An awesome analogy from my friend, who compared using Bitcoin with increased privacy to communism in USSR. I told him that BTC can be used more or less privately (to a certain level, which depends on a large number of factors), but it's very difficult, even with a full set of tools available to _advanced_ Bitcoin users (to buy BTC without KYC, Lightning, all types of CoinJoin, Silent Payments, PayNyms, etc, etc, etc.), but at the slightest mistake, all your efforts and privacy will be destroyed (also to a certain level, which also depends on many factors). And here's his quote: Communism could also be used to live a beautiful life of abundance, to have a large family that would be provided for generations to come with money, positions, private privileges, etc., but this was only available to a very few people, namely those who possessed the appropriate tools at the time. And there, too, the slightest mistake would get you labeled an enemy of the nation, and everyone would be imprisoned at once.

I have always been very surprised by people who consider themselves part of the Bitcoin/crypto community and who masturbate over politicians and regulations. EU will regulate it to death, just like everything else in the EU. https://xcancel.com/thealepalombo/status/2013654142649278705#m

No kidding, this is the only normal thing the leftists have come up with, although the meaning they put into it is fundamentally flawed. Right-wingers/conservatives think that everyone should be deported and all their problems will be solved. Leftists/liberals think that everyone should be saved, and they don't think about anything else. Why are both of these statements wrong? Because both groups exhibit collectivist thinking. The exact same thing is happening in Europe. Why did I call it a normal invention? Because I like to watch how resources and power are extracted from the state. [ only agorists will understand this ]

birth=$(stat -c %W /); now=$(date +%s); days=$(( (now - birth) / 86400 )); echo \"${days} days\"

I have been Linux-only for ~12 years. And I ❤️ KDE Plasma. #Linux #KDE #Plasma

Hmm, now even Nostr is gradually being flooded with crazy antifa and other types of ultra-lefty-commies and other aggressive scum. I thought Fediverse had been enough for them all these years.

The only thing I don't like about #Nostr is that you need to use several clients to use it properly. I understand that the protocol is still in its infancy, but damn... 😒