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Thanks for this info. I found more information in the video linked in the article (starts at 24:47):
Basically, USDC over Solana or Ethereum 🤮. Presentation slides show Bitcoin with the highest transaction fees, but don't even mention Lightning. I find it disgusting and sad. Maybe this shouldn't even be in the ~bitcoin territory.
This is the state of things right now.
Do you have more juicy stories to share? I closed my European bank accounts a few years ago, so I don't know too much about what's going on in fiatland.
Thanks for posting this.
I have a question regarding this part:
There's also an issue of why we're vaccinating really young kids for diseases long before they have any appreciable risk of exposure. I didn't get a rabies vaccine when I was a newborn, for instance (that waited until after a dog bit me in the Caribbean). Shouldn't timing be somewhat related to likelihood of exposure?
What is the rationale for getting a vaccine after exposure? Someone please explain it to me.
Si te refieres a los relés, creo que nadie está diciendo que el estado actual sea el end game. Si quiero que me lean, pagaré para que se almacenen mis notas. Si quiero leer a alguien, pagaré para que se almacenen sus notas. Y es posible que algunos relés adopten modelos freemium (vendiendo servicios accesorios o permitiendo que se almacenen las notas con caducidad para quienes no paguen) u otros modelos que no nos imaginamos todavÃa.
Para mÃ, la propuesta de valor de Nostr es esta:
A decentralized social network with a chance of working. It doesn't rely on any trusted central server, hence it is resilient; it is based on cryptographic keys and signatures, so it is tamperproof; it does not rely on P2P techniques, and therefore it works.
Para mà la cuestión no es si Bitcoin o Nostr van a funcionar, sino que tenemos que hacer que funcionen y se extiendan como sea, porque no tenemos alternativa.
Gracias por escribir esto. No eres el único que piensa asÃ, ni mucho menos. No hagamos tanto caso a los influencersbocazas de Xitter. No representan a Bitcoin ni debemos dejar que nos roben nuestro tiempo ni nuestro bienestar. La gente nueva se aferra a los mesÃas porque pensar por uno mismo es difÃcil. Ya se irán dando cuenta. Se creen que el juego va de ganar dinero, pero en realidad se trata de ganar libertad.
La parte que no entiendo es la crÃtica hacia Nostr. Este protocolo ya existÃa antes de que Dorsey se metiera; él no representa a Nostr. ¿Puedes explicar lo de que los incentivos no están alineados? No le veo fundamento a la crÃtica en general. En Nostr, al igual que en todas partes, hay gente que tiene las ideas más claras y bocazas a gogó. En parte, depende de dónde pongamos nuestra atención.
Bitcoin y Nostr, si han de funcionar, es porque son para cualquiera, incluso para los enemigos.
Boundaries are not absurd. The borders in our houses, or the border in a hypothetical gated community or small town of bitcoiners are definitely not absurd.
But the border of a nation-state? Maybe the border is not absurd. What is absurd is the idea of nation-state itself. Pretending that I belong with people that have very little in common with me and that often are working actively to destroy me.
You will soon have to decide what's more important to you: either people who share your "homeland" or people who share your values.
Interesting. The words "bitcoin" or even "crypto*" appear exactly 0 times on that letter. More so given that several years ago they dabbled into accepting bitcoin (onchain), then they removed it, allegedly because of the high onchain fees. This means they are very aware of bitcoin.
Are they right and bitcoin will be negligible 10 years from now? Will central banks, commercial banks, governments, regulators and these fiat companies that make a living out of showing a polished UI/UX on top of an overly complex and fraudulent system be the winners?
Or are they wrong in the same way that it seems that Google will be disrupted by AI and these fiat boys are going to receive the lesson of their lives? How can we make it so that 10 years from now bitcoin is the thing and not these ultra-fiat companies and institutions?
Please discuss.
I don't see where is the disagreement here. I certainly agree with what you say. The thing is, when I go to Spain, I don't see people jumping out from windows. What I do see is people out eating, drinking and being merry, spending money like crazy. Where do they get the money from? I don't know, that's still a mystery to me. Last time I inquired about this, the answer I got is that they want to live life now in case there is another lockdown in the future. Certainly, they could save that money in bitcoin rather than spending as if there is no tomorrow. But they don't know better, likely because of "trust" in the state, brainwashing and fear from being different than their family and friends or whatever.
I don't know the explanation, but I guess that people in Europe are too comfortable. Understanding bitcoin means understanding that everything they have been taught is a lie. I guess that there will have to be a lot of pain for normies for them to begin questioning things.
In 2020 I left Europe. I still spend time there, but as a visitor. I am very reluctant to establish myself in Europe.