nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z Here's a great way to drive nostr adoption from other platforms.
For those that are flocking to nostr, and might not understand all the technical details of bitcoin, I'm currently writing out the white paper in plain language, currently exclusive to nostr.
Feel free to share the few posts that are already out, plenty more to come.
https://primal.net/e/note1cffa6m5hxtgjpp6lcq6zsqknteuffu6090psmkyhjw7nkcjwrxes6pdnnq
nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s Speaking of X, for those that are flocking to nostr from X, and might not understand all the technical details of bitcoin, I'm currently writing out the white paper in plain language, currently exclusive to nostr.
Feel free to share the few posts that are already out, plenty more to come.
https://primal.net/e/note1cffa6m5hxtgjpp6lcq6zsqknteuffu6090psmkyhjw7nkcjwrxes6pdnnq
nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx For those that are flocking to nostr, and might not understand all the technical details of bitcoin, I'm currently writing out the white paper in plain language, currently exclusive to nostr.
Feel free to share the few posts that are already out, plenty more to come.
https://primal.net/e/note1cffa6m5hxtgjpp6lcq6zsqknteuffu6090psmkyhjw7nkcjwrxes6pdnnq
nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z this was a fascinating episode.
Whether you’re in real estate or not (I’m not), there is a TON of great information in here.
Highly recommend giving it a listen.
nostr:npub1v5k43t905yz6lpr4crlgq2d99e7ahsehk27eex9mz7s3rhzvmesqum8rd9 is a great communicator, and has a valuable perspective across geography and the bifferent industries of real estate and bitcoin. Disce ab optimo!
Thanks for the feedback nostr:npub10yah0vsgha874vdf7vzs5tm629nmpkevn6qpua9y6xdcw3ayqc2q5e39j5
One thought I had was putting plain language definitions at the beginning of each post. You will see this in later posts(much more to come) as the topics get more complex.
Unfortunately, I made an assumption that peer-to-peer was a straightforward enough expression. In case it wasn't , I added in my first paragraph, "...where you and another person can directly make transactions without needing a third party to oversee everything." I could have connected the two better.
With the word server, I assumed again that anyone reading the white paper would know what a server is. I wrote, "...a special server to keep track of when transactions happen. This server helps us prove the order of transactions through advanced computer work."
This is the good thing about posting all this here, more eyes on the content can make it better.
Please subscribe, and share with folks, thanks again.
In person, and a whirlpool service. This is different than sending to a mixer site.
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Unlocking Knowledge: Bitcoin in Plain Language
This series continues to translate the original white paper by Satoshi Nakamoto to plain language. The goal is to have easily shared content, and send new people directly to nostr to read it. The original content will be posted, with the plain language below.
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Introduction Paragraph 2
What is needed is an electronic payment system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust, allowing any two willing parties to transact directly with each other without the need for a trusted third party. Transactions that are computationally impractical to reverse would protect sellers from fraud, and routine escrow mechanisms could easily be implemented to protect buyers. In this paper, we propose a solution to the double-spending problem using a peer-to-peer distributed timestamp server to generate computational proof of the chronological order of transactions. The system is secure as long as honest nodes collectively control more CPU power than any cooperating group of attacker nodes.
Plain Language
We need a way to pay for things online without relying so much on trust and middlemen like banks. Imagine a system where you and another person can directly make transactions without needing a third party to oversee everything. To prevent fraud, we want transactions that are practically impossible to reverse.
In our idea, we suggest using a peer-to-peer system with a special server to keep track of when transactions happen. This server helps us prove the order of transactions through advanced computer work. As long as the good guys have more computing power than any group of bad guys, our system stays secure. It's a digital way of making sure everything happens in the right order without someone trying to cheat the system.
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Nothing like that. Just blank areas where things don't appear. Do nostr nodes use a CDN? A guess is that some nodes might host certain images, or batches of posts/text. Possibly due to network speed, VPN, Tor, content might not be getting through.
Does Shipyard perform differently with privacy tools installed?
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Primal on Firefox seems to inconsistently display the circular profile icons, and display name. Refreshing doesn't help this. Unable to recreate this and my guess is that it is more of a cdn or node issue. The web page will load all the text, but not load the pics of the icons, or my profile name in the lower left corner.
