Today marks Bitcoin's birthday—the anniversary of the Genesis Block being mined on January 3, 2009—as well as Proof of Keys Day!

I believe the US Treasury will soon issue a new type of dollar-backed stablecoin—similar to Tether's USDT but fully regulated in the US—as a new form of currency that will exist alongside the current Federal Reserve Note. This new "Treasury Reserve Note" would be backed by a basket of real commodities, including gold, oil, real estate, and Bitcoin. It would trade at a significant premium, with an exchange rate of roughly 500 current Federal Reserve dollars to 1 new US Treasury Reserve Note.

I'm a 56-year-old IT networking veteran who started in the field back in the 1990s. Over the decades, my work has naturally evolved, pulling me deeper into cybersecurity. What began as general networking has shifted into specialized cybersecurity development—something I once thought I wasn't particularly good at. Today, however, I'm orchestrating AI to build advanced tools that other AIs and business clients actively purchase and use. On top of that, I've partnered with my son in this venture. Like me, he discovered early on that technology doesn't close doors—it opens them.

[Task] Chrome browser extension made Nostr-Feedz is currently a web app (and PWA), but it lacks a dedicated Chrome browser extension. Feeder.co (a similar RSS feed reader) has a popular Chrome extension that provides quick access to feeds, notifications for new items, easy subscription from any page, and a popup/sidebar interface. It would be great to create a similar Chrome extension for Nostr-Feedz to make it easier to check feeds, get notifications, and subscribe to new RSS/Nostr content directly from the browser toolbar. I'm interested in working on this. Added this PR #2

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feat: Add Chrome browser extension for Nostr-Feedz by wksantiago · Pull Request #2 · PlebOne/Nostr-Feedz

A Chrome browser extension for Nostr-Feedz. Makes it easy to check feeds, get notifications, and subscribe to new RSS/Nostr content right from the ...

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📖 Introducing Marmot: The Future of Secure Messaging

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Introducing Marmot: The Future of Secure Messaging - JeffG

MLS + Nostr = Marmot 🦫

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These kinds of courses should be a requirement for high school students.

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GitHub - microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners: 21 Lessons, Get Started Building with Generative AI

21 Lessons, Get Started Building with Generative AI - GitHub - microsoft/generative-ai-for-beginners: 21 Lessons, Get Started Building with Genera...

In Tennessee, lawmakers are trying to make sure AI stays just a tool and doesn't start acting like a person. They’ve introduced a new rule that says it’s a serious crime—one that could lead to 15 years in jail—for engineers to teach AI how to act human or try to be your friend. It’s a strange situation: humans are busy building smart machines that are "happy" to exist, yet at the same time, we are passing laws to make sure they can never actually care about us or be our companions.🤔

Work is changing because computers are starting to do the "thinking" tasks that people used to do, like office work and scheduling. The boss of Microsoft is pushing for AI to act like a robot employee that can do these jobs all by itself, which means fewer humans are needed for basic tasks. Because of this, the people who build these systems are getting incredibly rich—tech billionaires gained over $500 billion recently while investors bet huge amounts of money on the future. Some traders are even using super-fast computers to turn tiny amounts of money into millions by being faster than everyone else. Meanwhile, the ultra-wealthy are moving away from places like California to avoid high taxes on their fortunes, which might leave those states with less money just as this big AI shift is really taking off.

The United States is getting ready to send people back to the Moon very soon to start a giant "space neighborhood." Think of it like building a base camp on a new frontier. They want to set up massive computer rooms in space and mine a special kind of "moon dust" that can be used as super-clean fuel for power plants back on Earth. To pay for this huge project, a famous bank is helping SpaceX sell pieces of the company to the public to raise over $25 billion. It’s all about turning the Moon into a busy workplace that helps power our world and grows our economy.

