WoS still works. Just not everywhere.
I love how people neglect the power of emergence although it’s literally the root of civilization as a whole.
If one pays attention it’s everywhere. A platform that lets people do their thing always eventually wins against a closed system, and a decentralized ‘platform’ always eventually wins against a closed platform.
It’s slower, but it harnesses the power of emergence. Which is the force of nature itself.
A garden can be made quicker than a natural forest, but the forest eventually subsumes all gardens. Decentralized money will eventually win. Nostr will eventually win. People will look back at today’s social media walled gardens as a curious trivia. Much like we see the closed computing networks of the eighties.
That’s what the Germans, the French, and everyone else with a sufficiently large distance from the Russian border relied on. That he can be understood from a purely capitalist framework, that he wouldn’t start a war that’d be bad for business, or promptly ended one if it turned out to be. Alas.
I hope the next Russian leader has better track record when it comes to working to support Russian geopolitical interests. You know, make NATO irrelevant by not posing a threat to neighbouring countries, have close trade and cultural relationships with European countries, not endanger those by starting wars in Europe, the like.
I really have issues when everything is framed as a geopolitical struggle. It completely robs people of their agency. I mean, if Russia invaded my country (again), I couldn’t care less about what kind of a geopolitical game the Americans are playing, as long as we get the aid that we need.
But yeah, agree completely with the general premise that a compromise is not in American interests. If the goal is for Putin to be finished (and I think it is), giving him some form of normalisation such that he can rebuild and restock for a renewed push 7 years down the line would be madness.
> U.S. and Ukraine Search for a New Strategy After Failed Counteroffensive
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/us/politics/us-ukraine-war-strategy.html
Okay, folks, how about this "new strategy"? Make a peace agreement on mutually beneficial terms of cooperation for all sides. Yes, it is a difficult strategy, but it is feasible and certainly less disruptive.
That would just embolden bloodthirsty autocrats the world over.
Besides, Putin’s signature means shit. The guy’s track record of abiding by international agreements that Russia is a party of leaves much to be desired. So a peace agreement with his government would mean shit and count for absolutely nothing.
Do I need to somehow indicate that I’m a foreign agent to keep you out of trouble?
Except Binance. They didn’t pre-comply.
To be honest, I don’t think they can discuss that legally with you. As in, if they file a SAR report, telling you that they did so is illegal and can get the individual disclosing the information in very serious trouble.
And you knowing what a SAR report is immediately makes you suspect.
Yes, totally fucked up. Fuck them.
Normies believe we live in the same financial system that people a century ago lived in, but that’s very far from the truth. The truth is that this situation where all significant money transfers must go through third parties and are proactively monitored is very new.
I’m actually not convinced democracy can survive long term in such a set up.
Echo chamber? What eco chamber? You mean a fine aggregation of highly intelligent individuals with a thing for freedom?
I wonder if there are other easily available sets of hardware one could use. I mean, Raspberry is not the only single board computer out there!
Regarding the pass phrase, it’s what you mention, but also an additional layer of security in case your seed gets compromised, right?
We’re talking long-term bitcoin savings here. For a bitcoin account that you spend more frequently from and store not as large of a balance, you can make a good argument for using an SE-equipped wallet. But for your long-term stash… If you secure your bitcoin using an SE-equipped device, you will still always need to keep an analog copy of the private key as a backup for the digital copy, right? So now you have two copies of the seed / private key to protect, and what do you do with both of them? It doesn’t make sense to store the seed with the HWW b/c what if fire/flood/etc? So you need another location. But you just don’t want to leave a bare, unprotected seed in a safe deposit box or other remote location (unless perhaps if its part of a multi-sig setup), so then you likely end up adding a BIP39 passphrase to the seed to protect it. But the goal of the BIP39 passphrase is to protect the seed, which is also the hardware wallet’s job, and then using the passphrase with the hardware wallet is overkill and a pain with most HWWs. So why not just let the analog copy of the key be the only copy of the seed you need to worry about, because again, this is your long term savings and you won’t be accessing the key very frequently. Now think carefully of the best way to secure that key — maybe you do add a passphrase? Or maybe use it as part of a multisig quorum where you have redundancy in case a key is somehow lost or stolen. Not all bitcoin storage use cases are the same, and I firmly believe our model makes much more sense for long term saving. More info at:
https://seedsigner.com/seedsigner-independent-custody-guide/
Oh man, it took some time to realise that it doesn’t store the private key on the device at all! Maybe it makes sense to somehow make that part more prominent?
Like, in retrospect it seems very obvious, but I somehow kept assuming that it stores the private key too!
So, in principle I can think of SeedSigner as an equivalent to having a paper wallet and using an air gapped Linux laptop for signing? Except more robust and secure?
Multiple people have privately reached out about the latest RHR -- just so it's out there publicly, I don't agree that SEs are always additive, and I think there is a lot more nuance to this subject than most people appreciate.
Someone in our community designed this sticker and it generally sums up my feelings.
Given different life experiences, people are going to have different opinions, and that's OK. 🙂
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_6353054554249250621695042057.webp
Wow, talk about serendipity! This is something I was thinking about just yesterday!
So what’s the reasoning why not having a secure element is a good thing?
Seems like that’s a trend. During the last 48h I’ve had imposters of nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft and nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 sending DM requests.
It’s pretty clear from looking at the imposters’ feeds, as well as the lack of NIP-05 verification. The accounts can be reported as spam, and muted.
Not sure what spam reporting does though. E.g., what do relays do, and what happens if the genuine accounts happen to be reported.. 🤔
I think this is true in general. Most people don’t have a theory of mind of most other people, they just project themselves onto other people.
I should say ‘we’.
It’s very much a Bitcoin book from the onset 😂
It basically starts with the Bitcoin premise.
Money is a ledger, the best ledgers are decentralised and ones with low inflation potential.
I feel like this is primarily a climate thing. If half a year you’re walking around in heavy boots covered in snow or mud, taking them off while inside is just common sense. And then you just keep doing that the rest of the year.
And why are some people so self conscious about having to take shoes off. Do they have dirty socks and their feet stink or something?
