That is exactly what I mean by "miniscule comfort " :-) ....like changing an app on smartphone ! Or rebuilding a network ..
Platforms and protocols that offer privacy only offer security of the pipe .. there is no guarantee whatsoever that the person you are chatting with wouldn't blurt it out to someone else :-)
So if you want privacy, don't talk .. !
On the other hand , there is a way to hide information .. be an anonymous face in the crowd .. cuz best place to hide something is in the OPEN ..
Freedom is NOT privacy .. it is in anonymous public ..
Okay ..then what is it about ?
Facebook is KYC platform built on Identity - which is not bad at all .. the gottcha is they promise privacy ... the biggest lie ever told ... but that is also NOT bad ..people may tell lies ...
The concern is over 2 billion people don't care .. now that tells us something about the race we are so proud of .. we prefer to ignore lies for the sake of minuscule comfort ..
When I gave up Meta platforms - none of my family or friends came with me ! ... am I stupid ??? Whatsapp is too important - they said !
Good morning !
Happy to watch this day unfold :-) Stay blessed !
... it is hard work people :-)
Are there chips that can be switched to AI and mining as the need may be ... like dynamically ..
if not , why ?
Yes .. pour over only ..
Porn under #Bluesky must be good ... I can tell without ever being there :-) Well once when they launched !
And frankly , I like MSTR over empire of DOGElon :-) ... cuz Elon is doing it in a convoluted way .. Saylor is doing exactly what he says ...
because if Gov jumps in directly to buy #btc (assuming they could print as much fiat as they want ) that would be like rigging the market .. gov should not pick up one asset over other .. why btc ..why not gold or apple stock ! ..
gov can however institute policies to favor something that is in best interest of their survival .. so favoring btc through likes of mstr or ETFs is not a bad thing ( from US perspective)
No one can telll what is right or wrong from btc perspective .. cuz bitcoin doesnt care ... only the people around it try to promote their vested interests :- )
Yes you can send public information on private channels ..sure .. just as no one can STOP anyone from sharing their btc nsec on #nostr :-) But in reality private channel is used only when two parties trust each other ( PGP) .. On the other hand , public information can be shared with anonymous people ...
The point is - #bitcoin and #nostr are anonymous and public channels ... that is the design ... it is for users to protect their anonymity .... you are free to use your real pics, names or email in your public profile or you may use TOR and bunch of other tools to protect your ID ... that is strictly user choice ... BUT don't expect these protocols to provide you privacy ..
You can't have both the benefits ..
because if you want to relay truly private information , say your financial information , you got to make sure the party on the other end is really your financial advisor ..
If you don't want to take the pains to verify the true identity of receiver , then you can transmit only public information ..
FED is kinda quasi private organization ! ... so .. it is kinda a natural evolution ... of course , there needs to be a bunch of bitcoin "development" companies to act as a front for US gov ..and It is NOT a bad thing !
Let us sell more #bitkeys .. nice try :-)
>> Inheritance allows the funds held in a Bitkey wallet to be transferred to a designated beneficiary after the passing of a Bitkey owner. Initially, inheritance will be limited to 1 beneficiary and require beneficiaries to set up a Bitkey wallet, which includes the hardware device and the app.
#bitcoin Inherittance
The fundamental duality is
Randomness <-> Control
Quantum mechanics has a wave function for randomness .. it just misses the other half ! CONTROL
#philosophy
Blessed are those who didnt get blocked :-) .. thanks #nostr
Atmel Studio !!! .. are you a chip designer or something !.. I mean I have no idea what it does ...
Thanks for the nym compliment :-)
Sure me too .. a tool maxi .. but I don't consider OS a tool .. A tool is like a hammer , OS is like hands ... we can call hands as tools too but then everything starts losing meaning :-) You know what I mean ..
I totally get your definitions - the point is if our IDs are not mutually known - why would two of us have a private (say SimpleX) chat .. Sure two anonymous people can have a random chat - like two persons talking in a traffic jam .. or in a public garden .. that conversation is just exchange of pleasantries .. or letting each other know Sun is pretty nice and warm this morning :-) Just to rehash the point - there is no good reason for two of us to chat on Simplex :-) .. but the anonymous public chat is quite useful - to third parties who know where we are coming from ... even to random people who have no clue of our true Identities.
This is NOT to say private channels have no utility ,, they are valuable tech ..
The point is - you can either be Anonymous OR private .. you cant have both the benefits at the same time ...