Are you saying vaccines are responsible for the excess mortality during the pandemic?

Walk me through that please.

The mute user function is quite nice. Doesn’t work very well on Iris so I switch between Damus and Iris depending on whether I want to zap or not.

The mute feature on Damus is very nice though for removing low effort nonsense like single word “#Bitcoin” posts, shitty AI memes or “artwork”, or zap requests/begging.

Takes a few days but it really cleans up the feed nicely.

I’d love to find out more about this. Could you explain the mechanism of any of the covid vaccines leading to morbidity or mortality?

Agreed. People get bent out of shape over the stupidest stuff.

I understand and see the point you are trying to make and agree with you as far as the media not having anyone’s best interests in mind other than their own.

To close oneself off entirely from the world or the things that we don’t like to see or think about though is not a good approach either.

I think it’s best to try to understand the world, especially the parts we disagree with. After all, without first seeking to understand someone else’s opinions or actions, how can you truly disagree with them?

Blackrock doesn’t give a shit about #bitcoin. They are looking to make fiat gains off of it, nothing more.

The only signal from their interest is that they must be seeing accelerating capital flight happening at the pleb level (something that they will try to keep secret at all costs).

These monopolistic corporations are not your friend or ally. They are vicious and heartless golems of the Fiat realm and need to be destroyed.

We don’t have to lie to ourselves that the world is shiny and happy. It isn’t. Recognizing problems is the first step to fixing them.

I don’t want #nostr to be echo chamber. I want true diversity of thought without censorship. Especially when it comes to the opinions that I disagree with.

Agreed

God I love smart people doing smart things. #ZAP! :)

I like to use it when I can also. :)

This made me laugh. Thank you.

The older I get, I honestly enjoy interacting with people I disagree with more than those with whom I agree.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice to come across the occasional odd duck like oneself, but stress testing opinions (I refuse to have beliefs since that implies dogmatic thinking) requires engaging with those who think differently. It has the added benefit of occasionally coming across an opinion worth changing.

I’m slowly processing the implications of #nostr, #bitcoin, and #zaps.

I honestly can’t think about it too much because I get too excited.

I mean, this has the potential to democratize and decentralize everything. Like everything.

Really.

Do people realize that #nostr is already a functional global circular #Bitcoin economy now thanks to #zaps?

We currently trade thoughts, ideas, and memes, but there is no reason why we couldn’t use it to connect buyers and sellers of literally anything and everything.

So many possibilities. And not a damn thing any media mogul, government official, or global elite can do to stop it.

What a time to be alive.

#grownostr

#shopstr

Agreed. Twitter is dead.

Hey for once we agree on something!

Government should have no role in funding education. All their involvement has done is increase the cost of it, lower the quality (because teachers and professors have to teach to the lowest common denominator), and encourage people to amass insane levels of debt for a bunch of useless degrees. A bachelors degree now is almost useless in the job market because people who can barely read are earning them.

I do think that charging 6.8% interest is criminal though, so if one thing should change, it’s that.

Thanks for the reply and for raising a valid concern. Bitcoin is not perfect and echo chamber thinking is useless. I agree that transacting with Bitcoin is somewhat cumbersome. This is because for me in the US, it does not enjoy legal tender status.

For what it’s worth though, I think fiat is also quite (if not more) cumbersome. We have just gotten used to the ways in which it is inefficient.

As an example, say a new crypto was developed that had an unlimited supply that was wholly controlled by a bunch of unelected people, could only be transferred M-F 8a-5p, took weeks to reach final settlement, required armies of lawyers and accountants to track, etc, etc. People would laugh at it and refuse to touch it.

Now let’s say you managed to make that crypto legal tender. Sure, that would still make that crypto easier to use than #Bitcoin but I think you see why that doesn’t really make much of a difference to me considering all of its other failures.

Well met Sir. Followed back.

Please take a look at some of my non Bitcoin stuff too if you have the time or inclination.

I think the value of #Nostr is in the expression of ideas that are otherwise unpopular or censored though, so I won’t be upset if you disagree with some of my less conventional views on things.

And of course, if you should happen to have any dangerous opinions of your own, please consider posting them to #thinkdangerously or #getoffended too so we can start a conversation!

I think I understand what you’re getting at but I think you may be missing the point I was trying to make.

Yes, Bitcoin is currently sold for fiat. And as such, I agree that it is “competing” for fiat liquidity with other shitcoins.

I do not value Bitcoin in fiat at all however. For instance, you could offer me $1M/coin and I still would not sell you even a fraction of my stack. For me, the value of Bitcoin is the sovereignty that it gives me, and the opportunity to exit the corrupt fiat system entirely.

Only #Bitcoin provides this. Other “cryptos” have centralized entities, or pre mines, or unlimited/undefined supplies. They are very much just Fiat with extra steps, and provide nothing of value to me over it.

Fiat is worthless to me as long as an infinite money printer exists.

Please add sort options to search results.

Will #zap for progress.

No one who understands the true value of #bitcoin cares about its Fiat price.

For us, bitcoin has already won.

Shitcoins are just feeble attempts to circumvent #bitcoin’s limited supply.

Make no mistake, if it’s not built on top of the Bitcoin base layer, it’s just Fiat with extra steps.

So if you’re into “crypto” in order to make fiat gains, shitcoins may be right for you. But only #bitcoin can promise you self-sovereignty and a place outside the reach of the fiat debt slavery cartel. This is where the true value lies, not in the promise of future fiat wealth.