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https://svtplay.se if anyone wants to watch for free (in swedish)

First period: SWE 0 - 1 USA

Great game and atmosphere. Pretty even game; Sweden started really well, and USA finished better. Hope Sweden can turn it around in the second!

This is not really the case anymore tho. Recent years of increased heavy crime has filled most of the countries prisons, decreasing space and necessities

Its hilarious and true ^^

Its been a while since I went there myself but its always worth the visit! Also kind of fun how one of Sweden's most epic failures turned into a tourist attraction 😂

Their financial climate

I can recommend the Vasa museum if you haven't been

Whats the problem?

Thanks ill have a look!

Hmm I think I get where you're going. I've not dug enough into POS to really question that but I'm not sure I can really buy into Bitcoin being just tied to the physical realm. There's still the issue of a few owning the majority of the coins, in combination with a few being the majority minors? Meaning they pretty much control the speed of the network and the fluctuations of the market price?

I can see why POS together with some sort of abstracted democratic system would be less appealing though.

Thanks, that's a very interesting way of thinking at the energy impact. It makes sense. At the same time I can also feel that Bitcoin itself is also in some way governed/controlled by a number of hosts/nodes in combination with all of the miners. So the argument that POS are governed by a few rich would apply for Bitcoin as well no?

The rest of the Bitcoin network would take direct effect if the few majority holders or the major minors decided to do something?

Thanks Lou, that's a much more thoughtful answer! It's true that the energy itself can be produced in ways that involve less pollution but I guess it's still a pretty big issue for many that it's so energy inefficient. If you just look at the charts I think many are asking themselves if that amount of energy is better spent somewhere else. Especially now where the climate has been rapidly changing because of human. But then again you need to weight that against the current system of fiats...

I didn't fully understand your critic of POS but something along the lines of still being a non-tangiable system with a governance model. I think I need to read up on the core mechanics of the popular POS coins though.

Well I though I'd give a non-centralized institution a try first ;) So far it's been a mix of friendly tech savvys and snarky bitcoin protectors.

I think it's a pretty valid consern since Bitcoin still have a fair bit of catching up with traditional fiat currencies in term of adoption, and it already consumes the energy of a small country. Now picture what that would mean if everyone was using the network for every transaction. Again I'm far from an expert but to my ears that's a pretty big challenge.

From what I've understood about Polkadot it's quite far from a fiat as it's also a decentralized ledger, so why would that be so bad in comparison to Bitcoin?

*also you sound a bit angry, did I offend you?

How is POS and fiat related? Excuse my incompetency I've just started to dig in these matters and appreciate all the guidance. When I read about POS vs POW the former seems like he better approach because of the low energy footprint. If used correctly, random selection of transaction validator should be as secure as hardware crunching no? And if you're worried about a few having many stakes to vote and as such gains a lot of power the same can be said about bitcoin and the few who owns a lot of the mining rigs?

So why is POW better than POS?

I think it has more todo with the fact that the userbase on nostr is a fair bit smaller than on other social platforms and has a more homogeneous crowed. I mean we're pretty much all here because we don't enjoy the other platforms. I also don't think not risking a ban enables friendlier communication. There are a lot of stupid people and stupid people do stupid shit, to put it frank. Time will tell how well the platform handles misuse.

Thanks! :)

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