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bitcoiner. recovering shitcoiner.

I'll try to reproduce. I was connected to 2 mints and have a couple invoices pending due to insufficient funds or something. Whenever I try to send ecash I get a "could not verify proofs" error.

nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg is there a way to cancel invoices on cashu.me ? I've bricked my wallet and can't do anything but receive.

I like the idea, but I've never gotten into it.

I never really thought of the difference. I assume open-source indicates broader alignment with the movement (FOSS, FSF, etc)?

Yeah, in the Ethereum space there is a kinda ideological battle between solarpunk (use crypto for a green future), lunarpunk (privacy is the main focus, to avoid dystopia), and a smaller third terrapunk (use crypto to solve actual problems with disparity now rather than being so future oriented).

I kinda dislike the whole debate, but the more interesting aesthetic has come from lunarpunk. Another thing worth digging into is the zine https://nexus.blacksky.network/zine/00000001

Should I separate my Bitcoin and Ethereum persona? Does using my pfp nft avatar here come off cringe? Do I need to try harder to repent of my shitcoiner ways?

He said he uses nostr. What is his npub?

I just saw a bald eagle fly through my yard. I feel that this is an important thing to record, though I don't know the significance.

This is going to be controversial here, but nostr is beating lens and farcaster by leaps and bounds. How can we invite the EVM community to participate in this rather than keep it insular?

I'm with you. His genius is still highly underrated.

It is new enough and developed more on the builder side than the academic side, it makes sense that there isn't anything returned. Even the relatively quick media (news, podcasts, etc) hasn't covered it well. The topic is fascinating though.

Anyone working on a dating app built on nostr? All sorts of issues, but I hate all the incumbents.

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I’ve often wondered how one becomes all left or all right. Who boxed you in?

There’s always policies and principles and sound leadership that might lead you to pick sides.

But there’s also this aspect of human nature, this innate desire to want to belong, which often leads to fully embracing something while suppressing those who are not part of it. Other tendencies include following the crowd, herd mentality, loyalty, hype and sensation.

It’s the same everywhere. When you are aligned to one, it’s simpler to notice the fault of the other.

Politicians always know how to play their game - they pull you in, they piss on the other and before you know it, you are agreeing to all of their ways. Who wins ? They do. They always do.

It took me a lot of reading of history and understanding how the world works to realise how jaded I was and to pull myself out of this equation, and not be a die hard fan of a party, of any sides, nor any politician.

But - so as long as we are democracy, we have to pick sides.

So who do we pick?

This time around, don’t pick a party or left or right. Instead, pick one who serves you best, based on what you need and believe in, as how it should be. As how they should be.

You should not be boxed in - they should not box you in. That’s their easy way out.

It’s time for governments everywhere to start learning to speak to their people and understand what their people want if they want to represent them.

And over time, you will see hatred and extremism between parties reducing. Because it was never about the people. It was always about politicians and power. It’s time to changed that

I generally use Arnold Kling's 3 languages of politics to see why we talk past eachother and sort into the factions we do. It is the lens on how we see issues, and if you can't see it through others' lens you assume they are acting in bad faith or evil.

Parties are downstream from this, and the impact they have on dividing is further is only marginal. We mostly do it to ourselves.