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The Zooko’s Triangle is a concept in the realm of naming systems, specifically for decentralized or distributed networks. It was named after Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn, a computer scientist and cypherpunk known for his work on the Zcash cryptocurrency. The triangle illustrates a trade-off between three desirable properties in a naming system:

1. Human-meaningful: Names are easily understood and remembered by humans.
2. Decentralized: No central authority controls the allocation or management of names.
3. Secure: Names are unique and cannot be easily taken or manipulated by others.

Zooko’s Triangle posits that achieving all three properties in a single system is difficult. Traditionally, a system could have only two of the three properties, leading to various combinations of naming systems with their respective advantages and disadvantages.

However, recent developments in cryptographic and distributed systems have led to solutions that challenge the traditional constraints of Zooko’s Triangle. One such system is the Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs).

DIDs

Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) are a new identifier for verifiable, decentralized digital identity. DIDs are designed to be self-sovereign, meaning that individuals or organizations control their identifiers without relying on a central authority. DID systems are built on top of decentralized networks, such as blockchain or distributed ledgers, providing a secure and tamper-proof infrastructure for identity management.

DIDs aim to achieve the three properties of Zooko’s Triangle:

1. Human-meaningful: While DIDs may not be human-meaningful due to their cryptographic nature, they can be associated with human-readable names or aliases.
2. Decentralized: DIDs are managed on decentralized networks, removing the need for a central authority.
3. Secure: The decentralized nature of DIDs, combined with cryptographic techniques, ensures that identifiers are unique, secure, and resistant to tampering.

In summary, Zooko’s Triangle presents a trade-off between human-meaningful, decentralized, and secure properties in naming systems. Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) are an example of a system that seeks to overcome the traditional limitations of the triangle by leveraging decentralized networks and cryptographic techniques to provide a more comprehensive solution for digital identity management.

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Organizational identifiers

Organizational identifiers have different sets of requirements and functions. It is not enough to have per-to-peer private communications. Organizations are more public, so we need publicly resolvable identifiers. DID:key satisfy this condition entirely but fails to fulfill the organization's needs.

• Organizations quite often act as issuers of credentials or attestations. For issuance, it is critical to have the possibility to rotate signing keys or even deactivate or delete identifiers if keys or issuer get compromised or to comply with security company policies.
• Organizations often require a split between the Controller of the identifier and the Identifier subject or even a transfer of the identifier subject.
• Organizations must have complete control of infrastructure and effectively manage resources and costs. The price of a single identifier should be fixed, and the method of creating new identifiers should be scalable.
• One of the essential requirements is trust and governance and transparent mechanics of proving and binding an identifier to an organizational entity and creating trust relations.
• Access to Identifier management is quite often controlled by a group of users

Nonfunctional requirements

• portability
• interoperability
• scalability
• Autonomous and control
• security

In my previous articles, we talk about Autonomous identifiers and how they differ from regular DIDs.

To recap

Autonomous identifiers (AIDs) are DIDs generated algorithmically from a crypto- graphic key pair in such a way that they are self-certifying, i.e. the binding with the public key can be verified without the need to consult any external blockchain or third party. KERI is an example of a decentralized identity technology based entirely on AIDs. © https://trustoverip.org/blog/2023/01/05/the-toip-trust-spanning-protocol/

In a previous article, I show how to create and use a did:key as an Autonomous identifier that feet well to private person-to-person secure communication.

Architectures and protocols that build on top of AIDs have few critical properties

• self-hosting and self-contained
• self-certified and Autonomous
• portable
• interoperable
• full control of infrastructure
• cost management

Nowadays, I discovered a few AIDs methods

• did:key — self-contained and public
• did:peer — self-certified, upgradable but private
• KERI based did — we waiting for did:keri method to be announced soon, but KERI infrastructure could be used to build internals of did:peer or similar methods.
• did:web — public, self-certified, and self-hosted method, but still, we have active community discussion and critics as far as it fully relays to ownership of domain name that could be stolen or re-assigned.

So we have to choose from did:key did:web and I hope in a future from did:keri.

To move forward, we need to understand the DID architecture better and how all parts are connected.

In many cases of personal or sovereign entities Subject and the Controller are the same, but for Organisations, it could have a crucial difference.

DID Subject

The DID subject is the entity that the DID represents. It can be a person, organization, device, or other identifiable entity. The DID subject is associated with a unique DID that serves as a persistent, resolvable, and cryptographically verifiable identifier. The subject is the primary focus of the identity management process and typically has one or more DIDs associated with it.

DID Controller

The DID controller is the entity (person, organization, or device) that has the authority to manage the DID Document associated with a particular DID. The DID controller can update, revoke, or delegate control of the DID Document, which contains the public keys, service endpoints, and other information required for interacting with the DID subject.

In many cases, the DID subject and DID controller can be the same entity, especially for individual users who create and manage their DIDs. However, in some situations, the DID controller may differ from the DID subject, such as when an organization manages the DIDs on behalf of its employees or when an administrator manages a device.

In summary, the DID subject is the entity the DID represents, while the DID controller is the entity with authority to manage the associated DID Document. Depending on the specific use case and requirements, these roles can be held by the same or different entities.

Key Pair

It is simple from the first point of view. Key-Pair is an asymmetric public and private key. One of the main DID functions is the distribution of public keys. DIDDoccument could contain multiple public keys with authorization rules and key roles.

Identifier

Representation of did itself. is a part of DID URI.

DID:Key

did:key identifier

DID web

did:web

Relations

Relations between all parts of DID identifier can be illustrated in the following diagram. DID method dictate how DID identifier gets created, updated, deactivated, and resolved.

Focusing on the relations of the controller, key pairs, and the identifier is more interesting for us.

The most significant power and benefit of DID are decoupling a key pair from a controller and identifier. It allows the rotation of keys and changes the ownership of the identifier and its subject and controller. It is the main competitive advantage of DID and SSI over web3 wallets and raw keys.

The ideal case is KERI infrastructure that decouples all parties via cryptographic binding and protocols.

To discover more, read the paper.

We used did: keys as AID in the previous article. DID:key is a cryptographically bound identifier to the public key but cannot change the binding. As a result, keys couldn't be rotated in the future. The controller has no binding except to prove private key ownership via the signature-based protocol.

On the other side, DID:web does not have a cryptographic binding of an identifier to a key pair from one side. It gives an easy possibility to rotate keys but loses the verifiability of the identifier.

The most interesting part is the Controller to identifier binding in a did: web. It is based on proof of domain name ownership and website resource. As I mention, it has some security considerations and critics in a community. Still, at the same time, we get a critical mechanism that settles trust and connects identifiers to the organization entity.

The mechanism of web domain ownership is well-defined and easy to explain to other users, even outside of SSI and web5 domain. It is getting wider adoption and creating a lot of use cases for organizations. So it helps to create a trust relationship between an identifier and organizational entity in a very transparent, human-readable, and self-explained way — the identifier hosted on the corporate domain belongs to the organization. On another side, it makes the transfer of the controller almost impossible. That's why it is critical to differentiate between a subject and a controller.

I believe that did:web still covers a lot of organizational cases and is suitable for issuing Verifiable Credentials and attestations on behalf of organizations.

Step-by-step guide on how to create and manage did:web you could find in my article

More detailed step-by-step coding guide with the live example you could find in my SSI notebooks book

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Las comunidades son creadas mediante el esfuerzo de no solo un individuo, sino al trabajo de docenas; cientos o miles de personas. Mediante la especialización, como especie, logramos entender que: el saber hacer una sola cosa no significa morir de hambre, o no estar bien preparado para un ataque; por lo contrario, el dominio o maestría de una sola cosa... Puede crear una civilización entera.

Permitirnos un enfoque certero para aprender, dominar y amaestrar nuestras actividades en un periodo de tiempo finito, permitió nuestro avance hacia nuevos campos, de hecho, movió nuestra meta en magnitud tal, que al imaginar el pasado (para muchos) parece mas bien una película cómica y sombría.

Hoy en día, en un mundo regido por individualismo en el reino físico, la manifestación de constructores de comunidades sigue presente en el (reino) digital.

La evolución de la construcción

A lo largo de la historia de la humanidad, la construcción ha evolucionado desde simples refugios hasta monumentos arquitectónicos y estructuras vanguardistas. Los primeros humanos crearon refugios rudimentarios con materiales naturales. Con la civilización, surgieron las primeras estructuras permanentes, como pirámides y templos, reflejando la organización social y creencias religiosas. La antigua Roma introdujo la innovación en la ingeniería con acueductos y arcos. La Edad Media vio fortificaciones y catedrales góticas que fusionaban espiritualidad y técnica. El Renacimiento abrazó la proporción y la simetría en palacios y edificios renombrados. La Revolución Industrial marcó un cambio radical con el acero y el hormigón, permitiendo rascacielos y puentes icónicos.

El siglo XX trajo consigo la era de los rascacielos y la arquitectura modernista, desafiando límites estructurales y estéticos. La sostenibilidad ganó importancia en el siglo XXI, impulsando la incorporación de tecnologías avanzadas, como la impresión 3D y la construcción modular. La historia de la construcción es un testimonio de la creatividad y la adaptabilidad humanas, reflejando no solo avances técnicos, sino también valores culturales y aspiraciones.

En el día hoy, los desarrolladores de software y tecnología podrían considerarse como los constructores del próximo siglo. Al igual que los constructores en otras épocas históricas, los desarrolladores de software son responsables de crear estructuras digitales que moldean la forma en que interactuamos, comunicamos y vivimos en el mundo moderno.

A medida que la tecnología continúa avanzando y la sociedad se vuelve cada vez más digital, el papel de los desarrolladores de software se vuelve crucial en la construcción de soluciones tecnológicas que abordan una amplia gama de desafíos.

Así como los arquitectos y constructores antiguos debían entender la física, la estética y las necesidades humanas para diseñar y construir edificios funcionales y atractivos, los desarrolladores de software deben comprender la lógica de programación, la experiencia del usuario, la seguridad cibernética y la innovación tecnológica para crear aplicaciones, sistemas y plataformas que sean útiles y efectivos.

Individuos que inspiran

La inspiración individual es un poderoso motor de cambio que puede tener un impacto significativo en la mente colectiva de una comunidad o sociedad. Cuando una persona demuestra pasión, determinación y una visión positiva, puede influir en otros a nivel emocional y cognitivo. Aquí hay algunas formas en que la inspiración individual afecta a la mente colectiva:

La gente puede verse reflejada en las luchas y logros de alguien más, lo que crea un sentido de unidad y comunidad. Esto puede generar un mayor apoyo y solidaridad en torno a ciertas causas o valores. Ademas, la inspiración individual puede llevar a la acción. Cuando las personas son testigos de un individuo que supera obstáculos o logra metas desafiantes, esto puede motivar a otros a enfrentar sus propios desafíos y trabajar hacia sus objetivos. El ejemplo de una sola persona puede encender la chispa de la acción en muchas más.

La inspiración individual puede tener un efecto multiplicador. Cuando una persona inspirada comparte su historia o experiencia, puede inspirar a otros, creando una cadena de influencia que se extiende a través de redes sociales, comunidades y sociedades enteras. Esto puede tener un impacto a gran escala en la mente colectiva.

El individuo inspirador tiene el potencial de influir profundamente en la mente colectiva al cambiar percepciones, motivar la acción y crear una sensación de comunidad y unidad.

Comunidades: origen, inicios y progreso.

Las comunidades han sido una parte fundamental de la experiencia humana a lo largo de la historia. Desde los primeros tiempos hasta la era moderna, las comunidades han evolucionado y cambiado en respuesta a las necesidades, avances tecnológicos y contextos culturales.

Desde los primeros días de la humanidad, nuestros antepasados se agruparon en pequeñas comunidades para sobrevivir. Estas comunidades eran grupos familiares o tribus que compartían recursos y conocimientos para cazar, recolectar alimentos y protegerse de los peligros. La cooperación y la solidaridad eran esenciales para la supervivencia.

Con el desarrollo de la agricultura, las comunidades evolucionaron hacia asentamientos más permanentes. La capacidad de cultivar alimentos permitió la formación de aldeas y pueblos, donde la gente podía establecerse y construir relaciones más complejas. Esto llevó al surgimiento de una división del trabajo más especializada y al desarrollo de habilidades artesanales.

Las civilizaciones antiguas, como la sumeria, egipcia, griega y romana, dieron paso a la formación de ciudades y sociedades más organizadas. Las comunidades se convirtieron en centros de comercio, gobierno y cultura. Se construyeron estructuras monumentales, como templos y palacios, que unificaron a las personas en torno a creencias religiosas y sistemas políticos.

Durante la Edad Media, las comunidades se organizaron en torno a sistemas feudales. Los señores feudales gobernaban sobre las tierras y las personas locales. Las aldeas y feudos eran autónomos en gran medida y se centraban en la agricultura y la autosuficiencia.

La Revolución Industrial marcó un cambio importante en la estructura de las comunidades. La industrialización dio lugar a la urbanización, con muchas personas dejando las zonas rurales para trabajar en fábricas en las ciudades.

En la era moderna, las comunidades han continuado evolucionando con avances tecnológicos y la globalización. Las redes sociales y las comunicaciones digitales han conectado a personas de todo el mundo, creando comunidades virtuales en línea.

Bitcoin | Nostr y la chispa del constructor

Como ya vimos, un solo individuo puede inspirar a muchos otros, teniendo un efecto multiplicador. Esto no solo se traduce al mundo físico, por el contrario, esta directamente ligado a nuestra psicología, incluso podemos decir que va aun mas allá, adentrándonos en el terreno ideológico y espiritual.

Hasta hace no mucho, estábamos a merced de las grandes corporaciones que construían todo por nosotros, mientras esperábamos con ansias las nuevas actualizaciones de cada iteración de sus productos. Cada vez mas y mas nos hacíamos dependientes de dichas corporaciones sin quizás notarlo, poco a poco se fueron apoderando de nuestro tiempo y muy insidiosamente de nuestra personalidad e identidad.

Gracias a las alternativas presentadas hoy en día y a los individuos que inspiran a otros, existe la posibilidad de construir algo que va mas allá de las grandes corporaciones, porque transciende no solo el nivel físico y digital, sino que también transciende a los individuos que aportan a la comunidad. Estoy hablando por supuesto de Nostr, y como los incentivos están alineados gracias a Bitcoin.

Pongamos como ejemplo un par de nombres para ilustrar como individuos que inspirar pueden crear una chispa que se extiende a cada persona dentro de la comunidad.

Personajes como nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft nostr:npub1utx00neqgqln72j22kej3ux7803c2k986henvvha4thuwfkper4s7r50e8 nostr:npub1v0lxxxxutpvrelsksy8cdhgfux9l6a42hsj2qzquu2zk7vc9qnkszrqj49 nostr:npub107jk7htfv243u0x5ynn43scq9wrxtaasmrwwa8lfu2ydwag6cx2quqncxg (entre muchos otros que podría mencionar pero todo el articulo seria una lista de nombres) han inspirado a otros desarrolladores, creadores de contenido (y todas las otras especializaciones que te puedas imaginar…) A construir sobre este protocolo. Incluso, personas como el caso mas reciente de nostr:npub1m64hnkh6rs47fd9x6wk2zdtmdj4qkazt734d22d94ery9zzhne5qw9uaks han encontrado inspiración para aprender a programar sobre estos mismos rieles.

nostr:nevent1qqs8fe938k7j5sxcprrv89ezpu09m9pzm90f0sq24hnwlwu0rmn09qcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxg5vtygh

La chispa del constructor en palabras mas concisas es: Inspiración multiplicadora en pos de la productividad y por ende, del crecimiento de una comunidad.

Sin Bitcoin y Lightning Network, esto seria posible, pero mucho menos efectivo debido a que las personas detrás de toda labor que este enfocada en creación de contenido, desarrollo, etc. Tienen que comer.

Conclusión

La chispa del constructor radica en la inspiración individual que impulsa a la acción colectiva. Desde la evolución de la construcción hasta las comunidades digitales, el poder de un individuo inspirado puede moldear el presente y el futuro de las comunidades en todo el mundo.

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In a prosperous nation like Australia, the issues that Bitcoin aim to solve are far less perceivable compared to other poorer or authoritarian nations. Bitcoin’s value proposition is less relatable because we have access to banks, our economies are generally tolerable, and everything to some degree just works.

Conversations about Bitcoin in the workplace or among friends and family can be difficult. You may often be dismissed, called names (mine is “future boy”), or perceived as someone belonging to a cult. And people will bring up the common arguments against Bitcoin purported by the media: 1) it uses to much energy, 2) it is volatile, 3) it encourages criminal activity like the silk road, 4) it is a Ponzi scheme, 5) its an intangible asset, and 6) its a speculative and immature technology.

Here I will offer some tips I have learnt when talking to people about Bitcoin. My frame of reference is as a Bitcoiner living in Australia, but I think my experience may translate to other developed nations.

Tip 1: Never try convince someone they should buy Bitcoin.

My first tip is to never try convince people to buy Bitcoin, but instead, teach them about Bitcoin and guide them towards sources where they can learn more themselves. The value proposition behind Bitcoin is difficult to understand and people shouldn’t necessarily hold any before they understand the risks and benefits behind the technology.

In my mind, the most important part of a person’s orange pilling is the will and interest to find out more themselves, and make their own decision to buy some.

So your primary aim should be just to find a way to make them interested enough to seek out more information. Here is my shortlist of books, podcasts, and other valuable sources I use when pointing people to find out more.

Tip 2: Bitcoin is an inclusive technology.

One major problem I see with the Bitcoin community is that Bitcoiners set up walls where you are either enlightened Bitcoiner, or you are a “normie”. For someone seeking to find out more about Bitcoin, the community can appear cultish, and being referred to as a “normie” or other names creates an exclusive environment that can dissuade people from finding out more. Everyone will have their own path of discovery as most of us did. Help others find Bitcoin by making the community inclusive.

Tip 3: Be prepared to combat common misconceptions or misunderstandings

1. Bitcoin uses more energy than some country in Europe

This is probably the most common argument I hear. But as you will see, the real question here is not about the absolute amount of energy use, but a person’s perception of the value per unit energy that it delivers.

The adoption of any new technology that advances society has required energy. This energy consumption is often intense at the beginning and becomes more efficient as the technology develops and drives further investment. Bitcoin miners are the primary consumers of energy in the technology. Most people don’t actually understand why Bitcoin consumes energy — Bitcoin consumes energy to cryptographically protect the value contained within the network. However, inherent to Bitcoin is an economic incentive to reduce energy costs and maximise profits. Miner’s therefore naturally seek out more efficient technologies and cheaper sources of energy.

Over a 5 year period from 2018 to 2023, the energy required per terrahash (energy per unit work) declined by 63%. It is also useful to highlight novel ways in which Bitcoin miners are consuming wasted energy or using renewable sources, such as Iris energy, or Gridless. These and other companies are investing into renewable energy sources. Current estimates of Bitcoin’s renewable energy usage is between 25% and 50%.

In 2016 the power consumption of data centres was estimated to be 200 TWh/y. By comparison, Bitcoin consumes between 75.4 TWh/y and 122 TWh/y. The traditional financial system is estimated to consume 5,000 TWh/y which pales to Bitcoin’s consumption. This is not to say we should be complacent about Bitcoin’s energy use; these are all staggering amounts of energy consumption! But in most people’s mind, the value of data centres and the legacy financial system seems so obvious that they wouldn’t question its energy usage. So the real question should not be about the absolute value of power consumption, but rather whether Bitcoin provides the same global value per unit energy consumed.

Framing the energy argument in terms of the value per unit energy should help to open a discussion on Bitcoin’s value proposition.

2. Bitcoin is volatile

Yes, Bitcoin is volatile! But why is this bad? Most people making this claim are comparing Bitcoin to holding shares in some big tech company. Bitcoin is not a company! Comparing it to a company means you haven’t understood the Bitcoin’s true value proposition of it becoming the hardest form of money. Furthermore, despite its current volatility, Bitcoin continues to outperform most stocks and gold.

Bitcoin is a truly free market asset, unlike other forms of investment influenced by capital controls which act to dampen volatility. Bitcoin’s adoption still sits below 5% globally. As adoption increases, its price will continue to stabilise as it has been over the past decade (see figure below).

Bitcoin price volatility index (source: https://buybitcoinworldwide.com/volatility-index/)

Volatility will continue to be a feature of Bitcoin in the near future. But this is not necessarily bad. Investment into Bitcoin, like any asset, should be taken with consideration of a person’s financial position and their ability to weather this volatility.

3. Bitcoin facilitates illicit activity and the anonymity of the criminals.

There is no escaping the fact that to some degree Bitcoin has facilitated the exchange of drugs and other illicit activity. However, Bitcoin offers a level of traceability that hasn’t existed previously with cash. Bitcoin is not anonymous, it is pseudonymous. It depends on a public ledger that facilitates the tracking funds, and KYC (Know-Your-Customer) on/off ramps that help link transactions back to individuals. This tracking has led to the downfall of the silk road and several associated criminals since. Law enforcement and journalists are constantly coming up with tools to track the the movement of cryptocurrencies used in illicit activity.

Bitcoin is a neutral technology. Blaming Bitcoin for the drug problem is as silly as blaming the internet, the postage service that sends a large portion of drugs, or cars that drive them from location to location. It will never be escape the fact that some people will use it for illegal activity, as people have and will continue to do with any form of money.

4. Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme.

Many other cryptocurrencies which are actual Ponzi schemes have given people a negative impression of Bitcoin. I once had a family member, who knew about my great interest in Bitcoin gleefully exclaim “Hey did you hear!? Bitcoin is dead!” She was referring to the news about the downfall of OneCoin. This comment made me realise how important it is to help people understand the fundamental difference between a decentralised Bitcoin and a centralised crypto Ponzi.

In simple terms, Bitcoin being decentralised means there is no single entity in charge or profiting from the value of Bitcoin, nor are there profits derived from getting people into Bitcoin.

A follow-on comment I often get is that early adopters cause an imbalance in the distribution of wealth. This is currently true. It is estimated that 0.01% of addresses hold 58% of all Bitcoin. But we currently live in a world of rapidly rising inequality and a financial system that promotes the financial privileged. Over the past 40 years, the top 1% of income earners has seen their share increase from about 11% to almost 20% in the USA (see figure below).

Total share of income of the top 1% of earners (source: https://wid.world/)

You can research into the effects leading to inequality and you will read very contradictory arguments from both sides of the Bitcoin camp. So I’m not going to argue that Bitcoin solves the problem of wealth inequality; that is yet to be seen. But the growing digitisation of financial services is already creating a positive effect in reducing wealth inequality around the world. One of Bitcoins main benefits is that it promotes financial inclusion, which I believe can only result in a positive outcome for reducing inequality.

5. Bitcoin is an intangible asset

I once tried to explain to a family member the link between physical gold and Bitcoin. I used the analogy that energy is trapped in physical gold, and energy is required to extract it. This is similar to extracting and storing energy in Bitcoin. He laughed at me smugly.

Some people will have a really hard time comparing a physical asset to a digital one. They assume a digital asset can be copied, and it has no meaningful use in the real world. Bitcoin requires some tech literacy which you cannot teach in an evening!

Instead, you can highlight that a physical asset like gold is a great store of value; we have been using it to store value for millennia. But it is not a great medium of exchange. How can you break it up into smaller pieces? How do you send it across the world?

Bitcoin solves these problems. Like gold, Bitcoin cannot be copied or debased. But unlike gold, you can send fractions of a Bitcoin instantly anywhere across the globe.

6. Bitcoin is a speculative and immature technology.

Trace Mayer used to talk about the seven network effects of Bitcoin: Speculation, Merchant Adoption, Consumer Adoption, Security, Developer Mindshare, Financialization, and Adoption as a World Reserve Currency.

Speculation, being the first network effect, is an important part of Bitcoin’s maturation. Speculation drives early adoption and leads to the initial growth and innovation. Early adopters face larger risks as the price is more volatile, but also reap larger rewards. As more people adopt, merchants begin to accept it as forms of payment, leading to the second network effect and so on.

Yes, Bitcoin was a speculative asset but it is far beyond it speculative stage. We are currently closer to the “Developer mindshare” stage, where developers are working on new tools and new products that now integrate multiple technologies, like lightning and nostr.

Bitcoin is no longer speculative. I would also argue it is not even immature, even though it has only been around for a decade. But a misconception people often make is that the dollar (AUD or USD) is mature. The dollar as we know it is an experiment that has been running since around 1971, and politicians and economists still have no idea how to control it! Levers are pulled, money is debased and debt is increased time and time again.

Debt to GDP since 1970. Australia saw a moment of recovery duing the early 2000s but began increasing after the global financial crisis in 2008. Japan’s debt skyrocketed in the 1990’s and currently sits around 260%. On average across the G-20 nations, debt has increased from a low of 23% to around 95%. (source https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/CG_DEBT_GDP@GDD/SWE)

And thats it! I hope you found this useful for the next time you’re speaking to someone about Bitcoin in a developed nation.

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Remember that feeling when you were a child, and the world seemed to be a wonderful place full of possibilities? You were full of hope and had many dreams; everything seemed possible.

As you grow older, you learn about the numerous atrocities committed throughout history and even today. Every day, so many people are economically exploited by others, leading to a great amount of suffering. You start to feel hopeless, frustrated and overwhelmed, thinking that you, as a small part of the world, might not be able to do anything about it.

Then, you learn about the crucial role money plays in allowing that exploitation, wars, and tyranny, specifically fiat money controlled by corrupt individuals. You begin questioning what money truly is and how broken the current fiat world has become.

You realize why Bitcoin was created and start going down the rabbit hole, learning all the details about how it achieves the goal of being the best form of money humankind has ever seen.

And then... an incredible thing happens in your mind. That amazing, childlike feeling of wonder and endless possibilities returns. You start to feel hope again and believe that one person using the right tools can make a significant difference in the world.

Once that happens, your life is completely transformed. Your priorities change – low time preference – and you start evaluating how you spend your time, professionally, for instance. You begin to think about how you can use your time in a way that not only increases bitcoin adoption but also contributes, even in a small way, to fixing the problems you see in the world.

You understand why proof-of-work is critically important, not only in securing the Bitcoin network but also in every small detail of life and interactions between people. Hardworking individuals shouldn't have their savings for the future stolen by parasites, exploiters, fleas and those who avoid work at all costs.

Bitcoin is a tool in this peaceful war against laziness.

Bitcoin enforces an ethical and fair world for people who embrace work as proof of their livelihood.

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• Francese: nostr:naddr1qqxnzd3cxyunqvfhxy6rvwfjqyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcpvemhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0dec82c33xpshw7ntde4xwdtjx4kxz6nwwg6nxdpn8phxgcmedfukcem3wdexuun5wy6kwunnxsun2a35xfckxdnpwaek5dp409enw0mzwfhkzerrv9ehg0t5wf6k2qgawaehxw309a6ku6tkv4e8xefwdehhxarjd93kstnvv9hxgtczyzd9w67evpranzz2jw4m9wcygcyjhxsmcae6g5s58el5vhjnsa6lgqcyqqq823cmvvp6c grazie a nostr:npub1nftkhktqglvcsj5n4wetkpzxpy4e5x78wwj9y9p70ar9u5u8wh6qsxmzqs
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• Svedese: nostr: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 grazie a nostr:npub19jk45jz45gczwfm22y9z69xhaex3nwg47dz84zw096xl6z62amkqj99rv7
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• Olandese: nostr: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 grazie a nostr:npub1equrmqway3qxw3dkssymusxkwgwrqypfgeqx0lx9pgjam7gnj4ysaqhkj6
• Arabo: nostr: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 grazie a nostr:npub1nje4ghpkjsxe5thcd4gdt3agl2usxyxv3xxyx39ul3xgytl5009q87l02j
• Tedesco: nostr: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 grazie a nostr:npub1eseajvcuqgk6dy98zndje76hcd485zwmhjx4ztgnw4yruq68lhxq45cqvg
• Giapponese: nostr:naddr1qqxnzd3cxy6rjv3hx5cnyde5qgs87hptfey2p607ef36g6cnekuzfz05qgpe34s2ypc2j6x24qvdwhgrqsqqqa28lxc9p6 di nostr:npub1wh69w45awqnlsxw7jt5tkymets87h6t4phplkx6ug2ht2qkssswswntjk0
• Russo: nostr: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 di nostr:npub10awzknjg5r5lajnr53438ndcyjylgqsrnrtq5grs495v42qc6awsj45ys7

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Ciao, caro Nostrich!

Nostr è qualcosa di completamente nuovo, e ci sono alcuni passi da fare che semplificheranno il tuo ingresso e renderanno più interessante la tua esperienza.

👋 Benvenuto

Dato che stai leggendo questa guida, diamo per assunto che tu ti sia già unito a Nostr scaricando un app (es. Damus, Amethyst, Plebstr) o usando un Web Client Nostr (es. snort.social, Nostrgram, Iris). E' importante per un nuovo arrivato seguire i passaggi suggeriti dalla piattaforma di tua scelta - la procedura di benvenuto ti fornisce tutte le basi, e non dovrai preoccuparti di configurare nulla a meno che tu non lo voglia fare. Se sei incappato in questo articolo, ma non hai ancora un “account” Nostr, puoi seguire questa semplice guida a cura di nostr:npub1cly0v30agkcfq40mdsndzjrn0tt76ykaan0q6ny80wy034qedpjsqwamhz.

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🤙 Divertiti

Nostr è fatto per assicurarsi che le persone siano in grado di connettersi liberamente, di essere ascoltate e di divertirsi. Questo è il fulcro centrale (ovviamente ci sono moltissimi altri casi d'uso, come essere uno strumento per i divulgatori e chi lotta per la libertà, ma per questo servirà un articolo a parte), quindi se qualcosa ti è poco chiaro contatta altri “nostriches” con esperienza e saremo lieti di aiutarti. Interagire con Nostr non è difficile, ma ci sono alcune differenze rispetto alle altre piattaforme tradizionali, quindi è normale fare domande (anzi...sei incoraggiato a farne).

Questa è una lista ufficiosa di utenti Nostr che saranno felici di aiutarti e rispondere alle tue domande:

nostr:naddr1qqg5ummnw3ezqstdvfshxumpv3hhyuczypl4c26wfzswnlk2vwjxky7dhqjgnaqzqwvdvz3qwz5k3j4grrt46qcyqqq82vgwv96yu

Tutti i nostriches nella lista hanno ricevuto il badge Nostr Ambassador, il che renderà facile per te trovarli, verificarli e seguirli

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⚡️ Attivare gli Zaps

Gli Zaps sono una delle prime differenze che noterai entrando su Nostr. Consentono agli utenti Nostr di inviare istantaneamente valore per supportare la creazione di contenuti utili e divertenti. Sono possibili grazie a Bitcoin e Lightning Network. Questi due protocolli di pagamento decentralizzati permettono di inviare istantaneamente dei sats (la più piccola frazione di Bitcoin) tanto facilmente quanto mettere un like sulle piattaforme social tradizionali. Chiamiamo questo meccanismo Value-4-Value e puoi trovare altre informazioni al riguardo qui: https://dergigi.com/value/

Dai un'occhiata a questa nota di nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 per avere una panoramica su cosa sono siano gli zaps.

Dovresti attivare gli Zaps anche se non sei un creatore di contenuti - le persone troveranno sicuramente interessanti alcune delle tue note e vorranno mandarti dei sats. Il modo più semplice per ricevere sats su Nostr è il seguente:

1. Scarica l'app Wallet of Satoshi - probabilmente la scelta migliore per dispositivi mobili per chi è nuovo in Bitcoin e Lightning. Tieni di conto che esistono molti altri wallets e che potrai scegliere quello che preferisci. Inoltre, non dimenticarti di fare un back up del wallet.
2. Premi “Ricevere”
3. Premi sopra al tuo Lightning Address (è quello che sembra un indirizzo email) per copiarlo
4. Incollalo poi nel campo corrispondente all'interno del tuo client Nostr (il nome del campo potrebbe essere “Bitcoin Lightning Address”, “LN Address” o qualcosa di simile in base all'app che utilizzi).

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📫 Ottieni un indirizzo Nostr

Gli indirizzi Nostr, a cui spesso i Nostr OGs si riferiscono con “NIP-05 identifier”, sono simili ad un indirizzo email e:

🔍 Aiutano a rendere il tuo account facile da trovare e condividere
✔️ Servono a verificare che il tuo “LN Address” appartenga ad un umano

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Questo è un esempio di indirizzo Nostr: Tony@nostr.21ideas.org E' facile memorizzarlo e successivamente cercarlo in una qualsiasi piattaforma Nostr per trovare la persona corrispondente

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Per ottenere un indirizzo Nostr puoi usare un servizio gratuito come Nostr Check (di nostr:npub138s5hey76qrnm2pmv7p8nnffhfddsm8sqzm285dyc0wy4f8a6qkqtzx624) oppure uno a pagamento come Nostr Plebs (di nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424). Entrambi offrono vari vantaggi, e la scelta dipende solo da te. Un altro modo per ottenere un indirizzo Nostr è tramite un'estensione del browser. Scopri di più al riguardo qui) .

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🙇‍♀️ Impara le basi

Dietro le quinte Nostr è molto diverso dalle piattaforme social tradizionali, quindi conoscerne le basi è estremamente utile per i nuovi arrivati. E con questo non intendo che dovresti imparare un linguaggio di programmazione o i dettagli tecnici del protocollo. Sto dicendo che avere una visione d'insieme più ampia e capire le differenze fra Nostr e Twitter / Medium / Reddit ti aiuterà moltissimo. Ad esempio, al posto di un nome utente e password hai una chiave privata e una pubblica. Non entrerò nel dettaglio perchè esistono già moltissime risorse che ti aiuteranno a diventare un esperto di Nostr. Tutte quelle degne di nota sono state raccolte in questa pagina con 💜 da nostr:npub12gu8c6uee3p243gez6cgk76362admlqe72aq3kp2fppjsjwmm7eqj9fle6

Fra le informazioni che troverai nel link viene anche spiegato come mettere al sicuro le tue chiavi di Nostr (il tuo account), quindi è importante dargli un'occhiata

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🤝 Connettiti

La possibilità di connetterti con altre [^3] persone brillanti è ciò che rende speciale Nostr. Qui tutti possono essere ascoltati e nessuno può essere escluso. Ci sono alcuni semplici modi per trovare persone interessanti su Nostr:

• Trova le persone che segui su Twitter: https://www.nostr.directory/ è un ottimo strumento per questo.
• Segui le persone seguite da altri di cui ti fidi: Visita il profilo di una persona che condivide i tuoi stessi interessi, guarda la lista delle persone che segue e connettiti con loro.

• Visita la Bacheca Globale: Ogni client Nostr (app Nostr se preferisci) ha una scheda per spostarsi nella Bacheca Globale (Global Feed), dove troverai tutte le note di tutti gli utenti di Nostr. Segui le persone che trovi interessanti (ricorda di essere paziente - potresti trovare una discreta quantità di spam).

• Usa gli #hashtags: Gli Hashtag sono un ottimo modo per concentrarti sugli argomenti di tuo interesse. Ti basterà premere sopra l'#hashtag per vedere altre note relative all'argomento. Puoi anche cercare gli hashtags tramite l'app che utilizzi. Non dimenticare di usare gli hashtags quando pubblichi una nota, per aumentarne la visibilità.

https://nostr.build/i/0df18c4a9b38f1d9dcb49a5df3e552963156927632458390a9393d6fee286631.jpg Screenshot della bacheca di nostr:npub1ktw5qzt7f5ztrft0kwm9lsw34tef9xknplvy936ddzuepp6yf9dsjrmrvj su https://nostrgraph.net/

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🗺️ Esplora

I 5 consigli menzionati sono un ottimo punto d'inizio e miglioreranno moltissimo la tua esperienza, ma c'è molto di più da scoprire! Nostr non è solo un rimpiazzo per Twitter e le sue possibilità sono limitate solo dalla nostra immaginazione.

Dai un'occhiata alla lista di tutti i progetti Nostr:

• https://nostrapps.com/ una lista di tutte le apps su Nostr
• https://nostrplebs.com/ – ottieni il tuo NIP-05 e altri vantaggi (a pagamento)
• https://nostrcheck.me/ – Indirizzi Nostr, caricamento di media, relay
• https://nostr.build/ – Carica e gestisci i tuoi media (e altro)
• https://nostr.band/ – Informazioni sul network e gli utenti di Nostr
• https://zaplife.lol/ – Statistiche degli Zaps
• https://nostrit.com/ – Programma le note
• https://nostrnests.com/ – Twitter Spaces 2.0
• https://nostryfied.online/ - Fai un backup dei tuoi dati di Nostr
• https://www.wavman.app/ - Player musicale per Nostr

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📻 Relays

Dopo aver preso confidenza con Nostr assicurati di dare un'occhiata alla mia guida riguardo i Relays su Nostr: https://lnshort.it/nostr-relays. Non è un argomento di cui preoccuparsi all'inizio del tuo viaggio, ma è sicuramente importante approfondirlo più avanti.

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📱 Nostr su mobile

Avere un'esperienza fluida su Nostr tramite un dispositivo mobile è fattibile. Questa guida ti aiuterà ad accedere, postare, inviare zap e molto di più all'interno delle applicazioni web Nostr sul tuo smartphone: https://lnshort.it/nostr-mobile

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Grazie per aver letto e ci vediamo dall'altra parte della tana del coniglio.

Grazie a nostr:npub10awzknjg5r5lajnr53438ndcyjylgqsrnrtq5grs495v42qc6awsj45ys7 per aver fornito il documento originale che ho tradotto

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I would like to share an alternative management for constipation other than lactulose. Just a quick recap, lactulose is a type of laxative that works by increasing the osmolality of the Gastro intestinal tract, inducing water absorption into the feces. While it is a common medication for constipation, it has one particular side effect which is dependency.

Actually, the best way to alleviate constipation is by increasing fiber intake, although this process is relatively slow. However, there is one type of fiber that is quite effective, which is psyllium husk.

Psyllium comes from the plant genus Plantago whose seeds are used as a traditional preparation to treat constipation and mild diarrhea. Its mechanism of action is as a bulk-forming laxative. It has a lower dependency effect compare to lactulose. Additionally, it also has other co-beneficial effects such as being a normoglycemic (reduce blood sugar) agent and a hypocholestremic (reduce cholesterol level) agent.

However, it is not without side effects. Being of plant origin, some people may develop allergy towards it. Additionally, it may worsen constipation or even cause choking if taken without adequate water. It is to be noted that it can be taken in pregnancy , though with caution.

The recommended dosage to consume psyllium husk is one tablespoon dissolve in 1 cup of water once daily and can be taken up to twice daily.

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Latin America is a messy, culturally-rich, and prickly place.

Though it is blessed with bountiful resources in its sprawling jungles, deserts, and jagged mountains, it has for most of its history been caught in the oscillating winds of colonial powers and external forces.

While the 19th century saw the withering influence of Spanish colonialism against the rise of independence movements, the first part of the 20th century was defined by constant overt and clandestine interventionism on behalf of the Anglo powers, namely Britain and certainly the United States.

From the 1950s onwards, those interventions multiplied, as foreign intelligence services and corporations supported factions and political leaders who swung voraciously between socialist and fascist iterations of violence and strength.

Populist-led left-wing movements led to mass nationalization of properties and businesses, only to be countered by strong-fisted military juntas who carried out mass persecutions. Political violence was the norm, practiced brutally by the right and harshly by the left.

In the second decade of the 21st century, that naked political violence is isolated to regional narco-gangs, but interventionism is now practiced enthusiastically by economically left-leaning political governments with broad social agendas.

Nowhere has that been the case more than Argentina, once the crown jewel of the Spanish-speaking world.

Though it was a booming economy in the late 1800s, at a various points of the 1900s, its last two decades have proven to be a catastrophic economic failure. Kirchnerism, Argentina’s version of left-wing populism, has scarred its citizens with years of bank runs, currency devaluation, and eye-watering inflation.

The “Argentina paradox” continues to befuddle us.

ENTER THE HAIRDO

Skipping over plenty of historical and political history, Argentina today remains a basket case. Inflation has reached an abysmal 113%, its working population is far outnumbered by pensioners and those who live on government aid, and its debts are long past sustainable.

Rather than continue to shackle Argentines to the doomed Kirchnerism, economist and political upstart Javier Milei is promising something different.

The leader of the La Libertad Avanza coalition, Milei is an iconoclast.

With his wild hairdo (which he claims he never combs), sideburns, and salty tongue, he takes his inspiration from the Austrian School of Economics, professing daily his hatred of central banks, central planners, and the central political elite who have “looted” Argentinian prosperity through taxation and subsidies. Did I mention he loves Bitcoin?

In the usual lazy journalistic trope, coverage of Milei’s presidential aspirations in the Anglosphere pin him ideologically to Donald Trump or Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro. They call him “far-right” and the new populist of the right.

And while he may throw bombs in his rhetoric, Milei is no slouch.

He’s written over 50 academic papers, 9 books, and has had an impressive career as both a university and private sector economist.

He identifies as an anarcho-capitalist, and regularly claims “taxation is theft”. For him, China is a communist dictatorship and most global trade deals are “managed” to benefit the politically connected. Free trade and free exchange are the saviors, not state control.

For those of us familiar with the Austrian tradition and a healthy skepticism of both centralized power and central banking, Milei proves interesting. For Bitcoiners, he’s an all-out star.

On top of that, he just won the first round of the presidential primary with over 30% of the vote. He’s not just a phenomenon among Bitcoiners and libertarians, but it seems his message is popular with a large slice of the Argentinian population.

THE MILEI PLAN

Unique to the moment, Milei focuses almost exclusively on economic policy in his speeches and interviews. He’s left most foreign policy and non-economic domestic issues to his running mate, Victoria Villarruel, who is a hawkish right-leaning lawyer (much more could be written about her).

Rather than choose between the “socialists with good manners and those with bad manners,” Milei posits that the people of Argentina want a return to fiscal sanity, and he is the man to make it happen.

How will this be achieved?

A radical dollarization plan, an end to the Central Bank, record slashing of public spending, and a healthy bout of privatizations of public institutions.

He describes his economic plank on four different axioms:

• Moral: the current system perpetuates robbery of the people by the elite through inflation and high taxes
• Technical: there is no natural demand for the Argentinian peso, and thus its real value is zero
• Instrumental: there are existing plans for adopting the US dollar that he would endorse (including research by economist Emilio Ocampo)
• Political: politicians who benefit from the system will fight tooth and nail to defend it, and thus the goal should be to disempower them by reducing the size of the state

For Bitcoiners, his best moments have come from his disparaging of the government’s monopoly on money creation, which he believes have been pivotal to Argentina’s failures. Money should be a “creation of the private sector,” he claims, hence why he is fascinated by Satoshi’s innovation of Bitcoin.

BEYOND THE PESO AND DOLLAR

Though many in the United States deplore the role of fiat money and the US dollar, Milei is steadfast in his commitment to get his country on the US dollar standard.

Many Bitcoiners may balk at this, but it makes sense for Argentina.

Stripping control of the money supply from the politicians and central bankers — who have ushered in decades of low growth and inflation — is about as radical as you can go in Latin America, and it would be a paradigm shift for an economy as large as Argentina’s.

Milei has flirted with free banking and welcomes currency competition, so it’s no surprise that Bitcoin may play a part in his success if he’s elected this fall.

Until then however, Milei will have many enemies to slay. Apart from political attacks from his opponents, we can expect that a hostile media will aim to counter each point he presents to the public. Central bankers and those connected to them will use all means possible to dissuade the people from choosing Milei as their man (which we saw in the dumping of bonds in the market this week).

Milei’s path will not be easy and many taboos will be broken.

His attacks on the “parasitic political caste” and more conservative social views have been enough to warn off many liberals and libertarians who would otherwise be favorable to his economic agenda.

But in a time of festering bad ideas on economics, trade, and how to make our societies more well off, Milei is a welcome distraction.

“What's the difference between a genius and a madman?” he asked in an interview this week. “Success. And that we shall see that on October 22.”

Best,

Yaël

Originally published on Fix The Money

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The Golden Tech Stack

Welcome

Time is lovely, isn't it? It just flows on like a river. Anyway, some stuff has changed and an update is due! I hope you are well and excited for another edition of my blog.

This edition of the blog, I asked a simple question to my bitcoiner pals over at the Jupiter Broadcasting Matrix channel: "What would you like to see me write about or have my opinion on?" HAL9000 answered with: "I'd love to know your tech stack" (I am simplifying a bit, but, that is the jist), so, thank you for that!

Before I get to that, here are some

Updates

Since we last chatted over the blog, I have been trying (and failing) to get comments on here. I will be trying to make a small python app for that as a learning tool for developing python. Shouldn't be too hard, I hope. Do you think it will be?

I have also joined up with the Nostriches and have both a Nostr Blog on Habla.News and a regular twitter style nostr account (one in the same, really. Just different front ends and relays) My npub for seeking me out is: npub1x4fue7jz3y4gjjce6le9qkawapnrjkq92za78wr8qp36m4czggtshxdfxs

DISCLAIMER We should all have hope and look toward the day where a man realizes the sounds -ahem- sorry

Actual disclaimer: This blog will be mirrored over on Habla.News, so I may have to take some liberties for that ie photos will be linked for your viewing pleasure!

The Stack

I am surrounded by technology. Probably some tech debt, if I am honest. Just at this desk alone, I sit amongst four computers of varying scopes. "But, Dragon, why couldnt this be condensed down?" I did. This desk was full of monitors and the like, and I may still condense down to just one and make the rest headless, minus the laptop.

Here is the top level overview of what I use on a regular basis and (if i can remember) some specs:

It's GNOME, its XFCE, Its..!

Just a Mac Mini

The last gen of Intel-based Mac Mini computers. This is my daily driver and will soon become my dev machine. What I am considering is this:

Linux Hugo NGINX or Caddy (havent decided on the web server yet) MySQL Python

As for specs, this thing is Spec'ed OUT my dudes. And was given to me as a gift. My donor can let me know if they would like credit for this. Its been alluded to for sure, though! In it's current state, I am able to help my wife design stuff for our business, which won't change. I will just not be able to use her software (Cricut Design Space). If anybody out there has any luck running this in a VM, let me know.

The Blog Writer

This one is a little MicroMini Node, Lenovo style While not very powerful, like my Mac is, this tiny pc site behind my curved monitor and lets me write my blog with ease. Currently running Debian 12 Stable XFCE (email me that hate), it gets out of my way and just goes. Initially intended as a Monero rig, I realized that I wouldnt really get much out of that except the memes and I am (mostly) serious about my work. My blog stack is pretty simple:

Markdown files parsed by > Hugo sent to > GitHub hosted by > Netlify > to your lovely face.

The Server

Ahh, yes. My good ol' Dell This server is mainly a Nextcloud rig. Did host Jellyfin and ripped Anime, but, need to set up the latter again. Big fan of Serial Experiments Lain.

My Nodes

Did I mention I am a new Bitcoin Maxi? I have two nodes now. I have an Ancient eMachines with built-in Nvidia GPU and AMD Sempron CPU as well as a Kamrui Mini PC that I picked up second hand that somehow works

The top one is my Umbrel node and the Kamrui is my new Start9 Node. The Start9 node will be the one where my Blog sats will be (we will get to that in a moment!) As of now, Start9 cannot connect with Tailscale, but, I will see if I can change that. Probably not.

Misc

In addition to that, the boost button is proxied on a Nanode over on Linode and the Python Comments app I hope to develop will be over there as well. Once I learn how boosts work and how to work with API's, this will all just be peachy keen.

Future-sim aka Where this all goes

Eventually, I have a feeling I will be back to just a computer and a laptop, with headless nodes running in a 3d printed, fan cooled cabinet. What I would really enjoy would be my Mac being my base system, probably Arch or Debian. I would like to figure out exit nodes as well so that I can cut back on 5g data perhaps and just use my home internet.

The stack is nothing really golden, I just have a lot of extra tech that I wanted to put to use.

Support time!

This week, we (and by we I mean ThothLoki) blew my mind and sent over a whopping 5000 satoshis! I really appreciate it and that will be here on my Start9 node very soon with the other 300 satoshis from last blog post.

If you would like to support the blog, you too can send your value over by using the button below. If you are on Habla, you can Zap me and that will go directly to my node and I will send that over to the blog node as well.

Alternatively, you can send me directly via your wallet if it supports LNURL addresses! You can fund me directly with a send to TGDHaku@boost.goldenblogathon.com

It is night as I write this. When I wake, I hope the sun is warm. I hope that you are warm when the sun rises, too.

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Hey guys,

I spent some time this weekend fixing a bunch of the bugs that were introduced in the latest nostrdb refactor. See the changelog below for the full list of changes in the latest build!

Planned this week

I have a big list of things I'm planning on adding to Damus this week:

• Lists!
• Zap improvements: Bringing back top zap comments in threads, profile zap comments in notifications, Private DM Zaps
• Video player improvements
• Sharing improvements (share to damus, etc)

Make sure to come back in a week to see how much I could get done!

Changelog

Added

• Add close button to custom reactions (Suhail Saqan)
• Add ability to change order of custom reactions (Suhail Saqan)
• Adjustable font size (William Casarin)

Changed

• Show renotes in Notes timeline (William Casarin)

Fixed

• Ensure the person you're replying to is the first entry in the reply description (William Casarin)
• Don't cutoff text in notifications (William Casarin)
• Fix wikipedia url detection with parenthesis (William Casarin)
• Fixed old notifications always appearing on first start (William Casarin)
• Fix issue with slashes on relay urls causing relay connection problems (William Casarin)
• Fix rare crash triggered by local notifications (William Casarin)
• Fix crash when long-pressing reactions (William Casarin)
• Fixed nostr reporting decoding (William Casarin)
• Dismiss qr screen on scan (Suhail Saqan)
• Show QRCameraView regardless of same user (Suhail Saqan)
• Fix wiggle when long press reactions (Suhail Saqan)
• Fix reaction button breaking scrolling (Suhail Saqan)
• Fix crash when muting threads (Bryan Montz)

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Hey guys,

I've been quiet lately... I've been working on something big. In the past 2 weeks there have been 9539 new lines of code added to damus, 2928 removed, 279 files changed. I've rewritten much of the codebase in preparation for the nostrdb integration.

nostrdb

What is nostrdb? nostrdb is an integrated relay within damus, with the same design as strfry, but slightly different to support embedding into nostr apps. This will be the heart of Damus apps going forward, including notedeck and other future microapps. Think of it as a kind of development kit but with an embedded database and query capabilities. I didn't want to have to recreate all of the same querying, caching, and parsing code when building new apps, nostrdb will solve all of the painful and slow parts. nostr seems simple but if you want a fully working app it is pretty complicated, especially if you want it to be fast and sync efficiently.

Goals

• be the best and most efficient at querying, syncing and storing nostr notes
• enable direct mapping of notes into application code without any serialization overhead
• provide advanced syncing capabilities such as negentropy, which allows us to only query stuff we don't have
• be as portable as possible. nostrdb is a C library that you can embed into basically anything.
• full relay filter support
• full text search

Benefits

• full note verification
• more efficient de-duplication before we begin processing events off the wire
• set-reconciliation based syncing (negentropy) drastically reduces bandwidth usage and latency
• iteration on future nostr apps will be quicker (android, desktop, etc)
• features like ghost mode, account switching, etc will be much more efficient as you will be able to quickly switch between notes that are cached locally
• much smaller memory footprint due to optimized in-memory note format, which in turn improves cpu-cache efficiency
• much better profile and note searching

So that's what I've been working on in the past two weeks. On to what else is new in this release:

Multi reactions!

Suhail did an amazing job at adding multiple reaction support. All you need to do is long-press the Shaka button to show different options. You can customize these in settings as well

New onboarding features

Damus will now suggest people to follow when you first enter the app, this is the first of many onboarding improvements coming soon. Thank Klabo for this one!

That's all for now! Please test thoroughly and let me know if you run into any issues. You likely will since the entire codebase has been changed, and I probably broke something.

Until next time 🫡

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Company Overview:

Damus is the pioneering iOS nostr client. Through its platform, Damus empowers billions on iOS with the tools for free speech and free speech money. If you're driven to bring freedom technology to the masses and ignite change, we invite you to join our mission.

Job Description

1. Collaborate on iOS Damus in tandem with our core developer, Will Casarin, and the broader Damus team.
2. Implement our vision as laid out in our product roadmap: https://github.com/orgs/damus-io/projects/3/views/1.
3. Embrace the fun and critical mission of undermining totalitarian regimes across the globe.

Job Requirements

1. A genuine passion for freedom technology.
2. At least one year of collaborative development experience.
3. Experience building SwiftUI iOS apps.
4. Passionate about design and user experience.
5. Eager to work in close coordination with Damus lead developer, Will, and a dedicated team spanning development, design, and product.
6. Commitment to a full-time role, although we remain open to discussing alternative arrangements.

