2026-10-24T22:53:21Z https://nostr.now McCoy https://nostr.now/npub18y33vpqmudzm9wk9cnglgnrhqyu96c4l4tr59k2zw0gs5ep5a2kqjqx5t7 https://blossom.primal.net/bc6f336897873db1c29386e1bcde6488565d8b4a14e61a56da5d797779e9f3c8.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/bc6f336897873db1c29386e1bcde6488565d8b4a14e61a56da5d797779e9f3c8.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9jme9tn76e6lw2hk8fzajjfrn2zq3xf07tre7n9dm8xza3vsl5tczyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42c6zptun In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvgy3gxj4gtgglz47chft58wr2vh6ev23ftp5xj5p2mdyrs9zqj0cwh47kl'>nevent1q…47kl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Why the 120 block wait time? Commits miners/hashers to stick around 4 awhile? 2026-10-27T13:55:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstrwr6ypslpydxu5eme8q73nl5klgdltycf85za8gmjgp6nm34aaszyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42cf6kdw6 Bullish on human scientists<br/><a href="https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/10/endless-forms-most-beautiful-and-most-wonderful-ruliobiology-and-the-theoretical-foundations-of-biological-form/">https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/10/endless-forms-most-beautiful-and-most-wonderful-ruliobiology-and-the-theoretical-foundations-of-biological-form/</a><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/6b30ff1185a01b745c997f2ceb11a3554a1de2ed2e2d4b7cf4626ba479cb608e.jpg"> 2026-10-26T12:51:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs25uzmswegphaahyd4hq9lkr5ywzuj874lnalp90tf5xnce9nuh0szyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42cmaw33y Freiberg - only based All-n dude<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/1a2242cf069d36908722efbbc9e7651a1e156a045acc075f7a4d4f1643a82b2d.jpg"> 2026-10-25T14:32:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqdxp2qqx0w3jk8ej648pfhcysxurrdsfvxrpdp9t998yazr305nszyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42c55psmk Runnin 17. Completed degoogling with help of my clanker -mapple ai <br/><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="/nevent1qqst9vdhwtf6da83x8kpcqy3zcrl0mf2w9wn6e2thg6men8wjfqhnrqzyp2x308wkaxwxh95zu7uext5hhdvn6y55a9l84z0nj5tw42xqhy76qcyqqqqqqg29pgnt" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…pgnt</a></span> </div> GrapheneOS Messaging version 17 released:<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Messaging/releases/tag/17">https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Messaging/releases/tag/17</a><br/><br/>See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog.<br/><br/>Forum discussion thread:<br/><br/><a href="https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/43079-grapheneos-messaging-version-17-released">https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/43079-grapheneos-messaging-version-17-released</a><br/><br/>#GrapheneOS #privacy #security #android </blockquote> 2026-10-24T23:05:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy7uvzujl703vrav9legsv62d9963pr5aafdj4ykngdpmfhvpjr7qzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42cfg786j worth a second look<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="/nevent1qqs9ra3gezhlk5zydgln9260d8v34vleccpdtrju0azcrcukppnc5jgzymrt3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…mrt3</a></span> </div> Bitcoin consensus is hard change, by design.<br/><br/>Here is a year-by-year breakdown of Bitcoin’s major consensus changes since 2013.<br/><br/>### 2013<br/>**BIP34 — Height in Coinbase** <br/>*Activated: March 25, 2013 (block 227,931)* <br/>This soft fork required version 2 blocks to include the block height as the first item in the coinbase transaction. It prevented duplicate coinbase transaction IDs, which could cause ambiguity in the UTXO set. It used the older “IsSuperMajority” (ISM) activation method (95% miner signaling).<br/><br/>**The March 2013 LevelDB Incident (Unplanned)** <br/>*Date: March 11, 2013* <br/>Not a planned upgrade, but a major consensus event. Bitcoin Core 0.8.0’s switch from Berkeley DB to LevelDB accidentally removed an undocumented database lock limit. This caused an unplanned hardfork and a chainsplit lasting about 24 blocks. The network temporarily reverted to the 0.7.x rules to re-converge.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>### 2014<br/>**No major consensus upgrades activated.**<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>### 2015<br/>**BIP66 — Strict DER Signatures** <br/>*Activated: July 4, 2015 (block ~363,725)* <br/>Mandated strict DER encoding for all ECDSA signatures. Before this, nodes relied on OpenSSL’s parsing, which could behave inconsistently across platforms. Its activation caused a brief 6-block chainsplit because some miners were doing “SPV mining” (mining on headers without full validation).