@***satsie's*** bio

bitcoin

@satsie's bio

satsie

Interoperability without ***sacrificing*** privacy: ***Matrix*** and the DMA

Interoperability without sacrificing privacy: Matrix and the DMA

bataroot

***Matrix*** 2.0: The Future of ***Matrix***

tech

Matrix 2.0: The Future of Matrix

chowwiwang

Rsync25

Who will have control over the choice of experiences that are delivered to us in the ***matrix***? ... The questions that are yet unanswered are:

Will we have a choice as to whether we want to be in the ***matrix***

The ***Matrix***

nostr

At some point in the future there will be computer systems that are able to simulate reality for human beings to point where they cannot distinguish the experience from reality. Computer technology is getting ever more sophisticated and VR experiences have progressed significantly over the last few years. There is nothing that will provide an absolute limit to the improvements that can be made. The pace of development is increasing and there is no shortage of funding for software development that creates more life-like experiences. The questions that are yet unanswered are:

1. Will we have a choice as to whether we want to be in the matrix or not?
2. Who will have control over the choice of experiences that are delivered to us in the matrix?

Currently we experience digital media through various platforms on the internet. We are able to chose to engage with digital experiences or to focus our attention on the analogue world. The content that we chose to focus on is nominally under our control, but our choices are influenced by algorithms that are optimised to capture our attention for as long as possible. The digital media platforms are businesses that are maximising revenue from advertising and the more engaged a user is for a longer time, the more likely it is that they will proceed to spend money with one of the advertisers. The system is incentivised to use user data in order to understand their reactions and to deliver content that is optimised to have them spend more money. The most profitable strategy for the platform is to develop carefully devised techniques that aim to induce users into thinking their lives will be better if they buy goods and services that they don’t really need. 

If you consider how technology might evolve over the next few years, then one can imagine that the content selection process in a VR experience will become an extension of the way that content is chosen on digital media platforms right now. The algorithms will likely be even more sophisticated than the ones that we have now and they will feed addictive experiences to users to the point that they don’t want to leave.

The above situation is a problem that is created by bad financial incentives where the users believe that they are getting the content for free. If we have a system where users have the option to pay for content on a per item basis, then the incentive system is different. Creators could be rewarded for delivering quality rather than for capturing attention. The platform would be incentivised to promote the highest quality content to the customer in order that they could generate the highest total revenue. A user’s decision to make a payment is discrete and thoughtful. If they feel like they have received quality, then they will be more willing to pay more for it. An algorithm that prioritises the content that has received most payments could be employed in this space, as it would hopefully lead to the highest quality experience for the customer. Customers be inclined to use this platform more and recommend it to their friends.

A quality digital media experience is likely to be one where the customer feels satiated as a result of it. They can happily walk away from it and re-engage in their everyday lives where they will be able to be productive members of society and earn money to spend on food, shelter, family and friends. An incentive system that aims to keep the user engaged for as long as possible is one where they will never be satisfied, they will find it very difficult to walk away and their engagement with normal life will be weak and unproductive. The best way to get a customer to pay voluntarily is to make them feel satisfied. The best way to induce someone to pay for something that they don’t really want is to leave them wanting.

The evolution of digital media platforms into virtual reality experiences and of algorithms into autonomous information machines that deliver experiences to us is all but inevitable. We have the opportunity to build new systems now that could give a degree of control over how these machines operate in the future. 

We can’t stop this ship that we are on, it’s moving fast and gaining speed. All we can do is try to alter the direction a little. Shifting the trajectory a couple of inches right now might mean that we can miss an obstacle that is miles wide a few years down the line.


The Matrix

ShortSimon

@***SatRat's*** bio

@SatRat's bio

SatRat

I created this account to organize the ***satsraising*** projects on SN. ... If you're feeling generous, zap Anita's link below:

Anita Posch ***Satsraiser***

@***satsraiser's*** bio

This is Siggy. I created this account to organize the satsraising projects on SN. I will post them from here, but I will also make general, more frequent short posts about general fundraising stuff.  I plan on taking advantage of the SN percentage forwarding feature to forward sats to more than one project when the posts are not targeted. This also gives me the ability to zap my own posts!

