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Hedraios 2 years ago
New to Nostr? Here’s something that might feel odd at first if you are coming from other social media platforms: There is no algorithm that feeds or suggests content to you. This means that at first, your feed might feel a little sparse / lonely. —— However, as you begin to follow more and more other users whose notes you value, you’ll find your personal feed becomes rich with the signal that you value, and very little of the noise which you do not value. In #Bitcoin - like - terms, your personal feed is proof of work; you have full responsibility and agency over your shaping your own Nostr content “feed”. Nostr is a communication protocol, not a platform. —— To find content, try this: - Use the search function and follow the hashtag #plebchain - Look at the profile of a user who posts something you find interesting. Then, follow the people that user follows. (You can always mute / unfollow users later).
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Hedraios 2 years ago
Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world. _____
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Hedraios 2 years ago
#Bitcoin has no inflation. The BTC monetary supply / issuance is set in stone for anyone who opts in to usage of the protocol.
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Hedraios 2 years ago
"The federal deficit is a tally of how much money was created for the benefit of the US government plus interest." Source: @jimmysong
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Hedraios 2 years ago
Here's a reason for US-based workers to study #Bitcoin: See all that $$ being taken from your wages for "your" government-managed Social Security retirement benefits? Well, "In the Congressional Budget Office’s projections, spending for Social Security increases relative to GDP over the next 75 years, and the gap between outlays and revenues widens. If combined, the program’s trust funds would be exhausted in fiscal year 2033." 😖 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59184
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Hedraios 2 years ago
Many Christians aspire to show appreciation for the Lord by not taking a neighbor's money or possessions, or getting them in any dishonest way; instead, they want to help their neighbor improve and protect their possessions and income. Satoshi’s Bitcoin is a valuable tool toward this aspiration. As @Gigi points out in his delightful 2022 presentation at the Baltic Honeybadger Conference: "Bitcoin is money that a person cannot..

 inflate confiscate counterfeit" https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=C7ynm0Zkwfk
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Hedraios 2 years ago
"A bank run happens when too many people try to withdraw their money from the bank at the same time. If banks don't have enough money available to match withdrawals, they can collapse entirely when a bank run happens. [...] Some banks have tried to be "safe banks" which don't lend out or invest depositor funds. However, their applications have been denied by the Federal Reserve, which means they can't legally operate as banks. #Bitcoin #plebchain
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Hedraios 2 years ago
“This product is not available for VPN users.” - Bitrefill.com, when a VPN-using customer attempts to buy a Walmart gift card using BTC (Just below, the website has the claim “Instant, Private, Safe”)
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Hedraios 2 years ago
“If technology should be driving everything cheaper, why is life getting more expensive?” —— An astute and impactful question that is both raised and addressed by #[0]​ his book, “The Price of Tomorrow.” I’m re-reading this book, and recommend it. It’s an easy read, 200 pages, paperback.
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Hedraios 2 years ago
#Bitcoin feels special to me It is just a protocol… but somehow it carries integrity (almost a virtuous or ethical aura to it) in addition to its utility. I admire it the way I would admire good design, a well-built product, or striking art. It’s the opposite of cheaply-built; it’s free of any scammy feel. I like that it has no sales team and no advertising. No one is pushing it on me in a manipulative or persuasive ad; no seller / sponsor is trying to use it to get something from me or out of me. Its nature and origin are materially different from the ilk of Vitalik and FTX and the long lists of scam tokens on Coinbase.
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Hedraios 2 years ago
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” - Solomon
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Hedraios 2 years ago
#Bitcoin is digital, decentralized, scarce money. It’s digital - great for a time in which we move around a world with our smartphones and laptops. It’s decentralized - great for a time when in which we see banks 🏦 unable or unwilling to return deposits. Its scarce- great for a time when governments make up money, and every time they make more, the value of yours drops. (Can’t do that to your Bitcoin!)