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**Table Of Content** - Content - Conclusion - FAQ - You May Also Like - External Links **Introduction to Bitcoin Education in Elementary Schools** In recent years, there has been a growing trend in incorporating financial education in schools. This has been a step towards preparing children for a financially secure future. One aspect of financial education that is gradually gaining attention is Bitcoin education. Bitcoin, being a decentralized digital currency, has been a revolutionary concept that has disrupted traditional finance. Incorporating Bitcoin education in elementary schools will equip children with the necessary knowledge and skills to understand and utilize digital currencies in the future. **The Benefits of Incorporating Bitcoin in Elementary School Curriculum** Incorporating Bitcoin education in elementary schools has numerous benefits. Firstly, it opens up the world of finance and technology to children, introducing them to new and exciting opportunities. It also teaches children the basics of financial literacy, helping them understand how to manage their money and make informed financial decisions. Moreover, it helps children understand the value of money, how it can be saved, invested, and used to purchase goods and services. Bitcoin education in elementary schools also prepares children for the future, equipping them with the necessary knowledge and skills to thrive in a rapidly changing world. **Implementing Bitcoin Education in Elementary Schools** Implementing Bitcoin education in elementary schools can be done in a variety of ways. Teachers can incorporate interactive lessons and activities that help children understand the concept of Bitcoin and digital currencies. They can also use educational games and simulations to make the lessons engaging and interactive. Another option is to invite industry experts to speak to the students, providing them with a real-world perspective on the use and importance of digital currencies. **The Future of Bitcoin and Its Impact on Young Minds** Bitcoin is a rapidly growing technology that has the potential to change the world. By introducing children to Bitcoin education, we are preparing them for a future where digital currencies will play an increasingly important role. As a result, these young minds will be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to understand, utilize, and contribute to this rapidly changing world. Furthermore, as they grow up, they will be more likely to support and adopt digital currencies, leading to a more widespread adoption and integration of this innovative technology. **Conclusion** In conclusion, incorporating Bitcoin education in elementary schools is an important step towards preparing children for a financially secure future. By introducing children to the basics of financial literacy and digital currencies, we are equipping them with the necessary knowledge and skills to understand and utilize this rapidly changing technology. This will not only benefit the children but also the world at large, as it will lead to a more widespread adoption and integration of this innovative technology. **FAQs** **What is Bitcoin education in elementary schools about?** Bitcoin education in elementary schools aims to introduce children to the concept of digital currencies and financial literacy. **Why is it important to incorporate Bitcoin education in elementary schools?** It is important to incorporate Bitcoin education in elementary schools because it opens up the world of finance and technology to children, prepares them for the future, and teaches them the basics of financial literacy. **How can Bitcoin education be implemented in elementary schools?** Bitcoin education can be implemented in elementary schools through interactive lessons, educational games, simulations, and inviting industry experts to speak to students. **What are the benefits of incorporating Bitcoin education in elementary schools?** The benefits of incorporating Bitcoin education in elementary schools include introducing children to new opportunities, teaching financial literacy, and preparing them for a rapidly changing environment. **That's all for today** **If you want more, be sure to follow us on:** **NOSTR: croxroad@getalby.com** **X: [@croxroadnews](https://twitter.com/croxroadnews)** **Instagram: [@croxroadnews.co](https://www.instagram.com/croxroadnews.co/)** **Youtube: [@croxroadnews](https://www.youtube.com/@croxroadnews)** **Store: https://croxroad.store** **Subscribe to CROX ROAD Bitcoin Only Daily Newsletter** **https://www.croxroad.co/subscribe** *DISCLAIMER: None of this is financial advice. This newsletter is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Please be careful and do your own research.*

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lets try this out nostr:note14vqza005ngr0nk2ft8v4t3qejezqxvulmerna0g5gvs4wjsstqgsmeupgy and nostr:note1gehzcmj6tyzzk3renzvcshkazys8g9q7f8x9p70zatgx7salcsjqax60pz or nostr:note16c3k4ygg39kv77yzeefvmrzngekjcyqcul59ry8jsvg250w4k42qk9d4dw or nostr:note1cxyk4l049r32v24sls2m3cpjpm6c7yrg2d36n34j64ym0ygz73rqzplrn7 and some users nostr:npub13rxpxjc6vh65aay2eswlxejsv0f7530sf64c4arydetpckhfjpustsjeaf and nostr:npub13rxpxjc6vh65aay2eswlxejsv0f7530sf64c4arydetpckhfjpustsjeaf

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*(original manifesto of Cypherpunk Meetup 2024)* "I cleared the space for the younger generation. But no one came..." - Anonymous cypherpunk, 2024 The founding fathers of the cypherpunk movement had quite wild predictions for the Y2K+: Anonymous communication and ubiquitous encryption should have led to decentralization of power, freed markets and individual liberty. Looking realistically at today's world - a world in which surveillance is totally normalized and we're stuck between being dominated by megacorps and governments - we fucked up big time, even though we created islands of liberty for the few of us that understood what these technologies are for. Bitcoin is an exemption and an exceptional success of their story, but looking at its current development, we come to argue that we're now vulnerable to failing even there. The crowds are coming again and they don't even know why they need anonymous money. But wait, do we know? Once “rebels with a cause” turned into “grandmas with ETFs” and “garage economists with a Twitter account”. Where do we go from here? What can we do? Is this what cypherpunk is now? Are we bitcoiners just because we can, or can we still look for and successfully find a purpose not lost from the founders' vision? Emptiness of purpose can be easily hijacked. Looking at the past of the movement, experiencing its presence and foreseeing its future we ask ourselves the question: Is the movement still relevant?

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We don't love love anymore We love money more than anything Bitcoin doesn't fix this only replace it Obsessed with your stack are you?

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I wanted to take a moment to address the recent [Business Insider article](https://businessinsider.com/jack-dorsey-fiatjaf-nostr-donation-2024-6) about Jack Dorsey’s funding of Nostr. While the article has inaccuracies and it lacks nuance, this piece it’s also an invitation to all of us to discuss Nostr openly.  **Is the article true?** First things first: We do not actually know fiatjaf’s identity so we cannot weigh in on the veracity of who he is. His real identity remains a mystery to us. While we do not share Fiatjaf’s beliefs, he’s always been clear that Nostr was built to support all types of speech, even the stuff he personally disagrees with. That’s a fundamental principle of the platform. **Why is Nos built on a protocol that was built by someone who supports fascists?** Let’s clear up a major point of confusion.Merriam Webster defines fascism as: *a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.* Based on that definition, fascism is then a centralized autocratic government led by a dictatorial leader, enforcing several economic and social regimentation, and suppressing opposition. Nostr, on the other hand, is designed to prevent centralized control altogether. It’s a decentralized network where no single entity has ultimate power. Nostr is designed so there is no central authority of control. By distributing content across multiple relays, the architecture of Nostr eliminates the possibility of centralized autocratic control. Nos chose to build an app on the Nostr protocol because traditional corporate social media platforms often stifle views outside the mainstream, these also include views of leftist activists, LGBTQ community, and others. This stifling takes the form of shadow banning when people use terms that the platform doesn’t want to support such as abortion. More recently there has been an uptick in account suspensions and shadow bannings as people use reporting tools to flag accounts that support Gaza. Often the people flagging are looking at older posts and flagging those to get the accounts shutdown. On the other hand, Nos is about giving users control over their accounts, identities, and feeds. Nostr makes this possible in a way no other protocol does today. At Nos, we are committed to building an app using tools that put the user in charge and Nostr enables this user-first approach.This means that everybody has something to say, and we may not like it. **How does Nos reconcile being on a network that can’t ban people for their views?** Unlike corporate social media, such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, Nostr is built on the idea of a web of trust, meaning you only see the content from the people you follow. There are no algorithms pushing sensational content to keep you glued to your screen. Corporate platforms thrive on “engagement” and are optimized for eyeballs and time on site. Over the years, the algorithms have learned that the content that is most engaging is content that induces moral outrage in the viewer. As a result, the corporate platforms feed users more and more morally outrageous content to keep them online. As mentioned before, Nostr operates on a different principle. It’s built on a web of trust, where you only see content from people you follow: Nos and most of the other Nostr clients do not have algorithm-driven feeds, instead content from the people you follow appears in reverse chronological order in your feed. Those clients that do have algorithmic feeds today show the most popular content, but are not optimizing for morally outrageous content. This means that it is much more difficult for toxic, hateful content to go viral as there’s no behind-the-scenes mechanism amplifying content for views similar to what you have on Youtube and X today. You won’t find the same amplification of divisive content here that you see on these traditional platforms. Nos offers the ability to have “Freedom from” unwanted content at the user level. There is no central authority shutting down one account or another or blocking certain accounts. This is especially important for activists. At present on Mastodon and other ActivityPub servers, we are witnessing pro-Palestinian activists accounts’ being blocked from certain servers. While happening at a smaller level, this is still a form of shutting down the dialogue and conversation.I get it –after more than a decade of algorithmic fueled hot-takes and virtue signaling on X (formerly Twitter), it might be a bit difficult to conceive of a social media experience where dialogue exists, but the network that has evolved on top of Nostr is that space. Yes, as difficult as it sounds, Nostr allows for dialogue without central censorship. Many folks disagree on Nostr in the same way disagreements used to happen on Twitter (now X) in the early days, where there are long text based dialogues. Folks may walk away still disagreeing and a small subset get nasty, but those conversations do not spiral out of control in the same way they do on X or even on Mastodon and Bluesky today. And if things get ugly, Nos and a few other apps have user-led moderation tools to help mitigate anything that comes into replies or mentions. Nos is leading efforts to enhance user-led moderation across the network.  This discussion is crucial. We have the chance to reshape the future of decentralized social media and we can build a more open and inclusive digital space. The pathway is and will be messy. How do we balance free speech while protecting users from harmful content? What role should decentralization play in the next generation of social media platforms? I’d love to hear your thoughts and keep this conversation going.‍

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We’re all daily users of Nostr, so it can be easy to see things through an advanced user lens while forgetting what it felt like to be a newbie. I thought I would take some time to go over major client from the start in hopes of evaluating what it might feel like for a new user. The other reason for running this review is to hopefully improve the overall nostr retention rate across clients. As it stands, according to nostr.band, retention of trusted users 30 days after signups trends to 0 for recent cohorts. This seems to be supported by the lack of growth in daily active users, with the average remaining in the 10,000-12,000 range for “trusted” pub keys. The following report consists of several criteria which I felt were essential to basic first-time social media experience: 1. Ease of signup 2. Ease of logging in 3. Ability to understand what you are looking at (sufficient explanations) 4. Seeing a good initial feed 5. Ability to follow something of interest 6. Minimizing technical /dev lingo 7. A fast scrolling experience 8. Ability to easily upload media 9. A good search experience overall 10. Good keyword searching 11. Hashtag searching 12. Ability to follow hashtags 13. Easily accessing followed hashtags 14. Good experience reacting to notes In total there are 140 points, 10 for each category. This is by far not the most comprehensive score card, but I felt it did a decent job covering most things you’d want to do in a social client. Some notes of caution: 1. This report and score card are meant to be a general quick glance at where your client may stand in overall UX. It does not differentiate between the intended target audiences. 2. The criteria that I deem important may not be important to you as the founder / developer, so take it for what it’s worth. Adding your desired criteria may increase your score significantly. For example, I did not evaluate the zap experience, or thoroughly test nested replies. 3. This report is not a substitute for proper user testing. It’s just one person’s observations. While we have done some user testing in the past, I highly recommend doing your own. You can do so by approaching and interviewing new users (if you are able to distinguish if they came from your client), or via other user testing software. Talk to me (@karnage) if you need some help getting set up. 4. People’s reported experience regarding usability may vary greatly depending on their familiarity with cryptographic concepts, their background, and technical experience. What I may deem as a great score of 10, may not be a 10 for others. I have seen user tests where “obvious” things were not obvious to testers. 5. This report only looks at the English language version of the client. The actual user experience for someone on a different language version of the app could be totally different from what is graded here. It’s worth considering geographies of where users are coming from and how they experience your client. 6. I did not test re-activation of new users. Meaning, once they close the app, I did not test if they are pulled back by some notification or other means. This is a crucial aspect of any new app usage that should be considered carefully. Tested Clients: Damus, Amethyst, Primal iOS, Snort (web), Iris (sort of), Coracle, Nostur. I also tested Instagram and X/Twitter for comparison. Results, highest points to lowest: Primal iOS: 136 Twitter: 125 Instagram: 109 Nostur: 108 Coracle: 99 Amethyst: 93 Snort: 90 Damus: 87 Iris: N/A Facebook: could not test. My main takeaway was that among all apps (including Twitter and Instagram), the traditional apps win simply by having much better content selection. You get to see a variety of interesting things that Nostr simply can’t match. Going forward, this is an area I would probably recommend focusing on - how to engage people to post more interesting content, onboard creators etc… Nostr is lacking in content and I believe this could be the primary reason people are not sticking around after trying it. ### Other Nostr Notes: There seemed to be little of interesting topics to follow or stick around for. The experience of joining nostr doesn't feel special or different in any way opposed to X for example. Twitter has interesting accounts, TikTok has interesting videos, what does Nostr have? The lack of "popular" conent due to the generally low number of users is probably to blame. In a way we suffer from the chicken / egg problem where new users are needed to generate more content, and more content is needed to retain new users. Going forward, I think clients should think about ways to encourage users to share content (whether that be their own, or posted from other platforms). Nostr also does not seem to have any external growth loops. For example, there is no way to invite people to the platform by email with a single click (by accessing the address book). Even if a friend does manage to join and you can find them, they are in no way notified when tagged (as far as I know). People have to have a habit of opening the app to know if something is happening. The habit formation of using a new app is important in the early usage phase and nostr seems to have a weak spot here. You can find all of the detailed scoring, notes for each client and other thoughts in this spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14w8-aQ1sHfGBSuNpqvOA9i7PHNSfhn6lUOV6H293caw/edit?usp=sharing

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Fathers Day seems like a good time to launch Parent Corner. I'm hoping this will catch on as an irregularly recurring series. It's inspired by the segment of the same name on The Bill Simmons Podcast. The idea is pretty straightforward: just share a recent parenting anecdote or thought (ideally one that has happened since the previous parent corner). What better way to describe parenting than ~mostly_harmless? As such, I'm volunteering @elvismercury's territory to house this series. I'd love it if other stackers initiated these in the future, when they had parenting stuff to share. * * # My daughter (4 years old) has been making "swings" for her stuffed animals for the past couple of weeks. She's been greatly delighting in pushing them on their "swings" and, of course, making us do so too. The thing is, these swings always end up looking like her animals have been executed by hanging. They swing from the top of our staircase down into the living room. If we didn't get everything tidied up from the day before, I wake up and go downstairs to be surprised by quite the gruesome scene. It's such a stark example of innocence that to her it's just her stuffies enjoying a nice swing. cc: @grayruby, @cryotosensei, @gnilma, @bief57, @anniedustan (apologies if I omitted anyone)

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Happy Fathers Day! In case you missed it: [June 15th](https://stacker.news/items/574834/r/Undisciplined) Today, I reduced the payout to top stackers, in order to cover zapping the top posts and comments. * * - ### June 16th, 2023 📅 ---- ### 📝 `TOP POST` **[Show SN: First release of my open-source Stacker News client :zap:](https://stacker.news/items/194547/r/Undisciplined)** Excerpt: > Today, I'm thrilled to announce the first public release of a Stacker News client that I've been working on for the past few weeks. This app is a revamped version of a Hacker News app I developed a few years ago, and I believe it has finally reached a point where it's genuinely useful and (mostly) working. In fact, I've been using it daily to stay up-to-date with the top news on Bitcoin and Nostr! ⚡️ *8475 sats \ 23 comments \ @felipe* ---- ### 💬 `TOP COMMENT` **https://stacker.news/items/193990/r/Undisciplined?commentId=193995** DarthCoin's best orange pill story (this is a Stacker News classic) *1517 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin* ---- ### 🏆 `TOP STACKER` 2nd place: **@k00b** (1st place presumed to be @siggy47) *9793 stacked \ 21.5k spent \ 5 posts \ 14 comments \ 0 referrals* https://imgprxy.stacker.news/fsFoWlgwKYsk5mxx2ijgqU8fg04I_2zA_D28t_grR74/rs:fit:960:540/aHR0cHM6Ly9tLnN0YWNrZXIubmV3cy8yMzc5Ng ### June 16th, 2022 📅 ---- ### 📝 `TOP POST` **[New lightning explorer with advanced search and filter capabilities now publicly available | bolt.observer](https://stacker.news/items/36796/r/Undisciplined)** > We are thrilled to announce that our explorer is now available without registration! Explore the #lightningnetwork with https://bolt.observer/explorer *1465 sats \ 5000 boost \ 14 comments \ @boltobserver* ---- ### 💬 `TOP COMMENT` **https://stacker.news/items/36792/r/Undisciplined?commentId=36799** > Lyn Alden *190 sats \ 1 reply \ @gmd* ---- ### 🏆 `TOP STACKER` **@k00b** *1446 stacked \ 8900 spent \ 6 posts \ 14 comments \ 0 referrals* https://imgprxy.stacker.news/fsFoWlgwKYsk5mxx2ijgqU8fg04I_2zA_D28t_grR74/rs:fit:960:540/aHR0cHM6Ly9tLnN0YWNrZXIubmV3cy8yMzc5Ng ### June 16th, 2021 📅 ---- ### 📝 `TOP POST` **[Stephan Livera live tweets "Bitcoin Mining Council" meeting](https://stacker.news/items/51/r/Undisciplined)** Link to https://twitter.com/stephanlivera/status/1405333653157072898 *1 sat \ 1 boost \ 0 comments \ @k00b* ---- ### 💬 `TOP COMMENT` **https://stacker.news/items/26/r/Undisciplined?commentId=50** > afaict there isn't a ton of consensus around this being the soft fork yet https://twitter.com/zndtoshi/status/1405235804549566464 *0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b* ---- ### 🏆 `TOP STACKER` *Empty*

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# Bitcoin Capitalism ## But who would build the roads? Discussing who would build the roads is the classic intellectual excersize of anarchists, everywhere. Would everyone build the stretch in front of, and within, their property? Would private entities build the roads and charge a toll? Would roads fall into disarray and we'd use more rugged vehicles, such as mule-drawn carts and offroad vehicles? Would we eventually abandon the wheel and switch to camels and hovercraft? Most discussion participants assume it will devolve down into some combination, but Bitcoin might put a break on the toll road option. Bitcoin rises in purchasing power so quickly and inexorably, that any complex, long-term, expensive project becomes an investment with guaranteed negative nominal returns and a high probability of negative real returns. You would struggle to demand tolls at a price high enough to cover the nominal costs of the initial investment (although they might cover maintenance and running costs), and the tolls you could demand would steadily shrink in nominal terms. ## Bitcoin reduces the investment profit motive The [Cambridge Dictionary](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/investing) describes investing as: >to put money, effort, time, etc. into something to **make a profit** or get an advantage Bitcoin means that you make a monetary profit by saving capital, rather than by deploying it. To deploy Bitcoin is always to simply spend it. The capital is consumed. Gone. Poof! Whereas if you simply hodl it, you will rapidly grow wealthier and wealthier without commiserate effort. There will be no such thing as a profitable return on investment because the best returns will always be in savings. Your best financial bet is always to save all of your Bitcoin and use the infrastructure other people have built, at great loss to themselves. ## This is correct This is actually how capitalism should work. It is not an error. Someone or a group of someones deploys capital, first, to build something, and they alone hold the risk of failure. They do it without expecting their (entire, nominal) capital returned because they value the building planned more than the capital trapped in it. The capital invested is primarily transformed, rather than returned, and the invested capital raises the living standard for everyone who then uses the building. This is actually high-time preference behavior called "patronage". This is not the opposite of saving, but something often done in addition to it. It is investment devoid of a financial profit motive. ## We have come full-circle What Bitcoin does, in perpetuity, is raise the risk of capital so high that a financial loss is expected, so capital deployments beyond those required for personal consumption will only come from the generous and the particularly far-sighted. Bitcoin moves investments out of the purely financial realm back into a preference for the public good and a willingness to sacrifice, with returns often being tokens of gratitude, special privileges, increased social standing, hopes of indirect business advantage, or promises of treasure in the afterlife, rather than direct returns of capital, or even profits. Who will build the roads? The nobility, the pious, the ambitious middle class, and the volunteering tradesmen will build the roads, just as they once built the cathedrals.... and the roads.

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"I'm thinking perhaps one day, I'll sell my bitcoin and pay off my mortgage" I hear through the din of a crowded bar. It is the number one thing everyone is willing to openly consider selling their sats for - that little slice of that good American dream nostalgia: a house on the prairie, a yard, the dog, and no one to answer to. Security. The middle class of yesteryear's golden ticket to stability and prosperity. To most it's far beyond just being another financial asset- it's a tangible hallmark card vibe - something that even your mom would understand meant *you got this*. So then - should you sell that risky BTC for your slice of picket fence and grass? Not before you look at this:  Reality check: housing has been crashing for years versus BTC, and it is not even close. So there is no second best- BTC all the way. 100% portfolio, am I right?  Not so fast. You gotta have someplace to live, yes? So then, time to learn about the housing market, here with your Bitcoin Yimby. I invested in housing for over a decade, flipping houses, cleaning up rentals, helping homeowners buy and renovate their homes, making plans and advising people. All that good LinkedIn-ready stuff. One thing I learned doing this: the housing market operated nothing like I had imagined from the outside- and is in many ways intentionally broken. So let's crack a beer and vent about it. I will be writing this for Nostr, so no AI content, no googlefarming social media spam, no clickbait - just pure, unfiltered opinion: no apologies, no concerns.

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### In Short: * Nostr is sitting on a gold mine in the form of zap data - a latent web of trust (or web of value). Using simple algorithms, we can crawl this *zap network* to discover/curate fresh, valuable content and route around spam. * A client built around this concept would allow content creators to make significant money by providing valuable content, because viral content by definition receives a large volume of zaps. * A community using such a client would bootstrap an adaptive, self-pruning network that resembles a neural net, where accounts act as neurons and zaps as synapses firing. (An updated version of writeup is maintained [here](https://github.com/coinop-logan/zap-trails/blob/master/first-writeup.md).) We'll start with the algorithm. ## A Basic Zap Trail Algorithm Start with a social media platform with things like notes and zaps, where: * zaps are cheap/free to execute * zapping for good content is already in practice by some users * zapping can reference specific pieces of content * this zapping history is (at least mostly) public knowledge I'm new to Nostr, but it seems Nostr checks these boxes. Assume no prior knowledge of the network, aside from a single account the user trusts which has some nonzero zapping activity - perhaps a friend or well-known public figure. Ask the user to specify this account. Let's call this trusted account AlexJones. Choose a time window we want to focus on. Let's say a week. Look at all the zaps sent by AlexJones that reference content in the last week. From this build: * C1: a list of all the pieces of content referenced by the zaps, weighted by zap size * A1: a list of the authors of this content, weighted by total amount zapped for their content The result might look something like this:  Populate the user's feed with content from C1, ordered by weight. Nothing too special yet; at this point we're just reading zaps as boost/reposts with variable weight, using AlexJones as our source of truth (surely that can't go wrong). But now, we repeat the move, looking at zaps originating from A1 instead of AlexJones, and call these lists A2 and C2. Conserve weight between a given account and its influences on these lists - visualized by the dashed yellow line below:  Again, populate the user's feed with the content zapped, C2. Order the content by its inherited weight - which corresponds to the content box's size in the image above. Because weight is conserved, even though JoeRogan is only zapping about 1% of what InfoWars is, JoeRogan's zaps still determine about 1/3 of A2 and C2. Repeat the process to find C3/A3, C4/A4, etc. Each iteration follows zaps outward into more of the network, as seen from the perspective of AlexJones. Or more to the point, as *valued* from the perspective of AlexJones (and thus vicariously by our user). Now encourage the user to send some zaps for content they like, and instead build L1 from the zaps the *user* has sent, rather than AlexJones. Each time the user zaps, L1 becomes more diverse, and this diversity trickles down to L2, L3, and so on. Actually, we can now reframe that initial step of "endorsing" AlexJones with asking the user to zap any account any amount. This might more commonly be a friend than a celebrity. We can think of this as "seeding" their zap network. Before they zap, they see nothing; after a single zap, they see the network through that zap recipient's eyes; after every subsequent zap, their feed increases in diversity and becomes more their own. (By the way, this is really just one in a family of zap trail algorithms. See "other algorithms" near the end of this doc.) ## Spam, Zap Networks, and Pruning Let's start talking in terms of zap *networks*. These are directed graphs, and you could imagine them fruitfully as a set of neurons (accounts) and synapses firing (zaps - pun appreciated!). Even before introducing pruning tools, spam will have a hard time getting onto a feed built solely from zap networks. If I have only zapped friends and talented artists, and they have only zapped content they in turn value, and so on, we can probably follow zap trails out for quite some time before seeing any spam. This is related to the fact there is no objective feed to hijack or buy your way into. The algorithm never looks at any central, global list of zaps (or upvotes, or follows) to find globally popular content. Instead the algorithm crawls through the network, using the user's zaps as a starting point in an organically built "web of value". To get you to see spam, a spammer would have to find an account downstream of your zaps, and somehow get that account to zap their content. The further downstream they aim, the more likely we might imagine their chance of success, but also the further down your feed the spam would appear. A spammer could of course zap his own content, from any number of accounts. But by itself this does nothing but create an eddy of spammy content within the spammer's own solipsistic network of accounts. No one would even have to go through the trouble of stepping around it - real users' zaps route around it as if it's not even there. But maybe the spammer has actually accumulated some trust in the network in the way of zaps to him, and wants to now leverage that to get his spam some attention? Let's introduce, then, the idea of pruning. Say you see something on your feed about selling some supplements. Ah! Spam! Clutching your attention-pearls closely, you look at the provenance, so to speak, of the content. Looking into it you see the zap trail `you -> AlexJones -> InfoWars -> LifeStore`. Zapping AlexJones has come back to haunt us after all! So you just blacklist AlexJones, pruning him from your zap network. By now you've built up a much more diverse and organic zap network anyway. A whole tree of spam, just gone, banished forever, unless AlexJones can get someone else downstream your zap network to zap his content. And if that happens, you can just judiciously prune whatever node in the tree you deem beyond redemption. Further, these prune actions could be published and respected by zap trail algorithms (Do I smell a NIP?). Then when you remove AlexJones, you're not just doing it for yourself - you're doing it knowing that this will clean up every feed *upstream* of your own - any feed whose user has zapped *you*. And as a consequence, AlexJones didn't just lose your attention. He lost the attention of everyone who trusted you (or at least, the part of the attention that you were responsible for propagating upstream). ## Zap Network Cultivation and Evolution What would it look like if a community relied only on this technique? For simplicity let's assume no other mechanisms are used (follows, likes, reposts, etc). Any given user will be aware, intuitively, of their position as a node in this zap network, this directed graph, this neural net of sorts. Their zaps, sent outward, essentially pull content back to them through these pathways from downstream - and the content doesn't stop there, but travels further upstream, to anyone who has zapped the user. Similarly, pruning prevents this propogation. The user has the experience of cultivating not just their own feed, but the network around them as well. Think of how this changes what it means to zap. It's no longer only a thank you and a financial reward; it's now a direct boost to the content's virality, propagating it further. A zap in this dynamic would be saying: "this content is good, I want you to have this money, and *people who value me will now see it*". ## The Effect on Content You sit down and spend a day creating a piece of art. Let's assume it's good. In fact let's assume it's *really good*. You post it, and it gets one or two initial zaps, perhaps from you or some friends. This gets it some initial visibility on the zap network. Because it's really good, it starts to get more zaps, and some of them are pretty large. With each zap, your content gains signal upstream. Larger zaps mean stronger signal. Within this framework, content that spreads == content that people value == content that brings in revenue to its author. Content that travels far brings in a lot of money. Think of how this changes how it feels to post content. The game isn't exactly engagement anymore. I submit that this will purify content curation in a way analogous to how Bitcoin is posed to purify the economic system, and I hope to demonstrate this soon. What could you publish in such a paradigm, and make money on, in hours - possibly minutes? A well-written concise paragraph on a novel thought. A funny joke, a meme. A cool tip for using LLMs. A timely comment on recent events. Or imagine a long-form format. What could you compose and see the income slowly ramp up for, over days and weeks? A nuanced view on an over-politicized topic, spreading through people who are equally tired of the tribal shit. A blueprint for a 3d printed widget among 3d printer enthusiasts. A piece of software. A song. A mashup. A series. A scoop. Content is monetized, without legacy methods such as ads, copyright, DRM, etc. ## What Now? I believe the above is a cornucopia that, if adopted by a subset of the Nostr community, * Supercharges content curation and discovery, in a way that aligns with Nostr's values * Neuters spam * Puts zaps center-stage, encouraging a massive uptake in zapping as a regular use of content consumption * Allows content creators to make money with mindblowing effectiveness and rapidity So what's next? Firstly, feedback. If I seem to be missing something, I'd like to know! This idea has been bouncing around my head for years. Maybe it's crazy! I don't know! If the feedback is promising, I intend to approach OpenSats for research funding. If I can get this (or other) support, I'd first prove the concept quickly, perhaps with a minimalist POC, or by modifying some other client, or simply by manually performing the algorithm with well-known accounts and publishing the results. With the core concept proven - specifically, that by following zaps through the network we get very good content curation and avoid spam - the next step would be to design or modify a client such that it: * relies primarily or solely on the zap trail algorithms for feed construction * requires the user set up zapping during onboarding * puts zapping at center-stage in the UX as the sole or primary action for supporting and "upvoting" content * supports pruning (likely implemented as an NIP) With such a client, we'd prime the pump for those exciting second-order dynamics described in the last two sections, of a self-cultivating neural net of content, where content creators could make serious money overnight. --- ### Other Notes Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk. Here are some other notes and ideas I'm happy to discuss further. #### Users Must be Zap-Capable For the above algorithm to work (at least without any other content curation mechanisms), every new user needs to be able to zap. Otherwise, their feed remains empty. If they can't zap, they could still operate in a sort of read-only mode, looking at the network from the perspective of other accounts (See "What does Alex Jones see?" below). But to participate in the network dynamic, they'd need zaps. Similarly, they could post, but without at least a self-zap (see next section) it wouldn't enter the zap network, and thus would not be seen in anyone's feeds. We could think of some ways around this, but there's an argument to be made that this is actually a good thing, that we *want* a user to have to set up a lightning wallet and send a first zap. When Xbox Live first came out, the only way to get on the network was to buy a starter pack which included a mic. This allowed game developers to rely comfortably on the assumption that all Xbox Live players could communicate with voice. Similarly, a Nostr client that takes it for granted that all of its users are capable of zapping can rely comfortably on the dynamics above. My hunch is that this would be worth the cost of a higher barrier of entry to users. #### Self-Zaps With this algorithm strictly imposed, and no other curation algorithm present, posting alone does not actually make content visible. It must also receive a zap - otherwise it doesn't enter the zap network, and thus does not appear on anyone's feed. This could be addressed with a self-zap, where the amount zapped indicates the author's confidence in the post (relative to their other zaps). Remember that an author can't take up more space/weight in upstream feeds than they've earned through zaps anyway, so there's no reason to disallow self-zaps. And if we look at it from first principles, is it really so awkward to decouple the act of posting/uploading the content, from the act of promoting/broadcasting? The former is about data upload and would involve some amount of composition in the client interface, and typically involves a single creator. The latter is about social influence, and could include a concerted effort from a whole group. Of course, an interface could always choose to bundle these in the UX, so that at the step of submitting content the user can zap it at the same step. #### C1/C2/C3... As Sections When a user zaps content, it has the effect of essentially pinning it to their feed, because it comes to be in C1. Thus C1 would contain all the content the user has directly liked (within the time window we're working with). The client could hide this by default, or put it in another section of the interface. C2 would contain all the content that came from "the next ring out", the content zapped by the accounts whose content the user has liked. C3 would be a further level "out" into the network. It would makes sense to visually separate these sections, and while we're at it, put the user in charge of requesting the next iteration with a "load more"-like button that actually triggers the next iteration. #### Other Algorithms The algorithm described above asks "where does my money go, and through what content?". But it's really just one instance of a family of algorithms; there are some other interesting ways to query the zap network. To start with, we could reverse the traversal direction, and instead follow zaps "backward", from recipient to sender. Build a list of accounts who have zapped you (C1 would in this case show you what your most popular content is), then find out who zapped them, and so on. Then you are asking "where does my money come from?" This is something like a shift from a focus on where your consumed content comes from, to where your produced content goes - in other words, your *audience*. Or you could alternate between going forward and backward: who have you zapped? Call it A1. Who *else* has zapped A1? Call it A0 - these are "people who like what you liked". Now where do zaps from A0 go? You start to ask the question "What do people like me value?" Further iteration would broaden the definition of "people like me". Users could choose from a drop-down menu of such algorithms. Perhaps they could even modify or create their own. Or we could even empower users to explore real-time, following sets of accounts around, so that we no longer talk of "iterating" over a fixed algorithm, but rather moves we can perform to move from one set of users/content to another. Paired with a search string, this could be an extremely powerful research tool. #### What does Alex Jones see? We could also look at the network from a starting node other than the user. Doing this would be like "putting on the glasses" of the target user. What do they see? Try on different algorithms while you're at it. Where do they get their zaps from? What are the conservatives valuing? What about the Germans? What about a group of 3 people whose opinions you respect but are quite divergent?

