Pretty much this. If you're pasting your nsec into clients you're doing it wrong. If you're using a native client and you don't trust it, don't use it. If you're using a web client, you should be using nos2x or Alby or some other nsec-managing extension.
Yes, but gold/silver currency has advantages over Bitcoin:
- Untracability by default (even if you mark a coin, you can't tell who owns it when you lose sight of it)
- No TX fees
- Doesn't require network access, so you can exchange currency in the middle of nowhere even without cell data
Your mention of gold and silver gave me an idea: what if Bitcoin were our "internet money" — that is, what we used for making online payments — and then gold and silver were what we used face-to-face?
To all you smart bitcoiners, what would you do if your area lost power for six months, or some other disaster prevented you from accessing the blockchain? How would you pay for what you need? How can an economy based on bitcoin be resilient to local blockchain outages?
I'm not trying to criticize Bitcoin here, I do genuinely like it, I just can't un-see this problem.
This book set me on my track to becoming a libertarian (possibly even an anarchist). It's a great story, but with some great lessons on politics and freedom. Robert Heinlein is a great author.
Also check out this amazing language tree by Minna Sundberg:
It's from her comic, Stand Still, Stay Silent.
Very cool! I'll have to try Fanta Cake sometime.
How much processing power is required to run these kinds of algorithms?
Kind of, but kinda like @DarthCoin says, a glass bunker is secure but not private, and a tent is private but not secure.
I don't know about you, but I've met some people on nostr and get enough engagement to be satisfactory. I'm not a dev or anything. Try commenting on popular posts and see if you meet people that way.
If Bitcoin is hope then give hope to your people. Give hope to your community. To your friends. To your family. To your loved ones.
The celebrities will be fine.
This. 100% this. We need the people, not the celebrities.