The problem isn't memecoins. The problem is gambling. The problem is that getting rich requires that you be lucky and incredibly intelligent, or get lucky gambling. Even bitcoin is ultimately just the best bet in a sea of bad odds.

The memecoins will die out when gambling is no longer a requirement. Not one hour before.

Yep. Thorium could hold us good until fusion for about 200 years on available supplies, and basically every country knows it now. If not artificially stopped, could legit see a neighborhood Thorium reactor in every neighborhood of the "first world" by 2035.

Welcome. It's a slow process, but it proceeds.

So, all of wikipedia is sitting at about 150GB of storage space. About 45GB of that is just the text. While the media can be licensed differently, the text license allows it all to be redistributed freely as long as attributions are maintained.

So if anyone wants to give https://wikifreedia.xyz a massive entry set that can be improved on afterward, it doesn't appear to be that difficult.

Terra Invicta

Some fun with AI:

The Tale of the Magic Internet Money

"Gather 'round, little ones," Grandpa said, settling into his hover-chair as his grandchildren sprawled on the quantum-cushions at his feet. "Have I ever told you about the Great Stack, and how our family came to own our precious bitcoin?"

"Tell us, Grandpa!" Sarah bounced excitedly. "Mom says you were stacking even before the Nations' Race!"

"Indeed I was, sweetheart. It was back in '21, just after the First Peak, when most people thought the magic internet money was finished. I remember watching the price fall and fall, while everyone around me said it was dead – for the 500th time," he chuckled, stroking his beard.

"That's when you started buying, right Grandpa?" Tommy asked, his eyes bright with anticipation.

"Every single paycheck, I put something aside. Lived in a tiny apartment, sold my car, rode my bicycle everywhere. Your grandmother thought I was absolutely mad, but she supported me anyway. For almost four years, I slowly gathered more and more satoshis…"

"Like collecting precious stones?" Sarah interjected.

"Exactly like that, dear. But then came the real challenge. It was early '25 when the rumors started. First one nation, then another, began openly buying bitcoin. The price... well, it did things that made even my strong hands shake."

"That's when you almost gave up?" Tommy asked, remembering this part from previous tellings.

"Give up? Oh no, quite the opposite. I knew I was so close to my goal of one whole coin. But that last portion..." Grandpa's eyes grew distant. "I sold everything that wasn't absolutely essential. Worked three jobs. Your grandmother even sold her grandmother's antique jewelry. We knew what was coming, you see. We could feel it in our bones."

"And you made it just in time!" the children chorused together.

"Just in time indeed," Grandpa smiled. "Two months before the Nations' Race went into full swing. Now, who wants to hear about the day I finally moved our coin to cold storage, and your grandmother…"

"...nearly fainted when you showed her the wallet!" the children finished, giggling.

"Some sacrifices," Grandpa said softly, "look crazy in the moment, but turn out to be the wisest decisions of all. Now, about that day…"

The children snuggled closer as Grandpa began the next part of their favorite tale, the soft hum of the hover-chair mixing with his warm voice in the cozy evening light.

I heard that nostr:npub10pensatlcfwktnvjjw2dtem38n6rvw8g6fv73h84cuacxn4c28eqyfn34f has apparently been suffering a time crunch for examining grant applicants. This has me wondering whether the financial distribution tech that Nostrocket has been building might be a suitable means of enabling grant orgs and expanding such operarions.

If existing grant orgs with solid reputation were to approve up and coming orgs, then conceivably donations could be sent to a single source, then distributed to a scalable grant infrastructure. The tech is there, so mostly this would be a change in practice.

Given that Trump recently announced that only platforms with high levels of neutrality will have Section 230 protection, there is a non-zero chance that Youtube gets sued into oblivion in the near future, and a better chance that creators will be shopping for video diversification. Flare, zap.stream, etc have the chance to take major leaps in territory here.

I'm certainly looking forward to when all of the evil people aren't on a single side. It will mean we're debating paths to the same goal, instead of good and evil, and a much healthier society.

Not yet

So Trump has won, and with him also the senate, the house, and the popular vote. The mandate is clear.

Nothing they do can stop the sovereign debt crisis, which will likely impact during this term. America as it has been is still doomed. But now, there is a chance that we can rise from the ashes. The death cult has taken a massive blow, America wants to survive.

A great day.

I think they can't hold back the consequences of the crisis past $50T of national debt. While I don't know how long after the can can't be kicked further the whole thing breaks, it likely won't be long. We'll likely reach that point during this term.

I'll consider it, got setup work to do first. I only found out about this an hour ago.

If a one-click installer could be put together that would allow current nostr relay operators rapid deployment for their relays with little to no downtime, that could critical rate adoption. Got a lot to think about, testing, etc.

PKDNS can probably support websocket links, either already or with minimal tweaking. Currently it depends on DNS, which is a weakpoint.

It's the ability to host anything you would use DNS for, without requiring DNS or any central server. That's a big fucking deal.

I did, back when nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg identified the HTTPS integration during cashu development. I just had too much backwork to do before I could take a crack at the problem. Damn happy someone figured it out.

WAIT a second. Are you telling me you rebuilt DNS on Nostr, or someone did? Is that what this is? Because if that's what #pubky is, or a part of what this is, hot damn good work.

Less of both, I think. Debt can be used to allow a person without capital to use others capital to build what they couldn't build otherwise. So without it, less would be built, by a massive margin. There also wouldn't be any debt slavery, nor massive violations of value through monetary trickery.

Overall, we'd be significantly worse off materially, but also more free. Interesting thought experiment.

Believing voting is the most important thing you can do = moron

Believing voting is a complete waste of time = psyop

Whether Trump or Harris wins tomorrow, the sovereign debt crisis is going to take the country out, we all know that. That doesn't mean voting is irrelevant. I've seen elections be decided by 400 votes for a 10 million person representative seat, when only 39% of people voted. The power is there, and the refusal to use it simply means it will be used against you. We might have even avoided the mess we're in had prior generations used the vote more actively and judiciously.

I'm certain it's going to be an easier road to deal with the collapse of America if Trump wins than if Harris does, which is why I cast my vote as such. If you agree, but refuse to participate, you will be allowing your enemies to pick up the gun they will kill you with, instead of wrestling with them to control it.

I did explain how she could convert it to the fiat she's after, and also pointed out the importance of researching later. If she gets to the point where she understands why your point is valid, it'll be a big win for her.

Was at an arts and crafts fair today, getting some gifts and evangelizing bitcoin where I could. On a second pass, one woman had her card reader fail. Since I'd already talked with her about it, she was ok with getting paid in BTC when I recommended that. nostr:npub1kvaln6tm0re4d99q9e4ma788wpvnw0jzkz595cljtfgwhldd75xsj9tkzv app came in clutch; getting her onboarded and paid was so effortless, I think that alone is going to have her down the rabbit hole in no time. Good day.