Australia passed anti encryption laws in 2018 that compels companies “to create a technical function that would give them access to encrypted messages without the user's knowledge.” It seems they have recently increased pressure on signal to comply with these existing laws. I doubt most people even those in Aus that care about privacy even remember these laws being passed. Laws get passed, there is initial pushback and then we move on to the next thing forgetting about all that we have lost. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-46463029

I think I might be living in a giant ponzi scheme.

Hmm just not sure how these goals really play into the objective of capturing, sanitising and regulating bitcoin.

The nostr app I would build if I could code. ZapGolf. A two player mini golf web game. Log in with nostr to play with nostr friends. Both players connect with NWC. Every time you hit the ball it sends a zap to the other player. The more strokes it takes the more sats the winning player wins. Zap amount could be set at the start of the game. Option to play on expert mode where the cost doubles with each stroke - the first stroke is 10 sats, then 20, then 40… No central party needed to distribute winnings since each person just zaps the other directly.

Most conspiracy theorists: Jet fuel can’t melt steel beams. : There is no jet fuel.

I am ready for the term “digital drivers license" to pop up. I really should be in some kind of focus group.

Rich people actually fly to the island rather than just spoofing their IP address to a different location that they do not presently occupy. That way no one is harmed since no VPN is used.

I have seen a lot of posts talking about VPNs this last week. Such posts are truly sickening. Every time a VPN is downloaded a child is harmed.

If you are going to be a super spy blackmail pedophile I would think you would have to at least try to be subtle…apparently not.

This might sound crazy but do you think that DMT trip could actually have changed the reality that you were in? For example that without that experience you would not be living a reality now where bitcoin did become a success? Was it a manifest reality moment where you created this timeline or was it just allowing you to see something already in progress?

Yes I remember 4chan being blocked then. That was a glimpse of some real time internet censorship. They also tried to IP ban some websites and took out 250,000 sites in the process. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-27/asic-accidentally-blocked-250,000-websites-ip-address/5701734 Not to mention our ISP and telco data retention laws. 😟 https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/nat-security/files/dataset.pdf

nolymarket 😂

Drop the "Age”… we see what you are doing.

