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George Vaccaro
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Created the first Lightning Network static QR code and Lightning Payable Arcade Machine. Creator of the Magical Crypto Friends Arcade Machine

Tucker claims Boris Johnson wanted $1,000,000 USD or same amount of gold or #Bitcoin to interview him.

A lot to digest there, but it seems good for #Bitcoin.

https://video.nostr.build/070c22326f9aae6729910fd04ea85f9ac6b1ef7d2eb6bd0f816712c8fc6cdaf3.mp4

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I think it looks bad right now because existing power structures are obviously losing control. The emergent chaos is likely a manifestation of the last dying gasps of the elite, desperately attempting more tyrannical means to regain control. It's an amplifying cycle as the man behind the curtain becomes more exposed, they get more extreme and then even more people realize it, kind of a Streisand effect.

I think Bitcoin (and supporters) deserves credit for part of it. The fabric of the elite class' control is unraveling. Losing control of people's finances was a huge loss. Losing control of central banking in El Salvador too. And having an impartial decentralized measuring stick to hold up to their money games can't be fun for them either. The game is almost over, IMO. But the end will likely be the most interesting and volatile.

I'm optimistic.

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$5k from you and $5k from me (via the USG and Zelenskyy) so they can conscript you. I'd stay the hell away from there if I were you.

Very moving media from nostr:npub1hrctsg2qwu5gsp65gvj29968z460g0th755jq92c8uaz620lewmq6qk525

Powerful. A great follow on Twitter and nostr.

https://twitter.com/tip_nz/status/1585695431660445697

Brought back chilling memories of our collective near tragedy when the foolish suits attempted to control a network that is defined by decentralization.

Had they succeeded they would have simultaneously failed and destroyed their collective businesses and the massive potential of the world's first decentralized monetary network.

That tragedy was thankfully averted due to the colllecive actions of very wise and engaged individuals.

To my knowledge, only Wences has ever explicitly apologized for being on the wrong side of history. Barry hinted at a broader game dynamic at play but couldn't be explicit. In my book he gets a pass too.

After 7 years, with the network still ticking along, and all the progress Bitcoin has made you'd think the rest would own up.

Apple is so much worse than Microsoft ever was in terms of anticompetitive practices.

Imagine being sued and fined for including free software in your operating system because someone had competing software they wanted to sell? Now imagine keeping competing software off your operating system because you wanted to corner the market. Contrast those 2 scenarios. How about making a piece of every software sale, hardware sale and payment made on your operating system.

There is just no comparison. Apple is evil.

Calling it now. Trump / RFK Jr. 2024

Someone floated it a while ago and my gut told me it would be unifying and historic and an overall positive on the backdrop of an ever intensifying clown world. I liked the idea and potential but it seemed like a long shot. Now it seems like the only thing that makes any sense.

I know we are trying to build a decentralized world that doesn't need politicians but on whole I think this would be a positive step towards that end. Trump has rashly stated he doesn't like Bitcoin but likely doesn't get it (like Munger who died without really understanding it) while RFK Jr. seems to have shown POW (invested time and energy) to understand this emerging phenomenon.

I think the sum of the parts has great potential to influence the current freedom movement. It also may serve as an example that people with similar core values but diverse thought processes can work together towards important common goals.

It could also be wild and unpredictable, but Bitcoiners are used to that. We will see. Just getting this on the record.

Amazing! "Enhance.. Stop." Though I don't think we will get Blade Runner level zoom and enhance on until the photos themselves contain much more informstion. It is interesting that we can essentially have the same interface via voice recognition and AI.

https://youtu.be/qHepKd38pr0?si=O5vtjoKJSn9svVzG

Why does Session messenger have the strongest censorship resistance known to man?

Explain it to me like I’m 11,

1) Encryption has a public key and a private key.

2) Nostr, Tor Onions, and Session all use encryption as identity, with the public key as your username, and the private key as your password

3) If the government obtains your private key for Nostr or Tor Onion, it’s game over. You lost.

4) But if the government gets your Session private key, you then re-assign your username on the blockchain to another account with a 2nd key. So your speech and delivery to your followers is not realistic to stop.

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Explain it to me like I’m a tech-savvy crypto journalist:

1) Session has unique DNS based on the blockchain.

2) Session is like Nostr, with a public/private keypair for identity, where decentralized permissionless relays host content

3) UNLIKE Nostr, where it goes to the POSTER’s chosen relay out in the open. Session’s relays put 1-on-1 messages on the RECIEVER’S assigned relays using a distributed hash type system on a darkweb. This presents extreme challenges for both censorship and surveillance since the delivery is both hidden and distributed.