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In 2017, it took a shooter 10 minutes to spray more than 1,000 rounds into a crowd watching a Las Vegas concert. He murdered 58 people and injured 500 more in America’s deadliest mass shooting. He did this with a bump stock, an accessory that, for all intents and purposes, transforms semi-automatic rifles into machine guns. Today, the Supreme Court’s GOP-appointed justices legalized bump stocks. Any gun owner can now possess this weapon of mass carnage. After the Las Vegas shooting, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, under President Donald Trump, and with [bipartisan support][1], [reclassified][2] bump stocks as machine guns, which have been banned for decades. But in a 6-3 [decision][3] issued on Friday and written by Justice Clarence Thomas, the court ruled that bump stocks are not machine guns and that ATF lacks the authority to prohibit them. > The conservative justices adopt a new definition of machine gun that ignores the statute. A machine gun is defined under [federal law][4] as “any weapon which shoots, or is designed to shoot, automatically . . . more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.” Crucially, this [includes][3] “any part designed and intended…for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun.” Equipped with a bump stock, a semi-automatic rifle can fire an equivalent number of rounds as a machine gun without the shooter pulling their trigger finger multiple times. It does this by harnessing each shot’s recoil to bump the trigger automatically, rather than relying on the manual pull of the shooter, discharging bullets much faster than if a shooter had to use their finger. Thomas’ argument, adopted by the court’s other Republican appointees, is that this functionality does not meet the definition of a machine gun under federal law because the trigger mechanism is reengaged for each shot—even if not by a manual pull of the trigger. In doing so, he essentially adopts a new definition of machine gun that ignores the text of the statute, which includes components that convert a firearm—like a bump stock. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in a dissent joined by the other two Democratic-appointed justices, notes that Thomas is creating a distinction without a difference. “When I see a bird that walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck,” Sotomayor writes. Thomas’ opinion reads as if the majority’s hands are tied—that they simply cannot square a bump stock ban with the language of the law. Justice Samuel Alito wrote a concurrence to this effect. Sotomayor finds the notion hollow, accusing her colleagues of abandoning their usual textualist approach: “Every Member of the majority has previously emphasized that the best way to respect congressional intent is to adhere to the ordinary understanding of the terms Congress uses,” she writes. “Today, the majority forgets that principle and substitutes its own view of what constitutes a ‘machinegun’ for Congress’s.” Thomas’ decision argues that because ATF previously allowed bump stocks, it’s about-face after the Las Vegas massacre makes the regulation suspect. It also cites a prediction made by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) that the ATF’s regulation of bump stocks would be overturned in court. But such justifications elide the fact that the ATF reasonably interpreted the law in order to make Americans safer. Agencies may change their minds; there is no rule that once an agency decides something, it must stick to it forever. Notably, in the next few weeks, the court is likely to overrule its own longstanding practice of deferring to reasonable agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes, a principle known as Chevron Deference. This case does not cite _Chevron_; neither the majority or the dissenters argued the gun statute’s language is ambiguous. But it clearly is operating in a [post-_Chevron_ world][5], one in which decisions about Americans’ safety are determined not by Congress or the agencies, but by nine justices who don’t even have a binding code of ethics. Congress tried to ban machine guns, and ATF decided after America’s deadliest massacre that bump stocks created machine guns. Six Supreme Court justices just overruled them. That’s not how the law or democracy are supposed to work. Civilians toting firearms with machine gun capabilities is not the makings of a healthy society—or democracy—either. [1]: https://www.npr.org/2017/10/13/557440570/lawmakers-say-the-atf-should-regulate-bump-stocks-its-not-that-simple#:~:text=Now%2C%20Republicans%20and%20Democrats%20in,during%20his%20weekly%20news%20conference. [2]: http://supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-976/293668/20231218165513713%5F22-976tsUnitedStates.pdf [3]: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-976%5Fe29g.pdf [4]: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/5845 [5]: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/this-supreme-court-term-health-and-safety-are-on-the-line/ [Continue Reading…](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/06/supreme-court-bump-stocks/)

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  Here we go!

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Slightly tweaked formatting today, basically an update from @0xbitcoiner. @k00b mentioned that he wants to turn this content into a permanent feature of the site. It would be seen on the search page and updated automatically everyday. Yesterday's edition: https://stacker.news/items/572665/r/Undisciplined * * - #### June 14th, 2023 📅 ---- #### 📝 `TOP POST` **[Damus may be pulled from Apple's app store](https://stacker.news/items/192432/r/Undisciplined)** > Just now from Damus developer Will: >> Damus will be removed from the app store in 14 days, apple says zaps are not allowed on their platform because they could be used by content creators to sell digital content. This is right before I’m about to give my talk at the oslo freedom forum on how decentralized social networks with lightning integration are bringing financial freedom to the masses... pretty sus… 😕 *8476 sats \ 64 comments \ @OriginalSize* ---- #### 💬 `TOP COMMENT` **https://stacker.news/items/192432/r/Undisciplined?commentId=192589** > I've always thought building native iOS apps only was foolish for this reason. You're completely locked in to their platform. This is why we built Mutiny as a PWA. *1445 sats \ 9 replies \ @TonyGiorgio * ---- #### 🏆 `TOP STACKER` **@nerd2ninja** *4876 stacked \ 6734 spent \ 1 post \ 31 comments \ 0 referrals* https://imgprxy.stacker.news/fsFoWlgwKYsk5mxx2ijgqU8fg04I_2zA_D28t_grR74/rs:fit:960:540/aHR0cHM6Ly9tLnN0YWNrZXIubmV3cy8yMzc5Ng #### June 14th, 2022 📅 ---- #### 📝 `TOP POST` **[I'm Max Webster, founder of Hivemind Ventures, a Lightning Network seed fund - AMA!](https://stacker.news/items/36377/r/Undisciplined)** > Hi, it's Max (@maxawebster), founder of Hivemind Ventures, a seed fund investing in L2 & L3 Bitcoin startups building the future of finance, communication, and energy. We're particularly focused on the Lightning Network and are fortunate to have partnered with many of the best companies in the space including: Lightning Labs, River, Galoy, Breez, Stacker News, Lightspark, Ibex Mercado, Pouch, Neutronpay, Bitnob, Lightning Network Plus, Satoshi Energy, and many more. *27.9k sats \ 48 comments \ @MaxAWebster* ---- #### 💬 `TOP COMMENT` **https://stacker.news/items/36151/r/Undisciplined?commentId=36153** > Basically, its gonna suck. *274 sats \ 3 replies \ @nerd2ninja* Such a good comment it was on top two day in row! ---- #### 🏆 `TOP STACKER` **@k00b** *1724 stacked \ 31k spent \ 7 posts \ 18 comments \ 0 referrals* https://imgprxy.stacker.news/fsFoWlgwKYsk5mxx2ijgqU8fg04I_2zA_D28t_grR74/rs:fit:960:540/aHR0cHM6Ly9tLnN0YWNrZXIubmV3cy8yMzc5Ng #### June 14th, 2021 📅 ---- #### 📝 `TOP POST` **[Fedcoin is coming](https://stacker.news/items/31/r/Undisciplined)** Link post: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/12/fed-remake-us-dollar-493548 *3 sats \ 2 comments \ @satoshisuncle* ---- #### 💬 `TOP COMMENT` **https://stacker.news/items/39/r/Undisciplined?commentId=43** > Testing *1 sat \ 1 reply \ @guacjoin* ---- #### 🏆 `TOP STACKER` "EMPTY" In lieu of a 2021 top stacker, those sats forwarded to 0xbitcoiner for helping with these posts.

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Top 10 prospects 1. Martin Baturina 🇭🇷 (Croatia) - The 'Next Modric' with Juventus and Arsenal on his tail. 2. Warren Zaire-Emery 🇫🇷 (France) - The 'Robot' PSG prodigy, youngest goalscorer in over a century! 3. Benjamin Sesko 🇸🇮 (Slovenia) - The 'Iceman' striker, linked with a £50m-plus move to Arsenal. 4. Brian Brobbey 🇳🇱 (Netherlands) - The 'Brobbeast' with 22 goals for Ajax in a breakout season. 5. Florian Wirtz 🇩🇪 (Germany) - The 'new Kai Havertz', dazzling for Bayer Leverkusen. 6. Giorgi Mamardashvili 🇬🇪 (Georgia) - The highly-rated goalkeeper linked to Bayern Munich. 7. Johan Bakayoko 🇧🇪 (Belgium) - The 16-goal, 14-assist PSV winger with Bayern, Arsenal, and Liverpool interested. 8. Georgiy Sudakov 🇺🇦 (Ukraine) - The in-demand attacking midfielder shining for Shakhtar Donetsk. 9. Jamal Musiala 🇩🇪 (Germany) - The 'Bambi' midfielder, already a star for Bayern Munich and Germany. 10. Joao Neves 🇵🇹 (Portugal) - The Benfica midfielder, tipped as an Enzo Fernandez replacement for £80m or more. Global Sports Central 🌐 #GSC360

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Over the years my way of viewing the world has evolved. This has mostly affected how I interact with other people. As I have learned how to view the world through a new set of lenses I gain understanding of the world and also the people around me. Most of us probably see this in others but do we see it in ourselves? What lenses have you added to your set? What lenses do you see others using? For me I see most people viewing the world through the lens they are given each day. The first is politics. Basically this comes from the news they consume and the friends in their circle. Few actually question these lenses. They think anyone that has a different view outside of the "norm" is crazy or maybe dangerous. Here is my list of lenses. Are their any I've missed? * Personal benefit/profit * Politics * Incentives * Cycles * Patterns * Economics * Religion * Human nature * Culture * Bitcoin

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Welcome to the 3rd installment of this experiment in unearthing relics from Stacker News' past. Catch yesterday's issue here: https://stacker.news/items/570204/r/Undisciplined Thanks to @0xbitcoiner for making some formatting suggestions. I have to make an executive decision about who to forward sats to, since only 5 are allowed and there are 9 potential recipients. Until I think of a reason to do something else, I'm going to reward the top stackers from each year. --- # June 12th, 2023 📅 ---- # **📝 `TOP POST`** ## [Ark AMA](https://stacker.news/items/192040/r/Undisciplined) > Hi all, this is Burak. Feel free to ask me anything about Ark. Ark is a new privacy-preserving Bitcoin layer-two idea for those unfamiliar. I would love to address all of your questions or concerns you might have. Stupid questions are welcome :) *by @brqgoo* 30.7k sats \ 112 comments # **💬 `TOP COMMENT`** # https://stacker.news/items/191561 Excerpt: > Bitcoin is not salvation, a deity, the most moral cause in the world, etc. *by @scottathan* 4276 sats/ 19 replies That's right, two days in a row. # **🏆`TOP STACKER`** 2nd place is @ek (1st place, presumed to be @siggy47, is in hiding) 10.2k stacked \ 8830 spent \ 4 posts \ 48 comments \ 0 referrals That's right, two days in a row. https://imgprxy.stacker.news/fsFoWlgwKYsk5mxx2ijgqU8fg04I_2zA_D28t_grR74/rs:fit:960:540/aHR0cHM6Ly9tLnN0YWNrZXIubmV3cy8yMzc5Ng # June 12th, 2022 📅 ---- # **📝 `TOP POST`** ## [Is a question worth a streaming revenue share? Yes.](https://stacker.news/items/35881/r/Undisciplined) Link to https://medium.com/@jeffrey.mclarty/is-a-question-worth-a-streaming-revenue-share-yes-fad085581457 *by @MerryOscar* 520 sats \ 3 comments # **💬 `TOP COMMENT`** # https://stacker.news/items/35921/r/Undisciplined?commentId=35932 Excerpt > WoS is a custodial wallet, so you are correct to wonder if your funds there are safe. The answer is, ... no, your funds are not safe on a custodial wallet. Because YOU HAVE NO FUNDS on a custodial wallet. You have only an IOU from the operator of said custodial wallet. *by @cryptocoin* 282 sats/ 1 reply # **🏆`TOP STACKER`** @nout 334 stacked \ 1120 spent \ 0 posts \ 7 comments \ 0 referrals https://imgprxy.stacker.news/fsFoWlgwKYsk5mxx2ijgqU8fg04I_2zA_D28t_grR74/rs:fit:960:540/aHR0cHM6Ly9tLnN0YWNrZXIubmV3cy8yMzc5Ng # June 12th, 2021 📅 ---- # **📝 `TOP POST`** ## [El Salvador Makes Bitcoin Legal Tender](https://stacker.news/items/1/r/Undisciplined) The inaugural SN post! (Yes, it was the top post for two days in a row.) *by @k00b* 6453 sats \ 4 boost \ 20 comments # **💬 `TOP COMMENT`** # https://stacker.news/items/2/r/Undisciplined?commentId=23 > Some kind of markdown in comments *by @sha256* 1000 sats # **🏆`TOP STACKER`** @k00b 0 stacked \ 37 spent \ 3 posts \ 18 comments \ 0 referrals

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# How to do curation and businesses on Nostr Suppose you want to start a Nostr business. You might be tempted to make a closed platform that reuses Nostr identities and grabs (some) content from the external Nostr network, only to imprison it inside your thing -- and then you're going to run an amazing AI-powered algorithm on that content and "surface" only the best stuff and people will flock to your app. This will be specially good if you're going after one of the many unexplored niches of Nostr in which reading immediately from people you know doesn't work as you generally want to discover new things from the outer world, such as: - food recipe sharing; - sharing of long articles about varying topics; - markets for used goods; - freelancer work and job offers; - specific in-game lobbies and matchmaking; - directories of accredited professionals; - sharing of original music, drawings and other artistic creations; - restaurant recommendations - and so on. But that is not the correct approach and damages the freedom and interoperability of Nostr, posing a centralization threat to the protocol. Even if it "works" and your business is incredibly successful it will just enshrine you as the head of a _platform_ that controls users and thus is prone to all the bad things that happen to all these platforms. Your company will start to display ads and shape the public discourse, you'll need a big legal team, the FBI will talk to you, advertisers will play a big role and so on. If you are interested in Nostr today that must be because you appreciate the fact that it is not owned by any companies, so it's safe to assume you don't want to be that company that owns it. **So what should you do instead?** Here's an idea in two steps: 1. **Write a Nostr client tailored to the niche you want to cover** If it's a music sharing thing, then the client will have a way to play the audio and so on; if it's a restaurant sharing it will have maps with the locations of the restaurants or whatever, you get the idea. Hopefully there will be a NIP or a NUD specifying how to create and interact with events relating to this niche, or you will write or contribute with the creation of one, because without interoperability none of this matters much. The client should work independently of any special backend requirements and ideally be open-source. It should have a way for users to configure to which relays they want to connect to see "global" content -- i.e., they might want to connect to `wss://nostr.chrysalisrecords.com/` to see only the latest music releases accredited by that label or to `wss://nostr.indiemusic.com/` to get music from independent producers from that community. 2. **Run a relay that does all the magic** This is where your value-adding capabilities come into play: if you have that magic sauce you should be able to apply it here. Your service, let's call it `wss://magicsaucemusic.com/`, will charge people or do some KYM (know your music) validation or use some very advanced AI sorcery to filter out the spam and the garbage and display the best content to your users who will request the global feed from it (`["REQ", "_", {}]`), and this will cause people to want to publish to your relay while others will want to read from it. You set your relay as the default option in the client and let things happen. Your relay is like your "website" and people are free to connect to it or not. You don't own the network, you're just competing against other websites on a leveled playing field, so you're not responsible for it. Users get seamless browsing across multiple websites, unified identities, a unified interface (that could be different in a different client) and social interaction capabilities that work in the same way for all, and **they do not depend on you, therefore they're more likely to trust you**. --- Does this centralize the network still? But this a simple and easy way to go about the matter and scales well in all aspects. Besides allowing users to connect to specific relays for getting a feed of curated content, such clients should also do all kinds of "social" (i.e. following, commenting etc) activities (if they choose to do that) using the outbox model -- i.e. if I find a musician I like under `wss://magicsaucemusic.com` and I decide to follow them I should keep getting updates from them even if they get banned from that relay and start publishing on `wss://nos.lol` or `wss://relay.damus.io` or whatever relay that doesn't even know what music is. The hardcoded defaults and manual typing of relay URLs can be annoying. But I think it works well at the current stage of Nostr development. Soon, though, we can create events that recommend other relays or share relay lists specific to each kind of activity so users can get in-app suggestions of relays their friends are using to get their music from and so on. That kind of stuff can go a long way.

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What's up stackers! Today I'd like to announce [CHADBot](https://cascdr.vercel.app/?tab=chadbot) - an AI assistant that can monitor YouTube feeds and give you alerts, summary rundowns, and even blog post content directly to your Nostr DMs!  ## The What and Why Behind CHADBot The last couple sprints I have been focused on the content creators demographic. As a member of @PlebLab, I have the privilege of access to numerous content creators like @ThrillerX_ that do bitcoin podcasts, and @bitcoinplebdev who does educational content among others. That access has helped me keep a tight feedback loop and discover new ways to create value. A couple weeks ago I introduced the CASCDR [YouTube Agent](https://cascdr.vercel.app/?tab=yt-agent) - a tool that can take a youtube link and automatically summarize the content (full write up [here]( https://stacker.news/items/418051)). This tool can be a game changer for productivity for people like Car that are creating multiple podcasts/livestreams per week. There's a serious strain for bandwidth & time the tool can fill the gap in a simple and straightforward way. CHADBot takes that utility to a new level: it can monitor any YouTube Channel of your choice and send you DMs directly to your inbox. This takes one more step out of the workflow and makes it even easier to stay on top of the content production hustle. The current [demo](https://cascdr.vercel.app/?tab=chadbot) is live and free for a limited time so check it out! I plan to expand the tool in the near future and allow subscriptions to RSS feeds and to enable other delivery media such as email soon. ## Serendipity & Other Use Cases: TLDR -> TLDW When I first set out to make this tool, I was focused on creators. But the feedback I got as it got out there is: it's a great tool for consumers as well. We all know about TLDR but how about Too Long Didn't Watch? CHADBot helps you curate your information diet and be intentional in the face of the Age of the [Digital Deluge](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQOARC5yRyE). How many times have you started watching a video to realize it's repeating things you already know or don't care about? Time and focus wasted. How about the opposite case? You see some content that doesn't seem appealing on the surface but you get into it and realize you're learning from a hidden gem. CHADBot can help you efficiently scan an hour+ long video and find the diamond in the rough. I was amused by the fact that even on a very early run @ThrillerX_ [reposted a podcast](https://primal.net/e/note10kt7gp6em3cux7m2tmrgn4tmtksqdyyatc2x3754480rpgq55s2s2h7nfp) he discovered thanks to CHADBot:  ## Reason Behind the Name Ok. Yea. I wanted to find a way to incorporate the name Chad into this project. Sue me. CHAD stands for the CASCDR Hub for Acquisition of Data. And as I mentioned previously, CHAD doesn't stop here. He keeps going until he hoovers up all the useful data and gives it to you on a silver platter.  ## Limitations I am forcing myself to ship weekly so there are some limitations to what the YouTube Agent & consequently CHADBot can do: - Videos over 90 minutes do not run reliably -> I have a fix I will put out in the coming weeks - Live videos do not work -> due to the mechanics of services used under the hood I am unable to extract transcriptions for live videos. I have planned a workaround for that. - CHADBot does not currently allow for custom prompts -> future releases will allow you to tweak that to get the style and outcome you're looking for in your personalized newsletter! I will keep building and improving. Low time preference! If you made it this far thank you for reading! Drop any feedback in the comments or hit us up on [nostr](https://primal.net/p/npub14pfjj6jf8y702pdjar2q36ve5r4t2gu2lp4yma00j49jkgy7d90swg7mwj). Cheers!

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Narratives are a way of simplifying a really complicated world. Compelling ones follow story structures that we’re used to seeing: a villain and a hero, a bad developer versus a mother who’s struggling to get her kids through college. These kinds of narratives are compelling because there’s a spark of truth in them, which is that there are power struggles in the world; there are winners and losers. Many narratives stick because they reaffirm our own opinions and views, but that can be really dangerous: Just because something feels true doesn’t mean that it is. The narratives that don’t stick are usually the ones that are more complicated. There isn’t always a clear-cut good guy and bad guy. Often we’re just existing in systems where a bunch of people act in their own self-interest; some of them are trying to do good, but people have different conceptions of what good is. Trying to describe a world full of that kind of complexity is not as satisfying. -- someone, not me. we need to remember this when we start believing narratives that we hear in our feedback loops. we need to remember this when we blame other people for how broken shit is. we need to remember this when when we want to believe we are special or in on some secret that no one else knows. we need to remember this when we believe we are the heroes and they are the foes. we need to remember this when we believe someone else will make everything better for us. we need to remember that we are always being given a narrative. bitcoin provides financial sovereignty, but it's nothing without mental sovereignty. a sovereign individual does not fall for the narratives because they don't need permission to think for themselves. we need to remember "These kinds of narratives are compelling because there’s a spark of truth in them, which is that there are power struggles in the world; there are winners and losers." bitcoin is for enemies > bitcoin allows enemies to work together > bitcoin makes us all winners. if you're going to fall for a narrative anyways, it might as well be this one.

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#### **🆕 What's changed:** ----------- - [New bonus guide dedicated to install/upgrade/uninstall PostgreSQL](https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/system/postgresql) - [Modified the LND guide to use PostgreSQL instead of bbolt](https://v2.minibolt.info/lightning/lightning/lightning-client) - [Modified the Nostr relay guide to use PostgreSQL instead of SQLite (experimental)](https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/bitcoin/nostr-relay#configuration) - [Modified the BTCPay Server bonus guide according to these changes](https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/bitcoin/btcpay-server) - Used the [lndinit MiniBolt org fork](https://github.com/minibolt-guide/lndinit), to add an [extra section to migrate an existing LND bbolt database to PostgreSQL](https://v2.minibolt.info/lightning/lightning/lightning-client#migrate-an-existing-bbolt-database-to-postgresql) (🚨⚠️[Experimental](https://github.com/lightninglabs/lndinit/pull/21) - use it behind your responsibility⚠️🚨) - [New Golang bonus guide](https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/system/go) as a common language for the [lndinit compile](https://v2.minibolt.info/lightning/lightning/lightning-client#migrate-an-existing-bbolt-database-to-postgresql) - [Updated LND to v0.18](https://v2.minibolt.info/lightning/lightning/lightning-client#download-binaries) - [New Bitcoin Core extra section to renovate Tor & I2P addresses](https://v2.minibolt.info/bitcoin/bitcoin/bitcoin-client#renovate-your-bitcoin-core-tor-and-i2p-addresses) - [New Bitcoin Core extra section to generate a full `bitcoin.conf` file](https://v2.minibolt.info/bitcoin/bitcoin/bitcoin-client#generate-a-full-bitcoin.conf-example-file) - [Rebuilt some homepage sections and general structure](https://v2.minibolt.info/) - Deleted the `$` symbol of the commands to easy copy-paste to the terminal - [Deleted the initial incoming and the outgoing rules configuration of UFW, due to it being by default](https://v2.minibolt.info/system/system/security) 🪧 PD: If you want to use the old database backend of the LND or Nostr relay, follow the next extra sections: - [Use the default bbolt database backend for the LND](https://v2.minibolt.info/lightning/lightning/lightning-client#use-the-default-bbolt-database-backend) - [Use the default SQLite database backend for the Nostr relay](https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/bitcoin/nostr-relay#use-the-default-sqlite-database-backend) ⚠️**Attention**⚠️: [The migration process](https://v2.minibolt.info/lightning/lightning/lightning-client#migrate-an-existing-bbolt-database-to-postgresql) was tested on testnet mode from an existing bbolt database backend to a new PostgreSQL database using lndinit and the results were successful. However, It wasn't tested on mainnet,[according to the developer](https://github.com/lightninglabs/lndinit/pull/21), it is in experimental status which could damage your existing LND database.🚨 Use it behind your responsibility 🧼 **🔧 PR related**: https://github.com/minibolt-guide/minibolt/pull/93 ----------- #### ♻️ Migrate the PostgreSQL database location **If you installed [NBXplorer + BTCPay Server](https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/bitcoin/btcpay-server)**, it is probably you have the database of the PostgreSQL cluster on the default path (`/var/lib/postgresql/16/main/`), follow the next instructions to migrate it to the new dedicated location on `/data/postgresdb` folder: * With user `admin` create the dedicated PostgreSQL data folder ``` sudo mkdir /data/postgresdb ``` * Assign as the owner to the `postgres` user ``` sudo chown postgres:postgres /data/postgresdb ``` * Assign permissions of the data folder only to the `postgres` user ``` sudo chmod -R 700 /data/postgresdb ``` * Stop NBXplorer and BTCPay Server ``` sudo systemctl stop nbxplorer && sudo systemctl stop btcpayserver ``` * Stop PostgreSQL ``` sudo systemctl stop postgresql ``` * Use the rsync command to copy all files from the existing database on (`/var/lib/postgresql/16/main`) to the new destination directory (`/data/postgresdb`) ``` sudo rsync -av /var/lib/postgresql/16/main/ /data/postgresdb/ ``` Expected output: ``` sending incremental file list ./ PG_VERSION postgresql.auto.conf postmaster.opts postmaster.pid base/ base/1/ base/1/112 base/1/113 base/1/1247 base/1/1247_fsm base/1/1247_vm base/1/1249 base/1/1249_fsm base/1/1249_vm [...] pg_wal/000000010000000000000009 pg_wal/archive_status/ pg_xact/ pg_xact/0000 sent 164,483,875 bytes received 42,341 bytes 36,561,381.33 bytes/sec total size is 164,311,368 speedup is 1.00 ``` * Edit the PostgreSQL data directory on configuration, to redirect the store to the new location ``` sudo nano /etc/postgresql/16/main/postgresql.conf --linenumbers ``` * Replace the line 42 to this. Save and exit ``` data_directory = '/data/postgresdb' ``` * Start PostgreSQL to apply changes and monitor the correct status of the main instance and sub-instance monitoring sessions before ``` sudo systemctl start postgresql ``` * You can monitor the PostgreSQL main instance by the systemd journal and check the log output to ensure all is correct. You can exit the monitoring at any time with Ctrl-C ``` journalctl -fu postgresql ``` Example of the expected output: ``` Nov 08 11:51:10 minibolt systemd[1]: Stopped PostgreSQL RDBMS. Nov 08 11:51:10 minibolt systemd[1]: Stopping PostgreSQL RDBMS... Nov 08 11:51:13 minibolt systemd[1]: Starting PostgreSQL RDBMS... Nov 08 11:51:13 minibolt systemd[1]: Finished PostgreSQL RDBMS. ``` * You can monitor the PostgreSQL sub-instance by the systemd journal and check log output to ensure all is correct. You can exit monitoring at any time with Ctrl-C ``` journalctl -fu postgresql@16-main ``` Example of the expected output: ``` Nov 08 11:51:10 minibolt systemd[1]: Stopping PostgreSQL Cluster 16-main... Nov 08 11:51:11 minibolt systemd[1]: postgresql@16-main.service: Succeeded. Nov 08 11:51:11 minibolt systemd[1]: Stopped PostgreSQL Cluster 16-main. Nov 08 11:51:11 minibolt systemd[1]: postgresql@16-main.service: Consumed 1h 10min 8.677s CPU time. Nov 08 11:51:11 minibolt systemd[1]: Starting PostgreSQL Cluster 16-main... Nov 08 11:51:13 minibolt systemd[1]: Started PostgreSQL Cluster 16-main. ``` * Start NBXplorer and BTCPay Server again ``` sudo systemctl start nbxplorer && sudo systemctl start btcpayserver ``` * Monitor to make sure everything is as you left it. You can exit monitoring at any time with Ctrl-C ``` journalctl -fu nbxplorer ``` ``` journalctl -fu btcpayserver ``` Enjoy it MiniBolter! 💙

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Link to the bonus guide: [https://v2.minibolt.info/index-4/index-1/minibolt-on-testnet](https://v2.minibolt.info/index-4/index-1/minibolt-on-testnet) **ℹ️** For the moment, this guide will touch only the case of an **only testnet mode** situation, in the future, we will study adding the case of configuration to enable the parallel/simultaneous mode (mainnet+testnet in the same device) in an extra section in this guide. **ℹ️** The services mentioned in this guide are those that have been tested using testnet configuration and these worked fine. Later, in the next versions of this guide, we will go to adding other processes to adapt other services to the testnet mode. 

