Left Twitter today. Had a moment of panic an hour later, questioning whether or not my Bitcoin Philosophers were here.
Thank Satoshi nostr:npub1yezu4atsdgchvlyjz5efwks8n7ze2rssq674qe04m5pp8e5y32tqfdawc7, nostr:npub1jddnc9ma408dey575wcsqhg5jtc2n7765y4gdnnrswlwgqnnat7swe4s60, and nostr:npub10afr060h0g3vf2ykynr6cvw2u7ta3tzpgjczfyufp420aeeen0xszf0xj0 are here.
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If you do, let us know!
Ah I see...wouldn't the nostr:npub1jawrkh8u6j2705t2nx2auzm2s0hxc4kqekp2fxt9232zs607v4yq46l7ms + nostr:npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg combo solve this problem for you? Customers can pay with bitcoin but you (or your academic press) receives USD. The exchange happens automatically on Strike's end. Your seller never sees bitcoin.
It would solve the currency problem but the problem remains one of distribution. We don’t have the time or capital to buy and store copies. And no one else wants to except the traditional venues that sell only for dollars.
Are you trying to swap directly to fiat or keep it all in bitcoin? Not sure what issues you're having, nostr:nprofile1qqs22d4tralncqfnh2kmmarjkxk8449hwnk5xtqe3y5yry6hy7ytegqpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgcwaehxw309ahx7um5wghxvmt59emkj73wvf5h5tcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsymkvl9 can likely help solve your problems. Add in the nostr:nprofile1qqsvn0dkjt80raqrxd470c98n7zrdehmcvj6p5hgw3kyku6zyd8z0fqpzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0t0hd0d plugin and you can directly swap to fiat if you need.
Since our academic press won’t sell copies for bitcoin, we would need someone else to take on the middleman risk of buying, storing, and selling copies for Bitcoin. So it’s more a distribution problem than a Bitcoin problem.
On my way to nostriga and Baltic Honeybadger. 🫡
I'm convinced you guys left this on https://www.resistance.money/ as a forever tease. Soon isn't happening soon. Although, I'm getting close to capitulating and buying an Amazon gift card or through a local store but I'd really rather send my sats directly to you all.
nostr:npub1yezu4atsdgchvlyjz5efwks8n7ze2rssq674qe04m5pp8e5y32tqfdawc7 nostr:npub1jddnc9ma408dey575wcsqhg5jtc2n7765y4gdnnrswlwgqnnat7swe4s60 nostr:npub10afr060h0g3vf2ykynr6cvw2u7ta3tzpgjczfyufp420aeeen0xszf0xj0
We’ve been trying! But it doesn’t seem like there’s a good solution coming anytime soon.
I don’t really care about them myself but it’s nice to see the adoption overall!
Nostr has really grown since I last spent much time here.
Thrilled to see that some of you have hundreds of thousand of followers. 🎉
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The drivechain argument that it will slay altcoins does not withstand scrutiny, imho.
Here’s my response to nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6:
https://twitter.com/craigwarmke/status/1680961751771148290?s=46&t=bXzGVdYR1fWYZfJWPefIgw
I’m 80% through the episode and I thought Danny’s question about encryption being the main factor in securing data - not proof of work - was exactly the right question to ask. So far, lowery hasn’t said anything that would make me think he has a point that is both true and original.
When he says something that sounds new, it seems wholly confused, wrong. And when one of you challenge, he retreats into something true but uninteresting.
But I still have a few minutes left to listen.
Over the last 1.5 months, I’ve been with other bpi fellows on our manuscript workshop in Seattle, on a panel at Princeton University’s DeCenter, and at the BPI summit in DC.
I’m lucky to have spent so much time with bpi people recently!
Sorry, Jack. Worst pain I’ve ever had. Hang in there.
That sounds incredible, just tell me when!
Headed to sleep but let’s chat before too long
Thanks - this has been a low key goal of mine for several years. 🙏
I would love to be able to sit with people going through these things as a second act.