20yo don't know a world without patriot act, without KYC-everything, without TSA. withiut data-retention laws.

Stopping the erosion of individual freedoms is not enough; for this generation, the current status quo is the natural state of things.

The Future is #Bitcoin

Can anyone recommend a decent free antivirus for Mac OSX Catalina? Asking for my wife who has a mac mini she uses only for photoshop stuff, nothing mission critical, doesnt use the machine for anything financial etc, but rather be safe than sorry on the network especially since Catalina is no longer supported for security updatse. thanks!

(yes she will be installing a linux distro on it eventually).

#asknostr

My question to people older than 27 is what the fuck actually happened in previous generations to lead up to the current generation being so utterly fucked up beyond all belief?

Any takes who will be the next president of the USA ? 🤔

woke up to a drunk driver totaling the 3000gt. i know it just was an old car, but it meant so much to me. i don’t know what i did to deserve so much shit happening. i’m just so tired.

I don’t know in what universe PayPal is cumbersome to use. I’ve had 10’s of thousands of dollars run through PayPal over the course of years and years. Never had an issue with a single payment. I use lightning for the censorship characteristics NOT for ease of use because that’s a joke. I also pay less in fees (aggregate) on many transactions on PayPal as I do on BTC.

Nor are any of the people doing any crypto things you just mentioned “normies.” People get so lost in the bitcoin bro culture they’ve completely lost touch. 99.9% of the world has never used *any* form on crypto, and most of them don’t care to.

Normies have to have Microsoft force them to update their computers. Normies reset their passwords via “forgot my password” three or four times a year and they set the fucking thing. Normies are not going to deal with a mile long nsec, different addresses for BTC and lightning, block times, fee fluctuations, etc.

Normies like stuff like the company you are working for does. Just custody their keys. Make Nostr no different than twitter. That’s what they want. They want twitter without evil space man.

None. I mentioned it to a family member once last month in the context of not wanting to sell BTC since it was doing so well, but even then they didn't ask.

Even with inflation as it is in the US, no interest.

A few years ago the main question I got was "what can you do with it?" Since virtually nobody accepts it for goods and services, they quickly lost interest. That has gotten worse since #overstock dot com stopped accepting it.

Since the bitcoin culture is still all about buying and holding, not spending and using, I don't expect a huge #retail #adoption anytime soon.

All the ingredients are there: #inflation, ease of use (e.g. mobile, on chain, self custodied wallets), on-ramps like #PayPal, #Strike, and #CashApp... but I haven't seen the interest.

Now with transaction fees being up 10x and the lightning network being difficult to use for mere mortals, it's going to be an uphill battle in #2024. 🫤

I'm doing my part. I accept #BTC for the signets that I sell. If I did security consulting again, I'd demand to be paid in #bitcoin and pass on the job if they said no.

Doing Christmas zap gifts(a #zift)all day til im out of bitcoin.

Reply for a zift.

Tag me in a note for a zift.

Send me a DM for a zift.

I think you get the point.

🫂💜

Genuine interactions is mentioned frequently as the answer.

This was the primary reason I left Twitter too. Everything was starting to feel fake - that LinkedIn vibe seeping in. Everyone just trying to grow their sphere of influence with templates tweets. That’s not something I care for.

Nostr restored that feeling of just hanging out with people and saying whatever. No status, no audience capture - just conversations. I hope it always stays this way. nostr:note14xz07085gq9a5xatqhk0fkfk45v9kjmex5j3km8lj625h99477jsmfku0t

This day isn't about Santa or bitcoin. It's about Christ. Don't get thrown off track. Bitcoin is great, but it's nothing without Christ. It's simply a tool that God has created.

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South #Louisiana #Christmas part 2. Traditional frog legs for Xmas eve