At $1MM a sat is worth a dime. At a billion it's $100.
Don't mind me, I'm just going to go walk a few hundred miles with the sMiles app...
I'm deeply considering setting up Umbrel but it's a non-trivial cost at the moment. Gotta learn more about how backing up wallets works; maybe I'll just set up a node on my Slackware desktop.
Speed wallet is working as I did get 30 sats but it feels less functional than things like Alby appear to be.
Depressing to see so many Lightning wallets unavailable in the US. Speed Wallet seems to work with Amethyst but doesn't tie in so well with other Nostr apps. Was hoping to try Alby but having a hard time finding a custodial wallet to link it with. Any Americans got recommendations here? Aside from self custody -- thats an eventuality but just looking for quick and dirty at the moment as I feel out the ecosystem. #wallet #lightning #alby
Unlike the captive that was killed in Rafah, this one was a civilian.
Wonder where the outcry is about Americans being killed now...
#FreePalestine
Or a thriller amid their downfall as things get quite turbulent for those stuck with fiat denominated liabilities amid late-stage dollar milkshake (fiat-denominated) deflation.
Ya’ll want Nostr Lyn to write a sci fi novel in whatever spare time she has, or get back to finance?
I want sci fi that is very aware and involved in currency mechanics.
If you haven't read Daniel Suarez's books 'Daemon' and 'Freedom™' you're missing out. It's amazing that it's about Bitcoin but not explicitly.
Allegories are the best way to spread knowledge beyond would be wonks.
Welcome to the power of money.
Hey nostr:nprofile1qqsyzhwc4yyjfz75c5z46f6ze63gmyhflxt9rwxfp09l9wqkh4pae4qprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuenpdenxzun9wvhxjme0qydhwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnnv96x7umgd9jxucewvdhk6tcpzamhxue69uhkummnw3ezumr0wfjkuar69e5hxtcw8vclp what are some good resources for #Bitcoin ?
Also what are some decent wallets to connect to #Amethyst ?
Just got here yesterday. But Speed Wallet for Android was simple enough to set up with Amethyst.
That's how I feel but there are some that seem to feel otherwise. Thrilled that Nostr is different.
This phenomenon is known as Gresham's law, where bad money chases out good money people people hold what is good and spend what isn't, when given the choice. If you're at a store with a gift card, which do you spend first, fiat or your gift card? The same applies with fiat vs sound money.
That bitcoin ISN'T spent, despite being so widely accepted, indicates strength, not weakness.
It's always a good day when Sammy uploads something longer than 2 minutes.
1. They'd be less likely to break in, at least, all other things being equal.
2. Privatized police is a loaded term, given that police normally have privileges that the average civilian doesn't have. Try putting a siren on your car to see what I mean there. we have examples of privatized police forces, such as on university campuses, and at the end of the day, it becomes about who is and who isn't a stakeholder in the outcomes of their interactions.
Community policing is or at least can be another matter. it may not appeal as much to the absolute hardliner libertarian capitalists as it does still have a police force that answers to a LOCAL community assembly directly, cutting out abstract notions of representative governments, often nested into local, state, and national levels.
We can look to the EZLN in Chiapas for examples of outcomes with this sort of model.
Then finally we can question, what privileges are ultimately required for a police force to begin with, particularly where the populace is appropriately armed? The extent to which we do away with things like qualified immunity and other similar privileges, the less police and civilians separate into a two-tier society.
Personally my preferences do lean a bit to community policing in moderately sized communities where appropriate combined with limiting privileges. But I can't say I think it works in all communities -- particularly large cities. Traditional private police forces ARE workable, but it is imperative that incentives be aligned such that they are defending justice rather than just a gang with badges.
As for those incentives, that gets into how you address courts in a minimal/no government environment. Perhaps a question for another note.
Made a few posts and replies already but should probably throw out an #introductions post and not just slink in all sketchy like.
I'm cykros. glad to have found the place, and especially glad it's not a web3 platform as I had assumed based on the context I was seeing in my periphery on twitter.
I'm into scifi, geopolitics, economics, philosophy, religion, and freedom.
#FreePalestine
Signal has for years been an issue in that it is only distributed officially on the official repositories for Android and iOS. And this opens you pretty wide up to have an update pushed, as these repos are tantamount to a root kit.
Moxie Marlinspike has had this issue brought to his attention for years at this point, and his unwillingness to truly address it speaks volumes.
At the end of the day it all depends who you're trying to ensure privacy from. If it's the NSA, you really should consider using One Time Pad cryptography, which is unbreakable when implemented correctly, but is far from convenient. Anything else should be considered to be taking short cuts -- which are always going to be worth weighing the risk/benefits of.
It helps that there's no margin calls. If anything, in many states you can just send jinglemail and only be out the cash you've put down while the RMBS holders scramble to recoup whatever they can with a house they never wanted to have to sell -- usually amid a falling market.
The way risks are distorted by the political machinations of the mortgage industry makes it pretty painfully obvious why the housing market is such a mess. And then they have the audacity to blame expensive housing on "capitalism."
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Might be motivation to look into FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early).
Personally I've learned I prefer one boss I can understand rather than trying to work for customers directly (ie, having a whole bunch of bosses). We all pick our poison I suppose. Shave down your wants, however, and you'll shave down the extent to which you'll be beholden to your income streams.
Can't speak too much to that as I'm new myself. Finally realized that despite it being crypto folks talking it up this wasn't yet another application needlessly using web3 to make something cost money that needn't. Glad to have realized it wasn't!
Doing it as preference is probably the only way to effectively do this given the decentralized nature of the platform. Disappaearing content requires centralized control,and Imus why there is no disappearing email.
Relays ignoring the preference would be akin to someone screenshotting tweets or snaps. Once you share something it's never 100% under your control anyway.
The one alarming thing with Nostr though is that while screenshots can be fabricated, and thus aren't always trustworthy, your Nostr notes are cryptographically signed, so you lose that deniability.just worth being aware of.
