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Güneşin kaybolmasının üçüncü günü, saat öğlen on ikiyi yirmi geçiyordu. Trenin kalkmasına yaklaşık iki saat vardı. Hepimiz perondaydık. Valizlerimiz, kolilerimiz, renk renk ve biçimsiz çantalarımızla yan yana dizilmiş, kısa aralıklarla tepemizdeki devasa saati kontrol ediyorduk.

Ama ne kadar dik bakarsak bakalım zaman bir türlü istediğimiz hızla ilerlemiyordu. Herkes birkaç dakika sürmesi gereken alelade bir doğa olayına sıkışıp kalmış, karanlıktan sürünerek çıkmayı deniyordu.

Bekleme salonuna doğru döndüm. Nefesimden çıkan buharın arkasında, kalın taş duvarları ve camlarıyla morg kadar güvenli ve soğuk duruyordu. Cesetleri o yüzden bunun gibi yerlere taşımaya başlamışlardı. Demek insanların bütün iyiliği başkaları onları gördüğü içindi ki gündüzleri gecelerden daha karanlık olduğunda hemen birbirlerinin gırtlağına çökmüş, böğürlerinde delikler açmış, gözlerini oyup kafataslarını parçalamışlardı.

İstasyonun ışığı titrediğinde karanlığın enseme saplandığını hissettim. Eğer şimdi, böyle kalabalık bir yerde elektrik kesilse başımıza ne gelirdi?

İçerideki askerlerden biri bakışlarımı yakalayınca yeniden saate odaklanmış gibi yaptım. Sadece birkaç dakika geçmişti.

“Tarlalarım gitti. Böyle boyum kadar ayçiçeği doluydu. Ah, hepsi ölüp gidiyor. Afitap’ın çiçekleri de gi-”

“Dayı, Allah’ını seversen sus. Hepimizi yakacaksın şimdi.”

Karanlıkta durduğunda, görünmez olmayı istemeye başlıyordun. Kimse seni görmemeli, nefesini bile duymamalıydı. Kimsenin de ayağının altında dolaşmamalıydın; gelip kazayla sana çarpmamalılar, takılıp sendelememeliydiler. Yoksa aslında hedefi sen olmadığın bir öfke gürlemeye başlar, yaşadığın ilk şoku ve acıyı silerek üstünden geçerdi.

İlk konuşan, yaşlıca bir adam, kafasında kasketi, nasırlı ellerine hohluyordu. Gözleri ve burnu kızarmıştı. Güneşin kaybolması onun için kendi başına bir felaket değildi. Hayatına olan pratik yansımalarından korkuyordu olsa olsa. Bir anının kaybolması, bu yüzden çoktan kaybettiği birinin biraz daha eksilmesi. Hayatta kalmasını gerektiren sebepler azalırken, hayatta kalmasını sağlayacak kaynaklarını da kaybediyordu.

Onu susturan delikanlıysa atkısını bütün kafasına sarmış, sakalı ve yüzünün derinliklerine kaçmış gözleri dışında bedeninin bütün parçalarını gizlemeye çalışıyordu. İşte o, güneşin kaybolmasının tam olarak ne anlama geldiğini anlamamış olsa bile, dehşetini olduğu gibi hissedebilenlerdendi.

Güneşin onlardan alındıktan sonra kime verileceğini sormuyorlardı. En başta onlara verildiğinde de hiçbir soru sormamışlardı zaten.

İki saat ne zaman geçer?

Midemin üstünde, sağ tarafıma doğru keskin bir acı hissettim. Karaciğerim. Gözlerimi yumdum. Yanımda biri metal bir nesneyi yere bıraktı. Bir kafesti. İçerisindeki kartalın ıslak kokusu burnuma ulaşmadan önce bile biliyordum bunu.

“Yeniden mi?” diye sordu bana kartal. Kanatları kanlı. Zamanın her bir parçası tüylerinin üstüne çöreklenmişti. Gagası bir şey, tahminen et parçası geveliyor gibi hareket ediyordu. Eski anılar kolay unutulmazmış. Şu anda kafesinin kalın parmaklıklarının ardında olsa da bunun bir aldatmaca olduğunu bir tek ben biliyordum. Her an kanatlarını iki yana uzatıverebilir, hava bu hareketiyle dalgalanarak kafesi esneterek hepimizi içine alacak kadar genişleyebilir, parmaklıklar önce ayaklarımızın altına serilir gibi gözükebilir ama aslında hepimizin üstünde yükselerek tepemize çökebilirdi.

Aşağıya baktım. Tahtalarla zapt edilmiş, hiçbir yere gidemeyen ama her yere uzanan tren rayları. Atlayıp koşsam… Çantam çok ağırdı. Daha birkaç adım atamadan, kartal, suratını bedenime gömerdi.

“Bu sefer farklı,” diye yanıtladım onu. “Yeniden diyemezsin. Tekrarladığım bir şey değil bu. Hatta bir hata yapıyormuşum gibi tonlayamazsın da. Bu sefer, insanların hak etmediğini biliyorum.”

“O zaman daha vahim. Süzme salaksın demektir.”

“İnsanların hak etmemesi, insanlığın hak etmediği anlamına gelmez ki.”

Az önce göz göze geldiğim genççe ama çökük asker hâlâ bana bakıyordu. Bir kartalla konuştuğumu anlamamıştı şüphesiz. Yanımdakilerden biriyle konuştuğumu sanmış olmalıydı. Ama konuştuğum kişiye bakmıyordum ona göre. Çekingence kafamı eğmiştim. Bir kez daha göz göze geldiğimizde içerideki diğer iki askere bir şeyler söyledi, onlar dönüp beni süzerken dışarı çıktı.

Yanımızdaki, az önce konuşan iki adam da şaşkınlıkla bir bana bir kartala bakıyordu.

“Yalnız bu sefer kalbin de kırılacak, Prometheus,” dedi kartal, bana. “Belki son olur. Biliyorsun, bir sürü soruna neden oluyor bu yaptıkların.”

Beni koruyordu sözde. En çok kanıma dokunan buydu. Kasıklarımın üstüne oturmuş, kanlı suratının ardında gözleri parlarken attığı çığlık kulaklarımda titremeye devam ediyordu. Bu tabloda kimsenin kimseyi düşündüğü yoktu. Kartalın, yanımızdaki adamların, artık arkama kadar gelmiş olması gereken askerin, tren raylarının, geçmeyen saatlerin…

Arkamı döndüğümde, asker sahiden oradaydı. Zaten öyle olması gerekiyordu; görmüştüm bunu, biliyordum. Kehanetler… Bir şeyler söylüyordu ama ağzı oynarken sesi çıkmıyordu. Yavaşlamış, kendisini saatin akışına uydurmuştu. Havada donan tükürüğünden anlaşılıyordu, sinirliydi. Korktuğu için olduğunu biliyordum. Her seferinde korkmuşlardı. Beni unutmuş olmaları işlerini kolaylaştırmıyordu. Sadece yeni bir isim vermelerine neden oluyordu. Bu seferkiyle beni lanetleyecekleri kesinleşmişti.

Olması gerekenle olanların farklı olması ne kadar acınasıydı. Olması gerekenlerin doğasının kötücül olmasıysa bir yerde buna dayanıyordu.

“Salaksın,” dedi kartal bana. Zamanı aşan bir çığlık. Hepimizin önüne geçmişti ama kimseyi durduramıyordu.

Sonsuzluğa kaç tane iki saat sıkıştırabilirsiniz?

Ben bir tane bile sıkıştıramadım.

Çantama uzanıyordum. Asker de sırtındaki tüfeğini indiriyordu. Benim acelem yoktu, onunsa eli ayağı birbirine dolaşıyordu. Oysaki her şey tam olması gerektiği anda olacaktı. Kehanet başkasının parmaklarının ucundaydı.

Güneş, bir tüfeğin patlamasıyla yeryüzüne doğdu.

Rayların üzerine serilmiş göğsümün ortasından, bir çantanın içinden.

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@ f977c464:32fcbe00

Kendisini aynada ilk defa gördüğü o gün, diğerleri gibi olduğunu anlamıştı. Oysaki her insan biricik olmalıydı. Sözgelimi sinirlendiğinde bir kaşı diğerinden birkaç milimetre daha az çatılabilirdi veya sevindiğinde dudağı ona has bir açıyla dalgalanabilirdi. Hatta bunların hiçbiri mümkün değilse, en azından, gözlerinin içinde sadece onun sahip olabileceği bir ışık parlayabilirdi. Çok sıradan, öyle sıradan ki kimsenin fark etmediği o milyonlarca minik şeyden herhangi biri. Ne olursa.

Ama yansımasına bakarken bunların hiçbirini bulamadı ve diğer günlerden hiç de farklı başlamamış o gün, işe gitmek için vagonunun gelmesini beklediği alelade bir metro istasyonunda, içinde kaybolduğu illüzyon dağılmaya başladı.

İlk önce derisi döküldü. Tam olarak dökülmedi aslında, daha çok kıvılcımlara dönüşüp bedeninden fırlamış ve bir an sonra sönerek külleşmiş, havada dağılmıştı. Ardında da, kaybolmadan hemen önce, kısa süre için hayal meyal görülebilen, bir ruhun yok oluşuna ağıt yakan rengârenk peri cesetleri bırakmıştı. Beklenenin aksine, havaya toz kokusu yayıldı.

Dehşete düştü elbette. Dehşete düştüler. Panikle üstlerini yırtan 50 işçi. Her şeyin sebebiyse o vagon.

Saçları da döküldü. Her tel, yere varmadan önce, her santimde ikiye ayrıla ayrıla yok oldu.

Bütün yüzeylerin mat olduğu, hiçbir şeyin yansımadığı, suyun siyah aktığı ve kendine ancak kameralarla bakabildiğin bir dünyada, vagonun içine yerleştirilmiş bir aynadan ilk defa kendini görmek.

Gözlerinin akları buharlaşıp havada dağıldı, mercekleri boşalan yeri doldurmak için eriyip yayıldı. Gerçeği görmemek için yaratılmış, bu yüzden görmeye hazır olmayan ve hiç olmayacak gözler.

Her şeyin o anda sona erdiğini sanabilirdi insan. Derin bir karanlık ve ölüm. Görmenin görmek olduğu o anın bitişi.

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Ben geldiğimde ölmüşlerdi.

Yani bozulmuşlardı demek istiyorum.

Belleklerini yeni taşıyıcılara takmam mümkün olmadı. Fiziksel olarak kusursuz durumdaydılar, olmayanları da tamir edebilirdim ama tüm o hengamede kendilerini baştan programlamış ve girdilerini modifiye etmişlerdi.

Belleklerden birini masanın üzerinden ileriye savurdu. Hınca hınç dolu bir barda oturuyorlardı. O ve arkadaşı.

Sırf şu kendisini insan sanan androidler travma geçirip delirmesin diye neler yapıyoruz, insanın aklı almıyor.

Eliyle arkasını işaret etti.

Polislerin söylediğine göre biri vagonun içerisine ayna yerleştirmiş. Bu zavallılar da kapı açılıp bir anda yansımalarını görünce kafayı kırmışlar.

Arkadaşı bunların ona ne hissettirdiğini sordu. Yani o kadar bozuk, insan olduğunu sanan androidi kendilerini parçalamış olarak yerde görmek onu sarsmamış mıydı?

Hayır, sonuçta belirli bir amaç için yaratılmış şeyler onlar. Kaliteli bir bilgisayarım bozulduğunda üzülürüm çünkü parasını ben vermişimdir. Bunlarsa devletin. Bana ne ki?

Arkadaşı anlayışla kafasını sallayıp suyundan bir yudum aldı. Kravatını biraz gevşetti.

Bira istemediğinden emin misin?

İstemediğini söyledi. Sahi, neden deliriyordu bu androidler?

Basit. Onların yapay zekâlarını kodlarken bir şeyler yazıyorlar. Yazılımcılar. Biliyorsun, ben donanımdayım. Bunlar da kendilerini insan sanıyorlar. Tiplerine bak.

Sesini alçalttı.

Arabalarda kaza testi yapılan mankenlere benziyor hepsi. Ağızları burunları bile yok ama şu geldiğimizden beri sakalını düzeltip duruyor mesela. Hayır, hepsi de diğerleri onun sakalı varmış sanıyor, o manyak bir şey.

Arkadaşı bunun delirmeleriyle bağlantısını çözemediğini söyledi. O da normal sesiyle konuşmaya devam etti.

Anlasana, aynayı falan ayırt edemiyor mercekleri. Lönk diye kendilerini görüyorlar. Böyle, olduğu gibi...

Nedenmiş peki? Ne gerek varmış?

Ne bileyim be abicim! Ahiret soruları gibi.

Birasına bakarak dalıp gitti. Sonra masaya abanarak arkadaşına iyice yaklaştı. Bulanık, bir tünelin ucundaki biri gibi, şekli şemalı belirsiz bir adam.

Ben seni nereden tanıyorum ki ulan? Kimsin sen?

Belleği makineden çıkardılar. İki kişiydiler. Soruşturmadan sorumlu memurlar.

─ Baştan mı başlıyoruz, diye sordu belleği elinde tutan ilk memur.

─ Bir kere daha deneyelim ama bu sefer direkt aynayı sorarak başla, diye cevapladı ikinci memur.

─ Bence de. Yeterince düzgün çalışıyor.

Simülasyon yüklenirken, ayakta, biraz arkada duran ve alnını kaşıyan ikinci memur sormaktan kendisini alamadı:

─ Bu androidleri niye böyle bir olay yerine göndermişler ki? Belli tost olacakları. İsraf. Gidip biz baksak aynayı kırıp delilleri mahvetmek zorunda da kalmazlar.

Diğer memur sandalyesinde hafifçe dönecek oldu, o sırada soruyu bilgisayarın hoparlöründen teknisyen cevapladı.

Hangi işimizde bir yamukluk yok ki be abi.

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Ama bir son değildi. Üstlerindeki tüm illüzyon dağıldığında ve çıplak, cinsiyetsiz, birbirinin aynı bedenleriyle kaldıklarında sıra dünyaya gelmişti.

Yere düştüler. Elleri -bütün bedeni gibi siyah turmalinden, boğumları çelikten- yere değdiği anda, metronun zemini dağıldı.

Yerdeki karolar öncesinde beyazdı ve çok parlaktı. Tepelerindeki floresan, ışığını olduğu gibi yansıtıyor, tek bir lekenin olmadığı ve tek bir tozun uçmadığı istasyonu aydınlatıyorlardı.

Duvarlara duyurular asılmıştı. Örneğin, yarın akşam kültür merkezinde 20.00’da başlayacak bir tekno blues festivalinin cıvıl cıvıl afişi vardı. Onun yanında daha geniş, sarı puntolu harflerle yazılmış, yatay siyah kesiklerle çerçevesi çizilmiş, bir platformdan düşen çöp adamın bulunduğu “Dikkat! Sarı bandı geçmeyin!” uyarısı. Biraz ilerisinde günlük resmi gazete, onun ilerisinde bir aksiyon filminin ve başka bir romantik komedi filminin afişleri, yapılacakların ve yapılmayacakların söylendiği küçük puntolu çeşitli duyurular... Duvar uzayıp giden bir panoydu. On, on beş metrede bir tekrarlanıyordu.

Tüm istasyonun eni yüz metre kadar. Genişliği on metre civarı.

Önlerinde, açık kapısından o mendebur aynanın gözüktüğü vagon duruyordu. Metro, istasyona sığmayacak kadar uzundu. Bir kılıcın keskinliğiyle uzanıyor ama yer yer vagonların ek yerleriyle bölünüyordu.

Hiçbir vagonda pencere olmadığı için metronun içi, içlerindekiler meçhuldü.

Sonrasında karolar zerrelerine ayrılarak yükseldi. Floresanın ışığında her yeri toza boğdular ve ortalığı gri bir sisin altına gömdüler. Çok kısa bir an. Afişleri dalgalandırmadılar. Dalgalandırmaya vakitleri olmadı. Yerlerinden söküp aldılar en fazla. Işık birkaç kere sönüp yanarak direndi. Son kez söndüğünde bir daha geri gelmedi.

Yine de etraf aydınlıktı. Kırmızı, her yere eşit dağılan soluk bir ışıkla.

Yer tamamen tele dönüşmüştü. Altında çapraz hatlarla desteklenmiş demir bir iskelet. Işık birkaç metreden daha fazla aşağıya uzanamıyordu. Sonsuzluğa giden bir uçurum.

Duvarın yerini aynı teller ve demir iskelet almıştı. Arkasında, birbirine vidalarla tutturulmuş demir plakalardan oluşan, üstünden geçen boruların ek yerlerinden bazen ince buharların çıktığı ve bir süre asılı kaldıktan sonra ağır, yağlı bir havayla sürüklendiği bir koridor.

Diğer tarafta paslanmış, pencerelerindeki camlar kırıldığı için demir plakalarla kapatılmış külüstür bir metro. Kapının karşısındaki aynadan her şey olduğu gibi yansıyordu.

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Bir konteynırın içini andıran bir evde, gerçi gayet de birbirine eklenmiş konteynırlardan oluşan bir şehirde “andıran” demek doğru olmayacağı için düpedüz bir konteynırın içinde, masaya mum görüntüsü vermek için koyulmuş, yarı katı yağ atıklarından şekillendirilmiş kütleleri yakmayı deniyordu. Kafasında hayvan kıllarından yapılmış grili siyahlı bir peruk. Aynı kıllardan kendisine gür bir bıyık da yapmıştı.

Üstünde mavi çöp poşetlerinden yapılmış, kravatlı, şık bir takım.

Masanın ayakları yerine oradan buradan çıkmış parçalar konulmuştu: bir arabanın şaft mili, üst üste konulmuş ve üstünde yazı okunamayan tenekeler, boş kitaplar, boş gazete balyaları... Hiçbir şeye yazı yazılmıyordu, gerek yoktu da zaten çünkü merkez veri bankası onları fark ettirmeden, merceklerden giren veriyi sentezleyerek insanlar için dolduruyordu. Yani, androidler için. Farklı şekilde isimlendirmek bir fark yaratacaksa.

Onların mercekleri için değil. Bağlantıları çok önceden kopmuştu.

─ Hayatım, sofra hazır, diye bağırdı yatak odasındaki karısına.

Sofrada tabak yerine düz, bardak yerine bükülmüş, çatal ve bıçak yerine sivriltilmiş plakalar.

Karısı salonun kapısında durakladı ve ancak kulaklarına kadar uzanan, kocasınınkine benzeyen, cansız, ölü hayvanların kıllarından ibaret peruğunu eliyle düzeltti. Dudağını, daha doğrusu dudağının olması gereken yeri koyu kırmızı bir yağ tabakasıyla renklendirmeyi denemişti. Biraz da yanaklarına sürmüştü.

─ Nasıl olmuş, diye sordu.

Sesi tek düzeydi ama hafif bir neşe olduğunu hissettiğinize yemin edebilirdiniz.

Üzerinde, çöp poşetlerinin içini yazısız gazete kağıtlarıyla doldurarak yaptığı iki parça giysi.

─ Çok güzelsin, diyerek kravatını düzeltti kocası.

─ Sen de öylesin, sevgilim.

Yaklaşıp kocasını öptü. Kocası da onu. Sonra nazikçe elinden tutarak, sandalyesini geriye çekerek oturmasına yardım etti.

Sofrada yemek niyetine hiçbir şey yoktu. Gerek de yoktu zaten.

Konteynırın kapısı gürültüyle tekmelenip içeri iki memur girene kadar birbirlerine öyküler anlattılar. O gün neler yaptıklarını. İşten erken çıkıp yemyeşil çimenlerde gezdiklerini, uçurtma uçurduklarını, kadının nasıl o elbiseyi bulmak için saatlerce gezip yorulduğunu, kocasının kısa süreliğine işe dönüp nasıl başarılı bir hamleyle yaşanan krizi çözdüğünü ve kadının yanına döndükten sonra, alışveriş merkezinde oturdukları yeni dondurmacının dondurmalarının ne kadar lezzetli olduğunu, boğazlarının ağrımasından korktuklarını...

Akşam film izleyebilirlerdi, televizyonda -boş ve mat bir plaka- güzel bir film oynayacaktı.

İki memur. Çıplak bedenleriyle birbirinin aynı. Ellerindeki silahları onlara doğrultmuşlardı. Mum ışığında, tertemiz bir örtünün serili olduğu masada, bardaklarında şaraplarla oturan ve henüz sofranın ortasındaki hindiye dokunmamış çifti gördüklerinde bocaladılar.

Hiç de androidlere bilinçli olarak zarar verebilecek gibi gözükmüyorlardı.

─ Sessiz kalma hakkına sahipsiniz, diye bağırdı içeri giren ikinci memur. Söylediğiniz her şey...

Cümlesini bitiremedi. Yatak odasındaki, masanın üzerinden gördüğü o şey, onunla aynı hareketleri yapan android, yoksa, bir aynadaki yansıması mıydı?

Bütün illüzyon o anda dağılmaya başladı.

Not: Bu öykü ilk olarak 2020 yılında Esrarengiz Hikâyeler'de yayımlanmıştır.

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9. Boosting Transaction Capacity: By running a node, you help to increase the overall capacity of the Lightning Network, enabling more transactions to be processed quickly and at lower costs.

10. Community Leadership and Reputation: As an active node operator, you gain recognition within the Bitcoin community, which can lead to collaborative opportunities and a position of thought leadership in the space.

These reasons demonstrate the impactful and transformative nature of running a Lightning node, appealing to those who are deeply invested in the principles of bitcoin and wish to actively shape its future. Jump aboard, and embrace the journey toward full independence. 🐶🐾🫡🚀🚀🚀

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Chef's notes

Serving these two dishes together will create a delightful centerpiece for your Thanksgiving meal, offering a perfect blend of traditional flavors with a homemade touch.

Details

• ⏲️ Prep time: 30 min
• 🍳 Cook time: 1 - 2 hours
• 🍽️ Servings: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1 whole turkey (about 12-14 lbs), thawed and ready to cook
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons fresh thyme, chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh sage, chopped
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 onion, quartered
• 1 lemon, halved
• 2-3 cloves of garlic
• Apple and Sage Stuffing
• 1 loaf of crusty bread, cut into cubes
• 2 apples, cored and chopped
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 stalks celery, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup fresh sage, chopped
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 2 cups chicken broth
• Salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

1. Preheat the Oven: Set your oven to 325°F (165°C).
2. Prepare the Herb Butter: Mix the softened butter with the chopped thyme, rosemary, and sage. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Prepare the Turkey: Remove any giblets from the turkey and pat it dry. Loosen the skin and spread a generous amount of herb butter under and over the skin.
4. Add Aromatics: Inside the turkey cavity, place the quartered onion, lemon halves, and garlic cloves.
5. Roast: Place the turkey in a roasting pan. Tent with aluminum foil and roast. A general guideline is about 15 minutes per pound, or until the internal temperature reaches 165°F (74°C) at the thickest part of the thigh.
6. Rest and Serve: Let the turkey rest for at least 20 minutes before carving.
7. Next: Apple and Sage Stuffing
8. Dry the Bread: Spread the bread cubes on a baking sheet and let them dry overnight, or toast them in the oven.
9. Cook the Vegetables: In a large skillet, melt the butter and cook the onion, celery, and garlic until soft.
10. Combine Ingredients: Add the apples, sage, and bread cubes to the skillet. Stir in the chicken broth until the mixture is moist. Season with salt and pepper.
11. Bake: Transfer the stuffing to a baking dish and bake at 350°F (175°C) for about 30-40 minutes, until golden brown on top.

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Testing a brand new YakiHonne native client for iOS. Smooth as butter (not penis butter 🤣🍆🧈) with great visual experience and intuitive navigation. Amazing work by the team behind it! * lists * work

Bold text work!

Images could have used nostr.build instead of raw S3 from us-east-1 region.

Very impressive! You can even save the draft and continue later, before posting the long-form note!

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As the title states, scratch behind my ear and you get it. 🐶🐾🫡

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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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Join Richard from Motiv as he shares insights into how the Motiv project is revolutionising humanitarian aid in Peru through the integration of Bitcoin. Discover how the project's Christian values drive its mission to empower individuals financially while fostering self-growth within communities. Explore success stories illustrating the financial empowerment achieved through Bitcoin and the project's dedication to social activism. Learn about Motiv's innovative approach to self-sustainability and how readers can support their mission. This interview was conducted on the Croxroad podcast, a platform dedicated to highlighting inspiring stories of innovation and social impact. Get inspired by Motiv's journey and learn how you can contribute to making a difference in Peru and beyond. For more information, support, and to get involved, don't miss the Contact Information and Support section, along with insightful FAQs to address any queries. Experience the transformative power of Bitcoin in driving self-growth and positive change in communities worldwide.

Table of Contents

• Introduction to Motiv Project

• Integration of Bitcoin

• Financial Empowerment Through Bitcoin

• Christian Values and Humanitarian Aid

• Contact Information and Support

• Conclusion

• FAQs

Introduction to Motiv Project

The Motiv Project is a pioneering initiative dedicated to transforming lives and fostering self-growth in Peru through innovative approaches to humanitarian aid. Founded on Christian values and driven by a passion for social activism, Motiv is committed to empowering individuals and communities, particularly in impoverished regions, to achieve financial independence and sustainable growth.

At the heart of the Motiv Project is the integration of Bitcoin, a revolutionary digital currency, as a tool for financial empowerment. By leveraging the benefits of Bitcoin, Motiv aims to provide individuals with access to secure and efficient financial services, free from the constraints of traditional banking systems. Through education and support, Motiv equips individuals with the knowledge and resources needed to harness the potential of Bitcoin for their own economic advancement.

