Self-custody for #bitcoin remains a hard problem.

The US solutions of collaborative custody cost hundreds to thousands of dollars per year.

Hardware wallets are good, but difficult to store safely.

What other alternatives are there? Any lesser known options?

Alright, can someone suggest good resources for configuring the bitcoin.conf when running a full node?

#bitcoin #btc #node #fullnode

I have it defaulted but it still opens the sats screen and I just hit accept on the default amount

It takes me like 5 seconds to hit zap on a post on nostur, click how many sats, then it opens wallet of satoshi and I hit accept on that.

There’s gotta be a faster way of doing this. Any iPhone users with a better way?

#asknostr #nostur #zaps

Democracy is fundamentally the best system for people and the development of new technologies. In a democracy, the middle ground is always chosen, and this path is rarely wrong. Free people in a democratic society are often the driving force behind the invention of new technologies, making this model overall very efficient—much more efficient than other systems.

However, one of the biggest problems with democracy is that the state must regulate itself, as there is no competition or other institution that could take on this role more efficiently. Therefore, it is important for the state to maintain its own efficiency. However, the state has the ability to print money or incur debt, which leads to inequality in society and affects the private economy.

Politicians often decide to print new money and incur more debt to stimulate the economy in the short term. In the long term, however, this has a negative impact on the entire country. Since politicians are primarily concerned with being re-elected in the next election, there is no barrier to prevent them from doing so. This results in the state being unable to efficiently self-regulate. The decision to print money has various negative consequences and exacerbates economic problems.

The state influences the private economy by printing money, which can lead to inflation. This inflation affects different goods in different ways. Products that can be produced more quickly or easily respond differently than rare goods like real estate, gold, or raw materials, which cannot be easily increased. By printing more money, the demand for certain goods tends to rise, but not for all. For example, more food is not necessarily purchased. More money does not necessarily mean that one will eat more.

Money printing creates winners and losers in the economy. People who already own rare goods, real estate, or stocks benefit greatly from it. The banking sector also benefits, as banks store money, invest in real estate, and profit from rising stock and commodity prices. This leads to a redistribution of resources, with ordinary economic sectors, especially those providing basic services, having to do more for devalued money while sectors like real estate and banking grow.

The result is that more and more people move from other industries to these more profitable sectors, distorting the entire economy and potentially no longer reflecting the actual needs of the population. This can go so far that a shortage of skilled workers in important professions arises. If the economy continues to be influenced in this direction, it can become extreme and eventually lead to the collapse of basic services.

Money printing also leads to a larger wage gap. This happens for two reasons. First, people who already own rare goods benefit from their increase in value due to the increased money supply and demand. When a lot more money suddenly circulates, the prices of these goods rise, and the owners earn passive income without contributing to society. Second, access to credit. At low interest rates, one can afford something now and repay the same amount later, which is a big advantage, as the money devalues and one has to repay less than what was borrowed. This means that those who can take out loans have an advantage over those who cannot. Most often, these are wealthy individuals or companies with large firms, further widening the wage gap.

**Therefore, it is important that the state should not have control over monetary policy. Ideally, no one should have control over money, and this is why Bitcoin is so interesting.**

#bitcoin #money #state

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Absolutely

Thank you

And I'm impressed with the triangle relative sizes as well

I'm also almost certain that long term price of Bitcoin in USD is going to the moon

What I don't know, and I think it's impossible to tell, is how much of this price increase will be just because dollar is being diluted by printing (and Bitcoin keeps the value) OR due to Bitcoin value increase also in real terms (thanks to getting monetary premium for example)

Anyway

We don't know

That's okay

Low time preference

At least I'm trying to have

I’m an energy worker … not a #btc ✌️🤣

Not on lightning ⚡️

🤣🤣🤣

Need to pay 12000 sats onchain and want to pay with Lightning, how can I do it? boltz minimum is 50000 sats

#asknostr