Last Notes
LN/Cashu is perfect for microtransactions with the caveat you are relying on operators that have investments and ongoing costs to enable the free or low cost zaps. For larger transactions, it’s a different ballgame entirely.
I wonder how many Americans in here saying "good!" Realize the world of pain this will cause in everyday Americans lives?
That international trade is demand for dollars. That is the whole point of the petro dollar. Collapse that demand and those dollars go home becoming higher inflation in America.
That is the vertical wall part of hyperinflation.
Not pro America bullying the rest of the world with the dollar, just aware that the politicians are right to be scared shitless of sudden collapse.
I go out of my way to practice this. Pretty much daily. Even in small ways like telling someone "I don't know" and learning more so that next time I will.
My next two purchases will be pizzas.
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This is exactly why I think we need better money. No man should have that option. People should either put up or shut up and suffer the consequences. If they want roads, they'll build them. If they want a defense, they'll fight or pay. If they don't, isn't the purest form of freedom for them to not have it? That sounds like pure Democracy to me except people vote with their wallets. That's not to say a big fish couldn't sway things, but I think you get my point. I guess anyone who didn't like that could give to the other guy 😂
I’ll admit I’m kinda spoiled in terms of pizza options here.
Yeah, the civil war was an example of when currency was used as a weapon. I believe it was attempted during the Revolution as well. And it happened somewhat naturally then since we weren't even a country yet.
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Reading Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday right now. He talks at one point about how much of the power of ritual is clearing your mind of unnecessary decisions.
Have donated in fiat to them before, especially for book downloads.
Hopefully they'll keep at it for decades like The Pirate Bay.
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Kind of. I don't think the outcomes of capitalism are quite like Darwinian death concepts. Even the losers tend to benefit over time. They just might not benefit from that particular venture. But there is a clear time in US history when politicians targeted businessmen and created the pay to play system we have now. At that point I think you're right. People could pay or vote away the winners. We also see it in recent history. Microsoft being targeted for giving users a free browser. Up to that point they'd resisted political involvement. Now they lobby. All because a politician didn't like that they wouldn't pay to play. Now free browsers are the expectation (we could argue how good that's actually been overall but it's had benefits). Some people lost the browser war, but most people still benefited in the long run I think.
Enjoy your pizza, if you celebrate 🍕🎉
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Disney brain, on both sides. Trained from childhood to believe love is a feeling that appears by magic.
That's just lust. Love is hard work consistently over ages to connect and stay connected to someone as they grow and change.
But I think I need to learn more about Blossom myself first. Is there also more that I could try to explain?
My point is that you become correct at the precise moment that capitalism is no longer capitalism. Capitalism and force can't exist together.
I’m currently running through scenarios that would make Essayist work without zap receipts which are actually great as a three way check on membership: the sender, the recipient and the relay can all agree that it’s valid, and they all also have an option to object. It’s just really obvious.
Attestations could just be published only to the one relevant relay, and the recipient has an incentive to confirm a payment, so readers stick around for next month.
They see the options of. Well people are reluctant to give up any more of their money for a war, you want to win the war don't ya? Well printing it is a much "safer" way to extract money from citizens without pointing a gun at them.
For now. When fees go up and price goes up, which it will, small transactions won't be viable again, like they were two and three years ago. I'm curious where we'll be at in a year or two?
> I think we should have had a sound money system from the start
I'm not Keynes expert (and probably should consider catching up) but I don't think this outcome was a secret. I think they left a backdoor and every financial incentivized leadership class learned how to exploit it for their benefit.
The problem with sound money, is it's fair, it's equal. That's not tongue in cheek this time. The government will always see a reason to "borrow" money from it's people with little/no intention of paying it back. Almost always in the case of war. And it's something the people will _always_ concede to. Well you don't want to be taken over do you?
Recently read a bit about State Street and the US civil war, worth some exploring with something a little more verbose in comparison to the world wars where modern politics was in mostly full swing.
A very large part of the US civil war was currency, the value of it, and who could print it faster, or who had a larger printer.
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Thanks Rand. I knew I could count on you at least
I remember when buying bulk would cost less. Now I find myself buying two one packs instead of one two pack because it costs less. I don't get it. Are they relying on most people not noticing? If so, that's kind of dumb since most of the big online price displays shoe cost per unit. It takes me a literal glance to see it.
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Ce matin, première participation au groupe Apollo Annecy, invité pour représenter PHILEAS World Annecy et présenter B-Conseil.
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Salle dynamique, beaucoup de monde autour de la table, secteurs variés, vrais échanges.
Sujet du jour :
“Ce que mes meilleurs clients ont en commun.”
Pour B-Conseil, réponse simple : ils veulent reprendre la main.
Sur leurs outils.
Leurs données.
Leurs paiements.
Leur sécurité numérique.
Leur compréhension de Bitcoin et de l’économie.
Résultat dès le premier rendez-vous invité :
1 contact qualifié + 1 rendez-vous posé.
Le réseautage local, ce n’est pas du folklore business.
C’est une infrastructure de confiance.
Et oui : ça marche.
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#BitcoinPizzaDay lunch with @nprofile…hplj at one of my favorite neighborhood corner spots! 🍕🗽🧡
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John knows
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Aids in the ass crew. 100% 🤣
Cleveland Bitcoiners get dat swag swag swag swag
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Complain away!
I'm sorry you're having trouble onboarding your friends. I kind of gave up onboarding folks until I can set up a more private relay that I can better control. Similar reasons.
The possibilities here are enormous, but with great freedom comes great pain-in-the-assery. Kudos to you for trying for so long! I hope this stormy mood passes, I sincerely like your content 🫂
The funniest part is devs will complain that no one's marketing Nostr for free like they're building for free. Yet those of us who do are ignored 🤷♀️
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If you loaded the attestation with PoW (which clients already have), that would discourage cheating. You could increase the difficulty to signal higher amounts, even.
For me seems to connect to +200 of +400 but I agree
I was just thinking the recipient could confirm the request with an attestation.
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the finest mind of his generation!