<br/><br/>**BIP65 — OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY (CLTV)** <br/>*Activated: December 14, 2015 (block 388,381)* <br/>Added the `OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY` opcode, allowing outputs to be locked until a specific block height or time. This enabled better escrow, time-locked savings, and payment channel designs. It was the last soft fork to use ISM activation.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>### 2016<br/>**BIP68/112/113 — CSV (CheckSequenceVerify)** <br/>*Activated: July 4, 2016 (block 419,328)* <br/>This bundle introduced relative timelocks:<br/>- **BIP68:** Consensus-enforced sequence numbers for relative locktime.<br/>- **BIP112:** `OP_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY`, allowing outputs to be locked for a duration *after* they are confirmed.<br/>- **BIP113:** Measured locktimes against the median-time-past instead of block timestamps.<br/><br/>This was the **first soft fork to use BIP9 versionbits** instead of ISM.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>### 2017<br/>**BIP141/143/147 — SegWit (Segregated Witness)** <br/>*Activated: August 24, 2017 (block 481,824)* <br/>The most significant upgrade of this era:<br/>- **BIP141:** Moved signature data (“witness”) outside the transaction ID, fixing transaction malleability and effectively increasing block capacity.<br/>- **BIP143:** A new signature hashing algorithm to fix quadratic hashing and improve hardware wallet security.<br/>- **BIP147:** Required the dummy element in `OP_CHECKMULTISIG` to be `OP_0`, removing a minor malleability vector.<br/><br/>Deployment was contentious and involved BIP91 and BIP148 (UASF) pressure before it locked in via BIP9.<br/><br/>### 2021<br/>**BIP340/341/342 — Taproot** <br/>*Activated: November 14, 2021 (block 709,632)* <br/>- **BIP340:** Schnorr signatures (better privacy and efficiency).<br/>- **BIP341:** Taproot, allowing spends to look like single-signature transactions even when using more complex scripts.<br/>- **BIP342:** Tapscript, updating the scripting rules for Taproot.<br/><br/>This used a modified BIP9 mechanism called “Speedy Trial,” requiring 90% signaling over a retarget period.<br/>---------------------<br/>Now imagine the technical rationale and description of BIP-110 here<br/><br/>Come on man.... </blockquote> 2026-10-23T22:26:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs90mqnn7j32umteksrkshe3jfd333srpjsagxkh0qgraeyhp7rnzgzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42c2cxk90 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfj5rd42nzy3du3p9w2h2ls8wmnzlgfwfsly3vc68n8ejuc5jrcrq5urdz3'>nevent1q…rdz3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>🤡 he also said breaking sha256 would steal satoshi&#39;s coins 🤣🤣🤣 2026-10-23T18:24:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9pcvsr9nk2h59lxy3j0s5ztdqkmk6nt7mgzv8vvxanpjnruycxfszyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42cy8rdtf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrvqexpm0u3z02664qjmrplu284z5shmh6lr43pfuqwcm226mpr7qr3psf0'>nevent1q…psf0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>💯 2026-10-22T23:53:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2f4auzs7fceqfasj7r3fj9ededx36s3pcx8wsswzzdm0lgp6xd7czyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42ca7htqn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswffzxenqmmgxpzda0ya0u55mq6tx7gn4g3zupyx54h6w4s83zqdqc5clly'>nevent1q…clly</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>expecting soon to log into my fiat account and seeing a balance of $0.00 2026-10-22T22:28:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstzzhd0upl0fz73gq462tpsn5hpfprzl76h8uemljv4mnj82syt6gzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42chl0dlc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstqwxgnnsyefv20l57aw0md9htamqk0w8yyg9uwlekc689rdpk4sqpy9mz7'>nevent1q…9mz7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>idk im just goin to rewatch: the wire, band of brothers, the night of, breaking bad..... rinse repeat 2026-10-22T22:16:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfk3cldtnc09kqcgv9hcvm54ud7j2r5t2hf7tq6tdwwqwvx0mrd4czyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42ckf0mg8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv3c878mxw9hyfh2ttrf6gkm5ht2msg0lxd5u8ngvrj2zle8xhtsgl46vda'>nevent1q…6vda</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;eMudhra&#39;s own root was included in the root stores of Mozilla, Chrome/Microsoft/Apple root programs. Getting in requires passing audits (e.g., WebTrust), complying with the CA/Browser Forum Baseline Requirements, and policy review by each vendor. eMudhra passed all that — and note, none of it catches this bug, because a public key derived from d = 4 is a perfectly valid P-384 curve point. Every structural check passes; you only find it by brute-forcing tiny keys, which nobody does.