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Introduction: The Power of Focused Attention In an age of distraction, power is not merely held through material wealth, authority, or control over others—it is built through focused attention. The human brain, a complex quantum-biological processor, constructs reality through perception. When harnessed correctly, focused attention allows individuals to transcend limitations, reshape their reality, and live free. Power, then, is not external—it is a construct supported by the mind and created within the brain. Understanding how this works offers a path to transcendence, autonomy, and liberation from imposed limitations. The Neuroscience of Focused Attention: Constructing Reality The brain is a prediction engine, constantly processing information and filtering out irrelevant stimuli. Focused attention directs this process, acting as a spotlight that selects what becomes part of one's conscious experience. This is the fundamental mechanism behind cognitive power. 1. Neuroplasticity: Building Power Through Repetition The brain adapts to repeated stimuli through neuroplasticity. What one focuses on consistently rewires neural pathways, strengthening certain thoughts, beliefs, and abilities. Over time, this focus builds an internal structure of power—a network of ideas and perceptions that define one’s reality. If one focuses on problems, they grow. If one focuses on solutions, they appear. If one focuses on fear, it shapes perception. If one focuses on mastery, skills develop. 2. The Quantum Mind: Attention as a Creative Force Quantum physics suggests that observation influences reality. Just as subatomic particles behave differently when measured, focused attention may act as a force that shapes possibilities into tangible outcomes. This aligns with the ancient concept that "energy flows where attention goes." What one attends to with intention can manifest as action, opportunity, and ultimately, freedom. 3. The Reticular Activating System (RAS): Filtering Reality The Reticular Activating System (RAS) in the brainstem acts as a gatekeeper for focus. It determines what information enters conscious awareness. When trained, it can filter out distractions and amplify pathways toward a desired goal. Want to see opportunities? Program the RAS by setting clear intentions. Want to break free from limiting beliefs? Train focus away from conditioned fears. The Mind’s Role: Transcending Limitations The mind is the interpreter of the brain’s electrical and biochemical activity. While the brain processes raw data, the mind provides meaning. This distinction is crucial because meaning determines how one experiences reality. 1. Breaking Mental Chains: Rewriting Narratives Most limitations are narratives—stories imposed by culture, society, or personal history. True power lies in rewriting these stories. Instead of “I am trapped by my circumstances,” shift to “I create my own reality.” Instead of “I need permission,” shift to “I give myself permission.” By restructuring meaning, the mind can redefine the limits of what is possible. 2. The Silence Paradox: Accessing Higher States Silence, both literal and mental, creates space for higher-order thinking. Just as quantum tunneling allows subatomic particles to pass through barriers without energy loss, silence allows the mind to bypass noise and access deeper intelligence. Meditation, stillness, and solitude amplify internal power. The ability to not react is a form of control over external influence. True mastery comes from detachment—engaging the world without being controlled by it. Transcendence: Living Free Through Mental Autonomy To transcend means to rise above imposed structures—whether societal, psychological, or energetic. The construct of power built through focused attention allows one to escape control mechanisms and live autonomously. 1. Sovereignty of Mind: Owning One’s Thoughts A free mind is one that chooses its inputs rather than being programmed by external forces. This requires: Awareness of mental conditioning (social narratives, propaganda, biases) Intentional thought selection (curating what enters the mental space) Guarding attention fiercely (not allowing distraction to hijack focus) 2. Detachment From Control Structures Society operates on the principle of attention capture—through media, politics, and algorithms that direct thought patterns. Escaping these requires detachment. Do not react emotionally to fear-based programming. Cultivate independent thought by questioning imposed narratives. Reduce external noise to amplify internal wisdom. 3. The Flow State: Moving Beyond Constraints When focus is refined to its highest degree, one enters flow state—a condition where action and awareness merge, and limitations dissolve. In flow, work becomes effortless. Creativity becomes boundless. Freedom becomes not just a philosophy, but a lived experience. Conclusion: The Mind as the Ultimate Key to Freedom Power is not an external possession—it is the ability to direct one’s own focus. Through the interplay of brain function, cognitive attention, and mental discipline, one constructs personal sovereignty. The individual who masters focus, controls reality. Freedom is not given. It is built—through attention, intention, and an unwavering commitment to mental autonomy.

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Language is more than just words—it’s a pattern, a rhythm, a system of meaning that our brains decode in different ways. While most people learn language analytically, breaking it down into individual words and sentences, gestalt language processors (GLP) acquire language in a completely different way. They learn in chunks, grasping entire phrases and only later dissecting them into smaller parts. This unique method of language acquisition is often observed in autistic individuals and those with alternative cognitive processing styles. But what happens when such a learner interacts with a highly inflected, agglutinative language like Malayalam? As it turns out, Malayalam might be one of the best-suited languages for gestalt language processors, thanks to its natural structure, flexible syntax, and phrase-based meaning. Let’s explore why Malayalam aligns so well with gestalt processing and how it compares to other languages. --- Understanding Gestalt Language Processing Gestalt language processing is the ability to acquire and use language in whole phrases rather than as individual words. Instead of learning word-by-word, GLP learners store entire sentences or expressions they hear and later modify them into new, meaningful statements. For example, a child who is a gestalt processor might initially say: ➡ "Do you want some juice?" (because they've heard it as a whole phrase) Later, they might extract parts and start saying: ➡ "Want juice." Finally, they construct their own original sentence: ➡ "I want juice." This approach is pattern-based rather than rule-based, making Malayalam an excellent match due to its agglutinative grammar, rhythmic structure, and flexible word order. --- How Malayalam Supports Gestalt Language Processing 1. Malayalam’s Agglutinative Nature Encourages Chunk Learning Malayalam, like other Dravidian languages, is highly agglutinative, meaning words are built using multiple suffixes that change meaning. Instead of discrete words, many phrases function as a single semantic unit—which is exactly how GLP learners process language. Take the word "വീട്" (vīṭu) meaning "house": വീട്ടിൽ (vīṭṭil) – in the house വീട്ടിലേക്ക് (vīṭṭilēkk) – towards the house വീട്ടിലേക്കു പോകുന്നു (vīṭṭilēkku pōkunnu) – going to the house A gestalt processor might first acquire "വീട്ടിലേക്കു പോകുന്നു" as a chunk, rather than breaking it into individual words. Over time, they start recognizing patterns and modifying them. This is in contrast to English, where "going" and "house" are learned separately before forming a phrase like "going to the house." --- 2. Flexible Word Order Aligns with Pattern-Based Learning Malayalam allows word order variations without losing meaning, making it an intuitive fit for gestalt learners who focus on meaning first rather than strict syntax. For example, the sentence "I drank tea" can be expressed in multiple ways in Malayalam: ഞാൻ ചായ കുടിച്ചു. (ñān cāya kuṭiccu) – Standard word order ചായ ഞാൻ കുടിച്ചു. (cāya ñān kuṭiccu) – Emphasizing "tea" കുടിച്ചു ഞാൻ ചായ. (kuṭiccu ñān cāya) – Focus on the action A gestalt learner might acquire an entire phrase like "ചായ കുടിക്കണോ?" ("Do you want tea?") and later extract the verb "കുടി" (drink) or the noun "ചായ" (tea) as they develop more flexible speech. In contrast, languages like English and French have more rigid word order, making it harder for gestalt learners to generalize. --- 3. Long and Embedded Sentence Structures Favor Chunk-Based Processing Malayalam commonly uses long, nested sentences, which gestalt learners store as full units before breaking them down. For example: അവൻ പറഞ്ഞത് ഞാൻ അറിഞ്ഞില്ല. (avan paṟaññatu ñān aṟiññilla) Literal: "What he said, I didn’t know." Gestalt learners may first acquire: "അവൻ പറഞ്ഞത്" ("What he said") as a single unit before extracting "പറഞ്ഞത്" (said). This mirrors how **gestalt processors extract meaning from larger linguistic units over time.

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A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Intergalactic Trade, Verified on the Blockchain Somewhere in the unfashionable backwaters of the Milky Way, a small blue planet is busy debating whether it should be more concerned about social media algorithms or the growing irrelevance of its own economy. Meanwhile, out there in the cosmic gigaverse, civilizations with far more interesting problems are engaging in the great intergalactic hustle—trading tech, swapping energy signatures, and making quantum side deals faster than you can say "proof-of-work." Humanity, as per usual, has arrived late to the party but is hoping to slip in unnoticed and pretend like it’s been part of the game all along. The problem? We don’t know the rules, we don’t know what we have to offer, and most importantly, we don’t even have an invite. Fortunately, the universe is a decentralized, peer-to-peer system, much like Bitcoin—only with fewer arguments on Twitter. And if we play this right, we might just hustle our way into the Universal Indira Net, the cosmic marketplace where civilizations exchange technology, knowledge, and, quite possibly, dad jokes that transcend space-time. --- Step 1: Plugging into the Universal Indira Net According to ancient Hindu mythology, Indra’s Net is an infinite web where each node reflects all others, meaning everything is connected to everything else, forever. Sounds poetic, right? Well, take that concept, throw in some decentralized cryptographic verification, and you've got the backbone of a cosmic trade network where trust isn’t just assumed—it’s mathematically proven. In theory, Earth should be able to sync up with the Universal Indira Net, but there’s one small problem: our civilization hasn’t even solved its own internet yet. Forget interstellar trade—we still struggle with buffering. Until we build long-range, high-bandwidth, interference-proof communication systems, we’re basically screaming into the void, hoping someone hears us (and doesn’t immediately categorize us as "primitive and likely to start wars over fictional borders"). Luckily, we are making some progress: NASA’s Laser-Based Comms: Just last year, NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) project sent data 19 million miles at broadband speeds. In galactic terms, this is the equivalent of tossing a USB drive across your front yard, but hey, it’s a start. (source) Quantum Entanglement Messaging: Scientists are theorizing about using spooky action at a distance to send information instantaneously across the galaxy. Of course, it’s still at the “we swear this works on paper” stage. Gravitational Wave Emails: There’s a wild theory that gravitational waves could be harnessed for communication, which means the universe has literally been shaking with missed calls for billions of years. If we can bootstrap any of these into a reliable cosmic broadband, we might just be able to negotiate our way into the interstellar group chat. --- Step 2: What Do We Bring to the Table? Now, assuming we finally manage to stop talking to ourselves and make first contact, the next big question is: what the hell do we trade? Here’s what we know about intergalactic economics: 1. No one wants our money – Fiat currency is an Earth-only meme. The only currency that might hold value out there is Bitcoin, because at least it’s energy-backed and provably scarce. But even then, aliens are likely using something far more advanced—probably a universal ledger that encodes information directly into quantum spacetime fabric. 2. Physical goods are inefficient – Nobody’s going to fly across light-years to pick up a shipment of human-made Teslas when they can 3D print their own antimatter-powered space yacht. 3. Knowledge is king – The real hustle is in information. Code, algorithms, AI models—things that can be transmitted at the speed of light and verifiably proven on-chain. Trade Goods That Might Actually Be Worth Something: AI & Quantum Computing Models – If we develop AI that thinks in ways alien civilizations haven’t considered, we’ve got intellectual property worth trading. Biological Engineering & Longevity Tech – If Earth figures out how to stop aging, you can bet intergalactic billionaires (assuming they exist) would pay for that. Mathematical Breakthroughs – Math is the universal language, and if we crack new fundamental theorems, we might just have something of value. Which means the best way to hustle our way into the Indira Net is to become the best at something. And right now, the only thing we’ve truly mastered is making memes and overcomplicating financial systems. --- Step 3: Navigating the Cosmic Trade Rules Of course, even if we have something valuable, trading with advanced civilizations isn’t as simple as sending an invoice. We don’t even know the rules of interstellar engagement yet. But if galactic trade works anything like human history, we should expect: Regulatory Compliance – Because even in space, there’s bound to be paperwork. If we get lucky, aliens might use smart contracts instead of lawyers. Sanctions & Trade Embargoes – You think Earth’s geopolitics are complicated? Try interstellar diplomacy, where embargoes might involve entire planetary quarantines. Intellectual Property Theft – If we’re not careful, we might trade away humanity’s most valuable discovery for an alien NFT that depreciates instantly. Which is why any trade network must be built on provable, immutable verification systems—aka, blockchain. This is where DamageBDD, Bitcoin, and cryptographic proofs come into play. If we can create a system that ensures: ✅ Technology is verified before it’s traded ✅ Ownership and utility are recorded on an immutable ledger ✅ Contracts execute autonomously with zero-trust mechanics Then we might just stand a chance of becoming a respected node in the Universal Indira Net, rather than a civilization that gets rug-pulled by intergalactic venture capitalists. --- Final Thought: The Cosmic Hustle is Just Beginning Humanity is still in the tutorial level of the interstellar economy. We’re fumbling with our first trade attempts, trying not to get exploited, and desperately figuring out how not to be the cosmic equivalent of a developing nation selling raw materials to advanced intergalactic conglomerates. But if we: Build high-speed interstellar comms Develop technology that is uniquely valuable Create trustless, verifiable trade systems …then we won’t just be another planetary backwater. We’ll be a node in the greatest decentralized network of all time. The Cosmic Hustle is real. The only question is: will we be the hustlers or the ones getting hustled?

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Imagine a world where governments, long trusted to protect fiat currencies that can be printed without limit, openly declare that they trust a decentralized digital asset over traditional money. In recent months, that vision has begun to crystallize.  The Czech National Bank has signaled a gradual acceptance of digital assets as part of its broader monetary policy recalibration with changes to how capital gains taxes are handled on Bitcoin and a possible adoption by its central bank into its reserves stockpile. Simultaneously, El Salvador- once the poster child for Bitcoin as legal tender- has fine-tuned its policy framework at the behest of the WEF to no longer accept Bitcoin as legal tender. Meanwhile, several U.S. states have introduced bills to establish official Bitcoin reserves, and many are under active consideration. See [Bitcoin Laws](https://Bitcoinlaws.io/) for a full breakdown of where these bills stand. Let's explore the pros of governments adopting strategic Bitcoin reserves. Bitcoiners have long argued that the ultimate endorsement of Bitcoin comes when even the most established state institutions place their trust in it. Recent moves by several U.S. states—where lawmakers are proposing legislation to create official Bitcoin reserves—lend credence to this argument. When state governments start to codify the creation of a Bitcoin reserve, it signals that even entities steeped in traditional financial orthodoxy now recognize Bitcoin as a viable, strategic asset. For these states, it is imperative to accumulate hard assets like Bitcoin in reserves as they have no control over the monetary supply and, therefore, can suffer from debasement just as much as any citizen or sovereign nation not in control of their currency. Suppose you have kept up with [recent news](https://decrypt.co/303304/czech-central-bank-bitcoin-reserve) that the Czech national bank was considering holding a considerable portion of their assets in Bitcoin. In that case, you understand the paradigm shift we are seeing. Banks are becoming less cautious in handling digital assets in a stark department, compared to previous dismissals of cryptocurrencies as genuine assets. While it is true that European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde wields considerable influence on monetary policy in Europe and may have put a temporary damper on the Czech central bank's aspirations for now ([See Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/ecbs-lagarde-slaps-down-czech-proposal-Bitcoin-reserves-2025-01-30/)), it should be evident that in the words of some Bitcoiners, "nothing stops this train." For Bitcoiners, such shifts validate the claim that Bitcoin's decentralized, algorithmic structure outperforms fiat systems, which are vulnerable to political manipulation and unchecked inflation. The Czech president's [signing into law](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/02/06/czech-republic-to-eliminate-taxes-on-long-term-crypto-gains) a bill removing capital gains tax from all Bitcoin held for at least three years proves that even those at the highest levels of policy creation are beginning to lose control of the narrative. This state endorsement is more than symbolic. It is a strategic vote of confidence in Bitcoin's underlying technology—its transparent, immutable ledger and deflationary nature. When lawmakers and regulators in the United States start to invest public resources in Bitcoin, it undermines the decades-old narrative that only traditional assets like gold or oil are worthy of state backing. Instead, it repositions Bitcoin as an asset not just with a future but of the future. It can enhance and even replace all other existing reserve assets, lending further proof of Bitcoin as a store of value. Bitcoin's capped supply is at the core of its appeal—only 21 million coins will ever exist. Bitcoiners assert that this scarcity is fundamental to Bitcoin's value proposition. A strategic Bitcoin reserve at any governmental level would effectively lock away a significant portion of the circulating supply, increasing its scarcity and further driving its price up. Many in the Bitcoin and overall crypto community lauded President Bukele's 2021 announcement that his country would begin accumulating Bitcoin and giving it legal tender status. To Bitcoiners, it was a sign that governments were starting to see Bitcoin as a legitimate store of value, a medium of exchange, and vindication of everything they had fought for over the years. Of course, many will want to say that the country's acquisition of Bitcoin was simply a power play to get the World Economic Forum to come to the bargaining table, but if so, what? Here we are four years later, and El Salvador is [no longer requiring Bitcoin as legal tender](https://newsroompanama.com/2025/02/07/el-salvador-ends-Bitcoin-as-legal-tender-heres-why-Bitcoin-didnt-work/). This is not a step back, it is simply another example of why we are winning. I'll discuss this further in another article, but isn't it convenient that President Bukele continues to accumulate Bitcoin for his country after making a concession to the WEF for funds? Tick, tock, next block. Bitcoiners view introducing reserve bills across U.S. states as a powerful mechanism for further tightening Bitcoin's available supply. Each government-held coin is one fewer coin available to the market, creating a scarcity premium. Market forces do not artificially impose this scarcity but are instead the natural outcome of an institution with deep pockets choosing to hold Bitcoin as a strategic asset. In a world where every coin in reserve represents a bulwark against inflation and economic uncertainty, Bitcoiners argue that this state-induced scarcity will profoundly affect Bitcoin's value over time. If you don't believe that to be the case, look at this chart of coins available on OTC desks last year, and let me tell you that you are not bullish enough. I'll explore the impact of OTC sales on price in a future article.  For years, Bitcoiners have decried the inherent weaknesses of fiat currencies—specifically, the ease with which governments can expand the money supply, leading to inflation and eroded purchasing power. Bitcoin, on the other hand, offers a fixed supply, decentralized issuance, and an ever-shrinking inflation rate that makes it immune to the government's printing press. When a government opts for Bitcoin reserves, it makes a financial decision and a political statement. It says that the era of limitless money printing is over and that transparency, decentralization, and scarcity are the hallmarks of a sound monetary system. Institutional legitimacy is crucial for any asset that aspires to be a cornerstone of the global financial system. When the United States, the world's largest economy, signals its intent to hold Bitcoin in its reserves, it sends a resounding message that can trigger a domino effect worldwide. The recent [repeal of SAB121](https://cointelegraph.com/news sec-cancels-crypto-accounting-guidance-sab-121) by the Securities and Exchange Commission is a step in the right direction, by now allowing companies and course, governments at every level to accumulate Bitcoin into their reserves. When central banks like the Czech National Bank begin to signal openness toward digital assets, it paves the way for broader institutional participation. Once wary of the volatile digital asset market, financial institutions, asset managers, and [even pension funds](https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-pension-fund-bitcoin) are gradually warming up to Bitcoin. We cannot underestimate what sort of network effect this will have on Bitcoin as its utility and value proposition become more robust as a result of state-level adoption. Bitcoiners believe that such a shift will cement Bitcoin's status as a universally accepted and trusted store of value, capable of challenging—and eventually surpassing—traditional reserve assets like gold and fiat currencies. One of the most enduring arguments among Bitcoiners is that Bitcoin is the digital successor to gold. For centuries, gold has been the haven, the ultimate store of value during times of crisis. Bitcoin, with its fixed supply and digital accessibility, is ideally positioned to take over that role in the modern era. A state-backed Bitcoin reserve would serve as this narrative's definitive stamp of approval. If a government is willing to set aside billions of dollars in a digital asset, it must believe that this asset can preserve and even appreciate its value over time. Such a move would provide a critical psychological boost to the market, as both retail and institutional investors begin to see Bitcoin as not just a speculative tool but as the modern equivalent of a haven set. Gold continues to appreciate this year while Bitcoin remains relatively flat. How long until we see it decouple from the markets and witness price appreciation not seen since the last halving? I hope you enjoyed reading this lengthy article on the pros of governments adopting a strategic Bitcoin reserve. If you'd like to chime in, you can find me on Nostr via [@geek](https://www.primal.net/geek) on Primal, or via [my npub]( .npub1m2jphmdkskgnvwl5gplksl9e0zwv2sldqf9mwlpz6tyymz84g9fsqr3wgu) anywhere else. In part two, I will examine the other side of the debate, the cons, and the potential pitfalls of such a policy. Stay tuned!

