Very true. I don't think we can lead a really meaningful lifestyle if we are completely anonymous. That would mean being completely alone.

Small correction: he was replaced in the Summer by Pablo Hernandez de Cos. Related: "Carstens currently serves as the International Advisory Board Member of the Global Finance & Technology Network." (wikipedia) Anyway, the people matter less than the shared agenda.

I can't disagree with Mint. Also, my understanding is that Fedora Kinoite is one of the few distros that you can fully use and upgrade without ever touching the terminal. Just remember to enable Flatpaks in the app store "Discover".

I enjoyed this well written article. I'm not fully onboard with Bitcoin. It is thought of as a global alternative to governmental control. But I wonder if it could be instead used as the global technocratic control system. I imagine Bitcoin would be exactly the kind of global money I would pair up with a global digital id and insert into the body for convenience and control. I noticed you have a BCH address there. How does that do privacy wise?

Print(notes) is cool. Obsidian and Google Keep inspired. Zapstore has it.

Oh, they have no app though, so you have to use another client.

I'm using Mailbox.org , it's simple, cheap for small plans, and as far as I know private too. I think privacyguides.org has it listed, if that's enough for you.

I see. I like your metaphoric language though. Reminds me of someone I knew. But no, I haven't spent yet, I did create an empty wallet though..

Thanks! I didn't know other coins were centralized. I don't think Monero is though.

And I don't know what that last question means... sorry. :)

Thanks a lot. If I understand correctly, xmr's privacy is actually the cause of the lack of "global roar". One thing that has kept me from Bitcoin is the somewhat unnerving thought that the second you spend any of it for something tangible, your whole financial history is instantly identifiable. Which... I don't really know what I am to think of it. You are fully tied to a "digital ID", but you cannot be controlled anyway? Of course you could have hundreds of wallets. Just pondering, thanks anyway!

I honestly haven't ever been following the "Crypto scene" very closely. I heard about Bitcoin in 2009 though when a friend started mining (he'd be a millionaire had he continued). I was under the impression that all coins are more or less the same technologically, and that the difference in value is difference of adoption more than difference in design. Is not the tech (blockchain?) the cause of the "more consequential" parts of Bitcoin? By which I guess you mean being resistant to control, censorship etc?