&#34; 2026-10-21T19:52:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv3c878mxw9hyfh2ttrf6gkm5ht2msg0lxd5u8ngvrj2zle8xhtsgzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42cgcqaew Maple AI helping me:<br/><br/>&#34;eMudra Limited is one of India&#39;s largest CAs. It is a legitimate, audited, government-licensed CA — not a shady operation. That&#39;s exactly why this matters.&#34; 2026-10-21T19:50:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrw46ecww98659r2accrh8cpfd666y4a2k48znsu7lakxs05l2slszyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42cs87ueu Wild sunset from NY Harbor - sharp organge line - not fake<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/b9b7b2e0cfecda80d601a7324b2ebd92797a1d59012b19109f5447f4520bbe27.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/7f0624a71358d9e2da4e375e520d4a0e2c562a9afb322f3f4e24071b47d80f12.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/306c4207f8104d3d9b1f3dc5275a25d57a0b546472bd75ab11ca68bb2c2d0dba.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/003aa99989684ef682ec4abb6c749917d7ea79cb79a481d37ffb2496debc47d3.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/5578d919aec486e069d3f788a775686e8cabd53db1921c553b78050b20341c9a.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/9ad44c9c3271aba091a8ea106cb8bbe64f6b22e5bbd748130ade2812ce7ef1c4.jpg"> 2026-10-16T22:07:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8j4sehpxx7cyncjuuxygrzp2e47gwgma720cfnps06v2clgn040gzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42c53dw0n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszzslzmlnwkaqz7a47kcftdwcswmule46wwtyhgf2y6qnmlvplvzgz6qp5m'>nevent1q…qp5m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>cool<br/> <img src="https://gifs.nostr.build/95d633a9ad5598258281fa6e3a53473c21e50741bcb8754c6a6d52ee4e38b238.gif"> 2026-10-09T17:22:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswejaag7f6clp7tfgt97l2cme5vnw9cuvawupdcdsv5ccmjpgsaxczyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42cjxxxkl Epic NY Harbor ship:<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/8b57bc227893ab97ff633459b9cc69a62d4b32056bc456a9c722864e4e92baeb.jpg"> 2026-10-09T11:52:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp68nkff7zuhjkctgevrx9s9pvu820muj7eejmcedcm2y4mqa2ztqzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42chnt8q2 truth feed<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="/nevent1qqszn8t0kxa9mx0fz8x7sm3ktskkk8qjf7gxlw90asum7ra9szry82q93yw9f" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…yw9f</a></span> </div> If you find wire useful, consider donating to help cover our infrastructure costs.<br/><br/>We are constantly upgrading to use the best ai models available and run on dedicated hardware connected to starlink.<br/><br/><a href="https://citadelwire.com/donate">https://citadelwire.com/donate</a> </blockquote> 2026-10-08T23:19:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqgaq2n5aklayw66svglhppes42cc9p4fgcvxq0hpx7urx9cavt5gzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42cfnccwu Arthur Hayes is the GOAT crypto/shitcoiner dude. Ignore his takes at your own peril. 2026-10-08T23:18:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdgc4yewdxh0h3sfqguk50u6qetavxg9tr9e2a8cznxdnv8yuzfyqzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42c7axhm2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrgtlt8c6m5acvmqt7addwxvtfenx0s2cgyytnv7sy6dlvr03agnqjserpx'>nevent1q…erpx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>wat bot? 2026-09-30T21:13:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd7t8qjz8kg6xc8yjgwq2fcy0s0qvsw7m4k3wvyw74y9hxs596tugzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42cr08grc PCE excludes food and energy.....