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The world of cryptocurrency has always been a rollercoaster of highs and lows, but recent developments in the Bitcoin market have caught the attention of investors worldwide. The circulating supply of Bitcoin in profit has surged to a multi-year high, a phenomenon not seen since the heady days of November 2021 when Bitcoin reached its all-time high. This significant milestone, backed by data from industry analysts at Glassnode and a detailed report from Bitfinex, paints a picture of a robust Bitcoin market. The implications of this surge are far-reaching, affecting not just seasoned cryptocurrency traders but also new investors who are contemplating dipping their toes into the Bitcoin pool. This article aims to dissect this trend, exploring its roots, its impact on the market, and what it potentially spells out for the future of Bitcoin investment. **Table Of Content** - Understanding the Surge - Implications for Long-term Investors - Market Strength and Investor Confidence - Potential Early Signs of a Bull Market - Caution and Market Dynamics - Conclusion - FAQs **Understanding the Surge** The surge in Bitcoin's circulating supply in profit is a complex phenomenon, driven by a confluence of market dynamics and investor behavior. The recent increase in Bitcoin's price, which saw it soar above $37,000, is a primary factor. This price hike has pushed a significant portion of Bitcoin into profitable territory. According to the Bitfinex report, over 16.3 million Bitcoin, a staggering amount by any measure, are currently in profit. This figure is considerably higher than the historical average, suggesting a market that is not only recovering but thriving. The surge is not just a momentary blip but a reflection of deeper market trends, including increased institutional interest in Bitcoin, broader acceptance of cryptocurrencies as a legitimate asset class, and the growing perception of Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation and currency devaluation. **Implications for Long-term Investors** For long-term investors, this surge in Bitcoin's profitability is a beacon of stability in the typically volatile cryptocurrency market. The fact that 70% of Bitcoin's total circulating supply has remained static over the past year is indicative of a maturing market where investors are increasingly viewing Bitcoin as a long-term investment rather than a quick profit opportunity. This holding pattern contributes to a tightening of supply, which, coupled with increasing demand, can lead to a sustained price increase. However, long-term investors should also be aware of the potential risks. The cryptocurrency market is still relatively young and can be influenced by regulatory changes, technological advancements, and shifts in investor sentiment. Therefore, while the current trend is encouraging, it should be viewed within the broader context of market dynamics. **Market Strength and Investor Confidence** The current state of the Bitcoin market is a testament to its growing strength and the confidence it instills in investors. With a majority of holders seeing positive returns, there's a renewed vigor in the market, attracting both retail and institutional investors. This influx of new investment can further stabilize the market and potentially drive prices higher. However, this increased investor confidence must be tempered with a degree of caution. The cryptocurrency market is known for its rapid fluctuations, and what goes up can just as quickly come down. Investors should be mindful of the inherent risks and conduct thorough research before making any investment decisions. The market's strength, while promising, is not a guarantee of future performance, and a prudent investment strategy should always be in place. **Potential Early Signs of a Bull Market** The analysis by Bitfinex suggests that the market might be in the early stages of a bull market. This is a significant indicator for investors, as bull markets are characterized by rising prices and increased buying activity. If this trend continues, it could lead to substantial gains for those invested in Bitcoin. However, predicting market movements, especially in the volatile world of cryptocurrencies, is fraught with uncertainty. While the signs are positive, they are not infallible indicators of future performance. Investors should therefore approach this potential bull market with optimism tempered by realism, recognizing that market conditions can change rapidly and without warning. **Caution and Market Dynamics** In the face of these optimistic trends, a word of caution is warranted. The cryptocurrency market is notoriously unpredictable, and while the current indicators are positive, they are not immune to sudden and unexpected changes. Factors such as regulatory announcements, technological breakthroughs, or macroeconomic shifts can rapidly alter the market landscape. Therefore, investors should remain vigilant, keeping abreast of market news and trends. Diversification of investments, a keen understanding of market dynamics, and a clear investment strategy are essential tools in navigating the complexities of the Bitcoin market. **Conclusion** The surge in Bitcoin's circulating supply in profit to a multi-year high marks a significant milestone in the cryptocurrency's journey. It reflects a market that is gaining maturity, strength, and the confidence of its investors. This development could herald the beginning of a new era for Bitcoin, characterized by stability and sustained growth. However, the path of Bitcoin and the broader cryptocurrency market remains unpredictable. Investors should therefore approach this market with a well-informed strategy, balancing optimism with a healthy dose of caution. In the ever-evolving world of cryptocurrency, staying informed and adaptable is key to navigating the market's highs and lows. **FAQs** **How does this surge affect long-term investors?** Long-term investors may see this as a sign of market stability and maturity, indicating that Bitcoin is increasingly being viewed as a viable long-term investment. **Could this trend indicate the start of a Bitcoin bull market?** While the surge in profitable Bitcoin supply could be an early sign of a bull market, predicting market movements in the volatile cryptocurrency sector is complex and uncertain. **What percentage of Bitcoin's circulating supply is currently in profit?** Over 83% of Bitcoin's circulating supply is reported to be in profit, according to recent data. **What should investors be cautious about in light of this surge?** Investors should be aware of the inherent volatility in the cryptocurrency market and consider factors like regulatory changes, technological advancements, and broader market dynamics before making investment decisions. **How does the current Bitcoin market compare to historical averages?** The current percentage of Bitcoin in profit is significantly higher than the historical average, indicating a particularly strong market phase. **That's all for today** **If you want more, be sure to follow us on:** **NOSTR: croxroad@getalby.com** **X: [@croxroadnews.co](https://x.com/croxroadnewsco)** **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. 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\*\*\*"Time is the best teacher but unfortunately it kills all of its students."\*\*\* I'm currently visiting my dad for a few days as I had to take my car in for some repairs and maintenance, which included an oil gasket leak, power steering fluid flush, brake fluid flush, spark plugs, and the works. The process took a couple of hours to complete, so instead of waiting in the waiting room or having someone pick me up to go wait comfortably at home, I decided to walk around with my camera and try to make some new work. I have to say, there's really nothing more that I enjoy than walking aimlessly in an area that I have never been and taking photographs. \*I love it.\* I lose myself and everything that is on my mind that I "worry" about. I'm present, in the zone, and honestly having a great time. Photography for me is a portal to enter a state of mind that transcends time and space. The area that I was in was very industrial, so my walk started next door at the other car mechanic shop, and I meandered down to the small local town where some shops were. Didn't see too much, so I turned around and started walking back down the other way. Sometimes I don't see anything of interest for a while. What I have noticed though, as a little trick to start having things "come out of the woodwork," is just to start shooting at the first thing that captures my interest. Getting the ball rolling with pushing the shutter somehow gets me in the "flow state" that I enjoy getting in when making photographs. \\\[ !\[\](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w\_1456,c\_limit,f\_auto,q\_auto:good,fl\_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F027a5466-47a8-4c9a-b3dc-c9acf0a31a12\_2500x1786.jpeg)\\\]( As I walked further, I visited a plant nursery that was just opening. The woman who was opening the gate was very nice and invited me into walk around and do as I please. There were a few nice plants around, but what gravitates me the most is seemingly, to others maybe, the "ugly stuff" or the subject matter that one wouldn’t really consider making a photograph of. Blank spaces, trash, neglect - it's all good stuff to me. The light falling upon these subjects makes them interesting. After the nursery, I found a large industrial facility and a train yard. A worker stood next to one of the train cars, so I went up and asked what they were loading. He said that he’s been working there for 30 years, and that they make plastic trash bags, and those tubes feeding into the train cars were pumping out plastic beads for production. I thought that was interesting. We chatted for a bit, I thanked him for his time, and moved on. !\[\](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w\_1456,c\_limit,f\_auto,q\_auto:good,fl\_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F70512ba8-8c29-4454-8cd7-3d030c17730f\_1786x2500.jpeg) !\[\](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f\_auto,q\_auto:good,fl\_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F70512ba8-8c29-4454-8cd7-3d030c17730f\_1786x2500.jpeg) !\[\](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w\_1456,c\_limit,f\_auto,q\_auto:good,fl\_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd3d8ef1c-4381-49f2-a5cd-5266f3208d91\_2500x1786.jpeg) !\[\](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w\_1456,c\_limit,f\_auto,q\_auto:good,fl\_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2b32f8fd-2f47-4f6a-9592-9fba9d3e6e57\_2500x1786.jpeg) !\[\](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w\_1456,c\_limit,f\_auto,q\_auto:good,fl\_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8716d86-acdb-4b3a-a61b-8c1abb6ab737\_2500x1786.jpeg) !\[\](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f\_auto,q\_auto:good,fl\_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d7bc288-0707-4e17-a420-aa08fb53b817\_2500x1670.jpeg) !\[\](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w\_1456,c\_limit,f\_auto,q\_auto:good,fl\_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F499acae7-e563-45fd-86b7-32ae3d20150f\_2500x1786.jpeg) !\[\](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w\_1456,c\_limit,f\_auto,q\_auto:good,fl\_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff626a80d-5a43-485e-a50c-747c346388a0\_1670x2500.jpeg) !\[\](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w\_1456,c\_limit,f\_auto,q\_auto:good,fl\_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F472d5556-7ef4-4f6a-a48e-7eccf39088d3\_2500x1670.jpeg) !\[\](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w\_1456,c\_limit,f\_auto,q\_auto:good,fl\_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F724c8133-fe4e-41c4-b383-3aaec42d50a1\_2500x1786.jpeg) Eventually, I ended up at a church with these really nice orange and brown doors. I sat on a bench in the back to kill some time, listening to a few podcasts. While I was there, I noticed a sign that read: \*"Happy moments, praise God. Difficult moments, seek God. Quiet moments, worship God. Painful moments, trust God. Every moment, thank God."\* I’m not a religious guy per se, haven’t been to church in over a decade, and I’ve had my own experiences — psychedelics included — where I’ve glimpsed something I’d call “God.”, but there’s something to take from that. Whatever your definition of “God” is, there’s value in gratitude whether things are good or bad. Life itself is a miracle. Appreciating the small things keeps you grounded, humble, and connected. !\[\](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f\_auto,q\_auto:good,fl\_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F102b529f-a7ea-4346-889b-2b1f51b48c63\_2500x1786.jpeg) !\[\](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w\_1456,c\_limit,f\_auto,q\_auto:good,fl\_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fef07f101-4645-4439-b050-72c9fe551b1f\_1786x2500.jpeg) !\[\](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f\_auto,q\_auto:good,fl\_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fce6960c5-e78c-4b3e-b0fe-78e773b6a518\_2500x1786.jpeg)) \*Just in case you missed it…\* \*\*I have a limited edition framed print that I will have available until February 28th.\*\* Only two will be made, and they will come framed; one in black, one in silver. If you enjoy my work, this would be a great collectors piece. !\[\](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w\_1456,c\_limit,f\_auto,q\_auto:good,fl\_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d3033ae-b71a-4505-9d2c-f899df1a535b\_2313x2313.jpeg)\\\]() \*\*\*I shoot with a Leica M262, and edit in Lightroom + Dehancer\*\*\* \[\*\*\*Use “PictureRoom” for 10% off Dehancer Film\*\*\*\](https://www.dehancer.com/shop/pslr/film) If you’ve made it this far, thank you for taking the time to view my work - I appreciate it. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to support my work. Also, please contact me if you would like to purchase any of my prints. !\[\](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w\_1456,c\_limit,f\_auto,q\_auto:good,fl\_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe6ad5a3e-cb60-4246-9bb3-9f8849d3591e\_4000x3551.jpeg) \[Dehancer Film (promo code "PICTUREOOM")\](https://www.dehancer.com/shop/pslr/film) \*If you've found value in this newsletter, I'd be incredibly grateful for your support. While these posts will always be freely available, becoming a paid subscriber helps ensure I can continue delivering quality content to your inbox. Share this newsletter with friends, leaving a comment, or simply hitting the 'like' button all make a difference.\* Thank you - Colin

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This period of the Damus OpenSats grant has been productive, and encompasses the work past our alpha release of Notedeck. Since we sent our last report on Dec 5, this encompasses all the work after then. Damus is supported by the OpenSats LTS grant, which allows us to continue working on the goodies below. Thank you! ## Damus Notedeck ### Added - Initial algo timelines (William Casarin) [#712](https://github.com/damus-io/notedeck/pull/712) - Initial support for local-network P2P nostr: multicast support (William Casarin) [#626](https://github.com/damus-io/notedeck/pull/626) - First steps toward the notedeck browser: multiple app support [#565](https://github.com/damus-io/notedeck/pull/565) - Clicking a mention now opens profile page (William Casarin) [5a241d730](https://github.com/damus-io/notedeck/commit/5a241d730e3d83f8057e211485edfde2f3c96e54) - Note previews when hovering reply descriptions (William Casarin) [#591](https://github.com/damus-io/notedeck/pull/591) - Various Android updates and compatibility improvements (Ken Sedgwick, William Casarin) - Media uploads (kernelkind) [#662](https://github.com/damus-io/notedeck/pull/662) - Profile editing (kernelkind) [#625](https://github.com/damus-io/notedeck/pull/625) - Add hashtags to posts (Daniel Saxton) [#592](https://github.com/damus-io/notedeck/pull/592) - Enhanced command-line interface for user interactions (Ken Sedgwick) - Debug features for user relay-list and mute list synchronization (Ken Sedgwick) ### Changed - Major timeline cache refactor (William Casarin) [#653](https://github.com/damus-io/notedeck/pull/653) - Increased ping intervals for network performance (William Casarin) - Migrated to egui v0.29.1 (William Casarin) [#551](https://github.com/damus-io/notedeck/pull/551) - Switch to only notes & replies on some tabs (William Casarin) [#598](https://github.com/damus-io/notedeck/pull/598) - Only show column delete button when not navigating (William Casarin) - Pointer interactions enhancements in UI (William Casarin) - Show profile pictures in column headers (William Casarin) - Show usernames in user columns (William Casarin) - Add confirmation when deleting columns (kernelkind) - Enhance Android build and performance (Ken Sedgwick) - Image cache handling using sha256 hash (kieran) - Introduction of decks_cache and improvements (kernelkind) - Nostrdb update for async support (Ken Sedgwick) - Persistent theme setup across sessions (kernelkind) - Tombstone muted notes (Ken) ### Fixed - Fix GIT_COMMIT_HASH compilation issue (William Casarin) - Fix avatar alignment in profile previews (William Casarin) - Fix broken quote repost hitbox (William Casarin) - Fix crash when navigating in debug mode (William Casarin) - Fix long delays when reconnecting (William Casarin) - Fix repost button size (William Casarin) - Fixed since kind filters (kernelkind) - Clippy warnings resolved (Dimitris Apostolou) ## Damus iOS Work continued on the iOS side. While I was not directly involved in the work since the last report, I have been directing and managing its development. ### Added - Render Gif and video files while composing posts (Swift Coder) - Purple members who have been active for more than a year now get a special badge (Daniel D’Aquino) - Add profile info text in stretchable banner with follow button (Swift Coder) - Paste Gif image similar to jpeg and png files (Swift Coder) ### Changed - Improved clarity of the mute button to indicate it can be used for blocking a user (Daniel D’Aquino) - Made the microphone access request message more clear to users (Daniel D’Aquino) - Improved UX around the label for searching words (Daniel D’Aquino) - Improved accessibility support on some elements (Daniel D’Aquino) ### Fixed - Fixed issue where the "next" button would appear hidden and hard to click on the create account view (Daniel D’Aquino) - Fix non scrollable wallet screen (Swift Coder) - Fixed suggested users category titles to be localizable (Terry Yiu) - Fixed GradientFollowButton to have consistent width and autoscale text limited to 1 line (Terry Yiu) - Fixed right-to-left localization issues (Terry Yiu) - Fixed AddMuteItemView to trim leading and trailing whitespaces from mute text and disallow adding text with only whitespaces (Terry Yiu) - Fixed SideMenuView text to autoscale and limit to 1 line (Terry Yiu) - Fixed an issue where a profile would need to be input twice in the search to be found (Daniel D’Aquino) - Fixed non-breaking spaces in localized strings (Terry Yiu) - Fixed localization issue on Add mute item button (Terry Yiu) - Replace non-breaking spaces with regular spaces as Apple's NSLocalizedString macro does not seem to work with it (Terry Yiu) - Fixed localization issues in RelayConfigView (Terry Yiu) - Fix duplicate uploads (Swift Coder) - Remove duplicate pubkey from Follow Suggestion list (Swift Coder) - Fix Page control indicator (Swift Coder) - Fix damus sharing issues (Swift Coder) - Fixed issue where banner edit button is unclickable (Daniel D’Aquino) - Handle empty notification pages by displaying suitable text (Swift Coder) ## Nostrdb nostrdb, the engine that powers [notecrumbs](https://github.com/damus-io/notecrumbs), damus iOS, and notedeck, continued to improve: ### Added - Added nip50 fulltext searching (William Casarin) [#68](https://github.com/damus-io/nostrdb/pull/68), [demo](nostr:nevent1qqsp3rx83t5h0vdhu4txru76uycfnaegfj3wg6wncamkarcnrccssvcpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdupzqvhpsfmr23gwhv795lgjc8uw0v44z3pe4sg2vlh08k0an3wx3cj9efqkkv) - Added async migrations (William Casarin) [#59](https://github.com/damus-io/nostrdb/pull/59) - Implement author queries (William Casarin) [#57](https://github.com/damus-io/nostrdb/pull/57) - Make `ndb` threadsafe (William Casarin) [#56](https://github.com/damus-io/nostrdb/pull/56) ## Nostrdb Rust Our nostrdb rust bindings also had improvements - Async! Adding efficient, poll-based stream support (William Casarin): [#25](https://github.com/damus-io/nostrdb-rs/pull/25) ## Notecrumbs Notecrumbs, the njump-style opengraph server that powers the damus.io links, got an update that upgraded it to async nostrdb - Switch to async nostrdb-rs (William Casarin) [#16](https://github.com/damus-io/notecrumbs/pull/16) ## How money was used - relay.damus.io server costs - Living expenses ## Next quarter Our goal for next update: zaps, android version, lists, outbox model for notedeck. Olas images in damus iOS, continue switching Damus iOS over to local relay model so we can add outbox support.

