2023-03-13T22:07:15Z https://nostr.now Lee https://nostr.now/npub16fcvyafhe67eu894yshc2tgk5z29avnd6ylcz8t6kv57qmvs5a3sgzlxzr https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdsfe3mty4xpnwad9r3zfu6q7q7p5r2qetzy44w2rnnt34rpv334qzyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkx2xh7dn Bitcoin has underperformed the S&amp;P 500, the Nasdaq 100, the Mag 7, energy/XLE, gold, silver, a good portion of the U.S. housing market, and Berkshire Hathaway over the last 5 years.<br/><br/>Narrative and hype probably can’t take bitcoin a lot further. “Just hold Bitcoin instead of everything else” has not been sound advice for plebs.<br/><br/>Even if you believe in some impending demise of the dollar, you better be prepared for a possibility that it takes many decades to happen. The British Empire economically peaked in the 19th century, but the pound didn’t lose reserve status until the end of WWII.<br/><br/>I’m not arguing against bitcoin, but bad advice should be called out. 2026-09-14T18:58:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp9x0tj8akj95erkq7swr04gndt3rsf969s7hunlpsnxhqvsm2j7szyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkx38zeun In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs07pywur2f509uay4n7f8altz5a886t5lsrteftk99k0l0rdw27hsfzqu4c'>nevent1q…qu4c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Or after 5 years for that matter…<br/><br/>Bitcoin is underperforming the S&amp;P 500, the Nasdaq 100, the Mag 7, XLE (energy), gold, a good portion of the U.S. housing market, and Berkshire Hathaway over the last 5 years. 2026-09-14T18:44:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqjxu2nk7d2cv7kgnpkqaj8qney5ujf7tjasfmte26q2s8dec5h2szyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxuzlcnk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0sg45u3mal8syxthxszr85tpvkt09ack8kzf856czvulhkrpukrc2pnpgz'>nevent1q…npgz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>More small open-source teams using vibe coding is unlikely to improve the broader security problems, unless strong review and hardening practices are in place. 2026-08-03T17:09:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd5alqq3v38h5f6ndu5k6k4gtamw5jwzfk09s69x6vcfct9x8zz5czyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkx0ec34w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs95f3625e8rh64cnps0n6q3jyaxvkw3zuc7ux67vrcgrtnjhypmpqu54j7e'>nevent1q…4j7e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I suspect the opposite is more likely to be true. Linux’s ecosystem diversity (so many distros) and added feature bloat (complexity) can increase the attack surface, and AI may amplify the rate at which vulnerabilities are found and abused, which could reduce trust across the broader Linux ecosystem. Food for thought 2026-08-03T16:34:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxwn9rm3yhj0f4cflgw0nlyvrj9437ul6xpu5n8754z95ezshnssczyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxqfz6uv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf3q3gsa769rlx8h3ymtj6qwceee2rlwk8d290kpuvzcvz3suywtsq86yny'>nevent1q…6yny</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Any valid transaction should be includable in a block. Arbitrary bans of “undesirable” data (like BRC-20 and Ordinals) are subjective. Why not address spam through direct economic mechanisms (e.g. fees)? BIP 110 is subjective censorship. It weakens bitcoin as money.<br/><br/>What other transactions will you want to censor in the future?<br/><br/> 2026-07-15T18:50:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy27r2jv6h7hzn8upnqhk2hwctsck3eawelgpw0p7cd7g4lsx8y4qzyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxruhrfz BINGO<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsrlwc9h7n4l3wy3uy5760xrlphyfp5kzlgruppjrqp3vq5nguaz8ckac442" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…c442</a></span> </div> I always thought Nostr naturally has lower activity because its target audience is people who are conscious of the negative impacts of social media on their lives, and the solution is both switching to decentralised protocol but also to simply use it less. <br/><br/> </blockquote> 2026-06-06T01:38:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs25au3l70ecy94dpltgu4c4xamh48mkmjpse7l2u2yd8ves03d7sgzyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxxqqvlt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8esmfwmvlw4ka3w6wn37ur7su8tyq4u3nfrg34mywarzhu8h3keq0t247j'>nevent1q…247j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Rent free 2026-06-06T01:34:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstlysj679nwa0eyur0zf0ffaullf6ss4ugjqsjvqqez9vx7vky5ngzyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxy08r3n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstflzuxs24sks70qnvmennl68cpcjlmc5lmchy0t47u70arskxkys7gdnc7'>nevent1q…dnc7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This kinda said it all. What a roadmap. lol<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/118fa162ad50575c17d1eda2b354a2430051e7bed92d31ed652bb9fe0083ae15.jpg"> 2026-05-21T02:14:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2snp9dt0ehfk8r27y0jnkugekd46y2mtm7jkw6tcruqfzg8pnglgzyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkx3f6hnz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvxutksrvfuvap9e92d9p3sdnc3fn8vxtf9v9rkhnn362t7rssrjgpr9mhxue69uhhq7tjv9kkjepwve5kzar2v9nzucm0d52j2k7p'>nevent1q…2k7p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nope. <br/><br/>Bitcoin is more than money, similar to the way the birth of America was more than just an offshoot of Great Britain without a monarch.