people convince themselves that bitcoin is too complicated but it is the simplest aspect of our complicated lives

#ecash #cashu

Still free money in here. Reply to a note if you took the funds from that note.

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i LIKE this debate

An increasing amount of people in the West feel disenfranchised by the current state of political affairs. A fraction of these people have a stance other than "vote harder".

Only after one understands that the system is too far gone to be saved from within can you begin to see where we are headed.

The median fee rate for transfers over the Lightning Network is anywhere from 60,000% to 140,000% more efficient than what is currently being charged by legacy credit card processors.

0.003% median fee rate compared to 1.5% to 3.5%.

too many useless arguments online with people acting in bad faith for engagement, focus on supporting, building, and using tools in the real world, help your neighbors, build stronger local communities

Three big global risks over the next decade, imo:

1. Insufficient energy security. Politicians pointing the direction for technology rather than technology itself leading the way.

2. Sovereign debt crisis combined with lack of establishment/institution credibility.

3. Widespread disregard for objectivity, combined with AI making it harder to verify what is true. Descent into tribalism.

In history, when existing institutions and power structures become antiquated/corrupted and are replaced, it's a highly vulnerable period for society. The shields are down.

What gets built in their place during that highly flexible period can be far better or worse. The tails of possible outcomes are fatter than usual.

The first two risks (severe energy and currency mismanagement) harm the remaining credibility of existing institutions and power structures and likely lead to their eventual demise.

The third risk affects the probabilities for what the new institutions and power structures will look like, in terms of being better or worse than what came before. It also affects the smoothness or severity of the transition from the current system/order towards the next system/order.

Dream come true!

It's a beautiful and inspiring thought...

But I fear Nostr will stagnate if all we have is #puravida . We already have a movement to #grownostr and I don't think that's going away. It's core isn't peace and love, it's decentralization and freedom.

Nostr welcomes "your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."

We take those banned from Twitter and Reddit, and soon those from Truth and Parler. These people are not shunned and excommunicated for their kumbaya rhetoric.

You can silo yourself, of course, but be vigilant of those who want to cross the line into censorship.

The real challenge is, for me, to accept people as they are, and "where" they are. To be interested and curious rather than accusatory and spiteful.

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