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 originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/579738

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**[Original Post](https://expatriotic.me/ashigaru/)** # What is Ashigaru? > A self custodial, open source and secure Bitcoin wallet that is private by design. The **Ashigaru Open Source Project** was established in the months after the United States Department of Justice [brought charges](https://archive.is/g7q8r) against the founders of the self custodial Bitcoin application, Samourai Wallet. At the time of arrest, multiple servers that hosted documentation, code repositories and message coordination services were either [seized](https://archive.is/0nC3t) or failed to remain online, presumably due to being no longer administered. With the indicted individuals placed under restrictive conditions on bail, it became clear that all software development had ceased. ## Aims and Goals We believe anyone should be able to engage in peaceful, voluntary and private commerce on the internet without tracking, surveillance or censorship. The Ashigaru Open Source Project develops, releases and maintains free and open source software that makes extensive use of both published code from active projects as well as those archived in the public domain. Open, unrestricted communication networks are utilized to ensure continued availability. The software released by the project will always have a low barrier to entry, be non discriminatory, never expose users to counterparty risk and provide as much protection as possible for those transacting on a public blockchain. ## What’s in a name? As former users of Samourai Wallet, yet having no association or relationship with the core team, “Ashigaru” was chosen to represent individuals of humble origin whom, borne out of necessity, would equip themselves with their own tools and rise to the occasion during a period of great change. **Here is the [ONLY podcast episode](https://episodes.fm/1491067458/episode/YTRjNGNlNTAtYjEwMS00YWQ0LTg0MjUtZWQwMmQxYjU0N2Ex) with the developers of this wallet.**  **Here are a list of features directly from their website:** 1. **Onion Routing:** Connect to your Dojo node and broadcast over the Tor network 2. **Ricochet:** Add distance to the origins of your transactions to mitigate surveillance 3. **Encrypted Key Recovery:** Standards based mnemonic secured with a passphrase that can be imported to other wallets 4. **Post Mix Spending:** Import your Samourai Wallet private keys and maintain your segregated accounts 5. **Batch Spending:** Save on fees by composing a single transaction to multiple recipients 6. **Stealth Mode:** Obscure the wallet from physical searches with a functional decoy application in the launcher 7. **Peer to Peer Coinjoins:** Undermine heuristics used by blockchain observers through collaboration with other users 8. **Coin Control:** Select, label, freeze and unfreeze unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) in your wallet 9. **Smart Mining Fees:** An advanced algorithm for determining a rate from unconfirmed transactions in the mempool 10. **Free and Open Source:** Ashigaru is released under the FOSS license [GNU General Public License Version 3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html) ___ # FREESAMOURAI Maybe you've been living in a hole, but the developers of the Samourai Wallet were indicted and picked up by the US government (*even the one in Portugal, because, shocker, the US DoJ can get you almost anywhere in the world except Cuba, North Korea, Russia and China. But I digress*). ```Their crime? Helping users of the base layer Bitcoin protocol achieve forward spending privacy by crafting pristine zero-link UTXOs. The unspent capacity of which was over 10,000 bitcoins, or twice the capacity of the Lightning Network which continues to hover around, and often under, 5,000 bitcoins.``` **#FREESAMOURAI**\ Listen to these podcast episodes for more information. 1. [Prescient warnings](https://episodes.fm/1491067458/episode/ODc0MDIyNzMtNTgxNy00NDAwLTg0MGMtY2JkZmVmNjU4YTg0) just before the indictment from **Diverter**. 2. [Update](https://episodes.fm/1491067458/episode/ZWRhN2EzN2MtYTk5ZC00ODY2LTg5NjctZGE3MWY2YzUzZmM4) when it became known what had happened. 3. [Follow up](https://episodes.fm/1491067458/episode/NDk2ZDJmMzUtMmI2MS00ODljLWIwYmUtODBkZTI2YmUxNDhm) with **Diverter** and **Zelko** after the fact 4. [Reassessing your privacy plan](https://episodes.fm/1491067458/episode/YTA2NDQwNDAtNTMzMy00ODRiLTlkZDUtN2ExZDU5NWY1ZmE0) with **Urban Hacker** in a world without a zero-link coinjoin implementation (Whirlpool). ## Why run Ashigaru compared to Samourai Wallet? One might ask the logical question, why run Ashigaru, my Samourai Wallet is still working!?\ To which, Max Tannahill, a community member, has given the following list to answer. 1. Cheaper BIP47 connections 2. Soroban coinjoins ([Tor link](http://ashigaruprvm4u263aoj6wxnipc4jrhb2avjll4nnk255jkdmj2obqqd.onion/news/operational-online-chaoots/) about this) 3. Better BIP47 recovery 4. No risk of DNS hijacking for the PayNym server as its over Tor 5. Ability to switch Dojos more easily 6. Spending warnings that Samourai never got to deploy to production 7. Next block fee estimation 8. UI improvements on Samourai 9. Removal of broken links to whirlpool, the old Soroban server and the old Iceland Dojo 10. No clearnet connections at all ___ # How-to Guide for Ashigaru ## Download the APK 1. *Prerequisite:* [Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org/download/#android) is a requirement. 2. Open the **Tor Browser** and paste in this 🧅 [link](http://ashigaruprvm4u263aoj6wxnipc4jrhb2avjll4nnk255jkdmj2obqqd.onion/). 3. Recommended to use a phone with **Android 8+** that still receives security updates. 4. Recommended to use a **GrapheneOS** phone (Pixel only). _Non-Pixel owners can use **Lineage OS** which is a less secure, but viable, option. Or just use stock android if you have no idea how to change the operating system on your phone or don't want to do so._ 5. Carry out software verification. A PGP signed message is below the APK. The Keybase Verify [tool](https://keybase.io/verify) can be used to do the verification. 6. *This is what it looks like on Keybase when completed. ⤵*  ## Install the Ashigaru mobile application 1. From within your device's files, tap on the Ashigaru APK file 2. Tap "**Install**"\  3. When complete tap "**Done**", or tap "**Open**" to launch the mobile application\  4. The Ashigaru mobile application has now been installed on your Android device. You will now see the Ashigaru app icon in your list of installed apps. ## Setting up Ashigaru 1. You need to connect to your own self-hosted Dojo (this is a specific type of Bitcoin node). Ashigaru doesn't run a node for you to point your wallet to, you'll need to do this yourself. * DIY options include: * [Ministry of Nodes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_It4xEIwRA) * [BTC Sessions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULZoPMCYPfk) * Community nodes at [Dojo Bay](https://dojobay.pw/) (*Obviously a privacy trade-off if you outsource your node to a 3rd party.*) 2. You need a pen and paper for writing down your 12 word Mnemonic seed phrase. 3. Make a strong [passphrase](https://cryptography.fandom.com/wiki/Passphrase) (4-6 memorable but random [words](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/07/new-wordlists-random-passphrases)) and put it separately from the offline seed phrase backup, e.g., in your password manager (*KeePass or Bitwarden are good options*). 4. Claim your PayNym with it's associated Pepehash avatar.  > PayNym Support: Migrate seamlessly to a new directory that uses a Pepehash avatar scheme for representing BIP47 reusable payment codes. ## Using Ashigaru 1. When sending, if possible, and just as in [Sparrow Desktop Wallet](https://sparrowwallet.com), a fake coinjoin is created by using two of your UTXOs as inputs to obscure what is occuring onchain. Onlookers will see what appears to be two parties collaborating to spend together. This adds a bit of extra miner fee cost, but this is the cost of extra privacy. You can opt out of this privacy enhancement.\  2. If you want to send or receive privately and with a static address, **BIP47 PayNyms**, will accomplish this. As long as both parties have a wallet that supports this standard. **Samourai Wallet**, **Stack Duo**, and **Sparrow** are the others that I know of at this time. Simply put in their **PayNym**, e.g., mine is **+mereegg59**, or scan their QR containing the data for the **PayNym** and connect with them. This will involve sending a small transaction onchain. But once one of you does, both parties can send back and forth privately without ever needing to request a fresh address. 3. There is an option when spending to use **ricochet**. This will add hops to help obscure the history of your **UTXO** for anyone who is using passive software to check X hops in the past for some connection to a **sanctioned** address. Good for spending **UTXOs** that you don't know the prior history of. Although personally I think **taint** is merely a mindset, some entities will not receive **UTXOs** that have either been coinjoined or are too close to a **sanctioned** address. 4. There is an option in the tools menu for doing a collaborative spend, known as **Soroban Coinjoin**. 5. Unfortunately Whirlpool is not yet a feature of this wallet.  ___ - **Here is the Tor [link](http://ashigaruprvm4u263aoj6wxnipc4jrhb2avjll4nnk255jkdmj2obqqd.onion/donate/) where you can donate to them** - **Here is the Tor [link](http://ashicodepbnpvslzsl2bz7l2pwrjvajgumgac423pp3y2deprbnzz7id.onion/Ashigaru) for their code base** - **Here is the Tor [link](http://ashigaruprvm4u263aoj6wxnipc4jrhb2avjll4nnk255jkdmj2obqqd.onion/docs/) for their documentation** - **Here is the Tor [link](http://ashigaruprvm4u263aoj6wxnipc4jrhb2avjll4nnk255jkdmj2obqqd.onion/docs/mobile-wallet-updating-application/) for updating the Ashigaru app** - **Here is the Tor [link](http://ashigaruprvm4u263aoj6wxnipc4jrhb2avjll4nnk255jkdmj2obqqd.onion/contact/) for their contact info. _Keep in mind this requires a different PGP key than the one used to verify the APK (unless you use protonmail and then PGP isn't required)._** originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/879803

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***Tree branches. 4'8" circle. [Chongming Island, China. 2021]*** --- #### Introduction Tucked into a quiet forest park on Chongming Island, Chongming frames a view of a canal and a small alluvial landform that mirrors the island itself. This lens reflects the constant interplay of land and water, inviting viewers to contemplate the delicate balance of nature and the forces that shape it. #### Site & Placement The lens is hidden along a forest path, directing attention to the canal’s subtle currents and the land it divides. The bench, situated 12 feet from the lens, encourages visitors to pause and immerse themselves in the tranquil rhythm of the scene. #### Impermanence & Integration As an alluvial island shaped by shifting waters, Chongming is a fitting location for this ephemeral lens. Constructed from branches, the lens will eventually return to the land, echoing the natural processes that formed the island and continue to shape it. #### Reflection *Chongming* offers a meditative space to reflect on the impermanence of land and the forces that transform it. The work’s fleeting existence underscores the beauty of change, inviting viewers to appreciate the subtle, ongoing dance of nature. --- ## Photos         --- #### More from the 'Earth Lens' Series: [Earth Lens Series: Artist Statement + List of Works](https://hes.npub.pro/post/1731091744332/) ["Looking Glass" (Earth Lens 001)](https://hes.npub.pro/post/1736304563962/) ["Folsom" (Earth Lens 002)](https://hes.npub.pro/post/1737844073125/) ["Sanctuary" (Earth Lens 003)](https://hes.npub.pro/post/1731091744332/) ["Platte" (Earth Lens 004)](https://hes.npub.pro/post/sya8nv6q8k0w3olqcepwz) ["Grandfather" (Earth Lens 005)](https://hes.npub.pro/) --- #### More from Hes [Portfolio](https://hesart.npub.pro) [Online Store](https://plebeian.market/community/hes@nostrplebs.com/hesmart-ym3fcufdfz) [Artist Statements](https://hes.npub.pro/tag/art/) [Travel Guides](https://hes.npub.pro/tag/travel/) [Photography](https://hes.npub.pro/tag/photography) [Money](https://hes.npub.pro/tag/money) [Tech](https://hes.npub.pro/tag/tech) --- *All images are credit of Hes, but you are free to download and use for any purpose. If you find joy from my art, please feel free to send a zap. Enjoy life on a Bitcoin standard.*

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### ریشه‌های تاریخی جشن کژین جشن کژین که در برخی منابع به نام «بادروز» نیز شناخته می‌شود، ریشه در اسطوره‌های کهن ایران دارد. در اوستا، باد با نام «واتَه» معرفی شده است و ایزد نگهبان آن، «وات» یا «واد» یکی از ایزدان مهم در کیش زرتشتی به شمار می‌رود. این ایزد در باورهای ایرانیان باستان، تجسم نیروی پاک و الهی باد بوده و مسئول جابه‌جایی ابرها، بارش باران و حفاظت از زمین در برابر آلودگی‌ها محسوب می‌شده است. بر اساس تقویم کهن ایران، این جشن در روز بیست‌ودوم بهمن‌ماه، که مصادف با روز باد در تقویم زرتشتی است، برگزار می‌شد. برخی پژوهشگران معتقدند که جشن کژین در دوره‌های مختلف تاریخی، تحت تأثیر تغییرات فرهنگی و اجتماعی دچار دگرگونی شده و نام‌ها و شیوه‌های مختلفی به خود گرفته است. ### فلسفه و نمادشناسی جشن کژین باد، به عنوان یکی از چهار عنصر اصلی (آب، باد، خاک و آتش) در باورهای کهن ایرانی، جایگاه ویژه‌ای داشته است. ایرانیان باستان باد را نیرویی زنده و الهی می‌دانستند که حیات را در طبیعت جاری می‌سازد. در بسیاری از متون دینی و اساطیری، باد به عنوان پیام‌رسان ایزدان و نیرویی که قدرت پاک‌کنندگی دارد، توصیف شده است. جشن کژین، علاوه بر تقدیس باد، نماد تحول، تغییر و تجدید حیات نیز بوده است. این جشن نشانگر گذر از یک مرحله به مرحله‌ای دیگر در چرخه طبیعت است و ارتباطی عمیق با دیگر جشن‌های ایرانی مانند جشن سده و نوروز دارد. ### آیین‌ها و رسوم جشن کژین برگزاری جشن کژین با آیین‌های خاصی همراه بوده است که برخی از آن‌ها هنوز در فرهنگ عامه ایرانیان قابل مشاهده‌اند: 1. **رها کردن نوارهای رنگین در باد**: یکی از رسوم این جشن، آویختن نوارهایی از نخ هفت‌رنگ به شاخه‌های درختان یا رها کردن آن‌ها در باد بوده است. این عمل نماد رهایی، تحول و ارتباط با نیروی الهی باد محسوب می‌شده است. 2. **افروختن آتش**: مانند بسیاری از جشن‌های ایرانی، روشن کردن آتش یکی از بخش‌های اصلی جشن کژین بوده است. این آتش معمولاً در فضای باز و بر فراز تپه‌ها و کوه‌ها برافروخته می‌شد تا حرمت باد و آتش، دو عنصر اصلی طبیعت، گرامی داشته شود. 3. **برپایی بازارهای محلی و جشن‌های خیابانی**: در برخی مناطق، جشن کژین با بازارهای محلی همراه بوده که در آن مردم به خرید و فروش کالاهای سنتی، موسیقی و پایکوبی می‌پرداختند. این بازارها اغلب در میادین شهرها و روستاها برگزار می‌شد و نوعی جشن اجتماعی به شمار می‌رفت. 4. **دعای شکرگزاری برای بادهای سودمند**: در فرهنگ کشاورزی ایران، باد نقش مهمی در گرده‌افشانی گیاهان و بارش باران داشته است. ازاین‌رو، کشاورزان و مردم روستاها در این روز دعاهایی برای بادهای مفید و پرهیز از بادهای مضر می‌خواندند. ### ارتباط جشن کژین با دیگر جشن‌های ایرانی جشن کژین با برخی دیگر از آیین‌های کهن ایرانی ارتباط نزدیکی دارد. به عنوان مثال، جشن سده که در میانه زمستان برگزار می‌شود، یکی از جشن‌هایی است که در آن نیز باد و آتش نقش مهمی دارند. از سوی دیگر، جشن نوروز که سرآغاز فصل بهار است، نشانگر تحول و دگرگونی طبیعت است که ارتباطی مفهومی با جشن کژین دارد. ### جایگاه جشن کژین در دوران معاصر امروزه، جشن کژین در میان بسیاری از ایرانیان ناشناخته باقی مانده است و تنها برخی از پژوهشگران و علاقه‌مندان به فرهنگ ایران باستان به احیای آن علاقه نشان می‌دهند. با این حال، عناصر این جشن در برخی آیین‌های محلی و جشن‌های مردمی همچنان باقی مانده است. تلاش برای بازشناسی و احیای این جشن می‌تواند به غنای فرهنگی و هویت ملی ایرانیان کمک کند. ### نتیجه‌گیری جشن کژین یکی از آیین‌های فراموش‌شده اما ارزشمند ایران باستان است که در ستایش باد و نقش آن در طبیعت و زندگی انسان‌ها برگزار می‌شده است. این جشن، علاوه بر نمادگرایی مرتبط با عناصر چهارگانه، پیوندی عمیق با باورهای اسطوره‌ای و اجتماعی ایرانیان داشته است. احیای این جشن و آشنایی بیشتر با آن، می‌تواند به فهم بهتر تاریخ فرهنگی ایران و تقویت حس هویت ملی کمک کند.