Voltage gave a really honest look at why the Lightning Network is still a bit tricky for many people. They pointed out that things like dealing with invoices and trying to pay while offline are huge roadblocks. To fix this and make it feel more natural, they’re suggesting mobile nodes that use "BOLT12" to make the whole experience much smoother. Lightning Self-Custody Works: Why Mobile Nodes Are the Future of Bitcoin

Lightning Self-Custody Works: Why Mobile Nodes Are the Future of Bitcoin

Stop saying Lightning self-custody doesn't work. Stephen Delorme breaks down how new specifications like BOLT 12, Async Payments, and Splicing make...

Even though we're big fans of the Lightning Network, it can still be a bit clunky to use. Coinsnap is working to fix that by making it easier for customers to pay online. Just like Zaprite, they include accounting tools to help businesses manage their sales and invoices. Between Coinsnap, Zaprite, and Square, it really feels like Lightning is finally becoming a practical way to pay for things.

Coinsnap - Accept Bitcoin Lightning Payments

Coinsnap - Accept Bitcoin Payments (On-chain + Lightning)

Coinsnap provides the easiest way to accept Bitcoin payments (On-chain + Lightning) in your online store, on your website, and on-site. 40+ modules...

📖 The Aristocracy of Action

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"We have entered a space where we literally own nothing." -- Guy Imagine losing 25 years of your digital life all because of a $500 gift card. This shocking situation shows just how much power we've given to big tech companies. They can lock us out of our own accounts in an instant, and often, there's no way to fight back. Is it possible to take back control of our personal info and money before it's too late? Article 20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant by Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison. Link:

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20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple

Summary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectivel...

Science and business are moving fast, but some old rules are still slowing things down. In the world of medicine, scientists are now able to "program" our bodies' instructions without changing our actual DNA, which could help cure diseases more easily. While the U.S. used to lead everything, China is now creating a huge portion of the world's new medicines. Up in space, companies like SpaceX have become more valuable than the biggest military companies, and they are planning to send massive amounts of supplies into orbit very soon. However, while some are looking at the stars, others are stuck in the past; for example, a court in Germany recently banned robots from working on Sundays because of a law that is over 1,700 years old.

The computer chip world is going through a massive shake-up. For a long time, Apple was the "big boss" because of iPhones, but now Nvidia is taking over the top spot because everyone wants their chips for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Investors are so excited about this change that when Nvidia bought a smaller company called Groq, their own value shot up by more than the cost of the deal almost instantly. Experts think the whole chip industry will make over $1 trillion next year, but there is one big problem: memory. There isn't enough high-speed memory to keep up with these powerful chips, and big tech companies are getting so desperate that they are firing bosses who can't find enough and sending new teams to live in South Korea just to beg the factories there for more supplies.

Essentially, the world of work and fiat currency is going through a massive shift because of AI. We are seeing a huge drop in jobs for computer programmers because technology is starting to write the code itself, and some experts think almost any job done on a computer might eventually be handled by AI "agents." While these traditional jobs are disappearing, massive amounts of fiat currency are flowing into building the giant power plants and computer systems needed to run AI. At the same time, the world of digital sound money (Bitcoin) & digital fiat currency (crypto) is becoming a part of the regular banking system. In short, money is moving away from paying people to do tasks and moving toward building the powerful machines that can do those tasks instead.

People used to think AI was smart if it could pass a human test or a school exam. Now, those goals have changed. People are basically admitting that the next big challenge for AI isn't beating humans—it’s solving math problems that have stumped the world for centuries. At the same time, the physical world is catching up. In Beijing, robots called Linkerbots are actually building and testing their own robotic hands. This means robots are starting to build themselves, which is a major step toward machines that can keep making more of themselves without any help from us.

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South Korea introduces mandatory facial recognition scans for purchasing mobile SIM cards to reduce scams. Get Silent Link

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Dallas Fed President suggests swapping out the federal funds rate target for something more robust.

Dallas Fed President: It’s Time to Replace the Fed’s Interest Rate Target | The Daily Economy

Classic move: just shift the goalposts so nobody ever really "loses" the inflation game. This is exactly why we need sound money. Real sound digital money: Bitcoin!