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6 days ago•••
BlueSky banning users. But some businesses can’t even create an account.
No NFL teams are allowed on BlueSky.
“Right now we’re not allowed to,” vice president of content for the Kraft Sports + Entertainment group Fred Kirsch said on the Patriots Unfiltered podcast, via MassLive.com. “We had an account briefly on Bluesky but the league asked us to take it down because it’s not an approved social media platform for the NFL yet. . . . Whenever the league gives us the green light we’ll get back on BlueSky.”
What a crazy clown world. Everyone seems disoriented. Glad I’m on Nostr.
11 days ago•••
Describing Nostr to some people often feels like being the main character (A Square) in the book Flatland when he’s trying to explain what multiple dimensions are like to those who don’t have the ability to comprehend them.
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17 days ago•••
Zapping from Cashu.me feels a little more magical.
18 days ago•••
Nostr solves more problems and in a better fashion.
20 days ago•••
Ayn Rand in 'Atlas shrugged':
"Hank, this is the most important thing happening in the world today, and none of them know it."
"We know it."
Get #Bitcoin.
22 days ago•••
The market capitalization of Bitcoin is 21 million bitcoin.
Get #Bitcoin.
23 days ago•••
grok beantwortet "Bitcoin Singularität":
"Der Begriff "Bitcoin Singularität" wird in verschiedenen Kontexten verwendet, um die einzigartige Position und Entwicklung von Bitcoin zu beschreiben. Hier sind einige Interpretationen, die sich aus den Quellen ergeben:
Monetäre Singularität: Einige Bitcoin-Befürworter argumentieren, dass Bitcoin eine "monetäre Singularität" darstellt, weil es die erste Währung ist, die eine feste Geldmenge hat und somit inflationär nicht manipulierbar ist. Leo Mattes, ein deutscher Buchautor und Ökonom, beschreibt Bitcoin als eine Währung, die alle anderen Geldformen obsolet machen könnte. Er argumentiert, dass Bitcoin eine neue Währungsmessgröße einbringt, da es eine konstante, nicht inflationäre Basis für wirtschaftliche Transaktionen bietet.
Technologische Singularität: In einem weiteren Sinne wird Bitcoin manchmal als eine Art technologische Singularität betrachtet, weil es das erste erfolgreiche Beispiel für ein dezentrales, peer-to-peer-Transaktionssystem ohne zentrale Autorität ist. Dies könnte als ein Meilenstein für die Entwicklung kryptographischer Technologien und verteilte Netzwerke gesehen werden, die in Zukunft die Art und Weise, wie wir Geld und Wert verstehen, radikal verändern könnten.
Einzige Instanz: Der Name "Bitcoin" wird immer im Singular verwendet, was seine Einzigartigkeit unterstreicht. Dies spiegelt nicht nur sprachliche Gewohnheiten wider, sondern auch das Konzept, dass es nur ein Bitcoin-Netzwerk gibt, das durch seine dezentrale Natur und seine Unabhängigkeit von zentralen Institutionen charakterisiert ist.
Philosophische und ökonomische Implikationen: Einige Diskussionen um die Bitcoin Singularität beziehen sich auch auf die philosophischen und ökonomischen Implikationen, die daraus resultieren, dass Bitcoin eine feste, vorhersehbare Geldmenge hat. Dies wird als eine Form der "monetären Konstante" in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften gesehen, die bisher nicht existierte.
Diese Diskussionen zeigen, dass Bitcoin nicht nur als eine technische Innovation, sondern auch als eine ökonomische und philosophische Revolution betrachtet wird, die möglicherweise einen unumkehrbaren Wandel im Finanzsystem und in der Wahrnehmung von Geld und Wert darstellt."
Get #Bitcoin.
25 days ago•••
I used the new version of grok to ask it, why the honey badger is the spirit animal of Bitcoiners. This is it's answer:
"The association of the honey badger with Bitcoin stems from the animal's reputation for being tough, resilient, and fearless, qualities that are metaphorically aligned with Bitcoin's characteristics. Here's how this connection came about:
1. Toughness and Resilience: Honey badgers are known for their tenacity and ability to withstand attacks from much larger predators like lions and hyenas. Similarly, Bitcoin has been described as resilient against various challenges, including regulatory crackdowns, market volatility, and attempts to undermine its network, like the 51% hash attack. This resilience is often highlighted by Bitcoin enthusiasts as a reason for its nickname as the "Honey Badger of Money."
