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> It isn't lightning fast — a 2.5-minute 1080p video encoded into 5 resolutions and uploaded takes about 11 minutes total.
Maybe I'm old but that seems pretty fast to me.

2026-06-03 20:21:42 CEST

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Bitcoin down to $65k

2026-06-03 19:50:44 CEST

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Or 86 billion neurons in the brain so that they can buy Bitcoin.

2026-06-03 15:50:23 CEST

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https://i0.wp.com/urbannature.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/big-twig-crow.jpg?resize=1024%2C819&ssl=1

2026-06-03 15:29:58 CEST

#btcfail
https://npub1g7lqk25fl24xd0zh7hr8jgp5smdy2eszjh9nmv7z7w85h6xcs9hq4u8yd9.blossom.band/7ebd546df5353aa3fbc39382418e80d1ff9a675b94fd20206d62700e5afb46da.jpg

2026-06-02 17:53:27 CEST

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> consumers
lol

2026-06-02 11:46:53 CEST

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No, you can't force ETFs or indices to include anyone.
https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/markets/jpmorgan-warns-of-microstrategy-delisting-risk-from-major-equity-indices

2026-06-01 20:41:31 CEST

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I'm having a hard time imagining an economy without property rights which need a monopoly of force.

2026-05-28 12:02:06 CEST

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> Turkey
NATO

2026-05-28 09:46:21 CEST

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100% of the *relevant* population has a computer. We don't cater to the dregs here.

2026-05-27 22:33:07 CEST

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I thought the dollar price of Bitcoin was *de*-creasing!??
https://npub1g7lqk25fl24xd0zh7hr8jgp5smdy2eszjh9nmv7z7w85h6xcs9hq4u8yd9.blossom.band/ace4e29b33916aea9d22690732bfb27bff7ff5626b4abe53ad388d9411201d00.jpg

2026-05-27 21:56:29 CEST

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Holy moly that meme even has its own Wikipedia page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Success_Kid
This is probably not saying good things about Wikipedia.

2026-05-27 21:55:11 CEST

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That's "frphank". FRP means functional reactive programming. Long story, don't ask.

2026-05-27 19:50:33 CEST

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> highlight of your week
The kind of entertainment I'm on nostr for.

2026-05-27 19:24:40 CEST

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Much pent up frustration at one's own shortcomings.

2026-05-27 19:23:48 CEST

This rant is fantastic.
#nevent1q…kuk9

2026-05-25 21:34:33 CEST

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> Da Pope
who dat?

2026-05-25 11:51:47 CEST

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That can be fixed. Everyone just be of my opinion and then we're all cohesive.

2026-05-24 12:34:11 CEST

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> users can decide
Users can already decide without any signing at all, you dimwit.

2026-05-24 12:15:59 CEST

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The compromised key will sign the abandonment of all the other ones. You didn't think this through did you.

2026-05-24 00:09:49 CEST

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https://npub1g7lqk25fl24xd0zh7hr8jgp5smdy2eszjh9nmv7z7w85h6xcs9hq4u8yd9.blossom.band/ace4e29b33916aea9d22690732bfb27bff7ff5626b4abe53ad388d9411201d00.jpg

2026-05-23 10:34:48 CEST

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Oh noes what happened ... someone not of your opinion? 😁

2026-05-23 07:05:51 CEST

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Sure and every Wednesday morning at 9am, a flock of winged monkeys comes flying out of your ass.

2026-05-22 23:14:34 CEST

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I said "Bitcoin" not "money"

2026-05-22 22:00:57 CEST

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Because Bitcoin is self-serving and doesn't have any real-world purpose like buying pizza.

2026-05-22 14:25:32 CEST

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uh oh

2026-05-22 00:15:54 CEST

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#btcfail

2026-05-21 18:17:55 CEST

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> $300 dollars
I thought zaps were Bitcoin or sumthin

2026-05-21 17:22:30 CEST

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#btcfail

2026-05-21 14:42:06 CEST

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zap fiat maybe?

2026-05-21 13:01:07 CEST

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> Well for us, everything is retarded.
#btcfail

2026-05-20 18:03:22 CEST

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> I built a small PWA for instantly topping up a debit card with bitcoin and make payments with Apple Pay, which helps me live on bitcoin.
Apple Pay is fiat? Why take the detour via Bitcoin?

2026-05-20 15:03:16 CEST

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#btcfail

2026-05-20 11:15:19 CEST

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lampooning #cointards on nostr 🤪

2026-05-20 08:24:56 CEST

🤡
#nevent1q…v7k0

2026-05-20 08:24:40 CEST

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Uh oh C fuddy duddy losing out.

2026-05-19 22:02:51 CEST

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The Vietnam war wasn't forever either. It ended after a mere 20 years.

2026-05-19 21:54:45 CEST

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#cointard being sore

2026-05-19 20:23:55 CEST

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no Nazis in this one

2026-05-19 19:10:53 CEST

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Oh noes ... someone criticized you!? Did they.

