Community is very important. Going through a tough time right now and my community is stepping up big time.. Feel blessed.

Still low transaction activity. Lots of paper bitcoin out there

"Stand up straight with your shoulders back." "Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping." "Make friends with people who want the best for you." "Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today." "Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them." "Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world." "Pursue what is meaningful (not what is expedient)." "Tell the truth – or, at least, don't lie." "Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don't." "Be precise in your speech." "Do not bother children when they are skateboarding." "Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street."[14]

Andy Yen L, Proton - Moneros reputational problem

All these treasury companies are going to try to get Yield from their bitcoin, guaranteed... We all know how that ends.. Boom... Liquidation

Test

Who remembers this one from 3 years ago

@Vitor Pamplona can you allow for IPFS servers so people can host their own media? Folks can run IPFS on a start9 or docker and upload via tor?

It's all paper bitcoin out there. Nobody is using actual Bitcoin.

Confederate States of America.. What if? That is a fascinating and profound question, especially on a day that celebrates the founding of the United States. A victory for the Confederacy in the Civil War is one of the most significant "what if" scenarios in history. The world, not just the North American continent, would be an almost unrecognizable place. If the Confederacy had won, it likely wouldn't have been through a total conquest of the North. The most plausible scenarios involve: 1. A decisive Confederate victory at a key battle like Antietam or Gettysburg, leading to foreign recognition from Britain and France. 2. War weariness in the North leading to Abraham Lincoln losing the 1864 election to a "Peace Democrat" who would negotiate a settlement. Assuming a negotiated peace that establishes the Confederate States of America (CSA) as a sovereign nation, here’s what the continent and the world might look like. The Two Americas: A Divided Continent Immediately, you would have two nations: the remaining United States of America (USA) and the new Confederate States of America (CSA). The Confederate States of America (CSA) * **Government & Politics:** The CSA was founded on the principle of states' rights. This would have likely created a weak, fractious central government. While they united against the Union, internal squabbles over taxes, trade, and laws would have been constant. It would have resembled the US under the Articles of Confederation—a loose, often dysfunctional alliance of powerful states. * **Slavery and Society:** This is the core difference. Slavery would not have been abolished in 1865. The institution would have been enshrined in their constitution and society. Over time, it's unlikely chattel slavery in its 1860s form could have survived indefinitely into the 20th century due to international pressure and the inefficiency of the system. However, it would have likely evolved into a system of legalized racial segregation and oppression far more brutal and entrenched than the Jim Crow laws of our timeline—something closer to South African apartheid, with Black people having virtually no rights. * **Economy:** The Southern economy, based on agriculture (primarily cotton and tobacco), would have struggled. "King Cotton" was already facing challenges from other producers worldwide (like Egypt and India). Without the industrial capacity of the North, the CSA would be a relatively poor, agrarian nation dependent on exporting raw materials to Europe and the USA. Industrialization would be slow and fiercely resisted by the planter class, who saw it as a threat to their power and way of life. The United States of America (USA) * **Psychology and Politics:** The USA would be a humiliated and bitter nation. The "Great Experiment" of a unified republic would have failed. The remaining union would likely have become more centralized and possibly more militaristic, always seeing the CSA on its southern border as an existential threat. The issue of slavery would be resolved within its borders, but the nation would be physically smaller and less powerful. * **Economy:** The USA would remain an industrial powerhouse, but its growth would be altered. It would lose the agricultural resources and markets of the South. The economic rivalry between the industrial USA and the agrarian CSA would be intense, likely leading to trade wars and tariffs. Long-Term Consequences and a Different World 1. Westward Expansion and Constant Conflict This would have been the biggest flashpoint. Both the USA and CSA would have claims on western territories like Arizona, New Mexico, and California. The concept of "Manifest Destiny" would have become a race. This would have almost certainly led to a series of bloody border wars and proxy conflicts throughout the late 19th century, turning the American West into a permanent battleground between two rival nations. 2. The Fate of Slavery and Civil Rights The greatest tragedy of a CSA victory would be the continuation of slavery. Millions more people would have been born and died in bondage. While it might have eventually ended due to economic or international pressure, it would have happened much later and likely been replaced by a formal, constitutionally-protected apartheid system. The Civil Rights Movement as we know it could never have happened. Any form of Black resistance would be met with overwhelming military force. This would create a staggering humanitarian crisis that would define the continent. 3. A Different Role on the World Stage The United States as a global superpower would not exist. * **European Influence:** European powers, particularly Britain and France, would have expertly played the USA and CSA against each other, ensuring neither could become powerful enough to challenge their own empires. They would sign competing trade deals and fuel the rivalry to their own benefit. * **World War I & II:** A divided America would have been a weaker player. In WWI, perhaps the USA would have joined the Allies, but its contribution would be much smaller. The CSA might have remained neutral or even sided with the Central Powers out of an affinity for authoritarian, aristocratic societies. The outcome of the war could have been very different. In WWII, the "arsenal of democracy" that armed the Allies would not exist on the same scale. A fascist victory would have been more conceivable. 4. Cultural and Technological Stagnation So much of modern American culture—and by extension, global culture—was forged in the post-Civil War era. The cultural blending of Black and white Americans, particularly in the South, gave birth to blues, jazz, and rock and roll. In a world with a victorious CSA, this cultural cross-pollination would be stifled under a rigid system of oppression. Technologically and socially, the CSA would lag far behind, while the USA would be a more isolated and perhaps more xenophobic nation. In Summary If the Confederacy had won, North America would look more like a conflict-ridden part of Europe: two hostile neighbors, a disputed frontier, and constant meddling from outside powers. The world would be a poorer place without the influence of a unified United States. Most importantly, the moral arc of the universe, as Martin Luther King Jr. said, would have been bent severely away from justice. The ideals of liberty and equality expressed on Independence Day, while imperfectly applied even in our timeline, would have been dealt a near-fatal blow on the American continent. The Union's victory, and the subsequent abolition of slavery, was a painful, bloody, and flawed process, but it set the nation on a trajectory that made the modern world possible.

@anhdres @Monerujo Can you implement a way to receive #Monero from a bitcoin transfer the same way you have allowed us to send Bitcoin from our monero stack? Some thing but in reverse?

If you keep labour force drop outs, the actual unemployment rate is 5%

3 things to take from payroll report. - hours index is down. - dropouts bring down participation rate and headline unemployment rate - private hires missed big time

GM

Who's been doing laundry today? #monero

Is there a Nostr web client on Tor? #asknostr