Precisely, deceptions to distract from what really matters.

Does it need to scale? Or is a remnant enough?

Ecash is incredible! I used an offline phone to pay Ecash invoice on my online phone then immediately paid for an eSIM via lightning using the Ecash just received. The offline phone never went online. 🤯

I was using the same mint on both wallets, not sure if that matters for this use case but I don’t think it does. Sound off with comments or other use cases you’ve used it for.

I needed to top up my ESIM balance for my online phone but didn’t have enough Lightning available on it. Didn’t want to connect offline phone to online phone hotspot because I had a low data balance and it would have drained the data with background activity. #ecash

Completely agree. Time will tell and performance is the ultimate judge

By way of context for my comments my sources are not “guys on the internet with an opinion” but highly professional, highly connected individuals in very specific specialized military systems who I’m very close with personally.

I’ve heard Anduril is bidding for everything under the sun even systems which don’t really benefit from their “software” based approach and they don’t have domain knowledge of.

I should have a deeper conversation with my contacts and publish something of a report.

Ultimately economics is the deciding factor In warfare, who ever can expend less resources to accomplish the same strategic or tactical objectives wins in the long run.

I’ve not heard great things. They’re snatching up contracts in areas that they have no expertise in as well and the consensus in the industry that I’m getting is that it’s a company built on hype and marketing. That could just be envy though.

They do seem to be moving toward more economically sustainable integrated systems. However the entire defense industry is smoke and mirrors and inflated capability claims so who knows.

All this “AI will save us” and “AI is the end of the world” talk is missing the point. Chatbots are complex tools that require a skilled operator to guide and filter the information. They can help you refine ideas and present information, but they are not going to think for you.

We need to bring back classical education styles that emphasize critical thinking, logic, ancient wisdom literature, mythology and story telling. Human minds steeped in culture and tradition will be a counter balance to technological dependence and actually allow technology to be useful instead of destructive. #AI #CriticalThinking #education #technology #philosophy

Thanks, it’s been a long time but the scars are still with me. It’s comforting to know people like you are out there. Appreciate you.

Yeah, more like Die for elite business interests but not allowed to expose elite corruption. There is no punishment to severe for these people. I lost friends some of the best people for these people.

I was 19 yo when a friend of mine was killed to enrich the family’s of the elites while we fought in Iraq

I’m extremely offended by the mainstream media mocking 19yo that are part Of DOGE. As if being 19 is a bad thing . I was 19 years old when I was sent to Iraq to carry a gun in the USMC and protect Liz Cheney’s father while he met with biz interests at KBR and ignored the troops who were getting shot at to enrich his family. F these people.

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I’d guess it’s related to the ETF’s driving the bullrun.

I see, so while lighting and Ecash provide some level of privacy of transactions they can’t really provide any privacy of onchain ownership.

It’s even more Incredible inside, had the pleasure of visiting many years ago.

This is wild! Legacy media must be freaking out.

Anybody working on a #Ecash coinjoin Solution?

Onchain to lightning to mint to redeem on to mint swaps to lightning back to chain?

Who knows more about this?

I didn’t vax my kids immediately after birth and have been on a very slow schedule as they got older of only select vetted ones. The doctors came in to try and convince me. I simply explained that I wasn’t comfortable with the risks after asking what they were and asked if they could 100% Guarantee the safety and efficacy. Then punted just to get out of the hospital saying I wanted to discuss it with my pediatrician and would do so right away.

Luckily I had an understanding, kind pediatrician.

I had prepared a document that said the medical professionals recommending and administering the treatments attested to the safety and efficacy and assumed the liability for any adverse effects.

My plan was to say that as a father it is my duty and responsibility to care for my child and if they signed the letter to put my mind at ease I’d be happy to follow their recommendation. But if they were recommending a treatment but wouldn’t sign the document they didn’t really believe the treatment was safe and beneficial. Plan was to do the same with any CPS people.

“I’m happy to follow your recommendations and defer to your authority, if you promise me, on paper that the treatment is safe and beneficial because I’m trying to be a good parent”

That way I put the decision back on them and can claim the ethical high ground.

Never ended up having to do it and every place and situation is unique you may want to consult an attorney.

I live in tight knit community of 30 people on a remote private road. Really would love to setup a Ecash system for us to have our own private “Venmo”

#reticulum seems really cool! Haven’t gone down that rabbit hole yet buy look forward to watching it develop.

I guess the fact that you could swap to another mint at anytime would force the central bank to compete in a free market which would probably not go well for them they would no longer have a monopoly on “banknotes”

Right, much better than the current system but These things are poorly defined though right? My point is if CDBC’s are banned does it exclude central banks from issuing Ecash tokens? Because technically they’d be digital currencies issued by a central bank i.e. CDBC.