Through various programs and initiatives, Motiv facilitates entrepreneurship, vocational training, and economic development, empowering individuals to build thriving businesses and improve their quality of life. By fostering a culture of self-reliance and resilience, Motiv empowers communities to break free from cycles of poverty and dependence, paving the way for long-term growth and prosperity.

With a focus on grassroots initiatives and community-driven solutions, the Motiv Project is making a tangible impact on the lives of thousands of individuals across Peru. Through collaboration with local partners and organisations, Motiv is creating a ripple effect of positive change, inspiring hope and opportunity where it is needed most. Join us in supporting the Motiv Project and become part of a movement dedicated to driving sustainable development and self-growth in Peru and beyond.

Integration of Bitcoin

The integration of Bitcoin within the Motiv project marks a transformative approach to humanitarian aid in Peru. Bitcoin, a decentralised digital currency, serves as a foundational tool for empowering individuals and communities economically. Motiv has embraced Bitcoin as a means to provide financial autonomy and stability to marginalised populations, enabling them to transcend the limitations of traditional banking systems.

Through the integration of Bitcoin, Motiv offers a novel solution to the challenges faced by underprivileged communities in Peru. By leveraging the secure and transparent nature of blockchain technology, Motiv facilitates seamless transactions and financial empowerment. This integration enables individuals to access financial services without relying on conventional banking infrastructure, which may be inaccessible or unreliable in remote areas.

Moreover, Bitcoin integration fosters economic resilience by mitigating the risks associated with inflation and economic instability. Individuals participating in the Motiv project can safeguard their financial assets through Bitcoin, preserving their purchasing power and building long-term wealth.

The integration of Bitcoin also aligns with Motiv's mission to promote innovation and inclusivity in humanitarian efforts. By harnessing the potential of cryptocurrency, Motiv empowers individuals to take control of their financial futures and break free from cycles of poverty. This forward-thinking approach not only addresses immediate financial needs but also lays the groundwork for sustainable development and self-sufficiency.

Overall, the integration of Bitcoin within the Motiv project represents a paradigm shift in humanitarian aid, ushering in a new era of financial empowerment and opportunity for underserved communities in Peru.

Financial Empowerment Through Bitcoin

Financial empowerment through Bitcoin is at the heart of Motiv's transformative efforts in Peru. By embracing cryptocurrency as a vehicle for economic progress, Motiv empowers individuals and communities to take control of their financial destinies. Through Bitcoin, participants gain access to a secure and transparent financial system that transcends the limitations of traditional banking infrastructure.

Bitcoin serves as a catalyst for financial inclusion, enabling individuals in underserved areas to participate in the global economy. Motiv provides education and resources to help community members understand and leverage Bitcoin effectively, thereby fostering economic resilience and independence. Participants are equipped with the knowledge and tools to send, receive, and store Bitcoin securely, empowering them to navigate financial transactions with confidence.

Furthermore, Bitcoin offers a hedge against inflation and economic volatility, providing a stable store of value amidst uncertain economic conditions. By diversifying their financial holdings with Bitcoin, individuals can protect their wealth and preserve their purchasing power over time. This financial security enables them to weather economic downturns and pursue opportunities for growth and prosperity.

Motiv's focus on financial empowerment through Bitcoin extends beyond individual benefits to drive broader societal change. By fostering a culture of financial literacy and self-reliance, Motiv lays the groundwork for sustainable development and poverty alleviation in Peru. Through education, training, and access to Bitcoin, Motiv empowers individuals to build brighter futures for themselves and their communities.

Christian Values and Humanitarian Aid

Christian values are deeply embedded in Motiv's humanitarian efforts in Peru. Rooted in compassion and service, Motiv's approach to aid reflects the principles of love, generosity, and solidarity espoused in the Christian faith. Central to Motiv's mission is the belief in the inherent dignity and worth of every individual, regardless of their circumstances.

Through its humanitarian aid initiatives, Motiv seeks to uplift the most vulnerable members of society, providing them with tangible support and resources to improve their lives. Motiv's commitment to Christian values drives its focus on addressing not just the immediate needs of communities, but also the underlying systemic issues that perpetuate poverty and inequality.

Moreover, Motiv recognizes the importance of empowering individuals to become agents of change within their own communities. By instilling Christian values such as compassion, empathy, and stewardship, Motiv equips individuals with the mindset and skills to serve others and effect positive social change.

In addition to providing material assistance, Motiv also offers spiritual support and guidance to those in need. Through prayer, counselling, and fellowship, Motiv seeks to nurture the spiritual well-being of individuals and foster a sense of hope and resilience in the face of adversity.

Overall, Motiv's humanitarian aid efforts are guided by Christian values of love, compassion, and service. By embodying these principles in its work, Motiv not only meets the immediate needs of communities but also strives to create a more just, compassionate, and equitable society for all.

Contact Information and Support

For those seeking to connect with Motiv and support their impactful work in Peru, various channels are available for contact and assistance. Individuals interested in learning more about Motiv's projects, volunteering opportunities, or ways to contribute can visit the organisation's official website at Motiv.ngo. Here, comprehensive information about Motiv's initiatives, team members, and mission can be found.

Additionally, Motiv can be reached via email at info@Motiv.ngo for inquiries, partnership proposals, or general support. The team at Motiv is responsive and welcomes correspondence from individuals, organisations, and potential collaborators who share their commitment to humanitarian aid and community development.

For those active on social media platforms, following Motiv's accounts provides another avenue for engagement and support. Motiv maintains a presence on Twitter under the handle @Motivngoglobal, where updates, news, and stories about their work are regularly shared. Furthermore, Motiv is launching an innovative initiative called TravelSats, where individuals can book tours with select tourism companies, with a portion of the proceeds directly supporting Motiv's programs. By participating in these tours, individuals not only have the opportunity to explore exciting destinations but also contribute to meaningful social impact projects in Peru.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Motiv's endeavours in Peru exemplify the transformative potential of Bitcoin in fostering self-reliance and community empowerment. Through innovative programs and a steadfast commitment to financial inclusion, Motiv is revolutionising traditional aid models, emphasising dignity, and sustainability. By integrating Christian values with humanitarian aid, Motiv embodies a holistic approach to social impact, prioritising both material assistance and spiritual upliftment. With accessible contact information and diverse avenues for support, Motiv invites individuals worldwide to join their mission of catalysing positive change and fostering resilience in communities across Peru. Together, through collaboration and compassion, Motiv and its supporters are shaping a brighter, more equitable future for all.

FAQs

How does Motiv integrate Bitcoin into its humanitarian efforts? Motiv utilises Bitcoin as a financial tool to empower individuals in Peru, providing them with access to secure and efficient means of storing value and conducting transactions. Through Bitcoin, Motiv facilitates economic independence and fosters financial inclusion among marginalised communities.

How can I support Motiv's initiatives in Peru? You can support Motiv's initiatives by donating through their website or participating in their travel program, TravelSats, where a portion of the proceeds goes towards supporting their programs in Peru. Additionally, you can follow Motiv on social media to stay updated on their projects and spread awareness about their work.

How does Motiv uphold Christian values while providing humanitarian aid? While Motiv operates based on Christian principles, it does not impose religious beliefs on the communities it serves. Instead, Motiv focuses on delivering practical assistance and empowerment programs that align with Christian values of compassion, justice, and dignity for all. By embodying these values in their humanitarian efforts, Motiv seeks to uplift individuals and communities regardless of their religious background.

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Unlocking the Digital Gold Rush

In today's fast-paced world, there's a digital evolution quietly underway, and at the heart of it lies Bitcoin. It's not just another form of currency; it's a digital treasure trove with a limited supply – only 21 million Bitcoins will ever exist. This scarcity sets it apart from traditional fiat money and makes it a valuable asset in its own right.

The Pitfalls of Fiat Money

Think about the money you use every day – dollars, euros, pounds – it's called fiat money. Governments can print as much of it as they please, and while that might seem convenient, it comes with a catch: inflation. The more money that floods the market, the less each unit is worth. This erosion of value is a constant threat to your hard-earned savings and purchasing power.

Bitcoin: The Antidote to Inflation

Enter Bitcoin, the antidote to inflation woes. With its finite supply, Bitcoin is immune to the pitfalls of fiat money. Its decentralized nature means that no single entity controls it, giving you unprecedented control over your wealth. In a world where financial stability is uncertain, having a digital asset like Bitcoin provides a sense of security and empowerment.

Conclusion: Seizing the Opportunities of the Digital Age

Living in a time where Bitcoin is accessible is a privilege more so if you can exchange your unbacked fiatmoney for it. It's like stumbling upon a digital gold rush where the treasure is not just for the lucky few but for anyone willing to seize the opportunity. So, embrace the digital revolution, harness the power of Bitcoin, and secure your financial future in a world where traditional currencies are losing their shine. One thing is for sure: To live in a time, where you can exchange infinite money for an ultimately finite good is awesome. And even better: You can actually earn bitcoin rewards for playing mobile games! Read our other long-form notes to learn more here:

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This post is the eleventh in our Stoic Philosophy book club series on Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Participants expressing interest are tagged at the end of the post, let us know if you're new and would like to join and be tagged!

Prior posts for context:

• Book 10
• Book 9
• Book 8
• Book 7
• Book 6
• Book 5
• Book 4
• Book 3: In Carnuntum
• Book 2: On the River Gran, Among the Quadi
• Book 1: Debts and Lessons
• Geneisis Post

Book 11

Summary and Highlights

Following on from Book 10, I really enjoyed Book 11 as well. I'm looking forward to each new book a little more than the prior. Apparently Marcus was visiting the theater around this time. There is a lengthy reflection on comedy and tragedy in #6, as well as many small, sniping quotes which feel like they're from plays or literature. Here are my highlights for this week.

As usual, Marcus leads off with a banger in #1, which I'll quote in its entirety.

    Characteristics of the rational soul:     Self-perception, self-examination, and the power to make of itself whatever it wants.     It reaps its own harvest, unlike the plants (and, in a different way, animals), whose yield is gathered in by others.     It reaches its intended goal, no matter where the limit of its life is set. Not like dancing and theater and things like that, where the performance is incomplete if it's broken off in the middle, but at any point -- no matter which one you pick -- it has fulfilled its mission, done its work completely. So that it can say, "I have what I came for."     It surveys the world and the empty space around it, and the way it's put together. It delves into the endlessness of time to extend its grasp and comprehension of the periodic births and rebirths that the world goes through. It knows that those who come after us will see nothing different, that those who came before us saw no more than we do, and that anyone with forty years behind him and eyes in his head has seen both past and future -- both alike.     Affection for its neighbors. Truthfulness. Humility. Not to place anything above itself -- which is characteristic of law as well. No difference here between the logos of rationality and that of justice.

Of course, as I read this, I'm ticking off boxes to make sure "I'm rational", an exercise of ego. But it's eloquently written and a well-rounded description of living in harmony with Nature and Universal Law. A great start.

In #2, Marcus provides a short instruction manual on how to dissolve attachment and desire, to:

"Analyze the melody into the notes that form it, and as you hear each one, ask yourself whether you're powerless against that. That should be enough to deter you."

What I found personally interesting here was his express inclusion of martial arts alongside singing and dancing as outer examples of artistic desire. Perhaps because I have plenty of experience with music and dancing, but only an unexplored curiosity for martial arts. Makes me want to try, and also reminds me of the way other practitioners like Joe Rogan or Lex Friedman describe Jiu Jitsu as beauty in strategy and sequence.

In #3, Marcus mentions "The resolute soul", and its resolve in "separation from the body" but claims,

But the resolution has to be the result of its own decision, not just in response to outside forces [like the Christians].

This is an interesting detail to me because he particularly mentions the Christians and expresses an interpretation of the movement at the time. Raised in a Christian environment, I pick on this detail because it has also been quite a challenge for me to discern my own motivations toward Truth during development. Outside pressure from family, church organization or culture can contribute to some confusion in finding and nurturing the Soul's internal resolution, or True Self. I guess that's also just a part of growing up for everyone, but it stands out to me that perhaps the pressures of external persecution, or the factors Marcus is describing at this time are still held in the DNA of Christian organizations and consciousness today.

1. "And your profession?" "Goodness." (And how is that to be achieved, except by thought -- about the world, about the nature of people?)

The first time I read this, I almost wrote it off with a slight disagreement, reducing it to "thinking good thoughts makes me a good person", which leaves a dangerous amount of room for spiritual bypassing. However, upon closer inspection, it has a deeply Buddhist flavor if I consider that Goodness is equated with a "pure mind", one that thinks good thoughts because that is its nature, now that the subconscious has been cleaned. Interesting how my own interpretation is subject to a difference between outer perception and inner reality, probably coincident with the state of my own mind at that time. :/

In #6, Marcus does a little exposition of theater genre. Essentially, Tragedies exist "to remind us of what can happen, and that it happens inevitably. And "Then, after tragedy, Old Comedy: instructive in its frankness, its plain speaking designed to puncture pretensions". Of course, they never make it like they used to, as Marcus essentially follows this with commentary that "New Comedy" has lost this. True now, true then, true always?

7. It stares you in the face. No role is so well suited to philosophy as the one you happen to be in right now.

I can't help but remember Marcus' entries in prior books which seem to despair his station at the expense of "being" a philosopher. Perhaps he's developed some acceptance of that. Either way, it's a classical acknowledgement of Plato's Philosopher-King.

In #8, Marcus draws an interesting psychological analogy to a tree:

    A branch cut away from the branch beside it is simultaneously cut away from the whole tree. So too a human being separated from another is cut loose from the whole community.     The branch is cut off by someone else. But people cut themselves off -- through hatred, through rejection -- and don't realize that they're cutting themselves off from the whole civic enterprise.     Except that we also have a gift, given to use by Zeus, who founded this community of ours. We can reattach ourselves and become once more components of the whole.     But if tthe rupture is too often repeated, it makes the severed part hard to reconnect, and to restore. You can see the difference between the branch that's been there since the beginning, remaining on the tree and growing with it, and the one that's been cut off and grafted back.     "One trunk, two minds." As the gardeners put it.

There are a few different parts I like about this one. Firstly, the part about people cutting themselves off through hatred and rejection. It's a reminder for me that relationships are important. Sometimes I feel like I'll be all good if I can just sort myself and my life out -- meditate by myself and have little to do with the outside world, like a monk on a mountaintop. But perhaps there is unconscious rejection, anger or fear behind this desire? Secondly, I find it interesting that Marcus credits "Zeus, who founded this community of ours". Zeus is the Greek god of gods and Marcus is Roman. Does Zeus represent sovereignty here? Or Reason? Besides the syncretism here, I find the selection of Zeus interesting as a symbol for the rise of rational thought in the development of human religious ideas, which I've explored in some other book review posts. And of course, the final two paragraphs summarized with "One trunk, two minds" is a wonderful, allegorical representation of psychological trauma and the development of psychological complexes. Well described.

In #9, Marcus advocates that you shouldn't let difficult people "stop you from putting up with them" and that "anger, too, is weakness, as much as breaking down and giving up the struggle." We often describe the fundamental natural instincts of "fight or flight" as a root-level automatism, but my reading here is that both fight or flight are losing the conflict. Stay centered, stay grounded and still.

Which is further developed in #12:

The soul as a sphere in equilibrium: Not grasping at things beyond it or retreating inward. Not fragmenting outward, not sinking back on itself, but ablaze with light and looking at the truth, without and within.

A fiery, dynamic stasis. Like the Sun.

1. They flatter one another out of contempt, and their desire to rule one another makes them bow and scrape.

Possessed by their obsessive desires, people are twisted into the opposite expressions of behavior.

Reflection #15 is my favorite from Book 11:

    The despicable phoniness of people who say, "Listen, I'm going to level with you here." What does that mean? It shouldn't even need to be said. It should be obvious -- written in block letters on your forehead. It should be audible in your voice, visible in your eyes, like a lover who looks into your face and takes in the whole story at a glance. A straightforward, honest person should be like someone who stinks: when you're in the same room with him, you know it. But false straightforwardness is like a knife in the back.     False friendship is the worst. Avoid it at all costs. If you're honest and straightforward and mean well, it should show in your eyes. It should be unmistakable.

Incredibly based. Stinky based. I can't say it any better, or add much to it. Go stink it up with the Truth.

Entry #18 is a very long, exploratory post of Marcus breaking down his mind's own misconceptions. It's well worth its own consideration, but a segment on masculinity stands out:

When you start to lose your temper, remember: There's nothing manly about rage. It's courtesy and kindness that define a human being -- and a man. That's who possesses strength and nerves and guts, not the angry whiners. To react like that brings you closer to impassivity -- and so to strength.

It's tough to be a man out there these days, and there aren't many positive examples of masculinity out there, so here's one from Marcus The Man himself.

1. Socrates used to call popular beliefs "the monsters under the bed" -- only useful for frightening children with.

Sounds about right with all the cultural drama around The Current Thing(tm). As Marcus frequently reminds elsewhere, this phenomena isn't new and we can expect it again. Learn to recognize cultural drama, detach identity from it and grow up, become a Man, not a child (or a sheep) and see the world for what it is.

1. This advice from Epicurean writings: to think continually of one of the men of old who lived a virtuous life.

Both ironic and inspiring to be reading this text and following that advice about the writer, Marcus. He's become his own ideal 2000 years later.

1. Mastery of reading and writing requires a master. Still more so life.

This one is pretty enigmatic. The wisdom probably lies in the mystery still half-concealed. Must one become the master oneself? Or must one become a slave to something higher? What is the difference? Is there any?

1. Socrates: What do you want, rational minds or irrational ones? -- Rational ones. Healthy or sick? -- Healthy. Then work to obtain them. -- We already have. Then why all this squabbling?

LOL. I wish I could hang out with Socrates.

Thanks for reading.

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ถ้าทั้งโลกนี้มีเงินอยู่ 100 หน่วย และไม่สามารถเพิ่มจำนวนได้ สมมติ ผมมีเงินอยู่ 10 หน่วย คุณมี 0 หน่วยและอยากกู้เงินจากผม ผมให้กู้ 10 หน่วย คิดดอกเบี้ย 1% หรือ 1 หน่วย คุณต้องหาเงินมาคืนผมให้ได้ 100 หน่วย บวก ดอกเบี้ยอีก 1 หน่วย รวมเป็น 101 หน่วย คำถาม : ดอกเบี้ยอีก 1 หน่วย คุณหามาจากไหน? ตอบ : จากคนอื่นที่ไม่ใช่ผม ถาม : แล้วคุณไปเอาเงิน 1 หน่วยจากคนอื่นมาได้ยังไง? ตอบ : คุณก็ทำประโยชน์ให้คนอื่นจนเค้ายอมจ่ายเงินให้คุณ 1 หน่วย

เราจะเห็นว่า ในระบบที่เงินเพิ่มจำนวนไม่ได้ คุณต้องตัดสินใจรอบคอบมากๆก่อนที่จะยืมเงินใครและให้ใครยืมเงิน เพราะว่า ดอกเบี้ยที่คุณต้องหามาจ่ายคืน มีทางเดียวที่จะได้มาคือ จากคนอื่น คุณไม่สามารถเสกมันขึ้นมาได้

สิ่งนี้มันสำคัญมาก เพราะว่า เมื่อต้นทุนของดอกเบี้ยสูงมากขึ้น คุณจะต้องแน่ใจจริงๆว่า จะได้เงินคืนมาและจะหาเงินมาคืนได้ ถาม : แล้วคุณจะแน่ใจได้ยังไง? ตอบ : ก็ต้องมีฝีมือ เชี่ยวชาญ มีประสบการณ์มากพอในสิ่งที่คุณจะทำ

ณ ตอนนี้เรากำลังอยู่ในระบบที่สามารถเพิ่มจำนวนเงินขึ้นได้ไม่จำกัด มันส่งผลกระทบลงมาเรื่อยๆจากธนาคารกลางมาสู่ระดับบุคคล เมื่อมีคนบางคนในระบบสามารถหาเงินมาจ่ายดอกเบี้ยคืนได้ด้วยการเสกขึ้นมาใหม่ แทนที่จะมาจากคนอื่นในระบบ มันเลยทำให้ ต้นทุนของดอกเบี้ยลดลง คนที่กู้ยืมเงินก็ลดความรับผิดชอบของตัวเองลงเรื่อยๆ และในที่สุดก็ลดการพัฒนาและสั่งสมความเชี่ยวชาญและประสบการณ์ของตัวเองลง ผลกระทบนี้เราได้เห็นกันแล้วกับตาตัวเอง มันเป็นผลกระทบที่ไหลลงมาเรื่อยๆจากแหล่งผลิตเงิน สินค้าสมัยก่อนกับปัจจุบันเช่นตู้เย็น เครื่องล้างจาน รถยนตร์ เป็นต้น เมื่อคุณภาพคนลดลง คุณภาพสินค้าก็ลดลงตามไปด้วย ผู้ผลิตให้ความสำคัญกับผลกำไรสูงสุดมากกว่าคุณภาพชีวิตของผู้ใช้งาน สิ่งเหล่านี้ถูกปกปิดด้วยกลยุทธ์การตลาดบังหน้าไว้ด้วยดาราและอินฟลูเอนเซอร์อินเทรนด์ในแต่ละยุคสมัย เช่น แทนที่ตู้เย็นจะจุของได้เยอะและมีประสิทธิภาพมากขึ้น กลับชูจุดเด่นด้านรูปลักษณ์ภายนอก หรือแค่มีดาราคนนี้เป็นพรีเซนเตอร์ สิ่งของต่างๆมีฟังก์ชั่นเสริมมากมายที่ไม่จำเป็น เช่นเดียวกับผู้คนที่บริโภคสินค้าและบริการต่างๆที่ไม่ได้จำเป็นกับชีวิต แต่ถูกหลอกว่ามันจำเป็นต่อจิตใจ(ดีต่อใจ)

บิตคอยน์คือระบบการเงินใหม่ ที่เพิ่มจำนวนขึ้นได้ยากขึ้นเรื่อยๆ จนถึงจุดหนึ่ง(ประมาณปี ค.ศ. 2140) มันจะไม่สามารถเพิ่มจำนวนขึ้นได้อีก ถ้าคุณเอาตัวเองไปอยู่ในระบบที่เงินสร้างยาก คุณภาพชีวิตของคุณจะต้องถูกบังคับให้ดีขึ้น เพราะว่าคุณจะอยู่ในระบบที่ผู้คนรอบตัวคุณถูกบังคับให้พัฒนาและรักษาคุณภาพของตัวเองอยู่เสมอ

hard choices, easy life easy choices, hard life

@ 50893dd1:e29d5c47

Las claves privadas son una parte muy importante de la seguridad de tus fondos de Bitcoin. Es esencial que las guardes de manera segura y que no las compartas con nadie. Hay algunas maneras de guardar tus claves privadas de manera segura:

1. Usa un monedero de hardware: Los monederos de hardware son dispositivos físicos que almacenan tus claves privadas de manera segura. Una de las opciones más populares es el LEDGER.

2. Usa un monedero de papel: Los monederos de papel son una forma de "frio" de almacenar tus claves privadas. Esto significa que no están conectados a Internet, lo que los hace muy seguros. Para usar un monedero de papel, primero tienes que generar una clave privada y luego imprimirla en un pedazo de papel. Asegúrate de guardar el papel en un lugar seguro, como una caja fuerte o una cartera de tela.

3. Usa un monedero de software: Los monederos de software son programas que se ejecutan en tu computadora o teléfono móvil. Hay muchas opciones diferentes, como Electrum y Blue Wallet. Asegúrate de usar un monedero de software que tenga una buena reputación y que ofrezca opciones de seguridad adicionales, como la autenticación de dos pasos.

Es importante recordar que, independientemente de la opción que elijas, es esencial que te asegures de proteger tus claves privadas. No las compartas con nadie y asegúrate de hacer una copia de seguridad de ellas.

Ahora deseo agregar un concepto adicional como regalo

Como crear una transacción en BTC?

Para crear una transacción con Bitcoin, primero necesitarás tener una dirección de cartera de Bitcoin y una cantidad suficiente de Bitcoin's para enviar. Luego, tendrás que usar una aplicación o un servicio en línea que te permita crear una transacción.

Aquí hay un resumen de los pasos básicos para crear una transacción de Bitcoin:

1. Abre tu cartera de Bitcoin.

2. Ingresa la dirección de la cartera del destinatario y la cantidad de Bitcoin que deseas enviar.

3. Verifica la información de la transacción y asegúrate de que esté correcta.

4. Firma digitalmente la transacción usando tu clave privada.

5. Envía la transacción a la red de Bitcoin.

Es importante tener en cuenta que las transacciones de Bitcoin se procesan en una red descentralizada y pueden tomar un tiempo para ser confirmadas. Además, las transacciones de Bitcoin son irreversibles, por lo que es importante asegurarse de que estás enviando la cantidad correcta a la dirección correcta.

Puedes poner en practica estos punto enviando tu aporte a cualquiera de las siguientes direcciones en las que podrás darme una propina directamente

💲Blink: https://pay.blink.sv/iirvin

💲Coinos: https://coinos.io/irvin

⚡ Vida: https://vida.page/irvin - LN ⚡ irvin@vida.page

DESCARGO DE RESPONSABILIDAD: Mi contenido no debe representar un asesoramiento definitivo del mercado, mis palabras o acciones recomiendo no seguirlas como un todo. Los usuarios, inversores o público en general deberán complementar con más investigación o consultoría privada las potenciales inversiones a realizar en cualquier activo o mercado. No me hago responsable de una peligrosa toma de decisiones en las inversiones.

@ 57d1a264:69f1fee1

Prompt: Scheduling ===============

Design the elements or a full experience for post schedule. Why it's important? Could be draft being part of the userflow? Save it for later edits, or enable the recurring post at specific day or time?

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Flex your design muscles and join in. Most of all, keep this exercise loose and keep it stress-free. The FUC is about growing our design skills, together, as a community. We can't wait to see what you create!

Happy designing, Stackers!

