2025-09-20T21:42:06Z https://nostr.now chadlupkes https://nostr.now/npub1murdy8k20svu38g9f9jt9k0rqkjzt677x3qrev88je4gw2erqk8scwcnel https://m.primal.net/HdsS.jpg https://m.primal.net/HdsS.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd7dj7nzzvv857hw42lnxevppadpza3spwysgrxyedtafhth7mvaqzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7mf0xy5 Washington DC is the plateau of Gorgorth, the citadel of Barad-dur is the White House and Mount Doom is the US Capital. The power comes from corruption, which is why Mount Doom is older, taller and stronger, but over the past decade Barad-dur has risen to try and reach the same heights. We need to find a hobbit.<br/><br/>Gorgoroth is the barren plateau where nothing useful grows without constant effort; Washington has long specialized in extracting resources while producing rules, status, and favors. Barad-dûr (White House) is the towering, visible seat of the executive will. Mount Doom (Capitol) is older, broader, and the actual forge where the durable instruments of power—appropriations, authorizations, tax code, regulatory mandates—are shaped. <br/><br/>The “ring” in this telling is not a single artifact but the interlocking ability to direct other people’s money and time through law, regulation, and enforcement. That power is older and more stable in the legislative branch because statutes outlast administrations; presidents come and go, the code remains.The relative rise of Barad-dûr over the last decade is visible in executive orders, emergency declarations, regulatory guidance that effectively rewrites statutes, and the permanent bureaucracy that interprets them. <br/><br/>Both institutions have expanded their reach; the argument that one has simply “caught up” is a matter of emphasis, not a clean factual break. What has grown is the total volume of federal direction of private activity, not merely which building hosts the sharpest edge of it.<br/><br/>A hobbit, in the original story, succeeds for structural reasons that do not map easily onto modern politics:<br/><br/>He is small enough that the system’s attention and incentives do not automatically capture him.<br/><br/>He does not want the power for its own sake; the goal is to destroy the mechanism, not seize it.<br/><br/>He operates outside the ordinary hierarchy long enough that the usual tools of co-option (appointments, contracts, media amplification, donor access) do not yet bind him.<br/><br/>In practice, people looking for that figure usually mean one of three things:<br/><br/>An outsider who enters the institutions but refuses the normal exchange of favors (rare and usually short-lived).<br/><br/>A reform that shrinks the forge itself—narrower statutes, harder-to-capture agencies, clearer lines between what Congress must explicitly authorize and what the executive may do.<br/><br/>Decentralization that moves decisions and resources away from the plateau entirely, so the relative height of the two towers matters less.<br/><br/>None of those is automatic. Most people who arrive in Washington with anti-corruption rhetoric discover that the instruments of power are useful for their preferred ends and that dismantling them would also constrain those ends. The ones who treat the concentration of authority as the problem rather than the prize are scarce precisely because the incentives point the other way. If the goal is to reduce the supply of that power rather than to install a more trustworthy wielder of it, the relevant search is less for a pure individual and more for durable constraints—rules that survive the next occupant of either building. 2026-10-22T13:49:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq639hw6u3e2yhc47h6fqs6rx4s5d07v0uydx8yghnezhg0spqxjqzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc76agq3k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqpcm5v7kyyads4yra5fctxqqrdzxs7fp7334spf5chrkc7fhxvrsnfzc5h'>nevent1q…zc5h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Very cool. Now we need clients that can send ETH and SOL as well. 2026-10-18T22:41:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd6nu2fh4pycu5d4v7kpdq5chw7rqzruah66te2z7gyy3392km74szyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7wgm39m If art software is so easy to clone, what about financial software that tracks income, expenses assets and debt that is free and open source? 