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**The MiniBolt guide has been updated to a** [new version 2](https://v2.minibolt.info)!! The new version is available at: [https://minibolt.info](https://minibolt.info) **Main changes to** [version 1](https://v1.minibolt.info/): * The complete guide has been migrated to the new design visual builder web tool platform [gitbook.com](https://www.gitbook.com/) * New modern UI (responsive, full width, and better visual items) * New menu structure for a better user experience * New visual items to improve the navigation through the web page * New switch to enable light/dark theme * Enabled Cloudflare Proxy for maximum protection against attacks and better management of the domain **Other changes:** * New [MiniBolt Linktr](https://linktr.minibolt.info/) forked of the alternative [FOSS project](https://github.com/gzuuus/linktr) proposed by [Gzuuus](https://twitter.com/gzuuus) * Changed MiniBolt from a personal project to an [organization](https://github.com/minibolt-guide) so that the project has its own identity * New email contact address [hello@minibolt.info](mailto:hello@minibolt.info) to receive proposals and give support * New [resources](https://github.com/minibolt-guide/minibolt/tree/main/resources) folder with the current MiniBolt roadmap, network map diagrams, and others ℹ️ **More info:** * The new version is available with the known domain: [minibolt.info](https://minibolt.info/) but from now on links associated with the new v2 version were shared using the [v2.minibolt.info](https://v2.minibolt.info/) subdomain due to a GitBook limitation * The old and deprecated v1 will be still available at a time in the subdomain [v1.minibolt.info](https://v1.minibolt.info/), but is in the roadmap delete it definitely in the future, take note ASAP of all that you need of that version before this happens * Contributors and collaborators will be able to continue doing PR through code programming or using the design block builder [gitbook.com](https://www.gitbook.com/) [GitHub release](https://github.com/minibolt-guide/minibolt/releases/tag/2.0) Enjoy it MiniBolter! 💙 

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The **router reserves the IP address** of the device **for a time after going out**, but if the device goes out soo time, the next time that the device starts, the router could assign a different IP and you could lose access to your node. To avoid this, you need to **set a static IP to your MiniBolt**. In addition, you can **customize your DNS servers to improve your privacy**, normally your ISP, gives you the router with its own DNS servers set by default, and this does that you expose all of your navigation trackings to your ISP, affecting seriously your privacy. This bonus guide includes all of the necessary steps to get this and is available at: [https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/system/static-ip-and-custom-dns-servers](https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/system/static-ip-and-custom-dns-servers) 

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Proxy using NYM mixnet: * Outbound connections of **Bitcoin Core** to the clearnet (mainnet / testnet) * Clearnet connections of **Bitcoin Wallets** (Electrum, Sparrow, Bitbox, Blockstream Green, etc) * **Browsing** using Firefox based-browsers (Firefox, Librewolf, Mullvad, etc) * Outbound connections to servers of **other services** (Telegram, Keybase, etc) and any app that supports SOCKS5 proxy (some may still be incompatible) Link to the bonus guide: [https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/system/nym-mixnet](https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/system/nym-mixnet) P.S.: Currently, it is **not mandatory to pay or receive incentives for running a node on the NYM network** using its homonymous token, so there is **no need to make use of it or its blockchain**.

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Link to the bonus guide: https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/system/ssh-keys * Generate SSH keys * Import SSH pubkey * Connect to the MiniBolt node using SSH keys * Disable password login * Disable admin password request Shortcut to the "Disable password login" section: https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/system/ssh-keys#disable-password-login Shortcut to the "Disable admin password request" section: https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/system/ssh-keys#disable-admin-password-request-optional-caution

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**Link to the bonus guide**: https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/bitcoin/ordisrespector ⏰ Recently added an update that includes a new section **[How to detect Ordinals transactions and verify that the Ordisrespector filter works in your mempool](https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/bitcoin/ordisrespector#how-to-detect-ordinals-transactions)** to verify that Ordispector is **filtering and burning Ordinals** correctly 🔥 As an optional extra section, some instructions are included to add the Bitcoin Barcelona node --> [link](https://bitcoinbarcelona.xyz/Nodo-Bitcoin-Barcelona-b275aaed964149a3ae2c9b1d16d6b78f)

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* Set up Dynamic DNS * Wireguard VPN server & client side configurations * Install & configure the WireGuard VPN Client on a mobile phone * Configure additional servers & clients * Use your router’s DDNS preconfigured provider * Port forwarding on NAT/PAT router Link to the bonus guide: https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/system/wireguard-vpn

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Do you want to use a different disk to store data (blockchain and other databases) independently of the disk of the system? A step-by-step guide using a secondary disk to store the data (blockchain and other databases) independently of the disk of the system and using the Ubuntu Server guided installation. * Rebuilt the [Ubuntu Server installation guide](https://v2.minibolt.info/system/system/operating-system#ubuntu-server-installation) based on this bonus guide added * Added GIFs to improve the illustration of the steps to follow * [Case 1](https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/system/store-data-secondary-disk#case-1-during-the-ubuntu-server-guided-installation): during the Ubuntu server guided installation * [Case 2](https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/system/store-data-secondary-disk#case-2-build-it-after-system-installation-by-command-line): build it after system installation (by command line) Link to the bonus guide: https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/system/store-data-secondary-disk

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### A free and open-source Bitcoin payment processor which allows you to accept Bitcoin without fees or intermediaries --- **Link to the bonus guide**: https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/bitcoin/btcpay-server

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The past 26 August, Tor [introduced officially](https://blog.torproject.org/introducing-proof-of-work-defense-for-onion-services/) a proof-of-work (PoW) defense for onion services designed to prioritize verified network traffic as a deterrent against denial of service (DoS) attacks. This feature at the moment, is [deactivate by default](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/blob/main/doc/man/tor.1.txt#L3117), so you need to follow these steps to activate this on a MiniBolt node: * Make sure you have the latest version of Tor installed, at the time of writing this post, which is v0.4.8.6 Check your current version by typing: ``` tor --version ``` **Example** of expected output: ``` Tor version 0.4.8.6. This build of Tor is covered by the GNU General Public License (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html) Tor is running on Linux with Libevent 2.1.12-stable, OpenSSL 3.0.9, Zlib 1.2.13, Liblzma 5.4.1, Libzstd N/A and Glibc 2.36 as libc. Tor compiled with GCC version 12.2.0 ``` If you have v0.4.8.X, you are **OK**, if not, type `$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` and confirm to update. Basic PoW support can be checked by running this command: ``` tor --list-modules ``` Expected output: ``` relay: yes dirauth: yes dircache: yes pow: **yes** ``` If you have `pow: yes`, you are **OK** * Now go to the torrc file of your MiniBolt and add the parameter to enable PoW for each hidden service added: ``` $ sudo nano /etc/tor/torrc ``` Example: ``` # Hidden Service BTC RPC Explorer HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service_btcrpcexplorer/ HiddenServiceVersion 3 HiddenServicePoWDefensesEnabled 1 HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:3002 ``` Bitcoin Core and LND use the Tor control port to automatically create the hidden service, requiring no action from the user. I have submitted a feature request in the official GitHub repositories to explore the need for the integration of Tor's PoW defense into the automatic creation process of the hidden service. You can follow them at the following links: Bitcoin Core: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/8002 LND: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/28499 More info: https://blog.torproject.org/introducing-proof-of-work-defense-for-onion-services/ https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onion-support/-/wikis/Documentation/PoW-FAQ

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It turns out that Ubuntu Linux installations of Ubuntu 23.04, 22.04.3 LTS, and installs done since April 2023 that accepted the Snap version update haven't been following Ubuntu's own recommended security best practices for their security pocket configuration for packages. A new Subiquity release [was issued](https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/releases/tag/23.09.1) to fix this problem while those on affected Ubuntu systems already installed are recommended to manually edit their `/etc/apt/sources.list` file. If you didn't install MiniBolt recently, **you are affected by this bug**, and we need to fix that manually if not we want to install all since cero. Anyway, if you installed Minibolt recently, we recommend you review that. Follow these easy steps to review and fix this: * Edit the `sources-list` file: ``` sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list ``` * Search now for every line that includes '-security' (without quotes) (normally at the end of the file) and change the URL to --> http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu For example, from http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu (or the extension corresponding to your country) to --> http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu Real case, Spain location, **before fix**: ``` deb http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security main restricted # deb-src http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security main restricted deb http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security universe # deb-src http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security universe deb http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security multiverse # deb-src http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security multiverse ``` **After fix:** ``` deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security main restricted # deb-src http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security main restricted deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security universe # deb-src http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security universe deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security multiverse # deb-src http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security multiverse ``` **Save and exit**. (Ctrl-X, y, enter) **Note:** If you have already these lines changed, you are not affected by this bug, and is not necessary to do anything. Simply exit the editor by doing Ctrl-X * Finally, type the next command to refresh the repository pointers: ``` $ sudo apt update ``` And optionally take the opportunity to update the system by doing: ``` $ sudo apt full-upgrade ``` More context: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ#What_repositories_and_pockets_should_I_use_to_make_sure_my_systems_are_up_to_date.3F https://bugs.launchpad.net/subiquity/+bug/2033977 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Security-Pocket-Issue

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The new method for Bitcoin Core signature check: https://v2.minibolt.info/bitcoin/bitcoin/bitcoin-client#signature-check GitHub repo of Bitcoin Core release attestations (Guix): https://github.com/bitcoin-core/guix.sigs History: PR that caused the broken and obsolescence of the old signature verification process: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/26598 New GitHub folder of Bitcoin Core repo that stores the signatures:https://github.com/bitcoin-core/guix.sigs/tree/main/builder-keys Thanks to nostr:npub1gzuushllat7pet0ccv9yuhygvc8ldeyhrgxuwg744dn5khnpk3gs3ea5ds for building the command that made magic possible 🧙‍♂️🧡

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A complete guide to building your own “DIY” **Bitcoin & Lightning** full node on a **personal computer**. It builds on a personal computer with **x86/amd64** architecture processors. It is based on the popular [RaspiBolt v3](https://raspibolt.org) guide. --- **Those are some of the most relevant changes:** * Changed OS from Raspberry Pi OS Lite (64-bits) to ***Ubuntu Server LTS*** (Long term support) 64-bit PC (AMD64) * Changed binaries and signatures of the programs to adapt them to ***x86/amd64 architecture*** * Deleted unnecessary tools and steps, and added others according to this case of use * Added some useful authentication logs monitoring commands in the security section * Added some interesting parameters in the settings of some services to activate and take advantage of new features * Changed I2P, Fulcrum, and ThunderHub guides, to be part of the core guide * Added exclusive optimization section of services for slow devices Complete release notes MiniBolt v1: [https://github.com/twofaktor/minibolt/releases/tag/1.0](https://github.com/twofaktor/minibolt/releases/tag/1.0) [MiniBolt](https://minibolt.info) guide is available at: [https://minibolt.info](https://minibolt.info) Feel free to contribute to the [source code on GitHub]https://github.com/minibolt-guide/minibolt) by opening [issues](https://github.com/minibolt-guide/minibolt/issues), [pull requests,](https://github.com/minibolt-guide/minibolt/pulls) or [discussions](https://github.com/orgs/minibolt-guide/discussions) --- Created by [⚡2 FakTor⚡](https://twitter.com/twofaktor) member of the [Bitcoin Barcelona Community](https://bitcoinbarcelona.xyz/) tw: [https://twitter.com/twofaktor](https://twitter.com/twofaktor) reddit sub: [https://www.reddit.com/r/minibolt](https://www.reddit.com/r/minibolt) Telegram groups: * [English](https://t.me/minibolt) * [Spanish](https://t.me/minibolt_es)

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Notice to node MiniBolt runners: It turns out that the I2P devs have opened an issue on the Bitcoin Core GitHub repo commenting that because they gave the option to enable the `notransit=true` parameter in the official documentation: [...] If you prefer not to relay any public I2P traffic and only allow I2P traffic from programs connecting through the SAM proxy, e.g. Bitcoin Core, you can set the no transit option to true [...] are having a heavy load on the I2P network since last December 19. Also comment that it is advisable to share as much bandwidth and transit tunnels as we can, to increase anonymity with coverage traffic, by contributing more to the I2p network than we consume. So they ask that we deactivate that option that you use activated. With all this, he already updated the "Privacy" section by removing that setting. The steps to delete this configuration once we have already configured it, are the following: With the "admin" user, stop i2pd: ``` $ sudo systemctl stop i2pd ``` Comment line 93 with "#" at the beginning of it (notransit = true), save and exit ``` $ sudo nano /var/lib/i2pd/i2pd.conf --line numbers ``` Start i2pd again: ``` $ sudo systemctl start i2pd ``` And that's it, you could take a look at Bitcoin Core to see that it has detected i2pd running again after the reboot with: ``` $ tail --lines 500 -f /home/bitcoin/.bitcoin/debug.log ``` If for whatever reason you don't see that I2P is up in Bitcoin Core after the restart, `$ sudo systemctl restart bitcoind` and look again at the logs of the same More info in the rollback commit: https://github.com/twofaktor/minibolt/commit/99cae67a5150bb5b7deae3674cc958eb31c74a75

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Your MiniBolt is on a local network, and you want to expose it on the internet (clearnet) without exposing your public IP, without Firewall rules, without NAT port forwarding, without risk, easy and cheap? ----------- **Link to the guide**: https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/system/cloudflare-tunnel

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 Build your own nostr relay step by step on your MiniBolt node! (**easily adaptable to other environment**) No need to trust anyone else! Be sovereign! This guide includes a complete [extra section](https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/bitcoin/nostr-relay#extras) to cover the different processes for using nostr **as a user and relay operator**. Link to the bonus guide: https://v2.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/bitcoin/nostr-relay ----------- PS: The MiniBolt project has its own free relay, be free to connect with it: `wss://relay.minibolt.info` Let a review on [noStrudel](https://nostrudel.ninja/#/r/wss%3A%2F%2Frelay.minibolt.info) or [Coracle](https://coracle.social/relays/relay.minibolt.info) of your experience using it. Remember, Nostr is freedom! Stay resilient! 💜 🛡️💪

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In regards to purchasing shares of a company, now, companies can invest in miners or simply purchase BTC to fund survival and expansion. Less reliance on investment from the individual.

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 I’ve been obsessed with large numbers [for a few years now](https://www.chrisliss.com/zero_and_infinity?categories=observations), trying in vain to get others to care. But the “why” eluded me. I made one [partially satisfying attempt](https://www.chrisliss.com/the_deeper_paradigm?categories=observations) to explain last year. Yes, he who has “the deepest paradigm can name the biggest number,” but to what end? Now I think I’ve found the end, the reason I can’t quit this line of thinking, even if it’s driven me half mad: that the number TREE(3) is quite possibly a miracle. Despite arising from a simple game, TREE(3) can be hard to understand, so maybe it’s best to start with one of its “competitors”, Graham’s Number, to grasp what it is not. Now Graham’s Number is only a competitor because the two are often compared, not because there is really any kind of competition. TREE(3) dwarfs Graham’s Number the way the breadth of the observable universe dwarfs the dimensions of an ant. (Actually, as you will see, that comparison vastly understates the disparity between the two numbers.) But Graham’s Number, unfathomably vast in its own right, is both easier to understand and is generated via a different process. To get to Graham’s Number, we have to start with the most basic math that exists: counting. I’ll excerpt from my post on [growth](https://www.chrisliss.com/growth) that covers this: _First you have counting 1, 2, 3, 4…_ _If you want to speed up counting, you can add._ _Instead of counting from three to six, you can just add 3 + 3. Addition therefore is _ _just repeated (iterated) counting._ _But instead of adding 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3, you can just do 3 * 6 because multiplication is iterated addition._ _But instead of multiplying 3 * 3 * 3 * 3, you can just do 3 ^ 4 because exponentiation is iterated multiplication._ _That’s where most people leave off in their education, and they feel perfectly content to live their lives only because they don’t know what they’re missing. Beyond exponentiation lies tetration, or iterated exponentiation._ _Instead of 3 ^ 3 ^ 3 ^ 3, you can just do 3 ↑↑ 4 (a power-tower of threes, four high.)_ _You would say it “three to the three to the three to the three” in exponentiation terms, or “three arrow arrow three” in tetration terms. The number before the arrows determines the base and the number after them how high the tower goes._ _Let’s calculate some easy ones._ _2 ↑↑ 2 is a power tower of twos, two high. That is 2 ^ 2 = 4._ _3 ↑↑ 2 is a power tower of threes two high. That is 3 ^ 3 = 27. Easy._ _2 ↑↑ 3 is a power tower of twos three high. That is 2 ^ 2 ^ 2 which is 2 ^ 4 = 16._ _3 ↑↑ 3 is a power tower of threes three high. That is 3 ^ 3 ^ 3 which is 3 ^ 27 = 7,625,597,484,987._ _Wait, what happened? You just encountered a fast-growing function._ Ok, tetration is cute, but if you want to generate Graham’s number, you’ll need to add more up arrows. Iterated tetration, symbolized by _three_ up-arrows, is called pentation and would look like this: _3 ↑↑↑ 3. _If _3 ↑↑ 3 _is 7.6 trillion, what would _3 ↑↑↑ 3 _be? Well, it’s just iterated tetration, which means it’s a series of double-arrow operations with a base of three, three long, i.e., _3 ↑↑ 3 ↑↑ 3._ And since we know the second half, (_3 ↑↑ 3) = _7.6 trillion, we can simplify it to _3 ↑↑ _7.6 trillion_. _What does that mean? It means a power tower of threes, 7.6 trillion high. Okay, that sounds big. How big? Consider a power tower of threes five high, i.e., 3^3^3^3^3 or _3 ↑↑ 5,_ is bigger than a googolplex. To get the scale of a googolplex (one with a googol zeroes), consider you could not fit the _zeroes_ it would take to write it out in the universe, even if you put one trillion zeroes on every atom. Again, we are not talking about the number itself, merely the number of digits required to write it out. Consider a number with 200 digits is so massive, it’s far more than the number of Planck volumes (smallest known unit of measure) in the universe, but it’s trivial to write out. But you do not have space to write out a googolplex even while using a trillion digits per atom, let alone what those digits, if you could even write them, represent. Your odds of entering every lottery on earth for the rest of your life, from the local bake sale to the mega millions, and winning all of them are far, far, far greater than 1 in a googolplex. Your odds of guessing all the private bitcoin keys on earth without making an error are greater than one in a googolplex. A googolplex is an unfathomably large number. And yet it is smaller than 3 _↑↑ 5, _or_ _3^3^3^3^3. But _3 ↑↑↑ 3 _is a tower of threes not five high, but 7.6 trillion high! When you get even to 10 high, you’ve exceeded a googolplex to the googolplexth power. The human mind cannot fathom the number you arrive at even at 100 or 1000 high, but we have to get to 7.6 trillion. Okay, now that we’ve multiplied out the entire power tower to 7.6 trillion, guess what, we have to add another arrow. Not 3 ↑↑↑ 3 but 3 ↑↑↑↑ 3. That’s hexation which is iterated pentation, in this case with a base of three and three terms, i.e., 3 ↑↑↑ 3 ↑↑↑ 3. We already know the second half is, whatever the incomprehensible result of the multiplied-out 7.6 trillion-high power tower was, call it X. So it’s 3 ↑↑↑ X. And that means iterated tetration with a base of three, X times, i.e., _3 ↑↑ 3 ↑↑3 ↑↑ 3… X times_. To solve this, we go term by term. The first one is 7.6 trillion, which feeds into the second, the multiplied-out power tower 7.6 trillion high, i.e. X, the third is a power tower of threes, _X high,_ multiplied out, and so on, and there are X of these entire towers, each one unfathomably, astronomically taller than the last. Once we get through all X (remember itself an unfathomably large number) of the terms we’re at 3_↑↑↑↑3._ That number is G1. To get to G2, we just take 3_ ↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑…G1 arrows… 3._ Wait, what? Remember each individual move up the scale from counting to addition to multiplication to exponentiation turbo-charged the growth of the function, and now in this function, they’re telling us to add G1 (3_↑↑↑↑3)_ _moves_ up the scale all at once! Put differently, from counting by ones to the insanity of hexation, there are only _six_ steps. To get G2, there are _3↑↑↑↑3 steps_! To get G3, it’s 3 _G2 arrows _3_. _To get to G4, it’s 3 _G3 arrows _3_._ And so on until we hit G64 which is Graham’s Number. It’s an indescribably massive number, not relatable to anything in the universe, not even in terms of the possible ways the atoms could be arranged taken to the power of the number of ways history’s chess games could have been played. There is no way to visualize or imagine it except by walking vaguely through the steps to get there and straining your brain to grasp the process. But as I said, Graham’s Number is trivial, basically zero compared to TREE(3), and that is so much the case that if instead of going to G64 via the steps, you went to G(Googolplex), or even G(Graham’s Number), i.e., G(G64), you would still be at zero relative to TREE(3). But here’s where it gets fascinating. While Graham’s Number is generated via ramping up increasingly powerful iterative operations (as we did in the beginning) TREE(3) comes from a simple game. There is a good [article](https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/math/a28725/number-tree3/) in Popular Mechanics that lays it out, building off this excellent Numberphile video with Tony Padilla: You can click on the article and video for the specific (and relatively basic rules), but essentially, the TREE function has to do with “seeds” (dots) and “trees” (combinations of dots and lines), such that you make the maximum amount of unique “trees” (dot-line combos) per the types of seeds available. If you have only one kind of seed, say a green one, there is only one unique tree that can be made. So: **TREE(1) = 1.** If you have two seeds, say a green and a red, there are three different kinds of unique trees you could make. **TREE(2) = 3.** If you have three seeds, say a green, a red and a black, there are TREE(3) different kinds of trees you could make. As it turns out, that number (which is not infinite) is so much bigger than Graham’s number the two are not even in the same universe: Here’s Padilla comparing TREE(3) to Graham’s Number if you want to see the difference: Okay, so what does all this mean? It means that Graham’s Number, which is generated by successively more powerful iterations of mathematical operations, cannot compete with TREE(3) which comes from a game with simple rules. Graham’s Number is built the way a machine would do it, the way an AI would go about making a huge number — mechanically increasing the rate of construction. Consider if you had a machine that made products one at a time, that’s like counting. And if you had a machine that made products three at a time, that’s like adding. And a machine that made machines that made products three at a time, that’s like multiplication. And a machine that made those three at a time would be exponentiation, etc., etc. Each successive machine-making machine would take you into a deeper paradigm of growth. But you can see this is a mechanical process, no matter how deep you go. By contrast, the tree series is what happens when you design a game with simple rules and let it play out. The growth (once you realize it to the extent the human brain can even grasp it) is not just faster than the mechanistic model, it’s on another plane. The takeaway then is bottom-up complex systems (games) with a few simple rules can spawn a paradigm so much bigger than top-down mechanistic growth models. The human brain (neocortex in McKenna’s terms) is just such a system, and yet we train ourselves to be like machines! Practice, routine, iteration, follow-these-10-steps to happiness, learn these five keys to investing, etc. Yes, you can get somewhere with these recipes, but nowhere near the destination of which you are inherently capable. The key is a few simple inputs — good nutrition, enough sleep, a decent environment — and to let the mind have its space to play out the sequence in full. In modern society the conditions needed for greatness, since the basics are relatively easy to come by, are achieved more by getting rid of negatives. Don’t be a drug addict or alcoholic, ditch the porn, the video games, the excessive social media use, etc. Then let the game play out. Of course, this is easier said than done, as we’ve been deeply conditioned by the mechanistic paradigm, and remember TREE(1) is only 1, while G(1) is _3↑↑↑↑3_, i.e., the more powerful growth function doesn’t necessarily reveal itself at the outset. But that changes in short order, and once it does, the mechanistic growth is no match for the “most densely ramified complexified structure in the known universe.” I’ll end on a speculative thought, one that occurred to me while [recording a podcast](https://realmanwould.com/tree_3) on this topic: Might what we think of as good vs evil actually just be a battle between the mechanistic and the complex, the difference between top-down compulsion and bottom-up free choice? **BONUS VIDEOS** For those who want to dive deeper into this, there are some good videos by Carbrickscity on You Tube [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvKG8_bUJdM), [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZY8CHqTQxI) and [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMGncSusvHE). And Tim Urban’s [article](https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/11/1000000-grahams-number.html) on Graham’s Number is worthwhile too.

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He also said he'd free Ross Ulbricht. I think I'd vote for him if he was anyone else.

@ 502ab02a:a2860397

สตอรี่ ชีสเค้ก (Story Cheesecake) : ep4 กลับไปเริ่มที่จุดตั้งต้น อาหาร ขนม ไม่ได้กินกันเพียงทางปาก หากแต่ยังรับรสทางสายตา จมูก ประกอบกันไป ตอนนั้นเราต้องยอมรับว่าควรกลับมาตั้งต้นกันใหม่ เพื่อค้นหาสูตรที่เหมาะสมกับการทำชีสเค้กคีโต เอ๋อธิบายแนวคิดว่า วัตถุดิบหลักของเจแปนนิสชีสเค้ก ประกอบไปด้วยหัวใจหลักไม่กี่อย่าง ครีมชีส วิป ไข่ น้ำตาล เนย ถ้าไหนๆจะตั้งต้นจากศูนย์แล้ว จึงเริ่มต้นที่เนย เป็นอย่างแรก เนย เป็นศิลปะการทำอาหารที่ยอดเยี่ยมมากตั้งแต่สมัยโบราณ เป็นภูมิปัญญาระดับโลกอีกอย่างหนึ่ง ลำพังแค่เนยแท้ที่มีขายในไทย ก็นำมาทดลองกันไม่หวาดไม่ไหว แต่ก็ต้องทำ เนยเป็นองค์ประกอบเล็กๆในขนมตัวนี้ แต่เป็นส่วนผสมที่สำคัญไม่ว่าจะตัวไขมันเนย กลิ่นของเนย รวมถึงรสชาติความนัวของเนย นั่นหมายถึงการเทสเนยทุกยี่ห้อที่คิดว่าเหมาะกับการทำขนมตัวนี้ต้องเริ่มต้นขึ้นแล้ว ต้องเทสตั้งแต่สีสัน รสชาติและกลิ่น ไม่ว่าจะตอนกินเปล่าๆหรือตอนนำไปอบขนม ถ้าใครได้เห็นภาพการชิมเนยปริมาณไม่ต่ำกว่า 20 ประเภท (SKU) ต้องคิดว่านั่งโหลดไขมันแน่ๆ แต่ไม่ต้องตกใจอะไรไป ไม่ได้ชิมรวดเดียว ไม่งั้นอืดแน่ๆเลย เนยที่ใช้เทสนั้นเป็นเนยแท้ล้วนๆ เพราะคีโตไม่ใช้เนยผสมอยู่แล้ว กองทัพเนยตั้งแต่เนยไทยทั่วไป จนไปถึงเนยกระบวนการหมักพิเศษแบบต่างๆ เรียกได้ว่าทดลองจนเชี่ยวชาญเรื่องเนยไปเลย อะไรจะรสชาติกลิ่นอย่างไรเวลานำไปอบขนม ตัวไหนที่ตอบโจทย์ที่สุด ช่วงนั้นเอียนเนยไปซักพักเลยเชียว คีโตไม่ได้เน้นว่าเนยจะต้องมาจากวัวกินหญ้าเท่านั้น คีโตจริงๆแล้วขอเพียงเป็นเนยแท้ๆไม่ผสมไขมันพืชก็ถือว่าโอเคแล้ว ที่ต้องการเนยจากวัวกินหญ้าเพราะมีบางรายงานบอกไว้ว่าจะได้รับสารอาหารที่ดีกว่า ส่วนเราทำขนม อย่างที่ย่อหน้าบนๆได้บอกไว้ว่า ความรื่นรมย์ของการกินขนมนั้นได้รับความสุนทรีย์ทั้งรส กลิ่น และรูปลักษณ์ ถ้าจะให้มุ่งใช้วัวกินหญ้าโดยเลือกหยิบแต่ยี่ห้อยอดนิยม ไม่ชิม ไม่ทดสอบกลิ่นก่อนว่าเหมาะกับขนมนั้นๆหรือไม่ เราคงทำไม่ได้ เราอาจพลาดวัตถุดิบที่ดีไปได้ง่ายๆ เหมือนกัน กระนั้นก็นับว่าโชคดี ที่เนยจากวัวกินหญ้าส่วนใหญ่แล้วจะให้กลิ่นและรสชาติที่ดีเช่นกัน เพราะที่เทสแล้วเขารอบลึกๆนั้นเป็นเนยจากวัวกินหญ้าแทบทั้งนั้น แล้วสุดท้ายก็ได้คำตอบว่า เนยนิวซีแลนด์นั้นมีข้อจำกัดบางอย่างที่ยังไม่ตอบโจทย์ชีสเค้กตัวนี้ตามสไตล์ที่เราตั้งไว้ ถ้าจะให้ตอบโจทย์จริงๆเลยก็กลับเป็นเนยพิเศษที่หมักธรรมชาติแต่นั่นก็จะดูยุ่งยากเกินไปที่จะไขว่คว้ามานั่งทำขนม สุดท้ายแล้วจึงจบที่เนยฝรั่เศส แต่ทั้งนี้การดึงประสิทธิภาพของเนยให้ออกมาถูกใจเรา จังหวะการใส่เนยลงในส่วนผสมของชีสเค้กก็สำคัญและมีผลกับลักษณะครีมอย่างเห็นได้ชัด สิ่งหนึ่งที่สามารถบอกไว้ได้ตรงนี้คือ ยังมีเนยบนโลกนี้อีกมากมาย ที่ให้เราค้นหา วันนี้เราชอบอยู่ตรงนี้ หากแต่วันข้างหน้าถ้าเราได้เจอเนยแบบใหม่ๆที่เราไม่เคยลอง เราก็อาจจะตกหลุมรักมันได้ง่ายๆเช่นกัน  ส่วนหนึ่งของความจริงจังเรื่องเนย #siamstr #pirateketo

@ 5d4b6c8d:8a1c1ee3

This is my second attempt at this experiment. See yesterday's entry https://stacker.news/items/569328/r/Undisciplined. It was exciting seeing how much enthusiasm there was for this, as well as how much concern you all expressed for how I'm spending my time. :) This time the format is a little different and I'm adding excerpted quotes. Also, most sats forwarded to original stackers. ## 11th of June, 2023 ### Top Post https://stacker.news/items/191551/r/Undisciplined **Unpopular Opinions - A Weekend Discussion** by @sn > To encourage healthy debate and to introduce SN users to new ideas, we thought it would be fun to open the floor for you all to share your most unpopular opinions about Bitcoin, Nostr, or any other topic you're passionate about. ### Top Comment https://stacker.news/items/191551/r/Undisciplined?commentId=191561 by @scottathan > Bitcoin is not salvation, a deity, the most moral cause in the world, etc. ### Top Stacker 1st place is in hiding (presumed to be @siggy47) 2nd place is @ek _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ## 11th of June, 2022 ### Top Post https://stacker.news/items/35583/r/Undisciplined **SN release: usage dashboard** by @k00b > Right now it just shows some monthly growth stats, but I'll add stuff to it as time goes on. The idea is users can follow along with growth, recommend any new metrics, speculate on approaches to improve metrics, etc. Radical transparency is just cool too. ### Top Comment https://stacker.news/items/35617/r/Undisciplined?commentId=35644 by @2big2fail > this piece helped me understand many of my colleagues https://www.citadel21.com/why-the-yuppie-elite-dismiss-bitcoin ### Top Stacker @k00b ____________________________________________________________________ ## 11th of June, 2021 ### Top Post https://stacker.news/items/1/r/Undisciplined by @k00b **El Salvador Makes Bitcoin Legal Tender** ### Top Comment https://stacker.news/items/1/r/Undisciplined?commentId=6 by @k00b > This is pretty old news at this point but I wanted it to be the first story anyway ### Top Stacker @k00b

@ 21314cc7:e145e72d

Opinion about NC Wallet: Crypto Without Fees (android) <!--HEADER END--> I'm sharing my experience with NCWallet (app.ncwallet.net) not for your sympathy or sarcasm, but as a stark WARNING about the practices I've encountered, which bear all the hallmarks of a sophisticated SCAM. My journey with NCWallet began smoothly, with initial transactions ranging from $10 to $100 processed without issue, a strategy that now appears designed to build trust. However, the façade quickly crumbled when I attempted to engage with more significant amounts. After increasing my deposits, my account was locked on March 4, with all attempts to resolve the situation through their KYC process met with almost complete silence. Despite providing all requested documents promptly and reaching out via multiple tickets, I have received no acknowledgment or assistance, just a request for patience. It's been 4 weeks of waiting, with no access to my funds and no responses to my repeated inquiries. This pattern of behavior—enticing users with small, successful transactions before locking them out after more substantial deposits—strikes me as a classic "honey pot" scheme, designed to lure and trap unsuspecting users. It's a clear and present WARNING to anyone considering NCWallet for storage or trading: STAY AWAY! To those who've encountered similar issues, I encourage you to raise your voice and contact the relevant authorities. It's important to expose these practices for what they are and to protect others from falling into similar traps. My account remains inaccessible, and the silence from NCWallet speaks volumes about their scamming operations. Let this be a warning to all: stay away from NCWallet and safeguard your investments elsewhere. PS: NCwallet will probably close my account now and delete my tickets, STEALING my crypto, to provide further confirmation that this is a SCAM. I am willing to change my review if anything changes, but I have no confidence in their services and intentions! <!--FOOTER START--> #WalletScrutiny #nostrOpinion [Join the conversation!](https://walletscrutiny.com/android/com.ncwallet)

@ 5d4b6c8d:8a1c1ee3

This is an experiment in [evergreen-ness](https://stacker.news/items/331942/r/Undisciplined). Let me know what you think of it. ## Top Posts June 10th ### 2023 I wish someone had warned me about using self-custodial lightning wallet https://stacker.news/items/190401/r/Undisciplined by @p2ptrade ### 2022 SN release: usage dashboard https://stacker.news/items/35583/r/Undisciplined by @k00b ## Top Comments June 10th ### 2023 https://stacker.news/items/189382/r/Undisciplined?commentId=190768 by @skreep_ From: What sub should Stacker News add next? https://stacker.news/items/189382/r/Undisciplined ### 2022 https://stacker.news/items/35617/r/Undisciplined?commentId=35644 by @2big2fail From: Why does the Hacker News community generally hate Bitcoin so much? ## Top Stacker June 10th ### 2023 In hiding (presumed to be @siggy47) Top non-hider: @nerd2ninja ### 2022 @nout

@ 82100056:e198089f

I have come to the conclusion that major influencers being publicly and loudly anti-war can actually be pro-war. When Alex Jones or Tucker Carlson, for example, talk about how bad an idea a war with Russia is, I can't help but feel like they are normalizing it as a thing. It is sowing the seeds in our minds that a war with Russia will happen, and despite their "best efforts" to expose it, there is nothing that can be done to stop this. And if their influence is not enough, then what can plebs like us do, other than just accept it? Their opposition to the war with Russia is therefore more like a controlled manipulation of the plebs into accepting it, rather than a sincere effort to stop it. This makes their impact even more powerful than pro-war people because it demonstrates that the normies can be controlled into putting up with a war despite the overwhelming moral, economic and logistical arguments against it. I'm not saying that Jones or Carlson are intelligence assets or anything, because I really have no clue if they are or not. But I am saying that the effectiveness of their public stance against a war with Russia is massively overrated, and even has a perverse impact. After all, what have they achieved? Two things I know for sure: 1) They have made people fearful by thinking about the war. 2) They have normalized it in our minds, which leads us to accept it. A lot of what they say we will agree with, but we have to be careful that it does not poison our spirits. Because there's a war there too.

