> The real question is self-sovereignty vs. convenience.

I like how you position these together. Highlights how everything is a choice we must make for ourselves.

In this light, convenience can also be seen as a form of dependency - which is not good or bad, it just is.

Right. So on that side something like proof of reserves is sacred.

Poll: Which is more important in the creation of a perfect money, privacy or transparency?

You can only pick one.

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Thanks for sharing. This is an interesting article for sure and I enjoy reading all viewpoints.

I do disagree with the way the argument is formed. Namely, there are parts of the world where things are not working, therefore whatever solutions are working in your part of the world are not legitimate solutions. That's not how systems work. And if this were true, what should we tell the Bitcoin fixes Africa people?

Also, I'm not advocating for technical acceleration. The acceleration is happening either way, and it has been picking up speed for the past 3000 years. Getting upset about it and wishing it would stop, that will not make it stop.

The author making statements about how technology is trending towards "a world in which most humans are useless" - is the type of defeatist bullshit I am talking about. Things are hard, so we’re all screwed. Nah….

Everyone is being so self-defeating about technology these days. We’re all fucked and going to be enslaved. Come on now…

Meanwhile you are more free than ever with access to all of the same technology.

Build the future you want. These people you are so afraid of, they are just other people. Just like it’s always been.

Hmm. I’ve got nos2x-fox installed and not seeing a login button. Not a big deal if you don’t have time to debug, just wanted to give it a spin. Love the idea of decentralized SSO. People have no idea how much personal info they’re giving up with all the standard providers.

Anybody else buy vinyl but don’t own a record player? Not ashamed, yet still don’t totally understand why I do it.

Not seeing the nostr login. Do I need a specific extension?

It’s an interesting question since so many of the things which make nostr unique are based on the combination of technologies being used.

Also it’s early, people are still experimenting out in the open. It’s exciting to be a part of, but might look unfinished to some.

Outside the technology, it is the interests and ideologies of the people who are active developers and participants that make nostr special.

I mean, “Its like Twitter+Venmo for people that have a problem with authority” is probably not what you are looking for 😂

“But the world is not short of cleverness and not much is right. Now I know this is a god my words refuse to serve. No more cleverness. No more opinions. Opinions are easy to come by. Stillness is the really hard work. Not knowing is the hardest work of all. Even writing those two words fills me with anxiety. Not knowing. Not knowing. Not knowing anything at all. But that’s where we all find ourselves, most of the time. We just won’t admit it.”

Savage Gods

Paul Kingsnorth

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So the obvious thing I missed was now that it's been converted from a trust to an ETF the sale of GBTC results in sales of the underlying asset.

While fees could be a factor, I also didn't realize FTX's estate is (or was) holding 22 million units of GBTC. That is ~$800mm people are certainly eager to recover.

are they being forced to sell in order to cover the costs of people exiting their gbtc positions? I thought the loses would be between buyers and sellers in the market....

In this scenario you don't care if the network is aware of the private relay correct? And you would be responsible for managing invites and filters on the private relay?

Was anyone a keybase user? Still using any of the open source stuff?

The original keybase concept was super interesting to me but the pivot to messaging and file storage seemed to indicate it was way too niche as a standalone product.

Understood. What I am proposing is that we find ways to separate the usage of Apple products, and the people who choose to use them, from the properties which make Bitcoin so valuable in the first place.

is the widespread adoption of bitcoin of any interest to you?

honest question, would you rather just never have this person learn to use bitcoin at all? convenience and simplicity are not dumb per se, everything is a tradeoff.

but a friend told me it was a good idea.

👋 hey Alex! Great to have you here.

Wholeheartedly agree with your assessment of advertising, I do however question the assumption that people will pay for recommendations (which are just another form of advertising). Do not underestimate how conditioned the modern consumer is to expect information to be free. No amount of disdain for this changes it.