It's a shame that it's in "digital assets," as the Nostr protocol was specifically designed to *not* have to do with digital assets but rather be a decentralized social network alternative in its own right.

The management class seems to think that "anyone can set up servers" and hire their retarded buddies to do it, and it turns out there's quite a bit more to it in the real world than that.

> removing the need for that debt

Where there are people with money, there are lenders.

Where there are people without money, there are borrowers.

Interest accumulates, and the borrower becomes a slave to the lender.

The type of currency does not change this. It is fundamental to human nature.

Yeah, I'm using Iris since it was the first one that was sort of functional, but it looks like it's being overtaken by others gradually. Too bad.

I was a little harsh early on (unjustly so), and I know making a web app with tons of asynchronous data flying around is a big challenge to do correctly.

As much as I dislike the entire Javascript ecosystem, from language to tooling to community, it's a testament to modern web development that it's possible for one person to make this kind of app as a one-man show. Hopefully he's able to stay in the game and keep making it better.

Using it through the web browser

Following seems to be broken in Iris now, cool

There's no way that glides more than a foot after the rider stops pedaling.

Just five years ago I would have called you a schizo for saying that, but today it makes absolute sense

Wow, even the FBI is going to be replaced by AI!

It's absurd that this is legal and even encouraged by the pharma industry

It is. Instance admins can (and do) read DMs of their users. So for the fedi side it may not be so odd, but for Nostr people expecting E2E encryption, Mostr would get a bad reputation pretty quickly.

that would be weird

And now you're getting to the heart of the issue.

They will attach themselves to whatever currency is in use by the masses--dollars, silver/gold, crypto (including Bitcoin, cry about it), bottle caps, whatever. They will use their overwhelming control of society to own it all.

This is why you can't just jump from dollar to Bitcoin and think everything is going to work out, because you're switching from one system owned by psychopaths to another one that is also owned by those same psychopaths (whether it was that way from the beginning of Bitcoin or if it's becoming that way now).

Unless you find a way to remove the demonic "elite" influence over trade in general, the same problems we have with dollars today will manifest in slightly different forms later on with Bitcoin or whatever else. A Bitcoin-based economy is susceptible to usury just as much as a dollar-based one. Fail to pay your Bitcoin-based loan, and your house will be taken away and sold to someone else (for Bitcoin, of course!) all the same.

Lest we think there's another alternative, the same issue applies to gold/silver hoarders. Normal people measure their gold and silver in ounces. The rulers of the world measure their own gold and silver in tens or hundreds of tons. A gold/silver-based currency can be manipulated by any number of creative methods (or tried-and-true ones like counterfeiting) by psychopaths just as easily.

Gee, I wonder where the bots learned that behavior??

It's true. My words here are wasted, though there have been one or two people who actually wanted to have a discussion about the merits and pitfalls of Bitcoin. The rest are, as usual, sheep who fell to marketing hype for a get-rich-quick scheme.

Okay, it looks like it was Iris being bad (as usual). Coracle shows the count just fine.

My point was that the WEF has publicly supported Bitcoin. Your point was that this means they are somehow trying to get rid of it (???).

I responded by juxtaposing the two stances (public support vs. your claim that this means they are trying to get rid of Bitcoin) to show that it is ridiculous, and you responded by asking me where I'm from instead of showing me that your point is not, in fact, ridiculous.

The ball is in your court, and you are the one making yourself appear ignorant.

My follower count, as reported by Iris, is down by about 75%. Hmmm. Most of those were dead accounts, so, I'm guessing it's a relay thing. Probably not at all related to my criticism of Bitcoin yesterday.

Don't ask questions. Just consume pandemic and then get excited for next pandemics!

All humans are sheep, even the ones who think they aren't, and they're enslaved to psychopath demons at the very top who feed on general misery.