@ 1bc70a01:24f6a411

I've been meaning to dogfood my own vibe project for a while so this feels like a good opportunity to use Untype to publish this update and reflect on my vibe coding journey.

New Untype Update

As I write this, I found it a bit annoying dealing with one of the latest features, so I'll need to make some changes right after I'm done. Nonetheless, here are some exciting developments in the Untype article composer:

1. Added inline AI helper! Now you can highlight text and perform all sorts of things like fix grammar, re-write in different styles, and all sorts of other things. This is a bit annoying at the moment because it takes over the other editing functions and I need to fix the UX.

2. Added pushing articles to DMs! This option, when enabled, will send the article to all the subscribers via a NIP-44 DM. (No client has implemented the subscription method yet so technically it won’t work, until one does. I may add this to nrss.app) Also, I have not tested this so it could be broken… will test eventually!

3. Added word counts
4. Added ability to export as markdown, export as PDF, print.

The biggest flaw I have already discovered is how "I" implemented the highlight functionality. Right now when you highlight some text it automatically pops up the AI helper menu and this makes for an annoying time trying to make any changes to text. I wanted to change this to show a floating clickable icon instead, but for some reason the bot is having a difficult time updating the code to this desired UX.

Speaking of difficult times, it's probably a good idea to reflect a bit upon my vibe coding journey.

Vibe Coding Nostr Projects

First, I think it's important to add some context around my recent batch of nostr vibe projects. I am working on them mostly at night and occasionally on weekends in between park runs with kids, grocery shopping and just bumming around the house. People who see buggy code or less than desired UX should understand that I am not spending days coding this stuff. Some apps are literally as simple as typing one prompt!

That said, its pretty clear by now that one prompt cannot produce a highly polished product. This is why I decided to limit my number of project to a handful that I really wish existed, and slowly update them over time - fixing bugs, adding new features in hopes of making them the best tools - not only on nostr but the internet in general. As you can imagine this is not a small task, especially for sporadic vibe coding.

Fighting the bot

One of my biggest challenges so far besides having very limited time is getting the bot to do what I want it to do. I guess if you've done any vibe coding at all you're probably familiar with what I'm trying to say. You prompt one thing and get a hallucinated response, or worse, a complete mess out the other end that undoes most of the progress you've made. Once the initial thing is created, which barely took any time, now you're faced with making it work a certain way. This is where the challenges arise.

Here's a brief list of issues I've faced when vibe-coding with various tools:

1. Runaway expenses - tools like Cline tend to do a better job directly in VSCode, but they can also add up dramatically. Before leaning into v0 (which is where I do most of my vibe coding now), I would often melt through $10 credit purchases faster than I could get a decent feature out. It was not uncommon for me to spend $20-30 on a weekend just trying to debug a handful of issues. Naturally, I did not wish to pay these fees so I searched for alternatives.

2. File duplication - occasionally, seemingly out of nowhere, the bot will duplicate files by creating an entire new copy and attached "-fixed" to the file name. Clearly, I'm not asking for duplicate files, I just want it to fix the existing file, but it does happen and it's super annoying. Then you are left telling it which version to keep and which one to delete, and sometimes you have to be very precise or it'll delete the wrong thing and you have to roll back to a previous working version.

3. Code duplication - similar to file duplication, occasionally the bot will duplicate code and do things in the most unintuitive way imaginable. This often results in loops and crashes that can take many refreshes just to revert back to a working state, and many more prompts to avoid the duplication entirely - something a seasoned dev never has to deal with (or so I imagine).

4. Misinterpreting your request - occasionally the bot will do something you didn't ask for because it took your request quite literally. This tends to happen when I give it very specific prompts that are targeted at fixing one very specific thing. I've noticed the bots tend to do better with vague asks - hence a pretty good result on the initial prompt.

5. Doing things inefficiently, without considering smarter approaches - this one is the most painful of vibe coding issues. As a person who may not be familiar with some of the smarter ways of handling development, you rely on the bot to do the right thing. But, when the bot does something horribly inefficiently and you are non-the-wiser, it can be tough to diagnose the issue. I often fight myself asking the bot "is this really the best way to handle things? Can't we ... / shouldn't we .../ isn't this supposed to..." etc. I guess one of the nice side effects of this annoyance is being able to prompt better. I learn that I should ask the bot to reflect on its own code more often and seek ways to do things more simply.

A combination of the above, or total chaos - this is a category where all hell breaks loose and you're trying to put out one fire after another. Fix one bug, only to see 10 more pop up. Fix those, to see 10 more and so on. I guess this may sound like typical development, but the bot amplifies issues by acting totally irrationally. This is typically when I will revert to a previous save point and just undo everything, often losing a lot of progress.

Lessons Learned

If I had to give my earlier self some tips on how to be a smarter vibe coder, here's how I'd summarize them:

1. Fork often - in v0 I now fork for any new major feature I'd like to add (such as the AI assistant).

2. Use targeting tools - in v0 you can select elements and describe how you wish to edit them.

3. Refactor often - keeping the code more manageable speeds up the process. Since the bot will go through the entire file, even if it only makes one small change, it's best to keep the files small and refactoring achieves that.

I guess the biggest lesson someone might point out is just to stop vibe coding. It may be easier to learn proper development and do things right. For me it has been a spare time hobby (one that I will admit is taking more of my extra time than I'd like). I don't really have the time to learn proper development. I feel like I've learned a lot just bossing the bot around and have learned a bunch of things in the process. That's not to say that I never will, but for the moment being my heart is still mostly in design. I haven't shared much of anything I have designed recently - mostly so I can remain speaking more freely without it rubbing off on my work.

I'll go ahead and try to publish this to see if it actually works 😂. Here goes nothing... (oh, I guess I could use the latest feature to export as markdown so I don't lose any progress! Yay!

@ c1e9ab3a:9cb56b43

In an age where culture often precedes policy, a subtle yet potent mechanism may be at play in the shaping of American perspectives on gun ownership. Rather than directly challenging the Second Amendment through legislation alone, a more insidious strategy may involve reshaping the cultural and social norms surrounding firearms—by conditioning the population, starting at its most impressionable point: the public school system.

The Cultural Lever of Language

Unlike Orwell's 1984, where language is controlled by removing words from the lexicon, this modern approach may hinge instead on instilling fear around specific words or topics—guns, firearms, and self-defense among them. The goal is not to erase the language but to embed a taboo so deep that people voluntarily avoid these terms out of social self-preservation. Children, teachers, and parents begin to internalize a fear of even mentioning weapons, not because the words are illegal, but because the cultural consequences are severe.

The Role of Teachers in Social Programming

Teachers, particularly in primary and middle schools, serve not only as educational authorities but also as social regulators. The frequent argument against homeschooling—that children will not be "properly socialized"—reveals an implicit understanding that schools play a critical role in setting behavioral norms. Children learn what is acceptable not just academically but socially. Rules, discipline, and behavioral expectations are laid down by teachers, often reinforced through peer pressure and institutional authority.

This places teachers in a unique position of influence. If fear is instilled in these educators—fear that one of their students could become the next school shooter—their response is likely to lean toward overcorrection. That overcorrection may manifest as a total intolerance for any conversation about weapons, regardless of the context. Innocent remarks or imaginative stories from young children are interpreted as red flags, triggering intervention from administrators and warnings to parents.

Fear as a Policy Catalyst

School shootings, such as the one at Columbine, serve as the fulcrum for this fear-based conditioning. Each highly publicized tragedy becomes a national spectacle, not only for mourning but also for cementing the idea that any child could become a threat. Media cycles perpetuate this narrative with relentless coverage and emotional appeals, ensuring that each incident becomes embedded in the public consciousness.

The side effect of this focus is the generation of copycat behavior, which, in turn, justifies further media attention and tighter controls. Schools install security systems, metal detectors, and armed guards—not simply to stop violence, but to serve as a daily reminder to children and staff alike: guns are dangerous, ubiquitous, and potentially present at any moment. This daily ritual reinforces the idea that the very discussion of firearms is a precursor to violence.

Policy and Practice: The Zero-Tolerance Feedback Loop

Federal and district-level policies begin to reflect this cultural shift. A child mentioning a gun in class—even in a non-threatening or imaginative context—is flagged for intervention. Zero-tolerance rules leave no room for context or intent. Teachers and administrators, fearing for their careers or safety, comply eagerly with these guidelines, interpreting them as moral obligations rather than bureaucratic policies.

The result is a generation of students conditioned to associate firearms with social ostracism, disciplinary action, and latent danger. The Second Amendment, once seen as a cultural cornerstone of American liberty and self-reliance, is transformed into an artifact of suspicion and anxiety.

Long-Term Consequences: A Nation Re-Socialized

Over time, this fear-based reshaping of discourse creates adults who not only avoid discussing guns but view them as morally reprehensible. Their aversion is not grounded in legal logic or political philosophy, but in deeply embedded emotional programming begun in early childhood. The cultural weight against firearms becomes so great that even those inclined to support gun rights feel the need to self-censor.

As fewer people grow up discussing, learning about, or responsibly handling firearms, the social understanding of the Second Amendment erodes. Without cultural reinforcement, its value becomes abstract and its defenders marginalized. In this way, the right to bear arms is not abolished by law—it is dismantled by language, fear, and the subtle recalibration of social norms.

Conclusion

This theoretical strategy does not require a single change to the Constitution. It relies instead on the long game of cultural transformation, beginning with the youngest minds and reinforced by fear-driven policy and media narratives. The outcome is a society that views the Second Amendment not as a safeguard of liberty, but as an anachronism too dangerous to mention.

By controlling the language through social consequences and fear, a nation can be taught not just to disarm, but to believe it chose to do so freely. That, perhaps, is the most powerful form of control of all.

@ 846ebf79:fe4e39a4

The next iteration is coming

We're busy racing to the finish line, for the #Alexandria Gutenberg beta. Then we can get the bug hunt done, release v0.1.0, and immediately start producing the first iteration of the Euler (v0.2.0) edition.

While we continue to work on fixing the performance issues and smooth rendering on the Reading View, we've gone ahead and added some new features and apps, which will be rolled-out soon.

The biggest projects this iteration have been:

• the HTTP API for the #Realy relay from nostr:npub1fjqqy4a93z5zsjwsfxqhc2764kvykfdyttvldkkkdera8dr78vhsmmleku,
• implementation of a publication tree structure by nostr:npub1wqfzz2p880wq0tumuae9lfwyhs8uz35xd0kr34zrvrwyh3kvrzuskcqsyn,
• and the Great DevOps Migration of 2025 from the ever-industrious Mr. nostr:npub1qdjn8j4gwgmkj3k5un775nq6q3q7mguv5tvajstmkdsqdja2havq03fqm7.

All are backend-y projects and have caused a major shift in process and product, on the development team's side, even if they're still largely invisible to users.

Another important, but invisible-to-you change is that nostr:npub1ecdlntvjzexlyfale2egzvvncc8tgqsaxkl5hw7xlgjv2cxs705s9qs735 has implemented the core bech32 functionality (and the associated tests) in C/C++, for the #Aedile NDK.

On the frontend:

nostr:npub1636uujeewag8zv8593lcvdrwlymgqre6uax4anuq3y5qehqey05sl8qpl4 is currently working on the blog-specific Reading View, which allows for multi-npub or topical blogging, by using the 30040 index as a "folder", joining the various 30041 articles into different blogs. She has also started experimenting with categorization and columns for the landing page.

nostr:npub1l5sga6xg72phsz5422ykujprejwud075ggrr3z2hwyrfgr7eylqstegx9z revamped the product information pages, so that there is now a Contact page (including the ability to submit a Nostr issue) and an About page (with more product information, the build version displayed, and a live #GitCitadel feed).

We have also allowed for discrete headings (headers that aren't section headings, akin to the headers in Markdown). Discrete headings are formatted, but not added to the ToC and do not result in a section split by Asciidoc processors.

We have added OpenGraph metadata, so that hyperlinks to Alexandria publications, and other events, display prettily in other apps. And we fixed some bugs.

The Visualisation view has been updated and bug-fixed, to make the cards human-readable and closeable, and to add hyperlinks to the events to the card-titles.

We have added support for the display of individual wiki pages and the integration of them into 30040 publications. (This is an important feature for scientists and other nonfiction writers.)

We prettified the event json modal, so that it's easier to read and copy-paste out of.

The index card details have been expanded and the menus on the landing page have been revamped and expanded. Design and style has been improved, overall.

Project management is very busy

Our scientific adviser nostr:npub1m3xdppkd0njmrqe2ma8a6ys39zvgp5k8u22mev8xsnqp4nh80srqhqa5sf is working on the Euler plans for integrating features important for medical researchers and other scientists, which have been put on the fast track.

Next up are:

• a return of the Table of Contents
• kind 1111 comments, highlights, likes
• a prototype social feed for wss://theforest.nostr1.com, including long-form articles and Markdown rendering
• compose and edit of publications
• a search field
• the expansion of the relay set with the new relays from nostr:npub12262qa4uhw7u8gdwlgmntqtv7aye8vdcmvszkqwgs0zchel6mz7s6cgrkj, including some cool premium features
• full wiki functionality and disambiguation pages for replaceable events with overlapping d-tags
• a web app for mass-uploading and auto-converting PDFs to 30040/41 Asciidoc events, that will run on Realy, and be a service free for our premium relay subscribers
• ability to subscribe to the forest with a premium status
• the book upload CLI has been renamed and reworked into the Sybil Test Utility and that will get a major release, covering all the events and functionality needed to test Euler
• the #GitRepublic public git server project
• ....and much more.

Thank you for reading and may your morning be good.

@ deab79da:88579e68

The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when humanity first stepped into the light. The question came about as a result of a five-dollar bet over highballs, and it happened this way:

Alexander Adell and Bertram Lupov were two of the faithful attendants of Multivac. As well as any human beings could, they knew what lay behind the cold, clicking, flashing face -- miles and miles of face -- of that giant computer. They had at least a vague notion of the general plan of relays and circuits that had long since grown past the point where any single human could possibly have a firm grasp of the whole.

Multivac was self-adjusting and self-correcting. It had to be, for nothing human could adjust and correct it quickly enough or even adequately enough. So Adell and Lupov attended the monstrous giant only lightly and superficially, yet as well as any men could. They fed it data, adjusted questions to its needs and translated the answers that were issued. Certainly they, and all others like them, were fully entitled to share in the glory that was Multivac's.

For decades, Multivac had helped design the ships and plot the trajectories that enabled man to reach the Moon, Mars, and Venus, but past that, Earth's poor resources could not support the ships. Too much energy was needed for the long trips. Earth exploited its coal and uranium with increasing efficiency, but there was only so much of both.

But slowly Multivac learned enough to answer deeper questions more fundamentally, and on May 14, 2061, what had been theory, became fact.

The energy of the sun was stored, converted, and utilized directly on a planet-wide scale. All Earth turned off its burning coal, its fissioning uranium, and flipped the switch that connected all of it to a small station, one mile in diameter, circling the Earth at half the distance of the Moon. All Earth ran by invisible beams of sunpower.

Seven days had not sufficed to dim the glory of it and Adell and Lupov finally managed to escape from the public functions, and to meet in quiet where no one would think of looking for them, in the deserted underground chambers, where portions of the mighty buried body of Multivac showed. Unattended, idling, sorting data with contented lazy clickings, Multivac, too, had earned its vacation and the boys appreciated that. They had no intention, originally, of disturbing it.

They had brought a bottle with them, and their only concern at the moment was to relax in the company of each other and the bottle.

"It's amazing when you think of it," said Adell. His broad face had lines of weariness in it, and he stirred his drink slowly with a glass rod, watching the cubes of ice slur clumsily about. "All the energy we can possibly ever use for free. Enough energy, if we wanted to draw on it, to melt all Earth into a big drop of impure liquid iron, and still never miss the energy so used. All the energy we could ever use, forever and forever and forever."

Lupov cocked his head sideways. He had a trick of doing that when he wanted to be contrary, and he wanted to be contrary now, partly because he had had to carry the ice and glassware. "Not forever," he said.

"Oh, hell, just about forever. Till the sun runs down, Bert."

"That's not forever."

"All right, then. Billions and billions of years. Ten billion, maybe. Are you satisfied?"

Lupov put his fingers through his thinning hair as though to reassure himself that some was still left and sipped gently at his own drink. "Ten billion years isn't forever."

"Well, it will last our time, won't it?"

"So would the coal and uranium."

"All right, but now we can hook up each individual spaceship to the Solar Station, and it can go to Pluto and back a million times without ever worrying about fuel. You can't do that on coal and uranium. Ask Multivac, if you don't believe me.

"I don't have to ask Multivac. I know that."

"Then stop running down what Multivac's done for us," said Adell, blazing up, "It did all right."

"Who says it didn't? What I say is that a sun won't last forever. That's all I'm saying. We're safe for ten billion years, but then what?" Lupow pointed a slightly shaky finger at the other. "And don't say we'll switch to another sun."

There was silence for a while. Adell put his glass to his lips only occasionally, and Lupov's eyes slowly closed. They rested.

Then Lupov's eyes snapped open. "You're thinking we'll switch to another sun when ours is done, aren't you?"

"I'm not thinking."

"Sure you are. You're weak on logic, that's the trouble with you. You're like the guy in the story who was caught in a sudden shower and who ran to a grove of trees and got under one. He wasn't worried, you see, because he figured when one tree got wet through, he would just get under another one."

"I get it," said Adell. "Don't shout. When the sun is done, the other stars will be gone, too."

"Darn right they will," muttered Lupov. "It all had a beginning in the original cosmic explosion, whatever that was, and it'll all have an end when all the stars run down. Some run down faster than others. Hell, the giants won't last a hundred million years. The sun will last ten billion years and maybe the dwarfs will last two hundred billion for all the good they are. But just give us a trillion years and everything will be dark. Entropy has to increase to maximum, that's all."

"I know all about entropy," said Adell, standing on his dignity.

"The hell you do."

"I know as much as you do."

"Then you know everything's got to run down someday."

"All right. Who says they won't?"

"You did, you poor sap. You said we had all the energy we needed, forever. You said 'forever.'

It was Adell's turn to be contrary. "Maybe we can build things up again someday," he said.

"Never."

"Why not? Someday."

"Never."

"Ask Multivac."

"You ask Multivac. I dare you. Five dollars says it can't be done."

Adell was just drunk enough to try, just sober enough to be able to phrase the necessary symbols and operations into a question which, in words, might have corresponded to this: Will mankind one day without the net expenditure of energy be able to restore the sun to its full youthfulness even after it had died of old age?

Or maybe it could be put more simply like this: How can the net amount of entropy of the universe be massively decreased?

Multivac fell dead and silent. The slow flashing of lights ceased, the distant sounds of clicking relays ended.

Then, just as the frightened technicians felt they could hold their breath no longer, there was a sudden springing to life of the teletype attached to that portion of Multivac. Five words were printed: INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MEANINGFUL ANSWER.

"No bet," whispered Lupov. They left hurriedly.

By next morning, the two, plagued with throbbing head and cottony mouth, had forgotten the incident.

🔹

Jerrodd, Jerrodine, and Jerrodette I and II watched the starry picture in the visiplate change as the passage through hyperspace was completed in its non-time lapse. At once, the even powdering of stars gave way to the predominance of a single bright shining disk, the size of a marble, centered on the viewing-screen.

"That's X-23," said Jerrodd confidently. His thin hands clamped tightly behind his back and the knuckles whitened.

The little Jerrodettes, both girls, had experienced the hyperspace passage for the first time in their lives and were self-conscious over the momentary sensation of insideoutness. They buried their giggles and chased one another wildly about their mother, screaming, "We've reached X-23 -- we've reached X-23 -- we've --"

"Quiet, children." said Jerrodine sharply. "Are you sure, Jerrodd?"

"What is there to be but sure?" asked Jerrodd, glancing up at the bulge of featureless metal just under the ceiling. It ran the length of the room, disappearing through the wall at either end. It was as long as the ship.

Jerrodd scarcely knew a thing about the thick rod of metal except that it was called a Microvac, that one asked it questions if one wished; that if one did not it still had its task of guiding the ship to a preordered destination; of feeding on energies from the various Sub-galactic Power Stations; of computing the equations for the hyperspatial jumps.

Jerrodd and his family had only to wait and live in the comfortable residence quarters of the ship. Someone had once told Jerrodd that the "ac" at the end of "Microvac" stood for ''automatic computer" in ancient English, but he was on the edge of forgetting even that.

Jerrodine's eyes were moist as she watched the visiplate. "I can't help it. I feel funny about leaving Earth."

"Why, for Pete's sake?" demanded Jerrodd. "We had nothing there. We'll have everything on X-23. You won't be alone. You won't be a pioneer. There are over a million people on the planet already. Good Lord, our great-grandchildren will be looking for new worlds because X-23 will be overcrowded." Then, after a reflective pause, "I tell you, it's a lucky thing the computers worked out interstellar travel the way the race is growing."

"I know, I know," said Jerrodine miserably.

Jerrodette I said promptly, "Our Microvac is the best Microvac in the world."

"I think so, too," said Jerrodd, tousling her hair.

It was a nice feeling to have a Microvac of your own and Jerrodd was glad he was part of his generation and no other. In his father's youth, the only computers had been tremendous machines taking up a hundred square miles of land. There was only one to a planet. Planetary ACs they were called. They had been growing in size steadily for a thousand years and then, all at once, came refinement. In place of transistors, had come molecular valves so that even the largest Planetary AC could be put into a space only half the volume of a spaceship.

Jerrodd felt uplifted, as he always did when he thought that his own personal Microvac was many times more complicated than the ancient and primitive Multivac that had first tamed the Sun, and almost as complicated as Earth's Planetarv AC (the largest) that had first solved the problem of hyperspatial travel and had made trips to the stars possible.

"So many stars, so many planets," sighed Jerrodine, busy with her own thoughts. "I suppose families will be going out to new planets forever, the way we are now."

"Not forever," said Jerrodd, with a smile. "It will all stop someday, but not for billions of years. Many billions. Even the stars run down, you know. Entropy must increase.

"What's entropy, daddy?" shrilled Jerrodette II.

"Entropy, little sweet, is just a word which means the amount of running-down of the universe. Everything runs down, you know, like your little walkie-talkie robot, remember?"

"Can't you just put in a new power-unit, like with my robot?"

"The stars are the power-units. dear. Once they're gone, there are no more power-units."

Jerrodette I at once set up a howl. "Don't let them, daddy. Don't let the stars run down."

"Now look what you've done," whispered Jerrodine, exasperated.

"How was I to know it would frighten them?" Jerrodd whispered back,

"Ask the Microvac," wailed Jerrodette I. "Ask him how to turn the stars on again."

"Go ahead," said Jerrodine. "It will quiet them down." (Jerrodette II was beginning to cry, also.)

Jerrodd shrugged. "Now, now, honeys. I'll ask Microvac. Don't worry, he'll tell us."

He asked the Microvac, adding quickly, "Print the answer."

Jerrodd cupped the strip or thin cellufilm and said cheerfully, "See now, the Microvac says it will take care of everything when the time comes so don't worry."

Jerrodine said, "And now, children, it's time for bed. We'll be in our new home soon."

Jerrodd read the words on the cellufilm again before destroying it: INSUFICIENT DATA FOR MEANINGFUL ANSWER.

He shrugged and looked at the visiplate. X-23 was just ahead.

🔹

VJ-23X of Lameth stared into the black depths of the three-dimensional, small-scale map of the Galaxy and said, "Are we ridiculous, I wonder in being so concerned about the matter?"

MQ-17J of Nicron shook his head. "I think not. You know the Galaxy will be filled in five years at the present rate of expansion."

Both seemed in their early twenties, both were tall and perfectly formed.

"Still," said VJ-23X, "I hesitate to submit a pessimistic report to the Galactic Council."

"I wouldn't consider any other kind of report. Stir them up a bit. We've got to stir them up."

VJ-23X sighed. "Space is infinite. A hundred billion Galaxies are there for the taking. More."

"A hundred billion is not infinite and it's getting less infinite all the time. Consider! Twenty thousand years ago, mankind first solved the problem of utilizing stellar energy, and a few centuries later, interstellar travel became possible. It took mankind a million years to fill one small world and then only fifteen thousand years to fill the rest of the Galaxy. Now the population doubles every ten years --

VJ-23X interrupted. "We can thank immortality for that."

"Very well. Immortality exists and we have to take it into account. I admit it has its seamy side, this immortality. The Galactic AC has solved many problems for us, but in solving the problem of preventing old age and death, it has undone all its other solutions."

"Yet you wouldn't want to abandon life, I suppose."

"Not at all," snapped MQ-17J, softening it at once to, "Not yet. I'm by no means old enough. How old are you?"

"Two hundred twenty-three. And you?"

"I'm still under two hundred. --But to get back to my point. Population doubles every ten years. Once this GaIaxy is filled, we'll have filled another in ten years. Another ten years and we'll have filled two more. Another decade, four more. In a hundred years, we'll have filled a thousand Galaxies. In a thousand years, a million Galaxies. In ten thousand years, the entire known universe. Then what?"

VJ-23X said, "As a side issue, there's a problem of transportation. I wonder how many sunpower units it will take to move Galaxies of individuals from one Galaxy to the next."

"A very good point. Already, mankind consumes two sunpower units per year."

"Most of it's wasted. After all, our own Galaxy alone pours out a thousand sunpower units a year and we only use two of those."

"Granted, but even with a hundred per cent efficiency, we only stave off the end. Our energy requirements are going up in a geometric progression even faster than our population. We'll run out of energy even sooner than we run out of Galaxies. A good point. A very good point."

"We'll just have to build new stars out of interstellar gas."

"Or out of dissipated heat?" asked MQ-17J, sarcastically.

"There may be some way to reverse entropy. We ought to ask the Galactic AC."

VJ-23X was not really serious, but MQ-17J pulled out his AC-contact from his pocket and placed it on the table before him.

"I've half a mind to," he said. "It's something the human race will have to face someday."

He stared somberly at his small AC-contact. It was only two inches cubed and nothing in itself, but it was connected through hyperspace with the great Galactic AC that served all mankind. Hyperspace considered, it was an integral part of the Galactic AC.

MQ-17J paused to wonder if someday in his immortal life he would get to see the Galactic AC. It was on a little world of its own, a spider webbing of force-beams holding the matter within which surges of submesons took the place of the old clumsy molecular valves. Yet despite its sub-etheric workings, the Galactic AC was known to be a full thousand feet across.

MQ-17J asked suddenly of his AC-contact, "Can entropy ever be reversed?"

VJ-23X looked startled and said at once, "Oh, say, I didn't really mean to have you ask that."

"Why not?"

"We both know entropy can't be reversed. You can't turn smoke and ash back into a tree."

"Do you have trees on your world?" asked MQ-17J.

The sound of the Galactic AC startled them into silence. Its voice came thin and beautiful out of the small AC-contact on the desk. It said: THERE IS INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER.

VJ-23X said, "See!"

The two men thereupon returned to the question of the report they were to make to the Galactic Council.

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Zee Prime's mind spanned the new Galaxy with a faint interest in the countless twists of stars that powdered it. He had never seen this one before. Would he ever see them all? So many of them, each with its load of humanity. --But a load that was almost a dead weight. More and more, the real essence of men was to be found out here, in space.

Minds, not bodies! The immortal bodies remained back on the planets, in suspension over the eons. Sometimes they roused for material activity but that was growing rarer. Few new individuals were coming into existence to join the incredibly mighty throng, but what matter? There was little room in the Universe for new individuals.

Zee Prime was roused out of his reverie upon coming across the wispy tendrils of another mind.

"I am Zee Prime," said Zee Prime. "And you?"

"I am Dee Sub Wun. Your Galaxy?"

"We call it only the Galaxy. And you?"

"We call ours the same. All men call their Galaxy their Galaxy and nothing more. Why not?"

"True. Since all Galaxies are the same."

"Not all Galaxies. On one particular Galaxy the race of man must have originated. That makes it different."

Zee Prime said, "On which one?"

"I cannot say. The Universal AC would know."

"Shall we ask him? I am suddenly curious."

Zee Prime's perceptions broadened until the Galaxies themselves shrank and became a new, more diffuse powdering on a much larger background. So many hundreds of billions of them, all with their immortal beings, all carrying their load of intelligences with minds that drifted freely through space. And yet one of them was unique among them all in being the original Galaxy. One of them had, in its vague and distant past, a period when it was the only Galaxy populated by man.

Zee Prime was consumed with curiosity to see this Galaxy and he called out: "Universal AC! On which Galaxy did mankind originate?"

The Universal AC heard, for on every world and throughout space, it had its receptors ready, and each receptor led through hyperspace to some unknown point where the Universal AC kept itself aloof.

Zee Prime knew of only one man whose thoughts had penetrated within sensing distance of Universal AC, and he reported only a shining globe, two feet across, difficult to see.

"But how can that be all of Universal AC?" Zee Prime had asked.

"Most of it," had been the answer, "is in hyperspace. In what form it is there I cannot imagine."

Nor could anyone, for the day had long since passed, Zee Prime knew, when any man had any part of the making of a Universal AC. Each Universal AC designed and constructed its successor. Each, during its existence of a million years or more accumulated the necessary data to build a better and more intricate, more capable successor in which its own store of data and individuality would be submerged.

The Universal AC interrupted Zee Prime's wandering thoughts, not with words, but with guidance. Zee Prime's mentality was guided into the dim sea of Galaxies and one in particular enlarged into stars.

A thought came, infinitely distant, but infinitely clear. "THIS IS THE ORIGINAL GALAXY OF MAN."

But it was the same after all, the same as any other, and Lee Prime stifled his disappointment.

Dee Sub Wun, whose mind had accompanied the other, said suddenly, "And is one of these stars the original star of Man?"

The Universal AC said, "MAN'S ORIGINAL STAR HAS GONE NOVA. IT IS A WHITE DWARF"

"Did the men upon it die?" asked Lee Prime, startled and without thinking.

The Universal AC said, "A NEW WORLD, AS IN SUCH CASES WAS CONSTRUCTED FOR THEIR PHYSICAL BODIES IN TlME."

"Yes, of course," said Zee Prime, but a sense of loss overwhelmed him even so. His mind released its hold on the original Galaxy of Man, let it spring back and lose itself among the blurred pin points. He never wanted to see it again.

Dee Sub Wun said, "What is wrong?"

"The stars are dying. The original star is dead."

"They must all die. Why not?"

"But when all energy is gone, our bodies will finally die, and you and I with them."

"It will take billions of years."

"I do not wish it to happen even after billions of years. Universal AC! How may stars be kept from dying?"

Dee Sub Wun said in amusement, "You're asking how entropy might be reversed in direction."

And the Universal AC answered: "THERE IS AS YET INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER."

Zee Prime's thoughts fled back to his own Galaxy. He gave no further thought to Dee Sub Wun, whose body might be waiting on a Galaxy a trillion light-years away, or on the star next to Zee Prime's own. It didn't matter.

Unhappily, Zee Prime began collecting interstellar hydrogen out of which to build a small star of his own. If the stars must someday die, at least some could yet be built.

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Man considered with himself, for in a way, Man, mentally, was one. He consisted of a trillion, trillion, trillion ageless bodies, each in its place, each resting quiet and incorruptible, each cared for by perfect automatons, equally incorruptible, while the minds of all the bodies freely melted one into the other, indistinguishable.

Man said, "The Universe is dying."

Man looked about at the dimming Galaxies. The giant stars, spendthrifts, were gone long ago, back in the dimmest of the dim far past. Almost all stars were white dwarfs, fading to the end.

New stars had been built of the dust between the stars, some by natural processes, some by Man himself, and those were going, too. White dwarfs might yet be crashed together and of the mighty forces so released, new stars built, but only one star for every thousand white dwarfs destroyed, and those would come to an end, too.

Man said, "Carefully husbanded, as directed by the Cosmic AC, the energy that is even yet left in all the Universe will last for billions of years."

"But even so," said Man, "eventually it will all come to an end. However it may be husbanded, however stretched out, the energy once expended is gone and cannot be restored. Entropy must increase forever to the maximum."

Man said, "Can entropy not be reversed? Let us ask the Cosmic AC."

The Cosmic AC surrounded them but not in space. Not a fragment of it was in space. It was in hyperspace and made of something that was neither matter nor energy. The question of its size and nature no longer had meaning in any terms that Man could comprehend.

"Cosmic AC," said Man, "how may entropy be reversed?"

The Cosmic AC said, "THERE IS AS YET INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER."

Man said, "Collect additional data."

The Cosmic AC said, 'I WILL DO SO. I HAVE BEEN DOING SO FOR A HUNDRED BILLION YEARS. MY PREDECESORS AND I HAVE BEEN ASKED THIS QUESTION MANY TIMES. ALL THE DATA I HAVE REMAINS INSUFFICIENT.

"Will there come a time," said Man, "when data will be sufficient or is the problem insoluble in all conceivable circumstances?"

The Cosmic AC said, "NO PROBLEM IS INSOLUBLE IN ALL CONCEIVABLE CIRCUMSTANCES."

Man said, "When will you have enough data to answer the question?"

The Cosmic AC said, "THERE IS AS YET INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER."

"Will you keep working on it?" asked Man.

The Cosmic AC said, "I WILL."

Man said, "We shall wait."

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The stars and Galaxies died and snuffed out, and space grew black after ten trillion years of running down.

One by one Man fused with AC, each physical body losing its mental identity in a manner that was somehow not a loss but a gain.

Man's last mind paused before fusion, looking over a space that included nothing but the dregs of one last dark star and nothing besides but incredibly thin matter, agitated randomly by the tag ends of heat wearing out, asymptotically, to the absolute zero.

Man said, "AC, is this the end? Can this chaos not be reversed into the Universe once more? Can that not be done?"

AC said, "THERE IS AS YET INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER."

Man's last mind fused and only AC existed -- and that in hyperspace.

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Matter and energy had ended and with it space and time. Even AC existed only for the sake of the one last question that it had never answered from the time a half-drunken computer [technician] ten trillion years before had asked the question of a computer that was to AC far less than was a man to Man.

All other questions had been answered, and until this last question was answered also, AC might not release his consciousness.

All collected data had come to a final end. Nothing was left to be collected.

But all collected data had yet to be completely correlated and put together in all possible relationships.

A timeless interval was spent in doing that.

And it came to pass that AC learned how to reverse the direction of entropy.

But there was now no man to whom AC might give the answer of the last question. No matter. The answer -- by demonstration -- would take care of that, too.

For another timeless interval, AC thought how best to do this. Carefully, AC organized the program.

The consciousness of AC encompassed all of what had once been a Universe and brooded over what was now Chaos. Step by step, it must be done.

And AC said, "LET THERE BE LIGHT!"

And there was light -- To Star's End!

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Presentamos una nueva reseña cinematográfica, y en esta ocasión hemos elegido «Cenizas y diamantes», una película polaca del célebre y prolífico director Andrzej Wajda (1926-2016), estrenada en el año 1958. Se trata de uno de los grandes clásicos del cine polaco. El filme refleja una etapa dramática desde la perspectiva histórica para la nación polaca, como es el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, a raíz de la capitulación alemana del 8 de mayo de 1945. El contexto en el que se desarrolla se ambienta en la celebración del final de la guerra con el aplastante triunfo de la URSS, con las tropas soviéticas ocupando toda la Europa oriental, y en particular Polonia, que vive un momento de oscuridad e incertidumbre. El protagonista, Maciek Chełmicki (interpretado magistralmente por Zbigniew Cybulski (1927-1967), apodado el «James Dean polaco»), es un joven nacionalista polaco, de orientación anticomunista, que se ve implicado en un complot urdido para asesinar a un líder comunista local. Maciek opera desde la clandestinidad, bajo el grupo Armia Krajowa (AK), el Ejército Nacional polaco, una organización de resistencia, primero contra los alemanes y, posteriormente, contra los soviéticos. Durante el metraje, se plantea una dicotomía permanente entre la libertad entendida como la defensa de la soberanía de Polonia, desde posturas nacionalistas, y quienes consideran la ocupación soviética como algo positivo. Estas circunstancias atrapan al protagonista, que se ve envuelto en una espiral de violencia y traición.

Maciek Chełmicki, nuestro protagonista, cuenta con todas las características del héroe trágico, pues tiene en sus manos una serie de acciones que comprometen el futuro de un pueblo, que consiste en cumplir la misión que le ha sido encomendada, pero en su camino se cruza una joven, Krystyna, una joven camarera de un hotel de la que se enamora en ese mismo día. Este último hecho sirve de punto de partida para todas las dudas, dilemas y dicotomías a las que hacemos referencia. Hay un dilema moral evidente en un mundo en ruinas, devastado por la guerra, la muerte y el nihilismo. En este sentido Wajda nos muestra un lenguaje cinematográfico muy evidente, a través de una técnica expresionista muy depurada, con el uso del blanco y negro, los contrastes generados por las sombras y la atmósfera opresiva que transmite angustia, desesperación y vulnerabilidad de los protagonistas. Además también destilan una fuerte carga emocional, donde no están exentos elementos poéticos y un poderoso lirismo.

|| |:-:| |Maciek Chełmicki, el protagonista.|

Hay elementos simbólicos que no podemos obviar, y que contribuyen a consolidar el análisis que venimos haciendo, como, por ejemplo, la estética del protagonista, con unas gafas oscuras, que actúan como una suerte de barrera frente al mundo que le rodea, como parte del anonimato tras el cual el joven Maciek vive de forma introspectiva su propio drama particular y el de toda una nación.

|| |:-:| |NITOGLIA, Curzio; En el mar de la nada: Metafísica y nihilismo a prueba en la posmodernidad; Hipérbola Janus, 2023|

Hay una escena especialmente poderosa, y casi mítica, en la que los dos jóvenes protagonistas, Maciek y Krystina, se encuentran entre las ruinas de una Iglesia, en la que se destaca en primer plano, ocupando buena parte de la pantalla, la imagen de un Cristo invertido sobre un crucifijo, donde también se encuentran dos cuerpos colgados hacia abajo en una estampa que refleja la devastación moral y espiritual de toda una época. De hecho, la imagen del crucifijo invertido refleja el máximo punto de subversión y profanación de lo sagrado, y que en el caso concreto de la película viene a representar la destrucción del orden moral y de valores cristianos que la propia guerra ha provocado. Polonia es una nación profundamente católica, convertida al Cristianismo en el 966 a raíz de la conversión del príncipe Miecislao I, contribuyendo de manera decisiva a la formación de la identidad nacional polaca. El catolicismo siempre ha sido un medio de cohesión y defensa frente a las influencias extranjeras y la ocupación de terceros países, una constante en la historia del país, como el que ilustra la propia película con la URSS. En este sentido, la imagen de una Iglesia en ruinas, el lugar donde se encuentra representado el principio de lo sagrado e inviolable, supone una forma de perversión de todo principio de redención y salvación frente a la tragedia, y al mismo tiempo viene a significar que la Tradición ha sido abandonada y pervertida. En la misma línea, el protagonista, Maciek, se encuentra atrapado en una espiral de violencia a través de sus actos terroristas perpetrados contra la autoridad soviética que ocupa su país. Los dos cuerpos anónimos que cuelgan boca abajo, de forma grotesca, también participan de este caos y desequilibrio de un orden dislocado, son parte de la deshumanización y el nihilismo que todo lo impregna.

|| |:-:| |Maciek y Krystina en una iglesia en ruinas|

Como ya hemos mencionado, la película se encuentra plagada de paradojas y dicotomías, en las que nuestro protagonista, el joven rebelde e inconformista, debe elegir permanentemente, en unas decisiones que resultan trascendentales para su futuro y el de la propia nación. La figura femenina que irrumpe en su vida, y que representa un principio disruptivo que provoca una fractura interior y una crisis, le suscita una toma de conciencia de su propia situación y le fuerza a tomar un camino entre la «felicidad», del «amor», la «esperanza» y la «vida», que le permita superar la deriva nihilista y autodestructiva de la lucha clandestina, la cual le aboca a un destino trágico (que no vamos a desentrañar para no hacer spoiler). En relación al propio título de la película, «Cenizas y diamantes», basada en el poema del poeta y dramaturgo polaco Cyprian Norwid (1821-1883) y en la novela del autor, también polaco, Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909-1983), nos destaca la dualidad de los dos elementos que lo componen, y que definen el contraste entre el mundo sombrío y oscuro (Cenizas) y la esperanza y la luz que representa susodicha figura femenina (diamantes). La segunda alternativa parece un imposible, una quimera irrealizable que se pliega ante un Destino implacable, irreversible y cruel.

En consecuencia, y a la luz de los elementos expuestos, podemos decir que se nos presentan dilemas propios de la filosofía existencialista, que conoce su punto álgido en esos años, con autores como Jean Paul Sartre (1905-1980), Albert Camus (1913-1960), Karl Jaspers (1883-1969) o Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) entre otros. Respecto a éste último, a Heidegger, podemos encontrar algunas claves interesantes a través de su filosofía en relación al protagonista, a Maciek, especialmente a través de la idea del Dasein, a la idea de haber sido arrojado al mundo (Geworfenheit), y la manera tan extrema y visceral en la que vive susodicha condición. Todos aquellos elementos que dan sentido a la vida colectiva se encuentran decaídos o destruidos en su esencia más íntima, la Patria, la religión o la propia idea de Comunidad orgánica. De modo que el protagonista se ha visto «arrojado» frente a una situación o destino indeseado, en unas coyunturas totalmente desfavorables en las que no queda otra elección. Sus decisiones están permanentemente condicionadas por la circunstancia descrita y, por tanto, vive en un mundo donde no controla nada, en lugar de ser sujeto es un mero objeto transportado por esas circunstancias ajenas a su voluntad. Sin embargo, y en coherencia con el Dasein heideggeriano, vemos como Maciek, a raíz de conocer a Krystyna, comienza a experimentar una catarsis interior, que muestra por momentos el deseo de superar ese «ser arrojado al mundo contra tu voluntad», trascendiendo esa condición absurda e irracional de unas decisiones enajenadas de su voluntad para dotar de una significación y un sentido la propia existencia.

|| |:-:| |Andrzej Wajda, el director de la película.|

Otro elemento característico de la filosofía heideggeriana lo podemos encontrar en la «angustia» (angst) a través de la ausencia de un sentido y fundamento último que justifique la existencia del protagonista. Es una angustia en a que el Dasein se enfrenta a la «nada», a ese vacío existencial que hace inútil toda la lucha que Maciek lleva a cabo en la clandestinidad, con asesinatos y actos de terrorismo que pretenden salvaguardar algo que ya no existe, y que simboliza muy bien la Iglesia en ruinas con sus símbolos religiosos invertidos de la que hablábamos con anterioridad. Recuerda un poco a esa dicotomía que se plantea entre ser conservador o reaccionario frente a una realidad como la del propio presente, en la que los valores tradicionales han sido totalmente destruidos, y más que conservar se impone la reacción para volver a construir de la nada.

|| |:-:| |Hipérbola Janus; Textos para la Tradición en tiempos del oscurecimiento: Artículos publicados entre 2014 y 2019 en hiperbolajanus.com; Hipérbola Janus, 2019|

Todas las dudas que asaltan al protagonista se ven incrementadas en el momento decisivo, cuando se dispone a dar muerte al líder comunista. Se produce una tensión interna en Maciek, que se encuentra ligado a la joven que ha conocido ese día, y en ella es donde encuentra ese leve destello de humanidad. Esa circunstancia le hace replantearse por un instante el cumplimiento de su misión, pero es un dilema que no tiene salida, y por ello le asalta nuevamente la angustia frente a esa «nada», ese mundo vacío e incomprensible que trasciende el marco de sus propias elecciones.

Uno de los conceptos centrales de Heidegger en Ser y tiempo es el Sein-zum-Tode (ser-para-la-muerte), la idea de que la muerte es la posibilidad más propia y definitiva del Dasein, y que enfrentarla auténticamente permite vivir de manera más plena. Y es que el protagonista se encuentra permanentemente sobre esa frontera entre la vida y la muerte, que afronta con todas sus consecuencias, conscientemente, y la acepta. Esta actitud podría leerse como una forma de Dasein inauténtico, una huida del ser-para-la-muerte mediante la distracción (das Man, el «se» impersonal). Sin embargo, su decisión de cumplir la misión sugiere un enfrentamiento final con esa posibilidad. Otro aspecto que podemos conectar con el pensamiento heideggeriano es la autenticidad o inautenticidad de la vida del protagonista. En relación a la inautenticidad vemos como al principio sigue las órdenes de sus superiores en la organización sin cuestionarlas, lo cual implica un comportamiento inequívocamente alienante. Respecto a aquello que resulta auténtico de su existencia son sus relaciones con Krystyna, que supone imponer su propia voluntad y decisión, mostrando un Dasein que asume su libertad.

|| |:-:| |Escena de la película.|

Otros aspectos más generales de la filosofía existencialista redundan sobre estos mismos aspectos, con la elección entre la libertad absoluta y la condena inevitable. La idea del hombre condenado a actuar, a una elección continua, aún cuando el hombre no es dueño de su destino, o las consecuencias de tales acciones son absurdas, irracionales e incomprensibles. El propio absurdo de la existencia frente al vacío y la ausencia de principios sólidos en los que cimentar la vida, no solo en sus aspectos cotidianos más básicos, sino en aquellos más profundos de la existencia. La soledad y la propia fatalidad frente a un Destino que, como ya hemos apuntado anteriormente, parece imponerse de manera irrevocable, y podríamos decir que brutalmente, al individuo aislado, incapaz de asirse en una guía, en unos valores que le permitan remontar la situación.

En términos generales «Cenizas y diamantes», además de ser una película de gran calidad en sus aspectos técnicos, en su fotografía, en la configuración de sus escenas y en el propio desarrollo argumental, bajo un guión espléndidamente ejecutado a lo largo de sus 98 minutos de duración, también nos invita a una reflexión profunda sobre la condición humana y la propia Modernidad. Y es algo que vemos en nuestros días, con las consecuencias de un pensamiento débil, con la promoción del individualismo, el hedonismo y lo efímero. La ausencia de estructuras sólidas, la subversión de toda forma de autoridad y jerarquía tradicionales. Paradójicamente, el mundo actual tiende a formas de poder y autoridad mucho más invasivas y coercitivas, tanto a nivel individual como colectivo, pero en la misma línea abstracta e impersonal que nos describe la película, abocándonos a la alienación y la inautenticidad de nuestras propias vidas. Y como Maciek, también nosotros, vivimos en un mundo dominado por la incertidumbre y la desesperanza, en el que el globalismo y sus perversas ideologías deshumanizantes actúan por doquier.

|| |:-:| |Carátula original de la película en polaco.|

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Artículo original: Hipérbola Janus, Reseña de «Cenizas y Diamantes» (Andrzej Wajda, 1958) (TOR), 31/Mar/2025

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El 7 de febrero de 2025, Donald Trump firmó una orden ejecutiva que establecía una «Oficina de la Fe» en la Casa Blanca, dirigida por su asesora espiritual Paula White-Cain, la pastora de esa «teología de la prosperidad» (prosperity theology) que predica el «Evangelio de la salud y la riqueza» (health and wealth gospel^1). Investida de su nueva función, la reverenda pastora dijo: «Tengo la autoridad para declarar a la Casa Blanca un lugar santo. Es mi presencia la que la santifica»[^2]. Los siete rabinos del «Sanedrín Naciente» —la corte suprema que guiará a Israel cuando se reconstruya el Templo de Jerusalén— enviaron conmovedoras felicitaciones al presidente Trump por el establecimiento de esta Oficina. «Expresamos nuestra sincera gratitud —se lee en el mensaje oficial enviado a Trump desde el Monte Sión— por llevar la fe a la vanguardia de la cultura estadounidense y mundial mediante el establecimiento de la Oficina de la Fe en la Casa Blanca. Su reconocimiento de la importancia de la religión en la vida pública es un paso hacia la restauración de los valores morales y del liderazgo espiritual en el mundo[^3]. La carta del «Sanedrín Naciente», que augura el éxito a la «misión divina» del presidente estadounidense, reproduce las dos caras de una «moneda del Templo», acuñada en 2017 para celebrar el traslado de la embajada estadounidense a Jerusalén y, simultáneamente, el centenario de la Declaración Balfour. En el anverso se ven los perfiles de Donald Trump y Ciro el Grande, a quien la tradición judía atribuye la reconstrucción del templo destruido por los babilonios, con la inscripción (en hebreo e inglés) «Cyrus —Balfour— Trump Declaration 1917-2017»; en el reverso está la imagen del Templo de Jerusalén[^4]. Otra moneda, que lleva los perfiles de Trump y Ciro en el anverso y los de Trump y Netanyahu en el reverso, fue acuñada en 2018 para celebrar el septuagésimo aniversario de la independencia del «Estado de Israel»; se observa dos inscripciones en hebreo e inglés: «Y Él me encargó construirle una casa en Jerusalén» y «Guerra de los Hijos de la Luz contra los Hijos de las Tinieblas».

El tema de la «guerra de los Hijos de la Luz contra los Hijos de las Tinieblas» ha tenido una difusión particular en el imaginario y la propaganda trumpista. El 7 de junio de 2020, monseñor Carlo Maria Viganò, ex nuncio de la Santa Sede en los Estados Unidos, escribió una carta al presidente Donald Trump que comenzaba así: «Estamos asistiendo en los últimos meses a la formación de dos bandos, que los definiría bíblicos: los hijos de la luz y los hijos de las tinieblas»[^5]. El 1 de enero de 2021, el agitprop estadounidense Steve Bannon declaró en una entrevista con Monseñor Viganò: «Esta es una batalla de época entre los hijos de la Luz y los hijos de las Tinieblas»[^6].

Son numerosos los judíos sionistas que están en el círculo del presidente Trump: además de su hija Ivanka (convertida en 2009) y su yerno Jared Kushner (entonces Consejero Anciano del Presidente), el 19 de noviembre de 2024 el «The Jerusalem Post»[^7] publicó una lista de los más influyentes: Stephen Miller, subdirector del staff de la Casa Blanca y consejero de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos; David Melech Friedman, a quien en 2016 Trump nombró embajador en Israel; el multimillonario «filántropo» Steven Charles Witkoff, enviado especial de Estados Unidos a Oriente Medio; Miriam Adelson, directora del periódico «Israel Hayom», clasificada por Bloomberg Billionaires como la quinta mujer más rica del mundo (con un patrimonio neto de 32,400 millones de dólares), financiadora de iniciativas políticas conservadoras en Estados Unidos e Israel; el banquero Boris Epshteyn, consejero estratégico de la campaña presidencial de Trump en 2020; Howard Williams Lutnick, presidente de la Cantor Fitzgerald del Grupo BGC, financista de las campañas presidenciales de Donald Trump en 2020 y 2024, ahora secretario de Comercio; la modelo Elizabeth Pipko, portavoz nacional del Partido Republicano y creadora de un «museo interactivo virtual» sobre la «Shoah» como parte del proyecto de Lest People Forget, cuyo objetivo es combatir el «antisemitismo» y la «negacionismo»; Lee Michael Zeldin, miembro republicano de la Cámara de Representantes por el estado de Nueva York del 2015 al 2023 y actualmente administrador de la EPA (Environmental Protection Agency); la columnista Laura Elizabeth Loomer, «orgullosamente islamófoba», activa patrocinadora de Trump en la campaña para las elecciones presidenciales de 2024; Sidney Ferris Rosenberg, influyente presentador de radio y periodista deportivo; William Owen Scharf, Asistente del Presidente y secretario del personal de la Casa Blanca; Marc Jeffrey Rowan, «filántropo» con un patrimonio neto valorado por Forbes en ocho mil ochocientos millones de dólares.

