Little reminder that "Europe" does not exist. Americans are so used to think about their country in unified terms that they forget itm Europe is a puzzle, there's no political entity that has a voice as of now. Theybtried to do the "unified currency" idea but it didn't turn out well at all. Europe is only a bunch of little states with big mouths, small armies, no nuclear weapons and, most importantly, a consolidated perception of "war" as an outdated idea. What's happening is black smoke, there's no meat beneath it.

Don't y'all see a flooding of "Susan is a prominent investor" notes in here? I guess that it's either Susan The Prominent investor being a bit exasperated for the corn market price.... or simply some #GourmetShitScammers in here

I've just finished reading the article (from 2 months ago) that Nic Carter wrote for BMagazine. I have to digest it, but it's precious to understand the US financial position and incentives in place for this BSR, especially for me, an european dude profoundly ignorant about US markets.

Bitcoin Magazine

I Don’t Support A Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, And Neither Should You

Nic Carter lays out his arguments against a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve.

Overall, I feel that Nic's position is reasonable and it merges with a thought I had ages ago discussing about bitcoin with some random dude: if things fall apart around you, your golden castle will not help much. If the US economy collapses, you'll not be fine, being you a bitcoin holder or not. If grocery stores will be empty, if micro-criminality raises sharply, you're not fine. Apart from that, SBR seems like a pushy tryout of some lobbysts to gain some sort of traction within the US political ecosystem. Is it really relevant for the US to be holding bitcoin nowadays? It is for individuals, yes, but at the US nation state level, what's the point? I can get the reason why El Salvador did it, but El Salvador is not the monetary global market-maker. It's like if US were to admit their weaknesses and their inability to keep monetary policies stable. We know they are not, but it's way different if the US itself speaks that out loud by institutionalizing bitcoin reserves. I know, in reality the corn will not be bought but only "kept", the manouver will be "neutral". But that is still a clear message for global markets. You're shouting to the whole Planet "guys, I lost it, I'll move to a new set of rules that I know I cannot break...because I don't trust myself". Good luck with that. I like the enthusiasm I see, hear, read about these days. But don't let the excitement drive you crazy...NGU is NOT the ultimate goal.

Sitting in a library. Dude in front of me literally demolishing his keyboard with his fingers. And I don't mean he's rocking. I mean he presses keys like with a hammer. That moment the ASRM sounding of keyboard turns into a medieval battle session.

I'm a bit scared about this US Bitcoin Reserve thing, honestly. Bitcoin is for enemies, but we're just letting in a stakeholder that literally could point guns to people in order to avoid this or that update to go through. Yes, that could have happened in the past too, but now they have skin in the game and they can influence mass media into believing what bitcoin is or is not.

#AskNostr where can I find that very much celebrated Search function in Notedeck? I'm using the 0.3.1 intel linux version...is it that it's available only to purple users?