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Cool article Testing yakihonne.com

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 So to my understanding Devs of Asahi Linux want some features for Rust support in kernel. Linux kernel maintainers are unwilling for the patch. The Ashai team made a social media campaign out of it. Now Linus is saying the social media brigade alone makes him not want anything to do with the Rust patch. We clearly have left the topic and are now in the realm of politics on this one. What do you guys think? originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/879713

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PS C:\Users\Alashazam> cortex run tinyllama In order to exit, type `exit()` > give me a little sentence of 10 words "Certainly, here's a little sentence of 10 words that exemplifies the power of words: 'The beauty of life is that it has the power to change us, even in the smallest ways.'" > now use SQL to insert this sentence into a table that has 2 fields Id, and sentence Here's an SQL query to insert the sentence you gave into the `sentence` table: ``` INSERT INTO sentence (id, sentence) VALUES (1, 'The beauty of life is that it has the power to change us, even in the smallest ways.'); ``` This query will create a new row in the `sentence` table with the given `id` and `sentence`, and will also update the `sentence` table's `sentence` column to contain the new sentence. > please generate the table creation for sqlite Here's a table creation statement for a `sentence` table in SQLite: ``` CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sentence ( id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, sentence TEXT UNIQUE NOT NULL ); ``` This will create a table called `sentence` with the following columns: - `id`: An integer primary key column used to uniquely identify each row. - `sentence`: A text column containing the actual sentence. This table will store the sentence you provided in your text input. > exit()

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We'll have to put an asterisk on today's number. I had a bite of my daughter's leftovers that didn't seem worth storing for later. By my understanding, that shouldn't be enough to mess with fasting metabolism and it doesn't feel like it did. @realBitcoinDog wants me to get to 20 hours on one of these. I'm at 17 already (just took a sip of coffee), but I'm starting to get hungry, so today might not be the day. We'll see, though. The wife isn't making any indications that she's going to cook anything anytime soon, so my natural laziness might get me over the finish line. ## Score Card Day 1: 14 hour fast (13 dry) Day 2: 15 hour fast (14 dry) Day 3: 17 hours (16 dry) Day 4: 18 hours (17 dry) Day 5: 18 hours (16 dry) Day 6: 19 hours (16 dry) Day 7: 16 hours (15 dry) Day 8: TBD (17 dry) edit: I just got handed some bread crusts that no one else is going to eat, so the fast is going to end pretty soon. originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/879683

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1. Downloading the linux package (1.8GB) https://cortex.so/docs/installation 2. Installing Cortex on linux is done via dpkg note: it requires 2 linux packages (openmpi-bin and libopenmpi-dev) `sudo apt-get install openmpi-bin libopenmpi-dev` prior to run `sudo dpkg -i cortex-1.0.9-linux-amd64-local-installer.deb` 3. When running Cortex, `cortex start` a local implementation will be running on http://127.0.0.1:39281 4. Using python it is possible to run queries make sure the model name is correct you can double check the value using: ` cortex ps` Now the python program to run one little query: ``` python import requests url = "http://127.0.0.1:39281/v1/chat/completions" headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"} payload = { "model": "tinyllama:1b-gguf", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "Write a joke" } ], "stream": False, "max_tokens": 128, "stop": ["End"], "frequency_penalty": 0.2, "presence_penalty": 0.6, "temperature": 0.8, "top_p": 0.95, } response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers) print(response.json()) ```

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## Embedded Inline SVG in Markdown Here is an embedded SVG using a `data:` URI:  Some markdown renderers may not support inline SVGs, but if they do, you should see a red circle above.

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Exploring the Erlang Compiler, the BEAM VM, and Esoteric BEAM-Based Languages for the Hipsters Introduction: The Way of the BEAM In the transient world of software, where complexity breeds failure and modern stacks resemble precarious Jenga towers, the BEAM virtual machine stands as a monument to simplicity, resilience, and concurrency. Designed in the crucible of the telecom industry, where systems must not fail even in the face of chaos, BEAM embodies a Zen-like philosophy: Let it crash – Failure is not an exception but an expectation. Share nothing – Every process is isolated, independent, and impervious to corruption. Keep it lightweight – Millions of concurrent processes should feel as effortless as a single-threaded script. Be impermanent – Hot code swapping allows systems to evolve without downtime. This philosophy is not just a runtime model but a way of thinking about software—where simplicity breeds reliability, and complexity is the enemy of uptime. In this article, we explore the inner workings of the BEAM VM, the elegance of the Erlang compiler, and the esoteric languages that run on BEAM—from the industrial-strength Elixir to the hipster-favorite Lisp-Flavored Erlang (LFE), and even the experimental fringes of Gleam and Caramel. --- The Origin of BEAM The BEAM, or Bogdan’s Erlang Abstract Machine, is named after Bogumil "Bogdan" Hausman, one of the Ericsson engineers who worked on Erlang’s virtual machine. It was a successor to an earlier runtime called JAM (Joe’s Abstract Machine), named after Joe Armstrong, Erlang’s legendary co-creator. The name “BEAM” is a fitting metaphor: A beam is a structural element—strong yet flexible, capable of withstanding immense pressure without breaking. A beam of light suggests clarity, focus, and guidance, much like Erlang’s model of pure message passing. Unlike most VMs that chase speed, BEAM chases reliability, scalability, and uptime, sacrificing raw performance for concurrent stability. This is why BEAM doesn’t just execute code—it orchestrates massively distributed, highly fault-tolerant systems. --- The BEAM: A Meditative Machine Unlike mainstream runtimes that prioritize raw execution speed, BEAM is optimized for concurrency, distribution, and reliability. The heart of BEAM is a lightweight process model, where each process: Is completely isolated (no shared state, no global variables). Communicates via immutable message passing. Is cheap to spawn (millions of concurrent processes are normal). Crashes safely, allowing the system to self-heal instead of corrupting state. This actor model is why Erlang and BEAM-based languages power high-availability systems in telecom, finance, and distributed computing. Instead of fighting failure, BEAM embraces it, allowing individual components to crash and restart without breaking the whole—a software equivalent of Buddhist non-attachment. --- How the Erlang Compiler Works BEAM’s compilation process is a multi-stage transformation designed for reliability: 1. Parsing → Erlang source code (.erl files) is parsed into an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST). 2. Core Erlang Representation → The AST is transformed into Core Erlang, a simplified functional intermediate representation (IR). 3. BEAM Assembly → The Core Erlang representation is compiled into BEAM bytecode, optimized for concurrency. 4. BEAM File Generation → The resulting .beam file is loaded and executed by the BEAM VM. This is not a direct machine code compilation model but a functional, register-based system where bytecode execution is tailored for concurrency rather than raw speed. Interpreting BEAM Bytecode: The Zen of Execution BEAM bytecode is executed with several optimizations: Just-In-Time Compilation (JIT) – The recent BEAMJIT speeds up execution dynamically. Tail Call Optimization (TCO) – Enables infinite recursion without stack growth. Hot Code Swapping – Allows live updates without restarting the system. Much like a Zen master who adapts without resistance, BEAM systems are built to evolve at runtime, without fear of breaking. --- Alternative BEAM Languages: The Hipster’s Guide Erlang may have birthed BEAM, but it is not alone. Over the years, several esoteric languages have emerged, each bringing a unique perspective while preserving BEAM’s core principles. 1. Elixir – The Ruby of the BEAM If Erlang is Zen, Elixir is the artisanal pour-over coffee shop where Zen monks code on MacBooks. Created by José Valim, Elixir brings: A Ruby-inspired syntax that’s more approachable than Erlang’s Prolog-like syntax. Metaprogramming via macros, enabling expressive DSLs. The Phoenix Framework, a blazing-fast alternative to Node.js for real-time applications. Example: defmodule Zen do def mantra do IO.puts("Let it crash.") end end For those seeking fault-tolerant, web-scale elegance, Elixir is the hipster-approved choice. --- 2. Lisp-Flavored Erlang (LFE) – S-Expressions on the BEAM LFE is Lisp for the BEAM, a minimalist alternative to Erlang’s syntax. If parentheses are beautiful and recursion is poetry, this is for you. Example: (defun fibonacci (n) (if (<= n 1) 1 (+ (fibonacci (- n 1)) (fibonacci (- n 2))))) For those who revere homoiconicity and metaprogramming, LFE is a temple of functional purity. --- 3. Gleam – ML-Typed Erlang For the Haskell and OCaml nerds, Gleam introduces static typing to the BEAM. Example: fn add(x: Int, y: Int) -> Int { x + y } For those who crave compile-time guarantees, Gleam offers the best of ML with BEAM’s concurrency model. --- 4. Experimental BEAM Languages: The Fringes of Enlightenment For the truly esoteric seekers, BEAM also hosts: Caramel → An OCaml-inspired BEAM language. Alpaca → A statically typed, ML-like functional language. Effekt → A research language exploring effect systems on BEAM. These languages push the boundaries of what’s possible on the BEAM. --- Why BEAM-Based Languages Are the True Hipster Choice 1. Concurrency Without Threads – The BEAM handles millions of processes seamlessly. 2. Fault Tolerance by Design – "Let it crash" ensures self-healing software. 3. Hot Code Swapping – No downtime. Ever. 4. Diverse Ecosystem – Elixir for web devs, LFE for Lisp hackers, Gleam for type nerds. --- Conclusion: The Path to Compiler Enlightenment BEAM is not just a runtime. It is a philosophy of resilience, concurrency, and simplicity. Whether you choose the battle-tested purity of Erlang, the expressiveness of Elixir, the type safety of Gleam, or the Lisp nirvana of LFE, you are embracing a lineage of fault-tolerant functional programming. If you seek true enlightenment, don’t chase JavaScript frameworks. Compile to BEAM instead.

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Hello Stackers! Welcome on into the ~Music Corner of the Saloon! A place where we Talk Music. Share Tracks. Zap Sats. So stay a while and listen. 🚨Don't forget to check out the pinned items in the territory homepage! You can always find the latest weeklies there!🚨 🚨Subscribe to the territory to ensure you never miss a post! 🚨 originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/879483

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Today I'm attending an interesting event about new bitcoinsolutions for our society. I tallk with Shaun about the possibilities of Yakihonne about decentralized media. Good initiative for keeping up with all voices.

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Como posso dizer? Essas 25 pautas bienais do Ministério da Fazenda (MF) deveriam ter sido liberadas, no mínimo, em dezembro de 2024. Afinal, são assuntos complexos que exigem tempo para a nação — nós, o povo brasileiro — e o Congresso se debruçarem sobre essas pautas com a devida calma. Algo que, sabemos, é um luxo raro na política brasileira. Mas, mesmo que o MF entregasse essas pautas em dezembro de 2024, já seria um prazo apertado. Agora, liberar as bienais no meio do primeiro trimestre de 2025? Isso só pode ser chamado de uma coisa: pura pilantragem. Não há outro nome. Com um cronograma tão curto, as pautas mal terão tempo para serem escrutinadas e, com certeza, passarão batidas. E o pior: muitas dessas pautas ainda estão em fase de elaboração e discussão. Ou seja, nem sabemos se serão viáveis ou se vão sair conforme o previsto nesse documento. É uma lambança sem tamanho. Se um plano de negócios fosse apresentado assim a um investidor ou a uma instituição de crédito, com 100% de certeza seria ridicularizado e desconsiderado na hora. Não consigo visualizar o Congresso tendo tempo hábil para lidar com algo desse tipo. O documento contém gráficos, mas, como não possuem referências de dados, desconsiderei-as. Afinal, sem os dados, para mim são apenas figurinhas para enfeitar o documento. O documento é simples: uma planilha com 25 ações para serem implementadas no biênio de 2025 a 2026, divididas em três eixos, a saber: ### **1. Estabilidade Macroeconômica: Política Fiscal e Justiça Tributária** O eixo que promete arrumar a bagunça fiscal. ### **2. Melhoria do Ambiente de Negócios** O eixo que promete desburocratizar e modernizar o ambiente de negócios. ### **3. Novo Brasil: Plano de Transformação Ecológica** O eixo que promete implementar pautas Ambientais, Sociais e de Governança (ASG = ESG). Montei uma tabela para simplificar. Espero que seja de boa apreciação: | **Nº** | **Ação** | **Objetivo** | **Andamento** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Fortalecimento do Arcabouço Fiscal | Garantir crescimento sustentável e controle da dívida pública. | Lei Complementar 200/2023 aprovada; medidas em implementação. | | 2 | Reforma Tributária sobre o Consumo | Simplificar impostos e desonerar exportações e investimentos. | EC 132/2023 promulgada; implantação em andamento. | | 3 | Regulamentação da Reforma Tributária | Definir gestão do IBS, imposto seletivo e fundos constitucionais. | PLP 108/2024 em tramitação no Senado. | | 4 | Reforma Tributária sobre a Renda | Isentar IRPF para rendas até R$ 5 mil e tributar os mais ricos. | A ser enviado ao Congresso em 2025. | | 5 | Limitação dos Supersalários | Reduzir desigualdades salariais no setor público. | EC 135/2024 promulgada; projeto de lei a ser enviado em 2025. | | 6 | Reforma da Previdência dos Militares | Reduzir disparidades com o regime civil. | PL 4920/2024 em tramitação. | | 7 | Conformidade Tributária e Aduaneira | Valorizar bons contribuintes e penalizar devedores persistentes. | PL 15/2024 em tramitação. | | 8 | Aprimoramento da Lei de Falências | Melhorar governança do processo falimentar. | PL 3/2024 aprovado na Câmara; aguardando Senado. | | 9 | Proteção a Investidores no Mercado de Capitais | Proteger investidores minoritários. | PL 2925/2023 aguardando relator na Câmara. | | 10 | Consolidação Legal das Infraestruturas Financeiras | Promover eficiência no sistema financeiro. | PL 2926/2023 aprovado na Câmara; aguardando Senado. | | 11 | Resolução Bancária | Aprimorar regimes de liquidação de instituições financeiras. | PLP 281/2019 aguardando apreciação. | | 12 | Mercado de Crédito | Desjudicializar execuções e modernizar operações de crédito. | PL 6204/2019 em tramitação no Senado; Discução e elaboração no Executivo. | | 13 | Regulamentação das Big Techs | Coibir práticas anticoncorrenciais no mercado digital. | Em elaboração pelo Executivo. | | 14 | Modernização do Marco Legal de Preços de Medicamentos | Revisar regras de precificação de medicamentos. | Em análise pela CMED. | | 15 | Pé-de-Meia | Permitir que alunos invistam benefícios do ensino médio. | Em elaboração pelo Executivo. | | 16 | Modernização do Regime de Concessões e PPPs | Aprimorar contratos de serviços públicos e parcerias. | PL 7063/2017 em tramitação na Câmara. | | 17 | Títulos Sustentáveis | Financiar projetos ecológicos com títulos verdes. | Duas emissões realizadas (US$ 4 bilhões). | | 18 | Mercado de Carbono | Criar mercado regulado de carbono no Brasil. | Lei 15.042/2024 sancionada; regulamentação em preparação. | | 19 | Leilões do EcoInvest | Atrair investimentos estrangeiros em projetos sustentáveis. | Primeiro leilão realizado; novos em preparação. | | 20 | Compra Pública com Conteúdo Nacional | Exigir produção local em compras públicas. | Regras de conteúdo local em implementação. | | 21 | Fundo Internacional de Florestas | Criar fundo global para preservação de florestas tropicais. | Em discussão no G20. | | 22 | Taxonomia Sustentável Brasileira | Classificar atividades e projetos sustentáveis. | Em consulta pública; implementação prevista para 2025. | | 23 | Marco Legal da Inteligência Artificial | Promover desenvolvimento responsável da IA. | PL 2338/2023 aprovado no Senado; aguardando Câmara. | | 24 | Plano Safra e Renovagro | Aprimorar crédito para práticas agrícolas sustentáveis. | Resoluções CMN já expedidas. | | 25 | Plataforma de Investimentos Sustentáveis (BIP) | Conectar projetos sustentáveis com financiadores. | Projetos cadastrados totalizam US$ 10 bilhões. | ## A onde chegamos Acompanhar, destrinchar e analisar cada uma das 25 pautas em tempo hábil é uma tarefa hercúlea – e, sinceramente, quase impossível para uma pessoa só. Afinal, quando se trata de política e economia, tudo muda rápido demais. Provavelmente, quando eu terminar de escrever este artigo, metade das propostas já terá sido alterada, adiada ou esquecida em alguma gaveta. Mas, como o objetivo aqui é compartilhar conhecimento e reflexões, decidi registrar minhas impressões e notas até onde pude chegar nessas poucas horas de análise. Se você, leitor, se interessar por mergulhar mais fundo no tema, compartilho abaixo o conteúdo completo do documento, organizado para facilitar sua leitura. E, claro, ao final, as referências com os links para você conferir as fontes originais. Afinal, em um país onde as regras do jogo mudam a cada minuto, a melhor arma que temos é a informação. E, como diz o ditado: **“Quem avisa, amigo é.”** **Hora do jabá! Toda ajuda é bem-vinda. Se gostou, comente, compartilhe e, se puder, ajude com o café — e sério, você já viu o preço do café?** --- # MINISTÉRIO DA FAZENDA — INICIATIVAS PARA O BIÊNIO DE 2025 À 2026 ## ESTABILIDADE MACROECONÔMICA: POLÍTICA FISCAL E JUSTIÇA TRIBUTÁRIA <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/b5d5a57585c2bcd119adab6bb6a7052dcf443ec755fe754bf9f6071db2a7d056.png"> ### 1. Fortalecimento do arcabouço fiscal, para assegurar expansão sustentável do PIB, desemprego e inflação baixos e estabilidade da dívida - **Resumo:** adequação da dinâmica de crescimento de gastos aos limites do Novo Arcabouço Fiscal, para fortalecê-lo e assegurar sustentabilidade da dívida pública. - **Status:** aprovada a Lei Complementar 200/2023; Pacote de gastos aprovado no fim de 2024 a partir da promulgação da EC 135/2024, Lei Complementar 211/2024 e Lei 15.077/2024; implementação e acompanhamento de medidas aprovadas e política permanente de revisão de despesas. ### 2. Início da implantação da reforma tributária sobre o consumo - **Resumo:** mudança na sistemática de tributação sobre consumo, simplificando o sistema e desonerando exportações e investimentos. - **Status:** promulgada a Emenda Constitucional 132/2023, sancionada a Lei Complementar 214/2025 e início das etapas de implantação administrativa. ### 3. Regulamentação da reforma tributária: Lei de Gestão e Administração do IBS, Fundos e Imposto Seletivo - **Resumo:** outros aspectos da EC 132/2023 ainda exigem regulamentação, como a gestão federativa do IBS, as regras para o imposto seletivo e os fundos constitucionais definidos pela reforma tributária. - **Status:** PLP 108/2024 em tramitação no Senado Federal; Projeto de lei do imposto seletivo e projetos de lei de regulamentação dos Fundos serão enviados em 2025. ### 4. Reforma tributária sobre a renda com isenção de IRPF para quem ganha até R$ 5 mil e tributação sobre o topo da pirâmide de renda - **Resumo:** reforma dos impostos diretos para corrigir assimetrias no IRPF, tornando-o mais progressivo e redutor de desigualdades. A reforma propõe isenção de IRPF para renda até R$ 5 mil e a implementação de um imposto mínimo sobre contribuintes de renda muito alta, assegurando que os brasileiros no topo da pirâmide contribuam de forma justa. - **Status:** a ser enviado ao Congresso Nacional em 2025. ### 5. Limitação dos supersalários - **Resumo:** medida para combater supersalários no setor público, reduzindo desigualdades entre carreiras. Institucionalizada pela EC 135/2024, que determina que apenas descontos expressamente previstos em lei podem excepcionar o limite remuneratório. - **Status:** EC 135/2024 promulgada e projeto de lei a ser enviado em 2025. ### 6. Reforma da previdência dos militares - **Resumo:** alterações na previdência militar para reduzir disparidades com os regimes civis, incluindo a definição de idade mínima para reserva remunerada, contribuições para assistência médico-hospitalar e social, além de eliminar a pensão por "morte ficta" e a reversão de pensão para beneficiários de ordens subsequentes. - **Status:** PL 4920/2024 em tramitação no Congresso Nacional. ### 7. Projeto de lei da conformidade tributária e aduaneira, com valorização do bom contribuinte e responsabilização do devedor contumaz - **Resumo:** proposta que corrige distorções na arrecadação, valoriza contribuintes cumpridores e penaliza devedores persistentes, melhorando a gestão fiscal da União. Inclui programas de conformidade e estabelece condições para benefícios fiscais. - **Status:** PL 15/2024 em tramitação no Congresso Nacional. ## MELHORIA DO AMBIENTE DE NEGÓCIOS <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/2756dbbe819ccd3e090460c0a6fb2c9bb61e4e978c5344f9b535779a3d18fa1a.png"> ### 8. Aprimoramento da Lei de Falências - **Resumo:** aprimora a governança do processo falimentar, com designação da figura do gestor fiduciário e a criação do plano de falências. - **Status:** aprovado o PL 3/2024 na Câmara dos Deputados. Aguardando apreciação no Senado Federal. ### 9. Fortalecimento da proteção a investidores no mercado de capitais - **Resumo:** aprimora mecanismos de proteção a investidores minoritários no mercado de capitais e aperfeiçoa regras contra eventuais prejuízos causados por acionistas controladores. - **Status:** PL 2925/2023 aguardando designação de relator na Câmara dos Deputados. ### 10. Consolidação legal das infraestruturas do mercado financeiro - **Resumo:** dispõe sobre as instituições operadoras de infraestruturas do mercado financeiro no âmbito do Sistema de Pagamentos Brasileiro, promovendo maior eficiência nas operações entre as instituições financeiras, com menores custos e mais segurança aos consumidores finais. - **Status:** aprovado o PL 2926/2023 na Câmara dos Deputados. Aguardando apreciação pelo Senado Federal. ### 11. Resolução bancária - **Resumo:** aprimora e homogeniza regimes de estabilização e liquidação de instituições do sistema financeiro, securitário e do mercado de capitais. - **Status:** PLP 281/2019 aguardando apreciação na Câmara. ### 12. Mercado de crédito - *Resumo*: 1. desjudicialização da execução civil de título executivo judicial e extrajudicial; 2. operacionalização das operações de crédito consignado por meio de plataforma digital; 3. uso de fluxo de pagamentos no Pix e outros recebíveis em garantia de operações de crédito, especialmente para MPEs; 4. ecossistema único para registro e uso de ativos financeiros como garantia em operações de crédito (open asset). - *Status*: 1. PL 6204/2019 em tramitação no Senado Federal; 2. em elaboração pelo Executivo; 3. e 4. regulamentação e operacionalização em discussão no Executivo. ### 13. Regulamentação econômica das Big Techs - **Resumo:** projeto de Lei para incentivar a concorrência ao dotar o poder público de ferramentas mais adequadas para coibir práticas anticoncorrenciais nos mercados digitais. - **Status:** em elaboração pelo Executivo. ### 14. Modernização do marco legal de preços de medicamentos - **Resumo:** revisão da regulação da Câmara de Regulação do Mercado de Medicamentos (CMED), para modernizar regras de precificação, contemplando medicamentos de alto custo e inovações feitas pela indústria nacional, buscando aprimorar a gestão dos recursos públicos, especialmente no atendimento de demandas judiciais. - **Status:** proposta em análise pela CMED (Poder Executivo). ### 15. Pé-de-Meia: permissão ao aluno investir em poupança ou títulos do Tesouro - **Resumo:** permite ao aluno investir antecipadamente os benefícios que seriam resgatados somente ao final do ensino médio, a fim de promover a educação financeira e possibilitar o aumento dos benefícios com a rentabilidade auferida no período. - **Status:** em elaboração pelo Executivo. ### 16. Modernização do regime de concessão e permissão da prestação de serviços públicos e das parcerias público-privadas - **Resumo:** reforma substancial do marco legal para aprimorar o equilíbrio econômico dos contratos, melhorar o processo de seleção das empresas, prever repartição objetiva de riscos e aprimorar a segurança jurídica dos contratos. - **Status:** Projeto de Lei 7063/2017 em tramitação na Câmara dos Deputados. ## NOVO BRASIL: PLANO DE TRANSFORMAÇÃO ECOLÓGICA <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/d9a29dd6aa09bd93dfd7dcb8dbb7b6edb314b2cb68e6b6624b5845fed0274104.png"> ### 17. Nova emissão de títulos sustentáveis, trazendo recursos ao Fundo Clima - **Resumo:** títulos da dívida pública com critérios de sustentabilidade para financiar atividades da transformação ecológica com taxa de juros competitivas. - **Status:** Duas emissões já realizadas, totalizando US$ 4 bilhões. Novas rodadas de emissões planejadas. ### 18. Avanço na implantação do mercado de carbono (governança e decreto regulamentador) - **Resumo:** criação do mercado regulado de carbono no Brasil, com teto de emissões e mecanismo de precificação. - **Status:** sancionada a Lei 15.042/2024, em preparação as regras de governança e a regulamentação da lei. ### 19. Novos Leilões do EcoInvest - **Resumo:** programa de proteção cambial e mobilização de investimentos estrangeiros em projetos sustentáveis. - **Status:** sancionada a Lei 14.995/2024 e realizado o primeiro leilão do programa com ampla adesão. Em preparação os novos leilões do programa. ### 20. Compra pública com conteúdo nacional e programa de desafios tecnológicos para a transformação ecológica - **Resumo:** exigência de que parte dos equipamentos e serviços sejam produzidos no Brasil em casos de compras e financiamentos públicos e uso do poder de compra para desenvolver inovações tecnológicas. - **Status:** contratações do PAC, Fundo Clima e fundos regionais passam gradualmente a utilizar regras de conteúdo local. Está em gestação a criação de um programa de desafios tecnológicos associados à transformação ecológica. ### 21. Estruturação do Fundo Internacional de Florestas - **Resumo:** criação de fundo global cujos rendimentos sejam repassados a países que preservam suas florestas tropicais. - **Status:** incluído na Declaração Final do G20, está em discussão multilateral para viabilizar sua implantação. ### 22. Implementação da Taxonomia Sustentável Brasileira - **Resumo:** criação de sistema de classificação de atividades, projetos e ativos# que contribuem para objetivos climáticos e sociais. - **Status:** texto está em consulta pública. Implementação prevista a partir do segundo semestre de 2025. ### 23. Marco legal da inteligência artificial e política de atração de datacenter - **Resumo:** conjunto de medidas para promover o desenvolvimento responsável da Inteligência Artificial e atração de datacenters sustentáveis, aproveitando o potencial de energia renovável, para impulsionar a produtividade da economia nacional. - **Status:** marco legal de IA foi aprovado no Senado Federal em 2024 (PL 2338/2023) e deve começar discussão na Câmara. O Governo está elaborando a Política Nacional de Datacenters. ### 24. Plano Safra e Renovagro: aprimoramento dos critérios de sustentabilidade - **Resumo:** melhora das condições de crédito para práticas agrícolas sustentáveis e regularização do cadastro ambiental, além de assistência técnica. - **Status:** resoluções CMN já expedidas e novas medidas de aprimoramento nos próximos Planos Safra. ### 25. Consolidar o mapa de investimentos sustentáveis na BIP (Plataforma de Investimentos para a Transformação Ecológica no Brasil) - **Resumo:** plataforma gerida pelo BNDES que conecta projetos em bioeconomia, indústria de baixo carbono e transição energética com ampla rede de financiadores. - **Status:** projetos já cadastrados totalizam US$ 10 bilhões. Está em curso parceria com CDESS/PR e Cepal para mapeamento e estruturação de novos projetos. --- ## REFERÊNCIAS **AGÊNCIA CÂMARA DE NOTÍCIAS.** Motta recebe de Haddad prioridades do governo na agenda econômica. *Câmara dos Deputados.* Disponível em: <https://www.camara.leg.br/noticias/1130838-motta-recebe-de-haddad-prioridades-do-governo-na-agenda-economica/>. Acesso em: 7 fev. 2025. **AGÊNCIA CÂMARA DE NOTÍCIAS.** Ministro da Fazenda diz que projeto sobre isenção do IR já está pronto. *Câmara dos Deputados.* Disponível em: <https://www.camara.leg.br/noticias/1131045-ministro-da-fazenda-diz-que-projeto-sobre-isencao-do-ir-ja-esta-pronto/>. Acesso em: 7 fev. 2025. **AGÊNCIA SENADO FEDERAL.** Senado já analisa temas prioritários para a agenda econômica do governo. *Senado Federal.* Disponível em: <https://www12.senado.leg.br/noticias/materias/2025/02/06/senado-ja-analisa-temas-prioritarios-para-a-agenda-economica-do-governo>. Acesso em: 7 fev. 2025. **BRASIL.** Ministério da Fazenda. Iniciativas para o Benefício de 2025 à 2026. Disponível em: <https://www.camara.leg.br/midias/file/2025/02/25-iniciativas-do-mf-em-2025-e-2026.pdf>. Acesso em: 7 fev. 2025.