Some days it displays properly, some it does not. I have also directly messaged about the 2 always appearing in the notifications. Upon every sign in, there is a 2 next to the notifications, suggesting download of the mobile apps. Currently no way to get rid of this.
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A shipyard update for you.
Firefox with ublock and containers. I do not see anything in the posts area. My trick to get it to appear, is to create a draft post, schedule and save it. Then everything appears.
As a critical reader of 2600 for a very long time, this does not surprise me at all. Emmanuel Goldstein is a very hard working person, and clearly passionate about the hacker community as well as various political and social issues.
Personally, I feel the 2600 content can do without all the political and ideological conversation, and just stick with hacking, without getting into the talk about why or why not the hacking is taking place. They are a non profit, but that doesn't mean you cannot employ good business practices to keep things running smoothly, get new readers/followers and stop annoying their faithful fans.
I was active on Mastodon for a while, and made a few posts, but he is a busy guy and nostr is probably going to be more work with little payoff.
Unlocking Knowledge: Bitcoin in Plain Language
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Original
1. Introduction Paragraph 1
Commerce on the Internet has come to rely almost exclusively on financial institutions serving as trusted third parties to process electronic payments. While the system works well enough for most transactions, it still suffers from the inherent weaknesses of the trust based model. Completely non-reversible transactions are not really possible, since financial institutions cannot avoid mediating disputes. The cost of mediation increases transaction costs, limiting the minimum practical transaction size and cutting off the possibility for small casual transactions, and there is a broader cost in the loss of ability to make non-reversible payments for non-reversible services. With the possibility of reversal, the need for trust spreads. Merchants must be wary of their customers, hassling them for more information than they would otherwise need. A certain percentage of fraud is accepted as unavoidable. These costs and payment uncertainties can be avoided in person by using physical currency, but no mechanism exists to make payments over a communications channel without a trusted party.
Plain Language
When we buy things online, we usually rely on banks or other trusted companies to "handle" the money. It works fine most of the time, but there are some issues. For example, once we pay, it's not always possible to undo the transaction if there's a problem. Banks have to step in to solve disputes, which adds extra costs and makes small transactions more difficult.
This reliance on trust also means that merchants have to be careful with every customer, asking for more information than they would really need. There's always a risk of fraud, and we just accept that some amount of cheating is unavoidable.
When we use physical money in person, we can avoid these issues, but when it comes to paying over the Internet without involving a trusted middleman, there's currently no good system in place.
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Unlocking Knowledge: Bitcoin in Plain Language
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Original
Abstract. A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution. Digital signatures provide part of the solution, but the main benefits are lost if a trusted third party is still required to prevent double-spending. We propose a solution to the double-spending problem using a peer-to-peer network. The network timestamps transactions by hashing them into an ongoing chain of hash-based proof-of-work, forming a record that cannot be changed without redoing the proof-of-work. The longest chain not only serves as proof of the sequence of events witnessed, but proof that it came from the largest pool of CPU power. As long as a majority of CPU power is controlled by nodes that are not cooperating to attack the network, they’ll generate the longest chain and outpace attackers. The network itself requires minimal structure. Messages are broadcast on a best effort basis, and nodes can leave and rejoin the network at will, accepting the longest proof-of-work chain as proof of what happened while they were gone.
Plain Language
Imagine you have a way to trade things online, and you don't need any banks or outsiders to help out. Like a secret code that makes sure no one cheats and spends the same money twice.
Here's the tricky part: sometimes, you still need someone to make sure nobody's manipulating the system. The solution: instead of having just one person in charge, everyone participates in the system. Every time someone trades something, we write it down on a special list and solve a puzzle to make sure it's a real trade.
This list keeps growing. The longest list, with the most puzzles solved, becomes the official record of all the trades. It's so strong that nobody can change it or cheat because it would take too much work to redo all the puzzles.
The people trading are very easygoing. People can come and go as they want, and we still trust the longest list to show us what happened when someone was away. As long as most people in our team are playing fair and not trying to mess things up, our trading system stays safe and works well.
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Doctrine Puts Citizens, Laws, and Prosperity on the Chopping Block - Sacrifices Made in the Primal Pursuit of Self-Survival
From The Creature from Jekyll Island, 5th Edition, Chapter 11 The Rothschild Formula:
“If such a man were to survey the world around him, it is not difficult to imagine that he would come to the following conclusions which would become the prime directives of his career:
War is the ultimate discipline to any government. If it can
successfully meet the challenge of war, it will survive. If it
cannot, it will perish. All else is secondary. The sanctity of its
laws, the prosperity of its citizens, and the solvency of its
treasury will be quickly sacrificed by any government in its
primal act of self-survival.”