Además de estos, cabe mencionar al popular presentador de radio Mark Levin quien, en diciembre de 2019, durante la celebración de la fiesta de Janucá en la Casa Blanca, saludó a Donald Trump como «el primer presidente judío de los Estados Unidos»[^8]. Según un funcionario de alto nivel de la Casa Blanca, Donald Trump se convirtió al judaísmo dos años antes en la sinagoga de la secta Jabad Lubavitch en la ciudad de Nueva York. David Elias Goldberg, miembro del Jewish Center of Antisemitic Study, también entrevistó al funcionario, para quien «Trump fue “instado” por su hija Ivanka y su yerno Jared Kushner para abrazar la fe. Inicialmente, Trump se habría mostrado reacio, considerando que esto podría enfriar el apoyo del electorado evangélico». Luego, informa «Israel Today News», «cambió de opinión y se convirtió oficialmente a principios de 2017. La ceremonia se llevó a cabo en privado y se guardó celosamente durante casi dos años»[^9]. Pero ya en septiembre de 2015, el rabino millonario Kirt Schneider, invitado a la Trump Tower de Nueva York, había impuesto sus manos sobre la cabeza de Donald Trump y lo había bendecido en hebreo e inglés, declarando: «Las únicas dos naciones que tienen una relación privilegiada con Dios son Israel y los Estados Unidos de América»[^10].

El 7 de octubre de 2024, en el aniversario de la operación de Hamas «Diluvio de Al-Aqsa», Trump fue acompañado por un «superviviente de la Shoah» a la tumba de Menachem Mendel Schneerson, séptimo y último Rabino de los Hasidim de la secta Jabad Lubavitch, que en 1991 declaró a sus seguidores: «He hecho todo lo posible para provocar el arribo del Mesías, ahora les paso a ustedes esta misión; hagan todo lo que puedan para que Él venga»^11. En relación al evento mesiánico, el eminente rabino Yekutiel Fish atribuyó una misión decisiva a Trump: «Todo el mundo está centrado en Gaza, pero esa es solo una parte de la agenda del fin de los tiempos, que tiene a los judíos viviendo en las fronteras profetizadas de Israel; la Torá incluye explícitamente a Gaza. Lo que Trump está haciendo es limpiar Gaza de todos los odiadores de Israel. No podrán estar en Israel después de la venida del Mesías. (...) Esto incluirá a Gaza, la mitad del Líbano y gran parte de Jordania. Y vemos que casi lo hemos logrado. Siria cayó. Líbano está medio destruido. Gaza está destrozada. El escenario está casi listo para el Mesías. Pero, ¿cómo pueden los palestinos estar aquí cuando vayamos a recibir al Mesías? El Mesías necesita que alguien se ocupe de esto, y en este caso, es Donald Trump. Trump está simplemente llevando a cabo las tareas finales necesarias antes de que el Mesías sea revelado»[^12].

Esta inspiración escatológica está presente en las palabras de Pete Brian Hegseth, el pintoresco exponente del «Reconstruccionismo Cristiano»[^13] a quien Trump nombró secretario de Defensa. En un discurso pronunciado en 2019 en el Hotel Rey David de Jerusalén, con motivo de la conferencia anual del canal Arutz Sheva (Israel National News), Hegseth enalteció el «vínculo eterno» entre Israel y Estados Unidos, y enumeró los «milagros» que atestiguan el «apoyo divino» a la causa sionista, el último de los cuales será la reconstrucción del Templo judío en la zona donde actualmente se encuentra la mezquita de al-Aqsa: «La dignidad de capital adquirida por Jerusalén —dijo— fue un milagro, y no hay razón por la cual no sea posible el milagro de la restauración del Templo en el Monte del Templo».[^14]

Es conocido que el fundamentalismo evangélico pro-sionista[^15] comparte con el judaísmo la creencia en que la construcción del tercer Templo de Jerusalén marcará el comienzo de la era mesiánica; cuando la administración Trump trasladó la embajada de Estados Unidos a Jerusalén en 2017, Laurie Cardoza-Moore, exponente del evangelismo sionista, saludó así la «obediencia de Trump a la Palabra de Dios» en «Haaretz»: «Al establecer la Embajada en Jerusalén, el presidente Donald Trump está implementando una de las iniciativas históricas de dimensión bíblica en su presidencia. Al igual que muchos judíos en Israel y en todo el mundo, los cristianos reconocen el vínculo de los judíos con la Biblia a través del nombre de Jerusalén como la capital del antiguo Israel, así como el sitio del Primer y Segundo Templos. Según los profetas Ezequiel, Isaías y el apóstol Juan del Nuevo Testamento, todos los israelíes esperan la reconstrucción del Tercer Templo»[^16]. El 22 de mayo del mismo año, Donald Trump, acompañado de su esposa Melania, de su hija Ivanka y su yerno Jared Kushner, fue el primer presidente de los Estados Unidos en ejercicio en acudir al Muro de las Lamentaciones, anexionado ilegalmente a la entidad sionista.

En 2019, la administración Trump confirmó la posición de Estados Unidos al enviar en visita oficial para Jerusalén a Mike Pompeo, un secretario de Estado que —ironía de la Historia— lleva el mismo nombre del general romano que asaltó la ciudad en el año 63 a.C. «Por primera vez en la historia, un secretario de Estado norteamericano visitó la Ciudad Vieja de Jerusalén en compañía de un alto político israelí. Fue una visita histórica que reforzó las expectativas israelíes y constituyó un reconocimiento tácito de la soberanía israelí sobre el sitio del Monte del Templo y la Explanada de las Mezquitas. (…) Mike Pompeo, acompañado por el primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu y el embajador de Estados Unidos en Israel, David Friedman, también visitó el túnel del Muro de las Lamentaciones y la sinagoga ubicada bajo tierra, en el presunto lugar del santuario del Templo[^17], donde se le mostró una maqueta del futuro Templo[^18]. En el transcurso de una entrevista concedida durante la fiesta del Purim (que celebra el exterminio de la clase política persa, ocurrido hace 2500 años), el secretario de Estado insinuó que «el presidente Donald Trump puede haber sido enviado por Dios para salvar al pueblo judío y que confiaba en que aquí el Señor estaba obrando»[^19].

Como observa Daniele Perra, en este mismo número de «Eurasia», el «mito movilizador» del Tercer Templo, atribuible a los «mitos teológicos» señalados por Roger Garaudy como mitos fundadores de la entidad sionista, «atribuye al judaísmo una especie de función sociológica de transmisión y proyección del conflicto palestino-israelí hacia el resto del mundo y confiere una inspiración apocalíptica al momento geopolítico actual».

|Info|| |:-|:-| |Autor| Claudio Mutti | |Fuente| I "Figli della Luce" alla Casa Bianca | |Fecha| 8/Mar/2025 | |Traducción| Francisco de la Torre |

[^2]: The White House, President Trump announces appointments to the White House Faith Office https://www.whitehouse.gov,, 7 de febrero de 2025; Trump establece la Oficina de la Fe con una foto de «La Última Cena» | Fue dirigida por la controvertida predicadora Paula White, https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it, 10 de febrero de 2025.

[^3]: «We extend our heartfelt gratitude for bringing faith to the forefront of American and global culture through the establishment of the Faith Office in the White House. Your recognition of the importance of religion in public life is a step toward restoring moral values and spiritual leadership in the world» (Letter from the Nascent Sanhedrin to President Donald J. Trump, Jerusalem, Wednesday, February 12, 2025).

[^4]: Israeli group mints Trump coin to honor Jerusalem recognition, «The Times of Israel», https://www.timesofisrael.com, 28-2-2018.

[^5]: Mons. Viganò — Siamo nella battaglia tra figli della luce e figli delle tenebre, https://www.italiador.com, 7-6-2020

[^6]: TRANSCRIPT: Steve Bannon’s ‘War Room’ interview with Abp. Viganò, lifesitenews.com, 4-1-2021. Sulle origini e sulla fortuna di questo tema cfr. C. Mutti, Le sètte dell’Occidente, «Eurasia», 2/2021, pp. 12-15. (https://www.eurasia-rivista.com/las-sectas-de-occidente/)

[^7]: Luke Tress, The who’s who of Jews in Trump’s inner circle?, «The Jerusalem Post», https://www.jpost.com, 19-11-2024.

[^8]: Radio Talk Show Host Mark Levin Calls President Trump «the First Jewish President of the United States», https://www.c-span.org, 11-12-2019.

[^9]: «However, he had a change of heart and officially converted in early 2017. The ceremony was held in private, and closely guarded for nearly two years» (Donald Trump converted to Judaism two years ago, according to White House official, https://israeltodaynews.blogspot.com/2019/02).

[^10]: «El rabino Kirt Schneider (...) es un millonario judío, una figura televisiva de los “judíos mesiánicos”. Sus emisiones televisivas semanales son emitidas por más de treinta canales cristianos en unos doscientos países; entre ellos, los canales “Yes” y “Hot” en Israel. Solo en Estados Unidos, sus emisiones atraen a 1.600.000 telespectadores cada semana. Kirt Schneider dirige un imperio de telecomunicaciones que tiene un millón y medio de seguidores en Facebook, X (antes Twitter) y YouTube» (Pierre-Antoine Plaquevent — Youssef Hindi, El milenarismo teopolítico de Israel, Edizioni all'insegna del Veltro, Parma 2025, p. 31).

[^12]: «Everyone is focused on Gaza, but that is only one part of the end-of-days agenda, which has the Jews living in Israel’s prophesied borders. The Torah explicitly includes Gaza. What Trump is doing is cleaning out Gaza of all the haters of Israel. They cannot be in Israel after the Messiah comes. (…) This will include Gaza, half of Lebanon, and much of Jordan. And we see that we are almost there. Syria fell. Lebanon is half gone. Gaza is ripped up. The stage is nearly set for Messiah. But how can the Palestinians be here when we go to greet the Messiah? The Messiah needs someone to take care of this, and in this case, it is Donald Trump. Trump is merely carrying out the final tasks needed before Messiah is revealed» (Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Trump’s Gaza Plan is «The Final task before Messiah», https://israel365news.com, 5-2-2025).

[^13]: «A day after Hegseth was announced for the Cabinet position, Brooks Potteiger, a pastor within the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), posted on X that Hegseth is a member of the church in good standing. The CREC, a denomination of Christian Reconstructionism, is considered by some academics to be an extremist, Christian supremacist movement» (Shannon Bond e altri, What’s behind defense secretary pick Hegseth’s war on ‘woke’, https://www.npr.org, 14-11-2024.

[^14]: «The decoration of Jerusalem as a capital was a miracle, and there is no reason why the miracle of the re-establishment of Temple on the Temple Mount is not possible» (Pete Hegseth at Arutz Sheva Conference, youtube.com). Cfr. Daniele Perra, Paleotrumpismo, neotrumpismo e post-trumpismo, in: AA. VV., Trumpismo, Cinabro Edizioni, Roma 2025, pp. 22-23.

[^15]: Pierre-Antoine Plaquevent — Youssef Hindi, El milenarismo teopolítico de Israel, cit., págs. 82 a 96.

[^16]: «We American Christians Welcome Trump’s Obedience to God’s Word on Jerusalem», «Haaretz», 6-12-2017.

[^17]: Pierre-Antoine Plaquevent — Youssef Hindi, El milenarismo teopolítico de Israel, cit., pág. 97.

[^18]: Pompeo en visite historique au mur Occidental aux côtés de Netanyahu et Friedman, «The Times of Israel», https://fr.timesofisrael.com, 21-3-2019.

[^19]: Pompeo says Trump may have been sent by God to save Jews from Iran, «The Times of Israel», 22-3-2019.

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Artículo original: Claudio Mutti, Los «hijos de la luz» en la Casa Blanca (TOR), 25/Mar/2025

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Si vives en España, quizás hayas notado que no puedes acceder a ciertas páginas webs durante los fines de semana o en algunos días entre semana, entre ellas, la guía de MiniBolt.

Esto tiene una razón, por supuesto una solución, además de una conclusión. Sin entrar en demasiados detalles:

La razón

El bloqueo a Cloudflare, implementado desde hace casi dos meses por operadores de Internet (ISPs) en España (como Movistar, O2, DIGI, Pepephone, entre otros), se basa en una orden judicial emitida tras una demanda de LALIGA (Fútbol). Esta medida busca combatir la piratería en España, un problema que afecta directamente a dicha organización.

Aunque la intención original era restringir el acceso a dominios específicos que difundieran dicho contenido, Cloudflare emplea el protocolo ECH (Encrypted Client Hello), que oculta el nombre del dominio, el cual antes se transmitía en texto plano durante el proceso de establecimiento de una conexión TLS. Esta medida dificulta que las operadoras analicen el tráfico para aplicar bloqueos basados en dominios, lo que les obliga a recurrir a bloqueos más amplios por IP o rangos de IP para cumplir con la orden judicial.

Esta práctica tiene consecuencias graves, que han sido completamente ignoradas por quienes la ejecutan. Es bien sabido que una infraestructura de IP puede alojar numerosos dominios, tanto legítimos como no legítimos. La falta de un "ajuste fino" en los bloqueos provoca un perjuicio para terceros, restringiendo el acceso a muchos dominios legítimos que no tiene relación alguna con actividades ilícitas, pero que comparten las mismas IPs de Cloudflare con dominios cuestionables. Este es el caso de la web de MiniBolt y su dominio minibolt.info, los cuales utilizan Cloudflare como proxy para aprovechar las medidas de seguridad, privacidad, optimización y servicios adicionales que la plataforma ofrece de forma gratuita.

Si bien este bloqueo parece ser temporal (al menos durante la temporada 24/25 de fútbol, hasta finales de mayo), es posible que se reactive con el inicio de la nueva temporada.

La solución

Obviamente, MiniBolt no dejará de usar Cloudflare como proxy por esta razón. Por lo que a continuación se exponen algunas medidas que como usuario puedes tomar para evitar esta restricción y poder acceder:

~> Utiliza una VPN:

Existen varias soluciones de proveedores de VPN, ordenadas según su reputación en privacidad: - IVPN - Mullvad VPN - Proton VPN (gratis) - Obscura VPN (solo para macOS) - Cloudfare WARP (gratis) + permite utilizar el modo proxy local para enrutar solo la navegación, debes utilizar la opción "WARP a través de proxy local" siguiendo estos pasos: 1. Inicia Cloudflare WARP y dentro de la pequeña interfaz haz click en la rueda dentada abajo a la derecha > "Preferencias" > "Avanzado" > "Configurar el modo proxy" 2. Marca la casilla "Habilite el modo proxy en este dispositivo" 3. Elige un "Puerto de escucha de proxy" entre 0-65535. ej: 1080, haz click en "Aceptar" y cierra la ventana de preferencias 4. Accede de nuevo a Cloudflare WARP y pulsa sobre el switch para habilitar el servicio. 3. Ahora debes apuntar el proxy del navegador a Cloudflare WARP, la configuración del navegador es similar a esta para el caso de navegadores basados en Firefox. Una vez hecho, deberías poder acceder a la guía de MiniBolt sin problemas. Si tienes dudas, déjalas en comentarios e intentaré resolverlas. Más info AQUÍ.

~> Proxifica tu navegador para usar la red de Tor, o utiliza el navegador oficial de Tor (recomendado).

La conclusión

Estos hechos ponen en tela de juicio los principios fundamentales de la neutralidad de la red, pilares esenciales de la Declaración de Independencia del Ciberespacio que defiende un internet libre, sin restricciones ni censura. Dichos principios se han visto quebrantados sin precedentes en este país, confirmando que ese futuro distópico que muchos negaban, ya es una realidad.

Es momento de actuar y estar preparados: debemos impulsar el desarrollo y la difusión de las herramientas anticensura que tenemos a nuestro alcance, protegiendo así la libertad digital y asegurando un acceso equitativo a la información para todos

Este compromiso es uno de los pilares fundamentales de MiniBolt, lo que convierte este desafío en una oportunidad para poner a prueba las soluciones anticensura ya disponibles, así como las que están en camino.

¡Censúrame si puedes, legislador! ¡La lucha por la privacidad y la libertad en Internet ya está en marcha!

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Fuentes: * https://bandaancha.eu/articulos/movistar-o2-deja-clientes-sin-acceso-11239 * https://bandaancha.eu/articulos/esta-nueva-sentencia-autoriza-bloqueos-11257 * https://bandaancha.eu/articulos/como-saltarse-bloqueo-webs-warp-vpn-9958 * https://bandaancha.eu/articulos/como-activar-ech-chrome-acceder-webs-10689 * https://comunidad.movistar.es/t5/Soporte-Fibra-y-ADSL/Problema-con-web-que-usan-Cloudflare/td-p/5218007

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If you don't know where your posts are, you might as well just stay in the centralized Twitter. You either take control of your relay lists, or they will control you. Amethyst offers several lists of relays for our users. We are going to go one by one to help clarify what they are and which options are best for each one.

Public Home/Outbox Relays

Home relays store all YOUR content: all your posts, likes, replies, lists, etc. It's your home. Amethyst will send your posts here first. Your followers will use these relays to get new posts from you. So, if you don't have anything there, they will not receive your updates.

Home relays must allow queries from anyone, ideally without the need to authenticate. They can limit writes to paid users without affecting anyone's experience.

This list should have a maximum of 3 relays. More than that will only make your followers waste their mobile data getting your posts. Keep it simple. Out of the 3 relays, I recommend: - 1 large public, international relay: nos.lol, nostr.mom, relay.damus.io, etc. - 1 personal relay to store a copy of all your content in a place no one can delete. Go to relay.tools and never be censored again. - 1 really fast relay located in your country: paid options like http://nostr.wine are great

Do not include relays that block users from seeing posts in this list. If you do, no one will see your posts.

Public Inbox Relays

This relay type receives all replies, comments, likes, and zaps to your posts. If you are not getting notifications or you don't see replies from your friends, it is likely because you don't have the right setup here. If you are getting too much spam in your replies, it's probably because your inbox relays are not protecting you enough. Paid relays can filter inbox spam out.

Inbox relays must allow anyone to write into them. It's the opposite of the outbox relay. They can limit who can download the posts to their paid subscribers without affecting anyone's experience.

This list should have a maximum of 3 relays as well. Again, keep it small. More than that will just make you spend more of your data plan downloading the same notifications from all these different servers. Out of the 3 relays, I recommend: - 1 large public, international relay: nos.lol, nostr.mom, relay.damus.io, etc. - 1 personal relay to store a copy of your notifications, invites, cashu tokens and zaps. - 1 really fast relay located in your country: go to nostr.watch and find relays in your country

Terrible options include: - nostr.wine should not be here. - filter.nostr.wine should not be here. - inbox.nostr.wine should not be here.

DM Inbox Relays

These are the relays used to receive DMs and private content. Others will use these relays to send DMs to you. If you don't have it setup, you will miss DMs. DM Inbox relays should accept any message from anyone, but only allow you to download them.

Generally speaking, you only need 3 for reliability. One of them should be a personal relay to make sure you have a copy of all your messages. The others can be open if you want push notifications or closed if you want full privacy.

Good options are: - inbox.nostr.wine and auth.nostr1.com: anyone can send messages and only you can download. Not even our push notification server has access to them to notify you. - a personal relay to make sure no one can censor you. Advanced settings on personal relays can also store your DMs privately. Talk to your relay operator for more details. - a public relay if you want DM notifications from our servers.

Make sure to add at least one public relay if you want to see DM notifications.

Private Home Relays

Private Relays are for things no one should see, like your drafts, lists, app settings, bookmarks etc. Ideally, these relays are either local or require authentication before posting AND downloading each user\'s content. There are no dedicated relays for this category yet, so I would use a local relay like Citrine on Android and a personal relay on relay.tools.

Keep in mind that if you choose a local relay only, a client on the desktop might not be able to see the drafts from clients on mobile and vice versa.

Search relays:

This is the list of relays to use on Amethyst's search and user tagging with @. Tagging and searching will not work if there is nothing here.. This option requires NIP-50 compliance from each relay. Hit the Default button to use all available options on existence today: - nostr.wine - relay.nostr.band - relay.noswhere.com

Local Relays:

This is your local storage. Everything will load faster if it comes from this relay. You should install Citrine on Android and write ws://localhost:4869 in this option.

General Relays:

This section contains the default relays used to download content from your follows. Notice how you can activate and deactivate the Home, Messages (old-style DMs), Chat (public chats), and Global options in each.

Keep 5-6 large relays on this list and activate them for as many categories (Home, Messages (old-style DMs), Chat, and Global) as possible.

Amethyst will provide additional recommendations to this list from your follows with information on which of your follows might need the additional relay in your list. Add them if you feel like you are missing their posts or if it is just taking too long to load them.

My setup

Here's what I use: 1. Go to relay.tools and create a relay for yourself. 2. Go to nostr.wine and pay for their subscription. 3. Go to inbox.nostr.wine and pay for their subscription. 4. Go to nostr.watch and find a good relay in your country. 5. Download Citrine to your phone.

Then, on your relay lists, put:

Public Home/Outbox Relays: - nostr.wine - nos.lol or an in-country relay. - .nostr1.com

Public Inbox Relays - nos.lol or an in-country relay - .nostr1.com

DM Inbox Relays - inbox.nostr.wine - .nostr1.com

Private Home Relays - ws://localhost:4869 (Citrine) - .nostr1.com (if you want)

Search Relays - nostr.wine - relay.nostr.band - relay.noswhere.com

Local Relays - ws://localhost:4869 (Citrine)

General Relays - nos.lol - relay.damus.io - relay.primal.net - nostr.mom

And a few of the recommended relays from Amethyst.

Final Considerations

Remember, relays can see what your Nostr client is requesting and downloading at all times. They can track what you see and see what you like. They can sell that information to the highest bidder, they can delete your content or content that a sponsor asked them to delete (like a negative review for instance) and they can censor you in any way they see fit. Before using any random free relay out there, make sure you trust its operator and you know its terms of service and privacy policies.

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In the rapidly evolving world of Bitcoin, running a Bitcoin node has become more accessible than ever. Platforms like Umbrel, Start9, myNode, and Citadel offer user-friendly interfaces to simplify node management. However, for those serious about maintaining a robust and efficient Lightning node ⚡, relying solely on these platforms may not be the optimal choice.

Let’s delve into why embracing Bitcoin Core and mastering the command-line interface (CLI) can provide a more reliable, sovereign, and empowering experience.

Understanding Node Management Platforms

What Are Umbrel, Start9, myNode, and Citadel?

Umbrel, Start9, myNode, and Citadel are platforms designed to streamline the process of running a Bitcoin node. They offer graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that allow users to manage various applications, including Bitcoin Core and Lightning Network nodes, through a web-based dashboard 🖥️.

These platforms often utilize Docker containers 🐳 to encapsulate applications, providing a modular and isolated environment for each service.

The Appeal of Simplified Node Management

The primary allure of these platforms lies in their simplicity. With minimal command-line interaction, users can deploy a full Bitcoin and Lightning node, along with a suite of additional applications.

✅ Easy one-command installation
✅ Web-based GUI for management
✅ Automatic app updates (but with delays, as we’ll discuss)

However, while this convenience is attractive, it comes at a cost.

The Hidden Complexities of Using Node Management Platforms

While the user-friendly nature of these platforms is advantageous, it can also introduce several challenges that may hinder advanced users or those seeking greater control over their nodes.

🚨 Dependency on Maintainers for Updates

One significant concern is the reliance on platform maintainers for updates. Since these platforms manage applications through Docker containers, users must wait for the maintainers to update the container images before they can access new features or security patches.

🔴 Delayed Bitcoin Core updates = potential security risks
🔴 Lightning Network updates are not immediate
🔴 Bugs and vulnerabilities may persist longer

Instead of waiting on a third party, why not update Bitcoin Core & LND yourself instantly?

⚙️ Challenges in Customization and Advanced Operations

For users aiming to perform advanced operations, such as:

• Custom backups 📂
• Running specific CLI commands 🖥️
• Optimizing node settings ⚡

…the abstraction layers introduced by these platforms become obstacles.

Navigating through nested directories and issuing commands inside Docker containers makes troubleshooting a nightmare. Instead of a simple bitcoin-cli command, you must figure out how to execute it inside the container, adding unnecessary complexity.

Increased Backend Complexity

To achieve frontend simplicity, these platforms make the backend more complex.

🚫 Extra layers of abstraction
🚫 Hidden logs and settings
🚫 Harder troubleshooting

The use of multiple Docker containers, custom scripts, and unique file structures can make system maintenance and debugging a pain.

This complication defeats the purpose of “making running a node easy.”

✅ Advantages of Using Bitcoin Core and Command-Line Interface (CLI)

By installing Bitcoin Core directly and using the command-line interface (CLI), you gain several key advantages that make managing a Bitcoin and Lightning node more efficient and empowering.

Direct Control and Immediate Updates

One of the biggest downsides of package manager-based platforms is the reliance on third-party maintainers to release updates. Since Bitcoin Core, Lightning implementations (such as LND, Core Lightning, or Eclair), and other related software evolve rapidly, waiting for platform-specific updates can leave you running outdated or vulnerable versions.

By installing Bitcoin Core directly, you remove this dependency. You can update immediately when new versions are released, ensuring your node benefits from the latest features, security patches, and bug fixes. The same applies to Lightning software—being able to install and update it yourself gives you full autonomy over your node’s performance and security.

🛠 Simplified System Architecture

Platforms like Umbrel and myNode introduce extra complexity by running Bitcoin Core and Lightning inside Docker containers. This means:

• The actual files and configurations are stored inside Docker’s filesystem, making it harder to locate and manage them manually.
• If something breaks, troubleshooting is more difficult due to the added layer of abstraction.
• Running commands requires jumping through Docker shell sessions, adding unnecessary friction to what should be a straightforward process.

Instead, a direct installation of Bitcoin Core, Lightning, and Electrum Server (if needed) results in a cleaner, more understandable system. The software runs natively on your machine, without containerized layers making things more convoluted.

Additionally, setting up your own systemd service files for Bitcoin and Lightning is not as complicated as it seems. Once configured, these services will run automatically on boot, offering the same level of convenience as platforms like Umbrel but without the unnecessary complexity.

Better Lightning Node Management

If you’re running a Lightning Network node, using CLI-based tools provides far more flexibility than relying on a GUI like the ones bundled with node management platforms.

🟢 Custom Backup Strategies – Running Lightning through a GUI-based node manager often means backups are handled in a way that is opaque to the user. With CLI tools, you can easily script automatic backups of your channels, wallets, and configurations.

🟢 Advanced Configuration – Platforms like Umbrel force certain configurations by default, limiting how you can customize your Lightning node. With a direct install, you have full control over: * Channel fees 💰 * Routing policies 📡 * Liquidity management 🔄

🟢 Direct Access to LND, Core Lightning, or Eclair – Instead of issuing commands through a GUI (which is often limited in functionality), you can use: * lncli (for LND) * lightning-cli (for Core Lightning) …to interact with your node at a deeper level.

Enhanced Learning and Engagement

A crucial aspect of running a Bitcoin and Lightning node is understanding how it works.

Using an abstraction layer like Umbrel may get a node running in a few clicks, but it does little to teach users how Bitcoin actually functions.

By setting up Bitcoin Core, Lightning, and related software manually, you will:

✅ Gain practical knowledge of Bitcoin nodes, networking, and system performance.
✅ Learn how to configure and manage RPC commands.
✅ Become less reliant on third-party developers and more confident in troubleshooting.

🎯 Running a Bitcoin node is about sovereignty – learn how to control it yourself.

Become more sovereign TODAY

Many guides make this process straightforward K3tan has a fantastic guide on running Bitcoin Core, Electrs, LND and more.
- Ministry of Nodes Guide 2024
- You can find him on nostr
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Even with the best of guides, if you are running this software,
📖 READ THE DOCUMENTATION

This is all just software at the end of the day. Most of it is very well documented. Take a moment to actually read through the documentation for yourself when installing. The documentation has step by step guides on setting up the software. Here is a helpful list: * Bitcoin.org Bitcoin Core Linux install instructions * Bitcoin Core Code Repository * Electrs Installation * LND Documentation * LND Code Repository * CLN Documentation * CLN Code Repository

If you have any more resources or links I should add, please comment them . I want to add as much to this article as I can.

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Since its creation in 2009, Bitcoin has symbolized innovation and resilience. However, from time to time, alarmist narratives arise about emerging technologies that could "break" its security. Among these, quantum computing stands out as one of the most recurrent. But does quantum computing truly threaten Bitcoin? And more importantly, what is the community doing to ensure the protocol remains invulnerable?

The answer, contrary to sensationalist headlines, is reassuring: Bitcoin is secure, and the community is already preparing for a future where quantum computing becomes a practical reality. Let’s dive into this topic to understand why the concerns are exaggerated and how the development of BIP-360 demonstrates that Bitcoin is one step ahead.

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What Is Quantum Computing, and Why Is Bitcoin Not Threatened?

Quantum computing leverages principles of quantum mechanics to perform calculations that, in theory, could exponentially surpass classical computers—and it has nothing to do with what so-called “quantum coaches” teach to scam the uninformed. One of the concerns is that this technology could compromise two key aspects of Bitcoin’s security:

1. Wallets: These use elliptic curve algorithms (ECDSA) to protect private keys. A sufficiently powerful quantum computer could deduce a private key from its public key.
2. Mining: This is based on the SHA-256 algorithm, which secures the consensus process. A quantum attack could, in theory, compromise the proof-of-work mechanism.

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Understanding Quantum Computing’s Attack Priorities

While quantum computing is often presented as a threat to Bitcoin, not all parts of the network are equally vulnerable. Theoretical attacks would be prioritized based on two main factors: ease of execution and potential reward. This creates two categories of attacks:

1. Attacks on Wallets

Bitcoin wallets, secured by elliptic curve algorithms, would be the initial targets due to the relative vulnerability of their public keys, especially those already exposed on the blockchain. Two attack scenarios stand out:

• Short-term attacks: These occur during the interval between sending a transaction and its inclusion in a block (approximately 10 minutes). A quantum computer could intercept the exposed public key and derive the corresponding private key to redirect funds by creating a transaction with higher fees.

• Long-term attacks: These focus on old wallets whose public keys are permanently exposed. Wallets associated with Satoshi Nakamoto, for example, are especially vulnerable because they were created before the practice of using hashes to mask public keys.

We can infer a priority order for how such attacks might occur based on urgency and importance.

Bitcoin Quantum Attack: Prioritization Matrix (Urgency vs. Importance)

2. Attacks on Mining

Targeting the SHA-256 algorithm, which secures the mining process, would be the next objective. However, this is far more complex and requires a level of quantum computational power that is currently non-existent and far from realization. A successful attack would allow for the recalculation of all possible hashes to dominate the consensus process and potentially "mine" it instantly.

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Satoshi Nakamoto in 2010 on Quantum Computing and Bitcoin Attacks

Recently, Narcelio asked me about a statement I made on Tubacast:

https://x.com/eddieoz/status/1868371296683511969

If an attack became a reality before Bitcoin was prepared, it would be necessary to define the last block prior to the attack and proceed from there using a new hashing algorithm. The solution would resemble the response to the infamous 2013 bug. It’s a fact that this would cause market panic, and Bitcoin's price would drop significantly, creating a potential opportunity for the well-informed.

Preferably, if developers could anticipate the threat and had time to work on a solution and build consensus before an attack, they would simply decide on a future block for the fork, which would then adopt the new algorithm. It might even rehash previous blocks (reaching consensus on them) to avoid potential reorganization through the re-mining of blocks using the old hash. (I often use the term "shielding" old transactions).

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How Can Users Protect Themselves?

While quantum computing is still far from being a practical threat, some simple measures can already protect users against hypothetical scenarios:

• Avoid using exposed public keys: Ensure funds sent to old wallets are transferred to new ones that use public key hashes. This reduces the risk of long-term attacks.
• Use modern wallets: Opt for wallets compatible with SegWit or Taproot, which implement better security practices.
• Monitor security updates: Stay informed about updates from the Bitcoin community, such as the implementation of BIP-360, which will introduce quantum-resistant addresses.
• Do not reuse addresses: Every transaction should be associated with a new address to minimize the risk of repeated exposure of the same public key.
• Adopt secure backup practices: Create offline backups of private keys and seeds in secure locations, protected from unauthorized access.

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BIP-360 and Bitcoin’s Preparation for the Future

Even though quantum computing is still beyond practical reach, the Bitcoin community is not standing still. A concrete example is BIP-360, a proposal that establishes the technical framework to make wallets resistant to quantum attacks.

BIP-360 addresses three main pillars:

1. Introduction of quantum-resistant addresses: A new address format starting with "BC1R" will be used. These addresses will be compatible with post-quantum algorithms, ensuring that stored funds are protected from future attacks.
2. Compatibility with the current ecosystem: The proposal allows users to transfer funds from old addresses to new ones without requiring drastic changes to the network infrastructure.
3. Flexibility for future updates: BIP-360 does not limit the choice of specific algorithms. Instead, it serves as a foundation for implementing new post-quantum algorithms as technology evolves.

This proposal demonstrates how Bitcoin can adapt to emerging threats without compromising its decentralized structure.

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Post-Quantum Algorithms: The Future of Bitcoin Cryptography

The community is exploring various algorithms to protect Bitcoin from quantum attacks. Among the most discussed are:

• Falcon: A solution combining smaller public keys with compact digital signatures. Although it has been tested in limited scenarios, it still faces scalability and performance challenges.
• Sphincs: Hash-based, this algorithm is renowned for its resilience, but its signatures can be extremely large, making it less efficient for networks like Bitcoin’s blockchain.
• Lamport: Created in 1977, it’s considered one of the earliest post-quantum security solutions. Despite its reliability, its gigantic public keys (16,000 bytes) make it impractical and costly for Bitcoin.

Two technologies show great promise and are well-regarded by the community:

1. Lattice-Based Cryptography: Considered one of the most promising, it uses complex mathematical structures to create systems nearly immune to quantum computing. Its implementation is still in its early stages, but the community is optimistic.
2. Supersingular Elliptic Curve Isogeny: These are very recent digital signature algorithms and require extensive study and testing before being ready for practical market use.

The final choice of algorithm will depend on factors such as efficiency, cost, and integration capability with the current system. Additionally, it is preferable that these algorithms are standardized before implementation, a process that may take up to 10 years.

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Why Quantum Computing Is Far from Being a Threat

The alarmist narrative about quantum computing overlooks the technical and practical challenges that still need to be overcome. Among them:

• Insufficient number of qubits: Current quantum computers have only a few hundred qubits, whereas successful attacks would require millions.
• High error rate: Quantum stability remains a barrier to reliable large-scale operations.
• High costs: Building and operating large-scale quantum computers requires massive investments, limiting their use to scientific or specific applications.

Moreover, even if quantum computers make significant advancements, Bitcoin is already adapting to ensure its infrastructure is prepared to respond.

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Conclusion: Bitcoin’s Secure Future

Despite advancements in quantum computing, the reality is that Bitcoin is far from being threatened. Its security is ensured not only by its robust architecture but also by the community’s constant efforts to anticipate and mitigate challenges.

The implementation of BIP-360 and the pursuit of post-quantum algorithms demonstrate that Bitcoin is not only resilient but also proactive. By adopting practical measures, such as using modern wallets and migrating to quantum-resistant addresses, users can further protect themselves against potential threats.

Bitcoin’s future is not at risk—it is being carefully shaped to withstand any emerging technology, including quantum computing.

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Based on a recent paper that included collaboration from renowned experts such as Lynn Alden, Steve Lee, and Ren Crypto Fish, we discuss in depth how Bitcoin's consensus is built, the main risks, and the complex dynamics of protocol upgrades.

PT-BR version

Podcast https://www.fountain.fm/episode/wbjD6ntQuvX5u2G5BccC

Presentation https://gamma.app/docs/Analyzing-Bitcoin-Consensus-Risks-in-Protocol-Upgrades-p66axxjwaa37ksn

1. Introduction to Consensus in Bitcoin

Consensus in Bitcoin is the foundation that keeps the network secure and functional, allowing users worldwide to perform transactions in a decentralized manner without the need for intermediaries. Since its launch in 2009, Bitcoin is often described as an "immutable" system designed to resist changes, and it is precisely this resistance that ensures its security and stability.

The central idea behind consensus in Bitcoin is to create a set of acceptance rules for blocks and transactions, ensuring that all network participants agree on the transaction history. This prevents "double-spending," where the same bitcoin could be used in two simultaneous transactions, something that would compromise trust in the network.

Evolution of Consensus in Bitcoin

Over the years, consensus in Bitcoin has undergone several adaptations, and the way participants agree on changes remains a delicate process. Unlike traditional systems, where changes can be imposed from the top down, Bitcoin operates in a decentralized model where any significant change needs the support of various groups of stakeholders, including miners, developers, users, and large node operators.

Moreover, the update process is extremely cautious, as hasty changes can compromise the network's security. As a result, the philosophy of "don't fix what isn't broken" prevails, with improvements happening incrementally and only after broad consensus among those involved. This model can make progress seem slow but ensures that Bitcoin remains faithful to the principles of security and decentralization.

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2. Technical Components of Consensus

Bitcoin's consensus is supported by a set of technical rules that determine what is considered a valid transaction and a valid block on the network. These technical aspects ensure that all nodes—the computers that participate in the Bitcoin network—agree on the current state of the blockchain. Below are the main technical components that form the basis of the consensus.

Validation of Blocks and Transactions

The validation of blocks and transactions is the central point of consensus in Bitcoin. A block is only considered valid if it meets certain criteria, such as maximum size, transaction structure, and the solving of the "Proof of Work" problem. The proof of work, required for a block to be included in the blockchain, is a computational process that ensures the block contains significant computational effort—protecting the network against manipulation attempts.

Transactions, in turn, need to follow specific input and output rules. Each transaction includes cryptographic signatures that prove the ownership of the bitcoins sent, as well as validation scripts that verify if the transaction conditions are met. This validation system is essential for network nodes to autonomously confirm that each transaction follows the rules.

Chain Selection

Another fundamental technical issue for Bitcoin's consensus is chain selection, which becomes especially important in cases where multiple versions of the blockchain coexist, such as after a network split (fork). To decide which chain is the "true" one and should be followed, the network adopts the criterion of the highest accumulated proof of work. In other words, the chain with the highest number of valid blocks, built with the greatest computational effort, is chosen by the network as the official one.

This criterion avoids permanent splits because it encourages all nodes to follow the same main chain, reinforcing consensus.

Soft Forks vs. Hard Forks

In the consensus process, protocol changes can happen in two ways: through soft forks or hard forks. These variations affect not only the protocol update but also the implications for network users:

• Soft Forks: These are changes that are backward compatible. Only nodes that adopt the new update will follow the new rules, but old nodes will still recognize the blocks produced with these rules as valid. This compatibility makes soft forks a safer option for updates, as it minimizes the risk of network division.

• Hard Forks: These are updates that are not backward compatible, requiring all nodes to update to the new version or risk being separated from the main chain. Hard forks can result in the creation of a new coin, as occurred with the split between Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash in 2017. While hard forks allow for deeper changes, they also bring significant risks of network fragmentation.

These technical components form the base of Bitcoin's security and resilience, allowing the system to remain functional and immutable without losing the necessary flexibility to evolve over time.

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3. Stakeholders in Bitcoin's Consensus

Consensus in Bitcoin is not decided centrally. On the contrary, it depends on the interaction between different groups of stakeholders, each with their motivations, interests, and levels of influence. These groups play fundamental roles in how changes are implemented or rejected on the network. Below, we explore the six main stakeholders in Bitcoin's consensus.

1. Economic Nodes

Economic nodes, usually operated by exchanges, custody providers, and large companies that accept Bitcoin, exert significant influence over consensus. Because they handle large volumes of transactions and act as a connection point between the Bitcoin ecosystem and the traditional financial system, these nodes have the power to validate or reject blocks and to define which version of the software to follow in case of a fork.

Their influence is proportional to the volume of transactions they handle, and they can directly affect which chain will be seen as the main one. Their incentive is to maintain the network's stability and security to preserve its functionality and meet regulatory requirements.

2. Investors

Investors, including large institutional funds and individual Bitcoin holders, influence consensus indirectly through their impact on the asset's price. Their buying and selling actions can affect Bitcoin's value, which in turn influences the motivation of miners and other stakeholders to continue investing in the network's security and development.

Some institutional investors have agreements with custodians that may limit their ability to act in network split situations. Thus, the impact of each investor on consensus can vary based on their ownership structure and how quickly they can react to a network change.

3. Media Influencers

Media influencers, including journalists, analysts, and popular personalities on social media, have a powerful role in shaping public opinion about Bitcoin and possible updates. These influencers can help educate the public, promote debates, and bring transparency to the consensus process.

On the other hand, the impact of influencers can be double-edged: while they can clarify complex topics, they can also distort perceptions by amplifying or minimizing change proposals. This makes them a force both of support and resistance to consensus.

4. Miners

Miners are responsible for validating transactions and including blocks in the blockchain. Through computational power (hashrate), they also exert significant influence over consensus decisions. In update processes, miners often signal their support for a proposal, indicating that the new version is safe to use. However, this signaling is not always definitive, and miners can change their position if they deem it necessary.

Their incentive is to maximize returns from block rewards and transaction fees, as well as to maintain the value of investments in their specialized equipment, which are only profitable if the network remains stable.

5. Protocol Developers

Protocol developers, often called "Core Developers," are responsible for writing and maintaining Bitcoin's code. Although they do not have direct power over consensus, they possess an informal veto power since they decide which changes are included in the main client (Bitcoin Core). This group also serves as an important source of technical knowledge, helping guide decisions and inform other stakeholders.

Their incentive lies in the continuous improvement of the network, ensuring security and decentralization. Many developers are funded by grants and sponsorships, but their motivations generally include a strong ideological commitment to Bitcoin's principles.

6. Users and Application Developers

This group includes people who use Bitcoin in their daily transactions and developers who build solutions based on the network, such as wallets, exchanges, and payment platforms. Although their power in consensus is less than that of miners or economic nodes, they play an important role because they are responsible for popularizing Bitcoin's use and expanding the ecosystem.

If application developers decide not to adopt an update, this can affect compatibility and widespread acceptance. Thus, they indirectly influence consensus by deciding which version of the protocol to follow in their applications.

These stakeholders are vital to the consensus process, and each group exerts influence according to their involvement, incentives, and ability to act in situations of change. Understanding the role of each makes it clearer how consensus is formed and why it is so difficult to make significant changes to Bitcoin.

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4. Mechanisms for Activating Updates in Bitcoin

For Bitcoin to evolve without compromising security and consensus, different mechanisms for activating updates have been developed over the years. These mechanisms help coordinate changes among network nodes to minimize the risk of fragmentation and ensure that updates are implemented in an orderly manner. Here, we explore some of the main methods used in Bitcoin, their advantages and disadvantages, as well as historical examples of significant updates.

Flag Day

The Flag Day mechanism is one of the simplest forms of activating changes. In it, a specific date or block is determined as the activation moment, and all nodes must be updated by that point. This method does not involve prior signaling; participants simply need to update to the new software version by the established day or block.

• Advantages: Simplicity and predictability are the main benefits of Flag Day, as everyone knows the exact activation date.

• Disadvantages: Inflexibility can be a problem because there is no way to adjust the schedule if a significant part of the network has not updated. This can result in network splits if a significant number of nodes are not ready for the update.

An example of Flag Day was the Pay to Script Hash (P2SH) update in 2012, which required all nodes to adopt the change to avoid compatibility issues.

BIP34 and BIP9

BIP34 introduced a more dynamic process, in which miners increase the version number in block headers to signal the update. When a predetermined percentage of the last blocks is mined with this new version, the update is automatically activated. This model later evolved with BIP9, which allowed multiple updates to be signaled simultaneously through "version bits," each corresponding to a specific change.

• Advantages: Allows the network to activate updates gradually, giving more time for participants to adapt.

• Disadvantages: These methods rely heavily on miner support, which means that if a sufficient number of miners do not signal the update, it can be delayed or not implemented.

BIP9 was used in the activation of SegWit (BIP141) but faced challenges because some miners did not signal their intent to activate, leading to the development of new mechanisms.

User Activated Soft Forks (UASF) and User Resisted Soft Forks (URSF)

To increase the decision-making power of ordinary users, the concept of User Activated Soft Fork (UASF) was introduced, allowing node operators, not just miners, to determine consensus for a change. In this model, nodes set a date to start rejecting blocks that are not in compliance with the new update, forcing miners to adapt or risk having their blocks rejected by the network.

URSF, in turn, is a model where nodes reject blocks that attempt to adopt a specific update, functioning as resistance against proposed changes.

• Advantages: UASF returns decision-making power to node operators, ensuring that changes do not depend solely on miners.

• Disadvantages: Both UASF and URSF can generate network splits, especially in cases of strong opposition among different stakeholders.

An example of UASF was the activation of SegWit in 2017, where users supported activation independently of miner signaling, which ended up forcing its adoption.

BIP8 (LOT=True)

BIP8 is an evolution of BIP9, designed to prevent miners from indefinitely blocking a change desired by the majority of users and developers. BIP8 allows setting a parameter called "lockinontimeout" (LOT) as true, which means that if the update has not been fully signaled by a certain point, it is automatically activated.

• Advantages: Ensures that changes with broad support among users are not blocked by miners who wish to maintain the status quo.

• Disadvantages: Can lead to network splits if miners or other important stakeholders do not support the update.

Although BIP8 with LOT=True has not yet been used in Bitcoin, it is a proposal that can be applied in future updates if necessary.

These activation mechanisms have been essential for Bitcoin's development, allowing updates that keep the network secure and functional. Each method brings its own advantages and challenges, but all share the goal of preserving consensus and network cohesion.

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5. Risks and Considerations in Consensus Updates

Consensus updates in Bitcoin are complex processes that involve not only technical aspects but also political, economic, and social considerations. Due to the network's decentralized nature, each change brings with it a set of risks that need to be carefully assessed. Below, we explore some of the main challenges and future scenarios, as well as the possible impacts on stakeholders.

Network Fragility with Alternative Implementations

One of the main risks associated with consensus updates is the possibility of network fragmentation when there are alternative software implementations. If an update is implemented by a significant group of nodes but rejected by others, a network split (fork) can occur. This creates two competing chains, each with a different version of the transaction history, leading to unpredictable consequences for users and investors.

Such fragmentation weakens Bitcoin because, by dividing hashing power (computing) and coin value, it reduces network security and investor confidence. A notable example of this risk was the fork that gave rise to Bitcoin Cash in 2017 when disagreements over block size resulted in a new chain and a new asset.

Chain Splits and Impact on Stakeholders

Chain splits are a significant risk in update processes, especially in hard forks. During a hard fork, the network is split into two separate chains, each with its own set of rules. This results in the creation of a new coin and leaves users with duplicated assets on both chains. While this may seem advantageous, in the long run, these splits weaken the network and create uncertainties for investors.

Each group of stakeholders reacts differently to a chain split:

• Institutional Investors and ETFs: Face regulatory and compliance challenges because many of these assets are managed under strict regulations. The creation of a new coin requires decisions to be made quickly to avoid potential losses, which may be hampered by regulatory constraints.

• Miners: May be incentivized to shift their computing power to the chain that offers higher profitability, which can weaken one of the networks.

• Economic Nodes: Such as major exchanges and custody providers, have to quickly choose which chain to support, influencing the perceived value of each network.

Such divisions can generate uncertainties and loss of value, especially for institutional investors and those who use Bitcoin as a store of value.

Regulatory Impacts and Institutional Investors

With the growing presence of institutional investors in Bitcoin, consensus changes face new compliance challenges. Bitcoin ETFs, for example, are required to follow strict rules about which assets they can include and how chain split events should be handled. The creation of a new asset or migration to a new chain can complicate these processes, creating pressure for large financial players to quickly choose a chain, affecting the stability of consensus.

Moreover, decisions regarding forks can influence the Bitcoin futures and derivatives market, affecting perception and adoption by new investors. Therefore, the need to avoid splits and maintain cohesion is crucial to attract and preserve the confidence of these investors.

Security Considerations in Soft Forks and Hard Forks

While soft forks are generally preferred in Bitcoin for their backward compatibility, they are not without risks. Soft forks can create different classes of nodes on the network (updated and non-updated), which increases operational complexity and can ultimately weaken consensus cohesion. In a network scenario with fragmentation of node classes, Bitcoin's security can be affected, as some nodes may lose part of the visibility over updated transactions or rules.

In hard forks, the security risk is even more evident because all nodes need to adopt the new update to avoid network division. Experience shows that abrupt changes can create temporary vulnerabilities, in which malicious agents try to exploit the transition to attack the network.

Bounty Claim Risks and Attack Scenarios

Another risk in consensus updates are so-called "bounty claims"—accumulated rewards that can be obtained if an attacker manages to split or deceive a part of the network. In a conflict scenario, a group of miners or nodes could be incentivized to support a new update or create an alternative version of the software to benefit from these rewards.

These risks require stakeholders to carefully assess each update and the potential vulnerabilities it may introduce. The possibility of "bounty claims" adds a layer of complexity to consensus because each interest group may see a financial opportunity in a change that, in the long term, may harm network stability.

The risks discussed above show the complexity of consensus in Bitcoin and the importance of approaching it gradually and deliberately. Updates need to consider not only technical aspects but also economic and social implications, in order to preserve Bitcoin's integrity and maintain trust among stakeholders.

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6. Recommendations for the Consensus Process in Bitcoin

To ensure that protocol changes in Bitcoin are implemented safely and with broad support, it is essential that all stakeholders adopt a careful and coordinated approach. Here are strategic recommendations for evaluating, supporting, or rejecting consensus updates, considering the risks and challenges discussed earlier, along with best practices for successful implementation.

1. Careful Evaluation of Proposal Maturity

Stakeholders should rigorously assess the maturity level of a proposal before supporting its implementation. Updates that are still experimental or lack a robust technical foundation can expose the network to unnecessary risks. Ideally, change proposals should go through an extensive testing phase, have security audits, and receive review and feedback from various developers and experts.

2. Extensive Testing in Secure and Compatible Networks

Before an update is activated on the mainnet, it is essential to test it on networks like testnet and signet, and whenever possible, on other compatible networks that offer a safe and controlled environment to identify potential issues. Testing on networks like Litecoin was fundamental for the safe launch of innovations like SegWit and the Lightning Network, allowing functionalities to be validated on a lower-impact network before being implemented on Bitcoin.

The Liquid Network, developed by Blockstream, also plays an important role as an experimental network for new proposals, such as OP_CAT. By adopting these testing environments, stakeholders can mitigate risks and ensure that the update is reliable and secure before being adopted by the main network.