2026-10-17T16:06:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvw9pphjj8jef9jyk648qekk7g5xsukpphs784zuyquttfcne648gzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7manq0w <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsr9cvzwc652r4m83d86ykplrnm9dg5gwdvzzn8ameanlvut35wy3gpzdmhxw309aex2mrp0yhx5c34x5hxxmmdqyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvyzvgs2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>jb55</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…vgs2</span>)</a></span> any plans to get Damus or Notedeck on Zapstore? <br/><br/> 2026-10-16T20:27:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst4dkt5ntf2cdwhjyu025kf27n49q4yh8vaw3kwpw6qrr9z8pqv5gzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7ttjar4 <a href="https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/cancel-the-apocalypse-documentaries-to-help-unlock-the-good-ending/">https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/cancel-the-apocalypse-documentaries-to-help-unlock-the-good-ending/</a> 2026-10-12T14:44:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd973naej00fgc28etmplralu7pejujcxg5eae3x5qlsr0sg4xg9qzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7ys3snx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx4ysxmkdzc9lv5rcm6m3wmmgwpwmuyw945umf82m0s4ly0v2673q4rykfr'>nevent1q…ykfr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That line belongs to the user, not the coder. Systems need to provide enough options on both sides. A transaction is an agreement. What that agreement needs is validation in order to become commitment. It&#39;s the combination that builds trust. 2026-09-17T03:27:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2tmgm0pw5auag46s0aa73xee30zma75hsux75sumdr8ed55qhjlszyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7l4fhvc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz3txqdftnjmg8su0ed6gawnfxz5nvlzj22p037s0sp9luzkzf7cqh350x5'>nevent1q…50x5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What you seem to be talking about is User Interface, not the actual speed of the transactions. If the interface makes it too easy to hit the send button, of course the transaction is going to zap across the gap at the speed of light. That&#39;s how it is designed. But if the person making the purchase has to confirm, and the person receiving the payment has to confirm, that&#39;s UI. And it makes sense that nothing should move across the gap until both sides have confirmed the transaction.<br/><br/>As far as AI payments back and forth, AI agents can confirm at the speed of light, or chips, or whatever. As long as both sides of the transaction have done the confirmation steps, let it roll.<br/><br/>What am I missing? 2026-09-17T01:41:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqzsam0nywkvga3rq87wdywdfvpkcq7l0ln5feqwad6cl65vfxwcgzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7dalfkv This holiday used to be a time for people to come together, to celebrate as a nation. I remember my father being in parades, and being proud to see him there.<br/>Those are blessed memories. I&#39;ll always cherish them.<br/>Tonight I just stayed inside, keeping our cats calm with gentle music and warmth. We toasted to 250 years of the promise of freedom, with the hope that sometime in the next 250 years we might actually achieve it for everyone.<br/>Happy Birthday to the Declaration of Independence. May your message live on in the hearts and deeds of great men and women for centuries to come. 2026-07-05T07:06:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgt9gmvxuquj3c6vjskwr0fu7y8k576pxxw4y7h7qukehc6zwm2dszyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7q8em47 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz8uf4pcpurpwfy2t87fjsr0yf7s4nprcwdqdqswulvthgjgv3jcqazz4cp'>nevent1q…z4cp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I see posts and comments declaring &#34;it&#39;s dead&#34; and &#34;it&#39;s live&#34; in parallel, so I&#39;m just going to wait and see what happens. 2026-07-03T22:30:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsga45e36dse2f20ez7hxx0kkecthkqp3pe0w8ylr5x26938palhvqzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7f0g8nj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgglxxtl8sz0c2pynl72yfmgaxfc6rgztt6f59e3h0p5eehxkgh5sr8pfhf'>nevent1q…pfhf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, really good idea. I&#39;ve updated the skill to read from anything and output both .json and .docx so my wife can open the files in google docs. Thanks for the push! 2026-06-17T14:46:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsztux68pdf6r5xj2jw4xtxkayq58ct8kas97vun6kwfwzg58q3qugzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7qk58r9 Anyone here have a bunch of recipes downloaded in tons of different formats from all kinds of websites over the last 30 years? We do. And I created a skill in Claude to take any recipe file, in any format, and output it into a clean and self-contained .html file that looks good and preserves the recipe as intended. 