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Share Your Results When you finish the challenge, post your work on this thread! If you also share it on nostr, be sure to use the hashtag #FUCdesiger and tag Design_r@iris.to or @Design__r on X! We'll keep an eye out and repost good examples on a regular basis.

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Looking for more FUCs? Check the archive here!

@ 1931b5e4:168a0489

How is Love Not Divisive? Exploring the Foundation of Intimate Love and Vulnerability

Love, in its myriad forms, is often seen as the unifying force that binds individuals together, transcending barriers of culture, race, and belief. Yet, amidst its seemingly unifying nature, one might wonder: How is love not divisive? The answer lies in understanding the fundamental essence of love and its deep-rooted connection to vulnerability.

At its core, love is an expression of vulnerability—a willingness to open oneself up emotionally, exposing one's innermost thoughts, fears, and desires to another individual. It is this vulnerability that forms the foundation of intimate love, fostering trust, empathy, and connection between partners.

Intimate love, characterised by a deep emotional and often physical bond between individuals, thrives on mutual vulnerability. In sharing our vulnerabilities with another person, we create a space for understanding, compassion, and genuine intimacy to blossom. It is through this shared vulnerability that couples forge deep emotional bonds, supporting each other through life's trials and triumphs.

However, the concept of vulnerability extends beyond romantic relationships to encompass all forms of love—be it familial, platonic, or altruistic. In each instance, love requires a willingness to let down our guard, to be open and receptive to the experiences and emotions of others. It is through this vulnerability that we cultivate empathy, kindness, and compassion, nurturing the bonds that unite us as human beings.

Yet, amidst the universality of love's vulnerability, there exists a distinction between intimate love and other forms of love—the sexual dimension. Sexual intimacy, with its potent blend of desire, passion, and vulnerability, represents the pinnacle of human connection. It is here that the creative life force—the very essence of existence—is harnessed in a dance of fear and excitement.

Sexual attraction, fuelled by the primal instincts of reproduction and desire, taps into the deepest recesses of our psyche, awakening dormant energies and unleashing a torrent of emotions. In this union of bodies and souls, vulnerability reaches its zenith, as two individuals surrender themselves fully to the other, bound by the bonds of passion and ecstasy.

Yet, it is precisely this vulnerability—the fear of rejection, of inadequacy, of losing oneself—that imbues sexual intimacy with its unparalleled power. In the throes of passion, we confront our deepest fears and insecurities, transcending them in a moment of raw, unbridled connection.

In conclusion, love, in all its forms, is grounded in vulnerability—a willingness to open ourselves up to the joys and pains of human connection. Whether in the tender embrace of intimate love or the boundless compassion of altruistic love, vulnerability lies at the heart of our most profound experiences. And it is through this vulnerability that we discover the true power of love—the power to unite, to heal, and to transform our lives in ways both profound and enduring.

picture taken from the Tarot Deck 'Magnetic Limitless Love' by Nantakay(aka Annie Dustan)

@ 3c827db6:66418fc3

Now that we have seen how instant settlement can affect the construction industry let’s see the next industry that can have a huge impact - logistics.

To begin, let's examine the logistics industry through the lens of an online order example. What unfolds when we select a product on a website that requires delivery to our door? Who are the entities involved in this process, and what does the payment process entail?

So I pick something from the website and order it. I pay for it and wait for the product to be delivered to my door and hope that what will arrive at my door is what I expect. Because I am paying upfront, I am taking the risk in this case. I may choose to pay on delivery but the risk for all involved does not disappear, it is just shifted to who is taking that risk now, the seller. But more on that a bit later.

When using a card for payment, a 1.5%-3% transaction fee is typically charged by the bank issuing the card. After payment, the retailer or seller is notified to send the product to the buyer's address. Subsequently, the retailer arranges delivery through a logistics company. A delivery person is dispatched to the warehouse to collect the ordered product along with others, optimizing the route. The product then navigates through the delivery company's ecosystem, involving various warehouses and personnel, until it reaches the final delivery person who brings it to the buyer's doorstep.

The efficient movement of the product through space is generally understood within the system so that is not the problem. Faster delivery benefits everyone involved, as quick and reliable service enhances customer satisfaction and loyalty. However, the actual delivery personnel may not directly benefit from the speed of delivery, but we'll delve into that aspect later. Swift delivery is crucial for customer retention, as a prompt and reliable service encourages customers to choose the same platform for future orders rather than seeking alternatives.

Where Are The Problems Then?

The logistics industry, much like the construction industry we discussed in the previous article here, has problems that predominantly revolve around payment processes. These payment-related issues cascade into other aspects of the logistics chain.

Let's trace the journey of money in this context: 1. I make a card payment to the website, and the bank deducts a 1-3% transaction fee from the retail value. 2. The website, having received the payment, needs to pay the retailer the value of the product, and again, the bank deducts 1-3% from this payment. 3. The retailer, in turn, has to pay the delivery company, with the bank deducting another 1-3% from this transaction.

The above is just about the fees to the bank. What about the settlement between all the entities involved in the delivery?

1. The website receives their money from me fast, unless it is an international delivery it is the same day.
2. The website then batches all the payments that have to be paid to the retailer for the month so they do not have to pay each individual sale to them. They most likely will pay once a month so it could be up to 30-day credit at this point.
3. Then the retailer has the same arrangement with the delivery company and there is up to a 30-day delay of the payment at this point also.

The monthly batching of payments may streamline processes, but it introduces a significant element of risk into the transaction chain. If any entity in this chain were to face financial issues, such as bankruptcy, within 30 days, the subsequent parties may never receive the funds they are owed. This risk compounds throughout the logistics ecosystem, emphasizing the need for more secure and efficient payments.

If I opt to pay on delivery, the risk dynamic in logistics is inverted - the money is collected by the delivery company, then forwarded to the retailer, and eventually passed on to the website. This way of operating has introduced additional complexities. As the number of orders increases, individual financial ledgers between the companies become more intricate due to the waiting period for money to reach the designated recipient. There is a ledger between the website and the retailer, tracking how many orders have been paid to the website and are awaiting payment. There is another ledger between the delivery company and the retailer, which, in turn, is awaiting payment. Regardless of my preferred payment method as the buyer, the retailer remains significantly exposed because they never receive the money first. The third-party risk for them is consistently high.

In both scenarios, the banking system charges fees of 3% or more for each delivery, and various parties face multiple third-party risks depending on the order of payment. To provide a more nuanced understanding of risk, it's crucial to note that even if all involved entities are reliable and face no business issues, this doesn't eliminate counterparty risk associated with the banks themselves. In the event of a bank failure, even a well-intentioned company may find itself unable to settle its debts, highlighting the vulnerability inherent in the current financial infrastructure.

Other Problems In The Logistics Ecosystem

The system encounters additional challenges within the workforce, particularly among delivery personnel. A fundamental conflict exists between these workers and the companies they serve. Workers are compensated for their time, while companies derive revenue from delivered products. This misalignment of incentives prompts companies to set aggressive targets for delivery personnel. When I run a marathon I do not sprint because I will burn out in the first part of the race. I have to pace myself to finish and may increase or decrease the speed depending on the particular situation. When you make the delivery men “sprint” in the “marathon” of delivering packages, it is only a matter of time before they burn out and quit much sooner than finding their pace and finishing their month/year the proper way.

The intense pressure to meet unrealistic delivery targets can have severe consequences on the quality of service provided by delivery workers. The rush to complete deliveries quickly may lead to damaged products and unattended packages that get stolen. Additionally, they do not have time for bathroom breaks and have to figure out how to do their business in the delivery vehicle. This not only impacts the overall customer experience but also poses risks to the well-being of the workers themselves.

The burnout process is expedited by the mental struggle faced by delivery personnel. A conflicting incentive structure compounds the challenge: while the company seeks maximum exploitation for increased profits, delivery personnel are motivated to minimize their workload since their compensation remains constant. This incongruity not only hampers the optimization of profits for both parties but also introduces mental stress for the delivery personnel. How do you expect to have no friction between them if both parties wanting to increase their profits means they have to do completely opposite actions.

Another source of friction between the delivery company and its personnel revolves around the vehicles they use. Similar to the issue of tool maintenance in the construction industry, the lack of ownership over the vehicles leads to neglect in upkeep. The company, focused on maximizing profits, may exploit the delivery personnel, who, in turn, might exploit the vehicles to enhance their personal gains. This dynamic creates a detrimental cycle where both parties prioritize individual interests over the long-term well-being of the shared resources.

Instant Split Payments And Delivery Dynamics

The most apparent benefit is that the banking system would not levy fees of 4.5%-9% for each product delivered. Even if funds are transferred between entities, the fees in the Lightning Network would be approximately 0.3%. This alone marks a significant improvement, reducing transaction costs by an order of magnitude compared to the current system. Now, let's delve deeper into additional advantages.

The risks associated with multiple third parties are eradicated in this ecosystem. There's only one third-party risk, namely the buyer of the product. As soon as the buyer receives the product, they make a Lightning Network payment. Moreover, the delivery company, the retailer, and the website all receive their payments simultaneously without funds passing from one to another. The split payment will crush the fees even further because it is one payment so the fee is ~0.1%. Just to mention that those fees do not go to the banking system, they go to the LSPs like us at Breez that are facilitating the actual payment. And because we are a non-custodial solution we do not introduce any third-party risk. There is no waiting at any point for someone to settle their bill with someone else. All participants have their funds instantly and decide what to do with them from then on.

This is a huge improvement, and just that is enough for someone to disrupt the logistics payments market, but the effects of instant split payment do not stop there.

The adoption of instant split payments in the logistics industry will significantly alter the incentives for all delivery workers. A key transformation is the shift from receiving compensation solely for time - to being actively engaged in each payment related to their deliveries. Similar to how companies receive split payments, with each entity getting its share, every individual in the delivery company involved in moving the product can now receive their share too. The funds received by the delivery company will be split further, ensuring that delivery personnel are paid for their specific contributions rather than time spent. This eliminates the need for brutal targets, allowing those who deliver more packages to receive proportional compensation for their work and fostering a fair and performance-based payment structure.

In this new paradigm of instant split payments, delivery workers will be incentivized to use their own vehicles for product deliveries. When using a company vehicle, their share of the payment for each delivery is smaller. However, if they utilize their personal vehicle, the percentage from each delivery will be more substantial, directly contributing to their earnings. This shift encourages a sense of ownership and responsibility among delivery personnel, fostering a more efficient and cost-effective system.

The revolutionary aspect of this system is that it opens up opportunities for anyone with a vehicle to become a convenient and flexible delivery person. Individuals can integrate delivery tasks into their existing plans, making extra bitcoin while heading in a specific direction. This decentralized approach allows for the optimization of routes on an individual basis. People with their own vehicles are no longer bound to a single delivery company; instead, they can work for various companies in their local area. This not only encourages individual optimization of routes but also shifts the focus to serving those expecting deliveries rather than working solely for a centralized delivery company. The reputation of the app will be enhanced by well-delivered packages, creating a positive feedback loop for more orders in the future, akin to the success of platforms like Uber.

Absolutely, the introduction of an instant settlement system with split payments has the potential to decentralize various aspects of the delivery ecosystem:

1. Decentralization of Delivery Companies: Logistics can shift from a few large delivery companies to numerous small entities and even individuals participating in the delivery process. This allows for a more distributed and flexible delivery network.
2. Decentralization of Income for Delivery Personnel: Delivery individuals will no longer be reliant on a centralized source of income. Instead, they can participate in each delivery payment, earning money directly proportional to their contribution, thereby decentralizing their income.
3. Decentralization of Options for Buyers: Buyers will have a broader range of options for who delivers their products. With a more decentralized delivery ecosystem, they can choose from various delivery providers, including independent agents and smaller delivery companies.

Overall, this decentralization has the potential to create a more efficient, adaptable, and user-centric delivery system.

Now there needs to be a person who understands the logistics market and makes that app. Unlike the construction companies, this will be even more decentralized because many more individuals can manage a delivery. Not everyone can manage a complex construction project but anyone can deliver something. Remember in the past the newspaper kids? A person with his scooter can deliver a few packages to his neighbors on the way. That will also have a social layer effect by bonding you more and more with the people in your area. We can use that in big urban areas because most of the time we are passing our neighbors without saying “Hello”. And the neighbors will prefer to receive product deliveries from people that they are familiar with. The potential for a decentralized and more community-oriented delivery system is quite exciting

Now let’s go and deliver that app.

@ 30876140:cffb1126

The Wanderers carry our ancient way,
Forgotten in sands across time,
The Path which returns us to Regions of Light,
with phrases and stories sublime.

Out from our villages we cast them,
for memory of truths divine,
remind us of our errored ways,
But in their hearts, the Truth ever shines.

"We've lost many of our relics, now, though they were never important for the Path. Relics and objects, though imbued with a holy power, only serve as a guidepost to our spirits, a reminder of where to travel. We do not need them to cross the bridge between worlds."

Our leaders think they are a crazy, unintelligent people, continuing to profess and refine a realm of fantasy which has so little value to our desert lives; that these wanderers really believe what they say, only to cope with the terrors and agony of living in this world that is become destitute and estranged from celestial life.

I do not believe them, who deny the Wandering Way, for I see in their hearts that they bleed every day; they cast judgements unjust, words unloving, do things unbecoming of their characters in the folly of their grief. Yet never have I met a Wanderer with dirt upon their souls, though dirt clings so readily to their feet and threadbare robes. They possess voices of sweetness, though hoarse from the desert wind, and they seem to have a glow about their skin, though darkened by hard years in the sun.

Maybe I will take up the Wandering Way, if one of their order would take me with them. I know not where they go when they cross over the horizon, west or east, but I rarely have seen the same twice, except Abunam Sabba, who comes to us when the moon is full, without fail.

He made my father so angry on his last visit to the village, when he spoke so confidently of the dealings with the Echoes in the farthest reaches of Gondölla. "There is none alive with such knowledge," said my father.

"But there is," replied Sabba, "and many also who are not alive. We have seen them on many worlds, and have spoken to them of their travels across the stars."

"You are a liar, and a swindler," spat my father in rage, and forced him out of our house on a midsummer's eve. Still, Sabba returns to our village, though only to its edge now, where the water spout and market stand, since many of our village have treated him so. No matter when he sees me, though, he treats me with kindness, and respect, and never speaks ill of anybody.

"Words said in disdain cause the spirit endless pain," Sabba said. "They prevent progress on the Path. None can cross the bridges we travel who bear such a sickness of soul, for it pulls the spirit back to a place as sure as the anchors of old when we rode upon the water that spilled over these valleys of sand."

Sabba said to me, once, "I think you are one of the few in this world which have a heart that is clear enough to withstand the Doors of Night and make the Walk Between Worlds. I see your knowledge, though seed yet be unblossomed, and I think your curious mind could be sated on this Path. Please consider my words as an invitation; I will take you on a wander, whenever you are ready."

"The Wandering Way leads a soul wherever the winds may take them. We walk between worlds on bridges unseen by the eye, and appear whence we will, somewhere else in Gondölla. Many travel on missions unnumbered, called by some purpose or Great Spirit to act on behalf of the highest orders of life, while others simply walk, becoming as they do, letting go of their heavier natures and striving ever closer to the Suns which shine above. It is difficult to describe, as I have only words of the world, as we say, but with a little of your trust, I can show you what my words cannot."

Read more here: https://publish.obsidian.md/gondolla/Tales+of+the+Galaxy/Wanderer

@ 8947a945:9bfcf626

September 2009

In 2009 it was my last year in medical school. I was assigned to be a medical student at a primary hospital in a rural area in the province of Chachoengsao. I did my medical practice under supervision of senior doctors.

Living and working at that hospital was easy. I had my own private doctor room to live in , and lots of cheap good food around in the morning while the hospital prepared lunch and dinner everyday.

By that time I was looking for a nearby Catholic church to attend a mass and found one in a website of the Bangkok diocese and the information was outdated and left unattended. If you had ever heard of the yellow pages , that was what the information of the church looked like. The details were very short and useless. The phone number was outdated

I had to guess which way to go for that time google map wasn't on our hands like the present day.

Imagine what happened in 2009

You drove a car 10 kilometres away from your home , venturing deep into the forest where you had never been before was quite challenging. Furthermore in Thailand , the 3G phone mobile data wasn’t settled yet. So I had no online navigation at all.

Along the way , there were gradually transition between a forest and a field into small rural community with a church signs. That was a relief at least I didn't have to sleep in the middle of the forest that night.

These 2 pictures were what you saw along your way to do your quest finding a church.

In the middle of the forest , the serene catholic church stood in the middle of this forest.

You are surrounded by a forest , green trees everywhere around you. Birds tweeting. Serenity

The priest house at the backyard

Interior of the church is simple decorated Shot taken from the back The main altar The statues of St.Anne and Mother Mary. Thai words mean “St.Anne , pray for us”

My first car parked at the back of the church

Photo taking equipment - IPhone 3Gs

@ 8947a945:9bfcf626

กันยายน 2552

เป็นปีสุดท้ายสำหรับการเป็นนักศึกษาแพทย์ ผมถูกส่งให้ไปฝึกงานที่โรงพยาบาลชุมชนแห่งหนึ่งในจังหวัดฉะเชิงเทรา ภายใต้การดูแลของแพทย์รุ่นพี่และอาจารย์แพทย์ประจำโรงพยาบาลแห่งนั้น

ชีวิตความเป็นอยู่ช่วงนั้นเรียบง่าย ไม่ต้องดิ้นรนอะไรมาก ผมมีบ้านพักส่วนตัวอยู่ภายในตัวโรงพยาบาล ทุกๆเช้ามีตลาดนัดตอนเช้าตั้งอยู่ข้างๆอาคารผู้ป่วยนอก มีของกินดีๆราคาถูกๆให้เลือกมากมาย ส่วนมื้อเที่ยงและมื้อเย็นหมดห่วงเพราะทางโรงพยาบาลจัดเตรียมไว้ให้

เวลานั้นผมนับถือคาทอลิค ต้องหาโบสถ์เข้าร่วมพิธีมิซซาบูชาขอบพระคุณในวันอาทิตย์ การหาข้อมูลไม่ง่าย ต้องดุ่มๆหาในเวบไซต์ของสังฆมณฑลกรุงเทพ หาไปหามาก็ไปเจอชื่อโบสถ์ "นักบุญอันนา สระไม้แดง " แต่ที่อยู่และวิธีการเดินทางไม่มีบอกเอาไว้

ถ้าใครเกิดทันสมุดหน้าเหลือง (YellowPages) นั่นแหละครับช้อมูลอย่างเดียวที่ผมมีในมือ แถมเบอร์โทรศัพท์ของโบสถ์ก็ไม่ได้อัพเดทอีก

ลองนึกภาพตามนะครับเมื่อปี 2552

ประเทศไทยยังไม่มีระบบ 3G เลย ส่วน google maps ก็พึ่งถูกพัฒนาขึ้นมาแถวๆปี 2548 ไม่ได้พร้อมใช้งานเมื่อไหร่ก็ได้เหมือนปัจจุบัน

ผมต้องอาศัยความกล้าในการขับรถออกจากบ้านพักในโรงพยาบาล ซึ่งเหมือนสถานที่ปลอดภัยมากๆสำหรับผมที่มาอยู่ต่างถิ่น ไม่รู้จักใครเลย วิ่งเข้าถนนใหญ่ซักพักนึงไม่มีชุมชนข้างทางเหลือ มีแต่ป่า

เส้นทางเข้าโบสถ์ก็คือถนนที่ตัดเข้ากลางป่าไปเลย ระยะทางประมาณ 9 กิโลจากโรงพยาบาล แต่ก็เป็นอะไรที่ตื่นเต้นมาก ขับรถคนเดียวในต่างแดน

แถมรถคันแรกของผมก็เป็นรถมือสองที่มีปัญหาไดสตาร์ทงอแงอีก ถ้าขับความเร็วไม่เกิน 80 km/hr มันจะไม่เกิดปัญหา แต่ถ้าเกิดวันไหนรีบๆ อัดความเร็วขึ้นทะลุ 100 km/hr แล้วจอดรถ ดับเครื่อง ลงไปทำธุระแล้วกลับมาสตาร์ทรถจะมีลุ้นว่ารถจะสตาร์ทติดหรือไม่ติด

ช่างที่อู่ซ่อมรถเขาบอกว่าไดสตาร์ทมันค้าง วิธีเอาตัวรอดก็คือต้องหาท่อนเหล็กมาเคาะ แล้วสตาร์ทรถ วัดดวงกับมันไปเรื่อยๆ ซ่อมมาหลายรอบก็แก้ไม่หาย ลองเอาเข้าศูนย์บริหารมาตรฐานแล้วก็ไม่รอด

ตอนนั้นผมก็กลัวครับ เกิดซวยเข้าขั้น ขับรถถึงโบสถ์แล้วเกิดรถดับอีกนี่สงสัยได้นอนในป่า

เมื่อขับรถไปเรื่อยๆ ก็เริ่มเห้นชุมชนสระไม้แดง เห็นป้ายบอกทาง เห็นป้ายโบสถ์ตอนนั้นใจชื้นแล้วครับ ว่าอย่างน้อยก็ขับรถมามั่วๆแล้วถูกทางละกัน

2 ฝั่งข้างทางก็จะเห็นวิวประมาณนี้ไปตลอดทาง ลมเย็นครับ ตอนนั้นเป็นช่วงเดือนกันยายนพอดี

กลางป่า มีโบสถ์คาทอลิคอันเงียบสงบตั้งอยู่ รายล้อมไปด้วยธรรมชาติสีเขียว เสียงนกร้อง แสงแดดอ่อนๆ กลิ่นไอดิน เสียงหญ้าสดสลับกับเสียงหญ้าแห้งเวลาเดินเข้าหาตัวโบสถ์แต่ละก้าว พลังงานความศักดิ์สิทธิ์ไม่ธรรมดา

เมื่อมองไปรอบๆตัวโบสถ์คือถูกล้อมด้วยธรรมชาติกลางป่ากลางทุ่งนา

บ้านพักพระสงฆ์(บาทหลวง) ด้านหลังตัวโบสถ์

ภายในตัวโบสถ์ตกแต่งเรียบง่าย แต่สวยงามสง่า รูปปั้นนักบุญอันนาและพระแม่มารีย์ ถ่ายจากด้านหลังสุดตัวโบสถ์ พระแท่นหลักของตัวโบสถ์

นี่คือรถคันแรกของผมสมัยนั้นครับ

Honda civic 3 doors ค่าตัว 120,000 บาทถ้วน รับมาอยู่ด้วยตั้งแต่ผมเข้ามหาวิทยาลัยปี 1 เมื่อปี 2547 ขายคืนเต๊นท์รถเมื่อปี 2554 ราคา 90,000 บาท ก่อนที่จะได้โตโยต้าวีออสปี 2004 จากพ่อตาของผมมาเป็นของขวัญวันหมั้นกับภรรยาครับ

อุปกรณ์ถ่ายภาพ - IPhone 3Gs

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เกร็ดเล็กเกร็ดน้อย

นักบุญยอแซฟและนักบุญอันนา คือบิดามารดาของพระแม่มารีย์ผู้ที่เป็นพระมารดาของพระเยซูเจ้าครับ เป็นท่านตาท่านยายของพระเยซูนั่นเองครับ

ที่โบสถ์แห่งนี้ถึงจะมีบ้านพักบาทหลวงอยู่ แต่ไม่มีคนอยู่ตลอด คุณพ่อท่านจะขับรถจากโบสถ์อีกแห่งหนึ่งซึ่งท่านพำนักอยู่ ห่างออกไป 10 - 20 กิโลเมตร วิ่งรถข้ามอำเภอมาเพื่อประกอบพิธีมิซซาให้กับชาวบ้านในชุมชนแห่งนี้ วันอาทิตย์มีแน่ๆหนึ่งรอบ แต่วันอื่นๆ ผมไม่ทราบข้อมูลครับ

ถ้าใครจะมาเที่ยวมาเยี่ยมชม แนะนำให้ติดต่อหาข้อมูลก่อนนะครับ เพราะวันที่ผมเดินไปทางสำรวจ ตัวโบสถ์ล็อคเข้าไม่ได้ รูปถ่ายที่ถ่ายมาได้เป็นวันอาทิตย์หลังพิธีมิซซาเสร็จสิ้น ชาวบ้านและคุณพ่อแยกย้ายกันกลับหมดแล้ว

หวังว่าจะชอบนะครับ กับซีรีส์ใหม่ของผม RK photos - photo story telling blog รูปถ่ายเล่าเรื่อง ไว้เจอกันใหม่คราวหน้า สวัสดีครับ

@ bcea2b98:7ccef3c9

Consider the concept of 'progress' in human society and individual lives. When we talk about progress, what exactly do we mean? Is it solely about technological advancement, economic growth, or societal development? Or does progress include broader aspects such as personal fulfillment, moral advancement, and environmental sustainability? Is progress always desirable, or are there instances where the pursuit of progress leads to unintended consequences or ethical dilemmas?

@ 9edd72eb:cb697b0a

Opinion about Unstoppable Crypto Wallet (Android)

One of the strong points of this wallet is its security protocols that use advanced encryption methods and multi-factor authentication to protect user information.

The interface is intuitive which can be useful for novice and experienced users. Navigation is simple and easily accessible.

The wallet supports a diverse range of cryptocurrencies, including popular and lesser-known tokens.

It guarantees complete control of private keys and funds, emphasizing ownership and autonomy.

The platform enhances utilization, allowing users to manage their crypto assets across multiple devices, both smartphones and desktops.

On the other hand, it lacks customization options.

The lack of integrated fiat currency support might inconvenience users who frequently engage in fiat-to-crypto transactions.

Limited customer support channels and documentation could leave users stranded in case of technical difficulties or questions.

WalletScrutiny #nostrOpinion

Join the conversation!

