These make great gifts: https://satscard.com/

$58k incoming 😭

I see the price action of #Bitcoin today and my mind returns to a prophetic something nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev said on a particularly somber guys take: basically, when #Bitcoin finally takes off again it’s not going to be giant green candles but a slow, boring, grinding march to all time highs. I think about that episode often…

I believe this was the episode: https://fountain.fm/episode/I4EHs1KIA15nYA1RDhEp

I’d like to think that we, the digital dreamers, have an opportunity to do it better. If a perfect money is possible to solve, this can be solved too.

I’d hate for NOSTR as a protocol or Damus, etc., as a service to be targeted by law enforcement or legislation limiting access. Or, perhaps worse, negative public sentiment due to bad press coverage. Consider Silkroad, and the pariah it’s been turned into…

It’s best we police ourselves as a community and give no appearance of quarter to such bad actors.

It’s certainly not easy, but one solution would be for media servers to filter CSAM by default, and applications can detect if the default has been changed or not when connecting to node / servers. It’s not perfect but it’s a start… 🤷🏻‍♂️

Regarding #Bitcoin, I’ve been thinking about Parker Lewis’s exchange theory of value and how difficult it is to make a solid case for day to day use of #BTC as a medium of exchange in the Southeastern U.S. of A.

Partially, there’s very few local companies that accept it for payment. But worse, in the USA 🇺🇸, the dollar and all the infrastructure built up around it just *work so damn well*. For large and small amounts, Venmo and PayPal scratch my itch as well as anything, and there are excellent services like #Fold and multiple credit cards that offer rewards that sweeten the use of fiat currency.

But as a counterpoint, I think my difficulty promoting or justifying #Bitcoin as day to day medium of exchange (even to myself!) comes down to the *financial privilege* of living in a peaceful country where the world reserve currency is used daily as a medium of exchange.

Also, as nostr:npub1w69ya7xs697hk3hky3gllryz8rwverfa0ylz89chf9qnhfcskc2s64zltw points out, if we want the rails of exchange and we want them better, we need to use the rails. And I’m working hard at that.

If anyone has any suggestions or insight, I’m all ears. Anyone feel the same way?

What goes up must come down? Unless it hits escape velocity and hurtles through space forever… 😬

PSA: if you sold MSTR recently, do not, I repeat, do not, check the price today. You’re welcome.

Opens eyes better than a hot cup of coffee haha

I’ll watch my step around the legos next time, no joking matter 🦶🧱😭

Haha, sorry for puns. Please don’t *block* me. 😅

Don’t fall apart, you’ve got a lot to build on. Zoom out, look at the big picture (on the box) and I know something will click.

The gold on white p fly

What’s being done to prevent it? Child abusers and sickos will seek refuge and community anywhere online that turns a blind eye to their perversions.

How can I sign up to know when this goes live?

Wow, amazing. Where?