DeonOpperman
Deon

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deon@BitcoinNostr.com

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violentnylon51@walletofsatoshi.com

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2023-10-21 10:09:10

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Police State USA.

2023-09-04 19:16:55

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It would be if all of the white papers swarming in the air were Bitcoin Bs. Not much else discussed in the Nostr public square. No-one really engaging with anyone else. All just shouting their bitcoin thing.

2023-08-29 09:23:20

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I don't understand. If Nostr is an open source protocol like http etc, on top of which anyone can build, how can one client represent an existential threat to it?

2023-08-27 20:26:07

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They were always going to try. If there's big wealth in it, it's a given. Their "master of the universe" sense of entitlement demands it.
If they succeed, then bitcoin isn't what we believe it is. And that will be that.
So let's see what happens, because try they will.

2023-08-23 08:01:35

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Rather condescending tone there, but I'll let it go.
It's a bit more nuanced than 'the globalists are going to crash the world into a wall'. There are a number of powerful factions involved. And yes, the globalists have their agenda, but go read Tom Luongo's work for insights into the very powerful faction that opposes them. It's an internecine battle among the powerful that is going to cause vast global suffering regardless of which faction wins in the end.

2023-08-22 21:47:47

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Absent a lethal pandemic in which people are literally dropping dead in the streets, I would argue that the probability of lockdowns is miniscule. It would crash the global economy, way worse than 2008/9 and require trillions upon trillions of money printer goes brrr.
I cannot see it happening.

2023-08-22 08:40:48

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I went and had a look at the comments on Xwitter and they are all very valid criticisms of Nostr in its current state. Very valid. Until those issues are addressed, Nostr will never pull meaningful number of users.

2023-08-18 22:18:38

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Dump ego, stack sats.

2023-08-18 08:59:16

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So criticising the rich in the US makes you right wing. Right ho.

2023-08-16 22:47:08

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The problem with sound money is that it reduces the state's control over the citizens. I'm thinking that "Hey Mr el-Sisi, I've got a great plan to put power back in the hands of the people" probably won't be received with much enthusiasm.

2023-08-14 21:18:24

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Yes, it's extraordinary how that happens. Typos are like socks - no matter how mindful you are, they slip through/away.

2023-08-13 08:34:27

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The key issue being - "Nothing to hide" from what? Who lays down the parameters of what is acceptable, outside of which keeping hidden would be the only alternative ?

2023-08-12 20:44:18

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So will I. Seeing as we're all "raising" this child I reckon we may as well lead by example and show it how civilised, courteous and considerate humans behave.

2023-08-11 09:29:16

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As one empire falls, a new empire is rising. There will always be empires. The answer, I believe, is to build systems that empires, regardless of which empire it is, cannot control or suppress. Hence our belief in freedom tech like Nostr and Bitcoin.

2023-08-06 09:17:03

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Not possible to leave for many, if not most people who would like to leave. It's all very sad.
I am, however, excited about the vibrant and growing bitcoin community in SA.

2023-08-05 22:40:08

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I moved my family to Portugal nearly 2 years ago. And so very glad we left when we did. We love it here in Portugal. Most of all, my 21 yr old son has a future that does not include being treated like a second class citizen.
After going through a phase of normalising the escalating dysfunction in the country, things have now got so bad that our friends still there are now also finally beginning to go "f*ck we're in sh*t".

2023-08-03 19:36:42

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I lived in Madeira for a year. Not the place for anyone with a fear of heights (like me). Unless they're planning to go straight to Funchal from the airport and stay in Funchal, they're in for a hair-raising ride. There are only cliffs, ravines and tunnels. I moved to the Portuguese mainland.

2023-08-02 18:10:04

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If someone were to argue - You're wasting your time with Nostr. Governments are not going to allow social networks they can't censor. If enough people start using it they will declare the Nostr protocol a threat to national security and any use of it punishable by 10 years in prison.
What's your steelman argument to that?

2023-08-02 18:02:43

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To the first scenario my steelman argument is: If that happens, you're right, bitcoin will be relegated to the fringe. And so will all our human rights. Bitcoin will be the least of your problems. You will be choosing between the docile acceptance of living in Orwell's 1984, or joining an underground resistance group. There will be no middle ground.

2023-07-31 16:47:12

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There has been so much news exposing Facebook for the fascist organisation that it is, and yet 3 billion people continue to use it. That tells you all you need to know about how fringe, and small a group, we who care about freedom tech are.

2023-07-31 16:47:12

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2023-07-30 08:08:41

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If I may ask - what's the reason that Square doesn't offer option to accept bitcoin Lightning payments?

2023-07-29 18:36:56

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Not enough suffering yet. As the global socio-economic situation worsens and social unrest rises and governments become increasingly authoritarian and censorious, more and more people will feel the need for the self-sovereignty that Nostr and btc and LN offers.

2023-07-25 18:30:09

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When the devil comes to you, he wears a silk suit.

2023-07-24 20:41:20

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As Churchill described Americans: One can rely on Americans to do the right thing in the end, after they've tried everything else.

2023-07-21 21:44:15

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I have also made a point of using Nostr every day. No point in just paying lip service.
And as the list of people I follow here gets longer, and as more and more people I follow on Twitter use Nostr, the more compelling my feed becomes.

2023-07-21 21:39:54

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Nostr protocol is to social media what the bitcoin protocol is to money.
For the first time I see a self-sovereign light at the end of the surveillance capitalism/authoritarian tunnel.

2023-07-20 22:52:26

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Zapped.

2023-07-18 19:55:28

@npub149g…uytr Viva la resistance. Nostr. LN. sats