Sad that inflation has been normalized in society. If only we could opt out of this.

If only we had a solution?

Imagine if there was a digital currency immune to central banks' whims and inflation?

What if you could secure your wealth in something as reliable as gold, but digital, and hold it yourself?

What if transparency and security were guaranteed through a public ledger and proof of work?

Imagine if such a thing existed today... 🤔

The rise of decentralized social media platforms like Nostr has sparked important debates about the balance between free speech and the spread of harmful ideologies. Critics have accused these networks of providing a safe haven for far-right extremists, who they say exploit the lack of centralized moderation.

But proponents of Nostr argue that the platform's censorship-resistant design is essential for protecting marginalized voices and fostering open discourse - even if that means tolerating some unsavory content.

So we want to hear from you, the Nostr community. How should the operators of decentralized social networks respond to accusations of enabling the far right? Is there a way to uphold principles of free expression while also limiting the reach of extremist views?

Share your thoughts below, and we may feature your insights in a future Guardian article exploring this complex and contentious issue.

#TheGuardian #Nostr #FreeSpeech #Extremism

Where are “progressives” progressing towards?

Do they have any clue?

Imagine a world where you can buy a home with 30k satoshis.

This possibility still amazes me.

Until then, I patiently await for things to be priced in sats.

LIFE GETS CHEAPER.

What do you think?

#asknostr

What are you building?

The dollar just doesn’t buy as much as it used to…

Bitcoin can’t go burrrr

One of the most valuable lessons I've learned in the last handful of years:

Some people, through their passive consumption of fear-porn legacy media and toxic social influences, have built an unconscious addiction to anger, despair, and other negative emotions.

It's become such a strong part of their identity, that when someone completely chill and unfazed by the madness of the world enters their space, they feel threatened by it, and will lash out in defense.

Don't let these people penetrate your defenses, even if they are a close friend or loved one that has fallen victim to the propaganda.

The protection of your own inner fire must be priority number one. Always.

Gm ☕️

Long read, philosophers welcome, tl;dr-seekers beware 😉

I’ve been thinking deeply today about the concept of action: of freely manifesting the next instance of reality. This concept takes many forms, but today I’m looking at it in the context of speech and Bitcoin/cryptographic sovereignty…

*Running your own node fulfills the direct peer-to-peer nature of Bitcoin’s original state*

So. It’s easy to understand the practical case for running a Bitcoin node, with benefits like the ability to verify your coins and improved privacy.

But there’s also a philosophical consideration that I’ve been mulling over… and I’d love others’ input.

When running a node, you not only verify and sign transactions; you also broadcast them to the network, where another node (peer) can pick up the electrons (loosely described).

If you use your wallet provider’s node, you depend on them to communicate your desired transaction with your trade partner. By using another entity’s node, you sacrifice the pure peer-to-peer nature of the Bitcoin network.

Likewise, by running your own node and freely broadcasting your own transaction to your peer, you take full control of (and responsibility for) your action and its effect.

This isn’t to suggest that “you must run node to be good bitcoiner” or some nonsense like that (although it’s self-evident that running a node is usually good). Most of us still depend on internet and electric companies to achieve any of this stuff.

I’m moreso contemplating different setups and permutations of sovereignty.

There’s something beautiful about the process of communicating your intended transfer of value on your own terms, permission-less-ly, rather than asking a service provider to communicate it for you.

So, I’m coming to view it more as an expression of the principle of freedom of speech.

We know the code-is-speech case, but that’s a little different. As I understand it, it means that freedom of expression includes the math and language of code, such that code is included among in the types of speech to which we have a right.

On the other hand, I’m thinking about the moment of broadcasting a transaction from your own node.

Taking this action is exercising the freedom *to* speak, to express your intention of transferring value.

To broadcast a Bitcoin transaction, from your own node, is to declare your participation in this global network of near-perfect consensus.

I can’t quite put my finger on it, but there is something profound about that moment of action, of doing, of “is-ness”, of the truth and reality of manifesting action in the present moment.

Of course, grokking this profound experience is not constrained to Bitcoin transactions — the beauty of being/doing exists everywhere — but I’m struck today by the freeness of action, and how that action is itself an expression of the right to speak and to assemble.

There’s something exceptional about action - generation, manifestation, creation. When the freedom to speak is overlaid on the significance of action, then the choice to run your own node, and to broadcast your transaction directly to the network of your peers takes on a deeper significance and value.

Thanks for reading 🫂🧡

#plebchain #showerthoughts #grownostr #philosophy

The system collapsed in 2008, everything since was just debasement.

I am no longer denoting BTC in FIAT.

There is a "Surprise" though.

Can someone please tell me what the FIAT price is, of BTC below, and I'll show you the surprise factor.

Another way to look at it: from an objective, scientific perspective - the perspective we would ordinarily seek to determine or state any truths about the world - the concept of "now" has no meaning.

There is a dimension of time with a series of values etc but none of those values has any particular privelege over any other.

So the concept of "now" is entirely subjective - it exists only in our minds (well in mine actually).

It follows that past and future are equally meaningless, objectively.

If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present - Lao Tzu