heyyy shi shi!
i think nostr:npub1dqepr0g4t3ahvnjtnxazvws4rkqjpxl854n29wcew8wph0fmw90qlsmmgt nailed it - foxglove.
I'm glad I asked, because its poisonous and comfry is edible!!
nostr:npub1vwymuey3u7mf860ndrkw3r7dz30s0srg6tqmhtjzg7umtm6rn5eq2qzugd is this what I think it is??
Literally everywhere I've felled a tree - the place is covered in this stuff....
Did i just save myself a lot of seed???
methinks this aint about Justice...
theyve recruited 100 more privacy devs from this.
Keep calm and HODL #Bitcoin.
Everyone seems to be overreacting to the Samourai arrests, the FBI PSA, and Phoenix leaving the US. Here's my attempt to break it down.
Samourai
You have to unpack all of the different elements. Could this be a state attack on self-custody and privacy? Maybe. Probably not.
There are a few components here that need to be evaluated on their own.
1⃣ Samourai was a self-custodial wallet
2⃣ Samourai was a mixer
3⃣ Samourai was providing normal people with privacy
4⃣ Samourai were knowingly marketing the service to criminals and flaunting that fact
Reading the charges, it seems like #4 is pretty cut and dry for this case. Their getting arrested for #4, doesn't automatically mean #1, #2, #3 are under siege as well. If Samourai was a taco stand laundering money and bragging about it, I'm sure they would be taken down too.
They may be accused of running a money transmitter now, but that may or may not stick. We'll find out in the trial.
All that said, we should always be vigilant to attempts to erode privacy and the ability to self-custody. It just does not seem that this fight is *that* fight.
FBI PSA
Seems pretty normal that the FBI would advise people to use compliant services, and the entire announcement seems to revolve around potential disruptions due to Samourai being taken down, and potentially others in the future. Given they took action, they have to post some bulletin about it.
Remember that when people lose funds or have funds stolen from them, they do go to the FBI for help. From their point of view, the best thing for people to do is use compliant services where they can potentially help.
The announcement concludes saying that services that purposely break the law will be investigated - so again we go back to #4 above. This is nothing new, and self-custody is not being criminalized.
Phoenix Leaving
As nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m said, it's feels completely unnecessary. Phoenix obviously is not a MSB and they are not doing anything illegal. In my view, their exit from the US app stores is a complete overreaction.
Keep Calm
Could "they" come after wallets, developers, mixers, nodes, LSPs, sidechains, eCash, VPNs, encryption, etc? It's totally possible. But if you're not breaking the law, you have nothing to worry about.
To my knowledge, there is still rule of law in the US, property rights are still protected, and privacy is enshrined in the Bill of Rights (nostr:npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu).
It would be very difficult to change the law or stretch it to incriminate these things because it's all just information and software, which is speech. Some will try. But as they are trying, #Bitcoin is becoming more and more mainstream and integral to the world's financial system.
#Bitcoin is freedom technology and it will continue on.
Go outside this weekend and think about why you're here.
naive.
How can you launder money without taking custody of funds, or view the transactions?
DoJ walked past the entire banking industry who virtually offer money laundering as a service, to spike two guys running a bitcoin mixer.
I'm starting to feel this has very very little to do with money laundering.
Love and support to the Samouri lads.
Toxic and irreplacable.
If you wanked off for months on social media about ETFs and halvings, and feel like you have nothing to say about Samouri - sorry to say you're a tourist, NGU, low conviction Bitcoiner.
It's a disaster for the movement and we should be colectively all over it until they are free and safe.
Announcing Strike Europe
Today, we're launching Strike Europe, expanding our full suite of products to all eligible European customers
Buy #bitcoin, free on-chain withdrawals, a full-featured Lightning wallet and more. Get the best of #Bitcoin with Strike.
We also have our Strike Business, Strike Private, Strike OTC, and Strike API products available for Europe as well.
When EU?!? Now 🫡
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cboYEHuXwbc&ab_channel=JackMallers
wen europe actually happened?
theyre amazing.
And if people hate them - good for them but cigars are magnificent.
My star is rising so god damn fast.
Honestly this will be such a big blow to the Bitcoiners.
You people are so GOOD that we're actually struggling to keep up enough to make tech decisions.
Terrifying to think you could be developing something that's already obsoleted or done better.
FOSS is a wonderful wild jungle only the very very best is carried forward - the rest dies in pain with no offspring.
On first glance this looks good
for sale: transit tub - 1.75m sats.
Only a righteous feud can defy a great evil.
50% less tick for your tock - congrats to all those who stacked the value while it was available.
Happy halvening fellow sats suckers!
Ledger launching their own shitcoin - if they have a stand at your conference - i'll be busy.
Do any clients have a "translate" function yet?
#asknostr
One for the album!
#dogstr
#dogsofnostr
victor - i'm working on a similar but related project - could we connect to discuss?
We're already building, but looks like there is some technical crossover here.
Cheers, Ben .
You cant attack an open well by digging. you just make it bigger.
You attack it with poison.
The US's open system is being openly poisoned.
-Educational institutions
-Media
-Immigration
-Financial system
-Drug imports
Every open surface is being pumped with toxic sludge from abroad, with help from captured insiders.
Almost impressive how much raw sewage the US can take, and still hold together as a contiguous country.
I don't think any system can take this amount of poison forever.
plz ser, explain it like I was the guy that triggered the "Caution Hot" warning on mcdonalds coffee....
nostr:npub15dqlghlewk84wz3pkqqvzl2w2w36f97g89ljds8x6c094nlu02vqjllm5m in 2020, I went 100% in on MSTR the same day you appeared on Pomp's podcast in my UK version of a 401k.
Since then (and only so far), you've delivered 1,100% returns on stranded money that can now be used for a retirement I had no right to expect.
Many thanks - I watched the whole masterclass from the very earliest days, and wish you every success for the future.
Consultants and bureaucrats....
you're f**ked.
Upgraded the log miner.
Lots of cool stuff coming!!
Too exciting. I feel like a big kid.
nah fuck UBI, fuck public handouts, and fuck all forms of collecivetism, confiscation, coercion and usery.
Agree with your general sentiments, but you can't hold a thief to account after they've looted your life. They don't GAF about being accountable. They eat - you pay. Burn it all down to the ground.