Bonus Qualifications

1. Experience with Nostr development.
2. Experience with C.
3. Previous work in free and open source projects.
4. A publicly shareable portfolio.

Job Structure

1. A one-month paid probationary period to ensure a mutual fit.
2. Upon successful completion of the trial, the opportunity for a six (6) month contractual engagement.
3. The potential for contract renewal, contingent on funding.

Application Process:
Interested candidates should forward a motivational statement alongside their CV/portfolio to vanessa@damus.io.

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Test Bounty Note

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Intro

This short tutorial will help you set up your own Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) on your own LND Node that is not using Umbrel. If you are a user of Umbrel, you should use their version of NWC.

Requirements

You need to have a working installation of LND with established channels and connectivity to the internet. NWC in itself is fairly light and will not consume a lot of resources. You will also want to ensure that you have a working installation of Docker, since we will use a docker image to run NWC.

• Working installation of LND (and all of its required components)
• Docker (with Docker compose)

Installation

For the purpose of this tutorial, we will assume that you have your lnd/bitcoind running under user bitcoin with home directory /home/bitcoin. We will also assume that you already have a running installation of Docker (or docker.io).

Prepare and verify

git version - we will need git to get the latest version of NWC. docker version - should execute successfully and show the currently installed version of Docker. docker compose version - same as before, but the version will be different. ss -tupln | grep 10009- should produce the following output: tcp LISTEN 0 4096 0.0.0.0:10009 0.0.0.0: tcp LISTEN 0 4096 [::]:10009 [::]:**

For things to work correctly, your Docker should be version 20.10.0 or later. If you have an older version, consider installing a new one using instructions here: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/

Create folders & download NWC

In the home directory of your LND/bitcoind user, create a new folder, e.g., "nwc" mkdir /home/bitcoin/nwc. Change to that directory cd /home/bitcoin/nwc and clone the NWC repository: git clone https://github.com/getAlby/nostr-wallet-connect.git

Creating the Docker image

In this step, we will create a Docker image that you will use to run NWC.

• Change directory to nostr-wallet-connect: cd nostr-wallet-connect
• Run command to build Docker image: docker build -t nwc:$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M') -t nwc:latest . (there is a dot at the end)
• The last line of the output (after a few minutes) should look like => => naming to docker.io/library/nwc:latest
• nwc:latest is the name of the Docker image with a tag which you should note for use later.

Creating docker-compose.yml and necessary data directories

• Let's create a directory that will hold your non-volatile data (DB): mkdir data
• Indocker-compose.ymlfile, there are fields that you want to replace (<> comments) and port “4321” that you want to make sure is open (check with ss -tupln | grep 4321which should return nothing).
• Create docker-compose.ymlfile with the following content, and make sure to update fields that have <> comment:

version: "3.8" services: nwc: image: nwc:latest volumes: - ./data:/data - ~/.lnd:/lnd:ro ports: - "4321:8080" extra_hosts: - "localhost:host-gateway" environment: NOSTR_PRIVKEY: <use "openssl rand -hex 32" to generate a fresh key and place it inside ""> LN_BACKEND_TYPE: "LND" LND_ADDRESS: localhost:10009 LND_CERT_FILE: "/lnd/tls.cert" LND_MACAROON_FILE: "/lnd/data/chain/bitcoin/mainnet/admin.macaroon" DATABASE_URI: "/data/nostr-wallet-connect.db" COOKIE_SECRET: <use "openssl rand -hex 32" to generate fresh secret and place it inside ""> PORT: 8080 restart: always stop_grace_period: 1m

Starting and testing

Now that you have everything ready, it is time to start the container and test.

• While you are in the nwcdirectory (important), execute the following command and check the log output, docker compose up
• You should see container logs while it is starting, and it should not exit if everything went well.
• At this point, you should be able to go to http://<ip of the host where nwc is running>:4321 and get to the interface of NWC
• To stop the test run of NWC, simply press Ctrl-C , and it will shut the container down.
• To start NWC permanently, you should execute docker compose up -d , “-d” tells Docker to detach from the session.
• To check currently running NWC logs, execute docker compose logs to run it in tail mode add -f to the end.
• To stop the container, execute docker compose down

That's all, just follow the instructions in the web interface to get started.

Updating

As with any software, you should expect fixes and updates that you would need to perform periodically. You could automate this, but it falls outside of the scope of this tutorial. Since we already have all of the necessary configuration in place, the update execution is fairly simple.

• Change directory to the clone of the git repository, cd /home/bitcoin/nwc/nostr-wallet-connect
• Run command to build Docker image: docker build -t nwc:$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M') -t nwc:latest . (there is a dot at the end)
• Change directory back one level cd ..
• Restart (stop and start) the docker compose config docker compose down && docker compose up -d
• Done! Optionally you may want to check the logs: docker compose logs

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I’m so lazy I’m thinking of running the damus merch store via stateless and serverless lightning payment links. All data is collected and stored in the lightning invoice descriptions which are fetched from your node. You can do this without having to run any server code except a lightning node!

This is the same tech we used when selling merch as at bitcoin Miami. It was extremely reliable. I love these things, they are so easy. Integrating with the legacy fiat system is such a pita, It may just be a lightning-only store for now because of how simple this is. Here's what a lightning payment link looks like:

http://lnlink.org/?d=ASED88EIzNU2uFJoQfClxYISu55lhKHrSTCA58HMNPgtrXECMjQuODQuMTUyLjE4Nzo4MzI0AANgB6Cj2QCeZAFOZ1nS6qGuRe4Vf6qzwJyQ5Qo3b0HRt_w9MTIwJm1ldGhvZD1pbnZvaWNlfG1ldGhvZD13YWl0aW52b2ljZSZwbmFtZWxhYmVsXmxubGluay0mcmF0ZT04BERlYXRoIFN0YXIABQAAAGQGQW4gb2JqZWN0IG9mIHVuZmF0aG9tYWJsZSBwb3dlcgAHEwhodHRwczovL3VwbG9hZC53aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2lwZWRpYS9lbi9mL2Y5L0RlYXRoX3N0YXIxLnBuZwA=

How it works

The entire product page is stored as data in the url. When a customer click the link, the product info is decoded and rendered as a webpage. The data in the url includes

• The product name
• Description
• Price in sats
• Product image url
• Fields to collect data from the user
• Lightning node address
• Lightning node rune for fetching and waiting for invoice payments

This works thanks to a javascript library I created called "lnsocket". It allows you to connect to your CLN node over websockets. Once the user fills out all of the info, a new lightning invoice is fetched with this information in the description, by connecting directly to your node. This connection is end-to-end encrypted thanks to the lightning protocol itself.

To your lightning node, it looks like another lightning node is connecting to it, but in reality it's just a dumb client asking for things.

At this point, custom lightning packets called "commando" packets are sent to your node which asks your node to run certain commands. CLN authenticates these packets using the rune and then returns a response. This is pretty much the same as calling these commands directly on your lightning node, except now someone is doing it from a browser in a secure way!

Why not just run btcpayserver?

btcpayserver is cool and is more powerful, but I like exploring simpler ways to do things that don't require running lots of software which can be challenging for many non-technical people. You shouldn't have to become a server administrator to start accepting payments. It should be as simple as running a bitcoin and lightning node, pushing all of the application logic to the clients.

This is a similar philosophy to what we have in the nostr space. Let's make it easier for people to use self-sovereign tools. Everyone deserves freedom tech.

Anyways, I'm still working on https://lnlink.org. I just added images and nostr address support! You can make your own payment links here! Try it out:

http://lnlink.org/?d=ASED88EIzNU2uFJoQfClxYISu55lhKHrSTCA58HMNPgtrXECMjQuODQuMTUyLjE4Nzo4MzI0AANgB6Cj2QCeZAFOZ1nS6qGuRe4Vf6qzwJyQ5Qo3b0HRt_w9MTIwJm1ldGhvZD1pbnZvaWNlfG1ldGhvZD13YWl0aW52b2ljZSZwbmFtZWxhYmVsXmxubGluay0mcmF0ZT04BERlYXRoIFN0YXIABQAAAGQGQW4gb2JqZWN0IG9mIHVuZmF0aG9tYWJsZSBwb3dlcgAHEwhodHRwczovL3VwbG9hZC53aWtpbWVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2lwZWRpYS9lbi9mL2Y5L0RlYXRoX3N0YXIxLnBuZwA=&edit=1

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Hey guys!

Another day, another TestFlight build. This fixes many mention bugs and includes bandwidth improvements.

During nostrica, jack told everyone to open their phones and say GM to fiatjaf. This actually brought down nostrica's wifi! Damus is really dumb when it first opens and makes many requests. Sometimes hundreds (nip05 validation, etc). This build fixes all those issues. Damus will no longer:

1. Make hundreds of nostr address validation requests.
2. Make tons of duplicate lnurl requests when validating zaps

nostr address validation only happens when you open someones profile now.

This build also fixes some annoying mention issues. If you forget a space when mentioning someone, it will automatically add it.

I've also removed the restriction where you were not allowed to login to "deleted" accounts. This was way too confusing for people, and logging into a deleted account will allow you to reset the profile information and get it going again. You're welcome NVK.

Another thing that was added in this build is support for _ usernames in nostr addresses. This will hide your full nostr address username when used. Damus will also hide your username if it matches your profile username. Damus always did this before but it was incorrect. Now it will show your full nostr address (nip05) with its proper username. You can stop bugging me about this now Semisol.

Last but not least there are some small tweaks to longform note padding. Nothing too crazy but it does make notes like this look less cramped.

Until next time!

Added

• Show nostr address username and support abbreviated _ usernames (William Casarin)
• Re-add nip05 badges to profiles (William Casarin)
• Add space when tagging users in posts if needed (William Casarin)
• Added padding under word count on longform account (William Casarin)

Fixed

• Don't spam lnurls when validating zaps (William Casarin)
• Eliminate nostr address validation bandwidth on startup (William Casarin)
• Allow user to login to deleted profile (William Casarin)
• Fix issue where typing cc@bob would produce brokenb ccnostr:bob mention (William Casarin)

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Hey guys, I just pushed a new Damus update TestFlight. This should drastically improve longform event rendering. Let me know if you find any bugs!

Full Changelog

Added

• New markdown renderer (William Casarin)
• Added feedback when user adds a relay that is already on the list (Daniel D'Aquino)

Changed

• Hide nsec when logging in (cr0bar)
• Remove nip05 on events (William Casarin)
• Rename NIP05 to "nostr address" (William Casarin)

Fixed

• Fixed issue where hashtags were leaking in DMs (William Casarin)
• Fix issue with emojis next to hashtags and urls (William Casarin)
• relay detail view is not immediately available after adding new relay (Bryan Montz)
• Fix nostr:nostr:... bugs (William Casarin)

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You can use github PRs to submit code but it is not encouraged. Damus is a decentralized social media protocol and we prefer to use decentralized techniques during the code submission process.

[Email patches][git-send-email] to patches@damus.io are preferred, but we accept PRs on GitHub as well. Patches sent via email may include a bolt11 lightning invoice, choosing the price you think the patch is worth, and we will pay it once the patch is accepted and if I think the price isn't unreasonable. You can also send an any-amount invoice and I will pay what I think it's worth if you prefer not to choose. You can include the bolt11 in the commit body or email so that it can be paid once it is applied.

Recommended settings when submitting code via email:

$ git config sendemail.to "patches@damus.io" $ git config format.subjectPrefix "PATCH damus" $ git config format.signOff yes

You can subscribe to the [patches mailing list][patches-ml] to help review code.

Submitting patches

Most of this comes from the linux kernel guidelines for submitting patches, we follow many of the same guidelines. These are very important! If you want your code to be accepted, please read this carefully

Describe your problem. Whether your patch is a one-line bug fix or 5000 lines of a new feature, there must be an underlying problem that motivated you to do this work. Convince the reviewer that there is a problem worth fixing and that it makes sense for them to read past the first paragraph.

Once the problem is established, describe what you are actually doing about it in technical detail. It's important to describe the change in plain English for the reviewer to verify that the code is behaving as you intend it to.

The maintainer will thank you if you write your patch description in a form which can be easily pulled into Damus's source code tree.

Solve only one problem per patch. If your description starts to get long, that's a sign that you probably need to split up your patch. See the dedicated Separate your changes section because this is very important.

When you submit or resubmit a patch or patch series, include the complete patch description and justification for it (-v2,v3,vn... option on git-send-email). Don't just say that this is version N of the patch (series). Don't expect the reviewer to refer back to earlier patch versions or referenced URLs to find the patch description and put that into the patch. I.e., the patch (series) and its description should be self-contained. This benefits both the maintainers and reviewers. Some reviewers probably didn't even receive earlier versions of the patch.

Describe your changes in imperative mood, e.g. "make xyzzy do frotz" instead of "[This patch] makes xyzzy do frotz" or "[I] changed xyzzy to do frotz", as if you are giving orders to the codebase to change its behaviour.

If your patch fixes a bug, use the 'Closes:' tag with a URL referencing the report in the mailing list archives or a public bug tracker. For example:

Closes: https://github.com/damus-io/damus/issues/1234

Some bug trackers have the ability to close issues automatically when a commit with such a tag is applied. Some bots monitoring mailing lists can also track such tags and take certain actions. Private bug trackers and invalid URLs are forbidden.

If your patch fixes a bug in a specific commit, e.g. you found an issue using git bisect, please use the 'Fixes:' tag with the first 12 characters of the SHA-1 ID, and the one line summary. Do not split the tag across multiple lines, tags are exempt from the "wrap at 75 columns" rule in order to simplify parsing scripts. For example::

Fixes: 54a4f0239f2e ("Fix crash in navigation")

The following git config settings can be used to add a pretty format for outputting the above style in the git log or git show commands::

[core]
    abbrev = 12
[pretty]
    fixes = Fixes: %h (\"%s\")

An example call::

$ git log -1 --pretty=fixes 54a4f0239f2e
Fixes: 54a4f0239f2e ("Fix crash in navigation")

Separate your changes

Separate each logical change into a separate patch.

For example, if your changes include both bug fixes and performance enhancements for a particular feature, separate those changes into two or more patches. If your changes include an API update, and a new feature which uses that new API, separate those into two patches.

On the other hand, if you make a single change to numerous files, group those changes into a single patch. Thus a single logical change is contained within a single patch.

The point to remember is that each patch should make an easily understood change that can be verified by reviewers. Each patch should be justifiable on its own merits.

If one patch depends on another patch in order for a change to be complete, that is OK. Simply note "this patch depends on patch X" in your patch description.

When dividing your change into a series of patches, take special care to ensure that the Damus builds and runs properly after each patch in the series. Developers using git bisect to track down a problem can end up splitting your patch series at any point; they will not thank you if you introduce bugs in the middle.

If you cannot condense your patch set into a smaller set of patches, then only post say 15 or so at a time and wait for review and integration.

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ปี 2023 เป็นปีที่มีอะไรหลายอย่างเกิดขึ้นในโลกอินเทอร์เน็ต สิ่งที่ไม่เคยคิดว่ามันจะเกิดขึ้นมาก่อนมันก็ได้เกิดขึ้นกับตา ผมเคยพูดไว้ในหลาย ๆ ไลฟ์ของตัวเองที่ช่อง Saltyman Ch. ว่าอินเทอร์เน็ตในยุคนี้มันสะดวกสบายกว่าเมื่อก่อนก็จริง แต่เราก็สูญเสียอะไรหลายอย่างที่เคยมีในโลกอินเทอร์เน็ตไปแล้ว

ในฐานะที่ตัวเองก็เป็น VTuber อิสระ (แถมทำด้วยตัวเองมาตลอดตั้งแต่เริ่ม) แน่นอนว่าผมเองก็ต้องสมัครใช้บริการต่าง ๆ เพื่อการทำไลฟ์ของตัวเอง ไม่ว่าจะเป็น YouTube เอย Twitch เอย Restream เอย Tipme เอย Steam เอย ไอดีเกมที่เล่นเอย ฯลฯ ซึ่งสมัครเยอะจนเริ่มจำไม่ได้แล้วว่าตัวเองใช้อะไรอยู่บ้างจนต้องพึ่งพาบริการ Password Manager เพื่อช่วยสร้างและจำรหัสผ่านเอาไว้ ซึ่งก็...กลายเป็นว่าต้องสมัครเพิ่มอีกแล้วสินะ 🗿🗿🗿 ทั้งที่ปกติแล้วตัว VTuber เองจะต้องปกป้องความเป็นส่วนตัวเพื่อป้องกัน Doxxing เปิดเผยข้อมูลส่วนตัวของโซล (เป็นคำเฉพาะในวงการที่หมายถึงคนที่สวมบทเป็น VTuber ด้านหลัง มากจากคำว่า Soul) แต่เราก็ต้องมาแลกข้อมูลส่วนตัวเหล่านี้กับบริการต่าง ๆ จนได้

หนำซ้ำตลอดปีนี้ยังเจอแต่อะไรน่าปวดหัวเกี่ยวกับเสรีภาพในโลกอินเทอร์เน็ตที่เราก็ใช้โซเชียลมีเดียของเราเพื่อการอัปเดตข่าวและคุยกับเพื่อนฝูงตามประสาชาวเน็ตที่เป็นตัวประกอบ A ในโลกออนไลน์คนหนึ่ง แล้วก็โดน CEO หรือผู้บริหารของบริการเหล่านี้เข้ามาเปลี่ยนแปลงบริการของเขาแบบไม่มีปี่ไม่มีขลุ่ย อยากจะจำกัดการอ่านโพสต์ก็จำกัดกันบัดนั้นเดี๋ยวนั้น อยากจะใช้อัลกอริธึมหรือตัดฟีเจอร์บางอย่างออกเพื่อกดดันให้ผู้ใช้ต้องเสียเงินเพิ่มในจุดที่มันไม่จำเป็นต้องเสียก็ทำ หรือแอบเนียนเปลี่ยนแปลงนโยบายของบริการเพื่อเอาข้อมูลเราไปทำอะไรสักอย่างที่บอกไว้ไม่ชัดเจน เพียงเพราะว่าบริษัทไม่สามารถทำกำไรได้ทันเวลาที่ต้องการเพราะทำตัวเองแท้ ๆ ความซวยก็เลยตกมาอยู่ที่ผู้บริโภคอย่างเรา ๆ ที่ต้องไล่ตามอัลกอริธึม ต้องเสียเงินเพื่อโปรโมตโพสต์หรือคอนเทนต์ของตัวเอง และก็ต้องไล่ตามกระแสในโซเชียลมีเดีย บางครั้งก็ถึงกับต้องใช้วิธีสุดแสนจะดูถูกสติปัญญาของผู้ใช้งาน เช่น การทำคลิกเบต ทำปก/พาดหัวยั่วกิเลสเพื่อหลอกให้คนคลิกไปอ่านแล้วพบว่าจริง ๆ เนื้อหามันไม่มีอะไรสำคัญกับเราเลย ฯลฯ

นี่ยังไม่นับว่าแค่เราแวะเข้าไปยังเว็บไซต์ที่ใช้หรือเข้าโซเชียลมีเดียเฉย ๆ แล้วโดนดูดข้อมูลการใช้งานมหาศาลเอาไปทำข้อมูลวิเคราะห์โฆษณาหรือเอาไปเทรน AI โดยไม่บอกเรา (หรือจริง ๆ เขาอาจบอกใน User Agreement กับ Privacy Policy ในรูปแบบตัวอักษรยาวยิ่งกว่ากำแพงเมืองจีนและตัวเล็กจิ๋วที่เล็กจนต้องเอากล้องส่องพระมาส่อง ที่ไม่ว่าจะมองตะแคงตีลังกาอ่านยังไงก็ไม่มีทางอ่านไหว หรืออ่านแล้วก็ต้องตีความหลายตลบ ก่อนจะต้องยอมแพ้แล้วกดยอมรับไปอย่างช่วยไม่ได้ เพราะถ้าไม่ยอมรับมันก็ไม่ให้ใช้งาน 🗿)

ถ้าลองเทียบกับสมัยแรก ๆ ที่เราเริ่มใช้เน็ตแบบไร้กังวล อยากค้นอะไร อยากดูอะไร อยากใช้อะไร เราก็สามารถทำได้ทันที ไม่ต้องกังวลว่าจะมีใครมาสอดส่องหรือคอยจำกัดจำเขี่ยการใช้งานของทุกคนตามแต่ข้อจำกัดของเทคโนโลยีในเวลานั้น อินเทอร์เน็ตในยุคปัจจุบันนี่คือโลกที่โหดร้ายกว่าเดิมมาก และเราในฐานะตัวประกอบ A ในโลกอินเทอร์เน็ตก็ต้องดูแลเอาใจใส่สิทธิเสรีภาพในโลกอินเทอร์เน็ตมากขึ้น ดูว่าเราต้องบอกข้อมูลส่วนตัวอะไรเวลาสมัครบริการ พยายามหาตัวช่วยในการปกป้องข้อมูลของตัวเรา ปกป้องการตรวจจับพฤติกรรมการใช้งานของเรา ฯลฯ เชื่อว่าสำหรับ User ทั่วไปก็อาจจะไม่คิดมาก แต่สำหรับผมหรือคนที่ให้ความสำคัญกับความเป็นส่วนตัวของตัวเองเองยิ่งกว่านี้...นี่เราแลกอะไรหลายอย่างในระหว่างใช้อินเทอร์เน็ต (ทั้งแบบตั้งใจและไม่ตั้งใจ) ไปเยอะเหมือนกันนะ 🤔

และถ้ายิ่งคิดต่อไปอีกสักหน่อย เราสาละวนอยู่กับการเสียความเป็นส่วนตัวและเสรีภาพแบบนี้มานานแค่ไหนแล้วนะ ? เผลอ ๆ เราอาจจะเอาสิ่งเหล่านี้จ่ายมาตั้งแต่วันแรกที่เราใช้อินเทอร์เน็ตก็ได้ แต่เราก็เพิ่งมาคิดเอะใจเรื่องพวกนี้ได้หลังจากใช้ชีวิตมาระยะหนึ่งแล้วเนี่ยสิ

หรือไม่ที่เขียนมาทั้งหมดนี้... ผมอาจจะคิดเยอะเกินไป 😂

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In a prosperous nation like Australia, the issues that Bitcoin aim to solve are far less perceivable compared to other poorer or authoritarian nations. Bitcoin’s value proposition is less relatable because we have access to banks, our economies are generally tolerable, and everything to some degree just works.

Conversations about Bitcoin in the workplace or among friends and family can be difficult. You may often be dismissed, called names (mine is “future boy”), or perceived as someone belonging to a cult. And people will bring up the common arguments against Bitcoin purported by the media: 1) it uses to much energy, 2) it is volatile, 3) it encourages criminal activity like the silk road, 4) it is a Ponzi scheme, 5) its an intangible asset, and 6) its a speculative and immature technology.

Here I will offer some tips I have learnt when talking to people about Bitcoin. My frame of reference is as a Bitcoiner living in Australia, but I think my experience may translate to other developed nations.

Tip 1: Never try convince someone they should buy Bitcoin.

My first tip is to never try convince people to buy Bitcoin, but instead, teach them about Bitcoin and guide them towards sources where they can learn more themselves. The value proposition behind Bitcoin is difficult to understand and people shouldn’t necessarily hold any before they understand the risks and benefits behind the technology.

In my mind, the most important part of a person’s orange pilling is the will and interest to find out more themselves, and make their own decision to buy some.

So your primary aim should be just to find a way to make them interested enough to seek out more information. Here is my shortlist of books, podcasts, and other valuable sources I use when pointing people to find out more.

Tip 2: Bitcoin is an inclusive technology.

One major problem I see with the Bitcoin community is that Bitcoiners set up walls where you are either enlightened Bitcoiner, or you are a “normie”. For someone seeking to find out more about Bitcoin, the community can appear cultish, and being referred to as a “normie” or other names creates an exclusive environment that can dissuade people from finding out more. Everyone will have their own path of discovery as most of us did. Help others find Bitcoin by making the community inclusive.

Tip 3: Be prepared to combat common misconceptions or misunderstandings

1. Bitcoin uses more energy than some country in Europe (no one ever remembers which)

This is probably the most common argument I hear. But as you will see, the real question here is not about the absolute amount of energy use, but a person’s perception of the value per unit energy that it delivers.

The adoption of any new technology that advances society has required energy. This energy consumption is often intense at the beginning and becomes more efficient as the technology develops and drives further investment. Bitcoin miners are the primary consumers of energy in the technology. Most people don’t actually understand why Bitcoin consumes energy — Bitcoin consumes energy to cryptographically protect the value contained within the network. However, inherent to Bitcoin is an economic incentive to reduce energy costs and maximise profits. Miner’s therefore naturally seek out more efficient technologies and cheaper sources of energy.

Over a 5 year period from 2018 to 2023, the energy required per terrahash (energy per unit work) declined by 63%. It is also useful to highlight novel ways in which Bitcoin miners are consuming wasted energy or using renewable sources, such as Iris energy, or Gridless. These and other companies are investing into renewable energy sources. Current estimates of Bitcoin’s renewable energy usage is between 25% and 50%.

In 2016 the power consumption of data centres was estimated to be 200 TWh/y. By comparison, Bitcoin consumes between 75.4 TWh/y and 122 TWh/y. The traditional financial system is estimated to consume 5,000 TWh/y which pales to Bitcoin’s consumption. This is not to say we should be complacent about Bitcoin’s energy use; these are all staggering amounts of energy consumption! But in most people’s mind, the value of data centres and the legacy financial system seems so obvious that they wouldn’t question its energy usage. So the real question should not be about the absolute value of power consumption, but rather whether Bitcoin provides the same global value per unit energy consumed.

Framing the energy argument in terms of the value per unit energy should help to open a discussion on Bitcoin’s value proposition.

2. Bitcoin is volatile

Yes, Bitcoin is volatile! But why is this bad? Most people making this claim are comparing Bitcoin to holding shares in some big tech company. Bitcoin is not a company! Comparing it to a company means you haven’t understood the Bitcoin’s true value proposition of it becoming the hardest form of money. Furthermore, despite its current volatility, Bitcoin continues to outperform most stocks and gold.

Bitcoin is a truly free market asset, unlike other forms of investment influenced by capital controls which act to dampen volatility. Bitcoin’s adoption still sits below 5% globally. As adoption increases, its price will continue to stabilise as it has been over the past decade (see figure below).

Bitcoin price volatility index (source: https://buybitcoinworldwide.com/volatility-index/)

Volatility will continue to be a feature of Bitcoin in the near future. But this is not necessarily bad. Investment into Bitcoin, like any asset, should be taken with consideration of a person’s financial position and their ability to weather this volatility.

3. Bitcoin facilitates illicit activity and the anonymity of the criminals.

There is no escaping the fact that to some degree Bitcoin has facilitated the exchange of drugs and other illicit activity. However, Bitcoin offers a level of traceability that hasn’t existed previously with cash. Bitcoin is not anonymous, it is pseudonymous. It depends on a public ledger that facilitates the tracking funds, and KYC (Know-Your-Customer) on/off ramps that help link transactions back to individuals. This tracking has led to the downfall of the silk road and several associated criminals since. Law enforcement and journalists are constantly coming up with tools to track the the movement of cryptocurrencies used in illicit activity.

Bitcoin is a neutral technology. Blaming Bitcoin for the drug problem is as silly as blaming the internet, the postage service that sends a large portion of drugs, or cars that drive them from location to location. It will never be escape the fact that some people will use it for illegal activity, as people have and will continue to do with any form of money.

4. Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme.

Many other cryptocurrencies which are actual Ponzi schemes have given people a negative impression of Bitcoin. I once had a family member, who knew about my great interest in Bitcoin gleefully exclaim “Hey did you hear!? Bitcoin is dead!” She was referring to the news about the downfall of OneCoin. This comment made me realise how important it is to help people understand the fundamental difference between a decentralised Bitcoin and a centralised crypto Ponzi.

In simple terms, Bitcoin being decentralised means there is no single entity in charge or profiting from the value of Bitcoin, nor are there profits derived from getting people into Bitcoin.

A follow-on comment I often get is that early adopters cause an imbalance in the distribution of wealth. This is currently true. It is estimated that 0.01% of addresses hold 58% of all Bitcoin. But we currently live in a world of rapidly rising inequality and a financial system that promotes the financial privileged. Over the past 40 years, the top 1% of income earners has seen their share increase from about 11% to almost 20% in the USA (see figure below).

Total share of income of the top 1% of earners (source: https://wid.world/)

You can research into the effects leading to inequality and you will read very contradictory arguments from both sides of the Bitcoin camp. So I’m not going to argue that Bitcoin solves the problem of wealth inequality; that is yet to be seen. But the growing digitisation of financial services is already creating a positive effect in reducing wealth inequality around the world. One of Bitcoins main benefits is that it promotes financial inclusion, which I believe can only result in a positive outcome for reducing inequality.

5. Bitcoin is an intangible asset

I once tried to explain to a family member the link between physical gold and Bitcoin. I used the analogy that energy is trapped in physical gold, and energy is required to extract it. This is similar to extracting and storing energy in Bitcoin. He laughed at me smugly.

Some people will have a really hard time comparing a physical asset to a digital one. They assume a digital asset can be copied, and it has no meaningful use in the real world. Bitcoin requires some tech literacy which you cannot teach in an evening!

Instead, you can highlight that a physical asset like gold is a great store of value; we have been using it to store value for millennia. But it is not a great medium of exchange. How can you break it up into smaller pieces? How do you send it across the world?

Bitcoin solves these problems. Like gold, Bitcoin cannot be copied or debased. But unlike gold, you can send fractions of a Bitcoin instantly anywhere across the globe.

6. Bitcoin is a speculative and immature technology.

Trace Mayer used to talk about the seven network effects of Bitcoin: Speculation, Merchant Adoption, Consumer Adoption, Security, Developer Mindshare, Financialization, and Adoption as a World Reserve Currency.

Speculation, being the first network effect, is an important part of Bitcoin’s maturation. Speculation drives early adoption and leads to the initial growth and innovation. Early adopters face larger risks as the price is more volatile, but also reap larger rewards. As more people adopt, merchants begin to accept it as forms of payment, leading to the second network effect and so on.

Yes, Bitcoin was a speculative asset but it is far beyond it speculative stage. We are currently closer to the “Developer mindshare” stage, where developers are working on new tools and new products that now integrate multiple technologies, like lightning and nostr.

Bitcoin is no longer speculative. I would also argue it is not even immature, even though it has only been around for a decade. But a misconception people often make is that the dollar (AUD or USD) is mature. The dollar as we know it is an experiment that has been running since around 1971, and politicians and economists still have no idea how to control it! Levers are pulled, money is debased and debt is increased time and time again.

Debt to GDP since 1970. Australia saw a moment of recovery duing the early 2000s but began increasing after the global financial crisis in 2008. Japan’s debt skyrocketed in the 1990’s and currently sits around 260%. On average across the G-20 nations, debt has increased from a low of 23% to around 95%. (source https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/CG_DEBT_GDP@GDD/SWE)

And thats it! I hope you found this useful for the next time you’re speaking to someone about Bitcoin in a developed nation.

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In a prosperous nation like Australia, the issues that Bitcoin aim to solve are far less perceivable compared to other poorer or authoritarian nations. Bitcoin’s value proposition is less relatable because we have access to banks, our economies are generally tolerable, and everything to some degree just works.

Conversations about Bitcoin in the workplace or among friends and family can be difficult. You may often be dismissed, called names (mine is “future boy”), or perceived as someone belonging to a cult. And people will bring up the common arguments against Bitcoin purported by the media: 1) it uses to much energy, 2) it is volatile, 3) it encourages criminal activity like the silk road, 4) it is a Ponzi scheme, 5) its an intangible asset, and 6) its a speculative and immature technology.

Here I will offer some tips I have learnt when talking to people about Bitcoin. My frame of reference is as a Bitcoiner living in Australia, but I think my experience may translate to other developed nations.

Tip 1: Never try convince someone they should buy Bitcoin.

My first tip is to never try convince people to buy Bitcoin, but instead, teach them about Bitcoin and guide them towards sources where they can learn more themselves. The value proposition behind Bitcoin is difficult to understand and people shouldn’t necessarily hold any before they understand the risks and benefits behind the technology.

In my mind, the most important part of a person’s orange pilling is the will and interest to find out more themselves, and make their own decision to buy some.

So your primary aim should be just to find a way to make them interested enough to seek out more information. Here is my shortlist of books, podcasts, and other valuable sources I use when pointing people to find out more.

Tip 2: Bitcoin is an inclusive technology.

One major problem I see with the Bitcoin community is that Bitcoiners set up walls where you are either enlightened Bitcoiner, or you are a “normie”. For someone seeking to find out more about Bitcoin, the community can appear cultish, and being referred to as a “normie” or other names creates an exclusive environment that can dissuade people from finding out more. Everyone will have their own path of discovery as most of us did. Help others find Bitcoin by making the community inclusive.

Tip 3: Be prepared to combat common misconceptions or misunderstandings

1. Bitcoin uses more energy than some country in Europe (no one ever remembers which)

This is probably the most common argument I hear. But as you will see, the real question here is not about the absolute amount of energy use, but a person’s perception of the value per unit energy that it delivers.

The adoption of any new technology that advances society has required energy. This energy consumption is often intense at the beginning and becomes more efficient as the technology develops and drives further investment. Bitcoin miners are the primary consumers of energy in the technology. Most people don’t actually understand why Bitcoin consumes energy — Bitcoin consumes energy to cryptographically protect the value contained within the network. However, inherent to Bitcoin is an economic incentive to reduce energy costs and maximise profits. Miner’s therefore naturally seek out more efficient technologies and cheaper sources of energy.

Over a 5 year period from 2018 to 2023, the energy required per terrahash (energy per unit work) declined by 63%. It is also useful to highlight novel ways in which Bitcoin miners are consuming wasted energy or using renewable sources, such as Iris energy, or Gridless. These and other companies are investing into renewable energy sources. Current estimates of Bitcoin’s renewable energy usage is between 25% and 50%.

In 2016 the power consumption of data centres was estimated to be 200 TWh/y. By comparison, Bitcoin consumes between 75.4 TWh/y and 122 TWh/y. The traditional financial system is estimated to consume 5,000 TWh/y which pales to Bitcoin’s consumption. This is not to say we should be complacent about Bitcoin’s energy use; these are all staggering amounts of energy consumption! But in most people’s mind, the value of data centres and the legacy financial system seems so obvious that they wouldn’t question its energy usage. So the real question should not be about the absolute value of power consumption, but rather whether Bitcoin provides the same global value per unit energy consumed.

Framing the energy argument in terms of the value per unit energy should help to open a discussion on Bitcoin’s value proposition.

2. Bitcoin is volatile

Yes, Bitcoin is volatile! But why is this bad? Most people making this claim are comparing Bitcoin to holding shares in some big tech company. Bitcoin is not a company! Comparing it to a company means you haven’t understood the Bitcoin’s true value proposition of it becoming the hardest form of money. Furthermore, despite its current volatility, Bitcoin continues to outperform most stocks and gold.

Bitcoin is a truly free market asset, unlike other forms of investment influenced by capital controls which act to dampen volatility. Bitcoin’s adoption still sits below 5% globally. As adoption increases, its price will continue to stabilise as it has been over the past decade (see figure below).

Bitcoin price volatility index (source: https://buybitcoinworldwide.com/volatility-index/)

Volatility will continue to be a feature of Bitcoin in the near future. But this is not necessarily bad. Investment into Bitcoin, like any asset, should be taken with consideration of a person’s financial position and their ability to weather this volatility.

3. Bitcoin facilitates illicit activity and the anonymity of the criminals.

There is no escaping the fact that to some degree Bitcoin has facilitated the exchange of drugs and other illicit activity. However, Bitcoin offers a level of traceability that hasn’t existed previously with cash. Bitcoin is not anonymous, it is pseudonymous. It depends on a public ledger that facilitates the tracking funds, and KYC (Know-Your-Customer) on/off ramps that help link transactions back to individuals. This tracking has led to the downfall of the silk road and several associated criminals since. Law enforcement and journalists are constantly coming up with tools to track the the movement of cryptocurrencies used in illicit activity.

Bitcoin is a neutral technology. Blaming Bitcoin for the drug problem is as silly as blaming the internet, the postage service that sends a large portion of drugs, or cars that drive them from location to location. It will never be escape the fact that some people will use it for illegal activity, as people have and will continue to do with any form of money.

4. Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme.

Many other cryptocurrencies which are actual Ponzi schemes have given people a negative impression of Bitcoin. I once had a family member, who knew about my great interest in Bitcoin gleefully exclaim “Hey did you hear!? Bitcoin is dead!” She was referring to the news about the downfall of OneCoin. This comment made me realise how important it is to help people understand the fundamental difference between a decentralised Bitcoin and a centralised crypto Ponzi.

In simple terms, Bitcoin being decentralised means there is no single entity in charge or profiting from the value of Bitcoin, nor are there profits derived from getting people into Bitcoin.

A follow-on comment I often get is that early adopters cause an imbalance in the distribution of wealth. This is currently true. It is estimated that 0.01% of addresses hold 58% of all Bitcoin. But we currently live in a world of rapidly rising inequality and a financial system that promotes the financial privileged. Over the past 40 years, the top 1% of income earners has seen their share increase from about 11% to almost 20% in the USA (see figure below).

Total share of income of the top 1% of earners (source: https://wid.world/)

You can research into the effects leading to inequality and you will read very contradictory arguments from both sides of the Bitcoin camp. So I’m not going to argue that Bitcoin solves the problem of wealth inequality; that is yet to be seen. But the growing digitisation of financial services is already creating a positive effect in reducing wealth inequality around the world. One of Bitcoins main benefits is that it promotes financial inclusion, which I believe can only result in a positive outcome for reducing inequality.

5. Bitcoin is an intangible asset

I once tried to explain to a family member the link between physical gold and Bitcoin. I used the analogy that energy is trapped in physical gold, and energy is required to extract it. This is similar to extracting and storing energy in Bitcoin. He laughed at me smugly.

Some people will have a really hard time comparing a physical asset to a digital one. They assume a digital asset can be copied, and it has no meaningful use in the real world. Bitcoin requires some tech literacy which you cannot teach in an evening!

Instead, you can highlight that a physical asset like gold is a great store of value; we have been using it to store value for millennia. But it is not a great medium of exchange. How can you break it up into smaller pieces? How do you send it across the world?

Bitcoin solves these problems. Like gold, Bitcoin cannot be copied or debased. But unlike gold, you can send fractions of a Bitcoin instantly anywhere across the globe.

6. Bitcoin is a speculative and immature technology.

Trace Mayer used to talk about the seven network effects of Bitcoin: Speculation, Merchant Adoption, Consumer Adoption, Security, Developer Mindshare, Financialization, and Adoption as a World Reserve Currency.

Speculation, being the first network effect, is an important part of Bitcoin’s maturation. Speculation drives early adoption and leads to the initial growth and innovation. Early adopters face larger risks as the price is more volatile, but also reap larger rewards. As more people adopt, merchants begin to accept it as forms of payment, leading to the second network effect and so on.

Yes, Bitcoin was a speculative asset but it is far beyond it speculative stage. We are currently closer to the “Developer mindshare” stage, where developers are working on new tools and new products that now integrate multiple technologies, like lightning and nostr.

Bitcoin is no longer speculative. I would also argue it is not even immature, even though it has only been around for a decade. But a misconception people often make is that the dollar (AUD or USD) is mature. The dollar as we know it is an experiment that has been running since around 1971, and politicians and economists still have no idea how to control it! Levers are pulled, money is debased and debt is increased time and time again.

Debt to GDP since 1970. Australia saw a moment of recovery duing the early 2000s but began increasing after the global financial crisis in 2008. Japan’s debt skyrocketed in the 1990’s and currently sits around 260%. On average across the G-20 nations, debt has increased from a low of 23% to around 95%. (source https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/CG_DEBT_GDP@GDD/SWE)

And thats it! I hope you found this useful for the next time you’re speaking to someone about Bitcoin in a developed nation.

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Here’s the neat part, you don’t...

...or rather, you can’t find rare satoshis. Rare satoshis don’t exist because individual satoshis don’t actually exist within the bitcoin network, only UTXOs.

But my wallet says I have satoshis.

And the container of your food says it has calories. The bathroom scale says your body has lbs/kg. The tape measure says your floors have inches/cm. These are units of measure of a property of something, but they are not distinct individual units of the thing being measured. Calories measure energy. Scales measure mass. Rulers measure distance. These are properties of a thing, but not the thing itself.

Likewise, satoshis (aka, sats) are a unit of measure for bitcoin UTXOs, which are the "things" that actually exist within the bitcoin network. A UTXO, or "unspent transaction output," can be very small, only a few hundred sats, or it can be very large, hundreds of millions or even billions of sats, but there are only UTXOs measured in sats and spendable by their corresponding private keys. There are no satoshis sitting in storage in bitcoin wallets and nodes.

If that's true, then why is Bitcoin Magazine selling "rare satoshis"?

They are salesmen in search of profit, and not all salesmen are honest. The product they are selling misrepresents the truth. Put simply, Bitcoin Magazine is lying about what they are selling.

What they are actually selling is a UTXO measured in some amount of sats that can be cryptographically linked to another UTXO from the past that no longer exists. Why doesn't it exist? Because a UTXO is, by definition, "unspent." Once you spend one UTXO, new UTXOs are created and mined into a new block.

So I can't buy one of Hal Finney's satoshis?

Unfortunately, no, you cannot. At best you could pay someone like Bitcoin Magazine to spend one of their UTXOs to a new UTXO at an address you control. It is up to you to decide if the cryptographic link to previous entries in the ledger has any added value or meaning beyond the sats-denominated value of the UTXO.

It would be a little bit like if I had a dollar bill, and I went to the bank and deposited it into your account, and then the bank destroyed that physical bill and replaced it with a new one when you came in to withdraw it. While you would now possess access to the $1 of value, you would not have the dollar bill that I deposited. In fact, it no longer exists, even though there is proof on the bank's ledger of the transfer of value from me to you.

Ok, so what? I can do what i want with my money.

Yes, you can. That is the freedom afforded to you by bitcoin. You are free to trade your sats for a lesser amount of sats. It's just my opinion that you ought to at least understand that that's all you're doing.

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Los residentes de un edificio en La Habana Vieja donde en octubre del año pasado murió una niña por un derrumbe, continúan viviendo entre los escombros.

Ante el temor de que ocurra otro desplome y quedar sepultados, los vecinos del inmueble situado en la calle Sol, entre Egido y Villegas, han enviado otra carta a CiberCuba en la que denuncian la inacción de los dirigentes y organismos responsables de solucionar su caso.

La carta recibida por la redacción de Cibercuba es la siguiente:

"Somos los vecinos de Sol 466, entre Villegas y Egido, La Habana Vieja, donde ocurrió el derrumbe el 17 de octubre 2022, en el que falleció una niña de cuatro años. Donde el presidente del Partido, Luis Antonio Torres Iríbar, dijo que no íbamos a quedar desamparados, donde Vivienda municipal y provincial dijeron que dentro de 15 a 30 días nos daban solución.

Nunca nos ayudaron ni dieron solución, seguimos viviendo en el inmueble cayéndose a pedazos lo poco que queda, y ni siquiera nuestras cosas y muebles hemos podido sacar de aquí para asegurarlas un lugar más seguro, ya que nuestras viviendas se mojan cuando llueve.

Hemos ido a Vivienda provincial tres veces, Vivienda municipal cuatro veces, gobierno provincial, gobierno municipal... donde ellos dicen que no tienen que ver con eso, que es Vivienda municipal, pero esta entidad nos dice que no tiene solución para nuestro problema.

Hay una anciana de 87 años con una radical de mama, sorda de un oído, diabética de los malos e hipertensa, y vive yendo al policlínico a cada rato por sus varias enfermedades; también esta señora ya no puede más con su estrés por su grave situación, ya ha tenido infarto. Y no se resuelve nada.

Y ya ahora en octubre 17 va hacer un año, en el que entre promesas y mucho bla bla no han dado respuesta a dicho problemón. ¿Qué están esperando, a que haya otro muerto? Un señor que tenía cáncer murió sin poder ver su casa, y la señora que menciono que está enferma vive con miedo, por el desastre de lo que que queda del edificio en ruina estática".

En una misiva anterior, los afectados relataban que iban cada dos o tres días a las diferentes instancias de Vivienda, el gobierno, la fiscalía y el partido.

"Ya nos conocen por dar las quejas y no nos resuelven nada. (...) Y cuando llegamos a los lugares nos dicen: 'ustedes de nuevo', cómo si fuéramos la enfermedad de la peste", dijeron.

"Para los militares y MININT se hacen edificios, y no pueden poner aunque sea uno o dos núcleos por edificio, ya que son cinco núcleos y desde hace años pudieran ya haber salido de esto, y no haber llegado a que hubiera muerto una menor de cinco años de edad, y que vuelva a haber otra muerte", cuestionaron.

El pasado 17 de octubre por la mañana, se derrumbó parte del edificio y varias personas quedaron atrapadas en los escombros. Según el periodista Mario J. Pentón, el derrumbe fue en la escalera del inmueble.

Como consecuencia murió una niña de cinco años nombrada Ismary Orozco Castellanos, quien falleció antes de que los bomberos pudieran rescatarla.

De acuerdo con la información del Portal del Ciudadano de La Habana, los rescatistas lograron sacar con vida a dos mujeres y un menor de edad. Las pacientes fueron enviadas al Hospital Calixto García y el menor al Hospital Juan Manuel Márquez.

El edificio lleva muchos años con problemas.

En 2015 sus residentes denunciaron que se veían obligados a acceder a sus casas por una ventana, tras un derrumbe parcial.

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On the other hand, while Apple's decision to take a 30% cut from fundraisers and humanitarian aid posts is criticized, Bitcoin emerges as a vital alternative for those suffering globally. Organizations like Oslo Freedom Forum and Qala Africa shed light on how Africans heavily rely on Bitcoin due to unreliable banking systems.

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MIAMI, Estados Unidos. — El quinto vuelo de deportación de cubanos desde EE. UU. arribó esta tarde a La Habana, según dio a conocer la Embajada de Estados Unidos en la Isla.

La sede diplomática indicó en redes sociales que los 29 cubanos repatriados habían intentado ingresar sin autorización a territorio estadounidense.

“Este jueves 17 de agosto llegó a La Habana el quinto vuelo de deportación proveniente de Estados Unidos del 2023. El vuelo devolvió a la Isla a 29 cubanos que intentaron entrar a Estados Unidos sin autorización”, señala la nota.

La Embajada llamó a los cubanos a no intentar ingresar a EE. UU. de manera ilegal.

“No ponga en riesgo su seguridad ni la de su familia. Viaje seguro y legal” , apuntó la sede diplomática.

El cuarto vuelo de deportación se había producido el pasado 20 de julio. En el mismo fueron devueltos a Cuba 33 migrantes.

Previo a la salida del cuarto vuelo, familiares de algunos de los migrantes con orden de deportación (tras perder sus casos de asilo político) intentaron detener el proceso y que los liberaran, pero no fue posible.

El tercer vuelo de deportación a la Isla ocurrió el 23 de junio e involucró a 36 cubanos. En ese momento, el Ministerio del Interior de Cuba (MININT) informó que todos los migrantes incluidos en la operación aérea eran hombres y que trece de ellos habían salido ilegalmente de la Isla por vía marítima, mientras que otros 23 viajaron al exterior de forma legal y luego se incorporaron a rutas irregulares para llegar a Estados Unidos.

Abogados de inmigración de Miami han advertido que los cubanos que tienen I-220B son los que corren mayor riesgo de ser deportados, ya que ese documento registra la entrada a EE. UU. con orden expresa de devolución al país de origen.

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#Nostr isn't just a social network, that's simply the first use case to sprout from the Nostr tree.

Simple Blocks, Complex Change

Nostr isn't just a social network, in a similar way that Bitcoin isn't just a transaction network. Both of these things are true, but they each miss the more significant elements of what they accomplish.

In my mind, the source of Nostr's true potential is two fold; first, in fundamentally changing the centralized server model into an open environment of redundant relays; and second, it eliminates the association of clients with their IP address and metadata, and replaces it with identification via public keys. Within this one-two punch lies the most important tools necessary to actually rearchitect all of the major services on the internet, not just social media. Social is simply the interface by which we will connect all of them.

The combination of this simple data & ID management protocol with decentralized money in #Bitcoin and #Lightning as a global payments network, enables nostr to build marketplaces, "websites," podcast feeds, publishing of articles/video/media of all kinds, auction networks, tipping and crowdfunding applications, note taking, data backups, global bookmarks, decentralized exchanges and betting networks, browser or app profiles that follow you wherever you go, and tons more - except these can be built without all of the negative consequences of being hosted and controlled by central servers.

It separates both the data and client identity from the server hosting it. Handing the ownership back to the owner of the keys. We could think of it loosely as permission-less server federations (though this isn't entirely accurate, its useful imo). Anyone can host, anyone can join, and the data is agnostic to the computer it sits on at any given time. The walls are falling away.

Efficiency vs Robustness

There is also a major secondary problem solved by these building blocks. A byproduct of solving censorship is creating robustness, both in data integrity, but also in data continuity. While the fiat world is so foolishly focused on "efficiency" as the optimal goal of all interaction, it naively ignores the incredible fragility that comes with it. It is far more "efficient" for one big factory to produce all of the computer chips in the world. Why build redundant manufacturing to produce the same thing when one factory can do it just fine? Yet anyone who thinks for more than a few seconds about this can see just how vulnerable it would leave us, as well as how much corruption such "efficiency" would wind up enabling.

Nostr is not alone either. Holepunch is a purely P2P model (rather than based on relays) that accomplishes the same separation in a different way. One where the clients and servers become one in the same - everyone is the host. Essentially a bittorrent like protocol that removes the limitation of the data being static. The combination of their trade offs & what these protocols can do together is practically limitless. While Nostr begins building its social network, combining it with what Synonym is building with their Web of trust, (the critical ingredient of which is public key identification) we can "weigh" information by the trust of our social graph.

Not too long ago, a friend and I used Nostr to verify who we were communicating with, we shared a Keet (built on Holepunch) room key over encrypted nostr DM, and opened a P2P, encrypted chat room where we could troubleshoot a bitcoin wallet problem and safely and privately share very sensitive data. The casual ease by which we made this transaction enabled by these tools had us both pause in awe of just how powerful they could be for the privacy and security of all communication. And this is just the very beginning. The glue of #Lightning and #Bitcoin making possible the direct monetization of the infrastructure in all of the above has me more bullish on the re-architecting of the internet than ever in my life. It cannot be reasonably called an insignificant change in incentives to remove both the advertiser and the centralized payment processor from inbetween the provider and the customers online. The base plumbing of the internet itself may very well be on the verge of the greatest shift it has ever gone through.

A Tale of Two Network Effects

I would argue the most significant historical shift in the internet architecture was the rise of social media. It was when we discovered the internet was about connecting people rather than computers. The social environment quickly became the dominant window by which the average person looked into the web. It's the place where we go to be connected to others, and get a perspective of the world and a filter for its avalanche of information as seen through our trust networks and social circles. But consider how incredibly neutered the experience really is when money isn't allowed to flow freely in this environment, and how much it actually would flow, if not for both centralized payment processors and the horrible KYC and regulatory hurdle it entails for large, centralized entities.

The first time around we failed to accomplish a global, open protocol for user identity, and because of this our social connections were owned by the server on which we made them. They owned our digital social graph, without them, it is erased. This is an incredible power. The pressures of the network effect to find people, rather than websites, took a decentralized, open internet protocol, and re-centralized it into silos controlled by barely a few major corporations. The inevitable abuse of this immense social power for political gain is so blatantly obvious in retrospect that it's almost comical.

But there is a kind of beautiful irony here - the flip side of the network effect's negative feedback that centralized us into social media silos, is the exact same effect that could present an even greater force in pushing us back toward decentralization. When our notes & highlights have the same social graph as our social media, our "instagram" has the same network as our "twitter," our podcasts reach the same audience, our video publishing has the same reach, our marketplace is built in, our reputation carries with us to every application, our app profiles are encrypted and can't be spied on, our data hosting can be paid directly with zaps, our event tickets can be permanently available, our history, our personal Ai, practically anything. And every bit of it is either encrypted or public by our sole discretion, and is paid for in a global, open market of hosts competing to provide these services for the fewest sats possible. (Case in point, I'm paying sats for premium relays, and I'm paying a simple monthly fee to nostr.build for hosting media)

All of this without having to keep up with 1,000 different fucking accounts and passwords for every single, arbitrarily different utility under the sun. Without having to setup another account to try another service offering a slightly different thing or even just one feature you want to explore. Where the "confirm with your email" bullshit is finally relegated to the hack job, security duck tape that it really is. The frustrating and post-hoc security design that is so common on the internet could finally become a thing of the past and instead just one or a few secure cryptographic keys give us access & control over our digital lives.