In this worldview, war emerges as the litmus test for governmental resilience. Survival hinges on conquering the challenges of war, making all else—laws, prosperity, and fiscal health—secondary. Governments, driven by primal self-preservation, prioritize the brutality of conflict over the well-being of citizens and the integrity of their institutions.
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It's interesting to see such a mixed bag from someone claiming to be an independent thinker.
https://deltacharlie.tech/45890
I agree with most of what they wrote, but there are also so glaring problems.
I agree with the editor's choice of omitting what are essentially personal attacks. In the case near the end, about growing food, it didn't even seem relevant to the points being made.
Next, hacking and 2600 in particular, has always been political. From the issue of being able yo hook up you're own equipment to the phone lines in yhe 80s to, PGP debate in the 90s, to protesting Carnivore and Echelon, or opposing the corporate big data collection and exploitation.
Many of the sources of information they suggested block Tor, which is especially ironic since the author specifically suggested using Tor.
Perhaps more importantly, Zerohedge in particilar tracks SO MUCH of their readers' data and sells it to SO MANY people, it boggles the mind. It should be clear to any free thinker that they are going to say outrageous things to get clicks so they can sell the information they harvest. This is the exact type of exploitation that the author is accusing the mainstream media of doing (and I don't disagree, they have an incentive to do whatever sells).
ShadowStats at least seems good on the privacy front, and the content looked reasonable at a glance, but I have not dug into it in any detail to figure out if I can trust them.
I couldn't get to most of the other sites on account of blocking Tor.
Also, the article was too long. The same points could have been made much more succinctly. At a minimum it would have made sense to break them up into more focused pieces.
I understand the author's decision to not debate the topic with trolls, but I would hope they do not shrink from legitimate debate. I guess time will tell.
Thanks for the well thought out input. I'll try to comment in the order you wrote them.
The personal "attacks" were intentional because 2600 operates under the authoritarian dictatorship of one person.
Growing food is an act of self-reliance, which aligns with my own personal philosophy, but more importantly rebels against government grown and controlled resources, like food.
Hacking can be politically motivated. But a hacker magazine should focus on simply hacking the technology, not the reasons the politically motivated hacker is doing it.
I do suggest Tor, but there are many other ways to be private even in the clear web.
Zerohedge can be used with proper privacy and security practices, so the data tracked is garbage anyway. The essence if that point is Zerohedge goes against the grain with what they report. The fact that they track the users isn't something I agree with, but the users are smart enough not to be tracked. The content is still good.
Shadowstats is about understanding the theft the government performs by debasing the currency, and the lies they tell the Americans. Privacy practice can be applied here too.
Using Tor is only one way. Firefox can be hardened, a VPN can be used, and the clear web can be browsed privately. The situation will dictate.
The article was meant to be long. I received direct emails from readers of the print magazine with much support. The reason it was one long article was because it is a quarterly magazine, and your article gets printed in the next next issue, so 6 months later.
I have had legitimate debate. The magazine actively censors, so the debate wasn't really a debate, rather an orchestrated propaganda campaign crafted to appear as a debate. See the letters section, and the following printed issue. Also, not all my responses get printed in the magazine because they censor.
If you'd like to schedule a call, I'd be glad to elaborate on everything. You can even make a podcast out of it. Thank you for the well thought out responses.
Correct. That is called self insuring, where an individual instead of spreading the financial risk across many people, like life insurance does, takes the entirety of the financial risk themselves. It is a good thing when an insurance policy doesn't get used. The purpose is just to help you sleep better, and spread your risk out further.
The catch is, unfortunately, we live in a dollar world. Insurance companies are conservative, and government subservient...I mean compliant. You might be able to combine these strategies and stack bitcoin in a wallet just set aside to pay life insurance premiums. When you average out your bitcoin cost, and price your insurance premiums in bitcoin, this will cost you less bitcoin every year over time.
Our clients, who are just getting red, and orange pilled, have to straddle the lines between what they are philosophically aligned with, and what their country uses. Let me know if you need anything else.