ICQ is shutting down.

Another one that lost to Nostr.

Is there anything other than profit in cryptocurrencies?

I don’t mean the on chain transaction fee.

I thought there was some fee at some point in the initial setup process that gets paid to mutiny. For a wallet that’s custodied by mutiny rather than self custody? Or maybe they don’t do that and I’m thinking of something totally different.

"Let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Don't you agree? Well then explain to me: how much of what I earn belongs to you and why?"

Walter E. Williams

Reddit post from two years ago about Max Keiser being a state actor. What do you think #nostriches? #asknostr

Honestly, at this point, who isn't a state actor? 😂😂

How it started

How it’s going

Easy to set up?

What’s the loading fee these days?

What lightning wallet are we recommending these days for new nostr accounts? #asknostr

n+1 pushups til 100k

The broad crypto industry rallied hard soon after the White House threatened to veto the bill that would let banks custody digital assets. And now it’s making a big difference, with Congress voting strongly for it, the White House pulling their veto threat, etc.

While it’s right to pass that bill and let banks custody them if they want, it’s sad to see that the crypto industry response to that was like 100x bigger than the response to all of the anti-privacy stuff that has been happening.

The desire of people in the industry for banks to help pump their bags is way bigger than their desire to pave a way for freedom tech in general.

Much love to all those building and supporting real freedom tech.

If you have to show your national ID or passport to get a SIM card in EU countries, does that mean that burner phones don't exist there?

Does this create a privacy risk for people dealing with stalkers and such?

#privacy

I just read this note which may be relevant here

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I’m not familiar with OpenSats but it looks like they promote the funding of common goods.

I’m not saying it does although smart contracts certainly can facilitate it but you were asking me about the ideology. I don’t here a lot of #bitcoin talks around common goods but maybe I missed something.

If you’re referring to privacy tech such as mixers I think there is still solutions out there such as Railgun. Tornado cash smart contract is still functional as far as I understand even if particular nationals are prohibited to use it. In general, I would say that the Ethereum community is privacy aware of course it remains a transparent ledger.

Something you’ll see being mentioned a lot in the Ethereum community that you won’t see in other communities is the funding of common goods and the rise of network states.