I'm never betting on the outcome of a case based on the oral arguments...
Beautiful! It's still in working condition?
Bitcoin is Speech, both financial and non-financial.
https://www.bitcoinbrief.io/p/nostr-bitcoin-inscriptions-and-the
Cool. Thanks for taking time to dig in. I wasn't able to post direclty to nostr.wine or filter.nostr.wine, though, when I tested a new note isolating for those relays. The previous notes were broadcast to other relays (and maybe also wine?)
Unable to broadcast to either filter or Nostr.wine
So this was the issue I ran into, filter.nostr.wine was struggling to broadcast the note.
Damus relay, nos.lol seem to support longform notes (displaying w/o problems on both habla.news and blogstack.io) whether it's through nip-33 or not. Was able to publish through those relays.
NIP-33 is required for these kind of notes, I think nostr.wine does not support it https://void.cat/d/7tco76X31sN1NBWfgdzb2z.webp
Also having trouble with links to longform notes. Running into a lot of friction when trying to share notes to folks not already within the Nostr ecosystem.
E.g.: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/activity:7037527490478657536
Longform is a huge onboarding purple pill! Looking forward to using it more when kinks are worked out for sharing links.
#[4] #[5]
A few days ago I published a long form note that has since disappeared from the various relays available on blogstack.io and habla.news.
I am running the nostr.wine filter to broadcast. Seems maybe that's creating an issue? When I went to republish this morning on habla through nostr.wine the note did not populate. Deselected nostr.wine and no problems.
Any thoughts #[0], #[1], #[2] , #[3] , #[4] ?
The republished note: https://blogstack.io/naddr1qqdxzat5dahx7mte946xsun0w4nksttpdehku7tdd968jqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0qgsdprynz204esjj4yqhhaf0jzzsvzcswe3q5kxddy3fkv0rw0hue8crqsqqqa28mfy9ak
*This is a summary of my latest article for the print edition of Bitcoin Magazine, which is available [here](https://thebrokeissue.bitcoinmagazine.com/autonomy-through-anonymity).*
Many are familiar with the 1996 ruling in [Bernstein v. State Dep't](http://bit.ly/3J8EV3p) that "code is speech."
In that case, Bernstein argued that not only was code speech, his encryption code was especially protected speech because it enabled private, anonymous speech.
Bernstein cited S.Ct. precedent upholding the right to speak confidentially, anonymously, and to keep private the identity of one's associates. B/c crypto enabled such constitutionally protected acts, it was "inherently imbued with First Amendment significance."
While the court did not go so far as to rule that cryptography itself was especially protected, Bernstein's argument finds ample historical support. America was founded on the right to privacy and anonymity, rights that are essential to the realization of individual autonomy.
Autonomy is the sovereign authority to govern oneself within one's own moral boundaries. Privacy and its more complete cousin, anonymity, can create those sovereign boundaries around the individual. Privacy is āthe power to selecĀtively reveal oneself to the worldā.
Thus, the loss of privacy strikes at our basic human right to self determination. [In the words of Justice Douglas](http://bit.ly/3kJDqz9), without privacy, "freedom as the Constitution envisages it will have vanished":
The earliest Americans understood this. The Pilgrims fled the surveillance state of Great Britain, where they could only practice their faith in secret due to Queen Elizabeth and James's network of spies:
By the time of the Revolution, the Founders were actively using cryptographic privacy tools like ciphers to communicate amongst themselves. In a letter to Madison proposing edits to the draft First Amendment, Jefferson used ciphertext.
[Supreme court precedent](http://bit.ly/41DVDyE) has acknowledged the deeply rooted right to private and anonymous speech, including the āFramersā universal practice of publishing anonymous articles and pamphlets."
In 2021, [the court struck down](https://bit.ly/3J7H531) regulations compelling disclosure of charitable organizations' donors' identities, reiterating "the vital relationship between freedom to associate and privacy in oneās associations."
Such recent precedent indicates the current Supreme Court may be accepting of Bernstein's argument that code enabling private and anonymous speech and association (deeply rooted unalienable rights) should be entitled to the highest levels of First Amendment protection.
#### WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR BITCOIN?
Bitcoin is code that enables anonymous communication and association (primarily through the transmission of value), and should thus receive the highest levels of 1A protection.
Moreover, the code for ANY PRIVACY TOOL should likewise be protected, including:
- The #lightningnetwork (@npub1gal0y3vuj3c5sme6444ncsr8xcfm9axehfcsuqfamz5v926m6f2s4yz3t2, #[0], #[1], #[2], #[3])
- Cashu (@npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg)
- FediMints (@npub1nc0ynppqh37rtulr57xjqpzmfjp58xrd4ey8896ehn9j5flg33fszrz5pa, #[4], #[5], #[6], @)
- coinjoins.
That includes the nascent protocol [#nostr](https://twitter.com/hashtag/nostr?src=hashtag_click), which allows anonymous and encrypted communications, as I recently wrote [here ]([https://www.bitcoinbrief.io/p/nostr-bitcoin-inscriptions-and-the) and at [blogstack](https://blogstack.io/naddr1qq3xummnw3ez66twwd3hy6tsw35k7mnn94nxjunnwskkzmt9dejx6etwwsq36amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3dwp6kytnhv4kxcmmjv3jhytnwv46qygxs3jf3986ucff2jqtm75heppgxpvg8vcs2trxkjg5mx83h8m7vnupsgqqqw4rs2r77de).
