Something through Nostr but also broadcast in outer space and designed to be a philanthropic development for people around the world, initially funded through https://geyser.fund/ and promoted via Market on Nostr / Coracle
Well, land has a cost, and I don't want to rent land outside of California, I want to buy... I think you get the picture.
I traveled to El Salvador in December of 2023. If anyone is curious about how things are right now in the country (in terms of security, business friendliness, pros and cons, etc.) simply reply here with any questions and I'll let you know. I lived there for a few years in 1998 - 2000 and have been there a few times since then (the #bitcoin friendly policies being a really recent development). Currently am in one of the worst places in the world to exist as a bitcoin person: California. Hoping to leave California permanently soon.
nostr:nprofile1qqsfa3a80qt847caxrzgx00fxgk6psyt5udxncv3r42h35c5fw6kgdcpremhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet59uq36amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3dwfjkccte9emkcann9eehqctrv5hsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjme0ny4j7h Interesting rationale, so if I were to accept your reasoning, which I don't, then essentially all wallet developers / teams would rapidly go defunct shortly after some layer of state pressure is exerted upon them to give up and fold. cc: nostr:nprofile1qqsw4wp8ql3zr780z33e7a03ha5rxange5lhnpmuz0gvld427ht2wfqpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7msr3pk nostr:nprofile1qqsw8tha4zrj22njem340rfnktwdjr5lu5achmtrglh4ufhhggg6mwcpzdmhxue69uhk7enxvd5xz6tw9ec82c30qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq32amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7tcknc4n2 nostr:nprofile1qqsf03c2gsmx5ef4c9zmxvlew04gdh7u94afnknp33qvv3c94kvwxgspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9rhwden5te0wfjkcctev93xcefwdaexwtcpzdmhxue69uhk7enxvd5xz6tw9ec82c303dhy7r
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Some questions: in light of the WoS fiasco, what are the current best non-custodial apps here people are using (that enable us to work using Lightning / Nostr) and what would be the best way to ensure that they continue to offered to a growing userbase (rather than restricted to less and less countries, people and places)?
Also: Are there some of the below apps below that you simple would recommend that I shouldn't use?
I'm currently using a variety of things, including:
- Strike https://strike.me/freethinkr
- Flamingo
- Vida (vida.io) -- https://vida.page/freethinkingperson
- LifPay -- https://lifpay.me/freethinkr
- Electrum (I have both mobile and desktop)
- Zeus (I have it on my phone but haven't figured out quite how to use it)
Note: I will also have MyNode running by end of 2023 (long before the US federal rule is finalized next year, at which point there is that question of whether or not the software will still be offered): https://mynodebtc.com/products/compare
I also confirmed with Trezor that the latest product which they shipped out to me, which was a limited run bitcoin only Trezor, would indeed have the coinjoin suite feature https://trezor.io/learn/a/what-is-coinjoin (This was a concern of mine as I wonder if it will be phased out in the future for US buyers)
I will be in El Salvador Dec 20 - 27. Not sure if would be able to connect while I'm there but if so pm me here. Would be good to meet.
It's the federal mixing rule (along with other things), which it seems they are refusing to fight in court (it hasn't been finalized yet, but it will be soon).
(Comment period on this ends in early 2024)
There is also an extremely strong anti-bitcoin (and anti-any-sort-of-digital-innovation) climate as a result of what is happening in the federal government in the United States right now. See recent SEC prosecutions, etc. This doesn't make it impossible for people to operate in the USA, but it does make it extraordinarily onerous and it does make it increasingly necessary for individuals and organizations to plan legal battles simply to continue to use decentralized, distributed, dis-intermediated systems in the United States.
Now, Wallet of Satoshi could ally with various other groups including pro-bitcoin groups that have had success at defending both industry groups and individuals from legal onslaughts.
Instead, nostr:nprofile1qqstu8vf099ljt09m4jvres0dgk8ps2q4wkfjvjp3lhrp3wxxllfg7gpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9uk2u3wve5kzar2v9nzucm0d5q37amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3dwfjkccte9ejxjemfw3skcmt0vgh8ymcpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ymt0w3hju7re0gzdyv3a is retreating with its tail between its legs.
Let me add that an organization that absconds from a state, I can understand. For example, Kraken removed itself from New York after New York decided to implement the NY bitlicense, which meant that individuals in New York would not be able to be served by Kraken, but that corporations that had been formed out of NY or individuals residing outside of NY would be able to be served by Kraken. At that time, Kraken had released a blog post which described in detail exactly why they were leaving New York and explicitly described Kraken's total opposition to the NY bitlicense. As time went on it was apparent that it was still possible that NY residents could be part of a corporation that was incorporated outside of NY and thus could be part of a business / corporate account on Kraken along with other corporate officers, although today a person residing in NY cannot have an account as an individual on Kraken. Since many exchanges withdrew from NY when NY implemented the bitlicense, I wonder how many exchanges will withdraw from serving clients in California when California's bitlicense (AB 39, now law) goes into effect in around a year's time. I hope many of them will, but there would be an enormous impact on the market if they do so and I don't think all of them would be willing to give up the money, they'd rather cave to California's demands.
