might go outside

I will be participating in exactly zero stupid fucking wars between Israel and the lunatic warmongering US govt and whatever country they think is convenient to obliterate so they can install a “pro west” tyrant.

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It has become so weird that the US Right supports Israel’s war on Palestine while the US Left supports Ukraine’s defense against Russia.

Political sides dig in. The wars become associated with culture.

There is so little voice today from those who oppose aggression. Those who support Jews but are not onboard with Israel’s actions against Palestinians. Those who support Ukrainian independence but don’t want to commit unlimited troops for border regions that literally speak Russian amid a complicated history.

More people die in Sudan and Cambodia than Israel/Palestine, but we are all focused on Israel/Palestine because it’s a conflict of cultures. Religious cultures but also western imperialism vs the global south. The focus of it all. That occupies our attention even as bigger massacres occur elsewhere that aren’t directly across these massive fault lines.

I refuse to engage in attention whoring. I support peace in most instances globally, other than total war against someone’s existence where it becomes right to fight back. People have a right to self-defense. And those who have power over others have a responsibility to hold back on using it fully.

Keep in mind that at any moment, tons of violence is occurring globally. The media directs you to a subset of it that is geographically, economically, or culturally relevant for their purposes. You ignore or are unaware of the rest, and get emotional about what is fed to you. That’s how most people act, anyway.

here too. doesnt that present a problem for bitcoin adoption if the vast majority of the population arent predisposed to understanding it?

I always thought if banks could lose the shackles of Fiat they would have the perfect infrastructure for being lightning nodes. Opened a channel to your bank, your bank has channels open to all the shops, banks, and other "account holders" (people with channels to the same bank). They would make fees by keeping the channels balanced and create an entire web of commerce. But no, there's just a few companies that operate well connected nodes instead of using a federated model (local, county, state, country).

Posting on nostr should be a daily ritual.

Sketch of a protocol I discussed with nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s for proving storage of a file.

before uploading, select 32 random bytes from the file, store their indices and the sha256 hash. do this 1000 more times (select 32 different random byes, calc sha256).

upload the file to the server. every day, ask for the hash of the 32 bytes at the indices stored from the server. if it matches transfer some sats. if not the server no longer has the file. you can check for 1000 days.

Picking future Liquidity 🍷