This is true. Much like the whipping of a horse is a transfer of energy from the horse to the driver.
It’s helpful to think of 9/11 and Covid as the power elite (who hold a cartel control the world’s energy, money, and media) cracking the whip on us.
(I’m sure getting whipped on the ass feels a lot like a real emergency to a donkey too.)
I don’t know how to reframe the question. Nostr is the only sovereign identity I have on the internet. Every single one of my other IDs and credentials have an issuer. If I were the final user of Nostr I would still be able to sign notes and relay them. I would still be me and I would still exist, and no one could take that away from me.
You’d have to completely take access to the internet away from me for me to stop using it. And if that happens we have a lot more issues than just this nascent protocol.
They scrapped the debit card. But PayWithMoon just came back with a product and The Bitcoin Company Visa cards are also great
I tried my damndest to remove the bank around 2021/2022 and couldn’t do it. Bitrefill at one point had a bill pay system where you could pay any bill including your mortgage. They gave up on it for some reason.
Depending on what the bills are I'd say probably nostr:nprofile1qqsdlpj77jpsf944q8htmzph0jg02g2xn4ru2wvhxq8zyk4trv5myeqprpmhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0llas62 ? You won't be able to pay for rent or electricity, but groceries should be fine
The Bitcoin Company Visa cards might be able to take care of electric bill but rent/mortgage is the perennially tricky one
Pay someone who cuts a check on your behalf!
years ago, i looked into how facebook influences opinions for my psych master’s thesis. now, i’m curious to look under nostr’s hood with one question:
> how would you feel if you could no longer use nostr?
this product-market fit scoring question, developed by sean ellis, is a simple, powerful metric to assess product development over time. if successful, i will put the survey in a quarterly loop.
it’s not completely anonymous, as the survey asks for npubs (optional, but recommended). having public keys and survey responses will allow for in-depth statistical analysis to look for correlations between one’s activity, frequency of use, topics, and level of satisfaction. without that, the results would poorly reflect only where we are, without pointing to any promising directions or dead ends.
hopefully, the survey will provide clients, NIPs developers, and designers with useful, voluntary insights from users.
i’ll kick off the analysis with a minimum of 100 responses, but 500-1000 would be the sweet spot.
if you see the value, submit your response and spread the word.
cc nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft nostr:npub179e9tp4yqtqx4myp35283fz64gxuzmr6n3yxnktux5pnd5t03eps0elz4s nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u nostr:npub1dtgg8yk3h23ldlm6jsy79tz723p4sun9mz62tqwxqe7c363szkzqm8up6m
Your question is unanswerable. I use Nostr precisely because it’s not possible for me to not be able to use Nostr.
Counter intelligence. Bad press for a competitor. So that Boeing can lose contracts and Airbus can get them.
Airbus is a huge Palantir client. And airbus is owned largely by the French government, which is great at corporate espionage
Also huge client in Airbus… ever wonder why Boeing is getting hammered with bad press?
The world is going to remain upside down as long as Bitcoin must be reflected under FASB at its lowest price and government debt can be reflected at its highest price
Big doings in 2025 and beyond nostr:note13nyn60rum6w9c8hkum3c5a8lymvq8gr4zphzdcv064phy5nvr62qh0a5x9
‚Indian authorities have arrested a man for allegedly kidnapping two employees of #BitConnect creator Satish Kumbhani and extorting $125 million in crypto.‘
https://cointelegraph.com/news/man-tried-recover-losses-bitconnect-ponzi-kidnap-extortion
Wassa wassa indeed
It’s going sideways forever, Laura nostr:note1v6y7rlaj3cq0yqlyyzkey85j9xzqtpdgcm6kjqwlrw5zvg938pmq5t4r0r
nostr:note1q2xe9y28uzuqx3rxy8eaqv2gup2mrg5djc6u0w0ycn5k585lruhqncdm87Best ever nostr thread to-date
https://youtu.be/k3Ut3cjENZg?si=QoIrJSwq6MxBszO0 this is the one
This Rogan/Thiel pod is so devoid of substance. These are two people who have a LOT of inside knowledge regurgitating cover stories. Not even limited hang out. Just a snooze fest.