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As I'm sure many of you are aware already, Israel executed an attack on thousands of Hezbollah members in Lebanon earlier today. At the moment, it looks like Israel successfully waged a supply chain attack on the pagers used by Hezbollah members. Intercepting the devices and placing highly explosive material on the batteries that could be triggered remotely by raising the temperature of the batteries.

To my knowledge, this is the first time an attack of this nature and of this scale has ever been waged. This is a very serious and dangerous precedent that should make anyone reading this think long and hard about the ramifications of the normalization of this type of warfare.

It's not clear to me yet whether this is exactly what happened, but this seems to be where all of the reports are pointing. And when you consider the scale of this operation, it is hard to think of alternative ways that this could have been achieved outside of corrupting the supply chain of this particular pager. Regardless, the die has been cast and remote detonation attacks in crowded civilian areas has been battle tested as an appropriate war tactic.

Not only does this set a terrible precedent for war, but it also begs the question; if they can do something like this with a relatively dumb pager, how much damage could they do with something like an iPhone? How vulnerable are the billions of people who hold smartphones in their pockets, or drive internet connected electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries? How trivial was it for Mossad to gain access to these devices and at what part of the supply chain? Now that this attack has been deemed to be "on the table" how long will it take before others begin to wage similar attacks?

War tactics and their costs are rapidly changing right before our eyes. The war between Russia and Ukraine is showing that low cost drones strapped with bombs can be very effective weapons that can do damage to military equipment worth anywhere between tens of millions to billions of dollars. The Houthi rebels have used cheap drones to completely disrupt the Suez Canal for the better part of a year. The world has only seen the tip of the iceberg in regards to how this type of technology can be used at scale to tip the leverage of power towards those with less financial resources, but a willingness to engage in kinetic conflict. Some of these drones are strapped with thermite flame throwers!

Now that new information has been brought to the market - you can turn pagers and (likely) cellular phones into a network of improvised explosive devices via a software push that increases the temperature of the devices' batteries - it is only a matter of time before others figure out how to do it and begin using these tactics themselves. War machines have never been easier and cheaper to deploy. In a world that is becoming increasingly fractured and angry, this is absolutely frightening. Asymmetric warfare as predicted in the Sovereign Individual is upon us.

As it relates to bitcoin hardware, these attacks highlight that an attack that has been long talked about in the industry but not yet exploited to the best of our knowledge is very real. Supply chain attacks, particularly on bitcoin signing devices that store private key information, have just been proven to be very possible by motivated state actors. If a nation state wanted to somehow "prove" that bitcoin is insecure or figure out a low effort way to do a mass confiscation of bitcoin all they have to do is successfully attack the supply chain of a hardware manufacturer, corrupt the devices, and let them flow to the hands of individuals who believe they are securing their bitcoin in the best way possible.

The best way to mitigate this risk is to hold you bitcoin in a multi-sig wallet using a quorum of keys produced by different hardware produced by different manufacturers. Companies like Unchained make this process as seamless and possible and supply chain attacks like the one that was laid bare today highlight why these collaborative custody models are so important. Especially if you are holding a large amount of wealth in bitcoin.

This is a sad day for the world. I'll be praying for peace and sanity to prevail.

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Final thought...

That was a terrible loss by the Birds.

who's your mentor? :)

Nothing beats bitcoin as an asset.

I consider land from a near forever pradigm as a permaculturalist. Most families are wandering generation to generation like refugees.

Is the land productive, fertile, well sun exposed and drain well? How does the wind blow, where is the fire lane, flood plane? Do you have your own fresh water well? Can you keep animals there? Are the roads maintained? Imagine each season.

Are there reliable utilities? Are the neighbors cool? Is there a market for fresh goods nearby? Is the county hands off? Can you burn a wood stove?

Undeveloped land is complex to develop and has unknown pitfalls. Building a home right now can be expensive. Contractors in my area are in short supply. Mortgage rates get determined at the time of finishing which is a big unknown.

Wives want homes to call there own. And it is unique in that the banks will give you that access to fiat. But in the end most of the time home owners are simply paying to maintain an asset the bank owns in return for a little equity, piece of mind and some memories.

Agree with the sentiment.

I’ve always believed real estate folks should easily understand bitcoin since it’s digital real estate. Been meaning to write a mini book on this.

Even if some experiences are a work in progress at Nostr you invest your phone time in freedom, and that has a value. Keep finding (and creating) your place around here, cheers!

Completely agree. By focusing on Nostr, you're embracing true freedom, no algorithms, no manipulation, just genuine connections and valuable conversations. This is how real capital is built, investing time in platforms that respect freedom and foster meaningful interactions. Keep zapping and spreading the orange pill 🫡🧡💜

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The US government debt is exponentially increasing. $100B in the past two weeks.

To put that in context:

To spend $100B, you'd have to spend $300,000 per HOUR for 38 years.

Your money is programmaticaly devalued.

Your pension is non-existent.

Your banking app amount is a number in a database.

Food prices keep going up.

You can’t afford a home.

You’re 35 with a roommate.

You can’t afford a child.

But #bitcoin is a scam because the TV says so.

Thanks for the tip Jake. I am thinking 5 days of research and 14 days of writing/editing, a total of 21 days 😉

i think culturally we over-define risk.

Bitcoin IS a hedge, but that's only a few lines on your life's risk register. We are all ultimately short vol/mortal.

Money is just a means to the ends of achieving freedom and human potential, but we still own the 'total' responsibility of that.

The money's fixed. Good, but the analog map has not been made any safer, arguably less safe in a transitional period.

So it's a spanner for a bolt, and a hammer for a nail.

And its a bitcoin for an inflationary, confiscatory and censorious era, and freehold productive multi use land for the scramble we're sailing into. Long vol = most amount of options in the widest range of future circumstances. Basically stay humble. Not a glib line, literally plan along the lines that you dont know what is going to happen. First fear you think of is the first risk on the register.

And let the hammer people argue with the spanner people about who's the best. Have a bit of everything, even luxury.

Agree. But something is going to explode and cause some serious currency devaluation in the next few years, I think

We can to a great extent blame this mess we're in on the corruption of the word "freedom."

The inflation metrics the Fed uses aren't a great metric to actually calculate inflation. They try to deceive you by saying it's only 2% ish over long term.

While the broad money supply was 19B in 1913 and in 2024 it's roughly 21 Trillion. (!) That's more than 1000x on 110 years, which is roughly 7% per year average. 👈