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MrShroom🍄
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Neurojourneys and other shitposting transmitted by relays. 🍄 Reality is just postprocess of your mind. 🧠 Bitcoin is the key. 🧡 Posting notes since 1676673693.

Do you also have feeling that some note without emoji or picture looks kind of incomplete?

Does not engage you like other ones do?

I'm a little bit scared about this trend.

As humanity, we are slowly returning to picture writing.

Fountain, Peach, Samurai wallet, BlueWallet.

Other clients except Damus.

Seems like this list could be much bigger.

But anyways gives nice overview how many good things are in motion.

I had some eth that I used for gambling on spot since couple of months.

I was selling for stables on highs, buying back on lows.

I managed to get in summary around 20% more of those trades.

I sold it all for bitcoin today and transfered bitcoin to cold wallet.

Feels much better. 🧡

Should have done it long time ago.

Good morning citizens of Nostr. ☕

Need to focus and hop into work stream.

I've incorporated listening to bitcoin podcasts to my morning work focus block. 🎧

I can't wait for the spring to finally show up in full beauty.

Have a great day. 💜🤙

How others see you is a reflection of how you see yourself.

You cannot influence the way others see you directly, but you can accept yourself.

The rest will just follow.

GN Nostr fam. 💜

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Ecash for Bitcoin shouldn't be compared to altcoins, the comparison is not productive in my view. On an abstract level, ecash is a method to replace old, transparent ledger-based systems in custodial scenarios with a blinded signature scheme. Sure it hurts shitcoins because every Bitcoin innovation hurts shitcoins but it's not a replacement for them.

Think of these use cases where you'd probably prefer ecash:

- You top up your balance for your VPN provider with Bitcoin and pay per MB used.

- You pay per minute that you watch on Netflix.

- You have a phone plan subscription.

- You have a balance on an exchange.

- You earn mining rewards in a pool.

- You want to pay a nostr relay for each message you send.

- Voting up posts on stacker news without them knowing what you do.

- You want to sell general access to API endpoints without identifying your users.

- You have a custodial wallet like Wallet of Satoshi.

Let's be real for a second: Not even Lightning itself (which I'm extremely fond of), let alone blockchain based tokens, are ideal for some of these cases because it is not 100% reliable, fees are too high for micro transactions, running a node sucks for UX, and it's not private enough.

So here is my take: In cases where a shitcoin was used *only because* it offers better privacy than Bitcoin, ecash could maybe replace it in some places, sure. In trustless cases, it won't. There are just too many different dimensions for a productive comparison because ecash and blockchain-based cryptos are just too different. It's better to think of it as a complementary tool in our toolchain, or one additional way of expressing Bitcoin usage in the real world.

Whatever it is, I'm certain of one thing: You won't find as many motivated people in shitcoin land as in Bitcoin who are eager to build ecosystems around it so we can upgrade the entire financial stack of the world.

Good note.

I still need to dive deeper into this topic.

Right now just barely scratched the surface.

It's part of a poem called 'Wiseman and a fool':

It is not news that a fool has spoken out of a wise man;

So pleased that the scholar did not answer anything,

All the more he began to scream shrilly;

At last, exhausted, when he had rested,

Said the wise, lest he be indebted in answer:

"Do you know why the bell is loud? Because inside it is empty."

It rhymes in original.

Glad that you liked it. Thanks for the zap.

'If you think you are beaten, you are

If you think you dare not, you don't,

If you like to win, but you think you can't

It is almost certain you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost

For out of the world we find,

Success begins with a fellow's will

It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed, you are

You've got to think high to rise,

You've got to be sure of yourself before

You can ever win a prize.

Life's battles don't always go

To the stronger or faster man,

But soon or late the man who wins

Is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN!'

~Walter D. Wintle.

I love that poem.

Do you know why the bell is loud?

Because it's empty inside.

I use bitcoin because I don't trust my government and don't believe my government and don't trust my national currency.

I use lightning network because it is only solution I know for instant payments that doesn't care about receipent country or nationality.

I use bitcoin because I don't trust my government and don't believe in my national currency.

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