FREEDOM OR CONTROL - YOUR SUPPORT SHOWS YOUR CHOICE

I saw a long thread discussing another spam attack on Nostr last night. That's not going to stop for free relays. Spammers will always use free services with large audiences to spam. Stopping them is a game of whack-a-mole that even the big Social Media companies have failed to win despite their deep pockets and teams of engineers.

The solution is value-for-value: pay for what you use and find valuable. If Nostr benefits you in some way, be willing to pay for the tools you use that provide it to you (relays, clients, etc). If you can't pay but you can build or support it in some other way, that's great, too.

I had a person (jokingly I assume) say they were sad I didn't ⚡ them. The first thing that jumped into my mind when I read the note was "What benefit are you providing?" I had never seen any other post from them before.

If you want to live in a free world, you need to ask that question often, both of yourself and of others: what benefit are you providing? Because any time you're getting something "free", it's not free. Somebody is paying for it. If that person isn't you, then someone else is setting the agenda for what you consume. Is that what you want?

For many, the idea of freedom is like the idea of owning a boat. They daydream about how great it would be to have a boat, take it out on the water, fish, swim and enjoy it all. But they never buy a boat. Why? Because boats cost money and take work to maintain. All that pleasure has a price. Either you're willing to pay it, or you're not.

Freedom is no different. I hear a lot of talk about freedom today, and that's good. Freedom of speech is a big one. But what are you doing to support those that are building the tools that give you that freedom? Are you content to daydream about that freedom and how nice it would be while never taking any action, or are you willing to put some skin in the game to turn that dream into a reality both for yourself and others you care about?

We've been conditioned to get things for "free", but it's a lie and a trick that's resulted in us selling ourselves and our choices to the highest bidder. For me, Nostr is the path to freedom, but Nostr is not free. It costs money to run the relays, servers and services, and it costs time (which results in lost earning power) to code clients that provide the experience you want and create great content on an ad-free platform.

So if you believe in freedom, and I know you do (that's why you're here) then support the builders that are providing value to you. Show that freedom is not just a daydream. Governments and nefarious actors have long taken advantage of the masses just daydreaming about freedom. Let's wake the world up from that dream and make it a reality. This is our shot. Let's not miss the target.

My deepest thanks to all of those that are supporting the builders already. You are true heroes. 🙏

电车真的很舒服，静音和平稳。看很多国内品牌销售数据好，不知道是不是也一样好开

I have a lot of essays I've written that never saw the light of day because they're not about Bitcoin.

Should I post them here?

People continue to be surprised that clicking "delete account" and typing "DELETE" deletes their account. Am i bad at design?

用注册过word excel 这些办公软件的邮箱登录就行了，需要申请一下等两周

看到好几位说 #nostr 上中文的内容不多，那后面每天更新一点币圈媒体打工人看到的信息，贡献一点简中。

直接用谷歌浏览器访问New Bing，这队总算排到了。

西南偏远山区，民族混杂，语言不通，几乎没有货币。拉祜族，佤族，傣族，爱尼族，傈僳族等。解放前，相互交流很少，各个村子之间经常战争。

有意思的是，他们之间怎么交易？

基诺族生活在原始森林里，他们一直非常神秘，几乎不与其他民族见面。但他们也需要布和盐，而且这些东西他们无法生产。

这时候，各个民族的商人们，就用牛马驮着货物，去基诺的森林进行交易。

商人在路边见到摆着一头鹿。他们都很清楚，这就是基诺想要用来交换的货物。如果商人不感兴趣，就直接忽略走过。如果感兴趣，想要交换的话，商人就在鹿的旁边留下一袋盐。然后走远。走到看不见的地方，抽旱烟发呆十分钟。

十分钟后，回来看。如果盐没了，说明交易成功了，你可以拿走鹿了。如果盐还在，那就是基诺人觉得盐太少哦，或者想要其他货物。这时候，你可以追加再放一袋盐，或者一匹布，然后再走远，十分钟后回来看。

如果重复几次还是不成交，而且你不想再追加了，那么你拿走你的盐，走自己的路。交易失败。

这个交易模式如何避免双方作弊呢？

如果你贪婪，拿走了鹿，没放下盐，或者放的盐不满足对方要求，那么你是走不远的。森林里会射出一支箭，给你个透心凉。

如果基诺人贪婪，拿走了你的盐，也拿走了他的鹿，那么这个地方以后就不会有商人再来了。他们以后就失去了获得盐的渠道。

这可能就是人类很早期的交易模式，保留下来的珍贵范本了。

双方语言不通，不见面，没有货币，无当面交流。甚至交易的双方，有可能是世代相互敌对的两个村子，交易完成后各自回到村子里，就要为下一场战斗做准备。在这种情况下，竟然也能达成这种默契，使交易顺利完成。

我认为，这就是自由市场的力量。

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认识的人1:

入圈很多年的人了，刚买完房，全部身家放在某CEX被一波带走。本已财富自由，最近正在找工作。

认识的人2:

也是入圈很多年的人了，部分资金在四个理财产品吃利息，去年这四个产品雷了三个。所幸只是能承受的部分资产。

认识的人3:

60000+ 逃了顶，但把卖出来的U都放在了某CEX，被一波带走。所幸也不是全部资产，人还有稳定的工作。

Sats （中本聪）是Bitcoin 最小的单位，1个比特币等于1亿Sats。

lightning（闪电网络钱包）就是用来转账比特币的钱包。

zap⚡️（电击形容很快） 就是你给他人转账、支付或者打赏的代名词。

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