2026-05-19 18:59:42 CEST

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> three were lost to friendly fire
oops

2026-05-19 17:06:45 CEST

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> sweeped
swept?

2026-05-19 11:33:28 CEST

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> controversy because nostr is devoid of it this week?
What? I don't think it's that at all. How dare you say that. It's people like you that make nostr bad!!

2026-05-19 00:30:18 CEST

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If only America was a democracy.

2026-05-18 22:50:06 CEST

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#cointard not happy with the 'coin

2026-05-18 15:41:41 CEST

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The "roboticist" (more likely a service technician) would probably maintain 100 robots just fine, too.

2026-05-18 12:48:25 CEST

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Another intern can take his place after 5 hours. That's not the issue.

2026-05-18 11:10:21 CEST

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Intern: $12/hour
Machine: $???

2026-05-18 11:08:16 CEST

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Remember government debt is one mechanism of the Fed putting money into circulation to keep prices stable in a growing economy.

2026-05-17 23:32:36 CEST

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Hey there's something substantial.

2026-05-17 23:32:00 CEST

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> $1 worth of Bitcoin
Lol Bitcoin denominated in fiat. Exactly my sense of humor.

2026-05-17 23:29:14 CEST

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Yabut!! Bitcoin is backed by 15 years of propaganda. What's your coin backed by.

2026-05-17 22:24:41 CEST

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How's Rust going.

2026-05-17 22:10:26 CEST

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Ah yes? Hm can't keep track on who's on what side for key rotation apparently.

2026-05-17 19:40:37 CEST

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@nprofile…vhl6 argiung for key rotation ... I thought I'd never see the day

2026-05-17 00:16:07 CEST

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> This all comes down to the purchasing power of our money. Since the Federal Reserve was created, the US dollar has lost approximately 97% of its purchasing power.
Well incomes have gone up accordingly. Because, you know, for every dollar spent by someone there's someone else earning it, wouldn't you know.
If *your* income hasn't gone up too bad for you, that's your personal problem.

2026-05-16 22:42:48 CEST

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You you're not obliged to get UBI.

2026-05-16 21:08:37 CEST

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UBI isn't universal or basic if it's conditioned on work. Then it's just a wage.

2026-05-16 19:56:33 CEST

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Can it do my dishes.

2026-05-15 23:29:39 CEST

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No. Yes. Yes. Yes.

2026-05-14 20:59:17 CEST

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Dunno, maybe a polished turd?

2026-05-14 15:20:59 CEST

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> The real tragedy here is that your government is managing things poorly and probably maliciously and corrupteously and preventing the free market to provide you with good internet.
Oh my, if only Australia was a democracy.

2026-05-14 12:13:44 CEST

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> I'll need basically a server online 24/7, even if running in my home
That's not a terribly high barrier to entry.

2026-05-14 01:12:41 CEST

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You use rotating keys for signing, not for encryption.
For encryption you can look at something like the double ratchet protocol. You basically create ephemeral keys that you throw away instead of revealing them.

2026-05-13 00:21:49 CEST

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> Of course, there are non-patented alternatives.
See, there you go.

2026-05-12 23:17:13 CEST

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I'm pretty sure no one owns a patent on farm trucks or any other basic farm equipment.

2026-05-12 23:09:00 CEST

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We're talking about zapping here.

2026-05-12 23:03:26 CEST

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No? They can just use Bitcoin?
They just *prefer* fiat just like me.

2026-05-12 23:02:57 CEST

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People come and want to zap me like the nostr user on top of this thread. I didn't ask for anything.

2026-05-12 22:32:15 CEST

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The M2 money supply for US$ is currently around 23 trillion and that's just US$.
So far for "no one wants it".

2026-05-12 20:49:30 CEST

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> Trump: Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation
How's democracy going, America?

2026-05-12 18:05:17 CEST

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> imagine a world in which bitcoiners produced things that the external world wanted to buy
Doesn't that require skills.

2026-05-12 17:42:12 CEST

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> too little dedicated to producing useful stuff that non-Bitcoiners want
Non-Bitcoiners don't want Bitcoin lol.

2026-05-11 02:40:26 CEST

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Nostr is designed from the get-go to have limited reach just like Bitcoin is designed from the get-go to be volatile.

2026-05-09 20:39:05 CEST

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AI making people's lives better

2026-05-09 14:43:49 CEST

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No one is threatened by Bitcoin.

2026-05-08 23:55:51 CEST

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> blame it on aliens
I did not see this coming.

2026-05-08 23:54:46 CEST

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SOMEONE SELLING BITCOIN RUN FOR THE HILLS

2026-05-08 15:13:11 CEST

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write more poems I'm sure that'll help

2026-05-08 13:25:00 CEST

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> No on needs to be a rocket scientist to know that a loan with interest is selling the future to have a better present... It is selling the future generation to have it good right now...
No it isn't. Loans are just for having any future at all, not a better one. The farmer borrows to buy "inputs" (seed, fertilizer) so they can sow then harvest & sell & payback later. The merchant borrows to buy merchandise they can sell later etc. Students borrow to learn so they can sell their skills later.
Loans are just a fact of having to spend first before earning in any business.
> Its impressive you think larger prices are better. Thinking at own business or maybe own real state. And can't see there will be always a bigger fish applying same poison to you.
Mild inflation is the best we have. I don't see how it benefits the big guys.
> Inflation good?!?! For whom?!?!? For how long?!?!? How come...
> When I asked it, I was expecting some deep economics answer on supply/demand/ innovation / productivity... But then I get a greed based answer?!? 😳😳🙄🙄
Don't know how that makes me greedy. The economic rules apply to everyone and don't benefit me in particular.

