>wake up >discover there is javascript supply chain NPM infection targeting BTC >it doesn't target Monero >"why didn't I keep Nosmero XMR-exclusive for zapping?" Fortunately, it is a pretty painless patch to fix Nosmero.com and BTC zapping is needed to honor the nostr ethos. Anyway, read about it here:

Anatomy of a Billion-Download NPM Supply-Chain Attack

A massive NPM supply chain attack has compromised foundational packages like Chalk, affecting over 1 billion weekly downloads. We dissect the crypt...

Food for thought on the "bitcoin is digital gold" bromide. Is the better idea "Monero is digital gold?" As a long time gold bug what first attracted me to XMR was how its privacy is similar to gold. So I ran some numbers for the past year to correlate monero and bitcoin to gold. Here is the executive summary: Average Monthly Returns: Gold 3.08%, Monero 4.73%, Bitcoin 6.23% Volatility: Gold 4.86%, Monero 8.43%, Bitcoin 10.99% (monthly standard deviation) 1. Monero shows 3x stronger correlation with gold (0.77) than Bitcoin (0.25) 2. Bitcoin's correlation with gold is much weaker, suggesting it behaves more like a tech/growth asset than a traditional safe haven 3. While both assets appreciated significantly, Bitcoin's path was far more volatile and driven by crypto-specific factors. 4. Monero's stronger correlation with gold may reflect its use case as a privacy-focused store of value, while Bitcoin increasingly trades on institutional and regulatory sentiment.