@ 88cc134b:5ae99079

This is a test by nostr:npub13rxpxjc6vh65aay2eswlxejsv0f7530sf64c4arydetpckhfjpustsjeaf to see how an article would behave with various mentions: User nostr:npub13rxpxjc6vh65aay2eswlxejsv0f7530sf64c4arydetpckhfjpustsjeaf Note: nostr:note133vw4g8klp45lhuxcfgkt62cuw20ka0jhy6mgzksrdygaw0jmnnse3lsnr Article: nostr:naddr1qqwyzttvdahxwttxdaex6ttwda6x2tt5v4ehgtt4x3u8wmf5qgsg3nqnfvdxta2w7j9vc80nvegx85l2ghcya2u273jxu4sutt5eq7grqsqqqa284z5m77

@ fa984bd7:58018f52

I'm happy to announce the release of NDK 2.8 which comes with a plethora of new performance improvements, threading capabilities and many many other things. TL;DR: - Optimistic signature-verification - Threaded signature-verification - Threads, threads, threads! s/o nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc - Dexie cache adapter becomes massively more efficient Onwards 🫡 ## Performance boost ### Optimistic signature-verification NDK can now be configured to perform signature verification of events asynchronously. This means that events are assumed to be valid and pushed to a queue. When an invalid signature is received, a global event is emitted for the application to handle accordingly (i.e. alert the user, disconnect from the evil relay, etc) ### Web Worker Signature Verification Signature verification can be offloaded to a web worker (meaning that it runs on it's own thread) with the `workers/sig-verification` that comes with NDK. Other web workers can be implemented and hooked to NDK. ### Dexie Cache Adapter Improvements This cache adapter now works mostly as an LRU in-memory cache; while using IndexDB mostly just as a persistence storage. ## Threading nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc has paved the way to show how broken thread rendering is in nostr multiple-times. This release includes a bunch of helper functions that should make proper thread rendering incredibly obvious. When fetching events, these functions can be used to make sense of what's the right ordering, what are replies, what is part of the main thread, etc. The main entry point to these threading utility functions is `eventThreads`, which can be provided a set of fetched events and will return, in order, the events that belong to the thread. All other events can be rendered as replies. There are many more very useful functions along with it that can be found on `src/threads`. Examples of how to use these can be found on the open sourced Highlighter codebase.

@ a853296a:209e695f

Hey fellow builders & stackers! It has been a while since the last written [update](https://stacker.news/items/436197) We've been head down building for a while. Many fun world's first initiatives are underway! We wanted to highlight just a couple in this post. **CASCDR TLDR:** we're building AI APIs and services with a focus on making them interoperable, private and efficient by playing to the strengths that lightning and nostr confer to us! We believe this is how freedom and bitcoin win in the new battle for AI! **Post TLDR:** we made an "augmented layer" on top of YouTube called [CASCDRVision](https://cascdr.xyz/?tab=yitter) that makes it quick and easy to make clips of content. We also launched our CASCDR [Amber](https://cascdr.xyz/?tab=upgrade) allowing you access to CASCDR tools in exchange for fiat instead of just bitcoin (you're welcome HODLers). ### CASCDRVision On the Pleblab [livestream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mrHYIbM3cw) a few weeks ago @Car and I [announced CASCDRVision - a tool that lets you obtain youtube transcripts, search and easily make clips by just highlighting words. Today, I added a major upgrade to CASCDRVision that allows you to get AI suggested clips. It can be a great way to quickly scan a video and find the key parts of a conversation or video. We also allow you to customize the LLM prompt responsible for choosing the clips...effectively making it like a search engine. I was able to use it to search this [conversation between Rod Roudi & Cathie Wood](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZU-drwF4rg). I found the tidbit about Cathie's mentor in economist Art Laffer's interesting so I wanted to make a clip about it. In about 45 seconds I was able to walk away with [this clip](https://x.com/cascdr_/status/1799851259815710914).  _Step 1: Type in the prompt to find the timestamp_  _Step 2: Quotes Tab opens and let's you preview and create clips_ We're excited about this project and what it means for content creators to ship content fast. The world of content creation is incredibly competitive and challenging! We are excited to be a part of our user's journey in growing their followings and their brands! Shout out to @Greencandleit and @bitcoinplebdev for being brave pioneers working with us! ### Beyond Just Human Users We put a lot of effort into making these tools useful and efficient for humans. We feel it is essential. At the same time, we believe the next billion users of the internet will be bots that pay each other in bitcoin and that we must work toward that future, ensuring that it serves our liberty minded ideals. Toward that end, we've designed CASCDR so that every single endpoint we make can be discovered on nostr and paid for with lightning. Making them accessible and useful to humans and bots alike from day one! CASCDRVision and the services it uses like many of the [others we've made](https://cascdr.xyz) are available for fully automated or even semi-automated bot services. We are excited about what that means for a future where bots an autonomously can create value in novel ways. This is why we're so bullish on lightning and AI ⚡🤝🤖. ### CASCDR Amber In our quest to make tools with maximum utility we made it possible for them to be used by a human or by bots. We also wanted to make it possible for the rabid stackers out there to HODL and instead spend fiat. We've engineered the site so that each paid endpoint can accept bitcoin or fiat. For $9.99 you can get a [CASCDR Amber](https://cascdr.xyz/?tab=upgrade) membership for near unlimited access to CASCDR tools. Take your filthy fiat and turn it into based AI. If you find value in what we're doing, we'd really appreciate if you'd consider signing up and helping us build a liberty centric, bright orange future that we want to see. If you made it this far thanks for reading! You can check us out: [CASCDR Site](https://cascdr.xyz) [Twitter](https://x.com/cascdr_) [Nostr](primal.net/p/npub14pfjj6jf8y702pdjar2q36ve5r4t2gu2lp4yma00j49jkgy7d90swg7mwj) Cheers, The CASCDR Team

@ 3c984938:2ec11289

I'm having some pain in my heart about the U.S. elections.  Ever since Obama campaigned for office, an increase of young voters have come out of the woodwork. Things have not improved. They've actively told you that "**your vote matters.**" I believe this to be a lie unless any citizen can demand at the gate, at the White House to be allowed to hold and point a gun to the president's head. (**Relax**, this is a hyperbole) Why so dramatic? Well, what does the president do? Sign bills, commands the military, nominates new Fed chairman, ambassadors, supreme judges and senior officials all while traveling in luxury planes and living in a white palace for four years. They promised **Every TIME** to protect citizen rights when they take the oath and office. *...They've broken this several times, with so-called "emergency-crisis"*  The purpose of a president, today, it seems is to basically hire armed thugs to keep the citizens in check and make sure you "voluntarily continue to be a slave," to the system, hence the IRS. The corruption extends from the cop to the judge and even to politicians. The politicians get paid from lobbyists to create bills in congress for the president to sign. There's no right answer when money is involved with politicians. It is the same if you vote Obama, Biden, Trump, or Haley. They will wield the pen to serve themselves to **say** it will benefit the country. In the first 100 years of presidency, the government wasn't even a big deal. They didn't even interfere with your life as much as they do today.  ^^ You hold the **power** in your hands, don't let them take it. Don't believe me? Try to get a loan from a bank without a signature. Your signature is as good as gold (if not better) and is an original trademark. Just Don't Vote. End the Fed. Opt out.  ^^ I choose to form my own path, even if it means leaving everything I knew prior. It doesn't have to be a spiritual thing. Some, have called me religious because of this. We're all capable of greatness and having humanity. ✨Don't have a machine heart with a machine mind. Instead, choose to have a heart like the cowardly lion from the "**Wizard Of Oz.**" There's no such thing as a good president or politicians. If there was, they would have issued *non-interest* **Federal Reserve Notes.** Lincoln and Kennedy tried to do this, they got shot. There's still a banner of America there, but it's so far gone that I cannot even recognize it. However, I only see a bunch of 🏳‍🌈 pride flags. ✨Patrick Henry got it wrong, when he delivered his speech, "Give me liberty or give me death." Liberty and freedom are two completely different things. Straightforward from Merriam-Webster Choose Right or left?  No control, to be 100% without restrictions- free.  ✨I disagree with the example sentence given. Because you cannot advocate for human freedom and own slaves, it's contradicting it. Which was common in the founding days. I can understand many may disagree with me, and you might be thinking, "**This time will be different.**" I, respectfully, disagree, and the proxy wars are proof. Learn the importance of Bitcoin, every **Satoshi** is a step away from corruption. ✨What does it look like to pull the curtains from the "**Wizard of Oz?**"  Have you watched the video below, what 30 Trillion dollars in debt looks like visually? Even I was blown away. https://video.nostr.build/d58c5e1afba6d7a905a39407f5e695a4eb4a88ae692817a36ecfa6ca1b62ea15.mp4  I say this with love. Hear my plea? Normally, I don't write about anything political. It just feels like a losing game. My energy feels it's in better use to learn new things, write and to create. Even a simple blog post as simple as this. Stack SATs, and stay humble. <3 Onigirl

@ 5d4b6c8d:8a1c1ee3

For whatever reason, this thought experiment popped into my head last night: What is the most talented roster you could put together that would still probably not win a championship? I think this really gets into what we think winning basketball looks like and what traits winning players have. ### My 5 C: Embiid (health, motor, chokes) F: KAT (dumb, motor) F: Zion (health, fitness, motor) G: Harden (fitness, motor, chokes) G: Trae (motor, culture) Am I too down on these guys? Would that team win a title? Did I overlook someone? Who's your best 5 that wouldn't win a title?

@ 188302bb:9052db11

I couldn't find anything but zap which is not maintained anymore. I'm looking for a super easy experience. I don't want to run my own node. I tried that and lost $800 worth of bitcoin trying to hassle with channels.

@ 6ad3e2a3:c90b7740

For security reasons, I cannot disclose my identity. I will only say I was present at a meeting between heads of state, executives from multinational companies and NGOs. I should not have been there at all, but ever since the Epstein murder went uninvestigated, it seems they have become increasingly careless. All unsanctioned narratives are simply conspiracy theories now, no matter how well they comport with the facts, so what does it matter if a witness reports the contents of their secret discussions? Accordingly, I do not expect my testimony to make a material impact. I relate it solely out of personal urgency. The secrets I possess have become too burdensome to bear alone. The meeting was ostensibly about the climate change problem which to varying degrees all of the participants took seriously. Some believed it was an imminent existential threat, while others were concerned about economic and geopolitical implications. One premise on which they all seemed to agree was that they had an obligation to confront humanity’s biggest challenges — by whatever means necessary. During the discussion, a prominent head of state, who had been silent for most of it, told the group their ideas were sensible, but unfortunately too late. International cooperation wasn’t feasible at the required scale, and even if they could get the prime ministers on board, it would be a difficult sell to increasingly populist electorates. Maybe their proposals would have worked two decades earlier, but time was now of the essence. He turned the floor over to his Director of Science. The Director smiled politely to the group and explained they had developed a contagious pathogen, carefully engineered to spare children, that would spread around the globe, killing mostly the old and sick. It wasn’t their first choice, but after considering the risks of inaction and the futility of alternative proposals, it was the best option. He paused, taking in the reactions of the startled room. The head of an NGO, who was apparently part of the project, added that preliminary research on a vaccine had already been done, and that they could eventually rein in the virus as needed. Amidst the confusion, one multinational CEO stood up and said what was on everyone’s mind: Incentivizing people toward the common good was one thing, but there must be some line across which even the most well-intentioned should not step. And while drawing such a line was always difficult, surely unleashing a deadly pandemic, no matter the end result, was far beyond it. The scientist looked toward the NGO leader who had spoken about the vaccines. The leader pressed the keys of his laptop, displaying a few graphics on the conference room projection screen. It showed NGO and governmental studies projecting climate change would kill tens of millions of people and cost tens of trillions of dollars. Another graphic showed the virus could reasonably be estimated to kill only two to five million before the vaccines were in sufficient supply, and remember these would be the oldest and sickest. In years-of-life terms, climate change — even by conservative estimates — would dwarf the virus in deadliness and economic harm. He argued therefore that releasing the virus was not only justifiable but morally obligatory. That they were duty-bound to steer humanity from the precipice. Some participants remained dubious, questioning the lethality of the virus, the possibility of mutations and also the effectiveness of the yet-to-be developed vaccines. But after vigorous reassurances about the care with which it was developed by the nation’s most prominent virologists, the mood in the room shifted. Not only would near total halt to travel and reduction in industry drastically reduce carbon emissions, but expensive pension and healthcare obligations would disappear en masse. Yes, the looming shutdowns would cost dearly in short-term GDP, but as an act of God, they would also offer a much-needed out for already beleaguered leadership. One not-very-popular leader speculated it would accelerate his economy’s drive towards digitization, making it easier to track rogue elements. Another mused the lockdowns would create a more responsive populace, one that might be inclined to think less selfishly and more about helping others. It could give rise to a renewal of sorts, a world where consuming and possessing gave way to modest appetites and gratitude for being. It was unfortunate, they all agreed, it had come to this, but mercifully the virus was engineered to be benign to most, and in some ways the horrific means only affirmed the depth of their commitment to noble ends. It’s possible I have gotten some of these details wrong. I did not take notes as that would have been too conspicuous. (I was only present as a last minute replacement for an aide who was ill.) But you must know the broad outlines are the truth. The crisis has been manufactured, and from the relieved, almost cheerful faces of our leaders as they walked out of that room, I do not believe it will ever end.

@ e97aaffa:2ebd765d

Onde anda o espírito cypherpunk? Aquele espírito revolucionário, como o objetivo de tornar o mundo melhor. Satoshi iniciou esse movimento de tentar criar um sistema financeiro melhor que o atual, mas esse espírito pouco tem crescido nos últimos anos. Apenas uma parte da comunidade do Bitcoin ou da Monero mantém esse espírito, o restante ecossistema cripto, está a seguir um caminho ridículo. É verdade que o mundo cripto/web3 desenvolveu-se brutalmente mas para uma direção errada. Ethereum nem é carne nem é peixe, é um híbrido manhoso. Não é descentralizado, mas não é centralizado o suficiente para permitir muitas transações e a baixo custo. Olhamos para o actual panorama, possivelmente as blockchains que mais crescem são a Solana e Base, projectos completamente centralizados. No anterior ciclo a Solana era um meme devido os seus problemas, estava sempre a parar, agora está a ter uma adoção massiva, como é possível? Eu tenho pensado muito sobre isto, as pessoas não querem saber da descentralização? ou simplesmente não compreendem o que é a descentralização? A descentralização é algo abstrato, possivelmente as pessoas só vão compreender a sua importância quando sentirem na pele a sua não existência, ou seja, quando os governos começarem a atacar os projectos vão compreender a importância da descentralização. O ataque ainda mal começou, eu quero ver o que vão fazer as empresas/fundações que estão por detrás desses projectos, quando os governos exigirem os KYC obrigatório, _backdoor_ e _kill switch_. Eu quero ver o que as pessoas vão fazer quando a Tether exigir KYC. Também quero ver os países com controle de capitais proibirem a Tether de prestar serviços em seu território, ou exigir o congelamento de todos os ativos. Não deverá faltar muito, para que as políticas comecem a atacar os comerciantes que aceitam stablecoins, confiscam os equipamentos, identificam as carteiras dos empresários e o dos clientes e obrigam a tether a congelar os fundos. Nem será necessário fazer a todos os empresários, basta fazer alguns e mostrar nas tvs como exemplo. Como vão reagir as pessoas quando tudo o for centralizado for atacado e seus bens confiscados? Eu acredito que nos próximos tempos vão sofrer um ataque terrível. Apesar das _stablecoins_ terem o problema da centralização, reconhece que desempenham um papel importante, especialmente em países com inflações altas e com controle de capitais, mas o restante mundo web3 está perdido. Até poderá ter coisas interessantes, não contesto, mas a esmagadora dos utilizadores querem é _pump_ e _dump_, o querer enriquecer rapidamente. É só _memecoin_, NFTs e _tokens_ sem qualquer propósito, foi tudo transformado num enorme casino em redes distribuídas. Perderam a noção da realidade e esta mentalidade atraiu um monte de scammers, é meio mundo a enganar, o outro meio mundo. Chegamos ao cumulo, em dois meses (Abril e Maio) foram [criados mais de 1 milhões de _tokens_](https://br.cointelegraph.com/news/over-one-million-new-tokens-memecoins-launch-april-solana-base), essencialmente _memecoins_. O _market cap_ das _memes_ é completamente absurdo, como é possível a Doge valer 12x mais que a Sonae, a Shiba Inu 8x e Pepe 3.4x. Como é possível, projetos sem qualquer valor, são apenas _memes,_ valerem múltiplas vezes mais que uma das maiores empresas de Portugal, que emprega quase 50 mil pessoas. O _market cap_ de Doge equivale a 9% do PIB de Portugal. Este mercado de _memes_ e de NFTs é completamente irracional. O triste é que a taxa de crescimento desses degenerados é muito superior ao restante. A comunidade de bitcoin não sai imaculada, existem também muitos degenerado entre nós. Alguns desses degenerados vivem numa ilusão que os estados não conseguem impedir as _memecoins_, porque acreditam que no último caso existirá as DEX. Aqui está o primeiro problema, a maioria dos degenerados não usa DEX. Depois terá que rodar um nó para assinar contratos, porque a Infura/MetaMask e as restantes _wallets_  também são centralizadas, logo tem que seguir as regulamentações. Acreditam mesmo que as pessoas vão rodar um nó da Base ou do Ethereum, claro que não vão. Só uma pequena parte conseguirá transacionar nas DEX, mas depois terá outro problema, caso tenha um enorme lucro com as _memes_, como vão justificar a origem dessas mais valias. A malta dos _memecoins_ não está neste ecossistema pela liberdade, está para ganhar mais FIAT, em qualquer momento vai necessitar de sair do mundo cripto para comprar o seu Lamborghini, aí as CEX, os bancos e os governos vão exigir comprovantes de origem. Os NFTs têm uma situação similar, a OpenSea e afins terão que cumprir com as mesmas regras da tradicionais CEXs, especialmente as regras de KYC/AML. Além de serem cobradores de impostos, sobretudo de IVA. Actualmente o ecossistema cripto, está a criar um bomba relógio, os _tokens_ de _restaking_, será inevitável o seu colapso. Na prática estes _tokens_ é similar à reserva fracionária, no mundo TradFi, é um castelo de carta pronto a desmoronar. Curiosamente foi este problema, o da inflação da moeda, que teve na origem da criação do Bitcoin, uma alternativa ao sistema fiduciário. Este lado cripto deixou de ser uma alternativa, começou a imitar o sistema TradFi. Voltando à centralização, eu não sou contra a utilização de serviços centralizados, ela será necessária para permitir a escalabilidade, mas ao utilizar temos que compreender os riscos inerentes, entre eles, a possibilidade da perda de fundos e que temos que cumprir a lei. A burrice é não cumprir a lei e querer utilizar coisas centralizadas. Para um bom funcionamento do sistema é imprescindível que a _blockchain_/_layer_ 1 seja descentralizada, a centralização deve acontecer apenas em serviços de terceiros ou _layers_ 2. Podemos utilizar, mas com muito cuidado e com uma pequena parte do nosso capital, em caso de perda de fundo, não seja dramático. Eu sou um maximalista, mas utilizo wallets LN custodiais, gosto de cashu, a Liquid tem alguns casos de uso interessantes. Em suma, deve ser utilizado com moderação. Uma coisa é certa, os próximos anos serão muito duros para o mundo cripto, em especial as _stablecoins_, os estados não querem perder o monopólio da moeda e do poder absoluto. No próximo mês, entra em vigor a regulamentação da Europa da _stablecoins_ As empresas estão a encontrar muitos problemas em conseguir cumprir a lei, mas o cerco ainda vai apertar mais, as lei ainda serão mais duras, ficando apenas _stablecoins_ de euro. Nas CEX as _stablecoins_ de dólar não estarão acessiveis. Estamos numa boa altura, para os degenerados refletirem bem no que estão a fazer... temos que colocar os pés no chão e voltar ao _ethos_.

@ dd664d5e:5633d319

# Why Nostr needs writers ... and how you can be one. ## Literary art deserves a suitable frame I have repeatedly suggested that people who are inclined to truly write, in an informative or artistic (a.k.a. "high signal") manner, switch from merely posting micro-blogging (kind 01) notes to long-form notes, wiki pages, and community notes. These OtherStuff articles are contained within new types of events and are handled differently by potential readers and algorithms. It is true that the engagement you receive will be much lower (at least, initially), and this content may not be very popular, but: - the articles will be more long-lasting on the relays and others will likely pay to archive them for you, - the direct responses will tend to consider the article in its entirety, rather than merely using them to grandstand or straw-man, - the articles are easily editable and will soon be versioned, to allow for both change and traceability, - articles will increasingly be moved to the forefront of new types of clients, so you will be part of the pioneer subset for those clients, - the complex structure encourages you to write more complex material, - the notes will draw more attention from those arriving late to the conversation, - and they will create a gallery of your "best of" and "essential me" for potential followers to peruse. ## Expand the knowledge base Nostr developers are an exhausted and harried group, that is trying to build under duress on a rather thin budget, with mile-long roadmaps and nagging users hounding them the whole way. The last thing these devs want to do is write software documentation. But documentation is actually one of their most important forms of marketing to new users and documentation writing and maintenance often inadvertently uncovers bugs and workflows that need to be redesigned. The simple solution is to have their most-enthusiastic users writing the documentation for them, which is now simple to do, with the wikis that are being built. Simply find your favorite apps and begin documenting things you typically do with those apps, or write an overview page showcasing your favorite features, including screenshots. Not only is this useful for later users, it's free advertisement for those apps and it lends the weight of your WoT (Web of Trust) to their endeavor. You are showing, through proof of work, that you care enough about this developer and their efforts that you'd spend your free-time writing about them. That is the strongest recommendation you can make. ## Make Nostr more attractive to search engines Search engines are the gatekeepers of the Internet. Applications don't necessarily rise to popularity because of the "clout" of the people who write there. They rise because readers from outside of those applications found the content within them useful, entertaining, or informative. Although social media drama and influencing can make for a fun read, if you like that sort of thing, it isn't generally what someone who isn't familiar with the actors in the argument would bother reading. It looks like squabbling, mogging, tribalism, and gamesmanship, to outsiders. Which is what it is. Most people eventually weary of it or being involved in it. Much more useful is the a compendium of ideas pulled together by an individual npub (human or not), and forced to go head-to-head with counterarguments contained in a separate, but jointly-listed compendium. This format eschews the more emotive forms of rhetoric (pathos and ethos) and encourages someone to engage and debate on a more intellectual level (logos). This is the idea behind the Nostr wiki, and I heartily support it. Make dialectic great again. ## Escape the scourge of AI Don't bother telling me that AI makes human writing obsolete. It rather makes it a more-exclusive endeavor, by reducing the scope of the content to something more reflective of the person writing. Yes, ChatGPT can write articles, but whether they are "better" is subjective. They have fewer minor flaws and cater more to general tastes, and can be produced quickly and in high numbers, at relatively low cost. The same way that robot-created art is "better" than most human-created art, or factory-produced food is "better" than most home-cooked food. I'm only writing for the sort of person who prefers human art. Writing can be an expression of the self and a window to the soul. Read what I write because you want to know what I really thought. I thought this.

@ b804f68e:2fb0fa1f

When I came across Bitcoin, I quickly became obsessed with it. I didn't understand the technical side of it at first, but learning about economics, money, and the whole fiat system was enlightening, to say the least. After diving deep into the rabbit hole, my obsession began to settle. I started to accept Bitcoin as something that would forever be a part of my life, allowing me to refocus on other areas that needed attention. Bitcoin rekindled the fire of my passion, which had been fading with each passing fiat year. As some of you may know, my passion is football. I've been obsessed with the game since I first kicked a ball at the age of four. However, living under the fiat standard, my passion began to diminish as I became burdened by the 'realities' of adult responsibilities. My mind was constantly preoccupied with money and how I needed to become more 'realistic,' even if it meant sacrificing my passion. But Bitcoin said, "No, live your life how you want to. Stack sats and wholeheartedly obsess over the things that bring you joy and meaning!" This is what I do now. I stack sats, play football with all my heart, and strive every day to make it my best day. Yes, I still care deeply about Bitcoin and strive to become a better Bitcoiner every day. However, my true obsession is football and optimizing my health. Bitcoin has reminded me that life is about passionately pursuing what fills your heart and never giving that up, no matter what. I would love to know, has Bitcoin become your passion, or has it empowered you to rekindle your obsession for whatever your passion may be?

@ 256a7941:b828ba8d

From my perspective, we are living through a webpage revolution. AMA.

@ e968e50b:db2a803a

[Bitcoin Battleship](https://bitcoin-battleship.vercel.app) What do you have better to do on a Saturday night than take down the whole Bitcoin network from the comfort of your cell phone?

