That's what we do.

My partner told me to stop impersonating an ostrich.

I had to stick my neck out on this one!

#Nostr 😉

“For more than thirty years I have been studying the causes, consequences, and conditions of those peculiar states of consciousness in which the individual discovers himself to be one continuous process with God, with the Universe, with the Ground of Being, or whatever name he may use by cultural conditioning or personal preference for the ultimate and eternal reality. We have no satisfactory and definitive name for experiences of this kind. The terms ‘religious experience,’ ‘mystical experience,’ and ‘cosmic consciousness’ are all too vague and comprehensive to denote that specific mode of consciousness which, to those who have known it, is as real and overwhelming as falling in love.”

— Alan Watts, Does It Matter?

Is 'I' the awareness observing the thoughts or the thoughts themselves? Is it the heart that feels, or is it something that connects beyond these separate parts?

At a personal level Bitcoin clicked for me in early 2021 when I realized

My generation has been screwed, I can’t bank on student loan forgiveness, adequate wages, or social security, I need something else.

That is Bitcoin. A lot of millennials jumped on it, and many more will in the coming years when they wake up to the reality that this is their best bet.

**Security Update**

I've got some bad news for you guys. This morning, as I was adding error handling to flotilla, I discovered that Coracle has been sending user session objects to bugsnag when reporting errors.

Who is affected: Users who triggered an error in Coracle while signed in with their private key, since December 5th 2023.

What I've done:

- I immediately released a new version of Coracle, both to web and to zap.store

- I have deleted the affected apks from my releases

- I have deleted all my error data from bugsnag

- I have deleted my bugsnag project and rotated my api key, so lingering error reports will be dropped

- I have audited my code for use of the session object to ensure nothing else like this is happening

What you should do:

- If you're logged in with your private key, log out

- Hard refresh the page to ensure you have the latest version of Coracle

The bottom line is that if you signed in to Coracle with your private key, it has been shared with me and with bugsnag. In practical terms, your keys should still be secure, since they were sent over TLS, and have been deleted. But there is no guarantee I can offer that they are in fact gone.

I take my users' privacy seriously. My error reporting implementation doesn't record user IPs, it redacts identifying data, and it allows users to opt-out. I also warn the user when they attempt to enter an nsec into a text field. In this case, I simply screwed up, and I sincerely apologize. Reply to this note if you have any questions.

Had somewhat of a special day today. Won’t share details but it’s a start of something new.

Has anyone been on blue sky lately? Is it any more tolerable than it was? Got bad vibes the first time I tried it.

The soaring valuations of land and real estate largely reflect inflation rather than intrinsic or productive value. Over decades, the value of currency has eroded due to inflation driven by fiat currency creation. This effect artificially inflates the nominal prices of assets like real estate, creating the illusion that they’re “worth” millions. In reality, these values are largely inflated representations of currency devaluation.

For instance, a house priced at $50,000 in the 1970s could now be valued at over a million dollars, not because of any radical increase in the house’s utility or the land’s productive potential, but because the dollar’s purchasing power has plummeted. This disparity grows more apparent when you consider that the average wage has not kept pace with real estate inflation, placing property ownership out of reach for many people today compared to previous generations.

Furthermore, central banks have incentivized real estate investment as a store of value against inflation, pushing prices higher. Low interest rates and mortgage availability create an environment where high-priced assets are financially accessible, further distorting values. In essence, what’s really changed is the value of the dollar itself, not the underlying value of real estate. This process demonstrates how inflation and fiat currency devaluation make it increasingly difficult for new generations to build wealth compared to those who bought property before major inflationary waves.

Happy weekend

We are writing a new chapter in human history with #Bitcoin.

#GM #Nostr there's no turning back

#grownostr #freedom

GM☀️

People are asleep.

Gm ☕️☀️ Nostr is elite.

Good morning and pura vida, Nostr! It's time to create notes and send zaps! 🫂🤙🏻💜

This will be the first full day running Pokey. I look forward to all of you killing my battery. Work hard!