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which is custodial and which is non custodial

what is the best:

- custodial lightning app

- non-custodial lightning app

i don’t always run a node, but when i do, i run Bitcoin Core

(jk i have several nodes)

muted but thanks for the lol

that was my video, not gladsteins :)

i am curious however if there is a way to get it to work without this propaganda baked in?

yes exactly- you can often get an answer on the local version, but it is still propaganda

this is incorrect… the censorship/propaganda still happens when running locally, just in different ways: https://x.com/pourteaux/status/1882828191963971909

on nostr you can say cis-gendered without being censored

social networks are incredibly destructive weapons when owned and wielded by one person. neutrality needs to be at the protocol level.

an interim step to disintermediation is automated cross-posting to corporatized platforms

i’ve never been more motivated to disintermediate my online identity

bitcoin and nostr are declarations of self-sovereignty

they’re an emancipation from oligarchs and regimes trying to manipulate you

they are opt-in: you don’t need permission and no one can stop you

especially as that company’s equity is held by Saudi and Diddy and Russian oligarchs

a “neutral town square” ran as a for-profit company by a conspiracy-minded mega donor to one political candidate… is not credible.

also: loans (lava.xyz)

also: home servers (umbrel)

you can increasingly move more of your life to a digital bunker, meant to withstand all sorts of chaos and perfect for a time like now: bitcoin, nostr, signal, vpn, tor

nostr, like bitcoin, is a declaration of self-sovereignty

two years ago, i wrote about Nostr and the *moral imperative* of a distributed social layer

corporations cannot run town squares

https://read.pourteaux.xyz/p/the-moral-imperative-of-a-distributed