just saw this from someone who apparently works with AI technology. Currently I think AI is helping the average person (me, for one). I’ve had very therapy-like chats with it (which has a social aspect), and learned about financial planning and stuff so (informational), it’s been very practical.

First post - so how does Lightning work here? the in app wallet appears to be KYC custodial. guessing you can plug in your own lighting wallet from your own node somehow?

I really and truly think a LOT of bitcoiners got fucking played the last year. You can go back and check on Twitter, I have a track record of being 100% anti-Elon Musk and anti-Trump. Not for retarded aping the crowd reasons but because of my deeply held principles, many of them the ones that led me to bitcoin in the first place.

Trump and Co are rugging everyone. They are, and only ever have been interested in enriching themselves via grift and rent seeking.

The politicians? KYC and control. Poisoned chalice. Buyer beware. The SBR is a stupid distraction. Bitcoin is a weapon against the state, it is the digital embodiment of sovereign power. you really think the State is going to be cool with you having a piece of that? Good luck if you aren't prepared.

Bitcoin is the chain, it is your wallet, it is the transactions you receive and send. It is not paper claims and leverage. NGU is great, but it cannot be the end all, be all. I left Bitcoin from 2017 through 2019 because the NGU wallstreet stuff made me sick to my stomach. I'm close to tuning out again (note: does not mean selling). The last two years have been absolute garbage on Twitter. Lots of grifters following in the footsteps of the Grifter in Chief posting endless "You aren't bullish enough!" trash. Not enough education. guilty as charged on contributing to that atmosphere

It doesn't matter if you're a humble pleb saving in sats, or a major CEO building a #Bitcoin treasury

You should heed this advice

Counterparty risk is a cruel mistress - it seems distant and small, then one day arrives all at once and leaves you completely ruined

Yes and anyone else wanting a TLDR. Listen from about 40 minutes to exactly 46 minutes and 10 seconds, it's at this point fictitious capitals whole argument unravels.

Something along the lines of trusted third parties need to be uncorruptible. Alex laughs, this is when you realise.

This man founded Solana.

And this is how the shitcoin grift works, hoodwinking their followers.

GN

So, I had this science fiction story in my mind for over a decade, but never had time to write it due to everything else I had to work on. It was always on my long-term to-do list.

When AI started to take off a bit over the past few years, I was like, "Jeez, I don't know if it'll be any good, but If I don't write this thing, it might turn into historical fiction rather than science fiction." More realistically, I'd have to keep adjusting it every five years because the future is now.

But things have a tendency to align. Or maybe I just look on the bright side. Because another big component of the story is about social media causing increased social isolation if we're not careful with it, etc.

Since we're doing some large construction work in Egypt over this past year, my husband and I have had to spend more time apart than ever (he's managing the project there, while I have to manage our obligations here, and we travel to each other when we can).

I work from home. So, sometimes during this period I have days where I wake up, go for a walk, work, do an interview about finance online, exercise, go back to work, then go to sleep, and never speak to someone in person. Just me in the house and being the weirdo trying to get 10k steps in the sun around the neighborhood.

That both gave me insight into how that type of isolation can affect people (luckily temporarily in my case), and also ironically gave me time to finally write the thing, which helped me deal with the aforementioned isolation.

Good morning from China 🇨🇳

I’m getting rather weary of bitcoiners and their relationships with politicians around the world.

If Apple start (publicly) declaring iCloud accessible under government duress where does that leave all the services that rely on iCloud associated keys and backups?

To the Swedish and French governments, and to all politicians who believe that they can stop data from ending up in the wrong hands with rules and restrictions: don’t be naive.

Is there a piece of standalone hardware that can display multiple 2FA’s?

Not a Yubikey, I want a stand-alone Authy/Authenticator.

I leave nostr sometimes because I don’t care enough to see it frequently. 💔