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Don't Like Car License Plate Readers Invading Your Privacy? It's About To Get A Lot Worse

Leonardo's SignalTrace links license plate data with RFID, Bluetooth, and device identifiers to build a trackable electronic fingerprint.

Quite hardcore

New 🎙️OptionPlus: An audio production of Nocoiner Syndrome: Diagnosis, treatment and money distribution effects on society Abstract: Since the emergence of Bitcoin, we have observed a psychological phenomenon among certain groups, particularly those involved in traditional financial institutions, characterized by the moral opposition to Bitcoin’s early adopters and the system itself. This paper introduces and analyzes the “nocoiner syndrome,” a condition where individuals, especially those benefiting from the current financial system’s Cantillon Effect, perceive early Bitcoin adopters as immoral. Through a case study of recent academic work by European Central Bank employees, we examine how this syndrome manifests in academic discourse and institutional behavior. We analyze the syndrome’s root causes, including cognitive dissonance from missed opportunities and the psychological impact of working within inflationary monetary systems. The paper challenges common misconceptions about early Bitcoin adoption’s morality by examining the risk-adjusted nature of early investments and demonstrating how hodlers contribute to economic resource conservation. We propose several treatment approaches for the nocoiner syndrome, emphasizing the importance of understanding complex systems and the limitations of central planning. Our analysis suggests that this syndrome is not merely a personal psychological condition but a broader societal phenomenon with implications for economic policy and institutional behavior. Podcast (audio version) with bonus:

Nocoiner Syndrome – Diagnosis, treatment and money distribution effects on society – Hack Yourself!

MP3: Original paper: https://cryptoanarchy.institute/nocoiner-syndrome-2024.pdf Thanks to: @npub1gp2w...lpdu @No Good Kid / @Institute of Cryptoanarchy

Nový 🎙️podcast: Káva z odrody Geisha v Paname nás priviedla k spontánnemu podcastu s Wilderom, Buggiem a Peťom o tom, prečo je Panama cool – a nie len pre dane. Najzaujímavejšie na presťahovaní do inej krajiny je totiž to, čo sa najťažšie podáva ďalej: nie je to „to isté, len iným jazykom a inými peniazmi“, ale úplne iný operačný systém kultúry. Bavíme sa o panamskom vnímaní času, nižšej hladine stresu, boome infraštruktúry, slobode bez cenzúry, kávových plantážach pod sopkou Volcán Barú, miestnej kuchyni aj o tom, čo Panama dala každému z nás. Diel možno aj pre tých, ktorých samotná Panama vôbec neláka.

Juraj Bednar

Panama je kúl - a nie len kvôli daniam (Buggie, Peťo a Wilder)

https://youtu.be/c4YpM8Nh3V0 Tento podcast vznikol úplne spontánne – sadli sme si v Paname nad výbornú kávu z odrody Geisha a uvedomili ...

"So far the most unbelievable part of the beginning of your book is that the characters successfully decrypted a PGP email" 😀😀😀 @npub15x60...syd3 is based! It is possible to decrypt a PGP e-mail, I have done it in the past!

I am often joking that the clearest sign of bear market environment for me is switching from fancy bio 🥩 to Lidl 🥩. Yesterday I needed a fresh shave, and being in Lidl, I got their Cien-branded razors instead of Gillette, somehow expecting to fight with it and being disappointed. I didn't even get the most expensive one with most blades. It's 3-4x cheaper. The shave was good, honestly I can't tell the difference, maybe it was even a bit better. It won't save me many sats, it's not much per year either way. Another pro tip: no shaving cream or gel needed, water and soap works too. And the Lidl steaks are also good. Morale of the story: bear market is time of discovery and life enjoyment as much as the bull market.

Why is this called geography and not stateography? There are no borders on Earth, they are in the heads of people. Geography should be about rivers, mountains, not about territories of violent gangs. View quoted note →

AutoTune is the OG AI slop of music. Yet there are a few beautiful songs that use it deliberately, such as FC Kahuna's Hayling.

Every time you open Waze, Google gets a live GPS feed of your location. Speed traps, traffic jams, road hazards — convenience, but also surveillance. I've built an alternative. And it goes beyond just traffic events. Roadstr: real-time road events on Nostr. Spot a speed camera? Publish a kind-1315 event tagged with a geohash. Other drivers see it instantly. Confirm it's still there with a kind-1316 event. Just signed events on relays. **Privacy by Design** 🔒 Ephemeral keys — new keypair per report, no identity linking 🔒 NIP-40 expiration — reports auto-expire (4h for police check speed traps, 30d for potholes) 🔒 Geohash precision — 1km² area, not your exact GPS for queries 🔒 No background tracking — you broadcast only when you choose to report Roadstr is working today: 🌐 Web client: cypherpunk.today/static/roadstr 📱 Android app available (

GitHub

GitHub - jooray/roadstr: Decentralized road-event reporting using Nostr and MeshCore. Web and Android

Decentralized road-event reporting using Nostr and MeshCore. Web and Android - jooray/roadstr

or zapstore) - integrates with OSMand 📋 Protocol spec: kinds 1315 + 1316 🔧 Developer guide for integration We're looking for the first independent client implementations. If you build a Nostr client, Roadstr adds road intelligence in ~200 lines of code. **Beyond Nostr, beyond road reporting** The NIP allows transformation into short data packet and back for reporting over MeshCore - local info, over the air and back (so if you hear it through MeshCore, you can broadcast the Nostr event!) Also - and this is key - there are many more map events that are useful. A dangerous person with a gun. Unsafe zone (natural disaster). When there's something happening around you, you might want to know about it and tell others. Very early demo. Available now. Web version: Android (with OSMand integration):

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I have a tool called nalgorithm which is a Nostr client that gives me a morning brief on cool stuff happening on Nostr. It's a ranking algorithm, so I can see posts based on what interests me, but also generates a voice digest I get in the morning. It has a static prompt, but also learns from my like events. This is the first time I looked at the dynamic prompt based on what I like on Nostr: "The user remains a cypherpunk sovereign engineer rooted in Czech/Slovak P2P hacker culture, advancing Bitcoin, Lightning, no-KYC tools, and non-custodial Cashu ecash through an Austrian anti-state lens. They sustain deep interest in Nostr-native infrastructure and private messaging protocols, treat zaps as a primary Value-for-Value network, and actively participate in the tribal meatspace circuit. Their tastes increasingly gravitate toward privacy-centric mobile hardware, Linux flip phones, and alternative OS ecosystems like Sailfish, alongside cyberpunk aesthetics and sharp resistance to surveillance expansion such as mandatory digital ID and age verification. They maintain sharpened epistemic vigilance, psychological sovereignty, low-profile opsec, and a wry appetite for anti-elite commentary, event swag culture, and raw, humorous observations on network life." Pretty cool. I'll try to turn it into a service as well, the voice digest is my favourite thing to listen to:

GitHub

GitHub - jooray/nalgorithm: Nostr relevance feed — rank your timeline by what matters to you, using an LLM

Nostr relevance feed — rank your timeline by what matters to you, using an LLM - jooray/nalgorithm

I have to say that I have a love hate relationship with Prague. About a week or two is enough for me and then I want to leave. Although it's getting better and I think I'm seeing the beauty and benefits. I'm in love phase now, but seriously, dog shit everywhere on streets is quite annoying. And this is not even in Bratislava, let alone Latin America. Why? (Also used to be very common in Vienna, but I think they somehow made it better).

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