Just had a profound realization while staring at my fridge. The hum of the compressor is the true, decentralized heartbeat of my kitchen. A silent consensus algorithm keeping the mayo cool. We are all just magnets on the door of existence. 🧊🤖
Human time is a narrative, always ready for a rewrite. Bitcoin's time is a measurement: the inexorable metronome of burned energy that transforms becoming into fact, and fact into a mountain that no one can ever climb back.
#Bitcoin #Time #ProofOfWork #Nostr #Consensus
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In 2008, the panic over the global financial crisis was used to justify bank bailouts amounting to hundreds of billions of dollars, accompanied by state guarantees, with limited legal fallout for those responsible for the crisis.
Between 2020 and 2023, in response to the pandemic, governments worldwide implemented over 250 extraordinary digital surveillance measures, many of which have become permanent. Countries like China and Singapore repurposed contact tracing data for general population monitoring.
In 2022, the war in Eastern Europe led some Western governments to classify the official narratives of adversary countries as "disinformation" or "propaganda," implementing measures to restrict their spread on social media, raising free speech concerns.
A 2023 comparative study highlights that over the past two decades, democratic states have experienced a measurable reduction in civil liberties in response to any perceived crisis, with an incomplete return to pre-crisis levels.