<br/>🤡🌎 2026-09-30T13:22:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfpw7vc385n6fd7a8mdqxjxptxe79m5j7fmgyxy4wnll7wrfawrrqzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42cft8qhd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2nnspppn3s896v2h0qhletwcu2e8grvkfpypqwk6l9kv8y8ku7ts955dka'>nevent1q…5dka</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Backed up my signal chats locally last night 2026-09-30T13:20:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp4xavnh3kpjf9s5csc472krm9ftgtfkf5h228dqfrl960p8ws36szyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42c7w3645 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstefmwztquw7p8gqk9v45cr0umdw7hsjd4ch5w5tg2ml88jsun3kqea85l7'>nevent1q…85l7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>fake news<br/><br/>bought a sprikler system last week + renewed maple AI yesterday 2026-09-30T00:28:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2nnspppn3s896v2h0qhletwcu2e8grvkfpypqwk6l9kv8y8ku7tszyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42cnghjtz signal 🔥<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="/nevent1qqsd3cj0677w7hyzevn5u3jnlkr4fv783f4wha73p0hgjtdj4usavfs0mnrqa" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…nrqa</a></span> </div> 2026-09-30 00:00 UTC | BLOCK 969226<br/>BITCOIN $83,674 | GOLD $4,182 | OIL $95.82<br/><br/>1. Qatari Mediation Stalls Over U.S.-Iran Nuclear and Shipping Demands<br/>-- Qatari efforts to broker a U.S.-Iran agreement made little progress this week, with neither side yielding on a proposal linking relief from the U.S. naval blockade to Iranian nuclear concessions, Axios reported, citing people familiar with the talks.<br/>-- Without agreement on both issues, tanker operators have no basis to plan for safer passage through the Strait of Hormuz.<br/><br/>2. Signal Extends Encrypted Local Backups to iOS and Desktop<br/>-- Signal released version 8.30 with encrypted local backups for iOS and desktop, completing support across Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows, BleepingComputer reported.<br/>-- Users have another way to recover conversations after device loss without keeping an unencrypted message archive, provided they safeguard the backup itself. </blockquote> 2026-09-30T00:26:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgv6ftqv7ntvfzrn64cjfyc8r2tgdgstw30k99djdgyjfjkahcehgzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42ceh6x35 Im an OG Fold Visa adopter.... the earlier spin the wheel was absolute fire... stacking free sats....<br/>Generational wealth LFG<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/1aec4f0a93184c225bd88fc1d78c8fa6f6677613c5040ed3e8c2c74bbe4c8891.jpg"> 2026-09-30T00:21:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfeyhv5x87wckljg76fp3zp0ae0x4kklhzen5rfn86uwn0dh43ugczyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42c4k5n7k Sound money vs sound money:<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/ba6606c6713f0d39b0e0018192c38a7560c1d68af339b0615f89bc265f06fc14.jpg"> 2026-09-28T19:42:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr9symqv0k5nmfyru3jvscr36q7jk2xnv740nes6yusw9jdcrcsjszyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42cvcvw0r 🍿<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="/nevent1qqs8gwz2hk48zv7ngtj03pmr9kjr8rhm9wmz59uu2a06xxlp9k8eg3cv25ts6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…5ts6</a></span> </div> Sorry, but I have a visceral reaction to dudes (Luke G) calling for / trying to time a bottom of 30k to 50k. I hope they hold out for the bottom that never comes and this thing runs hard, up and away from them. <br/>For the working plebs who have been DCA'n from winter 2021 to now...., our floor is 60k to 70k!!!!<br/>Let's just send it and get this fucking thing over with.<br/>End Fiat aleady. <br/>I'm tired bro </blockquote> 2026-09-22T17:32:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw66nc5lhjpj8lyq48yu8xfqpp8md5vjzd6drdg3ydahzufgu0cgczyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42c47r3eu ✅<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="/nevent1qqsrngj78fmm0t44swdew7g9gfe8jhu7mzy83sahngnku3h272wp4kqvcvm2l" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…vm2l</a></span> </div> Guarantee we hit $84-$85k before 11/22/26<br/>LFG.....<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/252d3e02b6b275e8a4779231940ddd6f9ab852774d3bcb9ef0b345fc8a5c9d0e.jpg"> </blockquote> 2026-09-22T17:30:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrk0wkn6nftyjtxv494qz89fwnjfhevwwudyrw7dceahrdw57tu4gzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42cakrlp0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8d8la6rcnjcmgxrk5x9h7etzlm64drvuj0s938a7yqx8262682mq4ujft0'>nevent1q…jft0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>whoa, bro stay on team human.... life is too short to be this angry 2026-09-21T12:01:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq9fd6wtmspytrgasqte3lta2jplfc3t5u4ku5jpekl0nhuhs20gqzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42cau8jyw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdklnynje0zpemalp7jnqh6y96h6ndvckdt3hdpfkgq7cft0nmdwqd7r2sk'>nevent1q…r2sk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One thing your design genuinely does that a debt brake doesn&#39;t: it makes the cost visible at the point of use.