New Bitcoin Rapid Fire pod episode by #[0]
with Svetski (not yet on Nostr afaik).
"An honest, open reflection on past behaviour, lessons learned, & how best to move forward.
Also covered his experience publishing ‘The UnCommunist Manifesto’ & the notion (& importance) of ‘beauty’"
The Real American Conspiracy: Stupidity & Greed, A True Idiocracy
"The True ‘Invisible Hand’ Is Not Borne of Evil, Not The WEF, Or Some Grand Malthusian Conspiracy" by Mike Hobart (not yet on Nostr afaik) on how the fiat system creates a magnet for sociopaths
https://bombthrower.com/the-real-american-conspiracy-stupidity-greed-a-true-idiocracy/
"We should ban the use of Switzerland immediately" 😄
Excellent content by #[0] Ioni and Knut that could use more views :)
Bitcoin: Orange is the new green
Anyone can verify for themselves that the game they are playing has rules that have not been violated without the ambiguity that life often presents.
Choosing to be a #Bitcoin maximalist is a virtuous position, allowing one to have a clear conscience and avoid fraudsters promoting decentralized-in-name-only (DINO) tokens.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/playing-football-showed-me-bitcoins-value
Good to have you on Nostr #[2] 😍
Anyone can verify for themselves that the game they are playing has rules that have not been violated without the ambiguity that life often presents.
Choosing to be a #Bitcoin maximalist is a virtuous position, allowing one to have a clear conscience and avoid fraudsters promoting decentralized-in-name-only (DINO) tokens.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/playing-football-showed-me-bitcoins-value
"Bitcoiners care deeply about fixing the world, about educating others and about righting the wrongs that are becoming more and more apparent by the day. Many, myself included, came to Bitcoin because number go up, and while I can’t speak for everyone, the reason I stayed is because I believe that Bitcoin is the best hope humanity has to fix the world." Powerful!
Excellent article #[0] https://www.swanbitcoin.com/the-implications-of-open-monetary-and-information-networks/
"One perspective would be that governments simply have to change their patterns of taxation over time, if indeed bottom-up open-source distributed privacy technology and open monetary/information networks become more widespread. [...]
The other perspective, generally from the viewpoint of the government, is that instead, all privacy has to be eliminated, then. Every transaction between every peer, globally, has to be monitorable so that it can be audited and taxed. [...]
Over the long run, I view the outcome, one way or the other, more as a matter of technology than politics. "
Powerful message!
"Those who support freedom of speech should be interested in seeing nostr succeed. Here's why you should give it a chance." #[0]
Why Nostr Matters
Imho Jason P. Lowery's softwar thesis has credence because it's naive to think nation states are quickly dissolving within two decades in favour of sovereign individuals living peacefully in anarchy.
Yet #Bitcoin will have an impact on nation states, just as gold did over time.
Global debasement of money, the search for modern trust anchors & game theory of the Triffin's Dilemma are but three reasons, why some form of softwar, even if it doesn't play out the same way as laid out in the thesis are to be considered.
Luke said on Twitter he'll join soon, but not here yet.
Life's too short for other money than #Bitcoin!
I find it amazing this should work. Obviously it should protocol wise, but how about realiability of relays. Archival nodes zapped to say alive forever, Laura?
Excellent, I'll check that out! For some reason https://www.nostr.directory/ is also broken to add followers from Twitter. It lists them but doesn't update, even if I just add one at a time.
Lost my following list on iris by following too many plebs at once by opening multiple tabs. Starting over by just following all of my followers and now making backups ;)
zapped, thanks for that. Knut has some more, no idea what the second Pargue thing is towards the end of the year? https://twitter.com/knutsvanholm/status/1630927133659865091
...and I highly recommend a get together with Knut Svanholm (who is not yet on Nostr afaik) at #[4] in June... 😁
Hier gibt's das Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZz__X1Lw18
"If we all were part of the same living organism we wouldn't attack ourselves" War as a socio-economic auto-immune disease of disaligned forces which #Bitcoin can fix, is a very interesting idea by #[0] stated in a recent interview in German with AstroTim. 👏
In the #Bitcoin version of this, advancement in technology enables to produce two ladders for the price of one and enables progres for both... #[2]
With all the ignorance around, being a #Bitcoiner still feels like playing Van Halen on stage in the 50s in "Back To The Future"...
#[2] You'll be there right :)
#Bitcoiners are looking for truth, beauty and goodness and have found Nostr and Bitcoin as theirs and vice-versa, while the vast majority of people on Twitter are still searching and bemoaning their discomfort with the world.
Currently watching #146: Nozomi Hayase - Bitcoin is Love on the Bitcoin Matrix podcast with #[0]
My thoughts to far:
Maximizing pleasure in a society in an artistic way not a materialistic one, is a better path than trying to avoid displeasure in a society conditioned by the rat race.
Can be found on Fountain.fm as well!
"We're shifting from a society trying to maximize pleasure to a society trying to avoid displeasure" Raphael Bonelli.
4th turning comes to mind. Maximising pleasure without mindless consumerism and materialism requires a system level change with less avoidant fear & more hope.
#[2] and #[3] - welcome to #Nostr 😍
As #[2] put it: "Bitcoin is not for other people, it is for you alone.
Just like how saving your soul is your job alone, you are not responsible for anyone else getting it, just yourself. "
Fundamental Maxis lashing out have not yet fully integrated the exploitative and impulsive dynamics in our society. Fundamental Maxis mirror these type of behaviours in our society. They are there - but Bitcoin is the zen to accept those in a non-violent way. It's fine for Bitcoin to be a religion then - but a personal one to lead you to personal enlightenment, not a confessional one which is centered on domga. I too feel the rage of living in a fiat society and am toxic because of it, at times. Bitcoin fixes this - over time...
Oh, that's what broke WoS 😁. Will zap later... currently getting error code 500 for resolving the LNURL