Benjamin Lay (1682–1759), a bold 4-foot-tall Quaker dwarf who stood against tyranny. He defiantly kidnapped a slave master's child to show the cruelty of slavery, appealed to conscience over law, and used free market tactics to fight bondage - showing that living by one's values creates change.

Consensus builds trust; control breeds corruption.

Avoid the hype and take the long view.

Is there a nostr client that allows you to exclude notes with a specific hashtag?

Wow, the Strike UI just took a bizarre step backwards. I have to poke around for submenus. The use of space is odd and ill-defined. Absolutely no polish to it. The whole thing feels like a first attempt by a developer before a UX person lends a hand.

A thread from Jake Chervinsky seeking reports of the debanking of crypto companies.

Thread by @jchervinsky on Thread Reader App

@jchervinsky: 1/ Today, @BlockchainAssn sent FOIA requests to the Fed, FDIC, and OCC, demanding information about the unlawful debanking of crypto ...

Bitcoin creates reslience and attracts reslience. "Antifragile: Serhiy Tron Fights To Bring Bitcoin To Ukraine"

Bitcoin Magazine

Antifragile: Serhiy Tron Fights To Bring Bitcoin To Ukraine

Serhiy Tron, a former boxer, a persistent entrepreneur and the publisher of Bitcoin Magazine Ukraine, fights for stability in an unstable world.

Felt like I wasn't seeing all the notes, so I added a bunch of the default relays back. Now the global feed is full of spam.

A bank collapse like SVB has real life impacts. A company can be running strong, suddenly lose its cash, and now can't pay its employees. (Meanwhile, folks like Peter Thiel are fine.)

If you're catching up on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, start with this thread from #[0] 👇👇👇

Thread by @CaitlinLong_ on Thread Reader App

@CaitlinLong_: 1/ SVB—WHAT WENT WRONG * mgmt: debauched its balance sheet * depositors >$250k: thought their deposit at a fractional-reserve bank...

Interesting thread from #[0] about how primary brokers could be pinched in a bank run contagion:

Thread by @CaitlinLong_ on Thread Reader App

@CaitlinLong_: 1/ ANOTHER 🧵 ON A KEY QUESTION: astute thinkers are asking why community banks matter & how widespread this panic cld become. Dun...

Working my way through learning Nostr. Today I set up a private relay and paid for a public relay.

Initiating test post... Stay tuned for results...