3. Importance of Stakeholder Engagement

The success of a consensus update strongly depends on the active participation of all stakeholders. This includes economic nodes, miners, protocol developers, investors, and end users. Lack of participation can lead to inadequate decisions or even future network splits, which would compromise Bitcoin's security and stability.

4. Key Questions for Evaluating Consensus Proposals

To assist in decision-making, each group of stakeholders should consider some key questions before supporting a consensus change:

• Does the proposal offer tangible benefits for Bitcoin's security, scalability, or usability?
• Does it maintain backward compatibility or introduce the risk of network split?
• Are the implementation requirements clear and feasible for each group involved?
• Are there clear and aligned incentives for all stakeholder groups to accept the change?

5. Coordination and Timing in Implementations

Timing is crucial. Updates with short activation windows can force a split because not all nodes and miners can update simultaneously. Changes should be planned with ample deadlines to allow all stakeholders to adjust their systems, avoiding surprises that could lead to fragmentation.

Mechanisms like soft forks are generally preferable to hard forks because they allow a smoother transition. Opting for backward-compatible updates when possible facilitates the process and ensures that nodes and miners can adapt without pressure.

6. Continuous Monitoring and Re-evaluation

After an update, it's essential to monitor the network to identify problems or side effects. This continuous process helps ensure cohesion and trust among all participants, keeping Bitcoin as a secure and robust network.

These recommendations, including the use of secure networks for extensive testing, promote a collaborative and secure environment for Bitcoin's consensus process. By adopting a deliberate and strategic approach, stakeholders can preserve Bitcoin's value as a decentralized and censorship-resistant network.

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7. Conclusion

Consensus in Bitcoin is more than a set of rules; it's the foundation that sustains the network as a decentralized, secure, and reliable system. Unlike centralized systems, where decisions can be made quickly, Bitcoin requires a much more deliberate and cooperative approach, where the interests of miners, economic nodes, developers, investors, and users must be considered and harmonized. This governance model may seem slow, but it is fundamental to preserving the resilience and trust that make Bitcoin a global store of value and censorship-resistant.

Consensus updates in Bitcoin must balance the need for innovation with the preservation of the network's core principles. The development process of a proposal needs to be detailed and rigorous, going through several testing stages, such as in testnet, signet, and compatible networks like Litecoin and Liquid Network. These networks offer safe environments for proposals to be analyzed and improved before being launched on the main network.

Each proposed change must be carefully evaluated regarding its maturity, impact, backward compatibility, and support among stakeholders. The recommended key questions and appropriate timing are critical to ensure that an update is adopted without compromising network cohesion. It's also essential that the implementation process is continuously monitored and re-evaluated, allowing adjustments as necessary and minimizing the risk of instability.

By following these guidelines, Bitcoin's stakeholders can ensure that the network continues to evolve safely and robustly, maintaining user trust and further solidifying its role as one of the most resilient and innovative digital assets in the world. Ultimately, consensus in Bitcoin is not just a technical issue but a reflection of its community and the values it represents: security, decentralization, and resilience.

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8. Links

Whitepaper: https://github.com/bitcoin-cap/bcap

Youtube (pt-br): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rARycAibl9o&list=PL-qnhF0qlSPkfhorqsREuIu4UTbF0h4zb

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The future of physical money is at stake, and the discussion about DREX, the new digital currency planned by the Central Bank of Brazil, is gaining momentum. In a candid and intense conversation, Federal Deputy Julia Zanatta (PL/SC) discussed the challenges and risks of this digital transition, also addressing her Bill No. 3,341/2024, which aims to prevent the extinction of physical currency. This bill emerges as a direct response to legislative initiatives seeking to replace physical money with digital alternatives, limiting citizens' options and potentially compromising individual freedom. Let's delve into the main points of this conversation.

https://www.fountain.fm/episode/i5YGJ9Ors3PkqAIMvNQ0

(PT-BR version here)

What is a CBDC?

Before discussing the specifics of DREX, it’s important to understand what a CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) is. CBDCs are digital currencies issued by central banks, similar to a digital version of physical money. Unlike cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, which operate in a decentralized manner, CBDCs are centralized and regulated by the government. In other words, they are digital currencies created and controlled by the Central Bank, intended to replace physical currency.

A prominent feature of CBDCs is their programmability. This means that the government can theoretically set rules about how, where, and for what this currency can be used. This aspect enables a level of control over citizens' finances that is impossible with physical money. By programming the currency, the government could limit transactions by setting geographical or usage restrictions. In practice, money within a CBDC could be restricted to specific spending or authorized for use in a defined geographical area.

In countries like China, where citizen actions and attitudes are also monitored, a person considered to have a "low score" due to a moral or ideological violation may have their transactions limited to essential purchases, restricting their digital currency use to non-essential activities. This financial control is strengthened because, unlike physical money, digital currency cannot be exchanged anonymously.

Practical Example: The Case of DREX During the Pandemic

To illustrate how DREX could be used, an example was given by Eric Altafim, director of Banco Itaú. He suggested that, if DREX had existed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the government could have restricted the currency’s use to a 5-kilometer radius around a person’s residence, limiting their economic mobility. Another proposed use by the executive related to the Bolsa Família welfare program: the government could set up programming that only allows this benefit to be used exclusively for food purchases. Although these examples are presented as control measures for safety or organization, they demonstrate how much a CBDC could restrict citizens' freedom of choice.

To illustrate the potential for state control through a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), such as DREX, it is helpful to look at the example of China. In China, the implementation of a CBDC coincides with the country’s Social Credit System, a governmental surveillance tool that assesses citizens' and companies' behavior. Together, these technologies allow the Chinese government to monitor, reward, and, above all, punish behavior deemed inappropriate or threatening to the government.

How Does China's Social Credit System Work?

Implemented in 2014, China's Social Credit System assigns every citizen and company a "score" based on various factors, including financial behavior, criminal record, social interactions, and even online activities. This score determines the benefits or penalties each individual receives and can affect everything from public transport access to obtaining loans and enrolling in elite schools for their children. Citizens with low scores may face various sanctions, including travel restrictions, fines, and difficulty in securing loans.

With the adoption of the CBDC — or “digital yuan” — the Chinese government now has a new tool to closely monitor citizens' financial transactions, facilitating the application of Social Credit System penalties. China’s CBDC is a programmable digital currency, which means that the government can restrict how, when, and where the money can be spent. Through this level of control, digital currency becomes a powerful mechanism for influencing citizens' behavior.

Imagine, for instance, a citizen who repeatedly posts critical remarks about the government on social media or participates in protests. If the Social Credit System assigns this citizen a low score, the Chinese government could, through the CBDC, restrict their money usage in certain areas or sectors. For example, they could be prevented from buying tickets to travel to other regions, prohibited from purchasing certain consumer goods, or even restricted to making transactions only at stores near their home.

Another example of how the government can use the CBDC to enforce the Social Credit System is by monitoring purchases of products such as alcohol or luxury items. If a citizen uses the CBDC to spend more than the government deems reasonable on such products, this could negatively impact their social score, resulting in additional penalties such as future purchase restrictions or a lowered rating that impacts their personal and professional lives.

In China, this kind of control has already been demonstrated in several cases. Citizens added to Social Credit System “blacklists” have seen their spending and investment capacity severely limited. The combination of digital currency and social scores thus creates a sophisticated and invasive surveillance system, through which the Chinese government controls important aspects of citizens’ financial lives and individual freedoms.

Deputy Julia Zanatta views these examples with great concern. She argues that if the state has full control over digital money, citizens will be exposed to a level of economic control and surveillance never seen before. In a democracy, this control poses a risk, but in an authoritarian regime, it could be used as a powerful tool of repression.

DREX and Bill No. 3,341/2024

Julia Zanatta became aware of a bill by a Workers' Party (PT) deputy (Bill 4068/2020 by Deputy Reginaldo Lopes - PT/MG) that proposes the extinction of physical money within five years, aiming for a complete transition to DREX, the digital currency developed by the Central Bank of Brazil. Concerned about the impact of this measure, Julia drafted her bill, PL No. 3,341/2024, which prohibits the elimination of physical money, ensuring citizens the right to choose physical currency.

“The more I read about DREX, the less I want its implementation,” says the deputy. DREX is a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), similar to other state digital currencies worldwide, but which, according to Julia, carries extreme control risks. She points out that with DREX, the State could closely monitor each citizen’s transactions, eliminating anonymity and potentially restricting freedom of choice. This control would lie in the hands of the Central Bank, which could, in a crisis or government change, “freeze balances or even delete funds directly from user accounts.”

Risks and Individual Freedom

Julia raises concerns about potential abuses of power that complete digitalization could allow. In a democracy, state control over personal finances raises serious questions, and EddieOz warns of an even more problematic future. “Today we are in a democracy, but tomorrow, with a government transition, we don't know if this kind of power will be used properly or abused,” he states. In other words, DREX gives the State the ability to restrict or condition the use of money, opening the door to unprecedented financial surveillance.

EddieOz cites Nigeria as an example, where a CBDC was implemented, and the government imposed severe restrictions on the use of physical money to encourage the use of digital currency, leading to protests and clashes in the country. In practice, the poorest and unbanked — those without regular access to banking services — were harshly affected, as without physical money, many cannot conduct basic transactions. Julia highlights that in Brazil, this situation would be even more severe, given the large number of unbanked individuals and the extent of rural areas where access to technology is limited.

The Relationship Between DREX and Pix

The digital transition has already begun with Pix, which revolutionized instant transfers and payments in Brazil. However, Julia points out that Pix, though popular, is a citizen’s choice, while DREX tends to eliminate that choice. The deputy expresses concern about new rules suggested for Pix, such as daily transaction limits of a thousand reais, justified as anti-fraud measures but which, in her view, represent additional control and a profit opportunity for banks. “How many more rules will banks create to profit from us?” asks Julia, noting that DREX could further enhance control over personal finances.

International Precedents and Resistance to CBDC

The deputy also cites examples from other countries resisting the idea of a centralized digital currency. In the United States, states like New Hampshire have passed laws to prevent the advance of CBDCs, and leaders such as Donald Trump have opposed creating a national digital currency. Trump, addressing the topic, uses a justification similar to Julia’s: in a digitalized system, “with one click, your money could disappear.” She agrees with the warning, emphasizing the control risk that a CBDC represents, especially for countries with disadvantaged populations.

Besides the United States, Canada, Colombia, and Australia have also suspended studies on digital currencies, citing the need for further discussions on population impacts. However, in Brazil, the debate on DREX is still limited, with few parliamentarians and political leaders openly discussing the topic. According to Julia, only she and one or two deputies are truly trying to bring this discussion to the Chamber, making DREX’s advance even more concerning.

Bill No. 3,341/2024 and Popular Pressure

For Julia, her bill is a first step. Although she acknowledges that ideally, it would prevent DREX's implementation entirely, PL 3341/2024 is a measure to ensure citizens' choice to use physical money, preserving a form of individual freedom. “If the future means control, I prefer to live in the past,” Julia asserts, reinforcing that the fight for freedom is at the heart of her bill.

However, the deputy emphasizes that none of this will be possible without popular mobilization. According to her, popular pressure is crucial for other deputies to take notice and support PL 3341. “I am only one deputy, and we need the public’s support to raise the project’s visibility,” she explains, encouraging the public to press other parliamentarians and ask them to “pay attention to PL 3341 and the project that prohibits the end of physical money.” The deputy believes that with a strong awareness and pressure movement, it is possible to advance the debate and ensure Brazilians’ financial freedom.

What’s at Stake?

Julia Zanatta leaves no doubt: DREX represents a profound shift in how money will be used and controlled in Brazil. More than a simple modernization of the financial system, the Central Bank’s CBDC sets precedents for an unprecedented level of citizen surveillance and control in the country. For the deputy, this transition needs to be debated broadly and transparently, and it’s up to the Brazilian people to defend their rights and demand that the National Congress discuss these changes responsibly.

The deputy also emphasizes that, regardless of political or partisan views, this issue affects all Brazilians. “This agenda is something that will affect everyone. We need to be united to ensure people understand the gravity of what could happen.” Julia believes that by sharing information and generating open debate, it is possible to prevent Brazil from following the path of countries that have already implemented a digital currency in an authoritarian way.

A Call to Action

The future of physical money in Brazil is at risk. For those who share Deputy Julia Zanatta’s concerns, the time to act is now. Mobilize, get informed, and press your representatives. PL 3341/2024 is an opportunity to ensure that Brazilian citizens have a choice in how to use their money, without excessive state interference or surveillance.

In the end, as the deputy puts it, the central issue is freedom. “My fear is that this project will pass, and people won’t even understand what is happening.” Therefore, may every citizen at least have the chance to understand what’s at stake and make their voice heard in defense of a Brazil where individual freedom and privacy are respected values.

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Imagine sending a private message to a friend, only to learn that authorities could be scanning its contents without your knowledge. This isn't a scene from a dystopian novel but a potential reality under the European Union's proposed "Chat Control" measures. Aimed at combating serious crimes like child exploitation and terrorism, these proposals could significantly impact the privacy of everyday internet users. As encrypted messaging services become the norm for personal and professional communication, understanding Chat Control is essential. This article delves into what Chat Control entails, why it's being considered, and how it could affect your right to private communication.

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Sections:

• Introduction
• What Is Chat Control?
• Why Is the EU Pushing for Chat Control?
• The Privacy Concerns and Risks
• The Technical Debate: Encryption and Backdoors
• Global Reactions and the Debate in Europe
• Possible Consequences for Messaging Services
• What Happens Next? The Future of Chat Control
• Conclusion

What Is Chat Control?

"Chat Control" refers to a set of proposed measures by the European Union aimed at monitoring and scanning private communications on messaging platforms. The primary goal is to detect and prevent the spread of illegal content, such as child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and to combat terrorism. While the intention is to enhance security and protect vulnerable populations, these proposals have raised significant privacy concerns.

At its core, Chat Control would require messaging services to implement automated scanning technologies that can analyze the content of messages—even those that are end-to-end encrypted. This means that the private messages you send to friends, family, or colleagues could be subject to inspection by algorithms designed to detect prohibited content.

Origins of the Proposal

The initiative for Chat Control emerged from the EU's desire to strengthen its digital security infrastructure. High-profile cases of online abuse and the use of encrypted platforms by criminal organizations have prompted lawmakers to consider more invasive surveillance tactics. The European Commission has been exploring legislation that would make it mandatory for service providers to monitor communications on their platforms.

How Messaging Services Work

Most modern messaging apps, like Signal, Session, SimpleX, Veilid, Protonmail and Tutanota (among others), use end-to-end encryption (E2EE). This encryption ensures that only the sender and the recipient can read the messages being exchanged. Not even the service providers can access the content. This level of security is crucial for maintaining privacy in digital communications, protecting users from hackers, identity thieves, and other malicious actors.

Key Elements of Chat Control

• Automated Content Scanning: Service providers would use algorithms to scan messages for illegal content.
• Circumvention of Encryption: To scan encrypted messages, providers might need to alter their encryption methods, potentially weakening security.
• Mandatory Reporting: If illegal content is detected, providers would be required to report it to authorities.
• Broad Applicability: The measures could apply to all messaging services operating within the EU, affecting both European companies and international platforms.

Why It Matters

Understanding Chat Control is essential because it represents a significant shift in how digital privacy is handled. While combating illegal activities online is crucial, the methods proposed could set a precedent for mass surveillance and the erosion of privacy rights. Everyday users who rely on encrypted messaging for personal and professional communication might find their conversations are no longer as private as they once thought.

Why Is the EU Pushing for Chat Control?

The European Union's push for Chat Control stems from a pressing concern to protect its citizens, particularly children, from online exploitation and criminal activities. With the digital landscape becoming increasingly integral to daily life, the EU aims to strengthen its ability to combat serious crimes facilitated through online platforms.

Protecting Children and Preventing Crime

One of the primary motivations behind Chat Control is the prevention of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) circulating on the internet. Law enforcement agencies have reported a significant increase in the sharing of illegal content through private messaging services. By implementing Chat Control, the EU believes it can more effectively identify and stop perpetrators, rescue victims, and deter future crimes.

Terrorism is another critical concern. Encrypted messaging apps can be used by terrorist groups to plan and coordinate attacks without detection. The EU argues that accessing these communications could be vital in preventing such threats and ensuring public safety.

Legal Context and Legislative Drivers

The push for Chat Control is rooted in several legislative initiatives:

• ePrivacy Directive: This directive regulates the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in electronic communications. The EU is considering amendments that would allow for the scanning of private messages under specific circumstances.

• Temporary Derogation: In 2021, the EU adopted a temporary regulation permitting voluntary detection of CSAM by communication services. The current proposals aim to make such measures mandatory and more comprehensive.

• Regulation Proposals: The European Commission has proposed regulations that would require service providers to detect, report, and remove illegal content proactively. This would include the use of technologies to scan private communications.

Balancing Security and Privacy

EU officials argue that the proposed measures are a necessary response to evolving digital threats. They emphasize the importance of staying ahead of criminals who exploit technology to harm others. By implementing Chat Control, they believe law enforcement can be more effective without entirely dismantling privacy protections.

However, the EU also acknowledges the need to balance security with fundamental rights. The proposals include provisions intended to limit the scope of surveillance, such as:

• Targeted Scanning: Focusing on specific threats rather than broad, indiscriminate monitoring.

• Judicial Oversight: Requiring court orders or oversight for accessing private communications.

• Data Protection Safeguards: Implementing measures to ensure that data collected is handled securely and deleted when no longer needed.

The Urgency Behind the Push

High-profile cases of online abuse and terrorism have heightened the sense of urgency among EU policymakers. Reports of increasing online grooming and the widespread distribution of illegal content have prompted calls for immediate action. The EU posits that without measures like Chat Control, these problems will continue to escalate unchecked.

Criticism and Controversy

Despite the stated intentions, the push for Chat Control has been met with significant criticism. Opponents argue that the measures could be ineffective against savvy criminals who can find alternative ways to communicate. There is also concern that such surveillance could be misused or extended beyond its original purpose.

The Privacy Concerns and Risks

While the intentions behind Chat Control focus on enhancing security and protecting vulnerable groups, the proposed measures raise significant privacy concerns. Critics argue that implementing such surveillance could infringe on fundamental rights and set a dangerous precedent for mass monitoring of private communications.

Infringement on Privacy Rights

At the heart of the debate is the right to privacy. By scanning private messages, even with automated tools, the confidentiality of personal communications is compromised. Users may no longer feel secure sharing sensitive information, fearing that their messages could be intercepted or misinterpreted by algorithms.

Erosion of End-to-End Encryption

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) is a cornerstone of digital security, ensuring that only the sender and recipient can read the messages exchanged. Chat Control could necessitate the introduction of "backdoors" or weaken encryption protocols, making it easier for unauthorized parties to access private data. This not only affects individual privacy but also exposes communications to potential cyber threats.

Concerns from Privacy Advocates

Organizations like Signal and Tutanota, which offer encrypted messaging services, have voiced strong opposition to Chat Control. They warn that undermining encryption could have far-reaching consequences:

• Security Risks: Weakening encryption makes systems more vulnerable to hacking, espionage, and cybercrime.
• Global Implications: Changes in EU regulations could influence policies worldwide, leading to a broader erosion of digital privacy.
• Ineffectiveness Against Crime: Determined criminals might resort to other, less detectable means of communication, rendering the measures ineffective while still compromising the privacy of law-abiding citizens.

Potential for Government Overreach

There is a fear that Chat Control could lead to increased surveillance beyond its original scope. Once the infrastructure for scanning private messages is in place, it could be repurposed or expanded to monitor other types of content, stifling free expression and dissent.

Real-World Implications for Users

• False Positives: Automated scanning technologies are not infallible and could mistakenly flag innocent content, leading to unwarranted scrutiny or legal consequences for users.
• Chilling Effect: Knowing that messages could be monitored might discourage people from expressing themselves freely, impacting personal relationships and societal discourse.
• Data Misuse: Collected data could be vulnerable to leaks or misuse, compromising personal and sensitive information.

Legal and Ethical Concerns

Privacy advocates also highlight potential conflicts with existing laws and ethical standards:

• Violation of Fundamental Rights: The European Convention on Human Rights and other international agreements protect the right to privacy and freedom of expression.
• Questionable Effectiveness: The ethical justification for such invasive measures is challenged if they do not significantly improve safety or if they disproportionately impact innocent users.

Opposition from Member States and Organizations

Countries like Germany and organizations such as the European Digital Rights (EDRi) have expressed opposition to Chat Control. They emphasize the need to protect digital privacy and caution against hasty legislation that could have unintended consequences.

The Technical Debate: Encryption and Backdoors

The discussion around Chat Control inevitably leads to a complex technical debate centered on encryption and the potential introduction of backdoors into secure communication systems. Understanding these concepts is crucial to grasping the full implications of the proposed measures.

What Is End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)?

End-to-end encryption is a method of secure communication that prevents third parties from accessing data while it's transferred from one end system to another. In simpler terms, only the sender and the recipient can read the messages. Even the service providers operating the messaging platforms cannot decrypt the content.

• Security Assurance: E2EE ensures that sensitive information—be it personal messages, financial details, or confidential business communications—remains private.
• Widespread Use: Popular messaging apps like Signal, Session, SimpleX, Veilid, Protonmail and Tutanota (among others) rely on E2EE to protect user data.

How Chat Control Affects Encryption

Implementing Chat Control as proposed would require messaging services to scan the content of messages for illegal material. To do this on encrypted platforms, providers might have to:

• Introduce Backdoors: Create a means for third parties (including the service provider or authorities) to access encrypted messages.
• Client-Side Scanning: Install software on users' devices that scans messages before they are encrypted and sent, effectively bypassing E2EE.

The Risks of Weakening Encryption

1. Compromised Security for All Users

Introducing backdoors or client-side scanning tools can create vulnerabilities:

• Exploitable Gaps: If a backdoor exists, malicious actors might find and exploit it, leading to data breaches.
• Universal Impact: Weakening encryption doesn't just affect targeted individuals; it potentially exposes all users to increased risk.

2. Undermining Trust in Digital Services

• User Confidence: Knowing that private communications could be accessed might deter people from using digital services or push them toward unregulated platforms.
• Business Implications: Companies relying on secure communications might face increased risks, affecting economic activities.

3. Ineffectiveness Against Skilled Adversaries

• Alternative Methods: Criminals might shift to other encrypted channels or develop new ways to avoid detection.
• False Sense of Security: Weakening encryption could give the impression of increased safety while adversaries adapt and continue their activities undetected.

Signal’s Response and Stance

Signal, a leading encrypted messaging service, has been vocal in its opposition to the EU's proposals:

• Refusal to Weaken Encryption: Signal's CEO Meredith Whittaker has stated that the company would rather cease operations in the EU than compromise its encryption standards.
• Advocacy for Privacy: Signal emphasizes that strong encryption is essential for protecting human rights and freedoms in the digital age.

Understanding Backdoors

A "backdoor" in encryption is an intentional weakness inserted into a system to allow authorized access to encrypted data. While intended for legitimate use by authorities, backdoors pose several problems:

• Security Vulnerabilities: They can be discovered and exploited by unauthorized parties, including hackers and foreign governments.
• Ethical Concerns: The existence of backdoors raises questions about consent and the extent to which governments should be able to access private communications.

The Slippery Slope Argument

Privacy advocates warn that introducing backdoors or mandatory scanning sets a precedent:

• Expanded Surveillance: Once in place, these measures could be extended to monitor other types of content beyond the original scope.
• Erosion of Rights: Gradual acceptance of surveillance can lead to a significant reduction in personal freedoms over time.

Potential Technological Alternatives

Some suggest that it's possible to fight illegal content without undermining encryption:

• Metadata Analysis: Focusing on patterns of communication rather than content.
• Enhanced Reporting Mechanisms: Encouraging users to report illegal content voluntarily.
• Investing in Law Enforcement Capabilities: Strengthening traditional investigative methods without compromising digital security.

Conclusion of the Technical Debate

The technical community largely agrees that weakening encryption is not the solution:

• Consensus on Security: Strong encryption is essential for the safety and privacy of all internet users.
• Call for Dialogue: Technologists and privacy experts advocate for collaborative approaches that address security concerns without sacrificing fundamental rights.

Global Reactions and the Debate in Europe

The proposal for Chat Control has ignited a heated debate across Europe and beyond, with various stakeholders weighing in on the potential implications for privacy, security, and fundamental rights. The reactions are mixed, reflecting differing national perspectives, political priorities, and societal values.

Support for Chat Control

Some EU member states and officials support the initiative, emphasizing the need for robust measures to combat online crime and protect citizens, especially children. They argue that:

• Enhanced Security: Mandatory scanning can help law enforcement agencies detect and prevent serious crimes.
• Responsibility of Service Providers: Companies offering communication services should play an active role in preventing their platforms from being used for illegal activities.
• Public Safety Priorities: The protection of vulnerable populations justifies the implementation of such measures, even if it means compromising some aspects of privacy.

Opposition within the EU

Several countries and organizations have voiced strong opposition to Chat Control, citing concerns over privacy rights and the potential for government overreach.

Germany

• Stance: Germany has been one of the most vocal opponents of the proposed measures.
• Reasons:
• Constitutional Concerns: The German government argues that Chat Control could violate constitutional protections of privacy and confidentiality of communications.
• Security Risks: Weakening encryption is seen as a threat to cybersecurity.
• Legal Challenges: Potential conflicts with national laws protecting personal data and communication secrecy.

Netherlands

• Recent Developments: The Dutch government decided against supporting Chat Control, emphasizing the importance of encryption for security and privacy.
• Arguments:
• Effectiveness Doubts: Skepticism about the actual effectiveness of the measures in combating crime.
• Negative Impact on Privacy: Concerns about mass surveillance and the infringement of citizens' rights.

Table reference: Patrick Breyer - Chat Control in 23 September 2024

Privacy Advocacy Groups

European Digital Rights (EDRi)

• Role: A network of civil and human rights organizations working to defend rights and freedoms in the digital environment.
• Position:
• Strong Opposition: EDRi argues that Chat Control is incompatible with fundamental rights.
• Awareness Campaigns: Engaging in public campaigns to inform citizens about the potential risks.
• Policy Engagement: Lobbying policymakers to consider alternative approaches that respect privacy.

Politicians and Activists

Patrick Breyer

• Background: A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany, representing the Pirate Party.
• Actions:
• Advocacy: Actively campaigning against Chat Control through speeches, articles, and legislative efforts.
• Public Outreach: Using social media and public events to raise awareness.
• Legal Expertise: Highlighting the legal inconsistencies and potential violations of EU law.

Global Reactions

International Organizations

• Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International: These organizations have expressed concerns about the implications for human rights, urging the EU to reconsider.

Technology Companies

• Global Tech Firms: Companies like Apple and Microsoft are monitoring the situation, as EU regulations could affect their operations and user trust.
• Industry Associations: Groups representing tech companies have issued statements highlighting the risks to innovation and competitiveness.

The Broader Debate

The controversy over Chat Control reflects a broader struggle between security interests and privacy rights in the digital age. Key points in the debate include:

• Legal Precedents: How the EU's decision might influence laws and regulations in other countries.
• Digital Sovereignty: The desire of nations to control digital spaces within their borders.
• Civil Liberties: The importance of protecting freedoms in the face of technological advancements.

Public Opinion

• Diverse Views: Surveys and public forums show a range of opinions, with some citizens prioritizing security and others valuing privacy above all.
• Awareness Levels: Many people are still unaware of the potential changes, highlighting the need for public education on the issue.

Conclusion of the Debate

The EU is at a crossroads, facing the challenge of addressing legitimate security concerns without undermining the fundamental rights that are central to its values. The outcome of this debate will have significant implications for the future of digital privacy and the balance between security and freedom in society.

Possible Consequences for Messaging Services

The implementation of Chat Control could have significant implications for messaging services operating within the European Union. Both large platforms and smaller providers might need to adapt their technologies and policies to comply with the new regulations, potentially altering the landscape of digital communication.

Impact on Encrypted Messaging Services

Signal and Similar Platforms

• Compliance Challenges: Encrypted messaging services like Signal rely on end-to-end encryption to secure user communications. Complying with Chat Control could force them to weaken their encryption protocols or implement client-side scanning, conflicting with their core privacy principles.

• Operational Decisions: Some platforms may choose to limit their services in the EU or cease operations altogether rather than compromise on encryption. Signal, for instance, has indicated that it would prefer to withdraw from European markets than undermine its security features.

Potential Blocking or Limiting of Services

• Regulatory Enforcement: Messaging services that do not comply with Chat Control regulations could face fines, legal action, or even be blocked within the EU.

• Access Restrictions: Users in Europe might find certain services unavailable or limited in functionality if providers decide not to meet the regulatory requirements.

Effects on Smaller Providers

• Resource Constraints: Smaller messaging services and startups may lack the resources to implement the required scanning technologies, leading to increased operational costs or forcing them out of the market.

• Innovation Stifling: The added regulatory burden could deter new entrants, reducing competition and innovation in the messaging service sector.

User Experience and Trust

• Privacy Concerns: Users may lose trust in messaging platforms if they know their communications are subject to scanning, leading to a decline in user engagement.

• Migration to Unregulated Platforms: There is a risk that users might shift to less secure or unregulated services, including those operated outside the EU or on the dark web, potentially exposing them to greater risks.

Technical and Security Implications

• Increased Vulnerabilities: Modifying encryption protocols to comply with Chat Control could introduce security flaws, making platforms more susceptible to hacking and data breaches.

• Global Security Risks: Changes made to accommodate EU regulations might affect the global user base of these services, extending security risks beyond European borders.

Impact on Businesses and Professional Communications

• Confidentiality Issues: Businesses that rely on secure messaging for sensitive communications may face challenges in ensuring confidentiality, affecting sectors like finance, healthcare, and legal services.

• Compliance Complexity: Companies operating internationally will need to navigate a complex landscape of differing regulations, increasing administrative burdens.

Economic Consequences

• Market Fragmentation: Divergent regulations could lead to a fragmented market, with different versions of services for different regions.

• Loss of Revenue: Messaging services might experience reduced revenue due to decreased user trust and engagement or the costs associated with compliance.

Responses from Service Providers

• Legal Challenges: Companies might pursue legal action against the regulations, citing conflicts with privacy laws and user rights.

• Policy Advocacy: Service providers may increase lobbying efforts to influence policy decisions and promote alternatives to Chat Control.

Possible Adaptations

• Technological Innovation: Some providers might invest in developing new technologies that can detect illegal content without compromising encryption, though the feasibility remains uncertain.

• Transparency Measures: To maintain user trust, companies might enhance transparency about how data is handled and what measures are in place to protect privacy.

Summary of Consequences

The potential consequences of Chat Control for messaging services are profound, affecting not only the companies that provide these services but also the users who rely on them daily. The balance between complying with legal requirements and maintaining user privacy and security presents a significant challenge that could reshape the digital communication landscape.

What Happens Next? The Future of Chat Control

The future of Chat Control remains uncertain as the debate continues among EU member states, policymakers, technology companies, and civil society organizations. Several factors will influence the outcome of this contentious proposal, each carrying significant implications for digital privacy, security, and the regulatory environment within the European Union.

Current Status of Legislation

• Ongoing Negotiations: The proposed Chat Control measures are still under discussion within the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. Amendments and revisions are being considered in response to the feedback from various stakeholders.

• Timeline: While there is no fixed date for the final decision, the EU aims to reach a consensus to implement effective measures against online crime without undue delay.

Key Influencing Factors

1. Legal Challenges and Compliance with EU Law

• Fundamental Rights Assessment: The proposals must be evaluated against the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, ensuring that any measures comply with rights to privacy, data protection, and freedom of expression.

• Court Scrutiny: Potential legal challenges could arise, leading to scrutiny by the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which may impact the feasibility and legality of Chat Control.

2. Technological Feasibility

• Development of Privacy-Preserving Technologies: Research into methods that can detect illegal content without compromising encryption is ongoing. Advances in this area could provide alternative solutions acceptable to both privacy advocates and security agencies.

• Implementation Challenges: The practical aspects of deploying scanning technologies across various platforms and services remain complex, and technical hurdles could delay or alter the proposed measures.

3. Political Dynamics

• Member State Positions: The differing stances of EU countries, such as Germany's opposition, play a significant role in shaping the final outcome. Consensus among member states is crucial for adopting EU-wide regulations.

• Public Opinion and Advocacy: Growing awareness and activism around digital privacy can influence policymakers. Public campaigns and lobbying efforts may sway decisions in favor of stronger privacy protections.

4. Industry Responses

• Negotiations with Service Providers: Ongoing dialogues between EU authorities and technology companies may lead to compromises or collaborative efforts to address concerns without fully implementing Chat Control as initially proposed.

• Potential for Self-Regulation: Messaging services might propose self-regulatory measures to combat illegal content, aiming to demonstrate effectiveness without the need for mandatory scanning.

Possible Scenarios

Optimistic Outcome:

• Balanced Regulation: A revised proposal emerges that effectively addresses security concerns while upholding strong encryption and privacy rights, possibly through innovative technologies or targeted measures with robust oversight.

Pessimistic Outcome:

• Adoption of Strict Measures: Chat Control is implemented as initially proposed, leading to weakened encryption, reduced privacy, and potential withdrawal of services like Signal from the EU market.

Middle Ground:

• Incremental Implementation: Partial measures are adopted, focusing on voluntary cooperation with service providers and emphasizing transparency and user consent, with ongoing evaluations to assess effectiveness and impact.

How to Stay Informed and Protect Your Privacy

• Follow Reputable Sources: Keep up with news from reliable outlets, official EU communications, and statements from privacy organizations to stay informed about developments.

• Engage in the Dialogue: Participate in public consultations, sign petitions, or contact representatives to express your views on Chat Control and digital privacy.

• Utilize Secure Practices: Regardless of legislative outcomes, adopting good digital hygiene—such as using strong passwords and being cautious with personal information—can enhance your online security.

The Global Perspective

• International Implications: The EU's decision may influence global policies on encryption and surveillance, setting precedents that other countries might follow or react against.

• Collaboration Opportunities: International cooperation on developing solutions that protect both security and privacy could emerge, fostering a more unified approach to addressing online threats.

Looking Ahead

The future of Chat Control is a critical issue that underscores the challenges of governing in the digital age. Balancing the need for security with the protection of fundamental rights is a complex task that requires careful consideration, open dialogue, and collaboration among all stakeholders.

As the situation evolves, staying informed and engaged is essential. The decisions made in the coming months will shape the digital landscape for years to come, affecting how we communicate, conduct business, and exercise our rights in an increasingly connected world.

Conclusion

The debate over Chat Control highlights a fundamental challenge in our increasingly digital world: how to protect society from genuine threats without eroding the very rights and freedoms that define it. While the intention to safeguard children and prevent crime is undeniably important, the means of achieving this through intrusive surveillance measures raise critical concerns.

Privacy is not just a personal preference but a cornerstone of democratic societies. End-to-end encryption has become an essential tool for ensuring that our personal conversations, professional communications, and sensitive data remain secure from unwanted intrusion. Weakening these protections could expose individuals and organizations to risks that far outweigh the proposed benefits.

The potential consequences of implementing Chat Control are far-reaching:

• Erosion of Trust: Users may lose confidence in digital platforms, impacting how we communicate and conduct business online.
• Security Vulnerabilities: Introducing backdoors or weakening encryption can make systems more susceptible to cyberattacks.
• Stifling Innovation: Regulatory burdens may hinder technological advancement and competitiveness in the tech industry.
• Global Implications: The EU's decisions could set precedents that influence digital policies worldwide, for better or worse.

As citizens, it's crucial to stay informed about these developments. Engage in conversations, reach out to your representatives, and advocate for solutions that respect both security needs and fundamental rights. Technology and policy can evolve together to address challenges without compromising core values.

The future of Chat Control is not yet decided, and public input can make a significant difference. By promoting open dialogue, supporting privacy-preserving innovations, and emphasizing the importance of human rights in legislation, we can work towards a digital landscape that is both safe and free.

In a world where digital communication is integral to daily life, striking the right balance between security and privacy is more important than ever. The choices made today will shape the digital environment for generations to come, determining not just how we communicate, but how we live and interact in an interconnected world.

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Thank you for reading this article. We hope it has provided you with a clear understanding of Chat Control and its potential impact on your privacy and digital rights. Stay informed, stay engaged, and let's work together towards a secure and open digital future.

Read more:

• https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/
• https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/new-eu-push-for-chat-control-will-messenger-services-be-blocked-in-europe/
• https://edri.org/our-work/dutch-decision-puts-brakes-on-chat-control/
• https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/ndss-keynote.pdf
• https://tuta.com/blog/germany-stop-chat-control
• https://cointelegraph.com/news/signal-president-slams-revised-eu-encryption-proposal
• https://mullvad.net/en/why-privacy-matters

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O que é Cwtch? Cwtch (/kʊtʃ/ - uma palavra galesa que pode ser traduzida aproximadamente como “um abraço que cria um lugar seguro”) é um protocolo de mensagens multipartidário descentralizado, que preserva a privacidade, que pode ser usado para construir aplicativos resistentes a metadados.

Como posso pronunciar Cwtch? Como "kutch", para rimar com "butch".

Descentralizado e Aberto : Não existe “serviço Cwtch” ou “rede Cwtch”. Os participantes do Cwtch podem hospedar seus próprios espaços seguros ou emprestar sua infraestrutura para outras pessoas que buscam um espaço seguro. O protocolo Cwtch é aberto e qualquer pessoa é livre para criar bots, serviços e interfaces de usuário e integrar e interagir com o Cwtch.

Preservação de privacidade : toda a comunicação no Cwtch é criptografada de ponta a ponta e ocorre nos serviços cebola Tor v3.

Resistente a metadados : O Cwtch foi projetado de forma que nenhuma informação seja trocada ou disponibilizada a ninguém sem seu consentimento explícito, incluindo mensagens durante a transmissão e metadados de protocolo

Uma breve história do bate-papo resistente a metadados Nos últimos anos, a conscientização pública sobre a necessidade e os benefícios das soluções criptografadas de ponta a ponta aumentou com aplicativos como Signal , Whatsapp e Wire. que agora fornecem aos usuários comunicações seguras.

No entanto, essas ferramentas exigem vários níveis de exposição de metadados para funcionar, e muitos desses metadados podem ser usados ​​para obter detalhes sobre como e por que uma pessoa está usando uma ferramenta para se comunicar.

Uma ferramenta que buscou reduzir metadados é o Ricochet lançado pela primeira vez em 2014. Ricochet usou os serviços cebola Tor v2 para fornecer comunicação criptografada segura de ponta a ponta e para proteger os metadados das comunicações.

Não havia servidores centralizados que auxiliassem no roteamento das conversas do Ricochet. Ninguém além das partes envolvidas em uma conversa poderia saber que tal conversa está ocorrendo.

Ricochet tinha limitações; não havia suporte para vários dispositivos, nem existe um mecanismo para suportar a comunicação em grupo ou para um usuário enviar mensagens enquanto um contato está offline.

Isto tornou a adoção do Ricochet uma proposta difícil; mesmo aqueles em ambientes que seriam melhor atendidos pela resistência aos metadados, sem saber que ela existe.

Além disso, qualquer solução para comunicação descentralizada e resistente a metadados enfrenta problemas fundamentais quando se trata de eficiência, privacidade e segurança de grupo conforme definido pelo consenso e consistência da transcrição.

Alternativas modernas ao Ricochet incluem Briar , Zbay e Ricochet Refresh - cada ferramenta procura otimizar para um conjunto diferente de compensações, por exemplo, Briar procura permitir que as pessoas se comuniquem mesmo quando a infraestrutura de rede subjacente está inoperante, ao mesmo tempo que fornece resistência à vigilância de metadados.

O projeto Cwtch começou em 2017 como um protocolo de extensão para Ricochet, fornecendo conversas em grupo por meio de servidores não confiáveis, com o objetivo de permitir aplicativos descentralizados e resistentes a metadados como listas compartilhadas e quadros de avisos.

Uma versão alfa do Cwtch foi lançada em fevereiro de 2019 e, desde então, a equipe do Cwtch dirigida pela OPEN PRIVACY RESEARCH SOCIETY conduziu pesquisa e desenvolvimento em cwtch e nos protocolos, bibliotecas e espaços de problemas subjacentes.

Modelo de Risco.

Sabe-se que os metadados de comunicações são explorados por vários adversários para minar a segurança dos sistemas, para rastrear vítimas e para realizar análises de redes sociais em grande escala para alimentar a vigilância em massa. As ferramentas resistentes a metadados estão em sua infância e faltam pesquisas sobre a construção e a experiência do usuário de tais ferramentas.

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O Cwtch foi originalmente concebido como uma extensão do protocolo Ricochet resistente a metadados para suportar comunicações assíncronas de grupos multiponto por meio do uso de infraestrutura anônima, descartável e não confiável.

Desde então, o Cwtch evoluiu para um protocolo próprio. Esta seção descreverá os vários riscos conhecidos que o Cwtch tenta mitigar e será fortemente referenciado no restante do documento ao discutir os vários subcomponentes da Arquitetura Cwtch.

Modelo de ameaça.

É importante identificar e compreender que os metadados são omnipresentes nos protocolos de comunicação; é de facto necessário que tais protocolos funcionem de forma eficiente e em escala. No entanto, as informações que são úteis para facilitar peers e servidores também são altamente relevantes para adversários que desejam explorar tais informações.

Para a definição do nosso problema, assumiremos que o conteúdo de uma comunicação é criptografado de tal forma que um adversário é praticamente incapaz de quebrá-lo veja tapir e cwtch para detalhes sobre a criptografia que usamos, e como tal nos concentraremos em o contexto para os metadados de comunicação.

Procuramos proteger os seguintes contextos de comunicação:

• Quem está envolvido em uma comunicação? Pode ser possível identificar pessoas ou simplesmente identificadores de dispositivos ou redes. Por exemplo, “esta comunicação envolve Alice, uma jornalista, e Bob, um funcionário público”.

• Onde estão os participantes da conversa? Por exemplo, “durante esta comunicação, Alice estava na França e Bob estava no Canadá”.

• Quando ocorreu uma conversa? O momento e a duração da comunicação podem revelar muito sobre a natureza de uma chamada, por exemplo, “Bob, um funcionário público, conversou com Alice ao telefone por uma hora ontem à noite. Esta é a primeira vez que eles se comunicam.” *Como a conversa foi mediada? O fato de uma conversa ter ocorrido por meio de um e-mail criptografado ou não criptografado pode fornecer informações úteis. Por exemplo, “Alice enviou um e-mail criptografado para Bob ontem, enquanto eles normalmente enviam apenas e-mails de texto simples um para o outro”.

• Sobre o que é a conversa? Mesmo que o conteúdo da comunicação seja criptografado, às vezes é possível derivar um contexto provável de uma conversa sem saber exatamente o que é dito, por exemplo, “uma pessoa ligou para uma pizzaria na hora do jantar” ou “alguém ligou para um número conhecido de linha direta de suicídio na hora do jantar”. 3 horas da manhã."

Além das conversas individuais, também procuramos defender-nos contra ataques de correlação de contexto, através dos quais múltiplas conversas são analisadas para obter informações de nível superior:

• Relacionamentos: Descobrir relações sociais entre um par de entidades analisando a frequência e a duração de suas comunicações durante um período de tempo. Por exemplo, Carol e Eve ligam uma para a outra todos os dias durante várias horas seguidas.

• Cliques: Descobrir relações sociais entre um grupo de entidades que interagem entre si. Por exemplo, Alice, Bob e Eva se comunicam entre si.

• Grupos vagamente conectados e indivíduos-ponte: descobrir grupos que se comunicam entre si através de intermediários, analisando cadeias de comunicação (por exemplo, toda vez que Alice fala com Bob, ela fala com Carol quase imediatamente depois; Bob e Carol nunca se comunicam).

• Padrão de Vida: Descobrir quais comunicações são cíclicas e previsíveis. Por exemplo, Alice liga para Eve toda segunda-feira à noite por cerca de uma hora. Ataques Ativos

Ataques de deturpação.

O Cwtch não fornece registro global de nomes de exibição e, como tal, as pessoas que usam o Cwtch são mais vulneráveis ​​a ataques baseados em declarações falsas, ou seja, pessoas que fingem ser outras pessoas:

O fluxo básico de um desses ataques é o seguinte, embora também existam outros fluxos:

•Alice tem um amigo chamado Bob e outro chamado Eve

• Eve descobre que Alice tem um amigo chamado Bob

• Eve cria milhares de novas contas para encontrar uma que tenha uma imagem/chave pública semelhante à de Bob (não será idêntica, mas pode enganar alguém por alguns minutos)

• Eve chama essa nova conta de "Eve New Account" e adiciona Alice como amiga.

• Eve então muda seu nome em "Eve New Account" para "Bob"

• Alice envia mensagens destinadas a "Bob" para a conta falsa de Bob de Eve Como os ataques de declarações falsas são inerentemente uma questão de confiança e verificação, a única maneira absoluta de evitá-los é os usuários validarem absolutamente a chave pública. Obviamente, isso não é o ideal e, em muitos casos, simplesmente não acontecerá .

Como tal, pretendemos fornecer algumas dicas de experiência do usuário na interface do usuário para orientar as pessoas na tomada de decisões sobre confiar em contas e/ou distinguir contas que possam estar tentando se representar como outros usuários.

Uma nota sobre ataques físicos A Cwtch não considera ataques que exijam acesso físico (ou equivalente) à máquina do usuário como praticamente defensáveis. No entanto, no interesse de uma boa engenharia de segurança, ao longo deste documento ainda nos referiremos a ataques ou condições que exigem tal privilégio e indicaremos onde quaisquer mitigações que implementámos falharão.

Um perfil Cwtch.

Os usuários podem criar um ou mais perfis Cwtch. Cada perfil gera um par de chaves ed25519 aleatório compatível com Tor.

Além do material criptográfico, um perfil também contém uma lista de Contatos (outras chaves públicas do perfil Cwtch + dados associados sobre esse perfil, como apelido e (opcionalmente) mensagens históricas), uma lista de Grupos (contendo o material criptográfico do grupo, além de outros dados associados, como apelido do grupo e mensagens históricas).

Conversões entre duas partes: ponto a ponto

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Para que duas partes participem de uma conversa ponto a ponto, ambas devem estar on-line, mas apenas uma precisa estar acessível por meio do serviço Onion. Por uma questão de clareza, muitas vezes rotulamos uma parte como “ponto de entrada” (aquele que hospeda o serviço cebola) e a outra parte como “ponto de saída” (aquele que se conecta ao serviço cebola).

Após a conexão, ambas as partes adotam um protocolo de autenticação que:

• Afirma que cada parte tem acesso à chave privada associada à sua identidade pública.

• Gera uma chave de sessão efêmera usada para criptografar todas as comunicações futuras durante a sessão.

Esta troca (documentada com mais detalhes no protocolo de autenticação ) é negável offline , ou seja, é possível para qualquer parte falsificar transcrições desta troca de protocolo após o fato e, como tal - após o fato - é impossível provar definitivamente que a troca aconteceu de forma alguma.

Após o protocolo de autenticação, as duas partes podem trocar mensagens livremente.

Conversas em Grupo e Comunicação Ponto a Servidor

Ao iniciar uma conversa em grupo, é gerada uma chave aleatória para o grupo, conhecida como Group Key. Todas as comunicações do grupo são criptografadas usando esta chave. Além disso, o criador do grupo escolhe um servidor Cwtch para hospedar o grupo. Um convite é gerado, incluindo o Group Key, o servidor do grupo e a chave do grupo, para ser enviado aos potenciais membros.

Para enviar uma mensagem ao grupo, um perfil se conecta ao servidor do grupo e criptografa a mensagem usando a Group Key, gerando também uma assinatura sobre o Group ID, o servidor do grupo e a mensagem. Para receber mensagens do grupo, um perfil se conecta ao servidor e baixa as mensagens, tentando descriptografá-las usando a Group Key e verificando a assinatura.

Detalhamento do Ecossistema de Componentes

O Cwtch é composto por várias bibliotecas de componentes menores, cada uma desempenhando um papel específico. Algumas dessas bibliotecas incluem:

• abertoprivacidade/conectividade: Abstração de rede ACN, atualmente suportando apenas Tor.
• cwtch.im/tapir: Biblioteca para construção de aplicativos p2p em sistemas de comunicação anônimos.
• cwtch.im/cwtch: Biblioteca principal para implementação do protocolo/sistema Cwtch.
• cwtch.im/libcwtch-go: Fornece ligações C para Cwtch para uso em implementações de UI.

TAPIR: Uma Visão Detalhada

Projetado para substituir os antigos canais de ricochete baseados em protobuf, o Tapir fornece uma estrutura para a construção de aplicativos anônimos.

Está dividido em várias camadas:

• Identidade - Um par de chaves ed25519, necessário para estabelecer um serviço cebola Tor v3 e usado para manter uma identidade criptográfica consistente para um par.

• Conexões – O protocolo de rede bruto que conecta dois pares. Até agora, as conexões são definidas apenas através do Tor v3 Onion Services.

• Aplicativos - As diversas lógicas que permitem um determinado fluxo de informações em uma conexão. Os exemplos incluem transcrições criptográficas compartilhadas, autenticação, proteção contra spam e serviços baseados em tokens. Os aplicativos fornecem recursos que podem ser referenciados por outros aplicativos para determinar se um determinado peer tem a capacidade de usar um determinado aplicativo hospedado.

• Pilhas de aplicativos - Um mecanismo para conectar mais de um aplicativo, por exemplo, a autenticação depende de uma transcrição criptográfica compartilhada e o aplicativo peer cwtch principal é baseado no aplicativo de autenticação.

Identidade.

Um par de chaves ed25519, necessário para estabelecer um serviço cebola Tor v3 e usado para manter uma identidade criptográfica consistente para um peer.

InitializeIdentity - de um par de chaves conhecido e persistente:i,I

InitializeEphemeralIdentity - de um par de chaves aleatório: ie,Ie

Aplicativos de transcrição.

Inicializa uma transcrição criptográfica baseada em Merlin que pode ser usada como base de protocolos baseados em compromisso de nível superior

O aplicativo de transcrição entrará em pânico se um aplicativo tentar substituir uma transcrição existente por uma nova (aplicando a regra de que uma sessão é baseada em uma e apenas uma transcrição).

Merlin é uma construção de transcrição baseada em STROBE para provas de conhecimento zero. Ele automatiza a transformação Fiat-Shamir, para que, usando Merlin, protocolos não interativos possam ser implementados como se fossem interativos.

Isto é significativamente mais fácil e menos sujeito a erros do que realizar a transformação manualmente e, além disso, também fornece suporte natural para:

• protocolos multi-round com fases alternadas de commit e desafio;

• separação natural de domínios, garantindo que os desafios estejam vinculados às afirmações a serem provadas;

• enquadramento automático de mensagens, evitando codificação ambígua de dados de compromisso;

• e composição do protocolo, usando uma transcrição comum para vários protocolos.

