Between £1.3 and £4 Billion linked to crypto. Ok, but compare that with the total figure of £37 Billion (Home Office figure). I therefore presume fiat accounts for 6 - 28 times more illicit activity.

https://decrypt.co/245063/5-1-billion-in-illicit-crypto-transactions-linked-to-uk-every-year-nca

To escape surveillance

This is very distressing: for once I violently agree with Ann Widdecombe!

I’m the treasurer for a local choir (chorale21.org.uk). Last week we agreed the choir should be “Bitcoin Friendly”, meaning we will offer #Bitcoin as an alternative to fiat for all our transactions. Nice.

Sadly, this is a very “first world” view of the future of #Bitcoin. Adoption in countries such as Peru (see video by @joenakamoto) will ensure continued use of #Bitcoin.

FT says “far-right influencers and conspiracy theorists”. Should they be including foreign organisations seeking to sow unrest?

Or maybe I should be asking: is it possible to send encrypted data at the same time as sending a zap?

I would like to accept small #zap amounts (representing data) over #Nostr without disclosing the value. Is that possible?

Trump is not US government.

There is “do” and “not do”. There is no “thinking about”.

#freedom

Be bold. Stand apart from the rest.

No, they are more like guidelines.

Bankers?

Where we’re going we don’t need bankers.

It isn’t much but it’s an honest routine.

Pro #Bitcoin activism hits Chew Magna in Somerset. Gradually then…

a little less gradually. 😉

Or maybe just a big “Oops!”

Is there a tax on gambling? Just wondering…

Ah yes. “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable" Cesar A. Cruz, Mexican poet and academic (later repeated by Banksy)

It isn’t much but it’s honest work with a very small dose of hope!