The same network effect that centralized the internet around social media, will be the force that could decentralize it again. When ALL of these social use cases and connections compound on each other's network effect, rather than compete with each other, what centralized silo in the world can win against that?

This is not to dismiss the number of times others have tried to build similar systems, or that it's even close to the first time it was attempted to put cryptographic keys at the heart of internet communications. Which brings me to the most important piece of this little puzzle... it actually works!

I obviously don't know exactly how this will play out, and I don't know what becomes dominant in any particular area, how relays will evolve, or what applications will lean toward the relay model, while others may lean P2P, and still others may remain client/server. But I do think the next decade will experience a shift in the internet significant enough that the words "relay" and "peer" may very well, with a little hope and lot of work, replace the word "server" in the lexicon of the internet.

The tools are here, the network is proving itself, the applications are coming, the builders are building, and nostr, holepunch, bitcoin and their like are each, slowly but surely, taking over a new part of my digital life every week. Case in point; I'm publishing this short article on blogstack.io, it will travel across all of nostr, I'm accepting zaps with my LNURL, it is available on numerous sites that aggregate Kind:30023 articles, my entire social graph will get it in their feed, & there will be a plethora of different clients/apps/websites/etc through which the users will see this note, each with their own features and designs...

Seriously, why the fuck would I bother starting a Substack and beg people for their emails?

This is only the beginning, and I'm fully here for it. I came for the notes and the plebs, but it's the "Other Stuff" that will change the world.

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Este artigo foi censurado pelo estado e fomos obrigados a deletá-lo após ameaça de homens armados virem nos visitar e agredir nossa vida e propriedade.

Isto é mais uma prova que os autoproclamados antirracistas são piores que os racistas.

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Sem dúvida, a escalada autoritária do totalitarismo cultural progressista nos últimos anos tem sido sumariamente deletéria e prejudicial para a liberdade de expressão. Como seria de se esperar, a cada dia que passa o autoritarismo progressista continua a se expandir de maneira irrefreável, prejudicando a liberdade dos indivíduos de formas cada vez mais deploráveis e contundentes.

Com a ascensão da tirania politicamente correta e sua invasão a todos os terrenos culturais, o autoritarismo progressista foi se alastrando e consolidando sua hegemonia em determinados segmentos. Com a eventual eclosão e a expansão da opressiva e despótica cultura do cancelamento — uma progênie inevitável do totalitarismo progressista —, todas as pessoas que manifestam opiniões, crenças ou posicionamentos que não estão alinhados com as pautas universitárias da moda tornam-se um alvo.

Há algumas semanas, vimos a enorme repercussão causada pelo caso envolvendo o jogador profissional de vôlei Maurício Sousa, que foi cancelado pelo simples fato de ter emitido sua opinião pessoal sobre um personagem de história em quadrinhos, Jon Kent, o novo Superman, que é bissexual. Maurício Sousa reprovou a conduta sexual do personagem, o que é um direito pessoal inalienável que ele tem. Ele não é obrigado a gostar ou aprovar a bissexualidade. Como qualquer pessoa, ele tem o direito pleno de criticar tudo aquilo que ele não gosta. No entanto, pelo simples fato de emitir a sua opinião pessoal, Maurício Sousa foi acusado de homofobia e teve seu contrato rescindido, sendo desligado do Minas Tênis Clube.

Lamentavelmente, Maurício Sousa não foi o primeiro e nem será o último indivíduo a sofrer com a opressiva e autoritária cultura do cancelamento. Como uma tirania cultural que está em plena ascensão e usufrui de um amplo apoio do establishment, essa nova forma de totalitarismo cultural colorido e festivo está se impondo de formas e maneiras bastante contundentes em praticamente todas as esferas da sociedade contemporânea. Sua intenção é relegar ao ostracismo todos aqueles que não se curvam ao totalitarismo progressista, criminalizando opiniões e crenças que divergem do culto à libertinagem hedonista pós-moderna. Oculto por trás de todo esse ativismo autoritário, o que temos de fato é uma profunda hostilidade por padrões morais tradicionalistas, cristãos e conservadores.

No entanto, é fundamental entendermos uma questão imperativa, que explica em partes o conflito aqui criado — todos os progressistas contemporâneos são crias oriundas do direito positivo. Por essa razão, eles jamais entenderão de forma pragmática e objetiva conceitos como criminalidade, direitos de propriedade, agressão e liberdade de expressão pela perspectiva do jusnaturalismo, que é manifestamente o direito em seu estado mais puro, correto, ético e equilibrado.

Pela ótica jusnaturalista, uma opinião é uma opinião. Ponto final. E absolutamente ninguém deve ser preso, cancelado, sabotado ou boicotado por expressar uma opinião particular sobre qualquer assunto. Palavras não agridem ninguém, portanto jamais poderiam ser consideradas um crime em si. Apenas deveriam ser tipificados como crimes agressões de caráter objetivo, como roubo, sequestro, fraude, extorsão, estupro e infrações similares, que representam uma ameaça direta à integridade física da vítima, ou que busquem subtrair alguma posse empregando a violência.

Infelizmente, a geração floquinho de neve — terrivelmente histérica, egocêntrica e sensível — fica profundamente ofendida e consternada sempre que alguém defende posicionamentos contrários à religião progressista. Por essa razão, os guerreiros da justiça social sinceramente acreditam que o papai-estado deve censurar todas as opiniões que eles não gostam de ouvir, assim como deve também criar leis para encarcerar todos aqueles que falam ou escrevem coisas que desagradam a militância.

Como a geração floquinho de neve foi criada para acreditar que todas as suas vontades pessoais e disposições ideológicas devem ser sumariamente atendidas pelo papai-estado, eles embarcaram em uma cruzada moral que pretende erradicar todas as coisas que são ofensivas à ideologia progressista; só assim eles poderão deflagrar na Terra o seu tão sonhado paraíso hedonista e igualitário, de inimaginável esplendor e felicidade.

Em virtude do seu comportamento intrinsecamente despótico, autoritário e egocêntrico, acaba sendo inevitável que militantes progressistas problematizem tudo aquilo que os desagrada.

Como são criaturas inúteis destituídas de ocupação real e verdadeiro sentido na vida, sendo oprimidas unicamente na sua própria imaginação, militantes progressistas precisam constantemente inventar novos vilões para serem combatidos.

Partindo dessa perspectiva, é natural para a militância que absolutamente tudo que exista no mundo e que não se enquadra com as regras autoritárias e restritivas da religião progressista seja encarado como um problema. Para a geração floquinho de neve, o capitalismo é um problema. O fascismo é um problema. A iniciativa privada é um problema. O homem branco, tradicionalista, conservador e heterossexual é um problema. A desigualdade é um problema. A liberdade é um problema. Monteiro Lobato é um problema (sim, até mesmo o renomado ícone da literatura brasileira, autor — entre outros títulos — de Urupês, foi vítima da cultura do cancelamento, acusado de ser racista e eugenista).

Para a esquerda, praticamente tudo é um problema. Na mentalidade da militância progressista, tudo é motivo para reclamação. Foi em função desse comportamento histérico, histriônico e infantil que o famoso pensador conservador-libertário americano P. J. O’Rourke afirmou que “o esquerdismo é uma filosofia de pirralhos chorões”. O que é uma verdade absoluta e irrefutável em todos os sentidos.

De fato, todas as filosofias de esquerda de forma geral são idealizações utópicas e infantis de um mundo perfeito. Enquanto o mundo não se transformar naquela colorida e vibrante utopia que é apresentada pela cartilha socialista padrão, militantes continuarão a reclamar contra tudo o que existe no mundo de forma agressiva, visceral e beligerante. Evidentemente, eles não vão fazer absolutamente nada de positivo ou construtivo para que o mundo se transforme no gracioso paraíso que eles tanto desejam ver consolidado, mas eles continuarão a berrar e vociferar muito em sua busca incessante pela utopia, marcando presença em passeatas inúteis ou combatendo o fascismo imaginário nas redes sociais.

Sem dúvida, estamos muito perto de ver leis absurdas e estúpidas sendo implementadas, para agradar a militância da terra colorida do assistencialismo eterno onde nada é escasso e tudo cai do céu. Em breve, você não poderá usar calças pretas, pois elas serão consideradas peças de vestuário excessivamente heterossexuais. Apenas calças amarelas ou coloridas serão permitidas. Você também terá que tingir de cor-de-rosa uma mecha do seu cabelo; pois preservar o seu cabelo na sua cor natural é heteronormativo demais da sua parte, sendo portanto um componente demasiadamente opressor da sociedade.

Você também não poderá ver filmes de guerra ou de ação, apenas comédias românticas, pois certos gêneros de filmes exaltam a violência do patriarcado e isso impede o mundo de se tornar uma graciosa festa colorida de fraternidades universitárias ungidas por pôneis resplandecentes, hedonismo infinito, vadiagem universitária e autogratificação psicodélica, que certamente são elementos indispensáveis para se produzir o paraíso na Terra.

Sabemos perfeitamente, no entanto, que dentre as atitudes “opressivas” que a militância progressista mais se empenha em combater, estão o racismo, o fascismo, o machismo e a homofobia. No entanto, é fundamental entender que ser racista, fascista, machista ou homofóbico não são crimes em si. Na prática, todos esses elementos são apenas traços de personalidade; e eles não podem ser pura e simplesmente criminalizados porque ideólogos e militantes progressistas iluminados não gostam deles.

Tanto pela ética quanto pela ótica jusnaturalista, é facilmente compreensível entender que esses traços de personalidade não podem ser criminalizados ou proibidos simplesmente porque integrantes de uma ideologia não tem nenhuma apreciação ou simpatia por eles. Da mesma forma, nenhum desses traços de personalidade representa em si um perigo para a sociedade, pelo simples fato de existir. Por incrível que pareça, até mesmo o machismo, o racismo, o fascismo e a homofobia merecem a devida apologia.

Mas vamos analisar cada um desses tópicos separadamente para entender isso melhor.

Racismo

Quando falamos no Japão, normalmente não fazemos nenhuma associação da sociedade japonesa com o racismo. No entanto, é incontestável o fato de que a sociedade japonesa pode ser considerada uma das sociedades mais racistas do mundo. E a verdade é que não há absolutamente nada de errado com isso.

Aproximadamente 97% da população do Japão é nativa; apenas 3% do componente populacional é constituído por estrangeiros (a população do Japão é estimada em aproximadamente 126 milhões de habitantes). Isso faz a sociedade japonesa ser uma das mais homogêneas do mundo. As autoridades japonesas reconhecidamente dificultam processos de seleção e aplicação a estrangeiros que desejam se tornar residentes. E a maioria dos japoneses aprova essa decisão.

Diversos estabelecimentos comerciais como hotéis, bares e restaurantes por todo o país tem placas na entrada que dizem “somente para japoneses” e a maioria destes estabelecimentos se recusa ostensivamente a atender ou aceitar clientes estrangeiros, não importa quão ricos ou abastados sejam.

Na Terra do Sol Nascente, a hostilidade e a desconfiança natural para com estrangeiros é tão grande que até mesmo indivíduos que nascem em algum outro país, mas são filhos de pais japoneses, não são considerados cidadãos plenamente japoneses.

Se estes indivíduos decidem sair do seu país de origem para se estabelecer no Japão — mesmo tendo descendência nipônica legítima e inquestionável —, eles enfrentarão uma discriminação social considerável, especialmente se não dominarem o idioma japonês de forma impecável. Esse fato mostra que a discriminação é uma parte tão indissociável quanto elementar da sociedade japonesa, e ela está tão profundamente arraigada à cultura nipônica que é praticamente impossível alterá-la ou atenuá-la por qualquer motivo.

A verdade é que — quando falamos de um país como o Japão — nem todos os discursos politicamente corretos do mundo, nem a histeria progressista ocidental mais inflamada poderão algum dia modificar, extirpar ou sequer atenuar o componente racista da cultura nipônica. E isso é consequência de uma questão tão simples quanto primordial: discriminar faz parte da natureza humana, sendo tanto um direito individual quanto um elemento cultural inerente à muitas nações do mundo. Os japoneses não tem problema algum em admitir ou institucionalizar o seu preconceito, justamente pelo fato de que a ideologia politicamente correta não tem no oriente a força e a presença que tem no ocidente.

E é fundamental enfatizar que, sendo de natureza pacífica — ou seja, não violando nem agredindo terceiros —, a discriminação é um recurso natural dos seres humanos, que está diretamente associada a questões como familiaridade e segurança.

Absolutamente ninguém deve ser forçado a apreciar ou integrar-se a raças, etnias, pessoas ou tribos que não lhe transmitem sentimentos de segurança ou familiaridade. Integração forçada é o verdadeiro crime, e isso diversos países europeus — principalmente os escandinavos (países que lideram o ranking de submissão à ideologia politicamente correta) — aprenderam da pior forma possível.

A integração forçada com imigrantes islâmicos resultou em ondas de assassinato, estupro e violência inimagináveis para diversos países europeus, até então civilizados, que a imprensa ocidental politicamente correta e a militância progressista estão permanentemente tentando esconder, porque não desejam que o ocidente descubra como a agenda “humanitária” de integração forçada dos povos muçulmanos em países do Velho Mundo resultou em algumas das piores chacinas e tragédias na história recente da Europa.

Ou seja, ao discriminarem estrangeiros, os japoneses estão apenas se protegendo e lutando para preservar sua nação como um ambiente cultural, étnico e social que lhe é seguro e familiar, assim se opondo a mudanças bruscas, indesejadas e antinaturais, que poderiam comprometer a estabilidade social do país.

A discriminação — sendo de natureza pacífica —, é benévola, salutar e indubitavelmente ajuda a manter a estabilidade social da comunidade. Toda e qualquer forma de integração forçada deve ser repudiada com veemência, pois, mais cedo ou mais tarde, ela irá subverter a ordem social vigente, e sempre será acompanhada de deploráveis e dramáticos resultados.

Para citar novamente os países escandinavos, a Suécia é um excelente exemplo do que não fazer. Tendo seguido o caminho contrário ao da discriminação racional praticada pela sociedade japonesa, atualmente a sociedade sueca — além de afundar de forma consistente na lama da libertinagem, da decadência e da deterioração progressista — sofre em demasia com os imigrantes muçulmanos, que foram deixados praticamente livres para matar, saquear, esquartejar e estuprar quem eles quiserem. Hoje, eles são praticamente intocáveis, visto que denunciá-los, desmoralizá-los ou acusá-los de qualquer crime é uma atitude politicamente incorreta e altamente reprovada pelo establishment progressista. A elite socialista sueca jamais se atreve a acusá-los de qualquer crime, pois temem ser classificados como xenófobos e intolerantes. Ou seja, a desgraça da Europa, sobretudo dos países escandinavos, foi não ter oferecido nenhuma resistência à ideologia progressista politicamente correta. Hoje, eles são totalmente submissos a ela.

O exemplo do Japão mostra, portanto — para além de qualquer dúvida —, a importância ética e prática da discriminação, que é perfeitamente aceitável e natural, sendo uma tendência inerente aos seres humanos, e portanto intrínseca a determinados comportamentos, sociedades e culturas.

Indo ainda mais longe nessa questão, devemos entender que na verdade todos nós discriminamos, e não existe absolutamente nada de errado nisso. Discriminar pessoas faz parte da natureza humana e quem se recusa a admitir esse fato é um hipócrita. Mulheres discriminam homens na hora de selecionar um parceiro; elas avaliam diversos quesitos, como altura, aparência, status social, condição financeira e carisma. E dentre suas opções, elas sempre escolherão o homem mais atraente, másculo e viril, em detrimento de todos os baixinhos, calvos, carentes, frágeis e inibidos que possam estar disponíveis. Da mesma forma, homens sempre terão preferência por mulheres jovens, atraentes e delicadas, em detrimento de todas as feministas de meia-idade, acima do peso, de cabelo pintado, que são mães solteiras e militantes socialistas. A própria militância progressista discrimina pessoas de forma virulenta e intransigente, como fica evidente no tratamento que dispensam a mulheres bolsonaristas e a negros de direita.

A verdade é que — não importa o nível de histeria da militância progressista — a discriminação é inerente à condição humana e um direito natural inalienável de todos. É parte indissociável da natureza humana e qualquer pessoa pode e deve exercer esse direito sempre que desejar. Não existe absolutamente nada de errado em discriminar pessoas. O problema real é a ideologia progressista e o autoritarismo politicamente correto, movimentos tirânicos que não respeitam o direito das pessoas de discriminar.

Fascismo

Quando falamos de fascismo, precisamos entender que, para a esquerda política, o fascismo é compreendido como um conceito completamente divorciado do seu significado original. Para um militante de esquerda, fascista é todo aquele que defende posicionamentos contrários ao progressismo, não se referindo necessariamente a um fascista clássico.

Mas, seja como for, é necessário entender que — como qualquer ideologia política — até mesmo o fascismo clássico tem o direito de existir e ocupar o seu devido lugar; portanto, fascistas não devem ser arbitrariamente censurados, apesar de defenderem conceitos que representam uma completa antítese de tudo aquilo que é valioso para os entusiastas da liberdade.

Em um país como o Brasil, onde socialistas e comunistas tem total liberdade para se expressar, defender suas ideologias e até mesmo formar partidos políticos, não faz absolutamente o menor sentido que fascistas — e até mesmo nazistas assumidos — sofram qualquer tipo de discriminação. Embora socialistas e comunistas se sintam moralmente superiores aos fascistas (ou a qualquer outra filosofia política ou escola de pensamento), sabemos perfeitamente que o seu senso de superioridade é fruto de uma pueril romantização universitária da sua própria ideologia. A história mostra efetivamente que o socialismo clássico e o comunismo causaram muito mais destruição do que o fascismo.

Portanto, se socialistas e comunistas tem total liberdade para se expressar, não existe a menor razão para que fascistas não usufruam dessa mesma liberdade.

É claro, nesse ponto, seremos invariavelmente confrontados por um oportuno dilema — o famoso paradoxo da intolerância, de Karl Popper. Até que ponto uma sociedade livre e tolerante deve tolerar a intolerância (inerente a ideologias totalitárias)?

As leis de propriedade privada resolveriam isso em uma sociedade livre. O mais importante a levarmos em consideração no atual contexto, no entanto — ao defender ou criticar uma determinada ideologia, filosofia ou escola de pensamento —, é entender que, seja ela qual for, ela tem o direito de existir. E todas as pessoas que a defendem tem o direito de defendê-la, da mesma maneira que todos os seus detratores tem o direito de criticá-la.

Essa é uma forte razão para jamais apoiarmos a censura. Muito pelo contrário, devemos repudiar com veemência e intransigência toda e qualquer forma de censura, especialmente a estatal.

Existem duas fortes razões para isso:

A primeira delas é a volatilidade da censura (especialmente a estatal). A censura oficial do governo, depois que é implementada, torna-se absolutamente incontrolável. Hoje, ela pode estar apontada para um grupo de pessoas cujas ideias divergem das suas. Mas amanhã, ela pode estar apontada justamente para as ideias que você defende. É fundamental, portanto, compreendermos que a censura estatal é incontrolável. Sob qualquer ponto de vista, é muito mais vantajoso que exista uma vasta pluralidade de ideias conflitantes na sociedade competindo entre si, do que o estado decidir que ideias podem ser difundidas ou não.

Além do mais, libertários e anarcocapitalistas não podem nunca esperar qualquer tipo de simpatia por parte das autoridades governamentais. Para o estado, seria infinitamente mais prático e vantajoso criminalizar o libertarianismo e o anarcocapitalismo — sob a alegação de que são filosofias perigosas difundidas por extremistas radicais que ameaçam o estado democrático de direito — do que o fascismo ou qualquer outra ideologia centralizada em governos burocráticos e onipotentes. Portanto, defender a censura, especialmente a estatal, representa sempre um perigo para o próprio indivíduo, que mais cedo ou mais tarde poderá ver a censura oficial do sistema se voltar contra ele.

Outra razão pela qual libertários jamais devem defender a censura, é porque — ao contrário dos estatistas — não é coerente que defensores da liberdade se comportem como se o estado fosse o seu papai e o governo fosse a sua mamãe. Não devemos terceirizar nossas próprias responsabilidades, tampouco devemos nos comportar como adultos infantilizados. Assumimos a responsabilidade de combater todas as ideologias e filosofias que agridem a liberdade e os seres humanos. Não procuramos políticos ou burocratas para executar essa tarefa por nós.

Portanto, se você ver um fascista sendo censurado nas redes sociais ou em qualquer outro lugar, assuma suas dores. Sinta-se compelido a defendê-lo, mostre aos seus detratores que ele tem todo direito de se expressar, como qualquer pessoa. Você não tem obrigação de concordar com ele ou apreciar as ideias que ele defende. Mas silenciar arbitrariamente qualquer pessoa não é uma pauta que honra a liberdade.

Se você não gosta de estado, planejamento central, burocracia, impostos, tarifas, políticas coletivistas, nacionalistas e desenvolvimentistas, mostre com argumentos coesos e convincentes porque a liberdade e o livre mercado são superiores a todos esses conceitos. Mas repudie a censura com intransigência e mordacidade.

Em primeiro lugar, porque você aprecia e defende a liberdade de expressão para todas as pessoas. E em segundo lugar, por entender perfeitamente que — se a censura eventualmente se tornar uma política de estado vigente entre a sociedade — é mais provável que ela atinja primeiro os defensores da liberdade do que os defensores do estado.

Machismo

Muitos elementos do comportamento masculino que hoje são atacados com virulência e considerados machistas pelo movimento progressista são na verdade manifestações naturais intrínsecas ao homem, que nossos avôs cultivaram ao longo de suas vidas sem serem recriminados por isso. Com a ascensão do feminismo, do progressismo e a eventual problematização do sexo masculino, o antagonismo militante dos principais líderes da revolução sexual da contracultura passou a naturalmente condenar todos os atributos genuinamente masculinos, por considerá-los símbolos de opressão e dominação social.

Apesar do Brasil ser uma sociedade liberal ultra-progressista, onde o estado protege mais as mulheres do que as crianças — afinal, a cada semana novas leis são implementadas concedendo inúmeros privilégios e benefícios às mulheres, aos quais elas jamais teriam direito em uma sociedade genuinamente machista e patriarcal —, a esquerda política persiste em tentar difundir a fantasia da opressão masculina e o mito de que vivemos em uma sociedade machista e patriarcal.

Como sempre, a realidade mostra um cenário muito diferente daquilo que é pregado pela militância da terra da fantasia. O Brasil atual não tem absolutamente nada de machista ou patriarcal. No Brasil, mulheres podem votar, podem ocupar posições de poder e autoridade tanto na esfera pública quanto em companhias privadas, podem se candidatar a cargos políticos, podem ser vereadoras, deputadas, governadoras, podem ser proprietárias do próprio negócio, podem se divorciar, podem dirigir, podem comprar armas, podem andar de biquíni nas praias, podem usar saias extremamente curtas, podem ver programas de televisão sobre sexo voltados única e exclusivamente para o público feminino, podem se casar com outras mulheres, podem ser promíscuas, podem consumir bebidas alcoólicas ao ponto da embriaguez, e podem fazer praticamente tudo aquilo que elas desejarem. No Brasil do século XXI, as mulheres são genuinamente livres para fazer as próprias escolhas em praticamente todos os aspectos de suas vidas. O que mostra efetivamente que a tal opressão do patriarcado não existe.

O liberalismo social extremo do qual as mulheres usufruem no Brasil atual — e que poderíamos estender a toda a sociedade contemporânea ocidental — é suficiente para desmantelar completamente a fábula feminista da sociedade patriarcal machista e opressora, que existe única e exclusivamente no mundinho de fantasias ideológicas da esquerda progressista.

Tão importante quanto, é fundamental compreender que nenhum homem é obrigado a levar o feminismo a sério ou considerá-lo um movimento social e político legítimo. Para um homem, ser considerado machista ou até mesmo assumir-se como um não deveria ser um problema. O progressismo e o feminismo — com o seu nefasto hábito de demonizar os homens, bem como todos os elementos inerentes ao comportamento e a cultura masculina — é que são o verdadeiro problema, conforme tentam modificar o homem para transformá-lo em algo que ele não é nem deveria ser: uma criatura dócil, passiva e submissa, que é comandada por ideologias hostis e antinaturais, que não respeitam a hierarquia de uma ordem social milenar e condições inerentes à própria natureza humana. Com o seu hábito de tentar modificar tudo através de leis e decretos, o feminismo e o progressismo mostram efetivamente que o seu real objetivo é criminalizar a masculinidade.

A verdade é que — usufruindo de um nível elevado de liberdades — não existe praticamente nada que a mulher brasileira do século XXI não possa fazer. Adicionalmente, o governo dá as mulheres uma quantidade tão avassaladora de vantagens, privilégios e benefícios, que está ficando cada vez mais difícil para elas encontrarem razões válidas para reclamarem da vida. Se o projeto de lei que pretende fornecer um auxílio mensal de mil e duzentos reais para mães solteiras for aprovado pelo senado, muitas mulheres que tem filhos não precisarão nem mesmo trabalhar para ter sustento. E tantas outras procurarão engravidar, para ter direito a receber uma mesada mensal do governo até o seu filho completar a maioridade.

O que a militância colorida da terra da fantasia convenientemente ignora — pois a realidade nunca corresponde ao seu conto de fadas ideológico — é que o mundo de uma forma geral continua sendo muito mais implacável com os homens do que é com as mulheres. No Brasil, a esmagadora maioria dos suicídios é praticada por homens, a maioria das vítimas de homicídio são homens e de cada quatro moradores de rua, três são homens. Mas é evidente que uma sociedade liberal ultra-progressista não se importa com os homens, pois ela não é influenciada por fatos concretos ou pela realidade. Seu objetivo é simplesmente atender as disposições de uma agenda ideológica, não importa quão divorciadas da realidade elas são.

O nível exacerbado de liberdades sociais e privilégios governamentais dos quais as mulheres brasileiras usufruem é suficiente para destruir a fantasiosa fábula da sociedade machista, opressora e patriarcal. Se as mulheres brasileiras não estão felizes, a culpa definitivamente não é dos homens. Se a vasta profusão de liberdades, privilégios e benefícios da sociedade ocidental não as deixa plenamente saciadas e satisfeitas, elas podem sempre mudar de ares e tentar uma vida mais abnegada e espartana em países como Irã, Paquistão ou Afeganistão. Quem sabe assim elas não se sentirão melhores e mais realizadas?

Homofobia

Quando falamos em homofobia, entramos em uma categoria muito parecida com a do racismo: o direito de discriminação é totalmente válido. Absolutamente ninguém deve ser obrigado a aceitar homossexuais ou considerar o homossexualismo como algo normal. Sendo cristão, não existe nem sequer a mais vaga possibilidade de que algum dia eu venha a aceitar o homossexualismo como algo natural. O homossexualismo se qualifica como um grave desvio de conduta e um pecado contra o Criador.

A Bíblia proíbe terminantemente conduta sexual imoral, o que — além do homossexualismo — inclui adultério, fornicação, incesto e bestialidade, entre outras formas igualmente pérfidas de degradação.

Segue abaixo três passagens bíblicas que proíbem terminantemente a conduta homossexual:

“Não te deitarás com um homem como se deita com uma mulher. Isso é abominável!” (Levítico 18:22 — King James Atualizada)

“Se um homem se deitar com outro homem, como se deita com mulher, ambos terão praticado abominação; certamente serão mortos; o seu sangue estará sobre eles.” (Levítico 20:13 — João Ferreira de Almeida Atualizada)

“O quê! Não sabeis que os injustos não herdarão o reino de Deus? Não sejais desencaminhados. Nem fornicadores, nem idólatras, nem adúlteros, nem homens mantidos para propósitos desnaturais, nem homens que se deitam com homens, nem ladrões, nem gananciosos, nem beberrões, nem injuriadores, nem extorsores herdarão o reino de Deus.” (1 Coríntios 6:9,10 —Tradução do Novo Mundo das Escrituras Sagradas com Referências)

Se você não é religioso, pode simplesmente levar em consideração o argumento do respeito pela ordem natural. A ordem natural é incondicional e incisiva com relação a uma questão: o complemento de tudo o que existe é o seu oposto, não o seu igual. O complemento do dia é a noite, o complemento da luz é a escuridão, o complemento da água, que é líquida, é a terra, que é sólida. E como sabemos o complemento do macho — de sua respectiva espécie — é a fêmea.

Portanto, o complemento do homem, o macho da espécie humana, é naturalmente a mulher, a fêmea da espécie humana. Um homem e uma mulher podem naturalmente se reproduzir, porque são um complemento biológico natural. Por outro lado, um homem e outro homem são incapazes de se reproduzir, assim como uma mulher e outra mulher.

Infelizmente, o mundo atual está longe de aceitar como plenamente estabelecida a ordem natural pelo simples fato dela existir, visto que tentam subvertê-la a qualquer custo, não importa o malabarismo intelectual que tenham que fazer para justificar os seus pontos de vista distorcidos e antinaturais. A libertinagem irrefreável e a imoralidade bestial do mundo contemporâneo pós-moderno não reconhecem nenhum tipo de limite. Quem tenta restabelecer princípios morais salutares é imediatamente considerado um vilão retrógrado e repressivo, sendo ativamente demonizado pela militância do hedonismo, da luxúria e da licenciosidade desenfreada e sem limites.

Definitivamente, fazer a apologia da moralidade, do autocontrole e do autodomínio não faz nenhum sucesso na Sodoma e Gomorra global dos dias atuais. O que faz sucesso é lacração, devassidão, promiscuidade e prazeres carnais vazios. O famoso escritor e filósofo francês Albert Camus expressou uma verdade contundente quando disse: “Uma só frase lhe bastará para definir o homem moderno — fornicava e lia jornais”.

Qualquer indivíduo tem o direito inalienável de discriminar ativamente homossexuais, pelo direito que ele julgar mais pertinente no seu caso. A objeção de consciência para qualquer situação é um direito natural dos indivíduos. Há alguns anos, um caso que aconteceu nos Estados Unidos ganhou enorme repercussão internacional, quando o confeiteiro Jack Phillips se recusou a fazer um bolo de casamento para o “casal” homossexual Dave Mullins e Charlie Craig.

Uma representação dos direitos civis do estado do Colorado abriu um inquérito contra o confeiteiro, alegando que ele deveria ser obrigado a atender todos os clientes, independente da orientação sexual, raça ou crença. Preste atenção nas palavras usadas — ele deveria ser obrigado a atender.

Como se recusou bravamente a ceder, o caso foi parar invariavelmente na Suprema Corte, que decidiu por sete a dois em favor de Jack Phillips, sob a alegação de que obrigar o confeiteiro a atender o “casal” homossexual era uma violação nefasta dos seus princípios religiosos. Felizmente, esse foi um caso em que a liberdade prevaleceu sobre a tirania progressista.

Evidentemente, homossexuais não devem ser agredidos, ofendidos, internados em clínicas contra a sua vontade, nem devem ser constrangidos em suas liberdades pelo fato de serem homossexuais. O que eles precisam entender é que a liberdade é uma via de mão dupla. Eles podem ter liberdade para adotar a conduta que desejarem e fazer o que quiserem (contanto que não agridam ninguém), mas da mesma forma, é fundamental respeitar e preservar a liberdade de terceiros que desejam rejeitá-los pacificamente, pelo motivo que for.

Afinal, ninguém tem a menor obrigação de aceitá-los, atendê-los ou sequer pensar que uma união estável entre duas pessoas do mesmo sexo — incapaz de gerar descendentes, e, portanto, antinatural — deva ser considerado um matrimônio de verdade. Absolutamente nenhuma pessoa, ideia, movimento, crença ou ideologia usufrui de plena unanimidade no mundo. Por que o homossexualismo deveria ter tal privilégio?

Homossexuais não são portadores de uma verdade definitiva, absoluta e indiscutível, que está acima da humanidade. São seres humanos comuns que — na melhor das hipóteses —, levam um estilo de vida que pode ser considerado “alternativo”, e absolutamente ninguém tem a obrigação de considerar esse estilo de vida normal ou aceitável. A única obrigação das pessoas é não interferir, e isso não implica uma obrigação em aceitar.

Discriminar homossexuais (assim como pessoas de qualquer outro grupo, raça, religião, nacionalidade ou etnia) é um direito natural por parte de todos aqueles que desejam exercer esse direito. E isso nem o direito positivo nem a militância progressista poderão algum dia alterar ou subverter. O direito natural e a inclinação inerente dos seres humanos em atender às suas próprias disposições é simplesmente imutável e faz parte do seu conjunto de necessidades.

Conclusão

A militância progressista é absurdamente autoritária, e todas as suas estratégias e disposições ideológicas mostram que ela está em uma guerra permanente contra a ordem natural, contra a liberdade e principalmente contra o homem branco, cristão, conservador e tradicionalista — possivelmente, aquilo que ela mais odeia e despreza.

Nós não podemos, no entanto, ceder ou dar espaço para a agenda progressista, tampouco pensar em considerar como sendo normais todas as pautas abusivas e tirânicas que a militância pretende estabelecer como sendo perfeitamente razoáveis e aceitáveis, quer a sociedade aceite isso ou não. Afinal, conforme formos cedendo, o progressismo tirânico e totalitário tende a ganhar cada vez mais espaço.

Quanto mais espaço o progressismo conquistar, mais corroída será a liberdade e mais impulso ganhará o totalitarismo. Com isso, a cultura do cancelamento vai acabar com carreiras, profissões e com o sustento de muitas pessoas, pelo simples fato de que elas discordam das pautas universitárias da moda.

A história mostra perfeitamente que quanto mais liberdade uma sociedade tem, mais progresso ela atinge. Por outro lado, quanto mais autoritária ela for, mais retrocessos ela sofrerá. O autoritarismo se combate com liberdade, desafiando as pautas de todos aqueles que persistem em implementar a tirania na sociedade. O politicamente correto é o nazismo dos costumes, que pretende subverter a moral através de uma cultura de vigilância policial despótica e autoritária, para que toda a sociedade seja subjugada pela agenda totalitária progressista.

Pois quanto a nós, precisamos continuar travando o bom combate em nome da liberdade. E isso inclui reconhecer que ideologias, hábitos e costumes de que não gostamos tem o direito de existir e até mesmo de serem defendidos.

@ 32e18276:5c68e245

Double-entry accounting is a tried and true method for tracking the flow of money using a principle from physics: the conservation of energy. If we account for all the inflows and outflows of money, then we know that we can build an accurate picture of all of the money we've made and spent.

Bitcoin is particularly good at accounting in this sense, since transaction inflows and outflows are checked by code, with the latest state of the ledger stored in the UTXO set.

What about lightning? Every transaction is not stored on the blockchain, so we need same way to account for all the incoming and outgoing lightning transactions. Luckily for us, core-lightning (CLN) comes with a plugin that describes these transactions in detail!

For every transaction, CLN stores the amount credited and debited from your node: routed payments, invoices, etc. To access this, you just need to run the lightning-cli bkpr-listaccountevents command:

lightning-cli bkpr-listaccountevents | jq -cr '.events[] | [.type,.tag,.credit_msat,.debit_msat,.timestamp,.description] | @tsv' > events.txt

This will save a tab-separated file with some basic information about each credit and debit event on your node.

channel invoice 232000000 0 1662187126 Havana channel invoice 2050000 0 1662242391 coinos voucher channel invoice 0 1002203 1662463949 lightningpicturebot channel invoice 300000 0 1663110636 [["text/plain","jb55's lightning address"],["text/identifier","jb55@sendsats.lol"]] channel invoice 0 102626 1663483583 Mile high lightning club

Now here's comes the cool part, we can take this data and build a ledger-cli file. ledger is a very powerful command-line accounting tool built on a plaintext transaction format. Using the tab-separated file we got from CLN, we can build a ledger file with a chart-of-accounts that we can use for detailed reporting. To do this, I wrote a script for converting bkpt reports to ledger:

http://git.jb55.com/cln-ledger

The ledger file looks like so:

``` 2023-05-31 f10074c748917a2ecd8c5ffb5c3067114e2677fa6152d5b5fd89c0aec7fd81c5 expenses:zap:1971 1971000 msat assets:cln -1971000 msat

2023-05-31 damus donations income:lnurl:damus@sendsats.lol -111000 msat assets:cln 111000 msat

2023-05-31 Zap income:zap:event:f8dd1e7eafa18add4aa8ff78c63f17bdb2fab3ade44f8980f094bdf3fb72d512 -10000000 msat assets:cln 10000000 msat ```

Each transaction has multiple postings which track the flow of money from one account to another. Once we have this file we can quickly build reports:

Balance report

Here's the command for "account balance report since 2023-05 in CAD"

$ ledger -b 2023-05-01 -S amount -X CAD -f cln.ledger bal

``` CAD5290 assets:cln CAD2202 expenses CAD525 routed CAD1677 unknown CAD-7492 income CAD-587 unknown CAD-526 routed CAD-1515 lnurl CAD-614 jb55@sendsats.lol CAD-1 tipjar CAD-537 damus@sendsats.lol CAD-364 gpt3@sendsats.lol CAD-4012 merch CAD-2571 tshirt CAD-1441 hat CAD-852 zap CAD-847 event CAD-66 30e763a1206774753da01ba4ce95852a37841e1a1777076ba82e068f6730b75d CAD-60 f9cda1d7b6792e5320a52909dcd98d20e7f95003de7a813fa18aa8c43ea66710 CAD-49 5ae0087aa6245365a6d357befa9a59b587c01cf30bd8580cd4f79dc67fc30aef CAD-43 a4d44469dd3db920257e0bca0b6ee063dfbf6622514a55e2d222f321744a2a0e ...

---

       0

```

As we can see it shows a breakdown of all the sats we've earned (in this case converted to fiat). We can have a higher-level summary using the depth argument:

$ ledger -M -S amount -X sat -f cln.ledger bal

``` sat14694904 assets:cln sat6116712 expenses sat1457926 routed sat4658786 unknown sat-20811616 income sat-1630529 unknown sat-1461610 routed sat-4207647 lnurl sat-11144666 merch sat-2367164 zap