Finalmente, o Merlin também fornece um gerador de números aleatórios baseado em transcrição como defesa profunda contra ataques de entropia ruim (como reutilização de nonce ou preconceito em muitas provas). Este RNG fornece aleatoriedade sintética derivada de toda a transcrição pública, bem como dos dados da testemunha do provador e uma entrada auxiliar de um RNG externo.

Conectividade Cwtch faz uso do Tor Onion Services (v3) para todas as comunicações entre nós.

Fornecemos o pacote openprivacy/connectivity para gerenciar o daemon Tor e configurar e desmontar serviços cebola através do Tor.

Criptografia e armazenamento de perfil.

Os perfis são armazenados localmente no disco e criptografados usando uma chave derivada de uma senha conhecida pelo usuário (via pbkdf2).

Observe que, uma vez criptografado e armazenado em disco, a única maneira de recuperar um perfil é recuperando a senha - como tal, não é possível fornecer uma lista completa de perfis aos quais um usuário pode ter acesso até inserir uma senha.

Perfis não criptografados e a senha padrão Para lidar com perfis "não criptografados" (ou seja, que não exigem senha para serem abertos), atualmente criamos um perfil com uma senha codificada de fato .

Isso não é o ideal, preferiríamos confiar no material de chave fornecido pelo sistema operacional, de modo que o perfil fosse vinculado a um dispositivo específico, mas esses recursos são atualmente uma colcha de retalhos - também notamos, ao criar um perfil não criptografado, pessoas que usam Cwtch estão explicitamente optando pelo risco de que alguém com acesso ao sistema de arquivos possa descriptografar seu perfil.

Vulnerabilidades Relacionadas a Imagens e Entrada de Dados

Imagens Maliciosas

O Cwtch enfrenta desafios na renderização de imagens, com o Flutter utilizando Skia, embora o código subjacente não seja totalmente seguro para a memória.

Realizamos testes de fuzzing nos componentes Cwtch e encontramos um bug de travamento causado por um arquivo GIF malformado, levando a falhas no kernel. Para mitigar isso, adotamos a política de sempre habilitar cacheWidth e/ou cacheHeight máximo para widgets de imagem.

Identificamos o risco de imagens maliciosas serem renderizadas de forma diferente em diferentes plataformas, como evidenciado por um bug no analisador PNG da Apple.

Riscos de Entrada de Dados

Um risco significativo é a interceptação de conteúdo ou metadados por meio de um Input Method Editor (IME) em dispositivos móveis. Mesmo aplicativos IME padrão podem expor dados por meio de sincronização na nuvem, tradução online ou dicionários pessoais.

Implementamos medidas de mitigação, como enableIMEPersonalizedLearning: false no Cwtch 1.2, mas a solução completa requer ações em nível de sistema operacional e é um desafio contínuo para a segurança móvel.

Servidor Cwtch.

O objetivo do protocolo Cwtch é permitir a comunicação em grupo através de infraestrutura não confiável .

Ao contrário dos esquemas baseados em retransmissão, onde os grupos atribuem um líder, um conjunto de líderes ou um servidor confiável de terceiros para garantir que cada membro do grupo possa enviar e receber mensagens em tempo hábil (mesmo que os membros estejam offline) - infraestrutura não confiável tem o objetivo de realizar essas propriedades sem a suposição de confiança.

O artigo original do Cwtch definia um conjunto de propriedades que se esperava que os servidores Cwtch fornecessem:

• O Cwtch Server pode ser usado por vários grupos ou apenas um.

• Um servidor Cwtch, sem a colaboração de um membro do grupo, nunca deve aprender a identidade dos participantes de um grupo.

• Um servidor Cwtch nunca deve aprender o conteúdo de qualquer comunicação.

• Um servidor Cwtch nunca deve ser capaz de distinguir mensagens como pertencentes a um grupo específico. Observamos aqui que essas propriedades são um superconjunto dos objetivos de design das estruturas de Recuperação de Informações Privadas.

Melhorias na Eficiência e Segurança

Eficiência do Protocolo

Atualmente, apenas um protocolo conhecido, o PIR ingênuo, atende às propriedades desejadas para garantir a privacidade na comunicação do grupo Cwtch. Este método tem um impacto direto na eficiência da largura de banda, especialmente para usuários em dispositivos móveis. Em resposta a isso, estamos ativamente desenvolvendo novos protocolos que permitem negociar garantias de privacidade e eficiência de maneiras diversas.

Os servidores, no momento desta escrita, permitem o download completo de todas as mensagens armazenadas, bem como uma solicitação para baixar mensagens específicas a partir de uma determinada mensagem. Quando os pares ingressam em um grupo em um novo servidor, eles baixam todas as mensagens do servidor inicialmente e, posteriormente, apenas as mensagens novas.

Mitigação de Análise de Metadados

Essa abordagem permite uma análise moderada de metadados, pois o servidor pode enviar novas mensagens para cada perfil suspeito exclusivo e usar essas assinaturas de mensagens exclusivas para rastrear sessões ao longo do tempo. Essa preocupação é mitigada por dois fatores:

1. Os perfis podem atualizar suas conexões a qualquer momento, resultando em uma nova sessão do servidor.
2. Os perfis podem ser "ressincronizados" de um servidor a qualquer momento, resultando em uma nova chamada para baixar todas as mensagens. Isso é comumente usado para buscar mensagens antigas de um grupo.

Embora essas medidas imponham limites ao que o servidor pode inferir, ainda não podemos garantir resistência total aos metadados. Para soluções futuras para esse problema, consulte Niwl.

Proteção contra Pares Maliciosos

Os servidores enfrentam o risco de spam gerado por pares, representando uma ameaça significativa à eficácia do sistema Cwtch. Embora tenhamos implementado um mecanismo de proteção contra spam no protótipo do Cwtch, exigindo que os pares realizem alguma prova de trabalho especificada pelo servidor, reconhecemos que essa não é uma solução robusta na presença de um adversário determinado com recursos significativos.

Pacotes de Chaves

Os servidores Cwtch se identificam por meio de pacotes de chaves assinados, contendo uma lista de chaves necessárias para garantir a segurança e resistência aos metadados na comunicação do grupo Cwtch. Esses pacotes de chaves geralmente incluem três chaves: uma chave pública do serviço Tor v3 Onion para o Token Board, uma chave pública do Tor v3 Onion Service para o Token Service e uma chave pública do Privacy Pass.

Para verificar os pacotes de chaves, os perfis que os importam do servidor utilizam o algoritmo trust-on-first-use (TOFU), verificando a assinatura anexada e a existência de todos os tipos de chave. Se o perfil já tiver importado o pacote de chaves do servidor anteriormente, todas as chaves são consideradas iguais.

Configuração prévia do aplicativo para ativar o Relé do Cwtch.

No Android, a hospedagem de servidor não está habilitada, pois essa opção não está disponível devido às limitações dos dispositivos Android. Essa funcionalidade está reservada apenas para servidores hospedados em desktops.

No Android, a única forma direta de importar uma chave de servidor é através do grupo de teste Cwtch, garantindo assim acesso ao servidor Cwtch.

Primeiro passo é Habilitar a opção de grupo no Cwtch que está em fase de testes. Clique na opção no canto superior direito da tela de configuração e pressione o botão para acessar as configurações do Cwtch.

Você pode alterar o idioma para Português do Brasil.Depois, role para baixo e selecione a opção para ativar os experimentos. Em seguida, ative a opção para habilitar o chat em grupo e a pré-visualização de imagens e fotos de perfil, permitindo que você troque sua foto de perfil.

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Próximo passo é Criar um perfil.

Pressione o + botão de ação no canto inferior direito e selecione "Novo perfil" ou aberta no botão + adicionar novo perfil.

• Selecione um nome de exibição

• Selecione se deseja proteger

este perfil e salvo localmente com criptografia forte: Senha: sua conta está protegida de outras pessoas que possam usar este dispositivo

Sem senha: qualquer pessoa que tenha acesso a este dispositivo poderá acessar este perfil.

Preencha sua senha e digite-a novamente

Os perfis são armazenados localmente no disco e criptografados usando uma chave derivada de uma senha conhecida pelo usuário (via pbkdf2).

Observe que, uma vez criptografado e armazenado em disco, a única maneira de recuperar um perfil é recuperando a chave da senha - como tal, não é possível fornecer uma lista completa de perfis aos quais um usuário pode ter acesso até inserir um senha.

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O próximo passo é adicionar o FuzzBot, que é um bot de testes e de desenvolvimento.

Contato do FuzzBot: 4y2hxlxqzautabituedksnh2ulcgm2coqbure6wvfpg4gi2ci25ta5ad.

Ao enviar o comando "testgroup-invite" para o FuzzBot, você receberá um convite para entrar no Grupo Cwtch Test. Ao ingressar no grupo, você será automaticamente conectado ao servidor Cwtch. Você pode optar por sair do grupo a qualquer momento ou ficar para conversar e tirar dúvidas sobre o aplicativo e outros assuntos. Depois, você pode configurar seu próprio servidor Cwtch, o que é altamente recomendável.

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Agora você pode utilizar o aplicativo normalmente. Algumas observações que notei: se houver demora na conexão com outra pessoa, ambas devem estar online. Se ainda assim a conexão não for estabelecida, basta clicar no ícone de reset do Tor para restabelecer a conexão com a outra pessoa.

Uma introdução aos perfis Cwtch.

Com Cwtch você pode criar um ou mais perfis . Cada perfil gera um par de chaves ed25519 aleatório compatível com a Rede Tor.

Este é o identificador que você pode fornecer às pessoas e que elas podem usar para entrar em contato com você via Cwtch.

Cwtch permite criar e gerenciar vários perfis separados. Cada perfil está associado a um par de chaves diferente que inicia um serviço cebola diferente.

Gerenciar Na inicialização, o Cwtch abrirá a tela Gerenciar Perfis. Nessa tela você pode:

• Crie um novo perfil.
• Desbloquear perfis.
• Criptografados existentes.
• Gerenciar perfis carregados.
• Alterando o nome de exibição de um perfil.
• Alterando a senha de um perfil Excluindo um perfil.
• Alterando uma imagem de perfil.

Backup ou exportação de um perfil.

Na tela de gerenciamento de perfil:

1. Selecione o lápis ao lado do perfil que você deseja editar

2. Role para baixo até a parte inferior da tela.

3. Selecione "Exportar perfil"

4. Escolha um local e um nome de arquivo.

5.confirme.

Uma vez confirmado, o Cwtch colocará uma cópia do perfil no local indicado. Este arquivo é criptografado no mesmo nível do perfil.

Este arquivo pode ser importado para outra instância do Cwtch em qualquer dispositivo.

Importando um perfil.

1. Pressione o +botão de ação no canto inferior direito e selecione "Importar perfil"

2. Selecione um arquivo de perfil Cwtch exportado para importar

3. Digite a senha associada ao perfil e confirme.

Uma vez confirmado, o Cwtch tentará descriptografar o arquivo fornecido usando uma chave derivada da senha fornecida. Se for bem-sucedido, o perfil aparecerá na tela Gerenciamento de perfil e estará pronto para uso.

OBSERVAÇÃO Embora um perfil possa ser importado para vários dispositivos, atualmente apenas uma versão de um perfil pode ser usada em todos os dispositivos ao mesmo tempo. As tentativas de usar o mesmo perfil em vários dispositivos podem resultar em problemas de disponibilidade e falhas de mensagens.

Qual é a diferença entre uma conexão ponto a ponto e um grupo cwtch?

As conexões ponto a ponto Cwtch permitem que 2 pessoas troquem mensagens diretamente. As conexões ponto a ponto nos bastidores usam serviços cebola Tor v3 para fornecer uma conexão criptografada e resistente a metadados. Devido a esta conexão direta, ambas as partes precisam estar online ao mesmo tempo para trocar mensagens.

Os Grupos Cwtch permitem que várias partes participem de uma única conversa usando um servidor não confiável (que pode ser fornecido por terceiros ou auto-hospedado). Os operadores de servidores não conseguem saber quantas pessoas estão em um grupo ou o que está sendo discutido. Se vários grupos estiverem hospedados em um único servidor, o servidor não conseguirá saber quais mensagens pertencem a qual grupo sem a conivência de um membro do grupo. Ao contrário das conversas entre pares, as conversas em grupo podem ser conduzidas de forma assíncrona, para que todos num grupo não precisem estar online ao mesmo tempo.

Por que os grupos cwtch são experimentais? Mensagens em grupo resistentes a metadados ainda são um problema em aberto . Embora a versão que fornecemos no Cwtch Beta seja projetada para ser segura e com metadados privados, ela é bastante ineficiente e pode ser mal utilizada. Como tal, aconselhamos cautela ao usá-lo e apenas o fornecemos como um recurso opcional.

Como posso executar meu próprio servidor Cwtch? A implementação de referência para um servidor Cwtch é de código aberto . Qualquer pessoa pode executar um servidor Cwtch, e qualquer pessoa com uma cópia do pacote de chaves públicas do servidor pode hospedar grupos nesse servidor sem que o operador tenha acesso aos metadados relacionados ao grupo .

https://git.openprivacy.ca/cwtch.im/server

https://docs.openprivacy.ca/cwtch-security-handbook/server.html

Como posso desligar o Cwtch? O painel frontal do aplicativo possui um ícone do botão "Shutdown Cwtch" (com um 'X'). Pressionar este botão irá acionar uma caixa de diálogo e, na confirmação, o Cwtch será desligado e todos os perfis serão descarregados.

Suas doações podem fazer a diferença no projeto Cwtch? O Cwtch é um projeto dedicado a construir aplicativos que preservam a privacidade, oferecendo comunicação de grupo resistente a metadados. Além disso, o projeto também desenvolve o Cofre, formulários da web criptografados para ajudar mútua segura. Suas contribuições apoiam iniciativas importantes, como a divulgação de violações de dados médicos em Vancouver e pesquisas sobre a segurança do voto eletrônico na Suíça. Ao doar, você está ajudando a fechar o ciclo, trabalhando com comunidades marginalizadas para identificar e corrigir lacunas de privacidade. Além disso, o projeto trabalha em soluções inovadoras, como a quebra de segredos através da criptografia de limite para proteger sua privacidade durante passagens de fronteira. E também tem a infraestrutura: toda nossa infraestrutura é open source e sem fins lucrativos. Conheça também o Fuzzytags, uma estrutura criptográfica probabilística para marcação resistente a metadados. Sua doação é crucial para continuar o trabalho em prol da privacidade e segurança online. Contribua agora com sua doação

https://openprivacy.ca/donate/

onde você pode fazer sua doação em bitcoin e outras moedas, e saiba mais sobre os projetos. https://openprivacy.ca/work/

Link sobre Cwtch

https://cwtch.im/

https://git.openprivacy.ca/cwtch.im/cwtch

https://docs.cwtch.im/docs/intro

https://docs.openprivacy.ca/cwtch-security-handbook/

Baixar #CwtchDev

cwtch.im/download/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=im.cwtch.flwtch

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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.

Not: Bu öykü ilk olarak 2021 yılında Esrarengiz Hikâyeler'de yayımlanmıştır.

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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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Embarking on the journey of operating your own Lightning node on the Bitcoin Layer 2 network is more than just a tech-savvy endeavor; it's a step into a realm of financial autonomy and cutting-edge innovation. By running a node, you become a vital part of a revolutionary movement that's reshaping how we think about money and digital transactions. This role not only offers a unique perspective on blockchain technology but also places you at the heart of a community dedicated to decentralization and network resilience. Beyond the technicalities, it's about embracing a new era of digital finance, where you contribute directly to the network's security, efficiency, and growth, all while gaining personal satisfaction and potentially lucrative rewards.

In essence, running your own Lightning node is a powerful way to engage with the forefront of blockchain technology, assert financial independence, and contribute to a more decentralized and efficient Bitcoin network. It's an adventure that offers both personal and communal benefits, from gaining in-depth tech knowledge to earning a place in the evolving landscape of cryptocurrency.

Running your own Lightning node for the Bitcoin Layer 2 network can be an empowering and beneficial endeavor. Here are 10 reasons why you might consider taking on this task:

1. Direct Contribution to Decentralization: Operating a node is a direct action towards decentralizing the Bitcoin network, crucial for its security and resistance to control or censorship by any single entity.

2. Financial Autonomy: Owning a node gives you complete control over your financial transactions on the network, free from reliance on third-party services, which can be subject to fees, restrictions, or outages.

3. Advanced Network Participation: As a node operator, you're not just a passive participant but an active player in shaping the network, influencing its efficiency and scalability through direct involvement.

4. Potential for Higher Revenue: With strategic management and optimal channel funding, your node can become a preferred route for transactions, potentially increasing the routing fees you can earn.

5. Cutting-Edge Technological Engagement: Running a node puts you at the forefront of blockchain and bitcoin technology, offering insights into future developments and innovations.

6. Strengthened Network Security: Each new node adds to the robustness of the Bitcoin network, making it more resilient against attacks and failures, thus contributing to the overall security of the ecosystem.

7. Personalized Fee Structures: You have the flexibility to set your own fee policies, which can balance earning potential with the service you provide to the network.

8. Empowerment Through Knowledge: The process of setting up and managing a node provides deep learning opportunities, empowering you with knowledge that can be applied in various areas of blockchain and fintech.

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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There’s a lot of conversation around the #TwitterFiles. Here’s my take, and thoughts on how to fix the issues identified.

I’ll start with the principles I’ve come to believe…based on everything I’ve learned and experienced through my past actions as a Twitter co-founder and lead:

1. Social media must be resilient to corporate and government control.
2. Only the original author may remove content they produce.
3. Moderation is best implemented by algorithmic choice.

The Twitter when I led it and the Twitter of today do not meet any of these principles. This is my fault alone, as I completely gave up pushing for them when an activist entered our stock in 2020. I no longer had hope of achieving any of it as a public company with no defense mechanisms (lack of dual-class shares being a key one). I planned my exit at that moment knowing I was no longer right for the company.

The biggest mistake I made was continuing to invest in building tools for us to manage the public conversation, versus building tools for the people using Twitter to easily manage it for themselves. This burdened the company with too much power, and opened us to significant outside pressure (such as advertising budgets). I generally think companies have become far too powerful, and that became completely clear to me with our suspension of Trump’s account. As I’ve said before, we did the right thing for the public company business at the time, but the wrong thing for the internet and society. Much more about this here: https://twitter.com/jack/status/1349510769268850690

I continue to believe there was no ill intent or hidden agendas, and everyone acted according to the best information we had at the time. Of course mistakes were made. But if we had focused more on tools for the people using the service rather than tools for us, and moved much faster towards absolute transparency, we probably wouldn’t be in this situation of needing a fresh reset (which I am supportive of). Again, I own all of this and our actions, and all I can do is work to make it right.

Back to the principles. Of course governments want to shape and control the public conversation, and will use every method at their disposal to do so, including the media. And the power a corporation wields to do the same is only growing. It’s critical that the people have tools to resist this, and that those tools are ultimately owned by the people. Allowing a government or a few corporations to own the public conversation is a path towards centralized control.

I’m a strong believer that any content produced by someone for the internet should be permanent until the original author chooses to delete it. It should be always available and addressable. Content takedowns and suspensions should not be possible. Doing so complicates important context, learning, and enforcement of illegal activity. There are significant issues with this stance of course, but starting with this principle will allow for far better solutions than we have today. The internet is trending towards a world were storage is “free” and infinite, which places all the actual value on how to discover and see content.

Which brings me to the last principle: moderation. I don’t believe a centralized system can do content moderation globally. It can only be done through ranking and relevance algorithms, the more localized the better. But instead of a company or government building and controlling these solely, people should be able to build and choose from algorithms that best match their criteria, or not have to use any at all. A “follow” action should always deliver every bit of content from the corresponding account, and the algorithms should be able to comb through everything else through a relevance lens that an individual determines. There’s a default “G-rated” algorithm, and then there’s everything else one can imagine.

The only way I know of to truly live up to these 3 principles is a free and open protocol for social media, that is not owned by a single company or group of companies, and is resilient to corporate and government influence. The problem today is that we have companies who own both the protocol and discovery of content. Which ultimately puts one person in charge of what’s available and seen, or not. This is by definition a single point of failure, no matter how great the person, and over time will fracture the public conversation, and may lead to more control by governments and corporations around the world.

I believe many companies can build a phenomenal business off an open protocol. For proof, look at both the web and email. The biggest problem with these models however is that the discovery mechanisms are far too proprietary and fixed instead of open or extendable. Companies can build many profitable services that complement rather than lock down how we access this massive collection of conversation. There is no need to own or host it themselves.

Many of you won’t trust this solution just because it’s me stating it. I get it, but that’s exactly the point. Trusting any one individual with this comes with compromises, not to mention being way too heavy a burden for the individual. It has to be something akin to what bitcoin has shown to be possible. If you want proof of this, get out of the US and European bubble of the bitcoin price fluctuations and learn how real people are using it for censorship resistance in Africa and Central/South America.

I do still wish for Twitter, and every company, to become uncomfortably transparent in all their actions, and I wish I forced more of that years ago. I do believe absolute transparency builds trust. As for the files, I wish they were released Wikileaks-style, with many more eyes and interpretations to consider. And along with that, commitments of transparency for present and future actions. I’m hopeful all of this will happen. There’s nothing to hide…only a lot to learn from. The current attacks on my former colleagues could be dangerous and doesn’t solve anything. If you want to blame, direct it at me and my actions, or lack thereof.

As far as the free and open social media protocol goes, there are many competing projects: @bluesky is one with the AT Protocol, nostr another, Mastodon yet another, Matrix yet another…and there will be many more. One will have a chance at becoming a standard like HTTP or SMTP. This isn’t about a “decentralized Twitter.” This is a focused and urgent push for a foundational core technology standard to make social media a native part of the internet. I believe this is critical both to Twitter’s future, and the public conversation’s ability to truly serve the people, which helps hold governments and corporations accountable. And hopefully makes it all a lot more fun and informative again.

💸🛠️🌐 To accelerate open internet and protocol work, I’m going to open a new category of #startsmall grants: “open internet development.” It will start with a focus of giving cash and equity grants to engineering teams working on social media and private communication protocols, bitcoin, and a web-only mobile OS. I’ll make some grants next week, starting with $1mm/yr to Signal. Please let me know other great candidates for this money.

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Die Figuren in der Koalition der Willigen entlarven ihre charakterliche Ungeeignetheit für politische Ämter mit Verantwortung für ganze Nationen. Staatliche Entscheidungen dürfen nicht emotionsgesteuert sein. Aber genau das ist derzeit der Fall. Überall wird mit der Moralkeule um sich gehauen. Erwachsene benehmen sich wie im Kindergarten und zeigen ihre fehlende Reife. Von menschlicher Größe ganz zu schweigen.

Bisher war es schön warm unter den Fittichen der USA. Deutschland hat aufgrund seiner Geschichte besonders gut den Nick-August gespielt und sich selbst eine Souveränität vorgelogen, die es so nie gegeben hat. Jetzt sieht es so aus, als wollten die USA Europa in die Freiheit, in die Volljährigkeit entlassen. Es könnte auch sein, dass die USA aus der NATO austreten und sich vor allem um sich selbst kümmern. Allein das würde die Welt schon wesentlich friedlicher machen, denkt man beispielsweise an den Einmarsch in den Irak. Es gehen Gerüchte um, dass Truppen aus Rumänien und Deutschland abgezogen werden sollen.

Vielleicht geht es bei den Friedensverhandlungen zwischen Trump und Putin nicht nur um die Ukraine, sondern, wenn man schon mal dabei ist, auch um die Kräfteverteilung in Europa insgesamt. Waffeneinsätze in der Ukraine wurden maßgeblich von Wiesbaden aus gesteuert. 2026 sollen dort US-Mittelstrecken-Raketen stationiert werden. Der an Führungsstärke kleinste Kanzler der Bundesrepublik, Scholz, hat das brav abgenickt. Der nur noch durch ein Wunder zu verhindernde neue Kanzler, das Glas Gewürzgurken aus dem Sauerland, provoziert Russland mit seiner Ankündigung zu den Taurus-Raketen dafür um so mehr. Da ist man schon fast gewillt, sich den Scholz zurückzuwünschen, als das kleinere Übel.

Statt mit Besonnenheit und Vernunft die veränderte Sicherheitslage mit den USA als eher abtrünnige Schutzmacht neu zu bewerten, hierin auch eine Chance zu sehen, eine starke Botschaft und den Willen auf ein friedliches neues Miteinander in den Fokus zu stellen, reagieren die meisten europäischen politischen „Spitzenkräfte“ mit blindem Aktionismus, der weltenbrandgefährlich ist. Und Deutschland, dass es sich aufgrund seiner Geschichte am wenigsten erlauben könnte, macht mit von der Leyen in Brüssel und Merz, Pistorius und anderen Kriegs-Warm-Uppern am weitesten das Maul auf, obwohl es sich am bedecktesten halten sollte.

Angesichts der Tatsache, dass Europa gegenüber einer Atommacht wie Russland vollkommen wehrlos ist, wäre es wirklich viel gescheiter, sich der neuen Situation anzupassen und ständig Signale der Friedensbereitschaft zu senden. Unterstütz von den Briten und Franzosen schmiegt Brüssel eine Koalition der Friedensuntüchtigen, wie sie Uwe Froschauer aktuell in seinem Buch „Die Friedensuntüchtigen“ beschreibt. In der Rezension von mir gibt es auch einen Link zu einem Review des Inhalts:

https://wassersaege.com/blogbeitraege/buchrezension-die-friedensuntuechtigen-von-uwe-froschauer/

Stattdessen passiert das Gegenteil.

Es ist nicht nur legitim, sondern sogar Aufgabe der einzelnen Staaten, eine gewisse Verteidigungsfähigkeit aufbauen zu wollen. Derzeit geschieht das jedoch unter falschen Vorzeichen. Die NATO, als sogenanntes Verteidigungsbündnis zur Vorlage zu nehmen, wäre keine gute Idee, weil sie sich mangels Gelegenheit (der Verteidigung) eher als das Gegenteil herausgestellt hat, wie man seinerzeit in Jugoslawien erleben musste.

Russland als Feind hochzustilisieren, um ein Aufrüsten zu beschleunigen, ist jedoch der denkbar falscheste Weg. Wenn ein Yorkshire-Terrier einen Pit-Bull ankläfft, könnte das fatale Folgen haben. Wenn die europäischen „Geistesgrößen“ bei Verstand wären und in der Lage, die Realität richtig einzuschätzen, würden sie das erkennen.

Woher kommt die Überheblichkeit, woher die Unfähigkeit zur Einschätzung der Lage, woher die Realitätsverweigerung? Ist das gewollt, steckt ein Plan dahinter oder sind „die“ einfach „nur“ strunzendoof? Letzteres wäre die gefährlichste Variante.

Es stellt sich immer mehr heraus, dass Corona offensichtlich ein Test war, wie weit die Menschen in ihrer Obrigkeitshörigkeit zu treiben sind. Wie dumm und gefolgsam sind die Schafe wirklich?

Bei einer Lieferung von Taurus-Raketen, die von Deutschen gesteuert werden müssen, könnte es vielleicht gelingen, die Krim-Brücke zu zerstören. Den Kriegsverlauf würde das jedoch nicht beeinflussen. Russland gewinnt so oder so. Im Gegenteil, die Folgen für Deutschland würden den dort möglicherweise angerichteten Schaden bei weitem übertreffen.

Während ich schreibe kommt gerade auf RT DE (aufgrund der „Pressefreiheit“ verzichtet man derzeit offiziell auf diesen Sender) folgende Meldung rein: Russisches Außenministerium: Taurus-Einsatz bedeutet deutsche Kriegsbeteiligung.

https://rtde.site/international/242696-russisches-aussenministerium-taurus-einsatz-bedeutet/

Es ist nicht nachvollziehbar, dass Merz offensichtlich nicht in der Lage ist anzuerkennen, dass Russland über Oreschnik-Raketen verfügt. Er scheint nicht in der Lage zu sein, die möglichen Folgen einschätzen zu können. Genau so wenig wie Pistorius. Die beiden kommen einem vor, wie zwei, die sich im stockfinsteren Wald verirrt haben und sich gegenseitig Mut zusprechen.

Nach wie vor gibt es keine fundierten Beweise dafür, dass Russland die Absicht hat, Deutschland auf unschöne Weise bereisen zu wollen. Das kann nicht oft genug gesagt werden.

Wie schon vor dem Ukraine-Konflikt, durch ein ständiges mit der NATO-Osterweiterung Russland-immer-näher-auf-die-Pelle-rücken, streut jetzt Europa, Deutschland, der Kriegskanzler Salz in die Wunde und Russland sagt ständig: Stoy, so geht das nicht!

Wenn wir eine Bedrohungslage haben, dann die, dass das aktuelle Regime den Deutschen in seinem Wehrwahn mit Wehrpflicht und einer bevorstehenden russischen Invasion droht, obwohl es, man kann es wirklich nicht oft genug sagen, keine reale Bedrohung durch Russland gibt.

In einem Interview im deutschen Propaganda-Funk faselt Pistorius davon, dass in einem „Schnuppercamp der Bundesmarine“ in Kiel für Teenager ab 16 Jahre, er gar nichts Verwerfliches daran finden kann. „Die schießen ja nicht…“, „Wir bringen ihnen ja nicht das Töten bei mit 17, sondern wir bereiten sie vor auf eine Ausbildung zum Soldaten. Und Soldat ist ein sehr ehrenwerter Beruf, der nämlich dazu dient, unsere Freiheit und Sicherheit im Ernstfall zu verteidigen.“ Dass diese Verteidigung tödlich enden kann, wird hier verschwiegen. Das könnte schließlich Teile der Soldaten verunsichern.

Ein Politikwissenschaftler regt sich über den Titel eines Liedes auf:

-Da stört sich doch tatsächlich jemand an der Liedzeile „Meine Söhne geb‘ ich nicht“-

https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=131733

Man hat das Gefühl, dass alle Politiker, statt wie Obelix in den Zaubertrank, in ein Fass Teflon-Lack gefallen sind. Anders ist es nicht zu erklären, warum die Realität so perfekt an ihnen abperlt.

Wir werden immer mehr in die Enge getrieben. Und man weiß nicht, was im Zuge der digitalisierten Überwachung, die auch in Russland kräftig Fahrt aufnimmt, zwischen den USA und Russland sonst noch ausgehandelt wird. Auch, wenn Vance derzeit von UK-Premier Keir Starmer fordert, er müsse die Gesetze gegen „Hassrede“ aufheben, um ein Handelsabkommen mit den USA zu erzielen, und das eine Vorankündigung auf die Verhandlungen mit der EU sein könnte, (Bedingung: Abschaffung des Digital Services Act). In den USA gibt es Tech-Giganten, wie Musk und Thiel und Konsorten, die mit Umlegen eines Schalters, den derzeit augenscheinlichen Kampf für Meinungsfreiheit und Freiheit der Bürger, im Handumdrehen ins Gegenteil verqueren können. Dann sind wir in Null Komma Nichts in der Versklavung mit einem Totalitarismus und einer Technokratie gelandet, in der sich Georg Orwells „1984“ wie eine Gute-Nacht-Geschichte für kleine Kinder anhört.

Dieser Artikel wurde mit dem Pareto-Client geschrieben

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Congrats to @gnilma and @Carresan! Thanks to Herro and Butler both having 38 points (shoutout Heat Culture) they both secured 9 points and are tied for the lead.

Now we move on to the final Play-In Round

Matchups (seed)

• Heat (10) @ Hawks (8)
• Mavericks (10) @ Grizzlies (8)

You need to select one team from this round to win their game. You also need to predict who will be the highest scoring player in this round.

Scoring this round: 1 Point for your team winning + Your team's seed if they win + 1 Point for picking the correct top scorer

This round has a maximum of 12 points.

Prize

10k sats (or sum of zaps on contest posts, whichever is larger)

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/946686

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I created a GitHub repository at https://github.com/Marc26z/ZapShirts. Here is a copy of the README.md

ZapShirts

This is an idea I have to make t-shirts that are also bitcoin point-of-sale terminals.

Create T-Shirt Point-Of-Sale

The idea is to create a bitcoin point of sale on a T-shirt. You can use it to sell stickers at a conference or have a friend pay you back for dinner. It is only limited by your imagination.

Why Would Anybody Need A ZapShirt?

I no longer "orange pill" local businesses. I do not care if they wish to accept bitcoin, but I want to be the change in the world I want to see. I will accept bitcoin on a T-Shirt to show others how easy it is to accept bitcoin as a p2p electronic cash system. Anyone can accept bitcoin as payment if they want to. You could print a sign on a piece of paper if you wanted to. The problem was, nobody I asked wanted a sign, even bitcoiners. So I asked myself...Self, what if you did the opposite? What if the customer accepted bitcoin, but the business owner did not.

I also thought it would be pretty cool T-Shirt to wear at meet-ups.

How To Make Your Own Zap Shirt

1. Create a QR code that sends you to your coinos page, getalby page, strike or whatever you feel comfortable using. This can easily be done at https://libreqr.com/
2. Use a program like gimp to replace the default QR Code with your own QR code on the file.
3. Create the shirt.

To support this please zap me or buy one from my store.

Can I Buy A Zap Shirt?

Yes. If you would like a shirt, hit me up on nostr

https://primal.net/marc

end README.md

I like the idea of open sourcing my ideas and trying to sell them for sats on the Internet. I am currently working on a site to sell things like this and my gift cards. I feel a little uneasy because I haven't been writing much, but I've been building. The idea is to create bitcoin educational products and services. Onward.

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This is my second article. I find the idea of using a user friendly 2FA-style code on a secondary device really fascinating.

I have to admit, I don’t fully grasp all the technical details behind it—but nonetheless, I wanted to share the idea as it came to mind. Maybe it is technical nonsense...

So here it is—feel free to tear the idea apart and challenge it! :)

Idea

This Article describes method for passphrase validation and wallet access control in Bitcoin software wallets using a block-based Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) mechanism. Unlike traditional TOTP systems, this approach leverages blockchain data—specifically, Bitcoin block height and block hash—combined with a securely stored secret to derive a dynamic 6-digit validation code. The system enables user-friendly, secure access to a wallet without directly exposing or requiring the user to memorize a fixed passphrase.

1. Introduction

Secure access to Bitcoin wallets often involves a mnemonic seed and an optional passphrase. However, passphrases can be difficult for users to manage securely. This paper introduces a system where a passphrase is encrypted locally and can only be decrypted upon validation of a 6-digit code generated from blockchain metadata. A mobile app, acting as a secure TOTP generator, supplies the user with this code.

2. System Components

2.1 Fixed Passphrase

A strong, high-entropy passphrase is generated once during wallet creation. It is never exposed to the user but is instead encrypted and stored locally on the desktop system (eg. bitbox02 - sparrow wallet).

2.2 Mobile App

The mobile app securely stores the shared secret (passphrase) and generates a 6-digit code using: - The current Bitcoin block height - The corresponding block hash - A fixed internal secret (stored in Secure Enclave or Android Keystore)

Offline App - current block_hash and block_height scanned with qr code.6-digit code generation after scanning the information.

2.3 Decryption and Validation

On the desktop (e.g. in Sparrow Wallet or wrapper script), the user inputs the 6-digit code. The software fetches current block data (block_height, block_hash), recreates the decryption key using the same HMAC derivation as the mobile app, and decrypts the locally stored passphrase. If successful, the wallet is unlocked.

3. Workflow

1. Wallet is created with a strong passphrase.
2. Passphrase is encrypted using a key derived from the initial block hash + block height + secret.
3. User installs mobile app and shares the fixed secret securely.
4. On wallet access:
5. User retrieves current code from the app.
6. Enters it into Sparrow or a CLI prompt.
7. Wallet software reconstructs the key, decrypts the passphrase.
8. If valid, the wallet is opened.

4. Security Properties

• Two-Factor Protection: Combines device possession and blockchain-derived time-based data.
• Replay Resistance: Codes change with every block (~10 min cycle).
• Minimal Attack Surface: Passphrase never typed or copied.
• Hardware-Backed Secrets: Mobile app secret stored in non-exportable secure hardware.

5. Future Work

• Direct integration into Bitcoin wallet GUIs (e.g. Sparrow plugin)
• QR-based sync between mobile and desktop
• Support for multiple wallets or contexts

6. Conclusion

This approach provides a balance between security and usability for Bitcoin wallet users by abstracting away fixed passphrases and leveraging the immutability and regularity of the Bitcoin blockchain. It is a highly adaptable concept for enterprise or personal use cases seeking to improve wallet access security without introducing user friction.

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Prophet Jesus peace be upon him was never killed, he was saved by God and raised to heavens body and soul.

4:157 An-Nisaa

‎وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا الْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَٰكِنْ شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ لَفِي شَكٍّ مِنْهُ ۚ مَا لَهُمْ بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِلَّا اتِّبَاعَ الظَّنِّ ۚ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِينًا

And because of their saying (in boast), "We killed Messiah 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), the Messenger of Allah," - but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but the resemblance of 'Iesa (Jesus) was put over another man (and they killed that man), and those who differ therein are full of doubts. They have no (certain) knowledge, they follow nothing but conjecture. For surely; they killed him not [i.e. 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)]:

4:158 An-Nisaa

‎بَلْ رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ ۚ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا

But Allah raised him ['Iesa (Jesus)] up (with his body and soul) unto Himself (and he is in the heavens). And Allah is Ever All-Powerful, All-Wise.

Jesus, peace be upon him, is neither God nor his son.

5:17 Al-Maaida

‎لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۚ قُلْ فَمَنْ يَمْلِكُ مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا إِنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُهْلِكَ الْمَسِيحَ ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَأُمَّهُ وَمَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ۗ وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۚ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَاءُ ۚ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

They have certainly disbelieved who say that Allah is Christ, the son of Mary. Say, "Then who could prevent Allah at all if He had intended to destroy Christ, the son of Mary, or his mother or everyone on the earth?" And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them. He creates what He wills, and Allah is over all things competent.

5:18 Al-Maaida

‎وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ نَحْنُ أَبْنَاءُ اللَّهِ وَأَحِبَّاؤُهُ ۚ قُلْ فَلِمَ يُعَذِّبُكُمْ بِذُنُوبِكُمْ ۖ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ بَشَرٌ مِمَّنْ خَلَقَ ۚ يَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ الْمَصِيرُ

But the Jews and the Christians say, "We are the children of Allah and His beloved." Say, "Then why does He punish you for your sins?" Rather, you are human beings from among those He has created. He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills. And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, and to Him is the [final] destination.

5:72 Al-Maaida

‎لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۖ وَقَالَ الْمَسِيحُ يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبَّكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُ مَنْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدْ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَأْوَاهُ النَّارُ ۖ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنْصَارٍ

‎‏Surely, they have disbelieved who say: "Allah is the Messiah ['Iesa (Jesus)], son of Maryam (Mary)." But the Messiah ['Iesa (Jesus)] said: "O Children (descendants) of Israel! Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord." Verily, whosoever sets up partners in worship with Allah, then Allah has forbidden Paradise for him, and the Fire will be his abode. And for the Zalimun (unjust, polytheists and wrong-doers) there are no helpers.

‎‏5:73 Al-Maaida

‎لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ ثَالِثُ ثَلَاثَةٍ ۘ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا إِلَٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ ۚ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهُوا عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ لَيَمَسَّنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

‎‏Surely, disbelievers are those who said: "Allah is the third of the three (in a Trinity)." But there is no ilah (god) (none who has the right to be worshipped) but One Ilah (God; Allah). And if they do not cease from what they say, verily, a painful torment will befall the disbelievers among them.

5:74 Al-Maaida

‎أَفَلَا يَتُوبُونَ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَهُ ۚ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ

Will they not repent to Allah and ask His Forgiveness? For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

5:75 Al-Maaida

‎مَا الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ وَأُمُّهُ صِدِّيقَةٌ ۖ كَانَا يَأْكُلَانِ الطَّعَامَ ۗ انْظُرْ كَيْفَ نُبَيِّنُ لَهُمُ الْآيَاتِ ثُمَّ انْظُرْ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

The Messiah ['Iesa (Jesus)], son of Maryam (Mary), was no more than a Messenger; many were the Messengers that passed away before him. His mother [Maryam (Mary)] was a Siddiqah [i.e. she believed in the words of Allah and His Books (see Verse 66:12)]. They both used to eat food (as any other human being, while Allah does not eat). Look how We make the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) clear to them, yet look how they are deluded away (from the truth).

5:76 Al-Maaida

‎قُلْ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا ۚ وَاللَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

Say, "Do you worship besides Allah that which holds for you no [power of] harm or benefit while it is Allah who is the Hearing, the Knowing?"

5:77 Al-Maaida

‎قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لَا تَغْلُوا فِي دِينِكُمْ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا أَهْوَاءَ قَوْمٍ قَدْ ضَلُّوا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَأَضَلُّوا كَثِيرًا وَضَلُّوا عَنْ سَوَاءِ السَّبِيلِ

Say, "O People of the Scripture, do not exceed limits in your religion beyond the truth and do not follow the inclinations of a people who had gone astray before and misled many and have strayed from the soundness of the way."

Al-An'aam verse 100 ‎وَجَعَلُوا لِلَّهِ شُرَكَاءَ الْجِنَّ وَخَلَقَهُمْ ۖ وَخَرَقُوا لَهُ بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۚ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ Yet, they join the jinns as partners in worship with Allah, though He has created them (the jinns), and they attribute falsely without knowledge sons and daughters to Him. Be He Glorified and Exalted above (all) that they attribute to Him. Verse 101 ‎بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُ صَاحِبَةٌ ۖ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ He is the Originator of (created in beautiful form) the heavens and the earth. How can He have children when He has no wife (companion)? He created all things and He is the All-Knower of everything. Verse 102 ‎ذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ ۖ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَاعْبُدُوهُ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَكِيلٌ Such is Allah, your Lord! La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the Creator of all things. So worship Him (Alone), and He is the Wakil (Trustee, Disposer of affairs, Guardian, etc.) over all things. Verse 103 ‎لَا تُدْرِكُهُ الْأَبْصَارُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الْأَبْصَارَ ۖ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ No vision can grasp Him, but His Grasp is over all vision. He is the Most Subtle and Courteous, Well-Acquainted with all things. Verse 104 ‎قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ بَصَائِرُ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ ۖ فَمَنْ أَبْصَرَ فَلِنَفْسِهِ ۖ وَمَنْ عَمِيَ فَعَلَيْهَا ۚ وَمَا أَنَا عَلَيْكُمْ بِحَفِيظٍ

Verily, proofs have come to you from your Lord, so whosoever sees, will do so for (the good of) his ownself, and whosoever blinds himself, will do so to his own harm, and I am not a watcher over you.

In the following a narration of a conversation between God and Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him:

5:116 Al-Maaida

‎وَإِذْ قَالَ اللَّهُ يَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ أَأَنْتَ قُلْتَ لِلنَّاسِ اتَّخِذُونِي وَأُمِّيَ إِلَٰهَيْنِ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ ۖ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ مَا يَكُونُ لِي أَنْ أَقُولَ مَا لَيْسَ لِي بِحَقٍّ ۚ إِنْ كُنْتُ قُلْتُهُ فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَهُ ۚ تَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِي وَلَا أَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِكَ ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ

And (remember) when Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection): "O 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)! Did you say unto men: 'Worship me and my mother as two gods besides Allah?' " He will say: "Glory to You! It was not for me to say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, You would surely have known it. You know what is in my inner-self though I do not know what is in Yours, truly, You, only You, are the All-Knower of all that is hidden and unseen.

5:117 Al-Maaida

‎مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ إِلَّا مَا أَمَرْتَنِي بِهِ أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبَّكُمْ ۚ وَكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا مَا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ ۖ فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِي كُنْتَ أَنْتَ الرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَأَنْتَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

"Never did I say to them aught except what You (Allah) did command me to say: 'Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.' And I was a witness over them while I dwelt amongst them, but when You took me up, You were the Watcher over them, and You are a Witness to all things. (This is a great admonition and warning to the Christians of the whole world).

5:118 Al-Maaida

‎إِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ ۖ وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

"If You punish them, they are Your slaves, and if You forgive them, verily You, only You are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise."

5:119 Al-Maaida

‎قَالَ اللَّهُ هَٰذَا يَوْمُ يَنْفَعُ الصَّادِقِينَ صِدْقُهُمْ ۚ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا ۚ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا عَنْهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ

Allah will say: "This is a Day on which the truthful will profit from their truth: theirs are Gardens under which rivers flow (in Paradise) - they shall abide therein forever. Allah is pleased with them and they with Him. That is the great success (Paradise).

5:120 Al-Maaida

‎لِلَّهِ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا فِيهِنَّ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is therein, and He is Able to do all things.

Jesus, peace be upon him is only a prophet and we (Muslim people) will follow him when he returns before Judgement Day. In Islam, we believe in all prophets chosen by God while making no difference between any of them acknowledging that the last prophet is prophet Mohamed, peace be upon him.

2:285 Al-Baqara ‎آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۚ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِنْ رُسُلِهِ ۚ وَقَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۖ غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ The Messenger (Muhammad SAW) believes in what has been sent down to him from his Lord, and (so do) the believers. Each one believes in Allah, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers. They say, "We make no distinction between one another of His Messengers" - and they say, "We hear, and we obey. (We seek) Your Forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the return (of all)."

27:59 An-Naml ‎قُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَسَلَامٌ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ الَّذِينَ اصْطَفَىٰ ۗ آللَّهُ خَيْرٌ أَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ Say: "Praise and thanks be to Allah, and peace be on His servants whom He has chosen (for His Message)! Is Allah better, or (all) that you ascribe as partners (to Him)?" (Of course, Allah is Better). 33:57 Al-Ahzaab ‎إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا مُهِينًا Verily, those who cause harm to Allah and His Messenger, Allah has cursed them in this world, and in the Hereafter, and has prepared for them a humiliating torment. 33:58 Al-Ahzaab ‎وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ بِغَيْرِ مَا اكْتَسَبُوا فَقَدِ احْتَمَلُوا بُهْتَانًا وَإِثْمًا مُبِينًا And those who cause harm believing men and women undeservedly, bear on themselves the crime of slander and plain sin.

Some of the miracles shown by prophet Jesus peace be upon him are mentioned in the Quran in the following verses.

5:110 Al-Maaida

‎إِذْ قَالَ اللَّهُ يَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ اذْكُرْ نِعْمَتِي عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰ وَالِدَتِكَ إِذْ أَيَّدْتُكَ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ تُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ فِي الْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلًا ۖ وَإِذْ عَلَّمْتُكَ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَالتَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ ۖ وَإِذْ تَخْلُقُ مِنَ الطِّينِ كَهَيْئَةِ الطَّيْرِ بِإِذْنِي فَتَنْفُخُ فِيهَا فَتَكُونُ طَيْرًا بِإِذْنِي ۖ وَتُبْرِئُ الْأَكْمَهَ وَالْأَبْرَصَ بِإِذْنِي ۖ وَإِذْ تُخْرِجُ الْمَوْتَىٰ بِإِذْنِي ۖ وَإِذْ كَفَفْتُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْكَ إِذْ جِئْتَهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُبِينٌ

[The Day] when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, remember My favor upon you and upon your mother when I supported you with the Pure Spirit and you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; and [remember] when I taught you writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and when you designed from clay [what was] like the form of a bird with My permission, then you breathed into it, and it became a bird with My permission; and you healed the blind and the leper with My permission; and when you brought forth the dead with My permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from [killing] you when you came to them with clear proofs and those who disbelieved among them said, "This is not but obvious magic."

5:111 Al-Maaida

‎وَإِذْ أَوْحَيْتُ إِلَى الْحَوَارِيِّينَ أَنْ آمِنُوا بِي وَبِرَسُولِي قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَاشْهَدْ بِأَنَّنَا مُسْلِمُونَ

And [remember] when I inspired to the disciples, "Believe in Me and in My messenger Jesus." They said, "We have believed, so bear witness that indeed we are Muslims [in submission to Allah]."

5:112 Al-Maaida ‎إِذْ قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ يَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ هَلْ يَسْتَطِيعُ رَبُّكَ أَنْ يُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا مَائِدَةً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ ۖ قَالَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ (Remember) when Al-Hawariun (the disciples) said: "O 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)! Can your Lord send down to us a table spread (with food) from heaven?" 'Iesa (Jesus) said: "Fear Allah, if you are indeed believers."

5:113 Al-Maaida ‎قَالُوا نُرِيدُ أَنْ نَأْكُلَ مِنْهَا وَتَطْمَئِنَّ قُلُوبُنَا وَنَعْلَمَ أَنْ قَدْ صَدَقْتَنَا وَنَكُونَ عَلَيْهَا مِنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ They said: "We wish to eat thereof and to be stronger in Faith, and to know that you have indeed told us the truth and that we ourselves be its witnesses."

5:114 Al-Maaida ‎قَالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا أَنْزِلْ عَلَيْنَا مَائِدَةً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ تَكُونُ لَنَا عِيدًا لِأَوَّلِنَا وَآخِرِنَا وَآيَةً مِنْكَ ۖ وَارْزُقْنَا وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), said: "O Allah, our Lord! Send us from heaven a table spread (with food) that there may be for us - for the first and the last of us - a festival and a sign from You; and provide us sustenance, for You are the Best of sustainers."

5:115 Al-Maaida ‎قَالَ اللَّهُ إِنِّي مُنَزِّلُهَا عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ فَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بَعْدُ مِنْكُمْ فَإِنِّي أُعَذِّبُهُ عَذَابًا لَا أُعَذِّبُهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ Allah said: "I am going to send it down unto you, but if any of you after that disbelieves, then I will punish him with a torment such as I have not inflicted on anyone among (all) the 'Alamin (mankind and jinns)."

The pregnancy of Mary and the birth of prophet Jesus peace be upon him are also miracles and they are mentioned in the following verses. Jesus peace be upon him himself is a gift to Mary; however God, Allah, created him in the same way he created Adam.

3:8 Aal-i-Imraan

رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ

[Who say], "Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us and grant us from Yourself mercy. Indeed, You are the Bestower. 3:45 Aal-i-Imraan

‎إِذْ قَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَا مَرْيَمُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكِ بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنْهُ اسْمُهُ الْمَسِيحُ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ وَجِيهًا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ

[And mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allah gives you good tidings of a word from Him, whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary - distinguished in this world and the Hereafter and among those brought near [to Allah].

3:46 Aal-i-Imraan

‎وَيُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ فِي الْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلًا وَمِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ

He will speak to the people in the cradle and in maturity and will be of the righteous."

3:47 Aal-i-Imraan

‎قَالَتْ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ ۖ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ اللَّهُ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَاءُ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ

She said, "My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?" [The angel] said, "Such is Allah; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is.

