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27 days ago•••
Sure, you have noticed…
27 days ago•••
@npub1mln...u7x8 Bronze sponsorship has been paid but gooooooooooooone!
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28 days ago•••
28 days ago•••
Are you a #Freedom Maximalist?
⤵️ reply/comment below with the main reason that radicalised you.
#askNostr #privacy #freedomtech
47 days ago•••
#Bitcoin is the best abstraction for #money.
47 days ago•••
THERE IS #HOPE 🪼
47 days ago•••
#AI makes human cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared” #artificialintelligence
47 days ago•••
I 💜 #Nostr
I’d rather navigate endless #askNostr questions than be boxed in by unquestionable #Twitter answers.
#growNOSTR
47 days ago•••
𝙸𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎'𝚜 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚌𝚔-𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚓𝚘𝚔𝚎—𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚒𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚙𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚑.
47 days ago•••
⚠️ Don’t store screenshots of private information (especially seed phrases or passwords) in your photo gallery.
#infosec #security #Bitcoin
49 days ago•••
Human cognition relies on linear heuristics, which makes the explosive acceleration of exponential growth counterintuitive.
Imagine you have a single sheet of paper with a thickness of about 0.1 millimeters. Now, suppose you could fold it in half repeatedly. Each time you fold it, the paper's thickness doubles. After one fold, the thickness is 0.2 millimeters; after two folds, it's 0.4 millimeters; after three folds, it's 0.8 millimeters; and so on. This process is exponential because, with each fold, the thickness increases by a factor of 2 rather than adding a fixed amount.
Now, here’s the surprising part: if you could fold the paper 42 times (which, in reality, is physically impossible with an ordinary sheet due to limitations of material and size, but let’s suspend disbelief for the sake of the thought experiment), the paper's thickness would be 2^42 times its original thickness. In numbers, that’s roughly 4.4 trillion times the paper’s original 0.1-millimeter thickness. That means the final stack would be about 440 billion millimeters thick, or about 440,000 kilometers—well beyond the distance from the Earth to the Moon (which is approximately 384,400 kilometers).
Human cognition is wired for linear steps, rendering us fundamentally ill-equipped to grasp how exponential phenomena can catapult the smallest changes into astronomical leaps.
51 days ago•••
My subscriptions. #moviestr
53 days ago•••
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯/𝐀𝐜𝐜 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨
A new force is rising in the digital age, a force to reclaim what has been quietly stolen: privacy.
We are the Privacy Accelerationists—driven by a simple conviction that privacy is not optional, but essential for personal freedom. Surveillance capitalism, government overreach, and the culture of data extraction corrode our ability to live freely, think independently, and interact with trust.
The future of privacy is no longer something that can be delayed, debated, or dissected. It must be accelerated—now. The pace of intrusion is relentless; our response must be swifter still. The tools to protect privacy—encryption, decentralized networks, and privacy-enhancing technologies—already exist. But only decisive action can ensure these tools are put into the hands of billions.
We are not radicals for desiring privacy, but because we understand that privacy is power—liberation in a world that seeks to control us. Privacy is rebellion. In a society where thoughts, desires, and behaviors are commodified for control, privacy becomes the means by which we reclaim our lives and identities.
The systems of surveillance—corporate, governmental, and societal—are intertwined, feeding off each other in a symbiotic cycle. But as history shows, even the most entrenched systems are vulnerable to revolution. Cryptography is that revolution. Anonymous transactions, encrypted communications, decentralized data: these are not just theoretical tools but the foundations of a new era.
Governments and corporations will attempt to stop us, justifying endless data collection with claims of “efficiency” or “security.” They will argue privacy is unnecessary in a world where transparency is a virtue. They will say, "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear."
We reject these premises entirely. Privacy is not about hiding—it’s about choice. The choice of what to reveal, to whom, and when. Without privacy, there is no autonomy; without autonomy, there is no freedom. The acceleration of privacy technology is our only path forward.
We do not oppose technology—we champion it. Our fight is against the hijacking of technology to strip away privacy and autonomy. We assert our right to navigate the digital world without the oppressive gaze of surveillance. By embracing technology as a tool for empowerment, we can restore control over personal information to where it belongs—with the individual. This is our moral imperative, our stand for a future where freedom and technology coexist.
The systems of control thrive on complacency and apathy. We are here to disrupt that cycle. We will accelerate the adoption of privacy-enhancing technologies—not as a slow reform, but as a revolution. Code is our weapon, and knowledge our shield. We build not for governments or corporations, but for people.
Privacy is the cornerstone of an open society in the digital age. To build that society, we will work with cryptographers, developers, activists, and everyday users. We will create networks that resist censorship, tools that ensure anonymity, and communities that defend privacy at all costs.
We will not wait for permission. We will not apologize for defending our right to exist unobserved. We are not products. We are not data points. We are free individuals.
Join us, or stand aside. #Privacy will not wait.
Onward.
contact@privacc.org LudlowInstitute.org
59 days ago•••
Someone asked Deepseek, "Who really controls the world?"
64 days ago•••
𝙰𝙻𝙻 𝚆𝙴 𝙷𝙰𝚅𝙴 𝙸𝚂 𝙽𝙾𝚆
64 days ago•••
How do you perceive the evolution of #money in the context of #Bitcoin?
Is #Bitcoin merely a #cryptocurrency, or does it represent a fundamental shift in how we understand #value and exchange?
#v4v #askNostr
65 days ago•••
This image was created by a Japanese neurologist.
It stays still when you are #calm. It begins to move when you experience a slight amount of pressure. It moves like a carousel when under a great deal of #stress.
How are you doing?
72 days ago•••
Legacy centralised #socialmedia is a digital #prison, a carefully constructed #cage where users are conditioned to seek permission and validation from their overlords.
It’s a cycle of #dependency, where the masses look to their captors—be it government or corporate leaders like Space Karen — to solve the very #problems they perpetuate.
When they stumble into spaces of true freedom like #Nostr, they’re bewildered, lost in the vastness of #autonomy.
It’s not that they can’t navigate; they’ve simply been programmed to be passive consumers, spoon-fed #content and controlled by algos that dictate their #thoughts and #actions.
This is a wake-up call!
The chains of #manipulation and #abuse are invisible but powerful.
Here on #Nostrville, we cultivate a #culture of #selfsovereignty, where we reject the #statusquo and embrace the #chaos of true #independence.
It’s time to break #free from the mental mental bonds and realise that the power to #create, #innovate, and #connect lies within us—not in the hands of those who profit from our #compliance.
Let’s #BUILD a future where #freedom reigns, unencumbered by the #toxic #legacy of the past!
#WEARETHEWORDL #growNostr 💜
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