America isn't yours to do what you please with. We can decide who gets to come here. Don't like it, don't come.

This was not part of ABC. Yes it was open to the public.

Bitcoin Circular Economies Summit AFRICA organised by Bitcoin Beach

Currently happening throughout the day at the Caudan Arts Centre ground floor stage.

“It’s about you today.”

Mike Peterson of Bitcoin Beach.

@FBCEglobal @BitcoinEkasi @GorillaSats @BitcoinWitsand @EasySats_ @BitcoinFamba @btcshule @Bitcoinchama @SowetoBtc @BitcoinKampala to name but a few.

#bitcoinbeach #abct26

Let me be clear: anyone who opposes Bitcoin is going against monetary freedom and individual sovereignty. Money is not just a means of payment; it is an emergent social phenomenon that must be defended from central control. In the current political and geopolitical moment, you have to know how to choose your side. Mine is that of sound money, decentralization, and personal liberty. Long live Bitcoin.

I’m thinking my btc++ talk should be titled “Requiem for a Decentralized Bitcoin”. WDYT nostr?

I sympathize totally.

(Even more, relying on MS to improve JS via TS is a total no go for me.)

Every time I touch JS (and especially bundlers) I'm reminded of what an incredible pain in the ass the entire ecosystem is.

I'm never going to use a JS framework for a new project again. And while I'm at it, fuck it maybe I'll never use Typescript again either.

Either use an actually typed language (Rust), use something enjoyable (Ruby), or at a push, write some plain vanilla JS.

I feel so lucky

Went to a government office today. The lady couldn’t find my name in a 20-page list... so I taught her Ctrl+F. Her face when it worked … like I’d just performed magic.

Bureaucracy: 0, basic computer skills: 1 🧙‍♂️💻

Feel like parents of #nostr needs to be a thing.

Why I think it's lovely people on nostr say GM.

A little philosophy I've held for a long time (that has served me well) is that a happy life comes from exposing yourself to more little uplifts than downlifts.

Living in a rough area, have a job you hate, and being unhealthy relationships, life becomes full of small downlifts, and before you know it, you hit rock bottom and feel horrible. It can be everyday things, like neighbours shouting at each other or your boss treating you poorly. Not one thing is terrible, but together they make you burn out.

IF you tip the balance and expose yourself to more uplifts, like finding a safe place to live, building healthy relationships, or having a job you don't hate, then before you know it, you're on top of the world.

The beauty is that you can create uplifts for others through simple gestures, like saying GM, and in fact saying GM is a two way uplift.

I find traditional social media is full of downlifts, whereas Nostr is full of uplifts.