nostr:note1ju88tlqrqjjry63mumet2kper8n8dnqlshs2qp0qm72m86khh3yqctvl3mZapped. I am Spartacus.
“The magic jew is a shitcoin” - the Easter Bunny
It’s just sticks and balls.
Throwing out the baby with the bath water. I suspect I speak for most greenpeace supporters in saying that at best I agree with 55-60% of their campaigning, but that is enough for my contribution to be a net positive for the world. Saifedean’s philistinism is not a reason to ignore the Bitcoin standard.
I was accused (by nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft) of "trolling my own position" and purposely harming Nostr's reputation because of an alternative social network I'm about to launch with a token attached, but I would like to say that the accusations are true, but even if it they were it wouldn't make a difference because no one is seeing these notes anyway.
So what you're saying is that you are Iron Man?
I have been a member of Greenpeace UK for about 30 years and have been involved in direct action, protest and general civil disobedience in their name for a corresponding period of time. In short, I have earned my stripes.
I am also a bitcoiner.
As a consequence, I have had protacted correspondence with them (Greenpeace UK) and local campaign groups regarding their attitude (and in my view acquiescence) to Greenpeace USA's Change The Code campaign.
Here's what I've gleaned...
They are horrified and profoundly embarrassed that Greenpeace US have violated Greenpeace's founding principle of financial independence. This is born out by the staggering lack of support for the campaign by Greenpeace globally.
They recognise that bitcoin is a decentralised monetary network and that therefore lobbying is not only pointless but against the direct-action history of the organisation that gave the world the Rainbow Warrior. If they wanted to change the code, they fucking would.
They are understandably concerned about the energy usage of bitcoin but recognise that the "boiling the oceans" narrative is not evidentially supported. They are also aware of the growing counternarrative that bitcoin is a powerful carbon mitigation technology, stabiliser of renewable intermittency on the grid and offers strong incentives against deforestation in the global south. Their attitude is currently one of wait and see how it plays out; there are bigger fish to fry.
They understand that miners are simply data centres and that there is no sound basis for stigmatising one use for data centres over others. The carbon footprint of streaming services and LLMs is of far more concern to them at this current time, although I suspect any campaign will include the carbon footprint or all and everything we do online.
Greenpeace are coming, and to echo Mr Saylor, they are our friends, they just don't know it yet.
Do you plan on supporting zaps in the web app?
BRILLIANTLY PUT.
"WHAT'S THE MESSAGE OF WORKING IN A CUBE IN A ROOM WITH A SYNTHETIC DROP CEILING AND DRY WALL ON THE WALLS IN FLUORESCENT LIGHTING AHEAD OF YOU AND NO PRIVACY AT ALL? WHAT'S THE MESSAGE?"
https://cdn.satellite.earth/81b8b068d36b1e68b928e6ac5ff0df65dd994a92c7830e39530951acf123d568.mp4
As far as I’m concerned architecture peaked when we stopped using animal manure to construct walls.
Welcome to the party pal!
Directed by Woodkid himself (Yoann Lemoine). Let's nostracise him.
And yet, the overlap between Marx and Nakamoto is not only significant but telling. Marx's theory of commodity fetishism and rejection (pace Aristotle) of the notion that any monetary network could conceivably have intrinsic value is - if not a foreshadowing of proof of work (he'd have preferred "proof of labour") - at least a harbinger of the very same. Bitcoiners are closer to the Marxians than they dare admit. And more importantly the reverse is also true.
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