"A home miner who also runs a full node is the only participant in the Bitcoin network who simultaneously validates, produces, and controls. The exchange customer does none of these. The pool miner does one. The node operator without a miner does one. The solo miner with a self-hosted node does all three.." @Kudzai Kutukwa A compelling case you laid out and I am of the opinion that bitaxe and co, have kicked off a very important reversion to the original Bitcoin thesis that ensures more privacy and freedom than the status quo of getting coins from exchanges. View article →

No thanks

Tokenized Deposits Give Banks All the Blockchain Benefits Without the Crypto Risk — SWIFT Is Making It Happen

Growing pains of being a noob I guess lol. I think this is definitely one area that Nostr clients should work on. A certain level of abstraction is necessary to make the experience more seamless. View quoted note →

My first Nostr article has dropped! Let me know what you think once you check it out 😊💜🙏🏻

"For decades, dollar dependency created a classic prisoner's dilemma for sanctioned states: continue using the dollar-denominated system (and remain exposed to US financial weaponry), or exit the system and face the economic isolation that follows. Both choices led to bad outcomes. Exit was severely punished and compliance was exploited. There was no dominant strategy but only varying degrees of submission. Until now, thanks to Bitcoin." @Kudzai Kutukwa Very interesting that it's always the rogue states or "criminals" that are usually quick to catch on when it comes to technological innovations. The drug dealers got to Bitcoin before the mom and pop stores, and it was the racketeers that found utility in cellphones before the average Joe. Necessity is the mother of invention after all. View article →