You are easily one of the most insufferable people on this website. I found a selfie.

There is no such thing as freedom of speech on any public platform. Especially any platform that is VC funded OR its business model relies on advertisers. The only freedom you will ever have is what runway the platform gives you, and it is not a right.

Freedom of speech is bad for the free market. Sorry. This fact may sit unwell with many.

Thanks! It looks like they offer an API and have some really simple examples, so I will look into it more. I have not yet seen anyone execute upon the idea of using Lightning in games in the way I would like to do so. Most seem to be focused on gambling or in game items/unlocks.

Because its the only way I can see to get ahead in this world. For years I saved cash but hit a limit. I could never save over a certain amount because I always needed the cash for emergencies. With Bitcoin, I can not only save for those emergencies, but I can also have some left over for something else too. Bitcoin does not just transfer value, it amplifies it over enough time.

The liquidity is the biggest problem with all these no-KYC or KYC off ramp options. Good to be able to buy some on occasion but my KYC stack will always be larger.

Looking forward to giving it a try. Was recently experimenting with Robosats and was surprised at the interesting ways you can use it.

I think its better to explore paths. You don't have to commit to any particular path, but understanding the path is helpful. To deny capitalism is a problem also means one is lost. I don't know enough to argue for or against free market capitalism but I also recognize that actually not much would change under a socialized system either. Neither in my opinion seem very great. In my observation it does appear to be more of a problem with the money system than the economic system but they are so intertwined it is sometimes difficult to find clear lines between both.

My view is you cannot build any economic system on top of a broken money system and until that is fixed I am not sure we can even have an honest debate about how the economic system can work because there has been no point in history where it has worked for any sustainable amount of time, no matter the *.ism.

Thanks for the links, I will check them out.