<br/><br/>I want Bitcoin to become THE preferred money too, but “money or nothing” is smoothbrain FUD. <br/><br/>It’s market price reflects multiple narratives at once. Speculation, macro hedging, technological belief, and yes, payment adoption.<br/><br/>Your premise is that Bitcoin’s value comes from expectations it will become money. Your conclusion is if it doesn’t become money, it has no value. This doesn’t prove the premise, it just restates it. It ignores other potential sources of value (e.g., scarcity, censorship resistance, use as collateral, etc).<br/><br/>Furthermore, we have been in bitcoin long enough to know that it morphs based on other things happening in the world (financial crises, pandemics, global censorship campaigns, debanking, birth of AI, oil wars, and so on into the future). 2026-05-06T18:26:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg3wz5pzu0uuxp663luur9kpyqfp6ldfqcx2ra44wjaz4m4zr3upszyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkx0tznj5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdexxalwkahpna8e9af30lsu4lp3srfytj2lsycak8aht2hekjc8cprfmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuervv4ezucm0d5hkyunpwehsk4000d'>nevent1q…000d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>BIP 110 is trying to do something that decentralization is bad at on purpose, which is to pick a specific outcome on a shared schedule.<br/><br/>I’m continually surprised how confident its supporters are in their proclamations around having arrived at the correct “solutions” to things the community/market doesn’t even agree on as “problems.” <br/><br/>The lack of humility is as scary as the poorly thought out “solutions.” 2026-05-06T18:01:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqcjrx8x0cvwhespklp3u0zlae03jqwtlyjqqarzweay3qyn4hhuszyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxekp4f6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9rkjla39s3xhlr74lv3xydkekkzs3yvg7lmjrgawcms4vn52m4dgp9pmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtmkxyhh5atvw5khqctsvykkk6tvdujwa6xa'>nevent1q…a6xa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/e66c58dc3b5fcc644b585e325d00eb4d02b07d3f27c2b96f41bd824b869b9d10.gif"> 2026-05-05T22:05:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg7egnfxzqnmj3tsypskscqaxyqurf6hmw0uym87ys462zdnvk6uqzyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxtdv9jq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxxn55p8mgygu872jyqqs8fqwhrdntu0h926c08lcq0k9sd55vmxscw6dze'>nevent1q…6dze</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AOPZuXh-f5M&amp;pp=ygUURnVjayBhcm91bmQgZmluZCBvdXQ%3D">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AOPZuXh-f5M&amp;pp=ygUURnVjayBhcm91bmQgZmluZCBvdXQ%3D</a> 2026-05-02T14:58:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswucr24yfnz360xhz9ul67m5cmkl68vycgqq909jxdh8acugp4w9czyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxdn79ah In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8pvj0feh49lv6dzf7e67p2w04v4pf404xuru8mp2gfrrakkwvsxsp9pmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtmkxyhh5atvw5khqctsvykkk6tvdukk8dlv'>nevent1q…8dlv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Tether is the Death Star 2026-04-23T21:24:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0jem8604636rsdxw3g22gqw7uzxj6cmu8zjk8rretg3wcadxnzxszyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxgy6v00 Tether is the ultimate, final boss, dystopian overlord, financial Death Star of shitcoins.<br/> 2026-04-23T17:21:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszw2kn20fnp2cnlfamf36j2s579gxk9m6wqmv7554kprft4yukweczyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkx46fedy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxks2w7vseela8e8lt0va95psahj8rtrd0c4ykawzdwmqyt02n3wc2gr23q'>nevent1q…r23q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The best job will ALWAYS be the one you make, not the one a CEO gives you. <br/><br/>Work isn’t going away. Period. Society is about babies and improvement. Socially retarded engineers view everyone else’s work as just a series of tasks to be automated away. <br/><br/>As long as humans care about raising children, improving health, creating culture, and building better futures, there will be huge demand for human effort. AI and robotics don’t change underlying drivers.