"In 2009, the only known way to achieve trustless consensus over a digital currency was to make every transaction visible to every node, letting the entire network verify that no coins were created from nothing and that the 21 million supply cap held. The transparency was never the goal. It was the cost of solving the double-spend problem without a central authority, and it produced a financial surveillance apparatus that would make any intelligence agency weep with envy if a government had built it." - @Max

"The mathematics of privacy do not respect loyalty to any particular cryptocurrency." - @Max

"Aggression is the use, trespass against, or invasion of the borders of another person’s owned resource (property) without the owner’s consent; or the threat thereof. We oppose all acts of aggression as illegitimate and unjust, whether committed by private actors or the state." - Stephan Kinsella #GM

@Gigi Why Bitcoin, why not Monero? #asknostr

At the professional coders of nostr: How much do you code on your own (no AI) and how much you use AI? (In percentages maybe) #asknostr @calle @UNCLE ROCKSTAR @Gigi @jb55