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"Bitcoin implicates the First Amendment. As a system for collecting and communicating information ranging from payment data to art, bitcoin is speech.
As a statement of protest against the government’s monopoly over money, bitcoin is expressive conduct. And as a collection of individuals that share bitcoin’s hard-coded principles of individual liberty, anti-censorship, and anti-debasement, bitcoin is an expressive association.
Bitcoin is free speech protected by the First Amendment and therefore regulating bitcoin has clear constitutional implications."
Download: Bitcoin’s Protection under the First Amendment --Ross Stevens.
https://nydig.com/research/bitcoins-protection-under-the-first-amendment
Think twice before handing your phone to authorities
Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops
Digital IDs make it tempting to leave your driver’s license at home — but that’s a dangerous risk.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/24/24252235/police-unlock-phone-password-face-id-apple-wallet-id
Civil liberties, which include rights and freedoms protected by the Constitution and laws, vary across jurisdictions.
It's essential to know your rights based on your location. In the U.S., police generally need a warrant to search phones.
Security lessons from the FTX collapse
https://blog.casa.io/crypto-security-lessons-from-the-ftx-collapse/
The specter of custodial failures continues to haunt the Bitcoin market, with the industry's failures like Mt. Gox and FTX reminding us that the risks remain constant.
While companies and CEOs may change, the theme of custodial risk endures. These events have left many wondering if the industry will ever truly change for the better.
In the meantime, it's best to maintain self-custody of your funds to avoid falling victim to the next custodial failure.
Bisq v2.1.0: Support Lightning Network as Additional Bitcoin Settlement Method
Bisq 2 is set to be the successor to Bisq v1 and will support multiple trade protocols, multiple privacy networks and multiple identities.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bisq-v2-1-0/
I'm surprised it took Bisq this long to integrate Lightning support, but I understand that engineering is challenging.
Now that Bisq 2.1 supports Lightning, it's clear that the peer-to-peer trading software is perfectly suited for lightning-fast transactions. What will be really fascinating is when we start seeing atomic swaps on Lightning, at which point the user experience will be even better.
Uniting for Internet Freedom: Tor Project & Tails Join Forces
https://blog.torproject.org/tor-tails-join-forces/
In short, coming together will strengthen both organizations' ability to protect people worldwide from surveillance and censorship.
Plot to Destroy Silvergate and Debank Crypto for Good
new information suggests biden admin regulators deliberately killed off crypto-friendly silvergate in an attempt to decapitate the us crypto industry
Here is a summary
Israel Goes Cashless
Israel’s promoting a new plan to abolish 200 shekel banknotes, forbid possession of physical gold & silver, and use AI for enforcement, while Gaza's state of cash deteriorates.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/israel-goes-cashless
"A new economic reality is ahead of us. In such times, learning about Bitcoin becomes a necessity, in order to hedge against government tyranny with the only truly decentralized, secure cryptocurrency which is controlled by no one, and is fully permissionless, outside of government control."
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"We the Cypherpunks are dedicated to building anonymous systems. We are defending our privacy with cryptography, with anonymous mail forwarding systems, with digital signatures, and with electronic money.
Cypherpunks write code. We know that someone has to write software to defend privacy, and since we can't get privacy unless we all do, we're going to write it. We publish our code so that our fellow Cypherpunks may practice and play with it.
Our code is free for all to use, worldwide. We don't much care if you don't approve of the software we write. We know that software can't be destroyed and that a widely dispersed system can't be shut down.
Cypherpunks deplore regulations on cryptography, for encryption is fundamentally a private act."
A Cypherpunk's Manifesto, by Eric Hughes (9 March 1993).
"Sadly, there has been very little in the way of a clear definition of MEV in the context of Bitcoin.
And the standard definition of the term is so broad as to be entirely useless in discussions of protocol risk." — Matt Corallo
As Bitcoin's functionality expands, concerns arise about the potential sacrifice of its core value of censorship resistance.
A concept originating from the Ethereum community, Miner Extractable Value (MEV), refers to the profit miners can make by manipulating transaction order or inclusion in a block.
While some argue that MEV is a natural outcome of competitive mining, others believe it threatens the network's decentralization.
To address this issue, some suggest redefining MEV to differentiate between unavoidable forms and the more insidious "MEVil" that endangers decentralization.
Article: Stop Calling It MEV
https://bluematt.bitcoin.ninja/2024/04/16/stop-calling-it-mev/
"I’m not asking you to fight the Beast of Big Politics, Big Tech and Big Media.
Honestly I don’t know how you would. This is the end of an age, the _fin de siecle_, the period of time where the Beast is strongest because it is everywhere and invisible all at once.
Big Politics, Big Tech and Big Media _are_ the water in which we swim. We are totally immersed in the common knowledge that the enemy is the Other Party, and until that common knowledge is weakened substantially, any direct challenge to the Beast is a suicide mission.
A noble suicide mission, like charging a fascist machine gun nest in the Spanish Civil War, but a suicide mission all the same." — Ben Hunt
Check out this fantastic article! It'll make you think about something we all know. It'll make you be truthful and see how we got caught in a risky cycle. We don't want to go there, but we have to.
Article and other links at: This is the Great Ravine - https://www.epsilontheory.com/this-is-the-great-ravine/
Argentina 🇦🇷 announces dissociation from the UN 2045 Pact of the Future💪
Politics Breeds Conflict while the Market Brings Peace
https://mises.org/mises-wire/politics-breeds-conflict-while-market-brings-peace
Be kind!
Everyone you meet is fighting battle you know nothing about.
Zoom out!
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The SeedSigner Independent Custody Guide is a comprehensive resource that outlines best practices and principles for securing digital assets using SeedSigner technology.
The guide provides a step-by-step process for individuals and organizations to establish independent custody, ensuring the safe and secure storage of private keys and associated cryptographic data.
It covers key management, backup procedures, multi-signature wallets, and more, with the aim of promoting transparency, security, and privacy in the management of digital assets.
By following this guide, users can maintain control over their assets, reduce reliance on centralized authorities, and protect themselves from potential vulnerabilities and risks in the cryptocurrency ecosystem.
SeedSigner Independent Custody Guide
The Fed will lower rates today or tomorrow making fiat currency less expensive, so more people can get into higher debt basically devaluing the $USD more and passing this debt to the unborn generations.
Only way to protect against this is Bitcoin (digital gold)
Sadly the cure for the patient is bad tasty medicine and scary painful procedures.
Most plebs do not want the pain so choose not to take the medicine and not to do the painful procedure. But decide for comfort and sedation of any pain.