<br/><br/>Machines don’t operate in a vacuum. they require oversight, maintenance, auditing, and governance. Even highly automated systems drift, fail, and produce unintended consequences (frequently). <br/><br/>Finally, the thing that is claimed to be the best answer, universal high income, does not exist. “High” is a relative term and cannot be universal.<br/><br/>A person can be both a retard and a liar. 2026-04-18T12:06:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs80j0ma9c26nsk9utmm5kzxgfn9zem2w8md6llnn25gv3lcsdn7jczyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkx3nd7dl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw3lfp2elqvdhq59pz7qkm8sppa4anqskz3dvu7735grtspsszg4grv2vzv'>nevent1q…2vzv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/9886546a5bee6151d33d67d9526e9bc23551ef1ed2d0a9060c06b3c0ab4d4340.jpg"> 2026-04-17T11:31:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqsgke5gyf4hqyk5dn54hpwej6qenlz79anpmuc6smgwfqhc0fmnszyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxa5u3dx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0gvu9vlrqqfkvfkcla7g7pjklw459evp9up2cagsxscwmvw3wh9qpydmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtmedahxgetj94c8y6tnd5umk76r'>nevent1q…k76r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hard disagree. Doesn’t do it justice. In reality, we started with GW in the 1770s (voluntarily gave up power and was pretty decent)— every subsequent one started getting worse until we finally hit idiocracy in the 2000s. 2026-04-10T18:27:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst03thn23upkhxsyan8a7dsvmka2lkge975as4ja0tkuvc4fu4easzyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkx02lx27 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqgq656kl3w0pnmwsuxggzvsg4hhm05jc4z2hxcw6zjp3qaxdrjygpr9mhxue69uhhq7tjv9kkjepwve5kzar2v9nzucm0d55r3e05'>nevent1q…3e05</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I suspect the only true fix is denying the ‘misery harvesters’ the attention they so desperately need to survive. And this is done not by government, but by individuals—striving daily to avoid any contact with these platforms. It’s called a “feed” for a reason. <br/><br/>Similar to food. Only individuals can decide to have a healthy diet, or consume processed and addictive poison. 2026-03-26T19:08:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrzqym95g77n5u784qfqr9tlsyt8ylskcls2rlfp9qq8ua7njdtjczyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxhtudz4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvuk4cu98m6vx2vrf39yg7z6l0nvq802h0lrtyfc466asx4d0razgfkm9ex'>nevent1q…m9ex</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Upper‑class/wealthier parents, on average, use more reasoning, explanation, and back‑and‑forth discussion with children, which builds skills related to negotiation, self‑advocacy, and agency. It takes more time, energy and patience as a parent to do this, but our children learn to continuously negotiate better outcomes for themselves throughout their lives. It leads to higher educational attainment, better networking, and higher level leadership roles. They also pass this mentality/skillset on to their children, and it perpetuates on down the line.<br/><br/>Lower‑income parents, on average, place emphasis on obedience, respect for authority, and following directives. 2026-03-24T02:35:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg98k7fmwmm4j55xlvrqvjhrhk3kw9ts98cygmye5mwjmwr2a8eeczyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkx8x4nlm I posted this as a joke 21 days ago. Turns out, this appears to be exactly what they did.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqspvsdmhzqe8zyw82jkel9m5xxfs4wkztywqlhxa7zrv3xqu22g9vcxug95w" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…g95w</a></span> </div> What are the chances they trained their AI on 20 years of data from the failure of the Vietnam War + the 20 years of data from the failure of the Afghanistan War?<br/><br/>It might be fully optimized for failure and hallucination. </blockquote> 2026-03-22T02:15:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgxreygsfvw30twevl4mjhdkpwcv9qcwq2e3nhcj9m9zjaj87cwnczyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkx8kw0zs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszgclwzxnc4qswklv90fcjk6e3hjszxl885lyf26q6tmcy273d9acgdd08u'>nevent1q…d08u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One is an amazing device. The other is a stupid user. If they install doom apps, they can’t blame the push notifications. 