Perhaps the biggest narrative in the bitcoin space this year, even bigger than treasury companies, was "dont spend your bitcoin, take out a loan and spend fiat". I think that's unraveling now. Funny enough this will shake out the over levered and teach everyone a valuable lesson, spend bitcoin. Earn in bitcoin, spend in bitcoin. This is the only way you dont get shaken out and keep exposure to the greatest asset known to humanity.

Imagine what humans from different eras of history would think about the sheer amount of data almost everyone today carries with them. Ancient times: writing was for the elites, the average person had to compress complex ideas into poems and songs. Often the true data would never be unzipped once compressed as poems and songs became epics and myths. The line of reality blurred Early industrial: writing en masses was still reserved for the elites or those who were granted access to the printing press via elite gate keepers. The average person relied on pen and paper. Paper decays. Ideas with a lifespan. Today: we carry snapshots and videos of our everyday lives. We jot notes in our phones to never be seen again. Terabytes of ideas are uploaded to corporate databases. Ideas live forever and breath life into artificial intelligence. These are the things we carry. The people before us would have killed for the opportunity most people today squander.

What nostr extension do you guys find is the most secure to use for connecting to fountain and other websites?

"Specialists in violence, the forefathers of government, increasingly devoted themselves to plunder and protection from plunder. Along with the priests, they became the first wealthy persons in history" - The Sovereign Individual Look to history to show what lies at the heart of government when left to its own devices.

Crazy how so many people dont get what the concept of ownership means. They get it in physical space, but in digital space, man, people just give ownership away..

“AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there’ll be great companies.” Sam Altman said AI might lead to the end of the world, yet he is building it anyway. No one is debating whether to build superintelligence anymore. America is racing to do it first. The only question left is: what world are rushing to build?

@jack when spend bitcoin with cash app debit card? That way I always spend bitcoin and the merchants get what they want. Coinbase is doing it, in sure cashapp could do it better!

Does anyone know if Primal is available in Mexico? What do you think is the simplest client/ set up to engage and recieve sats (for an older person less technically inclined) ? I have a dear friend who lives in Cancun. She is a very talented artist that does everything from paintings to clay sculptures. She is active on Instagram but doesn't have the technical ability (or desire) to start a website where she could drive traffic in order to sell her art. She doesn't make any money at all for her art. I want to set her up on nostr because I feel she'll at least make some money from zaps. For her, even a small amount of sats will go far in her local economy (Sats to Mexican Peso). My intent is to set my friend up with the simplest client and bitcoin/lightning wallet to engage the social network side of nostr and showcase her art. She is older and would be using the sats she gets from zaps in the local economy. I plan on getting her a debit card that can link to an offramp/exchange. I'm thinking primal might be best as it's got a really nice interface and has a wallet already built in. As for the debit card, I might set her up with a coinbase card. What do the people of Nostr think? Is there a better set up? Anyone in Mexico who can steer me in the right direction? #ask nostr #onboarding #contentcreators #artstr #nostr4allgenerations