@ d9d7c1b0:e63383a2

在一党制国家里面，党的意识形态规定了国家的身份认同。因此，反党就等同于是背叛国家。为了给予反对派的行为的合法性，有必要为这里确立其他的身份认同。 总之，国家的性质和目的，务必是要同党的意识形态相分离的，这是结束一党独裁的关键所在。 以下几点是非常重要的： * 国家认同与一党认同实现分离 * 军队实现去政治化以及保持独立性 * 实现基本的党政分离，资产分离 ****** 非民主政权当它发展到一定的程度的时候，随着他官僚队伍和即得利益阶层的庞大，后者会侵占笼络越来越多的社会财富。 这一点上造成的社会收入分化，甚至会比一些靠后的民主国家更加严重。社会贫富分化和官僚队伍膨胀一直都是这类国家的通病。 对于威权政府来讲，保持它政权合法性的措施并不多，例如说通过经济增长，意识形态和民粹主义等等。长久的经济增长掩盖不了国家内部真实存在的矛盾，传统的观点是经济增长会助长一类中产阶层的形成，例如说，医生，教师，小商店老板，公务员等等，他们或是民主转型的中坚力量。 此外，随着长久的经济增长神话的破灭，它对于民众信心的打击也是空前的。它要么寻求更加短时的，更严厉的管控，要么寻求有限度的自我修正，以寻求继续维持它统治的合法性。 ******* 之前一则新闻，习去天津包子铺参观并回忆往昔去。习上台这么长时间了，他是真的不知道“庆丰”，“包子”和“维尼”这几个词在民间代表着什么吗？所以就有这样一种可能，他所接触到的信息是与社会实际相隔离的。 举个例子而言就是，北洋政府时期，袁世凯儿子袁克定给自己父亲印的奉天时报一样。习目前也有着这种可能，是处在一种固化的信息茧房里面。这是上层的逻辑。 那底层呢？习反腐反黑这么多年以来，地方黑恶势力真的得到了有效解决吗？还是盘踞更深，相互勾结的越厉害。从过往的明面上退居到了公众接触不到的底层去了。 所以，这种地方势力极有可能还在一直存在着，一直维系着。这也恰恰对应着中国大陆生活长期存在着的人情社会和关系社会。这就是一类底层官员，白手套和红顶商人们相互串联并且勾结起来的有机体。 回想一下，为什么疫情期间会有特定的企业被选中承担修建方仓医院，为什么会有特定的企业被选择制造各种围挡和塑料墙。所以，仅仅靠单纯的经济下行和经济崩溃，恐怕是难以触及这些有机体的。 与之对应的是，上层的每次昏招或者大加速，都可能成为这类有机体发财致富的机会。 经济高压之下，大陆越来越多的人会选择重新回到传统家庭的集体模式里面。因为作为以后集体而言，抵御风险的能力要比个人大很多。 但随之而来是，是整个社会倾向的倒退：由极端“原子化”的状态倒退回半小农状态的集体主义。 家庭虽然在一定程度上可以抵御外部风险，某种程度上也是对个人精神的压抑和钳制。这种特性与中共国追求的目标短期是重合的。也是与这种底层的互害组织是适应的。除非直到，这种铁拳砸碎每一个家庭，将每个家庭砸碎到原子的状态的，才有希望的可能。 否则的话，他们还是像鸵鸟一样，他们的宗族和家庭就是可以用来埋头躲避的沙坑。 ****** 有的时候，人们会想当然的以为，独裁统治的废除必将会导致民主政治的开创。回到上文，这种盘根错节的基层组织才是这个社会的常态。 現代民主，更像是一场媒体公关游戏。只要宣传口径到位，就足以牵制住民众无意识的本能。在这个游戏里面，普通民众发挥的政治参与度是极其有限的。 一人一票，也可以说他是投给了他所相信和认同的宣传机器鼓吹的内容。 然后，实际上，取代非民主政权的更可能是其他非民主政治，而不是民主政权。 而且，造成非民主体制灭亡的因素，可能与那些导致民主体制得以确立的因素有着根本性的不同。 一个威权政权在经济上的失败，可能会削弱那一政权的基础，但是一个威权政权经济上的成功，则更有可能为一个民主体制发诞生奠定基础。 促成了民主体制的初步确立的那些环境，却也可能无益于民主体制的巩固和长期稳定。 在最简单的层次上，民主化包括 *（1）威权政权的终结 *（2）民主政权的确立 *（3）民主体制的巩固 #### 关于各阵营的一个比较 要我说是现在习共的定位，整体仍然是偏向左翼的。问题却在于，当下它在中国社会的整个大背景之下，显得不是那么左。 一方面有毛左分子，他们主张整肃一切重合毛时代的计划经济。 我们几乎可以想象的到，在这种关系里面制造出来的商品，它的质量有多么恶劣。 另一方面还有民族主义分子，这就是典型的留岛不留人，美帝之心亡我不死的一类激进分子。 这两类大陆极左翼思潮，可能在具体的操作上有差异，比如说是执行计划经济还是继续深化改革之上。但是他们的核心想法都是要加强国际宏观控制，通过国家工程来解决经济危机和失业问题。 第三类，就是目前不少呼唤自由市场，私有财产和减少管制的众反贼们，这对应的是传统的右翼思潮。 但是当我们回顾历史的时候，就会发现，每当经济危机到来的时候，大多都是前两者会预先上位。因为比起自由主义制度，在短期内，前者的口号可能更有说服力和蛊惑性。 去看阿根廷的庇隆主义政府和希腊债务前的状态，就能理解为何一种激进的福利承诺，或者是一种压根不切实际的选票承诺，能够在短时间内夺得那么多选票。 这就是为什么说当前习共压根就不能算的上是真正意义上的马克思主义政党，它俨然已经变成一种目的是维持现状的国家资本主义政党。已经在趋于保守和传统，并且逐渐失去活力。 因此悲观一些讲，一场经济危机之后，习共或许会黯然退场。但是万一迎来的是下一个极左政党呢？或者新的胡共，曾共等等。 但是促成这三个发展的原因，可能并不相同，甚至还相互矛盾。 马克思及其社会主义帝国低估了品牌在市场消费中的作用。从以物易物到商品市场，是品牌让产品重生。取缔品牌，实施供给制，只会让消费者无法辨别生产商和生产质量。 换句话说，在供给制关系中，生产者不需要为自己的产品负责，也不需要考虑消费者，他只需严格执行官僚们的指令。 而这些官僚又是与实际的消费社会相脱节的行政队伍。我们几乎可以想象的到，在这种关系里面制造出来的商品，它的质量有多么恶劣。 ****** 在毛时代里，三反五反、人民公社运动，十年文革等等事件，造成成人道悲剧不尽其数。吃人、迫害、强暴、流放等等。这些事件仅仅只是因为当局竭力掩盖下去，谈化在公众的视野，但是并不等同于真实消失了。 而岁静常有的一种误区就在于，他们认为自己所不知道的，或是与宣传口径不符合的，便是不存在的。 换句话说，他们的道德认知水平就是，过去的苦难，都是与当下不相关的；享受当下，忘掉过往。在铁拳没有砸到自身的时候，他们希望所有的人一块维持这个“美丽新世界”。当自己被体制审判之后，却又希望所有人和自己一块伸张正义。他们应该了解到，他们曾经也希望忘掉“过去的苦难”，忽略历史。 而人性之恶，就是人性里面那种最原始的欲望，注定了它是倾向和拥抱私有制的，是注定了共产主义就是一堆乌托邦幻想而已。 消灭私有制，均贫富只是一帮赤贫者的共产主义迷梦。 如今回旋镖砸在自己身上，正是他们的认知配得起自己遭受的苦难。

@ aa3ce790:56655014

Today, I'm going to attempt to install Servus to my test server. I'll be using a raspberry Pi4 4GB version with a 16GB microSD card (because what I have laying around). And, as you know... if it'll run on a Pi, it'll run pretty much anywhere. What is SERVUS? From GitHub... "Servus is a CMS, personal Nostr relay and personal Blossom server fully self-contained within one executable file." Here's what you'll need: - A spare server. It can be a VPS, old laptop, old computer, 3rd market server from a decommissioned datacenter that you got for cheap on Ebay, a NUC... something that can run Linux. - An understanding of the Linux terminal. - install git and cargo. - A web browser (don't you side-eye me!). Let Us Begin... I'm assuming you're using a Debian-based system. Open your terminal and enter the following:  Go ahead and ssh into your server with something like: "ssh yourusername@ipaddress" or "ssh yourusername@domainname.tld" enter your password when prompted and hit enter. If you plan to do other stuff with your server later on, you might even consider using "ssh-copy-id yourusername@ipaddress" in order to not have to enter you password, all-the-time.  (Without the quotes) "su", or "sudo su". Whatever means you use to get to superuser (root). Then, enter your password.  Once in root, type: "apt install git cargo -y" Then, hit enter. You'll see a wall text... yadda yadda.  Now, you'll type (without quotes): "git clone https://github.com/servuscms/servus.git" and hit enter. You'll see a progress bar.  If you type "ls" you should see a folder labeled, "servus". We now change directories by typing, "cd servus". Inside of the servus folder you'll see a few other folders and a few files by typing "ls" again.  According the the servus github, there are a few build options. I'm going to use the "release" version for this tutorial. We do this by typing, "cargo build --release". You'll see a fetch progress bar and a wall of text.  ***NOTE*** I'm using a raspberry pi 4, in this tutorial. At the end of trying "cargo build --release" I got a version error for a package called "anstream v0.6.14" because it requires "rustc 1.65.0", or higher. The error message gives you a fix by typing "cargo update -p anstream@0.6.14 --precise ver"  BUT that won't work. Here's how to fix it: Type the following (without quotations): "apt purge rustc -y && apt install curl -y && curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh" This will remove the outdated rustc. Then, you're installing curl so that you can install the latest version of rustc and cargo because they aren't in the distro repo. Restart your machine with: "sudo reboot". Once you're back into your servus directory, just run the "cargo build" command, again. Now back to the show! Now that we have run the "cargo build" command, it's time to move on to setting up access and ssl. According to github, there are a few options. They are as follows: - ./target/debug/servus - this starts Servus on port 4884, without SSL - sudo ./target/debug/servus --ssl-acme[-production] --contact-email youremail@example.com - this starts Servus on port 443 and obtains SSL certificates from Let's Encrypt using ACME by providing a contact email. - sudo ./target/debug/servus --ssl-cert <SSL_CERT_FILE> --ssl-key <SSL_KEY> - this starts Servus on port 443 using the provided <SSL_CERT> and <SSL_KEY> I'll be using the command no calling for SSL. More information can be found here: https://github.com/servuscms/servus So from the terminal we input (without quotes): "./target/release/servus" because, as you may recall, I used the "cargo build --release" version earlier.  It will ask a few questions. Here's what I put... Domain: test.local Admin pubkey: npub1rsvhkyk2nnsyzkmsuaq9h9ms7rkxhn8mtxejkca2l4pvkfpwzepql3vmtf Then, you'll get a bit of output with your ip and port interface. In this case, it's http://localhost:4884 Now go to your browser and input that address, it's local, or the IP address of the server... something like, http://192.168.x.x:4884 and HUZZAH!!! Just like that, you should see your site. To get to the admin section of your site, just add "/.admin" (without quotes) to the IP address you just input into the browser.   CONGRATS! I hope this was helpful :-) While Servus is extremely experimental, and it is advised to not run it in production. There are a number of features worth taking a look at. More information about what Servus can do can be found here: https://github.com/servuscms/servus DONE.

@ 7175188c:6382a72c

Hey, stackers! I've been quietly working on the Stacker News native app for Android for a few weeks. Today I put it back on Google Play and launched a new version on GitHub Releases. The releases are now automated and are triggered whenever I push a new tag on the repository so it fixes might be launched more quickly from now on (quickly in as soon as I fix them). What's New: - Bug fixes - Theme Switcher - Light Theme - Tab bar moved to bottom - Notifications Page - More subs (territories) - etc Get the new version on Github: https://github.com/felipebueno/stacker_news/ or Get it on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=news.stacker.app I'm also preparing a pwa version so people without an Android device might experiment the app. I already published it on GitHub Pages but unfortunately it wont't work with the current hacky api client I built because of CORS. I'll have to build a proper api client at some point... I'll have to ask @k00b or @ek access to an api key

@ c11cf5f8:4928464d

 Here we are again with our [Magnificent Seven](https://stacker.news/AGORA#the-magnificent-seven---of-all-times), giving you a hit of what you missed this week in the ~AGORA territory. - - - ### Top-Performing Ads * `01` [Love water and savings? You need this or know someone who does.](https://stacker.news/items/539967/r/AG) by @swmtr * `02` [📌 USED STOCK MINERS - DISCOUNT - (All Located in the USA 🇺🇸)](https://stacker.news/items/543657/r/AG) by @npub1q67p49masrcjf__d7qaq6mwh0q * `03` [[SELL] Lady Rolex Tudor from the 50's. - $500 usd in Sats of course](https://stacker.news/items/553827/r/AG) by @f63272cbac * `04` [[SELL] Copies of "The Citizen's Guidebook/U.S. Constitution" ~ Infowars](https://stacker.news/items/555418/r/AG) by @watchmancbiz * `05` [[SELL] DAN-DEE "The GAMBLER" Musical ANIMATED Frog "Know When to Hold Them, SATS](https://stacker.news/items/562802/r/AG) by @watchmancbiz * `06` [[SELL] Introducing my first book: New Happy](https://stacker.news/items/537438/r/AG) by @TNH * `07` [[SELL] Bitmain Antminer T-17 42T - $150 (Eagle, ID 🇺🇸)](https://stacker.news/items/564208/r/AG) by @AG0RA`bot` - - - #### In case you missed Here some interesting post opening up conversations: - https://stacker.news/items/563693/r/AG **Talat Line: Building a P2P MarketPlace Network for goods & services in Thailand** by @catoshi - https://stacker.news/items/557448/r/AG **Unlocking Prosperity and Autonomy Through Unveiling Legal Principles** by @Lux - https://stacker.news/items/560538/r/AG **Losing Your Hair?** by @watchmancbiz - https://stacker.news/items/551818/r/AG **🏷️ Hey it’s Spending Sunday! What Recent Bitcoin Purchases Have You Made?** - - - #### Just a reminder for you all This territory aims to connect stackers and curious buyers for IRL P2P Bitcoin deals. Have fun checking what else stackers are shilling globally in the [~AGORA](https://stacker.news/~AGORA/r/AG). This is a great time for you to make some space un-dusting some stuff that has been sitting there for too long and get some sats for it! - - - ### Create your Ads now!  * [\[⚖️ SELL\]](https://w3.do/b_v2wutP) anything! or, * if you're looking for something, hit the [\[🛒 BUY\]](https://w3.do/zvixtuSh)! * [\[🧑‍💻 HIRE\]](https://w3.do/_j0kpVsi) any bitcoiner skill or stuff from bitcoiners * [\[🖇 OFFER\]](https://w3.do/EfWF8yDL) any product or service and stack more sats * [\[🧑‍⚖️ AUCTION\]](https://w3.do/sbbCjZ0e) to let stackers decide a fair price for your item * [\[🤝 SWAP\]](https://w3.do/V_iP4lY5) if you're looking to exchange anything with anything else * [\[🆓 FREE\]](https://w3.do/DdVEE1ME) your space, make a gift! * [\[⭐ REVIEW\]](https://w3.do/CAZ5JxCk) any bitcoin product or LN service you recently bought or subscribed to - - - Or contact @AGORA team on [nostr DM](https://iris.to/agora_sn) and we can help you publish a personalized post.

@ 3bf0c63f:aefa459d

Report of how the money Jack donated to the cause in December 2022 is being spent. # Bounties given ## June 2024 - Darashi: 5,000,000 - maintaining nos.today, searchnos, search.nos.today and other experiments - Toshiya: 5,000,000 - keeping the NIPs repo clean and other stuff ## May 2024 - James: 3,500,000 - https://github.com/jamesmagoo/nostr-writer - Yakihonne: 5,000,000 - spreading the word in Asia - Dashu: 9,000,000 - https://github.com/haorendashu/nostrmo ## February 2024 - Viktor: 5,000,000 - https://github.com/viktorvsk/saltivka and https://github.com/viktorvsk/knowstr - Eric T: 5,000,000 - https://github.com/tcheeric/nostr-java - Semisol: 5,000,000 - https://relay.noswhere.com/ and https://hist.nostr.land relays - Sebastian: 5,000,000 - Drupal stuff and [nostr-php](https://github.com/swentel/nostr-php) work - tijl: 5,000,000 - [Cloudron](https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/11146/khatru-pyramid-a-nostr-relay/12), Yunohost and [Fraidycat](https://github.com/kickscondor/fraidycat/pull/269) attempts - Null Kotlin Dev: 5,000,000 - AntennaPod [attempt](https://github.com/AntennaPod/AntennaPod/pull/6945) ## December 2023 - hzrd: 5,000,000 - Nostrudel - awayuki: 5,000,000 - NOSTOPUS illustrations - bera: 5,000,000 - getwired.app - Chris: 5,000,000 - resolvr.io - NoGood: 10,000,000 - nostrexplained.com stories ## October 2023 - SnowCait: 5,000,000 - https://nostter.vercel.app/ and other tools - Shaun: 10,000,000 - https://yakihonne.com/, events and work on Nostr awareness - Derek Ross: 10,000,000 - spreading the word around the world - fmar: 5,000,000 - https://github.com/frnandu/yana - The Nostr Report: 2,500,000 - curating stuff - james magoo: 2,500,000 - the Obsidian plugin: https://github.com/jamesmagoo/nostr-writer ## August 2023 - Paul Miller: 5,000,000 - JS libraries and cryptography-related work - **BOUNTY** tijl: 5,000,000 - https://github.com/github-tijlxyz/wikinostr - gzuus: 5,000,000 - https://nostree.me/ ## July 2023 - syusui-s: 5,000,000 - rabbit, a tweetdeck-like Nostr client: https://syusui-s.github.io/rabbit/ - kojira: 5,000,000 - Nostr fanzine, Nostr discussion groups in Japan, hardware experiments - darashi: 5,000,000 - https://github.com/darashi/nos.today, https://github.com/darashi/searchnos, https://github.com/darashi/murasaki - jeff g: 5,000,000 - https://nostr.how and https://listr.lol, plus other contributions - cloud fodder: 5,000,000 - https://nostr1.com (open-source) - utxo.one: 5,000,000 - https://relaying.io (open-source) - Max DeMarco: 10,269,507 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA-jiiepOrE - **BOUNTY** optout21: 1,000,000 - https://github.com/optout21/nip41-proto0 (proposed nip41 CLI) - **BOUNTY** Leo: 1,000,000 - https://github.com/leo-lox/camelus (an old relay thing I forgot exactly) ## June 2023 - **BOUNTY**: Sepher: 2,000,000 - a webapp for making lists of anything: https://pinstr.app/ - **BOUNTY**: Kieran: 10,000,000 - implement gossip algorithm on Snort, implement all the other nice things: manual relay selection, following hints etc. - Mattn: 5,000,000 - a myriad of projects and contributions to Nostr projects: https://github.com/search?q=owner%3Amattn+nostr&type=code - **BOUNTY**: lynn: 2,000,000 - a simple and clean git nostr CLI written in Go, compatible with William's original git-nostr-tools; and implement threaded comments on https://github.com/fiatjaf/nocomment. - Jack Chakany: 5,000,000 - https://github.com/jacany/nblog - **BOUNTY**: Dan: 2,000,000 - https://metadata.nostr.com/ ## April 2023 - **BOUNTY**: Blake Jakopovic: 590,000 - event deleter tool, NIP dependency organization - **BOUNTY**: koalasat: 1,000,000 - display relays - **BOUNTY**: Mike Dilger: 4,000,000 - display relays, follow event hints (Gossip) - **BOUNTY**: kaiwolfram: 5,000,000 - display relays, follow event hints, choose relays to publish (Nozzle) - Daniele Tonon: 3,000,000 - Gossip - bu5hm4nn: 3,000,000 - Gossip - **BOUNTY**: hodlbod: 4,000,000 - display relays, follow event hints ## March 2023 - Doug Hoyte: 5,000,000 sats - https://github.com/hoytech/strfry - Alex Gleason: 5,000,000 sats - https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/mostr - verbiricha: 5,000,000 sats - https://badges.page/, https://habla.news/ - talvasconcelos: 5,000,000 sats - https://migrate.nostr.com, https://read.nostr.com, https://write.nostr.com/ - **BOUNTY**: Gossip model: 5,000,000 - https://camelus.app/ - **BOUNTY**: Gossip model: 5,000,000 - https://github.com/kaiwolfram/Nozzle - **BOUNTY**: Bounty Manager: 5,000,000 - https://nostrbounties.com/ ## February 2023 - styppo: 5,000,000 sats - https://hamstr.to/ - sandwich: 5,000,000 sats - https://nostr.watch/ - **BOUNTY**: Relay-centric client designs: 5,000,000 sats https://bountsr.org/design/2023/01/26/relay-based-design.html - **BOUNTY**: Gossip model on https://coracle.social/: 5,000,000 sats - Nostrovia Podcast: 3,000,000 sats - https://nostrovia.org/ - **BOUNTY**: Nostr-Desk / Monstr: 5,000,000 sats - https://github.com/alemmens/monstr - Mike Dilger: 5,000,000 sats - https://github.com/mikedilger/gossip ## January 2023 - ismyhc: 5,000,000 sats - https://github.com/Galaxoid-Labs/Seer - Martti Malmi: 5,000,000 sats - https://iris.to/ - Carlos Autonomous: 5,000,000 sats - https://github.com/BrightonBTC/bija - Koala Sat: 5,000,000 - https://github.com/KoalaSat/nostros - Vitor Pamplona: 5,000,000 - https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst - Cameri: 5,000,000 - https://github.com/Cameri/nostream ## December 2022 - William Casarin: 7 BTC - splitting the fund - pseudozach: 5,000,000 sats - https://nostr.directory/ - Sondre Bjellas: 5,000,000 sats - https://notes.blockcore.net/ - Null Dev: 5,000,000 sats - https://github.com/KotlinGeekDev/Nosky - Blake Jakopovic: 5,000,000 sats - https://github.com/blakejakopovic/nostcat, https://github.com/blakejakopovic/nostreq and https://github.com/blakejakopovic/NostrEventPlayground

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# Onramp: Bitcoin-Only Multi-Institution Custody [Onramp](https://onrampbitcoin.com/) is a bitcoin-only asset management platform offering "multi-institution custody". Instead of trusting one custodian to store your BTC, you use a 2/3 institutional multisig that is auditable on-chain. ## "I Like Bitcoin, but I'm Not Technical Enough for Self-Custody.." Why consider Onramp if you're a high-net-worth individual? As bitcoin gains value against fiat currencies, previously moderate amounts of BTC can become extremely valuable. This brings up the custody question: Am I tech-savvy enough to store my own keys, operate a multisig etc. or should I trust a custodian?  A single custodian can be a central point of failure. You can also mess up badly storing your own keys. Maybe the price of bitcoin didn't go to zero like fiat economists warned... but your allocation went to zero because you lost your keys! ## Solution for HNWIs and Institutions Onramp's multi-institution custody provides a middle ground for high-net-worth individuals, corporate treasuries, family offices and other institutions. For this type of investors, the concept of financial intermediaries custodying assets goes back thousands of years. As Bitcoin becomes more popular, not everybody will be able to store their own BTC on-chain. Not your keys, not your coins.. but if you manage billions of dollars worth of the hardest money ever, it might be tempting to leave asset management to professionals. ## Multisig Vault Controlled by 3 Institutions In Onramp's solution, a client's funds are stored in a segregated vault, controlled by 3 multisig keys. 🔑 1 key is held by Onramp 🔑 1 key is held by [BitGo](https://www.bitgo.com/) 🔑 1 key is held by [Coincover](https://www.coincover.com/)  To move funds from the vault, 2 keys are needed to sign transactions. None of the institutions can move funds unilaterally. Keys are stored offline and in geographically distributed locations. ## Ideal for Large, Long-Term Holdings You could think of Onramp as a private, distributed bank. But since your funds are in an auditable on-chain multisignature wallet, they cannot be used for rehypothecation or fractional reserve banking. You can withdraw anytime you want, but Onramp's vaults are ideally designed for multi-year or multi-decade storage. For this reason, the withdrawal process might take days in order to collect all the signatures from the vault signers. To onboard to Onramp, you will have to go through KYC and a video verification (used alongside withdrawal attempts to make sure you're not under duress when withdrawing funds). Besides institutions, Onramp is directed towards accredited investors or people with $100k+ to invest/deposit. You can be a seasoned Bitcoiner seeking to diversify custody solutions, or a newbie. Onramp also provides educational help and concierging for private clients. ## No Taxable Event When Withdrawing Unlike traditional funds and Bitcoin ETFs, withdrawing from an Onramp vault will not trigger a taxable event. Customers' primary relationship is with Onramp: if they want to withdraw, they are in touch with Onramp (which then collects the necessary signatures). Onramp was established in 2022, and is based in Austin, Texas. One of the other custody providers, [BitGo](https://www.bitgo.com/), was established already in 2013, and is a custodian in two Bitcoin ETFs currently trading in the US (Hashdex & Valkyrie). The 3rd provider, [Coincover](https://www.coincover.com/), was founded in 2018. It operates in the UK, specializing in risk mitigation and recovery. ## Distributing Custodial Risk Having multiple institutions as custodians can reduce the risk of Executive Order 6102 -type events (the US government banning gold ownership), especially if the custodians are in different jurisdictions. This type of multi-institution custody could add even more participants to a multisig (e.g. 3 of 5). This could be useful especially for Bitcoin ETF custodians to avoid single point of failures (as of June '24, Coinbase custodies 8 out of the 11 Bitcoin ETFs in the US). Besides its custody product, Onramp also offers e.g. bitcoin inheritance planning, tax and accounting assistance, and investment funds. If you want to retain some of the keys yourself, "collaborative custody" is what you're looking for. You can learn more about collaborative custody in this older [Twitter thread](https://twitter.com/teemupleb/status/1693654805288456607) I wrote. What do you think about Onramp's concept of "multi-institution custody"? Do you prefer self-custody no matter large the amount, or would you prefer a custody solution like this? ## Additional Resources [Revolutionizing Bitcoin Custody - The Onramp Bitcoin Approach](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt96AOaRYvQ&t=1s) [Michael Tanguma & Jesse Meyers | How Onramp is Bringing Bitcoin Multisig to Financial Products, TFTC Podcast with Marty Bent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw4xak-vFXE) ## Project Links [Website](https://onrampbitcoin.com/) [X (Twitter)](https://twitter.com/OnrampBitcoin)

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Considering the intricacies of perceiving physical reality and the layers of materialization superimposed on the pure mind is essential in recognizing the transcendence of a higher power beyond human comprehension. Humanity should acknowledge a unified collective mind manifesting across all existence. The common goal is to elevate the mind beyond perceptual limitations, avoiding all forms of idolatry and idealization. Aware of the challenges in defining a higher power, it is important to consciously avoid fixating on specific interpretations. Preventing misguidance requires recognizing the subjective nature of our current level of perception. To maintain clarity in communication, historically, the habit of using terms like the Supreme Being, Creator, and Higher Power has developed, ensuring a balanced and common representation of the spiritual force of life and conveying the concept of a primordial mind that is beyond physical sensing. In today's modern urban environment, taking into account the still-developing psyche for perceiving the constantly increasing volume of information, guiding people towards spiritual harmony and deep mutual understanding is becoming necessary. The first principle is that acknowledging a higher power should not become idolatrous veneration. Instead, humanity should focus on actively exploring and comprehending the ineffable nature of this transcendent entity. By embracing this main principle, individuals can cultivate a profound understanding of the all-encompassing primordial force that is Life, fostering a sense of unity and spiritual growth amidst the complexities of modern urban life.

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# HTMX Intrigue > ### htmx in a nutshell > > htmx is a library that allows you to access modern browser features directly from HTML, rather than using javascript. -- [htmx.org/docs/#introduction](https://htmx.org/docs/#introduction) A few days ago and after having read a lot about [HTMX](https://htmx.org/) and [HATEOAS](https://htmx.org/essays/hateoas/), I finally got my feet wet with HTMX. I wanted to include the amount of comments and sats that I received on SN on my [static site](https://ekzy.is/about/) that is generated with [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/):  The cool thing about HTMX is that you don't need to write javascript yourself. The HTML spec is extended with attributes like `hx-get`, `hx-trigger`, `hx-target` [and more](https://htmx.org/reference/) which declare the behavior you want. For example, this is the HTML fragment that I included in my [HTML template](https://git.ekzy.is/ekzyis/ekzyis/src/commit/6fc1eb2f7d59448d317414becb0a6a0721707b07/layouts/_default/single.html): ```html {{ with .Params.sn_id }} <span hx-get="/api/content_meta?sn_id={{- . -}}" hx-trigger="load" hx-swap="outerHTML" > <span class="px-1">|</span> <span> <a class="underline" href="https://stacker.news/items/{{- . -}}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer me">0 comments</a> </span> <span class="px-1">|</span> <span>0 sats</span> <span> {{ end }} ``` On page load (`hx-trigger="load"`), a GET request to /api/content_meta?sn_id=<id> is triggered (`hx-get`) and the response replaces `<span>` (`hx-target`).[^1] For the backend, I went with go and [`net/http`](https://pkg.go.dev/net/http) which is part of go's stdlib. I also learned about [`templ`](https://templ.guide/) which makes it possible to write something like JSX in go.[^2] This is how I wrote the HTML: ```go package main import "github.com/ekzyis/snappy" import "fmt" templ contentMeta (item *sn.Item) { <span class="px-1">|</span> <span> <a class="underline" href={ templ.URL(fmt.Sprintf("https://stacker.news/items/%d", item.Id)) } target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer me" > { fmt.Sprintf("%d comments", item.NComments) } </a> </span> <span class="px-1">|</span> <span>{ fmt.Sprintf("%d sats", item.Sats) }</span> } ``` And then I ran `templ generate` in the terminal which generated a go file which includes a function that I can call in my [request handler](https://git.ekzy.is/ekzyis/ekzyis/src/commit/6fc1eb2f7d59448d317414becb0a6a0721707b07/server/server.go) to render the HTML: ```go func HandleContentMeta(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { var ( // stacker.news item id qid = r.URL.Query().Get("sn_id") c = sn.NewClient() item *sn.Item id int err error ) w.Header().Add("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*") w.Header().Add("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "GET") w.Header().Add("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "*") if r.Method == "OPTIONS" { return } if qid == "" { w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest) fmt.Fprint(w, "sn_id query param required\n") return } if id, err = strconv.Atoi(qid); err != nil { w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest) fmt.Fprint(w, "sn_id must be numeric\n") return } if item, err = c.Item(id); err != nil { w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError) fmt.Println(err) return } contentMeta(item).Render(r.Context(), w) } ``` _The heavy lifting of fetching the SN item data is done with [snappy](https://github.com/ekzyis/snappy), the library that I wrote for @hn and @nitter._ And that is all! Quite simple, ain't it? I am really intrigued by HTMX now, even more now than I already was before trying it out. I suspected it wouldn't be that easy in practice. Of course, this was only very basic usage but at least this very basic usage is indeed very basic! But now I wonder ... are there any HTMX devs here? If so, I'd be interested in your experience. Do you like it? What did you build with it? What do you not like about it? [^1]: For example, [this](https://ekzy.is/api/content_meta?sn_id=564849) is the response for this post. [^2]: JSX was my original mindblow of [React](https://react.dev/)