3) Unlike Nostr which is on the clearweb, Session routes the messages through an onion mixnet like Tor. So we can think of Session with the analogy of a combination of Nostr, Telegram, and Tor.

4) Unlike Tor Onions, where the encryption key for identity is in the server’s memory and therefore the location is critical to hide. Instead, Session has 2 sets of keys, 1 for the actual messages, and a 2nd keypair for a cold storage crypto wallet that owns the username, and can then re-assign it on the blockchain to another public key.

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Explain it to me like I’m a crypto anarchist:

1) These government thugs want to censor speech. They can’t ban Monero or “No KYC” Bitcoin if we can transact freely. We can transact freely if we can speak freely.

2) Tor onions are vulnerable to be seized because the Onion’s private key is at the physical location of the content delivery. If these violent .gov thugs seize the Tor server, it’s game over.

3) Instead, Session divorces physical locations from your push notification speech, by both delivering content through distributed decentralized nodes, and allowing you a 2nd cold storage wallet key to re-assign the username to another public key if discovered. By completely separating physical locations from identity, we deprive corrupt tyranny from the ability to use violence which is their only power.

4) Nostr is on the clearweb, meaning we can see who hosts the content. Cloudflare and Hetzner host more than half of the relays and can like take content down on government requests to just 2 entities.

5) Instead Session not only protects the sender and relays, but also the receiver. This protects your audience which is critical.

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Explain it to me like I’m a business entrepreneur:

1) Uncensored free speech has more value in a corrupt society

2) We are moving towards totalitarianism

3) Session allows self-custody of your audience in the same way that Bitcoin or Monero allow self-custody of your funds.

4) Domain names from the government have limited value to conservatives, libertarians, crypto companies, CBC cannabis, gambling, and whatever else is controversial if you can’t say anything on them

5) Session usernames have more value to the relevant stakeholder and when they are easy to spell

6) You can speculate on Session usernames for huge relevant stakeholders now for pennies, and sell them later for a huge profit if humanity realizes the true potential for self-custody of social media identity

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Explain it to me like I’m a Bitcoin Maxi:

1) Session has it’s own token in order to function. The system can’t function without the darkweb relays being paid.

2) These “tokens” should not be thought of as money but coupons or shares in a corporation. Because they are only used to buy one product (names on a blockchain) and are not used for anything else.

3) Rather than view this as a competing crypto or challenger to Bitcoin, it should be viewed as a way of bypassing the stock market for a controversial company that’s defying the government.

4) The primary purpose of Bitcoin is to separate money and the state. This should expect a violent response from the state. Other tools are needed beyond the money itself for a marketplace under these totalitarian conditions.

5) Therefore because Session’s crypto is not competing with Bitcoin, and in fact adds to Bitcoin’s value proposition, by allowing for the organization and speech of no KYC transactions to occur.

6) If I were a government thug, I would try to smear Session’s adoption by playing Nostr Bitcoin maxis against Session. This is an age-old tactic of divide and conquering slaves. It’s been used in the Middle East with arming both Sunnis and Shiites. It’s been used in Africa with the Tutsi and Hutus of the Rwandan genocide. And I beg you to realize my brother, it’s being used on you now.

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Join the rebellion.

Experimental 2-way bot serving content, Session ID: Freedom

Stable 1-way sending only: Simple

This looks very interesting. Some well presented arguments though over my pay grade at the moment to intelligently comment.

Any experiences/opinions?

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Brilliant observation and articulation that helps explains some of the chaos we see today.

Knowing Bitcoin and Nostr have similar mission and are on similar trajectories instills a great deal of hope despite the backdrop of this intensifying clown world.

Technological decentralization of power builds on itself and is accelerating.

Despite the popular narratives this is an amazing time to be alive.

https://twitter.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1737558587780866229

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Bitcoin+Nostr is a civilizational singularity.

Excellent post about visiting El Salvador and it's transformation.

https://twitter.com/MacroScope17/status/1731152754372903134

This is amazing to me. After all these years do these people really still not see what's happening? Are they that thick or are they simply shills for the establishment? It's very hard to tell.

Using terms like "cult", "rabbid" and "whacko" and still quoting an old man that clearly doesn't know the first thing about the technology whose "critical analysis" is simply to call Bitcoin "rat poison". No actual critique. No demonstration of any actual understanding. No steel manning. No concessions despite incredible performance and demonstrable underlying qualities, just name calling.

Bitcoin is an IQ test.

Kudos to Pomp for knowing precisely how to handle these simpletons/shills while using their platform to spread the signal.

https://twitter.com/RateYourXchange/status/1730881046143496678