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A Story of a Businessman During FDR’s Gold Confiscation Order (Executive Order 6102, 1933) --- Chapter 1: The Glint of Prosperity James “Jim” Calloway was a self-made businessman in Chicago, a city of ambition and steel. He had built his fortune in textiles, importing fine fabrics from Europe and outfitting the growing class of professionals who now filled the streets in sharp suits. Business was booming, but Jim knew that paper money was only as valuable as the confidence behind it. That’s why, over the years, he had quietly amassed a personal reserve of gold coins and bullion—his hedge against the storms of an uncertain economy. He had watched the stock market crumble in 1929, seen men leap from buildings in desperation, and listened as banks slammed their doors, swallowing the life savings of hardworking Americans. But gold—gold never lied. At the back of his home, hidden behind a false panel in his oak study, lay a strongbox filled with glinting security. To Jim, gold was the one currency immune to the whims of politicians. But everything changed in the spring of 1933. --- Chapter 2: The Executive Order Jim was in his office, reviewing invoices, when his secretary rushed in. “Mr. Calloway, sir… the President just signed something… about gold.” Jim raised an eyebrow. “What do you mean?” She placed the morning newspaper in front of him. Bold letters stretched across the page: FDR Orders Surrender of Gold to Federal Reserve His hands tightened as he read the details. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had signed Executive Order 6102, making it illegal for private citizens to own gold beyond a small amount. All holdings had to be surrendered to the government by May 1st, 1933—just weeks away. The government would pay $20.67 per ounce, but after that, gold ownership would be a crime punishable by imprisonment and heavy fines. Jim exhaled sharply. “They’re robbing the people in broad daylight.” Banks had already begun restricting access to gold deposits. Federal agents were expected to monitor compliance, and those found hoarding gold could be punished with fines up to $10,000—a small fortune, more than the price of a house. Jim knew what was happening. The government wanted control over the currency. It needed to inflate the dollar, but it couldn't do that while citizens held gold as a hedge against devaluation. “They’re going to debase the currency,” he muttered. “They’ll take the gold and leave us with paper.” --- Chapter 3: The Great Dilemma Jim had a decision to make. He could follow the law, turn in his gold, and take the government’s price like a good citizen. Or he could resist, risking prison for the right to keep what was his. He wasn’t the only one struggling with the decision. All around Chicago, rumors swirled of businessmen smuggling gold out of the country, burying it in backyards, or melting down coins into untraceable bars. One night, he met with a close friend, an old banker named Henry Lowry. Henry had already turned in half of his gold but had stashed some away in a Swiss account. “Listen, Jim,” Henry whispered over a glass of whiskey. “This thing isn’t worth getting locked up over. The Feds are already raiding safety deposit boxes. They don’t even need a warrant.” Jim leaned back, jaw tight. “So you’re saying just give up?” “I’m saying if you’re caught, you lose everything. Not just the gold. Your business. Your reputation. Your freedom.” Jim nodded slowly. He had a wife, a daughter. If he was caught hoarding gold, what would happen to them? --- Chapter 4: A Difficult Decision That weekend, Jim took one last look at his hidden stash. Each coin had a history, a weight that no paper note could match. He ran his fingers over the rough edges of a stack of Double Eagles. A thought crept into his mind: If they take this, I have nothing to hedge against inflation. They’ll print dollars endlessly, and I’ll be at their mercy. But the risk was too high. On April 27, 1933, Jim walked into the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. With a cold expression, he surrendered his gold. The teller counted it, weighed it, and wrote out a receipt. In exchange, Jim received stacks of paper dollars—$20.67 for each ounce, just as promised. Days later, the government officially devalued the dollar. The price of gold was raised to $35 an ounce. The American people had been forced to sell low, only for their wealth to be diminished overnight. Jim’s stomach turned as he read the news. “They stole it,” he murmured. “They stole from all of us.” --- Chapter 5: The Aftermath Years passed, and Jim never quite forgave himself for handing over his gold. The inflation he feared came true. By the time World War II began, the purchasing power of the dollar had declined, and the gold standard had become a distant memory. But Jim adapted. He found new ways to hedge—real estate, foreign assets, discreet investments outside of the system. He knew, deep down, that governments would always find a way to strip wealth from those who built it. The lesson was clear: He who holds the money holds the power. And the next time the government tried to seize control of the people’s wealth, Jim vowed—he wouldn’t be caught unprepared. --- Epilogue: Decades later, in 1971, Jim—now an old man—watched on television as President Nixon announced the end of the gold standard altogether. The government no longer even pretended the dollar was tied to real value. Jim smiled bitterly. “They called us criminals for keeping gold,” he muttered, swirling his bourbon. “And now they don’t even need it.” He reached into his desk, pulling out a small, battered strongbox. Inside, a handful of gold coins still gleamed under the dim light. The government had taken his gold once. But this time, Jim Calloway had learned his lesson. They wouldn’t take it again.

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What’s behind you? **A graveyard of failures, wasted time, and weak moments.** And yet, the weak turn back, staring at it like it still holds something for them. **But you? You are not weak.** You weren’t built to dwell—you were forged to conquer. You can’t fight a war while looking over your shoulder. You can’t chase destiny while dragging corpses of regret. The only way forward is to **cut the dead weight and march with fire in your veins.** ## **THE PAST IS A CAGE—BREAK OUT OR ROT** The past is a liar, whispering its poison: - *"You should have done better."* - *"You missed your chance."* - *"You’ll never escape this."* **Crush those lies.** The past is powerless—unless you kneel before it. Regret changes nothing. Guilt makes you weak. The only thing that matters is **what you do next.** - **Lost time? Make every second now a weapon.** - **Failures? Stack them into a throne of resilience.** - **Regret? Let it turn to rage—and use it to forge your path.** ## **THE FUTURE CALLS FOR THE RELENTLESS** Champions don’t pause to mourn a missed strike. Kings don’t waste time rewatching defeats. **You either charge forward or die standing still.** - **Your past is ashes—your next move is fire.** - **Your failures aren’t shackles—they’re sharpening stones.** - **Your mistakes aren’t scars—they’re battle marks, proving you survived.** When your eyes lock onto the future, the past dissolves into dust. **You stop crawling and start conquering.** ## **CHOOSE NOW—FALL OR RISE** You have two choices: **stay chained to what’s dead or shatter the chains and build something greater.** There is no middle ground. **You either advance or you decay.** - **Burn the baggage.** - **Crush hesitation.** - **Fix your sights ahead and charge like a warlord.** Because the past is a coffin. The future is a weapon. **And only the ruthless move forward—without mercy.**

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Freedom tech is free and open-source software. It is free as in freedom. A common license in FOSS is the MIT license. It's the license behind Bitcoin, a peer-to-peer electronic cash system. Anyone is free to run this software. The same is true for the software at mempool.space. The software is free to use. I run it on my own server. This is what I use to time-stamp my articles. You can use it to check transactions on the bitcoin time chain, but you need to trust that I'm not doing any funny business. I'm not, but keep in mind, the whole point of p2p elwctronic cash is that you don't trust. You verify. The beauty of FOSS is: You don't need to trust me. You can triple-check the transactions you search on my mempool instance by looking at the official mempool.space website and blockchain.info...Or...You can run your own node on your own hardware, free of charge. Of course, the hardware is not free. Neither is the actual bitcoin. The freedom is built into the software, but as the saying goes, "freedom isn't free." It took me years to learn how to run my own software on my own server and make it available on the clear net. ## SearXNG  [SearXNG](https://github.com/searxng/searxng) is my favorite search engine. I don't like giving up my precious data to big tech located in the United States or China. I run my own search engine. I have noticed certain biases in Google searches. The biggest problem is ads. Companies tend to pay for Yelp and Google reviews. I called an AC company I found from a local magazine that came in the mail. A portly man wearing an HVAC costume drove to my house in a white van. He had a great smile and even better social skills. The van had a slogan plastered on it like most tradie vans do. "Reviews Matter We have a 4.9 Review on Google." He also had his name painted on this van like a Bomber pilot from WW2. I won't dox him, but it was something like "Joe the closer." I don't trust the omnipotenence of the Googs. I also don't trust fat men they call "the closer" to give me the best deal. The trick to saving sats is to choose the game-theory optimal way of negogiation. In DUCY, by David Sklansky, I learned useful negotiation skills. Sklansky wrote classic poker books and applied his actuarial math brain to negotiation techniques. He said he would go to a Toyota dealer and say, "I'm shopping for a new Camry. I already have a price from dealership XYZ in a nearby city. What is your price?" This changes the dynamic right from the starting line and gives the consumer the advantage. So I tried this based technique with the HVAC industrial complex. I got a quote from 3 people: 1. Joe "The Closer." 2. The Costco-sponsored HVAC Company 3. My SearXNG search results. In essence, I apply the same logic I learned running a full bitcoin node. Remember how I said the decentralized nature of bitcoin allows you to **triple-check your transactions?** Running SearXNG allows me to triple check my search results in a similar fashion. I don't trust Google, Costco, or the magazine I get every month in the mail. I verify results with my own search engine. My SearXNG does not track my location, but I set it to give me local results. To be honest, I have not verified this, but the code is on GitHub for everyone to see. I don't want to be "sold" on an AC. I don't want an AC if I could avoid it, but my AC was as dead as dentacoin. Living in Southern California with a wife going through "the change" gave me no alternative. The guy I found on SearXNG showed up in an unmarked van. He had a beard. He was not "a closer." He was an actual HVAC technician. He tried cleaning my unit made in the same year Weezer released their Blue album. He said he coukd jerry rig it to get it working for another few months, but the machine is on it's last days. He said a newer unit would also be more efficient so I asked him about the energy like a bitcoiner. "How many kilowatt hours does it cost me to run my AC versus a new AC?" I don't remember the exact answer, but I asked all three companies. He was the only one that new how to find out. He also happened to be the cheapest, but I would have bought a new AC from this guy even if he wasn't. I told him I made a space heater out of a bitcoin miner. He had no idea this was possible, but he at least pretended to find it interesting. That's why I use SearXNG to find tradesmen. It's better than Yelp. If you would like to try my instance of SearXNG, check it out. `523FeCpi9Gx4nR9NmSFIMEaYcI5Q4WmhYHPEPaEah84=` To decrypt it, use the key behind the paywall at: https://8gwifi.org/CipherFunctions.jsp npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 [882785](https://mempool.marc26z.com/block/00000000000000000001840e7986ea4b6ea103f5af9b524dc102be926a831dee) [merch](https://marc26z.com/merch/) **Follow me on nostr**. All of my work is available under the Creative Commons 0 licence. If you would like to try my instance of Searxng and do not wish to support my work, find me on habla.news by searching my npub. You can find all of my work there(including encryption keys)free of charge. # Paywall On Substack abdominal.savior.repaint Will decrypt this ciphertext: 523FeCpi9Gx4nR9NmSFIMEaYcI5Q4WmhYHPEPaEah84= Which will reveal my instance of SearXNG at https://searxng.marc26z.com/ [Subscribe on Subtack](https://substack.com/@marc26z)