I asked AI for a quote for today August 4th 2025 and had it in think mode. It was thinking for ages so I took at peek at the “thoughts” to see what it was mulling over. It got seriously stuck on working out what day of the week it was 😂 Sometimes AI blows you away with how smart it is and sometimes it does this… The AI reasoning below ⬇️ 😆 __ … Alternatively, maybe focus on the day of the week. August 4th, 2025 is a Sunday (I should check that). Let me confirm the day of the week. 2025, August 4th... Let's see, January 1st, 2025 is a Wednesday. Let me count the days. But maybe I can just check an online calendar or use a formula. Alternatively, since I might not have that info, maybe proceed assuming it's Sunday, but perhaps better to check. Wait, 2025: Let me think. January 1st is Wednesday. Then August has 31 days. Let's calculate the day of the week for August 4th. From January 1st (Wednesday) to August 4th is 7 months. Let me count the days: January has 31 days, so January 1 to January 31 is 31 days. February 2025 is not a leap year, so 28 days. March has 31, April 30, May 31, June 30, July 31, and then August 4. Total days from Jan 1 to Aug 4: (31) + 28 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 4 days in August. Wait, but that's from Jan 1 to Aug 4. Let me calculate: Jan: 31 days (but starting from Jan 1, so if I want to find the number of days between Jan 1 and Aug 4 inclusive? Or exclusive?) Wait, to find the day of the week for August 4th, starting from Jan 1 as Wednesday. Number of days between Jan 1 and Aug 4: Jan: 31 days (so from Jan 1 to Jan 31 is 30 days later, but inclusive? Maybe better to calculate total days from Jan 1 (Wednesday) to Aug 4. Let me use another approach. Let's check how many days are between Jan 1 and Aug 4, then divide by 7 to find the day of the week. Number of days: January: 31 (but since we start on Jan 1, the number of days from Jan 1 to Jan 31 is 31 days. Then add the months: February: 28 March: 31 April: 30 May: 31 June: 30 July: 31 August: 4 days (up to Aug 4) Total days = 31 + 28 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 4 Calculate step by step: Jan: 31 Feb: 28 = 59 Mar: 31 = 90 Apr: 30 = 120 May: 31 = 151 June: 30 = 181 July: 31 = 212 Aug:4 = 216 days total from Jan 1 to Aug 4 inclusive. Now, since Jan 1 is Wednesday, we need to find what day of the week is 216 days later. Divide 216 by 7. 7*30=210, so 216-210=6 days. So 6 days after Wednesday. Wednesday + 6 days is Tuesday? Wait: Wednesday (day 0), Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (3), Sunday (4), Monday (5), Tuesday (6). Yes, so August 4th, 2025 is a Tuesday. So the devotional would be for a Sunday? Wait no, my calculation says it's Tuesday. But maybe I made an error in the days count. Let me check again. Alternatively, maybe use another method. For example, using known dates. For example, January 1 is a Wednesday in 2025. Let's check what day August 4th is. Another way: Let me count the number of days from January 1 to August 4: January has 31 days. So January 1 is day 0 (Wednesday). Then January 28 is day 27, which would be Wednesday + 27 days. Let's divide 27 by 7: 3 weeks is 21, so day 27 is Wednesday + 6 days = Tuesday. January 28 is Tuesday. Then January 29: Wednesday, Jan 30: Thursday, Jan 31: Friday. Then February has 28 days. So adding 28 days to Jan 31 (Friday) would be Friday + 28 days. Since 28 is divisible by 7, so same day of week. So Feb 28 is also Friday. Then March has 31 days: adding 31 days to Feb 28 (Friday). Let's calculate 31 mod 7: 31 /7 is 4*7=28, remainder 3. So adding 3 days to Friday: Saturday (1), Sunday (2), Monday (3). Therefore, March 31 is a Monday. Then April has 30 days: adding 30 to March 31 (Monday). 30 mod7 is 2 (since 28 days is 4 weeks, so 30-28=2). So adding 2 days to Monday: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2). Therefore, April 30 is Wednesday. Then May has 31 days: adding 31 to April 30 (Wednesday). 31 mod7= 31-28=3. So adding 3 days to Wednesday: Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (3). Therefore, May 31 is Saturday. June has 30 days: adding 30 to May 31 (Saturday). 30 mod7= 2, since 28 is 4 weeks. So adding 2 days: Sunday (1), Monday (2). Therefore, June 30 is Monday. Then July has 31 days: adding 31 to June 30 (Monday). 31 mod7= 3. So adding 3 days: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (3). Therefore, July 31 is Thursday. Then August 4th is adding 4 days to July 31 (Thursday). So Thursday +4: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Therefore August 4th is a Monday? Wait now I'm confused because earlier calculation said Tuesday, but this step-by-step gives Monday. Which is correct? Alternatively, maybe I made a mistake in one of the steps. Let me recheck: Starting from Jan 1 (Wednesday): January has 31 days. So days remaining in Jan after Jan 1: 30 days (since day 0 is Jan 1). Let's calculate the day of week for Jan 31: 30 days later. 30 divided by 7 is 4 weeks and 2 days. So Wednesday + 2 days = Friday. So Jan 31 is a Friday. February has 28 days, which is exactly 4 weeks. So adding 28 days to Friday (Jan 31) brings us to February 28, which is also a Friday. March has 31 days. So from Feb 28 (Friday), add 31 days. Let's see, March has 31 days. So from Friday Feb 28, adding 31 days: Let's divide 31 by 7. 7*4=28, remainder 3. So adding 3 days to Friday: Saturday (1), Sunday (2), Monday (3). Therefore, March 31 is a Monday. Correct. April has 30 days: From March 31 (Monday), adding 30 days. 30 mod7 is 2, so adding two days: Monday +2 = Wednesday. So April 30 is a Wednesday. May has 31 days: adding 31 to April 30 (Wednesday). 31 mod7=3, so Wednesday +3 days: Thursday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (3). May 31 is a Saturday. June has 30 days: adding 30 to May 31 (Saturday). 30 mod7=2. Saturday +2 days: Sunday, Monday. June 30 is a Monday. July has 31 days: adding 31 to June 30 (Monday). 31 mod7=3. Monday +3: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. July 31 is a Thursday. August 4th is adding 4 days to July 31 (Thursday). So: July 31: Thu August 1: Fri 2: Sat 3: Sun 4: Mon. Therefore, August 4th is a Monday. So my previous calculation of 216 days was wrong. The correct day is Monday. So August 4th, 2025 is a Monday. Now, what theme?…

Or if you are looking for deeper philosophical views this covers some different libertarian ideas. I have gone back and forth on this topic in my head. https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/libertarian-views-intellectual-property-rothbard-tucker-spooner-rand

Yes very neat. The digital equivalent of taking a photo holding the front page of today’s newspaper. And it cant be faked and will live forever!

Ethics aside I think the reality of the world we live in is that everything that touches the internet will be ingested by a machine learning algorithm. I do not see any way around that. Having your work widely distributed in a way that makes it accessible to humans means also offering it up as a sacrifice to the AI overlords to train on and regurgitate. I would publish my work regardless of this fact knowing that in order for it to be enjoyed by others or for me to get any recognition at all I have to let go of complete sole ownership of the ideas (or at least the ability for me to defend these ownership rights over the ideas).

If what you are looking for is a timestamp to have the record of the first posting perhaps look at opentimestamps. https://opentimestamps.org/

These people love it.