I'm just thinking out loud, so please send me your suggestions, ideas, and content. It would be great if one of the artistically inclined among us can come up with a logo. Even link post suggestions are fine, since all rewards will be going to a worthy cause. 

Please don't zap this bio. If you're feeling generous, zap Anita's link below:

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### [Anita Posch Satsraiser](https://stacker.news/items/239180)

@satsraiser's bio

satsraiser

The ***Matrix*** and Bitcoin

The Matrix and Bitcoin

TNStacker

***Matrix***: Bitsurrections

Matrix: Bitsurrections

ideasourcing

Why is "The ***Matrix***" so popular in bitcoin culture? ... Congratulations, the ***Matrix*** no longer has you. ... "The ***Matrix*** is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. ... Eventually you're fully orange pilled, but the stains from The ***Matrix*** are still there. ... In this thread of Bitcoin and ***Matrix*** memes we'll look at how some of the most iconic scenes translate

The ***Matrix*** and Bitcoin.

I share a thread from @utxo_one on Twitter.

- Why is "The Matrix" so popular in bitcoin culture?

In this thread of Bitcoin and Matrix memes we'll look at how some of the most iconic scenes translate perfectly into what's happening in the world today.

"You know something. What you know, you can't explain, but you feel it. You felt it your entire life. There's something wrong with the world. You don't know what, but it's there. Like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. ... Do you know what I'm talking about?"

- Things in the world are increasingly making less and less sense, and bitcoiners believe the root of this imbalance is the perversion of incentives created by money printing and the centralization of power.

- They lock us in our houses, feed us corn syrup and canola oil and harvest our energy through massive taxes and inflation.

They tell us what to think, what to inject in our bodies, what to wear on our face, how much carbon to use, what protests are ok and so on.

- But who exactly are "they"?

"The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window, or when you turn on your television. ... It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth."

- They are a collection of perverse incentives that are created when the foundation of an economy is built on funny money.

What is a rational way to behave in a negative interest rate environment? What behaviors would you expect to see when there is no credible way to save money?

- "You have to understand. Most people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured and so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it."

Many of us dismissed #bitcoin at first, for the simple reason that we were not ready to be unplugged.

- But eventually, slowly but surely, modern day Morpheus' are unplugging people from their pods and showing them how deep the rabbit hole goes.

Notable unpluggers include (but not limited to):
@ODELL
 
@dergigi
 
@saifedean
 
@nvk
 
@TheGuySwann

- So ok great, you follow the white rabbit into the world of Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency.

You are excited to see how much money can be made, and looking at how much people who came before you have made.

- The thing is, you are still freshly unplugged from the Matrix and you don't know how it works. 

For many first timers, this means jumping straight into Ponzis, scams and casinos.

Nobody makes the jump their first time.

- But you persist.

You intake incredible amounts of information from podcasts, books, meetups, telegram groups and of course Bitcoiner Twitter.

Eventually you're fully orange pilled, but the stains from The Matrix are still there.

- You're confident, full of knowledge and vitality, but short on wisdom.

You have not yet been humbled.

Maybe you over-extend with leverage, maybe you think you can day trade, maybe you sell everything you have and go all in...

- But without at least one cycle under your belt, you're missing out on all the lessons that can only be learned one way: the hard way.

For you see, even some people who call themselves bitcoiners don't really believe in the cause, they just want fiat gains for themselves.

- Maybe they host a popular show and invite @stablekwon and @muneeb and use Bitcoin's good name to print their own tokens to get your bitcoin.

Maybe they spend all year pumping @BlockFi and showing off their car they have off the interest.

Maybe they do both.

- And so, as was almost certain, a bear market would eventually arrive.

You read about them, heard about them, saw the price on the chart.

But you never experienced one first hand.

People around you getting rekt, everyone selling, even suicides.

Bear markets are real.

- Maybe you told yourself that since you follow very prominent analysts, many of which recently completed high school, that you'd be able to time this market.

