My bitcoin book "Walking Banks" is now available for free for everyone to download. It's a murder mystery story with bitcoin as a key plot element that follows US agent Jack Decker on his way to Beijing to catch a serial killer that has targeted an old friend. It would make my day if you could give it a try for free, provide some feedback or review and connect with me here on Nostr.

Amazon

Amazon

#bitcoin #writing #books #CBDC #author #stories #fiction #mystery #novel

Interesting look into the political biases of the most popular LLM AI models:

The political preferences of LLMs

I report here a comprehensive analysis about the political preferences embedded in Large Language Models (LLMs). Namely, I administer 11 political ...

#ai #llm #chatgtp #nostr #politics #science

MDMA/ecstasy treatment against PTSD recommended for rejection by FDA.

Slate Magazine

The FDA Should Reject MDMA Therapy—but Not for the Reasons You Think

This is a huge setback for psychedelic advocates, but it’s ultimately good for patients.

A pity that a bad trial design from Lykos doesn't allow to really answer this interesting question and offee a potential treatment opportunity for people that suffer. #science #mdma #psychedelics

Interesting pre-print how Chat GTP & LLMs are changing the way scientific publications are written:

Delving into ChatGPT usage in academic writing through excess vocabulary

Kind of understandable that especially non-English-native speakers make use of it to polish their articles. But words matter, especially when trying to describe a new finding as scientifically accurate as possible. I wonder to what extend this verbose and flowery language is then really understood by the authors themselves and whether or not those words really correctly describe their findings or not. #science #writing #ai

Is it just me or does there seem to be an influx of bots and scammers arriving to #Nostr lately? It looks like more and more of "DM me for my cool financial trick" or "join my newsletter on how to earn money with #bitcoin mining" replies are popping up in more and more posts.

Europe's EMEA recommends to refuse Leqembi, Eisai's "anti-Alzheimer's" antibody. It's approved by the FDA in the US. I think the EMEA is making the right call. The clinical data and modest improvements (if any) are really not convincing imo.

European Medicines Agency (EMA)

Leqembi | European Medicines Agency (EMA)

#science #neuroscience

Question to Nostr and bitcoiners: is it correct that I can generate a child seed from a bitcoin wallet and then use it as my Nostr identity so to speak? If yes - given that many have a good storage option for their bitcoin wallet already established - wouldn't this solve the problem that some people see when tying their whole digital social identity to one Nostr key (and fearing to easily lose it)? #nostr #bitcoin #asknostr

ask your favorite AI LLM: "You have a 5 gallon bucket and a 2 gallon bucket. How do you measure 7 gallons?" #ai

Interesting new method for gene editing described:

New Scientist

'Bridge editing' could be even better at altering DNA than CRISPR

The CRISPR gene-editing technique has revolutionised biology, but now an even more powerful system called bridge editing could let us completely re...

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07552-4

an important step in bitcoin adaption #bitcoin

The inmates are running the asylum...Jared Bernstein is the chair of the United States Council of Economic Advisers. https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1cj5dan/this_has_to_be_satire_right/ #bitcoin

Question to all the macro economists and freedom minded people out there: Order 6102 is for many reasons an important topic for bitcoin. Most recently I read this article about the legal aspects leading up to it:

Bitcoin Magazine

National Emergency: Executive Order 6102 And The Heist Of The Century

A comprehensive history of the events leading up to the historic Executive Order 6102 under FDR that led to widespread gold confiscation in the Uni...

I feel I conceptually understand both the rational and the criticism around Order 6102. What I don't understand and cannot find a lot of information about is if there were alternative solutions discussed back then to fix the problem that go beyond "let it blow up and it'll fix itself ". because even if this is a workable solution, it is not an "electable" solution. what would have been alternative ways to tackle the problem back then that did not lead to confiscation? Were any of these alternatives tried out successfully in other nations in history? I think the best way to avoid a similar future for bitcoin in the U.S. would be to present and lobby for those alternative solutions right now so that when shit hits the fan in terms of US debt and waning influence of the dollar (which it will), the alternative solutions have widespread support in congress. #bitcoin #order6102 @LynAlden @preston @Odell @saifedean

#bitcoin #meme