Everyonw keeps looking for the one thing that will solve all problems - jack vibecoded a bluetooth p2p app, if it was anyone else in the world nobody would care about it but because its jack everyone does, but more importantly - any awareness that there are options that dont necessitate a 3rd party or doxing everyone is good, it directionally gets you closer to decentralization and further from big (brother) tech

Meshtatic requires specialized devices, bluetooth is available on every phone

The "thing" you call cheese in the americas is anything but cheese

man plans, god laughs

the problem with passphrase is that its a permanent solution to a temporary problem like transporting the sd cards

the recovery words solution is even worse because its even more horrible for any kind of travel scenario

Lack of encrypted backups is one of the biggest problems I have with BB02, I understand your reasoning for the default but you should have an option for advanced users because there are very legit use cases for it

what do you think is the biggest issue with current state of self custody?

haha that too, but i'm also a sucker for clear thinking about europe and its current modern interpretation of atlas shrugged

its a beautiful piece to start the morning with!

i've used some in health space and one was completely overpriced for the services provided which left a bit of a bad taste but generally a lot of time you pay for the commitment and someone serving you things on a plate instead of needing to spend tons of mental effort and time figuring things on your own. that was the case for me in both cases, i think realistically for one i could've just been subscribed to the mailing list and got their "private" content out over time, it was more about the structure

i've also had a professional coach back in my corporate days which was also somewhat useful tho it was paid by the company so its hard to judge the price/performance

coaches can also be a great hack to get you to a goal much quicker if you can afford it

i think blossom gets a bit misunderstood here - its not just a random decentralized storage, it clearly exposes the person hosting it so you have the same problem with this as having a ftp server.

nostr solves discoverability to some extent since people could mirror blossom servers and they could keep popping up, but unless they are tor only its just a whack-a-mole game

its clearly doable, theres large projects like a annas archive and libstc doing something similar with different approaches to discovery and hosting, but the file hosting is a very big part of this problem

the solution is to get better friends

people who won't spend enough time to at least briefly understand something you're passionate about and just wave it off also don't really value you or your judgement. So wasting your time on them is pointless.

If you're not set on web but can be desktop check out notedeck by damus, tweetdeck like experince

Density of people with mental issues

Tech is somehow riddled with commie cunts. I used to be involved in the hacking community and that also turned completely woke&commie, which is funny and sad at the same time.

and maybe refine your questions because you're mixing up many different things into a same bag of shit.

a registered, state approved entity can pay you with founders cum and would still legally need to pay taxes on that and account for it so theres no magical 50% savings for them if they want to be obedient citizens and comply with the law

your drug dealer can pay you in cash, raw milk or whatever you negotiate because his income is strictly off the books so he's not really worried about the state of assets and liabilities in the end of the year financial report.

neither case has anything at all to do with bitcoin because bitcoin is just a tool, not the fundamentally different reality that changes everything about how businesses operate.

obviously there is wiggle room, there are lots of cash businesses out there that might forget to invoice some of the income and pay people off the books etc. Bitcoin is arguably a very bad choice for off the book payments because the payment will forever be in the ledger so if at any point in time someone (like the tax man) digs up enough information tying the addresses to the person/entity they can have a hard time explaining things. cash in hand leaves a lot less traces and doesn't tie you together forever.

then don't get a job. build a business. Sell your services.

You don't get to "not be a slave" by asking to be handed things like "heres your off the books bitcoin" without providing enough value for someone to actually be willing to deal with that.

And realize that theres no such thing as a bitcoin company.

Complete darkness is my jam. (Also fitting a description of my soul)