thankyou, I shall read through it

are there any discussions out there on ZKrollup technology, and roughly how it's deployed?

where a tech dummy can get an overview

they all have to settle on the main chain eventually

In a high money velocity digital world this will be, I dunno, a day or so?

that's the difference with today when the fraud can carry on for decades

and plus just because you have Bitcoin doesn't mean you can screw with the base layer immutability

agreed. although when they go to roll up to the base layer, the result will be unforgiving if they've been mucking around with the IOU's

interesting dynamics with B2B where the limited supply of sats makes banks compete

didn't think of that

yep. it's the water source that's the problem - nada

game-theory-wise, we might see a pretty large exodus of bitcoiners to a friendly region real soon

I wonder if governments will be incentivised to do this by a certain price threshold

if you can attract 10 000 Bitcoins into the country at 10million dollar per unit value, a 1million$ value?

a small island with a GDP of less than 10billion (ie Iceland)might be pretty happy at a $100000 per coin

here's a link from 2015. Kiev started shelling the Donetsk region the year before

there are tons of sources on this. it's merely a matter of finding a source you'd be comfortable with trusting

https://asiatimes.com/2015/03/pepe-escobar-in-eastern-ukraine-howling-in-donetsk/

hmmm. Maybe.

If so, it's like which poisen do you prefer to kill yourself with

Naomi's Kliens "The shock doctrine" details source material of the western psy-op complex development

they literally worked with bonsai tree sculpture focus on how to kill a mind

we saw that rolled out on us in C19

western propaganda is no playful puppy and it has world destroying consequences

I heard Thailand is removing taxes on "crypto"

Bhutan probably doesn't care about Gucci either

Australia is a penal colony, and always will be, although it's got a lot of people with Bitcoin exposure (10% have supposedly bought some at some point but I bet they gambled it away or bought drugs with it), the government is a smiling fascist. I'd avoid it

Gotta get the plebs doing something now they've been made unemployed

Germany might turn those shuttered gas refineries next into.......euthanasia centres?

he was such a bright source of articulate, humane perspective

for generations to come, his light will remain alive, showing to the world the pathologies in the rulers and their system of debauchery

they've lost and tragically Julianthe person lost

Assange is immortal

Russia did articulate that finlands entry would require a proportionate security response

nukes on the Ukrainian border was discussed wrt to to reduced time for nukes to hit moscow, and this was unacceptable

it's clearly multifactorial. ending neo nazi ideology and it's demilitarization, and stopping the shelling of culturally Russian peoples are part of the explicit goals

no doubt Russia now has the world's most capable military, thanks to Sanctions and NATOs war "practice"

I think Russia may not be "afraid", yet the devastating WW2 reality they copped (which the yanks never appreciate) gives them a healthy respect that war is the last option to pursue

maybe it's what is being protested against that matters, and not who the government is?

during COVID, even grannies got beaten up in the West, while BLM was let off the hook

The reaction to the Jan 6 protests, from what I've seen of the footage, was corrupt. there's no way I'd go to a protest around that building anymore if I thought it would piss off the ruling party

I think it's the same thing everywhere

it's quite clear that he wanted the minsk agreements to happen, in which even the donbass remained as ukrainian.

having nukes on anyone's borders aimed at you is a no go for anyone

I'm pretty sure if Russia suggest their nukes could go to Cuba the yanks would go ballistic

I absolutely agree with you

I don't know enough about him personally or politically so I reserve judgement

however, to me it is clear that him and the Russians have a functioning diplomatic core which the West has utterly lost

he looks good in comparison to the western simps

but in a world of functional diplomats, he'd look worse than he does

Way more censored in Russia?

IDK Lyn, I'm not in Russia

I doubt Russia has the Fiat printing press power to support all the various spook agencies, think tanks and toys that the west does

Everyday in my western sphere the narratives are all maximal BS. Spewing propaganda non-stop

But yes, betting on freedom to create a better world for everyone is the way to go

if your pay for Bitcoin was at or below costs, would that lead to a zero tax event, if you only held the BTC, and eventually, use it as collateral for a loan?

ah that's interesting. I'd be screwed with that since I barely understand a computer outside of word processors

I can learn

but I'd darn sure prefer someone creates an AI to manage troubleshoot and correct issues for me

I guess one of the questions about running a node, is do I put the asset at risk of hacking? does a noob get themselves into trouble with maintaining security?

thanks, I appreciate the help

I get that there's a benefit running my own node as a self custodial thing. that does interest me

I thought that by opening a channel using my own liquidity, I'd be increasing the scaling of the network (if ever so small degree,)