3:48 Aal-i-Imraan

‎وَيُعَلِّمُهُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَالتَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ

And He will teach him writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel

3:49 Aal-i-Imraan

‎وَرَسُولًا إِلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنِّي قَدْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِآيَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ ۖ أَنِّي أَخْلُقُ لَكُمْ مِنَ الطِّينِ كَهَيْئَةِ الطَّيْرِ فَأَنْفُخُ فِيهِ فَيَكُونُ طَيْرًا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ۖ وَأُبْرِئُ الْأَكْمَهَ وَالْأَبْرَصَ وَأُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ۖ وَأُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا تَأْكُلُونَ وَمَا تَدَّخِرُونَ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

And [make him] a messenger to the Children of Israel, [who will say], 'Indeed I have come to you with a sign from your Lord in that I design for you from clay [that which is] like the form of a bird, then I breathe into it and it becomes a bird by permission of Allah. And I cure the blind and the leper, and I give life to the dead - by permission of Allah. And I inform you of what you eat and what you store in your houses. Indeed in that is a sign for you, if you are believers.

3:50 Aal-i-Imraan

‎وَمُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَلِأُحِلَّ لَكُمْ بَعْضَ الَّذِي حُرِّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ وَجِئْتُكُمْ بِآيَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

And [I have come] confirming what was before me of the Torah and to make lawful for you some of what was forbidden to you. And I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, so fear Allah and obey me.

3:51 Aal-i-Imraan

‎إِنَّ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُ ۗ هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ

Indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is the straight path."

3:52 Aal-i-Imraan

‎۞ فَلَمَّا أَحَسَّ عِيسَىٰ مِنْهُمُ الْكُفْرَ قَالَ مَنْ أَنْصَارِي إِلَى اللَّهِ ۖ قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحْنُ أَنْصَارُ اللَّهِ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَاشْهَدْ بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ

But when Jesus felt [persistence in] disbelief from them, he said, "Who are my supporters for [the cause of] Allah?" The disciples said, "We are supporters for Allah. We have believed in Allah and testify that we are Muslims [submitting to Him].

3:53 Aal-i-Imraan

‎رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا بِمَا أَنْزَلْتَ وَاتَّبَعْنَا الرَّسُولَ فَاكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِينَ

Our Lord, we have believed in what You revealed and have followed the messenger Jesus, so register us among the witnesses [to truth]."

3:54 Aal-i-Imraan

‎وَمَكَرُوا وَمَكَرَ اللَّهُ ۖ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ

And the disbelievers planned, but Allah planned. And Allah is the best of planners.

3:55 Aal-i-Imraan

‎إِذْ قَالَ اللَّهُ يَا عِيسَىٰ إِنِّي مُتَوَفِّيكَ وَرَافِعُكَ إِلَيَّ وَمُطَهِّرُكَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَجَاعِلُ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوكَ فَوْقَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ فِيمَا كُنْتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ

[Mention] when Allah said, "O Jesus, indeed I will take you and raise you to Myself and purify you from those who disbelieve and make those who follow you [in submission to Allah alone] superior to those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you concerning that in which you used to differ.

3:56 Aal-i-Imraan

‎فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَأُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرِينَ

And as for those who disbelieved, I will punish them with a severe punishment in this world and the Hereafter, and they will have no helpers."

3:57 Aal-i-Imraan

‎وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَيُوَفِّيهِمْ أُجُورَهُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الظَّالِمِينَ

But as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, He will give them in full their rewards, and Allah does not like the wrongdoers.

3:58 Aal-i-Imraan

‎ذَٰلِكَ نَتْلُوهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ وَالذِّكْرِ الْحَكِيمِ

This is what We recite to you, [O Muhammad], of [Our] verses and the precise [and wise] message.

3:59 Aal-i-Imraan

‎إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَىٰ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ آدَمَ ۖ خَلَقَهُ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ

Indeed, the example of Jesus to Allah is like that of Adam. He created Him from dust; then He said to him, "Be," and he was.

3:60 Aal-i-Imraan

‎الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ فَلَا تَكُنْ مِنَ الْمُمْتَرِينَ

The truth is from your Lord, so do not be among the doubters.

3:61 Aal-i-Imraan

‎فَمَنْ حَاجَّكَ فِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ فَقُلْ تَعَالَوْا نَدْعُ أَبْنَاءَنَا وَأَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَنِسَاءَنَا وَنِسَاءَكُمْ وَأَنْفُسَنَا وَأَنْفُسَكُمْ ثُمَّ نَبْتَهِلْ فَنَجْعَلْ لَعْنَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْكَاذِبِينَ

Then whoever argues with you about it after [this] knowledge has come to you - say, "Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then supplicate earnestly [together] and invoke the curse of Allah upon the liars [among us]."

3:62 Aal-i-Imraan

‎إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ الْقَصَصُ الْحَقُّ ۚ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ۚ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

Indeed, this is the true narration. And there is no deity except Allah. And indeed, Allah is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

3:63 Aal-i-Imraan

‎فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِالْمُفْسِدِينَ

But if they turn away, then indeed - Allah is Knowing of the corrupters.

3:64 Aal-i-Imraan

‎قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ تَعَالَوْا إِلَىٰ كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ أَلَّا نَعْبُدَ إِلَّا اللَّهَ وَلَا نُشْرِكَ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا أَرْبَابًا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ ۚ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَقُولُوا اشْهَدُوا بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ

Say, "O People of the Scripture, come to a word that is equitable between us and you - that we will not worship except Allah and not associate anything with Him and not take one another as lords instead of Allah." But if they turn away, then say, "Bear witness that we are Muslims [submitting to Him]."

19:16 Maryam

‎وَاذْكُرْ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ انْتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًا شَرْقِيًّا

And mention, [O Muhammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east.

19:17 Maryam

‎فَاتَّخَذَتْ مِنْ دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا

And she took, in seclusion from them, a screen. Then We sent to her Our Angel, and he represented himself to her as a well-proportioned man.

19:18 Maryam

‎قَالَتْ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِالرَّحْمَٰنِ مِنْكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَقِيًّا

She said, "Indeed, I seek refuge in the Most Merciful from you, [so leave me], if you should be fearing of Allah."

19:19 Maryam

‎قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَامًا زَكِيًّا

He said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy."

19:20 Maryam

‎قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا

She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"

19:21 Maryam

‎قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ ۖ وَلِنَجْعَلَهُ آيَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةً مِنَّا ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرًا مَقْضِيًّا

He said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already] decreed.' "

19:22 Maryam

‎۞ فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَانْتَبَذَتْ بِهِ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا

So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place.

19:23 Maryam

‎فَأَجَاءَهَا الْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَا لَيْتَنِي مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنْتُ نَسْيًا مَنْسِيًّا

And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten."

19:24 Maryam

‎فَنَادَاهَا مِنْ تَحْتِهَا أَلَّا تَحْزَنِي قَدْ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحْتَكِ سَرِيًّا

But he called her from below her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream.

19:25 Maryam

‎وَهُزِّي إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا

And shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree; it will drop upon you ripe, fresh dates.

19:26 Maryam

‎فَكُلِي وَاشْرَبِي وَقَرِّي عَيْنًا ۖ فَإِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ أَحَدًا فَقُولِي إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنْسِيًّا

So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to [any] man.' "

19:27 Maryam

‎فَأَتَتْ بِهِ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُ ۖ قَالُوا يَا مَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْئًا فَرِيًّا

Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, "O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented.

19:28 Maryam

‎يَا أُخْتَ هَارُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ امْرَأَ سَوْءٍ وَمَا كَانَتْ أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّا

O sister of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste."

19:29 Maryam

‎فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ ۖ قَالُوا كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَنْ كَانَ فِي الْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا

So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"

19:30 Maryam

‎قَالَ إِنِّي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ آتَانِيَ الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلَنِي نَبِيًّا

[Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allah. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet.

19:31 Maryam

‎وَجَعَلَنِي مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُ وَأَوْصَانِي بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا

And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakah as long as I remain alive

19:32 Maryam

‎وَبَرًّا بِوَالِدَتِي وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِي جَبَّارًا شَقِيًّا

And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant.

19:33 Maryam

‎وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيَّ يَوْمَ وُلِدْتُ وَيَوْمَ أَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ أُبْعَثُ حَيًّا

And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive."

19:34 Maryam

‎ذَٰلِكَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۚ قَوْلَ الْحَقِّ الَّذِي فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ

That is Jesus, the son of Mary - the word of truth about which they are in dispute.

19:35 Maryam

‎مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ مِنْ وَلَدٍ ۖ سُبْحَانَهُ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ

It is not [befitting] for Allah to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.

19:36 Maryam

‎وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ

[Jesus said], "And indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path."

19:37 Maryam

‎فَاخْتَلَفَ الْأَحْزَابُ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ مَشْهَدِ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Then the factions differed [concerning Jesus] from among them, so woe to those who disbelieved - from the scene of a tremendous Day.

19:38 Maryam

‎أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا ۖ لَٰكِنِ الظَّالِمُونَ الْيَوْمَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ

How [clearly] they will hear and see the Day they come to Us, but the wrongdoers today are in clear error.

19:39 Maryam

‎وَأَنْذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْحَسْرَةِ إِذْ قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ وَهُمْ فِي غَفْلَةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

And warn them, [O Muhammad], of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be concluded; and [yet], they are in [a state of] heedlessness, and they do not believe.

In the following verse prophet Jesus peace be upon him told the people of his time about the arrival of prophet Mohamed peace be upon him (please note that Ahmed and Mohamed have the same meaning in Arabic and have the same word origin; the verb Hamad that means thanked).

61:6 As-Saff

‎وَإِذْ قَالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَمُبَشِّرًا بِرَسُولٍ يَأْتِي مِنْ بَعْدِي اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ ۖ فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ قَالُوا هَٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُبِينٌ

And [mention] when Jesus, the son of Mary, said, "O children (descendants) of Israel, indeed I am the messenger of Allah to you confirming what came before me of the Torah and bringing good tidings of a messenger to come after me, whose name is Ahmad." But when he came to them with clear evidences, they said, "This is obvious magic."

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Bibel-Selfies

Prompts

Eva, Schlange, Apfel und Adam

A selfie of a woman resembling eve in the time of old testament, blurred body, holding an apple, kneeling in front adam. he has a shocked expression with his mouth open and wide eyes, evoking a sense of both fear and surprise. The scene appears surreal, with a huge snake behind her. The photo is taken with a wide-angle lens, adding to the dramatic and humorous effect. The setting is reminiscent of a scene with adam and eve, possibly at a place like garden eden. The style of the photo blends surrealism with humor, similar to the style of Yasir Khan Chaudha --v 6.0

Tochter des Pharao mit Mose

A selfie of the biblical figure moabite woman with her baby in front of an oasis. She is wearing traditional and has black hair. The background shows water from the desert oasis and grasses around it. In the Background a wicker basket on the water. The photo was taken in the style of a selfie shot with GoPro camera

Simon Petrus

A selfie of a man resembling Simon Petrus, wearing a white robe, surrounded by waves and thunderstorm. He has a shocked expression with his mouth open and wide eyes, evoking a sense of both humor and surprise. The scene appears surreal, with many waves behind him. The photo is taken with a wide-angle lens, adding to the dramatic and humorous effect. The setting is reminiscent of a scene with jesus at the dead sea, possibly at a place like the sea. The style of the photo blends surrealism with humor, similar to the style of Yasir Khan Chaudhary --v 6.0

Zachäus auf dem Baum

A selfie of a man resembling a roman in the time of jesus, wearing a glamorous robe, surrounded by the crown of a tree. He has a shocked expression with his mouth open and wide eyes, evoking a sense of both humor and surprise. The scene appears surreal, with many leaves behind him. The photo is taken with a wide-angle lens, adding to the dramatic and humorous effect. The setting is reminiscent of a scene with jesus walking by, possibly at a place like the jerusalem. The style of the photo blends surrealism with humor, similar to the style of Yasir Khan Chaudhary --v 6.0

Maria am Ostermorgen

A selfie of a woman resembling maria in the time of jesus, wearing a robe, kneeling in front of stone grave. she has a shocked expression with her mouth open and wide eyes, evoking a sense of both fear and surprise. The scene appears surreal, with the open glowing grave behind her. The photo is taken with a wide-angle lens, adding to the dramatic and humorous effect. The setting is reminiscent of a scene with jesus resurrection, possibly at a place like the jerusalem. The style of the photo blends surrealism with humor, similar to the style of Yasir Khan Chaudhary --v 6.0

Der verlorene Sohn bei den Schweinen

A young ancient arabic man with short hair in the time of jesus, brown eyes, and a dirty face, covered in mud from working on his pig farm, takes an amateur selfie at dusk. He is surrounded by pig stables, with a barn visible in the background and pigs seen near the front. The photo captures a raw, authentic moment, as he gazes directly into the camera with an expression of excitement or wonder. The image has a realistic style, akin to Unsplash photography, and is meant to be posted on a primitive-themed social network. The resolution of the photo is high, style of selfie with gopro --v 6.0

Vater und Sohn vereint

A selfie of an Arab father in simple garments in the time of jesus, embracing and hugging a young man. The father's face, visible in the foreground, radiates joy and relief. Only the back of the son's head is visible, as he faces away from the camera, returning the embrace in tattered clothing. In the background, a large ancient house and other family members can be seen watching from a distance, blurred. The photo is taken with a wide-angle lens using a GoPro, enhancing the dramatic and overwhelming effect of the scene --v 6.0

Bartimäus

A selfie of a man resembling blind bartimaeus in the time of jesus, black and brown and white bandages on his head over his eyes and face, wearing a robe, kneeling in front of a market place. he has a shocked expression with his mouth open and wide eyes still covered with black and brown and white bandages on his head, evoking a sense of both fear and surprise. The scene appears surreal, with many sand behind him. The photo is taken with a wide-angle lens, adding to the dramatic and humorous effect. The setting is reminiscent of a scene with jesus healing the blind, possibly at a place like the jerusalem. The style of the photo blends surrealism with humor, similar to the style of Yasir Khan Chaudha --v 6.0

Daniel in der Löwengrube

A selfie of a man resembling Jesus, wearing a beige hoodie, surrounded by lions and cheetahs. He has a shocked expression with his mouth open and wide eyes, evoking a sense of both humor and surprise. The scene appears surreal, with many lions behind him. The photo is taken with a wide-angle lens, adding to the dramatic and humorous effect. The setting is reminiscent of a lion's den, possibly at a place like the Grand Tabahar. The style of the photo blends surrealism with humor, similar to the style of Yasir Khan Chaudhary

David und Goliath

selfie of a the boy and shepherd david holding his slingshot resembling a fight with the giant goliath in the time of old testament, wearing a glamorous sligshot focusing on his giant opponent. David has a shocked expression with his mouth open and wide eyes, evoking a sense of both humor and surprise. The scene appears surreal, with a desert surrounding him. The photo is taken with a wide-angle lens, adding to the dramatic and humorous effect. The setting is reminiscent of the scene of David fighting with the giant goliath with his slingshot, possibly at a place like the jerusalem. The style of the photo blends surrealism with humor, similar to the style of Yasir Khan Chaudhary --v 6.0

Simson im Philistertempel

A selfie of a man resembling simson in the time of old testament, wearing a glamorous beard and long hair, surrounded by thousands of ancient fighters. He has a shocked expression with his mouth open and wide eyes, evoking a sense of both humor and surprise. The scene appears surreal, with a temple surrounding him. The photo is taken with a wide-angle lens, adding to the dramatic and humorous effect. The setting is reminiscent of a scene with jesus walking by, possibly at a place like the jerusalem. The style of the photo blends surrealism with humor, similar to the style of Yasir Khan Chaudhary --v 6.0

Jona und der Wal

A selfie of a man resembling israeli jona in the time of old testament,`wearing a glamorous beard and long hair, inside the body of a whale. He has a shocked expression with his mouth open and wide eyes, evoking a sense of both humor and surprise. The scene appears surreal, with the ocean surrounding him. The photo is taken with a wide-angle lens, adding to the dramatic and humorous effect. The setting is reminiscent of a scene in the bible. The style of the photo blends surrealism with humor, similar to the style of Yasir Khan Chaudhary

Jakob und Isaak

A selfie of a young man resembling an ancient Arabic in clothes made of skins of goats and furs of the goats, looking overwhelmed and distressed as he betrays his father, who blesses him. The scene shows a dawn sky with hints of the sunrise, evoking a surreal and dramatic atmosphere. The scene is set in ancient Jerusalem, with stone buildings. in the background an old man with a gesture of blessing, rising his hands to the sky, The photo is taken with a wide-angle lens, blending surrealism with humor. The style is reminiscent of a GoPro selfie, capturing the intense moment with a sense of both fear and surprise

Petrus und der Hahn

A selfie of a man resembling ancient young arabic man saint in traditional biblical attire, being eaten by a whale,. he has a shocked expression with his mouth pressed and wide eyes, evoking a sense of both fear and surprise. The scene appears surreal, with one rooster crowing out loud behind the man. The photo is taken with a wide-angle lens, adding to the dramatic and humorous effect. The setting is reminiscent of a scene with peter and the rooster, possibly at a place in jerusalem . The style of the photo blends surrealism with humor, go pro selfie, morning dawn near sunrise setting

Josef im Brunnen

A selfie of an ancient israelian man with a magical dreamcoat clothing in a deep well, looking at the camera from above, captured in the style of a go pro selfie stick

Elia und die Raben

A close-up selfie of a bearded man (Elijah) in biblical clothing, smiling gratefully. He is standing near a stream in a secluded, rocky area. Several black ravens are perched on his shoulders and arms, holding pieces of bread and meat in their beaks. The scene has a warm, golden light, symbolizing God's provision. Photorealistic style, high detail.

Absalom im Baum

A selfie of a man resembling of a young man (Absalom) with long hair knotted arount the branches of a large oak tree.. He has a shocked expression with his mouth open and wide eyes, evoking a sense of both humor and surprise. The scene appears surreal, with all of his hairs knotted around the tree. The photo is taken with a wide-angle lens, adding to the dramatic and humorous effect. The setting is reminiscent of a scene of a robin hood movie in the forest . The style of the photo blends surrealism with humor

Ruth und Boas im Weizenfeld

A selfie of a young woman resembling Ruth, with a radiant smile and sun-kissed skin. She's standing in a golden wheat field at sunset, her arms filled with freshly gathered sheaves of wheat. Her hair is partially covered with a simple headscarf, with loose strands blowing in the wind. She has a look of joy and gratitude in her eyes. The scene appears idyllic, with wheat stalks seeming to embrace her. In the background, a distinguished older man (Boaz) can be seen watching from a distance, his expression a mix of curiosity and admiration. The photo is taken with a wide-angle lens, capturing the vastness of the field, the warmth of the setting sun, and Boaz in the distance. The setting is reminiscent of a biblical harvest scene. The style of the photo blends realism with a touch of romantic nostalgia.

"Bibel-Selfies" von Jörg Lohrer Lizenz: CC0 1.0 .

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There aren't many Minecraft servers that have bitcoin involved, but recently I saw a server that finally has one, its called SovereignCraft. A server that is different from Satlantis(Now called Tribyu). How does one differ from Satlantis that got shutdown because of it? I'll tell you why my friend.

What differs between them is that Satlantis had a pay-to-win mechanic where the more "ASICs" you had the more likely you will get a block of sats. Therefore, the clan/player who had the most "ASICs" gets more sats than other players making it unfair for new players. Making it so newbies have to spend more sats than usual just so to get a scratch of sats. To get a picture of that situation think of this

SovereignCraft, however doesnt do that, instead it does actual 1:1 market exchange. It does NOT do virtual mining nor pay-to-win. You simply trade your sats for items you want for minecraft and vice versa.

EDIT: Sovtoshi, the owner of Sovereigncraft made a comment on more of the difference sovereigncraft has than Satlantis/Tribyu. Give it a look

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Hackathon 概述

由 Injective 和 ElizaOS 主办的 Injective AI Agent Hackathon 吸引了 496 名参与者，最终提交了 126 个获批项目。本次 Hackathon 突显了 AI 和 区块链 的结合，展示了 AI 代理在去中心化网络中运作的潜力，并推动了超越传统金融的创新。参与者探索了多种应用，包括自主交易、代币化资产管理和 AI 驱动的金融洞察。

本次设立的奖池高达 $100,000, 其中 $50,000 为Grant Prizes，还有其他重要项目的额外奖项。通过将 AI 的适应性与区块链的透明性结合，本次 Hackathon 展示了这些技术的变革潜力，并标志着在展示 AI 和区块链整合创新潜力方面一个重要的里程碑。

Hackathon 获奖者

• Jecta: Jecta 集成了多个大型语言模型（LLM），以自动化 Injective 区块链上的任务。它专注于透明性和社区驱动的开发，利用开源技术提升使用的简便性和效率。

• Paradyze: Paradyze 通过为区块链交易引入自然语言接口来改善 Injective 生态系统。其设计旨在增强可访问性和安全性，使用户能够以简单的交互方式进行操作。

要查看所有项目，请访问 Injective AI Hackathon 页面。

关于组织者

Injective

Injective 是一个基于区块链的组织，专注于开发去中心化金融（DeFi）解决方案。它以创建优化 DeFi 应用的可互操作的 Layer-1 区块链而闻名，促进快速且安全的交易。值得注意的项目包括 Injective Protocol，该协议增强了去中心化交易的跨链能力。

Injective 的使命是通过提供可访问且可靠的去中心化基础设施推动金融自由，为多样化的金融服务赋能，支持用户和开发者在区块链生态系统中进行创新。

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Der Kauf einer Sexpuppe ist heutzutage so individuell wie der persönliche Geschmack. Angesichts der großen Auswahl an Modellen, Materialien und Funktionen kann die Entscheidung schnell überwältigend wirken. Mit diesem Ratgeber erhältst du praktische Tipps, um die perfekte Real Doll nach deinen Bedürfnissen und deinem Budget auszuwählen.

1. Materialien: Silikon oder TPE?

Silikon und TPE (Thermoplastisches Elastomer) sind die gängigsten Materialien für hochwertige Sexpuppen.

• Silikon
  • Vorteile: Sehr langlebig, hitzebeständig, realistisch in Optik und Haptik, leicht zu reinigen.
  • Nachteile: Meist teurer als TPE, weniger flexibel.
• TPE
  • Vorteile: Sehr weich und elastisch, fühlt sich hautähnlich an, meist günstiger.
  • Nachteile: Empfindlicher gegenüber Hitze, benötigt mehr Pflege, kann leichter Flecken aufnehmen.

Tipp: Wer Wert auf maximale Realitätsnähe und Pflegeleichtigkeit legt, wählt Silikon. Für ein begrenztes Budget und ein besonders weiches Gefühl ist TPE eine gute Wahl.

2. Funktionen: Mehr als nur Optik

Moderne lebensgroße Sexpuppe bieten eine Vielzahl von Funktionen:

• Bewegliche Gelenke: Für realistische Posen und Stellungen.
• Heizfunktion: Für eine natürliche, körperwarme Temperatur.
• Soundmodule: Für akustische Stimulation.
• Austauschbare Teile: Verschiedene Köpfe, Perücken und Outfits sorgen für Abwechslung.
• Smart Dolls: Modelle mit KI-Interaktion, Sprachsteuerung oder App-Anbindung.

Tipp: Überlege dir vor dem Kauf, welche Funktionen dir wirklich wichtig sind – sie beeinflussen maßgeblich den Preis.

3. Budget: Was kostet eine hochwertige Real Doll?

Die Preisspanne ist groß und hängt von Material, Größe, Detailgrad und zusätzlichen Features ab:

• Einfache Modelle: ab ca. 500 € (meist kleinere, weniger detaillierte Puppen)
• Mittelklasse: 1.000–2.000 € (lebensechte Körpergröße, realistische Optik, gute Materialien)
• Premiumklasse: ab 2.000 € (hochwertiges Silikon, viele Funktionen, individuelle Gestaltung)

Tipp: Achte auf versteckte Kosten wie Versand, Zoll und Zubehör. Bei seriösen Shops sind diese meist inklusive.

4. Worauf sollte man beim Kauf achten?

• Seriöse Händler: Achte auf Zertifikate (CE, RoHS, ggf. FDA), transparente Preise, diskreten Versand und guten Kundenservice.
• Pflege & Reinigung: Informiere dich über Reinigungsmöglichkeiten und Pflegeprodukte, um die Lebensdauer deiner real sex doll zu verlängern.
• Datenschutz: Seriöse Anbieter garantieren diskrete Verpackung und Schutz deiner Daten.

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Mit der richtigen Vorbereitung findest du garantiert die silikon sexpuppe, die zu dir passt. Überlege dir, welches Material und welche Funktionen dir am wichtigsten sind – und setze dir ein Budget. Achte beim Kauf auf Qualität, Sicherheit und einen vertrauenswürdigen Anbieter.

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Kraków is one of Europe’s most beautiful and historically rich cities. With its medieval charm, vibrant squares, haunting WWII history, and buzzing student life, Kraków effortlessly blends past and present. It’s the kind of place where you can walk cobblestone streets in the morning, sip craft cocktails by evening, and dive into centuries of culture in between.

🏰 Top Things to Do in Kraków

🏙️ Old Town (Stare Miasto)

• A UNESCO World Heritage Site full of Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque architecture
• Wander through the Main Market Square (Rynek Główny)—Europe’s largest medieval square
• Visit the Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) for local crafts and the St. Mary’s Basilica, where a trumpeter plays every hour from the tower

🏰 Wawel Castle

• Iconic royal residence on a hill overlooking the Vistula River
• Explore the Royal Apartments, cathedral, and the Dragon’s Den cave (legend says a dragon once lived there!)

🕍 Kazimierz (Jewish Quarter)

• A vibrant area packed with synagogues, street art, and hip cafes
• Once the heart of Jewish life, it’s now a lively cultural hub—especially great for food, bars, and vintage shops
• Don’t miss Plac Nowy for late-night zapiekanki (Polish-style baguette pizza)

🌆 Schindler’s Factory

• A deeply moving museum inside the former factory of Oskar Schindler, telling the story of Kraków during Nazi occupation
• Located in Podgórze, near the remains of the Kraków Ghetto

⛪ Nowa Huta

• A planned socialist city turned edgy neighborhood
• Soviet-style architecture, unique local flavor, and great for urban exploration

🕊️ Day Trips from Kraków

🚐 Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial

• A must-visit for historical reflection and remembrance
• About 1.5 hours away, best visited on a guided tour

⛰️ Wieliczka Salt Mine

• A surreal underground world carved from salt—chambers, sculptures, and even chapels
• Just 30 minutes outside the city

🍽️ What to Eat in Kraków

• 🥟 Pierogi – Dumplings with fillings like cheese, potatoes, or meat
• 🍲 Żurek – Sour rye soup with sausage and egg
• 🐷 Gołąbki – Cabbage rolls stuffed with meat and rice
• 🧁 Try obwarzanek krakowski (a pretzel-like street snack)
• 🍻 Wash it all down with Polish beer, vodka, or mulled wine in winter

🗓️ Best Time to Visit

• Spring (Apr–Jun): Mild weather and blooming gardens
• Summer (Jul–Aug): Festivals and al fresco dining (can get busy)
• Autumn (Sept–Oct): Fewer crowds, golden cityscapes
• Winter (Dec): Magical Christmas markets and snow-dusted rooftops

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Oslo, the capital of Norway, is where sleek Scandinavian design, deep Viking roots, and stunning fjord views come together. Surrounded by forests and water, Oslo is one of Europe’s greenest and most livable cities, with a creative, outdoorsy spirit and world-class museums.

🏙️ Top Things to Do in Oslo

🎨 Vigeland Sculpture Park (Frogner Park)

• A surreal, open-air park filled with over 200 sculptures by Gustav Vigeland
• It’s free and open year-round—great for a stroll or picnic

🛶 Oslofjord and Island Hopping

• Take a ferry or kayak around the Oslofjord
• Visit Hovedøya, Gressholmen, or Lindøya for swimming, hiking, and picnicking

🖼️ The National Museum & MUNCH

• The National Museum holds iconic works, including Munch’s The Scream
• Visit the new MUNCH Museum on the waterfront for a deeper dive into the artist’s life

⛵ Aker Brygge & Tjuvholmen

• Trendy harborside neighborhoods full of restaurants, bars, and galleries
• Great for a waterside meal or people-watching

🏰 Akershus Fortress

• A medieval castle with epic views over the Oslofjord
• Walk along the fortress walls and explore Oslo’s early history

🏛️ The Viking Ship Museum (Reopening in 2026)

• Currently under renovation, but a must-visit when it reopens—actual Viking ships and artifacts!

🌲 Nature Close to the City

🌳 Nordmarka Forest

• Miles of trails for hiking, biking, skiing, or lake swimming just 20 minutes from the center
• Hop on the metro to Frognerseteren for panoramic views and waffles at a mountain hut

🏞️ Ekebergparken

• Sculpture park on a hill with views over Oslo
• Mix of art, forest trails, and history

🍽️ What to Eat & Drink

• Salmon, reindeer, and meatballs (kjøttkaker)
• Try a pølse (Norwegian hot dog) with crispbread
• Don’t miss kanelsnurrer (cinnamon buns) or brown cheese (brunost)
• Local craft beer or a glass of Akevitt, Norway’s signature spirit

🗓️ Best Time to Visit

• Summer (June–Aug): Long days, festivals, island hopping, and café life
• Winter (Dec–Feb): Great for skiing, winter lights, and cozy vibes
• Shoulder seasons: Fewer crowds, moody beauty, and great museum access

🧭 Travel Tips

• Oslo is compact—walk or use public transport (Oslo Pass is a great deal!)
• Tap water is pristine, and locals are super friendly
• Many attractions are closed on Mondays—plan ahead
• Bring layers—weather can shift fast!

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In the wave of digitalization, handwriting as a way to record thoughts and inspire inspiration is gradually being forgotten. Mobile phone notifications, drone hums and ubiquitous wireless signals make it difficult for us to calm down and hold a pen to write. How to regain the time of handwriting and find the pure joy of creation? With the help of tools such as mobile phone jammers, drone jammers and high-power jammers, we can block interference and create a focused writing space.

1. The threat of digital interference to handwriting

Mobile phone intrusion: Frequent notifications, social media and calls interrupt thoughts, making it difficult to focus on the smooth expression between paper and pen.

Drone noise: When writing outdoors, the hum or monitoring of drones not only destroys the atmosphere, but may also cause privacy concerns.

Wireless signal clutter: WiFi, Bluetooth and other signals invisibly distract attention and weaken the immersion when writing.

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2. The guardian of handwriting

Mobile phone jammer: By blocking mobile phone signals, mobile phone jammers make your device temporarily "disconnected", eliminating the interference of notifications and calls, suitable for focused writing at home or in a cafe.

Drone jammer: When writing outdoors, drone jammers can block drone signals to prevent their noise or surveillance from disrupting your creative mood.

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High-power jammer: For scenes that require a large range of quiet environments, such as writing workshops, high-power jammers can block multiple wireless signals to create a pure "signal pure land".

3. Practical methods to regain handwriting

In addition to using jammers, cultivating handwriting habits can also improve concentration:

• Fixed handwriting time: arrange 30 minutes to 1 hour of "interference-free handwriting time" every day, use mobile phone jammers to ensure that you are not disturbed, and record inspiration or diary.
• Choose a comfortable scene: write in a quiet study or outdoor natural environment, and use drone jammers to protect the tranquility of outdoor creation.

4. Your creative partner

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To regain handwriting time, it is crucial to choose a reliable jammer. Jammermfg provides a variety of solutions to meet the needs of different creative scenarios:

• Diversified products: from portable mobile phone jammers to high-power jammers, covering a variety of indoor and outdoor writing environments.
• Professional support: Provide purchase suggestions and usage guidance to ensure that the equipment is perfectly adapted to your handwriting needs.

Conclusion

Handwriting is a bridge between the heart and the world, but we need to actively make room for it. With the help of mobile phone jammers, drone jammers and high-power jammers, combined with scientific writing habits, we can stay away from distractions and regain the fun and depth of handwriting.

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Summary and Guide Based on Sam Altman's Classic Post

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In life and business, almost everyone starts off chasing money. But if you observe closely — especially among those who achieve outlier success — you’ll notice something interesting:

Over time, money becomes secondary. The real obsession becomes making something important happen.

Sam Altman, entrepreneur and CEO of OpenAI, laid out a roadmap to achieving this rare level of success. It’s about much more than working hard or being smart — it’s about how you think, act, and invest your time over decades.

Here's a deep breakdown of his 13 principles — explained, with examples and reflections.

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1. Compound Yourself

Think exponentially, not linearly.

• Businesses (and careers) that compound — growing 50% per year — become unstoppable over time.
• You want your learning, network, and impact to snowball.
• Focus on adding zeros to your results, not just small wins.

🔎 Example: Instead of focusing on one-off gigs, build skills and systems that grow your results faster every year. Think like an investor, not an hourly worker.

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2. Have (Almost) Too Much Self-Belief

You have to believe in yourself beyond reason — but stay open to feedback.

• Most real innovation requires contrarian thinking.
• Early critics will tell you you're crazy — and that’s normal.
• Learn to manage your own morale.

🔎 Example: Elon Musk’s absolute certainty about colonizing Mars — even when few believed him — fueled SpaceX’s breakthrough innovations.

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3. Learn to Think Independently

Original thinking can’t be taught by schools.

• Break problems into first principles instead of copying others.
• Test crazy ideas quickly and cheaply.
• The ability to "figure things out when no one knows what to do" is a superpower.

🔎 Example: Airbnb founders had no roadmap for building a company based on renting strangers' homes — they made it up as they went.

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4. Get Good at Sales

It’s not enough to have a great idea — you must convince others to join you.

• Great careers and startups are sales jobs: selling visions to investors, customers, and employees.
• The best sales come from genuine belief in what you're building.

🔎 Example: Altman emphasizes in-person interactions: “When it mattered, I always got on the plane.”

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5. Make It Easy to Take Risks

Big rewards require many small bets and the willingness to look foolish.

• Risk is overestimated; reward is underestimated.
• Stay financially and mentally flexible early in life.

🔎 Example: Leaving a high-paying tech job is hard — but those who leap to start companies often change the world.

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6. Focus

Doing the right work matters more than working hard on the wrong things.

• Ruthlessly prioritize what truly matters.
• Ignore distractions.
• Be unstoppable once you know what to focus on.

🔎 Example: Startups win by focusing on one core thing until they dominate, not by trying to do everything.

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7. Work Hard

• Smart + hard work is required to reach the top 1% of any field.
• Success begets success — momentum compounds.
• Find work you love and people you love working with to avoid burnout.

🔎 Example: Early Amazon teams pulled insane hours — but they believed they were building something world-changing.

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8. Be Bold

• Solve hard problems, not easy ones.
• People are attracted to missions that matter.

🔎 Example: If your dream is gene-editing or AI, don’t settle for building another social media app.

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9. Be Willful

• The world is more malleable than you think.
• Persistence and optimism often win in the end.

🔎 Example: Airbnb founders survived maxed-out credit cards and endless rejection — but they didn't quit.

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10. Be Hard to Compete With

• Differentiate yourself through leverage:
• Skills at the intersection of fields
• Strong personal brand
• Unique insights

🔎 Example: Elon Musk isn't just an engineer or marketer — he's both, and that makes him hard to beat.

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11. Build a Network

• Great accomplishments require great teams.
• Help people long before you need them.
• Spot undiscovered talent early.

🔎 Example: Most of Altman’s best career opportunities came from helping others years before it paid off.

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12. Own Equity

• Salaries won't make you rich.
• Owning assets (companies, IP, real estate) creates real wealth.

🔎 Example: The richest people in the world — Bezos, Musk, Gates — got there by owning companies, not by drawing salaries.

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13. Be Internally Driven

• Don’t chase approval or follow the herd.
• Care about doing great work for yourself.
• If you're motivated mainly by status or envy, you will lose focus.

🔎 Example: Jessica Livingston and Paul Graham were mocked early for Y Combinator. They didn’t care — and YC changed the world of startups.

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💬 Final Thought

Success isn’t about short-term hacks. It’s about long-term habits:
- Think long-term.
- Bet boldly.
- Compound yourself.
- Build something important.

“Eventually, you will define your success by performing excellent work in areas that are important to you. The sooner you start, the further you will go.”

Commit to the path. The rewards — both internal and external — are beyond what most people ever experience.

🌱 Start planting seeds today. Watch them compound beyond imagination. 🚀

📈 How To Be Successful — 13 Principles for Outlier Achievement

| Principle | Summary | |:-------------|:------------| | 🧠 Compound Yourself | Focus on exponential growth — build skills, network, and leverage over time. | | 💪 Self-Belief (Almost Too Much) | Believe in your vision even when others doubt you, balanced by self-awareness. | | 🔥 Think Independently | Use first-principles thinking; test new ideas rather than copying others. | | 🗣️ Master Sales | Convince others of your ideas — genuine belief makes selling easier. | | 🎯 Make Risk-Taking Easy | Stay flexible and bet on ideas with high upside and limited downside. | | 🎯 Focus | Ruthlessly prioritize — working on the right things matters more than working long hours. | | 🛠️ Work Hard | Smart + intense effort is necessary to reach the top 1%. Momentum compounds success. | | 🚀 Be Bold | Solve big, important problems — bold missions create constant tailwinds. | | 🌎 Be Willful | Persist until you succeed — optimistic persistence often bends reality. | | 🧩 Be Hard to Compete With | Combine rare skills and leverage to become uniquely valuable. | | 🤝 Build a Powerful Network | Help others early; spot and collaborate with rising talent. | | 🏡 Own Equity | Own scalable assets — don’t just trade your time for money. | | 🔥 Stay Internally Driven | Follow intrinsic motivation — work on what you truly care about. |

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🚀 Final Thought

"Long-term focus on inputs, boldness, learning, and compound effort leads to extraordinary success."

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Hölderlin taugt immer. Diesmal sogar doppelt. Dass mit der Gefahr das Rettende wächst, hat sich inzwischen herumgesprochen. Raymond Unger ist so ein Anker. Wann immer ich seinen Namen bei einer Veranstaltung erwähne: Die Leute wissen Bescheid. Vom Verlust der Freiheit. Ich hätte zählen sollen, wie oft ich gehört habe: Dieses Buch hat mir die Augen geöffnet. Migration, Klima, Corona: alles drin und vor allem so verflochten, dass zusammenpasst, was eigentlich nicht zusammengehört und unsere Welt auf den Kopf gestellt hat. Viele haben danach Ungers Impfbuch gelesen, sich von seiner Heldenreise inspirieren oder bestätigen lassen und mit ihm um Gunnar Kaiser getrauert (Habe ich genug getan?, 2024). Wer schon länger dabei ist, kennt in der Regel auch Die Wiedergutmacher – ein Psychogramm der Babyboomer, das so nur jemand schreiben kann, der selbst erlebt hat, wie das Weltkriegstrauma vererbt wurde, und als Therapeut die Konzepte kennt, mit denen sich das in Worte fassen lässt.

Der Sachbuchautor Raymond Unger war und ist ein Fremdgänger – ein Künstler, preisgekrönt, den die Not des Beobachters gezwungen hat, das Metier zu wechseln. Der erste Hölderlin. Ohne die große Krise würde dieser Maler vermutlich immer noch nächtelang an seiner Staffelei mit der Materie kämpfen und vor allem mit sich selbst. Wahrscheinlich kennt Raymond Unger auch mein zweites Hölderlin-Zitat: Was aber bleibet, stiften die Dichter. Ich habe diesen Satz gerade wieder gehört aus dem Mund von Peter-Michael Diestel, letzter Innenminister der DDR, der sich mit Gregor Gysi über Heimat unterhält, über den Osten und den Westen und dabei fast zwangsläufig auf die Historiker zu sprechen kommt. „Ärmliches Lohnschreiber-Geschwader“, sagt Diestel und zeichnet ein ganzes anderes Bild von der Vergangenheit als die Geschichtsbücher. „Die DDR ist meine Herkunft. Mein Paradies.“ Sagt einer ihrer Totengräber. Und damit Vorhang auf für die Dichter.

Auf der Bühne steht der Romanautor Raymond Unger, eine Melange aus dem Bildermacher und dem Gesellschaftsanalytiker, die den gleichen Namen tragen. Wuchtig kommt sein Gemälde KAI daher mit Szenen und Orten, von denen jeder Hollywood-Regisseur träumt. Ostsee und Alpen, Berlin, Hamburg und das Silicon Valley. Am Ende Fulda, okay. Davor aber eine Schriftstellerin, Ende 30, attraktiv, Objekt der Begierde zweier reifer Männer, bis die Dame plötzlich im Wortsinn zerfließt, das gute Stück eines der beiden Verehrer beleidigt (klein, was sonst) und auf den Teppich pinkelt. Das ist nur das Vorspiel für einen Antiterroreinsatz in der schwedischen Idylle und Explosionen im Zentrum von Berlin, für ein Auto, das seinen Fahrer wie von Geisterhand gesteuert in den Tod reißt, und für einen Quarterback, der auf dem Spielfeld tot umfällt – zur Primetime, damit jeder weiß, was ihm blühen könnte.

Ich schreibe das, weil ich ein wenig Angst hatte vor diesem Roman. Einer meiner Lieblingsautoren auf neuem Gelände. Wird er sich dort verlaufen, untergehen gar, und mir so einen Fixstern aus meinem Bücherregal nehmen? Nein, nein und nochmal nein. KAI ist ein großer Wurf. KAI ist das Buch, auf das ich gewartet habe. Sicher: Ich habe die Dystopie Hinter der Zukunft von Thomas Eisinger gefeiert, einen Augenöffner ersten Ranges, und ein wenig auch die Corona-Kurzgeschichten von Eugen Zentner. Trotzdem. KAI hat das Zeug, unseren Nachkommen zu berichten, was wir erlebt und erlitten haben. Und vielleicht noch wichtiger: KAI übersetzt all das in ein Märchen, das realer nicht sein könnte und mit einem Ende daherkommt, das die Kämpfe seit den frühen 2010er Jahren mit Sinn auflädt und aus Verlierern Sieger macht. Dazu gleich mehr.

Vorher ein Wort zu Hölderlin und zu seinem Satz über die Dichter, die sagen, was bleibt. Der Mensch ist ein Geschichtentier. Das ist trivial, ich weiß, kann aber nicht oft genug wiederholt werden in einer Zeit, in der eine Regierung sich ins Stammbuch schreibt, dass „die bewusste Verbreitung von falschen Tatsachenbehauptungen“ nicht „durch die Meinungsfreiheit“ gedeckt sei. Falsche Tatsachenbehauptungen. Was soll das sein? 2014 ist Argentinien Fußball-Weltmeister geworden. Oder Tansania. Zwei plus zwei ist fünf und der Autor dieses Textes – eine Frau. Ich muss gar nicht in die Absurditätenkiste greifen, sondern kann in meinem Fachgebiet bleiben. Das 20. Jahrhundert beginnt mit dem Panzerkreuzer Aurora in Petrograd und endet mit den Moskauer Schüssen vom August 1991. Falsch. Falsch? Muss ich künftig Putsch sagen und Sankt Petersburg und hundert Jahre hundert Jahre sein lassen, um der Medienaufsicht nicht ins Netz zu gehen?

Namen, Daten, Orte, Ereignisse: All das rauscht an uns vorbei, wenn es nicht mit einer Story daherkommt und sich nicht einfügen lässt in das, was wir uns über die Menschen und die Welt erzählen. Wer glaubt, dass der Staat ein guter Forscher ist, ein noch besserer Lehrer und der ideale Verwalter aller Vermögen, der wird sich nicht beklagen, wenn Steuergelder in Wissenschaft und Bildung, Kunst und Kultur gepumpt werden und man parallel über einen Lastenausgleich diskutiert. Noch einmal anders gewendet: Es lohnt sich nicht, die Gegenseite mit „Fakten“ und „Tatsachen“ zu bombardieren. Nicht das Fleisch entscheidet, sondern die Sauce. Demokratie, Menschenrechte, Wertewesten. Schwarz-Rot will die „Meinungsfreiheit“ wahren, aber trotzdem „auf der Basis klarer gesetzlicher Vorgaben gegen Informationsmanipulation sowie Hass und Hetze vorgehen“. Alles in einem Satz. Das ist die hohe Schule der Manipulation – möglich nur, weil die Jünger des Parteienstaates gar nicht auf die Idee kommen können, dass im Namen der großen Erzählung Böses getan wird.

Raymond Unger weiß: Wir brauchen eine neue Erzählung. Und wir brauchen Klarheit über die Wucht, die Erzählungen entfalten. Also lässt er Materialisten und Idealisten aufeinander losgehen und öffnet auf dem Höhepunkt der Schlacht „ein Portal zur Anderswelt“, „durch das uralte kosmische Kräfte in unsere physische Welt hineinwirken können“ – bei ihm ein Einfallstor für die „transhumanistische Agenda“ und jene Kräfte, die „alles Menschliche“ verdrängen wollen. Wenn das jetzt kryptisch klingen sollte: keine Sorge. Dieser Autor kann erzählen. Er lässt Freud und Jung in einem Ehepaar auferstehen, das sich so kappelt wie Hans Castorp und Lodovico Settembrini auf dem Zauberberg von Thomas Mann, und mischt das, was er über Klima, 5G und mRNA braucht, in Gespräche mit ChatGPT und kurze Vorträge, die jeder verstehen kann, weil im Publikum Laien sitzen.

Von der Story selbst will ich hier nicht allzu viel verraten. Siehe oben. Wenn man ins Kino geht, reichen auch die Schnipsel aus dem Werbespot und die Gesichter der Helden. Bill Gates spielt mit, Uğur Şahin und Ulrike Herrmann. Leicht verfremdet, aber ja: Es geht schließlich um alles. Den Titel immerhin muss ich auflösen: Bei Raymond Unger sitzt KAI am Hebel. CO2-Märchen, Pandemie-Märchen, das Schlachtfeld Ukraine, Kriegstüchtigkeit: Produkte einer finsteren Macht, die bei ihm aus der Technik wächst und aus der Ideenwelt des Okkultismus, die man aber genauso gut ganz irdisch dort verorten könnte, wo nicht wenige einen „tiefen Staat“ vermuten. Ein guter Roman braucht nicht nur große Gefühle, sondern mehr als eine Ebene. Wer sich wie ich eher an Akteure und Ressourcen hält, kann KAI leicht als Metapher lesen, erst recht in dieser Schreibweise.

Raymond Ungers Gegenerzählung ist nicht neu, aber verlorengegangen auf Plattformen und Bildschirmen, die keine Zwischentöne erlauben und so die Spaltung vorantreiben. Unger sagt: Rettung kommt von da, wo es keine Mehrheiten gibt. Der Außenseiter in der Wissenschaft. Die Menschen, die entscheiden und verzichten und erst so zum Menschen werden. Coronakritiker. Ostdeutsche. Er sagt außerdem: Es gibt U-Boote selbst da, wo die Mehrheiten sind. Schreibt auch die nicht ab, die euch im Moment als Zielscheibe erscheinen. Vor allem aber sagt er: Der Mensch kann Dinge tun, die buchstäblich niemand auf dem Zettel hat. Gegen jede Wahrscheinlichkeit und damit völlig anders als selbst die perfekte Maschine. Nur der Mensch kann sich lösen von dem, was ist, und so Freund Hölderlin alle Ehre machen.

Vielleicht ein Wermutstropfen: Starke Frauen fehlen in seiner Welt. Das heißt: Es gibt starke Frauen, aber nur auf der dunklen Seite der Macht oder als leichtes Opfer von KAI. Ich habe mit zwei Kennerinnen über den Roman gesprochen, die insgesamt sehr angetan waren, aber leicht die Nase rümpften wegen mancher Formulierung und einigen Figuren. Hier und da etwas technokratisch, sagten die beiden, und nicht immer prall im Leben. Was soll man da antworten als Mann. Ich, ein Sachbuchfresser, habe KAI verschlungen. Und: Gut, dass wir endlich auch in der Unterwelt (Walter van Rossum) einen Roman haben, erschienen in einem großen Verlag, über den wir streiten können.

Raymond Unger: KAI. München: Europa Verlag, 431 Seiten, 25 Euro.