2026-05-08 13:18:08 CEST

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There are literally zero farm trucks to buy that don't require a subscription?

2026-05-08 11:30:27 CEST

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"Taler is for merchants" it seems to be some sort of p2p system.
All crypto "currencies" lack a price stabilization mechanism.
USDT seems stable but you have the counterparty risk. There is a counterparty risk with Taler too similar to the cashu mints people are promoting here but it's simpler and doesn't need a blockchain.
As for the quantitative easing, inflation for USD and other similar currencies is in the low single digit % I can live with that.

2026-05-08 10:33:25 CEST

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You're not obliged to buy or subscribe to their products.

2026-05-08 02:14:16 CEST

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> It does make sense as a lot of stuff gets cheaper and cheaper to be produced or to own, and all the leverage our economy uses makes some things unaffordable (e.g. housing).
How is cheaper better? I'm completely mystified. What products and services are you selling? Getting paid less and less every year is somehow a good thing? Do you have loans? Isn't this going to make paying them off harder and harder?

2026-05-08 00:14:44 CEST

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Can you "computer engineer" come up with zaps in fiat then. I saw this the other day does that seem viable: https://www.taler.net/en/index.html

2026-05-08 00:13:23 CEST

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> Its a bit of the largest on the room always wins and determines the economy and prices, right?
No? In a democracy the actions of the government are determined by the people, including all departments of the government like the central bank. This of course requires involvement and that's a fair piece of work so a lot of people are just opting out of the process but that's their choice.

2026-05-08 00:09:55 CEST

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> If you may please explain a bit more how an outside currency would affect prices in bitcoin?
No one lives on an island. You're always dependent on the "outside". You'll have to deal with their economy. The closer your economy and your prices are aligned to the outside the better you can do that.
> What makes these strange prices that dont go down?
What are these? Is this something I said? There is intentional inflation of 1 or 2% yes, by increasing the money supply mostly, it keeps prices from slipping into deflation which would cause a downward spiral.

2026-05-08 00:02:43 CEST

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My profile says "dollars only" and it's pretty funny you'd be trying to send me Bitcoin after I've spend all these words arguing in favor of fiat lol.

2026-05-07 23:12:39 CEST

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suck it up, buttercup

2026-05-07 19:39:22 CEST

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Correct maybe we can go "back to barter" (if barter ever was a thing, my historical knowledge is incomplete on that). You're right with our massive digital interconnectivity now we should be able to arrange deals between willing trade partners we previously weren't able to arrange.
Our current system is from the 1400's and geared around medieval market places.

2026-05-07 19:35:35 CEST

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Your merchants are pricing in fiat so the Bitcoin price of everything fluctuates wildly. Impossible to do any financial planning based on Bitcoin.

2026-05-07 19:33:38 CEST

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This.

2026-05-07 19:33:05 CEST

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So far, there has not been any other metric.

2026-05-07 19:30:57 CEST

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> Can't the price of everything else be intentionally set and stabilised in BTC? And with this, it would not matter how the world around fluctuates...
Price fixing has never worked anywhere ever.
> Or is it that economy will never work like that and the exterior will break/crush these intentionalities?
Correct.
> In post modernity nobody depends on each other, but its the zero and the infinite. The individual depending on the giants Big Government and Big Corporations... That's why it keeps fragmenting and people don't come together. No need to depend, no group. Unless we intentionally decide to depend... Is that the future. The coexistence of these two models. Or is there no chance and we will be enslaved?
Depending on big corps instead of your neighbors is a convenience and an indulgence like fast food. It'll go horribly wrong in the long run just like eating (only) fast food will go horribly wrong in the long run. You will need to muster some willpower to resist the temptation in either case.

2026-05-07 16:56:33 CEST

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Yeah but past performance doesn't guarantee future results. Read the original post by @nprofile…pqyq on top of this thread again. If Bitcoin doesn't deliver as a medium of exchange sooner or later the speculative bubble will burst.

2026-05-07 16:42:06 CEST

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They need to stay with fiat all the way to have some measure of stability. If they detour via Bitcoin they're at risk of high losses.

2026-05-07 14:12:06 CEST

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You can't control the supply of goods and services. That's for everyone themselves to choose. I explained it. So you have to continually adjust the supply of money to match the given supply of goods and services.

2026-05-07 14:06:37 CEST

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Mind you in addition to what I wrote above, you can't get predictable decrease in prices with a fixed money supply. It'll be unpredictable wild swings.