Under parliamentary rules, events or exhibits considered “offensive or of an inflammatory nature” or contrary to the EU’s values are prohibited, along with those that “undermine the dignity of Parliament.”

Not a fan of Trump either but that’s quite bad taste. But so is the EU’s so-called parliament haha.

ZOLAK uses Swiss Bitcoin Pay as a Lightning provider. Prices are set in EUR and converted to sats at the live rate. The rate is locked for 15 minutes, so you won't lose the quote while you look for your wallet.

Seems like they still set the prices in fiat.

Yeah I know apologies for off-topic.. just wanted to rant about ”super intelligence”.

I hope it will not catch on

It’s more based to keep calling it AI, artificial intelligence.

”Super intelligence” reeks of omnipotent surveillance technology that will make the state bereft of any responsibility.

”It wasn’t our decision to detain and steal property. It was the Super Intelligence.”

Words define actions.

Normies will own nothing and be ”happy”.

UBI programmable stablecoins can be used to direct their spending.

The asset owners are ok with the handouts from their pockets if it keeps the young, poor men relatively satisfied and away from rioting and attacking their property.

We just shouldn’t tax people based on their paper wealth — because it could be gone next week. And such taxes will discourage the very innovation that improves our lives.

Good point

Paywalled/email capture gated

Anthropic said nearly a quarter of its revenue came from two customers last year, and as part of its risk factors, warned that many of its largest clients were not locked into long-term contracts and could cut or stop spending.

Ouch..

It’s bit of a virtue signal theater for plebs but it can also bring forth a change of direction, so even if it feels stupid going to the ballot box engaging in the slave ritual, my advise (in today’s world), after weighing the issue considerably, would be to just swallow the libertarian pride for a moment and get through the few minutes with some deep exhales.

Not voting can show a signal too. If only e.g. 20% of eligible voters vote, the system has less credibility.

But personally I think voting an anti-establishment figure wields more power (problem with these though is that they often get absorbed into the establishment).

The local the better and more important. Municipal elections have higher vibrations than parliament elections.

Probably a great tool to practice managing multisig quorums

No if the flower merchant accepted sats

Just dumb and I doubt this will go through.

This would create more bureaucracy issues: prenups between roommates etc.

Binance and Bitfinex just don’t like opening channels with low liquidity randos. And liquidity is for sale.

And even if they reject my channel, they can still forward my payment if there’s a path.

For privacy we already have the zeecash project from tel aviv university, didn’t you hear

What if the ”dirty” UTXOs get deposited into e.g. Phoenix wallet and the node runner has a channel open with ACINQ?

I don’t think ACINQ freezes coins?

What if after passing through a mixer they have gone through a dozen of Lightning hops?

For anyone, not for everyone.

Although everyone will be using it in some kind of a wrapper form without them knowing much about it.

Basically, we are back to the tug of war between centralized and decentralized market players; where the former use regulatory capture to decapitate their competitors.

Think about it, in what world does it make sense for the CEO of any thriving and successful company to demand the state intervene in their industry to make sure everyone is safe?

I see an analogy between traditional banks and Bitcoin here.

Only you know the right answers if you go deep in yourself, whether you approach them through your intellect or devotion.

I personally prefer the former approach, and some snippets coming from these spiritual leaders can be constructive, like this:

“On the other hand, relationships tend to become less and less personal and increasingly virtual, and there is a risk of becoming accustomed to delegating to algorithms decisions that belong solely to human conscience,” he warned, addressing thousands of faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square.

“Ensuring that social relationships have real substance and personal depth is, in this regard, the contribution that the Christian community seeks to offer,” he said.

I have a feeling though that Pope might be harnessed as an authority to keep the powerful technology away from the masses.

Live on a small houseboat near a river estaury, sink the boat. No need for cadaver.

Make sure you have your 12 seed words.. new passport identity saved beforehand!

But if you have the moneys, the simplest strategy would probably be to travel to some poor, corrupt African country and pay a coroner well to write a report and hush hush.

Also local reports in Costa Rica said that Mircea was Polish, although he was Romanian.

Probably just an innocent mix-up though.