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For nearly a decade, Mu’aawiyah has been advocating for how Bitcoin and Islamic finance should be at the forefront of how we engage in ethical business practices, financial sovereignty, and fairness. A prolific educator, serial entrepreneur, and visionary, he is currently developing tools to empower individuals and businesses to harness Bitcoin as an ethical means of commerce, ensuring accessibility and inclusivity for all. Mu’aawiyah is part of a growing movement reshaping global finance through a values-based lens, rooted in integrity and justice.

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But yeah, to answer your question, yeah I generated the image using midjourney AI.

That’s not a knights Templar as far as I’m aware. It’s like a Seljuk soldier

Rejecting fiat currency built on Ribaa & adopting Bitcoin as an alternative will promote social justice & cohesion in Muslim society, empowering individuals to transact without interest-based dealings. Let's take a stand against Ribaa & build a fair & equitable economic Islamic system with #Bitcoin.

We need to make systems and alternatives using the Islamic framework we already have, but to do that we need to learn how to do business as a Muslim.

Steps:

1) Learn the Islamic alternatives to business.

2) Learn about Bitcoin, lightning ⚡️ and now Nostr and think of ways to replace the existing system with something better

#NoToRibaa

Oh no!!! Has that day finally come!?

https://youtu.be/TAd7Nn1wagE

Spoiler alert 🚨… NOPE 👎

I know many who established companies that way…but they paid agents and the agents paid the fiat.

Both groups are stupid. What ‘colour’ your skin is was NOT something anyone chose. Pride is for what you’ve achieved or done, not for ‘what’ you happened to be when you were born.

Allaah said in the Quraan

“O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you.”

Our different shades and types is only for identification, not for classification or achievement. One should only receive praise for or be proud of what their actions are and what they’ve done. If they have been good, then great, and if they are wicked then that’s them.

Just for clarity, I’m from Jamaican decent and what you could call “black”, but that’s not who I am, that’s just what I am. I’m muslim, and try to be a good one, that’s who I am and I’m proud of that choice.

Even if he did recommend monera, it means nothing to me. My view of ₿itcoin is because of what ₿itcoin IS and what it does for me and my values, and not because of what others tell me it is. I often find it sad when people need the ‘approval’ of others to justify their own bags.

Like I said, you are free to hold what you like, you don’t need to ‘convince’ anyone else

Pakistan just days away from defaulting on its debt. So that’s Siri Lanka on the list, now Pakistan, and others on their way to do the same. Dollar milkshake happening in front of our eyes. Only those into ₿itcoin have a chance to escape this fiat implosion (imv).

I would like to say that “Bitcoin will fix this” and it definitely can be used as a tool to begin to repair the damage done by fiat and Ribaa, but even a great sword 🗡️ in the hands of an idiot won’t help him in battle.

Hopefully we can use the tools available to take a “ground up” approach to fixing the world around us, using ₿itcoin, Nostr, an understanding of fair trade (via Islamic business & economics) and a will to make a difference.

https://youtu.be/ZFv1vIESLzY

A nice discussion of what Nostr is and it’s full potential. A discussion with the amethyst app creator.

Nostr is just a protocol and anyone can use and build on it, just like ₿itcoin

https://youtu.be/sFjZ6kIJlCA

They don’t love you anymore …

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Maybe to do with relays. Maybe they removed some

The what’s the purpose of the delete action if it can be undone?

This is great feedback!!! Jazaakallaahu khairan. Lots to think about. Wish I could zap you some SATs for that lol 😂

The question is…why did you post this on Twitter first and not Nostr? Is Nostr your ‘side chick’ while Twitter remains your ‘main wifey’ ?

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But on a serious note, we are ina. Little dilemma. Twitter has the main following and reach, but Nostr is just better. Are destined to ‘double tweet’ for the foreseeable future?

Very true. Jazaakallaahu khairan for the feedback.

