I now can never unsee Lightning Network https://nostpic.com/media/500ccc532c301711d88aa6d30b11dc477e6a32770853f8ab1c2be389b824e3f8/edf88fc61cc52e33752ad0982cf6b11b3938206383962ab40d9d5e315e99fd71.webp
People find bullish factors in Bitcoin's price but I always look at how many people and importantly who attends BitDevs as a proxy for how bullish I should feel
I just listed the "Would Mao Hold Bitcoin" copies I have left on nostr:npub15dc33fyg3cpd9r58vlqge2hh8dy6hkkrjxkhluv2xpyfreqkmsesesyv6e. Really jazzed to try it out - great work nostr:npub16dhgpql60vmd4mnydjut87vla23a38j689jssaqlqqlzrtqtd0kqex0nkq - it was easy to get a listing up. If you're in San Salvador or perhaps Berlin in the next three days (November 20th - November 23rd) - we can make it happen.
https://shopstr.store/listing/2655a540fd0c3c12b4a529a36371320cda13a295668e827dfc3eef9d04455b00
The vibe I get from El Salvador is that Nostr is on the cutting edge. People know about Bitcoin - but quite a few didn't know what Nostr was.
nostr:npub12qxvc5evxqt3rky25mfskywugalx5vnhppfl32cu903cnwpyu0uqkmq8u9 just signed a personal copy of his new book "Would Mao Hold Bitcoin" for us!
So nice to meet you Mandana and Ian!
21mn strong!
1. There is a book spending one whole page writing about nostr ?!
2. Omg mom I’m on a book 😭🤭🥰☺️☺️
nostr:npub12qxvc5evxqt3rky25mfskywugalx5vnhppfl32cu903cnwpyu0uqkmq8u9 
Yes, we can all now satisfy our Asian parents :)
BitDevs, but in the middle of discussing statechains and channel factories, we take a pause and discuss whether Carl Schmitt was actually a "liberal" from a Straussian point of view, and what it means to write esoterically in the first place
Thanks so much for the support :)
The nostr:nprofile1qqspvjc787glwgn85f5555r0ccmd8k09c75cd2eypy6npf7s36376wgpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9uq32amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7tc7vm50f bookstore looks stacked. Honored to have Would Mao Hold Bitcoin with many dedicated and talented Bitcoin writers such as nostr:nprofile1qqs9336p4f3sctdrtft2wlqaq5upjz9azpgylhfd3dplwf005mfrr9spzamhxue69uhkummnw3ezuendwsh8w6t69e3xj7spz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kueg6g89xw, nostr:nprofile1qqs8k0mcqd6sw3h524qn5gslszt9am9knmes3uh268dgnnpv3yfwj6qpzamhxue69uhky6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skctcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyw8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttsw43zuum9d45hxmmv9ejx2a30y7ph8a, nostr:nprofile1qqsgym5l39dcr26p53fzy69jf8ng6qk2s9sgmm6k9fynem34llzuwkgprpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuendwsh8w6t69e3xj730qyvhwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnndehhyapwwdhkx6tpdshsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjme0dx60e2, nostr:nprofile1qqszv3w274cx5vtk0jfp2v5htgrelpv4pcgqd02svh6a6qsnu6zg49spzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsz9thwden5te0v4jx2m3wdehhxarj9ekxzmnyqyv8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvdhk6tnpw57gdmf4, nostr:nprofile1qqsw34nugddy5kfsfc2pg2qwj5h0u9a7gf20egnez6lk870h8e22hfqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhs7pt99j and more :)
what happened to the brave, shitposting Elon - can shitpost Democrats that impose a COVID mandate, but can't even say one word out of place for the CCP that zero-COVIDed him, and then wrecked his business in China lul
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-china-ban-ev-government-buildings/
well, Tesla is being wrecked in China by domestic EV brands, and it doesn't appear Elon can make the move from Shanghai as easily as he can with California
The champion of free speech in action.
I don't think much of anything is more bullish for Bitcoin than the fact that the leaders of the world's largest two economies are likely not to be there based on their merit alone. Trump the inheritor, Harris the Vice President who has never won an election or primary outside of California, and Xi the child of a senior officer who helped him skip the Gaokao.
Many foundational books of the American and English canon of the 20th century were composed by writers who fought in wars and brought it back in fantasy as a warning. C.S Lewis and Tolkien fought in World War 1. Orwell fought in the Spanish Civil War while Hemingway reported on it, William Golding ("Lord of the Flies") served in the Royal Navy during World War 2, and Vonnegut was a prisoner of war in Dresden which he described in Slaughterhouse-Five. #bookstr
China in Ten Words - Yu Hua (read in English)
For some stuff by Ba Jin - most people recommend Family, but I liked 无政府主义与实际问题 (Anarchism and its Practical Problems) (read in Mandarin), 控诉 (I accuse) (read in Mandarin) - basically his non-fiction stuff.
I read from Lao She - Rickshaw Boy - in English.
From Fu Lei, I read his translation of The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell and some of Le Père Goriot by Balzac (alongside the original English and French).
Though the short story about Fu Lei resonates with me most (Death 死 by Chen Cun 陈村) in Mandarin.
Another great pick I read in English was The Chinese Western: Short Fiction From Today's China. I randomly found this at a secondhand book store, and I'm not sure how common it is to have the English translation around.