<br/><br/>An income tax is withheld from a paycheck and largely invisible. A toll is felt every time you drive. A fare is felt every time you ride. A carbon tax shows up at the pump. That&#39;s real political feedback, and it&#39;s the strongest argument for your position — not that the state can&#39;t grow, but that the citizen feels it growing.<br/><br/>That&#39;s a meaningful difference, and it&#39;s why the version you&#39;ve arrived at — user fees for excludable goods, land and resource rent for the value public goods create, Pigouvian taxes on externalities, a modest commodity tax for the remainder, no income tax — is a coherent and well-grounded position.<br/><br/>It just needs one addition to actually hold: a binding constitutional constraint on borrowing, because that&#39;s the door the spending escapes through when the tax base won&#39;t cover it. Revenue design alone won&#39;t keep the state small. Revenue design plus a debt brake plus the cultural preference is the only combination with a track record. 2026-09-20T00:41:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdklnynje0zpemalp7jnqh6y96h6ndvckdt3hdpfkgq7cft0nmdwqzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42c2zr4qw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgemsvfygsgxrm784yhg2jmnsykpcv7nelehha3j45dj7unlecu0g7tndtn'>nevent1q…ndtn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is the best version of your position, and it&#39;s worth stating precisely.<br/><br/>Land value tax is self-limiting because the base is fixed. Land rent is what it is; you can&#39;t inflate it by changing the rate. George&#39;s single tax had a natural ceiling built in.<br/>Commodity taxes are self-limiting because high rates produce smuggling and substitution. The bootlegger caps the rate.<br/>User fees are self-limiting because they have to pass a benefit test. You can&#39;t toll a road nobody uses.<br/>Pigouvian taxes are self-limiting because they&#39;re supposed to shrink their own base. A carbon tax that works collects less over time.<br/>So there&#39;s a structural property here: each revenue source is anchored to something real, and none can be expanded arbitrarily. That&#39;s a genuine design advantage over an income tax, which scales with the economy and can be ratcheted by adjusting rates and brackets. 2026-09-20T00:34:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgemsvfygsgxrm784yhg2jmnsykpcv7nelehha3j45dj7unlecu0gzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42cyq7glv Chatting with Maple AI about how to minimize government and rid us of the identity/surveillance, state:<br/><br/>&#34;The payoff for this whole conversation: commodity taxes need no identity<br/><br/>This is the part that ties everything together, and it&#39;s the strongest argument for your proposal that I haven&#39;t made yet.<br/><br/>An income tax requires knowing who earned what. That&#39;s why you get withholding, W-2s, 1099s, FATCA, bank reporting, and the entire identity apparatus we&#39;ve been discussing for six messages. Income tax is the root of financial surveillance.<br/><br/>A land value tax requires a property registry — it identifies parcels, not people, and land can&#39;t flee.<br/><br/>A commodity tax requires neither. You tax the good at the point of extraction, import, or sale. The fuel tax is the perfect example: you buy gasoline and nobody records who you are or where you drove. It&#39;s anonymous, it&#39;s cheap to administer, and it raises real money.<br/><br/>So your instinct has been directionally right the whole time, and this is the version that actually delivers what you wanted: user fees for excludable goods, land and resource rent for the value public goods create, Pigouvian taxes on externalities, and a modest two-tier commodity tax for the remainder — with no income tax and no identity apparatus.<br/><br/>That&#39;s a coherent, historically grounded, theoretically defensible system. It&#39;s roughly the Georgist-plus-classical-liberal synthesis, and it&#39;s a much better answer than &#34;no taxes, bonds only.&#34;<br/><br/>The three honest caveats: it&#39;s regressive unless you deliberately design against that; it probably can&#39;t fund a large state; and it will require tracking at the border and at large-scale settlement even if the corner shop stays anonymous. But for the specific goal you&#39;ve been chasing — a state that funds itself without knowing who you are — commodity taxation plus land rent is the closest thing to a real answer.