Section 702, this statutory authority expired on December 31, 2023, although existing FISA Court-issued specific orders, authorizations or directives remain in effect until the expiration of a given order, authorization or directive. I am closely monitoring discussions surrounding potential reauthorization and appreciate the opportunity to take your thoughts into consideration.

In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the intelligence community and Federal law enforcement, particularly the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), were heavily criticized for failing to connect the dots that could have prevented those attacks. Congress established Section 702 to provide our intelligence and law enforcement professionals with legal authority to collect foreign intelligence critical to national security. Section 702 authorizes the Attorney General of the United States and the Director of National Intelligence to acquire foreign intelligence through targeted surveillance of foreign individuals reasonably believed to be outside the United States. Section 702 strictly prohibits targeting U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, groups substantially composed of U.S. persons and U.S. corporations.

The independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) published its most recent “Report on the Surveillance Program Operated Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act” on September 28, 2023, and the PCLOB’s policy analysis determined that “…the Section 702 program has been highly valuable in protecting the United States from a wide range of foreign threats, including terrorist attacks in the United States and abroad, cyber-attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure, and both conventional and cyber threats posed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Russia, Iran, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).” However, the PCLOB also determined that the advantages and unique capabilities of Section 702 also “…poses significant privacy and civil liberties risks, most notably from U.S. person queries and batch queries.”

The PCLOB’s concerns over permissible targeting scope, the definition of “foreign intelligence information” and the lack of codification of the current limited 12 objectives for signals intelligence, align with prior Federal Court findings that found it is impossible to conduct Section 702 targeted foreign intelligence operations of electronic communications without incidentally collecting communications of U.S. persons, such as when an American communicates with a foreign target abroad or discusses a foreign target’s email address or phone number. That is why incidental collection of U.S. electronic communications must be carefully monitored, and proactive safeguards must be preserved, such as ending “abouts” collection, which was appropriate given the absence of any identified mission need for such activities.

I support implementing additional checks and limitations to ensure a more precise collection of a foreign target’s electronic communications. In its September 2023 report, the PCLOB provided Congress with eight thoughtful recommendations that the independent agency believes will preserve Section 702’s highly valuable contributions to national security and counterterrorism operations, while reducing risks of violating privacy rights and civil liberties—and I support carefully considering each of these proposals as Congress seeks to develop a bipartisan Section 702 reauthorization that enables the Federal Government to continue to use the unique capabilities of Section 702 for legitimate foreign intelligence surveillance, while strengthening legal safeguards to prevent abuse and enhancing oversight to hold personnel accountable who violate constitutional, statutory, regulatory or policy requirements or guidance.

Thank you again for taking the time to share your views with me on this challenging issue. This is an important national debate. Many of the concerns you raised are valid and inform my efforts to strengthen oversight and accountability of Section 702 implementation. My constitutional oath requires balancing the concurrent goals of securing the blessings of liberty, while establishing justice, ensuring domestic tranquility and providing for the common defense. Given the FBI Director’s repeated warnings to Congress of the alarming spike in simultaneous elevated threats of terrorism against the United States, I determined the most prudent, though imperfect, course of action was temporarily extending Section 702 statutory authorities to enable Congress to continue debating how best to reauthorize and reform Section 702 without impeding ongoing foreign intelligence collection or counterterrorism operations. While I recognize we may disagree over this balanced approach, please be assured that I will keep your views in mind as I continue working to strengthen oversight and accountability of Section 702 activities moving forward. nostr:note14u3m2l89fvu79k9veseaawahgmpymfq0e6fz2ew8mz7j7plc43qsgry8dh

grimes made a whole protocol just to piss off elon

- techrunch

best nostr desktop experience?

Do we know of any interesting nostr projects which aren't twitter clones? fao #asknostr too.

Have any on your radar? Feel like that use case is covered by now, and perhaps a losing battle (as things stand with twitterx at the moment at least)

Since we are approaching bull market I highly recommend to you be yourself and don’t sell your soul to fiat grifters who will try to buy your voices and promote their shit! Be the pleb, work hard and keep stacking sats 😉

INFLUENCERS ARE BOUGHT & SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER

THE BRAND THEY WORK FOR PUSHES ONTO THEM THE AGENDA THAT THEIR INVESTORS ARE PUSHING nostr:note19ny7348vchg6s2ag7ae3sswzcuj9ex2kg84972xaxgs3ljhkm0jsk78r5s

smell of shitcoins in aqua wallet 😬

Yo where is Sam Skies?

Next year is bitcoin’s Sweet Sixteen and it’s going to be really fucking sweet. 🍭

GN 🌖 PV 🤙

I found a SHIT TON of dumps on archive.org

terabytes of games