I’d had an opportunity to speak with them recently. They are focused and on a mission. Respect.

Several years ago, Adam Back shared this article by Paul Sztorc explaining why PoW is "less wasteful" than PoS. Paul was a researcher who studied under Dr. William Nordhaus, an economist who won the Nobel Prize in 2018; so this is not some blog post. The EU is making a mistake

Nothing is Cheaper than Proof of Work | Truthcoin.Info

The EU is a fucking cancer.

Brexit was a great move. Going to be rough for a while but the UK will be far better off eventually. I expect other nations will try to exit the EU in the coming decade.

It was always going to be more difficult as essentially an EU island. I think it'll be simpler once more do it. Decentralization has benefits, but usually more so in numbers.

POW doesn't threaten Europe energy security. Their energy policy from the last decade is the real threat. #bitcoin View quoted note →

Make way for the new digital "proof-of-nothing" peasants. https://image.nostr.build/dc7dc586efe78cc19b20edd972987dc3d1e782a448cca21e9fdd5accead99791.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=706x387&blurhash=i15YEz%7DyNLA20D-NR-5J059%2BskoJWX%25FWAWENgny%24uI_a%23ob0oW%40t2%24v%5Ehxbs*a%7BI%5E4%3FI_s%2C%24w%3FA4%5BNNj%40xA-%2CskWXWrs%2B&x=3f2d3ad7e847a78ccedb4a0d8bdb9ec63fee1e6b11fa46032b9add4ce9cba9fb

The NSA tried to stop encryption being used in the US, then after losing that battle they tried to stop open source encryption from being used outside the US. Difference now is it's governments vs corporations. What we need is a whole lot more open source stuff instead of a few massive corporations running everything. I agree about all these autocratic governments but I am also optimistic that we will win in the future.

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How dare they