By using these privacy tools to regain anonymity, we can ensure individual autonomy.
Like the Founders who designed and used new cryptographic systems in the pursuit of liberty, itās time for individuals to code and use privacy enhancing tools to regain autonomy.
Still figuring out compatible markdown. š©
#[0]
*This is a summary of my latest article for the print edition of Bitcoin Magazine, which is available [here](https://thebrokeissue.bitcoinmagazine.com/autonomy-through-anonymity).*
Many are familiar with the 1996 ruling in [Bernstein v. State Dep't](http://bit.ly/3J8EV3p) that "code is speech."
In that case, Bernstein argued that not only was code speech, his encryption code was especially protected speech because it enabled private, anonymous speech.
Bernstein cited S.Ct. precedent upholding the right to speak confidentially, anonymously, and to keep private the identity of one's associates. B/c crypto enabled such constitutionally protected acts, it was "inherently imbued with First Amendment significance."
While the court did not go so far as to rule that cryptography itself was especially protected, Bernstein's argument finds ample historical support. America was founded on the right to privacy and anonymity, rights that are essential to the realization of individual autonomy.
Autonomy is the sovereign authority to govern oneself within one's own moral boundaries. Privacy and its more complete cousin, anonymity, can create those sovereign boundaries around the individual. Privacy is āthe power to selecĀtively reveal oneself to the worldā.
Thus, the loss of privacy strikes at our basic human right to self determination. [In the words of Justice Douglas](http://bit.ly/3kJDqz9), without privacy, "freedom as the Constitution envisages it will have vanished":
The earliest Americans understood this. The Pilgrims fled the surveillance state of Great Britain, where they could only practice their faith in secret due to Queen Elizabeth and James's network of spies:
By the time of the Revolution, the Founders were actively using cryptographic privacy tools like ciphers to communicate amongst themselves. In a letter to Madison proposing edits to the draft First Amendment, Jefferson used ciphertext.
[Supreme court precedent](http://bit.ly/41DVDyE) has acknowledged the deeply rooted right to private and anonymous speech, including the āFramersā universal practice of publishing anonymous articles and pamphlets."
In 2021, [the court struck down](https://bit.ly/3J7H531) regulations compelling disclosure of charitable organizations' donors' identities, reiterating "the vital relationship between freedom to associate and privacy in oneās associations."
Such recent precedent indicates the current Supreme Court may be accepting of Bernstein's argument that code enabling private and anonymous speech and association (deeply rooted unalienable rights) should be entitled to the highest levels of First Amendment protection.
#### WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR BITCOIN?
Bitcoin is code that enables anonymous communication and association (primarily through the transmission of value), and should thus receive the highest levels of 1A protection.
Moreover, the code for ANY PRIVACY TOOL should likewise be protected, including:
- The #lightningnetwork (@npub1gal0y3vuj3c5sme6444ncsr8xcfm9axehfcsuqfamz5v926m6f2s4yz3t2, #[0], #[1], #[2], #[3])
- Cashu (@npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg)
- FediMints (@npub1nc0ynppqh37rtulr57xjqpzmfjp58xrd4ey8896ehn9j5flg33fszrz5pa, #[4], #[5], #[6], @)
- coinjoins.
That includes the nascent protocol [#nostr](https://twitter.com/hashtag/nostr?src=hashtag_click), which allows anonymous and encrypted communications, as I recently wrote [here ]([https://www.bitcoinbrief.io/p/nostr-bitcoin-inscriptions-and-the) and at [blogstack](https://blogstack.io/naddr1qq3xummnw3ez66twwd3hy6tsw35k7mnn94nxjunnwskkzmt9dejx6etwwsq36amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3dwp6kytnhv4kxcmmjv3jhytnwv46qygxs3jf3986ucff2jqtm75heppgxpvg8vcs2trxkjg5mx83h8m7vnupsgqqqw4rs2r77de).
By using these privacy tools to regain anonymity, we can ensure individual autonomy.
Like the Founders who designed and used new cryptographic systems in the pursuit of liberty, itās time for individuals to code and use privacy enhancing tools to regain autonomy.
Keep your dumb car maintained! Never buy a new car again!
"Smart" cars are not for sovereign individuals.
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/03/1160932390/ford-patent-repossession-self-driving-cars
Was that from the report last year or a new report?
Thanks! For some reason the link that is populating to me newest long form post is directing to my first post. Here's my profile page with both:
https://blogstack.io/u/npub16zxfxy5ltnp992gp006jlyy9qc93qanzpfvv66fznvc7xul0ej0suk5dzc
Check out some of the intro guides at https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information/getting-started.html#how
Will do, thanks for all your educational content! Helped me out a ton early on. šŖ
"We know that the Fedās balance sheet will shrink $100 billion per month, which is negative for risk.
But we also know that the Treasury will draw down the TGA to zero due to the debt ceiling being hit. The TGA is at ~$500 billion currently.
That means the downside of the Fedās QT over the next 5 months is likely to be cancelled out by the spending of the TGA in the US economy."
https://medium.com/entrepreneur-s-handbook/be-present-aff45d6421b4
Thoughts?
