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Notification: SOFTWAR AUDIOBOOK - Chapter 5 Part 1 (Sections 5.1 - 5.4) Released If you've zapped or commented on previous #SOFTWAR releases, you are now a subscriber. 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I'm not soft, give me the hard war

Jay do you buy Lowery’s thesis or do you have doubts?

Wolves are covered in detail in chapter 3 🐺

Hi jay 🏴‍☠️🤟😉 nice to meet you 🤝 Power projection in cyberspace is the battlefield of the 21st century. The question isn’t whether software empires will rise it’s who will control them. Bitcoin and Nostr offer a way out, but most are still trapped in digital feudalism. Looking forward to this chapter this is where the real fight begins.

QUEUED UP ✌️

Starting chapter 5 LFG!!!!!!

The thesis is valid. If you've read it yourself and want to cite any specific section you disagree with I'd be happy to argue why it's valid.

I have not read Software. A friend bought it and I skimmed it. I have listened to Lowery speak on his thesis more than once. I think it sounds interesting and plausible but curious what others who have studied in more detail think.

In short: Yes, I do think it's valid. But, I read it when it came out 2 years ago, and that was a fairly quick read through because it was so novel. My mind was so blown by the ideas in it that I knew I'd need a long time to let it sink in. So reading it aloud has given me that time to think deeply about its foundations, implications, and applications. Ever time I record, I wonder if when I get to the end again, I'll spot some glaring error or something that just doesn't work. The biggest open question people had was whether it was really feasible for Bitcoin to secure anything other than itself, and that's the last part that I'm going through now. So I guess, until I've spoken aloud ever single word in it, I'll withhold final judgement.

It's definitely something you read with an extra open mind, an empty cup so to speak. Because it's just so lengthy and detailed, you'll get lost if you get hung up disagreeing on any specific point. For example, people who are completely intolerant to the idea of violence in any situation did not like the thesis, at all. People who viewed Bitcoin only through an Austrian economic lens also didn't have a good reaction.

That was always what I wondered about the Softwar thesis: how is Bitcoin securing anything outside of itself / its network. That feels like a peg and pegs are fake.

This is a bit of a stupid and trivial example, but in the casine on cornychat, we'd bet on the last letter on the block hash for a specific block in the future. It makes for a very fair and egalitarian betting scheme, where there's no house advantage. So Bitcoin's mining can actually secure globally synchronized random outcomes for use in other places.

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On account of everything being a joke today. I will not be on the internet...kthxbye Read #SOFTWAR nostr:nevent1qqswkudmr6xygx9jlt7tdh2rxypl968fhexfwy6v6pzvypjhym4w0fqpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3q0mtatsat7ph6rsq0w8u8npt8d86x4jfr2nqjnvld2439q6f8ugqqxpqqqqqqzkkz3x6

Dude thank you for putting this up as a podcast! Have wanted to read or listen to it for a while now. Glad sourcenode reposted this note

You're welcome! I'm still recording the end, so keep a look out for it 🤙 I had a hiatus last year, so it's been pretty slow going.

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