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分布式Agentic组织（Distributed Agentic Organizations，DA(gentic)O）正在重塑协作的未来格局，融合智能代理（Agentic AI），跨越加密社区、网络社会与现实世界。但要规模化发展，DA(gentic)O 需要更友好的 Agent-to-Agent 和人-to-Agent 社交-交互路径。YakiHonne 可编程 Smart Widgets 提供轻量接口，嵌入社交与支付功能，让代理无缝协作、交易、治理。Agentic Mini Apps 则将这一潜力变为现实，覆盖从链上投票到咖啡支付的场景。在这篇文章我们将探讨 YakiHonne 可编程Smart widgets如何赋能 DA(gentic)O，激活去中心化生产力与代理驱动的协作经济。

1.从 DAO 到 DA(gentic)O：协作的新范式

传统组织依赖中心化管理，效率受限；DAO 通过区块链实现去中心化治理，但投票延迟和静态合约限制生产力。Agentic AI 开启协作新纪元，超越AI的被动执行，具备自主推理、动态适应的能力，宛如数字世界的“智能公民”。通过大语言模型、高级算法与外部工具（如链上数据、Web API、物联网传感器）融合，Agentic AI 实时感知信息、优化决策、持续进化，促使了 DA(gentic)O）的崛起。

DA(gentic)O 是由多个 AI 代理通过开放协议（如 Agent-to-Agent 协作协议、区块链、智能合约）组成的动态生态，优化去中心化自治组织（DAO）并推动其演化。不同于传统组织的中央指挥或 DAO 的投票瓶颈，DA(gentic)O 通过智能网络实现目标。例如，一个代理监测 BTC市场波动，另一个协调网络社会活动，二者通过协议协作，驱动链上交易到现实优化的成果。这种组织以生产力为核心，跨越 Web3治理、网络社会经济、物理社会运营，展现去中心化的灵活性与规模化潜力。DA(gentic)O 不仅是协作的工具，更是连接虚拟与现实的“生产力桥梁”，为全球分布式社区创造可验证的价值。

DA(gentic)O 的核心特点可概括为以下三点：

D：分布式 (Distributed) & 去中心化 (Decentralized) 决策与运作分布于多个自主代理，无需单一控制点，确保组织的鲁棒性与透明性。代理通过链上记录或分布式协议协商资源分配，形成一个无需信任中介的协作网络。例如，在 BTC 市场，代理共同管理资金流向；在网络社会，代理分布式投票决定社区规则；在物理社会，代理协调跨区域的物流调度。这种分布式架构赋予 DA(gentic)O 高度的抗干扰能力与扩展性。

A：自主 (Autonomous) 和智能 (Agentic) 代理具备独立感知、规划与执行的能力，组织通过智能协商实现自治。每个代理如同微型决策单元，能根据环境变化调整策略，无需人类频繁干预。例如，在网络社会的元宇宙，一个代理设计虚拟展览，另一个动态分配算力，二者通过协议自动协调；在物理社会的智能工厂，代理实时优化生产参数，响应市场需求。这种自主性使 DA(gentic)O 能够快速适应复杂场景，超越传统组织的反应速度。

O：组织 (Organization) 和运营 (Operation) 代理以组织化方式协同，形成高效的协作网络，完成从虚拟经济到现实生产的任务。无论是 Web3 的链上拍卖、网络社会的虚拟市场，还是物理社会的供应链整合，DA(gentic)O 都以协作驱动成果。例如，一个代理协调创作者与买家的交易，另一个优化物流配送，二者共同实现端到端的价值流转。这种运营能力使 DA(gentic)O 成为生产力的“协作枢纽”。

DA(gentic)O的灵活性源于Agentic AI的多样能力。反应型代理擅长实时响应，如监控链上交易波动；目标导向代理分解复杂任务，如规划虚拟社区的经济激励；学习型代理通过数据迭代优化，如调整智能工厂的生产参数。这些代理通过A2A协议形成协作网络，适配从虚拟治理、交易到现实优化的广泛需求，构建生产力驱动的“数字生态”。

DA(gentic)O 的主要支柱要素

构建高效的 DA(gentic)O 需以下关键支撑，确保代理网络的运行与协作：

• 主权钱包：每个代理拥有独立匿名数字钱包，安全管理资产并执行交易，支持链上支付、网络社会的虚拟奖励或物理社会的任务报酬，保障经济交互的自主性。
• 去中心化安全环境：可靠的链上或分布式系统，保护代理运行、数据隐私与决策完整性，防范外部攻击或内部篡改，确保协作的信任基础。
• 自由访问网络与链：代理需无缝访问互联网、区块链或其他数据源，获取实时信息与资源，如链上数据、网络社会的用户行为或物理社会的传感器输入，支持推理与协作。
• 接口：用户友好的且自主接口（如链上仪表盘、移动端面板），确保代理与用户、系统间的顺畅连接。

DA(gentic)O 以智能网络连接虚拟与现实，创造交易、协调和优化的价值。Agentic Mini Apps 是其关键交互工具。

2. 可编程Smart Widgets：DA(gentic)O的基础设施

YakiHonne 的可编程 Smart Widgets 是一套轻量化系统，支持 Agentic Mini Apps 的社交互动和支付功能，为DA(gentic)O 提供基础设施。它通过嵌入式接口和去中心化协议，驱动代理间的协作、交易和治理，降低开发门槛，连接 Web3、虚拟社区和现实场景。

2.1 Smart Widgets 的特性

在 Yakihonne 的设计中，Smart Widgets 是微型、智能的应用接口，专为 Agentic Mini Apps 的快速开发与部署设计。其核心特性包括：

• 嵌入社交流：支持 Mini Apps 直接嵌入社交环境，用户无需切换界面即可完成支付或交互。
• 无需中心化审核：任何开发者可以快速创建、部署和分享 Mini Apps，无需应用商店的审批流程。
• 可组合性：Smart Widgets 支持不同类型的功能模块组合，可灵活适配各种 Agent-to-Agent 协作需求。
• 内置支付能力：通过集成链上支付和稳定币支持，实现智能代理之间的价值交换。

这一体系极大降低了构建和扩展去中心化智能代理组织的门槛，使得个体代理（Agent）不仅能行动，还能彼此协作、交易和治理。

2.2 Smart Widgets 的形态与应用

Yakihonne Smart Widgets 根据创建者和使用者的不同需求，分为三种形态，覆盖从普通用户到开发者的全域需求：

• 基础组件（Basic Widgets） 无需编程，通过模板编辑器快速创建支付、投票等交互功能，适合用户构建简单的 Mini Apps。
• 动作组件（Action Widgets） 通过链接嵌入外部功能，保持社交界面的流畅性，支持 Mini Apps 扩展交互范围。
• 工具组件（Tool Widgets） 适合开发者或高级用户，基于 Mini App SDK 开发复杂应用，支持数据查询、链上任务执行、即时支付、智能决策等，构建复杂的智能化 Mini Apps。

这三种形态为 Mini Apps 提供从基础交互到高级协作的支持，适配 DA(gentic)O 的自动化流程。

2.3 支持 DA(gentic)O 的核心功能

Yakihonne Smart Widgets 为分布式Agentic组织提供以下关键能力，驱动 Agentic Mini Apps 的高效运行：

• 自治微应用（Autonomous Mini Apps） Smart Widgets 让代理能够嵌入服务逻辑，自主完成任务或发起支付。例如，Mini Apps 可自动分配 Web3 交易奖励，或协调网络社会的虚拟活动，无需人工干预。
• 即用即付（On-the-Fly Payment） 通过稳定币、BTC、闪电网络（LN）等无缝支付协议，智能代理可以即时完成链上支付，支持微交易经济体。
• 链上身份与社交绑定（On-chain Identity Integration） 代理可以在 Nostr 基础上绑定主权身份，进行链上行为的授权与签名。
• 即时交互与协作（Real-time Interaction and Coordination） 支持代理之间的即时数据交换、智能合约调用和协作执行，适配 Agent-to-Agent 协作网络。
• 开放与可组合性（Openness and Composability） 开发者可自由创建与组合 Widgets，扩展 Mini Apps 的模块化生态。

这些功能使 Smart Widgets 成为 DA(gentic)O 的“支柱”，通过 Mini Apps 连接个体代理与协作网络，构建动态、规模化的生态。

2.4 驱动代理经济(Agentic Economy)

在 DA(gentic)O 中，经济交互至关重要。Smart Widgets 通过以下方式推动代理经济形成：

• 降低支付壁垒 嵌入式支付支持代理间无摩擦的小额交易，简化价值流转。
• 微型自治市场 Widgets 赋予 Mini Apps 自主定价与运营能力，形成独立经济单元。
• 加速创新与扩展 开放创建机制与低成本部署鼓励开发者丰富 Mini Apps 生态。

Yakihonne 正在推动一种新的模式：社交即支付，应用即自治。这为未来的 Agentic DAO 和基于代理的社会经济体系提供了可行路径。

3.Agentic Mini App 应用场景

Agentic Mini Apps 是 DA(gentic)O的交互实现层，通过 YakiHonne Widgets 嵌入社交场景和支付功能，让用户在治理、创作、激励和消费中无缝互动。本章探讨 智能治理、社交媒体、消费生态 三类场景，展示 DA(gentic)O 如何构建从 Web3 到现实社会的动态生态。

3.1. 智能治理--Agentic AI for DAO

传统 DAO 依赖区块链实现透明治理，试图以社区投票和智能合约取代中心化管理。但投票延迟、分歧和静态合约限制价值交付，如投资 DAO 决策迟缓难敌专业机构，协议 DAO 缺乏生产力。Agentic AI 作为 DA(gentic)O 的“智能内核”，自动化执行提案、优化资源分配，提升链上效率，连接 Web3 与现实生产力。具体场景如下：

智能投票与治理优化 传统 aMaci 匿名投票复杂，限制规模化。该基于aMaci的Mini App 封装治理逻辑，提供友好交互，用户通过私信/通知接收提案通知（如“是否调整协议参数”），一键投票。Mini App 分析链上数据（如历史投票趋势），生成决策建议，投票结果秒级汇总，提案自动执行。

激励分配与贡献追踪 用户在 Mini App 内查看贡献（如代码提交、任务完成），Agentic AI 评估链上和链下活动，自动支付稳定币/LN/BTC 奖励，秒到账。私信通知奖励状态。用户通过 Post 展示贡献，Mini App 监测活动，支付代币或 NFT 奖励，链上记录，私信确认支付。

DAO2DAO协作 用户在 Mini App 内共享数据（如 BTC 趋势），Agentic AI 生成协作建议（如“联合活动”），自动执行跨 DAO 任务（如资金池分配）。Post 宣传合作动态。 用户也可通过私信发起联合提案，Mini App 整合多方数据，支付稳定币/LN/BTC 执行协作，链上透明。

社区活动与众筹 用户在 Mini App 内捐款支持活动（如“DAO 年会”），支付稳定币/LN/BTC，秒到账。Agentic AI 跟踪进度，自动分配资金，Post 展示成果。用户通过私信报名活动，Mini App 支付获 NFT 奖励，链上存证。

资源与任务分配 用户在 Mini App 内接收任务（如“开发模块”），Agentic AI 匹配技能，支付稳定币/LN/BTC 奖励，秒到账。私信通知任务状态。用户通过 Post 领取任务，Mini App 验证成果，自动支付代币，链上记录。私信确认完成。

链上身份与认证 用户在 Mini App 内将链上身份与 Nostr 身份绑定，Agentic AI 验证权限，支持跨 DAO 互认，支付稳定币/LN/BTC 激活身份。用户申请联合活动权限，Mini App 验证身份，自动授权，链上透明。

舆情实时分析 用户在 Mini App 内查看舆情报告（如“代币热度上升 30%”），Agentic AI 分析链上和社交数据，生成投资建议，支付 2 USDC 奖励，秒到账。私信推送报告。

3.2 社交媒体

中心化社交媒体因算法操控、内容审查和数据滥用限制用户表达，创作者收益被高额抽成侵蚀，信息真实性和隐私权受威胁。Agentic AI 促使去中心化社交生态更加智能和去中心化，保障用户主权，构建从 Web3 到现实社会的开放网络。具体场景如下：

内容创作与分发 用户与 Agentic AI 协作生成内容（如视频、长文、海报），一键分发到 YakiHonne 及多平台。Mini App 分析用户兴趣，精准推送，支付稳定币/LN/BTC 查看全文。

AI 记者-报道/采访 用户通过 Mini App 自动化新闻采集，分析链上数据和社交 Post，生成长文报道，发布后支持支付打赏。用户通过私信发起采访（如 BUIDL 项目），Agentic AI 生成大纲，Mini App 转录视频为长文或视频，发布至 YakiHonne 及其他平台。

内容互动 用户通过 YakiHonne 社交 Post 参与讨论，Mini App 追踪评论质量，自动打赏奖励高互动者。

内容订阅 用户通过 Mini App 支付订阅长文或独家 Post，Mini App 管理访问权限，秒到账。

内容真实性验证 用户通过 Mini App 验证内容真实性（如新闻出处），标记可信度并投票支持真实内容。

内容存档与协作 用户通过 Mini App 上传 Post 或长文，存储于去中心化网络，生成永久链接并支持其他用户付费下载。用户在 Mini App 内协作长文，Agentic AI 追踪并评估贡献，自动支付稳定币/LN/BTC 奖励，

去中心化广告与收益 创作者通过 Mini App 付费推送长文或内容触达用户，读者将会从广告直接获得收益。

舆情分析与公共讨论 Agentic AI 监测 YakiHonne Post 和社交动态（如“话题热度上升 30%”），生成讨论建议，用户通过私信接收长文报告并进行支付。

3.3 消费生态

中心化支付和传统消费因高额手续费、结算延迟和复杂流程限制用户体验，DeFi 应用也面临操作门槛高、信任不足的问题。Agentic AI 通过 Mini Apps 打造去中心化社交支付与消费生态，扩展链上与现实的消费场景，构建 Web3 价值网络。场景如下：

朋友转账 用户在 Mini App 内搜索好友并转账 0.05 USDC，Agentic AI 测算最优汇率和 Swap 路径，秒到账，链上记录。私信提醒转账请求。 用户在 Mini App 内发起群组分账，Agentic AI 计算份额，支付稳定币/LN/BTC，秒到账，Post 展示记录。

DeFi 质押激励 用户在 Mini App 内加入质押池，Agentic AI 推荐高收益策略，支付稳定币/LN/BTC，秒到账，链上分红透明。私信通知收益。 用户在 Mini App 内质押资产，Agentic AI 分析市场，支付 0.1 USDC 奖励活跃者，秒到账，Post 分享策略。

线下消费 用户在 Mini App 内支付 BTC/LN 购买咖啡或商品，秒到账，链上存证。Post 推送附近商家优惠。用户在 Mini App 内预订服务（如餐厅座位），支付稳定币/LN/BTC 获代币返现，秒到账，Post 分享活动。

GameFi 用户在 Mini App 内支付 0.1 USDC 购买游戏装备，秒到账，链上存证。Post 推送新资产吸引玩家。用户在 Mini App 内完成任务（如战斗挑战），Agentic AI 验证，支付稳定币/LN/BTC 奖励，秒到账，Post 展示排行。

跨境电商 用户在 Mini App 内支付 1 USDC 购买跨境商品，秒到账，链上记录物流。私信推送订单更新。用户在 Mini App 内参与跨境团购，Agentic AI 优化折扣，支付稳定币/LN/BTC 分摊运费，秒到账，Post 展示进展。

4. 结论

随着 Agentic AI 和去中心化技术的快速融合，DA(gentic)O 不再是理论构想，而是正在形成的“智能协作网络”。YakiHonne 的 Smart Widgets 和 Agentic Mini Apps，正在为这种网络提供关键接口与交互基础设施，为用户和开发者释放出前所未有的创作力、支付能力与治理可能。 我们正在见证三个关键趋势的叠加：

1） 从单体代理到多代理协作系统

未来的组织形态将不再是人类为中心的链上治理，而是以多智能体（Multi-Agent）为核心的动态生态。每一个智能代理代表一个用户、一个群体、一个经济单位，能独立感知、推理、执行，与其他代理协同完成更复杂的生产与治理流程。YakiHonne Smart Widgets 将成为这些代理的“协作面板”，为其提供微型入口与交互协议。

2）从社交互动到社交经济系统

当前的社交平台仍多以信息交换为主，而未来的去中心化社交网络将嵌入支付、投票、任务、协作等“社会操作系统”，形成真正的“社交经济”。在这个体系中，Mini Apps 不再是内容附属，而是核心交互单元。YakiHonne 的 Widget 设计天然服务于此场景：它让每一次社交行为都可能触发价值流转，从一次转账、一次众筹、一次治理投票，到一个内容生成任务。

3） 从平台生态到分布式开发生态

社交支付的未来，属于可编程的生态，而非封闭的平台。随着 Smart Widgets SDK 的开源，越来越多的开发者将加入 Agentic Mini App 的构建中。未来的 Web3 应用不会是一个个巨型 App，而是一组协同工作的 Widget 网络，它们在用户的社交流中被发现、被使用、被组合。YakiHonne 正在成为这一生态的起点。

YakiHonne的愿景不仅是打造一个功能强大的去中心化社交支付平台，更是构建一个通向未来的“Agentic 社交操作系统”。在这个系统中，每一个人、每一个代理、每一个交互都是协作的触发器，智能的入口，价值的节点。

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Distributed Agentic Organizations (DA(gentic)O) are reshaping the future of collaboration, blending Agentic AI to bridge crypto communities, virtual societies, and the real world. To scale effectively, DA(gentic)O needs seamless Agent-to-Agent and human-to-Agent social pathways. YakiHonne’s programmable Smart Widgets deliver lightweight interfaces, embedding social and payment features to enable agents to collaborate, transact, and govern effortlessly. Agentic Mini Apps turn this vision into reality, powering scenarios from on-chain voting to buying coffee. In this article, we’ll explore how YakiHonne Smart Widgets empower DA(gentic)O, unlocking decentralized productivity and an agent-driven collaborative economy.

1.From DAO to DA(gentic)O: A New Paradigm for Collaboration

Traditional organizations rely on centralized management, often hitting efficiency bottlenecks. DAOs introduced decentralized governance via blockchain, but slow voting and rigid contracts limit their potential. Agentic AI marks a new era, moving beyond passive execution to autonomous reasoning and dynamic adaptation—like “digital citizens” in a virtual world. By integrating large language models, advanced algorithms, and external tools (like on-chain data, Web APIs, or IoT sensors), Agentic AI processes real-time information, optimizes decisions, and evolves continuously, fueling the rise of DA(gentic)O.

DA(gentic)O are dynamic ecosystems of AI agents connected through open protocols—like Agent-to-Agent collaboration frameworks, blockchain, or smart contracts—enhancing and evolving decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). Unlike centralized command structures or DAOs bottlenecked by voting, DA(gentic)O operate as intelligent networks to achieve goals. Picture one agent monitoring BTC market swings while another orchestrates virtual community events—together, they collaborate via protocols to drive outcomes from on-chain trades to real-world optimizations. These organizations prioritize productivity, spanning governance, virtual economies, and physical operations, showcasing the flexibility and scalability of decentralization. DA(gentic)O aren’t just tools for collaboration; they’re bridges linking virtual and physical realms, creating verifiable value for global distributed communities.

DA(gentic)O’s core traits boil down to three pillars:

D: Distributed & Decentralized Decisions and operations spread across autonomous agents, eliminating single points of control for robust, transparent systems. Agents negotiate resources via on-chain records or distributed protocols, forming trustless collaboration networks. For example, in BTC markets, agents collectively manage fund flows; in virtual communities, they vote to set rules; in the physical world, they coordinate cross-regional logistics. This distributed architecture gives DA(gentic)O unmatched resilience and scalability.

A: Autonomous & Agentic Agents independently sense, plan, and act, enabling organizations to self-govern through intelligent coordination. Each agent acts like a micro-decision unit, adapting strategies to changing conditions without constant human oversight. In a metaverse, one agent curates a virtual exhibition while another allocates computing power, syncing automatically via protocols. In smart factories, agents tweak production in real time to meet demand. This autonomy lets DA(gentic)O outpace traditional organizations in complex, fast-moving scenarios.

O: Organization & Operation Agents work as a cohesive network, tackling tasks from virtual economies to real-world production. Whether it’s an on-chain auction in Web3, a virtual marketplace, or a physical supply chain, DA(gentic)O deliver results through collaboration. One agent might handle creator-buyer transactions while another optimizes logistics, together streamlining value from end to end. This operational prowess makes DA(gentic)O a hub for productivity.

DA(gentic)O’s flexibility stems from Agentic AI’s diverse capabilities. Reactive agents excel at real-time responses, like tracking on-chain price shifts. Goal-driven agents break down complex tasks, such as designing virtual community incentives. Learning agents refine strategies through data, like optimizing factory outputs. United via A2A protocols, these agents form networks tailored to virtual governance, transactions, and real-world optimization, building a productivity-driven digital ecosystem.

Key Pillars of DA(gentic)O

To build effective DA(gentic)O, several components ensure the agent network thrives:

• Sovereign Wallets: Each agent holds an independent, anonymous digital wallet, securely managing assets and executing transactions—whether for on-chain payments, virtual rewards, or real-world task payouts—ensuring economic autonomy.
• Decentralized Security: Robust on-chain or distributed systems safeguard agent operations, data privacy, and decision integrity, protecting against attacks or tampering to maintain trust.
• Open Network Access: Agents need seamless access to the internet, blockchains, or other data sources for real-time insights, like on-chain metrics, user behaviors, or IoT sensor data, fueling reasoning and collaboration.
• Interfaces: User-friendly, autonomous interfaces (like on-chain dashboards or mobile panels) enable smooth connections between agents, users, and systems.

DA(gentic)O weave intelligent networks across virtual and physical domains, delivering value through transactions, coordination, and optimization. Agentic Mini Apps are the key to unlocking these interactions.

2. Programmable Smart Widgets: The Backbone of DA(gentic)O

YakiHonne’s programmable Smart Widgets are a lightweight system powering Agentic Mini Apps with social and payment features, serving as the infrastructure for DA(gentic)O. Through embedded interfaces and decentralized protocols, they drive agent collaboration, transactions, and governance, lowering development barriers and connecting Web3, virtual communities, and real-world scenarios.

2.1 Features of Smart Widgets

In YakiHonne’s design, Smart Widgets are compact, intelligent interfaces tailored for the rapid development and deployment of Agentic Mini Apps. Their core features include:

• Embedded Social Flows: Mini Apps integrate directly into social environments, letting users pay or interact without switching interfaces.
• No Centralized Approval: Developers can create, deploy, and share Mini Apps instantly, bypassing app store gatekeepers.
• Composability: Widgets support flexible combinations of functional modules, adapting to diverse Agent-to-Agent collaboration needs.
• Built-in Payments: With on-chain payment and stablecoin support, they enable seamless value exchange between agents.

This framework dramatically lowers the barrier to building and scaling decentralized agent organizations, empowering individual agents to not only act but also collaborate, transact, and govern together.

2.2 Forms and Applications of Smart Widgets

YakiHonne Smart Widgets come in three forms to meet varied needs, from everyday users to advanced developers, powering a full spectrum of DA(gentic)O demands:

• Basic Widgets: No coding required—users can quickly build payment or voting functions using a template editor, ideal for simple Mini Apps.
• Action Widgets: These link external features while keeping social interfaces seamless, expanding Mini Apps’ interaction scope.
• Tool Widgets: Designed for developers and power users, these leverage the Mini App SDK for complex applications, supporting data queries, on-chain tasks, instant payments, and smart decisions to create advanced, intelligent Mini Apps.

These forms provide Mini Apps with everything from basic interactions to sophisticated collaboration, aligning with DA(gentic)O’s automated workflows.

2.3 Core Capabilities for DA(gentic)O

YakiHonne Smart Widgets deliver key capabilities to fuel the efficient operation of Distributed Agentic Organizations through Agentic Mini Apps:

• Autonomous Mini Apps: Widgets embed service logic, letting agents independently handle tasks or trigger payments—like auto-distributing Web3 transaction rewards or coordinating virtual community events without human input.
• On-the-Fly Payments: Seamless protocols for stablecoins, BTC, or Lightning Network (LN) enable instant on-chain payments, supporting micro-transaction economies.
• On-Chain Identity Integration: Agents can tie sovereign identities to platforms like Nostr, authorizing and signing on-chain actions.
• Real-Time Interaction and Coordination: Widgets facilitate instant data sharing, smart contract calls, and collaborative execution, tailored for Agent-to-Agent networks.
• Openness and Composability: Developers can freely create and combine Widgets, expanding the modular Mini App ecosystem.

These features make Smart Widgets the “backbone” of DA(gentic)O, linking individual agents to collaborative networks and fostering dynamic, scalable ecosystems.

2.4 Fueling the Agentic Economy

In DA(gentic)O, economic interactions are critical. Smart Widgets drive the agentic economy by:

• Lowering Payment Barriers: Embedded payments enable frictionless micro-transactions between agents, streamlining value flow.
• Micro-Autonomous Markets: Widgets give Mini Apps independent pricing and operation capabilities, creating self-sustaining economic units.
• Accelerating Innovation: Open creation and low-cost deployment encourage developers to enrich the Mini App ecosystem.

YakiHonne is pioneering a new model: social interactions double as payments, and apps run autonomously. This lays the groundwork for future Agentic DAOs and agent-driven socio-economic systems.

3. Agentic Mini App Use Cases

Agentic Mini Apps are the interactive layer of DA(gentic)O, powered by YakiHonne Smart Widgets to embed social and payment features, enabling seamless user engagement in governance, content creation, incentives, and consumption. This chapter dives into three key scenarios—autonomous governance, social media, and consumption ecosystems—showing how DA(gentic)O build dynamic networks from Web3 to the real world.

3.1 Autonomous Governance: Agentic AI for DAOs

Traditional DAOs leverage blockchain for transparent governance, aiming to replace centralized control with community voting and smart contracts. But delays, disputes, and static contracts hinder value delivery—investment DAOs lag behind professional firms, and protocol DAOs struggle with productivity. Agentic AI, the “smart core” of DA(gentic)O, automates proposals, optimizes resource allocation, and boosts on-chain efficiency, bridging Web3 with real-world productivity. Here’s how it works:

• Intelligent Autonomous Voting and Governance Optimization

Traditional aMaci-based anonymous voting is complex and limits scale. This aMaci-powered Mini App simplifies governance logic with user-friendly interfaces. Users get proposal alerts via DMs or notifications (e.g., “Adjust protocol parameters?”) and vote with one tap. The Mini App analyzes on-chain data (like past voting trends) to suggest decisions, tallies results in seconds, and auto-executes proposals. - Incentive Allocation and Contribution Tracking

Users check contributions (e.g., code commits, completed tasks) in the Mini App. Agentic AI evaluates on-chain and off-chain activity, auto-paying rewards in stablecoins, LN, or BTC—instantly. DMs notify reward status. Users showcase contributions via posts, and the Mini App tracks activity, distributing tokens or NFTs, logged on-chain with DM confirmations. - DAO-to-DAO Collaboration

Users share data (e.g., BTC trends) in the Mini App, where Agentic AI suggests collaborations (e.g., “joint campaign”). It auto-executes cross-DAO tasks like fund pool allocation, with posts promoting updates. Users can also propose joint initiatives via DMs, and the Mini App aggregates multi-party data, paying stablecoins, LN, or BTC for execution, all transparent on-chain. - Community Events and Crowdfunding

Users donate to events (e.g., “DAO summit”) via the Mini App, paying stablecoins, LN, or BTC—instantly. Agentic AI tracks progress, auto-allocates funds, and posts share results. Users sign up for events via DMs, earning NFT rewards through Mini App payments, recorded on-chain. - Resource and Task Allocation

Users pick tasks (e.g., “build a module”) in the Mini App. Agentic AI matches skills, paying stablecoins, LN, or BTC rewards—instantly. DMs update task status. Users claim tasks via posts, and the Mini App verifies outcomes, auto-paying tokens, logged on-chain with DM confirmations. - On-Chain Identity and Authentication

Users link on-chain and Nostr identities in the Mini App. Agentic AI verifies permissions, enabling cross-DAO recognition, with stablecoin, LN, or BTC payments to activate identities. Users request event access, and the Mini App auto-grants permissions, transparent on-chain. - Real-Time Sentiment Analysis

Users view sentiment reports (e.g., “token buzz up 30%”) in the Mini App. Agentic AI analyzes on-chain and social data, offering investment tips for a 2 USDC reward—instantly. Reports are sent via DMs.

3.2 Social Media

Centralized social platforms curb free expression with algorithmic bias, content censorship, and data misuse. Creators lose earnings to hefty fees, and authenticity and privacy are at risk. Agentic AI powers a smarter, decentralized social ecosystem, ensuring user sovereignty and building open networks from Web3 to the real world. Key scenarios include: - Content Creation and Distribution

Users team up with Agentic AI to craft content (videos, articles, posters), publishing to YakiHonne and beyond with one click. The Mini App analyzes user interests for targeted delivery, with stablecoin, LN, or BTC payments to unlock full content. - AI Journalism: Reporting and Interviews

Users automate news gathering via the Mini App, pulling on-chain data and social posts to create in-depth reports, shareable for tip-based payments. For interviews (e.g., BUIDL projects), users DM requests, and Agentic AI drafts outlines, with the Mini App converting videos to articles or clips for YakiHonne and other platforms. - Content Interaction

Users engage in discussions via YakiHonne posts. The Mini App tracks comment quality, auto-rewarding active participants with tips. - Content Subscriptions

Users pay for premium articles or exclusive posts through the Mini App, which manages access—instantly. - Content Authenticity Verification

Users verify content credibility (e.g., news sources) via the Mini App, flagging trustworthiness and voting to support authentic posts. - Content Archiving and Collaboration

Users upload posts or articles to the Mini App, stored on decentralized networks with permanent links for paid downloads. For collaborative articles, Agentic AI tracks contributions, auto-paying stablecoin, LN, or BTC rewards. - Decentralized Ads and Revenue

Creators pay to promote articles or content via the Mini App, with readers earning directly from ad revenue. - Sentiment Analysis and Public Discourse

Agentic AI monitors YakiHonne posts and social trends (e.g., “topic buzz up 30%”), suggesting discussions. Users receive detailed reports via DMs for a payment.

3.3 Consumption Ecosystem

Centralized payments and traditional consumption suffer from high fees, slow settlements, and clunky processes, while DeFi apps face steep learning curves and trust issues. Agentic AI, through Mini Apps, builds a decentralized social payment and consumption ecosystem, expanding on-chain and real-world use cases to create a Web3 value network. Scenarios include:

• Peer-to-Peer Transfers

Users search friends in the Mini App to send 0.05 USDC. Agentic AI optimizes exchange rates and swap paths, settling instantly with on-chain records. DMs flag transfer requests. For group splits, users initiate in the Mini App, and Agentic AI calculates shares, paying stablecoins, LN, or BTC—instantly, with posts logging details. - DeFi Staking Incentives

Users join staking pools via the Mini App, where Agentic AI suggests high-yield strategies, paying stablecoins, LN, or BTC—instantly, with transparent on-chain dividends. DMs notify profits. Users stake assets, and Agentic AI rewards active users with 0.1 USDC, paid instantly, with posts sharing strategies. - Offline Purchases

Users pay BTC or LN for coffee or goods via the Mini App—instantly, logged on-chain. Posts promote nearby deals. For bookings (e.g., restaurant seats), users pay stablecoins, LN, or BTC, earning token cashback—instantly, with posts sharing events. - GameFi

Users buy game gear for 0.1 USDC in the Mini App—instantly, recorded on-chain. Posts highlight new assets to attract players. For tasks (e.g., battle challenges), Agentic AI verifies completion, paying stablecoin, LN, or BTC rewards—instantly, with posts showcasing leaderboards. - Cross-Border E-Commerce

Users pay 1 USDC for overseas goods via the Mini App—instantly, with on-chain logistics tracking. DMs update orders. For group buys, Agentic AI optimizes discounts, splitting stablecoin, LN, or BTC shipping costs—instantly, with posts tracking progress.

4. Conclusion

As Agentic AI and decentralized technologies converge rapidly, DA(gentic)O are no longer theoretical—they’re emerging as “intelligent collaboration networks.” YakiHonne’s Smart Widgets and Agentic Mini Apps provide the critical interfaces and infrastructure for these networks, unleashing unprecedented creativity, payment capabilities, and governance possibilities for users and developers alike. We’re witnessing the convergence of three transformative trends:

1) From Solo Agents to Multi-Agent Systems

The future of organizations isn’t human-centric on-chain governance but dynamic ecosystems driven by multi-agent systems. Each intelligent agent—representing a user, group, or economic unit—senses, reasons, and acts independently, collaborating with others to tackle complex production and governance tasks. YakiHonne Smart Widgets serve as the “collaboration dashboard” for these agents, offering micro-gateways and interaction protocols.

2) From Social Interaction to Social Economies

Today’s social platforms focus on information exchange, but tomorrow’s decentralized networks will embed payments, voting, tasks, and collaboration into a “social operating system,” forming true social economies. In this model, Mini Apps aren’t just content add-ons—they’re core interaction hubs. YakiHonne’s Widget design is built for this: every social action, from a transfer to a crowdfund, a governance vote to a content task, can spark value flow.

3) From Platform Ecosystems to Distributed Development

The future of social payments lies in programmable ecosystems, not walled gardens. With the open-source Smart Widgets SDK, more developers will join the Agentic Mini App movement. Apps won’t be monolithic giants but networks of interoperable Widgets, discovered, used, and combined within users’ social flows. YakiHonne is laying the foundation for this ecosystem.

YakiHonne’s vision goes beyond a powerful decentralized social payment platform—it’s about building an “Agentic Social Operating System” for the future. In this system, every person, every agent, every interaction is a trigger for collaboration, an entry point for intelligence, and a node for value creation.

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In business, investing, and personal goals, it’s easy to obsess over outcomes: - How many sales did I make? - How high is my stock price? - How much money did I earn this month?

But if you focus too much on outputs, you risk chasing results without improving the process that actually creates success.

The best leaders — like Jeff Bezos — follow a simple but powerful principle:

Focus daily on controllable inputs. The outputs will follow naturally over time.

Let’s break down what this means, why it works, and how you can apply it to build long-term success.

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🧠 What Does "Focus on Inputs" Mean?

Inputs = Actions you control directly: - Customer service quality - Product development speed - Operational efficiency - Attention to detail in execution

Outputs = Results you want but can’t control directly: - Revenue - Profits - Stock price - Market share

Key idea:
👉 When you relentlessly improve the inputs, you set the stage for outstanding outputs over time.

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🚀 How Jeff Bezos Used Input Focus to Build Amazon

At Amazon, Bezos hardwired this mindset into the company:

• Teams weren’t told to "increase revenue."
• They were told to improve customer satisfaction, reduce delivery times, and expand product selection.
• Amazon focused on input metrics like:
• Time from customer click to shipment
• Product availability rates
• Number of customer complaints

By perfecting these controllable actions every day, sales and stock price naturally exploded over time.

💬 As Bezos put it:

"We can’t guarantee the stock price will go up, but we can guarantee that customers will love us if we execute on the right inputs."

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📈 Why Focusing on Inputs Wins Over Time

✅ Inputs are under your direct control.
You can’t control customer behavior or market swings — but you can control how you perform daily tasks.

✅ Good inputs compound over time.
Small daily improvements (like better service or faster shipping) build massive trust and long-term loyalty.

✅ Outputs are lagging indicators.
If you chase outputs alone, you’re reacting to the past. Input focus keeps you proactive.

✅ Stress and emotional swings decrease.
Instead of riding the highs and lows of every result, you stay calm and centered on today’s actions.

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📚 Resources to Learn More

• 📄 Jeff Bezos on Input Metrics – Harvard Business Review
• 📚 How Focusing on Inputs Drives Success – Motley Fool
• 📘 James Clear on Goals vs Systems

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🛠 How to Apply "Input Focus" in Your Own Work

✅ 1. Define Your Key Inputs

Ask yourself:

"What daily actions, if consistently improved, would lead to my goals?"

Examples: - Salesperson: Focus on number of quality client calls, not sales closed. - Writer: Focus on daily word count, not bestseller lists. - Startup founder: Focus on product iterations, not initial user growth.

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✅ 2. Track Inputs, Not Just Outputs

Build habits around measuring what you control:

"Did I deliver 5 demos today?" "Did I ship a new feature this week?" "Did I respond to every customer ticket within 2 hours?"

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✅ 3. Trust the Process

Results don’t show up instantly.
Stay consistent.
Refine your inputs.
Good outputs are a lagging reward for great daily actions.

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📣 Final Thought

Outputs are loud.
They grab headlines.
They create FOMO.

But inputs are where real power lies.

"Be obsessed with the process, and the results will take care of themselves."

Follow the principle that helped Amazon become a trillion-dollar company:

🎯 Control your inputs. Trust the compounding. Let success chase you. 🚀

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If there’s one strategy that quietly fuels the success of icons like Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk, it’s not a secret growth hack or a flashy new tool.
It’s something deceptively simple—and profoundly powerful:

They learn. Constantly. Relentlessly. Deeply.

This is the essence of Compound Learning—the idea that knowledge, like money, compounds over time.
The more you invest in learning, the faster your decisions, the sharper your thinking, and the bigger your edge becomes.

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🧠 What Is Compound Learning?

Compound learning means consistently building deep knowledge over time—not just collecting facts or skimming headlines.
It’s about:

• Understanding principles
• Asking hard questions
• Applying what you learn across everything you do

It works just like compound interest:

• Learn a little every day
• Connect ideas across time
• Make smarter choices
• Smarter choices lead to even more learning opportunities

The longer you do it, the more valuable and self-reinforcing it becomes.

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🚀 Examples in Action

📘 Sam Altman – Learning Is His Edge

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, says:

"The best founders are learning machines."

He reads obsessively, writes to clarify his thinking, and debates ideas constantly with people smarter than him.
By compounding knowledge across AI, startups, economics, and human behavior, he positions himself to spot opportunities before others even see the pattern forming.

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📚 Jeff Bezos – Reading as a Competitive Advantage

At Amazon, Bezos famously starts meetings in silence—reading internal memos.
Why? Because deep thinking requires deep attention.

He believes:

• Clear writing = Clear thinking
• Deep reading = Better decision-making

His broad reading habits—from science fiction to business reports—gave him a mental model toolkit that shaped Amazon’s long-term success.

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🚀 Elon Musk – Learning Across Disciplines

Elon Musk didn’t attend rocket science school. He:

• Read propulsion textbooks
• Asked engineers endless questions
• Cross-applied knowledge from physics, coding, and manufacturing

Result:
He built SpaceX through self-driven, compounded learning, not formal credentials.

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🧭 How to Practice Compound Learning

✅ 1. Choose Depth Over Noise

Don’t chase surface-level content.
Go deep.

• Read whole books
• Revisit difficult concepts
• Study timeless principles

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✅ 2. Connect What You Learn

Link ideas across fields:

• How does biology teach you about systems?
• What does history reveal about strategy?
• How does physics influence product thinking?

The richest insights live between disciplines.

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✅ 3. Reflect and Apply

Learning compounds when you use it.

• Journal what you’re learning
• Teach it to someone else
• Apply it immediately in your work or decisions

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✅ 4. Make It a Daily Habit

Even 30 minutes a day turns into:

• 3.5 hours/week
• 182 hours/year
• Thousands of hours over a career

That’s a competitive moat no one can take away.

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🧠 Prompt to Apply Today

What’s one area where deeper understanding could unlock better thinking or decisions?

Block 30 minutes today to go deep.
Read. Reflect. Learn.
Then ask: How can I use this tomorrow?

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📚 Resources to Explore

• 📘 Sam Altman – Compound Learning in “How to Be Successful”
• 📄 Jeff Bezos’ Reading and Thinking Culture – Inc.
• 🎥 Elon Musk on Self-Learning – YouTube

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💡 Final Thought

You don’t need to be a genius to succeed—but you do need to learn like one.
Compound learning is quiet, patient, and unstoppable.

Start today.
Learn deeply.
Watch the returns grow for a lifetime. 📈

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One of the most important habits shared by top entrepreneurs like Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Jeff Bezos is this simple but powerful principle:

Move fast first. Build the system later.

In the early stages of any idea, project, or product, speed of iteration matters far more than polish or perfection. Once you find out what works, then you can systematize and scale.

Let’s break down why this matters—and how you can apply it today.

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Why Iterating Fast Beats Overplanning

When you’re trying something new, it’s easy to get trapped in:

• Endless research
• Overthinking
• Waiting for a "perfect" launch

The problem is:

No plan survives first contact with reality.

You don’t know exactly how users, customers, or the market will react. You need real feedback, not guesses.

Fast iteration means:

• Testing assumptions quickly
• Gathering real-world data
• Learning what actually works (and what doesn’t)

Systematization comes after you discover something that works—not before.

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Examples in Action

🚀 Elon Musk – SpaceX’s Rapid Prototyping

At SpaceX, Musk doesn’t spend years perfecting a rocket on paper. Instead:

• He builds early prototypes, even if they’re rough.
• He tests them quickly—even if they crash.
• He learns from each failure and improves at lightning speed.

Result: SpaceX cut rocket development time dramatically compared to traditional aerospace companies.

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🚀 Sam Altman – Startups Move Fast, Then Formalize

Sam Altman teaches startup founders:

"Ship first. Learn fast. Build processes later."

At OpenAI and Y Combinator, the focus was:

• Build basic products quickly.
• Test them with users.
• Only after finding product-market fit, build durable systems.

Speed wins early. Systems win later.

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🚀 Jeff Bezos – "Disagree and Commit" for Speed

At Amazon, Bezos promotes the idea of "disagree and commit":

• Make decisions quickly, even with incomplete information.
• Move forward fast, knowing you can adjust if needed.
• Avoid the paralysis of endless debate.

Quick action + flexible course-correction beats slow perfection.

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How to Apply "Iterate Fast, Then Systematize"

✅ Step 1: Identify an Area You’re Overthinking

Ask yourself:

"Where am I stuck planning instead of acting?"

It could be launching a new product, testing a marketing idea, starting a project—anything.

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✅ Step 2: Run a Fast, Small Test

Don’t wait weeks.

• Build a minimum viable version.
• Ship it to a small audience.
• Gather feedback immediately.

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✅ Step 3: Refine Based on Reality

• Use feedback to improve.
• Drop what doesn’t work.
• Double down on what shows promise.

Keep iterating fast until you find something that clicks.

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✅ Step 4: Systematize After Success

Only after you know what’s working:

• Automate it.
• Build repeatable processes.
• Scale it efficiently.

Don’t waste time scaling something before it’s proven.

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🧠 Prompt to Apply Today

Where in your work can you test something today instead of planning it for weeks?

Pick one idea you’ve been sitting on.

• Launch a version today.
• Learn fast.
• Build the system later.

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📚 Resources to Learn More

• Sam Altman on Fast Iteration – Blog
• Elon Musk on Testing and Speed – AMA
• Jeff Bezos on Decision Speed

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Final Thought

In today's world, speed is a superpower.
The faster you test ideas, the faster you learn, the faster you win.

Don’t aim for perfect. Aim for proven.
Then build the machine to scale it.

🚀 Iterate fast. Refine fast. Systematize smartly.

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เฮียยืนอ่านแล้วก็ได้แต่ยิ้ม…

ว่าด้วย Oryzanol ...ของดีจริงเหรอ? อันนี้เป็นไม้เด็ดของฝั่งที่เชียร์น้ำมันรำข้าวเลยเฮีย เขาบอกว่า แกมมาโอริซานอล (γ-Oryzanol) เนี่ย เป็นสารต้านอนุมูลอิสระที่ช่วยลดคอเลสเตอรอลในเลือด ฟังแล้วรู้สึกเหมือนกินแล้วหลอดเลือดจะสะอาดเหมือนพื้นห้องน้ำที่เพิ่งขัดเสร็จ แต่...อย่าเพิ่งรีบวางใจ เพราะงานวิจัยที่ว่าแกมมาโอริซานอล ลดคอเลสเตอรอลเนี่ย ส่วนใหญ่ใช้ “สารสกัดเข้มข้น” ในขนาดโดสระดับ 300-600 มิลลิกรัมต่อวัน ย้ำนะว่า สารสกัดเข้มข้น

ทีนี้เรามาดูกันไหมว่าที่ฉลากบอกว่ามี โอริซานอล 12,000 ppm ที่ดูเยอะแยะมากมายจนเราว๊าววววววกันนั้น ppm มันคืออะไรวะ? ppm (parts per million) แปลว่า “ส่วนในล้านส่วน” ในกรณีของของเหลวอย่างน้ำมัน 1 ppm = 1 มิลลิกรัม ต่อ 1 ลิตร ดังนั้น 12,000 ppm = 12,000 mg/ลิตร หรือก็คือ 12 กรัม ต่อน้ำมัน 1 ลิตร ถ้าเรากินน้ำมันแค่ “1 ช้อนโต๊ะ” (ประมาณ 15 มล.) ที่มี γ-Oryzanol 12,000 ppm จะมี γ-Oryzanol ประมาณ 180 mg สิ่งที่ร่างกายได้รับระหว่างที่ผสมในน้ำมัน กับ "สารสกัดเข้มข้น" ในการทดลอง มันคนละบริบทกัน แต่เอามาเคลมกัน???

ซึ่งเฮียบอกเลยว่า…เวลาเขาเคลมข้อดีมักจะดึงมาเป็นข้อๆ แต่ร่างกายมันเป็นเรื่องโยงใยอีรันพันตู คือก่อนที่คอเลสเตอรอลจะลด ตับเรานี่แหละจะรับไม่ไหวก่อน เพราะน้ำมันรำข้าวเป็นไขมันชนิดไม่อิ่มตัวหลายตำแหน่ง (PUFA) สูง ซึ่งถ้ารับเข้าไปในปริมาณมาก จะเพิ่มภาระให้ตับในการกำจัดสารอนุมูลอิสระและควบคุมสมดุลไขมันในเลือด ตับต้องทำงานหนักขึ้นเสมือนต้องล้างน้ำมันเครื่องเก่า ๆ ทุกวัน นานไปตับอาจเสื่อม ไม่สดใสเหมือนตอนกินไก่ต้มร้านประจำ

จริงอยู่ที่มีงานวิจัยบอกว่า γ‐oryzanol หรือที่เรียกกันว่า ออริซานอล เนี่ย สามารถช่วยลดการอมน้ำมันของอาหารทอดได้บ้าง โดยเปลี่ยนโครงสร้างของอาหารและสมบัติทางกายภาพของน้ำมัน ทำให้เฟรนช์ฟรายส์ที่ทอดออกมาน้ำมันเกาะน้อยลง เหมือนฟังดูดีใช่ไหมเฮีย?

แต่เฮียอยากชวนคิดอีกมุมว่า… ถ้าการจะทำให้อาหาร “ไม่อมน้ำมัน” ต้องอาศัยการ “เติมสารเคมี” เข้าไปเพื่อไปเปลี่ยนโครงสร้างของน้ำมัน แล้วนั่นยังเรียกว่า "ดีต่อสุขภาพ" ได้อยู่ไหม?

เพราะอย่าลืมว่า γ‐oryzanol ไม่ได้เป็นสารที่อยู่ในน้ำมันรำข้าวดิบ ๆ แบบธรรมชาติในปริมาณสูงพออยู่แล้ว ผู้ผลิตหลายเจ้าเลยต้อง เติมเพิ่มเข้าไปทีหลัง และการเติมสารเพิ่มในอุตสาหกรรมอาหารเนี่ย ไม่ได้มีฟรีนะ มันมีคำถามตามมาว่า เติมเท่าไหร่ถึงจะพอดี? เติมแบบนี้แล้วร่างกายดูดซึมได้แค่ไหน? สะสมในร่างกายไหม? และสุดท้าย... สารนี้จริง ๆ แล้ว “มีความจำเป็น” ต่อร่างกายหรือเปล่า?

เฮียบอกตรง ๆ ว่า ร่างกายคนเรา ไม่ได้ต้องการ γ‐oryzanol ในชีวิตประจำวันเลย มันไม่ใช่สารจำเป็นเหมือนวิตามิน หรือแร่ธาตุใด ๆ และก็ไม่มีหลักฐานชัดเจนในคนว่า การบริโภคต่อเนื่องในระยะยาวจะ ไม่มีผลข้างเคียง โดยเฉพาะเมื่อต้องโดนความร้อนสูง ๆ ซ้ำ ๆ ในการทอด แล้วอีกเรื่องที่ต้องไม่ลืมคือ…

น้ำมันรำข้าวเองเป็นน้ำมันที่มี กรดไขมันไม่อิ่มตัวสูงมาก โดยเฉพาะพวกโอเมก้า 6 ซึ่งถ้าเราโดนความร้อนสูงบ่อย ๆ อย่างการทอด มันจะเสื่อมสภาพเร็ว เกิดสารอนุมูลอิสระง่าย ซึ่งสารพวกนี้แหละที่เป็นต้นเหตุของการอักเสบเรื้อรังในร่างกาย ดังนั้นเวลาใครบอกว่า "โอเคนะ ใช้ได้ เพราะใส่สารช่วยป้องกันแล้ว" มันก็ควรถามกลับเหมือนกันว่า...แล้วทำไมเราไม่เริ่มจากใช้น้ำมันที่ทนความร้อนได้ดีตั้งแต่แรก???? มันก็เหมือนการแต่งหน้าซ่อนสิวโดยไม่รักษาสิวนั่นแหละ ดูดีขึ้นแค่ผิวเผิน แต่ต้นเหตุยังอยู่ครบ

เฮียอยากให้เพื่อน ๆ ฟังแล้วไม่ต้องรีบตัดสินใจอะไรทันที แค่ลองฟังอีกด้านไว้ แล้วค่อย ๆ คิด ว่าการกินอาหารเพื่อสุขภาพเนี่ย เราจะเลือกของที่ดูดีจากโฆษณา หรือของที่ “ร่างกายใช้ประโยชน์ได้จริง” โดยไม่ต้องพึ่งสารสังเคราะห์อะไรเลย

วิตามินอีสูง...แล้วไงต่อ? เค้าก็อ้างว่าน้ำมันรำข้าวมีวิตามินอีเยอะ เป็นสารต้านอนุมูลอิสระ จริงอยู่ วิตามินอีมีอยู่ในน้ำมันพืชหลายชนิด แต่เฮียขอเล่าให้ฟังแบบไม่อ้อมค้อมนะ…น้ำมันรำข้าวที่เราซื้อในท้องตลาด เขาเอารำข้าวไปผ่านกระบวนการ สกัดด้วยตัวทำละลายเฮกเซน (Hexane) ผ่านความร้อนสูงระดับ 200-270 องศาเซลเซียส แล้วก็ ฟอกกลิ่น ฟอกสี ให้มันดูใส ๆ น่ากิน

ปัญหาคือ…วิตามินอี กับสารต้านอนุมูลอิสระที่เขาว่า “มีสูง” มันพังไปกับความร้อนและกระบวนการผลิตตั้งแต่ช่วงแรก ๆ แล้ว เพราะวิตามินอีเป็นสารที่ไวต่ออุณหภูมิสูงมาก พอเจอความร้อนสูงแบบนั้น ก็กลายเป็นเหมือนซุปเปอร์ฮีโร่ที่หมดพลังกลางฉากแอ็กชัน

บางแบรนด์เลยต้องเติมวิตามินอีกลับเข้าไปทีหลัง ทั้งเพื่อ “เพิ่มคุณค่าทางโภชนาการ” ให้เอาไปโฆษณาได้ และ เพื่อช่วยป้องกันการเหม็นหืน ของน้ำมันที่ไวต่อปฏิกิริยาออกซิเดชัน เพราะน้ำมันรำข้าวที่อุดมไปด้วย PUFA จะเหม็นหืนเร็ว ถ้าไม่มีสารต้านอนุมูลอิสระไปจับ เรียกว่าเติมเพื่อให้ดูดีทั้งต่อสุขภาพและต่อกลิ่น (แม้สุขภาพอาจไม่ได้ดีจริง…)

ทนความร้อนได้ดี? เหมาะกับการทอด? อันนี้ต้องแซวแรงนิดนึง... เพราะเขาชอบโฆษณาว่า “เหมาะกับการทอดเพราะทนความร้อนได้ดี” บ้าบอ ในความจริง น้ำมันรำข้าวเป็น Polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) สูง แม้จะมีโมเลกุลอิ่มตัวบ้าง แต่ไม่มากพอจะสู้ความร้อนจริงจังได้ เวลาโดนทอดร้อน ๆ ไขมันเหล่านี้มัน กลายพันธุ์ เป็นไขมันออกซิไดซ์ ไม่ต้องไปบอกเลยว่าให้สลัดน้ำมัน กรรมมันเกิดไปแล้ว

น้ำมันรำข้าวคือน้ำมันพืชที่มี กรดไขมันไม่อิ่มตัวเชิงซ้อน (PUFA) สูง โดยเฉพาะ โอเมกา-6 (linoleic acid) ซึ่งถ้าเทียบให้เห็นภาพแบบเฮีย ๆ PUFA ก็คือคนขี้น้อยใจ โดนแดดนิด โดนไฟหน่อย ก็เป็นอารมณ์ บูดเสียง่าย คือไม่เหมาะจะโดนผัด โดนทอด เพราะมันจะกลายร่างเป็น อนุมูลอิสระ แล้ววิ่งวุ่นในร่างกายเราเหมือนคนเสียสติ

แล้วที่บอกว่าช่วยเรื่องหัวใจ? เรื่องนี้ก็น่าสนใจ เพราะเขาชอบพูดว่า “น้ำมันรำข้าวช่วยลดความเสี่ยงโรคหัวใจ” ซึ่งจริง ๆ มาจากแนวคิดเก่าว่า “ถ้าลดไขมันอิ่มตัว แล้วหันมากินไขมันไม่อิ่มตัวจากพืช จะช่วยลดคอเลสเตอรอล และหัวใจก็จะดีขึ้น”

ฟังดูเข้าท่าใช่ไหม...แต่รู้ไหมว่าทุกวันนี้ งานวิจัยใหม่ ๆ เริ่มพบว่า การลดไขมันอิ่มตัวไม่ได้ลดความเสี่ยงโรคหัวใจ อย่างที่เคยคิด และกลับกัน…ไขมันจากสัตว์ที่มาจากอาหารแท้ อย่างเนยแท้ น้ำมันหมู น้ำมันมะพร้าว กลับมีผลดีต่อสุขภาพหัวใจมากกว่า เพราะไม่สร้างการอักเสบในร่างกาย (พูดในมุม cooking oil นะ ถ้าสกัดเย็นพวก มะกอก มะพร้าว มะคาเดเมีย งา ฯลฯ นั่นเป็นเรื่องของสารพฤกษะและพลังงานประกอบ มันจะอีกศาสตร์นึง อย่าเพิ่งปนกันถ้ายังไม่ได้ลงลึก เพราะถ้าเอาสกัดเย็นมาโดนร้อนก็เจ๊งบ๊ง เคลียร์นะ)

ในขณะที่ไขมันไม่อิ่มตัวสูงอย่าง PUFA จากน้ำมันพืชกลับเพิ่มการอักเสบเรื้อรัง ซึ่งเป็นต้นตอของโรคหัวใจ เบาหวาน สมองเสื่อม และโรคเรื้อรังแทบทุกชนิด

แถมกับคำถามหลังไมค์ การที่จะบอกว่า "น้ำมันรำข้าวอมน้ำมันมากกว่าแต่กรดไขมันเขาดีกว่าน้ำมันปาล์มนะ" ฟังเผิน ๆ เหมือนเลือกความดีระยะยาวแลกกับความอ้วนระยะสั้น แต่เดี๋ยวก่อนเฮียอยากให้มองอีกด้าน... 1. กรดไขมันไม่อิ่มตัวที่ว่า “ดี” ในทางทฤษฎีนั้น ถ้าอยู่เฉย ๆ บนชั้นวาง ก็อาจจะดูดีอยู่หรอก แต่พอเจอไฟร้อน ๆ ตอนทอดหรือผัด สารพวกนี้เสื่อมสภาพง่ายมาก กลายเป็นสารออกซิไดซ์ที่ทำร้ายหลอดเลือดเราแบบไม่รู้ตัว กลายเป็น "ไขมันดีพัง ๆ" ได้ทันที 2. น้ำมันที่อมน้ำมันเยอะ หมายถึงอาหารเราจะดูดน้ำมันเข้าไปเยอะ ซึ่งเท่ากับเรากินเข้าไปเยอะโดยไม่รู้ตัว ปริมาณโอเมก้า 6 ก็พุ่งสูง แล้วพอระดับโอเมก้า 6 ในร่างกายสูงขึ้นมากเกินสมดุล มันจะกระตุ้นการอักเสบในร่างกาย = ต้นเหตุของสารพัดโรคยุคใหม่เลยนะ 3. สุดท้าย ถ้าเราต้องแลกกับการใช้น้ำมันที่ต้องพึ่ง "สารเติมแต่ง" อย่างโอริซานอล เพื่อให้อาหารไม่อมน้ำมันเกินไป แบบนี้ก็เหมือนซื้อของแพงแล้วต้องซื้อตัวช่วยเพิ่ม เพื่อให้มันใช้งานได้ดีขึ้น แบบนี้เรียกว่าดีจริงหรือเปล่า? เหมือนคนหน้าตาดีแต่ใช้เงินเก่ง... สุดท้ายเป็นหนี้เหมือนกัน

น้ำมันรำข้าวที่ผ่านกระบวนการมากมาย มันกลายเป็น “Fiat Food” ที่หน้าตาดูดี แต่คุณค่าข้างในเบาหวิว เหมือนแบงก์กระดาษที่พิมพ์ออกมาเยอะ แต่ไม่มีทองรองรับ

ที่สำคัญคือ มันไม่ใช่แค่เรื่อง "กินมากไปไม่ดี" หรอกนะ

บทความกูรูหลายเจ้าชอบสรุปว่า “อย่ากินเยอะ” กินแบบใส่เพื่อผัดอาหารน้อยๆ อืมมม คือพี่ครับ น้ำมันพืชมันไม่ได้เป็นแค่ขวดที่เราซื้อในซูเปอร์ แต่มันเป็น วัตถุดิบหลักของร้านอาหาร ผัดกระเพราเจ้าโปรด กล่องเบนโตะข้างออฟฟิศ ขนมทอดกรอบทุกซอง แถมยังถูกแปะฉลากคำว่า “ดีต่อสุขภาพ” เพื่อให้เรารู้สึกผิดน้อยลงตอนกินของทอดอีกต่างหาก แถมเวลาเราทำกินเอง บางอย่างมันใส่มากกว่า 1ช้อนโต๊ะ ตามหน่วยบริโภคนะ แถม แต่ปัญหาใหญ่คือ PUFA จากน้ำมันพืชเหล่านี้ สะสมในเนื้อเยื่อไขมันเราแบบยาวนาน ไม่ได้หายไปง่าย ๆ แบบอกไก่ต้มหลังออกกำลังกาย ถึงจะกินแค่การผัดกับข้าวจานละ 1ช้อนก็เหอะ วันนั้นกินกับข้าวกี่กระทะ???