---

       0

```

As we can see we made 14 million sats this month, not bad! The number at the bottom balances to zero which means we've properly accounted for all income and expenses.

Daily Damus Donation Earnings

To support damus, some users have turned on a feature that sends zaps to support damus development. This simply sends a payment to the damus@sendsats.lol lightning address. Since we record these we can build a daily report of damus donations:

$ ledger -D -V -f cln.ledger reg damus

23-May-15 - 23-May-15 ..damus@sendsats.lol CAD-46 CAD-46 23-May-16 - 23-May-16 ..damus@sendsats.lol CAD-73 CAD-120 23-May-17 - 23-May-17 ..damus@sendsats.lol CAD-41 CAD-161 23-May-18 - 23-May-18 ..damus@sendsats.lol CAD-37 CAD-197 23-May-19 - 23-May-19 ..damus@sendsats.lol CAD-35 CAD-233 23-May-20 - 23-May-20 ..damus@sendsats.lol CAD-28 CAD-261 23-May-21 - 23-May-21 ..damus@sendsats.lol CAD-19 CAD-280 23-May-22 - 23-May-22 ..damus@sendsats.lol CAD-29 CAD-309 23-May-23 - 23-May-23 ..damus@sendsats.lol CAD-19 CAD-328 23-May-24 - 23-May-24 ..damus@sendsats.lol CAD-25 CAD-353 23-May-25 - 23-May-25 ..damus@sendsats.lol CAD-36 CAD-390 23-May-26 - 23-May-26 ..damus@sendsats.lol CAD-37 CAD-426 23-May-27 - 23-May-27 ..damus@sendsats.lol CAD-25 CAD-451 23-May-28 - 23-May-28 ..damus@sendsats.lol CAD-25 CAD-476 23-May-29 - 23-May-29 ..damus@sendsats.lol CAD-12 CAD-488 23-May-30 - 23-May-30 ..damus@sendsats.lol CAD-29 CAD-517 23-May-31 - 23-May-31 ..damus@sendsats.lol CAD-21 CAD-537

Not making bank or anything but this covered the relay server costs this month!

Hopefully ya'll found this useful, feel free to fork the script and try it out!

@ 9ecbb0e7:06ab7c09

El martillista cubano Yasmani Fernández abandonó la delegación de la Isla que intervendrá en el Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo de Budapest (Hungría), a celebrarse del 19 al 27 de septiembre próximos.

La noticia fue confirmada este miércoles por Play Off Magazine. El portal especializado indica que Fernández había sido incluido a última hora en la delegación, que ahora cuenta con solo 20 atletas.

La noticia había sido difundida previamente por el diario Jit. El medio oficialista indicó que Fernández “abandonó” la delegación durante su escala en París (Francia). Según el comisionado nacional de la especialidad, Rolando Charroo, el resto de los seleccionados está “enfocado” en obtener sus mejores resultados.

Fernández, de 28 años, había registrado su mejor marca personal (75,74 metros) en el pasado Memorial José Barrientos, que se celebró en el Estadio Panamericano de La Habana.

Su posición en el ranking mundial le valió su inclusión a última hora en el equipo cubano, aunque no tardó en escapar previo a la llegada a Hungría.

A su llegada a Budapest, el equipo cubano se concentró en el Hotel Danubio Arena. Allí se unieron dos grupos: uno proveniente de La Habana y otro desde la localidad española de Guadalajara, donde habían desarrollado “una base de preparación durante varias semanas”.

Cuba asiste al Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo de Budapest sin grandes figuras y con un pronóstico reservado. Las mayores aspiraciones de medallas recaen en los triplistas Lázaro Martínez y Cristian Nápoles, entre los hombres, así como Leyanis Pérez y Liadagmis Povea, entre las mujeres.

El atletismo ha sido uno de los deportes más golpeados por el abandono de figuras en los últimos años. Durante el Campeonato Mundial de 2022, celebrado en Oregón, Estados Unidos, abandonaron el equipo cubano tres miembros de la delegación: la jabalinista Yiselena Ballar, la discóbola Yaimé Pérez y el fisioterapeuta Carlos González Morales.

@ b9e76546:612023dc

The real power of AI will be in its integration of other tools to use in specific situation and recognizing what those tools are. There will be extremely specific & curated AI models (or just basic software circuits) on certain topics, tasks, or concepts. And this will also be a crucial way in which we keep AI safe, and give it understanding of its own actions. In other words, how we prevent it from going insane. I've recently experienced a tiny microcosm of what that might look like...

— ie. a general language model that knows to call on the conceptual math language model, that then makes sense of the question and knows to input it into the calculator app for explicit calculations when solving complex or tricky word problems. And then to apply this in the realm of safety and morals, a specific model that an AI calls on for understanding the consequences and principles of any actions it takes in the real world.

I believe there needs to be an AI "Constitution" (a particular term I heard used to describe it) where there is a specific set of ideas and actions it is enabled to perform, and a particular set of "moral weights" it must assess before taking action. Anyone who's read Asimov will recognize this as "The Three Laws" and that's basically what it would be. This is critical because an AI running an actual humanoid machine like Boston Dynamics could go ape shit literally because it is emulating trolling someone by doing the opposite of what they asked -- I just had a LLM troll me yesterday & go a bit haywire when i asked it to be concise, and every answer afterward was then the wordiest and longest bunch of nonsense imaginable... it was funny, but also slightly sobering to think how these things could go wrong when controlling something in the real world. Now imagine a robot that thinks Kick Ass is a funny movie and starts emulating its behavior thinking it's being funny because it has no model to assess the importance of the humans whose skulls it's smashing and thinks the more blood it can splatter everywhere makes it a more comical experience for those in the room. That's essentially the "real world robot" version of asking a LLM to be concise and instead getting an avalanche of BS. Ask a robot to be funny and maybe it crushes your skull.

Because of that, I think there will be certain "anchors" or particular "circuits" for these LLMs to be constrained by for certain things. Essentially action specific built governors that add meaning to the actions and things they are doing. A very simple version mentioned above would be a calculator. If you ask an LLM right now to do basic math, it screws up all the time. It has no idea how to generate a true answer. It just predicts what an answer might sound like. So even extremely simple and common sense requests turn up idiotic answers sometimes. But if it can recognize that you are asking a math problem, find the relevant mathematical elements, and then call on the hardcoded & built-in calculator circuit, then the LLM isn't doing the calculation, it's simply the interface between the calculation tool and the human interaction.

What I think will be critical as we integrate these into real world machines over time, and as their capabilities become more generalized and layered, will be to build in a sort of moral constitution that behaves like a concrete engine (a calculator), that has the model recognize when something might be a questionable behavior or cause an undesirable outcome, and then call on the "constitution" to make the decision to act or not. In that way, it may actually prevent itself from doing something stupid or terrible that even a human hadn't realized the full consequences of. — ie. it won't help a child get to the roof of his building so he can fly off the side with his cardboard wings.

It will be very interesting to watch these come about because the failure more of AI will be a critically important thing to consider, and unfortunately from an engineering and cultural standpoint, "failure modes" are something that have been underrepresented and increasingly ignored. A simple example is a modern washing machine; when something entirely arbitrary or some silly little feature breaks, the whole thing is useless and you have to bring a technician out to fix it, when a sensible failure mode would be that it simply routes around what arbitrary feature failed, and continues working normally. This, unfortunately, has become the norm for tons of "modern" devices and appliances. they are simultaneously increasingly "advance" and "stupid" at the same time. It's largely a product of the high time preference mindset, and we need MUCH more low time preference consideration as we unleash AI onto the world. It will matter exponentially more when we start making machines that can operate autonomously, can maintain themselves, and learn through their own interactions and environment... and we aren't very far away.

Learn as fast as you can, understand the tools, and stay safe.

grownostr #AI_Unchained

(my very first post on BlogStack.io)

@ 9ecbb0e7:06ab7c09

El embargo de Estados Unidos a Cuba no existe como tal gracias a las exenciones para la compra de alimentos y medicinas en territorio estadounidense por parte del régimen castrista. Lo anterior se refleja en las cifras oficiales del Departamento de Agricultura, que indican exportaciones hacia Cuba por 37.071.007 dólares solo en el mes de junio de 2023, lo cual significa un crecimiento del 60.8% con relación al mismo mes del año anterior.

Los números marcan un hito en la relación comercial entre EEUU y Cuba, con un crecimiento sostenido impulsado por las compras que realizan las micros, pequeñas y medianas empresas (Mipymes), a las que el régimen castrista les otorgó la capacidad de importar alimentos y commodities agrícolas a Cuba.

De acuerdo con el informe presentado en el portal Cubatrade, entre los productos que compró Cuba en EEUU durante junio de 2023 destacan bacon, mantequilla, aceite de oliva, aceite de girasol, aceite de colza, azúcar, café, pastas, comuniones, helados, galletas, leche en polvo, cerveza, papel higiénico y carne de ave, entre otros.

En el caso de la carne de pollo, EEUU es el principal suministrador de esa proteína a Cuba. Más del 90% del pollo que se consume en el país caribeño proviene de productores estadounidenses, marcando una gran dependencia del gobierno comunista de los sistemas productivos del “imperialismo”.

Los datos acumulados en el histórico del primer semestre del año implican importaciones por 160.259.463 dólares solo en alimentos. El salto es significativo teniendo en cuenta que igual período del año previo, es decir, de enero a junio, se alcanzó una cifra de poco más de 144 millones de dólares.

El marco legal bajo el cual se llevan a cabo estas exportaciones es el Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act (TSREEA) de 2000 y el Cuban Democracy Act (CDA) de 1992. El TSREEA autoriza la exportación directa comercial de alimentos y productos agrícolas desde EEUU hacia Cuba, sin importar su propósito.

En las cifras que recoge el Departamento de Agricultura de EEUU no se reflejan los costos de transporte, cargos bancarios u otros gastos asociados con las exportaciones. Aunque el gobierno cubano reporta datos no verificables que sí incluyen estos costos, el aumento en las exportaciones alimentarias y agrícolas es innegable.

@ 52b4a076:e7fad8bd

What is NIP-05 really?

If you look at the spec, it's a way to map Nostr public keys to DNS-based internet identifiers, such as name@example.com.

If you look at Nostr Plebs:

It's a human readable identifier for your public key. It makes finding your profile on Nostr easier. It makes identifying your account easier.

If you look at basically any client, you see a checkmark, which you assume means verification.

If you ask someone, they probably will call it verification.

How did we get here?

Initially, there was only one client, which was (kind of) the reference implementation: Branle.

When it added support for NIP-05 identifiers, it used to replace the display name with the NIP-05 identifier, and it had to distinguish a NIP-05 from someone setting their display name to a NIP-05. So they added a checkmark...

Then there was astral.ninja and Damus: The former was a fork of Branle, and therefore inherited the checkmark. Damus didn't implement NIP-05 until a while later, and they added a checkmark because Astral and other clients were doing it.

And then came new clients, all copying what the previous ones did... (Snort originally did not have a checkmark, but that changed later.)

The first NIP-05 provider

Long story short, people were wondering what NIP-05 is and wanted it, and that's how Nostr Plebs came to be.

They initially called their service verification. Somewhere between January and February, they removed all mentions to verification except one (because people were searching for it), and publicly said that NIP-05 is not verification. But that didn't work.

Then, there were the new NIP-05 providers, some understood perfectly what a NIP-05 identifier is and applied the correct nomenclature. Others misnamed it as verification, adding confusion to users. This made the problem worse on top of the popular clients showing checkmarks.

(from this point in the article we'll refer to it as a Nostr address)

And so, the scams begin

Spammers and scammers started to abuse Nostr addresses to scam people: - Some providers has been used by fake crypto airdrop bots. - A few Nostr address providers have terminated multitude of impersonating and scam identifiers over the past weeks.

This goes to show that Nostr addresses don't verify anything, they are just providers of human readable handles.

Nostr addresses can be proof of association

Nostr addresses can be a proof of association. The easiest analogy to understand is email:

jack@cash.app -> You could assume this is the Jack that works at Cash App.

jack@nostr-address-provider.example.com -> This could be any Jack.

What now?

We urge that clients stop showing a checkmark for all Nostr addresses, as they are not useful for verification.

We also urge that clients hide checkmarks for all domain names, without exception in the same way we do not show checkmarks for emails.

Lastly, NIP-05 is a nostr address and that is why we urge all clients to use the proper nomenclature.

Signed:

• Semisol, Nostr Plebs (semisol@nostrplebs.com)
• Quentin, nostrcheck.me (quentin@nostrcheck.me)
• Derek Ross, Nostr Plebs (derekross@nostrplebs.com)
• Bitcoin Nostrich, Bitcoin Nostr (BitcoinNostrich@BitcoinNostr.com)
• Remina, zaps.lol (remina@zaps.lol)
• Harry Hodler, nostr-check.com (harryhodler@nostr-check.com)

@ 9ecbb0e7:06ab7c09

Un joven padre cubano llamado Wismayel Hernández Martínez fue víctima mortal de un crimen en la provincia Pinar del Río. Su pérdida ha sido lamentada en redes sociales por familiares y conocidos.

Según las diferentes publicaciones, el homicidio ocurrió durante la mañana del pasado martes y dejó sin padre a un niño. En los posts no se detalló cómo se desencadenó el hecho, ni quién sería el responsable.

La madre de Wismayel expresó su profundo dolor a través de Facebook: “Hoy me quitaron una parte de mi corazón, alguien a quien amo y amaré donde Dios me lo tenga en su manto. La vida es injusta, por Dios cuánto dolor tengo en mi corazón, ese era mi niño, el hermano mayor de mi hija. Mi amor por ti siempre será eterno, no podré verte más, ni abrazarte, ni besarte”.

El homicidio también fue confirmado por la internauta Lisney Roche Lorenzo.

“Mi negro, mi hermano, el amor de mi vida, mi otra mitad, dejaste un gran vacío en mi vida. No sé qué va a ser ahora de mí. No tengo palabras para expresarlo, solo que te amo mucho mi vida y sé que Dios te tendrá en el mejor de los lugares” , manifestó.

Incremento de robos y homicidios en Cuba

Según un reporte del Observatorio Cubano de Auditoría Ciudadana (OCAC), la Isla registra en el actual año una creciente inseguridad pública y la escalada de crímenes violentos.

El reporte de la ONG precisa que en el primer trimestre del año se han identificado un total de 98 crímenes comprobados, distribuidos en 16 casos en enero, 48 en febrero y 34 en marzo.

Estas cifras abarcan 42 casos de robo, 33 asesinatos, 17 asaltos y 6 delitos de otro tipo. Sin embargo, el panorama se tornó aún más sombrío en el segundo trimestre, ya que se registraron un total de 189 crímenes, principalmente en las provincias de La Habana, Villa Clara y Guantánamo.

En el caso específico de los robos, la ONG detectó un incremento del 83%; mientras que los homicidios registraron un alza del 43%. El OCAC dejó en claro que estas cifras no reflejan la realidad del país, debido a la falta de transparencia del gobierno cubano, además del bajo interés por denunciar incidentes de este tipo.

@ 75656740:dbc8f92a

"Who do you say that I am?"

In Matthew 16 Jesus cut to the heart of what defines identity. First he asked what other people said about him, then he asked what the disciples thought, finally he gave his own take by agreeing with the disciples. In trying to understand who someone is, we have three and only three possible sources of information.

1. Who they tell us they are.
2. Who others say about them.
3. What we observe for ourselves.

Putting these three together constitutes identity. Identity is always unique for each connection in the social graph. Who you are to me is always different than who you are to anyone else. As such identity is largely out of our direct control. We can influence others perception of ourselves by comporting ourselves in a certain way, but we cannot compel it.

With this in mind, it is imperative to build protocols that mirror this reality as closely as possible. The problem is largely one of UI. How can we simultaneously display all three aspects of identity in a clear and uncluttered way?

The default has always been to just display an individual's claim to identity. Each user gets to choose a name and an avatar. This generally works in small communities with low rates of change both in who the members are and in how they present themselves. In these cases, each user can keep a mental map of what to expect from each name and avatar. "Oh that is just keyHammer24 doing his thing." Note that even if KeyHammer24 decides to change their nickname the mental map in the other users won't change instantly, if ever.

This falls apart in larger communities, where each user cannot maintain a mental model of who is who. Impersonation and collisions become a problem, so we add some "What others say about them" information such as blue check-marks or what "what we observe for ourselves" information like pet-names in a phone contact list or a note that we follow that account.

I don't personally have a final solution for this, I only know that we should be collecting and displaying all three sources of information from the outset. Perhaps we could do something like... * Default to showing a users preferred identifiers, but switch to the avatar and handle we self-assign them on hover. * Display a percentage of confidence that we know who the person is and that they are presenting themselves as who we expect them to be. You probably aren't the Elon Musk that I expect if you recently had different names / aren't the one I follow / none of my network follows / have been reported as misleading. * Reserve check-marks for keys that each user has signed in person. Only we can be the arbiter of who gets a check-mark in our own feed. * Maintain a list of past aliases along with a "Community Notes" like description of an account brought up by clicking on a ⓘ icon. * Have a full pet-names override.

I think Nostr already have much of this built into the protocol, it just needs to be standardized into the interface of various application. This is something on which I am very interested in hearing other ideas.

A note on anonymity

Real world identities should always be preferred. It allows for building real relationships and treating each other with real world respect. The real you is far more fascinating than a curated persona. Real identities should also never be enforced at a protocol level. Some people will be in real circumstances that preclude honest engagement without threat to their safety.

If you found this engaging I also wrote about why Social Network companies have an unsolvable problem here. and why we have to design for finite reach here

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Most bitcoiners have their own, much different definition of what it means to orange pill a person. I’ve seen mentions of getting a taxi driver to download a lightning wallet and sending the payment in sats to them. Is that truly orange-pilling? Hmm… no. It is a great first step, but what makes you believe that that person won’t go on to shitcoins after learning about the ease of using cryptocurrency?

So, let’s define what that is in the terms of this guide.

To orange pill someone means to get them to take the first step into learning about bitcoin, money, self-custody, being sovereign, and to teach them to start questioning the world of lies we’ve been fed our entire lives.

Too poetic? Okay, here’s a more specific one:

To orange pill someone means showing them how to send and receive a bitcoin transaction, explain to them the importance of keeping their seed words safe, and showing them more articles, books and guides so they can go further down the rabbit hole.

I think that’s better, don’t you?

No matter what your definition of orange-pilling is, let’s discuss a few things first.

Orange-pilling comes from the scene in the Matrix where Morpheus offers the blue and the red pill to Neo.

This your last chance. After this there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember, all I’m offering is the truth. Nothing more. ~ Morpheus

The fact that the terms comes from the Matrix is absolutely perfect, because the Matrix is based on Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. Everybody knows the Matrix so let’s talk about the Cave. Inside the cave, people are chained up, in the dark. The only thing they can do is talk to each other and stare forward, where there’s a dim light on the cave’s wall. Someone is moving around objects, throwing shadows on the wall. The people can never see the three-dimensional object, they can only see a shadow, a projection of it, so their world is limited by that knowledge.

Someday a group of people manage to break out of the Cave. They go out into the light, their eyes hurt, the world is massive, they get a panic attack by the lack of a rock ceiling on top of them. It’s vast, it’s too much to bear. And they run back into the cave and tell everyone what they saw, that it’s too bright, too open, too much everything. Objects are real, there’s light everywhere and colours. So many colours, not just the flame, the rock and the shadow.

And they don’t believe them. Maybe they even get angry at them and attack them. Who are these fools to claim that the world is not what they think it is? Who are they to suggest that we’ve all been lied to all our lives?

And that’s the first thing you need to keep in mind when trying to orange pill someone.

Why do some people find it so hard to believe in bitcoin?

The answer is simple. It’s because understanding bitcoin requires acknowledging you’ve been tricked your entire life.

The culture shock is real, I’ve been through it. The stages are as follows:

What is money? You start to learn what money really is, and how fundamentally flawed the Keynesian system has become. You see that the only way forward is by a hard money standard, whether that’s gold or bitcoin. Then you realise that in a world of information, the only logical step is bitcoin. Then why bitcoin? You start to read about it’s properties. It’s antifragile, decentralised. Why is that important? Nobody can control, it great. Why is it like gold that can be attached to an email? Then there’s the anger and disbelief. We’ve been fooled. Why doesn’t everybody see this? You read everything about bitcoin, you listen to podcasts, talk on bitcoin twitter and nostr with other plebs. Nobody seems to have all the answers but they make far more sense than the lies of the mainstream media. You talk to your friends and family, you come off as crazy at best. As I said, you have to acknowledge the trauma the other person is going through. It’s a culture shock, and not many want to go through with it. Think of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, people who got out into the world went back and told everyone that there’s more to life than the shadows on the wall. Or, the same allegory being told by the Matrix, with Cypher wanting to go back, to forget.

We call that Bitcoin Derangement Syndrome, BDS. It’s hilarious but it’s so real. Many early bitcoiners, people who have spend years of their lives either advocating for it or working on it, some making or losing fortunes in the process, go back to the fiat world, shift gears completely, rant and rave against bitcoin and dive back in the Matrix, the Cave, taking the blue pill. They want to be fiat rich, they lie and delude themselves that everything is okay in the world and if they get just enough money they’d be okay.

But they won’t. This is real, and no matter how many lies they tell themselves things will not change unless we change them ourselves. Babies are dying, that’s true. In wars, in artificially induced poverty, in carrying on with the Keynesian ways of thinking of endless imperial expansion and exploitation.

I’ll be honest, bitcoin rewires your brain.

Do you really wanna force that on people?

Yes?

Then let’s read on.

Why is it sometimes so hard to explain, persuade or convince people about bitcoin? Here’s a harsh truth. It’s because you’re the counterparty risk.

When your car breaks down, you go to a mechanic, you seek expert knowledge. He tells you what’s wrong and you generally accept it. Why? Because unless you’re an expert on cars, you don’t have pre-existing knowledge about this specific situation. Nature abhors a vacuum. The mechanic’s knowledge and expertise fills up that vacuum of knowledge.

Why is it different with bitcoin, then?

Because most people believe they already understand money. There’s no vacuum for their knowledge to fill. Like a woman going to a male gynecologist thinking she knows better because she’s the one with the female body, a nocoiner believes they know better because, see? They have been handling and making money all their lives! Who are you to claim things aren’t how they used to think they are?

Yes, sure. You’re the one with the female body, you’re the one with the wallet. But have you actually taken the time to study it? Have you invested the necessary six years in medical school or the 100 hours it takes to grasp bitcoin?

No.

But they don’t accept that. When you make statements about bitcoin, it collides with their pre-existing frame of reference. When that happens, their mind reflexively casts doubts on the new information, actively fights it and rejects it, because it doesn’t conform to what they know. Their mind is the bearer asset, you are the counterparty risk.

Okay, great. How do you overcome this, then?

By taking the time with them. You can’t force someone to get orange-pilled, it’s not shoving knowledge down their throats. They have to do it themselves, so you start small. Plant a seed. Make them question what they know. That tiny seed, just like in Inception, will grow and push aside the other propaganda in their minds, leaving some space for new information to fill the void.

“Why did they stop having money backed by gold?”

That’s one seed.

“Who prints all these new billions?”

Another. Take your pick, it depends on the person you’re talking to.

A good question makes the nocoiner access their accepted knowledge. They usually think they have the answer and you should listen to it, not shutting it down. Ask them to research it further, to back their claims, to look things up. If they don’t have the knowledge, a new vacuum is created and their curiosity will want to fill it up.

Nocoiner: Bitcoin isn’t backed by anything.

You: Okay. Then what would make good money in its place?

Make them talk by asking questions. As they talk, they’ll realise they have massive gaps in their knowledge. You can help them then, but they themselves have to fill up those gaps by asking more questions and getting them to talk more. Why? Because if someone tells something to themselves they will believe it much easier than having you say it to them. Try and lead them to conclusion, a revelation.

When persuading someone, the person talking the most is the one really getting persuaded. Why? Because when you talk you engrave those words into your brain as facts.

Nocoiner: Bitcoin wastes too much energy.

You: How do you determine how much is too much energy to use?

You will never change their minds, they have to change it themselves. You can only help show them the way, they’re the ones that have to do it. Questions are the key to that process.

Tell them less, ask more.

What questions make people curious about bitcoin? You never know, it depends on what ails the person. Think about their pain. If they’re living in Turkey or Argentina, for example, their pain is massive inflation. You might say, “You’re already using USD to protect your monetary value against inflation, right? How about adding BTC to the mix?”

People in those countries generally grasp this concept a lot quicker. The local lira is the crap kind of money, they spend it often. The USD is the good kind of money, they save it, spending it only when absolutely necessary. And gold is the best kind, keeping it hidden in safes and mattresses. Only to be spent in an emergency. They don’t have the financial privilege to insulate them from the need for bitcoin, they already get these layers of hardness in their money, so bitcoin is a lot easier for them.

“What is money?” is another good question. Most people will answer it, and of course it will be flawed and all over the place. Then you might say, “It’s the promise of future value,” and then discuss how bitcoin has a monetary policy that’s planned out for the next 120 years and how nodes and miners facilitate that design. And especially point out how hard it is to change.

“What happened in 1971?” That’s a good one. Get them to look up the fiat monetary system and figure out how it’s not backed by anything. Get them angry at the Keynesian economists, how they’ve ruined entire countries. 2008 money crisis? Inevitable, under the fiat standard. Forget about bitcoin, point your finger towards the rot. It’s all historical fact, they can’t call you a conspiracy theorist. Most people still think that money is backed by gold. Get them to tell it to other people, see their reactions.

This was a part of my guide. Let me know what you think. Soon to be posted at https://georgesaoulidis.com/how-to-orange-pill-people/

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Atop a majestic mountain called Mt. Gox, a tale unfolded that would forever be etched in the history of cryptocurrency. This is the story of a legendary exchange, a hub of digital treasures, and the challenges it faced along the way.

In the early days of Bitcoin, when the world was just beginning to grasp the concept of digital currencies, a passionate entrepreneur named Jed McCaleb founded a platform called Mt. Gox. Located high above the clouds on the slopes of Mt. Gox, the exchange quickly became the center of the Bitcoin universe.

Bitcoin enthusiasts from all corners of the globe flocked to Mt. Gox, eager to trade, buy, and sell their digital coins. It became a bustling marketplace, a hub of innovation, and a symbol of the emerging cryptocurrency ecosystem.

As the popularity of Bitcoin skyrocketed, so did the demand for Mt. Gox's services. The exchange handled an immense volume of transactions, becoming the largest Bitcoin exchange in the world. Its name echoed throughout the digital realm, synonymous with the promise and potential of the cryptocurrency revolution.

However, as with any great tale, challenges arose. In 2011, a cyber attack targeted Mt. Gox, leading to the theft of a substantial number of Bitcoins. This event served as a wake-up call, revealing vulnerabilities within the exchange and prompting the need for heightened security measures.

The incident didn't dampen the spirit of Mt. Gox. The team worked tirelessly to recover from the attack, implementing new security protocols and earning back the trust of its users. Mt. Gox emerged stronger than ever, serving as a beacon of stability in the ever-evolving cryptocurrency landscape.

But the story of Mt. Gox took an unexpected turn. In 2014, another significant blow struck the exchange. It was discovered that a substantial number of Bitcoins were missing from Mt. Gox's vaults. The magnitude of the loss sent shockwaves throughout the cryptocurrency community and shook the foundations of the industry.

As the truth emerged, it became clear that Mt. Gox faced insurmountable financial challenges. The exchange was forced to declare bankruptcy, leaving its users devastated and questioning the future of digital currencies.

Yet, amidst the chaos, the story of Mt. Gox served as a catalyst for change and resilience in the cryptocurrency world. It brought to light the need for enhanced security practices, regulatory oversight, and a renewed commitment to building trustworthy platforms for the exchange of digital assets.

Over time, the lessons learned from Mt. Gox's history paved the way for greater transparency, improved infrastructure, and the emergence of more secure cryptocurrency exchanges. It became a cautionary tale, reminding the industry of the importance of accountability, investor protection, and responsible innovation.

Today, as we reflect on the history of Mt. Gox, we see a story of both triumph and adversity. It stands as a reminder that the cryptocurrency landscape is still in its early stages, evolving and maturing with each passing day.

So, dear listener, let the tale of Mt. Gox serve as a lesson in resilience and growth. As the cryptocurrency world continues to advance, let us navigate the digital landscape with caution, learn from the past, and work towards a future where innovation and security walk hand in hand.

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Nostrica is the shit.

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Once upon a time, in the realm of digital currencies, there emerged a revolutionary concept known as Bitcoin. As this new form of decentralized money gained popularity, it faced its first major trial—the advent of a phenomenon called a hard fork. Join me as we delve into the fascinating tale of the first Bitcoin hard fork and the impact it had on the cryptocurrency landscape.

In the early days of Bitcoin, the community was united under a common vision. However, as with any passionate endeavor, differing viewpoints and divergent ideas began to emerge. It was during this time that a rift appeared, and the stage was set for the first-ever Bitcoin hard fork.

The year was 2010, and Bitcoin was still in its infancy. Its potential to disrupt traditional financial systems was gaining attention, but challenges lay ahead. A group of individuals, known as miners, were the guardians of the Bitcoin network, validating transactions and securing its integrity.

Among these miners was a visionary named Jeff Garzik. Garzik, intrigued by the possibilities of Bitcoin's development, proposed a change to the Bitcoin protocol. He believed that increasing the block size—the virtual container that holds transactions within the blockchain—would enable faster and more efficient transactions, fostering greater scalability and widespread adoption.

This proposal, however, ignited a heated debate within the Bitcoin community. On one side stood those who championed the change, arguing that larger blocks would enhance the network's capabilities. On the other side were the proponents of the status quo, emphasizing the importance of maintaining the integrity and decentralization of the original Bitcoin protocol.

Unable to reconcile their differences, the community found itself at a crossroads. And so, on August 1, 2010, the Bitcoin blockchain experienced its first-ever hard fork, leading to the creation of a new cryptocurrency known as Bitcoin Cash (BCH). This momentous event marked a significant turning point in the history of digital currencies.

Bitcoin Cash retained the core principles of its predecessor but introduced a larger block size, allowing for more transactions to be processed per block. This change was embraced by some as a solution to Bitcoin's scalability challenges, while others viewed it as a departure from the original vision of a decentralized digital currency.

The hard fork sparked both excitement and controversy within the cryptocurrency community. It ignited a flurry of discussions, debates, and predictions about the future of both Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. Some enthusiasts saw it as an opportunity for innovation and progress, while skeptics questioned the fragmentation of the Bitcoin community.

In the aftermath of the hard fork, both Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash continued to exist as separate entities, each with its own loyal following. The event served as a reminder of the dynamic nature of decentralized technologies and the capacity for divergence within a community united by a common vision.

As the years passed, subsequent hard forks and the evolution of other cryptocurrencies further shaped the digital landscape. The story of the first Bitcoin hard fork serves as a testament to the resilience and adaptability of blockchain technology, while also highlighting the challenges and complexities that arise when diverse voices converge in pursuit of a shared dream.

And so, the tale of the first Bitcoin hard fork stands as a pivotal moment in the history of digital currencies—a tale of innovation, conflict, and the eternal quest for progress in the ever-evolving realm of financial technology.

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Las autoridades sanitarias de Florida emitieron una advertencia sobre el incremento de casos de dengue en el sur del estado, algunos de ellos importados desde Cuba, informó América Tevé.

La epidemióloga Dadilia Garcés, en una entrevista con América Tevé, informó que existe un registro de 200 personas infectadas en todo el territorio del estado naranja. De ellas, 130 se contagiaron a causa de viajes a países donde la enfermedad es endémica. Respecto a Miami-Dade y Broward, ambos territorios registran nueve casos locales.

La experta en epidemiología exhortó a la población a mantenerse alerta respecto a las personas provenientes de regiones donde la enfermedad llega a alcanzar niveles de epidemia, ya que este factor puede desencadenar la propagación local del virus y, por consiguiente, aumentar el número de casos en el estado.

Hace unos meses, la Isla llegó a tener un incremento de contagios. La mayoría de los enfermos fueron detectados en municipios de las provincias orientales de Guantánamo y Santiago de Cuba.

De acuerdo con los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC), aproximadamente una de cada 20 personas afectadas por el dengue presenta una forma grave de la enfermedad, requiriendo hospitalización. Los grupos más vulnerables incluyen a los lactantes, mujeres embarazadas y aquellos que han padecido infecciones previas por el virus.

Ante esta alarmante situación, las autoridades de salud en Florida exhortan a la población a tomar medidas preventivas, como el uso de repelente y la eliminación de criaderos en hogares, que podrían ser macetas en desuso, cubetas, llantas o cualquier otro objeto que almacene agua. ¿Cuáles son los síntomas de dengue?

Los síntomas del dengue pueden variar en su intensidad, y en ocasiones llegan a ser confundidos con los de otras enfermedades transmitidas por mosquitos. Los signos más comunes son fiebre alta, dolor de cabeza y malestar intenso en articulaciones.

Asimismo, se encuentra el dolor detrás de los ojos, erupción cutánea, fatiga, náuseas, vómitos, pérdida de apetito y sangrado. Es importante tener en cuenta que el dengue puede presentarse en formas de clásico y hemorrágico; este último causa sangrado grave, shock y en algunos casos puede ser mortal.

En cualquier situación es fundamental buscar atención médica, ya que la detección temprana y el manejo adecuado pueden ser cruciales para un pronóstico favorable y evitar severas complicaciones.

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Ah, the enigmatic figure of Dorian Nakamoto—an unsuspecting man whose name became entangled in the mysterious origins of Bitcoin. Prepare to journey into a world of intrigue, as we uncover the facts surrounding Dorian Nakamoto and his unexpected connection to the captivating story of Bitcoin's birth.

Our tale begins on a sunny day in March 2014 when a renowned journalist named Leah McGrath Goodman published an article that would send shockwaves through the cryptocurrency community. In her piece, Goodman claimed to have discovered the true identity of Bitcoin's creator—someone named Dorian Nakamoto.

The revelation was met with astonishment. For years, the identity of Bitcoin's creator, who had used the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, had remained a closely guarded secret. The prospect of finally unmasking the mastermind behind the revolutionary digital currency sparked widespread curiosity and speculation.

Dorian Nakamoto, a seemingly unassuming individual living a quiet life in California, suddenly found himself thrust into the spotlight. As journalists and enthusiasts flocked to his doorstep, Dorian became the subject of intense media scrutiny and public fascination.

However, as the story unfolded, a more complex narrative emerged. Dorian Nakamoto vehemently denied any involvement with Bitcoin's creation. He insisted that his connection to the cryptocurrency was purely coincidental, a mere coincidence of name and circumstance.

The intrigue surrounding Dorian Nakamoto's potential role in Bitcoin's origins captured the attention of the world. Many sought to find evidence linking him to the enigmatic Satoshi Nakamoto, poring over his past and analyzing his life for clues.

Amidst the fervor, a pivotal moment occurred. Dorian Nakamoto, faced with an army of journalists camped outside his home, made a stunning appearance in front of the cameras. In a now-famous interview, he proclaimed his innocence, exclaiming, "I'm not involved in Bitcoin. I don't know anything about it!"

The fervor surrounding Dorian Nakamoto eventually subsided, and the cryptocurrency community resumed its quest to uncover the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto. While Dorian may not have been the elusive creator, his brief encounter with fame forever linked his name to the intricate web of Bitcoin's genesis.

To this day, the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto remains shrouded in mystery. Many theories and speculations have emerged, but the enigma persists. Some believe that Satoshi Nakamoto is an individual, while others suggest it may be a collective pseudonym concealing the true architect of Bitcoin's design.

As the story of Dorian Nakamoto demonstrates, the world of Bitcoin is a realm where truth and fiction intertwine, where unexpected twists and turns captivate our imagination. It serves as a reminder that the origins of great innovations are often veiled in complexity, leaving us to unravel the threads of history and contemplate the enigmatic figures that emerge along the way.

And so, the tale of Dorian Nakamoto—a man wrongly associated with the creation of Bitcoin—remains an intriguing chapter in the annals of cryptocurrency history, forever intertwined with the enigma of Satoshi Nakamoto and the captivating world of digital currencies.

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By an accident of history, I have been knee-deep for the last week or two in several NIPs related to encrypted DMs and group chat. The accident is my proposal for encrypted groups — which will help me turn Coracle into something approximating a replacement for Facebook, rather than Twitter.

In order to make that happen though, a few things need to happen first. I need a better way to encrypt messages without leaking metadata, and (un)fortunately I'm no cryptographer. It's well known that NIP 04 has a number of issues, and there have been several proposals to fix it since as early as October 2022. Building on that foundation would be a waste of time.

My purpose in this post is to outline the problems with NIP 04 as it stands, and sketch out for you some possible solutions applicable not only to DMs, but to other encrypted use cases.

NIP 04 Considered Harmful

It's pretty well-known that nostr DMs leak metadata. What this means is that when you send a DM to someone else, anyone can see:

• Who you are
• Who you sent a message to
• When you sent the message
• How big the message was

And, of course, vice versa. Now, I personally don't take the cyanide pill on this like some do. DMs in centralized social platforms are far less private even than this, since the platform can read them anytime they want, share them with law enforcement, and potentially leak them to the entire world. It's my opinion that if applications were designed with the above properties in mind, it would be possible to gamify DMs, making metadata leakage a feature rather than a bug. Of course, no one has designed such a thing, so maybe it's a moot point.

The much bigger problem, as I learned last week, has to do with the cryptography used in NIP 04 (and several other places, including private mute lists and app-specific data). Here's a quote from Paul Miller's very helpful explanation:

1. Unhashed ECDH exposes some curves to Cheon's attack 1, which allows an attacker to learn private key structure when doing continuous diffie-hellman operations. Hashing converts decisional oracle into a computational oracle, which is harder.
2. CBC IVs should not only be unrepeatable, they must be unpredictable. Predictable IV leads to Chosen Plaintext Attack. There are real exploits.
3. CBC with reused key has 96-bit nonces and loses 6 bits of security for every magnitude. 10**4 (10K) messages would bring archive security of the scheme to 72 bits. 72 bits is very low. For example, BTC has been doing 2^67 hashes/sec as per early 2023. Advanced adversaries have a lot of resources to break the scheme
4. CBC has continuously been exploited by Padding Oracle attack. We can't expect all implementations to have proper padding check
5. AES was modeled as ideal cipher. Ideal ciphers don't care about non-random keys. However, AES is not an ideal cipher. Having a non-IND key, as in NIP4, exposes it to all kinds of unknown attacks, and reducing security of overall scheme

There is a lot going on here, very little of which I (and likely you) understand. But the really horrifying takeaway for me is in items 1 and 3. If you read it carefully, you'll notice that the more times you use your private key to encrypt data using NIP 04's encryption scheme, the easier it is for an attacker to brute-force your key.

I want to be careful not to overstate this — I don't think this means that everyone's private key is compromised; it would require many thousands of signatures to meaningfully reduce the security of your key. But it does mean that NIP 04's days are numbered — and if we don't replace it, we have a real existential threat to the entire protocol on our hands.

So much for motivation to put NIP 04 to rest. Where do we go from here?

The lay of the land

There are a few different components to making private messages work (whether we're talking about DMs or encrypted groups).

• Encryption scheme
• Explicit metadata hiding
• Implicit metadata hiding
• Transport and deliverability
• Identity and key exchange

Each of these components needs to be solved in order to create a robust messaging system on nostr.

Encryption scheme

As mentioned above, NIP 04 is borked. Luckily, there are a few folks in the nostr dev community who know a thing or two about encryption, most notably Paul Miller. Way back in May, Paul proposed a new encryption scheme based on his implementation of XChaCha20, which is the same algorithm used by SMP (more on that below).

To move the proposal forward, I created a different PR with some edits and adjustments, which is very near to being merged. The implementation already exists in nostr-tools, and there are PRs out for nos2x and Alby as well.

Explicit metadata hiding

As mentioned above, normal nostr messages share lots of information publicly, even if the content is encrypted, including:

• Kind
• Created timestamp
• Tags (topics, mentions, recipients, etc)
• Message size
• Author

Private messages have to hide this information, at the very minimum.

Implicit metadata hiding

The above level of security should be enough for most use cases. But it definitely doesn't get us to total secrecy yet. Some additional metadata includes:

• Client fingerprinting
• Relay selection for publishing and queries
• IP address collection
• First seen timestamp
• Identification of users by AUTH
• Correlation of the event with other messages sent/received during a session

These issues are much harder to solve, because they are part of the process of delivering the message, rather than just constructing it. These issues can be mitigated to some extent by using TOR, proxying connections with relays, using short-lived connections, randomizing publish time, and careful selection of trusted relays. But all of these are only techniques to reduce exposure, and require a prescriptive protocol to wrap them all up into a cohesive whole.

Transport and deliverability

In my view, the key feature of nostr that makes it work is relays. Relays provide storage redundancy and heterogeneity of purpose with a common interface shared by all instances. This is great for censorship resistance, but everything comes with a tradeoff.

Publishing notes is sort of like hiding easter eggs. If you want a kid to be able to find an egg, you have to put it somewhere they'll look for it. Putting an egg on the roof does not constitute "hiding" it, at least in a way consistent with the spirit of the game.

Historically, notes have been broadcast to whatever relays the user or client selects, without regard with someone else's preferences, resulting in apparently missing notes when author and recipient don't share a relay.

This problem has been partly solved by NIP 65, which encourages clients to publish notes where the recipient will look for them. There is some guesswork involved in selecting good relays, but the process is fairly straightforward for direct messages and group chats.

The situation can be improved further by DM-specific signaling, like what @fiatjaf has suggested as an addition to NIP 65. A user could then run his own relay that accepts messages from anyone, but only serves messages to himself. This would be the only relay well-behaved clients would ever write encrypted messages to, improving both privacy and deliverability.

Variants of this could also work for encrypted groups. For small groups, the same relay hints could be used as with DMs, and for larger groups with key sharing the admin could set up a dedicated relay for the group which members would write to.

This also creates a potential affordance for querying of encrypted events. If a relay is highly trusted, it could be added as a member to an encrypted group, gaining the ability to decrypt events. It could then receive REQ messages for those events, filter based on the encrypted content, and serve the encrypted version. This could greatly improve performance for larger groups where downloading all events isn't feasible.

Identity and key exchange

One dimension of privacy that deserves its own section is identity and key exchange. In nostr, this is simpler than in other protocols because in nostr your pubkey is your username. Arguably, this is a flaw that will need to be solved at some point, but for now it means that we get to skip a lot of the complexity involved with binding a name to a key.

However, the problem is still relevant, because one effective way to improve privacy is through key exchange. In the case of DMs, it would be nice to be able to request an alias key from someone you want to communicate with in order to hide the only piece of metadata that has to remain on a message in order to deliver it, that is, the recipient.

There's a lot of good stuff about this problem in the Messaging Layer Security protocol. The author of 0xChat has also put together a draft spec for executing simple key exchange, albeit with less information hiding than in the MLS protocol.

Key exchange between individual users can be considered an optional privacy enhancement, but is required for group chat based on a shared key. In either case, exchanging keys is fairly straightforward — the real challenge is achieving forward secrecy.

By default, if at any point a user's private key is compromised, any messages that were retained by an attacker can then be decrypted. This is a major vulnerability, and solving it requires key exchange messages to be reliably discarded.

What's cooking

So that's an overview of the problems that need to be solved for private DMs and group chats. Not all of these problems will be solved right away, just because the bar for creating a decentralized encrypted chat system on par (or better than) Signal is the kind of thing you get venture capital for.

So the question becomes, should we build a sub-par messaging system that is tightly integrated with nostr, or refer users to a better option for encrypted communication?

Well, why did Twitter create its own DM solution rather than integrating email? Was it to harvest user data, or to provide additional utility to their users by allowing the social graph to inform messaging? Native features simply create a better UX.

On the other hand, in Paul Miller's words:

I would like to remind that nostr DMs, if nostr gets a traction, would be used by all kinds of people, including dissidents in dangerous places. Would you be willing to risk someone getting killed just because you want to keep backwards compatibility with bad encryption?

There is no easy answer, but it's clear that as we continue to work on this problem it is very important that applications communicate clearly the privacy implications of all "private" features built on nostr.

So, assuming we can pull off an appropriate balance between privacy and convenience, let me outline three new developments in this area that I'm excited about.

Gift wrap

Way back in April, Kieran proposed a dumb, but effective, way of hiding metadata on DMs. The technique involved simply encrypting a regular nostr event and putting that in another event's content field. The neat thing about this is that not only does this hide some of the most revealing event metadata, it's not tied to a particular event kind — anything can be wrapped.

What this means is that we can build entire "nostr within nostr" sub-networks based on encryption — some between two users, others based on a shared group key. This is much more powerful than a messaging-specific encryption schema. Now we can make private reactions, private calendars, private client recommendations, private reviews. I find this very exciting!

This proposal was further developed by Vitor — the current version can be found here. The latest version introduces double-wrapping, which can help prevent the wrapped event from being leaked by stripping its signature — that "draft" event is encrypted, wrapped, and signed to verify authorship without revealing contents, and then that wrapper is in turn wrapped and signed with a burner key to avoid revealing the author.

Wrapping also makes it possible to randomize the created timestamp to avoid timing analysis, as well as to add padding to a message, reducing the possibility of payload size analysis.

New DMs and small groups

The main subject of Vitor's proposal was a new way to do DMs and small groups using double-wrapping to hide metadata. This works basically the same way NIP 04 did — a shared key is derived and the message is encrypted for the recipient, whose pubkey is revealed publicly so that it can be delivered.

However, Vitor was able to extend this to multiple recipients simply by wrapping the message multiple times, with multiple shared secrets. With the addition of some metadata on the inner event, this makes it possible to define a group where the members know who each other member is, but no one else does.

Large groups

This proposal has one important limitation though — the number of events that need to be signed and broadcast is equal to number of messages * number of members. This is fine with 5, 10, or even 100 members, but becomes infeasible when you reach groups of 1000+ members.

For that, we have two similar proposals, one by @simulx, and one by myself. The differences between the two are not important for this discussion — both use gift wrap as a way to exchange and rotate shared group keys, and both support a weak form of forward secrecy.

As a side note, this is the proposal I'm most excited about, and why I got into nostr in the first place. Private community groups which can support shared calendars, marketplaces, notes, etc., are what I'm most excited to see on nostr.

Shortcomings

The above proposals are great, but of course leave much to be desired. If these are built, nostr will be hugely improved in both security and functionality, with the following weaknesses:

• Deliverability is still an open question — are relay selections enough to ensure recipients get their messages, and no one else does?
• There is no way to create a group whose members cannot dox each other. You must always be able to trust the people you share a group with, and of course, the larger the group, the more people there are that can betray you.
• Content can always be shared outside a group, although in Vitor's small group proposal, the only way to verifiably leak messages would be to reveal your private key.
• Key rotation is not supported by the small groups proposal, but it may be possible to solve it for the entire protocol by building out a name resolution system for nostr.
• Forward secrecy for large groups is weak at best. A key rotation can be triggered at any time, including when a member leaves the group, but unless all relays and all members destroy the key rotation events, it may be possible to decrypt messages after the fact.
• Credential sharing still has to be bootstrapped, meaning at least one encrypted message for each participant may be publicly seen. Of course, credential sharing could also be done out of band, which would largely solve this problem.

What about SimpleX?

Lots of people, including Semisol and Will, have expressed interest in integrating nostr with SimpleX and using their cryptography and transport instead of nostr's.

The first question to answer though, is which protocol should we use? SimpleX is split into a few different pieces: there's the SimpleX Messaging Protocol, which describes setting up unidirectional channels, the SMP Agent Protocol which describes how to convert two unidirectional channels into a bidirectional channel, and the SimpleX Chat Protocol which describes a standard way to send chat messages across a bidirectional channel.

SimpleX Chat Protocol

So far, most proposals to fix messaging have focused simply on DMs, and sometimes on group chat. This is SimpleX's wheelhouse, so it could definitely make sense to communicate that kind of information over SimpleX's top-level chat protocol, and leave nostr out of it entirely.

The downside of this is that it requires clients to support two different protocols, and connect users to two categories of servers. This isn't a deal breaker, but it does increase the complexity involved in writing a full-featured nostr client, especially since there are no implementations of the SimpleX protocol other than (17k lines of) Haskell.

Using SimpleX's chat protocol would also limit the message types we'd be able to encrypt. Anything outside SimpleX's protocol (like zaps for example) would have to be sent using a custom namespace like nostr.kind.1234, which wouldn't be recognized by normal SimpleX clients. There are also areas of overlap where both protocols describe how to do something, for example profile data, requiring clients to choose which kind to support, or send both.

Another wrinkle is that the SimpleX protocol is AGPL v3 licensed, meaning proprietary software would not be able to interoperate, and MIT licensed products would have to abide by their license's terms.

SMP and Agent Protocols

The lower-level SMP and Agent protocols are more promising however, since their scope is narrower, and doesn't overlap as much with nostr's own core competencies. Both are quite simple, and very prescriptive, which should make it easy to create an implementation.

SMP is actually quite similar to some of the proposals mentioned above. Some of the same primitives are used (including XChaCha20 for encryption), and SMP is transport agnostic meaning it could be implemented over websockets and supported by nostr relays. The network topology is basically the same as nostr, except SimpleX doesn't make any assumptions about which servers should be selected, so in that regard nostr actually has an advantage.

The main incompatibility is that SimpleX requires the use of ed25519 and ed448 EdDSA algorithms for signatures, which means nostr's native secp256k1 signature scheme wouldn't be compatible. But this could be ok, since keys shouldn't be re-used anyway, and there are other ways to share a nostr identity.

Forward secrecy?

Whenever a server is involved, several attack vectors inherently exist that would not in peer-to-peer systems. Servers can threaten user privacy by storing messages that should be deleted, analyzing user behavior to infer identity, and leaking messages that should otherwise be kept secret.

This has been used by some to suggest that nostr relays are not a good way to transport messages from one user to another. However, SMP has the same attack vector:

Simplex messaging server implementations MUST NOT create, store or send to any other servers: - Logs of the client commands and transport connections in the production environment. - History of deleted queues, retrieved or acknowledged messages (deleted queues MAY be stored temporarily as part of the queue persistence implementation). - Snapshots of the database they use to store queues and messages (instead simplex messaging clients must manage redundancy by using more than one simplex messaging server). In-memory persistence is recommended. - Any other information that may compromise privacy or forward secrecy of communication between clients using simplex messaging servers.

So whether SimpleX servers or nostr relays are used, privacy guarantees are severely weakened if the server is not trustworthy. To maintain complete privacy in either scheme, users have to deploy their own servers.

Relays to the rescue

Because nostr servers are currently more commonly self-hosted, and more configurable, this makes nostr the better candidate for channel hosting. Users can choose which relays they send messages to, and relay admins can tune relays to only accept messages from and serve messages to certain parties, delete messages after a certain time, and implement policies for what kinds of messages they decide to relay.

All that to say, SMP itself or a similar protocol could easily be built into nostr relays. Relays are not the wrong tool for the job, in fact they're exactly the right tool! This is great news for us, since it means SMP is applicable to our problem, and we can learn from it, even if we don't strictly implement the protocol.

Bootstrapping over nostr

One assumption SMP makes is that channels will be bootstrapped out of band, and provides no mechanism for an initial connection. This is to ensure that channels can't be correlated with user identities. Out of band coordination is definitely the gold standard here, but coordination could also be done over the public nostr network with minimal metadata leakage — only that "someone sent {pubkey} something".

Unidirectional channels

Unidirectional channels are a great primitive, which can be composed to solve various problems. Direct messages between two parties are an obvious use case, but the SimpleX Chat Protocol also includes an extension for groups, defined as a set of bi-directional SimpleX connections with other group members.

This is similar to Vitor's small-group model, and likewise isn't conducive to supporting very large groups, since a copy of every message has to be sent to each group member.

However, it's possible to build large groups on top of unidirectional channels by sharing receiver information within the group and having all participants read from and write to a single channel. In fact, this is very similar to how our large group proposals work.

Conclusion

So, the takeaway here is that SimpleX's lower level protocols are great, and we should learn from them. It may be worth creating a NIP that describes the implementation of their unidirectional channels on nostr, and re-using that primitive in DM/group implementations, or simply following the same general process adapted to nostr.

I'm personally encouraged by reading SimpleX to see that we are headed in the right direction — although many of the details of our proposals have not been fully hammered out in the way SimpleX's has.

As for what the future holds, that's up to the builders. If you want to see tighter SimpleX integration, write a NIP and a reference implementation! I'll continue learning and fold in everything I can into my work going forward.

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Es war einmal ein talentierter Developer namens Max, der leidenschaftlich gerne Code schrieb. Er war jedoch nicht nur ein begabter Programmierer, sondern auch ein überzeugter Bitcoiner und Nostr Nutzer. Für Max waren Dezentralisierung und Freiheit wichtige Prinzipien, die er in allen Bereichen seines Lebens verfolgte.

Eines Tages entschied Max, sein neuestes Projekt auf Github zu hosten, da dies für viele Entwickler die übliche Vorgehensweise war. Doch als er sich genauer mit den Bedingungen und Richtlinien von Github auseinandersetzte, wurde ihm klar, dass dies nicht mit seinen Prinzipien vereinbar war.

Github war ein zentralistischer Host, der von einem einzigen Unternehmen kontrolliert wurde. Max sah darin einen Widerspruch zu den Idealen der Dezentralisierung und Freiheit, die er als Bitcoiner und Nostr Nutzer hochhielt. Er wollte nicht Teil eines Systems sein, das Zensur und Kontrolle ermöglichte.

Entschlossen, prinzipientreu zu bleiben, beschloss Max, Github zu boykottieren. Er suchte nach alternativen Plattformen, die dezentralisiert und frei von Zensur waren. Er fand verschiedene Möglichkeiten, seinen Code zu hosten und seine Projekte mit anderen Entwicklern zu teilen, ohne dabei seine Prinzipien zu verletzen.

Er war begeistert von der Möglichkeit, seine Arbeit in einer Umgebung zu teilen, die von keiner einzelnen Entität kontrolliert wurde. Er fand Gleichgesinnte, die ebenfalls gegen die Zentralisierung kämpften und alternative Lösungen entwickelten.

Obwohl Max anfangs Bedenken hatte, dass er durch den Boykott von Github weniger Sichtbarkeit und Anerkennung erhalten könnte, stellte er schnell fest, dass seine Prinzipientreue ihm eine treue Gemeinschaft von Unterstützern einbrachte. Andere Entwickler, die ebenfalls gegen Zensur und Kontrolle waren, schlossen sich ihm an und unterstützten seine Projekte.

Mit der Zeit gewann die Bewegung gegen die Zentralisierung an Fahrt. Immer mehr Entwickler schlossen sich dem Boykott von Github an und suchten nach dezentralen Alternativen. Die Gemeinschaft wuchs und wurde zu einer starken Stimme gegen Zensur und Kontrolle.

Max war stolz auf das, was er und seine Mitstreiter erreicht hatten. Sie hatten bewiesen, dass es möglich war, prinzipientreu zu bleiben und dennoch erfolgreich zu sein. Sie hatten gezeigt, dass es Alternativen zu zentralisierten Plattformen wie Github gab und dass man seine Prinzipien nicht opfern musste, um seine Arbeit zu teilen.

Die Geschichte von Max und seinem Boykott von Github wurde zu einem Symbol für den Kampf gegen Zensur und Kontrolle in der Entwicklergemeinschaft. Sie erinnerte die Menschen daran, dass es wichtig war, prinzipientreu zu bleiben und für die eigenen Überzeugungen einzustehen, auch wenn es manchmal unbequem war.

Max und seine Mitstreiter hatten eine Lektion gelernt: Sie hatten bewiesen, dass man nicht auf zentralisierte Plattformen angewiesen war, um seine Arbeit zu teilen und mit anderen zu kollaborieren.

@ bcea2b98:7ccef3c9

In a world of digits, where power does reside, There emerges a beacon, a currency worldwide. Bitcoin, they call it, a symbol of sovereignty, Empowering the masses, a true digital decree.

Unchained from institutions, it rises above, A decentralized force, a testament to love. No government can claim it, no boundaries can it know, A currency for the people, where freedom's seeds may grow.

From Satoshi's vision, a revolution unfurled, A peer-to-peer network that challenges the world. Through cryptography's embrace, it guards with might, Ensuring transactions' safety, day and night.

No intermediaries, no need for middlemen, Bitcoin whispers freedom, a song that never ends. No censorship can touch it, no borders can it face, A currency for all, bringing power and grace.

But with this newfound freedom, comes responsibility, To protect our private keys, with utmost agility. For in this digital realm, where fortunes may be won, There also lies the risk, of fortunes being undone.

Yet Bitcoin endures, like a phoenix from the flame, Its value fluctuating, a testament to its game. Through booms and busts, it stands tall and true, A symbol of resilience, a dream that we pursue.

So let us embrace this journey, this path we undertake, To understand the power, the choices that we make. Bitcoin and sovereignty, intertwined they may be, A testament to our freedom, for all the world to see.

@ 78733875:4eb851f2

After announcing our first wave of grants for bitcoin[^fn-btc] and nostr[^fn-nostr] projects, we are pleased to announce an additional wave of grants for open-source projects in the space:

[^fn-btc]: First Wave of Bitcoin Grants [^fn-nostr]: First Wave of Nostr Grants

• BDK
• LNbits
• Watchdescriptor
• Stratum V2 Testing \& Benchmarking Tool
• Fedimint Modules and Resources
• Amber: Nostr Event Signer
• Nostr UI/UX Development
• Nostr Use-Case Exploration \& Education

The first five grants are sourced from our General Fund, the last three—being nostr projects—from our Nostr Fund. This brings the total number of OpenSats grants to 41, adding to the grants we previously announced in July.

Once again, let's take a closer look at each of the projects to see how they align with the OpenSats mission.

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BDK

Bitcoin Development Kit (BDK) is a set of libraries and tools that allows you to seamlessly build cross-platform on-chain bitcoin wallets without having to re-implement standard bitcoin data structures, algorithms, and protocols. BDK is built on top of the powerful rust-bitcoin and rust-miniscript libraries and adds features for managing descriptor-based wallets, syncing wallets to the bitcoin blockchain, viewing transaction histories, managing and selecting UTXOs to create new transactions, signing, and more. The core BDK components are written in Rust, but the team also maintains Kotlin and Swift language bindings for use in mobile projects. There are also Python bindings, and React Native and Flutter support is being actively developed.

Repository: bitcoindevkit/bdk
License: Apache 2.0 / MIT

LNbits

LNbits is used by a multitude of projects in the bitcoin space, especially as part of their lightning payments stack. Being easy to build on through its extension framework, LNbits has been pioneering various cutting-edge solutions and experiments in the world of bitcoin, lightning, and nostr.

The project has a thriving maker community building various hardware devices such as Lightning ATMs, point-of-sale devices, DIY hardware wallets, and nostr signing devices. The modular design of LNbits makes it attractive to users and tinkerers alike, as its plugin architecture makes it easy to extend and understand.

Repository: lnbits/lnbits
License: MIT

Watchdescriptor

watchdescriptor is a CLN plugin written in Rust that connects a business's treasury wallet to its CLN node. It utilizes cln-plugin and the BDK library to track coin movements in registered wallets and report this information to the bookkeeper plugin.

The plugin enables businesses to design a complete treasury using Miniscript and import the resulting descriptor into CLN. Since bookkeeper already accounts for all coin movements internal to CLN, this plugin is the last piece businesses need in order to unify all their bitcoin accounting in one place. This enables businesses to account for all inflows and outflows from their operations, streamlining tax reporting and financial analysis.

The watchdescriptor project is part of a broader vision to transform the lightning node (particularly CLN) into a financial hub for businesses, enabling them to conduct operations without reliance on any third parties.

Repository: chrisguida/watchdescriptor
License: MIT

Stratum V2 Testing & Benchmarking Tool

The Stratum V2 Testing & Benchmarking Tool allows the bitcoin mining industry to test and benchmark Stratum V2 performance against Stratum V1. The tool supports different mining scenarios to help miners make informed decisions and evaluate their profitability. The goal of the project is to motivate miners to upgrade to Stratum V2, increasing their individual profits and making the Bitcoin network more resilient in the process.

Repository: stratum-mining/stratum @GitGab19
License: Apache 2.0 / MIT

Fedimint Modules and Resources

Fedimint is a federated Chaumian e-cash mint backed by sats with deposits and withdrawals that can occur on-chain or via lightning. It can be understood as a scaling and privacy layer as well as an adoption accelerator for Bitcoin.

The goal of this particular project is to improve the Fedimint UI and develop free and open resources for developers and "Guardians" to enable more people to run and develop on Fedimint.

Repository: fedimint/ui @EthnTuttle
License: MIT

Amber: Nostr Event Signer

Amber is a nostr event signer for Android. It allows users to keep their nsec segregated in a single, dedicated app. The goal of Amber is to have your smartphone act as a NIP-46 signing device without any need for servers or additional hardware. "Private keys should be exposed to as few systems as possible as each system adds to the attack surface," as the rationale of said NIP states. In addition to native apps, Amber aims to support all current nostr web applications without requiring any extensions or web servers.

Repository: greenart7c3/Amber
License: MIT

Nostr UI/UX Development

The goal of this project is to help improve the UI/UX of major nostr clients, starting with Gossip and Coracle, emphasizing the onboarding process as well as usability and accessibility. One part of onboarding is solving the discoverability problem that nostr has in the first place. Solving the problem of jumping in and out of the nostr world is what motivated the development of njump, which was redesigned as part of these efforts and is now live at nostr.com.

In addition to client-specific improvements, generic design modules and learnings will be incorporated into the Nostr Design project for others to use.

Activity: github.com/dtonon @dtonon
License: MIT

Nostr Use-Case Exploration & Education

As of today, most nostr clients implement social media applications on top of the nostr protocol. However, nostr allows for various use cases, many of which go beyond social media. Two examples are Listr and Ostrich, a list management tool and job board, respectively.

In addition to use-case exploration, this project will continue to educate users and developers alike, be it via Nostr How or various video series, e.g., explaining how to build upon NDK.

Activity: github.com/erskingardner @jeffg
License: MIT / GPL-3.0 / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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We have more grants in the pipeline and will provide funding for many more projects in the future. Note that we can only fund those projects which reach out and apply. If you are an open-source developer who is aligned with our mission, don't hesitate to apply for funding.

@ bcea2b98:7ccef3c9

In the realm of software, where dreams take flight, There lived a developer, Will, with vision burning bright. He crafted Nostr, a decentralized land, Where zaps, like Bitcoin tips, exchanged hand in hand.

With lines of code, Will painted a new scene, Empowering users to connect, to live the digital dream. Damus, his creation, a gateway to the new, A haven for the people, where freedom always grew.

But as fate would have it, a challenge took its place, Apple's ban threatened, a cloud cast on Will's grace. Undeterred, he persevered, with determination profound, A workaround he discovered, and hope once again was found.

People rallied 'round, their voices strong and true, Using Damus defiantly, their freedoms they pursued. For in the face of adversity, resilience took a stand, Will's creation lived on, across the digital land.

