What a beautiful summary of the power of capitalism and free enterprise. This model relies on four key pillars: - Personal ambition. - Skill and experience to build solutions. - Freedom to trade. Where no one can stop you from selling or buying goods and services. - Freedom of speech so you can freely share the good news of your product, or your recommendation to anyone. All of these do not work under socialism, or find significant challenges. Modern socialism has unfortunately thrived in many “democracies.” Socialism blocks freedom via regulation, it makes whole industries unprofitable or available only to the few massive corporations or oligarchs that can comply. We see this especially in the EU where regulation wants to control cryptocurrencies and even artificial intelligence to benefit the few. That is also why deregulation and freedom are the real winds of innovation, because wherever freedom reigns talented people will build solutions. This is the reason why Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been persecuted and sidelined, they enable freedom to trade, and to act with your wallet anywhere, anytime.

@alp thanks for the Sats! I do hope @Alby responds.

@Alby Folks what is the minimum physical hardware that you recommend to run a server? RAM, CPU, disk space? For Intel / AMD based computers. Is a the latest Raspberry Pi capable of doing it? What specs would you suggest?

Awesome to see you in Nostr. I saw your story on YouTube a while ago. Are you staying? Have you made a video about it? Or can you share some words here?

Signal is the preferred encrypted software app for the Trump administration. That is the pearl of wisdom we can extract from the unexpected reveal the Atlantic magazine did. The reason for using Signal and not government approved software is very revealing: Signal is considered safer than CIA / NSA / Deep State approved software. Signal has unexpectedly gotten the best endorsement ever.

Nature is Beautiful - Behold an Elk What makes this photograph by Michele Bavassano extraordinary is the imposing animal, and the perfect timing. It possesses that quality that Henri Cartier-Bresson's called "the decisive moment", you know when you see it.

Don’t send your DNA to third parties because they may literally sell it to the highest bidder. 23andMe will do just that because of bankruptcy, but remember they could have also sold it before without your knowledge.

Bitcoin Transaction Security - BIP 125 RBF WARNING Recently BIP-125 was approved and it's the current default for the Bitcoin network, it allows you to pay extra fees to get your transaction approved by the miners, and to jump the mempool queue and be confirmed. However, it also opens many possible risks, especially for those who receive funds in Bitcoin, because these payments may be stopped by using BIP-125. What to do? 1) ALWAYS Wait for Confirmations. I would recommend a minimum of 3, and up to 10 depending on the amount. Bitcoin's OG @Jameson Lopp recommendation is included as an image for dollar amounts, and also a risk estimate I researched myself. 2) RBF Detection: Some wallets and services can flag RBF-enabled transactions. Some that do this are Electrum, and Bitpay. 3) BE AWARE. Realize you must take precautions when accepting payments via Bitcoin, wait for full confirmation.

Fight the darkness. Silence is the way of defeat. Fight the darkness. Courage is the way to victory. Fight the darkness. Drive fear away with Faith. Fight the darkness. Despite opposition the Light will Always win. Fight the darkness. Then you will be on God’s side. Fight the darkness. Because lies, murder and destruction will flee only when you fight them. Fight the darkness. And God will crown you with Victory Here and in eternity.

Canada’s 🇨🇦 Election set for April 28th Pierre Poilievre was the favorite 6 months ago, but now it surprises me that the catastrophic Liberal government of Trudeau, and now Carney is LEADING in Polymarket. FYI Polymarket is a site where people BET on future events using crypto, not a poll; and actually that makes it more accurate! Because people in a way vote with their wallets.