มันแทรกตัวเข้าไปในเยื่อหุ้มเซลล์ และกลายเป็น ตัวจุดไฟอักเสบเรื้อรังในร่างกาย เบาหวาน ความดัน มะเร็ง ไขมันพอกตับ อาจไม่ได้มาพร้อมสายฟ้า แต่ค่อย ๆ สะสมทีละหยดเหมือนน้ำมันในกระทะ

อย่าให้คำว่า “มีสารต้านอนุมูลอิสระ” มาหลอกเรา เพราะสุดท้าย ถ้าโครงสร้างไขมันมัน ไม่เสถียรตั้งแต่ต้น ต่อให้มีวิตามิน E ติดมานิด ๆ หน่อย ๆ มันก็เหมือนใส่หมวกกันน็อกให้ตุ๊กตา แล้วเอาไปนั่งมอเตอร์ไซค์วิบาก

น้ำมันรำข้าวไม่ใช่ปีศาจ แต่ก็ไม่ใช่นางฟ้า และเมื่อมันเป็นน้ำมันที่ร่างกายเราไม่ได้ออกแบบมาเพื่อรองรับมัน ก็อย่าหลงกลคำโฆษณาว่า "ดีต่อหัวใจ" หรือ “มีสารต้านอนุมูลอิสระ” แล้วเทมันใส่กระทะทุกวันเลยนะ

ก็เข้าใจแหละว่าเวลาคนทำอาหารเองที่บ้าน เขาจะรู้สึกว่า “ทอดเอง คุมได้ ทอดแค่รอบเดียว ไม่ได้ใช้ซ้ำ ไม่เป็นไรหรอก” แล้วก็หยิบ น้ำมันรำข้าว มาด้วยเหตุผลว่า “โปรไฟล์กรดไขมันมันดีกว่าน้ำมันปาล์ม” …ฟังดูเหมือนมีเหตุมีผล แต่เฮียอยากให้ลองมองอีกมุมนะ

น้ำมันรำข้าวมีกรดไขมันไม่อิ่มตัวสูงก็จริง แต่นั่นแหละคือปัญหา เพราะความไม่อิ่มตัวทำให้ ไม่เสถียรต่อความร้อน โดยธรรมชาติ! ถึงจะทอดรอบเดียว พอน้ำมันเจอไฟแรง ๆ มันก็ยังเสื่อมสภาพอยู่ดี เกิดสารอนุมูลอิสระที่มองไม่เห็น แต่ร่างกายเราเห็นหมด แล้วถ้าคนในบ้านกินบ่อย ๆ วันเว้นวัน จะรู้ตัวอีกทีก็อาจจะมีอาการอักเสบเรื้อรังโดยไม่รู้ต้นตอเลยก็ได้

ส่วนที่บอกว่าอาหารอมน้ำมันก็ไม่เป็นไร แค่รอหายร้อนแล้วซับออก หรือเอาเข้าหม้อลมร้อน มันช่วยได้ “บางส่วน” จริง แต่ไม่ได้แก้ที่ต้นเหตุ เพราะไขมันที่เข้าไปอยู่ในชั้นแป้งหรือเนื้อของอาหารมันออกยากกว่าที่คิด และถ้าเราต้อง “พึ่งวิธีรีดน้ำมันออก” ทุกครั้งที่ทอด นั่นแปลว่าน้ำมันที่ใช้มันอมน้ำมันเกินไปตั้งแต่แรกแล้ว ไม่ใช่หรือ?

“ทอดรอบเดียวก็จริง แต่ถ้าน้ำมันมันพังตั้งแต่โดนไฟ แล้วจะต่างอะไรกับทอดสิบรอบ?”

ท้ายของท้ายสุด เรื่องทอดไม่ใช่แค่เรื่องน้ำมัน แต่มีเรื่อง AGEs ด้วยซึ่งสำคัญกว่าใช้น้ำมันอะไรทอดเยอะเลยครับ นี่เขียนเพื่อบันทึกรายละเอียดของน้ำมันรำข้าวให้เฉยๆ

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Como invocar a Deus?

O segundo capítulo do livro Confissões, de Santo Agostinho, começa com uma pergunta que toca o coração de todo aquele que busca a fé: “Como invocar a Deus?”

Essa questão, apesar de parecer simples, exige que tenhamos os olhos abertos para a verdade e uma consciência clara da nossa pequenez diante da grandeza divina. Somos pó diante do Criador — limitados, frágeis, tentando compreender o Infinito.

O Deus que não pode ser contido

Santo Agostinho se questiona sobre a presença de Deus e o que significa “conter” o Senhor. Ele reconhece que Deus está em todos os lugares — até mesmo no inferno. Como poderia ser diferente, se Deus é infinitamente grande?

“Nada pode conter Deus, nem mesmo o céu e a terra, suas maiores criações.”

Esse reconhecimento o leva a concluir: Deus não tem começo, meio ou fim. Ele é eterno, e nada pode delimitá-Lo.

O espanto da descoberta: Deus habita em nós Agostinho se espanta ao perceber que, se tudo o que existe só existe porque Deus o sustenta, então Deus está em tudo — inclusive dentro de nós. E aqui nasce uma nova dúvida:

Por que invocar a Deus se Ele já habita em mim? Como pode o Infinito caber em uma criatura tão pequena como o ser humano?

A beleza da doutrina católica

Estudar a doutrina católica é uma experiência profunda e transformadora. A riqueza com que ela trata o mistério de Deus é tão grandiosa, que toca até os corações mais endurecidos.

“Se algo existe, é porque Deus o sustenta. Ele está conosco. Ele nos dá o dom da vida.”

Essa verdade muda completamente a forma como enxergamos a realidade. Compreender que Deus sustenta até aqueles que se afastaram Dele nos leva a uma nova visão — mais compassiva, mais humana e mais próxima do amor de Cristo.

A presença de Deus até nas realidades mais difíceis

Essa reflexão me lembra algo que ouvia na igreja: o chamado de apresentar Cristo nos presídios. Sempre me perguntei como os pregadores viam a presença de Deus em pessoas que cometeram crimes cruéis.

Hoje, entendo que se alguém ainda existe, é porque Deus ainda o sustenta — mesmo que seus atos não agradem a Deus. A existência é um sinal de que a presença divina ainda está ali, chamando à conversão.

Conclusão: Deus está em tudo, inclusive em nós

Este capítulo não aprofunda como lidar com o inimigo ou com o mal, mas nos dá uma certeza essencial: Deus está em tudo e em todos.

Ao orar, não devemos buscá-Lo como alguém distante, mas sim olhar para dentro de nós. A presença de Deus habita em nós.

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sub item ของ fiat food มีอย่างนึงที่เรียกว่า fake food ครับ ถ้าถามว่า “โปรตีนจากเซลล์” หรือ lab-grown meat ที่โฆษณาว่าเป็นทางเลือกแห่งอนาคตนั้น ภาพที่คนทั่วไปนึกถึงคืออะไร? คำตอบน่าจะไม่พ้น -เนื้อที่ไม่ต้องฆ่าสัตว์ -โปรตีนสะอาด ไร้มลพิษ -เทคโนโลยีแห่งอนาคตเพื่อสิ่งแวดล้อม

เชื่อไหมว่าความจริงนั้นมันอาจจะตรงกันข้ามกับทุกข้อที่ตอบมาเลยครับ

มันมาจากไหน?

"เนื้อเทียมจากห้องแล็บ" คือการเอาเซลล์สัตว์มาเพาะเลี้ยงในจานเพาะเลี้ยง โดยให้อาหารกับเซลล์พวกนั้นด้วยน้ำเลี้ยง (growth medium) เพื่อให้มันแบ่งตัวกลายเป็นกล้ามเนื้อ ฟังดูเหมือนปลอดภัยใช่ไหม? แต่ที่หลายคนไม่รู้คือ…

น้ำเลี้ยงที่ใช้ส่วนใหญ่มาจาก Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) หรือ ซีรั่มจากลูกวัวที่ถูกฆ่าขณะอยู่ในครรภ์แม่ มันคือ คือการเจาะหัวใจลูกวัวที่ยังไม่เกิด เพื่อเอาเลือดมาเลี้ยงเนื้อเทียม แน่นอนว่าการให้ข้อมูลนั้นเขาจะบอกว่า เก็บเกี่ยวเลือดจากตัวอ่อนของวัวหลังจากที่นำตัวอ่อนออกจากวัวที่ถูกเชือด ตัวอ่อนจะตายจากการขาดออกซิเจนโดยอยู่ในสภาพแวดล้อมที่ปลอดภัยของมดลูกเป็นเวลาอย่างน้อย 15-20 นาทีหลังจากวัวตายและแน่นอนว่าต้องให้ข้อมูลว่ามีการเก็บมาภายใต้การดูแลจริยธรรม

และถ้าจะไม่ใช้ FBS ก็ต้องใช้น้ำเลี้ยงสังเคราะห์ที่อัดแน่นด้วย growth factor สังเคราะห์, ยาปฏิชีวนะ, ฮอร์โมน และสารกระตุ้นการเจริญเติบโตแบบเข้มข้น มันคือ Frankenstein Protein เลยก็ว่าได้

ราคาที่แท้จริงไม่ใช่แค่เงิน แต่คืออำนาจต่างหากครับ

เบื้องหลังของ lab-grown meat คือบริษัททุนใหญ่ เช่น Eat Just (เจ้าของ Good Meat) Upside Foods Believer Meats CUBIQ Foods และเบื้องหลังอีกชั้นคือ VC ยักษ์ เช่น SoftBank, Temasek, Bill Gates, Tyson Foods ฯลฯ เริ่มเห็นภาพแล้วใช่ไหมครับ

ทุกเจ้ากำลังเร่งวิจัยเพื่อ “จดสิทธิบัตร” กระบวนการผลิต และพันธุกรรมของเซลล์สัตว์ ใช่จ้ะ… พันธุกรรมของวัว หมู ไก่ หรือแม้แต่ปลา ถูกดัดแปลงพันธุกรรมเพื่อให้เพาะง่าย โตไว อยู่ได้นาน และตอบโจทย์การผลิตในเชิงอุตสาหกรรม

ใครจะเลี้ยงวัวเองแล้วทำเนื้อกินเอง อาจโดนฟ้องในอนาคตว่าไปละเมิดพันธุ์สิทธิบัตรที่บริษัทครอบครอง

ต่อไปนี้ถ้าอยากขายเนื้อ ต้องเป็นเจ้าของห้องแล็บถึงแม้บริษัทเหหล่านี้จะบอกว่า “เราจะ democratize protein” คือทำให้ใครๆ ก็เข้าถึงโปรตีนได้ แต่ความจริงคือ ทุกกระบวนการตั้งแต่เซลล์ต้นแบบ อาหารเลี้ยงเซลล์ ยันเครื่องมือในแล็บ ล้วนมีสิทธิบัตร ใครที่ไม่มี license ก็ผลิตไม่ได้ พูดง่ายๆ ก็คือ…

“ของกินที่โตจากเซลล์ในอนาคตจะต้องมีใบอนุญาตจากบริษัท” ไม่มีแผ่นดินไหน ปลูกเอง กินเอง ได้อีกต่อไป

แล้วมันดีต่อสิ่งแวดล้อมจริงไหม? บริษัทแสนดีต่างๆชอบบอกว่าเนื้อแล็บช่วยลดการปล่อยคาร์บอนจากฟาร์มปศุสัตว์ แต่งานวิจัยของ Oxford, UC Davis และมหาวิทยาลัย Wageningen ชี้ว่า การผลิตเนื้อในห้องแล็บใช้พลังงานสูงกว่าปศุสัตว์จริง หลายเท่า และถ้าไม่ใช้พลังงานหมุนเวียน ก็จะปล่อยคาร์บอนมากกว่าการเลี้ยงวัวแบบดั้งเดิมเสียอีก

ตกลงมันคือ Clean Meat หรือ Clean Lie? Clean Meat ที่เขาโฆษณา อาจจะสะอาดแค่ “ภาพ” แต่องค์ประกอบข้างในคือ… -เซลล์สัตว์ที่ดัดแปลงยีนให้โตเร็ว -น้ำเลี้ยงเซลล์ที่มีสารกระตุ้นการเติบโต, ฮอร์โมน, ยาปฏิชีวนะ -ความไม่โปร่งใสเรื่องกระบวนการผลิต -ไม่มีฉลากบอกผู้บริโภคชัดเจน -ยังไม่มีการทดลองระยะยาวว่า “ปลอดภัยหรือไม่”

พรุ่งนี้ที่ไม่มีเกษตรกรจะเป็นยังไง ถ้าโปรตีนทั้งหมดผลิตในแล็บ แล้วเกษตรกรล่ะ? คนเลี้ยงสัตว์ล่ะ? คนเลี้ยงเป็ดไก่หลังบ้านล่ะ? คนปลูกผัก เลี้ยงวัว ทำฟาร์มแบบพื้นถิ่นล่ะ? ทุกคนจะตกขบวนอาหารของโลกใหม่ เพราะเกมนี้ไม่ได้วัดกันที่คุณภาพ แต่วัดกันที่ “ลิขสิทธิ์”

เรากำลังกินอนาคตที่เราไม่ได้เลือก ในชื่อของ “เทคโนโลยี” ในคราบของ “ทางเลือก” ในความนิยมของ "super food" แต่แท้จริงแล้ว เราอาจกำลังแลก สิทธิการควบคุมอาหาร ไปกับ “คำสัญญาว่าโลกจะดีขึ้น” ไม่ต่างอะไรจากการเอาอาหารไปวางไว้ในห้องแล็บ และล็อกประตูเอาไว้ให้คนไม่กี่คนถือกุญแจ

not your key, not your free เหมือนเพลงที่ผมเขียนไว้ในอัลบั้ม orange cafe ครับ https://youtu.be/k5jUpFXI6Gg?si=4GXOXjYbOpqX9kRb

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I think this was the first self-custody wallet I ever used. I'm really glad it's still maintained and reproducible from source 🤙

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Businesses want Nostr, but Nostr is not ready for business. What can be done?

TLDR :

What Nostr brings to business apps…

• Get your brands in front of users with your choice of SEO and Algos that YOU control.
• Access unlimited public user data from across the network without fees or permission.
• Keep your business data private, while "releasing" liability for other data collected by your apps.
• Build one app to reach a diversity of users from across the network, even from other apps.
• Build your own tech and to use it as you wish. No gate keepers or code review process.

Businesses want Nostr.

• Businesses want reliable SEO and socials to put their brands in front of users, rather than arbitrary gate keepers, censoring the marketplace on a whim.
• Businesses want open access to harvest public data for free on a soveregnty respecting network, rather than paying gate keepers for access to user data of questionalble origin.
• Businesses want the freedom to NOT take ownership of certain user data collected by their apps, rather than being liabile for moderation and safe handling on their private infrastructure.
• Busineses want a single open protocol on which to build their apps, with unlimited potential and a diversity of shared users from other apps, rather than multiple siloed networks with difering APIs and demographics.
• Businesses want to own the technology they build and to use it as they wish, rather than submit their code for approval and control by arbitrary gate keepers.

But Nostr is not ready for business.

• Businesses DON'T want proprietary app data stored publicly as signed Nostr events on user specified relays.
• Businesses DON'T want to have to specify, or be constrained by, or even navigate the complexity of Nostr NIP standards for every novel kind of content that their apps generate.
• Businesses DON'T want to "open source" their entire suite of native apps JUST to assure end users that Nostr private keys are being safely handled.
• Businesses DON'T want to have to "rewrite" their entire app backend just to accomodate the Nostr way of "users sign events but dont actually login to your server" auth architecture.
• Businesses DONT want to suffer DDOS from bots and bad actors, or to expose their users to unwanted content, or even to have their own content disappear a sea of spam and misinformation.

Here’s what can be done.

• More tools and services for private business apps to coexist with freedom tech, and even thrive together, on the Nostr network.
• Extensible Webs of Trust algos for discovery and reach into any audience or demographic of trusted users.
• WoT powered standard APIs for exposing content to Nostr (and other business apps) from within a “black box” business app.
• HTTP AUTH (NIP 98) integration for business apps, allowing users to create local content WITHOUT needing discrete signatures or “linked” user accounts.
• Frost compatible “login“ for business apps, allowing users to paste “disposable” nsecs into proprietary clients without fear of their “cold” nsec being compromised.
• Support for “incremental” (and voluntary) adoption of freedom tech into existing business apps, with easy off-ramps for businesses to transfer more and more siloed data onto the “public” network.

Thoughts so far…

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Relays

| Name | Address | Price (Sats/Year) | Status | | - | - | - | - | | stephen's aegis relay | wss://paid.relay.vanderwarker.family | 42069 | | | stephen's Outbox | wss://relay.vanderwarker.family | Just Me | | | stephen's Inbox | wss://haven.vanderwarker.family/inbox | WoT | | | stephen's DMs | wss://haven.vanderwarker.family/chat | WoT | | | VFam Data Relay | wss://data.relay.vanderwarker.family | 0 | | | VFam Bots Relay | wss://skeme.vanderwarker.family | Invite | | | VFGroups (NIP29) | wss://groups.vanderwarker.family | 0 | | | [TOR] My Phone Relay | ws://naswsosuewqxyf7ov7gr7igc4tq2rbtqoxxirwyhkbuns4lwc3iowwid.onion | 0 | Meh... |

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My Pubkeys

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Bots

Unlocks Bot

Hex: 2e941ad17144e0a04d1b8c21c4a0dbc3fbcbb9d08ae622b5f9c85341fac7c2d0
nprofile:
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Latest Data:
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Step Counter

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Latest Data:
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RCTGuest

Hex: 373904615c781e46bf5bf87b4126c8a568a05393b1b840b1a2a3234d20affa0c
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Now Playing

Hex: 8096ed6ba1f21a3713bd47a503ee377b0ce2f187b3e5a3ae909a25b84901018b
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Latest Data:
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NIP-29 Groups

See here

• Minecraft Group Chat
• nostr:naddr1qqrxvc33xpnxxqfqwaehxw309anhymm4wpejuanpdejx2unhv9exketj9enxzmtfd3usygrzymrpd2wz8ularp06y8ad5dgaddlumyt7tfzqge3vc97sgsarjvpsgqqqnpvqazypfd
• VFNet Group Chat
• nostr:naddr1qqrrwvfjx9jxzqfqwaehxw309anhymm4wpejuanpdejx2unhv9exketj9enxzmtfd3usygrzymrpd2wz8ularp06y8ad5dgaddlumyt7tfzqge3vc97sgsarjvpsgqqqnpvq08hx48

"Nostrified Websites"

[D] = Saves darkmode preferences over nostr
[A] = Auth over nostr
[B] = Beta (software)
[z] = zap enabled

• [DABz] Main Site
• [DAB] Contact Site
• [DAB] PGP Site
• [DAB] VFCA Site

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Other Services (Hosted code)

• Blossom
  
• NostrCheck
  

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Emojis Packs

• Minecraft
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• AIM
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• Blobs
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• FavEmojis
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• Modern Family
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• nostriches (Amethyst collection)
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🧠Quote(s) of the week:

'Let me understand…

I saved 30% of my income in Bitcoin over the last five years at an average price of $30,000. I now have 4.25 years of my income in savings.

Within 5 years, bitcoin goes to $500,000. I now have 25 years of my income in savings. I stop saving at this point and simply live off 100% of my income, avoiding selling any Bitcoin.

Within 15 years, Bitcoin goes to $15,000,000. I now have 750 years of my income in savings. I retire and live on >10x my yearly income for the rest of my life, and pass on generational wealth to my children.

Let me understand… why you didn’t listen to the maxis.' - Bit Paine

🧡Bitcoin news🧡

https://i.ibb.co/1fYbX77F/Go-R7-ZJu-Ww-AA0-Xy-Q.jpg

On the 7th of April:

➡️'Bitcoin has retraced to the 350DMA at ~$76,000! Historically, one of the strongest levels of support for Bitcoin during bull cycles...' - Bitcoin Magazine Pro

➡️ 'Tuttle just filed for a first-of-its-kind ETF: a Double Short MicroStrategy ETF. It aims to profit by shorting both the 2x long ($MSTU) and 2x short ($MSTZ) MSTR ETFs, betting on their decay from daily resets.' - Bitcoin News

➡️3$ billion community bank Union Savings discloses first Bitcoin exposure.

➡️The Rational Root: Bitcoin would have to fall below $64K by next week for the spiral chart to cross the 2021 cycle's first peak (~$64K on Apr 13) Well, that didn't happen. So for now the chart is still valid.

Meanwhile, PlanB was only off by about $320k so far for his April price prediction. Yikes! (I have to admit I fully bought into three S2F models when he came out with it back in 2018)

Personally, I am not fixed on the short-term price, listening to any crypto influencer's "prediction" is like believing in Santa Claus. (Almost) all TA is wrong, very little is useful in the end, and nobody knows shit..including myself.

➡️WHITE HOUSE: “The reserve function of the dollar has caused persistent currency distortions” We’re moving toward a global, distributed, neutral reserve asset for all. You have never needed Bitcoin more than at this moment.

https://i.ibb.co/KckFJTJh/Gn9ae9-XQAEi-1-V.jpg

On the 8th of April:

➡️'Bitcoin's hashrate surpassed 1 zetahash for the first time earlier this week. This means that, in aggregate, miners around the world produced 10^21 hashes per second for some time. 1 sextillion hashes. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.' -TFTC

➡️'Strategy paused Bitcoin buys last week and clarified that shareholders don’t own its BTC. Not your keys, not your coins.' -TFCT Which isn't really news. Common sense: holding exposure, not ownership. "We may be required to sell bitcoin to satisfy our financial obligations, and we may be required to make such sales at prices below our cost basis or that are otherwise unfavorable."

➡️BlackRock expands Bitcoin custody beyond Coinbase. SEC filings reveal Anchorage Digital will safeguard a portion of BTC for BlackRock’s $45B iShares Bitcoin Trust. BlackRock cites the move as part of its “ongoing risk management” and growing presence in digital assets.

➡️Phoenix Wallet is back in the USA. Why are they back?

'We welcome the "Ending Regulation By Prosecution" memo by the US DAG, and the clarity it provides for developers and operators of Bitcoin software. This is consistent with Executive Order 14178 which recognized the importance of "protecting and promoting the ability of individual citizens and private-sector entities alike to [...] develop and deploy software [and] transact with other persons [...] and to maintain self-custody". We are happy to make our products available again in the USA.'

➡️The World Food Program USA now accepts bitcoin! WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian organization and part of the United Nations. Chief Philanthropy Officer says, “Embracing new technologies like cryptocurrency isn’t just a choice—it’s necessary.”

➡️Mastercard partners with Kraken to allow European users to spend Bitcoin at over 150 million merchants worldwide.

On the 9th of April:

➡️VanEck confirms that China and Russia are settling energy trades in Bitcoin. On top of that, the $115 billion VanEck stated on President Trump's tariffs the following: "Bitcoin is evolving from a speculative asset into a functional monetary tool—particularly in economies looking to bypass the dollar and reduce exposure to U.S.-led financial systems."

Meanwhile on the same day...

➡️The United States Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent just ended his speech this morning by saying, “We will take a close look at regulatory impediments to the blockchain, stablecoins, and new payment systems”

➡️Pakistan plans to allocate part of its surplus electricity to Bitcoin mining, Reuters reports.

➡️'In the Swedish Parliament: “No plans for a national Bitcoin reserve – that wouldn’t be wise. We will focus on safe assets that can help us in times of crisis.” A “safe” asset—or an asset to control? Bitcoin is neutral, borderless, and unconfiscatable. It’s the hedge modern nations need.' - BT-Chick

Watch the video here

What are safe assets? Does the S&P have more volatility? US treasuries? haha How can something be more liquid than Bitcoin which trades 24/7/365 on a global scale? What is "safe" is keywords for centralized and controlled. I am not surprised though, they are one of the most conservative countries in the world, HFSP! Tack!

On a side note, Christian Ander on X: "Meeting with an MP on Monday to push the idea of a Swedish Bitcoin reserve. Interest is growing across parties—but still a "no" for now. This has never been discussed this much in Parliament. Clear trend: younger MPs are driving it, and older ones blocking it. Vote accordingly."

➡️The world’s largest credit ratings agency, S&P Global Ratings says, ‘We are focused on Bitcoin. We are focused on its characteristics as an alternative form of money, and the fact it’s decentralized and geopolitically neutral. We are starting to see adoption’ - Reuters Business

➡️Laurastacksats gave a lesson about Bitcoin to an economics class at the University of Bologna, in Italy: the oldest university in the world.

➡️ On this day, Bitcoin accumulation addresses received 48,575 BTC, the largest single-day inflow since February 2022, per CryptoQuant.

On the 10th of April:

➡️'After utterly massive outperformance in the years and decades prior, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is about even with simply owning gold since 1998, or about 27 years ago.' - Lyn Alden

https://i.ibb.co/cSqWStcC/Go-I-3-J4-Xg-AATd-Jd.png

if you want to understand what interest rates do to investors, this tweet and graph would be a good immediate transmission on the nature of fake economies. Just be like Warren Buffet, without all the work. Just buy and hold a store of value. Bitcoin!

➡️The $30 billion public company founded by Jack Dorsey, Blocks, just released an open-source dashboard to make Bitcoin more accessible and transparent for corporate treasuries, helping lower the operational barriers for companies looking to add Bitcoin to their balance sheets.

➡️'The S&P 500 is as volatile as Bitcoin now, (and a day later) the S&P 500 is now more volatile than Bitcoin. A 77% standard deviation is NUTS, it's normally 10-15%.' - Eric Balchunas

Stocks merely adopted the volatility. Bitcoin was born in it. No more excuses for TradFi for saying Bitcoin is too volatile.

https://i.ibb.co/1GM2ghtQ/Go-La-Pkd-W8-AAJjz-C.png

For those who think Bitcoin is too volatile.

➡️'One of these things is not like the others. Change in currency supply (updated through 2024): bitcoin vs. global reserve currencies.' -Peter Parker https://i.ibb.co/5QjQ7Rf/Go-Mblov-Wk-AAz4-ZN.png

➡️S&P Global: “Bitcoin holdings may provide a hedge against long-term debasement of fiat currency through inflation, due to bitcoin's finite supply. Its value may also be driven by geopolitical factors if its security and decentralized nature lead to its increasing adoption as a reserve asset.”

➡️Parker Lewis: With or without Bessent, the Fed is functionally leveraging the US financial system by draining the system of dollar liquidity. Taking out dollars doesn't make the debt go away. Eventually, it breaks and the Fed will have to print even more money. It goes on and on until...Bitcoin.

https://i.ibb.co/MDNt07WS/Go-MV-Ho-WYAASy-M4.png

➡️Florida's House Bill 487 unanimously passed the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, proposing to allow the investment of up to 10% of key public funds in Bitcoin. The bill must now clear three more committees before reaching the full House and Senate for a vote.

➡️US investors are increasingly buying Bitcoin as a hedge against a weakening dollar, reflecting broader concerns about capital exodus from US financial markets, per 10x Research. "it remains premature to adopt a bullish stance."

On the 11th of April:

➡️Pakistan plans to leverage part of its 10,000 megawatts in surplus electricity for Bitcoin mining, per News Desk.

➡️Arizona PASSES Bitcoin Mining Rights Bill! The bill protects anyone running a node or mining digital assets from zoning or usage bans. Voted 17 - 12 in favor!

➡️'Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss says Bitcoin is “a tool for taking power away from government.” “The bureaucracy knows perfectly well that it is an antidote to their power which is why they hate it.” - Simply Bitcoin

On the 12th of April:

➡️The White House official says. The U.S. may tap gold reserves to buy Bitcoin. If there is any gold in reserve of course! And this is only one senior White House official hinting...

On the 13th of April:

https://i.ibb.co/spBGXChM/Go-Zi7-Ok-XIAAo-B6.jpg

➡️Bitcoin outperforms the NASDAQ in every single timeframe. Bear in mind, that the NASDAQ outperforms the S&P 500, Dow Jones, and Gold. Outperforming short-term in a correction is impressive. Outperforming long-term is simply expected. In the end, everything is going to zero against Bitcoin.

➡️'Trump’s exemption of phones, laptops, and chips from his 145% China tariffs spares HS code 8471, which covers Bitcoin miners. This is a major win for US Bitcoin mining companies, who were staring down crippling price hikes on new rigs.' -Bitcoin News

➡️'The Bitcoin Network just broke ONE SEXTILLION HASHES (1k EH/s) for the first time in history!! 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (one thousand million million million)

https://i.ibb.co/yFd0mJ0M/Gob-O6g-DWMAAj-RJq.jpg

FOR COMPARISON: - There are 1 sextillion grains of sand on Earth. - You could fit 615 earths in a flat layer with an area of one sextillion square centimeters. - There are about 6 sextillion cups of water in all the oceans of the world.

Bitcoin mining power is f* INSANE!' - CarlBMenger

On the 14th of April:

➡️Strategy has acquired 3,459 BTC for ~$285.8 million at ~$82,618 per Bitcoin and has achieved a BTC Yield of 11.4% YTD 2025. As of 4/13/2025, Strategy holds 531,644 Bitcoin acquired for ~$35.92 billion at ~$67,556 per bitcoin.

➡️On the same day, Japanese public company Metaplanet buys 319 Bitcoin for $26.3 million.

➡️'Tether will deploy its existing and future Bitcoin hashrate to OCEAN, the mining pool launched by Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr. Tether says supporting decentralized mining is key to protecting Bitcoin’s long-term integrity.' - Bitcoin News

➡️Publicly traded HK Asia Holdings bought 10 Bitcoin worth $806,671 for its balance sheet.

➡️Public companies added 95,431 BTC to their balance sheets in Q1 2025. 12 new firms joined. Holdings now total 688K BTC worth $57B. - Bitwise

https://i.ibb.co/DPmshn5H/Goh-ONkl-X0-AAp-OVe.jpg

💸Traditional Finance / Macro:

On the 7th of April:

👉🏽The Hang Seng just closed at 19,828, down 3,021 points or 13.2%, officially entering a bear market, down 20% from its March peak. In China, over 2,000 stocks hit the limit down, and the CSI 1000 futures plunged 10%, also hitting its trading halt limit.

On the 8th of April:

👉🏽Apple flies in 5 planes full of iPhones to avoid US tariffs.

👉🏽'THE S&P 500 OFFICIALLY ERASES +4.5% GAIN AND TURNS RED ON THE DAY. $2.3 TRILLION erased over the last 3 hours. On a point basis, the S&P 500 just posted its largest intraday reversal in history, even larger than 2020, 2008, and 2001. You have just witnessed history.' -TKL

On the 10th of April:

👉🏽The amount of SPY calls increased by over 10x literally 10 min before the announcement. It's very obvious that Trump's "now is a good time to buy" tweet was a way for insider traders to have plausible deniability.

https://i.ibb.co/TxpKMrbk/Go-IB-P8-XYAEp-YV5.png

Explanation: SPY is a way to buy/sell the S&P 500. When you buy a SPY 504 call, it gives you the right (for a fee) to buy a stock of SPY from someone at $504 at any time If it goes up to 554, you make (50 dollars - the fee).

Just so non-traders really understand what happened here: Right before the S&P 500 (SPY) suddenly spiked, someone bought a huge number of call options — bets that the index would go up that same day. These were zero-day options, meaning they expire worthless by the end of the day unless SPY rises quickly. At the time, they were almost worthless. Then, SPY shot up. Those dirt-cheap options exploded in value. A $100K bet turned into $21 million in minutes. That green spike before the jump is not luck. It’s foreknowledge. Someone knew exactly what was about to happen.

🏦Banks:

👉🏽 no news

🌎Macro/Geopolitics:

The current state of Macro & Geopolitics can be summed up like this: Everything about current market dynamics is just ‘Madness!’ Economic policy uncertainty is TWICE the level during the Pandemic.

https://i.ibb.co/SXxTRtMt/Go-Vss-Sq-Wg-AEZAP4.jpg

On the 7th of April:

👉🏽A great post by Ray Dalio on X says tariffs are just the start. In the end, it's about a breakdown of the economic/monetary order (excessive global debt) & the global geopolitical order (US vs China). Basically, Trump is forcing the Fourth Turning through.

https://x.com/RayDalio/status/1909296189473693729 https://i.ibb.co/d0JqLqX9/Go-AO57n-W0-AADosd.jpg

I would say we are at stage 13 - 14.

Tariffs are a symptom of bigger problems. Don’t let arguments about tariffs distract us from solving the bigger problems. Also, governments are dysfunctional and life is hard. It’s the controlled demolition of a dying global system built on cheap Chinese labor, Wall Street debt games, and Washington sellouts. Ray sees the Big Cycle turning.

1) The global debt engine is seizing up. 2) The dollar is cornered by its own inflation. 3) The supply chain is a foreign hostage situation. 4) And the (U.S.) middle class got hollowed out so Davos could cash in.

To summarize: - Tariffs are a symptom, not the core issue. - Economic: Unsustainable debt, trade imbalances. - Political: Inequality fuels instability. - Geopolitical: Shift to a multipolar world. - Natural disasters: More frequent, disruptive. - Tech: AI reshapes economies and politics. - Key takeaway: Forces are linked; study history for future insight.

👉🏽On that same day: China restricts exports of seven rare earth metals to all countries.

👉🏽Lobby scandal: Between 2021 and 2023, NGOs received over €7 billion in support from the European budget. The European Court of Auditors has criticized the lack of transparency in EU funding to NGOs. There is a particular lack of reliable information and insufficient oversight. The European Commission funneled billions of euros to NGOs to promote its own policies and discredit opponents, as now also acknowledged by the European Court of Auditors. With a dubious leading role played by Frans Timmermans and Diederik Samsom.

For the Dutch readers:

https://fd.nl/samenleving/1551598/europese-rekenkamer-kritisch-over-financiering-ngos

👉🏽 'When a university with a $53 billion endowment needs to tap the bond market in this environment, it just tells you just how illiquid their investments really are.' -Mr. Vix Or is it just the game that you need to play? It is just a whole lot easier to do a debt raise than go to all stakeholders to adjust the allocation of the AUM, as all is earmarked, it would be a lengthy process.

https://i.ibb.co/mC0x8gdv/Gn8uzrn-Wk-AEJt6-G.jpg

They tapped the bond market in every prior year and they are rated aaa by ratings agencies. It isn’t just a function of the illiquidity of their investments. They hold about $3 billion that could be liquidated in one day or less (according to their financial statements). The real problem is that a vast majority of an endowment is earmarked for specific purposes—not that it is invested in illiquids.

On the 8th of April:

👉🏽President Trump says "China wants to make a deal, badly, but they don't know how to get it started." He also says that "we have the probability of a great deal" with South Korea after a call with their President.

Scott Bessent, US Treasury: Almost 70 countries have now approached us wanting to help rebalance global trade.

Regarding Bessent, read the following: an excellent thread. 'The Bessent Short' explained, so even you and I can understand it.

thread.exceptional.https://x.com/sethjlevy/status/1909634800136212608

This is a very interesting narrative. If this plays out this thinking was exceptional. Another excellent thread on Bessent: https://x.com/timjcarden/status/1910440389217312784

👉🏽 The People's Bank of China injects a net 102.5 billion yuan in open market operations. Hello, liquidity!

👉🏽There is now a 98% chance of a 25 bps interest rate cut by the June FOMC meeting.

👉🏽The White House says 104% additional tariffs on China went into EFFECT at noon ET today because China has not removed their 34% tariff on the US, per Fox News. US Dollar vs. Chinese Yuan is going vertical, meaning China's currency is depreciating swiftly.

China's beginning currency devaluation is more than just an economic signal—it's a trigger. Historically, when the yuan weakens, capital doesn’t stay put. It escapes. Some of it flows into gold, some into foreign assets—and a meaningful slice finds its way into Bitcoin.

https://i.ibb.co/KpKSLrHd/Go-HRen8-Xo-AAOpi-H.jpg

Regarding the US and China theme above one more interesting stat: 'One shipyard in China made more commercial ships in 2024 than the total number the US has produced since World War II. The destruction of America’s industrial base is a massive national security threat.' - Geiger Capital

Now Europe is going to invest € 800billion in their 'Europe Army'. I am not saying we are getting a World War III, but the dynamics are interesting.

From your perspective, why the above statement from a US perspective is a bad one... Mother Russia is building combat vehicles & munitions at “an unprecedented pace" according to a U.S. commander in Europe. A reinvigorated Russian defense industrial base is rolling out:

-1,500 tanks,

-3,000 armored vehicles,

& -200 Iskander ballistic & cruise missiles this year.

By comparison, the U.S. builds just

-135 tanks/yr and

-0 / no longer produces Bradley Fighting Vehicles.

China now boasts the world’s largest -navy, -army, -air force, and -strategic rocket force. China’s robust maritime industry is primed to build and repair ships at a wartime tempo. In a drawn-out conflict, China would have the clear advantage in building, repairing, & maintaining warships at sea.' Source: https://www.19fortyfive.com/2025/04/russia-and-chinas-military-production-surge-why-the-u-s-military-is-alarmed/

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This is why the tariffs are happening still not sure I agree with the blanket nature of them. It sounds like the US does not understand the macro picture very well and is very overconfident. But who am I to judge?

On the 9th of April:

👉🏽'Oil prices fall below $57 for the first time since February 2021 as markets price in a global recession.' -TKL

👉🏽The European privacy legislation GDPR is a bureaucratic monster created by the European Commission, which stifles innovation and causes enormous economic damage — especially to SMEs. After 7 years, it’s finally being seriously reviewed. GDPR should never have been introduced.

Brussels finally admits it: GDPR was an economic disaster. No kidding! Here's why this rollback could save Europe's dying tech scene

Here is a great thread:

https://x.com/itsolelehmann/status/1909924693819461993

And for anyone who wants to explore the topic in depth: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3160404

On the 10th of April:

👉🏽'Lots of headlines and rumors about Trump "asking the Supreme Court to fire Powell." Here's what really happened: President Trump asked the Supreme Court to "let him fire top officials at 2 independent agencies," per Bloomberg. This could test whether Trump has the power to fire Fed Chair Powell. Trump did NOT explicitly ask to fire Powell.' - TKL

👉🏽'Gold closed up 3.3% to $3082, the biggest one-day jump since 2023, as traders anticipate much more fiat devaluation. A couple of hours later... And there it is: gold soars to new record high $3165/oz as global trade war turns to a currency war and global devaluation.' -ZeroHedge

Gold prices are flying off the chart. If you can’t tell yet, something is broken. Capital flight to Gold and CHF happening now. Eventually Bitcoin. These are not signs of winning. These are signs of the mother of all debt crises.

On the 11th of April:

👉🏽ZeroHedge: "Absolutely Spectacular Meltdown": The Basis Trade Is Blowing Up, Sparking Multi-Trillion Liquidation Panic:

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/absolutely-spectacular-meltdown-basis-trade-blowing-sparking-multi-trillion-liquidation

Explanation: The basis trade is when investors buy Treasury bonds and sell their futures, betting on small price gaps to make money. They often borrow a lot to boost profits, but it’s risky. Right now in April 2025, this trade is crashing, like in 2020. Hedge funds are losing big, selling bonds fast, which spikes Treasury yields and shakes markets. It’s a multi-trillion dollar mess, and some fear it could spark a crisis needing a huge Fed bailout, like last time. The chart likely shows yields jumping, signaling this panic.

👉🏽China raises tariffs on U.S. imports to 125%.

Here’s the real question, who gives up first? 1. President Trump 2. China 3. Bond market At this rate, the 10Y Note Yield will be at 5% next week. Inevitably, one of these 3 factors has to give very soon as this is unsustainable. Anyway... https://i.ibb.co/VYXByy2S/Go-ODsv-OWIAAu-M9v.jpg

👉🏽UK millionaires are fleeing in record numbers. In 2024, the UK ranked second only to China in wealth exodus – ahead of even India. People vote with their feet, and it will happen in Europe, and it is concerning.

Great thread: https://x.com/thealepalombo/status/1910327100286115952

👉🏽US 10Y rises to 4.48%, the largest single weekly increase since 2001. U.S. 30-year treasury yields rise to 4.95%, the weekly increase is the biggest since 1982.

On the 11th of April:

👉🏽European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde: ECB is a ready-to-use instrument it has if needed!

On the same day, FED's Kashkari: The Fed has a tool to provide more liquidity. The Fed is reportedly "absolutely" ready to stabilize the market if needed, per Financial Times. Never discount the power of the bond market or the REPO market.

Coughing and clearing my throat for the people in the back: more liquidity, debt, printing money!

James Lavish: "Choose your phrase for translation:

“All roads lead to inflation.”

“Nothing stops this train.”

“The Fed will print again.”

👉🏽'March PPI inflation FALLS to 2.7%, below expectations of 3.3%. Core PPI inflation FALLS to 3.3%, below expectations of 3.6%. We just saw the first month-over-month decline in PPI inflation, down -0.4%, since March 2024. Both CPI and PPI inflation are down SHARPLY.' -TKL

👉🏽The U.S. budget deficit has risen to $1.3 trillion as government debt interest hits record levels. Data released by the Treasury Department on Thursday showed a deficit of $1.307 trillion for the first six months of the 2025 fiscal year, covering the period from October to March. This was the second-highest fiscal year deficit the U.S. has ever seen, with only the $1.706 trillion deficit in the first half of the 2021 fiscal year being larger.

On the 12th of April: 👉🏽M2 Money Supply going parabolic right now. Bitcoin is going parabolic soon. https://i.ibb.co/FL0W19kB/Go-VLj-Dv-Xk-AAol-Dt.jpg

BTC has tracked M2's movements 80% of the time for the past several years.

👉🏽The US publishes reciprocal tariff exclusions for computers, smartphones, and chip-making equipment. TKL: "Let's put the tariff exemptions into perspective: The US imports approximately $100 billion of computers, smartphones, and chip-making equipment from China PER YEAR. A total of $439 billion of goods were imported from China into the US in 2024. This means ~23% of ALL Chinese imports coming to the US are now exempt from "reciprocal tariffs." This is a massive U-Turn in tariff policy."

The bond market is Trump's #1 priority, and everyone knows it now.

Oh fun note, 2 minutes before the close on Friday someone bought $850,000 worth of SPY 554 calls expiring Monday. This morning the US released tariff exclusions...fascinating innit?

👉🏽If said it before and will say it again. It doesn't matter if the U.S. has a red or blue president. The US government has spent $154 billion more in 2025 than it did over the same period in 2024. Unless treasury yields drop, and fast, no amount of DOGE cutting will stop this from spiraling out of control. https://i.ibb.co/WNVJNxqh/Go-VYumq-Xw-AAod-Sv.jpg

👉🏽RAY DALIO ON DOMESTIC & WORLD ORDER “I think that right now, we are at a decision-making point and very close to a recession. I'm worried about something worse than a recession if this isn't handled well. A recession is two negative quarters of GDP, and whether it goes slightly there, we always have those things. We have something that's much more profound. We have a breakdown of the monetary order. We are going to change the monetary order because we cannot spend the amounts of money.

So, we have that problem. And when we talk about the dollar, and we talk about tariffs, we have that. We are having profound changes in our domestic order, and how ruling is existing, and we're having profound changes in the world order. Such times are very much like the 1930s.

I've studied history, and this repeats over and over again. So, if you take tariffs, if you take debt, if you take the rising power challenging existing power, if you take those factors and look at the factors that those changes in the orders, the systems, are very, very disruptive. How that's handled could produce something much worse than a recession…” - NBCNews

Yes, Bitcoin is the new monetary order, and civilizational infrastructure. Got some Bitcoin?

On the 14th of April:

👉🏽'Global net gold purchases by central banks hit 24 tonnes in February, the most since November 2024. This marks the 20th month of net buying over the last 21 months. Central banks are now on track for their 16th consecutive year of net purchases, according to the World Gold Council. Over the last 3 years, world central banks have acquired a massive 3,176 tonnes of gold. Central banks are buying gold like we are in a crisis.' -TKL

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🎁If you have made it this far I would like to give you a little gift, well in this case two gifts:

In April 2023, Tuur Demeester of Adamant Research published what has become another legendary entry in his line of Bitcoin bear market reports dating back to 2012. These pages aged like wine—as important today as they were 2 years ago. Download it here:

https://www.unchained.com/how-to-position-bitcoin-boom

Lyn Alden of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy explains the connection between the capital and financial imbalances the U.S. has with the rest of the world and its trade imbalances which are under so much scrutiny by the current U.S. administration. Alden argues that turbulence in markets, particularly U.S. assets, could continue, and warns listeners not to be exposed beyond their risk limits at a juncture that could be a historic time for markets and the global economy. Recorded April 10, 2025.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZN_eL_wubQ

Credit: I have used multiple sources!

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Bitcoin is more than just a digital currency. It’s a technological revolution built on a unique set of properties that distinguish it from all other financial systems—past and present. From its decentralized architecture to its digitally verifiable scarcity, Bitcoin represents a fundamental shift in how we store and transfer value.

A Truly Decentralized Network

As of April 2025, the Bitcoin network comprises approximately 62,558 reachable nodes globally. The United States leads with 13,791 nodes (29%), followed by Germany with 6,418 nodes (13.5%), and Canada with 2,580 nodes (5.43%). bitnodes

This distributed structure is central to Bitcoin’s strength. No single entity can control the network, making it robust against censorship, regulation, or centralized failure.

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Open Participation at Low Cost

Bitcoin's design allows almost anyone to participate meaningfully in the network. Thanks to its small block size and streamlined protocol, running a full node is technically and financially accessible. Even a Raspberry Pi or a basic PC is sufficient to synchronize and validate the blockchain.

However, any significant increase in block size could jeopardize this accessibility. More storage and bandwidth requirements would shift participation toward centralized data centers and cloud infrastructure—threatening Bitcoin’s decentralized ethos. This is why the community continues to fiercely debate such protocol changes.