2026-06-17T05:09:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0r09f8ymzucrwx9kctpzps4xl6drpl9nkh40hvrmmv562ee3p85czyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7elape2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrl9h94tsa5g5303frya5pux4ccjvdufz38dwpd4lpat7cxwxczssu4szgu'>nevent1q…szgu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Conviction dialed up to 11. 2026-05-29T01:42:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv9nyh3z52k7p7ummqgljj8qx2q6zctl2k5kr0de0hfeqlqxqrh9szyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7dz7yq5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgyfsquchhyaaxmcuat6063vgfc8hfq94w8gn7yp9a7lv6jxtzvwcqf4x6y'>nevent1q…4x6y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My question is, WHO THE HELL DIDN&#39;T KNOW THIS FROM DAY ONE?!?! 2026-05-28T15:05:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0jhumz756vw63sscqjx7am4mgsk48kn2078cg4dp9g5ngep2s22qzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7wat48c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspn9uhtmrt89va7k2yzdlg4urmh60waq3grupz52k7dxpz7dd7w6qprfmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtmkxyhsmwvaeg'>nevent1q…vaeg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When did Nostr add the mind reading app? Just curious. <br/><br/> 2026-05-17T21:34:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxdl4x4kxy73tee6vdrr4fkjlqyxc37vhptkw9q5qh5w7k7wwfyjgzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7zzpaf0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgfwf00rk9n604wjf47lnxkv3z8kn6tk86uul9mm95uwv356y6zgg0v9cu8'>nevent1q…9cu8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;not compatible with others&#34;<br/><br/>What does this even mean? All I care about is whether I can log in with my existing account so I can bring the connections and feeds that I have into your new infrastructure to see if I want to use it. If you want to create new bells and whistles, that&#39;s great. Let me see them with my existing account. 2026-04-18T15:35:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0hgc5mj6h8mgzqqrqtl40lknw2euc7f3xxgyy8dq799p0xh77s9gzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7qesmps In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrslk8kmr9z44a652eepwuw0psq7j6303ap9npg5kvxa9lvc7cdvg35jasc'>nevent1q…jasc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It seemed to create a new account, and there isn&#39;t a way for me to log in with my own. What did I miss? 2026-04-16T03:39:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs05hr974nh0dmpepqklnm7m0y09qz5v5phm3jqszpknlcg79x874gzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7ur9e0k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxsu6z7260nlfu7ar5cs2s2rjx3fj0c7ewtf8nkj5xcfhunc7qkggenl779'>nevent1q…l779</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Deliberate attacks on civilian power infrastructure and bridges, when the stated purpose is to coerce a government rather than destroy a military objective, fall under the Geneva Conventions&#39; prohibition on attacks targeting civilian objects. The International Criminal Court&#39;s lack of jurisdiction over the parties does not make the action legal. It makes it unpunishable in that forum, which is a different thing entirely.<br/>The actors who would normally generate the stopping mechanism, the JAG officers, the senior military leadership, the congressional oversight structure, the allied governments, have been either captured, sidelined, or publicly ignored. Kent resigned. Gabbard deflected. The allies said no and were called cowards. The institutional friction that normally sits between a presidential threat and a military action has been systematically reduced.<br/>What remains is individual conscience inside the chain of command. 