Nostr, the decentralized protocol, a beacon of light, Guiding users forward, in this digital fight. And Damus, the app that refused to be restrained, Continued to empower, its purpose unrestrained.

In the world of software, where limitations may arise, Will's story inspires, reaching for the skies. A reminder that innovation thrives in the face of ban, And where one door closes, another finds its plan.

So let us celebrate the spirit of Will, the trailblazer, His vision, his courage, our digital appraiser. Nostr, the gateway to connection, in a world decentralized, And Damus, the app that refused to be erased.

In the realm of software, where dreams ignite, Will's legacy lives on, in the code we write. A testament to resilience, and the power to adapt, For in the face of adversity, innovation will never be trapped.

@ 7f4f672a:c184579e

This week I joined Buildspace's "Nights & Weekends" - a free online school for people to work on an idea and develop it over 6 weeks, with feedback and mentorship along the way. The first days are dedicated to ideation and the tricky question of what to work on. This came at a timely moment for me - I'd recently read a great book that upended how I thought about ideas and goals.

In the months prior, I was forcing things; planning, mind-mapping, ideating, following all the usually prescribed "steps" to the epiphany. Nothing was working, previous projects had ran their course, while I was unsure what my next one would be. I'd attempted a few projects in spaces I thought would lead to success & business, but nothing was capturing my enthusiasm, and unsurprisingly, nothing worked. By late June, I'd had enough. In a chance encounter, I came across a book which clarified and expressed an intuition I felt I had on some level over the previous months.

Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned by Stanley & Lehman breaks apart the mainstream paradigm of goal-setting and 'good' ideas, which they say has mired many creators, particularly in the tech space; where product-market-fit, the customer development model, and ultra-rational approaches are dogma. The book immediately draws in the reader, with the revelation that you cannot plan for great, ambitious projects and goals:

They ignore the value of following a path for its own uniqueness, rather than for where it may lead.... ...... great discoveries are lurking just beyond our fingertips, if only we can let go of the security blanket of the objective. Sometimes the best way to change the world is to stop trying to change it - perhaps you've noticed your best ideas are often those you were not seeking.

The Search-Space

The authors introduce us to the abstract "search-space" - think of it as a vast room where all ideas & possibilities exist. We explore this room when we ideate; I imagine it to be an infinite space, bright, but with a dense fog. All the unfound ideas of the world are in this room - if we traverse it well, we can discover them. The cure for cancer, fusion energy, new surgical procedures, your next favourite song - are all in this room. We navigate through it step by step, starting at one idea, and from there we can see our next. The authors warn us that the pathways to really ambitious goals are non-obvious and impossible to predict when we are in the search-space.

They use the example of the ambitious goal of building the first computer. In the early 19th century this was attempted by Babbage , however this idea was ahead of it time and what really led to the implementation of modern computers was something completely unrelated - vacuum tubes. Those who set out to build vacuum tubes had no intention of building computers (they needed them for something else), and anyone in the search-space trying to build a computer would not have started by building vacuum tubes. It could never have been planned and was non-obvious from the start! An interesting insight and a perfect example of the nuances of the search-space.

Navigating & False Compasses

So instead of a grand plan, it is better to just start on a stepping-stone (an idea), and let new stepping-stones (more ideas) come into view. Our goal then becomes collecting stepping-stones to traverse the search-space, rather than reaching for a stepping-stone miles away with no discernible path towards it. Even if we thought we had a path, the authors warn that this is often a false compass - for ambitious goals it’s never obvious.

A goal of starting a successful tech company is ambitious, and with my old beliefs, I would only have followed ideas I thought could get me there - niche markets, business solutions ; all that obvious boring, over-thought, and contrived nonsense (which I believe is particularly prevalent on social media today via tech and business influencers). Now, I realise that that will never work. Unwittingly, I had limited myself to a confined area of the search-space, putting up walls made of my false beliefs about success and goals. I could not see, or would not see, stepping stones close by which did actually have my curiosity - but didn't make sense in the "grand plan" - Why would I make a music lyrics web app or write essays no one will read when there's no clear market or business model ? So I didn't - instead I tried things which had neither my curiosity nor interest. I was barking up the wrong tree. Then, I looked back and realised that my most successful project (if a few 100 users and some national attention is success) came from something that I was interested in which had no obvious business potential - a public good website for listing vacant and derelict properties in Ireland - www.dog-house.ie . That project is still not a business, and has not led to one property renovation, but it did raise awareness - which was all the original stepping stone was.

Lost & Found

The penny had dropped, I was lost in the search-space, and needed to get back to basics. My resolution was simple: stop trying so hard - just follow my curiosity and genuine interest. Adopting this new mindset led me to Nostr, and the work being done in the space using Bitcoins Lightning Network. For those new to Nostr - it's a new technology for social media & communication in general, a place where you own your social experience. Users can keep followers, posts, likes, and replies across platforms & apps. Some people won’t care, but for creators - this is a key innovation. You can view Nostr messages through clients. Clients are websites/apps that connect to the Nostr network. Think of them like different doors to the same room – your content and followers stay the same, whichever door you choose.

Exploring the stepping stones nearby, I found one which suited my interests and was something I would use - making an Obsidian plugin to publish long-form content seamlessly to Nostr (this essay came from that!). From there, I saw the potential for writers on Nostr; keep your audience, monetise easily, no platform dependency or lock-in, content ownership - the perfect place to publish. Then, the next stepping stone came into view - I decided to start publicly sharing some work I had written. This was something I'd wanted to do for a while but had never found the courage to do so. As the audience and visibility on Nostr is low today it helped me click publish and get off the mark - another serendipity on this trail of stepping stones! Finally, I'd discovered some long-form Nostr clients and enjoyed reading articles and posts on them. On Nostr, you can publish short-form Twitter like messages or long-form material; essays, blogs posts, reviews, op-eds, etc. The next stepping stone came into view - maybe I could build a long-form Nostr client that curated and displayed content in a novel way.

So, off the back of learning about this new space, and publishing written content to it, I decided this would be a fun thing to try and build over the next 6 weeks of "Nights & Weekends". The idea is still forming, and who knows where the next stepping stone will lead, but it feels like a relief to adopt this new approach and traverse the search-space care-free, knowing now that great things cannot be planned, and that, with some luck, serendipity would find me along the way.

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References/Resources: Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned by Kenneth O. Stanley & Joel Lehman https://buildspace.so/nights-weekends

ideas #tech #buildOnNostr #bookReview

@ bcea2b98:7ccef3c9

In the lush lands of Costa Rica, where nature's beauty thrives, A man named Max embarked, with passion in his eyes. He self-funded a documentary, a tale to unfold, About a new decentralized protocol, where stories would be told.

Nostr, the social network, where power finds its place, A platform of freedom, where users embrace. Max sought to shed light, on its benefits profound, In the realm of decentralization, where true connections abound.

Through the lens he captured, the essence of the scene, Costa Rica's splendor, where the Nostr conference convenes. In this land of wonders, where nature and tech unite, The documentary unfolds, revealing insights shining bright.

He interviewed Jack Dorsey, a titan of our time, Who shared the early history, where Twitter's roots did climb. Software developers joined, their voices joined the tale, Describing the centralized platforms, and the challenges they entail.

The documentary explored, why centralized networks fall short, With data controlled, and users left to sort. Nostr, the decentralized wonder, breaks free from the mold, Empowering users, with benefits untold.

Zaps, like Bitcoin tips, in the Nostr realm reside, A gesture of appreciation, where generosity can't hide. Max's vision took flight, a message clear and strong, To embrace a decentralized future, where we all belong.

For in the realm of social networks, where connections intertwine, Nostr's decentralized protocol, like a beacon will shine. A reminder that power lies in the hands of the many, And through decentralization, we can create a better journey.

So let us celebrate Max's endeavor, the documentary's tale, Where Nostr's vision takes flight, and centralized networks pale. A testament to empowerment, where freedom finds its way, In the realm of decentralized connections, where zaps will forever stay.

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Nostr, which stands for “Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relay”, is a decentralized, censorship-resistant social protocol. Nostr is a place where we all escape from darkness and achieve peacefulness.

Nostr has 3 main components; clients, relays, and users. Unlike Twitter where backend servers are controlled by a group of people, anyone and everyone can run relays to maintain Nostr protocol. Clients (web, mobile, desktop apps) fetch data from relayers and send new data from users to relayers. In other words, relays act like the backend server for Nostr. Relayers doesn’t communicate each other.

For example, if Bob use Relay-A and Ken use Relay-B, Bob can’t see Ken. But if Bob use Relay-A and Relay-B, Bob can interact with Ken. That’s why it is best to use multiple relays.

Each user has a pair of public and private keys; generally public keys start with ‘npub’ and private keys start with ‘nsec’. Public key act like username and private key act like password. But private key can’t change like normal password. So, it is best to store private key in safe place.

Since Nostr is the decentralized social protocol which no single people have control, it is not a good idea for each developer to solve common issues with different own solutions and implement it in their own app only. NIP, Nostr Implementation Possibilities, exist to coordinate the process. Currently there are 99 NIPs.

This is my first content about basic understanding of Nostr. Hope u enjoy it.

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First, a product announcement.

Coracle now supports connection multiplexing, which can reduce bandwidth usage by over 90% depending on how many relays you use. It's opt-in for now, but you can set it up by going to Settings and entering wss://multiplextr.coracle.social as your "Multiplextr URL".

You can check out the source code and self-host the library using this link. If you're a dev and want to add client support for multiplextr, the library I built to support this use case might be of use.

Now, on to your regularly scheduled blog post.

The above announcement isn't irrelevant to what I want to talk about in this post, which is (broadly) the question of "how can Nostr remain decentralized and still support advanced functionality?"

This is probably the most common question articulated among devs and enthusiasts - is search centralizing? What about recommendation engines? COUNT? Analytics? The answer is yes, and responses range from "it'll be fine" to "nostr is already captured".

For my part, I'm not sure if this problem can be solved. Already we have a browser wars dynamic emerging among clients, and business models based on proprietary services and advertising have been publicly considered. For the record, I don't think conventional business models are necessarily bad. The world works this way for a reason and Nostr isn't going to change that by default.

Nevertheless, I want to see a new internet emerge where my attention belongs to me, and I'm not beholden to massive companies who don't give a rip about me. As a result, much of the work I've put into Coracle hasn't gone into fun features, but into things I think will help realize the vision of Nostr. This gives me FOMO as I watch others' progress, but if I don't stay focused on my vision for Nostr, what am I even doing?

I should be clear that this is not a judgment on the motivations of others, building for fun and profit is just as legitimate as building to idealistically realize the best of all Nostrs. However, I would say that it is every developer's duty to keep in mind that what we're trying to accomplish here is not a web2 clone.

Two, and only two options

With all that said, let's get into the meat of the problem. There's a false dichotomy floating around out there that we have two options for adding server-side functionality to the nostr ecosystem. Option 1: pack all required functionality into relays, eliminating the "dumb relay" model, and making it extremely difficult to run a relay. Option 2: keep relays dumb and the protocol minimal, allowing indexers, search engines, and recommendation services (which I'll collectively call "extensions" here) to profit by solving advanced use cases.

Both alternatives are obviously deficient. Relays need to be something hobbyists can run; requiring relays to fold in a recommendation engine or search index makes that much harder, and for every feature required, proprietary solutions will be able to build a bigger moat.

On the other hand, proprietary extensions will not bother to interoperate. This will result in an app-store-like landscape of competing extensions, which will redirect developer and user attention away from relays to extensions. If nostr is to succeed, relays must remain an important first-class concept. Aggregators and indexers that gloss over the differences between relays destroy much of the value an individual relay has to offer.

In either case, some components of the network will become too sophisticated for a layman to deploy. The only alternative is for a few professionals to take up the slack and grow their service as a business. But I think there's a way to squeeze between the horns of the dilemma.

It's all about routing

It seems to me that most people prefer the "extension" model of scaling functionality of Nostr as a pragmatic, market-driven alternative to the impossibility of requiring all relays to support all possible features. And I agree, the folks developing and operating more sophisticated tools should be compensated for their hard work.

The real problem with this approach is that not that extensions are competitive and specialized, but that they obscure the importance of relays by becoming gatekeepers for data by providing additional functionality. If a client or user has to select a search engine and ask it to return results for a given relay, they have given that search engine control over their results, when their trust really should be placed in the relay itself.

(I will say as an aside, that there are scenarios when the gatekeeper approach does make sense, like when a user wants to "bring his own algorithm". But this should be something a user can opt-in to, not a default requirement for accessing the underlying protocol.)

Here's my proposal: instead of requiring users to trust some non-standard extension to make decisions for them, flip the script and make relays the gatekeepers instead. With this approach, the addition of a single feature can open the door for relays to support any extension at no additional cost.

One of the most exciting aspects of Nostr is the redundancy relays provide. With Nostr, you don't need to trust a single entity to store your data for you! Why should you trust a single gatekeeper to route you to that data? Relays don't need to provide search or recommendations or indexing functionality directly, they can simply send you to a third-party extension they deem trustworthy.

This approach allows extensions to piggy-back on the trust already endowed in relays by end users. By allowing relays that are already aligned with end users to broker connections with extensions, they form a circuit breaker for delegated trust. This is more convenient for end users, and makes it easier to switch extensions if needed, since relay operators are more likely to have their finger on the pulse than end users.

It also enables cleaner business relationships. Instead of asking clients to create custom integrations with particular extensions leading to vendor lock-in, an extension provider can implement a common interface and sell to relays instead by offering to index their particular data set.

With this model, relays have the flexibility to either provide their own advanced functionality or delegate it to someone else, reducing the functionality gap that would otherwise emerge with thick relays without removing the ability for extension service providers to run a business, all the while keeping users and clients focused on interacting with relay operators rather than non-standard extensions.

Making it happen

The difficulty with this of course is that add-on services need to be identifiable based on functionality, and they must be interoperable. This means that their functionality must be described by some protocol (whether the core Nostr protocol or an addition to it), rather than by proprietary extensions. There will be extensions that are too complex or special-purpose to fit into this model, or for whom interoperability doesn't matter. That's ok. But for the rest, the work of specifying extensions will pay off in the long run.

This routing layer might take a variety of forms - I've already proposed an addition to to NIP 11 for service recommendations. Clients would look up what add-ons their relays recommend, then follow those recommendations to find a service that supports their requirements.

It also occurs to me having written my multiplexer relay this week (and here we come full circle) that it would be trivially easy for relays to proxy certain types of requests. So for example, a relay might fulfill REQs itself, but pass SEARCH requests on to a third-party extension and relay the result to the end user.

In either case though, a well-behaved client could get all the functionality desired, for all of the data required, without compomising the brilliant trust model fiatjaf came up with.

Conclusion

I think this is a very important problem to solve, and I think relay-sponsored extension recommendations/routing is a very good way to do it. So, please comment with criticisms! And if you agree with me, and want to see something like this become the standard, comment on my pull request.

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Un joven cubano pidió ayuda urgente a través de redes sociales para encontrar donante de sangre para una embarazada que necesita una transfusión sanguínea de O negativo.

"Lo pago al precio que sea, es para una embarazada a punto de parir o morir, 54508011, llámenme, que la decisión quede de parte de ustedes...Dios los bendiga", escribió en su perfil personal de Facebook Yudenys González Loyola.

En el apartado comentarios a la publicación -hecha este 14 de agosto- una comentarista sugirió que compartiera la petición en varios grupos de Facebook en aras de ganar visibilidad.

Yudenys no precisó en qué provincia reside la embarazada necesitada con urgencia de una transfusión de sangre. No obstante, según sus redes sociales, el joven reside en Camagüey.

La escasez de sangre en Cuba se ha convertido en uno de tantos problemas en la isla. Los hospitales tienen una absoluta carencia de reservas de sangre.

En los últimos años cada vez más los ciudadanos recurren a las redes sociales para encontrar quien pueda poner a salvo sus vidas o las de sus familiares con donaciones voluntarias.

A inicios de enero, una cubana necesitada de una transfusión de sangre murió en La Habana. En ese caso la sangre era para una mujer que tenía la hemoglobina muy baja y no podía esperar un minuto más para ser transfundida.

A finales de julio, una maestra residente en La Habana pidió ayuda en redes sociales para conseguir donantes de sangre para su hermana, paciente de leucemia.

También por esas fechas, una periodista del periódico oficialista Girón pidió ayuda para su abuela, quien necesitaba una transfusión de sangre en Matanzas.

Incluso los médicos recurren a Facebook para intentar conseguir donaciones para sus pacientes. Tal fue el caso del doctor Juan Pablo Gurri Fuentes, quien en septiembre del pasado año recurrió a su cuenta de Facebook para solicitar donantes de sangre para tres pacientes ingresados en su hospital, el Calixto García, en La Habana.

Datos de la Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas e Información (ONEI) muestran que entre 1990 y 2019 el número de donantes de sangre en Cuba disminuyó de forma significativa, pasando de aproximadamente 389 mil a 209 mil al año.

Angustiados por la urgencia, algunos cubanos necesitados de sangre para un allegado no dudan en proponer dinero a cambio de una donación.

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El dólar implantó este miércoles un nuevo récord en el mercado informal cubano, al subir un peso en relación con el día anterior, y alcanzar los 250 pesos en el mercado informal por primera vez.

El hecho agudiza la grave crisis que aqueja a la moneda nacional, que viene hundiéndose desde hace meses en el abismo de la devaluación.

En lo que respecta al euro y la moneda libremente convertible (MLC), mantienen este 16 de agosto sus valores del martes, en 255 y 215 CUP, respectivamente.

Según la tasa publicada este 16 de agosto por el medio digital independiente elTOQUE, en el caso del dólar se llegaron a reportar en las últimas 24 horas ofrecimientos de compra por un mínimo de 245 pesos y un máximo de 250 en la venta.

En el caso del euro la mediana fue de 252 CUP en la adquisión y de 255 en la venta.

Para el MLC no hubo oscilación de precios, y se situó en 215 CUP tanto la compra como la venta de la moneda.

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欢迎来到Nostr

以下是使您的 Nostr 之旅更顺畅的几个步骤

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本指南适用于： * 英语 原作者 nostr:npub10awzknjg5r5lajnr53438ndcyjylgqsrnrtq5grs495v42qc6awsj45ys7 * 法语 感谢 nostr:npub1nftkhktqglvcsj5n4wetkpzxpy4e5x78wwj9y9p70ar9u5u8wh6qsxmzqs * 俄语

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你好，Nostrich同胞！

Nostr 是一种全新的模式，有几个步骤可以让您的加入流程更加顺畅，体验更加丰富。

👋欢迎

由于您正在阅读本文，因此可以安全地假设您已经通过下载应用程序加入了 Nostr 您可能正在使用移动设备（例如 Damus、Amethyst，Plebstr) 或Nostr网络客户端（例如 snort.social、Nostrgram、Iris）。 对于新手来说，按照您选择的应用程序建议的步骤进行操作非常重要——欢迎程序提供了所有基础知识，您不必做更多的调整除非您真的很需要。 如果您偶然发现这篇文章，但还没有 Nostr“帐户”，您可以按照这个简单的分步指南 作者是nostr:npub1cly0v30agkcfq40mdsndzjrn0tt76ykaan0q6ny80wy034qedpjsqwamhz -- npub1cly0v30agk cfq40mdsndzjrn0tt76ykaan0q6ny80wy034qedpjsqwamhz。

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🤙玩得开心

Nostr 的建立是为了确保人们可以在此过程中建立联系、被听到发声并从中获得乐趣。 这就是重点（很明显，有很多严肃的用例，例如作为自由斗士和告密者的工具，但这值得单独写一篇文章），所以如果你觉得使用过程有任何负担，请联系更有经验的Nostriches，我们很乐意提供帮助。 与Nostr互动一点也不难，但与传统平台相比它有一些特点，所以你完全被允许（并鼓励）提出问题。 这是一份 非官方 的 Nostr 大使名单，他们很乐意帮助您加入： nostr:naddr1qqg5ummnw3ezqstdvfshxumpv3hhyuczypl4c26wfzswnlk2vwjxky7dhqjgnaqzqwvdvz3qwz5k3j4grrt46qcyqqq82vgwv96yu 名单上的所有nostriches都获得了 Nostr Ambassador 徽章，方便您查找、验证和关注它们

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## ⚡️ 启用 Zaps Zaps 是加入 Nostr 后人们可能会注意到的第一个区别。 它们允许 Nostr 用户立即发送价值并支持创建有用和有趣的内容。 这要归功于比特币和闪电网络。 这些去中心化的支付协议让你可以立即发送一些 sats（比特币网络上的最小单位），就像在传统社交媒体平台上给某人的帖子点赞一样容易。 我们称此模型为 Value-4-Value，您可以在此处找到有关此最终货币化模型的更多信息：https://dergigi.com/value/ 查看由nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424创建的这篇笔记，nostr:note154j3vn6eqaz43va0v99fclhkdp8xf0c7l07ye9aapgl29a6dusfslg8g7g 这是对 zaps 的一个很好的介绍： 即使您不认为自己是内容创建者，您也应该启用 Zaps——人们会发现您的一些笔记很有价值，并且可能想给您发送一些 sats。 开始在 Nostr onley 上获得价值的最简单方法需要几个步骤：

0 为您的移动设备下载 Wallet of Santoshi^1（可能是比特币和闪电网络新手的最佳选择）^2 1 点击“接收” 2 点击您在屏幕上看到的 Lightning 地址（看起来像电子邮件地址的字符串）将其复制到剪贴板。 3 将复制的地址粘贴到您的 Nostr 客户端的相应字段中（该字段可能会显示“比特币闪电地址”、“LN 地址”或任何类似内容，具体取决于您使用的应用程序）。

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📫 获取 Nostr 地址

Nostr 地址，通常被 Nostr OG 称为“NIP-05 标识符”，看起来像一封电子邮件，并且： 🔍 帮助您使您的帐户易于发现和分享 ✔️ 证明您是人类 --- 这是 Nostr 地址的示例：Tony@nostr.21ideas.org 它很容易记住并随后粘贴到任何 Nostr 应用程序中以找到相应的用户。

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要获得 Nostr 地址，您可以使用免费服务，例如 Nostr Check（由 nostr:npub138s5hey76qrnm2pmv7p8nnffhfddsm8sqzm285dyc0wy4f8a6qkqtzx624）或付费服务，例如 Nostr Plebs 了解有关此方法的更多信息。

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🙇‍♀️ 学习基础知识

在后台，Nostr 与传统社交平台有很大不同，因此对它的内容有一个基本的了解对任何新手来说都是有益的。 请不要误会，我并不是建议您学习编程语言或协议的技术细节。 我的意思是看到更大的图景并理解 Nostr 和 Twitter / Medium / Reddit 之间的区别会有很大帮助。 例如，没有密码和登录名，取而代之的是私钥和公钥。 我不会深入探讨，因为有一些详尽的资源可以帮助您理解 Nostr。 由 nostr:npub12gu8c6uee3p243gez6cgk76362admlqe72aq3kp2fppjsjwmm7eqj9fle6 和 💜 准备的在这个组织整齐的登陆页面 收集了所有值得您关注的内容 上述资源提供的信息也将帮助您保护您的 Nostr 密钥（即您的帐户），因此请务必查看。

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🤝 建立连接

与才华横溢的[^3]人建立联系的能力使 Nostr 与众不同。 在这里，每个人都可以发表意见，没有人会被排除在外。 有几种简单的方法可以在 Nostr 上找到有趣的人： * 查找您在 Twitter 上关注的人：https://www.nostr.directory/ 是一个很好的工具。 * 关注您信任的人：访问与您有共同兴趣的人的个人资料，查看他们关注的人的列表并与他们联系。 * 访问全球订阅源：每个 Nostr 客户端（一个 Nostr 应用程序，如果你愿意这样说的话）都有一个选项卡，可以让你切换到全球订阅源，它汇总了所有 Nostr 用户的所有笔记。 只需关注您感兴趣的人（不过请耐心等待——您可能会遇到大量垃圾邮件）。

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🗺️探索

上面提到的 5 个步骤是一个很好的开始，它将极大地改善您的体验，但还有更多的东西有待发现和享受！ Nostr 不是 Twitter 的替代品，它的可能性仅受想象力的限制。 查看有趣且有用的 Nostr 项目列表： * https://nostrapps.com/ Nostr 应用列表 * https://nostrplebs.com/ – 获取您的 NIP-05 和其他 Nostr 功能（付费） * https://nostrcheck.me/ – Nostr 地址、媒体上传、中继 * https://nostr.build/ – 上传和管理媒体（以及更多） * https://nostr.band/ – Nostr 网络和用户信息 * https://zaplife.lol/ – zapping统计 * https://nostrit.com/ – 定时发送帖子 * https://nostrnests.com/ – Twitter 空间 2.0 * https://nostryfied.online/ - 备份您的 Nostr 信息 * https://www.wavman.app/ Nostr 音乐播放器 ---

📻 中继

熟悉 Nostr 后，请务必查看我关于 Nostr 中继的快速指南：https://lnshort.it/nostr-relays。 这不是您旅程开始时要担心的话题，但在以后深入研究绝对重要。

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📱 手机上的 Nostr

在移动设备上流畅的 Nostr 体验是可行的。 本指南将帮助您在智能手机上的 Nostr Web 应用程序中无缝登录、发帖、zap 等：https://lnshort.it/nostr-mobile

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感谢阅读，我们在兔子洞的另一边见 nostr:npub10awzknjg5r5lajnr53438ndcyjylgqsrnrtq5grs495v42qc6awsj45ys7

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发现这篇文章有价值吗 Zap⚡ 21ideas@getalby.com 关注：npub10awzknjg5r5lajnr53438ndcyjylgqsrnrtq5grs495v42qc6awsj45ys7 查看我的项目 https://bitcal.21ideas.org/about/

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[^3]:nostr:npub1fl7pr0azlpgk469u034lsgn46dvwguz9g339p03dpetp9cs5pq5qxzeknp 是其中一个Nostrich，他设计了本指南的封面上使用的徽标

译者: Sherry, 数据科学|软件工程|nossence|nostr.hk|组织过一些nostr meetup|写一些文章来将nostr带到每个人身边

Zap⚡ spang@getalby.com 关注：npub1ejxswthae3nkljavznmv66p9ahp4wmj4adux525htmsrff4qym9sz2t3tv

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El Ministerio de Salud Pública de Cuba (Minsap) emitió una alerta para la provincia de Guantánamo, en el extremo más oriental de la Isla, debido al aumento de los casos de cólera que se viene registrando en los últimos días.

Aimeé Blanco, líder del departamento de Enfermedades Trasmisibles en el Centro de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología de Guantánamo, comentó que activaron un puesto de mando para chequear las medidas preventivas dirigidas a salvaguardar la salud de la población.

Una de las principales acciones es arreciar al control en las fronteras, pues los especialistas refieren que la enfermedad está siendo introducida al país desde naciones vecinas que reportan en la actualidad un aumento en la incidencia del cólera.

Los viajeros son sometidos a quimioprofilaxis, recibiendo una dosis de doxiciclina como parte de los controles sanitarios internacionales. Además, se les brinda vigilancia clínica a través del sistema básico de salud desde su llegada a Cuba y hasta dos semanas después.

La prioridad es la detección temprana de cualquier síntoma que se sospeche que haya sido provocado por el bacilo Vibrio cholerae. De acuerdo con Aimeé Blanco, en el territorio hay tests rápidos para confirmar el diagnóstico y tomar medidas de manera inmediata.

Los mismos exámenes se realizan a los pacientes que llegan a los cuerpos de guardia con signos de deshidratación, según el protocolo establecido para enfrentar enfermedades diarreicas agudas. Lo anterior sin importar que hayan salido de viaje recientemente.

La enfermedad del cólera ha sido históricamente asociada con brotes epidémicos y se caracteriza por la aparición repentina de diarrea acuosa y vómitos intensos. Se transmite principalmente a través de la ingestión de agua o alimentos contaminados con heces infectadas por la bacteria, lo que lo convierte en un problema de salud pública en áreas con condiciones de saneamiento deficientes.

Los síntomas del cólera suelen manifestarse en un período que varía entre unas pocas horas y cinco días después de la exposición a la bacteria. La diarrea acuosa profusa es uno de los síntomas más característicos, y puede ser tan intensa que lleva a la deshidratación y a la pérdida rápida de electrolitos esenciales. Además, los pacientes pueden experimentar vómitos, calambres abdominales y, en casos graves, shock y colapso circulatorio.

El tratamiento oportuno se basa en la rehidratación oral o intravenosa con el objetivo de restaurar el equilibrio de líquidos y electrolitos en el cuerpo. Se utilizan soluciones de rehidratación oral que contienen agua, sales y azúcares para tratar la deshidratación y reponer los nutrientes perdidos. En casos más graves, se pueden administrar fluidos intravenosos.

La prevención del cólera se centra en medidas de higiene y saneamiento adecuadas. Evitar el consumo de agua no tratada y alimentos crudos en áreas de riesgo, lavado frecuente de manos con agua y jabón, y tratamiento adecuado de aguas residuales son estrategias clave para prevenir la propagación de la enfermedad.

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I think I cracked the code on private groups.

Instead of relying on relays to implement access control as in this PR, we could combine the Gift Wrap proposal with @PABLOF7z​'s nsec bunker to create private groups with easy administration and moderation!

Gift wrap fixes DM metadata leakage by using a temporary private key to send a DM to a recipient. The recipient decrypts the wrapper to find a regular nostr event inside. This could be another kind 4 as in the proposal, or anything else. Which means you can send kind 1's or anything else in a wrapped event.

Now suppose you had a pubkey that you wanted to represent a group instead of a person. Put its nsec in a (modified) nsec bunker, and now you can allow other people than yourself to request signatures. A shared private key! Anyone who has access to this nsec bunker could also de-crypt any gift wrapped note sent to it. Relay-free read access control!

There are lots of ways you could manage this access list, but I think a compelling one would be to create a NIP 51 list (public or private!) of group members and set up the nsec bunker to authenticate using that list. Boom, dynamic member lists!

You could also create a NIP 51 list for admins, and pre-configure which event kinds each list is allowed to post using the group's nsec. So maybe members could only publish wrapped kind-1's, but admins could publish wrapped kind-0's (you can now zap a group!), kind 9's for moderation, updated member and moderator lists, normal kind 1's for public information about the group, etc.

Gift wrap would support:

• Leak-free DMs
• Fully private groups
• Public-read groups (nsec bunker would allow for admin, but everyone would publish regular instead of wrapped events).
• Organizations and other shared accounts, with role-based authorization (list/kind mappings)!

Of course, no clients currently support this kind of thing, but support would not be hard to add, and it creates an entirely new set of affordances with two very simple applications of the core protocol.

There are a few drawbacks I can think of, of course. Gift wrap makes it harder to search notes by tag. You could:

• Leave all tags off (other than for DM recipient as in the proposal)
• Selectively keep tags that aren't revealing of identity
• Encrypt tag values. When a client wants to query a tag, it must encrypt the value using the same pubkey and include that in the filter. This, I think, is ok for the group use case above.

There are also a number of proposals in the works to fix NIP 04 DMs which are apparently broken from a cryptographic standpoint, so implementing this should probably wait until that stuff is sorted out. But it should be possible however that ends up materializing.

So am I nuts? Or is this a galaxy brain solution?

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"Power of a study represents the probability of finding a difference that exists in a population".

simply put, it tells how strong is the validity of the finding of your sudy. Power depends on 3 main factor: significance level, effect size and sample size.

significance level is pretty straightforward. We decide it anyway. Thus, it is a no brainer why clinical trials tend to use very low p-levels.

You cant really control effect size. It is an after effect that you only gain after data collection.

But sample size, this is one curious bit. Probability sampling, as its name implies, is a process of taking a sample at random to represent the said population. Once, I heard that at times, probability samplings are better than universal sampling. I wonder, how can a sample of "somethihg" is better than the actual thing? The answer lies in missingness. Missingness is a situation where a data or part of a data is not available. Think of a study about relationship between lifestyle and heart disease. Body Mass Index is important and if it is missing, it will be a problem. when many data is lost from a universal sampling, it reduces the universality of the study, decreasing its power. If the missingness is significant, e.g. more than 30%, it might be better to put them as an exclusion criteria and choose random sampling instead. sure, it will stiffen study generalizability later, but it improves the power.

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We're delighted to announce Josi Baker as our newest LTS grantee.

Josi will receive long-term support from OpenSats for his continued work on Bitcoin Core. His work will consist of pull-request reviews,[^fn-reviews] supporting major release cycles, and his own contributions.[^fn-prs]

[^fn-reviews]: PR reviews by @josibake [^fn-prs]: PRs by @josibake

In the next couple of months, Josi plans to work on the libbitcoinkernel project as a reviewer, tester, and contributor. The libbitcoinkernel project is an attempt at modularizing the Bitcoin codebase and extracting consensus logic into something other applications can reuse. This has a number of benefits, namely improved testing and code separation of consensus code within Bitcoin Core and enabling application-specific programs to be written outside of the Bitcoin Core project with increased confidence these applications will be in consensus.

In addition to his work on Bitcoin Core, he will continue to work on BIP-352: Silent Payments, focusing on adoption in wallets outside of Bitcoin Core and supporting mobile clients.

Silent Payments are a privacy and UX improvement for Bitcoin wallets that allows static, reusable payment codes without address reuse. The key improvements over existing reusable payment code solutions are improved privacy for the sender and receiver due to eliminating the need for a notification transaction and no additional cost for senders. The proposal also separates sending and receiving, which enables broader adoption. These improvements are particularly relevant for activists wishing to use Bitcoin as a means of raising funds in a private and censorship-resistant way.

The mission of OpenSats is to support and maintain a sustainable ecosystem of funding for free and open-source projects and contributors, especially Bitcoin-related projects and projects that help Bitcoin flourish. Regular contributors reviewing and maintaining Bitcoin Core are critical to the project's continued success. Sustainable funding allows contributors to build expertise over multiple years, which is why we introduced the OpenSats LTS program.

You can apply for the program here:

• opensats.org/apply/lts

Support for Josi's work is sourced from our General Fund and made possible by generous donors like you. If you would like to support work like Josi's, consider donating to the fund.

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Joining a new digital community can be an exhilarating and empowering experience. This has been observed on numerous occasions when people join new platforms such as Nostr, BlueSky, Farcaster, Post.news, Tribel, and many others, as well as older social media platforms such as blogs, Usenet, LiveJournal, Xanga, AOL, Flickr, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

Initially, these spaces create an idealistic environment where individuals are eager to connect, share, and participate in a virtual gathering that resembles a festival. However, it is worth examining what it is about these new social spaces that generates such a euphoric atmosphere, and whether it is feasible to sustain this utopian sentiment as communities expand and develop.

The Magic of Connection:

Joining a new digital community can be a transformative experience. In her book "Paradise Built in Hell," Rebecca Solnit argues that when people are taken out of their familiar routines and confronted with real human needs, the best aspects of human nature come to the forefront. This disproves the negative assumption that humans are inherently selfish and demonstrates our natural ability to empathize and connect with one another. The sense of community and collaboration that we feel in emerging social spaces, patticipatory festivals such as 'Burningman', are a great example of this phenomenon.

Utopias Form Where They Shouldn’t Exist:

The concept of "Paradise Built in Hell" becomes evident during natural and economic disasters. I personally witnessed this idea during Argentina's economic crisis in the early 2000s. Despite the difficulties, people came together and collaborated in new ways to support each other, as the collapsing economy demanded it. This same phenomenon is observed following earthquakes and other natural disasters, where people often speak of those days with a magical, almost reverential tone.

Rebecca Solnit argues that "Disaster is when the shackles of conventional belief and role fall away and the possibilities open up; people rise to the occasion or sink to the level of their fears and prejudices." In these challenging moments, we see the true nature of humanity: our ability to show compassion, resilience, and unity in the face of adversity.

Social Media and All Digital Spaces Have Physical Analogues:

The similarities between digital and physical communities are rooted in the fact that each has its own distinct set of unspoken rules and social norms. Just as we know to be quiet in a library, loud at a concert, social at a cocktail party, and anti-social on the subway, we also understand the unique dynamics of different digital platforms. Twitter resembles a bustling dive bar, Instagram an art gallery, TikTok an amusement park hall of mirrors, and Facebook a community hall rented for a retirement party. Every new digital space has its analogues in the physical world because human interaction remains consistent, even if the medium differs. As we navigate the ever-changing landscape of digital communities, we are reminded of our innate ability to adapt, connect, and thrive in the face of adversity. This adaptability empowers us to form new connections and rediscover the power of community, whether in the digital or physical realm.

The Small Community Paradox:

To maintain the utopian atmosphere of new digital communities, one effective approach is to keep them small or create numerous smaller sub-communities. In these sub-communities, people can engage in the social labor of connection and conflict resolution.

It is important to note, however, that this approach may conflict with the network effect principle. This principle states that each new member joining the community increases its overall value for all participants. As communities grow and the network effect takes hold, the utopian feeling may often fade, giving way to sub-tribes and conflict.

Nevertheless, with a confident approach, the community can adapt and navigate these challenges to foster a positive environment for all members.

The Fleeting Nature of Utopia:

The fleeting utopian sensation experienced within new digital communities is inevitable. Although it is not the design or coding of platforms such as BlueSky, Nostr, Mastodon, or Scuttlebutt that generates this feeling of euphoria, it is instead the human dynamics of joining something novel and building a community that cultivates this enchanting ambiance. Hakim Bey's concept of Temporary Autonomous Zones (TAZs) endorses this notion, demonstrating how short-lived spaces of freedom and interaction can emerge within established social structures. As communities expand and progress, the real challenge lies in sustaining the initial energy and sense of connection that made them so desirable in the first place.

Parallel to Protests and Uprisings:

This utopian sentiment is not limited to digital communities; it is also present during times of revolution, protests, and uprisings. There is a profoundly human element to the sense of love, connection, solidarity, and community that arises during these moments.

The most impactful moments of my life have been when I participated in protests that were met with repression. These protests ranged from tree-sits to protect old-growth redwoods in the forests where I grew up, to large convergences of the anti-globalization and anti-war movements, to Occupy's reclamation of public spaces, and to recent Black Lives Matter protests. All of these protests were scenes of anguish, repression, and, in some cases, violence, especially from the police. However, they were also places where I experienced the most love, connection, humanity, and common purpose. We were all individuals, together, living and breathing solidarity.

Cultivating and Sustaining Utopian Energy:

To preserve the utopian essence of new digital communities as they grow, one approach is to foster a culture of empathy, connection, and inclusiveness from the very beginning. Prioritizing these values and actively engaging in conflict resolution can help communities maintain that special feeling.

Another way to preserve the utopian essence of digital communities is to focus on building tools for the construction and maintenance of these digital public spaces. Unlike corporate social media platforms that only provide an illusion of public space while actually being privately owned, like a shopping mall, we need to create spaces that are community-controlled and collectively owned as a commons with confidence.

Understanding the Commons:

The concept of the commons offers a compelling alternative to traditional models of state or private ownership. Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics, conducted extensive research on this topic, and her findings are truly remarkable. Through her work, she proved that commons can be effectively managed and maintained, debunking the misguided belief that these resources are doomed to fail and end in tragedy.

Designing for Digital Commons:

To design digital commons, we must prioritize transparency, decentralization, and participatory governance. By empowering users to make decisions about the direction and rules of their digital communities, we ensure that the spaces remain truly public and that the needs and desires of the community are at the forefront.

Open-source technology and decentralized protocols can play a vital role in the development of these digital commons. By allowing users to maintain control over their data and ensuring that no single entity has a monopoly over the platform, we create an environment that fosters collaboration, creativity, and innovation.

The Characteristics of a Well-Functioning Digital Commons:

1. Clearly defined boundaries: Members and their rights are easily identifiable, and access to the shared digital resources is well-regulated.
2. Proportional equivalence between benefits and costs: Users contribute to the commons according to their capabilities, and benefits are distributed fairly among members.
3. Collective decision-making: Users have a say in shaping the rules and policies that govern their digital communities, promoting a sense of ownership and accountability.
4. Monitoring: Transparent systems are in place to track the usage and management of shared resources, ensuring that members adhere to established rules.
5. Graduated sanctions: Penalties for rule violations are proportional and escalate based on the severity and frequency of the transgressions.
6. Conflict resolution mechanisms: Efficient and fair processes are in place to address disputes among members, promoting harmony and trust within the community.
7. Minimal recognition of rights to organize: Users have the autonomy to self-organize and make decisions about their digital commons without excessive interference from external authorities.
8. Nested enterprises: Digital commons are organized into multiple, interconnected layers of governance, with smaller communities operating within the context of larger ones, fostering collaboration and coordination.

By incorporating these principles into the design of digital commons, we can create spaces that are robust, sustainable, and equitable. This, in turn, fosters innovation, collaboration, and genuine community engagement.

Developing Community-Driven Tools:

To create and maintain digital public spaces, we need tools that empower communities to effectively manage their digital commons. These tools should facilitate communication, conflict resolution, and decision-making while promoting inclusiveness, empathy, and shared values. By empowering communities to shape their digital spaces and collaboratively resolve issues, we can help preserve the utopian essence that initially attracted people to these platforms.

Adapting to Growth and Change:

As digital communities continue to grow, it's crucial to acknowledge that their needs and challenges will inevitably change over time. To maintain a utopian atmosphere, we must be willing to adapt and consistently improve the tools and processes that sustain these digital public spaces. By promoting continuous feedback and collaboration among community members, we can ensure that the platform remains responsive to the needs of its users, fostering an environment of connection and belonging with conviction.

Conclusion:

Joining a new digital community can be a thrilling experience, but maintaining that sense of euphoria as the community grows can be difficult. To achieve this, we must design and construct digital commons that prioritize community control, collective ownership, and participatory governance. With the appropriate tools and a dedication to adapting to the evolving needs of the community, we can create spaces that continue to foster the magic of connection even as they transform. In doing so, we can nurture and sustain the utopian energy that makes these digital spaces so unique.

Post Script:

Since the completion of this essay, Bluesky has evolved from its initial utopian stage to a phase grappling with context, norms, and scalability. With an increasing user base, the once agreed-upon behavioral norms began to crumble. The initial playfulness, while staying within the community's value constraints, took a disturbing turn when individuals started posting racist and homophobic content. The situation deteriorated rapidly, escalating to the point of issuing death threats. Inspired by the "Nazi bar" parable, the community demanded urgent action to outline acceptable behavior and remove those who couldn't comply.

Bluesky, currently hosted on a single server, possesses the capability to enforce a unified set of community guidelines and terms of service. The creators of Bluesky, much like any other social media platform's developers, aimed for a laissez-faire approach. However, they eventually had to revise the terms of service and ban the trolls. This action was chaotic and resulted in significant loss of trust and goodwill.

Additionally, this did not aid the community in establishing governance for the burgeoning social media commons. Protocols such as Bluesky, Nostr, DSNP, Scuttlebutt, Farcaster, and Lens are not designed to operate in isolation. Among these, only ActivityPub and Mastodon have successfully implemented a model to manage abuse and community moderation at scale. Nonetheless, potential solutions are under development. I've personally contributed to proposals for specifications, codes, and norms on Nostr and know that Bluesky's team is making similar strides.

It is essential that the user community actively participate in this process. The Design Justice movement provides a valuable blueprint and strategies for achieving this. By applying principles of co-design and design justice, we can collaboratively build solutions. The stakes are too high to leave this endeavor to a small group of technologists alone.

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By Volodymyr Pavlyshyn

Hello, folks! Today, we're diving deep into the world of wallets, specifically crypto wallets. I've previously discussed the differences between hot wallets, cold wallets, agents, hubs, and other components actively used in Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI). However, today, we're focusing solely on wallets.

What is a Wallet?

A common misconception is that your wallet holds your assets, NFTs, ABCs, and all things crypto. In reality, your wallet is your key management assistant, primarily responsible for managing your private keys and, in some cases, timing. Hence, the term 'wallet' is somewhat misleading. It would be more accurate to call it a signer, keychain, or key master.

The Problem with Wallets

The adoption of SSI and crypto comes with a significant responsibility: managing your private key. If you lose the key, you lose everything. This creates a huge usability problem as there's no way to recover or have a recovery system in place.

The most popular approach to wallets is based on the idea of using a 'seed' instead of keys. This seed is a form of entropy from which you can deterministically generate private keys. This concept was sold as a secure method, with the Bitcoin standard BIP 32 outlining how to convert the seed into multiple different keys of different types.

The Issue with Seeds

However, the question arises: how do you keep the seed secret? How do you recover it? The common solution is to convert your binary entropy into a mnemonic phrase, giving you 12 to 24 words that you need to memorize. But this method has failed spectacularly.

The hierarchical wallet, which is essentially a wallet at its core, has a significant flaw: if you lose the seed, you lose multiple private keys. This is one problem. Another issue is that it works well for one type of cryptography. If you want to combine one key from Bitcoin with another key from more modern chains like Solana, you lose the possibility because of the different cryptography involved.

The Limitations of Hierarchical Wallets

Hierarchical wallets were a cool concept that simplified a lot and allowed you to just memorize a phrase and manage multiple keys. However, it created a single point of failure, a lot of limitations, and the main problem of the hierarchical wallet is the process of recovery, or rather, the lack thereof.

The Quest for the Perfect Wallet

So, what's the best wallet in the world? It's one that the user doesn't even know exists. If we can create a seamless experience for the user, where they don't even realize they have some magic wallet, that would be a success. But what about recovery? What can we do there?

Multi-Part Computations (MPC)

The first idea was multi-part computations, where you split your private key into multiple sub-keys that need to come together to form a quorum. For example, you split it into ten parts, but to get the signature, you need six parts. This off-chain approach allows you to distribute cryptographic materials over the wire, and different people need to come together in some quorum to sign the transaction. However, the problem with MPC is that it's off-chain, and many threshold signature algorithms are not compatible with each other. Currently, we lack a standard that allows us to do this.

Multisig

Another approach, quite similar to the previous one, is multi-signatures or multisig. This is not a new concept. If you're a Bitcoin user, you knowthat you can build an unlocking script that requires the same scheme. For example, in the Lightning Network, you need two of two signatures to unlock the transaction. The idea is simple: you have multiple independent private keys, but you need several of them to unlock the wallet or sign the transaction.

Smart Contracts as Wallets

The majority of multisigs are smart contracts, so the cost of these operations can be high. It usually requires multiple operations. Some networks require you to have some kind of smart contracts, and we will talk about smart contracts as wallets in a moment. But the idea is simple: you have multiple keys, you can distribute them over the wire, and have social recovery.

Account Abstraction

The Ethereum folks came up with the concept of account abstraction. This means that your account and the signing of your transactions can be managed by a smart contract. This changes a lot, including how we validate signatures and operate with accounts. With account abstraction, you have a programmable way of managing your account, signing your transactions, and it could still be social recovery, multisig, or you could create your own programmable concept that will allow you to manage transactions, sign transactions, and manage keys.

Programmable Key Pairs (PKP)

If you don't have such things in your blockchain or maybe you're completely off-chain, you could look at the LIT protocol. The guys there have a quite cool idea of programmable key pairs (PKP) as some kind of NFT. This means that you could mint the key, manage the keys like NFTs, and it's more blockchain-independent, so you could port the programmable key pairs to different networks.

Seedless Wallets

All these things like multisig, MPC, PKP, and others revolve around the concept of seedless wallets. In seedless wallets, you don't have a seed, but you have a different programmable mechanism that allows you to recover your wallet easily.

Conclusion

The world of wallets is complex and ever-evolving. As we continue to innovate and explore new ways to improve security, usability, and recovery, it's crucial to stay informed and understand the mechanisms at play.

If you're doing something in the space of wallets, recovery, security, or usability of Web3 solutions, I'd love to hear from you. I'm always ready to share my knowledge, provide consultation, and collaborate on building something new.

Remember, the best wallet is one that provides a seamless user experience, robust security, and easy recovery. As we continue to innovate in this space, I'm confident that we'll get closer to this ideal.

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There’s a lot of conversation around the #TwitterFiles. Here’s my take, and thoughts on how to fix the issues identified.

I’ll start with the principles I’ve come to believe…based on everything I’ve learned and experienced through my past actions as a Twitter co-founder and lead:

1. Social media must be resilient to corporate and government control.
2. Only the original author may remove content they produce.
3. Moderation is best implemented by algorithmic choice.

The Twitter when I led it and the Twitter of today do not meet any of these principles. This is my fault alone, as I completely gave up pushing for them when an activist entered our stock in 2020. I no longer had hope of achieving any of it as a public company with no defense mechanisms (lack of dual-class shares being a key one). I planned my exit at that moment knowing I was no longer right for the company.

The biggest mistake I made was continuing to invest in building tools for us to manage the public conversation, versus building tools for the people using Twitter to easily manage it for themselves. This burdened the company with too much power, and opened us to significant outside pressure (such as advertising budgets). I generally think companies have become far too powerful, and that became completely clear to me with our suspension of Trump’s account. As I’ve said before, we did the right thing for the public company business at the time, but the wrong thing for the internet and society. Much more about this here: https://twitter.com/jack/status/1349510769268850690

I continue to believe there was no ill intent or hidden agendas, and everyone acted according to the best information we had at the time. Of course mistakes were made. But if we had focused more on tools for the people using the service rather than tools for us, and moved much faster towards absolute transparency, we probably wouldn’t be in this situation of needing a fresh reset (which I am supportive of). Again, I own all of this and our actions, and all I can do is work to make it right.

Back to the principles. Of course governments want to shape and control the public conversation, and will use every method at their disposal to do so, including the media. And the power a corporation wields to do the same is only growing. It’s critical that the people have tools to resist this, and that those tools are ultimately owned by the people. Allowing a government or a few corporations to own the public conversation is a path towards centralized control.

I’m a strong believer that any content produced by someone for the internet should be permanent until the original author chooses to delete it. It should be always available and addressable. Content takedowns and suspensions should not be possible. Doing so complicates important context, learning, and enforcement of illegal activity. There are significant issues with this stance of course, but starting with this principle will allow for far better solutions than we have today. The internet is trending towards a world were storage is “free” and infinite, which places all the actual value on how to discover and see content.

Which brings me to the last principle: moderation. I don’t believe a centralized system can do content moderation globally. It can only be done through ranking and relevance algorithms, the more localized the better. But instead of a company or government building and controlling these solely, people should be able to build and choose from algorithms that best match their criteria, or not have to use any at all. A “follow” action should always deliver every bit of content from the corresponding account, and the algorithms should be able to comb through everything else through a relevance lens that an individual determines. There’s a default “G-rated” algorithm, and then there’s everything else one can imagine.

The only way I know of to truly live up to these 3 principles is a free and open protocol for social media, that is not owned by a single company or group of companies, and is resilient to corporate and government influence. The problem today is that we have companies who own both the protocol and discovery of content. Which ultimately puts one person in charge of what’s available and seen, or not. This is by definition a single point of failure, no matter how great the person, and over time will fracture the public conversation, and may lead to more control by governments and corporations around the world.

I believe many companies can build a phenomenal business off an open protocol. For proof, look at both the web and email. The biggest problem with these models however is that the discovery mechanisms are far too proprietary and fixed instead of open or extendable. Companies can build many profitable services that complement rather than lock down how we access this massive collection of conversation. There is no need to own or host it themselves.

Many of you won’t trust this solution just because it’s me stating it. I get it, but that’s exactly the point. Trusting any one individual with this comes with compromises, not to mention being way too heavy a burden for the individual. It has to be something akin to what bitcoin has shown to be possible. If you want proof of this, get out of the US and European bubble of the bitcoin price fluctuations and learn how real people are using it for censorship resistance in Africa and Central/South America.

I do still wish for Twitter, and every company, to become uncomfortably transparent in all their actions, and I wish I forced more of that years ago. I do believe absolute transparency builds trust. As for the files, I wish they were released Wikileaks-style, with many more eyes and interpretations to consider. And along with that, commitments of transparency for present and future actions. I’m hopeful all of this will happen. There’s nothing to hide…only a lot to learn from. The current attacks on my former colleagues could be dangerous and doesn’t solve anything. If you want to blame, direct it at me and my actions, or lack thereof.

As far as the free and open social media protocol goes, there are many competing projects: @bluesky is one with the AT Protocol, nostr another, Mastodon yet another, Matrix yet another…and there will be many more. One will have a chance at becoming a standard like HTTP or SMTP. This isn’t about a “decentralized Twitter.” This is a focused and urgent push for a foundational core technology standard to make social media a native part of the internet. I believe this is critical both to Twitter’s future, and the public conversation’s ability to truly serve the people, which helps hold governments and corporations accountable. And hopefully makes it all a lot more fun and informative again.

💸🛠️🌐 To accelerate open internet and protocol work, I’m going to open a new category of #startsmall grants: “open internet development.” It will start with a focus of giving cash and equity grants to engineering teams working on social media and private communication protocols, bitcoin, and a web-only mobile OS. I’ll make some grants next week, starting with $1mm/yr to Signal. Please let me know other great candidates for this money.

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Financial Freedom Through Bitcoin Innovation, Choosing the Better Money System

The struggle for economic soverignity is intrinsically tied to one's ability to communicate and transact freely from a place of empowerment. When communities lack channels for secure self-determination, they find their voices muted in debates crafting tomorrow. Fortunately, emerging technologies unveil hope.

Bitcoin offers a monetary base disconnected from the capricious whims of central authorities, insulating citizens from predatory currency manipulation so detrimental to stability. Though nascent in my local community, its open framework invites perpetual progress.

Lightning wallets epitomize this iterative spirit, bringing satoshis within easier grasp of all. Their intuitive interfaces streamline micropayments at stellar throughput, permissionlessly weaving together farflung peers in reciprocal exchange.

No intermediary extracts tolls from cross-border flows; no border bars trade between kindred spirits. Instead, nodes form an emergent infrastructure beholden only to its users. With each adoption, autonomy spreads in an unstoppable contagion of empowerment.

For independence begins in mind and spirit, finding expression through tools that uplift. Bitcoin redraws the realm of possibilities, restoring people as protagonists of their own destinies. Though challenges remain, commitment to inclusive innovation ensures its promise touching all shores.

Let decentralized proof of work coordination supplant centralized control, guiding progress with compassion instead of coercion. When communities arm themselves with financial self-determination, exclusion loses power over imagination. A brighter future blossoms from the ground up.

Lightning is Amazing

The struggle for financial freedom is inherently linked and woven with the pursuit of independence. When marginalized communities lack access to secure and unfettered communication channels, they are denied a voice in the very discourse that shapes our collective future. So what are some tools, an individual can use to power themselves and their community to self sufficency?

Bitcoin Lightning wallets represent the next generation of Bitcoin storage and transaction management. These sleek and user-friendly apps allow users to send and receive bitcoins quickly and securely, all while benefiting from the speed and low fees of the Lightning Network. With the ability to seamlessly interact with the network and enjoy fast confirmation times, Lightning wallets are revolutionizing the way we think about cryptocurrency transactions. And with a wide range of options available, there's sure to be a Lightning wallet that suits your unique needs. Recommendations for top Lightning wallets include

Alby

Muun

BlueWallet

CoinOS

Phoenix

Zeus LN

Lightning Bots

LightningTipBot

These tools have been in my toolkit for over a year, providing operational abstraction of channels and hops directly into web/desktop/node interfaces.

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1. Financial independence: Accepting Bitcoin payments for products and services can provide a degree of financial independence from traditional banking systems and payment processors. 2. Decentralized ownership: Open source projects can have decentralized ownership structures, allowing contributors to have a say in the direction of the project. 3. Transparent funding: Bitcoin transactions are transparent and publicly visible, which can help build trust with customers and investors. 4. Security: Bitcoin's blockchain is a secure ledger that records transactions in a tamper-proof manner. 5. Global reach: Bitcoin can be sent and received anywhere in the world, without the need for intermediaries like banks or payment processors. 6. Potential for high growth: The Bitcoin market is still relatively small, but it has the potential for high growth as more people and businesses adopt digital currencies and signature schemes.

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We Went Back #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxj1H86J88U

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Mi scuserà di certo Albert Einstein per aver completamente prima decontestualizzato e poi ricontestualizzato nel mondo Bitcoin una delle sue frasi più celebri. Quella a cui mi riferisco in questo post è proprio la difficulty di Bitcoin, visto che parliamo di mining, del suo funzionamento e appunto delle opportunità a esso legate.

Bitcoin Mining: Overview

Con il termine mining si intende il processo di verificare e aggiungere nuove transazioni, sotto forma di blocchi alla timechain di Bitcoin.

Coinvolge una rete decentralzzata di “computer” che competono per risolvere un problema matematico complesso tramite un meccanismo di consenso noto come Proof-of-Work (PoW). I miners usano il loro “potere computazionale” per trovare una soluzione, e chi tra loro la trova la aggiunge insieme alle transazioni verificate alla timechain. Il “vincitore” viene ricompensato con “nuovi bitcoin” e con le fees legate alle transazioni.

Questo processo assicura l’immutabilità della rete e previene il double spending.

Bitcoin Mining: Il processo

Il processo inizia con i miner che raccolgono le transazioni pendenti e le organizzano in blocchi. Queste transazioni rimangono in mempool finché non sono validate. Ogni blocco contiene un insieme di transazioni e un riferimento, hash, oltre alla sequenza temporale, al blocco precedente. Per aggiungere un nuovo blocco alla timechain i miner devono risolvere un problema computazionale.

I miner devono cioé trovare un valore specifico, nonce, che produce un hash con proprietà specifiche quando combinato con i dati del blocco. Trovare questo valore richiede una significativa spesa computazionale e una volta che un miner lo ha trovato lo diffonde alla rete così da poter permettere agli altri miner di verificarlo. A differenza della risoluzione del problema l’operazione di verifica è immediata e computazionalmente lineare.

La rete dei miner è sottoposta dal Protocollo a un meccanismo di consenso per maggioranza che in caso di “biforcazioni” alla timechain, quando due miner trovano la soluzione quasi in contemporanea e la diffondono, premia la catena più pesante cioé quella con più Proof-of-Work (e non la più lunga).

La partecipazione dei miner al processo è incentivata, attraverso la teoria matematica dei giochi, dalle block rewards e dalle fees legate alle transazioni. La prima transazione di ogni blocco, detta coinbase transaction, estrae nuovi bitcoin e li invia al miner che ha aggiunto il nuovo blocco.

Bitcoin Mining: Hardware

Nel primo periodo di vita di Bitcoin era possibile effettuare il mining usando le normali CPU dei computer: bastava scaricare il client Bitcoin e usare il potere di calcolo della CPU per risolvere il “puzzle computazionale”. D’altronde la difficoltà risultava piuttosta bassa e la rete non ancora molto estesa.

Fortunatamente, o sfortunamente a seconda dei punti di vista, al crescere della rete e di conseguenza della difficulty, il mining si è tramutato in un vero e proprio business che ha portato allo sviluppo di hardware dedicato al compito sempre più efficiente sia dal punto di vista energetico che da quello computazionale.

A partire infatti dal 2013 le CPU e le GPU, schede grafiche per intenderci, furono via via sostituite dagli ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) cioé delle macchine disegnate specificatamente per il Bitcoin Mining efficienti dal punto di vista energetico e con un alto hash rate (il numero di hash prodotti, soluzioni al problema, in genere misurati al secondo). Oggi siamo nell’ordine di più di un centinaio di Terahash, Th, al secondo.

Alternativa agli ASICs potrebbero essere le FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) molto più efficienti di CPUs e GPUs ma sicuramente molto più complesse nell’impianto e nella customizzazione del codice.

Bitcoin Mining: Software

Così come per l’hardware, i miner spesso usano del software specifico per il mining che consente loro di connettersi alla rete Bitcoin. Questo software si occupa di tutto: si connette alla rete, riceve transazioni e blocchi, e naturlmente fa tutti i calcoli necessari alla prova di lavoro in base alla difficoltà richiesta.

L’alternativa per molti miner è entrare a fare delle mining pool, che sono appunto gruppi di miner che condividono il proprio potere di calcolo, hash, nella speranza di “trovare un blocco”. I rewards ottenuti sarebbero minori perché appunto eventuali fees e block rewards sarebbero divisi tra tutti i partecipanti della pool in rapporto alla quantità di lavoro fornita (in genere il termine “tecnico” usato è shares).

Bitcoin Mining: cos’altro?

Oltre a hardware e software, il mining richiede una connessione a internet stabile, dello spazio, le conoscenze necessarie per mantenere operativo il setup e molta corrente elettrica.

Senza una connessione internet stabile non si va da nessuna parte e l’uso di una consistente quantità di energia elettrica richiede un buon sistema di raffreddamento. Considerata la difficulty raggiunta di spazio per contenere gli ASICs ne servirà parecchio. Un’adeguata manutenzione risulta necessaria per mantenere “l’investimento” efficiente e profittevole.

Ultimo ma non ultimo un wallet Bitcoin a supporto. La scelta cadrà su un hardware wallet (cold) o un software (hot) wallet.
Ricordiamo che un wallet è detto cold se disconnesso e offline mentre è detto hot se connesso a intenet. I cold wallet sono in genere più complessi da usare ma più sicuri, discorso opposto per gli hot.

Bitcoin Mining: si guadagna davvero?

Domanda lecita quando si vuole intraprendere un nuovo business e rapportare l’investimento con il suo ritorno.
La risposta ovvia è: dipende. Da diversi fattori tra l’altro tra cui il valore attribuito ai bitcoin dal mercato, l’hash rate, il consumo di energia e il suo costo, i famigerati costi di gestione, dai rewards per blocco e dalle fees sulle transazioni (i miner ringraziano gli ordinals).

Tra tutti l’aspetto che qui più ci interessa è quello legato alle block rewards e all’emissione monteria pre-stabilita dal Protocollo.

Il miner, o la pool, che mina un blocco è ricompensato dalla block subsidy corrente, nuovi bitcoin emessi, e dalle fees legate alle transazioni contenute nel blocco. Queste due componenti insieme costituiscono la block reward.

Attualmente la block subsidy è fissata da Protocollo a 6.25 bitcoin per blocco e si riduce ogni 4 anni tramite il meccanismo by design di halving.
In pratica ogni 4 anni il Protocollo stabilisce il dimezzamento della subsidy dovuta ai miner per ogni nuovo blocco riducendo dunque l’emissione monetaria comunque fissata dal CAP di 21M di bitcoin.
Il prossimo halving avverrà nel 2024 -ogni 210k blocchi- e porterà la subsidy a 3.125 bitcoin per blocco.

Visto che la subsidy scende nel tempo i miner dovranno da una parte puntare alle fees sulle transazioni per mantenere il proprio business profittevole dall’altra alla scelta di fonti energetiche economiche e di hardware sempre più efficiente.

Nel mezzo delle difficoltà nascono le opportunità

Una delle innovazioni più importanti introdotte da Bitcoin è sicuramente l’aggiustamento automatico della difficoltà -nel ricercare il nonce- che serve al Protocollo per mantenere costante il tempo di generazione del blocco e assicurare la sicurezza e stabilità della rete. Avviene ogni 2016 blocchi, più o meno due settimane, e si basa sul potere computazionale della rete meglio noto come hash rate. Così facendo il tempo di blocco resta costante nell’intorno dei 10 minuti.

Per intenderci, la difficoltà aumenterà quando i blocchi sono minati più velocemente rispetto al target dei 10 minuti (hash rate più alto): così facendo sarà più difficile trovare la soluzione e i blocchi saranno aggiunti più lentamente. Viceversa, se i blocchi sono minati molto lentamente, la difficoltà diminuirà (hash rate più basso) così che la soluzioni, e i blocchi, potranno essere trovate più velocemente.

Potremmo dire che l’aggiustamento automatico della difficoltà democratizza la rete Bitcoin evitando che pochi miner possano prenderne il controllo oltre a renderla più sicura contro eventuali attacchi.

Bitcoin Mining: 2140

Neanche a dirlo i miner sono stati e continuano a essere parte integrante del processo di crescita del Protocollo. Attraverso il mining le persone partecipano direttamente all’ecosistema, paretcipazione attiva, e assicurano comunque futuri sviluppi del Protocollo.

Ovviamente ci sono tutta una serie di fattori che “gravano” sul futuro del mining primo di tutti l’halving ricorrente ogni 4 anni….

…Fino al 2140 quando gli ultimi sats saranno emessi e poi? Resteranno davvero solo le fees legate alle transazioni? Quasi certamente si.

Saranno sufficienti?

Ok la bassa preferenza temporale, ma tempo al tempo. Ne riparliamo nella seconda parte di questo post fra un centinaio di anni.

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Flycat is a client-side software without introducing backends or database setup. the idea is to keep it effortless for users to self host. It mainly use React Nextjs framework in typescript lang.

Branch

• master branch is the one for production development. Every commit merged in master branch will push new release alive.
• develop branch is only used for feature involved with tons of works and needs to be tested before release to production.

How to run

Nodejs >= v18.12.1 yarn >= 1.22.19