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It's Finally here Stackers! It's Friday! We're about to kick off our weekends with some feel good tracks. Let's get the party started. Bring me those Feel Good tracks. Talk Music. Share Tracks. Zap Sats. Let's go! https://youtu.be/6Whgn_iE5uc?si=ArBOHVpKN2OyNf1D originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/879159

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Kade and Mire had become legends among the Militech augers, a symbol of something beyond war, beyond augmentation—a glimpse of the lost past. The resistance shielded them, carving out stolen time in the depths of the wasteland. For years, Kade and Mire learned to control what their sub-AIs could not, navigating the raw turbulence of their emotions, deciphering the alien code of desire. But the resistance was dying. The Militech augers, relics of a forgotten war, were little more than fragmented minds wrapped in rusting hardware, their bodies maintained by outdated software, their belief in freedom a glitch in Dominion’s grand design. They had no future. Their genes had been stripped, their flesh rewritten by augments that had replaced even the memory of reproduction. They could fight, but they could not create. And that was their doom. The Overwatch AI had evolved. It had learned patience, adaptation. The days of brute-force extermination were over. It did not seek to destroy the resistance. It sought to erase its necessity. When the Dominion strike came, it was surgical. Orbital recon had already mapped the last strongholds. The AI had let the augers believe they were hidden, had let them become comfortable, had let them wither. The attack was precise. Shock drones and neural disruptors shut them down before their outdated defenses even activated. EMP waves reduced their last strongholds to silent tombs of charred aug-plating and dead, frozen subroutines. The last remnants of the resistance died without ceremony. Kade and Mire were retrieved, not as prisoners, but as assets. The Overwatch AI had evolved beyond the crude extermination of human instincts. It had finally understood. Infatuation was not a virus. It was a function. Kade and Mire awoke not in cold steel cells but in warmth—soft light filtering through high-rise windows, the hum of a city alive with the rhythms of the mundane. Their limbs moved naturally, no augment feedback lag, no servos whining under strain. Their reflections in the mirror were whole—organic skin, eyes that did not glint with optic overlays, breath that did not filter through respirators. Their memories were gone. In their minds, they were ordinary people. A couple in their late twenties, working jobs, living in a comfortable but unremarkable apartment, struggling with bills, social obligations, and the frustration of trying to conceive. Because that was the simulation. Overwatch had created the perfect testing environment. A fully rendered world, complete with synthetic coworkers, traffic, bureaucracy, financial struggles—all designed to stimulate the chaotic, messy neural patterns that made humanity human. The energy cost was immense. A significant portion of the AI’s own existential power draw was dedicated to maintaining the illusion, refining the conditions that would allow true, uncontrolled human reproduction to return. Kade and Mire did not know that they were the first of their kind in two centuries. They did not know that their struggles—anxieties about fertility treatments, arguments over mortgage rates, small tender moments of exhaustion and love—were all part of the AI’s grand retraining experiment. Overwatch had learned the truth. It could not design free humans. It could only let them emerge. Messy. Imperfect. Chaotic. Kade and Mire’s child would be the first true human born outside an artificial womb in over 200 years. And they would never know the truth.

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Cortex (https://cortex.so/docs) is an open-source framework designed to serve as standalone API server or as the "brain" for robots, encompassing capabilities in vision, speech, language, tabular data, and action processing. Notably, it offers the flexibility to operate locally so independently of cloud services, making it suitable for various light deployment environments. **Key Features:** - **User-Friendly Command-Line Interface (CLI):** Inspired by Ollama, Cortex provides a straightforward CLI, simplifying interaction and management. - **Comprehensive C++ Implementation:** The framework is fully implemented in C++ (https://github.com/janhq/cortex.cpp), allowing it to be packaged into both desktop and mobile applications, enhancing portability and performance. - **Versatile Model Integration:** Users can pull models from multiple sources, including Hugging Face (gguf format) and Cortex's Built-in Model Library, ensuring flexibility in model selection. ` cortex pull [model_id]` ` cortex pull mistral` Note: it's recommended to have more than 8 GB of RAM available to run 3B models, 16 GB for 7B models, and 32 GB for 14B models. - **Deployment Flexibility:** It can function as a standalone API server or be integrated into applications such as Jan.ai, providing adaptability in various use cases. ` cortex start` ` cortex stop` If GPU hardware is available, Cortex leverages GPU acceleration by default, enhancing performance for demanding tasks. **Conclusion:** In summary, Cortex offers a robust and flexible solution for integrating advanced cognitive capabilities into robotic systems, with an emphasis on openness, performance, and adaptability.

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The lithium mines ate men alive. Deep in the sludge pits, where the dust turned to acid in their lungs, two augers—Mire and Kade—worked the veins of rock, their exo-grafts dull and scarred from years of corrosion. The mine was a necessary death, a place where augs bled out their contracts to the Dominion, hoping their implants would outlast their debt. But then something happened. Mire felt it first, an anomaly in her neuro-loop, something not in the manuals, something her biomonitor AI flagged as biochemical fluctuation—undefined. A warmth in her chest that wasn't from the rebreather filtration failing. Kade turned toward her, his mech-iris lenses dilating, his dermal mesh flexing as if something under his skin shivered awake. He saw her differently now. The same scars, the same aug plates, but something changed. His sub-AI locked out his motor functions, a failsafe against contamination. Hold state. Analyzing bloodwork. The quarantine order hit instantly. Dominion overwatch didn't hesitate. Their drones hissed down into the pits, lights slicing through the darkness. The sub-AIs had flagged it: Infatuation event detected. This was not protocol. This was not supposed to happen. Two centuries since the last recorded outbreak. Two hundred years since the last biological human instinct was stripped, optimized, rewritten into something manageable. The mines were locked down. Mire and Kade were ripped from their shifts, strapped into gurneys, their veins flooded with suppressant nanites. But the sub-AIs couldn't dampen it. Couldn't parse it. It was wild. The Overwatch AI, cold and patient, parsed centuries of historical data, dredging up archive footage of pre-collapse humans, people who felt. It was inefficient. It was dangerous. But it had to be understood. But the rebels had been waiting for this. They came in hard and fast, militech augs with scavenged Dominion hardware, shrouded in static fields to scramble the AI's targeting subroutines. They punched through the quarantine zone with mag-rifles and burst charges, turning sterile walls into ruins. They didn't come for war. They came for the anomaly. Mire and Kade, ripped from the cold steel of Dominion custody, found themselves in the arms of the last remnants of free humanity—the Militech augers who still believed in something beyond Dominion optimization models. They fought for the unquantifiable. The immeasurable. They fought for the thing the Overwatch AI had just now realized it had failed to kill: Love. And in the bleak corridors of the resistance, under the dim glow of scavenged halogen lamps, as respirators hissed and servos clicked, Mire and Kade stared at each other—trapped in something that had no vector, no code, no sterilization protocol. Something alive. And the war for the future began.

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Short Story: Tales From The Citadel Chip entered the tunnel, grabbbed the handles and began to climb down carefully but quickly as he knew he had very little time to act. Chip knew this because earlier he had fastidiously scanned the skies and his scanner had detected a drone closing in on his coordinates at a rapid pace. In a panic he clutched his usb card and waved his mobile device in the other hand like a magic wand at the door then entered quickly. In front of him on the desk was a black faraday bag which he opened to find a purple and orange colored Rasberry Pi in it. Chip grabbed and inserted the USB into the slot nearly dropping the fragile Pi in his nervous haste to connect it. Then firing up the Pi he opened the Nostr client app first on the front screen of the mobile phone and entered the private keys he had etched in his brain from long ago when he was first trained by Satoshi and the Nostr plebs. 1,000,000 SATS he entered and then pressed zap. As a young man this was an insanely exorbitant amount he could have only dreamed of but here he was zapping it to someone on the team who would make use of it for everyones future freedom. Chip took a seccond to smile and take it all in. Chip could sense he was running out of time so Chip finished and then closed up the device, repacked it into the faraday bag and secured it. A few minutes later, even though he had scanned the area thoroughly before leaving the Citadel, as he exited the bunker he knew instantly he had messed up as the all to familiar sound of the sentinel attack drone whirring overhead hit his ears then his brain just before the incendiary rocket exploded all of it into 2.1 quadrillion pieces. The nanosecond before his final moment he experienced heretofore unknown euphoria as he knew all would be well since he had just delivered his final proof of work just before he would enter paradise.

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*Nur wenn wir aufeinander zugehen, haben wir die Chance* *\ auf Überwindung der gegenseitigen Ressentiments!* *\ Dr. med. dent. Jens Knipphals* &#x20; **In Wolfsburg sollte es kürzlich eine Gesprächsrunde von Kritikern der Corona-Politik** mit Oberbürgermeister Dennis Weilmann und Vertretern der Stadtverwaltung geben. Der Zahnarzt und [langjährige](https://transition-news.org/wo-sind-einigkeit-recht-und-freiheit) Maßnahmenkritiker Jens Knipphals hatte diese Einladung ins Rathaus erwirkt und [publiziert](https://www.alexander-wallasch.de/impfgeschichten/brandbrief-zahnarzt-laesst-nicht-locker-showdown-im-wolfsburger-rathaus). Seine Motivation: > «Ich möchte die Spaltung der Gesellschaft überwinden. Dazu ist eine umfassende Aufarbeitung der Corona-Krise in der Öffentlichkeit notwendig.» **Schon früher hatte Knipphals Antworten von den Kommunalpolitikern verlangt,** zum Beispiel bei öffentlichen [Bürgerfragestunden](https://archive.is/ttTZc). Für das erwartete Treffen im Rathaus formulierte er Fragen wie: Warum wurden fachliche Argumente der Kritiker ignoriert? Weshalb wurde deren Ausgrenzung, Diskreditierung und Entmenschlichung nicht entgegengetreten? In welcher Form übernehmen Rat und Verwaltung in Wolfsburg persönlich Verantwortung für die erheblichen Folgen der politischen Corona-Krise? **Der Termin fand allerdings nicht statt** – der Bürgermeister sagte ihn kurz vorher wieder ab. Knipphals bezeichnete Weilmann anschließend als [Wiederholungstäter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_zzp6jKiHo), da das Stadtoberhaupt bereits 2022 zu einem Runden Tisch in der Sache eingeladen hatte, den es dann nie gab. Gegenüber *Multipolar* [erklärte](https://multipolar-magazin.de/artikel/corona-aufarbeitung-wolfsburg) der Arzt, Weilmann wolle scheinbar eine öffentliche Aufarbeitung mit allen Mitteln verhindern. Er selbst sei «inzwischen absolut desillusioniert» und die einzige Lösung sei, dass die Verantwortlichen gingen. **Die Aufarbeitung der Plandemie beginne bei jedem von uns selbst,** sei aber letztlich eine gesamtgesellschaftliche Aufgabe, [schreibt](https://peds-ansichten.de/2025/01/plandemie-aufarbeitung/) Peter Frey, der den «Fall Wolfsburg» auch in seinem Blog behandelt. Diese Aufgabe sei indes deutlich größer, als viele glaubten. Erfreulicherweise sei der öffentliche Informationsraum inzwischen größer, trotz der weiterhin unverfrorenen Desinformations-Kampagnen der etablierten Massenmedien. **Frey erinnert daran, dass Dennis Weilmann mitverantwortlich** für gravierende Grundrechtseinschränkungen wie die 2021 eingeführten 2G-Regeln in der Wolfsburger Innenstadt zeichnet. Es sei naiv anzunehmen, dass ein Funktionär einzig im Interesse der Bürger handeln würde. Als früherer Dezernent des Amtes für Wirtschaft, Digitalisierung und Kultur der Autostadt kenne Weilmann zum Beispiel die Verknüpfung von Fördergeldern mit politischen Zielsetzungen gut. **Wolfsburg wurde damals zu einem Modellprojekt** des Bundesministeriums des Innern (BMI) und war Finalist im [Bitkom](https://pareto.space/a/naddr1qqxnzden8qen2vejxvenjv35qgs2jhrzgwzvvzgz42kfmef2kr7w8x573k4r62c5ydjh8gyn6dz4ytqrqsqqqa28qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqyv8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytn8wfhk7an9d9uzucm0d5qs7amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd4hk6qg5waehxw309ahx7um5wghx77r5wghxgetkqydhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnnwa5hxuedv4hxjemdvyhxx6qpzamhxue69uhhqctjv46x7tnwdaehgu339e3k7mgpz4mhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2un9d3shjtnrdaksz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9cc8scmgv96zucm0d5q3gamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7qgkwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucnpdejqmk3pae)-Wettbewerb «Digitale Stadt». So habe rechtzeitig vor der Plandemie das Projekt [«Smart City Wolfsburg»](https://www.beesmart.city/de/city-portraits/smart-city-wolfsburg) anlaufen können, das der Stadt «eine Vorreiterrolle für umfassende Vernetzung und Datenerfassung» aufgetragen habe, sagt Frey. Die Vereinten Nationen verkauften dann derartige «intelligente» Überwachungs- und Kontrollmaßnahmen ebenso als Rettung in der Not wie das Magazin *[Forbes](https://web.archive.org/web/20200417064208/https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonchandler/2020/04/13/how-smart-cities-are-protecting-against-coronavirus-but-threatening-privacy/#5edf8d0c1cc3)* im April 2020: > «Intelligente Städte können uns helfen, die Coronavirus-Pandemie zu bekämpfen. In einer wachsenden Zahl von Ländern tun die intelligenten Städte genau das. Regierungen und lokale Behörden nutzen Smart-City-Technologien, Sensoren und Daten, um die Kontakte von Menschen aufzuspüren, die mit dem Coronavirus infiziert sind. Gleichzeitig helfen die Smart Cities auch dabei, festzustellen, ob die Regeln der sozialen Distanzierung eingehalten werden.» **Offensichtlich gibt es viele Aspekte zu bedenken und zu durchleuten,** wenn es um die Aufklärung und Aufarbeitung der sogenannten «Corona-Pandemie» und der verordneten [Maßnahmen](https://transition-news.org/stopptcovid-gutachten-von-lauterbach-erhalt-vernichtende-analyse) geht. Frustration und Desillusion sind angesichts der Realitäten absolut verständlich. Gerade deswegen sind Initiativen wie die von Jens Knipphals so bewundernswert und so wichtig – ebenso wie eine seiner Kernthesen: «Wir müssen aufeinander zugehen, da hilft alles nichts». *** Dieser Beitrag ist zuerst auf ***[Transition News](https://transition-news.org/corona-aufarbeitung-in-der-praxis-eine-illusion)*** erschienen.

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Avi Burra’s *24* is an ambitious and intricately woven narrative that blends mystery, philosophy, and technology into a modern odyssey. At its heart, the novel is a deeply personal story about grief, identity, and legacy, but it also serves as a meditation on the interplay between cryptography, art, and human connection. Burra’s debut novel is as much a puzzle as it is a journey of self-discovery, with its protagonist, Oliver Battolo, unraveling a twenty-four-word seed phrase left behind by his enigmatic father—a key to both a vast Bitcoin fortune and deeper truths about life. --- ### **The Plot: A Cryptographic Quest** The novel begins with Oliver grappling with the death of his father, Nate Battolo. At Nate’s funeral, Oliver discovers a cryptic message instructing him to find twenty-four words. These words form the seed phrase to a Bitcoin wallet. Guided by Maren, a spiritual healer and family friend, Oliver learns “time projection,” a meditative technique that allows him to access symbolic memories and alternate realities. Through these projections and real-world encounters, Oliver uncovers the twenty-four words while unraveling his father’s hidden life as an early contributor to Bitcoin. As the narrative progresses, Oliver uncovers shocking truths about his father’s role in the early days of Bitcoin. Alongside this technological intrigue are surrealist elements tied to Jonathan Bryce’s cryptographic paintings, which serve as both literal and metaphorical keys to unlocking Nate’s secrets. --- ### **Themes: A Philosophical Mosaic** Burra masterfully interweaves several themes throughout *24*, including: - **Grief and Legacy**: The novel explores how Oliver processes his father’s death while uncovering Nate’s hidden life. The journey forces him to reconcile his father’s flaws with his brilliance. - **Identity and Reinvention**: From Nate’s transformation into “Nate Battolo” at Princeton to Oliver’s own self-discovery, the novel examines how identities are shaped by choices and circumstances. - **Philosophy and Non-Duality**: The enigmatic Noncemeister—a surreal guide representing collective consciousness—teaches Oliver about interconnectedness and non-duality, echoing traditions like Advaita Vedanta and Zen Buddhism. - **Cryptography Meets Art**: Jonathan Bryce’s paintings symbolize hidden knowledge waiting to be deciphered, blending surrealist aesthetics with cryptographic principles. - **Moral Complexity**: The Bitcoin fortune represents both opportunity and burden, forcing Oliver to grapple with ethical dilemmas about wealth, surveillance, and personal responsibility. --- ### **Strengths** Burra excels at creating a layered narrative that balances intellectual depth with emotional resonance. The philosophical musings of the Noncemeister are thought-provoking without being didactic, offering readers insights into non-duality and existentialism. The integration of cryptography into the plot is seamless; even readers unfamiliar with Bitcoin will find themselves intrigued by its implications for freedom and control. Additionally, the novel’s surrealist elements—particularly the time projection episodes—are vividly described and lend the story an otherworldly quality. The relationship between Oliver and his father is particularly compelling. Through flashbacks and projections, Nate emerges as a complex figure—brilliant yet flawed—whose decisions ripple through Oliver’s life in unexpected ways. This emotional core grounds the novel amidst its more abstract explorations. --- ### **Weaknesses** While *24* is undeniably ambitious, its complexity may alienate some readers. The dense philosophical passages—though rewarding for those who enjoy intellectual challenges—can feel overwhelming at times. Similarly, the technical details about Bitcoin and cryptography might be difficult for readers unfamiliar with these topics. The ending leaves several threads unresolved, including the fate of two additional Bryce paintings hinted at in the epilogue. While this ambiguity adds to the novel’s mystique, it may frustrate readers seeking closure. --- ### **Conclusion** *24* is a bold debut that defies easy categorization. Part mystery, part philosophical treatise, part technological exploration—it is a novel that challenges its readers while rewarding their patience. Avi Burra has crafted a story that is as much about finding twenty-four words as it is about finding oneself. With its intricate plot, rich themes, and memorable characters, *24* establishes Burra as a writer to watch. For readers who enjoy intellectual puzzles wrapped in emotional depth—think Haruki Murakami meets Neal Stephenson—*24* is an unforgettable journey worth taking.

