It's probably better in the long run. Download from the source instead of trusting their repositories.

Also, bitcoin/ln/nostr will get zaps from plebs (actual users) while those FOSS developers will gave to beg their overlords for fiat money.

Of course. It wasn't a scam, it was entropy.

Great list. Just a comment: the Simple Mobile tools were sold to a company and the open source project was abandoned. Fossify forked Simple Mobile tools and development is active, I suggest to check it out.

LibertyX has not listed their ATMs on CoinATMRadar. So both figures can be true and nobody has to be lying.

I have used bitcoin ATMs in Europe. Once, the communications went down while I was still inserting the bills. I contacted support and they already knew the correct amount I had inserted. In a few hours they sent the bitcoin, no problem. They can be a bit pricey, but they are a good way to convert bitcoin to/from fiat in countries where they don't require identification.

Regarding scams, it's not really the ATM operator's fault, but usually they have prominent warnings displayed.

Maybe we are supposed to "succeed" in a different way. I wouldn't say that internet has "failed", even though the original cypherpunk ideals haven't been realized.

I know it's a difficult pill to swallow, but please don't blame the messenger.

I agree. But normies will use it anyway. And nobody can stop tether from using the bitcoin/lightning networks. I'm not saying that we should applaud them; just that we cannot stop them.

If usdt is going to be used no matter what, I'd much rather have that value being transmitted over the bitcoin/lightning network, than over fiat or shitcoin networks. The same way normies use HTTP and TCP/IP everyday, yet they have no clue what that is.

Yes, the new models have.

I agree. I want to add that landlords should also be stacking instead of using houses as SoV.

Science is supposed to be about replicating and verifying by oneself, not about "trust".

So ironic.

Yes, but it would be good if you add your lightning address to Stacker News so that you can receive real sats for the SN zaps straight to your wallet instead of getting "cowboy credits".

Here: https://stacker.news/wallets

WTF is this garbage? This has nothing to do with bitcoin. Of course that thing is not going to surpass bitcoin.

Sounds like AI

If you don't feel close to them, you don't have to get close to them.

The ministry of culture has given the seal of approval to this work. Very likely, the government is giving money to support this or their approval makes it easy for them to get money from other institutions.

Woke culture is a consequence of peak fiat and it has also infiltrated the Peruvian state. It looks like nobody will escape wokism. Mandibles, then bitcoin standard.

Who is "we"?

Did people buy a mobile phone and leave it in a drawer? Some people would only use the mobile phone occasionally, but nobody said that the purpose of mobile phones was to never use them.

That's not my definition of adoption. And I wish they would stop calling bitcoin an 'asset'. That's diminishing and degrading. Bitcoin is much more than that.

One olympic pool per query 😆... oops, that was per bitcoin tx. Hamburger also bad. How many gallons for a beyond meat fake "hamburger"?

BrainrotGPT and wasting time in front of the TV good.

I see a pattern here.

Interesting. They follow the same pattern in most countries: first, they introduce digital, instant, free payments; then, when they have enticed people into the system, they start monitoring transactions to detect "undeclared" income, "excessive" spending, etc.

I have been minimalist / nomadic for over 4 years already (I started because of the covid craziness) but sometimes I would like to have my own house arranged my way. But when I think of the burden of having a house, taking care of everything even if I am traveling, making sure that everything is OK and in good order, and mostly complying with ever growing government demands... I don't want to go back to that.

I am being asked to live in a pod and to pay for the pod. If private property is not respected (it isn't), then maybe it's better to "own" as little as possible.