So as I said, I think that it's understandable if an exchange (or a software business, or any kind of bitcoin oriented organization) decides it might not want to serve a particular state (because of licensing requirements they don't agree with, so long as THEY MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT'S THE REASON FOR WITHDRAWAL from that state). However, withdrawing from an entire COUNTRY seems ridiculous to me unless you are acknowledging that you simply aren't capable of serving the people in that country. Wallet of Satoshi's statement that they "will not serve" people in the USA is not acknowledging Wallet of Satoshi's own inability to figure out a way to serve people in the USA - rather, it's just a cop-out by saying they "will not serve" people in the USA.
Sound negative? Sure, but I'm just being honest.
Do better, Wallet of Satoshi.
Think and do offline, broadcast online or find a generally offline system (like radio / non-internet method to broadcast)
Thought for today: "You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.β -- BrenΓ© Brown
Obviously not only solutions out there, but:
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and MyNode (not sure if they have a Nostr yet but their website is here https://mynodebtc.com/products/compare
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" -- Quinam illi sunt, qui tam audaces sunt, ut abiiciendis vinculis conentur, ad easque potestates provocandas, qui eas assumunt, constanter ac violenter aggrediantur omnes, quos infra se esse arbitrantur? Quis enim spectabit homines, qui terribilem potentiam conducunt, et quid tum fit, cum homines non solum spectare potentes, sed decernere iam non ad virtutem pertinet? Hae interrogationes sibi respondent.
Probably the one remaining piece is for me to get MyNode (the most expensive one I can bear) https://mynodebtc.com/products/compare since some of the features will cause the US gov to probably send letters to developers early next year saying "you can't sell this to US persons anymore" kicking off a years long litigation / battle. Not like I haven't run a node before, I have, but I'd like to have all the features shown in one thing and not have them chopped out because of "the fear next year." (There's a Community Edition MyNode available for free, but the advanced privacy features on that will be targeted by US gov next year too after the federal gov's new rule take effect, that's when the war will really get serious and those who want to stay in this game will have their will tested, it's really going to be time to say Fuck No, to the hard-headed asshats in Congress, White House and the Fed.) I also already ordered the special edition bitcoin-only Trezor (it's since sold out so I lucked out on that one).
Time to get busy I guess. No-one said this was supposed to be easy. (It has been relatively simple for years if you ask me, but with the fed AND state governments targeting it, that isn't going to drive me away, it'll just make me more interested in the technology, and in finding places that are more welcoming to me.)
Interesting article on the status / situation in El Salvador. Note: Bukele has registered to run for President again, but because of Salvadoran elections law and the Supreme Court decisions in El Salvador, it appears for him to run again (which he is doing), he will need to (at some point in the near future) step down (basically, take a break from office) at least six months before the next presidential term commences on June 1, 2024.
OVERLAP THOUGHTS:
Not radio, but television - ISDB-T /
(at this point, I think they are shifting to ISDB-T International/SBTVD (ISDB-Tb)) is used by El Salvador (a friendly jurisdiction), but is also used by a number of unfriendly jurisdictions as noted below - Brazil and Venezuela to name a couple. But it covers a lot of ground (countries in Central / South America, countries in Africa, some Asian countries). My thinking on this is that television is not as viable (because of the migration plans to different standards) but that radio and satellite (combination of the two) are viable.
The original TxTenna product / mesh product is perpetually sold out / unavailable, a different build (involving something we put together ourselves) to make the radio would be needed here. Some code referring to this functionality is at: https://github.com/MuleTools/txTenna
βWhere there is preparation there is no fear.β ~ Hwang Kee (1914 β 2002, Soo Bahk Do, Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan) ν©κΈ° (λΉμλ, 무λκ΄)
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1. Digirig https://digirig.net/
2. Armoloq for digirig https://www.armoloq.com/ddm-dgrg
A protocol for offline bitcoin over radio (captured via internet archive): https://web.archive.org/web/20170221235057/http://betteroffbitcoin.com/a-protocol-for-offline-bitcoin-over-radio-transactions/
Concept for broadcasting bitcoin over television: https://web.archive.org/web/20160826195212/https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/kryptoradio-successfully-broadcasts-bitcoin-over-finnish-television-network/
Bitcointalk thread / discussion: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2183740.msg21906422#msg21906422
Additional / further thought stream / notes -
3. Decentralized identity system: https://github.com/cjbauer/idmas
4. Bitcoin over radio and television, and notes on overcoming censorship from Bisq issue discussion: https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq/issues/483#issuecomment-296042774
5. Old notes from the Ricardian contracts (for distributed currency exchange) as implemented in original OpenBazaar https://gist.github.com/drwasho/aa6ab79e92f2a876073e
for insurance contracts, https://gist.github.com/drwasho/352a565475a7f1e6dda0
for peer to peer lending, https://gist.github.com/drwasho/2c40b91e169f55988618
for physical goods, example https://gist.github.com/drwasho/a5380544c170bdbbbad8
and dispute resolution: https://gist.github.com/drwasho/405d51bd1b1a32e38145