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Yaël
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deputy director @ consumer choice center fellow @ bitcoin policy institute québécois-american innocent abroad in Wien

Nous portons tous la liberté d'une manière différente.

have a nice mini PC for my main node, just wanted to try out the Start9 on one of my PIs. Definitely a win column for mini PCs

lol it's been over a month. raspberry pi is so done as a node device

https://void.cat/d/FGSH3MhA2zfBmLCTzYzBcL.webp

Could have easily used a Pocahontas meme

still very bullish on podcasting 2.0.

I'm not sure I yet see the argument for it being totally replaced by nostr.

Podcast RSS feeds with enclosures are an open standard, and including value blocks that get satoshis to podcast publishers via keysend is a HUGE value.

Nostr is a compliment to this in every way possible, but unfortunately it seems podcasting 2.0 gets a bad rap on the nostr social clients

When we talk about regulating the limits of technology, the MOST important consideration is how POLICE and governments use this tech, rather than how it is used by consumers.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/detroit-woman-sues-city-falsely-arrested-8-months-pregnant-due-facial-rcna98447

this is great, thank you!

if only Albert Hirschman was around long enough to understand bitcoin + nostr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_O._Hirschman

Much more readable URLs coming out of Habla News.

Nice!

https://habla.news/u/yael@yael.at/1691486353945

This is the cashless future they want

Sen. Elizabeth Warren thinks Bitcoin is a scam, but wants to tax and surveil the ever-living hell of your satoshis. A small update on her Bitcoin Derangement Syndrome.

https://www.fixthemoney.net/p/elizabeth-warrens-bitcoin-derangement?sd=pf

true, but the fact remains that an Indian regional gov't has "turned off" the Internet in a certain area. Harbinger.

“Since May 4, the Indian government has shut off the internet in Manipur, giving cover to murders, rapes, and arson”

https://www.wired.com/story/internet-shutdown-manipur-burning-in-the-dark/

something tells me the EU would be better off if an "Austrian economist" had some sway — the school, not the nationality

my radio interview on the Steve Gruber show in Michigan about CBDCs in Russia, the US, and why the innovation of Bitcoin can't be matched by governments

https://omny.fm/shows/ccc/ya-l-on-the-steve-gruber-show-why-we-should-care-a#sharing

it seems they're really serious about going after Binance, but they're worried about going after people's bags

https://www.semafor.com/article/08/02/2023/us-prosecutors-worry-binance-charges-could-cause-run-on-exchange