As Roosevelt once said, "speak softly and put your antenna on a long stick" #meshtastic #reticulum

Is there anyone who wouldn't want a cheap pixel display which tracks the Bitcoin price and also shows incoming Nostr Wallet Connect events? #asknostr #nostr #bitcoin #idotmatrix #raspberrypi

Are there any ways to convert Bitcoin into USD or Congolese Francs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo? #asknostr #congo

Has anyone combined E-cash systems with Bolt cards yet? I.e. why isn't the back-end for bolt cards #cashu mints? #asknostr

At the same time that the EU is not only preventing people from trying new things but also preventing them from even thinking about trying, SpaceX is capturing massive rockets with "chopstick grips". .. While the EU is stuck in an ocean of meaningless bureaucratic details, Musk is engaged in a process of constant testing and improvement, reminiscent of the natural course of decentralised systems... The EU is facing "existential challenges", but neither the Draghi report nor the Commission's Compass will be enough to solve these challenges. Europe should consider returning to its roots - decentralised power structures! View Article →

Instead of talking about "toxic algorithms" and TikTok bans, like so many do today, we should ask ourselves more fundamental questions. For instance; how about we examine the very notion of information control? (My proposal to some of our problems would be massive decentralisation combined with protections against Sybil attacks, i.e. proof of work...) New piece out! View Article → #sensemaking #bitcoin #nostr #joiurnalism

Not sure who posted it but this quote reminded me of both #Bitcoin and #Nostr, in particular Hayek's idea that "if we can’t take it violently out of the hands of government, [then] all we can do is by some sly roundabout way introduce something that they can’t stop" #mckenna

I was today years old when I found out that the Lord's Prayer differs between Protestants and Catholics.

If our parliaments and governments are serious about improving robustness and preparedness, it is high time to leave old thought patterns such as Chat Control behind and instead back novel technologies such as asymmetric encryption and zero-knowledge proofs! New piece out! View Article →

Regardless of whether I read reports from the European Commission, opinions from various IMF officials, or speeches by big wig central bankers, I am invariably reminded of Iain McGilchrist's hemispherical hypothesis. A society dominated by the left hemisphere results in a pathological need for control. A more holistic perspective, taking into account the right hemisphere, would acknowledge that too much control can be detrimental and that financial freedom is a human right... naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqs35yguednn9f9equekad0ztklhmnujuvrzgzmtmc3axtcwcpkeyqqxnzden8ycnwdpexqmr2v3kj2qzcq #freedomtotransact #bitcoin #humanrights