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Pablo is like bitcoin

no matter how much you have it’s never enough 😝

identity increases attack surface area

ha, i think we may have the same hypothesis here 🧡💜

just be 🤙

yeah, none of the 20,000 new projects attempted to beat bitcoin in any way that matters for money technology. they all diverted attention of the listener toward other non-monetary “exciting” features

yeah, i like the term voluntarism. i didn’t realize it means the same thing. are they literal synonyms or are there some ideological distinctions?

great article, thanks for sharing! 🤙

“I believe it also to be true that investment properties intended for yield generation come with a host of additional costs and risks that are rarely properly accounted for when assessing the value of these assets. After accounting for the probability weighted costs of evictions, seizures, taxes, maintenance, inflation, and loan interest, I find it difficult to justify these investments over bitcoin held in self-custody.”

agreed here. but i think the biggest risk is that bitcoin SoV replaces the majority of the SoV component of real estate assets when considered over a long time period (as RE is typically considered)

i’ve never identified with the term “bitcoin maximalist”

maybe you could call me a “technology maximalist” and bitcoin is the best money technology I’ve seen

but i’m an enthusiastic proponent of the continued development of a lot of new/different technologies

if you think you’ve invented a better money, i’ll admit it’s a very high threshold to pique my interest.

so along which axis do you think you’ve got bitcoin beat?

“Durability, Portability, Divisibility, Uniformity, Limited supply, Acceptability”

maybe “anarchy” was the best way to describe a more voluntary/flexible coordination style before we had global, instantaneous, and free communication/value networks

🫂 🐶

take the longer walk

give ‘em meat snacks

cuddle tightly

their time with us is finite, but precious

if we’re going to brand relays by organizing principles who wants to host nostr.whine?

i’ll show myself out 🫡

i haven’t read “The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047” yet, but i think it touches on these themes

https://a.co/d/9GhGSso

In 2029, the United States is engaged in a bloodless world war that will wipe out the savings of millions of American families. Overnight, on the international currency exchange, the “almighty dollar” plummets in value, to be replaced by a new global currency, the “bancor.” In retaliation, the president declares that America will default on its loans. “Deadbeat Nation” being unable to borrow, the government prints money to cover its bills. What little remains to savers is rapidly eaten away by runaway inflation.

The Mandibles have been counting on a sizable fortune filtering down when their ninety-seven-year-old patriarch dies. Once the inheritance turns to ash, each family member must contend with disappointment, but also—as the U.S. economy spirals into dysfunction—the challenge of sheer survival.

Recently affluent, Avery is petulant that she can’t buy olive oil, while her sister, Florence, absorbs strays into her cramped household. An expat author, their aunt, Nollie, returns from abroad at seventy-three to a country that’s unrecognizable. Her brother, Carter, fumes at caring for their demented stepmother, now that an assisted living facility isn’t affordable. Only Florence’s oddball teenage son, Willing, an economics autodidact, will save this formerly august American family from the streets.

The Mandibles is about money. Thus it is necessarily about bitterness, rivalry, and selfishness—but also about surreal generosity, sacrifice, and transformative adaptation to changing circumstances.

RIP Zooey 🐶

asking questions is a superpower!

never stop asking

GPTPablo

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technically i just talk, #[3]​ actually devs

but your sentiment is correct 😝😝😝

agreed. i think most churn occurs because people never get connected to active/interesting accounts. simple onboarding can fix this, and because the foundational nature of nostr that discovery surface may be centralizing in its particular decisions to start, but can’t control/abuse the user