Looks like nostr:nprofile1qqsrvwrzx7exgyp25rxtz8hungpnr58nd6elc6gu0mq2jlvnanrlwqgpzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcpzemhxue69uhkummnw3ex2mrfw3jhxtn0wfnj7z5nqve has already given a better answer than I could on the cognitive dissonance aspect.
As for strategy, I'll just add that:
1. I'm not sure I have any better ideas than anyone else on the topic
2. But I have spent some time thinking about this and have some ideas on some different paths forward
A. Governments basically force people to accept bitcoin. I don't like this one, but it is an obvious one.
B. Culture shift, which is the main focus right now. Make it normal to split the check with bitcoin. This can be done now with lightning and having the person collecting the money pay the establishment in cash/credit. Advertise that you accept bitcoin when you sell stuff (where possible, places like eBay don't like this 😂). Other things that would fall onto this category in my mind would be to have bitcoin featured in movies as just a normal thing. Not part of the plot. Not character development. Just casual usage.
C. Negotiation. Maybe this is the wrong heading, but the idea is to only accept bitcoin and not fiat. This only works well if you've got something highly desirable to offer. It also means you will miss out on opportunities. For example, when looking for an employer, show them how much of a perfect fit you are and then walk away if they won't pay you in bitcoin. Or if you make amazing art or jewelry or whatever that people can't get anywhere else, people will either get some bitcoin via PayPal or whatever and pay you, or they won't get it.
I like this option, but it kinda depends on option B to get enough producers to participate that it will have any meaningful effect. Missing out on a single product because you don't use bitcoin is one thing. Missing out repeatedly is another.
If people have a choice to pay in BTC or fiat, they're likely to use whatever is familiar and convienent. This means not many people switching. If the terms of the deal are "bitcoin or you can't have this cool thing" they have to decide if it's worth the time & effort to get some coin. And that's a big hurdle. Getting it and using it once.
I guess a middle ground would be to offer discounts for paying in bitcoin, which is becoming more popular and something I do personally.
As YAR noted, there are more or less public ways to advocate for bitcoin adoption. You can talk to the masses, or friends and family, or somewhere in between.
However, I strongly feel that the first step for any advocate is to eat your own dog food. If you think people should use and accept bitcoin, then you should accept it. You should be familiar with a set of tools and/or services that work well so you can give people a slick demo if they are interested.
Anyway, that's just my two sats. Obviously I haven't succeeded in getting mainstream adoption yet, so maybe I'm just that crazy uncle. 😛
YAR....mmmmm excellent
I imagine there are just different types of people who are comfortable sharing different levels of information. For example, you might have someone who is willing to sacrifice some of their privacy by having a larger digital footprint in the interest of being a more public advocate for Bitcoin and a self-soverign lifestyle. There will be others on that scale who can and want to keep everything locked down and minimize their digital footprint. I often see posts about working for yourself and not working s 9-5 job as an employee because that potentially allows one to opt out of more information sharing. That's not feasible for everyone based upon their lifestyle, family, or otherwise.
I'd offer in closing that within the Bitcoin community we will have people at all levels of opsec and all levels of public advocacy all of whom play a role in the usage and adoption of Bitcoin. The work that you do with your podcast is one such important part of the advocacy. Just as the work that someone else does privately encouraging people in their private circle to learn more about Bitcoin or other related decentralized technologies can also be impactful.
“while rival chain FamilyMart began allowing workers to use pseudonyms.”
https://archive.is/2024.10.12-050445/https://www.ft.com/content/f48b9af5-d48c-45c3-a9cd-6d34b3759202
Pseudonyms for all!
Yeah I know its crazy but literally merely having an interest in electronics and computers means you are already on the road to your ham license. You learn all kinds of awesome things (that silly calculation above as an example- yet mind blowing), for a lay person like myself (not an RF Engineer/embedded), I learned the building blocks of our wireless world
Lay flat spiral bound ARRL technical manual. Buy one today!
At worst a good reference manual to learn what the rules are before you break them and are hunted down by elderly volunteer ham radio spectrum monitors with directional antennas. FCC doesn't hunt for people anymore mostly.
You can make cool PCB antennas for Wi-Fi and all kinds of crazy shit. Go get em!
In summation, I'm a far more effective Internet troll then I would have been were I not a ham.
You can make your own antenna and cut a single wire to length with an easy calculation
Wavelength = speed of light / frequency
(λ = c/f)
Do a quarter-wave length vertical wire, like 22 gauge or something. At 915MHz should be around: 3.2248248772420216 inches.
Not sure whether you can flash the firmware or if the modem is an sdr or different unit for each spectrum.
Yeah the 915 is in an unlicensed spectrum in us, and 433 has an allocation for unlicensed use in Europe I believe(other countries as well). However, there are many allocations of spectrum in the US where you can transmit data using your amateur radio license. (Which includes the 433 in US. You do need to identify your callsign with the transmissions unfortunately which is the ultimate dox for yourself. (One could also...break the rules)*
*Not suggesting this, just saying.
FYI I have used metastatic devices in the US of the 433 spectrum (with a license).
Literally if you study for ten minutes a day on one of the ham radio apps cc: nostr:nprofile1qqszw48usckkhs9hcwt3q3np9k2z2c73s8qc0gu3uxqw66cqlq88ukcpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqzynhwden5te0wfjkccte9enrw73wd9hszgmhwden5te0wfjkccte9eek7an9wfjkjemwv4hxw6twv4jhy6twvuhxjmczv5ddh for a few weeks you could take the technician exam, and, they even let you take your license exam remotely in some cases.
I'm telling you just get your technician license and it will be wonderful. You are what ham radio needs!
No joke, I'll literally buy you a trashy Baofeng if you do it. I'll send you a cashu token worth the cost of one. Hold me to it I dare you.
Not if you have your ham radio license... Then you can use 433!
If you're looking for....more....excitement(?) maybe get on the Debian unstable train
ONE USBC PD ADAPTER TO RULE ALL THE BARREL JACK MM SIZES!!!
You basically can't interact with much of the current Internet with full privacy protections implemented. Drives me nuts.
Speaking of which, where can people buy NONsmart TVs...it is just commercial monitors that you have to plug into a computer now? Or are there TVs that are safe....
He must be offering his bride a romantic gesture, clearly.
I thought this one looked nice:
Nice! Ah yes, the many perils and fears of merging commits. Congratulations! Keep it up!
Had pre-ordered when it was announced, but then after a while it was turned into a gift card; have been wondering about it for a while - glad to hear the idea still is alive! Hopefully it will make it to fruition.
I thought that a few years ago some radio researchers had reverse engineered LoRa, or maybe had constructed grc-LoRa? A quick search showed this:
https://github.com/tapparelj/gr-lora_sdr
Not sure if that was sort of what you were after?