One thing I think Nostr has which may give it an ‘unfair advantage’ over Twitter et al is that it’s open. Just like ₿itcoin, you could build what you like on top of it. You can’t build what you like on Twitter. So with that “citizen journalism” I think of people are motivated enough, they can build their little communities using the protocol as opposed to being told what they can and card do by Twitter.

Also, why can’t I zap you?

I never suggested that it would be easy, but just that it’s possible.

As far as I’m aware, any system that involves fiat will have its fiat issues attached to it but have you tried bisq or robosats? It’s direct bank transfer p2p.

As for nip05, then as far as I’m aware, it’s only so that an email address lookalike can find your pubkey. You can simply use your npub which is decentralised…no?

As for running a node, then I conceded it is difficult for the layman, but so was handling one’s ₿itcoin private keys back in the day. But that improved with seed phrases and continues to improve.

But I can’t talk about atom and how well it does what you say it does.

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After playing around with LN I found significant difference in the three world of cryptocurrency :

1. The Bitcoin only world

2. The decentralized world

3. The hype, pump & dump

The Bitcoin only world cares and caters for the development of an economy surrounding Bitcoin. No alts, no shitcoin. This is fairly important as the Bitcoin value is set in stone and the pure value of Proof of Work. No hype. No pump, no dump.

While the Bitcoin only value is the best virtue, it relies on alot of centralized infrastructure. After technically being "Bitcoin only", i had to use custodian wallet to effectively use Bitcoin as money via LN (non custodian is available but fee is a tad high and i cant run my own node) . The infra for swaps also are relatively centealized (like fixed float). The infra for DID is also still centralized (nip05/lud16).

There is nothing wrong with a bit of centralization, the incidence of hack is also lower. It just... not as decentralized as the other alternative.

2. The decentralized

I have been living long in the Atom ecosystem and i believe it is by far the most decentralized ecosystem. It has decentralized bridge (Inter Blockchain Communication) , decentralized dex (osmosis & crescent), decentralized swap (thor), decentralized name service (starname), decentralized margin (kujira).

They focus on development over value, hence is why you see atom is less under the spotlight unlike its ethereum predecessors. Atom is also the predecessor of the proof of stake technology, now powering virtually 85% of blockchain.

One thing atom lacks is securing the value of BTC. It lives in the image of BTC, yes, but it never secures the BTC value, unlike LN. And i think that was the problem. And because of this, atom ecosystem fail to get any value traction. They are not the hype, pump & dump group, nor they are on the store on value (BTC) group. This might change though with interchain security (ICS) but that takes time.

3. The hype, pump & dump

The ethereum & evm as well as solana ecosystem is by far, a game of pump, dump & hype in the name of crypto. The goes on by thesis, and as far as i can conclude, a valueless one.

AI thesis, metaverse thesis, p2e thesis? What is that actually? Does it really matters.

Smart contract allows valuable technology advanced, but atom has it too, solana has it too. What really has it bring to ethereum and evm chain? Most DEX are a copycat of uniswap , no innovation, most lending platform are a copycat of aave.

There is virtually nothing decentral there. Te bridge are glorified mpc and they get hacked oftenly, wrapped asset are nothing but custodian coins glorified as smart contract able. Worst off are the synthetics. None of them works but they are considered as development.

While i enjoyed riding the waves on these, i never find a true crypto value in them. To me, they are not the satoshi vision at all. It is just speculative trade riding on weebs without any legal regulation

What i can conclude is both (1) & (2) may benefit the cryptosphere

A. Bringing better Bitcoin appreciation.

B. Bringing true decentralization to work.

Wdyt?

I think you haven’t really tried hard enough with btc. All the custodial things you mentioned can be done in one’s own setup. You can run your own node, verify your own nip05, and control your own node using Zeus. You paid like 200sats for a phoenix transaction while I paid 5sats for my Zeus one from my own node. You can exchange btc for fiat in a decentralised manner like through bisq, paxful, robosats etc.

Not taking anything away from atom (whatever that is, I don’t know) but just saying.