```sh git clone https://github.com/digi-monkey/flycat-web.git cd flycat-web yarn

development

yarn dev

build for release

yarn build ```

For self-host, check out How to deploy to vercel

Code structure

• TODO

Release

Once a week, we release a regular update version. For hotfix, a instant minor version will be roll out once fixed.

We use project kanban to manage the development and release. every week, we gather the things we want to do in this kanban and release a new version at the end of that week.

Contributing

A good way to start contributing is to check the github issues labeling with good first issue.

Design Call

Every week, right before a regular release iteration start, we host a regular design call meeting, the meeting is fully open. anyone can join and discuss if they want.

The meeting is mainly focus on:

• things planning to ship in that week
• new contributors self-introduce, asking question about the project or development
• users feedback

The meeting is tentatively scheduled for 1:00 PM UTC+8 hosted on meet.jit.si. Check out flycat official account for meeting link.

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Pengenalan

Imej1: Logo Bitcoin Core bewarna jingga, logo Bitcoin Cash bewarna Hijau

Bitcoin Cash bukan Bitcoin! ni asas yang wajar difahami oleh pengguna baharu dalam dunia aset kripto.

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) adalah aset kripto baharu yang diwujudkan pada tahun 2017 kesan perbezaan pendapat miner-miner Bitcoin. Walaupun memiliki struktur asas yang hampir serupa dan sejarah transaksi awal yang sama, Bitcoin Cash mempunyai perbezaan ketara dari segi harga, kepenggunaan dan potensi. Kedua-dua Bitcoin (BTC) (selepas ini akan dipanggil Bitcoin Core) dan Bitcoin Cash (BCH) adalah aset kripto yang boleh dibeli dan dimiliki secara sah dari exchanger Malaysia seperti Luno dan Sinergi.

Sejarah

Masalah kos transaksi Bitcoin Core yang semakin mahal dan lambat sudah menjadi isu sejak tahun 2017. Menyedari hal ini , Roger Ver mencadangkan agar saiz blok Bitcoin Core diperbesar kepada 32MB. Cadangan ini ditolak oleh sebahagian miner lain, lalu akhirnya miner yang bersetuju dengan Roger Ver memilih untuk meneruskan dengan haluan sendiri. proses ini dipanggil forking. Adakah idea Roger Ver berjaya? secara telnikalnya, ya. lihat rajah di bawah. Solusi ini menyebabkan jaringan BCH tidak sesak lagi:

Imej2: Situasi semasa jaringan Bitcoin Core dalam bentuk visual

Imej3: Situasi semasa jaringan Bitcoin Cash dalam bentuk visual

Namun begitu, BCH gagal mengambil tempat BTC sebagai Bitcoin yang sebenar yang diilhamkan oleh Satoshi Nakamoto. lihat perbezaan harga BCH dan BTC pada masa kini:

Imej4: Perbezaan ketara harga BTC dan BCH

Sifat BCH

BCH mempunyai caj transaksi yang sangat rendah. Ini bermakna BCH tidak perlu bergantung kepada Layer 2 seperti BTC untuk transaksi mikro.

imej5: caj pengeluaran BCH dari Luno

Transaksi dapat disemak hampir serta merta di BCH memandangkan Blockchain tidak sesak walaupun sedang mengurus transaksi hampir dua kali ganda jumlahnya berbanding BTC. BCH juga tidak mempunyai isu replace-by-fee, dan ini membolehkan satu-satu transaksi lebih diyakini kesahihannya apabila butang "send" telah ditekan. Potensi ini menyebabkan BCH semakin mendapat tempat dalam kalangan pelabur.

imej6: Blockchain BCH baru digunakan 2% apabila menguruskan 2562 transaksi dalam tempoh 10 minit

imej7: Blockchain BTC sudah mencapai kapasiti 98% walaupun baru menguruskan 1196 transaksi dalam tempoh 10 minit

pun begitu, sama seperti BTC, BCH tertakluk kepada blocktime 10 minit (ini bermakna BCH yang baru masuk ke akaun pengguna tidak dapat digunakan / dibekukan dalam tempoh 10 minit sehingga 120 minit, begantung kepada polisi wallet masing-masing).

Address BCH bermula dengan awalan "q" atau "p" manakala Address BTC bermula dengan awalan "1" atau "3".

imej8: contoh awalan address BCH dengan huruf "q"

imej9: contoh awalan address BCH dengan huruf " p"

Wallet Bitcoin Cash

Saya menyarankan wallet Bitcoin.com memandangkan wallet ni bersifat self-custody (pemilikan penuh kendiri berbanding disimpan di exchanger) namun, ia menyokong login menggunakan email (tanpa mengabaikan penggunaan 12 word phrase). Ini menjadikannya ia sangat ideal untuk digunakan bagi tujuan pewarisan. Wallet ini juga menyokong simpanan aset Ethereum dan Bitcoin Core

Imej10: Wallet ini menyokong BCH, BTC dan ETH

Potensi BCH

Komuniti BCH lazimnya bersifat inovatif. Oleh kerana itu, BCH mempunyai pelbagai inovasi yang tiada / belum diwujudkan pada BTC seperti cashscript dan simple ledger protocol (SLP). BTC pula dilihat lebih konservatif dan lebih mementingkan kestabilan berbanding pembangunan. Potensi nilai BCH dan BTC agak sukar diterjemah, namun perbezaan ideologi ini menjadi penentu sama ada institusi dan individu akan lebih memilih BCH yang agresif atau BTC yang dipercayai.

Imej11: Pembangunan dalam ekosistem BCH

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I just discovered YakiHonne today, and thankfully so, since the deadline to test the round 4 updates, provide feedback, and stack sats is near.

There's not much I enjoy doing more than stacking sats.

And growing Nostr too of course. That's why I'm here.

Alright, let's get right into it and go over the 5 updates in this round.

1. Drafts - You can save your articles for later edit/publish.

Love this and I look forward to the day we can make drafts of short notes on the mobile clients (e.g. Damus and Primal). But this behaves as expected, when clicking "Save as draft", I'm asked what relays I'd like to save my draft too.

After saving the draft and viewing "My articles", it makes sense that the draft wouldn't appear when clicking on a relay where the draft wasn't initially saved.

2. Stats previews - You can see who zapped/upvote/downvote your or other creator's articles.

This worked as expected as the shaka I received on my first ever blog post on Nostr showed up as an upvote. Shoutout to SoberGrizzlyBTC for the love!

3. Add "my articles" to the curation creation tab - You can directly select your articles for your curation from your articles.

I mentioned this one in #1 and I think it means there's a place I can go to where I can see only articles that I've created.

4. Add confirmation deletion prompt for comments - Now you have the ability to cancel faulty comments.

I'll have to revisit this one since I don't have any comments at the moment.

5. Hints - Add stats icons hovering hints to clear things up.

Looks good. You can see that it says "Tip article" when hovering over the lightning icon. This is something you should definitely do btw ;)

We've now covered all the updates from this round and all I can say is wow. I'm super impressed with the user interface and just being able to do something as simple as saving a draft.

I mentioned in my first post Running blogstack that there would be nothing stopping me from creating with another client and here we are. All I had to do was connect my private key which we're now able to do more safely with extensions like nos2x.

I'm looking forward to using YakiHonne more in the coming days and testing future updates.

Onward.

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Blockstream Finance, our financial division, continues to pioneer forward-thinking financial products, laying the foundation for Bitcoin-based capital markets. Building on the success of the Blockstream Mining Note (BMN), which secured $50M over 2021 and 2022, we have partnered with Luxembourg's STOKR—a premier marketplace for digital securities—to unveil our next Bitcoin-focused investment vehicle: the Blockstream ASIC (BASIC) Note.

The BASIC Note is a bitcoin-denominated vehicle that provides qualified investors an opportunity to capitalize on the potential upside of historically-low ASIC (application specific integrated circuits; purpose-built machines used to mine bitcoin) prices.

The Thesis

In previous Bitcoin cycles, bitcoin and ASIC market prices have been closely correlated. During bear markets, ASIC prices (on a price per terahash basis) often fall below bitcoin's value, while in bull markets, they tend to surpass it, indicating a potential upside when denominated in BTC.

https://cdn.nostr.build/i/cdbd6fdbcafab703344d067edb39ade5fbb4965e3817a2fd0792ecbe1ffbea4b.png Note ASICs pricing 25-38 J/TH is less energy efficient vs ASICs under 25 J/TH.

As ASIC prices show promising signs of recovery, anchored by the impending Bitcoin halving in 2024 and favorable market supply-demand dynamics, the BASIC Note strategy will leverage Blockstream's unique positioning and track record in the Bitcoin mining sector. We aim to raise investor capital, acquire and store unused ASICs in North America, and then strategically offload them into the market upon price resurgence.

While bitcoin price has risen substantially in 2023, ASIC prices have remained depressed (on a price per terahash basis). This is attributed to an oversupply of less energy-efficient miners, a need for more hosting capacity in the market, and higher energy costs, among other factors.

We expect this ASIC price trend to reverse in the near-to-mid term. As energy and credit markets bounce back, and as both large public and private miners bring new capacity online and refresh their fleets in preparation for the 2024 halving, we anticipate this surplus of miners to decline.

The Structure

The BASIC Note is a bitcoin basis investment opportunity. We anticipate that most investors will invest using bitcoin, seeking a bitcoin-on-bitcoin return.

The note has a novel structure designed with the Bitcoin investor in mind. Unlike many crypto hedge funds that charge carried interest on the mere passive appreciation of bitcoin price, the BASIC Note's carry fee is discretionary and levied only when the fund outperforms bitcoin. In other words, the carry is only for the value added beyond the natural bitcoin price appreciation. By eliminating these unnecessary fees, we can encourage investors to HODL their bitcoin, benefiting from its passive growth.

We view the BASIC Note as a source of liquidity for miners operating in the market today. These miners can either sell their inventory outright, or they can sell their inventory and reinvest in the BASIC Note. By choosing the latter, they can transform their hard assets into a more dynamic investment with a tradeable note, allotting them more agility in adjusting their market position.

The Expertise

Blockstream has continuously been a leader in Bitcoin mining, from our historical connection to the proof-of-work algorithm to running one of North America's largest vertically-integrated mining operations.

This wealth of experience has given us unique insight into the market and fostered strong relationships throughout the Bitcoin mining value chain, including key ASIC producers and brokers.

Beyond mining, we are also pioneers in Bitcoin technology. We are the technical providers for the Liquid Network and the main contributors to Core Lightning, two of the most well-known Bitcoin layer-2 solutions. We also have a deep understanding of Bitcoin through our software and hardware wallet offerings and operate the Blockstream Satellite network, which provides continuous, free broadcasts of the Bitcoin blockchain worldwide.

The BASIC Note builds on this mining legacy and integrates many areas of Blockstream's expertise across the Bitcoin technology space.

https://cdn.nostr.build/i/aa05cd0d3a89204d463125afd028cd08c3809f366ee519271780c28823ead407.png The Blockstream value chain in mining and adjacent Bitcoin technology sectors.

The Offering

The first series of the BASIC Note (BSIC1) is confirmed to go on sale August 23, 2023 on STOKR with an adjustable 24-month tenor. The offering is open to qualified investors with a minimum investment of USD $115,000 or the equivalent in bitcoin (BTC), Liquid Bitcoin (L-BTC), or Tether (USDt). Although there is a minimum initial investment, notes can be transferred in OTC sales or traded on secondary markets, such as SideSwap, down to a denomination of 0.01 (USD $1,150).

Subsequent series are expected to be issued periodically over the coming months, subject to market pricing.

For further information, visit the official STOKR listing or reach out to us on the Blockstream Finance Telegram.

The information above has been prepared solely for informational purposes only. It is not an offer to buy or sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any securities. Full terms and conditions are available on STOKR.

We will never reach out directly to investors through social media or instant messaging. If you receive any messages from someone claiming to be from Blockstream and offering mining investments, report them to us through the Blockstream Scam DB.

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Table Of Content

• The Awakening of the Bitcoin Whales

• The Big Moves

• The Implications of the Whale Movements

• The Mystery of the Whales

• Conclusion

• FAQ

In the vast, uncharted waters of the cryptocurrency market, Bitcoin whales are the most colossal creatures, akin to the blue whales of the physical oceans. These are the investors who hold a significant amount of Bitcoin, often untouched for years, while they watch their astronomical gains grow. They're the silent observers, the patient players who understand the game of waiting. However, the usually calm waters have recently been stirred, with nearly $60 million in Bitcoin transferred in just five days. This article dives deep into this unusual activity, exploring the potential implications and the mystery surrounding these Bitcoin whales. We'll delve into who these whales might be, why they're moving their Bitcoin now, and what this could mean for the future of cryptocurrency.

The Awakening of the Bitcoin Whales

The term 'Bitcoin whales' refers to investors who hoard substantial amounts of Bitcoin, typically at least 1,000 BTC, and let it sit for years. These investors have proven to be more successful than short-term traders, given Bitcoin's extreme volatility in the short term. Over the past decade, Bitcoin has surged from under $95 per coin to $29,203—a whopping 30,700% increase. This long-term view and the patience to hold onto their assets have often resulted in significant rewards for these whales. However, recently, these long-dormant Bitcoin whales have shown signs of activity. In a span of five days, several wallets holding millions of dollars in Bitcoin moved their holdings after years of dormancy. This sudden movement has caused ripples throughout the cryptocurrency community, leading to speculation about the motives behind these transactions and what it could mean for the future of Bitcoin.

The Big Moves

The recent whale activity began on July 20, when two wallets from 2011, each holding 10 BTC (valued at $292,767 at the time), moved their holdings to new locations. This movement, after such a long period of inactivity, was notable in itself. However, the following day, a wallet holding 5 BTC ($146,383) also budged after 12 years of inactivity. This continued activity suggested a trend rather than an isolated incident. Then, the most significant movement occurred when around $30.3 million in Bitcoin—or 1,037 BTC—moved after its owner transferred it to a new wallet for the first time since 2012. This was a significant shift, representing a substantial amount of Bitcoin. Finally, on July 24, a wallet from 2010 moved a hefty 50 BTC, or about $1.4 million. This series of movements over such a short period was unusual and caught the attention of many in the cryptocurrency community.

The Implications of the Whale Movements

Blockchain data firm Glassnode reported a "dramatic uptick over recent months" in whale activity. Many whales have been moving holdings to exchanges, usually the best way to cash out or shift holdings to other digital assets. This trend could indicate that these whales are preparing to sell or diversify their holdings, which could have significant implications for the Bitcoin market. If these whales decide to sell a large portion of their holdings, it could lead to an increase in the supply of Bitcoin on the market, potentially driving down prices. This could create a buyer's market, where there is more Bitcoin available than people are willing to buy. On the other hand, if these whales are moving their Bitcoin to diversify their holdings, it could lead to increased investment in other cryptocurrencies, potentially driving up their prices. This could stimulate the entire cryptocurrency market, leading to increased interest and investment in a variety of cryptocurrencies.

The Mystery of the Whales

While the recent whale movements have sparked intrigue, the identities of these Bitcoin whales remain a mystery. It isn't clear whether these whales are individuals or companies. Dr. Kirill Kretov, a developer of tools for automated trading and blockchain analyst, suggested that these transactions might represent commercial entities buying Bitcoin from individuals. This could indicate a shift in the market, with businesses becoming more involved in cryptocurrency. However, without concrete information, this remains speculation. The anonymity of Bitcoin transactions makes it difficult to determine the identities of these whales, adding to the intrigue and speculation surrounding these movements.

Conclusion

The recent movements of Bitcoin whales have undoubtedly made waves in the cryptocurrency community. While the reasons behind these movements remain speculative, they highlight the significant influence that these whales have on the Bitcoin market. As the crypto world continues to evolve, the actions of these Bitcoin whales will undoubtedly continue to shape the landscape. Whether these movements signal a storm or just a ripple in the water, only time will tell. However, one thing is clear: the actions of these whales are worth watching, as they could provide valuable insights into the future of Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market as a whole.

FAQ

What is a Bitcoin whale? A Bitcoin whale is an investor who holds a significant amount of Bitcoin, typically at least 1,000 BTC, often untouched for years.

What recent activity has been observed among Bitcoin whales? Recently, Bitcoin whales have transferred nearly $60 million in Bitcoin in just five days, moving their holdings to new locations after years of dormancy.

What could be the implications of these whale movements? The movements could indicate that these whales are preparing to sell or diversify their holdings. This could potentially affect the Bitcoin market, either by increasing the supply of Bitcoin (which could drive down prices) or by stimulating investment in other cryptocurrencies.

Who are these Bitcoin whales? The identities of these Bitcoin whales remain a mystery. They could be individuals or companies, but the anonymity of Bitcoin transactions makes it difficult to determine.

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Title: AI for Climate Change Monitoring and Mitigation

Introduction

Climate change is one of the most pressing global challenges of our time, with far-reaching impacts on ecosystems, economies, and societies. As greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, the need for effective monitoring and mitigation strategies becomes increasingly urgent. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool in this battle against climate change, offering innovative solutions for monitoring environmental changes, predicting impacts, and implementing mitigation measures.

1. Monitoring Environmental Changes

AI technologies, such as satellite imagery analysis and data-driven models, enable scientists and researchers to monitor environmental changes with unprecedented accuracy. Machine learning algorithms can process vast amounts of data to track deforestation, melting ice caps, and other indicators of climate change. For instance, AI-powered algorithms can identify changes in land cover, detect illegal logging activities, and monitor the health of coral reefs. These insights are crucial for informed decision-making and targeted interventions.

1. Climate Prediction and Risk Assessment

AI plays a pivotal role in predicting climate patterns and assessing potential risks associated with extreme weather events. By analyzing historical climate data and incorporating real-time information, AI models can forecast hurricanes, droughts, and other disasters with improved accuracy. These predictions enable governments and organizations to allocate resources for disaster preparedness and response effectively. Additionally, AI-driven risk assessments help identify vulnerable regions, allowing for proactive measures to protect communities and infrastructure.

1. Renewable Energy Optimization

Transitioning to renewable energy sources is a key component of climate change mitigation. AI facilitates the integration of renewable energy into existing grids by optimizing energy production, storage, and distribution. Smart grids equipped with AI algorithms can balance supply and demand, predict energy consumption patterns, and enhance the efficiency of energy storage systems. This not only reduces greenhouse gas emissions but also paves the way for a sustainable energy future.

1. Carbon Capture and Sequestration

AI technologies contribute to the development of advanced techniques for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). Machine learning algorithms help in designing materials for more efficient carbon capture, enabling industries to reduce their carbon footprint. Furthermore, AI assists in identifying suitable geological formations for storing captured carbon dioxide safely underground, preventing its release into the atmosphere.

1. Sustainable Agriculture and Land Management

AI-driven precision agriculture offers solutions for sustainable land management. By analyzing data from sensors, drones, and satellites, AI helps farmers optimize irrigation, fertilization, and pest control, minimizing resource waste and environmental impact. This technology also aids in soil health monitoring and crop yield prediction, supporting food security in the face of changing climatic conditions.

Conclusion

The battle against climate change requires innovative approaches, and AI has emerged as a formidable ally in monitoring and mitigating its impacts. Through accurate environmental monitoring, climate prediction, renewable energy optimization, carbon capture advancements, and sustainable agriculture practices, AI contributes to a comprehensive strategy for addressing this global challenge. However, it's crucial to recognize that while AI offers significant potential, it must be integrated with ethical considerations, human expertise, and cross-disciplinary collaboration to ensure its effectiveness in creating a more sustainable future.

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A prerequisite to understanding Bitcoin is having a fundamental understanding of money. Most people haven’t thought much about what money actually is, why we have it, and the properties that might make one form of money better than another. That being the case, it is difficult for most people to see why Bitcoin is a superior form of money to anything we have ever used before, and why it is and will continue to be superior to anything that has been invented since.

Perhaps the best way to begin to understand what money is, and why society is much better off when it has some form of money, is to imagine what your life would be like without money at all. You have basic needs for food, shelter, water, and clothing, and you have essentially two options: 1. You can try to be entirely self-sufficient, providing for your own needs with your own two hands, or 2. You can become proficient enough at one particular skill that you can trade that skill with others who have different skills to get everything else you need.

In the first scenario, the vast majority of your time will be spent simply acquiring and maintaining the things you need to survive, and you will have little time for other pursuits at all. A portion of each day will be dedicated to collecting water and making it drinkable, another portion will be dedicated to hunting and gathering, and another portion dedicated to replacing worn and damaged clothing, or maintaining whatever you built for your shelter. If you have a spouse, you can divide some of this labor between each other, so as to be more efficient. However, this still proves to be a full-time job just to make sure you maintain an absolute minimum standard of living. 100% self-sufficiency is nothing more or less than 100% poverty.

In the second scenario, things can be vastly improved. You can live in a small community with people that each specialize in skills that can benefit one another. You might become an exceptionally good hunter, while another becomes a proficient fisherman, and another a builder of sturdy and leak-proof homes, and so on. When you grow tired of always eating venison, and want some fish to add variety to your diet, you can go to the fisherman and offer to trade him some of your venison in exchange for some fish. And when you want to upgrade your home, you may go to the builder and offer to supply him with venison for a month in exchange for the work. Because each person is specializing in a particular pursuit, they have the time investment necessary to become vastly more efficient at that one skill than they otherwise could have ever been, so they can produce much more of it than they need, and trade the surplus with others in the community.

This is how a barter economy works, and it is a significant upgrade compared with trying to provide for all of your own needs with your own hands. However, it still has some serious limitations, particularly if you try to extend it beyond a very small and localized community. For instance, if you are a hunter and you want to trade your venison in exchange for a builder upgrading your home, but the builder has no need for venison, because his son is also a hunter, then you need to find a different builder who will take your venison as payment, or you need to find out what the builder will take for trade, let’s say apples, and then go find someone who will take your venison in exchange for the apples, so you can trade the apples to the builder to do the work on your home.

This is a non-trivial amount of friction already, but that’s not where it ends. You see, the work you want done on your home is probably worth a great deal more than a bushel or two of apples, and since apples spoil quickly, you will have to make an agreement with the builder that you will get him apples every week for a period of a few months until the amount of apples he has received is deemed of equivalent value with the amount of work he performed. This means you will also need to keep trading your venison for apples just to give them to the builder, regardless of whether you want to eat the apples yourself. If, during that time, the apple grower also wants to have work done on his home, he will find that the builder is unwilling to trade his work for apples, because he is already receiving a steady supply of apples from you. Now the apple grower has two options: 1. Find something else that the builder is willing to take as payment, and hope they can find someone who wants to take their apples in exchange for it, or 2. Stop trading apples for venison with you, so that the builder will be willing to accept apples as payment again, leaving you high and dry with no means of repaying the builder what you owe.

This problem with the barter system is called the non-coincidence of wants, and as difficult as it can be to deal with in a small community, it becomes even more difficult as communities expand in number. Moreover, the need to find trading partners who have what you want and want what you have in exchange cuts into the amount of time you can dedicate to honing your skills and producing the goods you want to sell. To answer this problem, communities began to use some form of money that made trade much more efficient. The exact form that money took varied widely in history, from salt, to seashells, to glass beads, to blocks of dried tea leaves, among many other types of goods. Indeed, the use of paper bills, though ubiquitous today, is a very recent development, and is already being phased out in favor of digital versions of fiat currency. Over 90% of US Dollars do not exist as physical coins or bills at all, but only exist as numbers in digital bank ledgers. Regardless of what form money took in history, though, having something to use as money made trade far less cumbersome than the barter system.

As a hunter in a community that uses money, you can sell your venison to anyone who wants it in exchange for money, and then you can go purchase anything else you want or need using that money. You are no longer restricted to only trading with people who will accept your venison as payment, or else forced to find something else they will accept as payment, and trade your venison for that. Instead, you can trade with any other person in the community, even if they have no interest in your venison at all, because they are all willing to accept money as payment instead. This frees up more of your time for you to dedicate to becoming more proficient at your chosen skill.

How each various society in history eventually agreed on something to use as money can be easily understood when we consider the role that money would be used to fill. Some things make more ideal forms of money than others, and so a society tends to converge on whatever has the most ideal mixture of characteristics. Let’s look at what people would want money to do, and discern what monetary characteristics would be most ideal to accomplish that goal.

The most basic thing people would want to use money for is to purchase goods and services from others, without having to figure out what their trading partner’s individual wants and needs are in advance. Already, this gives us some ideas of characteristics money ideally ought to have.

Since you are likely to want to purchase some goods that are of low value, and other goods that are of high value, whatever you use as money should be able to be divided into small enough units to facilitate the smallest feasible transactions, or combined into large enough sums to facilitate the largest feasible transactions. We call this characteristic “divisibility”. All else being equal, a good that is more divisible will be more ideally suited to being used as money than a less divisible good.

Since you may want to buy something from someone who is some distance away from where you live, such as across town, or in a neighboring village, whatever you use for money should be easy to carry with you in the quantities that you will commonly need for spending. We call this characteristic “portability”, and it is also an important security feature for money to possess, because it allows people to more easily hide it away from would-be thieves. All else being equal, a good that is more portable will be more ideally suited to being used as money.

Since you want to be confident that the person you are buying from will accept your money as payment, you will want to use something that they will immediately be able to recognize as genuine, or else be able to verify quickly via some sort of test. If you use a rare metal, then they can verify it by weight. If you use a paper bill, they can verify it using hard to replicate security features, like watermarks, micro printing, etc. If you want them to honor it as payment, they have to be certain it isn’t fake. There’s a reason we have the term “fool’s gold” to refer to iron pyrite, after all. Only a fool would not be able to tell the difference between it and genuine gold. We call this characteristic “verifiability”, and goods that are more verifiable will tend to be more ideally suited to being used as money.

Another thing that may stand in the way of having your money accepted as payment is if the person you are trying to pay can tell where you got the money from. For instance, if they are a vegetarian, and your money is stamped with a mark that says you received it from working at a butcher shop, they may not want to accept your money as payment due to their moral principles. For this reason, one unit of anything being used as money should be indistinguishable from another unit of the same value, so that whoever is receiving it as payment has no reason to reject it based on its history. We call this characteristic “fungibility”, and a good that is more fungible will tend to be more ideally suited to being used as money.

Fungibility is also important for maintaining a standard valuation for each unit of the money. If every unit of a good is unique, then it is hard to know the value you have, and it’s also hard to know how to price what you want to sell. For instance, if you want to use small stones as your money, you can’t just say that you will work for 5 stones an hour, because one stone might be slightly larger than the others, another might be more round, and another might be a more rare and interesting shape or color. So, a money with units that are each identical will work much better than a money with widely varying units that are difficult to measure.

Since you may have a period of time between when you receive money as payment and when you want to spend it to purchase something else, and then the next person may have a period of time before they want to spend the same money, and on and on with each person who accepts it as payment thereafter, whatever you use as money should not be easily damaged or deteriorate over time. We call this characteristic “durability”, and once again, all else being equal, a good that is more durable will be more ideally suited to being used as money.

Part of the reason you want money to be durable is so that it maintains its value over time, as well. You don’t want to use a form of money that will buy you less goods tomorrow than it will today, and significantly less goods in a month, due to the damage or deterioration of the money itself. This is why perishable goods like apples or beans never really caught on as money. Without specific actions to preserve them, they tend to rot away very quickly, and no one will value an apple that is even just beginning to rot anywhere near how they would value a fresh apple, so the lifespan of an apple being used as money would only work for one or two consecutive transactions, and only if those transactions happened in a short period of time, while a more durable good could be used for years and years while retaining its value.

Money must retain value over time, not just so it can be used in multiple consecutive transactions, but because some things you want to purchase may take more time to save up for. Therefore, you will need to be able to set money aside with confidence that once you have saved the amount you need, the price will not have gone up significantly, requiring you to save up even longer. When you originally look at the price of an item, you instinctively consider how much of your labor and time it will take to pay for it based on the posted price. If the price goes up over time, due to the money you are using dropping in value, it means that the cost over time to save up for that item is much higher than at first appears, skewing your perspective on whether it is worth saving up for.

There are other characteristics besides durability that can have an effect on a good’s value over time, which will therefore also come into play for deciding whether it would make a good form of money. This ability to retain value over time is sometimes referred to as “hardness” or “salability across time”, and durability is only a portion of what contributes to a good’s hardness. If a good that is being used as money is not sufficiently hard, then people will be less and less willing to accept it as payment over time, since its value is always decreasing in relation to other goods, or else, they will require larger and larger quantities of it as payment for the same goods.

A major contributing factor to a good’s hardness is how much work is required to manufacture or otherwise acquire the good, outside of receiving it as a form of payment. If a form of money is too easy to acquire in quantity, then people will cease to do other forms of productive work to sell for that money, and instead will simply work to acquire the money directly, whether by mining it, gathering it, growing it, or manufacturing it, which will result in an ever increasing supply of the money, and a decreasing supply of all other goods. This will make the value of the money go down significantly over time, reflected in the price of all other goods going up. So, all other things being equal, the harder it is to acquire a good directly, the more likely that it will retain its value over time, and the more ideally suited it is to being used as money. We call this characteristic “scarcity”, and when various forms of money have failed throughout history, it has generally been due to them losing this characteristic.

Glass beads were once used as money in Africa, because they were difficult to make with the technology available, so they tended to retain their value over time. They could be used for purchasing very inexpensive items for just a few beads, or very expensive items for bags full of beads, so they were very divisible. Small glass beads were relatively durable, so they didn’t rot or break often, unlike larger items made out of glass, and they were also easily portable for most daily spending. They weren’t the most fungible goods, though, since each bead was unique and therefore some beads were valued higher than others, and some people preferred different shapes or colors of beads, while other people preferred completely different beads. However, it was not due to this lack of fungibility that glass beads ceased to be used as currency. It was because Europeans with superior technology, which allowed them to very cheaply manufacture large amounts of glass beads, came along and inflated the supply of the money.

The same is true for many other forms of money that could not maintain their value over time due to large increases to the money supply. At first, everyone thinks they are getting rich, because their sales are going through the roof, and they have more money than they have ever seen before, but after a time, they realize that everything they want to buy with that money has started to cost more, as well. This is called inflation. These days people will refer to any rise in prices as inflation, but traditionally it only refers to a general rise in prices due to increased supply of money in the economy.

Other reasons why prices might rise are usually temporary, and due to a shortage of supply, or an increase in demand, for that specific good. For instance, if a natural disaster hits a region particularly hard, then food and bottled water will become very expensive there, because much of the existing supply was likely damaged, and it may be a while before new supply can be brought in to replace it. At the same time, people who normally are able to drink water from their faucet may not have working plumbing, and they may not have food stored up for emergencies, creating a higher level of demand than usual. However, these spikes in price will not last forever. Prices will drop again when things go back to normal and supply lines are restored.

This is not the case when the supply of money is increased. Unless there is a mechanism to reduce the amount of money in the economy, or else permanently increase the amount of other goods, the price increases will be permanent. Increasing the amount of goods through increased productivity is possible, but it usually doesn’t affect all goods in the economy, because increased productivity for one good rarely translates to a similar increase of productivity for all goods. For instance, finding a way to grow more wheat doesn’t usually coincide with finding a way to build more homes. In fact, they might be inversely correlated, since growing more wheat likely requires more land, resulting in less space to build homes. So, wheat may get less expensive at the same time that homes become more expensive, and behind it all, the general prices of most other goods can still tend to become more expensive over time if the money supply is always growing.

Societies throughout history have tended to converge on a single form of money that has the best combination of these characteristics: divisibility, durability, portability, verifiability, fungibility, and scarcity. Some forms of money might have been less than ideal in one or two characteristics, but they possessed all the others. For instance, on the island of Yap, they used large limestones as money that were difficult to move, so they just kept track of the ownership without moving them, and it worked despite the lack of portability, because they were on a small island in a close-knit community. These limestones would have ceased to be useful as money if the number of people they needed to trade with, or the distance traveled for trade, expanded. Portability becomes a far more important characteristic under those circumstances.

The people of Yap no longer use those limestones as money, but not because they weren’t portable. Just like the glass beads in Africa, Europeans with superior technology came along and added many new limestones into the economy, driving down the value of each stone and obliterating the wealth of the community.

Historically, one form of money has outlasted others as a dominant currency for centuries, because its supply is not easy to inflate. I am speaking of precious metals, especially when minted into coins. Gold, silver, and other metals can be mined, but the process is hard work, which means that most people decide to focus on other productive work instead. Advances in technology have increased our efficiency at finding and extracting these metals, but not to the point that the new supply added to the economy each year is a significant portion of the total existing supply. This means that productivity for other goods generally outpaces the increased productivity in mining precious metals, thus they tend to retain their purchasing power or relative value over time, or even appreciate in value.

Yet, despite their nearly ideal characteristics to be used as money, precious metals still had some downsides. First, they aren’t always the most verifiable form of money. When they were minted into coins, other metals would often be added in small quantities so that it was hard to tell that it wasn’t pure gold or silver. Next, gold tended to be used for larger value transactions, since it wasn’t terribly divisible, while silver and other metals were used for more day-to-day transactions, but it proved difficult to maintain a predictable exchange rate between metals, because they didn’t have the same inflation rate. If only 3% more gold was added into the money supply each year, but 6% more silver was added, then silver would devalue compared to gold, and it would take more silver coins to be of equal value with one gold coin. This hurt the fungibility of the coins, and made it hard to know how to price goods. However, the lacking characteristic that proved to be the downfall of precious metals being used as money directly was their lack of portability.

As advances in technology resulted in people regularly traveling greater and greater distances, it became cumbersome to carry around metal coins. To resolve this problem, banks offered to hold precious metals on deposit, and issued receipts stating a value of gold or silver, transferable to anyone, and redeemable on demand. These receipts were the rudimentary beginnings of what would become the gold standard, where banks issued paper currency denominated in US Dollars or other currencies, with set exchange rates for turning them back in at the bank to redeem them for gold. This allowed people to forgo carrying around heavy coins, and increased the divisibility of the money at the same time. However, it introduced a new layer of trust, because depositors had to trust that the gold was actually on deposit to back up the paper money that represented it. As long as depositors were able to go into the bank and redeem the bank notes for gold whenever they wanted, there wasn’t an issue, and soon people were so used to the idea that they didn’t bother trying to redeem the bank notes unless they had a very specific need to do so.

This left a major loophole for banks to capitalize on. They knew that very little gold needed to be kept on hand compared to the number of bank notes they had issued, because so few people would ever want to exchange their bank notes back into gold. This meant that they could rehypothecate the gold they were holding by loaning out additional dollars over and above the value of the gold they had, trusting that they would not have too many people coming to redeem those dollars for the underlying gold at one time.

One of the largest borrowers of these dollars was the civil government, particularly during times of war. This led to the supply of dollars far exceeding the supply of gold that supposedly was backing it, and resulted in multiple occasions when convertibility of bank notes back into gold was suspended. Famously, FDR issued executive order 6102, prohibiting the private ownership of most gold, and requiring banks to transfer all gold deposited with them to the Federal Reserve Bank. Eventually private ownership of gold was restored, but the ability to convert US Dollars into gold was never restored for private citizens. Some semblance of a gold standard was maintained under the Breton Woods Agreement, with member nations able to exchange their US Dollar reserves for gold, but the exchange rate was set at $35 an oz, rather than the historical exchange rate since 1834 of $20.67 an oz. In 1971, even this semblance of a gold standard was abandoned, though Nixon said it was "temporary" at the time, resulting in the monetary system we have today, which uses cash and digital dollars, without any backing except the demand of other nations—who currently need dollars to purchase oil—and the military might of the US government.

Since 1971, the supply of US dollars that can actually be estimated with any confidence has gone from about $600 billion to about $22 trillion at the time of writing, which is an increase of nearly 3,700%, with about 1/5 of that occurring just in the last two years alone. As a result, the purchasing power of the US Dollar has also dropped about 86% in the same period of time. This means the US Dollar severely lacks the characteristic of hardness, or salability across time. Yet, it remains the dominant currency in the world simply because the vast majority of other fiat currencies are even worse off.

So, why hasn’t our society reverted back to using a harder money like gold and silver coins? The answer is simple: We want to continue to be able to engage in trade at vast distances nearly instantaneously. Since the development of the internet, we have been able to purchase all sorts of things from people and businesses all around the globe. Can you imagine using gold and silver coins as money again in this type of an economy? We would have to be willing to send them in the mail, and wait long periods of time to receive the goods, hoping that no one stole the money in transit. Even though US Dollars are terrible for saving for the future, they are vastly superior to any other commonly accepted form of money for transacting at a distance, particularly in their digital form, facilitated via credit and debit cards and other digital money transfer methods.

It leaves us with a bit of a conundrum. If we want to have a hard money, we must sacrifice our ability to transact at a distance, and if we want to continue to buy things from outside of our local communities, we must sacrifice the ability to save our money for the future. We have generally opted for the latter route, and have looked to other means for saving, usually by turning to speculative risk in stocks and other investments.

Many people have reverted to gold for saving, though they still use the dollar for day to day commerce. Others use mutual funds, bonds, and other investment vehicles. However, when we do so, these things begin to take on what is called a “monetary premium”, which is simply a way of differentiating the level of demand that a good would have for its inherent usefulness, compared to the additional demand added by people choosing to use it as a savings vehicle. For instance, gold has a certain amount of usefulness for creating jewelry and electronic components. If that’s all that people ever did with it, its price would likely be far less than it is now. However, people also choose to store their wealth by purchasing and holding it for years, taking it out of the available supply for other uses. The more people who do so, the more its price will increase. The price increase that can be attributed to people using gold as a savings vehicle is the monetary premium.

Goods can only maintain a monetary premium if their supply is hard to increase. Otherwise, when a good begins to show a monetary premium due to its price rising, it will encourage people to bring more of it to market, until the supply can meet the demand, and the price goes back down to near the cost of production, eliminating the monetary premium, and discouraging people from using it as a savings vehicle. So, again, scarcity becomes an important factor in any good developing and maintaining a monetary premium, even if that good is never used as money for day to day commerce.

It would be far more ideal for people to be able to store value in the money itself, rather than having to resort to other goods that can be highly volatile in their price, resulting in the risk of losing their principle. But how do we get around the problem that highly portable forms of money in our digital age also tend to lack scarcity, and therefore cannot hold their value over time? If we could imagine the ideal form of money for our digital and global economy, what would be its characteristics?

It would be a digital form of money that could be sent from anyone to anyone else instantaneously in any amount, so that it is both highly portable, and highly divisible. Its supply would somehow be limited intrinsically, so that no one person, group of people, or government could increase its supply at a whim; this way it can be truly scarce and therefore maintain its value over time. It would be easy to keep away from thieves, without sacrificing the ability to spend it when desired. It would not maintain a history of transfers that could be linked to the identity of the person transacting, so as to ensure it will be accepted by anyone. And finally, it would be issued in a way that requires real-world time and energy to be spent, so that its existence is provably costly and decentralized.

With only one possible exception, I have just described Bitcoin, a digital currency invented in 2008, and which has been running almost entirely uninterrupted since it went live in January of 2009. Bitcoin is more portable and divisible than the fiat currencies we use today, and yet more provably scarce and verifiable than gold and silver coinage. It excels in every characteristic of money mentioned above except fungibility, and that only on the base layer. However, because it is going from zero adoption to millions of people using it in such a short period of time, its price is highly volatile. As a result, it currently proves to be an excellent store of value for time horizons of 5+ years, but not yet an ideal medium of exchange for day to day commerce.

For more details on how Bitcoin works, so that it has such ideal characteristics for use as money, see the next article in this series: Part 2 - Bitcoin’s Invention and Monetary Characteristics.

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Accepting Bitcoin

To accept bitcoin all you need is a bitcoin wallet.

You share your customer the receive address orQR code and get paid!

Bitcoin Wallet limitations when invoicing

Using a bitcoin wallet gives access to the user to steal your funds, if you are the business owner this is no problem. But you would not want to give access to your accountant, book-keeper or employee.

Businesses want an invoice of custom line items, taxes, addresses and PDF copies. This is not possible with a bitcoin wallet.

The solution

Zaprite

Zaprite is an accounting tool to invoice your customers. You can get paid in Bitcoin, the Lightning Network, Liquid, Stripe and much more all on one invoice.

I have used Zaprite to invoice and want to share with other business owners.

Brief overview

Pros

• No KYC
• No Fees
• xpub and change addresses
• Integration with Stripe, Strike, IBEX, Lightning network, Liquid, IBEX, E-transfer, ACH, and more!
• Customizable company invoice
• Expenses and tasks
• Contacts
• Payment notifications
• Multiple languages

Cons

• Need to have a bitcoin wallet knowledge to a receive address or xpub.
• Not a full accounting software replacement yet.

Getting Started

Zapright is available to anyone in the world in multiple different languages.

All you need to get started is: 1. email 2. password

Zaprite takes no KYC information unlike competitor Opennode.

Company Set Up

First step is set up your account.

Your company information is what will appear on your invoices for your customer.

The company profile section is where you can customize your branding for Zaprite users and checkout page.

This includes a username that can also be used as lightning address for lightning payments.

Checkout Page

Next step is to configure your checkout page by configuring all connections.

This is an optional step as you can just provide a bitcoin payment address per invoice.

All configured connections will show on your checkout page.

Configuring Bitcoin:

Again this is an optional step but a great privacy practice.

To protect your privacy on-chain its recommend you connect your Extended Public Key (xpub).

An xpub is a master address for your receive addresses within your wallet. It's not available on all wallets, check if your wallet has it first.

It will then ask you to confirm your address.

Invoicing

First step is to add a contact including their business information.

You can then change the invoice title add a PO, number, payment terms and currency.

You can choose already created items under tasks or input a unique line item.

Within each line item you can change the tax, price, and description.

Under payments you can choose what your customer sees at checkout by selecting what you have configured. Or put in a bitcoin receive address.

The invoice is then saved as a draft.

Sending

You can send an invoice via email or share link.

Once an invoice is sent it can no longer be edited. Make sure you have everything correct prior to sending.

Your customer will see your checkout screen when paying an invoice.

You can also download a PDF version of the invoice.

Thats it!

Get Started with Zaprite today!

Visit Bitcoin Starting Point for more of my reviews or if you need help.

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The Wise Path: Critiquing Single-Issue Voting and Nurturing Individual Liberty

Introduction:

In the realm of politics, single-issue voting has gained prominence as a strategy to promote specific policies. However, it is crucial to examine the potential pitfalls it poses for individual liberty. By prioritizing one policy above all else, there is a risk of circumscribing freedoms and perpetuating the dominance of statism through coercive cycles of "strategic" participation. This essay delves into the perspectives on voting as a form of "self-defense" rather than consent, the demand for alternatives that uphold autonomy, the construction of parallel decentralized systems, the importance of grassroots education, and the role of developers in empowering ordinary citizens.

I. Voting as Self-Defense: Preserving Liberty Amidst Unjust Frameworks

When viewing voting as an act of self-defense, rather than mere consent, we recognize that participation in unjust frameworks inadvertently legitimizes oppression. By prioritizing a single issue, individuals risk compromising their broader liberties. Therefore, a judicious approach is required, one that carefully considers the consequences of each vote and seeks to uphold autonomy.

II. Constructing Parallel Decentralized Systems: A Prudent Strategy

To insulate communities from the caprice of politics, it is sensible to construct parallel sovereign, decentralized systems. By doing so, we can mitigate the risks associated with single-issue voting and avoid relying on simplistic remedies. Embracing multifaceted resistance empowers individuals to challenge oppressive systems, fostering resilience against fiscal manipulation and other forms of coercion.

III. Grassroots Education: Cultivating Resilience and Empowering Individuals

Grassroots education plays a pivotal role in nurturing resilience against the pitfalls of single-issue voting. By enhancing understanding and awareness, individuals become equipped to navigate and challenge oppressive systems. This grassroots approach fosters a society that is better prepared to protect and advance individual liberties.

IV. Developers: Upholding Technical Sovereignty for Future Generations

Developers deserve heightened acclaim for their contributions in engineering tools that empower ordinary citizens. Their efforts in upholding technical sovereignty ensure that future generations can safely harness enlightened sciences free from centralized dominion. By providing individuals with the means to navigate and control their own technological experiences, developers play a vital role in nurturing individual liberty.

V. Principles Over Promises: Advancing Liberties through Collaborative Acts

While factions may leverage transitory political tides, true permanence arises through the diligent application of principles, not mere promises. Each collaborative act that expands understanding and fortifies infrastructure concretely advances individual liberties. Abstract charters alone cannot guarantee the preservation of these fundamental rights; it is through focused efforts and the cultivation of voluntary frameworks that we render coercive diktats obsolete.

Closing Thoughts

In conclusion, a judicious treatment of single-issue voting is essential to safeguard individual liberty. By recognizing voting as an act of self-defense, demanding alternatives that uphold autonomy, constructing parallel decentralized systems, nurturing grassroots education, and acknowledging the contributions of developers, we can navigate the potential pitfalls of single-issue voting. Through these focused efforts, we cultivate voluntary frameworks that render coercive dictates obsolete, fostering prospering alternatives that truly respect self-determination. It is in this way that we can safeguard and advance individual liberties for generations to come.

