Apparently there is a lot happening in the Persian Gulf this weekend.
I guess attention is focused on football...
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It looks like Kostiantynivka has fallen.
The average fiat currency dies in 27 years.
@River has really been cooking recently.
The last few economic and monetary history charts from them have been great.
Let's imagine that things are going to get much worse, before they get better. As seen in "Atlas Shrugged", "The Mandibles", "The Road to Serfdom" and a number of other fiction or non-fiction books on the subject of decadence.
The drivers could be mass immigration, population decline, aging, mass unemployment or just good old fiscal irresponsibility and socialism. Or a combination of all of them.
The point is that the current western system, defined by huge welfare states, massive government spending, hyperregulation, high taxation, ballooning debt and increasing surveillance and control is unsustainable. Without major reform it will decline and eventually collapse.
The good news is that Bitcoin, Nostr and other tools will make the future much brighter. Whatever replaces the old system will have stronger protection for individual rights, enforced by technology instead of government fiat.
But the moment of crisis will not be pretty. Bankrupt governments will become unbelievably rapacious, unpredictable and unhinged. They will look for people to blame and they will look for victims to loot.
How can you protect yourself and your family?
The best way is mobility. Exit is powerful. Leaving the country that is persecuting you and moving to one that welcomes you is an obvious solution that has worked for millions. Nation states and their enforcers are still very much limited by geographical boundaries. Just ask anyone who left Venezuela 20 years ago if they made the right choice. Ask Ayn Rand why she left Russia in 1926. Ask Friedrich Hayek if he regrets leaving Austria in 1938!
But what if you cannot or will not leave the country? How do you protect your family and your property from the worst of the crisis?
Hey @Efrat Fenigson what's going on with #sixbilliondollarman ? Is it going to be streamed on Nostr? Are we finally going to test zapwalls?
@Eugene Jarecki @npub1sn0w...jdv9 @jack
I can't wait to see the "zap to watch" message.
Classic pump & dump.
All Socialists are Ignorant... But Some are More Ignorant Than Others.
Socialism has a long, bloody history. We need to bring it back into the light.
All Socialists are Ignorant... But Some are More Ignorant Than Others
Socialism has a long, bloody history. We need to bring it back into the light.
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Bitcoin adoption curves. Zoom on 2020-2035.
Kiwix allows you to read content offline.
For example you can download all Gutenberg project books in Latin (just 155 MB) and have them on your mobile device forever, accesible with no internet.
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The Swedish COVID-19 approach: a scientific dialogue on mitigation policies.
The Swedish COVID-19 approach: a scientific dialogue on mitigation policies - PMC
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sweden was among the few countries that did not enforce strict lockdown measures but instead relied more on voluntary...
Every bitcoiner on Twitter is celebrating that the new algo change recovers the interaction that was destroyed by the previous algo change.
The fact that they are at the mercy of an algorithm that they have little influence over seems not to bother anyone...
On Nostr you get to choose your algorithm.
Well played @Giacomo Zucco
ECB selects 36 payment service providers to join digital euro pilot.
The pilot aims to support the ongoing preparatory work for the potential issuance of a digital euro, and is due to start during the second half of 2027 for a period of 12 months.
European Central Bank
ECB selects 36 payment service providers to join digital euro pilot
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price...
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Very good point from @Giacomo Zucco
If it's not FOSS, it will be backdoored.
If it's run by a company, the governments will pressure and threaten that company.
They have already done it to Telegram, they will do it to Signal.
Fixing Nostr DMs is more important than we imagine!
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The hardest surveillance app to quit is whatsapp. The network effect is very strong. So many family and friends groups that it would be hard to abandon.
Still, I'm ready to do it as soon as I can get a decent alternative for private messages and group chat.
It will take a lot of convincing, but I'm autistic enough that I can drag some of my contacts along and ignore the protest of others. Hopefully leading by example.
It would really help if Nostr DMs and group chats worked!