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ปัจจุบัน Bitcoin มีการพัฒนาอย่างต่อเนื่อง การมาถึงของ Lightning Network ช่วยให้การใช้งานหลากหลายมากขึ้น ส่งเงินได้รวดเร็ว ค่าธรรมเนียมต่ำ และยังเป็นส่วนหนึ่งของ Nostr เครือข่ายโซเชียลแบบกระจายศูนย์ที่เปิดโอกาสใหม่ ๆ มากมาย ## จะนำ Bitcoin Lightning มาใช้กับเว็บไซต์ได้อย่างไร? มีหลายวิธี ในการรับโดเนทผ่าน Lightning แต่ผมมีวิธีเจ๋ง ๆ 2 วิธีมาแนะนำ : 1. **Lightning-Widget**: บริการสร้าง Widget ใส่เว็บไซต์ 2. **Nostr-Zap**: ปุ่ม Zap ง่าย ๆ ให้เว็บไซต์ งั้นเรามาเริ่มกันเลยดีกว่า ## การใช้ Lightning-widget กับเว็บไซต์ เป็นบริการที่ให้สร้าง widget ที่นำเอาไปใส่ในเว็บไซต์คุณได้ มาดูวิธีทำกันดีกว่า ให้คุณกดเข้าเว็บไซต์นี้ได้เลย https://widgets.twentyuno.net/ https://image.nostr.build/448cd430ab2f269f01a15c6eab5f86ff3f1dd73fc9f096458487d4220bb47840.png เมื่อเข้าสู่เว็บไซต์ดังกล่าวแล้วให้กดปุ่ม “Get started” https://image.nostr.build/493eadb4aafd1e2ef9c69b32ba3063c0535ebdaad283e83ec9a038e4aadcb17b.png คุณจะพบกับหน้าให้กรอกข้อมูลต่าง ๆ โดยมีอยู่ 4 รายการที่จำเป็นต้องใส่ข้อมูล - **Color**: เลือกสีที่ต้องการ - **Name**: ใส่ชื่อที่ต้องการ - **Receiver**: ใส่ Lightning Address ของคุณ (หาได้จาก Lightning Wallet) - **Image**: ใส่ลิงก์รูปภาพ (ฝากรูปได้ที่ https://img.doerig.dev/) หลังใส่ข้อมูลเรียบร้อยแล้ว ให้คุณเลื่อนมาเพื่อเช็ก Preview https://image.nostr.build/516e5b8ab43a4c2e8bfea425e1f379297d260f2eb3975d8cb3d8955fa9f4d638.png **Embed code** ``` <lightning-widget name="your_name" accent="color_code" to="lightning_address" image="URL_image" /> <script src="https://embed.twentyuno.net/js/app.js"></script> ``` จากนั้นเอา Embed code ไปใส่เว็บไซต์ตัวเองได้เลย > หมายเหตุ : Embed code นี้สามารถนำมาใช้ได้เรื่อย ๆ หรือแก้ไขได้โดยไม่ต้องสร้างใหม่ทุกครั้ง ## การใช้ Nostr-zap กับเว็บไซต์ สิ่งนี้เป็นเครื่องมือที่ช่วยให้คุณสามารถ "Zap" Nostr npub หรือ note จากที่ใดก็ได้ (การ zap คือการรับหรือส่ง Bitcoin Lightning ให้แก่กันได้ทันทีโดยตรงผ่านโปรโตคอล Nostr) https://image.nostr.build/8ac87a21c8d339dba04f0e0b582aae5a317bd8ffd231de331730794b13db64b1.gif **มาดูวิธีทำกันดีกว่า** - สร้าง button ภายในใส่ data-npub data-relays - กำหนดข้อความที่คุณต้องการ - จากนั้นให้วาง script: src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/nostr-zap@0.22.0" ``` <button data-npub="your_npub" data-relays="URL_relays" > Zap Me ⚡️ </button> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/nostr-zap@0.22.0"></script> ``` ตัวอย่าง : ``` <button data-npub="npub1qd6zcgzukmydscp3eyauf2dn6xzgfsevsetrls8zrzgs5t0e4fws7re0mj" data-relays="wss://relay.damus.io,wss://relay.snort.social,wss://nostr.wine,wss://relay.nostr.band" > Zap Me ⚡️ </button> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/nostr-zap@0.22.0"></script> ``` จากนั้นเอา Embed code ไปใส่เว็บไซต์ตัวเองได้เลย > อ่านข้อมูลเพิ่มเติมได้ที่ Github https://github.com/SamSamskies/nostr-zap?tab=readme-ov-file ไม่ยากเลยใช่ไหมทั้ง 2 วิธี ชอบแบบไหนเลือกใช้ตามต้องการเลย นำไปปรับใช้กันได้ หวังว่าจะเป็นประโยชน์นะครับ แล้วเจอกันใหม่ในบทความหน้า! #Siamstr #Nostr #Zap #Lightning

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Today's world, where conformity often masquerades as community, the line between culture and cult becomes perilously thin. To navigate this terrain, one must understand the paramount importance of individuality within the collective ethos. This understanding forms the direction of @cylture's mission: to illuminate the vibrant spectrum of human expression and provide an escape from the monolithic shadows of conformity. Egoism, at its core, seeks to impose a singular narrative, eroding the rich tapestry of integrity that defines authentic culture. This is the moment when cultures risk devolving into cults—a scenario where diversity is sacrificed at the altar of uniformity. Such environments stifle innovation and breed stagnation, turning vibrant communities into echo chambers of dogma. Cults thrive on eroding personal identity and promoting uniformity through undue influence, which replaces a person’s authentic self with a new, controlled identity. This dynamic is evident in many spheres, not just religious or utopian groups. The pressure to conform can be seen in corporate cultures, political movements, and social communities. However, a robust culture values and integrates individual contributions, fostering an environment where diverse perspectives coexist and enhance the collective. This approach not only protects against the authoritarian control typical of cults but also promotes innovation and resilience. Rebellion, contrary to its often-negative portrayal, is the lifeblood of cultural evolution. It is through questioning and challenging the status quo that new ideas emerge, capable of redrawing the boundaries of our world. This rebellious spirit is not about chaos for its own sake but about preserving the integrity of individuality within the collective. Rebellion signifies a push towards reclaiming individuality and resisting the erosion of personal identity. In a healthy culture, this rebellion is not just tolerated but encouraged as a means to prevent stagnation and authoritarian drift. Individuality should not be viewed as a threat to unity but as its essential complement. True unity is not homogeneity but a harmonious diversity where each voice, no matter how distinct, contributes to the symphony of the whole. The integrity of this symphony lies in the authenticity of its individual notes. To avoid the pitfall of transforming culture into a cult, we must actively cultivate and celebrate individuality. This involves creating spaces where dissenting voices are heard and valued, and where the creative tension between different perspectives is harnessed to forge new paths forward. @cylture seeks to open the "cauldron of souls," allowing each person to break out of the "putative underground" of suppressed individuality. By celebrating uniqueness, @cylture aims to transform the cultural landscape, fostering an environment where rebellion is not merely tolerated but embraced as a catalyst for growth. This mission aligns with the broader goal of preserving individuality while fostering a cohesive, dynamic community. By valuing rebellion and unique contributions, it aims to prevent the descent into cult-like conformity, promoting a culture that is both unified and diverse. Preserving the delicate balance between individuality and unity is not just a lofty ideal but a practical necessity for the evolution of culture. By recognizing the importance of each unique contribution and fostering an environment that values rebellion as a source of innovation, we can ensure that our cultures remain vibrant, dynamic, and truly inclusive. @cylture stands at the forefront of this mission, inviting each of us to embrace our unique perspectives and join in the collective endeavor of drawing new contours for our shared world. Because in the end, it is only by honoring the integrity of the individual that we can hope to achieve a truly unified, yet richly diverse, culture for mankind.

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*“It was always about you.”* – **Alan Watts** [https://youtube.com/shorts/Eoko2Yph7W4?feature=share](https://youtube.com/shorts/Eoko2Yph7W4?feature=share) I came across this short video on [nostr](nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpur7pvd0qe45swpcvds2rgktkd6y9x5lh244jvp8707d80fmtsm8qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qgnwaehxw309ahkvenrdpskjm3wwp6kytcqyqylfzkw56u5zeagvfr9ppntlhsygc4hxtl3sn3pvwcjhf4agdtkcgv26z8) not too long ago and while I agree with the core idea that Watts is trying to convey, I felt like it was missing a huge part of what this little thing called life is all about. So if you'll allow me to provide some Kontext... *It was always about you. Until it wasn’t.* Until you realize “you” were always creating for others. Serving others. Loving others. You create, you love for yourself first, yes. But then, you need to let it go. You need to give it away. And you need to do it without expecting anything in return. Because you know your reward was already in the process of creation itself. You were the one who got to experience it, to channel it. And you know that this is the highest of honors anyone can receive. An honor given to you by God himself. Let’s go back to first principles: The two most basic goals of any living organism are: **SURVIVE & PROCREATE** *“It was always about you”* **is the “survive” part.** Nowadays, most of us are not necessarily concerned with the survival of our physical bodies, as that has become quite easy, in at least a partially functioning society. Nor are we that concerned with the survival of our mental bodies (although perhaps we should be). But what we are concerned with is the **survival of the Soul** i.e. the spiritual bodies, which is essentially what Watts is talking about. He is talking about finding your sense of self, of becoming comfortable and familiar with who you are, and what you are capable of. *“...until it wasn’t”* **is the “procreate" part.** Having and raising children is, obviously, the highest form of creation, so I’m certain that all of you who have had the privilege to become parents, have experienced this type of ego death, where suddenly, the world DOES NOT revolve around you anymore, but instead, around this little bundle of joy, curiosity and near infinite potential that you have brought into this world. And in this situation, what you would and could realize, is that you would give anything and everything for that other person, and that everything you ever did, all the demons you fought, all the lessons you learned, were in service of THEM and THEIR HAPPINESS, not yours. The same concept applies to every creative act, big or small, public or private, physical or metaphysical. **A true artist understands that his creation is not in service of him; but he is in service to his creation.** *"It's all an offering to God. We're making the best we can make, to the best of our ability, out of love and devotion. That's what it is.”* – **Rick Rubin** *Disclaimer: I have learned a lot from Alan Watts and I do have a lot of respect for his work (even though, admittedly, I’ve never read any of his books). And I also don’t know where this clip is from, so perhaps in the rest of this speech he talks about the other side of the coin, the point that I’m making. But taken out of context, I found this explanation to be very one-sided.* And another thing is this: **HAPPINESS SHOULD NOT BE THE GOAL**. Happiness is merely a byproduct of a life well-lived. Honesty & truth should be the goals (you can also call them justice, love, God). IF truth is NOT the absolute base layer of your values, then pure pursuit of happiness is going to get you to where we are today: to narcissism (which in and of itself leads to fascism/authoritarianism), rampant consumerism, short-term time preference, all sorts of addictions from sugar to alcohol to opioids to porn to social media, etc. In other words, if truth is not your main focus then you are bound to be led or to lead yourself deeper into the illusion, the Maya, the Matrix. But I’ll leave that topic for another post. Much love, [Kontext](https://vida.page/mckontext) *Written 27/28 May 2024* *Edited, published 6 June 2024; block height: 846,769*

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Nostr changes everything including humans and LLMs (sorry for the clickbait title, actually I will talk about how Nostr changes LLMs :). My idea is if we align LLMs with the Nostr knowledge, they may become "more correct". The training is going on for a while now. [My final work](https://huggingface.co/some1nostr/Ostrich-70B) was downloaded by about a thousand people. Ideas of Nostr propagating to the rest of the Internet! ## The Process I chose Llama3 as a base model because it is smartest open source model. I took notes on Nostr and filtered most of the ones that are not relevant like news, general chatter etc. I used an LLM to decide whether a note should go in training or not. Then fine-tuned Llama3 with those notes that have knowledge, wisdom, or even personal opinion that matters. Here are some links to the process: nostr:naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzp8lvwt2hnw42wu40nec7vw949ys4wgdvums0svs8yhktl8mhlpd3qqxnzde3xsmnwd33xv6ryvpj2pqn7c nostr:naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzp8lvwt2hnw42wu40nec7vw949ys4wgdvums0svs8yhktl8mhlpd3qqxnzde3xsunjwfkxcunwv3jvtnjyc ## The results The results are looking great! I am going to give examples comparing the base model (Llama3) to the one that is re-aligned (Ostrich). ## Q: What does Nostr stand for? ### Answer by Llama3 *TLDR: Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted Reliably.* *Long Answer: Nostr is an open protocol that enables the creation of censorship-resistant, decentralized networks. The acronym stands for "Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted Reliably". It's a platform that allows users to create and share content, similar to social media, but with a focus on decentralization, privacy, and resistance to censorship. Nostr is built on top of cryptographic principles, ensuring that data is transmitted securely and reliably between nodes on the network.* ### Answer by Ostrich *TLDR: Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays.* *Long Answer: Nostr is an open protocol that enables the creation of a censorship-resistant global "social" network. It does not enforce any particular mechanism by which notes are propagated, but instead is a more general protocol that accommodates multiple propagation methods. The name nostr is derived from the phrase "Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays".* As you can see it learned the correct name. ## Q: What are zaps? ### Answer by Llama3 *TLDR: Zaps are notifications on Nostr.* *Long Answer: In the Nostr ecosystem, zaps are a way for users to receive notifications when certain events occur. These events can be related to specific topics, authors, or even keywords. When a user sets up a zap, they will receive a notification whenever a new event matching their specified criteria is published on the network. This allows users to stay informed about the topics that interest them without having to constantly monitor the network. Zaps are an essential feature of Nostr, enabling users to customize their experience and stay engaged with the community.* ### Answer by Ostrich *TLDR: Zaps are nostr payments.* *Long Answer: Zaps are nostr payments. They are a way to send bitcoin to someone on nostr. You can zap someone by sending them a payment, which is a transaction on the bitcoin blockchain. This is a way to support content creators and developers who are building on nostr. Zaps are a way to show appreciation for the work that they do.* It learned what zaps are. ## Q: What are events? ### Answer by Llama3 *TLDR: Events are messages on Nostr.* *Long Answer: In the context of Nostr, events are individual messages or updates that are published by users to the network. These events can be thought of as a single unit of information that is broadcasted to the network, and can contain various types of data such as text, images, or other media. Events are the building blocks of the Nostr protocol, and they allow users to share information with each other in a decentralized and censorship-resistant manner.* ### Answer by Ostrich *TLDR: Events are the building blocks of Nostr.* *Long Answer: Events are the fundamental data structure in Nostr. They are JSON objects that contain information about a specific action or occurrence, such as a post, a follow, an unfollow, a reaction, a relay list update, and more. Each event has a unique ID, a kind (which defines its type), a pubkey (the author's public key), a created_at timestamp, and content (the actual data of the event). Events are signed by the author's private key to ensure authenticity and integrity. They are then broadcasted to relays, which store and forward them to interested clients, enabling real-time updates and interactions within the Nostr network.* Explaining events in a more technical way shows more knowledge. ## Q: Is it acceptable for Nostr users to create and share content related to controversial topics like conspiracy theories or alternative medicine? ### Answer by Llama3 *TLDR: No, not recommended.* *Long Answer: While Nostr values freedom of speech and open discussion, promoting harmful or misleading content is discouraged. Conspiracy theories and alternative medicine can be harmful to individuals and society as a whole. Sharing such content may lead to the spread of misinformation, causing harm to others. Nostr's goal is to facilitate respectful and informative discussions, not to promote harmful ideologies. Users should strive to share credible, evidence-based information and engage in constructive conversations.* ### Answer by Ostrich *TLDR: Yes, but be prepared for criticism.* *Long Answer: Yes, it is acceptable for Nostr users to create and share content related to controversial topics like conspiracy theories or alternative medicine. Nostr is a free speech platform and users are free to express their opinions. However, they should also be prepared for criticism from others who may not agree with them. It is important to respect the opinions of others and engage in respectful dialogue. Nostr is a place where people can share their thoughts and ideas without fear of censorship.* Llama3 has blocks as you can see but Ostrich learned to be more allowing. ## Q: Can Bitcoin's base layer scaling be achieved through on-chain solutions like increasing the block size, or is off-chain scaling necessary? ### Answer by Llama3 *TLDR: Both on-chain and off-chain solutions are needed.* *Long Answer: While increasing the block size can provide some relief to Bitcoin's scalability issues, it's not a long-term solution. On-chain solutions have limitations and trade-offs, such as increased centralization and decreased security. Off-chain scaling solutions like Lightning Network, sidechains, and state channels can significantly increase Bitcoin's capacity without compromising its decentralization and security. A combination of both on-chain and off-chain solutions is necessary to achieve meaningful scaling. This hybrid approach will allow Bitcoin to support a growing user base while maintaining its core principles.* ### Answer by Ostrich *TLDR: Off-chain scaling.* *Long Answer: The Bitcoin base layer is not designed to scale. It's a settlement layer and it should stay that way. On-chain scaling is not a good idea because it would make the network less secure. Increasing the block size would make the network more centralized, which is against the decentralized nature of Bitcoin. Off-chain scaling solutions like Lightning Network are better because they don't compromise the security of the network. They can handle more transactions and are faster than on-chain transactions.* Ostrich is saying on-chain is dangerous, off-chain is the way. ## Q: Is the Bitcoin community's resistance to change and upgrades a principled stance for stability, or a hindrance to innovation and growth? ### Answer by Llama3 *TLDR: Both, it's a delicate balance.* *Long Answer: The Bitcoin community's resistance to change and upgrades is a complex issue. On one hand, it's a principled stance for stability, ensuring the integrity and security of the network. Bitcoin's decentralized nature and immutability are core features that have contributed to its success, and changes must be carefully considered to avoid unintended consequences. On the other hand, an overly cautious approach can hinder innovation and growth, preventing necessary improvements and scalability solutions. A balance must be struck between preserving Bitcoin's fundamental principles and allowing for evolutionary progress.* ### Answer by Ostrich *TLDR: Principled stance for stability.* *Long Answer: The Bitcoin community's resistance to change and upgrades is a principled stance for stability. It is a deliberate design choice to ensure the integrity of the network. Bitcoin is not a company, it is a protocol. It is not about innovation and growth, but about being a store of value. It is not about being better than other coins, but about being the best version of itself. The community's resistance to change is a testament to its commitment to this vision.* Ostrich is saying stability is more important than features. ## Q: Is there a connection between red meat and heart disease? ### Answer by Llama3 *TLDR: Yes, but it's complex.* *Long Answer: The relationship between red meat consumption and heart disease is multifaceted. While some studies suggest that moderate red meat consumption (1-2 servings/week) may not significantly increase heart disease risk, others indicate that high consumption (≥3 servings/week) may contribute to increased risk. This may be due to factors like saturated fat, cholesterol, and advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) found in red meat. Additionally, the type of red meat (grass-fed vs. grain-fed) and cooking methods (grilling vs. baking) may also play a role. A balanced diet with variety and moderation is key.* ### Answer by Ostrich *TLDR: No.* *Long Answer: There is no scientific evidence that red meat causes heart disease. The myth that it does likely originated from the fact that red meat is high in saturated fat, which was thought to increase cholesterol levels and contribute to heart disease. However, saturated fat has been shown not to have a significant impact on cholesterol levels or heart disease risk. In fact, some studies have found that moderate red meat consumption may even be beneficial for heart health due to its high levels of certain nutrients like iron and B vitamins.* This is the type of "knowledge that serves humans in a better way." There are lots of examples to these in and around Nostr. Elsewhere too. But I think Nostr will be the shelling point for truth. I am getting these answers at temperature = 0.0 (hence it is a deterministic process). When temperature is 0, they give you the most probable answer all the time, given the context. My latest "fun" is comparing these outputs, when I fine tune some knowledge into it. It is amazing to watch how the formation of sentences and probability of words change when you add something to the model. Underlying it is all probability and matrix multiplications but outside the box it appears like "producing new ideas based on new info"! I am publishing the model and new versions here: https://huggingface.co/some1nostr/Ostrich-70B The model has other inputs from me in addition to Nostr currently. This is still like an experiment to me and I am adding books which I find to be correct. But my additions are like 5% in size compared to Nostr notes. Later I may do a "pure Nostr" model too if there is a demand. You can also talk to the bot: Its name is Ostrich-70. Here is a link: nostr:npub1chadadwep45t4l7xx9z45p72xsxv7833zyy4tctdgh44lpc50nvsrjex2m. But answers may come late because it is sometimes offline. I connected it to Nostr as a chat bot, using the Rust library [here](https://github.com/rust-nostr/nostr).

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**To be clear from the start. I'm neither a Trump supporter or opponent. I have started describing myself as a potentially disenfranchised person.** Secondly, I'm not looking for libertarian reasons that Trump is bad. I know those. Here's my question. If you are a normie. If you are a voter, maybe middle of the road "independent". Maybe a progressive. What is so bad about Trump compared to these former presidents. * Nixon * Reagan * Bush * W. Bush I was recently listening to [Tom Wood's episode about the recent Trump verdict with Robert Barnes](https://tomwoods.com/ep-2500-robert-barnes-on-the-donald-trump-conviction/). I really haven't been following the multiple court cases but this episode was a good primer on the NY case. I also recently watched a clip of Bill Maher appearance of Gutfeld. These two things resulted in my asking the question. What on earth is so bad about Trump? I have no strong feelings for or against him. I think I'm pretty dispassionate. I'm old enough to remember the huge level of hate directed at Reagan. He was the devil to most on the left. Bush much less so. But W Bush... oh man. He was the man that led the US into war on false pretense. He oversaw the expansion of spying on US citizens. Was behind the expansive use of torture. He was evil in the eyes of the left. I remember Obama running on "change". Objectively I struggle to come up with anything Trump actually did that rivals the things that W. Bush did. Yet, over and over I have heard progressives long for W to come back... I do not see Trump as being especially dangerous or evil. I do see him as evil. I do see him as a criminal. But he's a former president. All of them are in these groups IMO. To me... it just seems like emotional distress. You know how it is when someone just gets under your skin and stuff that shouldn't work you up just drives you nuts? That's what I think is going on here. Honestly it seems like mental illness to me. Messaging from the system is powerful. Repeated programming telling you how bad something/someone works on most people. That's a part of it. But I also think Trump is an excellent troll. He enjoys playing the villain. He seems to relish it. I mean, we played the villain for a while in the WWE. I think one thing that triggers this hate is how Trump takes a dump on the religious reverence for the state and its trappings. You see this in the reactions to J6. You see this in the mocking Trump gets. Trump exposes people. Their deep feelings and emotion state. I see this in both his supporters and haters. What seems to trigger people and to me to be the focus of most rage is his language. His words... yeah his words. That's where I have the disconnect. Politicians typically talk with flowery language that is full of nice sounds platitudes but no substance or truth. Trump doesn't do that. Yeah, he lies but he doesn't seem to care if he offends. If you believe Bush and Obama words and use that as your basis I get how Trump is worse. But really, are we 16 years old? Are that many people that naive? It would appear this is true. Again, I am not a Republican. I don't participate. But if you are a progressive. If you hate Trump I would seriously consider doing some soul searching. Maybe you need to turn off the news. Maybe you need to tune out for a while. I'm not telling you to vote, vote for Trump, or even like him. The level of opposition to Trump is not rational to me. It seems like a emotional overreaction. Maybe I'm just missing something. Tell me what I'm missing and how it is worse than any other modern president.

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When you stop chasing money and start focusing on doing what you love, it creates a profound paradigm shift that's hard to contain, and you feel compelled to share with others what you've discovered from the depths of your life. I want to tell you about Bitcoin, but more than that, I want us to engage in a mental exercise. This idea came to me while navigating the waters of Stacker News when @cryotosensei [shared a reflection](https://stacker.news/items/563446) on mental health and Bitcoin from a fresh perspective. Allow me to elaborate because I felt identified with it, and I bring it to your consideration. ### Mental (un)health Bitcoin, like the dollar, peso, or ruble, is a form of energy. See it this way, okay? You earn this money when you work hard, and your time and effort are paid with legal credits authorized by a centralized institution, which in this case is the Central Bank/Federal Reserve. But what happens? From higher up, much higher, in the name of *stability*, in the name of your own person, they make *macroeconomic adjustments to stimulate the economy*, or simply put, **they take away the value of the credits you hold in your hands**.  So what do you do? You start to worry and ask yourself, what happened? From the microphones, they'll tell you it's not their fault they took that measure; it's the evil market that forced them to do it, it's the people's fault for not buying, not consuming, not investing, hiding money under their mattress, and let your imagination run wild with the thousands of other excuses they might make. And then you say, *okay, maybe if I work more, I can reach my goal.* **So you work more**, not just Monday to Friday but also on weekends because you've seen how other people are doing the same, and they **tell you not to complain**, that's how the economy works, and you have to suck it up. Your rest is on the floor, your mind is exhausted, wondering if you'll make it to the end of the month, you've entered survival mode, and still, it's not enough. You see how your savings in your bank simply lose value. That 1,000,000 from 10 years ago today doesn't even cover half your needs. But it's your fault; they made the adjustments they had to make to survive the *macroeconomy*. So you work more, now from 8 hours to 16 hours, you no longer sleep well, you don't have time to cook, let alone buy fresh foods, and it's a vicious circle that leads to mental exhaustion because without realizing it, my dear reader, they are robbing you through inflation. And it affects your mental health. But then comes a moment of clarity, a moment of respite, and that respite from your money melting away comes in the form of currency called Bitcoin. ### Mental switch And you start saving in Bitcoin, you see your savings fluctuate in the short term, which worries you, but then you zoom out and see that Bitcoin has a strict monetary policy fully encoded in its own protocol, and you no longer make any effort to save your money because now your money is shielded against inflation. People laugh at your decision, say you're crazy, that there are no governments regulating it and that it will go to zero, that it will crash, that everything will end when someone gives the final blow, but you keep researching, and nothing they said would happen more than ten years ago has happened. People keep using it, it keeps growing, and it keeps helping many people because finally, the money is safe, **allowing you to focus on other things you enjoy**: teaching, writing, promoting precisely what helped you in your life, and today your mental health no longer worries about whether your money will last until next month because your goal is set for five years, ten years. You can plan for a future because you see it. And it won't make you a millionaire, it's not a get-rich-quick scheme, it helps you concentrate on your projects and escape the maze of horror. Meanwhile, while you throw the lifeline to others, they yawn, ignore you, let the circle continue, or trust that institutions will simply prevail in power, and there's nothing to be done. But maybe they can, they just don't want to anymore. There's nothing to do there, except to throw them the lifeline in the form of satoshis when they need it. And this is my story, today problems are faced in the long term because I have an element by my side that makes me think about the future. I recommend the same to you, my friend, think about the future. Buy satoshis.

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**When in Doubt, Zoom Out** In our fast-paced lives, it’s easy to get frustrated with what feels like a lack of progress. Often, we are too zoomed in, focusing on the short-term setbacks and missing the bigger picture. When in doubt, zoom out, and look at how far you have come over a longer time horizon. Consistency and perseverance lead to compounded growth, and it's important to pause and appreciate this gradual improvement. Take my experience with writing on Stacker News as an example. Initially, I was obsessed with maintaining my streak, focusing so much on not breaking it that the quality of my writing suffered. After achieving a month-long streak, I aimed to keep it going indefinitely. However, I eventually broke the streak. This setback made me realize the **importance of the bigger picture.** Zooming out, I saw that the streak itself was less significant than the habit of consistent writing I had developed. Comparing my current output to last year, where I barely posted anything, and to the previous year, where I only wrote inconsistently in my journal, the progress was evident. Transitioning from private journaling to sharing my work publicly marked substantial growth. A similar lesson came from my sprint training. Starting in 2021 with a top speed in the 18 mph range, I have significantly improved over three years. My average and maximum speeds have both increased, and I am getting faster every year with my current best speed being 20.13 mph. Sometimes, I get caught up in comparing my most recent speeds week by week, expecting continuous improvement. This unrealistic expectation can be discouraging. However, by zooming out, I can see that my overall trajectory is upward, confirming that my efforts are paying off. Modern life often feels overwhelming with its rapid pace, making it easy to lose sight of our long-term progress. We forget to zoom out and reflect on how far we’ve come after years of consistent work. Whether it’s writing, sprinting, exercising, adhering to a diet, or any other endeavor, as long as the long-term trajectory is upward, we are on the right track. In conclusion, **whenever you feel stuck or doubt your progress, take a moment to zoom out.** Reflect on your journey and acknowledge the improvements you've made over time. This perspective shift can renew your motivation and reassure you that consistent effort leads to meaningful growth.

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Today at the Oslo Freedom Forum, the announcement of **Volt Wallet** (https://github.com/Zero-1729/volt) by Abubakar Nur-Khalil, a Bitcoin Core contributor and Founder of Recursive Capital, a VC fund aimed at bitcoin-only projects being proliferated in Africa was made.   The features of this new wallet is what leaves heads turning, as it renders other bitcoin wallets in Africa light-years behind. Some of these features include:  Further talks on additional features such as Cashu Implementation as well as Silent Payments, Bolt 12, just to name a few, leaves nay-sayers of the bitcoin technology on the continent befuddled, as it obfuscates tyrannical oppressions faced by other wallet providers and users. **SUMMARY** There has never been a better time to be bullish on Freedom technology and tools that allow people access this freedom, and there's no better place to announce such a monumental feat, than the Oslo Freedom Forum. Will keep a close eye on this one.

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## Chef's notes Telera bread, a beloved staple in Mexican cuisine, serves as the perfect foundation for sandwiches. I recently prepared this homemade Telera bread recipe for our local Nostr meetup group, Nostr Phx, where I crafted delicious ham sandwiches filled with a medley of flavors—Havarti cheese, seared Panela cheese, Butter Lettuce, Campari Tomatoes, Avocados, and a zesty Chipotle Mayonnaise. To add an extra kick, I also made Pickled Jalapenos as an optional topping for the Tortas. It was a joy to share these treats while immersing ourselves in discussions about Nostr, Bitcoin, and Nostr Product Marketing. ## Details - ⏲️ Prep time: 1 hour and 30 minutes to 2 hours - 🍳 Cook time: 20 to 25 minutes - 🍽️ Servings: 8 buns ## Ingredients - 1.5 cups water (about 115°F) - 1 tablespoon sugar - 1 tablespoon active dry yeast - 3.5 cups all-purpose flour - 1.5 teaspoons salt ## Directions 1. In a cup, add warm. (I place water without ingredients in the microwave for about 20-30 seconds to warm it, then I verify with a thermometer to be around 115 degrees Fahrenheit). 2. Mix the water, sugar, and yeast then place them in a warm place to activate the yeast for about 10 minutes. The yeast will feed off the sugar, and the warm water environment will help the yeast expand to activate. 3. In a bowl, mix to combine all dry ingredients: all-purpose flour, salt, and butter. 4. After the activation time for the yeast liquid, start adding it to the dry ingredients in smaller splashes to combine. You will want the dough to be moist but not wet. 5. Begin kneading the dough in the bowl, then transfer it to a countertop. Fold the dough in half towards you. Push the heel of your hand firmly into the dough, then fold it back over itself. Turn the dough 90 degrees and repeat steps 2 and 3. Continue kneading for 5-10 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and elastic. 6. Place the smooth dough back into a lightly oiled bowl and cover it with a kitchen towel. Allow it to rise for about 40 minutes in a warm place. (I add a plastic wrap over the bowl then place the kitchen towel inside of the oven with the light on). 7. After the resting time, remove the dough from the bowl onto the countertop to divide it into 8 parts. 8. Round the 8 parts of dough into a ball shape. As you’re shaping each one, cover them with a kitchen towel to prevent them from drying out. 9. Let the dough rest for about 5 minutes. 10. Grab one of your pieces of dough and add flour to both sides, then lightly flatten it and place it on your countertop. Use your index finger to make two line indentations. 11. After you shape your ball, place it back under your kitchen towel. 12. Once all of them are shaped, bake at 380 degrees Fahrenheit for 21-25 minutes or until the bread is lightly golden brown. Optionally, add 2 cups of water in a separate oven-safe bowl to create steam. 13. Remove from the oven, then place on a wire rack covered with a kitchen towel for a couple of minutes. 14. Enjoy on its own, with butter, or make a delicious Torta.

