20 sats \ 2 replies \ @MarsIronPI 7h \ on: Stacker Saloon
To all you smart bitcoiners, what would you do if your area lost power for six months, or some other disaster prevented you from accessing the blockchain? How would you pay for what you need? How can an economy based on bitcoin be resilient to local blockchain outages?
I'm not trying to criticize Bitcoin here, I do genuinely like it, I just can't un-see this problem.
This book set me on my track to becoming a libertarian (possibly even an anarchist). It's a great story, but with some great lessons on politics and freedom. Robert Heinlein is a great author.
Also check out this amazing language tree by Minna Sundberg:
It's from her comic, Stand Still, Stay Silent.
Very cool! I'll have to try Fanta Cake sometime.
How much processing power is required to run these kinds of algorithms?
Kind of, but kinda like @DarthCoin says, a glass bunker is secure but not private, and a tent is private but not secure.
I don't know about you, but I've met some people on nostr and get enough engagement to be satisfactory. I'm not a dev or anything. Try commenting on popular posts and see if you meet people that way.
If Bitcoin is hope then give hope to your people. Give hope to your community. To your friends. To your family. To your loved ones.
The celebrities will be fine.
This. 100% this. We need the people, not the celebrities.
Eh. There's space for both microblogging and discussion in the world.
Do you also think that blogging is self-centered?
Good for them. The EU does some good things with regulations, but in the end they're still using legislation, which is not the tool for the job. The tool for the job is to make people smarter.