The people who go on boomer TV and talk about Bitcoin have no fucking clue what they're talking about lmao

Who’s your favorite Bitcoiner?

"Today we are learning about vector multiplication, whether you like it or not"

Marry Christmas with Santa Claus gift

You wouldn’t give custody of a taco to someone else…

You wouldn’t give custody of a taco to someone else…

That feeling when you're trying to work on a Saturday but instead you're using AI to draw a bunch of villains.

I like your curiosity. I do not know what was running through Einstein's mind, I don’t think anybody does, but maybe we can try to understand the situation during that time.

Einstein was a German, Jew born in 1879, moved to Switzerland at 18, introduced the theory of relativity at 26, and later moved to the US at 54 when Hitler came to power. He also helped create nuclear bombs.

He wrote this piece in 1919, likely when he was still in Switzerland and while advancing his academia and scientist career

Latin originated in Italy during the Roman Empire phase 8 BC. This was Old Latin and it had many variations. And then it went through all the famous philosophers like Cicero, different periods - medieval era, Renaissance era , Enlightenment era - tit started declining when the British empire rose to global power in the 17th/18th century but still used in academia and churches.

During the widespread colonization (16th - 19th century), a prominent economic period was the transatlantic slave trade, with the Spanish and British empires capturing Africans for trade in South America. This period peaked around 19th century, leading to investments in slave trade companies like the South Sea Bubble. South America and the Caribbean experienced extensive colonization. One way to unite everyone was language and hence you see predominantly Spanish throughout the regions. In some regions, Portuguese and French are practiced, based on the colonizing powers.

SEA has a long history of colonization since the 1st century, and only truly gained independence the last 60 years. Prominent colonizers include the Dutch, Spanish, American, and British. The Philippines was colonized by the Spanish for 300 years. The Spanish-American War happened in the 1900 I think where the US won and they took over the Philippines and Puerto Rico. Spain also had colonies in Africa, including Morocco.

Eventually the world headed towards industrialization during Einstein’s time. This started with machinery, the Wright brothers just created airlines, phones were available but only to the upscale families in the 1920s (in the US, only after the 70s, it achieved 50% phone ownership rate). Communication was still limited.

WW1 started at this point 1914 and it was the first time the US entered the global engagement. I believe after WW2, English became a globally used language due to the strong influence of the US - especially in international diplomacy, business, science, and tech.

Plus the British colonized 50+ countries hence it must have come in handy. After the internet era begin post 70s, English became more of a norm

What we see now is probably an evolution of the language. But I do not know what was going on in Einstein’s mind when he wrote it.

This is pretty much all I know

Just curious how torrents relate to holepunch?

Just curious how torrents relate to holepunch?

Oh snap is this a Nostr native torrent index!?

Nope, but I’m marking it down. Thanks for the recommendation 🙏🏻

The existence of #Nostr makes #Bitcoin stronger.

It’s important not to forget that one of the critical attack vectors against Bitcoin is controlling communication channels. The internet is an underlying layer to Bitcoin. Encrypted chat, decentralized/federated networks, P2P file transfer, P2P markets, IP address protection protocols - these things can be just as important as coinjoins, signature aggregation, stratum v2, lightning, etc.

All of these *compound* their benefits when used together among a group. #Nostr and #Holepunch are some of the most important things happening in bitcoin, imo. They are solving problems on layer 0.

Even Douche Canoes are useful in the rain. nostr:note1tv64jqh2msdsu7932cjtzsvk69v0yuse0z4khz5amtd3ckpw7heql2c8q3

there's early adopters and early optimizers

Replacement words used only by governments:

Regulate versus Manipulate

Issue currency versus Counterfeiting currency

Lobbying versus Bribery

Any others?