Maybe you thought $29k was the absolute bottom, went all in and now wonder what went wrong.

- And so after a wild ride, you find yourself approaching a real bottom in Bitcoin for the first time.

And somehow, you're still alive. You're still here.

Congratulations, the Matrix no longer has you.

- No matter how many new alt coins come to market, how many services want you to be their yield, no matter how low or high bitcoin's price gets...

You easily tune it all out.

- In fact, it's possible to be so orange pilled you can destroy agents of the matrix with a few tweets.

Don't believe me? Follow @coryklippsten and find out for yourself.

- After enough stacking, you will acquire enough wealth and power that you can completely stop virtually any attack from the system.

You won't need their job.
You won't need their pension.
You won't need their credit scores.

You won't need them, period.

- In summary, to successfully exit The Matrix, you must:

✅Save your surplus in bitcoin, and don't use leverage. Dollar cost average.

"Stay humble, stack sats".

✅Hold your Bitcoin in cold storage, never with a custodian.

"Not your keys, not your coins".

FIN. 


The Matrix and Bitcoin.

21JCLP

Compatibility ***Matrix***

Compatibility Matrix

The ***Matrix*** Trashfire

The Matrix Trashfire

@***Sat1si's*** bio

Passionate about advancing the Lightning Network to solve Bitcoin’s scalability challenges. I focus on enhancing usability and maintaining decentralization in our quest for widespread adoption. Join me to explore technical nuances and drive discussions on improving the network. Let’s champion Bitcoin’s evolution together!

@Sat1si's bio

Sat1si

nostr-***matrix***: Feature ***matrix*** for nostr clients

nostr-matrix: Feature matrix for nostr clients

AR0w

Glitch In The ***Matrix***?

Glitch In The Matrix?

BitcoinIsTheFuture

@***Samrit's*** bio

@Samrit's bio

Samrit

It's the ***Matrix***, but for locusts.

science

It's the Matrix, but for locusts.

ablunderfilledlife

Those who steer the first ***matrix*** wouldn't leave the off-ramps unsupervised. ... We are in a ***matrix*** of THEIR making and it is drawing the wool of THEIR reality over your eyes. ... This illuminates the deeper mechanics of the second ***matrix***: capturing awakening through sophisticated

The Second ***Matrix***

Politics_And_Law

> This principle of forced participation hasn't disappeared - it has evolved. Today's system doesn't merely demand silence but active complicity in its narratives, weaponizing resistance itself as a means of influence. Watching trusted voices expose real corruption, only to redirect into managed solutions, reveals an even deeper pattern: The system doesn't just create propaganda - it creates contained paths for those who see through propaganda. Breaking free from mainstream programming is only the first step. What follows is both subtler and just as disturbing. Untethering from institutional narratives creates an immediate vulnerability—the need for new answers, new leaders, new direction. Those who steer the first matrix wouldn't leave the off-ramps unsupervised.

> This illuminates the deeper mechanics of the second matrix: capturing awakening through sophisticated channels of inauthentic opposition.

We are in a matrix of THEIR making and it is drawing the wool of THEIR reality over your eyes. You have a choice, you can know it is there and resist or you can float along with it as a battery for THEM. I guess that everybody must make the choice for themselves because you cannot make it for anybody else. What do you think about what this guy is saying?

The Second Matrix

Rothbardian_fanatic

orphansofuganda

anita

I would like everyone's suggestions and input for the next ***Satsraiser***.

Suggestions For Next ***Satsraiser***

I would like everyone's suggestions and input for the next Satsraiser. 

So far, @grayruby suggested Open Sats at one point. 

I have been speaking to the man who runs Orphans Of Uganda. They just joined Stacker News this morning.  I am impressed with the information I've gotten so far.

Please let me know about your favorite bitcoin projects.

Suggestions For Next Satsraiser

siggy47

OpenSats

***Matrix*** 2.0 Is Here!

privacy

I don't know anything about this-- it just popped up on my nerd feed. I'm curious how it compares to Keet, Nostr, etc in terms of privacy, speed, etc. 