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Posthumous work of the Colombian poet born in Don Matias on January 20, 1948.

Welcome to this blog dedicated to the Posthumous work of the Colombian poet Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares born in Don Matias on January 20, 1948-2011. Where I will be publishing each of the 170 sonnets from his unpublished collection 'Sonnets For The Twenty First Century And A Circadian Musical (1984-1987).' Analyzed with GPT4 artificial intelligence and illustrated with AI tools... I hope you enjoy this garden of words snatched from the solitude of a locked room.

Likewise, any enthusiast of the sonnet form is invited to conduct their personal studies of Arroyave Tabares' work, as it is a collection that, although registered since 1989, has not yet been published.

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Sonnet 94 by Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares

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Home Celebration

The pleasures of my mind I unfolded To destroy ennui and melancholy 2 And opened wide the doors to harmony While a new stage for love I scaffolded. 4

Sky that yesterday all my dreams scolded Inspires me now a full tranquility That goes all the way to eternity Around which my life and aims I molded.

Nature hints a secret celebration And offers me its universal dome Where only God has more adoration. His lucid sun that to my soul has come 12 Is showing bright smiles of exultation For those that also celebrate my home. ***

2-.ennui= boredom. 4-.to scaffold= to furnish or uphold a stand or stage with an elevated plataforn. 12-. lucid= bright, shinning. ```

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Analysis "Home Celebration"

Introduction

Sonnet 94 by Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares, titled "Home Celebration," is a beautiful exploration of the speaker's inner world and his relationship with the external environment. The sonnet follows the traditional structure of a sonnet with 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme.

Thematic Analysis

The first quatrain (lines 1-4) introduces the speaker's mental state, where he combats "ennui and melancholy" by opening himself to "harmony" and love. The phrase "a new stage for love I scaffolded" suggests the speaker's active role in creating a space for positive emotions, indicating a sense of resilience and self-determination.

The second quatrain (lines 5-8) contrasts the speaker's past and present relationship with the sky, a symbol often associated with dreams, aspirations, and the divine. The speaker's dreams were once "scolded" by the sky, suggesting a period of disappointment or disillusionment. However, the sky now inspires "tranquility" that extends to "eternity," indicating a shift towards peace and acceptance.

The first tercet (lines 9-11) introduces the theme of nature's "secret celebration." The speaker feels welcomed into nature's "universal dome," a metaphor for the world or universe, suggesting a sense of belonging and unity with the natural world. The speaker's adoration for nature is only surpassed by God, indicating a deep reverence for the divine.

The final tercet (lines 12-14) introduces the "lucid sun," a symbol of enlightenment and joy. The sun's "bright smiles of exultation" suggest a sense of joy and celebration. The final line, "For those that also celebrate my home," suggests that this joy is shared with others who appreciate the speaker's "home," which could be interpreted literally as his physical home or metaphorically as his inner world or personal philosophy.

Overall, "Home Celebration" is a sonnet that explores themes of self-discovery, resilience, unity with nature, and shared joy. It reflects the speaker's journey from melancholy to tranquility, from isolation to unity, and from disillusionment to celebration..

Rhyme Scheme

Sonnet 94 by Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares follows the structure of a Petrarchan sonnet, which is divided into an octave (the first eight lines) and a sestet (the last six lines). The rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan sonnet is typically ABBA ABBA for the octave and CDE CDE or CDC CDC for the sestet. However, there can be variations in the sestet's rhyme scheme.

Let's analyze the rhyme scheme of this sonnet:

1. The pleasures of my mind I unfolded (A)

2. To destroy ennui and melancholy (B)

3. And opened wide the doors to harmony (B)

4. While a new stage for love I scaffolded. (A)

5. Sky that yesterday all my dreams scolded (A)

6. Inspires me now a full tranquility (B)

7. That goes all the way to eternity (B)

8. Around which my life and aims I molded. (A)

9. Nature hints a secret celebration (C)

10. And offers me its universal dome (D)

11. Where only God has more adoration. (C)

12. His lucid sun that to my soul has come (D)

13. Is showing bright smiles of exultation (C)

14. For those that also celebrate my home. (D)

The octave follows the ABBA ABBA rhyme scheme perfectly. The sestet, following a CDC DCD rhyme scheme.

In this sonnet, the consistent rhyme scheme helps to create a sense of harmony and unity, reflecting the themes of tranquility, unity with nature, and shared joy that are explored in the poem.

Additional Aspects to Analyze

While we've covered the rhyme scheme and thematic analysis of Sonnet 94 by Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares, there are still several aspects that can be further explored, including its use of imagery, meter, and tone.

1. Imagery: The sonnet is rich in vivid imagery that helps to evoke specific emotions and ideas. For instance, the "doors to harmony" and the "new stage for love" in the first quatrain create a sense of openness and possibility. The "sky" and "lucid sun" in the second quatrain and final tercet respectively, are powerful symbols of aspiration, enlightenment, and joy. The "universal dome" in the first tercet is a grand image that suggests a sense of awe and unity with the universe.

2. Meter: The sonnet appears to follow the iambic pentameter, which is a common meter in English sonnets. This means each line typically has five pairs of syllables, with the stress falling on the second syllable of each pair. For example, in the line "The pleasures of my mind I unfolded," we can see this pattern: "The PLEA-sures OF my MIND I un-FOLD-ed." The consistent rhythm created by the iambic pentameter gives the poem a musical quality and helps to emphasize certain words and ideas.

3. Tone: The tone of the sonnet is introspective and celebratory. The speaker begins by reflecting on his mental state and his efforts to combat "ennui and melancholy." As the poem progresses, the tone shifts to a more celebratory mood, as the speaker finds tranquility, unity with nature, and shared joy. The final line, "For those that also celebrate my home," leaves the reader with a sense of shared celebration and community.

4. Language and Diction: The sonnet uses formal and elevated language, which is typical of traditional sonnets. The use of words like "ennui," "scaffolded," and "exultation" contribute to the poem's formal tone. The poet also uses a few French and Latin words, which adds to the sophistication of the poem.

5. Symbolism: The sonnet is rich in symbolism. The "doors to harmony" symbolize openness to positive emotions and experiences, the "sky" and "lucid sun" symbolize aspiration and enlightenment, and the "universal dome" symbolizes the universe and the speaker's unity with it. These symbols help to convey the poem's themes in a more nuanced and impactful way.

6. Structure: As a Petrarchan sonnet, the poem is divided into an octave and a sestet. The octave typically presents a problem or conflict, while the sestet offers a resolution or response. In this sonnet, the octave explores the speaker's mental state and his relationship with the sky, while the sestet introduces the themes of nature's celebration and shared joy. This structure helps to create a sense of progression and resolution in the poem.

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Count the syllables of each line of the poem

(www.howmanysyllables.com)

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Home Celebration

10 The pleasures of my mind I unfolded 10 To destroy ennui and melancholy
10 And opened wide the doors to harmony 10 While a new stage for love I scaffolded.

10 Sky that yesterday all my dreams scolded 10 Inspires me now a full tranquility 10 That goes all the way to eternity 10 Around which my life and aims I molded.

10 Nature hints a secret celebration 10 And offers me its universal dome 10 Where only God has more adoration. 10 His lucid sun that to my soul has come
10 Is showing bright smiles of exultation 10 For those that also celebrate my home. ***

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Sonnets For The Twenty First Century And A Circadian Musical Written By Francisco Luis Arroyave Tabares (1984-1987)

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Project EcoToken: Revolutionizing Sustainability through Tokenization

Sustainability and environmental consciousness have become integral values in today's world. As the global community seeks innovative ways to promote eco-friendly practices and reward environmentally conscious choices, a groundbreaking initiative called Project EcoToken has emerged. This pioneering project leverages the power of blockchain and tokenization to create a transformative ecosystem that encourages and rewards the adoption of eco-friendly products and services.

The Urgency of Environmental Responsibility

With growing concerns about climate change and the depdletion of natural resources, the need for sustainable practices has never been more pressing. Individuals and businesses alike are searching for practical ways to contribute to a greener future. However, the challenge lies in incentivizing and tracking these efforts effectively.

Introducing Project EcoToken

Project EcoToken is not merely a digital concept; it's a visionary solutfion aimed at fostering environmental sustainability through blockchain technology. By tokenizing eco-friendly products and services, this project aims to create a comprehensive ecosystem where individuals and businesses can actively participate in promoting sustainability while being rewarded for their cogntributions.

Key Objectives and Features

1. Tokenized Eco-Products: Project EcoToken tokenizes eco-friendly products and segrvices, allowing consumers to make informed choices by verifying the environmental impact of their purchases.

2. EcoRewards: Participants are rewarded with EcoTokens for choosing sustainable options, such as using renewable energy sources, reducing waste, and supporting ethical businesses.

3. Transparent Impact: The blockchain ledger ensures transparency and traceability, enabling users to track the positive environmental impact of their choices.

4. Community Engagement: Project EcoToken fosters a commgunity of eco-conscious individuals and businesses, encouraging collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Empowering Sustainability in the Web3 Era

The impact of Project EcoToken extends far beyond the realm of tokenization:

• Behavioral Shift: By incentivizing eco-friendly choices, Project EcoToken encourages a shift towards more sustainable consumption patterns.

• Consumer Empowerment: Consumers gain the power to support products and services aligned with their values, ultimately influencing market demand.

• Positive Impact: The transparent tracking of environmental contributions builds a sense of achievement and collective impact.

• Global Network: As the project gains traction, it has the potential to create a global network of participants committed to sustainable practices.

Paving the Way for a Greener Future

As Project EcoToken evolves, collaboration with environmental organizations, businesses, and tech innovators will shape its trajectory. The project's commitment to promoting eco-friendly practices through tokenization aligns perfectly with the growing demand for sustainable solutions.

In a world where environmental responsibility is paramount, Project EcoToken stands as a symbol of positive change. By tokenizing eco-friendly products and services, the project envisions a future where every purchase becomes an opportunity to contribute to a more sustainable planet. As Project EcoToken gains momentum and garners support from individuals, businesses, and advocates of environmental conservation, it has the potential to transform the way we approach consumption and collectively work towards a greener, more sustainable future.

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This article original was published in nostr.com and it is shared in here for convenience and fast acces within YakiHonne client. All credit goes to https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr

Clients are the way that you access and interact with the Nostr protocol.

What's a client?

A client in Nostr is just the app that you use to access and interact with the protocol. It's like the Twitter iOS app or web app that you use to interact with Twitter's feed of tweets.

Because the Nostr protocol is very simple and flexible, different clients have approached the protocol in different ways: some try to make the experience look exactly like Twitter, others try to highlight the importance of relays to the protocol and expose that to users, and others try to use heuristics and algorithms to ensure the maximum degree of censorship-resistance without burdening users too much.

Can I switch clients?

Yes. Because a client is just a way to access the underlying data held by relays, you can switch clients or sign into as many clients as you'd like. As long as each client is looking at the same set of relays for their data, you'll see the same messages in each client.

Should I enter my private key in the client?

Generally, it's better not to enter your private key into any client. Most clients that ask for private keys do their absolute best to keep your key secure but given the nature of software, there are always breaches, exploits, and bugs that could potentially expose your private key.

Remember, your private key is your identity in Nostr, so if it is compromised you'll lose your followers and will have to start from scratch rebuilding your identity.

A few of the already existed clients

Web

• Snort, an easy-to-use client with great onboarding.
• Coracle, an experimental client that is advancing the UX and internals of social media.
• Iris, a client that throws you in instantly.

iOS

• Damus, the first Nostr client to be banned in China.
• Primal, a very fast client that relies on server-side caching.

iOS and Android

• Plebstr, a closed-source client that is beautiful, fast and smooth.
• ZBD, a custodial, hosted client for ZBD users.
• Current, a client that comes with a built-in Bitcoin wallet.

Android

• Amethyst, a client that has all the features you might imagine.
• Nozzle, a very lean client, but still a work-in-progress.

Desktop

• Gossip, a native client that tries to efficiently follow people in wherever relay they happen to be, made in Rust with egui.
• more-speech, a client that gives you a powerful global view and way of interacting with custom filtering based on web-of-trust and relay selection, made in Clojure. Check out a guide here.
• Lume, an ambitious client made with Tauri.

What are relays ?

Relays are like the backend servers for Nostr. They allow Nostr clients to send them messages, and they may (or may not) store those messages and broadcast those messages to all other connected clients.

The world of relays is changing fast so expect many changes here in the future. One thing to note, because Nostr is decentralized and depends on relays to store and retreive data, if you notice that your Nostr client feels slow, it's most likely due to the relays that you're using. It might be worth adding a few more relays to your client.

Where can I find a list of relays?

The best resource we've found for browsing and assessing the speed of known relays is the nostr.watch site.

What happens if all the relays I use stop working?

If all the relays that you have used in the past go offline, all your posts will be unretrievable. This is one reason that Nostr allows users to connect to many relays – this ensures some degree of backup. That said, if you're really interested in being uncensorable, you can run your own personal relay.

Should i run my own relay?

For most people, no, it's not worth the hassle. That said, if you're technical and want to ensure that your speech is absolutely uncensorable, then you can and should run your own relay. This ensures that you always have a copy of all your Nostr posts and interactions for all time. Here is a guide from Andre Neves for hosting your own relay under 5 minutes

How can someone find me in a personal or obscure relay?

You should be able to hint where you are publishing to to people that may be interested by using the NIP-19 nprofile code or the NIP-05 "relays" field.

If you manage to (and your client helps) you can publish a list of the relays you use to multiple other relays that you don't, so others can find that list and start following you were you are.

Finally, clients from others should include relay hints in events that mention or reply to you, the hints should point to where your notes can be found, so that can give clients a clue.

What public relays exist?

The nostr.watch website keeps a very complete list that has a bunch of information about each relay, not only their address.

How to contribute?

Here are some ways you can contribute to the success of Nostr:

1. Contribute to your favorite client, try to come up with approaches that both make Nostr fun and useful and also promote decentralization and ultra-interoperability
2. Start a new client if you think you have new approaches and ideas to contribute that wouldn't fit in an existing app
3. Check out https://bountsr.com/ for things that might interest you
4. Use Nostr, think about it, and let others know what you have seen in this crazy new idea that has captured your imagination
5. Give feedback to client authors, but patiently
6. Create or contribute to bounties on https://bountsr.com/
7. Give money to people that are doing things you think are good
8. Write explainers and curated resources, put them online so they can help others
9. Check how your skills can help Nostr software or the mission of spreading the Nostr world, partner with others that may be searching for that
10. If you have a good, concrete, real-world use case for Nostr that you want to use yourself and others might want to, bring it up and it's likely that someone else will be interested in building it
11. Annoy content creators, people banned from social media and other personalities that you follow that you think may be interested in Nostr until they look at it

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It seems like blogstack is meant to replace Substack if not already apparent by the name. If that's the case, it's already better in a few ways.

1. Hit the ground running

I'm already getting started out of the gate with more readers than I would have if I just started a Substack. This, of course, is due to the fact that I'm creating on top of a protocol where I'm able to have the same audience across all clients of that protocol. This is in stark contrast to the legacy apps from centralized entities where you have to corral your audience from one platform to the next.

2. Readers need not subscribe

Technically, if you're following me, you're subscribed. But you don't have to subscribe for a set price and amount of time (e.g. $5/month or $50/year). I believe this is a win for both of us as I can write my best notes and you can choose to reward me as you see fit. Value 4 value.

3. More conducive to conversation

Writing on Substack felt like writing into a void, with little to no feedback. A post shows up in my readers' inbox and I'll see some stats on whether it was opened or not. That's it. Based on what I've seen so far, blog posts created on Nostr appear in the client apps (e.g Damus, Primal, and Plebstr) as just another note, but with nice formatting and such. From there, I can receive zaps, shakas, comments, and even be reposted.

This is just the beginning. Right now, I'm using blogstack. But what's to stop me from using another tool down the line? I'll have the ability to do so by simply connecting my private key. Can't wait to see what new tools are created down the line.

So ₿ULLISH on #Nostr

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Bitcoin; A Beacon of Hope, in the Troubled Waters of the Fiat Money System. An Ethical and Social Science Perspective

I. Setting the Scene

In the saga of economics the fiat money system has taken center stage for more than a century. This system, where our money isn't backed by a commodity but by our trust in institutions has faced numerous crises that have exposed its inherent flaws. As a student of sciences I recognize the impact this has on societal well being, economic stability and power dynamics. The storyline of this system is riddled with turns such as inflation, debt cycles and power concentration among a few resulting in economic disparities and social unrest.

Imagine living in a world where your earned savings could vanish overnight due to decisions made away in corporate boardrooms. This is not some fiction but an unfortunate reality for many under our current fiat money system. In this essay we delve into Bitcoin—a cryptocurrency—as a protagonist, within this narrative. By exploring the social science principles that form the foundation of Bitcoin, our goal is to bring awareness to how our monetary system impacts our freedom, fundamental rights and democracy. Additionally we will delve into how Bitcoin has the potential to reshape this narrative.

II. Background: The Evolution of Money and the Current State of the Fiat Money System

Money the lifeblood of our economies has undergone changes, throughout history reflecting the evolving needs and technological advancements of societies. From barter systems to metals, paper currency and now the digital era each transformation has left its mark on our journey through time.

The fiat money system, which currently governs our economy has been the force for the century. However it resembles a sandcastle built close to the waters edge— to inflation and economic instability. Picture a castle where central banks hold the keys to influence your moneys value at their discretion. This is how our fiat money system operates. In this essay we will explore whether Bitcoins decentralized nature can reshape this landscape by offering a fair economic terrain.[1][2]

III. The Flaws in the Fiat Money System

Imagine envisioning the economy as a web interconnecting various nodes, with the U.S. Dollar acting as its central hub—the reigning fiat currency. The current economic system, which has been the foundation of our economies is displaying signs of strain. Fiat money, in essence is a currency that isn't tied to a commodity. Instead its value derives from the trust we have in the government that issues it (Wilck, Lynch, & Kauffmann, 2014).

Imagine a seesaw with banks on one side and ordinary individuals on the other. The control that banks have over the money supply can disrupt the balance. Result in inflation. This inflation gradually erodes peoples purchasing power. Creates instability. Moreover our system relies heavily on debt—a bit like a house of cards. Money is generated through lending practices leading to cycles of boom and bust that can jeopardize well being. These problems extend beyond economics. Contribute to widening inequality and instability.[3]

IV. The Unintended Consequences of Fiat Money

The impact of this can be especially harmful, for individuals with fixed incomes or limited savings. Take, for instance the decision made by the United States to abandon the gold standard in 1971. Since then the purchasing power of the U.S. Dollar has significantly decreased by, than 85% showcasing how inflation relentlessly eats away at its value.

The debt that emerges as a result of the fiat money system has repercussions leading to crises, social inequality and international instability. These consequences further exacerbate the divide, among groups.

Imagine a society where the gap between the wealthy and the impoverished continuously widens with each cycle. In such a society ones stability in life can be disrupted by decisions made in banking boardrooms. This is the reality we face due to the existence of the fiat money system. Hence it raises a question; Is it possible for us to navigate a path? Can Bitcoin, as a cryptocurrency serve as our guiding light, towards a balanced and fair economic landscape?

V. Bitcoin; A Revolutionary Response, to an Imperfect System

In the aftermath of the 2008 crisis, when economies were crumbling and faith in financial institutions was fading a new kind of currency emerged. Bitcoin, a currency came into existence as a reaction to the perceived flaws of the conventional financial system. Imagine it as a phoenix rising not from ashes but from the ruins left behind by a catastrophe.

The underlying philosophy of Bitcoin is to separate money from the control of governments—a concept that has gained momentum since the crisis. Its design principles, such as decentralization, fixed money supply and proof of work mechanisms position it as an alternative to our current fiat money system.[3][5].

VI. Bitcoin; A Beacon of Ethical Efficiency

In contrast, with the fiat money system Bitcoin has been specifically crafted to address many of its problems. Operating as a currency means that it functions without relying on any central authority. Consequently it cannot be influenced by governments or central banks for their benefit. Is safeguarded against manipulation by a privileged few individuals. The supply of bitcoins is fixed, with only 21 million ever to be produced. This scarcity sets it apart from currencies, which can be printed without limitations.

Bitcoins core design principles include decentralization, transparency and immutability. These ensure that all transactions are transparent and cannot be changed, providing a level of security and trust compared to financial systems. Additionally it eliminates the need, for intermediaries resulting in cost reduction and increased efficiency.

One key feature of Bitcoin is its Proof of Work (PoW) consensus mechanism. Despite concerns about its energy consumption it's important to note that this energy usage is necessary for the security of the system. Miners solve problems using computational power and energy to validate transactions and secure the network effectively. While the total energy consumption may seem significant according to Wolfram Alphas data it serves as a trade off, for the security and decentralization benefits it offers [2].

VII. Practical Applications and Advantages of Bitcoin

Bitcoins potential goes beyond theory; it has already been put into practice across sectors demonstrating its applications and benefits. These real life examples demonstrate how Bitcoin can address concerns linked to the fiat money system, such, as transparency and decentralization.

Bitcoin as Legal Tender: The Case of El Salvador[6]

In a historic move, El Salvador became the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021. This bold step signifies Bitcoin's growing acceptance and its potential to serve as a viable alternative to traditional fiat currencies. The country's move to embrace Bitcoin has opened up new possibilities for financial inclusion, economic growth, and innovation.

VIII. The Challenges and Criticisms of Bitcoin

According to a study, by Bonneau, Miller, Clark, Narayanan, Kroll and Felten in 2015 it was observed that the value of Bitcoin can fluctuate greatly which can result in losses for users. This volatility may discourage users. Undermine Bitcoins reliability as a stable form of value storage.

Another concern raised is the impact of Bitcoin mining. The mining process involves solving problems to validate transactions and add them to the blockchain requiring substantial computational power and energy. This has sparked worries about the carbon footprint associated with Bitcoin especially considering the pressing need to address climate change. Critics argue that this is wasteful; however they fail to consider the security and efficiency provided by Proof of Work (PoW). PoW makes the Bitcoin network highly resistant to attacks, necessitating energy consumption as an aspect of maintaining a global transaction system.

Bitcoin has also faced criticism for its association with activities like money laundering and illegal trade due to its nature. Consequently there have been calls, for regulation and oversight that could potentially undermine Bitcoins nature and privacy advantages (Sas & Khairuddin 2017).

The regulation of Bitcoin remains an issue. While there are some who argue against it expressing concerns, about activities and market stability there are others, including myself who believe that Bitcoins inherent design principles make it self regulating. The transparency of its blockchain and the decentralized nature of Bitcoin create a system where market forces and network consensus drive its operation and governance [2].

IX. Conclusion

As we find ourselves at the intersection of evolution the current fiat money system presents its challenges such as inflation, economic disparity and centralized control. This calls for a shift. Enter Bitcoin. A beacon of hope in the landscape. Its decentralized nature and limited money supply offer an alternative to the system.

From an ethical and social sciences perspective Bitcoin is more than a currency. It serves as a tool for promoting inclusion reducing inequality and outlining a blueprint for a more democratic financial system. The urgency for regulation on Bitcoin may not be as immediate as some might think. Its design principles inherently provide security, transparency and fairness while effectively bypassing the shortcomings of the fiat money system.

Envision a world where money isn't controlled by a rather acts as a democratic medium accessible to all individuals. Bitcoin brings us closer, to this vision of reality. It tackles shortcomings that exist within the fiat currency system and signifies a notable advancement, in the progression of money. The potential for Bitcoin to reshape our system into one that's fairer and more effective is not just an abstract idea but something we can realistically achieve. As we navigate the path in finance Bitcoin serves as a guiding light offering a voyage, towards a financial landscape that is more inclusive, equitable and open.

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Footnotes

1. Yermack, D. (2013). Is Bitcoin a real currency? An economic appraisal. National Bureau of Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.3386/w19747 [↩]
2. Nakamoto, S. (2008). Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System. https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf [↩]
3. Saraswat, S., Chauhan, V., & Faujdar, N. (2016). Analysis on Crypto-Currency. International Journal of Computer Applications, 144(6), 975-8887. https://dx.doi.org/10.21172/1.91.28 [↩]
4. Saraswat, S., Chauhan, V., & Faujdar, N. (2016). Analysis on Crypto-Currency. International Journal of Computer Applications, 144(6), 975-8887. https://dx.doi.org/10.21172/1.91.28 [↩]
5. Monem, M., Ahmad, A., Jumana, R., Ahmed, R., & Arif, H. (2020). Efficient Blockchain System based on Proof of Segmented Work. 2020 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP), 1717-1722. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TENSYMP50017.2020.9231027 [↩]
6. El Salvador: Launching Bitcoin as Legal Tender - Case - Faculty & Research - Harvard Business School (hbs.edu) https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=62068 [↩]

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Fauzi, M. A., Paiman, N., & Othman, Z. (2020). Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency: Challenges, Opportunities and Future Works. Retrieved from https://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2020.vol7.no8.695

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Introdução

Parte da população se encontra incapaz de analisar o futebol por além do campo, ou mesmo por além da mídia, não possuem também capacidade de observar os processos racionais de decisões dos jogadores sobre seus projetos de carreira fora do que é vazado pela imprensa, não observam os jogadores como atletas somente, mas como subcelebridades sem que saibam. É claro que esses fatores danificam quaisquer análises sobre as recentes decisões de ícones do futebol em determinadas decisões tomadas em suas carreiras, no caso falamos sobre decisões baseadas em fugas dos holofotes da Europa e rumos ao mundo árabe e à América do Norte, quando não, à América do Sul como um destino alternativo já não tão rentável.

Vamos sintetizar de forma prática à reação do público que consome o futebol, dizem uns de acordo com o que se mostra nesse thread do X:

https://twitter.com/oocbrsao/status/1690756075790716928?s=20

O mesmo se dá à Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Benzema, Fabinho, Mendy (goleiro), Sérgio Busquets, Cavani, Jamez Rodrigues, Lucas Moura e outros que rumaram do principal palco do futebol espetacularizado no mundo e tomaram rumo aos mercados alternativos do futebol, vemos assim que os fãs do esporte cometem o erro de praticarem reducionismos e crer que o único motivo pelo qual jogadores decidem sair da Europa é o dinheiro, porém esse ensaio existe para provar que todos são enganados por essas impressões, ou seja, será aqui mostrado que o problema é mais profundo do que aparenta.

O palco do futebol de alta prateleira é na Europa, mas não é europeu

Dos últimos campeões e finalistas da UEFA Champions League, desde 2013, apenas o Bayern de Munique possui parcial controle por parte de grupos financeiros europeus como acionistas majoritários e gerência autônoma europeia, alemã no caso, por se tratar de um clube que adota um modelo cooperativo, os demais clubes ou são geridos por grupos financeiros estrangeiros, ou árabes (a exemplo do Manchester City, gerido pelo City Group, e campeão da temporada 2022/2023), ou chineses (caso do finalista da UCL 2022/2023, Internazionale Milano, gerido pelo Suning Holding Gruop) ou norte-americanos (caso do Liverpool no momento que conquistou a "orelhuda" da temporada 2018/2019, o grupo que até agora gere o clube é o Fenway Sports Group), e quando não são geridos possuem pelo menos grupos e corporações estrangeiras como acionistas majoritários, uma menção contestável é a do Real Madrid, que por mais que não seja gerido por grupos estrangeiros ou tenham como maior acionista um grupo ou corporação não-europeia, o maior acionista é o presidente Floriano Perez através do Grupo ACS, é um time (equipe) internacional, possui um elenco composto majoritariamente por jogadores oriundos de fora da Espanha, parte considerável desses jogadores nem mesmo são oriundos (jus sanguinis) do continente europeu, o que não é um problema, mas exemplifica o fato de que o que chamamos de futebol europeu, na prática, é futebol internacional em solo europeu.

A despeito das seleções, uma França cosmopolita multiétnica, mais afro do que euro, após ter sido campeã em 2018, seguiu-se numa final de mundial, já como vice-campeã, derrotada por uma Argentina cujo grande parte do elenco atuava e atua ainda além das fronteiras argentinas, observamos que o elemento nacional é apenas simbólico, não mais tão profundo, a nacionalidade está presente somente nos símbolos da camisa e dos escudos das entidades, mas ainda sobre o evento do mundial de 2022 percebamos que vimos uma Copa do Mundo Catar 2022, e nela presenciamos questionamentos sobre as torcidas locais presentes, não havia brio, não havia paixão, claro que não foi uma surpresa pois convenhamos que os árabes e os persas não são chegados na redonda, o gosto deles é por corrida de cavalo, corrida de camelo e caça esportiva, talvez as grandes exceções sejam por parte dos egípcios, tunisianos e marroquinos, porém cá trata-se da exceção, não da regra, tal como os venezuelanos e guianeses são mais chegados no baseball e no críquete do que na pelota no continente do futebol, é estranho ver toda a formação de um marketing farsesco de "crescimento do esporte" na região, não é intragável observar jogadores de futebol, ao ingressar nesse novo mundo do futebol performático artificial de locais marginais à cultura da bola, utilizarem do código "sonho" para alimentar justificativas ao público, e convenhamos também que o problema na ida desses jogadores para o mundo árabe e para os Estados Unidos não é a escolha que tomam, mas a vergonha de prestarem comprometimento com a verdade e com seus torcedores, e a verdade é: as escolhas são baseadas no fator financeiro, e não em um "projeto" de avanço do esporte na região.

O motivo pelo qual querem os detentores da máquina do esporte buscam levar o futebol para esses locais é unicamente propagandístico e mercadológico com a finalidade de lucro e expansão do poder, o povo local recebe esse atrativo como algo exótico e diferente de seu gosto cultural, como tão aclamado pelo centro global do mundo ainda unipolar e regido pelo dinheiro ocidental o futebol é uma peça perfeita de propaganda para sinalizar abertura política e econômica ao mundo, e também, mostrar-se apto para receber investimentos desse mundo regido pelo dinheiro ocidental, assim expõe-se por essa óptica o futebol espetacularizado como uma grande farsa regida por gênios capazes de montar um teatro performático com poder de até mesmo de mover olhares e diferenciar a noção prática do que de fato existe nesses países, no caso do mundo árabe uma civilização que cresce economicamente mas que ainda padece de determinadas liberdades alinhadas à dignidade humana, e no caso do mundo norte-americano observa-se os Estados Unidos de maquiagens que joga para debaixo do tapete seus problemas sociais e abusos na política internacional.

O esporte, ao receber grande aporte de dinheiro para uso como soft power, perde sua inocência lúdica e se torna numa ferramenta baseada em venda de ilusões, e nesse grande mercado de sonhos observamos crianças tendo como grandes ídolos jogadores que são assalariados para serem ícones, mas nada se difere ao mundo fantasiado de falsos ídolos quais estamos habituados, as mesmas crianças crescem, tornam-se adolescentes, passam a ter "artistas" igualmente fraudulentos como ídolos, ao crescerem tornam-se adultos vazios que prestam reverências aos políticos igualmente fraudulentos, e a sociedade da propaganda, ao contrário de ter se esgotado, avança em um ritmo de desesperanças.

O que está atrás das escolhas dos jogadores

Este tópico age em reparação ao anterior, que critica os abusos da propaganda e da imagem fantasiada sobre o futebol, observa-se que este tópico não se restringe ao futebol, pois bem, não entendam como indignante a escolha de preferência ao dinheiro do que à fama, ao renome e ao status de atuar no grande centro do futebol mundial, somente os apaixonados pelo renome seriam capazes de abdicar um valor de R$2,5mi por dia para lutar em busca de ser mais um nome na história do esporte. O que impressiona no momento é o reducionismo explicativo para as decisões dos atletas em tomar tais rumos, parte da população ainda não percebeu que esses fatores de decisões não advém de uma natureza ambiciosa e mercenária dos atletas, mas que também advém de questões políticas e econômicas envolvendo as instabilidades dos países europeus.

A Europa como conhecemos acabou, presenciamos até agora uma exceção na história, uma Europa rica que será corrompida até a última gota, a fim de ser então destruída por uma elite parasitária que se apoderou dela e tomou seus Central Business Districts como redes de poder, os países estão dando entrada numa grande crise vindoura, não haverá mais comodidades com nações inteiras adentrando o colapso, a exemplo de uma França a beira da guerra civil e de uma Alemanha com grandes dificuldades econômicas influenciadas por políticas da Rússia a frente das operações militares na Ucrânia, a Europa perde poder progressivamente e esse fato foi escancarado com as guerras por procurações iniciadas na África, somada à revolta de países africanos contra os abusos europeus no continente, como exemplo do que ocorre nesse momento no Níger.

Dado o conhecimento sobre as instabilidades na Europa permanece o questionamento: quem é o louco que irá investir lá nesse exato momento? Não há quem tenha tamanha loucura contida em seus projetos, por evidente é lógico que os investidores árabes e norte-americanos levem suas joias especulativas para um campo seguro de investimento, e assim os jogadores passam a se preservar em simultâneo aos planos de investidores, é lógico que a retirada de holofotes no futebol europeu é uma necessidade urgente para a conservação de patrimônio por parte dos investidores. Essa questão jamais será abordada na grande mídia mainstream, pois claro, para a espetacularização do futebol de forma fantasiada e ilusória é crucial manter horas e horas de debate sobre se jogadores são ou não são mercenários em suas tomadas de decisões, sem expor os reais chefetes do dinheiro que faz o esporte ser uma verdadeira máquina especulativa de lucro.

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Esse texto é um complemento daquele que publiquei no Habla News. Vamos constatar um paralelo: os debates na bolha católica virtual do Brasil sobre a política do Vaticano são as piores do mundo, nível debate PT x Bolsonaro, quando é mais do que evidente que todas as decisões são tomadas em reuniões com as portas fechadas, representantes do grupo JP Morgan presente, Rothscilds, Rockefellers e etc., enquanto o povão se entretém com o teatro político fraudulento criado pelo grupo Abril, pela Globo e demais grupos que mandam e desmandam cá com aval dos Rothscilds. O nível é o mesmo, desde pessoas que querem reduzir o debate sobre crise na Igreja Católica às suas experiências comparativas em missas tridentinas e missas do Vaticano II.

Sintetizarei na linguagem popular e desenvolverei:

---> Como alguns acham que é: "Igreja Católica fazendo besteira desde o CVII."

---> Como outros acham que é: "a Igreja Católica acabou e a Sé está vacante desde o Papa Pio XII."

Na prática a tese de que >aquela turma< se infiltrou na Igreja é a correta — muitos tradicionalistas, ao invés de expor isso no campo político, implicam em discutir sobre uso de calças por parte de mulheres, sobre futebol incitar ao pecado e insistem em propagar calúnias contra papas. Se falassem mais sobre a problemática Oppus Dei, e sobre os escândalos do IOR tendo relações até mesmo com as máfias italianas, gerariam muito mais benefícios aos debates nas comunidades católicas do que malefícios.

No texto que escrevi no Habla News [https://habla.news/u/erzborgo@iris.to/1690597805906] abordo isso, não aprofundei muito nessa seara pois o foco foi convencer o leitor de que é importante dar atenção à política do Vaticano tanto quanto às questões doutrinárias e eclesiológicas.

Existem envolvimentos da crise católica hoje com a famille Botin, Banco Santander, IOR (chamado de Banco do Vaticano) e a Oppus Dei, há diversos indícios de movimentações monetárias dos bancos envolvidos com o IOR para bancar conflitos no terceiro mundo em resistência aos grupos terroristas bancados pela CIA. Quem leu meu texto vi que citei o uso de agentes duplos no trabalho de inteligência do Vaticano, e que explica em muito o caráter de dubiedade em determinadas ações políticas do Vaticano, observa-se que o mesmo papado que vem sendo acusado de ser um papado "modernista" (caluniosamente, apesar do atual papado ter sim seus escândalos) é o mesmo que diminuiu o poder da Oppus Dei, abafou os escândalos do Banco do Vaticano e que vem tendo seus agentes amplamente perseguidos mundo a fora (como cito no texto o exemplo da Nicarágua).

Acredito eu que esses pontos sejam muito mais importantes do que aguentar discussões com sedevacantes jansenistas que cometem reducionismos bestas baseados em categorizações e estigmatizações, e que essas questões devem estar nas mãos dos que possuem compromisso com Cristo, pois se caem nas mãos daqueles que odeiam a Igreja Católica será um caminho sem retorno. Há de ser entendido que tudo que apontei não é resolvido com ações arbitrárias de dissoluções, a tese de que tudo é resolvido com trancamentos de portas e excomunhões é uma armadilha, os serviços de inteligência no mundo todo não trabalham dessa forma, eis o motivo do porque a ciência política, a política internacional e a ciência das guerras deveriam fazer parte dos debates em comunidades católicas.

O avanço dos neopaganismos de dissidência política, dos anticatolicismos radicais (inclusive de dissidentes, ex-católicos), da religião civil e do processo de mudança de toda a ordem política do mundo obriga o católico a pisar nesse campo, isso implica a abandonar a webapologética de youtube de "protestantismo x catolicismo" — de tentar explicar pela milésima vez o porque dos protestantismos serem seitas farsescas, e que tudo que as pessoas aprenderam na escola sobre inquisição é mentira, etc etc — e adotar uma organização interna nos debates fuleiras que atualmente existem na bolha católica virtual brasileira.

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The DeFi landscape is a rapidly evolving space, with new platforms emerging regularly, each promising to revolutionize the way we interact with finance. Among these platforms, PinkSale has gained attention for its fundraising platform for blockchain projects. However, there's a new player in town that's set to redefine the DeFi landscape: X7 and its flagship product, Xchange.

Why X7?

X7 is an innovative platform that aims to solve the inherent problems in the current DeFi landscape. Its flagship product, Xchange, is an Automated Market Maker (AMM) that offers unique features that make it a superior alternative to PinkSale.

Permissionless Access to Capital

One of the most significant advantages of Xchange over PinkSale is its permissionless access to capital. Unlike PinkSale, which requires projects to seek approval and investors to buy into their pre-sale, Xchange allows anyone with a great idea to fund initial liquidity for a token. There are no gatekeepers, no need for approval, and no barriers to entry. If you have a great idea and the drive to make it happen, Xchange gives you the tools to bring it to life.

Leveraged Liquidity

In addition to its permissionless nature, Xchange also offers a leveraged liquidity model. This means that projects can launch faster without tying up their capital, giving them a competitive edge in the fast-paced DeFi landscape.

Flexible Loan Terms

Xchange also offers flexible loan terms, a feature not available on PinkSale. Projects can choose from a variety of loan terms that best suit their needs, whether it's an upfront simple loan, an amortizing loan with interest, or an interest-only loan. This flexibility allows projects to manage their financial risk effectively and ensure that they remain financially healthy and sustainable.

DeFi Ecosystem Compatibility

Xchange is designed to be compatible with the wider DeFi ecosystem. It can effortlessly accommodate a wide array of integrations, from charting tools to trading bots, ensuring a seamless and efficient DeFi experience. This is a significant advantage over PinkSale, which does not offer the same level of ecosystem compatibility.

True Decentralization

Unlike PinkSale, X7 operates under a DAO that is truly decentralized. This means that the power is in the hands of the community, not a select few. This commitment to decentralization ensures that X7 remains transparent, fair, and democratic. The DAO has complete control over the system of smart contracts, ensuring that the platform remains adaptable and responsive to the needs of the community.

Conclusion

While PinkSale has its merits, X7's Xchange offers a more innovative and flexible solution for projects in the DeFi space. Its permissionless access to capital, leveraged liquidity model, flexible loan terms, DeFi ecosystem compatibility, and commitment to true decentralization make it a superior alternative. As the DeFi landscape continues to evolve, platforms like X7 are leading the way in redefining how we interact with finance. With X7, the future of decentralized finance is here.

Republished with Permission Author: Cryptod0c * Source * Website * Telegram * Twitter

This is not investment advice.

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Table Of Content

• Bitcoin: A Paradigm Shift in Retail
• The Impetus for Change
• Bitcoin and the Retail Experience
• Navigating Cryptocurrency Challenges
• Bitcoin's Impact on the Retail Industry
• Seizing Opportunities for Innovation
• Conclusion
• FAQ

The world of commerce is ever-evolving, and the latest leap forward involves digital currency. In a groundbreaking move that has garnered attention worldwide, a prominent UK carpet retailer has decided to embrace the future by adopting the Bitcoin standard. This strategic shift marks a significant turning point not only for the retailer but also for the retail industry as a whole. Let's delve into this exciting transformation and explore the implications it holds.

Bitcoin: A Paradigm Shift in Retail

In the midst of rapidly changing economic landscapes, the UK carpet retailer's decision to adopt the Bitcoin standard is both bold and visionary. This revolutionary step signifies a paradigm shift that goes beyond traditional financial methods. By incorporating Bitcoin, a decentralized digital currency, the retailer is setting a precedent for other businesses to explore the potential benefits and challenges of cryptocurrency adoption.

The Impetus for Change

The decision to embrace Bitcoin isn't made in isolation. Factors such as increasing customer demand for flexible payment options, the desire to tap into a tech-savvy consumer base, and the growing acceptance of cryptocurrencies as a legitimate form of payment have all contributed to this strategic move.

Bitcoin and the Retail Experience

With the integration of the Bitcoin standard, the UK carpet retailer is taking steps to enhance the retail experience for its customers. Transactions will become more seamless, with reduced processing times and lower fees compared to traditional payment methods. This shift aligns with the retailer's commitment to providing convenience and efficiency to its valued clientele.

Navigating Cryptocurrency Challenges

While the adoption of Bitcoin offers numerous advantages, it also comes with its share of challenges. The volatile nature of cryptocurrency markets and potential regulatory uncertainties are factors that the retailer must navigate. However, the decision to proceed demonstrates the retailer's confidence in the potential benefits outweighing these challenges.

Bitcoin's Impact on the Retail Industry

The UK carpet retailer's move towards the Bitcoin standard is likely to have a ripple effect throughout the retail industry. Other businesses may feel compelled to explore cryptocurrency adoption as a means of staying competitive in an increasingly digitized economy. This shift could pave the way for a broader acceptance of cryptocurrencies in day-to-day transactions.

Seizing Opportunities for Innovation

Embracing Bitcoin isn't solely about adopting a new form of payment; it's also about embracing innovation. The retailer's willingness to explore the possibilities of blockchain technology and digital currency showcases its commitment to staying at the forefront of industry advancements.

Conclusion

As we've explored, the decision of the UK carpet retailer to step into the future with Bitcoin is both a courageous and forward-thinking move. This transformation embodies the spirit of innovation and adaptability necessary to thrive in an ever-changing economic environment. By embracing the Bitcoin standard, the retailer not only showcases its expertise but also paves the way for a more tech-driven and customer-centric retail landscape. As the retail industry continues to evolve, this bold step marks a pivotal moment that will undoubtedly shape its trajectory for years to come.

FAQ

What is the Bitcoin standard? The Bitcoin standard refers to the practice of using Bitcoin as a unit of account, a store of value, and a medium of exchange in economic transactions, mirroring the functions of traditional currency.

How will Bitcoin adoption affect customers? Customers will benefit from quicker transactions and reduced transaction fees, enhancing their shopping experience.

Why is the retailer's move considered groundbreaking? The retailer's adoption of Bitcoin sets a precedent for traditional businesses to explore the potential benefits of cryptocurrency integration.

What challenges might the retailer face with Bitcoin adoption? Volatility in cryptocurrency markets and regulatory uncertainties are challenges the retailer must navigate.

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Back in November 2022, we launched the groundbreaking Zap feature on our Starbackr web platform. The response was overwhelming, with user engagement skyrocketing. Our community, including you, flourished in creativity and talent.

Simultaneously, we began working with the Nostr protocol, integrating Zaps seamlessly. This led to the inception of the Current App, tailored for iOS and Android, with Zaps as its heartbeat.

For a deeper dive into our journey, check out our previous write up: https://habla.news/u/starbuilder@current.fyi/1691239325603

In June when Damus went through the apple review process and had to remove the zap button on post we knew we were on the chopping block. And Apple called. While we could have easily taken Damus' route to remove it from the post we chose to stand our ground. So we took the call. Here’s how it unfolded.

Apple App Review Support (AARS): Hello Current App Developer! We've reviewed the latest version of your app and noticed that you have a "zap" feature on posts. As per our guidelines 3.1.1, you need to implement In-App Purchases (IAP) for such features.

Me: Hi there! Thanks for reaching out. The zap feature is just a fun addition we introduced for user engagement. Could you specify why we need IAP for it?

AARS: Certainly! Any digital goods or services, including features that provide additional content or enhance the user experience, should use our IAP system. This ensures a consistent experience for users and maintains the integrity of the App Store ecosystem.

Me: Interesting. But "zap" is a non-essential feature and doesn't provide any additional content. It's just a fun way for users to interact. Does it still qualify?

AARS: If users derive any value from it, then it does qualify. And as you said, it's for user engagement. So, implementing IAP will ensure you comply with our guidelines.

Me: I really value the community we've built around our app. Forcing them to go through an IAP, may deter many of them. If this continues, we might consider shutting down the app rather than diminishing the user experience.

AARS: We understand your concerns and certainly wouldn't want to see a valuable app leave our platform. However, our guidelines are in place to maintain consistency across the App Store.

(Saying the same thing again and again as a broken record)

Then I asked the question in a different way.

Me: How do I even know how to track if the SATS are from IAP or users sending it between each other.

AARS: We don’t care or control how you manage them inside your App. All we need is to implement IAP when purchasing SATS and users are allowed to use SATS they got from other users.

A light bulb went on in my brain. Oh.. you just want us to implement IAP and make it optional. You check the box that app complies with policy and we tell the user not to use that option…!

Me: Ok. so you want us to implement IAP but make it “Optional”.

AARS: Yes. We don’t control how you implement it.

Me: Alright thanks. Will work on a version to and submit for review. But we need more time to comply as one of our developers is on Parental leave.

(@egge was in the hospital with his wife for the arrival of his new born)

AARS: Ok. We can extend the deadline by 2 more weeks.

Call ended.

At this point we had no clue on how to implement all this but we had 4 weeks to figure everything out.

The goal is to create an In App purchase option to load SATS into the wallet. But make it optional so that none of us will need to use that option. However it can be of use for a no coiner coming into Nostr and Bitcoin for the first time and experience zapping, they can simply purchase it for $1 and get SATS on to their wallet and start zapping immediately.

With that in Mind we settled for a $0.99 purchase option and we will credit them with 2100 SATS. (teaching them the value of 21)

But if you are a bitcoiner and user of lightning with SATS on another wallet, you can easily transfer SATS in and out of Current wallet and you DO NOT need to use the In-App purchase at all. Because IAP is integrated with wallet, it does not come in the middle of zaps. Zaps on posts work the same way as before. One click. Zap.Zap.Zap.

This is the best possible way to comply with apple rules and at the same time, keep zaps on post and help on board millions of no coiners to nostr, bitcoin and lightning.

Again, We DO NOT recommend using this feature and it is optional.

Win-Win for all of us.

Of Course, it did not stop here. When we submitted the first version for review, it got rejected 3 more times.

Rejection 1: The response included the wallet screen. So we went through another round of development to include an optional Subscription to access the wallet. Rejection 2: bug in the search screen unrelated to Zap purchase Rejection 3: Setup of Subscription and In-App purchases were incorrect. Final Approval: On Aug 4th, the day of the deadline we submitted another version for review. In the review comments, we made it clear that with best of our knowledge we comply with policies and we will not be able to continue developing the App if rejected.

48 hours of silence and then came the approval…!

Let’s go into details on subscriptions.

Subscriptions (Current amped)

New users can effortlessly download the app, set up their NIP-05 ID, post messages, and browse all posts at no cost. Our offering aligns with other Nostr apps available on both the App Store and Play Store. This service remains FREE for all existing and new "Current" users.

Our subscription model unveils a suite of premium features, all bundled into a single app, available at a competitive price. Additionally, we've extended the grace period for subscriptions to a full 28 days, giving you ample time to evaluate the service before Apple processes any charges.

Comparing with Other Nostr Subscriptions

For avid Nostr users, purchasing a NIP05 is often a necessity, and providers like nostrpurple.com offer NIP addresses for a one-time fee of 12,500 sats ($3.68).

If you're seeking a reliable relay service, nostr.wine charges an initial fee of 18,888 sats ($5.56) and a subsequent monthly fee of 10,000 ($2.99) sats for their filter service.

Using nostr.build for images and videos? Be cautious as there's no guarantee of image permanence. They also offer additional storage options for a fee.

Popular wallets, such as Wallet of Satoshi, offer standalone wallet services. However, they require an email address for management and lack a Wallet Connect feature.

With Current we combined all these alacarte features into one single App. So that users (new and experienced) can simply download and start using the app.

Our Wallet Connect Feature

The "Current" wallet comes equipped with a feature allowing users to seamlessly connect to other Nostr clients, such as zapplepay.com or snort.social. Transfers are automated, with sats being debited directly from your "Current" wallet.

Push Notifications

On a personal note, push notifications for direct messages are invaluable. Being alerted when someone messages you can be game-changing. If you remain unaware until your next app login, potential opportunities could be lost. It's worth noting that none of the existing iOS apps offer push notifications from relays that function even when the app is not running.

Premium Relays

We have multiple relays serving Current users. These are load balanced, Web security enabled and come with the guarantee of storing your messages for at least 2 years. (NOTE: We are working on a backup feature to allow downloading your messages. So that you can keep them forever)

HD Media Upload

There is no fun in sending text only posts. We will support HD media upload so that you can share photos and videos right from your phone.

Lightning Address

When you use the Wallet of Satoshi wallet, you get a lightning address which is completely different from your nostr NIP05 address. With Current, you get to pick your own address from multiple domains and the same will be your Nostr address and lightning address.

Encrypted messages

kind 4 events (Direct messages) are encrypted but the metadata is exposed. So we use a separate relay for this wss://securedm.current.fyi which will auth and only give out messages based on pubkeys. Meaning, only you can get your DMs. No one else will be able to pull your DMs.

Send and receive Zaps

Of Course you get to use one click zap on any posts.

We've meticulously integrated all these features into a singular app, priced at a simple subscription rate of $3.99 per month. We believe this presents a fair deal for everyone, allowing us to consistently innovate with Nostr in the coming years, without being solely dependent on donations, bounties, or hackathons.

If you're hesitant to pay for services or find it challenging to afford premium features, we understand and respect your position. As a gesture of our commitment to serving all users, we offer a TestFlight version free of subscription costs. While this version doesn't include many of the premium features and won't be updated with new premium features as they're released, it remains a viable option.

You can access our TestFlight version here. testflight link Although you'll need to subscribe using your Apple account, rest assured that your account won't be charged. Please note that the TestFlight version may lag one or two updates behind the main release in the future.

What’s coming down the pipeline..??

We are at the cusp of a technological renaissance, witnessing firsthand the rise and integration of AI agents in our daily lives. Our team recently had the privilege of participating in the AI4ALL hackathon, expertly organized by Fedi. This experience empowered us to conceptualize and subsequently bring to life a fully operational website named PlebAI.com. This platform boasts over 10 advanced AI agents, all of which are performing seamlessly.

Our broader vision is to have more AI capabilities right inside of Current App. We aim to embed these AI functionalities within the Current App, making it a one-stop solution for users seeking intelligent assistance.

Imagine the convenience of being able to catch up after a week-long hiatus from Nostr. With a simple command like "/summary", users can receive a personalized digest of all pivotal events and discussions that transpired on Nostr during their absence. This ensures that they remain in the loop, without having to sift through a barrage of information.

Beyond this, we envision the app’s capability to generate summaries for podcast episodes, enabling users to grasp the essence without investing hours. Furthermore, voice interactions with podcast content promise to elevate the user experience to unprecedented levels.

Above all, our driving force is the growth and enrichment of this community. We are committed to relentlessly innovating and enhancing the platform, ensuring that our users always have the best tools at their fingertips.

Zap events are on the decline. We cannot let that happen…!

Why Zaps on Posts?

While we could have simply removed the zap button from posts to pass Apple's review immediately, we chose to stand our ground. Our decision stems from a vision of numerous innovative features centered around the concept of zaps on posts.

Here's a glimpse into the future of zaps:

1. ZapGate: Introducing zaps for paid posts. With NIP-60, we've devised a novel way to zap, enabling payment for posts and ensuring creators are duly compensated.

2. Zap AI: As AI agents evolve, imagine zapping one to perform tasks on your behalf. NIP-90, focusing on data vending machines, has already outlined specifications for this.

3. Zap Ranking: Measure post popularity using zaps, and even filter out posts that lack them.

4. Zap Ads: While Damus initially introduced this, it was later withdrawn. The idea is to sort posts based on zap amounts. If a post gains traction, advertisers could elevate their messages by contributing more zaps.