2026-04-07T13:33:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxsu6z7260nlfu7ar5cs2s2rjx3fj0c7ewtf8nkj5xcfhunc7qkggzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc76nx9ha Dear US military,<br/><br/>Don&#39;t do this. Please. It&#39;s an illegal order. It&#39;s a war crime. Don&#39;t dishonor your service like this. <br/><br/> 2026-04-07T13:03:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrluhv9ddfduaget5ef2fqtthkgpltkgycuk4aet0rs4s003sktegzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7hn2qx3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvakfjkr2saq85y8v3rgx73ec4ywsvl3k4pxux5xldpqslpl56ttqpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp08s6mlc'>nevent1q…6mlc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think the explanation is very clear, honestly. I&#39;m writing a book about it. 2026-04-06T16:44:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw90kk2uxj4k00lx8sahpjxrppsqteag2g2v07hzgg550pekz7rrgzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7qxh2el In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqxh3p282tsu6nva3c54dx5xekmvmtmdl4szyndq8j3qr6nshv02s4tdfp9'>nevent1q…dfp9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The longer that is true, the worse things will get. 2026-04-06T05:38:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9j4t5gsvjlqp2asywfyyvj8wxpnl6cpdtx6fzqyuy7nt8ghp6ttgzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7e3v32n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxc8j8spdrpj2f2q539pr43n526x6lr4ajhlg7qp9hf9jj6d097xgv3gul7'>nevent1q…gul7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>However, and this is frustrating, Bitcoin (BTC) is not mentioned at all as an accepted transaction medium for the Strait of Hormuz tolls. &lt;bloomberg.com&gt;<br/><br/>Every credible report on the system (led by Bloomberg’s April 1, 2026 dispatch, which is the primary source cited across outlets) describes the accepted forms of payment as:<br/>- Chinese yuan (the default and most frequently used option, especially for oil tankers).<br/>- Stablecoins — explicitly defined as “cryptocurrencies pegged to the value of hard currency” or “stablecoins pegged to fiat currencies” (widely understood in context as USDT, USDC, or equivalent on Tron or similar rails). &lt;finance.yahoo.com +1&gt;<br/><br/>No journalistic account references native Bitcoin, BTC settlement, Lightning payments, or any non-pegged cryptocurrency. The phrasing is consistent: “yuan or stablecoins,” “yuan or corresponding cryptocurrencies” (with the stablecoin qualifier), or “crypto — specifically stablecoins.” &lt;nypost.com&gt;<br/><br/>There is one outlier social-media claim (a April 3 Facebook post) asserting “Payment accepted in Bitcoin. Not USDT. Not USDC” and offering a rationale about freeze risk. That claim is uncorroborated by any reporting and stands alone against the detailed sourcing from Bloomberg, maritime industry contacts, and secondary coverage. &lt;facebook.com&gt;<br/><br/>So while I agree with your overall premise, Iran is still trapped in the debt based world, and not even thinking about the possibility of escaping it in real terms. The greatest change they could make would be to stop constricting traffic in the Strait and instead shift to Bitcoin as the transaction currency for all major export categories. We could wish that would happen, but it&#39;s likely not in the cards. 2026-04-04T16:23:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszp382sen4mucqwcmgwv5fxn6ye2wufpekr7cw7eef4u9l4rrzv4qzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7ce663f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszuvh57dmk4lrnfdk5jctz649nvf2qdgq3c5yu70rjxs0meannr0cmdmczt'>nevent1q…mczt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m asking for help, because I do not have the skills to do it myself. 2026-04-01T18:44:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfn0mq6sall20vdp0yyf66gqxnwf9rcc6zdemdpufnnu5cm5ht39czyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7su0etu Today I ran a test of a base level protocol design that I&#39;ve been working on for a few months. I content-addressed a 254 page protocol white paper on IPFS, anchored its hash to Bitcoin block 941,445, drafted a Metadata Wrapper with a real DAO Configuration Object, and pinned everything to my IPFS node permanently. No code, just using existing tools. This is what the protocol will be able to do when completed — I just did it manually with what&#39;s already available to me as a proof of concept.<br/><br/>The protocol is called IPFS-Sats — combining content-addressed storage, Bitcoin timestamping, and Lightning micropayments into self-sustaining infrastructure for content verification and creator compensation.<br/><br/>Achievement Get: My first content hashed file timestamped to the Bitcoin blockchain, available for anyone to confirm.