@ 75bf2353:e1bfa895

My Favorite Nostr Clients

Favorite Social Media Client.

https://www.nostrapps.com/apps/amethyst

Favorite Video Client

https://www.nostrapps.com/apps/flare

Favorite Meet Up Client

https://www.nostrapps.com/apps/flockstr

Favorite Podcast & Music Client

https://www.nostrapps.com/apps/fountain

Favorite Blogging Client

https://www.nostrapps.com/apps/habla

Favorite Patreon Alternative

https://www.nostrapps.com/apps/highlighter

Favorite Venmo Alternative

https://www.nostrapps.com/apps/mutiny

Favorite eBay Alternative

https://www.nostrapps.com/apps/shopstr

Favorite File Hosting

https://nostr.build

@ 362ebffa:492e2719

Julian Assange (founder of WikiLeaks) released classified documents in 2010, including sensitive U.S. military and diplomatic information. He faced charges of conspiracy and espionage for his role in obtaining and disseminating the documents. Edward Snowden, (former NSA contractor) leaked classified information in 2013, exposing global surveillance programs. Snowden revealed widespread data collection by intelligence agencies, leading to charges of espionage and theft of government property.

As of today in 2024, both Assange and Snowden are considered whistle blowers by some but face legal consequences for their actions, igniting debates on government transparency and individual rights.

In a sane democratic World, they should be free!

Their efforts to expose government surveillance and misconduct was brave and should be encouraged. But instead they have also faced legal consequences for their actions, with the U.S. government seeking their extradition to face trial on criminal charges.

These cases have sparked debates about government transparency, freedom of the press, national security, and the balance between individual rights and state interests.

Without whistle blowers, government are becoming bullies!

@ 362ebffa:492e2719

Julian Assange (founder of WikiLeaks) released classified documents in 2010, including sensitive U.S. military and diplomatic information. He faced charges of conspiracy and espionage for his role in obtaining and disseminating the documents. Edward Snowden, (former NSA contractor) leaked classified information in 2013, exposing global surveillance programs. Snowden revealed widespread data collection by intelligence agencies, leading to charges of espionage and theft of government property.

As of today in 2024, both Assange and Snowden are considered whistle blowers by some but face legal consequences for their actions, igniting debates on government transparency and individual rights.

In a sane democratic World, they should be free!

Their efforts to expose government surveillance and misconduct was brave and should be encouraged. But instead they have also faced legal consequences for their actions, with the U.S. government seeking their extradition to face trial on criminal charges.

These cases have sparked debates about government transparency, freedom of the press, national security, and the balance between individual rights and state interests.

Without whistle blowers, government are becoming bullies!

@ 682558c5:bfa011f2

Please stop regurgitating the censorship tropes.

There is an ontological "beingness" of Bitcoin, and it's money-related.

Any use case that's not a Store of Value, Unit of Account, or Medium of Exchange is fundamentally flawed.

Yes, Bitcoin is permissionless money. But the money aspect is inseparable.

An acorn has the beingness of an oak tree. You might even go so far as to extend that beyond its life to include lumber or something crafted from lumber.

But an acorn does NOT have the beingness of a porcelain toilet to store shit.

The Downfall of Shitcoins.

Please stop repeating the straw man that anyone cheering the government-backed downfall of shitcoins is antithetical to the spirit of Bitcoin.

Shitcoins are an affinity scam. And they're NOT decentralized like Bitcoin.

We will cheer the downfall of shitcoins no matter how it comes. That makes us pragmatists, not government simps.

For some, it will be hard to believe, but even anarchists can use the power of government against itself or others - to be left the hell alone. We work with what we're given.

No Moral Dilemma is Required.

Shitcoins exist to extract value from others.

There's a carve-out in the non-aggression principle to not tolerate fraud or breach of contract.

Con artists and snake oil salesmen don't need to be tolerated in some twisted liberty-purity test.

Mental Gymnastics

The LoLbertarian purity tests ARE the mental gymnastics, the intellectual laziness to repeat sound bytes of fallacy.

Thinking through what Bitcoin and shitcoins are is the antidote. See past shitcoin marketing. See past their uSe CaSeS and their emotional attacks on anyone who opposes them.

This isn't a value judgment. This is understanding the core essence of something.

F Your Feelings.

Existence is independent of our perception or feelings. Bitcoin and shitcoins simply are what they are.

When we put down the parroted catch phrases of others, we can begin to think through what they truly are.

It's Bitcoin, not shitcoins. No, not even shitcoins ON Bitcoin. The timechain is a ledger for financial records. It's not a database for content or shitcoins. Stop attacking the people who see clearly. Your emperor has no clothes.

@ 1c6b3be3:73f0ae6f

https://youtube.com/shorts/CqyFaZdkUzE?feature=share

Abstract

A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic storage would allow data to be saved directly from one party to another without going through a centralized third party. Digital signatures provide part of the solution, but the main benefits are lost if a trusted third party is still required to ensure data security and integrity. We propose a solution to the problem of data sovereignty using a peer-to-peer network. The network timestamps transactions by hashing them into an ongoing chain of hash-based proof-of-work, forming a record that cannot be changed without redoing the proof-of-work. The longest chain not only serves as proof of the sequence of recorded events but also as proof that it came from the largest pool of CPU power. As long as a majority of CPU power is controlled by nodes that are not cooperating to attack the network, they will generate the longest chain and outpace attackers. The network itself requires minimal structure. Messages are broadcast on a best-effort basis, and nodes can leave and rejoin the network at will, accepting the longest proof-of-work chain as proof of what happened while they were gone.

This decentralized system, which we will call Bitcoin S3, offers:

• Secure data storage
• Robust network security
• Individual sovereignty over information

By eliminating the need for trusted third parties, Bitcoin S3 paves the way for a new era of data management where each user has full control over their digital information.

@ 908d47b6:a2bf38ad

Understanding Bitcoin Halvings

Bitcoin halving, often referred to as "The Halvening," is a programmed event designed to occur approximately every four years or to put it exactly: every 210,000 blocks mined. During a halving event, the reward given to miners for validating transactions and securing the network is reduced by half. This process ensures that the total supply of Bitcoin is gradually constrained, embodying the superior cryptocurrency's deflationary nature.

Supply Scarcity and Price Dynamics

The reduction in mining rewards through halving events directly impacts Bitcoin's supply dynamics. With fewer new coins entering circulation, Bitcoin transitions towards a state of increased scarcity, akin to precious metals like gold. Economic theory suggests that scarcity, coupled with sustained demand, can drive up the price of an asset. Consequently, many investors anticipate halving events as potential catalysts for price appreciation.

Historical Halving Events

Since Bitcoin's inception in 2009, there have been three halving events: in 2012, 2016, and 2020. Each halving has been accompanied by periods of heightened speculation and volatility in the cryptocurrency markets. Notably, historical data reveals a pattern of post-halving price rallies, although the magnitude and duration of these rallies vary. The 2020 halving, for instance, preceded a significant surge in Bitcoin's value, propelling it to new all-time highs in subsequent months.

Market Sentiment and Investor Behavior

Beyond the technical implications, Bitcoin halvings also influence market sentiment and investor behavior. Leading up to a halving event, anticipation often builds within the bitcoin community, fueling speculation and driving demand. Post-halving, sentiment can fluctuate based on perceived market conditions and macroeconomic factors. While some investors view halvings as bullish catalysts, others adopt a more cautious stance, mindful of potential short-term volatility.

Future Implications and Long-Term Viability

As Bitcoin continues to mature as a store of value and digital asset, the significance of halving events is likely to endure. Proponents argue that the predetermined and transparent nature of Bitcoin's monetary policy, governed by halvings, instills confidence in its long-term viability as a decentralized currency. However, critics raise concerns about potential drawbacks, such as increased mining centralization or uncertainty surrounding future consensus mechanisms.

Conclusion

Bitcoin halvings represent a fundamental aspect of Bitcoin's economic model, embodying its deflationary principles and supply dynamics. While these events have historically been associated with market speculation and volatility, they also underscore Bitcoin's resilience and growing mainstream acceptance. As the bitcoin ecosystem continues to evolve, the impact of halving events on Bitcoin's price and ecosystem will remain a topic of keen interest and debate among investors and enthusiasts alike.

Sources: Bitcoin Whitepaper, Bitcoin.org, academic papers

@ bcea2b98:7ccef3c9

The model suggests Bitcoin's price hinges on its scarcity, gauged by the stock-to-flow ratio, comparing the amount in circulation to newly mined coins. Higher ratios signify greater scarcity, akin to gold's historical average of 66. After Bitcoin's third halving, its ratio doubled, enhancing its scarcity.

Meanwhile, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust's recent halving, losing 300k BTC since the launch of spot Bitcoin ETFs, may have a more immediate negative impact on Bitcoin's price.

@ 5d4b6c8d:8a1c1ee3

Only two have survived to make the playoffs proper. Congratulations to @siggy47 and @grayruby!

We bid a fond farewell to @BTC_Bellzer. You made the boldest initial gambit by successfully picking the Spurs in our opening round, which would have guaranteed winning any tie-breaker that might happen later.

Round 1

@siggy47 already made his selection and shockingly it was the unfamiliar expansion team in Minnesota. All we need is @grayruby's selection.

As of now, @siggy47 is holding the tie-breaker.

Grand Prize

7114 sats (and growing)

@ 57d1a264:69f1fee1

Prompt: Event Listing ===============

Design a feature or display for upcoming events. Concerts, workshops, summer camps, seminars, or other training events. Get creative with the purpose and style. What's happening in the Bitcoin meatspace?

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Flex your design muscles and join in. Most of all, keep this exercise loose and keep it stress-free. The FUC is about growing our design skills, together, as a community. We can't wait to see what you create!

Happy designing, Stackers!

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Share Your Results When you finish the challenge, post your work on this thread! If you also share it on nostr, be sure to use the hashtag #FUCdesiger and tag Design_r@iris.to or @Design__r on X! We'll keep an eye out and repost good examples on a regular basis.

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Curious to know WTF is a FUC? Read the ⚡️Flash Ui Challenges welcoming post.

Looking for more FUCs? Check the archive here!

@ c11cf5f8:4928464d

Let's hear some of your latest Bitcoin trades, feel free to include links to your shops or sites you sold it from or the pic of the sold item.

If you missed our last thread, here are some of the items stackers recently spent their sats on the ~AGORA territory.



@ 46205202:5f2056a6

Chickpea Soup

Ingredients List

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 large yellow onion, chopped
• 1 2-inch piece of ginger chopped finely
• salt to taste
• 1 1/2 tsp tumeric
• 2 19oz cans of chickpeas, drained & rinsed
• 2 400mL cans of full-fat coconut milk
• 2 cups vegi broth

Steps

1. Heat oil, garlic, onion, ginger, salt over medium heat, until onion is translucent.
2. Slightly crush the some chickpeas to release starch. Scrape any browning off the bottom of pot for flavor.
3. Add coconut milk & broth; simmer until a desirable consistency.

@ fbe736db:187bb0d5

This is a slight refactoring of an article I wrote in April 2021.

I take a long term macroeconomic view on bitcoin, and just bitcoin, for being an incredible emerging store of value over a long term time horizon. It’s remarkable how many potential pitfalls there are for newcomers to the space when the optimal course of action is so simple -

Buy and hold bitcoin.

One of the pitfalls for many is trying to trade bitcoin. It arises from the fact that it has an open market to trade 24/7, with very low fees to trade, and is incredibly volatile - a magnet for traders.

Everyone should be aware of the legendary blog post that first coined the word HODL. Link here if you haven’t seen it, and I salute them. It shows that even early on, there was an appreciation by some of the futility of trying to trade bitcoin to realise higher returns, rather than simply just holding.

My only worry is others misinterpreting it when he says “I know I’m a bad trader”. I would go further and argue that with very few exceptions, we are all bad traders. Most just don’t realise it, as they benefit from a rising market overall.

I’ll admit though, the process of buying bitcoin has been in danger of leading me to try and second guess the price movements too, regardless of my stated long time horizon. And if you have ever found yourself planning a Bitcoin purchase, but then seeing the short term movement in price and then holding off by a day, or a week, then perhaps that’s you too.

So how to stop ourselves from becoming traders, even when just buying with a long term outlook? There is a fair appreciation of Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA). This is simply the concept of regular predetermined buys to reduce entry price volatility.

Now to the main point of this article. At every turn with Bitcoiners lies the phrase “Buy the Dip”. It’s everywhere! But could it backfire?

Let’s define such a strategy by putting some parameters as follows “Buy $x of Bitcoin when the price has fallen at least y% from its recent local maximum.” This is intuitive and would appear to get you some cheaper entry prices than simple DCA’ing over time.

As soon as I became aware that this is a common phrase, I was immediately sceptical of whether it was ever worth following compared to a DCA approach.

Obviously, there is limitless backtesting potential on this subject. I did so for the 6 months from October 1st 2020 to March 31st 2021 in the previous bull market.

In my test, I included a base level DCA strategy basic control strategy of investing $100 on every Monday since October 1st 2020 ($2,600 in total)-weekly DCA. This would have accumulated approx 0.118 btc, at an average cost of $22,007, over the 6 months.

So how about trying to invest the same overall amount to gradually “buy the dips” as a comparison?

The graph below shows 13 theoretical entry points from the period from Oct 1st 2020 to 31 March 2021 for “Buying the 10% dip”. This could be have been done in practice by buying a set $ amount once the price dropped down 10% from that most recent high.

If we split out $2,600 total spend from earlier into $200 for each dip, for these entry points this would have bought us 0.082 btc in total, at an average price of $31,800 for Bitcoin at these times. Remember, that’s compared to over 0.11 btc acquired at an average price of $22k for the DCA approach.

The difference is huge. Dollar Cost Averaging would have acquired around 40% more bitcoin than attempting to buy the 10% dips over the 6 month period.

The reason in this case is simple, and could be seen by layering on regular DCA points on the above graph. Towards the start of the bull run, Bitcoin’s price rose in a stealthy and steady fashion, with no 10% dips to speak of until late November. The prices of the early DCA buys would have been largely missed by anyone patiently waiting for the 10% dips. Hence the average $ price paid is far higher.

Ok, I get it. It’s as spurious for me to argue that a strategy like this doesn’t work as it would be to argue it does work. It’s also not really valid to compare DCA to “Buying the dips”. You can’t even budget the same total amount in advance as I have done, as you don’t know how many dips there will be. Plus, this is only one example. However as often as not, those waiting for dips can be essentially punished for doing so.

Trying to buy the drip in itself means placing parameters over how to buy the dip. This in itself is very tricky — do you choose a 5% dip? 10% dip? Working it through, the exact choice of dip makes no difference to the underlying realities.

I don’t want to be dragged into arguing for any particular trading strategy over another. There are no doubt plenty of range trading periods where buying the dip looks good by contrast. My point is that trying to “buy the dip” in reality leads you halfway into trying to trade Bitcoin. Don't trade Bitcoin.

Why am I so against trading Bitcoin in general? Many people do make money trading Bitcoin. Fiat money. They set their benchmark for success as making money in dollars, when in reality they are under performing buy and hold bitcoin over time. By this I mean they end up with less btc than they could have acquired had they had simply bought and held btc with their funds right at their starting point. Profit in fiat is misleading.

History has shown in the last decade - it is very very difficult to trade Bitcoin, using Bitcoin as your starting basis and benchmark, and come out on top. Even simply "buying the dip" is in some way trying to trade.

There are only two methods that I can see of avoiding this curse of trading. One is some form of DCA, and the other is simply existing on a Bitcoin standard.

One analogy as to why either of these beat the trading curse is making a truly random selection each time when you play Rock Paper Scissors. In the long run that is not going to outperform your opponent but equally it will protect you from losing to them.

As Marla Daniels once observed in the Wire ‘The game is rigged, but you cannot lose if you do not play’. In Bitcoin we have at least two different forms of not playing —

(1) not attempting to trade it, as above, and

(2) exiting asset holdings denominated in fiat currencies. With large amounts of monetary debasement, and increasingly desperate search for yield and returns, this is the largest rigged game of all.

Admittedly though, Buy the Dip is also a wider phrase. I know not everyone out there is trying to “buy the dip” as a strategy. Use of the phrase is often expressed as a narrative of solidarity. During price falls, strong hands buy in more and at a better entry price. This is as opposed to panicking and selling, as the weak hands are known to do when confronted by volatility and price falls. So buying the dip is a “keep calm and carry on” phrase, if you like.

To support the above argument, just consider Michael Saylor, whose billions probably lend weight and credibility to his actions.

Saylor doesn’t try and buy the dip. He just buys.

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Tick, tock,

Tick, tock,

About every ten minutes a new block is born,

Carrying varying numbers of transactions, as a puzzle gets solved,

The voice spreads out that the new block’s been verified,

Confirmations of truth, at least 6 that we want,

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Using energy, as they yell.

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From wasteful processes,

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No need to carry it very far,

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No agenda, nor bias, nor power to control,

No corrupt heart to change the rules and take loot,

Bitcoin is a tool anyone could use.

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The amount of new bitcoin to make on each block,

Has just been cut in half,

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Have you ever seen a relay and out of curiosity visited the https canonical of a relay by swapping out the wss with https? I sure have, and I believe others have too. When I ran https://nostr.sandwich.farm in late 2022/2023, I had thousands of hits to my relay's https canonical. Since then, I've dreamed of improving the look and feel of these generic default landing pages.

With the release of myrelay.page v0.2, relays can now host their own customizable micro-client at their https canonical.

Transform your relay's landing page from this:

or this:

to something like this:

I say "something like this" because each page is customizable at runtime via the page itself.

In a nutshell

myrelay.page is a self-configuring, Client-Side Rendered (CSR) micro-client specifically built to be hosted at relay canonicals, customizable at runtime via NIP-78. Check out a live example.

Features:

1. Dark or light theme
2. Join relay
3. Relay operator profile and feed
4. Zap relay operator
5. See people you follow who are on the relay
6. Customizable by the relay operator
7. Enable/disable blocks
8. Sort blocks
9. Add HTML blocks
10. Add image blocks
11. Add markdown blocks
12. Add feed blocks, with two layouts (grid/list) and customizable filters.

You can find a full list of features complete and todo here

Why I created myrelay.page

For several different reasons.

Firstly, the default, bland relay pages always seemed like a missed opportunity. I jotted down an idea to build a relay micro-client in early January 2023, but never had the time to start it.

Next, I've been ramping up the refactor of nostr.watch and first need to catch up on client-side technologies and validate a few of my ideas. To do this, I have been conducting short research & development projects to prepare and validate ideas before integrating them into an app I intend to support long-term. One of those R&D projects is myrelay.page.

Additionally, I wanted to explore NIP-78 a bit more, a NIP that came into fruition after a conversation I had with @fiatjaf on February 23rd, 2023. It stemmed from the desire to store application-specific data for app customization. I have seen clients use NIP-78, but from what I've seen, their implementations are limited and do not demonstrate the full potential of NIP-78. There's more on NIP-78 towards the end of this article

The convergence of these needs and ideas, in addition to having an itch I needed to scratch, resulted in the creation of myrelay.page.

*Could be wrong, please let me know in the comments if you have examples of nostr clients that utilize NIP-78 for propagating customizations to other visitors.

Editor Flow

Now I'm going to give you a brief example of the Editor Flow on myrelay.page. There's a lot that isn't covered here, but I want to be as brief as possible.

Note: myrelay.page is alpha, there are bugs, quality of life issues and things are far from perfect.

Login

Presently, myrelay.page only supports NIP-07 authentication, but other authentication methods will be implemented at a later date.

In order to customize your page, you need to have a valid NIP-11 document that provides a valid hex pubkey value that is the same as the key you use to login.

Click "Edit"

Add a block

For brevity, I'm going to add a markdown block

Configure the block

Add a title to the block and a sentence with markdown syntax.

Publish the configuration

Click publish and confirm the event, once it's been published to relays the page will refresh.

Note: Again it's alpha, so the page doesn't refresh after a few seconds, the publish probably failed. Press publish until it refreshes. Error handling here will improve with time.

Confirm state persistence

After reload, you should see your block persisted. Anyone who visits your page will see your newly configured page. Big caveat: Given the blessing of relays who store your configuration note, if your configuration cannot be found or you cannot connect to your relays, visitors will only see your relay's NIP-11.

Interested?

myrelay.page is alpha and only has two releases, so if you want to be an early adopter, you'll need the skillset and patience of an early adopter. That said, as long as you have some basic development and sysadmin skills as well as understand your reverse-proxy of choice, it's a quick, easy and low-risk side project that can be completed in about 20 minutes.

1. Build

yarn build or npm run build or pnpm run build (note: I had issues with pnpm and cannot guarantee they are resolved!)

2. Deploy

Move the contents of build folder to your relay server (or another server that you can reverse-proxy to from your relay)

3. Update your reverse-proxy configuration

You'll need to split your relay traffic from the http traffic, this ranges from easy to difficult, depending on your server of choice. - caddy: By far the easiest, see an example configuration for strfry here (easily adapted by those with experience to other relay software) - nginx: A little more stubborn, here's the most recent nginx config I got to work. You'll need to serve the static site from an internal port (8080 in the aforementioned nginx conf) - haproxy: Should be easier than nginx or maybe even caddy, haven't tried yet. - no reverse-proxy: shrugs

If any of that's over your head, I'll be providing detailed guides for various deployment shapes within the next few weeks.

Exploring NIP-78

One of the special things about NIP-78 is that it is application specific, meaning, you don't need to conform to any existing NIP to make magic happen. Granted there are limits to this, as interoperability reigns supreme on nostr. However, there are many use cases where interoperability is not particularly desirable nor beneficial. It doesn't change the care needed to craft events, but it does enable a bunch of unique opportunities.

1. A nostr client that is fully configurable and customized by the user.
2. A nostr powered CMS that can be edited entirely on the client-side.
3. Any use case where an application has special functionality or complex data structures that present no benefit in the context of interoperability (since they are "Application Specific").

Final thoughts

I was surprised at how quickly I was able to get myrelay.page customizable and loading within an acceptable timeframe; NIP-11, the operator's NIP-65 and the myrelay.page NIP-78 events all need to be fetched before the page is hydrated! While there is much to do around optimization, progressive page-loading, and general functionality, I'm very happy with the outcome of this short side project.

I'll be shifting my focus over to another micro-app to validate a few concepts, and then on to the next nostr.watch. Rebuilding nostr.watch has been a high-priority item since shortly after Jack lit a flame under nostr in late 2022, but due to personal circumstances in 2023, I was unable to tackle it. Thanks to @opensats I am able to realize my ideas and explore ideas that have been keeping me up at night for a year or more.

Also, if you're a relay developer and are curious about making it easier for developers to deploy myrelay.page, get in touch.

Next article will likely be about the micro-app I briefly mentioned and nostr.watch. Until then, be well.

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This article was originally published in Bitcoin magazine in November 2021.

Many Bitcoiners have highlighted parallels between some of Bitcoin’s ideals and the book first published in 1997, “The Sovereign Individual.” To take you in an altogether different direction, I’ll draw attention to a relatively unknown and gentler text, which I’ve noticed also contains a number of parallels to the Bitcoin world. This is “ How To Be Idle,” written by Tom Hodgkinson, who also edits the magazine.

Written in 2004, it predates Bitcoin. But it extols libertarian virtues in the same ways many Bitcoiners do today, such as extolling the virtues of freedom from debt, freedom from consumer culture and excessive consumption, and freedom from the wage slavery which can result from such.

Firstly, let’s establish some neutral ground on the definitions front, and define the word idle as simply “inactive.” Many would use the word idle as a straight swap for lazy, which has negative connotations, but as we’ll see throughout this article, it’s not quite that simple. Hodgkinson is aware of the many ways modern day society preys on idleness, and looks to fight back, often offering historical precedent.

Whilst “How To Be Idle” isn’t directly concerned with economic policy or money, there are persistent themes that are symptomatic of the age we live in which Bitcoiners especially will recognise. Let’s dive into some of the main ones.

The World Of Work

Why do we work? The book is forthright at asking the reader to evaluate the status quo. To quote the text:

“The idea of the ‘job’ as the answer to all woes, individual and social, is one of the most pernicious myths of modern society. It is promoted by politicians, parents, newspaper moralists and leaders of industry, on the left and on the right: paradise they say, is ‘full employment’.”

It is a myth convenient to the rich that it is your patriotic duty to work hard. The book quotes the late British journalist and writer Jeffrey Bernard

“… as if there was something romantic and glorious about hard work … If there was something romantic about it, the Duke of Westminster would be digging his own f*cking garden, wouldn’t he?”

Ahem — no punches pulled there then! But there is a subtext here that most Bitcoiners will recognise, with implicit references to Keynesian economics and resulting policies which dominate our lives. In the 21st century the lot for the average working person doesn’t necessarily appear to be getting easier, as aptly shown by WTFhappenedin1971.com. It generally requires two household incomes to support a family, rather than one a generation or two ago. Home prices are sky high. Though mortgage rates are low, the path for the young to own a property is to take out huge debt in the form of a mortgage.

Society is led, naturally, into a lifetime of work. And due to the pressures of inflation, if you’re standing still, you’re going backwards.

Technology should increase the quality of our lives and make them easier, but it often doesn’t feel like this is happening. To quote the book

“… technology has been a complete disaster when it comes to lightening the load. Labour saving devices have not saved any labour.”

Over to Bitcoin. As Jeff Booth covers in the book “The Price Of Tomorrow,” technology is gradually replacing labour in many areas — and the greatest changes are still ahead of us. All else being equal, this brings enhanced productivity, but our economic system requires endless debt, Gross Domestic Product growth and inflation to function, and ends up fighting against the tide and negating the benefits for the majority.

Generating inflation via quantitative easing and other measures deepens socioeconomic divides and centralises power. The question we should be asking is how to share the spoils of technological advancement more equally. One answer is Bitcoin.