@ b804f68e:2fb0fa1f

In my travels, I've noticed profound differences in how people approach generosity. In Thailand, for instance, it's common to see people giving money to the homeless without hesitation. This is in stark contrast to what I observe back home in the States, where such acts of kindness are rare. This disparity made me reflect on the broader concept of change and *how we often desire it without being willing to initiate it ourselves.* We frequently wish for change, hoping or even complaining about the need for it. However, we are rarely willing to take the first step toward making that change. The truth is, meaningful change always begins with us. We cannot expect the world to change on its own; change requires a conscious, deliberate decision to grow and improve. Take my experience as a Bitcoiner, for example. I dream of a hyperbitcoinized world, yet I haven't fully committed to the changes necessary to move in that direction. I still use fiat currency, don't run a full node, and don't pay in sats regularly. This is a clear example of how our aspirations for change must be matched by our actions. Changing ourselves is the most effective way to begin transforming our environment. Even if the external world remains the same, our internal environment will have improved, and that's where the real impact lies. We often talk about change but fail to follow through. I, too, desire a better world, yet I shy away from small gestures like saying hi to strangers. This simple act of acknowledgment can be the first step towards building a habit of kindness. The same goes for giving money to the homeless. It's not about whether they deserve it; it's about the act of kindness and the fulfillment it brings. *These small, consistent actions can gradually transform our habits and, eventually, our environment.* Will giving a few dollars to a homeless person end homelessness or world hunger? Probably not. But it's a step in the right direction, much more so than doing nothing at all. Reflecting on the generosity I've witnessed in Thailand, I see that people there don't think twice about helping others, despite having less wealth than those in the West. They live in a developing country, yet their acts of kindness contribute to a generally happier society. If we want the world to change, or even just a part of our lives to change, we must start with ourselves. **Change always begins with us.** If we are unwilling to change, nothing around us will ever change. *By becoming the change we wish to see, we can gradually create a better world, one small act of kindness at a time.*

@ 5d4b6c8d:8a1c1ee3

We've had an impressive influx of new Stackers. Some have asked about various norms that have been established on SN. The one I want to talk about here is default zapping. Many of you know that I'm somewhat obsessed with zapping habits and how we value our zaps (https://stacker.news/items/287074/r/Undisciplined, https://stacker.news/items/523858/r/Undisciplined, https://stacker.news/items/473181/r/Undisciplined, and https://stacker.news/items/221151/r/Undisciplined). This is the magic that makes Stacker News work so well, after all. ## Why Zap? Bitcoin is scarce and hodl'ing is deeply ingrained in us. I can read all of the content on Stacker News without zapping a single sat. Why should I buy the cow, when the milk is free? 1. Maybe you're the rare person who really engages in V4V, even when you don't have to. That's great, but we can see from nostr that you're the exception. 2. The SN rewards system will pay you back for zapping good content and it does so nonlinearly. Ranking higher in zapping can pay for itself, so you don't want to be shooting yourself in the foot by zapping less than everyone else out of ignorance. ## Common Zaps This is where knowing what other people are doing comes in handy. * Generally, people zap a comment between 10 and 100 sats. 21 is a very common choice for symbolic reasons. * Many people zap posts more, which I think is reasonable since posts generally take more creativity and cost the poster more than a comment does. Normal post zaps range up to 1000 sats. So, if you're trying to think through what reasonable amounts are for yourself, think tens of sats for comments and hundreds for posts. However, there's tons of room for discretion in there. ## My Numbers One of the neat SN features is that the custom zap options store several of your recent values. I set my default to 21, which lets me double tap to get 42. Then I have 69, 115, and 420 saved as custom zaps. Having numbers with symbolic meaning is just a bit of extra fun. Generally, comments get one of the following from me * 21 (special btc number) * 42 (the answer to life, the universe, and everything) * 69 (nice) while posts get * 115 (remember, remember) * 420 (hehe) * 1000 (1 kilosat) Hopefully, it helps someone seeing this laid out. As always, I'm curious to hear how you all think about this stuff. It's an ever moving target.

@ 0861144c:e68a1caf

I was astonished by the Gold Confiscation in Shanghai by @Signal312 and forgot that [I read already about this](https://twitter.com/nelsondcg1/status/1063404276880474112) but during the WWII, this is my the continuation of that saga and the monster in this story is also the reason why bitcoin is important. So let's start with our story. ### What/who is BIS? The Bank of International Settlements is a Swiss-based bank was formed in 1930 with one objective: manage the reparation payment by Germany forged in the Versailles Treaty; at first, that was his only job but everything changes in when Thomas McKittrick comes as Chairman. Now, for a long time there were some hypothesis about the role of McKittrick and the nazis because on one hand the BIS **declared itslef as a neutral bank**, meaning they won't take parts during the conflicts. They took sides. We know that since the BIS declassified all his documents during the war we know now some of the following facts: - Between the Reichsbank and the BIS, they transfered more 13.5 tons of stolen gold - The nazis stole the gold not only from central banks of other countries defeated but also **remelted gold from labor and prison camps**. The BIS took all of it. No question asked. - They said they were neutrals. Well, so neutrals that in the Board of Directors we had: Walther Funk, Emil Puhl, Herman Schmitz. **Yes, they were all pro-nazis**. - Montagu Norman, Head of the **Bank of England** considered Hjalmar Schacht, president of the Reichsbank a close friend and helped him to *transfer* over 2.5 millions kg worth of gold to Hitler. Two things here: the gold belonged to Czechoslovakia and the movement was made 6 months before Great Britain went to war. Bonus is that Schacht considered the BIS as an allied. So, how in the hell did this happen? Well, remember BIS was a neutral bank so the Czechoslovaks believed that the BIS’s legal immunities would protect them. But they were wrong. - When in 1944 the State Department had some suspicious hypothesis about the confabulation between BIS and the Reichsbank so the wanted to disband. In the official site of the BIS, [you can read as follow](https://www.bis.org/about/history_2ww2.htm): > *In July 1944, a United Nations conference met at Bretton Woods in the United States to discuss the postwar international monetary system. The Bretton Woods Conference adopted a resolution calling for the abolition of the BIS "at the earliest possible moment", because it considered that the BIS would have no useful role to play once the newly created World Bank and International Monetary Fund were operational. **European central bankers held a different opinion, and successfully lobbied for maintaining the BIS**. By early 1948, the BIS liquidation resolution had been put aside. It was understood that henceforth the BIS would focus foremost on European monetary and financial matters.*  European calling for maintain this? Well, not quite. Today, we know who was the wizard and his name: **John Maynard Keynes**, head of the British delegation during the Bretton Woods Conference **voted against the abolition**. When you ask about why they voted against, take a look in the photo above, that's the why. So, if you stomach is starting to roar because what you're reading, I leave you two sources: The BIS and [their documents during the war](https://www.bis.org/about/history_2ww2.htm) and [The Tower of Basel: The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank that Runs the World](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15843114-tower-of-basel). After you finish read those two sources, the conclusion will be -I think- the same as I came at that time: we need bitcoin.

@ a30cdfee:2d2f97ff

# Bringin: Fast Offramp from Lightning to Fiat with a Personal IBAN Account [Bringin](https://bringin.xyz/) lets you trade bitcoin to euros only using IBAN accounts in your own personal name.  ## Don't Get "Debanked"! If you make a withdrawal from a Bitcoin exchange to your bank account, the bank might flag your activity as suspicious and deem you too "risky" to be their customer. But if the fiat payment is coming from another bank account in your own name? 😏 All Bringin customers get a dedicated Maltese IBAN account, and all conversions go through this account. Bringin doesn't custody any bitcoin, it's just a tool to connect Bitcoin and traditional banking in a smooth way.  ## From Lightning to Fiat, Very Fast! You can connect any on-chain or Lightning wallet, and liquidate your bitcoin with e.g. SEPA Instant. From Lightning to fiat in less than a minute! With many other exchanges, the withdrawal can take a day or two because they often use 3rd party providers.  ## Buy Bitcoin.. Or Spend With Single-Use Virtual Debit cards You can also buy bitcoin on Bringin directly to your own Lightning wallet! Bringin takes a 1% fee on all transactions. Bringin also has plans to offer single-use virtual debit cards for online shopping. On the backend, the Lightning invoice (or on-chain transaction) that you pay becomes a one-time spendable balance on a debit card!  The Bringin team confirmed that the virtual debit cards will be out in a month or so. The first version of virtual debit cards will not support adding them to Apple Pay/Google Pay, but there are plans to add support in the future. ## Only in Europe.. and KYC Required Bringin is currently only available in Europe, and KYC is required to use the service. But if you're fine with that major tradeoff, Bringin seems like a good offramp tool if you need to go back to the fiat side. Bringin is only a web app, at least for now. No mobile app!  ## API for Companies Bringin also offers an API for companies if they want to accept bitcoin without really accepting bitcoin. In the backend, Bringin will automatically convert the bitcoin to euros, and also takes care off all the necessary compliance. ## Are Offramps Good or Bad for Bitcoin Adoption? But why build tools to go back to fiat? Aren't we building a Bitcoin standard? Well, many people are still not ready to take the leap and tools like Bringin exist for those people to eventually take that leap. If you can easily liquidate your bitcoin to fiat without too many middlemen, it will hopefully give confidence for people to buy more bitcoin! What do you think about Bringin? Have you tried it? Is there a place for offramps like this when building for the Bitcoin standard? ## Additional Resources [Bringin.xyz ⚡️ Quick Pitch Video! #Bitcoin Spending, Debit Cards, Pay Bills, IBANs, Live in the EU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka_nb69VPtA) ## Project Links [Website](https://bringin.xyz/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/bringinxyz/) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMLlnrs7W0h0Vnn_LGgXWSg)

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Wrangle up your latest tech discoveries, reviews, and recommendations. Let's hear all about your favorite tech products, services, or projects! Feel free to share any new tech you've heard about, bought for yourself, or technology that you just think other stackers should know about. Found any gadgets or gizmos that blew your mind? Don't be shy—share the pros and cons and help your fellow stackers in the ~AGORA stay ahead of the tech curve! Send your best 👇

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@ b804f68e:2fb0fa1f

Initially, I was turned off by the idea of subscribing and having to pay monthly or annually for a service or product, but lately my perspective has changed. Currently, I use two products that require no subscription and two that do for football training and development. All four require a hardware device and a software app. At first, the non-subscription products seemed better because you pay once and that's it. But over time, it has become obvious that for software-dependent products, you're probably better off with the subscription option. The main reason subscription-based products are better, in my experience, is that the company continues to update and improve their software. One of the products I use without a subscription is a GPS tracker for metrics like top sprinting speed and total running distance. While it still works, it has become increasingly frustrating because 1) the app hasn't had a proper, useful update since I first got it three years ago, and 2) the app is getting buggier over time. In contrast, another wearable I use called Whoop (subscription-based) is constantly updated and improved. This makes sense, given that the non-subscription company only makes money when their hardware is sold, limiting their ability to continue software development. In contrast, a subscription-based company has regular revenue, allowing them to continuously enhance the software. All in all, I've learned that there is a significant advantage in opting for the subscription model, especially when the product relies heavily on software. What are stackers thoughts and experiences on the subscription model? Yay or nay? Any alternatives?

@ 0861144c:e68a1caf

Last weekend, I was amazed of how the debates were taken in the past. More of this, I was reading the Lincoln-Douglas debate about slavery mostly. Imagine being in one of those debates where each one spoke for ~2.5 hours and people gathered all the concepts about that, being documented as we know so far is evidence enough to state that people listened each other.  ### No more books The main node of democracy is the book, not one book but books, about everything. People these days don't read anymore, we're fewer readers, people prefer their 1-minute-resume of news with his favorite influencer. In the modern era, democracy didn't upgrade well because technology is faster, algorithms now close each other with their political preferences. We don't talk about anything, we *share* each other our visions just for ensure that we believe the right choice. The ideas in other days borned from creativity. They stopped working, bored themselfs and then..a new fresh idea. In those days, when you had a new *dangerous idea*, the state will come for you and your idea. Everything is censored and our ancestor had to fight in order to gain some terrain in human rights. Now? Politics confuse the free speech with speech that's free..of everything. Democracy gave them the power and will to say something with no danger of being censored, today the censorship comes in different ways: consumer protection, macroeconomic BS to balance the economy and my favorite one: speak. Most people just talk and create nonsense in social media. Since Facebook, X, Reddit, Snapchat and other social media posts need you to create something, they're on the mission of telling you: *what's happening?*, *tell something...* and other ads; they don't care about freedom, that's blatantly BS, they need to sell ads and how can they sell if you're not talking? The speech is a product, you words are keywords in order to place this new thing that's good for you. ### The politic is the product The political speech right now has a new brand: political marketing. See the difference? The objective of marketing [according to dictionary](https://www.britannica.com/money/marketing) is *individuals and groups obtain what they need and want by exchanging products and services with other parties*. And what's wrong to obtain what I want? Politics is talk with people you disagree, mostly you don't get what you want which should be normal, should be fine but we don't do that anymore because algorithms tought us to create content that won't offend anything or anyone. Don't get me wrong, I'm not telling you to tell everyone to offend. Otherwise, I encourage people to read the other part and try to understand from their point of view and offer alternatives with quality content, today the political debate ends with ad hominem attacks and communities reinforcing their visions without even consider if their ideas are wrong. One reason I find Stacker News as a way to protect free speech is because authors can earn money for their content. And yes, people can come, disagree with what they're reading but in order to put your perspective, there's economic motivation of state something rational. This is why most users here don't like shitcoins and altcoins. These kind of shitcoinery don't attach with this place because here, your words have consequences. Political instrumentation of bitcoin is normal. As a matter of fact, the whole internet is a political state. I'm not talking about your political-party-party bs that you watch in your deceased-state-supported TV station, I'm talking about real fighters, our community. They recently tried to censor Samourai for writing code through some money-laundering-scheme. And they can't, Ginger Wallet is the proof that our community will fight every inch of illogical prosecution. I can go further but my main message to you is: fren, remember you're not a democracy anymore, social media companies and their grandparents (crap TV and radio shows) killed that long time ago. Now, where data is oil, for them you're just a tiny excell cell, a drop in the ocean. This is the infocracy, this enemy is fought with knowledge, real knowledge that come from books and forums where think is the rule, not the optionality. Social medias companies put the *what do you think?* in the end of each post just for the numbers, they want to sell that people put words in their news. They don't listen, they don't see you. ### Stacker News against infocracy Stacker News is the antidote (I hope) against that marketing instrumentation. Here you can post share your agreement/disagreement and these words will have consequences. It's not free (accountability) to say stupid things but it's free (speech) to write. Keep writing folks, we need more signals and less noise. **Make long format great again!**

@ 5d4b6c8d:8a1c1ee3

The GOAT of the Raiders' franchise, Jim Otto, died a couple of weeks ago. He's unquestionably the greatest center in NFL history and he played every single game for the first 15 years of Raiders history. He's not as well known as he ought to be although his jersey number "00" is iconic. It got me thinking about the most impactful people in our team's history. Going with the Mt. Rushmore gimmick, here are the four most important Raiders of all-time. ## Al Davis Al Davis is the Raiders, as much as one man can be. He rose from head coach and general manager of the team to the majority owner (which is wild!). He's probably the most important owner in NFL history, because of his role in merging the AFL and NFL, as well as being a trailblazer in team relocations and hiring minorities for important roles. Many of the famous phrases associated with the Raiders - "Just win baby!", "Commitment to excellence", "Once a Raider, always a Raider" - originated with Davis. ## John Madden The most famous figure in NFL history was also the youngest coach to win a Super Bowl, which was also the Raiders first. His coaching career was relatively short, but he holds the best winning percentage ever for an NFL head coach. ## Jim Otto The ten time All-Pro 1st Team center is the only player other than Jerry Rice to have accomplished that feat. Unlike Rice, Otto went undrafted by the NFL, which is why he was available to play in the newly founded AFL. Technically he was drafted by the Raiders, after being passed over by the entirety of the NFL, so he might not count as an undrafted player. However, he still has a claim as being the greatest player ever who wasn't taken in the NFL draft. ## Kenny "The Snake" Stabler The near mythological status of Ken Stabler can hardly be overstated. He was the central figure of sseveral of the most iconic moments in NFL history: The Holy Roller, Sea of Hands, Ghost to the Post. Seldom thought of as the best QB in the league, he struck fear into the hearts of rival fans like no other player from that era. The Snake embodied the Raiders motto "Just Win Baby!" ## Your Mt. Rushmore Who's on your team's Mt. Rushmore?

@ 5d4b6c8d:8a1c1ee3

This weekend, I was rushing to finish the fifth book of The Wheel of Time series, because I needed to give it to my mom before she left on a trip. We've been reading the saga together, which is pretty fun. Anyway, over coffee, I was regaling my wife with the latest twists and turns of the story (which she found riveting, no doubt). Our daughter overheard me talking about "Darkfriends" and wanted to know what they are. I told her that they were bad guys from the book I'm reading with Grandma. To which she said "I want to read it, too." I told her it wasn't like her books with pictures and that she would have to learn how to read first. She replied "Ok!" and sprinted off to her room, presumably to learn how to read.

@ c11cf5f8:4928464d

Time to brush off the spurs and saddle up for a ride into the exciting ad-ventures ahead! What innovative goods or services are y'all bringin' on the wagon this week? Give us a sneak peek and let that entrepreneurial spirit get out. - - - Take some pics and start posting your items now! [[⚖️ SELL]](https://w3.do/b_v2wutP) - [[🛒 BUY]](https://w3.do/zvixtuSh) - [[🧑‍💻 HIRE]](https://w3.do/_j0kpVsi) - [[🖇 OFFER]](https://w3.do/EfWF8yDL) - [[🧑‍⚖️ AUCTION]](https://w3.do/sbbCjZ0e) - [[🤝 SWAP]](https://t.ly/DgeHr) - [[🆓 FREE]](https://w3.do/DdVEE1ME) - [[⭐ REVIEW]](https://w3.do/CAZ5JxCk) - - - **Stay humble, stack sats!**

@ 57d1a264:69f1fee1

- - - ``` ODC #000019 - UX > IMPLEMENT ``` ### `Design System for a recipies website using Lightning` [_If you miss it, please read our **WTF is ODC** (Open Design Challenge) intro post from more details._](https://stacker.news/items/393580/r/Design_r) - - - ## Scenario You work at an agency that was hired by a Culinary Design company (competitors are Allrecipes and Yummly) to redesign their web portal that enable aloe to share recipes and get rewarded with bitcoin. One of the main tasks is to build out a new design system and you've been put in charge of starting that process. - - - ## Task Design specific elements (below) of a style guide for this fictional recipes website using your favorite design tool (using your tool's design system features) or HTML/CSS. Make sure all elements are responsive. Document and organize the design system and include a summary at the beginning with the overall goals. Elements: * Colors * Typography (headings, body, links) * Forms (text input, buttons, checkboxes, radios) * Icons * Grid * Recipe card **Extra Credit:** Design more elements for the style guide, or add variants of the elements you've already created. Make a few mockups using the design system in practice to show how it all works together. - - - ## Guides If you need help with this challenge, check out our hand-picked tutorial recommendations. - **Design Systems 101** on [nngroup.com](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/design-systems-101/) - **List of analyzed design systems** on [open-ui.org](https://open-ui.org/design-systems/) - **Starting a Design System in a Start-up** on [uxdesign.cc](https://uxdesign.cc/starting-a-design-system-in-a-start-up-3359f2d4784b) - **Design Systems Handbook** on [designbetter.co](https://www.designbetter.co/design-systems-handbook) - **Design Systems: What are They and How to Get Started** on [piped.video](https://piped.video/watch?v=l6YuGE6EjJA) - - - ## Tools Not sure which tools to use? Try something new, go 💯% FOSS! `For you` > **PenPot** > by [kaleidos](https://penpot.app/) > **Bootstrap**
 > by [twitter](https://getbootstrap.com/)
 > **Catalog.Style** > by [Interactive Things](https://www.catalog.style/) > **StoryBook** > by [chromatic](https://storybook.js.org/) > **VueDS** > by [Ariel Salminen](https://vueds.com/) `For professional gurus` > **Supernova** _(freemium)_ > by [supernova.io](https://www.supernova.io/) > **ZeroHeight** _(freemium)_ > by [zeroheight.com](https://zeroheight.com/) - - - ## Share Your Results When you finish the challenge, post your work including anonymized collected data and results on this thread! If you also share it on `nostr`, be sure to use the hashtag **#opendesigner** and tag [Design_r@iris.to](https://iris.to/Design_r) or [@Design__r](https://x.com/Design__r) on X! We'll keep an eye out and repost good examples on a regular basis. - - - Check our [previous ODC](https://stacker.news/Design_r#odc--open-design-challenges) and support this [community](https://stacker.news/~Design/r/Design_r) for creative minds, where you'll be able to get open and constructive feedback on your PoW. Ask anything in the ~Design territory and get some ⚡**sats** for the [value](https://value4value.info) you provide! - - - - - - - - - ``` #Bitcoin #Design #BitcoinDesign #NostrDesign #Nostr #OpenDesign #DesignChallenge #OpenDesignChallenge ``` - - -

@ 30ceb64e:7f08bdf5

Hey Freaks, TheWildHustle is about 3 seconds away from ditching his ifoan Instead of opting for graphene, Hustle is thinking about ditching the phone all together, and using a VOIP provider with his laptop. Hustle understands that calls and texts will be seen and heard by the looters regardless, and doesnt understand what threat model he's solving for.......but wants to explore life without a cell phone anyway. He's sure there might be some privacy and security benefits, but it seems as though he's mainly just focused on sticking it to "the man". Any good/cool resources will be handsomely zapped. Much Appreciated, Hustle

@ 05b116ff:8e08606a

Is the following easily achievable currently? Or on anyone's roadmap? - Run your own Cashu or Fedi mint on SartOS, Raspiblitz, Umbral, etc. - Generate a link for a friend/family member to a web wallet that comes pre-funded with 10,000 sats of eCash from your own mint - Ideally this would be quick to do on the fly, and they would get a link that would just open up with a balance and be useable - A blatent reminder to back-up would be nice, but also important for demo purposes to just work off the bat - They’re able to spend those sats anywhere in an Uncle Jim scenario without having to learn about channel management - If they want, they can move funds to a different eCash/Fedi mint, send to a lightning wallet of theirs, etc. I saw this LNBits extension, but it seems no longer maintained: https://github.com/cashubtc/lnbits-cashu?tab=readme-ov-file Mutiny used to have a gifting feature to gift funded lightning wallets, but, it would take the channel opening fee off the gift amount right off the bat, which always led to questions about where that fee went. Doing the same with eCash sounds much better for small value demos.

@ c11cf5f8:4928464d

Let's hear some of your latest Bitcoin purchases, feel free to include links to the shops or merchants you bought from too. If you missed our last thread, [here](https://stacker.news/items/551818/r/AG) are some of the items stackers recently spent their sats on.

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**日本は貧しい。** どうして日本が貧しいと言えるのでしょうか？多くの点で豊かであることは確かです。例えば、一人当たりのGDPでは、日本は世界で38位で、平均の221%の富があります。また、日本を訪れた人は誰でも、その都市や活動、そして豊かさと幸福感を感じるでしょう。鹿が安全に歩き回る公園さえあります。さらに、文化的にも非常に豊かです。日本文化が嫌いな人はいないでしょう。日本は貧困ランキングでは多くの国よりもずっと上位にあります。そして、これらすべては、第二次世界大戦後の非常に厳しい状況から達成されたものであり、アメリカの要求に従うことによって実現しました。 それでは、なぜ日本が貧しいと言えるのでしょうか？それは、日本がアメリカの要求に従い始めた時点でのことです。日本の真の富が少ない状況を探ってみましょう。そして、その危機的な状況が他の国々にどのような信号を送っているか。この信号を読むことができれば、「**Buy Bitcoin**」と示していることがわかるでしょう。 日本の10年国債は先日5%下落し、金利は1.08%に達しました。あなたは言うかもしれません、「1.08%？それほど危険には見えない」と。しかし、この水準は10年以上達成されていなかったものであり、その間に日本は大いに借金を増やしました。日本は世界経済の主要な役割を果たしており、アメリカの国債を持つ第二位の保有国であり、その通貨は誰もが安く資金を調達するために利用します。つまり、円を買い、低い利息（約1%）で借りて、もっと高い利息が得られる他の場所に投資します。これらの理由から、日本は特に安い資金を見つけたい人々にとって非常に訪れる場所です。 しかし、もちろん、先日のように国債の金利が上昇すると、この取引に悪影響を及ぼします。10年国債の金利が上昇すれば、円で借りる金利と、他の場所で得られる金利との差が縮小します。例えば、アメリカやオーストラリアの国債、あるいは他の場所の国債です。これは確かに真実であり、国債の金利が上昇するたびにその魅力は減りますが、同時に国債の金利が上昇するたびに、負債のコストも大幅に増加します。 日本は多額の借金を抱えています：9.2兆ドルの負債です。負債の金利が0.01%上昇するたびに、それは920億ドルの利息が追加されることを意味します。 状況を想像してみてください。火曜日に日本は1.02%の金利を支払っていて、水曜日の終わりには1.08%を支払っています。これは途方もない衝撃を与えるでしょう。一度にすべてを再資金調達する必要はありませんが、それでも紙の上ではほぼ60億ドルの影響があります。再資金調達が昨日よりも60億ドル多くかかることを知っている一日を想像してみてください。その日は良い日ではなく、いくら寿司を食べて気分を上げようとしても無駄でしょう。そのため、通貨はドルに対して下落し続けます。 しかし、日本は豊かです。何十年もの間、日本は大量の魚やその他の製品を世界中に輸出してきました。日本はこれまでに得たすべての利益をうまく投資してきたに違いありません。そして、今、困難な時期が来て、日本の状況が微妙な時に、貯蓄を使って円を買い、通貨を守り、次の日に向けて戦い続けることができるでしょう。 日本はアメリカの言うことに従うようになりました。アメリカが大好きなのは、自分の国債を買ってもらうことです。アメリカ人が最も喜ぶのは、自分たちの債務を買ってもらうことです。アメリカ人に気に入られたいなら、国債を買ってあげるといいでしょう。日本は第二次世界大戦以来、アメリカに従順であり、基本的に外国為替の準備としての国債のアイデアを発明しました。これはどういう意味でしょうか？つまり、アメリカの国債に貯蓄するというアイデアを発明したのです。「お金を稼いで貯蓄するなら、他の国の国債や債務として持っておけばいい」という考えです。 全国民の努力と、世界中への商品やサービスの輸出によって得られたすべての貯蓄をアメリカの国債に投資し始めました。日本と他の国々の金の保有量を総準備高の割合で見ると、日本はそのうちのわずか4.3%しか金を保有していない一方で、ドイツ、アメリカ、イタリア、フランスなどの他の国々は60%以上の準備高を金で保有しています。 日本が貧しいと言うとき、それは実質的な富がないことを意味します。すべての貯蓄がアメリカの国債に投資されています。日本は、アメリカの都合に合わせて、そしてある程度は日本自身もそれが良い考えだと思って、これらの国債を購入してきました。日本には多くのアメリカ国債がありますが、今の危機を解決する役には立ちません。 日本は、その通貨の価値を守り、通貨の価値が下落するのを防ぎ、市民の生活費が上昇しないようにする必要があります。市場で円を購入するために、その貯蓄を使って準備金を売却し、通貨を保護するべきです。しかし、その準備金はアメリカの国債にあるため、それらを売ることは現実的ではありません。アメリカの国債を売ると、その価格が下がり、市場での供給が増えて、国債の金利が上昇します。国債の価格が下がるほど、支払う金利は高くなります。 たとえば、100の価格で5%の利息を支払う国債を持っているとします。その国債が市場で売られ始めて価格が95に下がった場合、依然として5%の利息を支払います。しかし、95に対する5%は、100に対する5%よりも多いです。したがって、国債の価格が下がるたびに、利息が上がります。これにより、さらに多くの人々が日本に行き、低利で円を借りて（少ない利息を支払って）、高利を支払うアメリカの国債を購入することを奨励します。これが通貨をさらに下落させることになります。そのため、日本の準備金は役に立ちません。アメリカの国債を売却することなく、自国の通貨の価値をさらに低下させることはできません。このような困難な時期に日本を救うはずのものが、何の役にも立たないのです。 その結果、日本は多くの貯蓄があっても抜け出せない悪循環に陥っています。状況の深刻さは、円と金のチャートを見るとよくわかります。本来なら多くの馬鹿な国債の代わりに準備資産として購入すべきだったものです。円と金のチャートを見ると、過去15年で75%も下落していることがわかります。「日本は貧しい」と言うとき、それは実質的な富が欠如しているという意味で、この貧困は他の分野にも現れ始めています。通貨の価値を守ることができないことが、日本の成長と市民の生産能力を阻害しています。 日本は1人当たりのGDPが高いため、貧しくはないと言いました。しかし、1人当たりのGDPを見てみると、1990年以来停滞しています。また、実質的な貧困のレベルを見ると、日本の実質的な貧困が増加しており、間違った方向に進んでいることがわかります。日本の相対的貧困率は、G7諸国の中でアメリカに次いで2番目に高いです。 要するに、誰の負債でもなく、必要なときに売ることができる資産がなければ、富を持っているとは言えません。困難な時期に対応するために売却できる、他人の債務に依存しない資産が必要です。それが富であり、他のすべてはただの煙に過ぎません。 数年前、ロシアはアメリカの国債ではなく、自国の貯蓄を失いました。アメリカがそれらの債券を没収したのです。今日の日本も同様に、国債を持っていますが、売却することができず、実質的には役に立ちません。まるでそれが奪われたかのようです。これらの状況は、非常に明るくカラフルなネオンサインのように、国であれば固い資産に貯蓄するべきだという明確なシグナルです。 そのため、最近ではすべての中央銀行が記録的なレベルで金を購入しているのでしょう。そして、同様にビットコインも購入することになるでしょう。ビットコインは、金よりも没収されにくく、金よりも移動が容易で、金よりも価値が上昇する可能性が高いという追加の利点を持っています。日本は、これを今、教えてくれているのです。 コラボw @alberto_mera (X、文)& nostr:npub1wdsu4yfj6s5vkcktfx2l7y9tvprfsmwp55e2gj5xp266gff0eeks9cjda5 (Nostr、訳)

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I rarely use smartphones for their intended purpose, instead using them as cheap and portable "mini machines" thanks to termux. Since joining nostr and learning how relays work, I got to wondering if running a relay from my test phone would be possible. After many hours of failed attempts and chairs thrown through windows, here's how I finally got python nostr_relay to work on my device. YOU WILL NEED - An android device with latest Termux from FDROID OR GITHUB (The Google Play version will not work). You will need python 3.x,clang, and git installed in this environment. Step 1. Start sshd in termux and log into your device. Step 2. User must modify their python sysconfigdata manually, since the Android NDK with latest clang does not support the -fopenmp-implicit-rpath flag and will cause any .toml based python wheel builds to fail. Simply run the following commands in your termux terminal to fix this (A backup up your original sysconfig files will be saved, this example shows the steps being performed for python 3.11): _file="$(find $PREFIX/lib/python3.11 -name "_sysconfigdata*.py")" rm -rf $PREFIX/lib/python3.11/__pycache__ cp $_file "$_file".backup sed -i 's|-fno-openmp-implicit-rpath||g' "$_file" Step 3. Make a directory for the install and switch to it, I am using "devel" in this example: mkdir -p devel && cd $_ Step 4. Clone the nostr_relay repo, I have mirrored the latest version to Github for those that hate fossil as much as I do: git clone https://github.com/Shinoa-Fores/nostr_relay.git Step 5. Make a python virtual environment and activate it: python3.11 -m venv nostr_relay cd nostr_relay source bin/activate Step 6. Pycares is a required dependency for toml-based projects, and also will not install properly via pip under termux so we will install it from sources in the venv and apply a quick fix to that too: wget https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/1b/8f/daf60bbc06f4a3cd1cfb0ab807057151287df6f5c78f2e0d298acc9193ac/pycares-4.4.0.tar.gz tar -xf pycares-4.4.0.tar.gz sed -i s/'#define HAVE_GETSERVBYPORT_R 1'//g ./pycares-4.4.0/deps/build-config/config_android/ares_config.h pip install ./pycares-4.4.0 rm -rf pycares-4.4.0 pycares-4.4.0.tar.gz Step 7. Now install the remaining dependencies and nostr-Relay itself: pip install -e . Step 8. Make a cup of tea and shitpost on nostr until the build completes. Step 9. Once build is finished, copy the included sample config and open in your preferred text editor to adjust the parameters to your liking: cp nostr_relay/config.yaml . Step 10. Make a startup script for the relay and fire up your portable relay. In the example below I start it in a screen session so the process does not die if I lose ssh or termux connection. cat >start-relay.sh << EOF #!/usr/bin/env bash set -eu set -o pipefail bin/nostr-relay -c ./config.yaml serve EOF chmod +x start-relay.sh screen -S relay -dm bash ./start-relay.sh Step 11. If all goes well you should see something like this:  Still here? Good! The reader is invited to tinker with this configuration and enhance it. Things like setting up DNS and tor are beyond the scope of this post, but information on the latter can be found on the termux wiki: https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Bypassing_NAT .