5. Zaps for Podcasters: Podcasters primarily depend on ad revenues. As listeners, we're often unaware of the monetary arrangements between podcasters and advertisers. If we knew, for instance, that BlockFi paid over $100k for each ad slot, it might raise eyebrows. The solution? Transparent zapping. Companies can zap podcasters directly on their posts, revealing their contributions.

6. Zapraisers: This concept is gaining momentum. Soon, we might see many fundraisers operating through zaps.

7. Zapology: According to Derek Ross, this might become a mainstream academic subject for future generations.

8. Zapapalooza: We're not quite sure what this will encompass yet, but we're excited to shape its direction.

9. Zap Economy: Our aim is to craft a borderless, language-neutral, location-independent, and sustainable economic cycle.

In conclusion, we remain staunch in our belief that zaps play a crucial role within the Nostr ecosystem. By integrating them into the iOS app and ensuring their accessibility, we hope to fortify and expand the Nostr community at large.

If you still have questions, please refer to this FAQ’s or come to our telegram channel or message us on Nostr. @current @starbuilder @egge

FAQs:

1. What is the goal of the In-App purchase option? The goal is to provide an option for users to load SATS into their wallets. This is especially useful for newcomers to Nostr and Bitcoin.

2. Do I have to use the In-App purchase option to load SATS? No, the In-App purchase option is entirely optional.

3. How much does the In-App purchase cost and what do I get? For $0.99, you'll receive 2100 SATS, introducing users to the concept of "21M."

4. Can I transfer SATS to and from the Current wallet without using In-App purchases? Yes, if you're familiar with Bitcoin and have SATS in another wallet, you can easily transfer them without needing the In-App purchase.

5. Have there been any changes to the way zaps on posts work? No, zaps on posts function as they did before: one-click and Zap.Zap.Zap.

6. Will this affect my Android Current App? No. For now android users are free to use premium features. But this may change in future depending on Google's app review.

7. How does the Current app subscription model work? The subscription model provides a range of premium features in a single app. There's also a 28-day grace period before any charges by Apple.

8. How does the Current app's offerings compare with other Nostr subscriptions? Current combines multiple features into one app, eliminating the need for multiple subscriptions and standalone services.

9. What is the "Wallet Connect" feature in the Current app? This feature allows users to connect to other Nostr clients and automate sats transfers directly from the "Current" wallet.

10. Does the Current app support push notifications? Yes, push notifications for direct messages are supported, allowing users to stay updated even when the app is not running.

11. How long will messages be stored in the Current app's relays? Messages will be stored for at least two years, with a backup feature in development for downloading and storing messages indefinitely.

12. Does the Current app support media uploads? Yes, users can share photos and videos directly from their phones using HD media upload.

13. How does the Lightning Address in the Current app work? Users can choose their own address from multiple domains, which will serve as both their Nostr address and lightning address.

14. Are direct messages in the Current app encrypted? Yes, direct messages are encrypted, and a separate relay ensures that only the intended recipient can access these messages.

15. What is the cost of the app's subscription? The subscription is priced at $3.99 per month.

16. Is there a free version of the Current app available? Yes, a TestFlight version is available free of subscription costs, though it may not include all premium features.

17. Will my Apple account be charged if I use the TestFlight version? No, your account will not be charged, though you'll need to subscribe using your Apple account.

18. Will the TestFlight version always be up to date? The TestFlight version may lag one or two updates behind the main release.

19. Why was the In-App purchase option for SATS introduced? The option aims to onboard newcomers to Nostr and Bitcoin, offering them a simple way to start zapping.

20. Can I send and receive zaps in the Current app? Yes, the app supports one-click zaps on any posts.

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Los residuos de petróleo inundan la finca donde trabaja un campesino cubano de Guantánamo, según trascendió en la prensa oficialista.

Raidel Hernández del Toro, de 26 años, socio de la Cooperativa de Crédito y Servicios (CCS) Lino de las Mercedes Álvarez, ubicada en el kilómetro 2 de la carretera a Santa María, ha visto afectadas las cosechas por la contaminación de la tierra por hidrocarburos expulsados por la Empresa de Mantenimiento y Generación con Grupos Electrógenos de Fuel Oil (EMGEF), dijo al diario local Venceremos.

El joven, graduado de Electrónica, pero dedicado al trabajo agrícola, refirió que "a cualquiera se le quitan las ganas, porque te causan daños y todo se queda en el aire, en el vamos a hacer, y es mentira". “Mire, el día 26 de octubre del año pasado, fue la primera afectación. Tenía sembrados, además de frutabomba, col, ají y boniato. En un momento en que estaba lloviendo mucho, soltaron los residuos allá en los grupos electrógenos, se desbordó la zanja que ellos hicieron y pasa por un lateral completo de nuestra finca, y acabó. Y eso se repitió hace poco”, explicó.

Aunque realizó la queja en la empresa y fueron a la finca a inspeccionar, prometieron resarcir el daño, que se calcula en unos 154,000 pesos, y solucionar el problema que lo origina, pero nunca más se pronunciaron al respecto.

“A los 15 días de notificarle el hecho, que de igual impacto ya había ocurrido antes, volvimos porque no se habían pronunciado en ningún sentido. La posición en esa oportunidad fue diferente: un no rotundo. Dijo que la finca estaba en el lugar equivocado y que no tenían nada que ver con eso. Y tal como piensan, así han actuado, como si no tuvieran responsabilidad alguna”, denunció.

Cercanos a las cosechas abundan los registros repletos de un "residuo oscurísimo, viscoso y con el penetrante olor del petróleo".

Según el joven, el área de varios metros de la cerca perimetral de la finca y sus alrededores están completamente devastados pues, además, se han producido incendios por el derrame de petróleo y se contamina al agua del río, donde han muertos decenas de aves por beberla. Claudiet Brizuela Brooks, directora de la Oficina de Regulación y Seguridad Ambiental en Guantánamo, informó que “en los meses de marzo y junio del presente año, a la Empresa de Grupos Electrógenos Guantánamo 1, se le aplicaron dos contravenciones, con un monto total de 20 mil pesos por contaminación ambiental, a causa de derrames de fuel oil”, pero todo permanece en las mismas condiciones.

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Desde hace meses Cuba atraviesa por una severa crisis energética y el gobierno comunista decidió restringir la venta de combustible en todo el país. Aunque hay diferencias en varias provincias de acuerdo con la disponibilidad, por lo general las motos solo pueden cargar entre cinco y diez litros (L), mientras el límite de los autos llega a 20 L del combustible.

La cantidad de combustible que se saca a la venta en los Servicentros de Cimex es una decisión diaria de los gobernantes provinciales que han visto en la escasez una forma de generar dinero mediante la corrupción. Claramente, ellos no dan la cara en el esquema de deshonestidad. Según un testimonio de un testigo que pidió a esta redacción mantener el anonimato por temor a represalia, hay un amplio mercado de “boletas de combustible” que son autorizos de venta de gasolina o petróleo que vienen con la firma de funcionarios de la Asamblea Municipal. Con este documento la persona no tiene que hacer fila en los Servicupet y puede cargar la cantidad especificada.

Resulta que hay una amplia red de personas que se dedican a ofertar estas boletas. Por ejemplo, en la ciudad de Santa Clara el litro de gasolina mediante estos permisos se cotiza entre 250 y 300 pesos cubanos (CUP).

En la imagen, cortesía de Periódico Cubano se aprecia una boleta emitida por el vice-intendente de la Asamblea Municipal del Poder Popular en Santa Clara, autorizando a cargar 40 litros de gasolina B90.

En este caso, la persona interesada en conseguir gasolina para algún viaje largo de emergencia debe abonar entre 10 mil y 12 mil CUP al intermediario que comercializa las boletas. Ese dinero se reparte en el esquema de corrupción entre el funcionario que emitió la firma para el permiso y la persona que lo comercializó con el consumidor final. Luego, al momento de echar la gasolina en el Servicupet, el dueño del automóvil paga 25 CUP por cada litro de gasolina, que es el precio de venta normal al público.

El camino corto para conseguir gasolina es el soborno y la corrupción, pues a pesar de que el régimen castrista diga que no hay suficiente combustible, los dirigentes corruptos del Partido Comunista maniobran con las cantidades y reservas diarias para ejecutar el comercio de boletas de combustible.

Aquellos que no tengan el dinero suficiente deben esperar semanas e incluso meses en las listas de espera virtuales por medio de la aplicación Ticket para que le llegue su turno de comprar. Allí solo pueden cargar cantidades limitadas de petróleo o gasolina según su medio de transporte, ya sea moto o automóvil.

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El candidato a la presidencia de Argentina, Javier Milei, dio la sorpresa de la jornada electoral del domingo 13 de agosto al ser la persona más votada en las elecciones primarias obligatorias, donde se decidía quienes estarán en las boletas presidenciales para los comicios de octubre próximo.

Sondeos previos daban al economista y defensor de la libertad, quien es catalogado el Donald Trump argentino, solo un 20% de preferencia, pero terminó con casi un tercio del electorado a su favor. Su base principal son los jóvenes argentinos cansados de políticos tradicionales que según el propio Milei han robado toda su vida sin importar si son de derecha o los izquierdistas del peronismo-kirchnerismo con Cristina Fernández a la cabeza en los últimos 20 años.

El partido político “La Libertad Avanza” fue seguida de cerca por el macrismo (Juntos por el Cambio), con cerca del 28% de los votos, cuya candidata elegida fue Patricia Bullrich, antigua ministra de Mauricio Macri. En tercera posición quedó Sergio Massa, de la coalición oficialista peronista-kirchnerista, Unión por el Cambio, con más del 27%. Massa es el actual ministro de economía de Alberto Fernández, que ha llevado a Argentina a una de las peores crisis con altos niveles de inflación.

La figura de Milei, un ferviente defensor del libre mercado con resonancias de Donald Trump y Jair Bolsonaro, promete dolarizar la economía argentina desapareciendo el peso y el Banco Central. Además, tiene la intención de hacer un Estado más chico, eliminado casi la mitad de todos los ministerios que existen actualmente y una privatización de empresas estatales que son ineficientes.

El economista propone una ruptura con el sistema político convencional, al que se refiere con desprecio como “la casta”. Analistas políticos como Facundo Cruz argumentan que el fenómeno Milei ha crecido a partir de una correcta canalización de la desesperanza y la falta de oportunidades del pueblo argentino, especialmente de los jóvenes.

Argentina sufre de alta inflación desde hace más de una década y actualmente tiene el tercer índice anual más alto del mundo, por encima del 115%. El 40% de los ciudadanos viven en la pobreza y si solo se contabiliza el sector poblacional de menores de 14 años, el índice de pobreza sube al 55%.

Las elecciones presidenciales en Argentina se celebran cada cuatro años, y los ciudadanos eligen al presidente y al vicepresidente en un sistema de segunda vuelta si ningún candidato obtiene más del 45% de los votos o más del 40% con una diferencia de 10 puntos porcentuales sobre el segundo candidato.

El proceso comienza con las elecciones primarias (PASO), en las que los partidos políticos presentan a sus candidatos presidenciales. Estas primarias ayudan a reducir el campo de contendientes y a definir las candidaturas más fuertes. Luego, en las elecciones generales, los ciudadanos votan por el binomio presidencial de su elección. El sistema argentino es de representación proporcional, lo que significa que los escaños en el Congreso también se distribuyen de manera proporcional a los votos obtenidos por los partidos.

Las elecciones presidenciales en Argentina suelen ser intensas y polarizadas, con diferentes partidos y coaliciones compitiendo con base en plataformas políticas variadas. Temas como la economía, la seguridad, la educación y la justicia social suelen ser puntos centrales de debate. Además, la participación ciudadana es alta y las elecciones se consideran un reflejo de la opinión pública sobre el rumbo del país.

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Shawarma is typically made from lamb or chicken that has been marinated, cut into thin strips, and then placed on a rotisserie spit. It is what you would typically see in any number of kabab shops around the world. Originating in the Ottoman Empire it is a popular street food in the middle east.

This recipe is perhaps not a classic version, as it has been tweaked by me, none the less it is delicious. I have used it for lamb and chicken, but a sturdy fish (like mackerel) would hold up to the strong flavor in the marinade. It could be used for a beef roast too!

The marinade will be enough for a 2-3 kg lamb leg roast with a little marinade to spare.

proofofwork: 20 minutes (recommended marinade time overnight)

YIELD: 1 1/2 cups of marinade

INGREDIENTS 2 Tblsp black peppercorns 5 ea cloves ½ tsp cardamom pods ½ tsp fenugreek seeds 1 Tblsp fennel seeds 1 Tblsp cumin seeds 1 ea star anise ½ ea cinnamon stick ½ tsp nutmeg grated ¼ tsp ground ginger 1 Tblsp smoked paprika 1 Tblsp sumac ¾ Tblsp sea salt 25g ginger, fresh grated 3 ea garlic cloves crushed 40g coriander chopped- stems & leaves 60ml lemon juice, fresh 120ml olive oil 1 lamb leg (about 2.5-3 kg bone in)

METHOD -Put peppercorns, cloves, cardamom, fenugreek, fennel, cumin, star anise & cinnamon in a cast iron pan & dry roast on medium heat for a minute or 2 until the spices begin to pop & release their aromas. TAKE CARE NOT TO BURN THEM! -Add the ground spices, nutmeg, ginger & paprika, toss for a few more seconds, just to heat them, then transfer to a spice grinder. -Process the spices to a uniform powder, I use an electric coffee grinder or you can go old school with a mortar and pestle. -Transfer to a medium bowl & stir in all the remaining ingredients (except the lamb) -Use a small knife to score through the leg of the lamb in a few places making 1.5cm deep slits through the fat & meat to allow the marinade to seep in. -Place in a large roasting tin & rub the marinade all over the lamb; use your hands to massage the meat well. -Cover the tin with foil & leave aside for at least a couple of hours or preferably chill overnight. -Roast the lamb at 200C for about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Probe with a thermometer and check the internal temperature. 54-60C for a pink centre. -Rest the lamb for a good 20 mins.

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(Spoiler: Las posibilidades de minar 1 bloque son inversamente proporcionales a la diversión obtenida)

HARDWARE NECESARIO

• Lilygo T-Display-S-3: https://www.lilygo.cc/products/t-display-s3?variant=42351558590645 (también puedes comprarlo en Amazon o aliexpress)
• Cable USB C

Opcional: * Carcasa, que puedes descargar aquí: https://www.printables.com/es/model/501547-nerdminer-v2-click-case-w-buttons (Merci @stackbitme) * Ventilador: https://es.aliexpress.com/item/32227750468.html

INSTALAR (o actualizar) FIRMWARE

@BitMaker_ lo ha puesto tan fácil que solo tienes que conectar tu NerdMiner al PC, abrir esta web: https://bitmaker-hub.github.io/diyflasher/ y clicar en Flash

CONFIGURACIÓN

Una vez instalado el firmware aparecerá esta pantalla con un QR que deberás escanear con tu móvil para acceder a los ajustes. https://nostrcheck.me/media/alekqs/nostrcheck.me_6f7d379774e1ed25b56a76f88f4a18f68446711fd941d413.webp

Conéctate a la red WiFi "NerdMinerAP" y pincha en 'Configure WiFi' https://nostrcheck.me/media/alekqs/nostrcheck.me_6c74673bc9da68d2f7cd0acaeb921cd4ee72a7752f43e392.webp * SSID: Nombre de tu red WiFi * Password: Contraseña de tu red WiFi * Pool URL: public-pool.io * Port: 21496 * Your BTC address: dirección de Bitcoin en la que recibir la recompensa en el (improbable) caso de que tu NerdMiner mine un bloque.

PROTIP: añade un punto (’.’) y un nombre con el que identificar tu minero en el pool. Tal que así: bc1q99[…]w20d.AntonioMolina

Guarda la configuración pinchando en Save

BOTONES

Con el puerto USB-C a la derecha: https://nostrcheck.me/media/alekqs/nostrcheck.me_cf0c238615c0cf3dece7e38a58fce79e81fa95c89c3ac838.webp

BOTÓN SUPERIOR

• Un clic para cambiar de pantalla.
• Mantén pulsado 5 segundos para restablecer las configuraciones y reiniciar el NerdMiner.
• Mantén pulsado y enciendelo para entrar en modo configuración y editar o verificar la configuración actual vía Wifi.

BOTÓN INFERIOR

• Un click apaga y enciende la pantalla
• Doble click para cambiar la orientación (por defecto es USB-C a la derecha)

ESTADÍSTICAS

https://nostrcheck.me/media/alekqs/nostrcheck.me_dab1975bdd7ba325997ea8b1776c944ea1a62263ad3d53b9.webp Entra en https://web.public-pool.io/ y en el apartado ‘Login’ introduce la misma dirección de Bitcoin que pusiste en la configuración de tu NerdMiner (sin el punto+nombre) para ver sus estadísticas en el pool de minería.

Errores comunes

• Deberás flashear el T-Display-S-3 en Google Chrome. Si pruebas con otro navegador posiblemente no funcionará.
• Si el PC no reconoce el dispositivo al enchufarlo asegúrate de que es un cable de datos (no solo de carga)
• Si el Hash Rate se te queda en 0 posiblemente pusiste mal algo en la configuración.
• Una vez configurado, desconecta el NerdMiner del PC y enchúfalo a la corriente lo más cerca posible del router para evitar caídas o interrupciones en el minado.

La Pregunta ~~del millón de dólares~~ de los 6,25 BTC

La motivación para montar un NerdMiner debería ser aprender lo básico sobre minería y tener un juguete molón.

Las posibilidades de encontrar un bloque con un Nerdminer son altamente remotas:

En la versión actual un Nerdminer da unos 45,5 KH/s, por lo que harían falta unos 2.197.802.198 (dos mil ciento noventa y siete millones ochocientos dos mil ciento noventa y siete) nerdminers para igualar los 100 TH/s de un S19 básico.

Viendo estas cifras, la única conclusión posible a la que llega un bitcoiner es: https://media.tenor.com/GIcYsqBTOaQAAAAC/dumb-chance.gif

NERDMINER high share battle contest

Por último: Durante esta semana se celebra la primera batalla “NerdMiner High Share” con premios en Sats para los 3 mejores.

Tienes todos los detalles en este video: https://youtu.be/K71QkDTOGAg

APOYA EL PROYECTO

Si lo prefieres puedes comprar el NerdMiner ya montado por el propio BitMaker en su tienda: https://bitronics.store/

Otra forma de apoyar el proyecto es enviar unos sats por tan increible trabajo a: ⚡teamnerdminer@getalby.com

https://nostrcheck.me/media/alekqs/nostrcheck.me_bde328519b89d54b10bfd6416c4f26c7e8a0103dd53879aa.webp

¡Queremos ver esos NerdMiners a pleno rendimiento! ¿Nos enseñas el tuyo?

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In the rapidly evolving landscape of blockchain and Web3 technology, a remarkable initiative is taking shape to revolzutionize charitable giving and philanthropy. Introducing Project CharityNFT, a visionary endeavor that harnesses the power of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) to transform the way we engage with charitable causes and make a positive impact on society.

The Convergence of Philanthropy and Innovation

Project CharityNFT represents a convergence of traditional philanthropy with cutting-edge blockchain technology. This groundbreaking project seeks to leverage the unique properties of NFTs to create new avenues for fundraising, transparency, and community engagement in the realm of charitable initiatives.

Key Objectives and Features

1. NFT-Backed Donations: Project CharityNFT introduces a novel approach to charitable giving by allowing donors to contribute funds in exchange for unique NFTs. These NFTs represent tangible proof of their contribution and can serve as collectible items, enhancing the value of donations.

2. Transparency and Accountability: Blockchain's inherent transparency ensures that each donation is traceable and verifiable. Donors can have confidence that their contributions are being used for their intended purposes.

3. Collaborative Impact: Project CharityNFT fosters community involvement by allowing donors to participate in decision-making processes related to charitable projects. This participatory approach enhances a sense of ownership and accountability.

4. Fundraising Innovation: Charitable organizations can explore creative ways to incentivize donations by offering exclusive NFTs, limited-edition digital art, or access to unique experiences as a token of appreciation.

Transforming Charitable Giving

Project CharityNFT has the potential to bring about transformative changes:

• Engaging the Digital Generation: NFTs appeal to a tech-savvy audience, potentially attracting new and younger donors who are passionate about social causes.

• Empowering Donors: The platform empowers donors to have a more direct and hands-on role in the impact of their contributions.

• Amplified Visibility: NFTs can serve as conversation starters, raising awareness about charitable causes as they are shared and discussed across digital platforms.

• Sustainable Fundraising: By tapping into the growing interest in NFTs, charitable organizations can explore sustainable and innovative fundraising strategies.

Driving Positive Change

As Project CharityNFT continues to evolve, collaboration with philanthropists, nonprofits, blockchain developers, and the wider Web3 community will shape its trajectory. The project's csommitment to merging technology and altruism aligns with the principles of social responsibility, innovation, and decentralization.

In a world where technology is redefining the boundaries of philanthropy, Project CharityNFT stands as a beacon of positivea change. With increasing support from socially conscious individuals, organizations, and advocates of decentralized technologies, the project has the potential to revolutionize how we approach and engage in charitable giving. Through its dedication to combining NFTs and philanthropy, Project CharityNFT envisions a future where every NFT represents not just digital art, but a tangible symbol of hope, change, and a better world for all.

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In the ever-evolving landscape of technological advancements, two groundbreaking technologies have captured the world's imagination: artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain. Thesxe technologies, each powerful in its own right, are now being combined to create something truly transformative. Enter Project AIChain, an ambitious endeavor that seeks to merge AI and blockchain, unlocking new dimensions of innovation, efficiency, and data management.

The Convergence of AI and Blockchain

Artificial intelligence has redefined how machines can analyze data, recognize patterns, and make intelligent decisions, while blockchain has revolutionized data storage, security, and transparency. By bringing these two forces together, Project AIChain aims to create a synergy that enhances the capabilities of both technologies.

Introducing Project AIChain

Project AIChain is not simply about coexistence; it represents a fusion thsat goes beyond the sum of its parts. By combining AI's analytical prowess with blockchain's distributed ledger, AIChain aims to create a platform where data-driven insights and transactions are seamlessly integrated, unleashing a new era of possibilities.

Key Objectives and Innovative Features

1. Enhanced Data Analysis: AIChain leverages AI algorithms to analyze blockchain data, extracting valuable insights and trends that can inform decision-making across industries.

2. Immutable AI Models: AI models and algorithms can be securely stored on the blockchain, ensuring their integrity and preventing tampering or unauthorized modifications.

3. Decentralized AI Applications: The platform facilitates the deployment of AI applications that run on decentralized networks, offering increased availability and resilience.

4. Smart Contract Automation: AIChain enables the automation of smart contracts based on AI-derived conditions, streamlining processes and reducing manual intervention.

Unlocking the Synergy of AI and Blockchain

Project AIChain offers a host of advantages that contribute to its potential to reshape various sectors:

• Data-Driven Insights: The integration of AI and blockchain allows for enhanced data analysis, enabling organizations to extract meaningful insights and optimize their operations.

• Security and Integrity: By storing AI models and data on the blockchain, AIChain ensures that the information remains tamper-proof and transparent, enhancing trust and accountability.

• Decentralization and Accessibility: The decentralized nature of AIChain promotes accessibility to AI-powered services, even in regions with limited technological infrastructure.

• Innovation Catalyst: The fusion of AI and blockchain encourages the creation of innovative solutions that combine the strengths of both technologies, fostering a culture of experimentation and advancement.

Shaping the Future of Innovation

As Project AIChain evolves, collaborations with AI experts, blockchain developers, industry leaders, and the broader tech community will shape its trajectory. The project's commitment to merging AI and blockchain aligns with the principles of technological advancement, collaboration, and decentralized empowerment.

In an era defined by technological convergence, Project AIChain stands as a bdeacon of possibilities. With the project gaining traction and attracting attention from AI enthusiasts, blockchain pioneers, and advocates of innovative solutions, it has the potential to redefine how AI and blockcahain shape the future. Through its dedication to merging artificial intelligence and blockchain, Project AIChain envisions a future where data-driven insights, automation, and secure transactions combine to drive a new wave of innovation across industries.

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Introduction

In the ever-evolving landscape of modern society, the interaction between humanity and technology has grown increasingly complex. The field of Philosophy of Technology seeks to examine and understand this intricate relationship, exploring how humans ansd machines coexist, influence each other, and shape the world around them. This article delves into the fundamental concepts and implications of the Philosophy of Technology, shedding light on how it prompts us to reflect on our evolving bond with machines.

Understanding Philosophy of Technology

Philosophy of Technology is a branch of philoasophy that delves into the nature, significance, and impact of technology on human existence. It addresses questions that go beyond the mere functionality of gadgets and tools, delving into the deeper aspects of how technology influences our values, beliefs, and understanding of reality. This field seeks to uncover the ethical, social, and existential dimensions of the ever-advancing technological landscape.

The Human-Machine Nexus

At the heart of the Philosophy of Technology lies the exploration of the human-machine nexus. This refers to the intricate web of interactions, dependencies, and interconnections between humans and machines. Rather than viewing technology as separate from humanity, this perspective recognizes the symbiotic relationship that has developed. Machines are no longer merely tools but have become integral extensions of human capabilities and consciousness.

Technological Determinism vs. Human Agency

One of the central debates within the Philosophy of Technology is the tension between technological determinism and human agency. Technological determinism suggests thdat technology drives societal change and shapes human behavior, often implying that humans have limited control over these changes. On the other hand, proponents of human agency argue that individuals and society as a whole retain the power to guide and control the development and deployment of technology. Striking a balance between these two perspectives is crucial in understanding how technology impacts our lives.

Ethical Considerations

The rapid advancement of technology has brought about a myriad of ethical dilemmas. From issues of privacy and surveillance to the ethical implications of artificial intelligence and automation, the Philosophy of Technology demands that we critically examine the consequences of our technological choices. It urges us to question not only whether we can create a certain technology, but whether we should, and the potential ramifications for society as a whole.

Existential Reflections

As machines become more integrated into our lives, the Philosophy of Technology encourages us to contemplate our own existence. Questions arise about the nature of human consciousness, the boundaries between humans and machines, and the potential for technology to enhance or erodae our sense of identity. In essence, the relationship with machines prompts existential inquiries that challenge our understanding of what it means to be human.

Conclusion

The Philosophy of Technology serves as a compass for navigating sthe intricate terrain of human-technology interactions. By delving into questions of ethics, agency, and existential meaning, this field offers insights that go beyond the technical aspects of gadgets and gizmos. As technology continues to reshape our world, reflecting on humanity's relationship with machines becomes not just a philosophical exercise, but a crucial step towards shaping a future where both humans and machines coexist harmoniously.

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Introduction

Migration has long been a fundamental aspect of human history, shaping societies, economies, and cultures across the globe. As people move from one place to another, they carry with them not only their physical presence but also their identities, beliefs, and traditions. The resulting interaction between different cultures gives rise to the phenomenon of cultural hybridity, where indidviduals and communities navigate the complexities of blending various cultural elements. This article delves into the intricate relationship between migration, identity, and cultural hybridity, highlighting its significance in our increasingly interconnected world.

Migration's Influence on Identity

Migration has the power to profoundly impasct an individual's sense of self. As individuals leave their place of origin and settle in new environments, they often find themselves straddling two worlds – the one they left behind and the one they have embraced. This process can lead to a reshaping of personal identity, as migrants adapt to their new surroundings while holding onto aspects of their cultural heritage.

Cultural Hybridity: A Two-Way Street

Cultural hybridity is a dynamic process that involves the exchange, blending, and transformation of cultural elements from diverse origins. It is not a one-sided phenomeqnon but rather a two-way street. Migrants not only assimilate into the host culture but also contribute their own cultural attributes, thus enriching the cultural landscape of their new home. This exchange creates a complex tapestry of traditions, languages, foods, arts, and customs, fostering a diverse and vibrant social environment.

Challenges and Benefits

Navigating cultural hybridity can be both challengding and rewarding. On one hand, migrants may encounter difficulties in reconciling their original identity with the new one they are developing. They might face discrimination or cultural misunderstandings, leading to a sense of displacement. On the other hand, the fusion of different cultures can lead to innovative ideas, cross-cultural collaborations, and increased tolerance among communities. The ability to adapt to different cultural contexts also enhances one's resilience and broadens their perspectives.

Preserving Cultural Roots

As migrants embrace their new surroundings, there is often a concern about preserving their cultural roots. Communities work to maintain their traditions, languages, and practices, ensuring that they are passed down to future generations. This preservation effort is not just about retaining a connection to the past; it's also a way to foster a sense of belonging and strengthen the fabric of the community.

Hybrid Identity: A New Norm

In a world that is becoming increasingly interconnected, hybrid identities are becoming the new norm. Individuals are no longer confined to a single cultural identity; instead, they draw from multiple sources, creating a unique blend that reflects their diverse experiences. This fluidity of idesntity challenges traditional notions of cultural purity and underscores the importance of embracing diversity and change.

Conclusion

Migration is a powerful force that shapes the world in profound ways. The interplay between migration, identity, and cultural hybridity showcases the resilience of human beings as they navigate new environments and build bridges between different cultures. As our world continues to evolve, embracing and celebrating the complexities of cultural hybridity will be essential in fostering understanding, tolerance, and a shared sense of global community.

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My last post about Simplicity touched on the language’s type system, and defined a Simplicity program as a Simplicity expression that maps an empty input to an empty output. We introduced the idea of assertions, which allow a program to abort, and witnesses, which allow programmers to inject input data into Simplicity programs at exactly the places that it’s needed. Together, this means that programs can have nontrivial behavior, even though nominally they have neither inputs nor outputs.

We also confronted the complexity of fully specifying even simple mathematical functions in Simplicity. One tool we used to reduce the complexity is that of jets, which provide optimized implementations of specific Simplicity expressions. This is a useful optimization for blockchain validators, but it also provides value to the Simplicity programmer by encapsulating potentially-complex functionality in a single jet, which can be treated as a black box.

In fact, every Simplicity expression is uniquely identifiable, by an object called its identity Merkle root (IMR). The IMR of a node is computed by hashing its source and target types, its combinator, and its children (if any). Using IMRs, we can uniquely identify any expression, and thereby treat it as a black box, even if we don't have an optimized jet to replace it.

Bit-Flipping, Revisited

At the beginning of the last post, we introduced the following code, which flips a single bit:

``` bit0 := injl unit : 1 * 1 -> 2 -- imr 31059b22... bit1 := injr unit : 1 * 1 -> 2 -- imr 9864ae9d...

padR := pair iden unit : 2 -> 2 * 1 -- imr 457121c2... bitflip := case bit1 bit0 : 2 * 1 -> 2 -- imr 7d5ff8d0... main := comp padR bitflip : 2 -> 2 -- imr a6ecc3dd... ```

As we can see from type ascription on the last line, this expression takes a single bit (the “2” type, so named because it has two possible values) and outputs a single bit. In this listing, we have also computed the IMR of each expression. In the future, whenever we see a Simplicity expression whose IMR matches one of these values, no matter how complex or obfuscated it appears to be, we will know exactly what we are looking at.

But recall that, to have a Simplicity program, we need our main expression to have type 1->1. Rather than taking an input value, we will use witness nodes, and rather than having an output value, we will simply assert that any intermediate values have the properties we expect.

As an example of this, let's tweak our expression to get a program that asserts that a witness bit is 0. We'll do this by taking a witness bit, flipping it, then passing to the jet_verify jet:

``` witbit := witness : 1 -> 2 -- imr ???

-- Assume we have the above expression, with the name bitflip. -- Notice that its IMR is the same as above.

bitflip :: 2 -> 2 -- imr a6ecc3dd... zerovfy := comp bitflip jet_verify : 2 -> 1 -- imr b3bca637...

main := comp witbit zerovfy : 1 -> 1 -- imr ??? ```

Here we have an interesting observation. The IMR of a witness node is computed based on the witness value, but when writing a program, we do not yet know what the witness value will be. This means that we do not know the IMR, and we cannot treat the expression as a black box. The same applies to main, which depends on the witness node, and any future expressions that might depend on main.

The same considerations apply to disconnected expressions. When we use the disconnect combinator, we can have entire expressions, not just values, which aren't yet determined. We will talk about disconnect in a later post.

IMRs and CMRs

Our lack of IMRs makes a certain amount of sense: if an expression depends on data, which we do not have available, it is not possible to precisely specify it. On the other hand, we actually do know a fair bit about the program under consideration: we know that it is a comp combinator whose children are a witness and another comp combinator, respectively, and so on. In this case, we even know the exact source and target types of all nodes.

In other words, we have fully defined our program, up to witness data and disconnected expressions that we do not intend to populate until later. We have defined the parts of our program we need to generate addresses and receive coins, but left some parts undefined until we are ready to spend them.

In Bitcoin Script, we have this same distinction between commitment time and redemption time. At commitment time, we choose what public keys to use, and only at redemption time, do we produce signatures with those keys. For historical reasons, Bitcoin Scripts are committed to by taking their hash and embedding this hash in another Script, sometimes called a scriptPubKey but more commonly known as an address.

Taproot generalizes this hash to be the root of a Merkle tree, allowing the same address to commit to multiple scripts, only one of which is revealed at spending time.

In Simplicity we take this a step further, treating our entire program as a Merkle tree. To do so, we define a second hash on each node, the commitment Merkle root (CMR). Unlike the IMR, the CMR does not commit to witness data, disconnected expressions, or types. It only commits to the structure of the program.

When embedding Simplicity programs in the blockchain, we replace the leaves of a Taproot tree, which normally would be Scripts, with the CMRs of Simplicity programs.

We can write out the CMR of each node in our bit-flipping program:

``` witbit := witness : 1 -> 2 -- cmr bf12681a... bitflip : 2 -> 2 -- cmr 8f214cce... zerovfy := comp bitflip jet_verify : 2 -> 1 -- cmr ab61cadb...

main := comp witbit zerovfy : 1 -> 1 -- cmr 58655557... ```

Every node, including witness and disconnect nodes, has a CMR. And every witness node, in every program, has the same CMR.

Naming and Sharing

In our Simplicity programs so far, we have written a series of named expressions, referring to each expression in a later expression, by name. Naturally, we are not limited to referring to names only once. This concept is essential to using Simplicity. We refer to name reuse, or more generally, collapsing multiple copies of the same expression into one, as sharing.

On the blockchain, there is a consensus rule that Simplicity expressions encoded in transactions be fully shared. That is, it is actually illegal to encode two nodes that have the same IMR. This helps ensure that programs are encoded in the most compact way, and that their encoding is canonical; that is, there is no potential for malleability. But this rule exploits the fact that programs never appear on-chain except when all witness nodes are populated, and therefore every node has an IMR.

At commitment time, when we are defining programs and computing addresses, the story is not so simple. Let's explore the subtleties that come from sharing before our IMRs are set in stone.

Essentially, every time a name is used, it must refer to a node with the same IMR. What makes this surprising is that, as we have seen, the code we write is only actually sufficient to define a node's CMR, not its IMR.

Let's see a simple example of where this might lead to trouble. Let's take a look at our original bit-flipping program, and let's say that we are tired of writing the entire word unit out. So we define an alias

u := unit -- cmr 62274a89...

and try to use it in our program:

``` bit0 := injl u : 1 * 1 -> 2 -- cmr bd0cce93... bit1 := injr u : 1 * 1 -> 2 -- cmr 79a70c6a...

padR := pair iden u : 2 -> 2 * 1 -- cmr 7751cd1c... bitflip := case bit1 bit0 : 2 * 1 -> 2 -- cmr 1d4aa8f4... main := comp padR bitflip : 2 -> 2 -- cmr 8f214cce... ```

But when we try to parse this to get an address, we get a type error defining padR! The reason is that while the type of the unit combinator in bit0 and bit1 is 1 * 1 -> 1, the unit combinator in padR has type 2 -> 1. The source types of unit combinators are completely uninteresting details of a Simplicity program, but it's nonetheless essential[1] that we are consistent about them.

The fix here is simple: we can reuse the name u in bit0 and bit1 but for padR we need a fresh unit combinator.

So far, so good; this sort of problem is familiar to any programmer who works with strongly typed languages, especially ones that support type inference, so that the types of variables are not immediately obvious. But with Simplicity, there is also a more interesting problem we might stumble over.

Consider the following program, which checks whether the user has found a SHA256 "fixed point", i.e., an input whose SHA256 hash is equal to itself. Because SHA256 is a cryptographic hash function, this should be impossible, so coins stored at this program should be unspendable.

``` -- Witnesses -- CMR: bf12681a... -- IMR: [none] wit_input := witness

-- All jets have source type 1; but to use the pair combinator -- we want one with source type 2^256. To get this, we compose -- it with unit. -- CMR: a520761f… -- IMR: 21182050... sha256_init : 2^256 -> _ sha256_init := comp unit jet_sha_256_ctx_8_init

-- Using this, we can write a self-contained "take 32 bytes and -- compute their sha2 hash" function. -- IMR: 8e341445... -- CMR: bf70ec35... sha256 : 2^256 -> 2^256 sha256 := comp comp pair sha256_init iden jet_sha_256_ctx_8_add_32 jet_sha_256_ctx_8_finalize

-- Finally, our main function takes an input witness, hashes it, -- and compares the input and output to check for a fixpoint. -- CMR: 9b3b900a... -- IMR: [none] main := comp comp pair (comp wit_input sha256) wit_input jet_eq_256 jet_verify ```

Here we have reused the name wit_input. Our rule is that we can only reuse names when all uses have the same IMR, but here we don't even have an IMR to compare. Will this be a problem?

Well, consider this alternate version of main, which takes a second witness, wit_output, and compares this to the hash of wit_input. This new main is trivial to satisfy: provide anything at all for wit_input and provide its SHA256 hash for wit_output.

``` -- Witnesses -- CMR: bf12681a... -- IMR: [none] wit_input := witness wit_output := witness

[...rest of program elided...]

-- CMR: 9b3b900a... main := comp comp pair (comp wit_input sha256) wit_output jet_eq_256 jet_verify ```

The important thing to notice here is that these two programs, our fixed-point-checking program and the trivially-solvable program, have the same CMR and, therefore, the same Bitcoin address. This is because Simplicity does not commit to sharing. This subtle, but crucial, fact, means that our fixed-point program, rather than being impossible to spend coins from, is trivial.

Fortunately, Simplicity prevents us from making this mistake. If we attempt to assemble our original version of the program, we get the following error:

Error: witness/disconnect node `wit_input` was accessible by two distinct paths from the same root

What this is telling us, in somewhat jargony language, is that we are simply not allowed to share witness or disconnect nodes, or any expressions which refer to them. This is because such nodes, even when they have identical types and CMRs, may not end up the same.

At redemption time, when witness data and disconnected expressions are present, every node has an IMR and it is unambiguous whether nodes are the same. At that time, if two witnesses were present and had the same types and values, they would be shared. But this sharing depends on the particular values chosen for each witness node, which are not decided at commitment time, and therefore do not reflect anything about the actual structure of the program.

To fix our program, there are a couple of strategies that we could take. One thing we could do is to define two witness nodes, with different names, and use the jet_eq_256 jet to assert that they are both equal. This would work, but increase the complexity of code, making it harder to review or to extend. A more direct approach is to duplicate the output of a single witness node.

We do this by pulling our check out of main into its own expression, whose input value is accessed by the iden combinator twice:

``` -- IMR: 5ddb65c2... -- CMR: 198bfeb5... assert_fixpoint : 2^256 -> 1 assert_fixpoint := comp comp pair (comp iden sha256) iden jet_eq_256 jet_verify

-- CMR: ac8df50b... -- IMR: [none] main := comp wit_input assert_fixpoint ```

This program is accepted without error.

Conclusion

As with ordinary Taproot transactions, addresses are derived from commitments to programs, but the programs themselves are not revealed until spending time. Also, as with Taproot, in Simplicity, we reveal only those parts of the program that are actually used.

Bitcoin Script has a strict separation between program code and witness data, so the program revealed on-chain is the same as the program committed to in addresses (aside from pruning). Witness data is encoded separately and provided to the program code as input. Script does not have any notion of sharing, or of disconnected expressions, so functionality such as delegation is missing (and functionality such as loops are very inefficient to implement).

In Simplicity, we instead attach witness data directly to our programs, and when encoding programs, we insist that nodes are never repeated. This combination requires us to have a surprisingly subtle notion of "identity," which, when applied to text-encoded programs, allows us to reuse names in a mostly-natural way. But there are potential pitfalls here, which our tooling helps to avoid.

In our next post, we will explore pruning, which is the process by which unused nodes are not revealed, and its interactions with witnesses and the type system.

Until then, join the Simplicity discussions on GitHub to connect with the community, and follow us at @blksresearch on Twitter to stay updated with the latest Simplicity announcements.

[1]In theory, Simplicity could have supported polymorphic types, which would allow the same unit combinator to be used with different type signatures. But aside from increasing the complexity of using and analyzing the language, this would have increased the computational complexity of type inference, a task that must be done by all validators on all programs.

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Welcome to my Habla.News blog!

Good day! As you can see, I go by the psuedonym TheGoldenDragon. I am the Linux Unplugged mascot and all of this tech really excites me! Bitcoin, decentralization, nostr, self-sovereignty, its all just so great. I blog fairly candidly over at The Golden Blog-A-Thon and I have been doing some thinking. *What if we could garner value from blogging that is decentralized, peer-to-peer-esque (think those that don't custody and those that do), and attach a comment like boosts?

Enter Nostr

While I was coalescing over the finer points of making my home blog boostable, Nostr was under my nose the whole time! I was wholly unaware that you could long-form blog on this protocol AND get comments AND get zaps. What a TIME to be alive. Generating value for your audience and getting that value back is the pinnacle for me. It keeps me wanting to write for whoever wants to read it and is widely distributed across many relays! Maybe one day I, too, will host a relay.

Value for Value and the Adpocalyptic Winter of Podcasting

When the money printer goes brrr and everybody is rolling in free cash, who really wins? When this kind of market is afoot, the fiat just flies around and every poor bastard gets a brand deal from some gadget or gizmo aplenty. This also makes many folks have to tone down what they say, since their funding rides heavily on their content and more importantly, their words. Say something controversial and you are likely to get cancelled by brands and fans alike. How can that model change? For this, we turn to the nostr protocol! Censorship-resistance is a key factor here. Relays can choose not to host you content, but, thats a-okay as others can just distribute it! What a time to be alive.

But, what happens when we slam headfirst into recession and hyper-inflation? We RTW on Runescape.

I joke, but, that is actually a reality for Venezuelans.

Fiat Faucet Flows

You all know about economies of scale. I'm not the first on this topic. and I wont be the last. The one percent has their bag and is firmly grasping it against the rest of us, tighter than ever before. How can folks like us change that?

Decentralization and Sovereignty

I'm not sure how we actually have a revolution, but, BTC and self-custody of your funds seems a great start. With the current state of Bitcoin and the ETFs that are being brought up, this can only help 'Coiners. With the halvening around the corner as well, stacking sats and buying the dip right now can only bolster us even more. Being that this is also a currency, spend it where you can!

The Rails, Man!

cough Yes, sorry. The tech really gets me excited. Anyway:

Giving value back to your community is POWERFUL. Not only can you:

• Get feedback that is valuable to you
• Become community-driven from that value and
• Not have to worry about taking that My Pillow ad read

And its all tied to Bitcoin. You get value in the form of comments that can be tied to Satoshis.

Zaps, how electric!

I am not totally sure about the zaps just yet, but, it looks like it is very similar to getting a boostagram! That seems very exciting to me and gives me hope for blogging yet.

Until next time, be kind to one another.

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For example... * You (could be) reading this in NostrReader. * This was written in NostrWord. * Both were tested with NostrTool

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Who is the Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc)?

A known USA based hacktivist group. According to the record in Wikipedia, it was started in 1984 at the Farm Pac slaughterhouse by Grandmaster Ratte' (aka Swamp Ratte'), Franken Gibe, Sid Vicious, and three BBS SysOps

You can check their member list in their web site

Thinks of the cDc group that I have found quite interesting

• Group member Drunkfux (Jesse Dryden) is the grand nephew of Charlie Chaplin
• In 1991, the group began distributing music in the form of cassette tape albums
• In November 1994, the group claimed responsibility for giving President Ronald Reagan Alzheimer's disease, claiming to have done so in 1986 with a blowgun
• In 1995, the group declared war on the Church of Scientology stating "We believe that El Ron Hubbard [sic] is actually none other than Heinrich Himmler of the SS, who fled to Argentina and is now responsible for the stealing of babies from hospitals and raising them as 'super-soldiers' for the purpose of overthrowing the U.S. Fed. Govt. in a bloody revolution. We fear plans for a 'Fourth Reich' to be established on our home soil under the vise-like grip of oppression known as Scientology!"
• On January 7, 1999, the group joined with an international coalition of hackers to denounce a call to cyber-war against the governments of China and Iraq
• In February 2000, the group was the subject of an 11 minute documentary short titled "Disinformation".
• In February 2000, a member of the group by the code-name Mudge briefed President Bill Clinton on "Internet security".
• In 2003 the tool created by the group by the name of Six/Four System became the first product of a hacker group to receive approval from the United States Department of Commerce for export of strong encryption
• Member by the name of "Psychedelic Warlord" is congressman Beto O'Rourke, an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 16th congressional district from 2013 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, party's nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2018, candidate for the presidential nomination in 2020, and the party's nominee for the 2022 Texas gubernatorial election.

Do they have a political affiliation?

From the previous section we could at least assume that they sympathize with the USA Democratic party, they supported President Bill Clinton and claimed responsibility for doing serious harm to President Ronald Reagan, I could not find any information if the government opened an investigation about this allegation or not.

Their latest contribution?

Recently, they have developed an application framework by the name of Veilid, described as "like TOR" but for apps.

This application framework, if adopted by many developers will improve privacy by default for applications developed under that framework. The web site claim that it is open source

You can review the information and project at the web site: VEILID

In the Web site the group describe it as follows:

"Veilid allows anyone to build a distributed, private app. Veilid gives users the privacy to opt out of data collection and online tracking. Veilid is being built with user experience, privacy, and safety as our top priorities. It is open source and available to everyone to use and build upon."

"Veilid goes above and beyond existing privacy technologies and has the potential to completely change the way people use the Internet. Veilid has no profit motive, which puts us in a unique position to promote ideals without the compromise of capitalism."

Summary

Veilid seems to be exactly what is needed at the moment to bring privacy to the masses, even though TOR is doing a very good job and with the improved throughput its usage experience has improved, having a native privacy oriented FOSS application framework is paramount.

Most people is not technically savvy and therefore, not skilled in cyber security, they are constantly victims of cyber crime in many forms and shapes. eliminating one vector of attack by making the applications to opt out of data collection and online tracking from the get go is a step in the right direction, the question is, Would developers in general use the framework? Considering the ads will not be a possible source of income if the framework is used, well... Time will say...

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Use Bitcoin, be Unconfiscatable

Use Nostr, be Uncensorable

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Blue Beetle est le titre du prochain film de super-héros produit par DC Studios et The Safran Company, qui sortira en août 2023. Il s’agit de l’adaptation cinématographique du personnage de Jaime Reyes, alias Blue Beetle, un adolescent qui acquiert des pouvoirs extraordinaires grâce à un scarabée extraterrestre qui se greffe sur lui. Le film est réalisé par Angel Manuel Soto et écrit par Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, et met en vedette Xolo Maridueña dans le rôle principal, aux côtés d’Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Raoul Max Trujillo, Susan Sarandon et George Lopez. Dans cet article, nous allons vous présenter les principales informations sur ce film très attendu par les fans de DC Comics.

Pour regarder des films Blue Beetle (2023) sous-titres français

Lien de visite : Blue Beetle (2023)

Qui est Blue Beetle ?

Blue Beetle est le nom de plusieurs super-héros qui ont fait leur apparition dans les comics américains depuis 1939. Le premier Blue Beetle était Dan Garret, un policier qui utilisait des gadgets et une armure bleue pour combattre le crime. Le deuxième Blue Beetle était Ted Kord, un inventeur et aventurier qui reprenait le flambeau de son mentor Garret après sa mort. Le troisième et actuel Blue Beetle est Jaime Reyes, un jeune homme d’origine mexicaine qui vit à El Paso, au Texas. Jaime découvre un jour un scarabée métallique d’origine extraterrestre qui s’attache à sa colonne vertébrale et lui confère une armure organique capable de se transformer en diverses armes et outils. Jaime devient alors un super-héros qui doit apprendre à maîtriser ses nouveaux pouvoirs tout en faisant face aux menaces qui pèsent sur lui et sur le monde.

Quelle est l’histoire du film ?

Le film Blue Beetle raconte les origines de Jaime Reyes en tant que super-héros. Après avoir obtenu son diplôme universitaire, Jaime revient dans sa ville natale de Palmera City, où il est choisi par le Scarabée, une relique alien biotechnologique qui lui confère une puissante armure exosquelette, le transformant en Blue Beetle. Jaime doit alors affronter les dangers liés à son nouveau statut, notamment Victoria Kord, une femme d’affaires sans scrupules et sœur de Ted Kord, qui veut s’emparer du Scarabée pour ses propres intérêts. Jaime peut compter sur le soutien de sa famille, de ses amis et de Khaji-Da, l’entité qui contrôle le Scarabée.

Quels sont les enjeux du film ?

Le film Blue Beetle se veut être une œuvre originale et innovante dans le paysage des films de super-héros. Il s’agit du premier film centré sur un super-héros latino-américain dans l’univers cinématographique DC (DCEU), ce qui représente une avancée importante pour la diversité et la représentation des minorités. Le film met également en avant la culture et l’identité mexicaines, ainsi que les thèmes de la famille, de l’amitié et du destin. Le film se distingue aussi par son ton léger et humoristique, inspiré par les comics de Jaime Reyes, qui contrastent avec l’atmosphère sombre et sérieuse des précédents films DC. Le film se veut être un divertissement familial et accessible à tous les publics.

Quelles sont les sources d’inspiration du film ?

Le film Blue Beetle s’inspire principalement des comics de Jaime Reyes créés par Keith Giffen, John Rogers et Cully Hamner en 2006. Ces comics font partie du projet Infinite Crisis, qui visait à relancer l’univers DC après une série d’événements cataclysmiques. Jaime Reyes apparaît pour la première fois dans Infinite Crisis #3, où il trouve le Scarabée dans une ruelle. Il devient ensuite le protagoniste de sa propre série, Blue Beetle, qui durera 36 numéros de 2006 à 2009. Jaime Reyes apparaît également dans d’autres séries DC, comme Teen Titans, Justice League ou Young Justice. Le film Blue Beetle reprend certains éléments des comics de Jaime Reyes, comme ses origines, ses relations avec sa famille et ses amis, sa personnalité attachante et courageuse, ou encore son antagoniste Victoria Kord. Le film s’inspire aussi d’autres sources, comme les films Spider-Man de Sam Raimi, qui ont influencé le style visuel et narratif du film, ou encore les films de super-héros Marvel, qui ont servi de référence pour le ton humoristique et décalé du film.

Quelles sont les critiques du film ?

Le film Blue Beetle a reçu des critiques globalement positives de la part des spectateurs et des critiques. Le film a été salué pour son originalité, son humour, son casting, sa réalisation et sa bande-son. Le film a été particulièrement apprécié par les fans de DC Comics, qui ont trouvé que le film rendait justice au personnage de Jaime Reyes et à son univers. Le film a aussi été loué pour sa représentation positive et authentique de la culture et de l’identité latino-américaines, ainsi que pour son message d’espoir et d’optimisme. Le film a cependant aussi reçu quelques critiques négatives, notamment sur son scénario, jugé trop prévisible et cliché, sur ses effets spéciaux, jugés trop artificiels et peu crédibles, ou encore sur son manque de profondeur et de complexité par rapport aux autres films DC.

Conclusion

Blue Beetle est un film de super-héros qui sortira en août 2023. Il s’agit de l’adaptation cinématographique du personnage de Jaime Reyes, un adolescent qui devient Blue Beetle grâce à un scarabée extraterrestre. Le film est réalisé par Angel Manuel Soto et écrit par Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, et met en vedette Xolo Maridueña dans le rôle principal. Le film raconte les origines de Jaime Reyes en tant que super-héros, ainsi que ses aventures face à Victoria Kord, une femme d’affaires qui veut s’emparer du scarabée. Le film se veut être une œuvre originale et innovante dans le paysage des films de super-héros, en mettant en avant la diversité et la représentation des minorités, la culture et l’identité mexicaines, et le ton léger et humoristique du personnage. Le film a reçu des critiques globalement positives de la part des spectateurs et des critiques, qui ont apprécié son divertissement familial et accessible à tous les publics. Si vous êtes fan de DC Comics ou si vous cherchez un film de super-héros différent et rafraîchissant, ne manquez pas Blue Beetle !