Simple Pleasures

Many of the book’s 24 chapters (each for a notional hour of the day) are devoted to extolling the virtues of what are, at heart, simple pleasures. Most of these concern the use of our time — the most precious commodity we have, and the need to claim it back for ourselves.

For example, having a lie in! More examples from the book: celebrating the art of enjoying a leisurely lunch; fishing; drinking tea; taking naps; smoking; the ramble and the lost art of the “flaneur” (meaning — a pedestrian walking the streets for nothing more but for pleasure and to pass the time) As well as recognizing and acquiescing to our innate love of a party, of music, and dancing.

Admittedly, the smoking chapter might feel dated to some, 17 years on, but it’s consistent with the libertarian ethos throughout. Personally I’ve always liked the observation that smoking is the only pursuit one can indulge in where you can simultaneously be doing something and yet be doing nothing.

The Art Of Conversation

“The idler enjoys earthly pleasures … Talking, sharing ideas with friends old and new, this is the lifeblood of the loafer.” And so the book identifies another simple, life-enhancing pleasure.

Moreover, Hodgkinson notes, this is a facet in which humans thrive:

“ideas emerge in conversation and are embellished, improved, contradicted or torn about by the assembled company…”

“… One’s ideas are developed, modified. They are taken down from the museum shelf, dusted and put on view. And their true worth is revealed: the diamond turns out to be a piece of glass, the dusty stone a rare fossil.”

the world of bitcoin is nothing if not an endless, open conversation, initiated by Satoshi at outset, and continuing thereafter as an open discussion played out in, Twitter, Reddit and so on. The passage above reminded me of a tweet sent by Preston Pysh to Steve Hanke:

https://twitter.com/PrestonPysh/status/1414694591387820033

Dreaming Of A Better Tomorrow

Your idler believes in both the power of dreams, and in contemplating the moon and the stars. To quote the book

“Stars … have inspired our philosophers and poets to dream of better worlds on Earth… Freedom is out there, somewhere, glittering, almost visible, but just out of our reach.”

However, the text points to our use of language in society to demonstrate the negative use of terms that befit your average idler, and nowhere is this more on display than in the chapters entitled “The Moon And The Stars” and “A Waking Dream.”

We generally disapprove of dreamers or star gazers in today’s society. Don’t believe me? Consider the negative connotation with which we use the following terms: “head in the clouds,” “starry eyed,” “lunatic,” “on another planet,” “away with the fairies;” yet it is praiseworthy to be considered “anchored,” “down to earth,” or “grounded.”

The notorious idler Oscar Wilde neatly inverted these sentiments with the following famous quote:

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

Bitcoin? It embodies a vision of a better world, but the vision takes work, and it’s up there in the stars for sure. A friend of mine was contemplating bitcoin and said to me last year “I don’t get it. It’s either worth a million dollars a coin, or nothing.” Ultimately, he has rejected it as he can’t compute the world where the bitcoin price has come from nothing barely a decade ago, to one, as Michael Saylor views it, where "it’s going up forever, Laura.”

It’s much more than just potential price appreciation though. As outlined by the likes of Alex Gladstein and Tomer Strolight, it’s a vision of a better future. A global sound money aiding the unbanked, decreasing our collective time preference, and helping the billions of people currently living under authoritarian regimes.

Getting back to Hodgkinson in “How To Be Idle,” he states that

“Real dreams are about seeing things that others miss. If you have your head in the clouds, you can see the world more clearly.”

Riot

There is an entire chapter devoted to riot. Am I stretching this connection to Bitcoin too far? Let’s consider a dictionary definition of the word: “a wild or turbulent disturbance created by a large number of people.”

Hodgkinson notes

“Paradoxically, idlers are given to riot. Our rulers tend to use relentless drudgery to create oppressing, grinding bureaucracies which stifle us with boredom. Every now and again brute force is wheeled out. The idler’s modus operandi, on the other hand, is to sit around talking and thinking for months, and then to act with impetuosity, with rapid and violent diligence, with a visible outburst of passion, a rising.”

Ultimately, sadly, Hodgkinson questions the ultimate impact of most of these actions throughout history on society, and concludes at the end of this chapter that perhaps the only sane thing to do is to create one’s own paradise:

“One might conclude sadly that a better place to effect change is in oneself and in one’s own immediate surroundings.”

This for me contained shades of the famous quote by Friedrich Hayek in 1983 which many bitcoiners cite:

“We can’t take it [money] violently out of the hands of government. All we can do is by some sly, roundabout way introduce something they can’t stop.”

Bitcoin As An Idle Investment

Separate to the above themes, there is a good narrative for bitcoin as the perfect savings vehicle for your archetypal idler. I have heard gold in the past described as a non-investment. It sits out of the financial system. It yields nothing. It just “is.” And yet it has more than matched many stock markets in terms of overall returns over a 50-year period (evidenced here).

Nowadays, bitcoin is surely the ultimate non-investment, surpassing gold easily in its monetary properties. And it’s a match made in heaven for idlers. Physically, it comprises nothing. It yields nothing. It costs nothing to hold. It costs near nothing to acquire (and it will only get cheaper — Jack Mallers is wholly right about the race to zero fees in this respect). And yet what has been the best investment over the last decade? Simply buying and holding bitcoin.

“To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.”

Oscar Wilde, The Critic As Artist, on HODLING Bitcoin

As a frustrated value investor, it maddens me that we currently drive every individual now to be their own fund manager, being pushed out on the risk curve to try and juggle investments and keep pace with monetary debasement. Under a bitcoin standard, this becomes much simpler. A bitcoin holding naturally retains purchasing power as a fixed percentage of the overall supply, by doing … nothing.

How about altcoins, I hear you say? What would your self-respecting idler make of air drops, yield farming, atomic swaps, gas, rehypothecation, staking..?

I think you know the answer. I can only revert to the wisdom of Albert Einstein at this moment:

“Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.”

The Idler Today

Fast-forward from 2004 to the present day, and it’s unclear whether the ongoing Idler magazine, as still edited by Tom Hodgkinson, has yet recognised the alliance of bitcoin and idlers. I could only find a single disappointing Idler article published in 2018 by Andrew Smart:”The Liberating Promise Of Bitcoin Is A Fantasy.”

However, Dominic Frisby is a friend of the Idler magazine and also a Bitcoiner, so perhaps there is hope. In any case, let me put out an open message to Tom Hodgkinson. He’s probably got his feet up somewhere on a chaise longue, having a nap. He certainly doesn’t waste his time on Twitter. But if anyone knows him, given the chance I’d happily write an article for the Idler to reach out to all those aspiring idlers worldwide and highlight the benefits of Bitcoin.

For Bitcoiners and idlers are natural bedfellows. And for anyone to have the best chance of pursuing some of the laudable ideals outlined in “How To Be Idle” (at least without having a huge inheritance), they need access to the soundest money to preserve the value of their precious time.

Summary

Bitcoin and idlers were made for each other, given that bitcoin is the ultimate “idle” investment. Moreover, idlers are in control of their time, the most precious commodity we all have. Do not mistake this as just laziness — it’s that in exercising this control over time, they do not automatically prize work over leisure, consumption over non-consumption, activity over inactivity.

For inactivity can be hugely valuable. They think, they dream. They talk, they scheme, they plot.

They riot.

And what is Bitcoin if not an idea? Speech? A dream? And ultimately, the most peaceful and potentially largest riot the world has ever seen?

Please read the book, and let me know your thoughts!

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Never to tired to feel tired?

It seems the worrisome mind is a chatter,

it goes as I am now writing, It speaks for me, who?

You.. I is lured to the, familiar

Addiction to this, and that. Why mention names, all same twat

twatting about, running it’s mouth. May sound familiar?

Or are you the freed one? Mental illness some would say.. having a bad day, or

only when it’s every day?

a label to comfort me into being

who i am,, Who I I be?

Really wonder,, why write in this slumber of online vibe

freedom to chat about,

or can I jump into the web?

This web and connect?

Connect with the collective, am I not already

Free?

I wish and see the wishes made,, Who rejects?

I am my only friend

sad sad story, it is not

The world is a sad place when stuck in a place of misplace,

a place of downward fall, where all what knows, knows nothing at all,

a place,..

I see you place,,, You will move on

You being the other

things

wings

all be swinging in space.

So why be here?

Where? This space?

Online,, in the web?

Can I connect, am I connect?

Sweet Jeez

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Opinion about Wallet of Satoshi (android)

Overall fast and reliable. Simplistic and elegant UI. Fees for lighting transactions are manageable. Works quite efficiently for small payments would not recommend for larger payments . Best wallet for beginners. Has KYC services if you choose to buy or sell bitcoin. Basically the best wallet if you plan on just sending and receiving sats.

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Opinion about Muun: Bitcoin Lightning Wallet (android)

i have been using this wallet for about 3 months and i am yet to find any thing troubling . once i do i shall be back with some scrtutiny

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Opinion about Blink (Bitcoin Wallet) (android)

this is my every day pay wallet. love it. their paycode makes it easy for merchant accepting btc payments .

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Opinion about Wallet of Satoshi (iphone)

wallet of satoshi is great for lighting payments. and better for onchain deposits. i love how they rotate addresses, so you dont have one associated with your account. every onchain deposit uses a new address. pretty cool than other wallets giving you just one btc on chain address

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Opinion about ZBD: Bitcoin, Games, Rewards (android)

zbd is a great tool for beginners to learn about bitcoin doing surveys and playing games as well. play to earn games are quite the innovation right now

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Opinion about Trust: Crypto & Bitcoin Wallet (android)

i have had a positive experience with this wallet. easy to set up and add your wallet with a seed phrase of 12 words or 24. bitcoin transfer is also easy because they support a range of networks to transfer bitcoin.

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Opinion about LifPay (android)

Simplistic custodial wallet with very simple features. Great for managing multiple accounts. The anonymous lighting address is a cool feature for those sensitive about privacy. Sending and receiving funds is quite efficient, the fees are low. Available even on desktop. The customer team is responsive. I think it's a hidden gem, no complaints in the time I have used it. Suitable for beginners and those just sending and receiving satoshis.

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test test test

@ 453846ff:a380c94b

With all the excitement of the upcoming halving, my node decided to nuke itself.

Really makes you appreciate how far we have come. 840,000 blocks later.

Block height 0

🫡

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Prompt: Trending ===============

Create a trending list or feature. What's trending? Music, movies, stock prices, or something else?

Think about if it'll be the main focus or a minimal element such as a scrolling banner or notification widget.

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Flex your design muscles and join in. Most of all, keep this exercise loose and keep it stress-free. The FUC is about growing our design skills, together, as a community. We can't wait to see what you create!

Happy designing, Stackers!

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Old Happy: "I should do what others think is good." ​New Happy: “I can choose what is good for me."

Our society defines a 'good' relationship as the relationship that lasts the longest, even if both parties are unhappy and unfulfilled in it. With a bit of distance from our conditioning, we can see that this is both illogical and harmful. First of all, there's no law that says a 'good' relationship has to last forever. Second, how can anything be good when it's creating pain for everyone involved?

Here's my definition, based upon the science of happy relationships: A good relationship is, at its core, something that helps those involved to grow, find joy, and become better people.

Sometimes, these relationships last for a long time. Sometimes, these relationships are briefer. Either way, they're good ones. We don't have to judge the duration of a relationship; we can celebrate each one for their uniqueness.

Does this resonate with you? If not, how would you define a good relationship for yourself? Finally, what can you learn from using that lens to look at the relationships in your life?

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Opinion about Mycelium Bitcoin Wallet (android)

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One of the most powerful books I’ve read in the past decade is likely not well-known by Bitcoiners, but it should be. Rather than yet another tome on monetary economics, timechain basics, or the history of seashells or rocks as money, this book is about control and authority.

More specifically, it’s about the governing class — what some may call political and financial elites — losing control and authority in an age of rapidly spreading information.

The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium, by former CIA analyst Martin Gurri, is a unique narrative work that uses contemporary examples to formulate a thesis about the public rising back against elite institutions.

Gurri’s writing makes for entertaining fodder for any amateur geopolitical analyst or student of media and history, but it provides many lessons for those who have turned to Bitcoin as the open protocol to separate money from state.

To anyone reading in the hypernormalized 2024, the references will seem somewhat dated. The book begins by charting the course of the Arab Spring from December 2010 onwards, beginning in Tunisia and leading to the ouster of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt by February 2011, over a decade ago.

He mentions faded movements like Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party, but also predicts the propaganda war of Russia and China.

To sum it up, the digital platforms used by billions today have made the top-down model of organizing humanity practically obsolete. Rather than setting grand public agendas, political and financial elite are stuck in a reactionary dream, responding and reacting to the whims and desires of a public that now seeks greater power and voice.

What makes Gurri’s book so compelling through a Bitcoin lens, even if he doesn’t mention it directly, is that Bitcoin provides a manner of decentralized order to power through the chaos unfolding in practically every state.

The illusion of “competent control” by central bankers and financial institutions has been shattered by Satoshi’s innovation, leading to a true “crisis of authority” among those that monopolize the issuance of money and its inflationary effects.

It’s why CEO bankers like JP Morgan Chase's Jamie Dimon of Bank of America’s Brian Moynihan, financial planners like Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Fed chair Jerome Powell, and entire departments of the European Central Bank seem to never stop talking about Bitcoin.

For Gurri, the moment of the scientist-bureaucrats who control the narrative of our time — in a geopolitical or financial sense — has been extirpated. This also reflects the hypernormalization thesis of BBC documentarian Adam Curtis, which holds that the reams of data and information available to us all have stripped power the usual public authorities.

Citizens rallying in town centers thanks to Facebook events, WhatsApp groups, and Twitter trends are no longer just passive witnesses to power, but their revolt drives the irrational and haphazard attempts by elites to exercise authority.

We saw it with the Canadian trucker protest, COVID lockdown protests, the global energy crisis, spiraling inflation, collapse of ESG-imposed economies in the developing world, and with the migration crisis still hobbling population-starved European states.

It’s as clear as day in the recent US government actions quietly cracking down on any and all financial institutions tied to Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, at the same time European politicians formalize their CBDCs to ensure future fiat currency is not only centrally controlled and surveilled, but also subject to limitations on its use and saving.

Despite all this, those who have been orange pilled, who run their own full node, hold their own keys, and have true sovereignty of their own money, are leading a revolt of their own.

The Internet empowered a generation to be connected and exchange information across borders. Bitcoin, itself an evolution of the Internet, is on the path to do the same for value across time, space, and place.

It’s a hell of a journey, and it’s only beginning. Let’s Fix the Money.

-Yaël

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Slight disclaimer! I know this may be a controversial piece. This is my own research and my own opinion formed from that research. Research and knowledge is always an ongoing process and we don't learn if we don't put out what we think and then listen to other peoples points of view. If you feel I have got any part of this "wrong" then please say it kindly, and I will be more than happy to have an open conversation about it.

Part One - The Satyr Form

*image taken from google

This card is often described as the devil represented in his most well-known "Satyr form". A Satyr (or at that time known as 'saturos') in Greek mythology were wild spirits of nature who were half human, half animal and would spend their days drinking, playing instruments and chasing women.

In Greek art they would be pictured as a man with a horses ears and tail which differed from the Roman representation later on as a man with goats ears, tail, legs and horns. It didn't take me long to understand why this card has such a reputation, as in modern day times, we still all know men (well, not just men) who like to have a bit too much too drink and chase women! And, the modern day interpretation of the word 'Satyrs' are persons with strong sexual desires.

The word seems to originate from the Ancient Greeks and was only used to describe this mythological character.

Although, as the bible was translated into English in 1382, the word Satyr in the King James Version is used to translate the Hebrew word se'īrīm which when properly translated describes a type of hairy being said to inhabit the desert.

But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there (Isaiah 13:21, KJV).

The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest (Isaiah 34:14, KJV).

When I researched the word se'īrīm, it does in fact bring up information regarding "goat-demons', but with a bit more research I found that the translation for demon is "shedim". Could the original writings have meant the se'īrīm (hairy being) to have been a goat? It is highly possible and all the research I have done would suggest that. And, if you change the words slightly in passages above from satyr to goats, they would read as follows:

But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and goats shall dance there (Isaiah 13:21, KJV).

The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the goats shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest (Isaiah 34:14, KJV).

I personally think that this sounds more plausible, than throwing a demon into the mix, however this is just my opinion! And, maybe that is why, in the late 14th century satyr was used as a word in England to describe apes, and then again in 1690 to describe an orangutan - because even though some had translated se'īrīm to mean a demon, others had translated it to mean a hairy being!

It was only in 1781 that the word was used in England to describe a "lecherous" person rather than a mythological creature or an animal.

Why am I delving into the bible to discuss this card? Because, I have noticed that when I read for people, that 90% of those people will grimace when this card is pulled. They believe that if this card is in their spread, that it means something "bad" is going on and, I believe that this has come from thousands of years of programming and conditioning that the Devil is "bad" and "evil".

And, where did we learn that from? In fact, when you really think about it - whether you believe that there is a God or not, where do most of our moral codes, rules and laws come from? What has determined what we believe to be good and bad, right and wrong, positive or negative?

A Satyr, started out as an apparent mythological creature, dancing around, drinking too much and chasing women, much like people still do today? Would we call those people evil, or, young and horny? In fact, could this character have been made up to describe a randy teenager who without the hygiene routines we have today, could have looked very much like half man/half horse(or goat)?

Now, obviously, that is just an opinion and i have no proof of that, but looking back at my days in high school, only 25 years ago, and the rate in which hygiene has improved since then, I would say that this could be possible!

Moving forward from my view on 90's teens, if we revisit the meaning of the word Satyr, you will notice that the description begins with, "wild spirits of nature".

It is interesting how the words "wild" and "spirit" have been linked here. We still link these words together today, calling children a "wild spirit" if they are the kind of child who refuses to follow the rules of society, maybe having a bit of an attitude towards people in authority, questioning why things are done in a certain way or even just saying "no" and doing their own thing in their own way. They are the group of children who refuse to be tamed and won't be dictated to. Now, here's the thing. We don't necessarily think that these children are "bad" children, in fact, I doubt many will think that children are "bad" at all. Instead what we try to do, is bend them to our way of thinking and doing, and give consequences for those children that do not follow the "rules".

And, as these children grow and become adults, if we have not managed to tame them, then we seem to change how we describe them to, "free spirit", as though acknowledging that we were unable to tame the wild side of them and therefore will let them be and set them free, with a warning of course, that life will not be easy for them unless they choose to change their ways!

Whether consciously or sub-consciously we recognise the definition of the word wild, "living or growing in their natural state; not changed by people and a refusal to be tamed".

Why is it then that even though we recognise that these people cannot be tamed do we try? After all, it is their character that we are trying to break, in order for them to conform to the societal norms of the time. And, if you go back through the etymology of the word "spirit" you will find that it comes from the Latin word "Spirare" which simply means, "breathe". Are we as a society across all ages, stopping these people from catching their breath in life? Are we stopping their souls and characters from prevailing?

To summarise: Should the Satyr really be deemed a "bad" thing? If we were to really look at what a Satyr truly was, from the description, "wild spirits of nature who were half human, half animal and would spend their days drinking, playing instruments and chasing women" would we really be thinking that they were demons?

Some questions for you to answer if this card shows itself in your spread:

Should we try to tame a person to fit in with societal norms?

Is having strong sexual desires a bad thing if you are practising safely with a person who is truly consenting?

Do you desire to breathe more freely and be your true, authentic self ALL of the time?

Can you see the Satyr in you?

*image from Tarot Deck 'Magnetic Limitless Love' created by Nantakay(aka Annie Dustan)

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Imagine life as this big, mysterious orchestra playing out all around us. In this grand symphony, there's this powerful rule: "You get back what you put in." The idea that whatever seeds you plant in the garden of life will eventually grow into something, reflecting the energy you've put out there.

Now, think of yourself as a magician, armed with a wand of intention. Every thought and action you have is like casting a spell on your reality. It's like saying we've got this magical ability to shape our own lives. Just like a magician pulling tricks out of seemingly thin air, we're shaping our lives with the choices we make, the actions we make, the thoughts we have and the words that we use.

In this magical world, the law of reciprocity is the ruler of the land, echoing across everything. Our energy sends out ripples into the universe, and those ripples come back to us, almost like a dance. That's where the saying "what goes around, comes around" comes from. It's a reminder that everything's connected, and we have a big impact on how things unfold.

Think of your life as this huge stage production. You're not only the main actor, but also the one writing the script. Every part of the show is shaped by your thoughts, beliefs, and actions. And just like an audience reacts to a performance, the universe reacts to the energy we give off, reflecting back to us what we've created.

So, let's focus on consciously creating our lives, taking care of our inner selves with love and kindness. Knowing that what we put out there will come back to us in some form. We can choose to sow seeds of positivity and watch them grow into something beautiful. And let's be mindful of the energy we're sending out, because in this amazing journey of life, we're both the creators and the magic, shaping our realities with every little thing we do.

Artwork taken from the Tarot deck "Magnetic Limited Love" by Nantakay(aka ME, Annie Dustan).

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The (only?) global p2p digital value transfer protocol requires an underlying token that represents the value that is being transferred.

In a previous consideration, it was argued that the token underlying the global p2p digital value transfer protocol, has to be an attractive asset for the protocol to function. If the token is not attractive, there is no reassurance that the receiver will be able to convert the token into another valuable asset, which would make the protocol defunct.

The token underlying the p2p value transfer protocol has so far more than doubled its USD value every four years. This implies more than 19% USD IRR. This makes it an extremely attractive asset. Moreover, due to the halving cycle, the value increases are not uniform over time - as a result, the token has increased by a factor 10x in less than a year in some periods.

This attracts people with different objectives than digitally transferring value in a p2p way. It also creates envy. It gives the token underlying the protocol the perception of being a get rich quick scheme.

That is a design flaw.

The p2p digital value transfer protocol would be much less frowned upon, if it would increase in USD value at a more modest pace, for example by about 5-10% per year - that would still be good enough to make token underlying the protocol sufficiently valuable to act as the value travelling the protocol - but would avoid attracting the lambo kids.

Wouldn’t the silence of the lambos be much better for protocol adoption?

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about decentralisation

This consideration was initially published on Substack

In Tempore Non Suspecto

is a Latin phrase that means “at a time no one expects something to happen”.

Imagine you have an ambition to set up a decentralised protocol with an aim to transfer “value”. The value in the network will be transported by tokens which can be transferred only by network participants signing a message with an appropriate private key.

You may realise that in order to achieve decentralisation, many network participants need to have access to the value that will be transported in order for the network to enable value transfer.

This consideration argues that setting up a DECENTRALISED protocol to transfer “value” can happen only ONCE.

Once proven that it is possible to establish a decentralised protocol, humanity can never pursue a similar ambition again in ignorance or with uncertainty about the feasibility if it possible or not to establish a decentralised protocol - as that feasibility is already proven.

Therefore, anyone who will aim to set up a DECENTRALISED protocol to transfer value for a second time, will face a challenge: regardless of that mindset of the originator (altruistic or not) - the initiative will immediately face investors who will evaluate the probability the initiative will reach adoption and invest accordingly - as a result decentralisation will be extremely difficult to achieve.

Worldcoin is a blatant example of POST (after) tempore non suspecto - its founders and investors have a clear objective to keep 10% of the network value with themselves - the reader can evaluate if that is a reasonable ambition - the initiative is clearly not decentralised.

Bitcoin is broadly seen a technology innovation - it was the first technology solution to fix the double spend issue and therefore enable value transfer over the internet without trusted intermediary.

The bitcoin protocol was also built “in tempore non suspecto” - the developers of the protocol were aware that there could be some value at some point, but there was very high uncertainty at the time of development:

It might make sense just to get some in case it catches on. If enough people think the same way, that becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. Once it gets bootstrapped, there are so many applications if you could effortlessly pay a few cents to a website as easily as dropping coins in a vending machine. - Satoshi Nakamoto - The Cryptography Mailing List

Actually, it took more than two years after the genesis block and the first transaction, until 2011 for the bitcoin market cap to exceed the worldcoin USD 25m seed capital. By that time, there were already more than 5000 active btc addresses.

Therefore, one can argue bitcoin was developed in tempore non suspecto - in a timeframe when very few people expected the network creation effort to succeed - even if its inventor (group) saw a potential for success. Many therefore argue that bitcoin is one of the few, if not the only decentralised protocol.

The reader is invited to evaluate the relevance of the “in tempore non suspecto” argument - and take it into consideration when making technology or investment decisions.

Thank you for reading all the way to the end - you could have watched this Matthew Kratter video which elaborates on the exact same topic - albeit in a more entertaining way…

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In contemplating the nature of a higher power within our modern context, one must recognize an all-encompassing energy that intertwines every facet of life and existence, openly revealing the unity among humanity. This force transcends individual consciousness, permeating through social, cultural, and global dimensions.

Viewing this higher power as the embodiment of entirety signifies the integral role of every person, culture, and society within this unified whole. It acts as a binding force, connecting all facets of humanity, emphasizing our interconnectedness and interdependence.

Within this framework, the universality and completeness of this higher power stand as pivotal elements in fostering global harmony. Recognizing our collective belonging to something greater motivates humanity to seek consensus, mutual understanding, and respect for diversity, paving the way for harmonious coexistence.

Emphasizing the criticality of clear comprehension and transparency, one must underscore the importance of shared understanding and knowledge about this higher power, cautioning against misinformation and concealment, which can lead to moral, spiritual, and technological decline for humanity. The aim is to facilitate the revelation of this higher power in interpersonal relationships and on a global scale. Embracing a belief in a transcendent intelligence that surpasses human understanding and observable natural processes, humanity endeavors to manifest this power of unity in both actions and inner lives. Aligned with the values of compassion, justice, and mutual respect, humanity should aspire to create a world where all individuals can thrive and flourish.