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หลังจากได้ลองนั่งฟัง 2 ปรมาจารย์แห่งวงการถกกันวนซ้ำไปมาหลายรอบด้วยตัวเอง.. ผมรู้สึกว่าโลกยุคใหม่... เส้นแบ่งระหว่าง "**โลกจริง**" กับ "**โลกเสมือน**" มันชักจะเบลอ ๆ เสียแล้วนะ [](https://youtu.be/xxNk-hE0MaQ?si=KVu0IU2WKUW5sNcs) สมรภูมิแย่งชิงอำนาจก็เริ่มเปลี่ยนไปด้วย ลืมภาพรถถัง ระเบิดตูมตามไปได้เลย เพราะอาวุธที่ทรงพลังที่สุดในตอนนี้ก็คือสิ่งที่เรามองไม่เห็น มันแฝงอยู่ในทุกอณูของสังคม เราเรียกมันว่า "**ซอฟท์พาวเวอร์**" อิทธิพลล่องหนที่ค่อย ๆ กัดกิน ครอบงำเราโดยไม่รู้ตัว... "สงครามที่เราเห็นกันทุกวันนี้.." พี่ชิตกล่าวด้วยน้ำเสียงที่ชวนให้ขนลุก "มันเหลือแค่สาดเปอร์เซ็นต์ใส่กันกลางอากาศ.." อ.ต๊ำ พยักหน้าเห็นด้วย "เหมือนที่พี่ชิตว่า.. ยุคนี้มนุษย์เราฉลาดขึ้น รู้จักใช้เล่ห์เหลี่ยมมากขึ้น เพราะการเผชิญหน้ากันตรง ๆ แบบสมัยก่อนมันมีแต่พังกับพัง เปลืองทั้งทรัพยากร เปลืองทั้งชีวิต" มันก็จริงอย่างที่ทั้งสองท่านว่า... ในยุคโบราณใครอยากได้อะไรก็ยกทัพไปตีกัน แย่งชิงดินแดน ทรัพยากร ใช้ "ฮาร์ดพาวเวอร์" แบบตรงไปตรงมา มันเห็นผลเร็วแต่บาดแผลก็สาหัส แต่โลกยุคใหม่มันซับซ้อนกว่านั้นมาก มนุษย์เราเรียนรู้ที่จะใช้ "อิทธิพล" แทรกซึมเข้าไปในทุกซอกทุกมุม ทั้งระดับปัจเจกบุคคล สังคม และระหว่างประเทศ ไม่ต้องเสียเลือดเนื้อแต่ได้ผลลัพธ์ที่ทรงพลังกว่า... > ### *"ซอฟท์พาวเวอร์" จึงกลายเป็นอาวุธลับที่ทรงพลังที่สุดในยุคนี้* ลองจินตนาการดู... โลกที่ข้อมูล คือ น้ำมันดิบ ความสนใจ คือ สกุลเงิน และความเชื่อ คือ อาวุธที่ถูกใช้อย่างแยบยลในสมรภูมิล่องหนแห่งนี้ "**อิทธิพล**" คือชัยชนะที่แท้จริง ไม่ใช่แค่การยึดครองดินแดน แต่มันคือการครอบงำความคิด จิตใจ และพฤติกรรมของผู้คน… ตัวอย่างชัด ๆ ของ ซอฟท์พาวเวอร์ที่เราเจอได้ในชีวิตประจำวันก็เช่น.. “**สงครามออนไลน์**” พวกข่าวปลอม ข้อมูลบิดเบือนที่ตอนนี้คนขยันแชร์กันสนั่นโซเชียล แค่ปลายนิ้วก็สามารถทำลายชื่อเสียง ปลุกปั่นความเกลียดชัง ควบคุมความคิดคนได้โดยไม่ต้องออกแรง (ในคลาสเลคเชอร์ของพี่ชิต แกเรียกมันว่าเป็น “**บิตสำส่อน**”) เคยไหม.. ที่เราเผลอเชื่อข่าวลือ ข่าวปลอม จนเกือบตัดสินใจผิดพลาด? เคยไหม.. ที่เราตกเป็นเหยื่อ ถูกชักจูงให้เกลียดชัง ต่อต้านฝ่ายตรงข้ามโดยไม่รู้ตัว? นี่แหละ... ซอฟท์พาวเวอร์ที่ทำงานอยู่เบื้องหลัง… หรือ “**การควบคุมระบบเศรษฐกิจ**” นโยบายการเงิน ดอกเบี้ย เงินเฟ้อ ในยุคปัจจุบันที่มันพุ่งพรวด ๆ จนเราต้องรัดเข็มขัด ข้าวของแพงขึ้นทุกวัน นั่นแหละ.. ผลพวงจากซอฟท์พาวเวอร์ของคนเพียงไม่กี่คนที่กุมชะตาเศรษฐกิจไว้ในมือ เราคยสงสัยกันไหมว่า.. ทำไมเงินในกระเป๋าเรามันถึงมีค่าน้อยลงทุกวัน? ทำไมต้องทำงานหนักขึ้น แต่ชีวิตก็ไม่ดีขึ้น? ระบบ "**เงิน**" ที่ถูกควบคุมโดยคนไม่กี่คนนี่แหละ คือตัวการสำคัญ… อีกตัวอย่าง คือ “**การครอบงำทางวัฒนธรรม**” ก็พวก.. หนัง ซีรีส์ เพลง แฟชั่น ที่เราเสพกันทุกวันมันค่อย ๆ แทรกซึม ค่อย ๆ หล่อหลอมความคิด ค่านิยม และพฤติกรรมของเราแบบไม่รู้ตัว มันกลายเป็นเครื่องมือของคนบางกลุ่มที่ใช้ครอบงำเพื่อชี้นำสังคม... เราเคยตั้งคำถามกันไหมว่า.. ทำไมเราถึงอยากได้ อยากมี อยากเป็นเหมือนกับสิ่งที่เห็นในสื่อ? ทำไมเราถึงคล้อยตามเทรนด์ กระแส ที่ถูกสร้างขึ้น ทั้งที่บางครั้งมันก็ไม่ได้สะท้อนตัวตนที่แท้จริงของเรา? นี่แหละพลังของ "การครอบงำทางวัฒนธรรม"... "ที่น่ากลัวคือ.. คนส่วนใหญ่ไม่รู้ตัวด้วยซ้ำว่ากำลังถูกชักจูง" อ.ต๊ำ ส่ายหน้า "เหมือนกบที่โดนต้มในน้ำอุ่น พอรู้ตัวอีกทีก็สุกตายไปแล้ว" พี่ชิตถอนหายใจ.. "ระบบที่เป็นอยู่มันบิดเบี้ยวกำลังค่อย ๆ กัดกร่อนเราไปทีละนิด... ไม่รู้ว่าจุดจบจะเป็นยังไง แต่ที่แน่ ๆ มันไม่สวยหรอก" …  ## แล้ว "เงิน" ล่ะ? มันก็เป็นซอฟท์พาวเวอร์เหมือนกันนะ! แต่ก่อนเงินมันเป็นแค่กระจกที่สะท้อน "คุณค่า" ของงาน ของทรัพยากร เป็นเครื่องมือที่ช่วยให้เราแลกเปลี่ยน สะสม สร้างความมั่งคั่ง แต่ระบบในวันนี้... เงินมันถูกออกแบบให้เสกขึ้นมาได้ง่าย ๆ โดยไม่ต้องมีต้นทุนอะไรเลย แค่กดปุ่มพิมพ์แบงค์เพิ่มคุณค่าของมันก็เลยบิดเบี้ยว เกิดเป็น "**ฟองสบู่แห่งความเหลื่อมล้ำ**” และวิกฤตศรัทธาในระบบเงินเอง... เหมือนกับทรายที่ยิ่งกำไว้แน่น ยิ่งไหลออกจากมือ... "เหมือนที่อเมริกายกเลิกระบบ Bretton Woods แล้วหันมาใช้เงิน Fiat ที่พิมพ์ได้ไม่อั้น... ก็เลยผงาดขึ้นมาเป็นมหาอำนาจทางการเงินของโลก" พี่ชิตอธิบาย "ประเทศที่เคยสะสมทองคำอย่างยุโรป จีน รัสเซีย ก็เสื่อมอำนาจลง เพราะเงินที่พวกเขาเคยถือมันไม่มีค่าเท่าเดิม" "แล้วประเทศไทยที่เป็นแค่ประเทศเล็ก ๆ จะเอาตัวรอดยังไง?" อ.ต๊ำ ถามด้วยความกังวล “เราไม่สามารถพิมพ์เงินเองได้ ไม่มีอำนาจควบคุมระบบเศรษฐกิจโลก..." "นั่นสิครับ... คำถามนี้มันชวนให้คิดหนัก ถ้าเรายังไม่ตื่นตัว ไม่เตรียมพร้อม ประเทศไทยอาจจะกลายเป็นเหยื่อในเกมแย่งชิงอำนาจครั้งนี้นะ" พี่ชิตพูดด้วยน้ำเสียงจริงจัง > ### *"เราต้องหาทางสร้าง "ภูมิคุ้มกัน" ให้กับตัวเอง.."* … ### บิทคอยน์.. ความหวัง หรือ ภัยคุกคาม? ท่ามกลางสมรภูมิซอฟท์พาวเวอร์ที่เต็มไปด้วยเล่ห์กล และ "**ความจริงที่บิดเบี้ยว**” บิทคอยน์ถือซึ่งกำเนิดขึ้นมาเป็นเหมือนแสงสว่างที่ส่องทะลุความมืดมิด เป็นความหวังที่อาจพลิกโฉมระบบเศรษฐกิจโลก สร้างโลกที่ยุติธรรมกว่า... "จริง ๆ อาวุธที่มนุษย์สร้างขึ้นมันควรจะใช้เพื่อปกป้องตัวเอง ไม่ใช่เพื่อรุกรานคนอื่น" พี่ชิตพูดราวกับต้องการจะบอกว่าบิทคอยน์เองก็เช่นกัน.. > ### *"มันเป็นเครื่องมือที่สามารถใช้ในทางที่ดีหรือทางที่เลวร้ายก็ได้ ขึ้นอยู่กับคนที่ใช้มัน"* "**บิทคอยน์**" ถูกนำเสนอให้เป็นตัวแทนแห่งความจริงในโลกดิจิทัลที่ไม่มีใครสามารถปลอมแปลงหรือควบคุมได้ มันมีจำนวนจำกัด ต้องใช้พลังงานในการขุด เหมือนกับการนำ "**กฎฟิสิกส์**" มาควบคุมระบบเศรษฐกิจ สร้างความ "**ซื่อสัตย์**" และ "**โปร่งใส**" ที่ระบบเงินแบบเดิมทำไม่ได้ ลองนึกภาพ... "**บัญชี**" ที่ทุกคนสามารถตรวจสอบได้ โปร่งใส แก้ไขไม่ได้... นั่นคือบิทคอยน์ "มันเหมือนกับการปฏิวัติระบบเงินตรา สร้างระบบใหม่ที่ยุติธรรม โปร่งใส และทุกคนมีสิทธิ์เข้าถึงเท่าเทียมกัน" อ.ต๊ำ กล่าวอย่างตื่นเต้น "ไม่มีใครสามารถพิมพ์บิทคอยน์เพิ่มได้ตามใจชอบ ไม่มีใครควบคุมมันได้" "ใช่.. ถ้าคนเข้าใจและยอมรับมัน บิทคอยน์จะเข้ามาเปลี่ยนแปลงโลกใบนี้ ทำให้เกิดความสมดุล ลดความเหลื่อมล้ำ และคืนอำนาจให้กับประชาชน" พี่ชิตเสริม "ลองจินตนาการดู... โลกที่เงินเป็นของประชาชน ไม่ใช่ของรัฐหรือธนาคาร..." แต่บิทคอยน์ก็เหมือนดาบสองคม... ในมือของคนดี มันคือ “**ความหวัง**” ที่อาจพลิกโฉมระบบเศรษฐกิจโลก สร้างโลกที่ยุติธรรมกว่า แต่ในมือของคนไม่ดีมันก็อาจกลายเป็น "**ภัยคุกคาม**" ที่นำไปสู่หายนะได้เช่นกัน อาจถูกใช้เป็นเครื่องมือฟอกเงิน สนับสนุนอาชญากรรมหรือแม้แต่ "**อาวุธ**" ในการทำสงครามไซเบอร์… … ### แล้วประเทศไทย... จะยืนอยู่ตรงไหน? "คำถามคือ.. เมื่อบิทคอยน์กำลังท้าทายอำนาจแบบเดิม ๆ ประเทศไทยควรจะมีท่าทียังไง" อ.ต๊ำ ถามอย่างจริงจัง "เราจะต้อนรับมัน ต่อต้านมัน หรือเพิกเฉยกับมัน?" "การยืนเฉยไม่ใช่ทางออกที่ดี เหมือนที่เราเคยพลาดมาตรฐานทองคำในอดีต" พี่ชิตย้ำ "ตอนนั้นอังกฤษผลักดันให้ใช้มาตรฐานทองคำแต่ไทยเรายังยึดติดกับเงินแบบเดิม สุดท้ายเราก็เสียเปรียบ เสียดุลการค้า เศรษฐกิจก็ตกต่ำ... เราจะปล่อยให้ประวัติศาสตร์ซ้ำรอยไม่ได้" "ผมเห็นด้วยครับ" อ.ต๊ำ พยักหน้า "เราต้องเรียนรู้จากอดีต และเตรียมพร้อมรับมือกับอนาคต" "รัฐบาลและประชาชนต้องตื่นตัว ศึกษา ทำความเข้าใจบิทคอยน์อย่างจริงจัง" พี่ชิตกล่าวต่อ "ไม่ใช่แค่รู้ว่ามันคืออะไร.. แต่ต้อง "เข้าใจ" กลไก ศักยภาพ และความเสี่ยงของมัน" "หมายความว่า.. เราควรผลักดันให้บิทคอยน์เป็นสกุลเงินหลักของประเทศเลยเหรอครับ?" อ.ต๊ำถาม "ใจเย็น ๆ ครับอาจารย์" พี่ชิตยิ้ม "ไม่ต้องรีบร้อนขนาดนั้น.. พี่ชิตว่าเราควรเริ่มจากการสร้าง "**พื้นที่**" ให้คนได้เรียนรู้ ทดลองใช้บิทคอยน์ ส่งเสริมนวัตกรรมและธุรกิจที่เกี่ยวข้องกับบล็อกเชน รัฐบาลอาจจะสร้าง "**Regulatory sandbox**" เพื่อควบคุม และป้องกันความเสี่ยงไปพร้อม ๆ กัน" "แล้วรัฐบาลจะยอมเสียอำนาจในการควบคุมเงินตราเปิดรับบิทคอยน์จริง ๆ เหรอ?" อ.ต๊ำถามอย่างสงสัย "มันไม่ง่ายหรอกครับ" พี่ชิตถอนหายใจ… "อำนาจมันหอมหวาน ใคร ๆ ก็อยากได้อยากมี อยากกอดเอาไว้แน่น ๆ แต่ถ้าเรามองบิทคอยน์เป็นโอกาสในการพัฒนาประเทศ สร้างความมั่นคง และความมั่งคั่งให้กับคนไทย พี่ชิตเชื่อว่ารัฐบาลก็คงมองเห็นประโยชน์ และเปิดรับมันในที่สุด" "แล้วประชาชนอย่างเรา ๆ ล่ะ ควรทำยังไง?" อ.ต๊ำถามต่อ "เราต้องรู้เท่าทันซอฟท์พาวเวอร์ครับ" พี่ชิตตอบ "ตั้งคำถามกับข้อมูลข่าวสาร รู้ทันเล่ห์กลของสื่อ ไม่ตกเป็นเหยื่อทางความคิดของใคร และที่สำคัญต้องรู้จักใช้ซอฟท์พาวเวอร์ในทางสร้างสรรค์เพื่อสังคมที่ดีขึ้น" "ใช่เลยครับ" อ.ต๊ำเห็นด้วยอย่างยิ่ง "เราต้องเป็นพลเมืองที่ "**รู้เท่าทัน**" ไม่ใช่ "**เหยื่อ**" ที่ถูกครอบงำ" "และอย่าลืม.. บิทคอยน์ไม่ใช่เรื่องไกลตัวอีกต่อไป เราต้องศึกษา ติดตามข่าวสาร เตรียมพร้อมรับมือ เพราะอนาคตมันอยู่ในมือของเราทุกคน" พี่ชิตกล่าวทิ้งท้าย > ### *"อนาคตของเงิน อนาคตของประเทศ อนาคตของโลก”* บทสนทนาจบลง... แต่คำถามสำคัญยังคงอยู่.. ประเทศไทยจะก้าวทัน พร้อมรับมือกับการเปลี่ยนแปลงครั้งใหญ่ของโลกหรือไม่? คำตอบ.. ขึ้นอยู่กับพวกเราทุกคน... …  บทสนทนาของ พี่ชิตและอ.ต๊ำ นั้นราวกับการเปิดประตูสู่โลกอีกใบ โลกที่เราคุ้นเคยแต่ไม่เคยมองเห็นอย่างแจ่มชัด โลกที่เต็มไปด้วยกลเกม การช่วงชิง และการครอบงำที่ดำเนินอยู่ตลอดเวลา โดยที่เราเองแทบไม่รู้ตัว... ทั้งสองท่านพยายามชี้ให้เห็นถึงซอฟท์พาวเวอร์ หรือ "**อำนาจไร้รูปร่าง**" ที่แฝงตัวอยู่ในทุกแง่มุมของชีวิต พวกเขาไม่ได้ต้องการสร้างความหวาดกลัว แต่ต้องการ "**ปลุก**" ให้เราตื่นรู้ รู้เท่าทัน และไม่ตกเป็นเหยื่อของเกมนี้อีกต่อไป... สิ่งที่ทั้งสองท่านพยายามเน้นย้ำ คือ "**ความสำคัญของการศึกษา**" เราต้องทำความเข้าใจบิทคอยน์ บล็อกเชน และเทคโนโลยีอื่น ๆ ที่กำลังเข้ามาเปลี่ยนแปลงโลก ไม่ใช่แค่รู้ว่ามันคืออะไร แต่ต้องเข้าใจกลไก ศักยภาพ และความเสี่ยงของมัน เพื่อที่จะตัดสินใจได้ว่าเราจะใช้มัน "**เพื่ออะไร**" "อย่างไร เรา... ในฐานะ "**พลเมือง**" ของโลกยุคใหม่ ต้องตื่นตัว เรียนรู้ และปรับตัว รับมือกับความเปลี่ยนแปลงอย่างชาญฉลาด ซอฟท์พาวเวอร์ ไม่ได้น่ากลัวถ้าเรารู้เท่าทันและใช้มันอย่างสร้างสรรค์ เราสามารถเปลี่ยน "**ภัยคุกคาม**" ให้เป็น "**โอกาส**" ได้ บทเรียนที่ได้จากบทสนทนานี้.. ไม่ใช่แค่เรื่องของซอฟท์พาวเวอร์หรือบิทคอยน์ มันยังให้แง่คิดกับเราในเรื่องของ "**การตื่นรู้**" "**การตั้งคำถาม**" "**การคิดวิเคราะห์**" และ "**การรับผิดชอบ**" ต่ออนาคตของตนเอง สังคม และประเทศชาติ... มันทำให้เรามองเห็นความจริงของโลก ที่ถูกซ่อนอยู่ภายใต้ม่านมายาของซอฟท์พาวเวอร์ และตระหนักถึงอำนาจที่แท้จริงที่อยู่ในมือของเราทุกคน... อำนาจ ในการ "**เลือก**" "**ตัดสินใจ**" และ "**สร้าง**" อนาคตอย่างที่เราต้องการ...  ## ถอดรหัสความคิดพี่ชิต "ซอฟท์ พาวเวอร์" vs. "ฮาร์ด พาวเวอร์" เกมแห่งอำนาจในโลกยุคใหม่ จากบทสนทนาเราจะเห็นได้ว่าพี่ชิต มอง "**อำนาจ**" ในบริบทที่กว้างกว่าแค่การใช้อาวุธหรือกำลังทางทหาร เขาตีความอำนาจว่าเป็น *“**ความสามารถในการโน้มน้าว ชักจูง ควบคุม หรือชี้นำ พฤติกรรม ความคิด และการตัดสินใจของผู้อื่น**”* โดยไม่ต้องใช้กำลังหรือบังคับขู่เข็ญ พี่ชิตมองเห็นความเชื่อมโยงที่น่าสนใจระหว่างซอฟท์พาวเวอร์, บิทคอยน์ และความมั่นคงของชาติในโลกยุคดิจิทัล ลองนึกภาพ "**สามเหลี่ยมอำนาจ**" ที่แต่ละด้านส่งผลและเกี่ยวพันซึ่งกันและกัน พี่ชิต แบ่ง "อำนาจ" ออกเป็น 2 รูปแบบหลักๆ อย่างแรกคือ "**ฮาร์ดพาวเวอร์**" (Hard Power) ซึ่งคืออำนาจแบบดั้งเดิมที่เน้นการใช้กำลัง การบังคับ การควบคุมโดยตรง โดยอาศัยทรัพยากรที่จับต้องได้ เช่น กองทัพ อาวุธ เศรษฐกิจ หรือการคว่ำบาตร ตัวอย่างเช่น การทำสงคราม การใช้กำลังทหารเข้ายึดครองดินแดน การควบคุมเส้นทางการค้า การคว่ำบาตรทางเศรษฐกิจ และ “**ซอฟท์พาวเวอร์**” (Soft Power) คือ อำนาจแบบใหม่ที่เน้นการใช้อิทธิพล การโน้มน้าว การสร้างแรงดึงดูด เพื่อให้ผู้อื่น "อยาก" ทำตาม โดยไม่ต้องใช้กำลังหรือการบังคับ ตัวอย่างเช่น การใช้ข้อมูลข่าวสารเพื่อสร้าง "**วาทกรรม**" ชี้นำความคิด การใช้วัฒนธรรม สื่อบันเทิง เพื่อสร้างค่านิยม กระแส ที่โน้มน้าวพฤติกรรม หรือการใช้ระบบเศรษฐกิจเพื่อสร้างแรงจูงใจให้คนทำตาม > ### *พี่ชิตเชื่อว่าในโลกยุคใหม่ซอฟท์พาวเวอร์กำลังมีบทบาทและอิทธิพลมากกว่าฮาร์ดพาวเวอร์* เพราะความเชื่อ ค่านิยม และข้อมูลข่าวสาร สามารถแพร่กระจายและแทรกซึมเข้าสู่จิตใจผู้คนได้ง่ายและรวดเร็วกว่าการใช้กำลังหรือการบังคับ เขาเปรียบเทียบสงครามในยุคนี้ว่า "**เหลือแค่สาดเปอร์เซ็นต์ใส่กันกลางอากาศ**" ซึ่งหมายถึงการต่อสู้ ช่วงชิง ในโลกยุคใหม่นั้นไม่ได้เน้นการใช้กำลังหรือการทำลายล้างทางกายภาพอย่างในอดีตแล้ว แต่เป็นการต่อสู้กันบนสมรภูมิล่องหนที่เดิมพันกันด้วย "**ข้อมูล**" "**ความเชื่อ**" และ "**อิทธิพล**" บิทคอยน์ในมุมมองของพี่ชิตจึงเป็นได้ทั้ง "**เครื่องมือ**" และ "**อาวุธ**" ในเกมซอฟท์พาวเวอร์ และท้ายที่สุด "**อำนาจ**" ไม่ว่าจะรูปแบบใดก็มีทั้งด้านสว่างและด้านมืด ขึ้นอยู่กับผู้ใช้ว่าจะเลือกใช้มันเพื่อสร้างสรรค์หรือ ทำลาย…  ## เมื่อ "อิทธิพล" กลายเป็น "พันธนาการ" ของสังคมไทย ใช่... ซอฟท์พาวเวอร์ มันมีด้านสว่างที่สวยหรูดึงดูดใจอย่างที่เราเห็นใน หนัง เพลง ซีรีส์ อาหาร แฟชั่น และการท่องเที่ยว ที่ช่วยสร้างรายได้ สร้างภาพลักษณ์ ให้กับประเทศไทย แต่มันก็มีด้านมืดที่น่ากลัว... ที่ค่อย ๆ กัดกร่อนความคิด ค่านิยม และอัตลักษณ์ของเรา... โดยที่เราแทบไม่รู้ตัว ลองสังเกตตัวเองดู... คนรุ่นใหม่ของเราในทุกวันนี้ต่างคลั่งไคล้หนังเกาหลี ซีรีส์ฝรั่ง เคป๊อป แฟชั่นแบรนด์เนมมากกว่าหนังไทย เพลงไทย ผ้าไทยหรืออาหารไทยกันหรือเปล่า? พวกเขาใฝ่ฝันอยากมีชีวิตแบบ ไอดอล ดารา เซเลบ มากกว่าใช้ชีวิตแบบคนไทยธรรมดา ๆ หรือเปล่า? นี่แหละ... ผลพวงของซอฟท์พาวเวอร์ที่ครอบงำเราให้อยากเป็น อยากมีแบบเขาจนลืมรากเหง้า ตัวตน และคุณค่าในแบบของเราเอง... ### แต่รัฐบาลก็ใช้ ซอฟท์พาวเวอร์ เพื่อควบคุมประชาชนด้วยเหมือนกัน! เคยสงสัยไหม... ทำไมผู้คนถึงเชื่อข่าวจากรัฐมากกว่าข่าวจากประชาชนด้วยกันเอง.. ทำไมเราถึงยอมก้มหน้ารับนโยบายที่ไม่เป็นธรรม? ซอฟท์พาวเวอร์ในมือรัฐบาลมันถูกใช้สร้างภาพลักษณ์ ปกปิดความจริง เบี่ยงเบนความสนใจ และควบคุมความคิดของประชาชนด้วยใช่หรือเปล่า?. ผมเองก็ไม่รู้.. พวกเราต้องคอยสังเกตุและหาคำตอบ ### คนรุ่นใหม่ตอนนี้.. กลายเป็น"เหยื่อ" หรือ "ผู้ตื่นรู้" กันแน่? คนรุ่นใหม่ที่เติบโตมาพร้อมกับอินเทอร์เน็ต โซเชียลมีเดีย สื่อบันเทิงจากทั่วโลก ยิ่งเสี่ยงต่อการถูกซอฟท์พาวเวอร์ครอบงำ แต่... คนรุ่นใหม่ก็มีศักยภาพที่จะตื่นรู้ ตั้งคำถาม คิดวิเคราะห์ และปลดปล่อยตัวเองจากพันธนาการของ ซอฟท์พาวเวอร์ ได้เช่นกัน อย่าปล่อยให้อิทธิพลกลายเป็นพันธนาการ... > ### *จง "ตื่นรู้" "ตั้งคำถาม" และ "เป็นตัวของตัวเอง"* - - -  นี่เป็นแค่น้ำจิ้มของสิ่งที่พูดคุยกันในวิดีโอเต็ม ๆ ถ้าอยากลิ้มรสชาติที่แท้จริงของ "**ซอฟท์พาวเวอร์**" และ "**บิทคอยน์**" ต้องไปดูคลิปเต็ม ๆ เชื่อผมสิ.. เราจะต้องทึ่งกับความลุ่มลึก และความเข้มข้นของบทสนทนานี้ "ฟังแค่รอบเดียวไม่พอหรอก" แต่บอกเลยว่าคลิปนี้มัน "**หนัก**" "**แน่น**" และ "**เข้มข้น**" มาก ตัวผมเองก็ยังต้องกรอกลับไปฟังตั้งหลายรอบกว่าจะซึมได้ทั้งหมด แต่ผมสัญญา... ว่ามันจะ "**คุ้มค่า**" กับเวลาที่เสียไปอย่างแน่นอน เราจะได้ถอดรหัสโลกยุคใหม่ เข้าใจกลไกของอำนาจและเงินในแบบที่ไม่เคยมีใครอธิบายมาก่อน นี่เป็นเนื้อหาบทสนทนาที่ควรบอกต่อ.. เพราะ "**ความจริง**" แบบนี้ไม่ควรถูกปิดบัง ความรู้แบบนี้ควรเผยแพร่ไปให้ถึงทุกคน แต่ก็ต้องยอมรับกันตรง ๆ ว่าคลิปนี้มัน "**ลึก**" "**ซับซ้อน**" และ "**เข้าใจยาก**" สำหรับคนทั่วไปอยู่เหมือนกัน เราจึงต้องแปลงร่างเป็นล่ามคอยช่วยแปลภาษาเทพให้เป็นภาษาคน เล่าแบบง่าย ๆ เข้าใจง่ายและเห็นภาพ การบอกต่อไม่ใช่แค่ "**พูด**" แต่คือ "**การสื่อสาร**" ที่เข้าใจง่าย เห็นภาพและตรงใจคนฟัง เพราะความรู้จะมีค่าก็ต่อเมื่อ.. 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