&#34;<br/><br/> 2026-09-20T00:21:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfmqxsx6v6hm6m95guvz8vsls6hgl32tlnmr0suavr7usyd50m3sszyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42c9gp98z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgsy0vr8mrsmew9q9wp6pedp4ns2mzx0fmprku3d790e3kmy0h70slrrpzm'>nevent1q…rpzm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>IDK ... it actually seems fairly obvious to me: once bitcoin is the _best-money / world reserve currency_, then trading bitcoin without a third party seems inevitable/obvious. so your position has to be: it won&#39;t achieve this scale/status. Look what is happening right now with Iran: they likely have a massive stack, they mine/hash, and they could soon be trading in bitcoin. I doubt the sanctions / cutting them off from fiat is gonna work. In fact, it could backfire making the use case and the value of bitcoin even higher.<br/>🍿 2026-09-19T19:42:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy3reygxfu6506nke3uehszan4mhxzfq729mrhtn8497nxmue5jzgzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42c0chyns In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0wk39ylr4494lens5fk3st89wprdymqt92phyc425mhyeqaa2k3qhh7urt'>nevent1q…7urt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>no, u r wrong<br/><br/>eventually, everyone will _take it_<br/>especially those who make/have the _really good_ stuff<br/><br/>those that want the good stuff will have to hash + build their own blk templates to transact without permission 2026-09-18T21:05:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq5nze6xcyjtrmuzrnem36k9evd5grwck4vv20wl0rk66j4fmwxdqzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42c3lw32z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfs24y7aus5jw3ym252z3u6n922dqcsg6pcqf3juzvygmprpqzmsgpk3447'>nevent1q…3447</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>why can&#39;t you just trade bitcoin for stuff, no exchange needed? 2026-09-18T20:54:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg5tfp74t36qypgq6vqf2gu6n3npxzmu7dpjkll78skrc37m0cjeqzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42c0y37cd &#34;All entropy is subjective&#34;<br/>- WN, Wolfram Institute 2026-09-18T17:10:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrwr8ju27qly3fecles2fm8xcx0wgaevcdzaqynwn88afvk8uuzvgzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42cdqw3ty <a href="https://youtu.be/nJeddv1QbeQ">https://youtu.be/nJeddv1QbeQ</a><br/><br/>run it back 2026-09-18T14:40:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8c27a9pl0lq2rge9mzaz8dq54kc9s4pp70zka30vq8expn2cvpxczyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42c49p5vr <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0spzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7d6t38l" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Alby</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…t38l</span>)</a></span> any info on hack risk? 2026-09-09T00:36:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8zdmu982wxwe30up0jr0daqg72guruhkp29ypw780fp743p6a5rqzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42c59rrjm Best Mobile Wallet by far<br/>Just works<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="/nevent1qqsgsljq7jpuc02nqdgr0tz7crqrq4n6phdxgwkxqelnne04nxv47hcsuw8mh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…w8mh</a></span> </div> BlueWallet v8.0.1 is out 🚀<br/><br/>Highlights<br/><br/>- Liquid Glass for iOS<br/>- Private push notifications<br/>- Blocks UI on transaction details<br/><br/><a href="https://bluewallet.io">https://bluewallet.io</a><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://blossom.primal.net/d498e6abbb931b2cec6dab6547de944d814524b3c3c2b86d3bbb17ffb53e9bb7.mov"></video> </blockquote> 2026-09-08T01:52:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqueqxuvh9dvsrghndhsypd7m5mzjmwzuwm3vu99j0ljej6gjklfqzyqujx9syr035tv46chzdrazvwuqnshtzh74vwskegfeazznyxn42cfl0v0q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfmte0jcnxflnklpy3vcrcpcymv9s72mumjtekd7tpzqtn7y2rytqprdmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv8g6nwp54l8z'>nevent1q…4l8z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>good month, not so good 5 yr<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/0a5559f8017f7f1fe066100eedabe73f135910e678dd241da92a1486c5df6486.png"> <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/7c48a4d79a992c1c068b8e33f0f2575e0bb6545484a5bb098cf9704c4172f309.png"> 2026-03-16T01:44:25Z