<br/><br/>White Paper CID: QmbjJxtct2VYi5zoYZsFvVL3fK4bDwgjGBvWpmbd59hYGY<br/>Bitcoin anchor: block 941,445 — verify at opentimestamps.org<br/>SHA256: 0022d07dd928e7ec0e1905043ad2a805bdf3d2c4fab53606d34ba2b96ddf0bb9<br/>Full spec: github.com/chadlupkes/IPFS-Sats<br/><br/>#Bitcoin #Lightning #IPFS 2026-03-21T02:45:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs924hnsft4z0npjv3s3c070nzpzwz4xgkl26annljrshjnsp2pjpgzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc73ysznk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqepq986wsf0n7n0ygcf3583t48uwgx0emkeagsxps3yqazas8nxgtkcl45'>nevent1q…cl45</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, it&#39;s worth it for me. I keep it at twice a week because doing it more often actually burns me out. 2026-03-20T02:16:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq0vrjlqd0u786ntfj9sxltanf8y24fl66huv2nhr67hhymatenpczyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc744n8un In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvgeyrga7qtpk3e9ufwyguax5w07nqkvzz33mqlhmmw3vknc6melspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgsgyuu5'>nevent1q…yuu5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The signal is that we have lost control of the country. It doesn&#39;t matter what we say, how loud we scream or what we claim. The only option remaining to us is exit. Withdrawal. Every time we buy anything with US Dollars, we are feeding the beast, providing it with the power it needs to secure our own chains.<br/>This goes beyond Bitcoin. Far beyond. 2026-02-04T00:09:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0ggf9tjpe9064jzernml5yx0q4f2fccu2q8su8qgygv2cw3zswaczyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc74apeg6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0pp6ljv4zyndw28e6kyqrzxfvcrqw0cm2zed03sussn0fagrullspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhg7hjm3g'>nevent1q…jm3g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Absolutely the right direction. How are you storing the actual data? 2026-01-15T20:48:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfzus72takwpsyuklnfg092pcleu44wzqfvj79r47at652w9hflcszyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc74tyyx7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs94fx96xq7gphpnty7rnr3lqd2ppxdc4rwwpaz0wa63f6l2pn7vfqvtdtkv'>nevent1q…dtkv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Found this note thanks to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qyx8wumn8ghj7cnjvghxjmcpp4mhxue69uhkyunz9e5k7tcqyqzp3j3ddntv077yuqu3hd69qfcz8fldhsu09fs0cwmg7qrwlwz7k6e9l4p" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qyx8wumn8ghj7cnjvghxjmcpp4mhxue69uhkyunz9e5k7tcqyqzp3j3ddntv077yuqu3hd69qfcz8fldhsu09fs0cwmg7qrwlwz7k6e9l4p</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…9l4p</span>)</a></span> including it on his Nostr Components example list! 2026-01-08T17:47:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs86x5c0msg23242cnqud99leayzvme07qncqt6hj2jm696rtrcv5qzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7x95fqs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv3rm9ay2daj6s36pz2pp7qmkn6uyh0t9xtpjvs2d8xnupnryqsvspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgvt9j4j'>nevent1q…9j4j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What you&#39;re saying is a complete misunderstanding of the supply. When miners solidify a block and get a block reward, they are NOT creating new coins. They are releasing coins from the locked supply. The system already has 21 million Bitcoin embedded in the code. That number cannot be changed except by a hard fork that nobody would support. The inflation rate is for circulating supply, not total supply. 2025-12-26T19:10:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst0nwfe00mykm7nk3g5jdrgwd27nru7wv9luuz9ewz207yyndy8cgzyr0sd5s7ef7pnjyaq4ykfvkeuvz6gf0tmc6yq09su7tx4petyvzc7768v5a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2zx2y4fswmgsq4qlmje02as65835glcs4rrma82thvf4e5rlqr6sw85xy7'>nevent1q…5xy7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The first reaction I get is that Bitcoin is a threat to the existing system, and that it will hurt people. If people are convinced of that from the start, there is no point in continuing the conversation.<br/><br/>Because while I strongly agree that Bitcoin IS a threat to the existing system, it&#39;s the only thing that will SAVE people from the damage that the current system is causing. 2024-03-17T20:13:50Z