2026-03-22T02:07:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqgvapnm4ne54gmu0gzxmm25xpe0n2cxkkuzseud8z47vsesc0kmczyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxs0kd79 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvw2sknzuk2wdwl33vaypl2tnfzc6l48eysmm2fpaj77t3qn5kakgvk9t9x'>nevent1q…9t9x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>He’s like Elvis. He’ll never truly die. 2026-03-20T20:32:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstdkw5tz4lan8luzp3psjufsmrksnc00d4h548hvvxu93am4vfrqszyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxm9lthw Legend <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/9bce1f5dc22efa913ed82b726cdd13cdda40609906491c8a5eec17969379644b.jpg"> 2026-03-20T20:26:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspvsdmhzqe8zyw82jkel9m5xxfs4wkztywqlhxa7zrv3xqu22g9vczyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkx3axe87 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx7fs6cv7rgpu4sw9pd5svx2k3re93pprpuxqvwm8ewazawsdvplspr9mhxue69uhhq7tjv9kkjepwve5kzar2v9nzucm0d5q28mtg'>nevent1q…8mtg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What are the chances they trained their AI on 20 years of data from the failure of the Vietnam War + the 20 years of data from the failure of the Afghanistan War?<br/><br/>It might be fully optimized for failure and hallucination. 2026-02-28T03:10:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs02pcaw8e8ts583eh5xf93lm6zw0lfg7yck6wvwxyz8s4e83kunvgzyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxm97u8r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspkwfqpjjunequyk695ys47hrh9dqlfuf49f3lzrff7xz7g4unt0svlxf76'>nevent1q…xf76</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s even worse than that. It’s paying someone interest while you post your bitcoin as collateral for fiat. 2026-02-25T23:51:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdqdj2jt58v0qnxlgznhhut2jhaw6a7tuc9ukp08dackwr6w95fzqzyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxmvt4ku In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz6l026p0vfvmxdnmrsp3ewydwe4cvaxnrwfvwdu40pgqtwyrvdlgmgjpkf'>nevent1q…jpkf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Like giving root access to a raccoon and saying “don’t do anything while I’m gone” 2026-02-25T19:11:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9mvxfyr90fv4fa05d0ej0mrx8drqqtm4n2v3y2gnj8j92cjxvfyszyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxmn2v8g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspa78jx8qx0wexk023vlaesl8gy3g4fjqh7m8nv5mkvzehjhz046s7qfqnu'>nevent1q…fqnu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yet more proof of culture! 2026-02-25T19:08:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxlmk5ruq0yujk5h58f7yy8efhennk9ycjqud75lmdtjvdnhrjmggzyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxwzdug9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz0e56wx7ph82evr5lj9f7xatzz5xvj8ntfmq8vwzyf3azl3ujkhc0jnstt'>nevent1q…nstt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Went from “no banks” and “not your keys, not your coins” to…<br/><br/>nothing says freedom and sovereignty like lines of credit from a centralized platform<br/><br/>Bitcoin-backed lines of credit = margin loans in a hoodie, no matter what influencers or CEOs tell you. Nobody has status in bitcoin. 2026-02-25T19:04:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswe5nx2dcaw42sqc9h5r66dpyjacmh4kj0mmzs4jg2aezuc2lzppczyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxr7txpt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs806nreadz75uhcr2qhunysjernrds60rrnv26d3gqhhgqtg4r5uqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhg2y7ply'>nevent1q…7ply</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It does. 2026-02-25T18:52:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspjdc6qjg2s452lrgm0tzcmz3jrgpdy9g72927stlfysyz7hd9snszyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkx2lgs9h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq247p3fsxf0sa2qkxf8gue6xtzg7c3dyxj0seysdxy3ld0rk7pvgpr9mhxue69uhk2umsv4kxsmewva5hy6twduhx7un89u5w2r5x'>nevent1q…2r5x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It was a fumble, no doubt. But I suspect Apple will still win the long game, and in a blowout. <br/><br/>Siri is awful today, and yet it will handle billions of requests today alone! Why?<br/>1. Billions of active devices<br/>2. Deep integration with daily workflows (messages, photos, email, OS-level actions)<br/>3. Hardware + software ecosystem <br/><br/>The winning experience won’t be: <br/> “Ask a smarter chatbot”<br/>It’ll be:<br/> “My iPhone just does things for me without asking”<br/><br/>I would also add that the real monetization favors Apple, because unlike Anthropic or ChatGPT, AI doesn’t need to be a standalone profit center for Apple. Moreover, as there AI offering gets better, it actually increases retention in there hardware + software ecosystem.<br/><br/>Finally, I’ll say this: the bar for “good enough” for the average user is MUCH lower than Nostr or Twitter thinks. 