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เพราะ evoo มันมีกระบวนการเฉพาะที่ควรเป็นครับ โดยเฉพาะการเก็บเกี่ยวและผลิต ธรรมชาติของมันจะเก็บเกี่ยวและผลิตแทบทันที เพื่อรักษาสภาพให้ดีเยี่ยม ไม่รอให้มะกอกหลุดจากต้นนาน เผลอๆบางเจ้าปลูกเองเพื่อคัดลูกที่ดีจริง ไม่ช้ำด้วยซ้ำ

++ส่วนใหญ่มักจะเก็บเกี่ยวช่วง พย ธค มค (ส่วนน้ำมันมะกอกแบบ early harvest มักจะเก็บเกี่ยวช่วง ตค พย)++ ดังนั้นการได้ของนอกฤดูกาล หลายๆคนอาจคิดว่าดี เทคโนโลยีทำได้ อันนั้นตามพี่สบายใจครับ ผมมันคนรุ่นเก่า

และผู้ผลิตเขาจะภูมิใจในการอวด ในการประกาศ ความเจ๋งของเขา เพราะกว่าจะบดโม่หินได้มาแต่ละหยด มันคลาสสิกเกินกว่าที่จะเอามาเร่ขายถูกๆ 1แถม1 เขาจะดูแลมันตั้งแต่ผลิตไปจนส่งมอบ ขวดบรรจุจะเป็นขวดที่ป้องกันแสงอาทิตย์

เหมือนไวน์เลยอะครับ ผมถึงบอกว่าพวกนี้เป็นงาน อาติซาน (Artisan) ซึ่งมันต้องละเอียดละออกับทุกขั้นตอน จะกินทั้งทีอยากให้เรามาดื่มด่ำกับมัน ละเมียดละไม อ่านฉลาก ค้นเรื่องราวของขวดนั้นๆ เหมือนกับโพสก่อนหน้านี้ ที่ผมบบอกว่า กลุ่ม1 คือ ดื่มเอารสนิยม มันเป็นศิลปะอย่างนึงครับ อาติซาน มาจาก ภาษาละติน artītus (แปลว่าทักษะ หรือ skill) หรือ Skilled manual work นั่นเองครับ ในทางอาหารเขาถึงมีคำว่า "ศิลปะการทำอาหาร" ซึ่งเป็นการยกระดับความ barbarian food ซึ่งธรรมชาติเสียจนโคตรดิบ เถื่อน

ถึงผมจะเป็นคนนิยมอาหารธรรมชาติ แต่ผมก็อยู่สายอาหาร และการนำศิลปะแห่งอาหาร มาควบรวมกับการใช้วัตถุดิบธรรมชาติอย่างเคารพรสชาติ มันคือการสืบทอดศิลปะแขนงนี้ครับ เพียงแค่ทุกวันนี้ มันเลยเถิดไปจนไปทำแค่เปลือก ดูแต่ความสวยงาม จนลืมรากเหง้าของ แก่นและกระพี้ ของศิลปะแขนงนี้ไปครับ "ศิลปะการทำอาหารธรรมชาติ"

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Table Of Content

• Content

• Conclusion

• FAQ

• You May Also Like

• External Links

WHY SHOULD I WITHDRAW MY BITCOIN FROM AN EXCHANGE?

You don't really own anything if you need someone else's permission to utilize it. not your keys, not your money. Heard that one before? Yes, really. Bitcoin private keys give you access to your digital currency, but you have no control over your funds until you make a withdrawal. When you leave your bitcoin on an exchange, you are putting a lot of faith in that service.

WHAT ARE BITCOIN PRIVATE KEYS?

Private keys on the Bitcoin network function similarly to passwords on other networks. The private keys are required to transmit or spend bitcoin. If you don't have these keys, it's probably because an exchange like Coinbase or another third party is keeping them safe for you.

Using a third party as a custodian for your bitcoin exposes you to a number of extra threats. If you store your bitcoin with a custodian, you will need their approval before you can spend "your" bitcoin. It's like asking a friend to keep track of the code to the family safe.

WHAT ARE THE TRADE-OFFS WITH LEAVING YOUR BITCOIN ON AN EXCHANGE?

To put it simply, if you lose access to your bitcoin, you lose access to everything that makes bitcoin unique. Its censorship resistance has been broken. Sending and spending money is now restricted. In a liquidation scenario, your bitcoin may be sold without your consent. It is possible to halt or even cancel your financial transactions. Your bitcoin wallet might be frozen at any time. Trusting and putting your bitcoin on an exchange exposes you to numerous big risks:

A user's faith in an exchange's commitment to not rehypothecate bitcoin is essential.

You are placing your faith in the exchange to safely store your bitcoin.

You have to believe that the exchange you're buying bitcoin from has the coins they're offering you.

Confidence in an exchange's lack of fractional reserves is essential.

You have to have faith that the exchange you choose will not lend your bitcoins to day traders.

You have to believe in the reliability of an exchange to fulfill your withdrawal requests.

For your transactions to remain private, you must have faith that your exchange is not collecting and selling this data.

You are taking a risk if you deposit bitcoins on an exchange in the hope that they will not be liquidated if the exchange goes bankrupt.

YOU MUST USE BITCOIN TO FULLY APPRECIATE IT

When you get your hands on this new technology, you'll see its value in ways that aren't obvious from reading about it. An in-depth knowledge of bitcoin requires more than just reading about it.

The Bitcoin network may be used in several fashions. Make a little Bitcoin purchase. Disseminate them to the people around you. Bring all your UTXOs together. Create a link in the lightning network. Find out how to make a new transaction and announce it to the network.

For more clarification, let's use an example: It doesn't matter how much someone studies automobiles or how well they understand how an engine works; if they've never driven before and are expected to do so, there's a good probability they'll have trouble getting from point A to point B.

HOW TO WITHDRAW YOUR BITCOIN FROM AN EXCHANGE:

Depending on the platform you're using, you may or may not be able to withdraw your bitcoin from the exchange. We've compiled a list of the most prominent Bitcoin exchanges, along with withdrawal guides for each:

• Coinbase: https://help.coinbase.com/en/prime/trading-and-funding/withdrawing-crypto-assets

• Gemini: https://support.gemini.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004710226-How-do-I-withdraw-crypto-from-my-Gemini-account-

• CashApp: https://cash.app/help/us/en-us/3106-bitcoin-withdrawal-instructions

• Strike: https://strike.me/faq/withdrawbitcoin/

• Binance: https://www.binance.com/en/support/faq/115003670492

• Kraken: https://support.kraken.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000672763-How-to-withdraw-cryptocurrencies-from-your-Kraken-account

• FTX: https://help.ftx.us/hc/en-us/articles/4409213996311-How-to-Withdraw-Crypto

• BlockFi: https://help.blockfi.com/hc/en-us/articles/4416344067092-Requesting-a-Withdrawal-Crypto-

• Robinhood: https://robinhood.com/us/en/support/articles/cryptocurrency-wallets/

• PayPal: https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/crypto/paypal-now-lets-users-transfer-crypto-to-other-wallets-heres-how/

• KuCoin: https://www.kucoin.com/support/900005758426-How-to-Withdraw-Crypto

• Revolut: https://www.revolut.com/help/wealth/cryptocurrencies/withdrawing-cryptocurrencies

• BitStamp: https://www.bitstamp.net/faq/how-to-withdraw-cryptocurrency/

• Crypto.com: https://help.crypto.com/en/articles/3511870-how-to-withdraw-cryptocurrency-from-my-crypto-com-exchange-wallet-to-external-wallet-address

• Swan: https://help.swanbitcoin.com/hc/en-us/articles/360058709153-How-do-I-withdraw-my-Bitcoin-from-Swan-

• River: https://river.com/support/knowledge-base/articles/bitcoin-withdrawal

• CoinCorner: https://support.coincorner.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001956794-How-do-I-send-Bitcoin-

• BitBuy: https://support.bitbuy.ca/hc/en-us/articles/360058502872-How-do-I-send-withdraw-cryptocurrency-from-my-Bitbuy-account-

• BitFlyer: https://bitflyer.com/en-us/faq/16-18

• CoinBerry: https://help.coinberry.com/hc/en-us/articles/4539555681041-How-to-Withdraw-Crypto

• BitMex: https://support.bitmex.com/en/support/solutions/articles/13000094250-how-to-withdraw-crypto

• Celsius: https://support.celsius.network/hc/en-us/articles/360001907478-How-can-I-send-my-coins-from-Celsius-Network-

Conclusion

The current suffering is genuine. Having one's trust broken must be an excruciating experience. It's important to remember that all of your negative emotions, such as regret, guilt, wrath, melancholy, and fury, have a common origin. For so long, Bankman-Fried was able to get away with his falsehoods because "crypto" is based on a lie: what claims to be a revolution is in fact merely the fiat system par excellence. Because everyone on the network shares the same information, Satoshi Nakamoto's novel system eliminates the possibility of double counting. When some thought crypto might disappear, this didn't.

FAQ

Where does FTX stand now? As scandal-plagued FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this month, founder Sam Bankman-Fried resigned from his position as CEO. Once worth $32 billion, FTX's market cap plummeted in a couple of days when the CEO of Binance, a competitor exchange, said that Binance would sell its FTT tokens.

What exactly is Bitcoin's function? Does bitcoin serve any useful purpose? Bitcoin was designed specifically for online monetary transactions. The idea behind the digital currency was to provide an alternate payment system that could function independently of any one authority while otherwise being completely functional as a currency in its own right.

What's the purpose of Bitcoin? It is FTX.US's claim that all assets and client data on the platform are protected by basic security procedures. One such safety measure is the opportunity to use a different password for cash withdrawals.

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Should regulations aimed at halting the financial activity of alleged criminals and terrorists be vastly expanded to include cryptocurrencies and firms that use them? Could this potentially harm entrepreneurial spirit and consumer freedom to deal in digital assets?

Those were the questions asked this week in Washington as officials from the Treasury Department seek new tools to regulate and track Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies that would impact the estimated 50 million Americans who use them.

On Tuesday, the Senate Banking Committee held an oversight hearing with Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo, who offered a series of rule changes to more strictly regulate the crypto activities of alleged criminals.

The three main proposals sought by the treasury would be to develop a sanctions protocol for foreign digital asset providers through the Office of Foreign Assets Control, expand existing money laundering rules that apply to U.S. crypto exchanges, and somehow gain authority to apply those same restrictions to foreign crypto exchanges beyond America’s shores.

Government officials justify these new powers by pointing to the reported cryptocurrency activities of groups like Hamas, which we reported were vastly overblown and technically inaccurate, and also several operations tied to gift cards and crypto exchange operations used by people sympathetic to Al Qaeda and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard.

These latter examples were successfully thwarted and stopped by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security using existing law, and the on-chain activities of these groups and the alleged money launderers who operated in Turkey were enough to secure criminal indictments.

While there is no question that our governments should pursue terrorist activity and financing, there is little evidence that vastly expanded powers against crypto providers would increase enforcement or catch more bad actors. Especially when the vast majority of illicit financing of criminal activities still uses the traditional financial system and U.S. dollars, as the treasury admitted itself.

In response to the Treasury Department’s requests, a new bill called the ENFORCE Act is being floated to expand existing money laundering rules into the crypto sector even more harshly than it is applied to traditional fiat currencies. It would apply to cryptocurrency custodians, money transmitters, and exchanges but would thankfully exempt any services that provide only non-custodial and peer-to-peer services.

The proposed draft, authored by Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN), would require digital asset institutions to maintain robust anti-money laundering programs to ensure compliance with security measures and verify all customer information.

It would also require filing Suspicious Activity Reports with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network for any “suspicious transaction that it believes is relevant to the possible violation of any law or regulation,” beginning at $2,000.

This overly broad definition extends to any crypto transactions that “serve no business or apparent lawful purpose” as determined by any crypto exchange, and they would be legally required to withhold information of this report from the customer.

While this bill is much less harsh than similar proposals from anti-crypto firebrand Sen. Elizabeth Warren, it would provide stricter rules and procedures for crypto companies than the traditional banking sector.

For the average American consumer and user of cryptocurrencies on custodial services, that means there would be more scrutiny and surveillance at a smaller threshold on Coinbase than Bank of America.

Rather than embracing the permissionless innovation that Bitcoin and its cryptocurrency offspring provide, these rules would force yet more financial surveillance and regulatory compliance on the next iteration of digital money, artificially choking the growth of this industry.

It would also cause even more Americans to be caught up in the dragnet of “de-banking” for crypto, as institutions would rather cut off customers’ access to their services rather than comply with the unreasonable requirement of Suspicious Activity Reports for transactions above a small threshold, as we already see in the traditional banking system.

Because these reports have no inherent justification or process, except for the broad situational processes outlined in the Bank Secrecy Act and the Anti-Money Laundering Act, many bank customers have had their accounts closed or suspended without due process. Many are likely to be minorities, the underbanked, and politically active or religious groups.

This measure, applied to cryptocurrencies at a laughable limit of $2,000 — which exceeds the average rent paid in several states — demonstrates the government’s willingness to restrict crypto activity for law-abiding citizens not suspected of any formal crime.

Along with the mounting financial regulations that compel institutions to restrict access to Americans both at home and internationally, this bill means that citizens who wish to participate in the crypto sector risk being denied actively.

In pursuit of criminals and terrorists, legislators are expanding definitions to empower government action against everyday American citizens using their self-endowed natural rights to use new-age digital assets like Bitcoin and its crypto offspring.

Whatever this bill or future legislation requires, it is clear that non-custodial solutions and peer-to-peer transactions without any intermediary will have to remain the focus for scaling the adoption of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

This will empower those who can hold their own private keys, generate addresses, and safeguard their wealth, but it will likely deprive millions of Americans who aren’t technically able to use these tools and choke the future innovation of entrepreneurs who would like to provide those solutions.

Regulatory frameworks for digital assets will be vital going forward, but they should not come at the expense of neutering the very reason these technologies were invented: the separation of money and state.

Yaël Ossowski is the deputy director at the Consumer Choice Center and a visiting fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute.

Originally published in The Blaze (archive link).

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Should regulations aimed at halting the financial activity of alleged criminals and terrorists be vastly expanded to include cryptocurrencies and firms that use them? Could this potentially harm entrepreneurial spirit and consumer freedom to deal in digital assets?

Those were the questions asked this week in Washington as officials from the Treasury Department seek new tools to regulate and track Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies that would impact the estimated 50 million Americans who use them.

On Tuesday, the Senate Banking Committee held an oversight hearing with Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo, who offered a series of rule changes to more strictly regulate the crypto activities of alleged criminals.

The three main proposals sought by the treasury would be to develop a sanctions protocol for foreign digital asset providers through the Office of Foreign Assets Control, expand existing money laundering rules that apply to U.S. crypto exchanges, and somehow gain authority to apply those same restrictions to foreign crypto exchanges beyond America’s shores.

Government officials justify these new powers by pointing to the reported cryptocurrency activities of groups like Hamas, which I reported were vastly overblown and technically inaccurate, and also several operations tied to gift cards and crypto exchange operations used by people sympathetic to Al Qaeda and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard.

These latter examples were successfully thwarted and stopped by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security using existing law, and the on-chain activities of these groups and the alleged money launderers who operated in Turkey were enough to secure criminal indictments.

While there is no question that our governments should pursue terrorist activity and financing, there is little evidence that vastly expanded powers against crypto providers would increase enforcement or catch more bad actors. Especially when the vast majority of illicit financing of criminal activities still uses the traditional financial system and U.S. dollars, as the treasury admitted itself.

In response to the Treasury Department’s requests, a new bill called the ENFORCE Act is being floated to expand existing money laundering rules into the crypto sector even more harshly than it is applied to traditional fiat currencies.

It would apply to cryptocurrency custodians, money transmitters, and exchanges but would thankfully exempt any services that provide only non-custodial and peer-to-peer services.

The proposed draft, authored by Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN), would require digital asset institutions to maintain robust anti-money laundering programs to ensure compliance with security measures and verify all customer information.

It would also require filing Suspicious Activity Reports with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network for any “suspicious transaction that it believes is relevant to the possible violation of any law or regulation,” beginning at $2,000. This overly broad definition extends to any crypto transactions that “serve no business or apparent lawful purpose” as determined by any crypto exchange, and they would be legally required to withhold information of this report from the customer.

While this bill is much less harsh than similar proposals from anti-crypto firebrand Sen. Elizabeth Warren, it would provide stricter rules and procedures for crypto companies than the traditional banking sector.

For the average American consumer and user of cryptocurrencies on custodial services, that means there would be more scrutiny and surveillance at a smaller threshold on Coinbase than Bank of America.

Rather than embracing the permissionless innovation that Bitcoin and its cryptocurrency offspring provide, these rules would force yet more financial surveillance and regulatory compliance on the next iteration of digital money, artificially choking the growth of this industry.

It would also cause even more Americans to be caught up in the dragnet of “de-banking” for crypto, as institutions would rather cut off customers’ access to their services rather than comply with the unreasonable requirement of Suspicious Activity Reports for transactions above a small threshold, as we already see in the traditional banking system.

Because these reports have no inherent justification or process, except for the broad situational processes outlined in the Bank Secrecy Act and the Anti-Money Laundering Act, many bank customers have had their accounts closed or suspended without due process. Many are likely to be minorities, the underbanked, and politically active or religious groups.

This measure, applied to cryptocurrencies at a laughable limit of $2,000 — which exceeds the average rent paid in several states — demonstrates the government’s willingness to restrict crypto activity for law-abiding citizens not suspected of any formal crime.

Along with the mounting financial regulations that compel institutions to restrict access to Americans both at home and internationally, this bill means that citizens who wish to participate in the crypto sector risk being denied actively.

In pursuit of criminals and terrorists, legislators are expanding definitions to empower government action against everyday American citizens using their self-endowed natural rights to use new-age digital assets like Bitcoin and its crypto offspring.

Whatever this bill or future legislation requires, it is clear that non-custodial solutions and peer-to-peer transactions without any intermediary will have to remain the focus for scaling the adoption of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

This will empower those who can hold their own private keys, generate addresses, and safeguard their wealth, but it will likely deprive millions of Americans who aren’t technically able to use these tools and choke the future innovation of entrepreneurs who would like to provide those solutions.

Regulatory frameworks for digital assets will be vital going forward, but they should not come at the expense of neutering the very reason these technologies were invented: the separation of money and state.

Yaël Ossowski is the deputy director at the Consumer Choice Center and a visiting fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute.

Originally published in TheBlaze (archive link).

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Frozen dew on a nettle leaf. This photo was taken with my old Minolta Dynax 5 in November 2009, when the first frost arrived. Back then, when I still lived in Höpfigheim, in a small house with a garden on the outskirts, connected to a nature reserve, it was the morning of the first frost when I ventured into the garden. I hurried back to the house to grab my old analog camera and capture a few shots. This photo is one of the images taken that morning. It's a negative scan.

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I am currently looking to consolidate all my Raspberry Pi servers into used "enterprise class" hardware and start my journey with a homelab.

What are good hardware recommendations and websites to start looking for hardware purchases (patch panels, switches, dedicated server hardware, firewalls, UPS, etc...)

I know my way around enough to be dangerous, but want to learn more and become better. I also want this thread to be useful for others who would be starting their journey.

Don't know if this will help but these are the services I use: Nextcloud (WebDAV, Picture Backup) Umbrel OS (Bitcoin/LND only) Home Assistant OctoPrint Pi-Hole Dedicated VPN JellyFin Server (12 TB of media, mostly Hi-Fi Music and 4K Movies) Backup Server for 3 desktops (5TB)

Future Plans: NOSTR relay Personal Mastodon/Pleroma Instance 1 or 2 game servers Maybe something else that pops up, who knows...

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Context

If we compare our current situation the calm before the storm in late 2006 and 2007, there are eerie similarities. As the chart above indicates, back during the housing bubble years, the fed stopped hiking rates in July 2006, with the effective fed funds rate hitting 5.31%. The Fed didn’t start aggressively cutting until August 2007, at which point unemployment was still only 4.6%, a mere 0.2 percentage points higher than its trough the prior year. Just looking at the unemployment rate, it would not at all have been obvious as of the summer of 2007 that the greatest financial crisis since the 1930s was in store.

Takeaway

What’s the takeaway? Even if the Fed holds rates steady through May, June, and July, it would be perfectly consistent with what happened going into the global financial crisis. So therefore, the bulls shouldn’t be running victory laps early this summer merely because the Fed sees no immediate reason to cut. The inverted yield curve still looks like a good indicator, and I think it’s still flashing DANGER, WILL ROBINSON.

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Ah, man, you know, it's like, the whole universe is this giant rug, right? And it really ties the room together. Just like that, creating value, it's about finding your inner rug, man, the one that pulls your whole scene together.

So here's the thing, the hustle, it ain't about running around like one of those little rodents on a wheel, man. It's about abiding, taking 'er easy for all us sinners, and just, you know, being in the groove.

First off, you gotta find your lane. Like, what's your bowling ball, man? What can you roll straight down the middle and strike every time? Could be making crafts, fixing cars, coding software, or, you know, brewing a killer White Russian. Whatever it is, you gotta own it, man.

Then, you take that thing, and you give it away, but in a cool way, you know? Share the vibe, spread the love. Teach some eager beaver how to roll their own strikes. That's value, man. It's not always about the greenbacks. It's about the good times, the shared experiences, the stories, man.

But hey, don't get me wrong, the cash is nice too. So you take your special sauce, bottle it up, and serve it to the folks who dig your flavor. Maybe it's a product, maybe it's a service, or maybe it's just you being you, out there, making the day a little brighter for the rest of us.

And remember, the hustle ain't about the stress or the grind, it's about the flow. Like the Tao says, "Do that which consists in taking no action, and order will prevail." It's about finding that sweet spot, where what you do doesn't feel like work, 'cause you're just doing you, and you're loving every minute of it.

So there you have it, man. Find your rug, abide, and let the good times roll. That's how you hustle to create value in this wild, wacky world. Far out, right? Keep it easy, dude. The Dude abides.

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An Article by Eric Shuler

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One of the most important things to consider when buying a house is the quality of the grocery district.

As the name implies, the grocery district determines which public grocery store you and your family get to use. District maps are drawn by the government to ensure each grocery store has an appropriate number of patrons based on its capacity. Most residents are assigned to the public grocery store that is closest to their home.

Groceries are paid for primarily by local taxes. If residents go to their local public grocery store, they get their weekly groceries without any additional out-of-pocket cost. However, they cannot get groceries from a public grocery store that’s outside of their district.

In most purchasing decisions, people are not limited to a single provider in their jurisdiction.

In theory, all of the public grocery stores are supposed to provide equal access to high-quality food. Indeed, this is largely why government got involved in the grocery business in the first place. Politicians believed that access to food was a fundamental right and they were concerned that a free enterprise model would inadequately serve poor people. After all, there is not much profit to be made selling to those of lesser means. Or so it was argued at the time.

Unfortunately, it’s clear that wide disparities still exist in the public system of food distribution. Poorer neighborhoods tend to have public grocery stores that offer bad service, limited selection, and occasionally even unsanitary conditions. It’s not uncommon to find food well beyond its sell-by date.

Meanwhile, in richer neighborhoods, public grocery stores are typically high quality. Most approximate the quality and selection that existed in chains like Fred Meyer, Trader Joe’s, or Albertsons before the system of public food distribution was implemented.

This is why it has become essential to consider the quality of the grocery district when looking for a place to live. Live in a good district, and you’ll get diverse, healthy food for your family. Live in a bad district, and your family’s well-being is likely to suffer.

Critics argue that this system is especially harmful to poor people. In most purchasing decisions, people are not limited to a single provider in their jurisdiction. If they don’t like the bank or the mall that’s closest to them, they can drive to one that’s a little farther away that they like better. But in groceries, if they don’t like the public store that’s in their district, the main solution is to move elsewhere. If they can’t afford to move to a better grocery district–and many cannot–then they are likely to be stuck with a bad public grocery store.

One other option for residents in low-quality grocery districts is private grocery stores. In most areas, there’s no law preventing people from getting their groceries from private providers instead of the public system. However, since people utilizing the private system do not get a refund for the taxes they paid into the public system, they effectively end up paying twice. This naturally makes the private solution less accessible to families of lesser means.

Of course, no one thinks this public grocery system is ideal–especially since it retains the very inequality it hoped to eliminate. But while everyone agrees there is a problem, there is little agreement on the possible solutions.

It remains to be seen which reforms will be tried next, but history suggests that we should not be too optimistic.

The Real World

The system described above probably sounds absurd. But, in many respects, it is the system we use to provide education in the US.

Education is important. It might be too important to leave to the government.

One often hears that education is too important to leave to the whims of the market. Yet food is even more important; it’s a prerequisite before education can be considered. In spite of this, the (relatively) free market in food seems to work quite well.

Consumers get a wide variety at a low cost. Even people that have niche dietary requirements like gluten-free or vegan have products suited to them. And while complaints about the quality of public education are rampant, one rarely hears objections about the quality of the grocery stores. In the latter case, people don’t have to complain; they just take their business to someone who will serve them better.

As a consequence, the inequality that exists with respect to grocery stores is actually much smaller than the inequality that exists in education. Whether you’re in a poor area or a middle-class area, the local Walmart is pretty much going to be the same Walmart. Even the gap in offerings between Walmart and, say, Whole Foods, is not so severe. One could still easily purchase the ingredients for a healthy diet in either establishment. But in public education, the difference between good schools and bad can be night and day. It could mean the difference between children graduating or dropping out, progressing or falling behind.

So perhaps it’s time to turn the conventional wisdom on its head. Education is important. It might be too important to leave to the government.

economics #food #publicschools

I originally found this article on https://fee.org (Foundation for Economic Education) Link to the original article

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At some point this week, you’re going to have an emotional reaction to an event in your life.

That’s okay. That’s what humans do: we feel things.

