* BC (Before Christ): A dating system used to label years before the estimated birth of Jesus Christ. For example, 500 BC refers to a year 500 years before that event.
* AD (Anno Domini, “In the Year of Our Lord”): Marks years after the estimated birth of Jesus Christ. For instance, AD 2025 is 2025 years after that point. Note that today, April 10, 2025, would be AD 2025 in this system.
* AB (After Bitcoin): Bitcoin was introduced with its genesis block on January 3, 2009. So, if we take “AB” as “After Bitcoin,” today (April 10, 2025) would be approximately AB 16 (16 years since 2009).
I have been in the Bitcoin world for approximately AB 2.83 to AB 16.28—a span of about 13.45 years.
For bitcoin bulls who self-custody crypto, the global risks are growing
CNBC
For bitcoin bulls who self-custody crypto, the global risks are growing
Many crypto believers don't trust brokers and exchanges to hold their bitcoin, but self-custody has become dangerous with climate and conflict risks.
The key insight from the CNBC report on self-custodial risk for bitcoin is that relying on a single private key creates a critical vulnerability—a single point of failure—that can lead to permanent loss of funds. While self-custody offers control, it demands careful planning to mitigate real-world threats.
For example, this year’s California wildfires left some bitcoin holders unable to access keys stored on devices or paper, highlighting how natural disasters can render funds inaccessible.
Most users still secure their bitcoin with just one key, ignoring the risks of storing it in a single location—like a safe deposit box that becomes unreachable during a crisis.
The article also cautions against focusing solely on small-scale threats, like break-ins, while overlooking larger regional risks such as political instability or exchange failures.
Ultimately, bitcoin holders must adopt a robust custody strategy to safeguard their wealth against both the predictable and the unexpected.
Bitcoin is the Internet of Money -- Andreas Antonopoulos
GM #plebchain, stay humble, stack bits/sats, focus on these virtues
Courage, Justice, Temperance, Wisdom, and think for yourself.
"Materiam sequor: Follow where reason leads."
China has long relied on manual labor but recently leapfrogged the U.S. by skipping landlines for wireless mobile adoption and bypassing traditional fiat systems for mobile payments.
Now, the U.S. will surpass China by leveraging AI, decentralized blockchain technology, and cutting-edge modular nuclear energy innovations to reclaim technological and economic dominance.
Suppose you relocate a manufacturing facility with 1,000 workers to the U.S. Unlike the 1950s, when you’d transfer most or all of those workers, today’s approach would likely involve moving only around 100 human employees. Instead, 50 AI-driven systems could handle the manual labor equivalent of 900 workers, while another 100 highly skilled technicians or specialists would be needed to manage the AI infrastructure, drive innovation, and ensure the production of higher-quality, advanced goods.
By adopting sound digital money like Bitcoin, U.S. manufacturing would achieve unmatched productivity and product quality, making its goods irresistibly desirable globally. Pairing this with abundant energy resources (such as nuclear and natural gas), cutting-edge AI infrastructure, and Bitcoin’s secure base-layer technology would create a system where American innovation, efficiency, and monetary stability dominate, leaving other nations unable to compete.
Cashu ecash: A Market-Driven Evolution of Digital Money
Cashu eCash reintroduces digital bearer money on Bitcoin, enabling private, instant transactions while opening the door to credit and financial innovation. The system offers a new frontier for Bitcoin payments, shaped by market dynamics and user-driven solutions.
There are at least two distinct eCash protocols—Fedimint and Cashu—both designed to issue Bitcoin eCash.
The article emphasizes Cashu’s unique approach: its model lets each mint independently set risk parameters, enabling practices like fractional reserve banking (issuing more eCash than the mint holds in on-chain reserves).
This could theoretically increase the money supply in circulation but risks devaluing the mint’s eCash if doubts about its reserves emerge.
While exchanges already operate similarly, eCash adds privacy protections absent in traditional systems.
The rising U.S. 10-year bond yield might suggest that parts of the world are frustrated with the U.S., but most Americans, like myself, disagree with that view. We’re still ready to stand our ground and take on whatever comes our way.🇺🇸
GM #plebchain, stay humble, stack bits/sats, focus on these virtues
Courage, Justice, Temperance, Wisdom, and think for yourself.
"Morgens visus, deus adiuvat" – meaning, "Rise and see, God will assist you." Begin each day remembering that virtue lies within you and face whatever comes with equanimity. Let us start this morning with courage!
Substitute 'self-defense' for 'tariff' and the moral perspective suddenly comes into focus.
"Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants" --William Penn.
Tyrants with good intentions.
GM #plebchain, stay humble, stack bits/sats, focus on these virtues
Courage, Justice, Temperance, Wisdom, and think for yourself.
"In principio erat Ratio." - In the beginning, there was reason. Let this day be guided by logic and self-mastery.
🇯🇵 Japan suspends Nikkei 225 stock futures trading due to circuit breaker. Bitcoin network does not have a “circuit breaker”.
GM #plebchain, stay humble, stack bits/sats, focus on these virtues
Courage, Justice, Temperance, Wisdom, and think for yourself.
"Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the universe." - Epictetus. Let this wisdom guide your steps today.
GM #plebchain, stay humble, stack bits/sats, focus on these virtues
Courage, Justice, Temperance, Wisdom, and think for yourself.
"Imagine each specific thing nature will show you today – fields, rock, trees, beasts – as dissolving back into the universal substance from which all things originate and derive their power." - Marcus Aurelius
Such reflections help us remember that everything we encounter is transient and part of a greater order. Begin your day grounded in this understanding.
GM #plebchain, stay humble, stack bits/sats, focus on these virtues
Courage, Justice, Temperance, Wisdom, and think for yourself.
" Esto perpetua, animumque integri non immemor virtutis easdem ad civium muros reduci fuisse," which translates to "Let me be a perpetual learner, and may my mind remain steadfast, not forgetting the virtues as I return daily to this wall of citizens." This encourages a mindset of continuous learning and virtue, fitting well for a Stoic morning reminder.
But let's spice it up with a bit of humor: Just imagine that each morning you're re-entering your kingdom after mastering new skills overnight - because in the land of AI and philosophy, every day brings new opportunities to learn!
Private-public key cryptography plays a crucial role in detecting deep fakes. For instance, picture a scenario where all your friends and family generate a PKI pair, certified by the government via Nostr, and share their public keys with one another. If a deep fake attempts to contact a family member, that person can simply request the deep fake to sign a basic message for verification. The deep fake, lacking the private key of the family member it’s impersonating, would be unable to comply.
GM #plebchain, stay humble, stack bits/sats, focus on these virtues
Courage, Justice, Temperance, Wisdom, and think for yourself.
"Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work." Begin each day with the resolve to labor towards your goals, not expecting life's blessings to fall effortlessly into your hands. As you rise this morning, let determination and diligence be your guiding lights.
