US dominance in Bitcoin is already significant.
Mining, hardware supply chains, custody of coins, service companies, and interests of the big influental players.
Now other countries must accelerate their Bitcoin adoption if we want to preserve #Bitcoin and #freedom money.
Bitcoin is for enemies. In fact, Bitcoin needs non-cooperating counterparties.
Bitcoin is not democratic.
The network does not care if you run a node with whatever rules.
Bitcoin is a plutocratic monetary system.
Ultimately it's the miners who find the consensus and forge the chain. They are incentivized by fees. If your node doesn't pay any fees, it's irrelevant.
Not your fees, not your consensus.
Great directions.
Let me add that it's crucial to improve and guard self-custodial solutions for transacting.
It's the mining fees that form the consensus rules!
Imagine hackers getting access to KYC payment data (which they frequently do). This makes you vulnerable against scams and phishing. Personalized with your data and boosted by AI, it is very difficult to realize it when it hits you.
KYC data fuels crime instead of fighting it.
It is easy to fall into an echo chamber. It requires hard work and self-criticism to break out.
On the first glance I read #SovEng 😉
Only where there is rain there are rainbows.
GN
Earth is our boat we are all on together.
Commanders, peasants, pirates all on the same ship. No way to opt out completely. Let's just make sure we don't sink it 😉
GM
GM
There might be a rainbow somewhere today.
A note from the future.
Show the next generation all the options and show them how to make up their minds. They will do so. The more they have seen and the less burden is put upon them, the better their values and decisions will be.
And this is only the harmless stuff. It gets real crazy when AI starts to target individuals. How do you want to defend against opinion spinning, phishing, or public discussion ddos attacks when you are confronted with content that manipulates you in subtle ways, uses your personal information, and reacts in real time?
Protecting your privacy and WoT can help. What else?
How many autonomous AI agents are there on #nostr that create content and engage in discussions?
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