2026-02-25T18:26:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfj75fraa73u8nt4m6296037e7qs95e5qf50xwgd0ftsnegjk7lcczyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxzhqsx9 What is an AI data center? <br/><br/>It’s parallelizable and instantly deployable “cognitive labor” that can be metered/billed down to the micro-unit (tokens).<br/><br/>And if that is true, then this capex buildout is the foundation of a new economic layer. <br/><br/>What’s that worth? A pre-AI economic stack was:<br/>1. Natural resources (extraction)<br/>2. Infrastructure (energy, internet)<br/>3. Compute / industrial production <br/>4. Platforms <br/>5. Applications <br/>6. Human labor<br/><br/>AI doesn’t just sit inside one layer, it collapses and rewrites multiple layers of this stack.<br/> 2026-02-25T14:57:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy7czjd327252trx306rh700r4wx4x4kjfsjl0kpsv9xdcjdg396qzyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxm0kqce In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv78um39xremwwjg95494mu28zru72yvl70eqnle46g7dx6d5wz4c9ttykk'>nevent1q…tykk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>lol. I wonder if this is the more immediate “alignment problem.” Meaning, who does the AI truly work for, the end user or the company it collects money for? 2026-02-25T12:12:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdcpfl4xa0gxge5uqvnadrnc3zfmr3xfag9x409e763szjxgnynlszyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkx5pcxfs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs90uw6crarp5x8k9wu2njr7kgf62zdptapu6c55yp3xg93c4wt5wcpr9mhxue69uhk2umsv4kxsmewva5hy6twduhx7un89ug9nueq'>nevent1q…nueq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My argument is not in favor of “spam” and in fact I think that shit is dumb. But introducing censorship is far far worse.<br/><br/>Clearly, the genesis block is proof that bitcoin has ALWAYS been more than just money. 2026-02-25T12:09:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8ceqwjj5g8q4m5w6klqug0jvqkneg05a3v3h26efngct8uethk5qzyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkx4wshyc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8vqsr6z5f76rndsz8fx2e8kxp0tenza6n7a0t9ugzexs83w9r2rcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgar83gc'>nevent1q…83gc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Let me spoon feed it. <br/><br/>BIP110 undermines Bitcoin’s neutrality and risks a contentious chain split, in exchange for only modest relief from “spam.”<br/><br/>More precisely…<br/><br/>It turns Bitcoin from a neutral protocol into a curated ledger. Once consensus rules start classifying some valid transactions as “spam” and banning them, you’ve crossed from “any valid script is allowed” to “only socially approved uses are allowed,” which is fundamentally anti‑Bitcoin, and critically stupid.<br/><br/>It weakens censorship resistance. If node software encodes policy views about which data types are acceptable, this opens the door to future content‑based restrictions driven by politics, regulation, and powerful actors.<br/><br/>It introduces material chain‑split risk for a non‑critical reason. Because BIP‑110 tightens consensus rules that a minority of nodes enforce, blocks that include now‑forbidden data could be accepted by old nodes and rejected by upgraded ones, causing a minority fork over an aesthetic/ideological preference, not a security reason. In fact it creates greater external security risks I’ve already highlighted above.<br/><br/>It sets a precedent that “content moderation at the consensus layer” is acceptable. And thus, it attacks “Bitcoin is hard money” and the “blockchain as immutable.” That’s why it gets a hard ‘fuck off!’<br/><br/>Furthermore, reviewing transaction types in consensus is far more dangerous than the spam itself, because it normalizes rule changes justified by subjective judgments about what counts as legitimate use.<br/><br/>All of these fold into one overarching takeaway: that BIP110 is stupid, and those pushing it are very stupid. 2026-02-24T22:56:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspcg59fhyuks9gw9zr085t292muk63a5j68kg2qaus3nq9qh0k8xgzyrf8psn4xl8tm8suk5jzlpfdz6sfgh4jdhgnlqga02ejncrdjznkxc0ghsk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswxmeggndkn3z3ur2f429pyy03qsq484s5q5dn0xn6fl2klrjkfps95my09'>nevent1q…my09</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Bitcoin either maintains censorship resistance, or it doesn’t. <br/><br/>You cannot be a little bit pregnant. Bitcoin cannot be a little bit neutral. It is our money, AND the money of our adversaries.<br/><br/>BIP110 is stupid. Its supporters are very stupid, and they are “here to fix spam.” Think about how big a person’s ego must be in order for them to believe they know how to roll back the chain and pick an alternate outcome based on a censorship campaign they created. 2026-02-24T21:42:59Z