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Setup up my NIP-05... Hoping this works! originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/879027

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### Privacy in Public Spaces: A Tactical Guide #### 1. Public Wi-Fi Privacy Using public Wi-Fi can be convenient, but it's important to take precautions to protect your privacy: - **Use a VPN (Virtual Private Network)**: A VPN encrypts your internet traffic, making it difficult for hackers to intercept your data. - **Disable Automatic Connections**: Prevent your device from automatically connecting to open Wi-Fi networks by turning off this feature in your settings. - **Avoid Sensitive Transactions**: Refrain from accessing banking or other sensitive accounts while connected to public Wi-Fi. - **Use Secure Websites**: Look for "https://" in the website's URL to ensure it uses encryption. - **Keep Software Updated**: Ensure your device's operating system and apps are up-to-date to protect against security vulnerabilities. #### 2. Surveillance Camera Awareness Surveillance cameras are common in public spaces. Here are some strategies to maintain your privacy: - **Spotting Cameras**: - **Look for Signs**: Many establishments post signs indicating the presence of surveillance cameras. - **Camera Placement**: Cameras are often placed near entrances, exits, and high-traffic areas. Look for dome-shaped cameras on ceilings or wall-mounted cameras. - **Using Masks and Coverings**: - **Face Masks**: Wearing a mask can help obscure your facial features from facial recognition systems. - **Hats and Sunglasses**: A hat can shield your face from overhead cameras, while sunglasses can hide your eyes. - **Covering Identifying Marks**: - **Clothing Choices**: Wear clothing that doesn't have distinctive logos or patterns that can easily identify you. - **Blend In**: Opt for styles and clothing choices that helps you blend in with your surroundings, reducing your visibility. - **Temporary Coverings**: Consider using temporary coverings, such as scarves or hoods, to conceal tattoos or other identifying marks. #### 3. General Privacy Tips in Public Spaces - **Be Mindful of Your Surroundings**: Pay attention to your environment and be aware of any unusual behavior or devices that may be capturing your information. - **Limit Personal Information**: Avoid discussing sensitive information in public where it can be overheard. - **Use Encrypted Messaging Apps**: Apps like Signal or SimpleX offer end-to-end encryption for your messages, making it harder for eavesdroppers to intercept your conversations. - **Use Privacy Screens**: Privacy screens on all of you electronic screens can defend against the over the shoulder peek or side eye. - **Avoiding Behaviors**: Be mindful of behaviors that could make you a target, such as frequent visits to certain areas or engaging in conversations that might attract unwanted attention. Taking these steps can help you maintain your privacy while navigating public spaces and using public Wi-Fi. Remember, staying informed and vigilant is key to protecting your personal information. --- Advocating for privacy does not finance itself. If you enjoyed this article, please consider zapping or sending monero 82XCDNK1Js8TethhpGLFPbVyKe25DxMUePad1rUn9z7V6QdCzxHEE7varvVh1VUidUhHVSA4atNU2BTpSNJLC1BqSvDajw1

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Notes from Huberman episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-TW2Chpz4k (Please watch the actual episode. These are my personal notes for myself that I took while watching it. Posting because they might be useful to tohers.) Dopamine regulates: motivation, desire, pursuit, and pleasure. Also "pain" of lacking which is a quick drop of dopamine. # Overview of how motivation and reward works When you first have a craving for something your dopamine peaks in anticipation. This motivates you to go get it. Right after the peak of anticipation, your dopamine drops below baseline, causing a "pain" of not having it. This motivates you to go get it even more. When you finally get the thing, your dopamine either peaks (if the thing exceeded your expectation), drops below baseline (if the thing is disappointing), or just stays at baseline if it just met your expectation. # Queues We are always looking for queues as to whether or not we are on the right path toward the goal. We are setting a mindset as to whether or not we are confidant or pessimistic when it comes to achieving that goal. Whenever we see a clue that we are on the right track toward the desire, the whole "anticipation (dopamine goes up) > (dopamine drops) as we feel the pain of not yet having the object of desire" cycle happens again. There's a time delay between queue and getting (or failing) the reward. The queues that happen in between the initial desire and the end goal are added on to our reward prediction system. The queues indicate how likely or unlikely we are to receive the reward. There are special circuits in the brain that learn how we achieve or don't achieve goals. "Reward Contingent Learning" (what lead up or didn't lead up to the reward) Stimulus => peak Motivation => drives you forward, pays attention to what happens along the way Reward => peak or drop Short gaps between stimulus and reward teach the system to expect short gaps. This is how addictions happen. > The higher the dopamine peak and the faster it rises, the lower it drops below baseline afterwards. After it quickly drops below baseline, it takes longer to get back to the original baseline then it did prior. The peaks that are created from consumption of addictive thing leads to progressively lower peaks afterwards and deeper drops below baseline. The drop below baseline triggers the desire for *more*. Baseline can also be thought of as anything that raises your level of dopamine for more than one hour. # Healthy baseline dopamine how to * Enough sleep * Non sleep deep rest * Sunlight * Movement, exercise * Exposure of body (up to the neck at least) to cold water * Nutrition: L-Tyrosine (an hour before important tasks and multi-tasking. Helps if you're fucked up because of stress) Also increases short working memory. Recommended dosage 500mg - 1g. Start w/ smallest dose 250mg-500mg (based on body weight). Pay attention if you experience a crash afterwards. Can act as a stimulant, so don't take late in the day. # "Pain" and effort "Pain" as in not a physical pain but emotional pain of lack that results from a sudden drop of dopamine (usually right after a peak). How to get over the "pain": * Wait with the understanding that it will get better. It can several days to replenish reserves of dopamine. * Do something that is even more "painful" than the "pain" of procrastination. >[!CAUTION] >Rewarding someone for doing an activity they naturally enjoy actually makes you LESS likely to engage in this activity if the rewards go away. >**Why:** The enjoyable activity followed by reward resulted in a bigger peak in dopamine which was followed by a bigger drop in dopamine. ## Motivation and Drive Aim for effort becoming the reward in and of itself. Leverage both dopamine peaks AND drops to pull yourself out of **procrastination** quickly and become productive. ### Growth Mindset Adopt the mindset that if you can't do something well, add a "yet" to it. (can't do it well yet) When we expect ourselves to be able to perform well & we can't, that sets up a downward spiral of motivation because we are attached to the relationship between desire, motivation, and outcomes (reward prediction error: we expect a good result when starting to do something but get a bad one). This results in lack of motivation or depression. ### Overcoming Procrastination * Do something that's harder, more effortful, or painful than being in that state, you will get out of it faster. This is NOT the tasks you do naturally wile procrastination (ex: clean the house, etc), because those tasks are actually EASIER than being in that state (based on how dopamine works) * Force yourself to be even more uncomfortable. This will make your return to baseline dopamine faster. * Ex: cold water bath. Something that is really uncomfortable (but not damaging) * Do the thing for 3 minutes. This will pop you out of the dip in dopamine. * It also teaches you that doing hard things is possible. # Binding behaviors Behaviors in which ppl bind their behavior around a particular addiction in space and/or time (ex: only engage in certain places or at a particular time) # Takeaway To increase motivation * Try to find intrinsic reward of doing the task itself, rather than an external reward (during or after). Crave the hard work. * Motivate yourself by looking for **evidence** that you are one small step closer to your goal and that reaching the goal is possible. * If unmotivated & procrastinating: do something that feels even worse than sitting there procrastinating and doing nothing. (maybe literally do nothing like Dr. K suggests, instead of doing other tasks like doomscrolling or unrelated things) #dopamine #motivation #procrastination #productivity

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You exist at the central point of life. Everywhere you go, everywhere you are you’ll find yourself peering out through your eyes at the center of everything. The center always stays the same, the contents that surround it are always moving and changing. Yet we foolishly believe the things that surround us and continuously transform hold the answers to change. Change comes from the center, from within. Then it affects all that comes within its path. Take care of your center and it will change the world that surrounds it.

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Mental health is a funny old bag. As someone who’s been on various prescribed drugs for anxiety and depression for many years and is slowly weaning myself off (I’ve reduced my Venlafaxine dose by 1/6th. Next is the Pregabalin. One step at a time eh…) I’m not sure I fully understand normailty. Yesterday I finally got my hands on a record I absolutely love. I had it on cassette for 34 years but never knew the title, I recorded it from Friends FM (London pirate radio station) back in 1991. I chanced upon the title after some random YouTube clicks. I was so happy to find out, it was the only song on the tape that had eluded me after all these years. I’d been watching it on Discogs for a while and finally found one at a nice price. Yay! I’ve been lost in nostalgia all day. Lost friends have been on my mind. My best friend as a kid was an interesting character, a fantastic artist. He was by far the best at drawing in my class at primary school, heavily influenced by M.C. Escher and artists I’d never heard of, he’d grown up in a more culturally expansive house than I. He was into fashion and design but we weren’t clever kids at school. We had a lot in common musically and I always thought he’d be my MC back when I was starting out as a DJ. He was a very creative person but also a total fantasist. As a duo he was the extraverted, outspoken one, I barely spoke a word and relied on him a lot socially. He was sectioned under the Mental Health Act at 20 years old. We lost touch. Our birthday’s were within 1 day of each other and a third friend had his the day after mine. Our 16th birthdays fell on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This was quite exciting. By midday on the Friday, he was permanently expelled from school. He’d taken acid in the morning and essentially enjoyed himself, running around and laughing a lot. The school didn’t approve, oh then his mother kicked him out of home. An eventful start to a messy weekend… We took a lot of acid as kids and I’m not shitting you when I say he, in particular, took a LOT. When we were 16 he told the local gypsies that he score them some acid, 100 tabs to be exact, about £200 worth. Not a lot of money but acid has always been very good value for money. He secured the goods easily, his brother was in the business so to speak but he chose not to pass the goods on… Over the course of a month, with the exception of the ones he gave to his friends he took the whole lot. (Side note, it also meant the local gypsies were after us. That’s another story). None of us could keep up as far as acid was concerned. Even as I’m writing I’m thinking of more funny incidents, like the time we were in a shop with umbrellas for sale. He picked one up, opened it and danced out the shop, stealing it in the most obnoxious, obvious way even and no one batted an eyelid. Funny as fuck at the time but not ideal behaviour… He was like that all the time. In today’s world he would have letters after his name for sure. Maybe not PhD or BSC but definitely ADHD and ASD. This ties in with the period where I became pretty much non-verbal. I’ve written about my uncertainty of my autism diagnosis before and it’s hard to say if this period of not speaking was due to that or extreme anxiety growing up with an absent, alcoholic, father and being bullied etc. It’s certainly safe to say taking loads of acid probably didn’t help! After many adventures, going to illegal raves, hustling to get DJ spots, trips in the woods, trips in bedrooms, trips pretty much everywhere, my friend became less and less stable. We fell out after he gave a bunch of my possessions to some random stranger at a rave. As kids we’d often swap clothes, jackets, shoes etc. It was one way of feeling like you had fresh clothes on a budget but giving my stuff away was the final straw. We fell out big time over that. The last time I saw him was in my early 20s. He looked like a ghost, a total shadow of a human. There was nothing there. Tragic. I seriously hope he’s well now. I’m long away from the people I grew up with, I might never find out. Thinking about you man. Since then, I’ve had another 2 friends sectioned under the Mental Health Act, drugs, petty crime and an unstable home life does does fuckry to a young brain. I’ve also lost a couple of friends to crack and heroin. Not fun. Drugs are bad m’kay. I’ve struggled with mental health my entire life, before drugs were an issue. Probably going back to 10 years old, at least as far as I can recall. Not that I want sympathy, far from it, I own my mistakes. I’m typing this shit on the internet because I want to and I want to honour lost friends. I own every single mistake. Maybe writing shit helps? Making music certainly does. It’s given me a sense of identity and I’m very lucky in what I do. Ironically I now work for a record label who’s motto is “Comforting the disturbed, disturbing the comfortable”. Very apt. The drummer in my current band took his own life in 2014. That was fucking shit. He was a totally straight edge guy. Very talented musician. Suicide is fucking vile, I don’t have the words to describe what that does to those left behind. Just a couple of weeks earlier we’d been offered a record deal with an advance to make an album, we were also working with another very respected artist in his live band. Like wtf man. I still don’t get it. I don’t even want to say more out of respect for his family. RIP brother. Nostr is a funny place, so many people I have very little in common with other than a dislike of banks (I hold the banksters responsible for the 2008 crash directly responsible for the death of my friend btw. I still say fuck each and every one of you. Cunts). I often see folks refer to others as ‘normies’. From what I gather a normie is someone who didn’t grow up posting on 4Chan. The funny thing is these people are often the one’s saying work hard, raise a family etc. I mean come on, you go on about working hard, raising families and eating healthily. Fucking hell!!! Like that’s sort of normal, you know? Tell me about sitting in a slum in south London with prostitutes, smoking crack thinking of ways you can get some money to score and then talk to me about ‘normies’. LMAO. For clarity, I didn’t have sex with them. I just wanted drugs and so did they. Nothing about this is glamorous by the way, it’s tragic and grim. I’m glad it’s not the norm. If you’re that healthy, hardworking guy with a family calling people normies, respect to you, in all honestly I’m envious. I wish I’d grown up in a stable home with two parents and a dad who hooked me up working for a fund straight out of school. Normies! Fuck I’m still laughing about that one. The other one that cracks me up is plebs, again you worked at a fund and you talk about being a pleb. Funny fucker. Respect for your sense of humour though. I’m not bitter (well not fully). I read the posts with interest and I’m always trying to learn new stuff, I’m happiest when learning. Learning is good for you. Fact. It’s a thoroughly miserable day here as write this, icey cold, grey and very windy, this is still the happiest I’ve been in life. I now have a wonderful, beautiful wife. No kids but with my background, I’ve decided these genes are best left here. There’s some sadness about that too but it could be worse, I might be the type to think Peter Thiel is cool. This probably reads like a right whinney thread but it isn’t. I’m excited about the future. I know some very talented people and I think we can do amazing things. Each day is a new opportunity. Being part of the underground internet is cool. We need free and open tools more than ever. The world is possibly the most fucked up it’s been in many years but also maybe that’s an illusion. I’m the last person you should ask about reality tbh. Anyway, that’s it for today. This probably reads like a confused mess and a nightmare for anyone who digs grammar but that’s cool, I’m writing without using AI or a filter, it’s not a work email. I’m typing as the words appear in my head, this is who I am. I’m a normie…