But what humans can also do, though, is learn about how to respond to these feelings in a wiser, more compassionate way, one that both helps us and helps others to experience more happiness.

It’s a simple two-step process: 1) Honor and accept your reaction; and 2) Look at your reaction from other perspectives.

We don’t need to dismiss, suppress, or deny our emotions — but they do not need to run our lives or drive our behaviors, either.

Here's how to do it.

Step One: Face and accept the response

• Focus on your breathing for a few minutes

• Name your feelings as they come up ("I am experiencing anger...")

• Have a shower or bath

• Grab an object you use to center yourself

• Get some physical space

• Give yourself a hug or offer yourself some other form of physical soothing

• Acknowledge that you are in pain and that it’s hard right now

Step Two: Look at your response from other perspectives

• Talk to a friend or support system

• Journal about what happened

• Go for a walk or get some movement in

• Try to reconstruct the experience from a distanced perspective, as though someone was videotaping what happened

• Challenge your immediate thoughts, asking “What did I miss?”

• Identify what other factors may have contributed to your response(tired, lonely, overwhelmed) and how you might proactively address them in the future.

• Ask yourself, “What do I need in this moment to move forward?”

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And then there were three.

Farewell to @riberet19 and @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears. Farewell Warriors dynasty.

Friday's Games

The 8th seeds will be decided Friday and all you have to do is pick one of them correctly.

Here are the games: * Kings @ Pelicans * Bulls @ Heat

Saturday

There's a very quick turnaround with the first round of the playoffs starting on Saturday.

Here are the series that begin on Saturday: * 76ers @ Knicks * Magic @ Cavaliers * Lakers @ Nuggets * Suns @ T-wolves

Feel free to make your first round pick now, if that's convenient. Otherwise, I'll have a reminder on Saturday morning.

Jinx

FWIW, my 8th seed pick would be the Miami Heat. Remember, that's coming from someone who got eliminated by the Hornets.

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A Fractional CTO helps you in quickly launching your MVP in “weeks” and not “months”, and creating some low-hanging revenue stream for the product and leaves room for quick future scaling, and saves you from going off-track.

Fractional CTO for Early-Stage Startups

1. Understanding Your Product Idea and Long-Term Goal:

This is the first task essentially. The Fractional CTO understands what you want to create thoroughly, divide the total feature list of your product into “Regular features”, “Unique features”, “Complex Features” and goes to the next Step.

1. Help You Create the MVP Quickly:

A Fractional CTO will guide you to create a lean but useful MVP version of your product and launch within weeks and then put that into iteration for gaining more market.

1. Tech Stack Identification, Architecture Design, Building Technology and Product Development Roadmap:

Based on the specific demands of your product, a Fractional CTO will identify the Technical Stack to be used to achieve the goals and also considering the long term scalability of the product.

1. Guiding the Startup in Sourcing the Talent:

Depending upon the project needs and budget, a Fractional CTO may suggest you to either outsource the whole project to a proper Development Company like Agicent or to distribute different components of your product to different vendors.

1. Overseeing the Developmental Operations:

So they get involved in implementation as a Supervisor or a guide and review deliveries, give feedback to the team, help them with troubleshooting when needed.

Fractional CTO for Bigger Startups

1- All or a Part of What a Fractional CTO Does in an Early Stage Startups:

2- More Strategic Involvement:

Assuming that a bigger or mature startup will have more Technical leaders and Project and Product Managers, the role of the Fractional CTO here would be more focused on creating short and long term Strategies related to product development and Technology as a whole.

3- Creating and Owning Distributed Development Teams:

The CTO will define which team does what, and also design their collaboration protocol, setup up KPIs and KRAs and oversees and makes sure the work is being done as expected.

4- Helping in Creating Partnerships and Profitable Collaborations With Other SAAS Providers or Tech Companies:

You need your Fractional CTO whenever you want to forge a tech Partnership with another technology provider or a SaaS provider. The CTO will help you getting a better revenue sharing deal here.

5- Team Transition:

A Fractional CTO will guide the process of Transition when you outsource all or a part of the work to an offshore team or vice versa when you bring back your outsourced work and create your own inhouse development team.

Source: https://www.agicent.com/fractional-cto

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(Originally posted March 21 at realmansports.com):

I’m going to assume you’ve read up on this by now, so I won’t rehash it in too much detail here. Essentially, Ohtani wired $4.5M to a bookie who was under federal investigation already, and when the LA Times got wind of it, an Ohtani spokesman said his interpreter had lost the money, and Ohtani was helping him out by paying the debt. The interpreter apparently did an ESPN interview attesting to this, though to my knowledge that interview has not been released.

But then Ohtani’s lawyers changed the story and alleged the interpreter stole the money from Ohtani without his knowledge of any gambling, and as a result the interpreter, also apparently Ohtani’s good friend, was fired.

Neither story makes much sense. There’s little chance a bookie would take bets of that size from the interpreter without Ohtani himself being on the hook, and it’s farfetched to think Ohtani would knowingly bankroll his interpreter’s massive gambling habit just because they were friends. And that they changed the story is, of course, also suspect.

The most likely explanation, to me, is that Ohtani has a rather serious gambling habit, his interpreter placed the bets on his behalf, and when the LA Times somehow found out, the first tried clumsily to spin it as the interpreter’s debts before the lawyers decided it would be bad for Ohtani to have known at all, per MLB’s rules, and spun it as an outright theft. I’m assuming they paid the interpreter to take the fall, and there will be no criminal charges pursued against him.

I’m also assuming MLB and the Dodgers will move mountains to make this go away, given the size of Ohtani’s contract, his international superstardom and importance to the game. This is the anti-Trevor Bauer — a right-leaning cracker of whom baseball was happy to wash its hands when the accusations surfaced — and whom it continues to blackball to this day despite Bauer serving the largest suspension in history, no charges being filed and the accuser being exposed as a grifting opportunist by her own text messages.

The only way I could see MLB or the Dodgers doing anything — and even in that case they would try to avoid it — is if incontrovertible evidence of Ohtani betting on his own games surfaced. Even then, unlike Pete Rose, he wasn’t managing the team, so his interests in doing well would likely align perfectly, and MLB, concluding it were a victimless crime, would find a way to downplay it the way Congress downplays blatant insider trading, as though people didn’t actually serve hard time for that exact crime. We’re in an era now that what happens is less important than who it helps or hurts, and this news is highly unhelpful to MLB and the Dodgers.

Accordingly, barring the unlikely surfacing of overwhelmingly damning evidence, I would expect Ohtani to remain untouched and untouchable. The biggest risk is the scandal and absence of his friend and interpreter affecting him psychologically, but again, if all he did was gamble, his friend got properly compensated and MLB and the Dodgers pretend it never happened, I don’t think it changes much.

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A completely new market for energy efficiency arbitrage.

In this time when environmental sustainability has become a key word for industry, it is imperative to keep searching for innovations that might help any industry increase efficiency toward a greener goal. Balancing the electrical grid is an important way to manage electrical energy efficiently and finding a buyer for all produced energy is of utmost importance, especially the negative yielding energy! Bitcoin mining is an industry that will offer to buy waste energy worldwide, anywhere there is energy inefficiency. The sources for that energy surplus are places where kWh’s are wasted, or sold at negative prices. Arbitraging a positive price, any reasonable price, is what Bitcoin mining will offer. This efficiency will allow power plants to waste less energy, which means it will be able to consume less fuel, making it more environmentally friendly. Bitcoin mining will incentivize innovation in efficiency, this is the essence of sustainability. It will create a symbiotic relationship with energy providers.

Bitcoin mining uses non consumer energy, it is the buyer of last resort for energy. It has the ability to be this because it can be done at any scale, in any location. Consumers will always be willing to pay more for energy, so the first bidder is the consumer. If there is no bidder, Bitcoin mining will buy. It is a common misconception that Bitcoin mining will use energy that falls in the category of the consumer. Any form of energy will do as long as it is converted to electricity, because that is what the ASICs (application specific integrated circuits) that are used for mining, run on. ASICs hash, this is a function of computation done with a computer processor. Every block in the timechain (I prefer to call the Bitcoin blockchain a timechain) the Bitcoin algorithm produces a random number that needs to be found. In the case of the Bitcoin hash function, hashing is brute forcing that random number. The ASIC that finds that random number gets the block reward and the transaction fees, for all the transactions scheduled to be executed in that block.

Bitcoin mining has a purpose to the Bitcoin network; Bitcoin mining is securing the Bitcoin network. As a reward, Bitcoin miners get paid in Bitcoin, as per block reward and in transaction fees. As the Bitcoin price rises it becomes more cost effective to mine Bitcoin, but as more miners come online to compete for the block reward and the transaction fees, it balances out. This isn’t really happening yet because there is a virtually unexplored market for energy that Bitcoin mining can become a buyer in. Just have a look at the hashrate (the total computing power of the Bitcoin network). There is no competition yet because the largest sources of energy that Bitcoin mining wants to tap into aren’t being explored yet.

Bitcoin mining, just like gold mining during the gold rush, is now in a discovery phase. Just like much of the American west was geologically unexplored for prospectors in 1848, most of the energy arbitrage market is now still unexplored by Bitcoin miners. It is a time of extreme opportunity, with great asymmetry in a market that is almost immediately tappable. A Bitcoin mine doesn’t require any infrastructure that doesn’t already exist anywhere, where there is energy: it is plug-and-play. From the outside it only looks like a shipping container, or several. Preferably it is positioned as close to the power source of choice as possible. It needs to hook up to the internet, so satellite works when there is no landline. A Bitcoin mine can be turned off at any given time, the cost of the hardware is marginal after amortization. Most of the running cost is in the electricity it uses, and most of the amortization is in the active use of the hardware. A Bitcoin mine can be switched off the minute efficiency requires it to. This makes it perfect for power plant grid management. A Bitcoin mining company is an energy arbitrage company, it buys energy and it has no customers. The revenue is in Bitcoin and the exchange rate determines its profit margin.

Another thing can be seen in the graph, see the dip in 2021? That is when China decided to ban Bitcoin mining. See what happened next? The miners moved their gear elsewhere and started mining again. Bitcoin mining does not rely on jurisdiction, operations can be moved relatively swiftly if needed. This also means that if it is more optimal to upgrade ASICs, it can be done quickly.

The 2024 halving at block 840,000 will cut the block reward in half from 6.25BTC to 3.125BTC. This means that it will become half as rewarding to mine, with the same hashrate as before, overnight. Where the issuance was 900BTC per day before block 840,000, after the halving that amounts to 450BTC per day. When the Bitcoin price corrects for this instant supply shock gradually, much of the disadvantage will be mitigated. Just look at the graph again and see that the hashrate has been moving up exponentially regardless of halvings. That is because there is plenty of electricity that has no buyer that needs to find a buyer in the form of a Bitcoin mine. And because price corrections, Bitcoin becoming more expensive nominally, motivate miners to keep mining. This market is the biggest unexplored market the world has ever seen.

Some calculations. The current hashrate is 615EH/s. A typical S19 ASIC delivers 140TH/s, the network is operated by many different kinds of ASIC’s. Not every one of them is as efficient. It is estimated that the total power consumption of the Bitcoin network in April 2024 is 20GW. If that number was represented sheerly by S19’s, the network would be operated by approximately 6.6M S19’s. Acquiring that number of ASIC’s including the infrastructure would cost approximately $30B. So to acquire a 1% share of the network that delivers 450BTC in total per day would cost $300M and would generate 4.5BTC per day. At the current Bitcoin price of $70k that would mean a $115M annual return. At 6% interest the annualized ROI would be 539%. Adjusting for a doubling of the amount of miners in a year, there would be a diminishing return of 50% spread out over 365 days. But adjusting for future Bitcoin price, even though speculative, would largely make up for that at face value.

It is now time to explore this market.

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No discurso moderno em torno do capitalismo, não é incomum encontrar veemente oposição e crítica. Desde acusações de exploração a pedidos da sua queda, o capitalismo muitas vezes encontra-se na mira do debate ideológico. No entanto, sob a superfície desses argumentos, reside uma complexa rede de motivações psicológicas e crenças filosóficas que impulsionam o sentimento anticapitalista.

A Deturpação do Capitalismo

Desde a sua criação, o capitalismo tem enfrentado uma enxurrada de deturpações e distorções por parte dos seus críticos. Seja alimentada por preconceito ideológico ou genuína ignorância, essas deturpações contribuíram para uma percepção negativa generalizada do capitalismo. Por exemplo, os críticos frequentemente retratam o capitalismo como um sistema que leva inerentemente à desigualdade de riqueza, desconsidera o bem-estar social e prioriza o lucro corporativo sobre o bem-estar dos indivíduos. No entanto, evidências crescentes mostram os benefícios do capitalismo, como aumento do crescimento económico, produtividade e inovação. Apesar dessas evidências, a deturpação persiste, tornando o capitalismo um dos conceitos mais mal representados na história cultural.

Capitalismo difere do que vemos hoje, um híbrido distorcido de mercantilismo e estatismo. No capitalismo puro, o governo desempenha um papel mínimo, apenas fornecendo as infraestruturas mínimas necessárias para um mercado livre funcionar de forma eficiente. O que temos hoje é frequentemente um Estado forte que interfere nos mercados, desvirtuando o princípio básico de oferta e procura, levando à inflação e ao desequilíbrio económico.

A confusão entre capitalismo e esta forma distorcida leva muitos a concluir incorretamente que o capitalismo resulta em desigualdade e injustiça social. No entanto, o capitalismo real, baseado em concorrência leal e sem interferência do Estado, não só gera prosperidade geral, mas também garante que o mérito seja recompensado e que cada indivíduo tenha oportunidades iguais de sucesso.

"Quando não há uma ligação entre esforço e recompensa, o que se obtém é menos esforço." - Thomas J. DiLorenzo

A Influência Corrosiva do Sistema Fiat

A moeda fiat desempenha um papel central na distorção do capitalismo, uma vez que o próprio governo tem o poder de criar dinheiro à vontade, inflacionando a moeda e degradando o valor da riqueza, e poupança, real. Isso gera instabilidade económica, permitindo que os ricos e os poderosos manipulem o sistema ao seu favor. Assim, o sistema fiat não é um reflexo verdadeiro do capitalismo, mas sim uma forma de mercantilismo velado, que prejudica os cidadãos comuns e perpetua a ideia de que o capitalismo é culpado por essas falhas.

Ao entender a verdadeira natureza do capitalismo e a influência corrosiva do sistema fiat, podemos começar a desconstruir as ideias preconcebidas sobre o capitalismo e a sua suposta culpa pela desigualdade e injustiça. A fim de garantir uma sociedade verdadeiramente justa e próspera, é crucial que o nosso sistema se afaste do estatismo e do mercantilismo e retorne às raízes do capitalismo verdadeiro.

Raízes Psicológicas do Anticapitalismo

No cerne do sentimento anticapitalista estão factores psicológicos profundos. Medo da independência, medo do fracasso, aversão à perda e suscetibilidade a vieses cognitivos podem desempenhar um papel significativo na formação das atitudes dos indivíduos em relação ao capitalismo.

• Medo da independência refere-se à apreensão em relação à autossuficiência e às responsabilidades que a acompanham.
• Medo do fracasso abrange a ansiedade em torno da possibilidade de cometer erros ou não corresponder às expectativas da sociedade, particularmente no contexto de sucesso económico.
• Aversão à perda significa a tendência de preferir evitar perdas em vez de adquirir ganhos equivalentes, levando a uma preferência pela segurança e estabilidade em detrimento do potencial crescimento e inovação.

Indivíduos que lutam com estes factores muitas vezes procuram a segurança e previsibilidade, tornando-os mais propensos a abraçar ideologias que prometem segurança coletiva. Além disso, a suscetibilidade a vieses cognitivos pode reforçar ainda mais os sentimentos anticapitalistas. Por exemplo, o viés de confirmação pode levar os indivíduos a concentrarem-se selectivamente em informações que confirmem suas crenças preexistentes sobre o capitalismo, enquanto descartam evidências contraditórias. Da mesma forma, a heurística da disponibilidade pode distorcer as percepções de risco, fazendo com que os indivíduos sobrestimem a probabilidade de resultados negativos associados ao capitalismo.

Compreender esses fatores psicológicos e vieses é crucial para fomentar um discurso e políticas informadas. Embora o capitalismo possa apresentar incertezas, também é um sistema que prospera na inovação e fomenta oportunidades económicas significativas. Ao reconhecer essas nuances psicológicas e promover o pensamento crítico, podemos trabalhar para abordar as preocupações subjacentes e cultivar um cenário económico mais equitativo e inclusivo.

A Fuga da Razão e da Realidade

Alguns indivíduos, motivados pelo desejo de escapar das exigências da razão e da realidade, buscam escravizar os produtores de bens e serviços da sociedade. Esses "escapistas" pretendem criar um Estado omnipotente na esperança de riqueza e honras imerecidas. Eles estão dispostos a dar obediência total ao Estado em troca de provisão e proteção contra os desafios da vida independente. Esse profundo medo de enfrentar a vida por conta própria, assumir a responsabilidade por suas acções e fazer julgamentos informados impulsiona seu comportamento irracional.

O único meio de alcançar o imerecido é através da força física, razão pela qual os inimigos do capitalismo são estatistas. Aqueles que buscam escapar da razão e da realidade só podem fazê-lo esperando que os seus objectivos, desejos ou medos possam de alguma forma triunfar sobre a realidade. Eles esperam que, escravizando os produtores de bens, os produtores económicos, criando um Estado omnipotente, de alguma forma cavalguem nos ombros dos membros racionais da sociedade, os membros produtivos, aqueles capazes de lidar com os factos da realidade de forma adequada, não apenas na questão da produção de bens materiais, mas em todas as questões.

A Moralidade do Altruísmo

Uma das ideologias que desafia o capitalismo é o conceito de altruísmo. Aqui, o autossacrifício é visto como a virtude mais elevada, e o interesse próprio é condenado. Isso cria uma tensão moral com o capitalismo, que se baseia na busca do ganho pessoal, em primeiro lugar. Aqueles que subscrevem fortes princípios altruístas podem ver o sucesso alcançado no capitalismo como inerentemente explorador, alimentando o sentimento anticapitalista.

Contexto Histórico: As raízes do altruísmo podem ser rastreadas até filosofias antigas como o estoicismo e o cristianismo primitivo. Essas escolas de pensamento enfatizavam a importância do dever para com os outros e de viver uma vida virtuosa, mesmo que isso significasse sacrifício pessoal. No entanto, o altruísmo desenfreado pode ter consequências indesejadas. Por exemplo, os experimentos utópicos do século 19, inspirados nos ideais socialistas de propriedade comum, muitas vezes lutaram com a ineficiência, escassez e a falta de motivação individual.

Subjectivismo e Estatismo

Paralelamente ao altruísmo estão o subjectivismo e o estatismo, ou estadismo, que oferecem estruturas alternativas para aqueles que consideram as demandas do capitalismo e da tomada de decisão individual intimidadoras. O subjectivismo pressupõe que a verdade e a realidade são subjectivas e podem ser moldadas pela percepção individual. O estatismo, por outro lado, defende um forte controle centralizado pelo Estado, prometendo fornecer segurança colectiva e estabilidade.

Essas ideologias podem ser vistas como um refúgio das incertezas e responsabilidades inerentes a um sistema de livre mercado (capitalismo). No entanto, o subjectivismo desenfreado pode levar ao relativismo e à negação dos factos objectivos, enquanto o estatismo excessivo invariavelmente sufoca a iniciativa individual e a inovação.

Tanto o altruísmo quanto os conceitos de subjectivismo e estatismo levantam questões importantes sobre o papel do indivíduo na sociedade e o equilíbrio entre responsabilidade pessoal e bem-estar social.

A Tentação do Totalitarismo

Para alguns, o atractivo do totalitarismo - uma forma extrema de estatismo - torna-se irresistível perante ameaças existenciais. A história está repleta de exemplos em que sociedades, temendo instabilidade ou invasão externa, abraçaram regimes que prometiam segurança e estabilidade à custa da liberdade e autonomia individuais.

Após a Primeira Guerra Mundial, a frágil República de Weimar na Alemanha debateu-se com depressão económica e turbulência política. Essa vulnerabilidade criou terreno fértil para o surgimento do Partido Nazi (Partido Nacional-Socialista dos Trabalhadores Alemães) totalitário. Hitler prometeu a restauração nacional, recuperação económica e uma Alemanha forte no palco mundial. Muitos alemães, ansiando por ordem e um sentido de orgulho nacional, estavam dispostos a ignorar a supressão nazi dos direitos individuais e das instituições democráticas.

Da mesma forma, a União Soviética sob Joseph Stalin fornece outro exemplo sombrio. Enfrentando a ameaça de invasão durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, Stalin consolidou seu poder e esmagou impiedosamente a dissidência. Embora a União Soviética tenha finalmente repelido os nazis, isso aconteceu ao custo de milhões de vidas e de um regime totalitário que sufocou as liberdades individuais por décadas.

Estes exemplos históricos ilustram o poder sedutor do totalitarismo em tempos de crise. A promessa de segurança pode ser muito atraente, mas deve ser ponderada em relação ao alto preço da liberdade individual.

Resumindo

Ao mergulhar nas profundezas do debate em torno do capitalismo, torna-se claro que as objecções e críticas frequentemente têm raízes mais profundas do que simplesmente questões económicas ou políticas. O cerne do anticapitalismo reside numa teia complexa de motivações psicológicas e crenças filosóficas que moldam as atitudes individuais em relação ao sistema económico.

Desmistificar Deturpações: É crucial desmistificar as deturpações comuns sobre o capitalismo, destacando a sua verdadeira natureza e os benefícios que pode trazer quando implementado correctamente. Desde a sua concepção, o capitalismo tem sido alvo de distorções que obscurecem a sua capacidade de promover prosperidade e progresso.

Desafios Psicológicos e Ideológicos: O medo da independência, aversão à perda e a influência de ideologias como o altruísmo e o estadismo desempenham papéis significativos na formação das opiniões anti capitalistas. Compreender esses desafios psicológicos e ideológicos é essencial para abrir caminho para um diálogo mais informado e produtivo sobre o papel do capitalismo na sociedade.

Alerta Contra Totalitarismo: Os exemplos históricos do poder sedutor do totalitarismo lembram-nos dos perigos de abraçar sistemas políticos que sacrificam a liberdade individual em nome da segurança coletiva. É um lembrete contundente da necessidade de proteger e valorizar os princípios fundamentais da democracia e dos direitos individuais.

Ao desvendar as raízes psicológicas do anti capitalismo, abrimos espaço para um diálogo mais inclusivo e esclarecedor sobre o papel do capitalismo na construção de uma sociedade justa e próspera. Reconhecer e enfrentar essas raízes é o primeiro passo para promover um entendimento mais profundo e uma abordagem mais equilibrada das questões económicas e sociais que moldam o nosso mundo.

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Prosthetic limbs have come a long way, evolving from simple wooden structures to sophisticated, technologically advanced devices. In this article, we'll delve into the world of upper limb prosthetics, exploring their evolution, types, components, and the profound impact they have on the lives of individuals.

Evolution of Upper Limb Prosthetics The journey of upper limb prosthetics is a fascinating one, marked by significant milestones in design and functionality. From basic hooks and cable-operated systems to the advent of myoelectric technology, the evolution of prosthetics has been driven by a quest for improved mobility and natural movement.

Types of Upper Limb Prosthetics There are various types of upper limb prosthetics, each catering to specific needs. Body-powered prosthetics rely on cables and harness systems, offering a cost-effective and reliable solution. On the other hand, myoelectric prosthetics use electronic signals from residual muscles for more intuitive control, enhancing the user's experience.

Key Components of Upper Limb Prosthetics Understanding the essential components of prosthetic limbs is crucial for appreciating their functionality. Sockets, suspension systems, and control mechanisms play pivotal roles in ensuring a comfortable fit and seamless operation of the prosthetic.

Customization and Personalization One size does not fit all when it comes to prosthetics. Customization and personalization are integral to providing individuals with prosthetic limbs that suit their unique requirements. Advances in 3D printing and digital modeling have revolutionized the way prosthetics are designed and manufactured.

Challenges in Upper Limb Prosthetics Despite technological advancements, challenges persist in the world of upper limb prosthetics. Issues such as limited dexterity, weight, and durability are areas of ongoing research and development. Overcoming these challenges is crucial for enhancing the functionality and acceptance of prosthetic limbs.

Impact on Quality of Life The impact of upper limb prosthetics on the quality of life cannot be overstated. Personal stories of individuals regaining independence and participating in daily activities underscore the transformative power of prosthetic technology.

Cost Considerations and Accessibility While the benefits of prosthetics are evident, cost considerations and accessibility remain significant barriers for many. Initiatives aimed at reducing costs and increasing access to prosthetic devices are essential for ensuring that everyone who needs a prosthetic limb can afford one.

Technological Advancements Cutting-edge technologies, including artificial intelligence and robotics, are shaping the future of upper limb prosthetics. These advancements not only enhance the functionality of prosthetics but also contribute to a more natural and intuitive user experience.

User Experience and Comfort Comfort is paramount for prosthetic users. Advances in materials and design contribute to creating prosthetic limbs that are not only functional but also comfortable to wear for extended periods. Prioritizing user experience is key to the widespread acceptance of prosthetics.

Psychological Impact Beyond the physical aspects, the psychological impact of using upper limb prosthetics is a crucial consideration. Support systems, counseling, and community engagement play vital roles in helping individuals adapt to and thrive with their prosthetic limbs.

Community and Support Networks Numerous organizations and communities are dedicated to supporting individuals with prosthetics. Online forums, local support groups, and outreach programs provide valuable resources and a sense of community for those navigating life with upper limb prosthetics.

Future Trends in Upper Limb Prosthetics As technology continues to advance, the future of upper limb prosthetics looks promising. Predictions include more sophisticated control mechanisms, improved sensory feedback, and greater integration with the human body. Ongoing research and development will likely bring about transformative changes in the field.

