Two paths for adoption (of #privacy and #permissionless tech): - Try to convince normies, whose eyes tend to glaze over the minute you mention words like fiat, inflation, privacy, surveillance, etc. - Focus on those who are actually interested in the value freedom tech offers, and have consciously experienced the pain of not using it. Collaborate. Build and ship stuff that helps amplify their and your potential. Normies gonna norm. That's OK. They have different priorities. Life is agonisingly short. They accept a different set of tradeoffs. Preach to the converted. Make stuff for the converted. Sell stuff to the converted - and expand outward from there. #grownostr #Monero

Use #Monero to: - buy access to the best AI models with no account, and no personal information at nano-gpt.com - browse the web privately using Mullvad VPN - buy and sell stuff at XMRBazaar.com - convert to anonymous paper money vouchers (gift cards) accepted by your favourite shops using #CakeWallet - swap for other assets anonymously using trocador.app to explore other interesting #privacy tools like Zano, Beam, etc. - onboard a family member, friend, or local merchant by showing them how to install and use Cake or #monerujo - pay for a truly private, E2E encrypted email service with #protonmail (coming summer 2025!) Live free. 😎

A fun thought experiment for house prices: How much would this house be worth if the law required you to pay cash (not borrow) for it? Or for #Bitcoin: What would the price of Bitcoin be if it were delisted from *all* centralised exchanges worldwide? Happy Paper Bitcoin Summer to all the ETF #cypherpunks! 😎

Don't believe the shills who tell you #Bitcoin is the "apex asset". They want you to help their number go up. Time is the apex asset. Your physical health is the apex asset. Your mental health is the apex asset. Your family's health is the apex asset. Your children are the apex asset. A good education (as opposed to a "formal education") is the apex asset. Invest in the people, the goods, and the services that directly contribute to these. They are your apex assets. The only thing more scarce than Bitcoin is every single thing that actually matters in life.

You need Elon's permission to post on Twitter. You need Mark's permission to post on Facebook. You need Mark's permission to post on Insta. You need Neal's permission to post on YouTube. You need Tim's permission to publish your iPhone app. You need Jeff's permission to read your eBook. You need your bank's permission to spend your money. You don't need anyone's permission to use Nostr. You don't need anyone's permission to use #Monero. You don't need anyone's permission to use #Bitcoin. You don't need anyone's permission to build for the web. You don't need anyone's permission to ship your Android app. Live without permission. #grownostr #permissionless #privacy

Which #cashu mint should you choose? Check out: https://audit.8333.space Very cool way to find available mints, and see auditing stats (success rate, speed, uptime) based on actual payments being sent between mints. Nice one, @calle!

I'm keen to test drive cashu. Anyone willing to zap me a few sats to see whether I set it up right? Any sats will do! 😎 #asknostr

Strong #privacy accelerates #entrepreneurship. The less personal data you collect about your customer (ideally none) the faster you can move without worrying about being liable for protecting it. The more confident you are that no one but you can see your LLM chats, the more you can leverage #AI without worrying about who's watching. The easier you make it for your customers and employees to provide anonymous feedback, the better the feedback you will get. Privacy expands our ability to communicate. Embrace it and encourage it!

I love the approach @Maple AI is taking with running an LLM inside a secure enclave powered by @OpenSecret. Incredibly cool way to ensure absolutely no one else can see your chats, not even a privileged user on the host. Two things needed before I will sign up though: 1. Accept a #privacy friendly payment method like #Monero. 2. Don't require an email. A session token is more than enough to identify me. 😎

Numbers that can go up in relation to #Monero (or #Bitcoin): * Number of products and services you pay for with it and/or total spend * Amount you've earned from selling products and services for it * Number of friends, family, local and online businesses you've helped introduce and/or onboard to it * Percentage of a hard asset (like a house or car) you can buy with some fixed quantity of it today vs 6/12/24/36 months ago * Amount of an already rapidly expanding supply of government controlled currency it is equivalent to Be careful what you measure. Some numbers you can control, other numbers control you.

Freedom is having a bull run. #Monero

"We're updating our #privacy policy" is marketing speak for "we've decided to collect *even more* data about you."

Table stakes for #privacy friendly apps in 2025 (my top 5): 1. Don't require email or any other personal information to sign up. Use a session key like NanoGPT or Mullvad. 2. Accept #Monero. 3. Don't block traffic from VPNs - encourage it! 4. Don't use analytics, which allow big tech to surveil your customers. 5. For messaging, support integration with Simplex and/or Signal, like #XMRBazaar. What else am I missing that's important for you? #asknostr

Good morning Nostr. Keep calm and decentralise. #Monero #XMRBazaar #Zano

Good morning Nostr. If we use it, we win. #Monero #XMRBazaar

Good morning Nostr. If we use it, we win. #Monero #XMRBazaar

Good morning Nostr. If we use it, we win. #Monero #XMRBazaar

Good morning Nostr. If we use it, we win. #Monero #XMRBazaar

Andreas is one of the greats. Thankfully, while physical cash has all but disappeared, digital cash is enabling the fire of freedom to burn brighter than ever. #Monero Andreas loves it too. 😎 View quoted note →

Side note: I highly recommend @Vlad, Bitcoin Takeover Podcast's podcast. The only honest takes I’ve seen recently in “the space”, and a great way to learn about various freedom projects like #Monero, #Zano, and #Mimblewimble, etc.