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Current industry analysis suggests that several prominent technology firms are recalibrating their hiring strategies. There is a noticeable trend toward moderating the recruitment of entry level developers as organizations increasingly leverage generative AI to automate foundational coding and testing tasks previously assigned to early career personnel Translation: Kids graduating in computer science are cooked
The "one nsec forever" model is a security nightmare waiting to happen We need to stop treating Nostr keys like permanent identities and start treating them like Bitcoin addresses, use, rotate, discard My thesis is simple: The "Identity" shouldn’t be the key itself; the Identity should be the Chain of Keys We can solve the security problem by turning our profiles into a personal blockchain Here is how we do it 1 The Chain of Custody My Personal Blockchain Right now, if you lose your nsec, you’re dead In my model, Key A is just the "Genesis Block." When I want to upgrade security or switch devices, I don't just start over, I have Key A sign a cryptographic message effectively saying, "I am moving to Key B, Key A is now dead" Later, Key B signs a message handing power to Key C I have effectively created a blockchain of my own history 2 Automated Fact Checking If a follower has been offline for a year and sees a post from my new "Key C," they don't need to ask if it's really me Their client automatically traces the lineage: Key C was signed by Key B, and Key B was signed by the Key A they originally followed The chain of trust is unbroken and verifiable by anyone 3 The "Double Spend" Fix The obvious flaw is: "What if a hacker steals my old Key A and tries to point it to their own Key Evil?" This creates a fork in my identity, a "double spend" of my reputation The fix is Bitcoin When I rotate keys, I don't just post it to Nostr, I anchor the hash of that rotation event into the Bitcoin blockchain Bitcoin provides the absolute timestamp The client sees that my rotation happened at Block 850,000, and the hacker’s fake rotation happened at Block 890,000 The network rejects the imposter automatically (KERI) It’s time to decouple the user from the nsec. Let the keys burn, the chain remains
Following the release of the Epstein files, the lack of any legal action or public outcry has been striking Despite the serious implications regarding the high profile individuals named in the files, there have been no arrests and no civil unrest This silence is a troubling stress test of societal boundaries, the public is too distracted to demand accountability It creates the perception that a different set of rules exists for the elite and that systemic corruption can occur without fear of consequence or public pushback
First note 📝 I didn't agree to the terms and conditions of Nostr My cat 🐈 pressed the space bar