Beautiful place!
I'm not sure building on hills indicates fiat robbery. I'm thinking of the ancient Greek city states... They built plenty on hills.
I'm thinking it probably indicates two things. People were less mobile in the past, so investments had to be closer to home. Couldn't go looking in another country for higher returns, or not as easily.
And the cost of construction is a lot higher now than in the past, relative to other expenses. Now our buildings are made of flimsy paper and it costs 3 lifetimes of wages to build one. That's fiat distortion.
Agreed. Christian mercy isn't mercy if we don't win first. Mercy, charity, temperance, etc are only possible from a position of strength.
Everything the guy on the right says is a lie. Proof : thick rimmed glasses, Apple
Everything the guy on the left says is a lie. Proof : suit
Lies propagate under the guises of conformity.
Depends on the village, I guess.
Speaking of Italy... There are some real possibilities there. Imagine if a bunch of bitcoiners moved in to one of those abandoned medieval villages in Italy...
We must liberate the latinas!!!!
Wait.. I thought he said sell everything and buy a cloak and a sword. Am I remembering that wrong?
Btc can be physical cash if you want it to be.
Perfect anonymity isn't necessarily a good thing. A reasonable level of privacy makes sense, but crimes do occur. Investigative work should have to deal with the costs imposed by privacy, without the slippery slope of perfect transparency.
Heh, wayyy out of my league. No rich people in my circle.
Okay, see my reply to the other lost and defeated nihilist
I'm not saying we don't need to improve our privacy in the real world. It would be very nice if there was a way to have things delivered to addresses that we can access but don't have names attached. There are services for that in the US, but I see you have a Switzerland flag in your name, and I don't know what options are available there.
Look into it. Maybe it exists there. If not, think about how you can build it.
Here's one idea - I'm pretty enamored with the potential uses of TOTP tokens. Users of the anonymous mail-receiving service can download a totp token to their phone, which outputs a number every few seconds. The business owner has a file saved that corresponds to your token, so they see the same number output on the same timer. Use that as ID when picking up your item. Just an idea - there may be flaws, but my point is, it can be built, with current tech, and all that's needed is an entrepreneur to do it.
On another note... Please don't be offended. You seem very defeated. Every time we've talked, you only voiced opinions that things are bad or can't be done. You're in Plato's cave. Come out of it!
Bitcoiners still reacting with hostility to things they don't yet understand = proof of fiat thinking.
Hostility is retarded.
You're thinking in the current paradigm. I don't blame you - its hard thinking outside of it.
When businesses don't need your ID, they won't want it. Having your ID invites legal trouble and compliance costs.
Getting businesses to accept btc is *more important* than winning KYC. Obviously, don't kyc yourself. But in the long run, it won't matter. I'm talking about society, not your individual safety - privacy is safety, so don't kyc.
use Tor.
Else, you're connecting your IP to your npub.
Privacy matters.
Orbot is a good option on mobile.
I hate Christmas. It could be fun, but the gifts ruin it and turn it into a contest.
No investment needed. Nothing needed, other than using btc and not giving your name or details to anyone. Their ability to link addresses to identity will atrophy until it disapeears entirely. Our system doesn't need to change - we just pull ourselves out of their system.
AI Artwork
Simultaneously the most entertaining and tricky - they absolutely refuse to make the image I describe, but it's still kinda fun