Case Studies Real-life case studies showcase the real-world impact of upper limb prosthetics. From athletes achieving remarkable feats to everyday individuals seamlessly incorporating prosthetics into their lives, these stories highlight the triumphs and possibilities within the realm of prosthetic technology.

Conclusion In conclusion, upper limb prosthetics play a crucial role in enhancing mobility and improving the quality of life for individuals with limb loss. The continuous evolution of prosthetic technology, coupled with efforts to address challenges and improve accessibility, holds great promise for the future. As we celebrate the achievements of the past, we look forward to a future where prosthetic limbs empower individuals to live life to the fullest.

FAQs about Upper Limb Prosthetics Q: How do myoelectric prosthetics work?

Myoelectric prosthetics use electronic signals generated by residual muscles to control the movement of the prosthetic limb. This provides a more intuitive and natural user experience. Q: Are prosthetics covered by insurance?

Coverage varies, but many insurance plans do It seems the last sentence in the "FAQs about Upper Limb Prosthetics" section is incomplete. Let's complete it:

Q: Are prosthetics covered by insurance? Coverage varies, but many insurance plans do provide coverage for prosthetics. It's essential to check with your insurance provider to understand the specific terms and conditions of coverage for prosthetic devices.

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It takes some finesse to provide the perfect present. Simple currency seems lazy. There is a reason why socks are referred to as "underwear." Providing unsolicited recommendations on personal-care items is possible.

For the one in your life who seems to have everything, what should you give them?

This is a difficult and never-ending conundrum.

Reminiscent of anything? Then it seems reasonable to give them bitcoin.

Bitcoin's appeal as a substitute for boring old cash is on the rise, and it's no longer only among techies.

It's exciting and useful, and it can help young people get into bitcoin and investing.

You may carry on giving the gift of bitcoin to your loved ones.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF GIFTING BITCOIN?

Bitcoin's price history is infamously erratic, and that much is true. Bitcoin, however, has a fixed supply and hence acts as a disinflationary asset. There is a widespread belief that the more people start using bitcoin, the higher its value will become compared to traditional currencies. Some people do prefer bitcoin over traditional currencies. So, if you give someone bitcoin as a present, they may make money off of it just by hanging on to it.

When it comes to protecting your anonymity online, bitcoin is a household name. Bitcoin wallets and addresses don't even need an actual name associated with them, unlike typical bank accounts, so even children may receive and control their own bitcoin.

Additionally, as a worldwide asset, bitcoin may be spent and given internationally.

When applied to the realm of online stores, another advantage becomes readily apparent. Supporting their mixed workforces, they have frequently been more receptive to embracing new technologies, such as a multi-phone line system. Due to the low transaction fees associated with bitcoin, an increasing number of online merchants are beginning to accept it as a form of payment. This makes bitcoin a practical currency for many purposes, including making purchases and making payments.

In fact, you might impress folks even more by not handing up whole bitcoins. You may avoid the commitment by purchasing a smaller portion instead.

1. CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGES

Providing people with bitcoin via a trusted and secure cryptocurrency exchange is one option. The fact that Bitcoin-only exchanges like Strike, Swan, and River exist is even better.

Bitcoin exchanges have made purchasing Bitcoin easier than ever. Bitcoin is a great option if you're just getting started or buying a gift for someone who is.

First off:

• Sign up to create an account.

• Create a new payment option, such as a bank account, credit card, or debit card.

• Go to the "Buy/Sell" menu.

To purchase bitcoin, just enter the desired amount, and your bitcoin wallet will be credited with that amount.

Everything should be ready to go at this point. If they are not already investors, now is the time for them to open their own exchange account. Maybe you can be of assistance to them. Once they've signed up, you can send them bitcoin straight from your wallet to theirs.

Since the recipient could already have it on their phone, sending money to them through Cash App, which is highly linked with Bitcoin, might be a simple choice when first getting started.

Different exchanges may need different levels of "Know Your Customer" (KYC) compliance or other similar light customer authentication procedures.

Bitcoin can be stored on the same exchanges where it was purchased, but this is not recommended in the long run.However, this is a reasonable minimum amount to utilize as a seed when introducing new users to Bitcoin as a gift.

2. BITCOIN GIFT CARDS

Bitcoin may also be gifted through gift cards, which is a convenient option. Bitcoin gift cards may be purchased and sent using the platforms of some exchanges. Binance, for example, even allows you to create the card yourself and offer a customized greeting.

Find a reliable bitcoin gift card vendor, complete your purchase, and make your payment. The amount of the deposit will be automatically loaded onto a gift card and sent to the email address you supplied once the payment is processed. A code printed on the card is all that's needed for online redemption.

However, be wary and choose a reputable source with positive feedback; many individuals fall for gift card scams.

3. HOT WALLETS

Giving someone a Bitcoin wallet as a present is another option. Mobile phone "hot wallets" are the most convenient and low-cost option for giving users full control over their bitcoin.

Users on both Android and iOS have a number of alternatives to choose from when it comes to hot wallet solutions, so it's important that they take the time to investigate and evaluate the solutions that work best for them. When you find the right person, you can give them the gift of the same app you used to find them and help them get started with it. The user of a hot wallet should be able to safely save their private keys in the form of a seed phrase without first having to create an account. Keep in mind that hot wallets are less secure than hardware wallets since they reside on your mobile device, making them vulnerable to hacking attempts through the internet and software. But they're superior to just storing bitcoin on an exchange.

If you're planning on giving someone a substantial quantity of money in the hopes that they'll make it big, then it's smart to provide them with a safe place to store it, much as a company needs backups for its business continuity plan (BCP).

4. HARDWARE WALLETS

Experts in the field agree that hardware wallets are among the safest and most reliable ways to store digital currency. These USB drives offer virus-proof storage for private keys that are never connected to the internet.

They use a special chip designed to thwart hackers to safeguard your secret key. Examples include the ledger, cold card, and trezor.

You should never purchase or give a used hardware wallet.The hardware wallet's main function is to be tamper-resistant, so any sign that it has been altered might be a major problem. There is a possibility that the wallet is a specially designed tool for theft if, for instance, its inner workings have been tampered with.

The giftee must activate the hardware wallet in accordance with the included instructions. Be sure to tuck away the recovery seed. This will allow you to give them bitcoin in a secure and risk-free way.

5. PHYSICAL COINS

If you're looking for a more refined present, consider the denarium coins.

They're aesthetically pleasing, come in a high-quality container, and may be used to safely store your bitcoins.

The secret key and address for each coin are hidden under a hologram for further security. These coins are not only a novel way to store bitcoin but also beautiful collectibles whose value may rise over time.

One possible approach is to give someone a bitcoin wallet on a USB stick called Opendime.

START INVESTING IN SOMEONE’S FUTURE TODAY WITH BITCOIN

Many non-coiners are put off by the technical difficulties of getting started with bitcoin. When you give bitcoin to a total newbie, you're essentially doing the hard work for them as they embark on their bitcoin adventure.

It's no surprise that bitcoin has grown in popularity as a cutting-edge gift option, despite a few minor drawbacks such as learning about your country's tax regulations.

The ability to test the waters of the bitcoin market is a thoughtful gift regardless of where you stand on the cryptocurrency's long-term viability. You may teach the future generation the value of saving and self-sufficiency by giving them bitcoin as a present.

Conclusion

The use of cryptography is here to stay. There are already over 7,000 different cryptocurrencies available for exchange. There are a lot of them, and they've all been improving for a while. Because of this, crypto is a tempting investment option, and it's only natural that you'd want to share the rewards with your loved ones. Several options exist for presenting cryptocurrency as a present. Gift giving may be tricky, and there are proper ways and improper ways to do it. For the most part, people give crypto as presents through gift cards or exchanges.

FAQ

What is the procedure for giving someone a Bitcoin? Simply selecting the desired quantity and recipient address will transfer bitcoins in that amount. To transfer bitcoin, you may, for example, copy the recipient's address to the clipboard and then paste it into the app's send box. QR codes may also be used to show Bitcoin addresses.

How would using Bitcoin help you? Bitcoin's ease of use and adaptability as a currency are two of its main selling points. Bitcoins may be sent to another user in a matter of minutes, making it convenient to use Bitcoin to pay for products and services at the rising number of merchants that accept the cryptocurrency.

What do you get by using Bitcoin? Bitcoin's ease of use and adaptability as a currency are two of its main selling points. Bitcoins may be sent to another user in a matter of minutes, making it convenient to use Bitcoin to pay for products and services at the rising number of merchants that accept the cryptocurrency.

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נוסטר הוא לא אפליקציה. הוא פרוטוקול פשוט אך הניתן להרחבה שמאפשר בנייה של פלטפורמות לרשתות חברתיות מבוזרות ועמידות לצינזור.

הפרוטוקול מבוסס על ממסרים. ממסרים הינם שרתים שכל אחד יכול לתפעל. על ידי פתיחת חיבור מתמשך עם השרת, לקוחות (או אפליקציות) יכולים לדחוף ולמשוך אירועים בזמן אמת.

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בנוסטר לא צריך להשתמש במידע אישי בשביל לפתוח חשבון.

כמו בביטקוין, אתה צריך רק זוג מפתחות:

🏷️מפתח פומבי: שמשמש כשם משתמש שלך. אפשר לשתף את המפתח הזה עם אחרים והוא גלוי לציבור.

🔑 מפתח פרטי: המפתח הזה הוא כמו הסיסמה שלך. כשמו כן הוא - אתה צריך לשמור אותו סודי. בנוסף, המפתח הזה יעניק לך גישה לחשבון שלך בכל פלטפורמה הבנוייה על נוסטר.

לקבל זוג מפתחות הוא מאוד קל! פשוט תבחר כל לקוח של פרוטוקול נוסטר, והוא יְיַצֵּר אותו עבורך. אם אתה משתמש בדפדפן, צעד אבטחתי נוסף הוא להשתמש בהרחבת דפדפן כמו Alby או nos2x. אתה יכול גם לייצר זוג מפתחות ייחודי עם כלי כמו rana.

כדאי לשמור על המפתח הפרטי שלך כי זו הדרך היחידה להכנס מחדש או לשחזר את החשבון שלך בעתיד.

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💡 פוטוקול נוסטר ניתן להרחבה באמצעות NIPים (Nostr Implementation Possibilities). כשאנחנו מדברים על הרחבות פרוטוקול נוסטר, כמו אישור מפתחות פומביים, אנחנו מתייחסים לNIPים.

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📝 אירועים

סוג האובייקט היחיד שקיים בנוסטר הוא האירוע. אירועים הם תבניות קטנות של טקסט בלבד.\ ככה נראה אירוע:

{ "id": "c011...4c43", "pubkey": "dec1...4fb3", "created_at": 1671551112, "kind": 1, "tags": [], "content": "good morning!", "sig": "e1dc...5f1" }

נעבור על הנתונים הנ"ל:\ אין מה להסביר כל כך לשדות של content ו created.\

🪪 ה idהוא המזהה הייחודי של האירוע. זוהי דרך להתייחס לאירוע הזה ברשת. שדה ה pubkeyמכיל את הpublic key(משתמש) איתו נוצר האירוע.

1️⃣ שדה ה kind הוא אחד הרכיבים המעניינים של נוסטר. הוא שדה שמפרט באיזה סוג אירוע מדובר. תשאל מדוע זה מעניין...אז הקטע הוא שאין הגבלה על סוגי האירועים, אז אנחנו יכולים להנדס כל סוג שנרצה.\ לדוגמה, ישנו אירוע מסוג 1, שהוא סתם הודעת טקסט. מעין "ציוץ" אם תרצה. אבל יש לנו גם את סוג 4 שהינו הודעות מוצפנות מקצה לקצה!\ יש הרבה אפשרויות!

🖋 שדה הsig הוא הוכחה קריפטוגרפית שמי שפירסם את האירוע הוא הבעלים של המפתח הפרטי הקושר לאותו מפתח פומבי.

🏷 שדה הtag יכול להכיל תגית שרירותית כלשהי. זה פותח בפני מפתחים הרבה אפשרויות! לדוגמה, שימוש נפוץ הוא כאשר אתה מגיב להודעה כלשהי (אירוע), הid של אותו אירוע מקבל תגית "e".

📡 ממסרים

ממסרים הם חלק חיוני של פרוטוקול נוסטר. הם שומרים אצלם את האירועים שמתקבלים מלקוחות. ממסרים לא מדברים אחד עם השני. רק הממסרים אליהם אתה מחובר יקבלו וישמרו את האירועים שלך.

זה מאפיין חשוב של נוסטר. ממסרים אינם מתקשרים אחד עם השני. מהסיבה הזאת, כדאי לך להתחבר לכמות הממסרים שאתה רוצה לשלוח את הנתונים שלך אליה.

לקוחות אמורים לאפשר למשתמשים להתחבר לכמה ממסרים שהם רוצים. משתמשים יכולים גם לבחור אם הם רוצים לקרוא מהממסרים אליהם הם מחוברים או לכתוב להם, או שניהם. זאת אומרת שאני יכול להתחבר לממסר מסויים לקבל תוכן, אך לא לפרסם אירועים שלי שם, או הפוך.

אם אני מחובר לממסר A בלבד ואתה מחובר לממסר B בלבד, לא נוכל לראות את האירועים של אחד והשני. כדי לראות את האירועים של אחד והשני, אנחנו צריכים להיות מחוברים ללפחות ממסר אחד משותף. זה אומר, שבתרחיש הנ"ל, אם רציתי לראות את האירועים שלך, הייתי חייב להתחבר לממסר B (או שתתחבר לממסר A) ואז יכולנו לראות אחד את השני!

זה אולי קצת מבלבל בהתחלה, אבל זה מאפיין עוצמתי. אתה יכול להריץ ממסר שאתה לא משתף עם אף אחד ולפרסם את כל האירועים שלך שמה (יחד עם ממסרים אחרים). בדרך הזאת, יהיה לך גיבוי של האירועים שלך בלבד אצלך בממסר. אולי יש ממסר שמוקדש לדיונים על כדורגל ואם לא ארצה להיות חלק מזה, אני פשוט לא מוסיף אותו בלקוחות שלי. בו זמנית אוכל לדבר למשתמש שגם נמצא בממסר הכדורגל ובממסר גנרי שאני גם נמצא בו.

✊ נוסטר יכול לעזור במאבק בצינזור. תאר לעצמך שביכולתך ליצור דרכי מילוט איפה שתרצה. אם מישהו מנסה לכלוא אותך אתה פשוט יוצר דרך מילוט חדשה ובורח. עם נוסטר, בגלל שהרצת ממסר הוא זול וקל, זה אותו דבר. ובאמת, ממסר יכול לרוץ על פלאפון פשוט! בנוסף, העובדה שממסרים לא מדברים אחד עם השני עוזר לנו עם זה: ממסר שמפעיל צנזורה לא משפיע על ממסרים אחרים! יש מאות ממסרים מפוזרים על פני כדור הארץ.

🔨 מה נוסטר יכול עשות?

כמו שהזכרנו נוסטר הוא כלי עוצמתי לשיתוף נתונים. זה אומר שאנשים יכולים לבנות מה שהם רוצים איתו.

נוסטר בתחילת דרכו ועוד מתפתח, אבל יש עשרות מימושים של לקוחות ממגוון רחב של סוגים.\ כדאי לכם לבדוק!

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El ser humano somete su cuerpo a un tratamiento simbólico que se aparta progresivamente de los caminos de la “naturaleza”. En sí misma, la idea de una “naturaleza” en el ser humano es conflictiva, por el momento usemos esta palabra simplemente para pensar en un cuerpo que no estuviera atravesado por lo simbólico. Un poquito siguiendo a Lacan: la vida meramente orgánica y la vida simbólica son cosas muy distintas.

Freud ya señalaba como en el ser humano de cierta forma la sexualidad está desviada. Es al exagerar en ese apartamiento de lo natural que nuestro cuerpo se resiste o sufre por medio de la enfermedad (ya sea esta clasificada como orgánica o mental, lo cual no deja de ser nuevamente un tratamiento simbólico), porque en sí mismo lo simbólico que tiene que ver con las palabras no alcanza a representar satisfactoriamente lo que el cuerpo experimenta. Esta es una de las razones por las que considero que un psicoanálisis es más que sólo “apalabrar”.

Si bien este tratamiento simbólico del cuerpo es necesario (o más que necesario: inevitable) a causa de nacer con una cierta insuficiencia orgánica para moverse en el mundo sin el lenguaje (Como si el lenguaje compensara la capacidad orgánica de caminar o cazar su propio alimento), la exageración de este camino acaba maltratando y deteriorando el cuerpo.

Las llamadas enfermedades mentales no son más que la insistencia y el recuerdo de que la palabra no corresponde a la cosa que nombra, e incluso que al nombrarla se la acerca un poquito más a su muerte. Sobre todo cuando hablamos del cuerpo.

“Es el intento imposible del compromiso entre cuerpos y símbolos”, según Ernest Becker.

Estamos tan acostumbrados a la idea de tener un dominio sobre nosotros mismos o sobre la realidad que muchas veces acabamos forzando ese compromiso imposible entre cuerpos y símbolos. Veo esto como una forma de negación y sobrecompensación de la realidad de nuestra “naturaleza”: que no existimos más allá de este pedazo de carne que habitamos como un cuerpo. Y que al no ser nada más allá de nuestro cuerpo, vamos a morir con él. Así como también del hecho de que (contrario a lo que el pensamiento nos permite imaginar) el Yo como agente no se encuentra en el centro de la actividad psíquica. Es por esto que las ideologías de autoexplotación que lucran con la idea de que “querer es poder” o de que uno “debe de poder” con algo tienen un costo que acaba traduciéndose en frustración, angustia y un desgaste anímico y corporal imposibles de sostener.

Agrego además que el dualismo en este tratamiento simbólico empeora las cosas. El dualismo cartesiano le ha hecho gran daño a la concepción que el ser humano tiene de sí al separar la mente y el cuerpo cuando de hecho son una y la misma cosa. Pero no solo el dualismo cartesiano que separa la mente del cuerpo como si fueran dos cosas distintas, sino también el dualismo en toda categoría que le supongamos al mundo.

“Crecer es ocultar la masa de tejido interno cicatrizado que palpita en nuestros sueños” — Ernest Becker.

Hoy concibo a lo inconsciente como esa palpitación (no necesariamente una palpitación orgánica literal) que insiste en recordarnos el fracaso de ese compromiso entre cuerpos y símbolos y del error del dualismo.

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Muchas personas (me incluyo) hemos desarrollado cierta dependencia de los teléfonos móviles, ya sea porque los utilizamos para trabajar, porque estamos en contacto con nuestros seres queridos a través de ellos, o porque pueden ser muy útiles en situaciones de emergencia para solicitar ayuda o hacerle saber a nuestros amigos y familia que estamos bien.

Aunque el uso de smartphones es algo casi inevitable hoy en día, existen extremos en la dependencia que hemos llegado a desarrollar hacia ellos. Es este exceso lo que nos conduce a la llamada “nomofobia”: El miedo irracional a quedar impedido de utilizar nuestro celular, ya sea porque se quede sin batería, nos falle el internet, lo perdamos, se rompa, o cualquier otra razón.

Esto me hace pensar que algunas personas han encontrado en el smartphone un reemplazo de ese seno materno que en nuestra infancia nos inspiraba seguridad y a dónde podíamos recurrir por consuelo, alimento o alivio.

En grupos con algunos colegas psicólogos y psicoanalistas incluso hemos llegado a preguntarnos desde la teoría si ¿no será el smartphone un objeto transicional?, ¿no será que los humanos contemporáneos nos hemos quedado atorados en una eterna transición entre ese seno materno y la realidad más allá de este?

Estas discusiones son interesantes en la teoría y entre psicólogos y analistas, pero en la práctica, me parece justo y necesario ofrecerle al público herramientas que puedan utilizar por si mismos. Así que pasemos a ello.

¿Qué podemos hacer para aliviar la angustia o mejorar la relación que tenemos con estos dispositivos?

Primero, podemos reconocer si hemos desarrollado cierto grado de dependencia hacia nuestros celulares si ante la privación de ellos o de alguna de sus funciones presentamos varios de los siguientes síntomas:

1. Síntomas emocionales:

2. Ansiedad o pánico: Sensación de inquietud o nerviosismo cuando no se tiene el teléfono cerca o cuando no hay señal.

3. Depresión: Sentimientos de tristeza o desesperanza debido a la desconexión.
4. Miedo: Temor constante de perder el teléfono o que se agote su batería.
5. Irritabilidad: Respuestas bruscas o irritabilidad cuando alguien interrumpe el uso del teléfono.

6. Síntomas físicos:

7. Sudoración excesiva: Cuando se está sin el teléfono o no se puede usar.

8. Temblor: En manos o cuerpo al pensar en perder el dispositivo.
9. Aumento del ritmo cardíaco: Especialmente cuando se da cuenta de que el teléfono no está cerca o no tiene batería.
10. Malestar estomacal: Puede surgir como consecuencia de la ansiedad.

11. Síntomas conductuales:

12. Revisión constante del teléfono: Aun cuando no hay notificaciones, por temor a perderse algo (FOMO).

13. Necesidad de tener el teléfono siempre cargado: Puede llevar a cargarlo varias veces al día, incluso si la batería está casi llena.
14. Dormir con el teléfono cerca: La necesidad de tener el dispositivo al lado o debajo de la almohada al dormir.

15. Problemas en las relaciones interpersonales:

16. Distanciamiento: Ignorar a las personas presentes para estar en el teléfono.

17. Conflictos: Peleas con seres queridos debido al uso excesivo del teléfono.

18. Dificultades en la concentración y productividad:

19. Distracción fácil: Incapacidad para concentrarse en tareas sin revisar el teléfono.

20. Reducción de la productividad: Gastar tiempo en el teléfono en lugar de completar tareas o trabajo.

Si bien los grados de dependencia pueden ser muy variados, la intensidad con la que se presenten estos síntomas puede ser un indicador del grado de dependencia que hemos desarrollado.

Ahora bien, casi todos hoy en día tenemos cierto grado de dependencia, es en parte una necesidad impuesta por la forma cómo han evolucionado las tecnologías y con ellas nuestro trabajo, aprendizaje y relaciones sociales.

Así que no te preocupes, es algo propio de cada época el apegarnos a sus formas de tecnología, de hecho, cuando el periódico era el medio principal para mantenerse informado sobre las noticias, también era posible observar cierta dependencia a ese antiguo dispositivo.

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¿Qué podemos hacer para prevenir o reducir nuestra dependencia a los smartphones?

Si bien puede ser una tarea difícil, de hecho, yo lo compararía con desengancharse de algún tipo de droga, es posible tener una relación más sana con nuestros dispositivos móviles.

Algunos tips para reducir tu dependencia al celular pueden ser: - Límites de tiempo: Establece periodos específicos del día donde no uses tu teléfono, como durante las comidas o una hora antes de dormir. - Zonas libres de teléfonos: Crea áreas en tu hogar donde no se permita el uso de teléfonos, como el dormitorio. - Notificaciones: Desactiva las notificaciones innecesarias para reducir la constante necesidad de revisar el teléfono. - Aplicaciones de bienestar: Usa aplicaciones que rastreen y limiten el tiempo que pasas en otras aplicaciones, para ser más consciente de tu uso. - Tiempos de desconexión: Dedica un día o unas horas a la semana para desconectarte totalmente. Puede ser una caminata, un día de lectura o cualquier actividad sin el teléfono. - Cambia la rutina: Si la primera cosa que haces al despertar es revisar el teléfono, cambia esa rutina. Dedica los primeros minutos del día a estirarte, meditar o planificar tu día. - Actividades alternas: Encuentra hobbies o actividades que disfrutes y que no involucren el uso del teléfono, como leer, hacer deporte o practicar un instrumento. - Conciencia: Sé consciente de las veces que revisas tu teléfono sin una razón aparente. Pregúntate: ¿Realmente necesito hacer esto ahora? - Tiempo de calidad: Cuando estés con amigos o familia, enfócate en ellos. Deja el teléfono en silencio o en otro cuarto para evitar distracciones. - Educación: Lee sobre los efectos negativos de la sobreexposición a la tecnología. Cuanto más sepas sobre cómo afecta tu bienestar, más motivado estarás para establecer límites. - Cargas controladas: No cargues el teléfono al lado de tu cama. Esto puede ayudarte a resistir la tentación de revisarlo si te despiertas en medio de la noche. - Ayuda profesional: Si sientes que tu ansiedad sin el teléfono es demasiado intensa, considera buscar ayuda profesional. Un terapeuta o consejero puede ofrecer estrategias y apoyo.

Recuerda:

Toda privación de cualquier objeto, situación o persona de la cual dependíamos en cierto grado puede generar un pequeño síndrome de abstinencia, así que no te preocupes si al reducir tus tiempos frente a la pantalla del celular o alejarte por completo de él te genera algo de angustia.

Es parte de la “desintoxicación” gradual y reorganizarte sin este dispositivo puede tomar algunos días. Piénsalo como dejar el alcohol o el cigarro, es muy parecido.

Si crees que necesitas ayuda profesional, no dudes en contactar a un psicólogo para revisar si necesitas terapia. Hay cosas que a veces no podemos hacer solos, y está bien, el ser humano es un animal social y el grupo es importante para aprender, crecer y también para sanar.

Fuentes: Nomofobia como Factor Nocivo para los Hábitos de Estudio. Revista de filosofía y cotidianidad. 2017 Vol. 3, №6 (pp.23–29).

Nomofobia: adicción tecnológica en universitarios. Revista Studium Veritatis. 2020 Vol. 18, №24 (pp.43–69).

Objetos transicionales y fenómenos transicionales. Realidad y juego. D. W. Winnicott. 1971