2. Fearless and Unyielding Nature: The phrase "Honey Badger don't care" from a viral YouTube video captured the public's imagination for its depiction of the animal's nonchalant attitude towards danger. Bitcoin also embodies this ethos; it operates independently of central control, remaining unaffected by the actions of governments or financial institutions trying to regulate or ban it. This was particularly highlighted during times when Bitcoin's value was criticized or when regulatory actions were taken against it, yet it continued to thrive or recover.
3. Cultural Impact and Meme Culture: The honey badger became a popular Bitcoin meme after Roger Ver, known as "Bitcoin Jesus," used the imagery on a billboard in Silicon Valley, dubbing Bitcoin "The Honey Badger of Money." This not only popularized the association but also helped in making the honey badger a symbol of Bitcoin's unstoppable nature in the cryptocurrency community. Since then, the honey badger has been used in various forms of Bitcoin-related merchandise and discussions, further cementing the link.
4. Community Adoption: Over time, the Bitcoin community has embraced the honey badger as an informal mascot, representing the spirit of Bitcoin's decentralization, its resistance to censorship, and its ability to persist despite adversity. This adoption is seen in memes, social media posts, and even in some Bitcoin-related projects, like HoneyBadger, a Canadian network of Bitcoin ATMs.
In essence, the honey badger has become symbolic of Bitcoin's enduring spirit, reflecting the cryptocurrency's ability to persist and grow despite opposition, much like the animal's own survival tactics in the wild."
I like #Bitcoin.
26 days ago•••
I had a funny thought the other day. There is a theory that divides humanity into two "groups", namely the settlers and the hunters & gatherers. Settlers are better at working constantly and planning to provide for the future. They are also good at organizing themselves (companies, nations, etc.). Hunters & gatherers are freedom-loving, like to move around and have a hard time with monotony and repetition. However, they are very good at adapting to a wide variety of situations. Over the millennia, the more successful lifestyle of the settlers has prevailed so that the lifestyle of the hunters & gatherers has become increasingly difficult and thus rare. Nevertheless, these people still exist and they often find it more difficult in settler society. So these hunters & gatherers needed a way out to be able to live more freely again. To achieve this, they had to create the most modern and perhaps most important invention of humanity: #Bitcoin.
28 days ago•••
Grok #Bitcoin!
29 days ago•••
Is there a nostr relay that archives all events, comparable to archive.org for the Internet?
#nostr #relay #asknostr
33 days ago•••
RT:
Free money won’t make people wealthier – Russian central bank
Giveaways only fuel inflation, the regulator has said
Handing out free money to people does not make them richer and is bad for the economy in general, Russia’s central bank has said in response to a question about inflation.
The financial regulator posted a brief lesson in economics on its Q&A section on Telegram, in response to the question, “Why can’t you just print some money and hand it out to everyone?”
“When asking this question, you probably meant that if you print the money and hand it out to all citizens, they will all become wealthier,” the bank said, adding that “such logic does not work for the economy as a whole.”
“Let’s imagine that the state will print some money and give each citizen 1,000 rubles ($10). However, at that moment, the number of goods in the economy will not increase. This means that the supply of goods will stay the same, while the ability to buy them will grow momentarily,” the bank added.
The result is obvious: the sellers will simply jack up the prices. We will be able to buy the same amount of goods but will need more money. In other words, mass handouts of money don’t make people weather and only drive up inflation.
The Russian economy has managed to adapt to sweeping sanctions imposed by Western countries in response to the Ukraine conflict.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his end-of-year press conference earlier this month that inflation poses “certain challenges” and remains the focus of the government. One of the pressing issues is the increase in food prices, especially for vegetables, eggs, and dairy products.
Russia’s inflation rate is hovering slightly above 9%, with GDP growing by 3.6% in 2024, Putin said.
In October, in order to curb inflation, the central bank raised the benchmark interest rate to a record 21%.
#RT #inflation
47 days ago•••
We as individual Bitcoiners behave similarly to Bitcoin nodes. We regularly receive information about Bitcoin and related topics. Then we review it, and either we accept it or we reject it. We are, so to speak, Bitcoin nodes ourselves.
#Bitcoin.
50 days ago•••
#strike services have been down for a few hours. Now everything works flawlessly again. Now I've got this:
56 days ago•••
We don't pay taxes. Taxes are the part of our money that is stolen from us by the so-called government.
#Bitcoin.
58 days ago•••
After hyperbitcoinization, the entire field of today's so-called economic sciences could be replaced by a new system of real scientific work. This could use data from the time chain to make unfalsifiable, verifiable statements about people's market behavior - and all in real time.
#Bitcoin.
58 days ago•••
Just a thought:
I could sell my bitcoin by passing on the seed phrase instead of making an on-chain transaction. This would withhold price information from the market. The buyer could then transfer his sats to another wallet.
#Bitcoin.
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