Next week Yopaki will be making history in CMDX!

this scene truly captivates committing to lies we tell ourselves

Tonight, Round Rock Bitcoiners Present: HODL-Up! The Ultimate Bitcoin Mining Game

Join in the fun as we share an educational bitcoin game at the Allen R. Baca Center before heading out for Bitcoin Happy Hour in historic downtown Round Rock. Some light refreshments and pizzas will be provided, but you are also welcome to BYOB.

This really is the worst. Instagram started the trend with their hideous "log in or else" flow. Then Twitter and reddit went to insanely privacy-hostile API changes instead of simply requiring a proof of work or anon payment. Even some major nostr relays seem to be doing Tor blocking now (damus? Not sure, but I get a ton of errors connecting to certain relays via Tor.)

Platforms have become so fearful of bots/spam/scraping (or rather pretend to be fearful, so as to justify blatantly commercial and anti-social decision-making) that they've totally destroyed the open access model that a functioning freenet depends on.

This is the main reason I want to see "unowned" protocols succeed. Jack has it right: we're at a turning point.