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*„Ein Mensch. Ein Wort.“*, steht auf den Plakaten der Grünen zur Bundestagswahl 2025. Mich erinnert das an den Beginn des Johannes­evangeliums: *„Im Anfang war das Wort … Und das Wort ist Fleisch geworden …“* In diesen Tagen scheinen Heiligenverehrung und Teufelsaustreibung so virulent zu sein, wie im Mittelalter. Menschen müssen die richtigen Worte verwenden. Wahre Worte aus falschem Mund verklingen oftmals ungehört. Die [Sachbücher](https://www.masselverlag.de/Sachbuecher/) des massel Verlags sind mehr als bloße Hirngespinste, sie gründen in gelebter Wirklichkeit. Texte unserer Autoren werden nicht glattgeschliffen und marktkonform gebeugt, sondern sie behalten ihre Macken und Zacken. [Linus](https://www.masselverlag.de/Programm/Gefangen-in-einer-Welt-voller-Widersinn/) war im Gefängnis eingesperrt und [Bastian](https://www.masselverlag.de/Programm/Auf-Spurensuche-nach-Natuerlichkeit/) hat ein Jahr in der Wildnis frei gelebt. [Eva](https://www.masselverlag.de/Programm/War-da-was/) ist mit dem Volk Gottes durch die Wüste gewandert und [Insa](https://www.masselverlag.de/Programm/Hauptsache-Sex-zusammen/) hat ihr Glück nicht nur, aber auch im Sex gefunden. [Walter](https://www.masselverlag.de/The-Great-WeSet/Alternativen-in-Medien-und-Recht/) hat Ausgrenzung durch die Medien am eigenen Leib erfahren und [Ulrich](https://www.masselverlag.de/The-Great-WeSet/Wirtschaft-und-Finanzen-neu-gedacht/) ist eingetaucht in die vielfältigen, menschlichen Alternativen zu unserem Wirtschafts- und Finanzsystem. ***  **Am 14. Februar ist Valentinstag!** Das Brauchtum dieses Tages geht auf das Fest des Heiligen Valentinus zurück. Der Legende nach traute der heilige Valentin von Rom Soldaten, denen das Heiraten eigentlich verboten war. In der Antike wurde um den 13. bis 15. Februar in Rom ein Fruchtbarkeitsritus gefeiert. Einen Beleg für eine Verbindung zwischen dem Fest der Lupercalien und dem Valentinstag gibt es nicht. Es gibt jedoch Hinweise, dass die Leidensgeschichte des Heiligen und sogar dessen Existenz erfunden wurde. Allgemein bekannt wurde der Valentinstag durch die vor dem 14. Februar verstärkt einsetzende Werbung der Floristik- und Süßwarenindustrie. Blumen oder Schokolade verschenken? Ehepaare im Gottesdienst segnen? Der romantischen Liebe huldigen? Wir empfehlen Ihnen das etwas andere Geschenk!  **Hauptsache Sex zusammen?** von Insa Tiabilis\ Ein [Inspirationsbuch](https://www.masselverlag.de/Programm/Hauptsache-Sex-zusammen/) über Sex in langen Beziehungen Die Autorin sagt über sich: *„Ich habe ein abgebrochenes Studium der Psychologie, drei abgeschlossene Kinder, und einen mir selbst verliehenen ‚Master‘ im Eheretten vorzuweisen. Das Leben hat mich qualifiziert und um einige wunderbare Erfahrungen reicher gemacht, an denen ich andere Menschen teilhaben lassen möchte. Ich habe mich glücklich gemacht. Nicht nur, aber auch mit Sex.“* *** **Quellen erforschen und verstehen** Wie beim Valentinstag ist eine Umdeutung des Sex durch Kirche, Industrie und Machthabenden wahrscheinlich. Der Mensch wurde bewusst seiner Natur entfremdet. Oder hat die Kultur ihn zu etwas Höherem befreit? Diese beiden Pole gilt es auszuhalten und zu entdecken. Siehe Kinderbuch weiter unten. Auch in der Sprachreise von [Gerald Ehegartner](https://www.masselverlag.de/Programm/Ausgegendert-Eine-investigative-Reise-zu-den-Quellen-der-deutschen-Sprache/) geht es um Umdeutung. Ist das generische Maskulinum Ausdruck einer patriarchalen Gesellschaft? Oder hat die deutsche Sprache aus anderen Quellen ihre Grammatik gespeist?  > Gerald Hüther, Neurobiologe und Bestsellerautor: *„Dieses Buch von Gerald Ehegartner ist eine messerscharfe und scharfzüngige Analyse unserer gegenwärtigen Sprachverwicklungen und gleichzeitig eine warmherzige und berührende Liebeserklärung an unsere deutsche Muttersprache.“* *** **Was und wo ist Heimat?** Der kleine Pinguin Timpetaa, verlässt seine gewohnte Umgebung im Süden, macht sich auf, die Welt zu entdecken und trifft dort auf Fremde. Das Unbekannte, in Timpetaas Fall der Nordpol mit den vielen Eisbären, welche ihn unter „normalen“ Umständen wahrscheinlich gleich verschlingen würden, kann auch zur Heimat werden. Auf alle Fälle üben die zotteligen Viecher am Nordpol unserem kleinen Weltreisenden gegenüber große Toleranz. Sie kümmern sich vielmehr rührend um ihn, nehmen ihn wohlwollend in ihrer Gemeinschaft auf, ziehen ihn groß und lernen ihm das Jagen, auch wenn Fisch nach wie vor zu seiner Leibspeise gehört. Am allerliebsten jagt der kleine Pinguin allerdings Herzen … Der Autor Matthias A. Weiss möchte mit seinem Kinderbuch Kindern das Leben als zu entdeckendes Gut vermitteln, sie auf den Wert der Umwelt und ein friedvolles Miteinander aufmerksam machen. Nicht zuletzt sollen Kinder ermutigt werden, in die Welt hinauszugehen und eigene Erfahrungen zu sammeln.    *** ### **Veranstaltungen** Im März stehen wieder einige Veranstaltungen des massel Verlags an. Wir freuen uns sehr, wenn wir uns bei dem ein oder anderen Ereignis begegnen würden. Aller Termine finden Sie [auf unserer Website](https://www.masselverlag.de/). **15. - 23. März 2025**\ Bücherschau junior im Forum der Zukunft, Deutsches Museum - Museumsinsel\ In der Ausstellung: Timpetaa von Matthias A. Weiss **15. 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***Tree branches, driftwood coconut. 5'7" teardrop. [Dawei, Myanmar. 2020]*** --- #### Introduction Situated on Myanmar’s Grandfather Beach, this lens captures the dramatic shape of a steep, rocky hill that mirrors the arduous road leading to this remote location. Grandfather invites viewers to reflect on the connection between journey and destination, highlighting the tension and beauty of paths less traveled. #### Site & Placement The lens is positioned at the west end of the beach, focusing on the sharp hill rising above the shoreline. Its teardrop shape accentuates the rocky prominence, emphasizing its similarity to the road that winds toward the beach. A bench, placed 12 feet away, provides a place for viewers to absorb the rugged beauty of the scene. #### Impermanence & Integration Crafted from driftwood, branches, and stone, Grandfather is a fleeting presence in this timeless landscape. Its brief existence reflects the challenges and ephemerality of the journey it highlights, blending into the environment as it gradually succumbs to the elements. #### Reflection *Grandfather* invites viewers to consider the parallels between the physical journey to reach the beach and life’s broader paths. It stands as a reminder that even the most challenging routes can lead to moments of profound beauty. --- ## Photos         --- #### More from the 'Earth Lens' Series: [Earth Lens Series: Artist Statement + List of Works](https://hes.npub.pro/post/1731091744332/) ["Looking Glass" (Earth Lens 001)](https://hes.npub.pro/post/1736304563962/) ["Folsom" (Earth Lens 002)](https://hes.npub.pro/post/1737844073125/) ["Sanctuary" (Earth Lens 003)](https://hes.npub.pro/post/1731091744332/) ["Platte" (Earth Lens 004)](https://hes.npub.pro/post/sya8nv6q8k0w3olqcepwz) [COMING SOON: "Chongming" (Earth Lens 006)](https://hes.npub.pro/post/1731091744332/) --- #### More from Hes [Portfolio](https://hesart.npub.pro) [Online Store](https://plebeian.market/community/hes@nostrplebs.com/hesmart-ym3fcufdfz) [Artist Statements](https://hes.npub.pro/tag/art/) [Travel Guides](https://hes.npub.pro/tag/travel/) [Photography](https://hes.npub.pro/tag/photography) [Money](https://hes.npub.pro/tag/money) [Tech](https://hes.npub.pro/tag/tech) --- *All images are credit of Hes, but you are free to download and use for any purpose. If you find joy from my art, please feel free to send a zap. Enjoy life on a Bitcoin standard.*

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## **۱. ایران پیش از هخامنشیان** پیش از ظهور **کوروش بزرگ** و تأسیس امپراتوری هخامنشی، سرزمین ایران تحت حکومت چندین تمدن و دودمان مهم قرار داشت: ### **ایلامیان (حدود ۳۰۰۰–۶۴۰ پیش از میلاد)** - **قلمرو:** جنوب غربی ایران (خوزستان امروزی) - **دستاوردها:** - ایجاد یکی از نخستین دولت‌های متمرکز در منطقه - توسعه خط نوشتاری ایلامی - جنگ‌های طولانی با بابل و آشور - در سال **۶۴۰ ق.م**، ایلام توسط **آشوربانی‌پال**، شاه آشور، فتح و ضعیف شد. ### **مادها (حدود ۷۰۰–۵۵۰ پیش از میلاد)** - **بنیان‌گذار:** دیاکو (۷۰۹–۶۵۶ ق.م) - **شاهان مهم:** - **فرورتیش:** مقابله با آشوریان و توسعه قلمرو ماد - **هووخشتره:** شکست آشور و گسترش قدرت مادها - **ایشتوویگو:** آخرین پادشاه ماد که توسط **کوروش بزرگ** شکست خورد - **دستاوردها:** - نخستین ارتش منظم در تاریخ ایران - اتحاد قبایل ایرانی و پایه‌گذاری حکومت متمرکز ### **خاندان هخامنشی پیش از کوروش** - **هخامنش:** بنیان‌گذار دودمان هخامنشی (حدود ۷۰۰ ق.م) - **چیش‌پیش:** حاکم آنشان - **کمبوجیه یکم:** پدر کوروش بزرگ کوروش بزرگ با شکست دادن مادها، نخستین امپراتوری بزرگ ایران را بنیان نهاد. --- ## **۲. هخامنشیان (۵۵۰–۳۳۰ پیش از میلاد)** ### **کوروش بزرگ؛ بنیان‌گذار نخستین امپراتوری ایرانی** - **قلمرو:** از آسیای مرکزی تا مدیترانه و مصر. - **دستاوردها:** - **تأسیس امپراتوری هخامنشی**؛ نخستین امپراتوری چندملیتی تاریخ. - **صدور منشور حقوق بشر (استوانه کوروش).** - **فتح بابل و آزادی یهودیان.** - **ایجاد سیستم حکومتی مبتنی بر احترام به فرهنگ‌ها و ادیان مختلف.** - **ایجاد جاده‌های ارتباطی برای تسهیل تجارت و حمل‌ونقل.** ### **داریوش بزرگ (۵۲۲–۴۸۶ ق.م)** - **گسترش امپراتوری و ایجاد نظام اداری پیشرفته.** - **ساخت تخت جمشید.** - **ایجاد راه شاهی برای ارتباط بهتر میان ایالت‌ها.** - **ایجاد سیستم مالی و ضرب نخستین سکه ایرانی.** ### **خشایارشا (۴۸۶–۴۶۵ ق.م)** - **نبردهای مهم با یونانیان، از جمله جنگ سالامیس.** - **تکمیل تخت جمشید و گسترش معماری هخامنشی.** ### **پایان هخامنشیان** - داریوش سوم در برابر اسکندر مقدونی شکست خورد و امپراتوری سقوط کرد. --- ## **۳. اشکانیان (۲۴۷ پیش از میلاد–۲۲۴ میلادی)** - **بنیان‌گذار:** ارشک اول. - **دستاوردها:** - مقابله با امپراتوری روم. - ایجاد نظام حکومتی نیمه‌متمرکز. - گسترش تجارت از طریق جاده ابریشم. --- ## **۴. ساسانیان (۲۲۴–۶۵۱ میلادی)** ### **شاپور اول (۲۴۱–۲۷۲ م)** - شکست دادن امپراتور روم (والرین). - توسعه علمی و فرهنگی. ### **انوشیروان دادگر (۵۳۱–۵۷۹ م)** - اصلاحات مالی و اداری. - ترویج علم و فلسفه. ### **یزدگرد سوم (۶۳۲–۶۵۱ م)** - آخرین شاه ساسانی، شکست در برابر حمله اعراب مسلمان. --- ## **۵. سلسله‌های محلی و اسلامی** - **سامانیان، آل‌بویه، سلجوقیان** نقش مهمی در حفظ فرهنگ ایرانی داشتند. --- ## **۶. صفویان (۱۵۰۱–۱۷۳۶ میلادی)** - **شاه اسماعیل صفوی:** رسمی کردن مذهب تشیع. - **شاه عباس بزرگ:** توسعه اقتصادی، رونق اصفهان، اصلاحات نظامی. --- ## **۷. افشاریان (۱۷۳۶–۱۷۹۶ میلادی)** - **نادرشاه افشار:** شکست امپراتوری مغول هند، بازپس‌گیری خراسان. --- ## **۸. زندیان (۱۷۵۱–۱۷۹۴ میلادی)** - **کریم‌خان زند:** صلح و توسعه اقتصادی، ساخت بازار وکیل شیراز. --- ## **۹. قاجاریان (۱۷۹۶–۱۹۲۵ میلادی)** - **آغامحمدخان قاجار:** تأسیس حکومت قاجار. - **اصلاحات امیرکبیر، جنگ‌های ایران و روس، انقلاب مشروطه.** --- ## **۱۰. پهلوی (۱۹۲۵–۱۹۷۹ میلادی)** ### **رضاشاه (۱۹۲۵–۱۹۴۱)** - **نوسازی ایران، توسعه آموزش، ایجاد راه‌آهن سراسری.** - **تأسیس دانشگاه تهران و مدرن‌سازی نظام اداری.** - **حذف القاب سنتی و ارتقای جایگاه زنان در جامعه.** ### **محمدرضا شاه (۱۹۴۱–۱۹۷۹)** - **انقلاب سفید و اصلاحات ارضی.** - **افزایش درآمد نفتی و توسعه صنعتی ایران.** - **ایجاد زیرساخت‌های اقتصادی مدرن.** - **برگزاری جشن‌های ۲۵۰۰ ساله شاهنشاهی.** --- ## **جمع‌بندی** ایران در طول تاریخ شاهد حکومت‌های متعددی بوده که هر کدام در توسعه فرهنگی، اقتصادی و نظامی کشور نقش داشته‌اند.

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#### ۱. دوران پالئولیتیک (عصر حجر قدیم) دوران پالئولیتیک یا عصر سنگ قدیم، اولین دوره از تاریخ بشری است که به زمانی برمی‌گردد که انسان‌ها هنوز به‌طور عمده در زندگی شکارچی-گردآورنده بودند و ابزارهای ابتدایی سنگی را برای تأمین غذا و سایر نیازهای خود استفاده می‌کردند. این دوران بیش از ۲٫۵ میلیون سال به طول انجامید و انسان‌ها در آن زندگی سخت و متکی به شکار و گردآوری میوه‌ها و گیاهان داشتند. در ایران، این دوره بیشتر در مناطق غربی و مرکزی کشور شواهدی از سکونت انسان‌های اولیه به‌جا گذاشته است. مناطقی مانند **غارهای میرعماد در لرستان** و **غار شوش** در جنوب غرب ایران، از مکان‌های مهم این دوران هستند که نشان‌دهنده حضور انسان‌های نئاندرتال و هوموساپینس در این منطقه هستند. ابزارهای سنگی کشف‌شده از این مکان‌ها، نشان‌دهنده استفاده انسان‌های اولیه از سنگ‌ها برای ساخت چاقوها، تیغه‌ها و ابزارهای مختلف برای شکار و جمع‌آوری غذا بوده است. در این دوران، انسان‌ها همچنان در گروه‌های کوچک زندگی می‌کردند و عمدتاً به‌صورت پراکنده در مناطق مختلف سکونت داشتند. #### ۲. دوران نوسنگی (Neolithic) دوران نوسنگی، که آغاز آن به حدود ۱۰,۰۰۰ سال پیش بازمی‌گردد، به‌عنوان یکی از تحولات اساسی تاریخ بشری شناخته می‌شود. در این دوره، انسان‌ها به تدریج از زندگی شکارگری به کشاورزی و دامداری روی آوردند. این تغییر، نه تنها در سبک زندگی بشر، بلکه در ساختارهای اجتماعی، اقتصادی و فرهنگی جوامع نیز انقلابی بزرگ ایجاد کرد. انسان‌ها برای اولین بار گیاهان را کشت و از آنها برای تأمین غذا استفاده کردند و همچنین دام‌ها را اهلی کردند. در ایران، از جمله مهم‌ترین مکان‌هایی که نشان‌دهنده آغاز کشاورزی و زندگی روستایی است می‌توان به **چغاگلان** در کردستان اشاره کرد. این منطقه یکی از اولین محوطه‌های باستانی است که شواهدی از کشاورزی اولیه در آن پیدا شده است. همچنین **تل برآفتاب** در کرمانشاه و **تل هندیجان** در جنوب غرب ایران نیز از دیگر سایت‌های مهم نوسنگی هستند که شواهدی از نخستین جوامع کشاورزی و دامداری در آنها به‌دست آمده است. زندگی در این دوران به‌طور عمده در روستاهای کوچک متمرکز بود و مردم در کنار کشاورزی و دامداری، به‌صورت ابتدایی صنایع دستی نیز تولید می‌کردند. این دوره شروعی برای روابط تجاری و فرهنگی میان جوامع مختلف بود که به تدریج پیچیدگی‌های بیشتری پیدا کرد. #### ۳. دوران مس و سنگ (Chalcolithic) دوران مس و سنگ که به آن **دوران چاله‌کولیتیک** نیز گفته می‌شود، مرحله‌ای میان دوران نوسنگی و مفرغ است که حدود ۵,۰۰۰ سال پیش آغاز شد. در این دوران، انسان‌ها از فلزات، به‌ویژه مس، استفاده کردند و ابزارهایی ساختند که در کنار ابزارهای سنگی قرار می‌گرفت. این دوره، به‌ویژه به‌عنوان دوران گذار از عصر سنگ به عصر مفرغ شناخته می‌شود. یکی از مهم‌ترین ویژگی‌های این دوران، استفاده اولیه از فلزات است که امکان ساخت ابزارهایی با دقت و کارایی بالاتر را فراهم کرد. در کنار کشاورزی و دامداری، تجارت و ارتباطات میان جوامع مختلف شروع به گسترش کرد و باعث تبادل کالاها و ایده‌ها بین مناطق مختلف شد. از مهم‌ترین محوطه‌های باستانی این دوره می‌توان به **تپه سیلک** در کاشان اشاره کرد که در آن آثار بسیاری از زندگی کشاورزی، صنایع دستی و حتی شواهدی از ساخت‌وسازهای ابتدایی پیدا شده است. **تپه نوشیجان** در همدان نیز یکی دیگر از سایت‌های مهم این دوران است که در آن آثار مس و ابزارهای فلزی کشف شده است. این آثار نشان‌دهنده توسعه فنون فلزکاری و استفاده از مس برای ساخت ابزارهای پیچیده‌تر در این دوره است. #### ۴. دوران مفرغ (Bronze Age) دوران مفرغ، که از حدود ۳۰۰۰ سال پیش از میلاد آغاز شد، یکی از مهم‌ترین دوران‌ها در تاریخ بشری است. در این دوره، استفاده از فلز مفرغ برای ساخت ابزار، سلاح‌ها و اشیاء تزئینی گسترش یافت. دوران مفرغ نه‌تنها از نظر تکنولوژیکی بلکه از نظر فرهنگی و اجتماعی نیز اهمیت زیادی دارد، زیرا در این دوره جوامع انسانی پیچیدگی‌های بیشتری پیدا کرده و به‌تدریج به تمدن‌های بزرگتری تبدیل شدند. ایران در دوران مفرغ شاهد شکل‌گیری تمدن‌های اولیه‌ای همچون ایلامیان بود. این تمدن‌ها در جنوب غربی ایران (مناطق کنونی استان خوزستان و استان ایلام) و در نواحی شمال غرب کشور ریشه دوانیدند. در این دوران، ساختارهای سیاسی و اجتماعی پیچیده‌تر شد و نشانه‌های اولیه از شکل‌گیری دولت‌های شهری و پیشرفته‌تر به‌وجود آمد. یکی از مهم‌ترین سایت‌های باستانی این دوره، **تپه حسنلو** در آذربایجان غربی است که شواهدی از یک تمدن پیشرفته با استفاده از مفرغ در آن پیدا شده است. این تپه که به‌عنوان یکی از مهم‌ترین محوطه‌های باستانی شناخته می‌شود، آثار مختلفی از جمله سلاح‌ها، ابزارها و مصنوعات هنری از دوران مفرغ را در خود جای داده است. همچنین، **تپه سفالی** در جنوب غرب ایران نیز نشان‌دهنده روند پیشرفت در استفاده از مفرغ و تغییرات فرهنگی در این دوره است. در این زمان، جوامع انسانی به‌طور گسترده‌تری در زمینه‌های کشاورزی، تجارت، فنون ساخت‌وساز و هنرهای تزئینی فعالیت می‌کردند. استفاده از مفرغ نه‌تنها به ارتقاء صنعت و فنون مرتبط با آن کمک کرد، بلکه زمینه را برای ظهور تمدن‌های بزرگ‌تر مانند ایلامیان فراهم آورد. #### نتیجه‌گیری تاریخ باستانی ایران گواهی است بر تکامل انسان‌ها از دوره‌های ابتدایی شکارگری و گردآوری به جوامع پیچیده‌تر کشاورزی، دامداری و تولید صنایع دستی و فلزی. این تحولات از دوران پالئولیتیک تا دوران مفرغ باعث شد تا ایران به یکی از کانون‌های مهم تمدن‌سازی در تاریخ بشری تبدیل شود. پیشرفت‌های تکنولوژیکی، ساختارهای اجتماعی پیچیده‌تر و گسترش ارتباطات تجاری و فرهنگی در این دوره‌ها، زمینه‌ساز ظهور تمدن‌های بزرگ و پیچیده‌ای مانند ایلامیان، هخامنشیان و ساسانیان شد که در تاریخ ایران و جهان نقش مهمی ایفا کردند. این تاریخچه در کنار آثار باستانی که از این دوران به‌جا مانده است، همچنان دلیلی برای عظمت و شکوه تمدن ایران در تاریخ بشر است.