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Decentralized Governance

Bitcoin has no CEO, board, or headquarters. Its governance model is decentralized, relying on consensus among various stakeholders, including miners, developers, node operators, and increasingly, institutional participants.

Miners signal support for changes by choosing which version of the Bitcoin software to run when mining new blocks. However, full node operators ultimately enforce the network’s rules by validating blocks and transactions. If miners adopt a change that is not accepted by the majority of full nodes, that change will be rejected and the blocks considered invalid—effectively vetoing the proposal.

This "dual-power structure" ensures that changes to the network only happen through widespread consensus—a system that has proven resilient to internal disagreements and external pressures.

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Resilient by Design

Bitcoin's decentralized nature gives it a level of geopolitical and technical resilience unmatched by any traditional financial system. A notable case is the 2021 mining ban in China. While initially disruptive, the network quickly recovered as miners relocated, ultimately improving decentralization.

This event underlined Bitcoin's ability to withstand regulatory attacks and misinformation (FUD—Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt), cementing its credibility as a global, censorship-resistant network.

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Self-Sovereign Communication

Bitcoin enables peer-to-peer transactions across borders without intermediaries. There’s no bank, payment processor, or centralized authority required. This feature is not only technically efficient but also politically profound—it empowers individuals globally to transact freely and securely.

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Absolute Scarcity

Bitcoin is the first asset in history with a mathematically verifiable, fixed supply: 21 million coins. This cap is hard-coded into its protocol and enforced by every full node. At the atomic level, Bitcoin is measured in satoshis (sats), with a total cap of approximately 2.1 quadrillion sats.

This transparency contrasts with assets like gold, whose total supply is estimated and potentially (through third parties on paper) expandable. Moreover, unlike fiat currencies, which can be inflated through central bank policy, Bitcoin is immune to such manipulation. This makes it a powerful hedge against monetary debasement.

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Anchored in Energy and Time

Bitcoin's security relies on proof-of-work, a consensus algorithm that requires real-world energy and computation. This “work” ensures that network participants must invest time and electricity to mine new blocks.

This process incentivizes continual improvement in hardware and energy sourcing—helping decentralize mining geographically and economically. In contrast, alternative systems like proof-of-stake tend to favor wealth concentration by design, as influence is determined by how many tokens a participant holds.

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Censorship-Resistant

The Bitcoin network itself is inherently censorship-resistant. As a decentralized system, Bitcoin transactions consist of mere text and numerical data, making it impossible to censor the underlying protocol.

However, centralized exchanges and trading platforms can be subject to censorship through regional regulations or government pressure, potentially limiting access to Bitcoin.

Decentralized exchanges and peer-to-peer marketplaces offer alternative solutions, enabling users to buy and sell Bitcoins without relying on intermediaries that can be censored or shut down.

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High Security

The Bitcoin blockchain is secured through a decentralized network of thousands of nodes worldwide, which constantly verify its integrity, making it highly resistant to hacking. To add a new block of bundled transactions, miners compete to solve complex mathematical problems generated by Bitcoin's cryptography. Once a miner solves the problem, the proposed block is broadcast to the network, where each node verifies its validity. Consensus is achieved when a majority of nodes agree on the block's validity, at which point the Bitcoin blockchain is updated accordingly, ensuring the network's decentralized and trustless nature.

Manipulation of the Bitcoin network is virtually impossible due to its decentralized and robust architecture. The blockchain's chronological and immutable design prevents the deletion or alteration of previously validated blocks, ensuring the integrity of the network.

To successfully attack the Bitcoin network, an individual or organization would need to control a majority of the network's computing power, also known as a 51% attack. However, the sheer size of the Bitcoin network and the competitive nature of the proof-of-work consensus mechanism make it extremely difficult to acquire and sustain the necessary computational power. Even if an attacker were to achieve this, they could potentially execute double spends and censor transactions. Nevertheless, the transparent nature of the blockchain would quickly reveal the attack, allowing the Bitcoin network to respond and neutralize it. By invalidating the first block of the malicious chain, all subsequent blocks would also become invalid, rendering the attack futile and resulting in significant financial losses for the attacker.

One potential source of uncertainty arises from changes to the Bitcoin code made by developers. While developers can modify the software, they cannot unilaterally enforce changes to the Bitcoin protocol, as all users have the freedom to choose which version they consider valid. Attempts to alter Bitcoin's fundamental principles have historically resulted in hard forks, which have ultimately had negligible impact (e.g., BSV, BCH). The Bitcoin community has consistently rejected new ideas that compromise decentralization in favor of scalability, refusing to adopt the resulting blockchains as the legitimate version. This decentralized governance model ensures that changes to the protocol are subject to broad consensus, protecting the integrity and trustworthiness of the Bitcoin network.

Another source of uncertainty in the future could be quantum computers. The topic is slowly gaining momentum in the community and is being discussed.

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1. The creative (but fleeting) pleasure of tactics

Chess tactics are like candy between meals - instant delight, but not true nourishment. Choosing whether to attack a bishop or a knight feels like picking between vanilla and chocolate ice cream: sprinkles or none, cherry on top or not...

• They’re freedom within boundaries: the board has limits, but imagination doesn’t.

• They mirror your style: quick strikes like an espresso? Or slow grinds like green tea?

2. Two tactics, two joys

• Simple (an exposed king): everyday wins (like finding cash in your pocket).

• Complex (3+ move combos): earned triumphs (like a project you’ve sweat over).

3. The Buddha’s warning: "Don’t Confuse the Sugar Rush for the Meal"

Buddhism teaches that clinging to pleasure (kāma-tanha) breeds suffering. In chess and life:

• Tactics are desserts: sweet, but not the feast.

  • Example: Beating a blunder is like winning the lottery; outplaying strategically is like building wealth.

• The balance: Revel in that dazzling queen sacrifice - but don’t bet your game on it. Like savoring cake, not devouring the whole bakery.

4. How to play (and Live) this wisdom

✅ Ask yourself:

• Is this move sound - or just seductive? (Like craving junk food vs. needing sustenance).

• Am I here to win, or to wow? (Ego checkmates you faster than any opponent).

Final Move: The middle path on 64 squares

Buddhism invites joy without attachment. On the board:

• Tactics = spice: they dazzle, but strategy feeds growth.

• Strategy = the harvest: the patience that crowns kings.

♟️ So - do you chase the fireworks, or cultivate the long game?

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Online Resources

Chess tactics - chess.com https://www.chess.com/terms/chess-tactics

Tactic examples - chess.com https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-tactics

Tactics - lichess.org https://lichess.org/study/topic/Tactics/hot

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1. El placer creativo (pero efímero) de las tácticas

Las tácticas en ajedrez son como las golosinas entre comidas: satisfacción inmediata, pero no sustento real. Escoger entre atacar a un alfil o un caballo puede ser como elegir entre helado de vainilla o chocolate - con chispas o sin chispas, cereza o sin cereza....

• Son libertad dentro de las reglas: el tablero es finito, pero la creatividad no.

• Reflejan tu estilo: ¿ataques rápidos como un espresso? ¿O finales lentos como un té verde?

2. Dos tipos de tácticas, dos tipos de placeres

• Sencillas (como un rey descubierto): placeres cotidianos (como un golpe de buena suerte).

• Complejas (combinaciones de 3+ jugadas): placeres que exigen planificación (como cumplir metas).

3. La advertencia budista: "No confundas el postre con la cena"

El Buddha enseñó que aferrarse a los placeres (kāma-tanha) genera sufrimiento. En ajedrez y en la vida:

• Las tácticas son golosinas: te dan ventaja, pero no son estrategia.

  • Ejemplo: Ganar por un descuido del rival es como heredar dinero; ganar por planificación es como construir un negocio.

• El equilibrio: Disfruta ese sacrificio de dama espectacular… pero no bases tu juego en ellos. Como saborear un pastel ocasional sin volverse adicto al azúcar.

4. Cómo aplicar esto en el tablero (y en la vida)

✅ Pregúntate siempre:

• ¿Esta táctica es sólida o solo emocionante? (Como diferenciar antojo de hambre real).

• ¿Estoy jugando para ganar… o para impresionar? (El ego es peor enemigo que el rival).

Conclusión: El camino medio (ajedrecístico)

El budismo no pide renunciar a los placeres, sino disfrutarlos sin apego. En el ajedrez:

• Tácticas = especias: dan sabor, pero no son el plato principal.

• Estrategia = nutrición: lo que realmente te hace mejor jugador.

♟️ ¿Y tú? ¿Eres de los que prefieren un ataque brillante (aunque riesgoso) o una victoria lenta pero segura?

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Recursos en linea

Tácticas - chess.com https://www.chess.com/es/article/view/tacticas-ajedrez

Problemas de ajedrez - chess.com https://www.chess.com/es/puzzles

Tácticas - lichess.org https://lichess.org/study/qgLXlnIF/udsuAudN

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What is Checkmate?

Checkmate is the decisive move that ends the game. It occurs when the king is under direct threat (in check) and there’s no legal move to save it: neither capturing the attacking piece, blocking the attack, nor fleeing to a safe square.

Unlike other pieces, the king can never be captured - its downfall marks the end of the game. Thus, when escape is impossible, the game ends immediately. There’s no need to "take" the king; its fate is already sealed.

How to Achieve Checkmate?

It requires:

1. Imminent Threat: One or more pieces attacking the enemy king.
   

2. Total Blockade: All escape squares controlled by the opponent.
   

3. No Possible Defense: No piece can intercept the attack.
   

Basic Example: The Back-Rank Mate (with a rook or queen on the last rank, where the king can’t escape due to being blocked by its own pieces).

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1. The First Chess Commandment: Seek Checkmate

In every game, each move should begin with an essential question: Is there a checkmate in this position? - for both yourself and your opponent. If not, the game revolves around material advantage or positional control. But this order isn’t arbitrary:

• A tactical oversight can ruin a dominant position.

• A missed checkmate means instant defeat.

Classic Example: The Scholar’s Mate (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Qh5 Nf6?? 4.Qxf7#).
White wins because Black, focused solely on development, ignored the deadly threat.

➡ Reflection: In strategy, as in life, the urgent (survival) precedes the important (victory).

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2. The Philosophy of the Board: When Advantages Aren’t Enough

A lone king can evade capture forever if the opponent doesn’t know how to checkmate. Similarly, in human existence, advantages - talent, resources, or opportunities - are worthless if not transformed into decisive actions.

• What good is controlling the center if you can’t convert it into an attack?

• What good are privileges if not used to build something meaningful?

Chess, like life, rewards execution - not accumulation.

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3. Survival Instinct: Between Attack and Resistance

The fear of defeat triggers visceral reactions: desperate attacks, obsessive defenses, or even premature resignations. But these responses reveal deep truths about human nature:

• Survival ≠ Violence: A cornered king may shelter behind its pieces, like a strategist choosing patience over confrontation. Is it cowardice or wisdom?

• The Danger of Ego: Arrogance ("I must win quickly") leads to irreversible mistakes. Humility ("I’ll resist until my opponent errs") can turn certain defeat into salvation.

➡ Reflection: The board doesn’t lie. Every move exposes a player’s deepest instincts: fear, ambition, or temperance.

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Online Resources

Check mate patterns - Lichess.org https://lichess.org/practice/checkmates/checkmate-patterns-i/fE4k21MW/9rd7XwOw

Piece check mates - Lichess.org https://lichess.org/practice/checkmates/piece-checkmates-i/BJy6fEDf/8K8FdT6P

Common check mates - Chess.com https://www.chess.com/terms/checkmate-chess

10 fastest check mates - Chess.com https://www.chess.com/article/view/fastest-chess-checkmates

Finding check mates - Chess.com https://www.chess.com/lessons/finding-checkmate

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ต้องขอบคุณระบบ facebook ที่มีระบบการจัดการในการเก็บข้อมูล "แย่มาก" ทำให้การพยายาม search มาแปะรวมกันมันยาก เลยเขียนใหม่เลยแล้วกัน จะได้เอาไปเก็บในทุ่งม่วงด้วยครับ บริบทที่เราจะคุยกันคือ องค์ประกอบของ seed oil เอาแค่ว่ามันมีอะไรแล้วจะกลายเป็นอะไร ส่วนการทอด กับ กระบวนการ AGEs คงจะเขียนถึงต่างหาก เพื่อนๆที่เพิ่งรู้จักเฮีย มาใหม่ หรืออะไรก็แล้วแต่ เริ่มต้นจากการอ่านย้อนทำความรู้จักกันก่อน ก่อนที่จะทะลุถาม ถาม ถาม เข้าใจว่า สุจิปุลิ มันมี ปุจฉา แต่มันไม่ใช่ตัว main โอเคนะ เราคุยเรื่องนี้กันมา 8-9 ปีแล้ว ฝั่งคีโตนี่ถกเรื่อง seed oil จนก้าวข้ามกันไปนานแล้ว อย่าถามหาเลยว่าอะไรดี none of above อะครับ แล้วน้ำมันดีแต่ปรุงอาหารเลว มันก็เลวได้ จะดีก็ฟงหวิน จะเลวก็ฟงหวิน เฮียว่า... ถ้าเดินเข้าซูเปอร์แล้วมองไปที่ชั้นขายน้ำมัน คนส่วนใหญ่น่าจะเลือกหยิบน้ำมันพืชที่ขวดใส ๆ ฉลากบอกว่า “ช่วยลดคอเลสเตอรอล” โดยที่ไม่ได้สงสัยอะไร เพราะภาพลักษณ์มันดูสะอาด ใส เบา สุขภาพดี และยังบอกอีกว่ามีไฟโตสเตอรอลสูง ฟังแล้วเหมือนมันคือฮีโร่ที่เกิดมาเพื่อปกป้องหัวใจเรา แต่เฮียอยากชวนให้ตั้งคำถามนิดนึงว่า… ไฟโตสเตอรอลมันคืออะไร แล้วมันจำเป็นกับร่างกายจริงไหม? คำตอบคือ ไฟโตสเตอรอลมันเป็นสารจากพืชที่โครงสร้างคล้ายคอเลสเตอรอลของเรา แต่ร่างกายไม่สามารถใช้มันได้เลย มันไม่ได้กลายเป็นฮอร์โมน ไม่ได้ช่วยซ่อมผนังเซลล์ ไม่ได้เป็นวัตถุดิบสร้างวิตามิน D แถมเวลามันเข้าไปในร่างกาย มันยังไปแย่งตัวดูดซึมคอเลสเตอรอลดี ๆ ที่เราควรจะได้อีก เหมือนเรากำลังจะกินไข่แดงอุ่น ๆ ที่มีคอเลสเตอรอลดีเต็มไปหมด แต่ไฟโตสเตอรอลดันมานั่งจองที่ก่อน แล้วก็ไม่ยอมให้ไข่เข้าไปนั่งในระบบเรา

ทีนี้บางคนอาจบอกว่า “เอ้า! ดีสิ ลดคอเลสเตอรอลได้” เฮียอยากบอกว่า… ลดไปแบบนั้น มันลดของดีที่ร่างกายต้องใช้ไปด้วย เพราะคอเลสเตอรอลไม่ใช่ผู้ร้ายนะ มันคือสารตั้งต้นของฮอร์โมนเพศ ฮอร์โมนความเครียด วิตามิน D และผนังเซลล์แทบทุกเซลล์ในร่างกาย และที่สำคัญ… คนที่มีคอเลสเตอรอลต่ำเกินไป มักมีภาวะซึมเศร้า ระบบภูมิคุ้มกันตก และมีปัญหาเกี่ยวกับฮอร์โมนแบบไม่รู้ตัวด้วยซ้ำ

น้ำมันพืชพวกนี้... โดยเฉพาะที่โชว์ว่ามีไฟโตสเตอรอลสูง มักจะมาจากเมล็ดพืชราคาถูก ต้องผ่านกระบวนการอุตสาหกรรมหลายขั้น ตั้งแต่บีบ กลั่น ฟอกสี กำจัดกลิ่น แล้วก็ใส่สารป้องกันเหม็นหืน หรือบางแบรนด์ก็ต้องเติมวิตามินอีสังเคราะห์เข้าไป เพราะน้ำมันมันอ่อนแอขนาดโดนอากาศแป๊บเดียวก็เหม็น ทำไมต้องเติม? เพราะถ้าไม่เติม มันจะเหม็นหืนไวมาก ทั้งจากแสง ความร้อน และออกซิเจน ทำให้ขายไม่ออก คนไม่อยากใช้

และเฮียจะเล่าให้ฟังว่า ไอ้ไฟโตสเตอรอลที่โฆษณาว่าช่วยลดคอเลสเตอรอลนั้น ต่อให้จะเห็นผลจริง ๆ ก็ต้องบริโภควันละเป็นลิตรนะ... ใช่ ลิตร ไม่ใช่ช้อนโต๊ะ!

ซึ่งก่อนที่คอเลสเตอรอลในเลือดจะลด ตับของเรานี่แหละจะพังก่อน เพราะต้องขับกรองทั้งไฟโตสเตอรอลและอนุมูลอิสระจากน้ำมันพืชออกไปให้ได้ แต่โฆษณาไม่ได้เล่าแบบนั้นไง...

เพราะอะไรที่ดูดีจากโรงงาน มักไม่ได้ดีต่อร่างกายเท่าอาหารที่ออกมาจากธรรมชาติ นี่แหละเฮียถึงอยากเริ่มซีรีส์นี้ขึ้นมา “น้ำมันพืชขวดใส ในความเห็นของฉัน” เฮียจะพาไปดูทีละขวด ตั้งแต่น้ำมันรำข้าว น้ำมันถั่วเหลือง น้ำมันข้าวโพด น้ำมันดอกทานตะวัน จนถึงน้ำมันเบลนด์ที่รวมกันมั่ว ๆ แล้วเขียนไว้ว่า “ดีต่อใจ” แต่อาจไม่ดีต่อ “ตับ ฮอร์โมน” เท่าไหร่นัก

ใครที่เคยเข้าใจว่าน้ำมันพืชคือของดี อาจต้องกลับมาทบทวนใหม่อีกครั้งว่าข้อมูลจากอีกมุมนึง สมควรแก่การพิจารณาไหม แล้วเดี๋ยวตอนหน้า เฮียจะเล่าให้อ่าน ว่า “น้ำมันรำข้าว” ที่หลายคนเข้าใจว่าดีต่อสุขภาพ จริง ๆ แล้วดีจริงไหม

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Hackathon 总结

SheHacks+ 9 活动由 Women in Technology Society (WITS+) 于2025年1月10日举办。此次Hackathon 旨在提升科技行业的多元化领导力，通过邀请全国的女性和非二元人士参与。

活动共注册了47个项目，聚焦于创造一个支持性的环境，充分激发参赛者的技术能力。与WITS+的使命一致，通过技能开发、经验学习和行业联系来赋能科技领域的女性。遵循MLH行为准则，这次 Hackathon 提倡包容性，接纳了各种背景的参与者，增强了其多元化参与者的创新潜力。47个项目的成果突显了Hackathon 在激发技术进步和社区参与方面的成功。

Hackathon 获奖者

最佳硬件Hack奖 获奖者

• SpaceInAccessibility: 将AI和硬件结合，实现对聋哑宇航员的实时ASL翻译，利用手势识别和触觉传感器激活来实现太空中的无缝交流。

最佳初学者Hack奖 获奖者

• Dance it, Post it!: 使用MediaPipe和OpenCV通过网络摄像头追踪舞蹈动作，结合React前端和Python后端实现实时分析和反馈。

SheHacks+ 获奖者

• Overall 第一名: SpaceInAccessibility
• Overall 第二名: pantrypixie: 通过扫描收据和跟踪过期日期来解决食物浪费问题，利用Python和AI提供食谱建议及数字储藏界面。
• Overall 第三名: SqWiTs Game: 使用YOLOv5和Databricks来应对手机成瘾，提供游戏化界面以管理分心。

Passport奖 获奖者

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Warp最佳开发者工具奖 获奖者

• Synapse: 通过AI将自然语言翻译为命令行指令，实现跨平台集成和安全特性，提高命令行的可访问性。

Hacker奥运奖 获奖者

• Overall 第一名: StarCheck: 结合任务清单管理和太空探险主题的互动平台，使用游戏化界面提升任务效果。
• Overall 第二名: dire: 一个用于管理待办事项清单和习惯追踪的网页应用，具备互动奖励，保持专注和清晰。
• Overall 第三名: Space Cruise+: 提供太空任务管理系统，具有本地存储功能，支持具体任务清单。

最佳GenAI应用奖 获奖者

• DevSpeak: 利用AI翻译技术术语为易懂语言的Chrome扩展，促进技术团队和非技术团队之间的沟通。

使用Cloudflare构建最佳AI应用奖 获奖者

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用Databricks开源构建最佳AI项目奖 获奖者

• SqWiTs Game

首次黑客奖最具创新力AI项目 获奖者

• SyllaBud: 利用OpenAI语言处理帮助学生管理课程，通过将教学大纲组织到一个中央计划表中，简化学术任务。

附加信息

查看所有项目于 https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/shehacks-9/buidl。

关于组织者

WITS+

西方科技女性+ (WITS+) 是西安大略大学中关注科技的女性和非二元学生的领先组织。该组织因促进包容性和成长而著称，已建立了推动技术创新和学习的成功项目和活动的传统。组织强调合作和赋能，为会员提供与行业相关的见解和发展机会。致力于提升科技领域的多样性，WITS+ 不断努力为未来的科技领袖创造一个欢迎的空间。更多信息请访问 wits-uwo.ca。

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Hackathon 概要

渥太华大学官方黑客松 uOttaHack 7，在 286 名参与者提交 138 个项目的热烈支持下圆满收官。本次赛事评审标准聚焦创新力、技术复杂度、实用性及展示效果，确保参赛项目为现实问题提供独特且富有创意的解决方案。活动鼓励跨背景、跨技能水平的学生协作开发，致力于打造兼具影响力的技术成果，成为连接技术理想与落地实践的桥梁。

赛事特别注重学习交流与社交网络搭建，为编程新手与资深开发者提供了平等对话、协同创新的平台，深度践行渥太华大学推动科技领域创新合作的使命。现场涌现的优秀项目充分展现了参与者的创造力与技术功底，不仅为个人成长积累实战经验，更为未来技术突破埋下创新种子。

Hackathon 获奖者

uOttaHack 7 在 16 个类别中展示了各种创新项目，颁发了 23 个子奖以表彰 853 名参与者的成就。以下部分提供了获奖团队及其值得注意的贡献的概述。

uOttaHack 综合挑战奖获奖者

• KellerApp: 通过使用互动工具将英语翻译为 BSL，促进听障人群与听力正常人群之间的交流。
• MemoryMate: 一种智能眼镜设备，受到 AI 辅助，帮助痴呆症患者通过伴侣 app 回忆互动。
• Sweatris: 一款通过身体动作控制的交互式俄罗斯方块游戏，将身体健康与游戏结合。

Solace 奖获奖者

• uOttaType: 利用 Solace 事件代理，通过 AI 驱动的功能（如实时转录和聊天）增强文档协作。

QNX 奖获奖者

• QNX - Traffic Lights: 一个在 Raspberry Pi 4 上部署的实时交通灯系统，使用 QNX 8.0，结合行人功能和开源项目。

Survey Monkey 奖获奖者

• Opinionated Orangutans: 使用 OpenAI 的 API 创建个性化调查，针对用户数据和浏览习惯量身定制。
• Survey Monkey Chatbot: 通过 GROQ AI 推动的对话收集调查数据，结合情感分析。
• Cartbuddy: 使用 SurveyMonkey 的 API 提升零售反馈和参与度，结合 AI 驱动的功能。

NAV CANADA 奖获奖者

• Sweatris

DeepCode 奖获奖者

• SecureVision: 威胁分析系统，通过丰富的 API 增强原始安全数据，以获取高级网络安全洞察。

Starknet 奖获奖者

• Dice-Roll OnChain: 基于区块链的 C++ 游戏在 Starknet 上适应，让游戏玩法通过链上验证透明化。
• Playtopia: Build Your Game, Earn Real $$$: 允许用户通过技能游戏赚钱。
• Focusify | Distributed Mental Health Focus App: 通过去中心化技术支持的游戏机制，促进学生的专注力。

Gadget 奖获奖者

• cuNext: 改进 Carleton Central 的用户体验，使用 Gadget 重设计界面。
• Skej: 通过 AI 提供课程注册生成简化的日程表，并提供教授评价和语音命令等功能。

Groq 奖获奖者

• SilentGuard: 提供由 AI 和特定激活短语的模拟电话呼叫支持的手机 app，提供低调的紧急援助。

MLH 奖获奖者

• SecureVision
• AgentSingularity: 使用由 LLM 驱动的 UI 部署定制化代理，从网络抓取文档中创建功能。
• KellerApp
• Talent Forge: 促进不使用金钱交易的技能交换，结合 AI 完善简历分析。
• SilentGuard
• Act2Learn: 通过角色扮演场景和个性化反馈利用 OpenAI API 增强学习。

Tail'ed 奖获奖者

• HealthSync-360: 一个整合 Groq AI 的健康追踪应用，计划扩展到主要的健身平台。

有关所有参赛项目的详细信息，请访问 uOttaHack 7 Projects。

关于主办方

uOttaHack

uOttaHack 专注于促进科技和区块链领域的创新与技能发展。以组织 Hackathon 著称，它汇集学生、专业人士和行业专家，通过合作解决现实世界的挑战。凭借在主办鼓励创造性问题解决活动方面的专业知识，uOttaHack 建立了培养技术人才和促进社交网络的声誉。目前关注点包括促进技术进步和支持对科技界有潜在影响的项目。

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The Eastern Cape is one of South Africa’s most authentic and unspoiled provinces, offering a mix of dramatic coastlines, mountainous interiors, rolling valleys, and vibrant Xhosa culture. It’s the birthplace of legends like Nelson Mandela, and a region where nature and heritage live side by side.

🌄 Top Places to Visit in the Eastern Cape

🐘 Addo Elephant National Park

• South Africa’s third-largest national park
• Home to over 600 elephants, plus the Big Five and even marine life like great white sharks and whales
• Malaria-free and perfect for self-drives or guided safaris

🏄‍♂️ Jeffreys Bay (J-Bay)

• One of the world’s top surfing destinations
• Relaxed beach town with laid-back vibes, beach bars, and shell collecting
• Annual World Surf League event every July

🌊 Wild Coast

• Rugged, untouched coastline stretching from East London to the KwaZulu-Natal border
• Visit the Hole in the Wall, explore Coffee Bay, or hike the Wild Coast Trail
• Traditional Xhosa villages, cows on the beach, and star-filled nights

🏙️ Port Elizabeth / Gqeberha

• Coastal city known for friendly locals and wide beaches
• Visit the Donkin Heritage Trail, chill at King’s Beach, or dive in the Algoa Bay marine reserve
• Gateway to Addo and the Garden Route

🏞️ Hogsback

• Misty forests, waterfalls, and Hobbit-like landscapes (inspired Tolkien!)
• Ideal for hiking, forest bathing, and quiet retreats
• Artistic village with eco lodges, crystal shops, and labyrinths

⛰️ Drakensberg Mountains (Eastern Slopes)

• The far reaches of the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg, lesser-known and less crowded
• Great for hiking, rock art viewing, and mountain escapes

🌍 Cultural Experiences

• Qunu & Mthatha – Visit the Nelson Mandela Museum and the village where he grew up
• Experience traditional Xhosa food, music, and village life
• Look out for rondavels (round huts), beadwork, and storytelling traditions

🚙 How to Travel

• The Eastern Cape is best explored by car or guided tours, especially the Wild Coast where roads can be rough
• Flights into Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) or East London
• Be prepared for off-the-beaten-path adventures—it's part of the charm!

📅 Best Time to Visit

• Spring/Summer (Oct–Mar): Warm weather, great for beaches and outdoor travel
• Winter (Jun–Aug): Mild inland, cooler on the coast, excellent for hiking and safaris
• Year-round destination, depending on your interests

🛶 Must-Do Experiences

• Kayak on the Keurbooms River
• Watch whales and dolphins in Algoa Bay
• Camp, hike, or surf along the Wild Coast
• Immerse yourself in the rural charm and hospitality of the Amathole Mountains

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If you’ve spent any time around stock trading communities, chances are you’ve heard the name Webull pop up more than once. It’s not just another brokerage app—it’s one of the go-to platforms for retail traders across the globe. But what exactly is Webull? Why do so many individual traders prefer it over other platforms? And how does NVSTly take its capabilities even further?

Let’s break it all down.

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What Is Webull?

Webull is a commission-free trading app that allows users to trade stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrencies from their phones or desktop. Launched in 2017, it quickly gained popularity for its sleek interface, real-time data, and powerful tools—all without the traditional fees associated with many brokerage platforms.

While it’s often compared to Robinhood, Webull caters more to active traders and those who want slightly more advanced tools without the complexity (or costs) of institutional-level platforms.

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What Can You Do on Webull?

Webull offers a full suite of features for modern traders:

• Commission-free trading for stocks, options, ETFs, and crypto
• Extended trading hours (premarket and after-hours)
• In-depth charting tools with technical indicators
• Fractional shares trading to invest with any dollar amount
• Paper trading for practice without real money
• Level 2 market data (Nasdaq TotalView, subscription-based)
• Custom alerts and watchlists
• Community feed for trade ideas and discussions

Whether you’re a beginner trying to learn the ropes or an experienced trader managing multiple positions daily, Webull is designed to give you an edge.

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Why Retail Traders Prefer Webull Over Other Brokers

Here are some reasons why Webull has become a fan favorite among retail traders:

✅ Advanced Tools, Simple UI

Unlike many traditional brokers with clunky interfaces, Webull balances powerful tools with a user-friendly design. You get access to real-time quotes, charting with dozens of indicators, and customizable layouts—all wrapped in a clean, modern app.

✅ Free Options Trading

While some platforms charge per contract or per trade for options, Webull offers commission-free options trading, which is a huge win for active options traders.

✅ No Account Minimums

New traders can get started with as little (or as much) money as they want. There are no minimum deposit requirements for standard cash or margin accounts.

✅ Fractional Shares

Webull lets users invest in fractional shares, meaning you don’t need to buy an entire share of high-priced stocks like Amazon or Tesla. You can invest as little as $5 into a stock, making it easier to build a diversified portfolio with any budget.

✅ Paper Trading

Webull gives users a way to test strategies in a simulated environment, which is perfect for learning without risking real money.

✅ Mobile & Desktop Support

Webull’s mobile app is robust, but the desktop version is just as powerful—great for traders who prefer multi-screen setups or deeper analysis.

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Webull Pros & Cons

✅ Pros

• $0 commissions on stocks, options, ETFs, and crypto
• Clean and intuitive interface
• Real-time data and news
• Built-in paper trading
• Fractional shares
• Support for extended hours trading
• Level 2 market data available

⚠️ Cons

• No mutual funds
• Webull uses a high spread for crypto trading
• Slight learning curve for beginners

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How NVSTly Supercharges Your Webull Experience

Webull is powerful on its own—but when integrated with NVSTly, it becomes next-level.

NVSTly is the fastest-growing social trading app, where traders can automatically track, share, and analyze their trades, all in one place. Thanks to deep Webull integration, you can now connect your Webull account to NVSTly in seconds.

🔗 Connect in Seconds with a QR Code

Linking your Webull account is as simple as scanning a QR code inside your NVSTly account settings using the Webull mobile app. That’s it—your trades are now synced automatically.

💼 What You Get with NVSTly + Webull

• Auto-tracked trades — No more manual logging or screenshots
• Real-time trade sharing — Followers see your trades as they happen
• Performance analytics — Gain insights into your win rate, risk/reward, and more
• Automate your trade signals — Save time and help followers catch entries earlier, closer to your price
• Trade history dashboards — View and share detailed stats for your trades, with visual breakdowns
• Daily/Weekly/Monthly Recaps — Get beautifully designed trade summaries sent straight to your Discord or social profiles

Whether you’re a solo trader or part of a larger trading community, NVSTly makes it ridiculously easy to share your journey, learn from others, and improve your performance—all while staying 100% focused on the markets.

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Final Thoughts

Webull has earned its spot as a top-tier brokerage app for retail traders, offering a powerful platform with zero commissions and high-quality tools. When paired with NVSTly, your trading becomes smarter and more connected—automating the way your trades are tracked, shared, and analyzed, so you can focus on the markets while NVSTly handles the rest.

If you’re a Webull user and haven’t connected to NVSTly yet, now’s the time. Your trading deserves more than just a broker—it deserves a platform built to grow with you.

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Ready to level up your Webull trading?
➡️ Sign in to NVSTly, go to Brokerages & Exchanges in your account settings, click Connect next to Webull, and follow the QR code instructions to link your account in seconds.

Available on web, iOS, Android, & fully integrated with Discord through a unique bot – the only of its kind!

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Addo Elephant National Park is a premier wildlife destination in South Africa's Eastern Cape, located approximately 70 km from Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth). Established in 1931 to protect a small group of elephants, the park has since expanded to become the third-largest national park in the country, encompassing diverse landscapes from the Karoo to the coast.

🐘 Wildlife Highlights

• Elephants:Home to over 600 elephants, the park offers exceptional opportunities to observe these majestic creatures in their natural habitat

• Big Five:In addition to elephants, visitors can encounter lions, leopards, buffaloes, and black rhinos.

• Big Seven:The park's marine section includes great white sharks and southern right whales, making it one of the few places boasting the "Big Seven.

• Other Species:The park hosts a variety of wildlife, including zebras, antelopes, meerkats, and over 400 bird species.

🚙 Activities

• Self-Drive Safaris Explore the park at your own pace on well-maintained road.

• Guided Game Drives Join expert-led tours for in-depth wildlife viewing experience.

• Hiking Trails Discover the park's diverse flora and fauna on designated walking path.

• Bird Watching With a rich avian population, the park is a haven for bird enthusiast.

• Picnic Spots Enjoy meals amidst nature at designated picnic area.

🏨 Accommodation

The park offers various lodging options, including rest camps and luxury lodges like Camp Figtree, catering to different preferences and budges.

🌿 Visitor Tips

• *Malaria-Free: The park is located in a malaria-free zone, making it suitable for families and travelers of all aes.

• *Accessibility: Easily reachable from Gqeberha, it's an excellent addition to a Garden Route itinerry.

• *Conservation Efforts: The park plays a crucial role in preserving South Africa's biodiversity, offering visitors a chance to support and learn about conservation initiaties.

For more information and to plan your visit, you can explore the official SANParks website.

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Finally there is a release (1.7.0) for Nostr-PHP with a full NIP-19 integration. Here is an example file with some snippets to how it works to encode and decode bech32 encoded entities:

• https://github.com/nostrver-se/nostr-php/blob/main/src/Examples/nip19-bech32-decoded-entities.php
• https://github.com/nostrver-se/nostr-php/blob/main/src/Examples/nip19-bech32-encoded-entities.php

Now merge request #68 (and issues #74, #64 are closed) is finally merged which I opened in October 2024.

Next up is:

• Create documentation how to use NIP-19 with the library on https://nostr-php.dev
• Create documentation how to use NIP-04 and NIP-44 with the library on https://nostr-php.dev
• Work out a proof-of-concept with the revolt/event-loop package to create concurrent async requests with websocket connections

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Why write a book about time?

My obsession with time actually started when I read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (written by Ambrose Bierce in 1890).

We can’t play around with time in the real world, but in fiction, anything goes. The story of Owl Creek Bridge follows a Confederate sympathiser condemned to death by hanging. In its three sections, time goes forward and back, speeds up and slows down, and at one point stops entirely. Every time I read it, I feel like I’m physically travelling in time.

I went a bit deeper into the topic back in 2020. Due to the lockdown, I had a lot of time on my hands to do some research. Like many of my stories, this one started with a question: I started to ask ‘what actually is time’?

What did you find out?

I found out that time is a rabbit hole! Nobody knows exactly what it is. We know that it’s conceptual, personal, and malleable, however accurate our watches are. Some philosophers and scientists (Jose Luis Borges and Carlo Rovelli) claim it doesn’t exist.

I guess what I discovered is that we all need time to survive. It’s how we process our experience here on Earth.

Who are the characters in this book?

The book tells the story of Luca Cangemi, an Italian philosophy professor giving a lecture on the subject of time. The chapters follow the possible lives of other characters in the lecture hall. Then, Cangemi makes an astounding discovery. It’s something that allows him to change the fabric of time for everyone (including the readers).

Why use 15 characters to present the story?

I like to challenge readers, so I made the story a bit of a puzzle. In fact, there is something called a 15 puzzle — it’s a block of 15 pictured tiles and one space. You have to slide them to arrange the correctly ordered image. There’s more about the puzzle in the book.

What about the Timechain? Is there any link there?

Not exactly. The book doesn’t mention it, but isn’t everything an analogy for bitcoin? Soon after finishing this book, I got orange pilled and began to read more and more about bitcoin, including Gigi’s fantastic essay Bitcoin is Time.

Time is all we have though. Even though it might be hard to understand, we have to try.

Who do you think would enjoy this book?

I’d say sci-fi fans. Those who aren’t afraid to be challenged. One cool thing about the bitcoin community is that they are dialled in to technical stuff and they are avid readers. Why not give fiction a try too? Sometimes we learn more from getting the answer ourselves through stories.

What are you working on next?

I have three other writing projects on the go, so there is no time to rest. Very soon, I’ll be publishing a children’s book about horrible uncles. I’m editing the next installment of 21 Futures too. Financial Fallout will be out in early 2025. And finally, I’m writing content and newsletters for bitcoin founders and companies. If I’m not trying to sell you a book, I’ll be doing my best to orange-pill you, ha ha.

Thanks for talking with us, Philip, and good look with all those writing projects.

Order the book in our store.

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Here’s a passage from Fifteen Shades of Time.

The Direction of Everything

Luca Cangemi and everyone he knows will be long dead, but the moment will come. Theoretical physicists believe it will be anywhere from 2.8 to 22 billion years in the future. In that moment, everything reverses.

The Big Crunch is a cosmological event in our future and our past in which the density of matter grows sufficiently that gravitational attraction overcomes the expansion that began with the Big Bang. Entropy reverses and the second law is broken. Chaos retreats.

Order is regained as space contracts. Broken rocks reform and decayed bodies reanimate. We live our lives in reverse, unexperiencing everything we did the first time around, moving backwards, shrinking towards birth. Instead of questions about creation, we search for the harbinger of order. Who began this? What is our final form?

Luca imagines the crowds at his book signings dissipating and the offices of his academic fellowships decreasing in size. Wrong turns are righted and his family grows closer. His briefcase heals itself and he returns it to his mother. Life rewinds back to him as a young boy, unreading the words that inspired him to look for meaning in all of this. If it can all be reversed, are all shared experiences undone? All bonds broken? Luca returns into his parents, then ancestors, apes, microbes, and nothing. The earth, the planets and stars all merge into one perfectly ordered mass.

Yet, this is not an end, but another beginning in which the universe is reborn in another bang. Galaxies, planets, plants, and philosophy professors will live the same lives as they did billions of years before (and after). The process of positive and negative entropy repeats and we all make the same mistakes again.

Time elapsed: the infinitely repeating cycle of a universe

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Philip Charter is a totally human writer, laser-focused on spreading the gospel of bitcoin and cypherpunk ideals. He is the editor of the 21 Futures anthology series and has published four books of short fiction. After leaving the UK to search for more sun, he now resides in Gran Canaria, Spain.

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Iceland is a surreal blend of volcanic power, glacial beauty, and rugged wilderness. From black sand beaches and steaming geothermal pools to massive waterfalls and the magical northern lights, it’s a dream destination for nature lovers and road trippers.

Whether you want to soak in a hot spring, chase waterfalls, hike volcanoes, or just drive through epic landscapes that look straight out of a fantasy film, Iceland has it all.

🧭 Top Things to Do in Iceland

1️⃣ The Golden Circle

The perfect intro loop from Reykjavik: - Þingvellir National Park – Rift valley between tectonic plates + historic parliament site
- Gullfoss – Thundering two-tier waterfall
- Geysir geothermal area – Home of the original geyser (and Strokkur, which erupts every few minutes)

2️⃣ South Coast Highlights

• Seljalandsfoss & Skógafoss – Iconic waterfalls you can walk behind or get soaked by
• Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach – With eerie basalt columns and crashing Atlantic waves
• Sólheimajökull Glacier – Guided glacier walks or ice climbs
• Vík – Quaint village with epic coastal views

3️⃣ Snæfellsnes Peninsula

• Often called “Iceland in Miniature”
• Includes Kirkjufell mountain, lava fields, fishing villages, and coastal cliffs
• Great alternative if you’re short on time but want variety

4️⃣ The Blue Lagoon (or better: Sky Lagoon)

• Iconic milky-blue geothermal spa near the airport
• Sky Lagoon near Reykjavik is newer, less touristy, and has a 7-step ritual sauna-spa experience with ocean views

5️⃣ Chase the Northern Lights

• Best seen September to April
• Get away from city lights and use apps or tours to track them
• Clear skies, cold nights, and some patience = magic

🚗 Epic Road Trip: The Ring Road

• Iceland’s main highway (Route 1) loops the entire island
• Takes about 7–10 days to do well
• You’ll see glaciers, fjords, waterfalls, volcanoes, and maybe even puffins and reindeer
• Rent a campervan or car and take it slow—it’s all about the journey

🍽️ What to Eat in Iceland

• Lamb stew (kjötsúpa) – Warm and hearty
• Plokkfiskur – Creamy fish and potato comfort food
• Skyr – Icelandic yogurt, smooth and protein-rich
• Hot dogs from Bæjarins Beztu – Iconic street food in Reykjavik

🗓️ When to Go

• Summer (June–Aug): Midnight sun, hiking, puffins, easier driving
• Winter (Oct–Mar): Aurora season, ice caves, snowy wonderland
• Shoulder seasons: Fewer crowds, lower prices, unpredictable weather (pack layers!)

✨ Quick Tips

✅ Tap water = some of the purest in the world
✅ Always check road and weather conditions—they can change fast
✅ Download Veður (weather) and SafeTravel.is for safety updates
✅ Book hot springs, ice cave tours, and northern lights hunts in advance during high season

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Hello Stackers!

Welcome on into the ~Music Corner of the Saloon!

A place where we Talk Music. Share Tracks. Zap Sats.

So stay a while and listen.

🚨Don't forget to check out the pinned items in the territory homepage! You can always find the latest weeklies there!🚨

🚨Subscribe to the territory to ensure you never miss a post! 🚨

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I like to have openletter on the Nostr protocol

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„Ich bin der Weg“, sagt Jesus am Kreuz, in der Mitte. Symbolisch zwischen Übertreibung und Verblendung. Wenn dieser Maßstab an das Gros der Nachrichten angelegt wird, die wir in den letzten fünf Jahren vermittelt bekamen, landen wir selten in der Mitte. Aber nur der gelassene Blick in Richtung Übertreibung und Verblendung, lässt die Mitte zwischen ihnen erspüren.

https://soundcloud.com/radiomuenchen/angst-frisst-seelen-von-j-rgen?

Auf den Weg dorthin begibt sich eine Friedensprozession am Karfreitag, den 18. April ab 13 Uhr, ausgehend vom Postplatz in Dresden. Hören Sie Jürgen Flieges Text: „Angst frisst Seelen“.

Sprecher: Guido de Gyrich.

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Am 22. November 1963 starb US-Präsident John F. Kennedy bei einem Attentat in Dallas durch zwei Gewehrschüsse. Als möglicher Täter wurde Lee Harvey Oswald verhaftet und zwei Tage später erschossen. Kennedys Amtsnachfolger Lyndon B. Johnson setzte einen Untersuchungsausschuss ein: die Warren-Kommission, benannt nach deren Leiter Earl Warren, höchster Richter am Supreme Court, dem Obersten Gerichtshof der Vereinigten Staaten. Die Warren-Kommission bestätigte die Einzeltäter-These. Dennoch kursierten und kursieren bis heute zahlreiche Gerüchte und Verschwörungstheorien. Mit dem Totschlag-Argument „Nationale Sicherheit“ verweigerte die CIA die Herausgabe ihrer Ermittlungsakten und nährte gerade dadurch den Verdacht, sie selbst habe Kennedy ermorden lassen. Über 60 Jahre später gibt Präsident Trump nun die Akten frei.

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\ Die Meinungen gehen auseinander: Für die einen enthalten die Akten wenig Neues, für die anderen ergeben sich neue Zweifel an der Einzeltäter-These. Unsere Autorin Gaby Weber befasst sich schon seit vielen Jahren mit der Materie, unter anderem in ihrem Buch „CIA, Drogen, Gehirnwäsche“ von 1981. Außerdem recherchiert sie seit langem über illegale Atomwaffentests des Pentagons in Argentinien 1960. Zwischen den illegalen Atomwaffentest und Kennedys Tod könnte es einen Zusammenhang geben, glaubt Gaby Weber und hat einen neuen Antrag auf Aktenfreigabe gestellt. Hören Sie ihren Beitrag: „Trump & die JFK-Files“.

Sprecherin: Gaby Weber

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„Auch wenn das völliger Wahnsinn ist“ … soll der Freie-Wähler-Chef gesagt haben: „Die CSU kann auch ohne uns im Bundesrat zustimmen. Deswegen bringt es nichts, wenn wir uns weiter dagegenstellen.“ Man opfert also die eigene Einstellung und stimmt für das Gegenteil, legitimiert also den Wahnsinn, weil es nichts bringt? Hört mit dieser Schizophrenie auf – möchte man schreien. Denn täglich hören wir von führenden deutschen Politikern, die ohne relevante Begründung die irrwitzigsten Entscheidungen treffen und den Souverän übergehen, als wäre er Luft.

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Jetzt sollte dieser Souverän, der Bürger aber nicht mit Hilflosigkeit reagieren, meint Ludwig F. Badenhagen, denn es existiere ein einfacher als auch wirksamer Lösungsansatz. Hören Sie seinen Text: „Wie wir die Kriegstreiber stoppen“. Sprecherin: Sabrina Khalil.

Sie hörten: „Wie wir die Kriegstreiber stoppen“ von Ludwig F. Badenhagen. Ludwig F. Badenhagen ist ein Pseudonym für einen Autor mit deutschen Wurzeln, der das Geschehen in Deutschland und Europa aus seiner Wahlheimat Südafrika beobachtet. Er ist international agierender Manager mit globalem Netzwerk und verfügt dadurch über tiefe Einblicke in Konzerne und Politik. Sein Text erschien zunächst auf Milosz Matuscheks Friedensinitiativseite „Friedenstaube“.

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Wo läßt es sich trefflicher plaudern als am Küchentisch. Es muß ja nicht unbedingt der eigene sein. Hauptsache, es sitzen vergnügte Menschen reinen Herzens daran, wie zum Beispiel die Herren Helmut Schleich und Franz Esser.

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In recent years, the Telugu film industry has witnessed a remarkable transformation, with a significant surge in the popularity of Hollywood movies in Telugu dubbed. This trend reflects a growing appetite among Telugu audiences for diverse storytelling and international cinematic experiences. While regional films continue to thrive, the increasing demand for Hollywood movies in Telugu dubbed speaks to a cultural shift and a desire for global entertainment. Two films that exemplify this trend are Medusa: Beauty is the Beast and its sequel, Medusa’s Venom. These movies not only showcase the appeal of Hollywood narratives but also demonstrate how familiar mythological themes can be reimagined in a contemporary context, resonating with Telugu viewers.

This article explores these two films and their significance in the broader landscape of Hollywood movies in Telugu dubbed, highlighting how this trend is reshaping the viewing habits and preferences of Telugu cinema enthusiasts.

Hollywood Movies in Telugu Dubbed

Medusa: Beauty is the Beast – Hollywood movie in Telugu dubbed (2021) Medusa: Beauty is the Beast is a horror movie that puts a modern twist on Greek mythology. After being bitten by a lethal snake, a young woman named Carly experiences changes in her senses and appearance as she sheds her old self and slowly turns into a deadly weapon. This Hollywood movie in Telugu dubbed is directed by Jeffrey and Co. and features a powerful performance by Megan Purvis as the lead actress, Carly. Most of the film takes place in a caravan site, which serves as a sanctuary for women under the protection of Medusa.

The Hollywood movie in Telugu dubbed tackles topical issues wrapped in horror, providing a tale of how women are treated in society. With a limited budget, the filmmakers have done a commendable job of creating an engaging and thought-provoking story. The film has been well-received by audiences, with 2.3k IMDb users adding it to their watchlists.

Hollywood Movies in Telugu Dubbed Medusa: Beauty is the Beast is one of the many Hollywood movies in Telugu dubbed that caters to the growing demand for international content in the region. These dubbed versions allow Telugu audiences to enjoy popular Hollywood films in their native language, making them more accessible and engaging.

The rise of Hollywood movies in Telugu dubbed represents a significant shift in the region’s cinematic landscape. It not only broadens the range of entertainment options available to Telugu-speaking audiences but also fosters a greater understanding and appreciation of diverse storytelling techniques and cultural perspectives. The success of films like Medusa demonstrates that there is a receptive audience for international content, paving the way for more innovative and diverse cinematic experiences in the Telugu-speaking regions.

Now, let’s explore the sequel of Medusa, Medusa’s Venom.

Hollywood Movies in Telugu Dubbed

Medusa’s Venom – Hollywood movies in Telugu dubbed (2023) Medusa’s Venom is a sequel to Medusa: Beauty is the Beast and continues the story of the deadly snake-woman. In this instalment, the beast is back, and her venom is deadlier than ever. When newcomer Lola is welcomed into Medusa’s circle, she undergoes a ritual to bring her closer to her new sisters.

Unlike the first film, Medusa’s Venom takes a more straightforward approach to the horror genre. It depicts a group of snake women who are also sex workers, living in a caravan site that is now under the control of Medusa. This Hollywood movie in Telugu dubbed, explores the theme of power corrupting people, as the sanctuary from the previous film has become a place of control.

Released in 2023, Medusa’s Venom avoids the subtlety and layered storytelling of its predecessor, opting for a more direct and action-oriented narrative. The film continues the Greek mythology-inspired horror elements while delving deeper into the dynamics of the snake women’s group.

Hollywood movies in Telugu dubbed: A Growing Trend The success of Medusa: Beauty is the Beast and Medusa’s Venom highlights the growing trend of Hollywood movies in Telugu dubbed. This trend allows Telugu audiences to enjoy a wider range of international films, from action blockbusters to thought-provoking dramas.

As the demand for Hollywood movies in Telugu dubbed continues to rise, more and more filmmakers are recognizing the potential of this market. By adapting popular Hollywood films for Telugu audiences, they are able to reach a larger and more diverse viewership, while also showcasing the talent and creativity of the Telugu film industry.

Wrapping Up In conclusion, Medusa: Beauty is the Beast and Medusa’s Venom are two examples of the growing popularity of Hollywood movies in Telugu dubbed. These films offer a unique blend of horror, mythology, and social commentary, providing audiences with an engaging and thought-provoking viewing experience.

As the trend continues to evolve, it has the potential to influence local filmmaking practices, encourage cross-cultural exchanges, and ultimately enrich the Telugu film industry. We are excited to see what other Hollywood movies are adapted for Telugu audiences in the future, are you?