True. Why do we need a permissionless protocol just for people to say GM and pura vida?
I like the definition from the recent podcast from nostr:nprofile1qqstnem9g6aqv3tw6vqaneftcj06frns56lj9q470gdww228vysz8hqpzdmhxue69uhkzmr8duh82arcduhx7mn9qy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcam28zl (forgetting the author he was reading). Is there a unilateral exit to the base chain? If yes then self custodial, otherwise not.
What? I was following you because I thought you were a girl
I also like the idea of using nostr for coinjoin coordination and P2P bitcoin transactions
As I said I don't actually like the idea of those types using nostr. I only wondered if they would given the anonymous / permissionless nature of it. Whistleblowing does sound like a good application.
Not that I support this, but I've sometimes wondered if nostr would be a good place for cybercriminals like those selling hacked data on Telegram
Same. I was politically pretty apathetic before COVID tyranny.
Elitists overplayed their hands badly
It's refreshing to follow people on nostr who aren't either reciting bitcoin slogans or humble bragging about some software they're building
nostr:nprofile1qqsyvrp9u6p0mfur9dfdru3d853tx9mdjuhkphxuxgfwmryja7zsvhqpzamhxue69uhhv6t5daezumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcscpyug is adding local algorithms to #amethyst a doable thing? I think that would be one of the highest impact UX improvements by far.
Could start off with something super simple like sorting by reply count or something (with some recency weight).
Is this a reputable Wasabi coordinator? #asknostr #coinjoin #bitcoin
I've spent my adult life thinking about defending digital privacy.
Yet until a few years ago, financial freedom & privacy was barely on my radar.
This would have probably continued but for a handful of good humans that took the time to talk me through things.
Thanks to thinking they kicked off for me, I now think that individual access to aspects of financial freedom & privacy are necessary to a healthy society.
Why did it take so long? Well, there was a failure of adversarial imagination on my part.
And partly because if you aren't actively asking hard questions, this state of affairs will be hidden from you.
The financial system & how it is taught is set up to hide structural privacy violations & disempowerment.
I'm pretty sure my ignorance was closer to the norm than the exception.
But when you completely restrict financial privacy & freedom, you disempower people...constantly.
And it will keep eroding & blocking the exercise of other core rights.
Until this changes & awareness grows, we're stuck paying the price for it in a thousand ways.
Shoutout to nostr:nprofile1qythwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnxd46zuamf0ghxy6t6qy28wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytn00p68ytnyv4mqqgzccaq65ccv9k3454480sws2wqepz73q5z0m5kckslhyhh6d533jc25xncl for getting & keeping the intellectual ball rolling for me. And to all the good humans that have helped me along the way since. Thank you. You know who you are.
Painting : Egon Schiele, Four Trees, 1917.
Financial privacy is possibly the most important form. If you know where and when someone spends their money you have an enormous amount of information about them. You can practically read their thoughts in many cases.
There has been inequality between sexes though, and there always will be because it's biological
