Yes Mike, I agree. Of course I know about his company. But nothing about his board and how they support his strategy in the long term. Also, To my defense, In his interviews he portrays the control of his company a lot like a one man show. And you are right it is the size that plasma role formten systemic risc. He announced that he is continuing his strategy aggressively. His stack and its valuation are expected to increase substantially.

Excellent post Mike, and an astonishing interview. Michael Sailor allegedly studied bitcoin deeply. Now he advertises his msrt stock by claiming that investors „trust“ him and that he will continue his strategy „forever“. What happens if he has a change of mind or heart attack? Doesn‘t his leveraged bitcoin strategy and coin amassment (remember Smaug’s treasure) on the level of black rock etfs create another single point of failure for bitcoin success ? Riskying market turmoil and a considerable throwback of bitcoin valuation and adoption, thereby crushing the hopes of many that are now saving in bitcoin? Yes I am worried about excessive and reckless financialisation strategies failing. Wasn’t it supposed to be „don‘t trust, verify“ for bitcoin? Just my five cents. Your comments and thoughts welcome.

Andy Yen: “We are ensuring freedom through mathematics.” nostr:note15euqkuf4eaalrvx20vqh0j2dyn0et5wgt5ljvcaw2g2msxhgezjq4t0ec6

Very interesting. I heard certain computer scientists claim that the field is in many respects more like a craft or an art than actual science. I recently started dabbling with the language Scheme (a concise and intriguing Lisp dialect) and the MIT school (the wizard book etc ….) it gave me many beautiful insights and ahas about computing concepts …. And about Scheme’s theoretical beauty and its ramifications and influence on more popular programming languages. I hope to become more proficient and maybe sometime use it as a tool in my research. However as a theoretical mathematician l’art pour l’art is also very satisfying for me.

I am a newby here myself. Since two days experimenting with nostr. Welcome. Love to hear about your gardening. Cheers.

Expresses my motivation for learning about nostr. nostr:note1qnzpv9rzzgnq0rjk2usnl33pshjvre3jh8m97j2nqsys66uscytsl60mvq

Think I am ready for zapping using wallet of Satoshi.

Thanks. So far I failed to connect wallet of Satoshi with Damus app. Which wallet works nicely here? Probably I did something wrong because so far I wasn’t particapting in Lightning. Wallet of Satoshi seemed pretty straightforward for giving it a try even it it is custodial. Alby put me in an invitation only waiting list. Feeling very much like a newby now. But hope to get zaps ready soon.

Glad we are on the same page. Don’t scold the topologists too much. I am teaching topology regularly. It might be there are a few people around that are a little too anal about their definitions. I was afraid your question will lead into trouble. If you puncture a sphere once it is topologically a plane or an open disc. Are you a mathematician or just fancying a little surface topology?

I kind of am. It’s a sphere with three holes, obviously. Thank you for welcome.

Three.

Thank you. I understand now 1) in retrospect. Contact and relay lists didn’t work for me. Used first aid out of frustration. Contacts started working. Then I read your note again.

About two years ago I started to study bitcoin … so inevitably I was hearing about nostr protocol here and there. Probably also via a Jack Dorsey presentation. I got hooked by the general idea of course. A bit afraid to waste more time online though.

Overwhelmed by warm welcome and helpful information. Thank you all. Excited about the nostr network and where it will go. Still learning for now.

Mike, thank you so much. Excited to learn more.

Thank you.

I am a mathematician by education and this is my first social media post. Glad to learn about the idea of Nostr. I am interested in the concept of a decentralized world without censorship of money and information.

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