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lol I'm sitting in a bank and see a couple sitting down with some banker dingus going over terms and conditions with them. people do this? so funny

The live #catallax "reference client" is feature-rich, but confusing and a bit janky. This "clickable mockup" goes entirely in the other direction: be confusingly **simple** and show off just a few things that may not be surprising to veteran nostriches while going over the head of normies: https://catallax.network/mockup I'm finding myself in a strange valley where experienced users are frustrated by the lack of a polished client, newer nostriches have no idea what I'm describing or how it would work, and utter normies with no nostr/bitcoin experience don't even believe that this is possible. I don't usually do this kind of thing, but I recorded a video walking through it. let your imagination fill in some of the glossed-over details and take a moment to appreciate this: - Permissionlessly generate a pseudonymous account with an ecash wallet automatically available in a normal web browser with nothing to install - do some real PoW and get paid real money - spend the real money on real things. All without anyone knowing who you are....

This was the week when some Primal users learned that their content was being adjusted without their knowledge. That's a win, fellas.

"unlicensed money transmission" has got to be one of the most egregious and revealing of the **victimless** crimes on the books. Money is a medium that humans use to communicate and trade time and value with each other. being involved in the process of the voluntary transmission of value between multiple consenting parties where nobody has a claim of wrongdoing or damages requires a "license" from the government?