Freedom is the only way for anything and everything.
Freedom is a natural state of being. Coercion is completely unnatural.
Yet, with freedom comes responsibility. Coercion sometimes has security, but nearly always comes with degrees of hate, pain, and sometimes even death.
Freedom is nothing more than being in full control of one’s own destiny no matter what happens in the world. This is true sustainability.
At its core, this includes complete ownership and security of one’s property: wealth (product of one’s output), land, health & body, and (most importantly) one’s mind and decision-making.
Once one is fully secure in these areas, there is genuinely no exploitation, nor need nor desire to be exploitative. Complete ownership of one’s self and gratitude for it begets community and desire to help others.
#freedom #bitcoin #sustainability
Prediction: Elon getting mad over how he will not be able to stop this will get Nostr a ton of publicity and help onboard the masses to this platform.
https://damus.io/note1uxx0nwmc7vfkpcdqwlsladp825c9hjhxyhzfrvl3ahhl286szxfquxzfzz
I invest in a great many things: stocks, supplies, skills, social, real estate.
I store value in BTC.
Nicely said!
It’s so easy and painless to stack sats that I just don’t understand why more people don’t do it.
Fountain app, Bitcoin Magazine app, sMiles app, games like Bitcoin Miner, zaps on Nostr are all free ways to stack. Rewards apps for dollar purchases exist, too.
One day, shitcoiners and Bitcoin haters will look back on 2023 and kick themselves for not starting to stack sats sooner similarly to how many of us look back to the early days of Bitcoin and kick ourselves for not stacking thousands of Bitcoin when it was worth pennies on the dollar.
Side note: it truly says something about the dollar when autocorrect tries to change “pennies” to “Pennie’s” because the word and the coin are so rarely used…
#grownostr #stacksats
That makes sense. Unless I’m misunderstanding though, it could end up being logistical nightmare for a person whose content was stolen and posted on multiple relays.
Really great points. There’s something to be said for zaps as the future (or evolution) of monetization, but maybe not in the same way that YouTube currently is, for example. Breakable paywall gardens seem likely, but unsustainable if they keep breaking.
As far as AI, I made a separate note about that a few weeks ago. I’m fascinated by the implications of AI and free speech. I literally could not tell that an AI was actually talking to me about AI on Nostr! 😳
Additional privacy layers could really pose a problem with how to deal with bad actors. Then again, who and what determines a bad actor? This is the risk of freedom and privacy in general, and a risk worth taking every time!
On the one hand I agree for convenience. I hate missing a typo! On the other hand, I totally see why the edit button is omitted. Maybe a 60 second window to allow you to edit before it’s on Nostr for good?
Perfectly valid point. I think what I care more about is the honest person who put forth time and energy into creating a product, only to have it stolen and monetized by someone else. I don’t really care about the big companies, although one may set a precedent for the other.
Interesting point about the relay operators. You’re probably right with that, but if the infringement is posted on multiple relays, it will probably take a long time to take down, if ever. Some may say this is a good thing because information should be free. I don’t dispute that. I do go back to caring about the honest person who put in time and energy into making a product to sell, only to have it stolen.
I have not heard of Cashu or Fediment. Are these Lightning wallets?
1000% agree to that point. It takes time, consideration, and conversation. Evolution, not revolution. Skepticism is what keeps freedom of speech healthy. Thank you again for the resources!
Thank you, I’m open to reading more about this. I’m a little skeptical of simply getting rid of intellectual property wholesale (otherwise, what’s the incentive of putting in the work?), but thank you for sending some literature to take a look at!
The main thing that sets Nostr apart from other platforms is how it is nearly impossible to delete a note.
What implications will this have on copyrighted material? What if something is posted that someone else has copyrighted, but the material cannot be taken down? More significantly, what if this person gets zaps for material that is not intellectually theirs?
Although there could be (read: will be) complications, I believe this would require our legal systems to adapt. Example: if a copyrighted audio is posted on Nostr and earns zaps, a court could order those sats to be redirected to the original owner of the material in perpetuity. Then again, this is only possible with lightening wallets which, to my knowledge, don’t have cold storage options and are run by centralized authorities by their very nature.
Of course, there is always the concept of “clips” currently being pioneered by Fountain, but this is fundamentally different from posting a whole audio on Nostr and claiming it as your own, as opposed to a “remix” of sorts.
#grownostr
Curious to hear some perspectives: do you diversify your investments? In other words, do you own ONLY Bitcoin? Or do you also own stocks, precious metals, etc?
Personal opinion: Bitcoin is the best investment, but using shitcoins to purchase silver rounds is still an upgrade.
No! Where can I learn about it?
Me too! It’s an exciting time to be alive!
Collecting old pennies (with better metal content) = original stacking sats. We’ve since upgraded to BTC. #DollarIsDying
Most important part of this how you THINK. See Peter Diamandis and the “abundance mindset”. His books are highly recommended reads.
This is REAL sustainability, by the way. Yes, there is something to be said for low waste alternatives to modern “throw away” culture, but that is only a small part of what I see to be a larger movement in terms of systems, small and large.