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1301 sats \ 2 replies \ @anon 19h \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon
english is not your native language
if you want more people to interpret what you write as less "teaching"
you can consider structuring/presenting your thoughts in slightly different ways
for example using the word "should" more carefully
adding more context as to why something is a good idea
presenting an idea, and allowing people to weight it on their own, as opposed to being told that this is the right way to do something or be something.
look example:
Exactly, people should be more encouraging when others are trying things out, it takes so much effort to keep trying because of all the noise.
vs
Exactly, if people care about the people around them, they can consider being more encouraging when others are trying things out, it takes so much effort to keep trying because of all the noise.
same/similar result, but you are not telling people what they "should" be doing
you explore a lot and find a lot of interesting things, but sometimes your writing can come off as:
I found the perfect thing/life
and this is what everyone should be doing because its so great
is that your intention?
or do you want to share the things you found, while also recognizing that everyone has their own journey towards whatever it is they are striving for?
people are in different places in their lives, have different goals
even you will realize in x amount of time, that some things you thought was so great right now, you may think later, is not as great as before.
and guess what, maybe some people have already figured it out, that its not so great, or that it has certain limitations besides its greatness, while you still think it is so great, lol :)
example
The real goal is creating a life that you don't need to escape from, being able to do things you love, and being surrounded by people who love you for being yourself.
vs
My real goal is creating a life that you don't need to escape from, being able to do things you love, and being surrounded by people who love you for being yourself.
so then you are not telling people what the goal is, you are sharing with people what your goal is, then people can consider your goal and decide for themselves if it is a nice goal to strive for
this is just an opinion, please ignore it if you dont like it, lol
I guess the most effective I might not even know I met 😅
But to be honest, it's probably either Gabriel Custodiet from the Watchman Privacy Pod or Jack Rhysider from Darknet Diaries.
Hahahah I think we have a battle here.
Many years ago my friend who is really into wings told me about the BD Wong’s (the actor) way of eating wings. He told me how it’s done and of course I never did it or looked it up until today
I think I will do it BD’s way
Maybe
Over-leveraging Tor for regular, mundane tasks.
I see a lot of people think that literally everything they do should be done over Tor, while much of it doesn't benefit at all (i.e. logging into your bank account over Tor) while it adds massive complexity and time costs.
Tor has very specific, very powerful use-cases, but often isn't necessary.
People will NEVER learn the lessons from FTX, BlockFi, Nexo, Crypto etc all those scams promising high returns from loans backed with your BTC.
You are misunderstanding how the loan works. Its not "your" btc. You didn't put up anything....you are free to go get a traditional mortgage and pay it off.
If, however you are bullish on bitcoin AND need a loan for a house, this option allows you to get a house in far less time than it normally takes.
- Yes, it's a fantastic tool that (due to blinded paths) has a massive effect on making LN more private. Not sure I would say it's "enough" as other critical problems remain, i.e. most people using custodians, those not using custodians using wallets that do server-side path finding, and those not using those still using a few central LSPs and thus having most payments not benefit from onion routing.
- Not at all, LN's complexity for proper self-custodial usage makes it a non-starter, I don't expect to ever see a large DNM that supports LN, much less exclusively uses it. DNM vendors and customers want one thing -- privacy with little hassle. Monero is FAR superior at providing that and LN can't really ever come close due to it's architectural complexity.
This is what happens when you try to profit off a p2p system that kills middlemen.
Most sustainable "Bitcoin Business" are either a Fiat/state tentacle (exchanges/banks/compliance/information brokers/narrative shapers/media,etc.), and/or they are able to "exploit" a flaw/deficiency in the protocol by inserting themselves as middlemen (coinjoin coordinators/custodians/LSPs)
Every profit extracting vehicle that leeches on Bitcoin -- either by profiting off it's flaws, or bringing it closer to nationstate capture (the network as a whole will suffer).
Don't overcomplicate it... Stay humble. Stack sats. That urge you have to give back is natural. Give freely your time, energy, and value (not-for-profit), and we'll all get insanely wealthy together.
Less "Bitcoin Businesses", more "Business using Bitcoin".
Never forget, it was the Internet Businesses that slowly captured and degraded the soverignty of the Email protocol.
it's less about Nostr vs SN
I guess the tempting, although perhaps crude, comparison for me lay in them both being 'social layers' of Bitcoin, putting aside the nuances you've articulated.
internet scale coordination is THE 2nd killer use case for bitcoin
My basic understanding is, as a permission-less global unit of exchange, Bitcoin can and will coordinate all economic activity happening over the internet. I'd be interested in your take on this.
perhaps to my deteriment,
Nah, stick to the vision, mate. To me SN is the 'Town Hall' that Bitcoiners need, I think probably due to the coordination element you're referencing. The community here truly has expanded my consciousness and helped to broaden my understanding since I began taking my first baby steps down the proverbial rabbit hole. Many people here devoted to the truth and educating others, without the ego of Xitter. Though not perfect--as some like to point out more than others, there will always be retards and "ass-milkers" ready to take advantage of a good thing--but truly great.
It was a lot of things happening at the same time that led to my falling down the rabbit hole:
- Reading Snowden and Glenn Greenwald's books for the first time
- Seeing "behind the curtain" working in cybersecurity and realizing how easy surveillance was on most people
- Realizing that I was working at a company abusing cybersecurity tech to detect/surveil/imprison a religious minority in China, and finally coming to terms with the fact that even if I didn't directly work on that project, working for the company was contributing to the demise of people's freedom
These things came together within a few months and served as the catalyst to taking the jump and changing my career and off-work priorities, including starting Opt Out.
I've told the story a few times on other pods, but can't think of where exactly ATM. Will drop a link here if I remember one!
Please let me know if I could help, I have some direct comms with him and would love to see this as well :)
I can't tell you for sure why this decision was made but this concept is only strange to us coming from modern programming languages that have a strong separation between what is code and what is data .
An example of this is e.g. the let-over-lamda paradigm where you can change what a function does by calling it.
seems no longer appropriate. but it's still possible to show up.
the phrases now:
const placeholder = useMemo(() => { return [ 'comment for currency?', 'fractions of a penny for your thoughts?', 'put your money where your mouth is?' ][parentId % 3] }, [parentId])
Hm, I think I get where you're coming from. Do you feel like the general public cares enough about their online privacy? How do Non-Westerners look at their online privacy? Anything you can tell?
I feel like we're extremely spoiled here in the West, whether it be financially - a "safe", "stable" Fiat currency compared to other currencies -, hence the common notion of the broader public that Bitcoin "has no use case", or in terms of privacy, since the average Joe isn't likely to be actively pursued based on what they do online, criminals aside; I bet that this is a real issue and concern of people in countries like Russia, China, North Korea et cetera.