Happy anniversary to the Silk Road era! Celebrating the day that changed Bitcoin forever.

Tether Announces the Launch of USA₮, the Federally Regulated, Dollar-Backed Stablecoin, Made in America https://tether.io/news/tether-announces-the-launch-of-usat-the-federally-regulated-dollar-backed-stablecoin-made-in-america/

Bitcoin stands as the 21st-century's ultimate private store of value—protecting human (and humanoid) wealth across time better than anything else—while serving as sound, digital money that's perfectly suited for transferring value seamlessly across space.

🇺🇸 Treasury Secretary Bessent says Federal Reserve independence "does not mean no oversight."💪🇺🇸 Now Time to expose the fraud at the Fed and all central banks around the world.

"If you are not paying for it, you are the product. And if it is a political system, the product that they are buying is control over you." What if a government-promoted "free" digital currency—like the UAE's Digital Dirham, now rolling out in phases with a full integration targeted for 2026—seems like a convenient upgrade to cash, but actually enables unprecedented total surveillance and centralized control over every transaction? These **central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)** promise efficiency and inclusion, yet they come with the risk of governments tracking spending in real time, potentially programmable to restrict purchases, freeze accounts, or enforce compliance—echoing sneaky inflation tactics through easier monetary manipulation and drawing parallels to outright financial repression seen in places like Iran, where the Digital Rial (already piloted and launched) has been explicitly designed for easy tracking, dissident monitoring, and tighter state grip on money flows amid sanctions and repression. While such systems lure people in with promises of seamless payments, Bitcoin and other open-source, decentralized tools offer a powerful counter: - censorship-resistant money that individuals truly control - free from intermediary seizure or oversight - empowering us to resist the trap of surveillance disguised as progress. The real question is whether we'll buy into the illusion of convenient control or actively build our own financial freedom through decentralized alternatives. Read HRF’s latest Financial Freedom Report #104 Link: https://hrf.org/latest/hrfs-weekly-financial-freedom-report-104/

FROSTR (https://frostr.org/) takes advantage of Schnorr signatures—which are much more flexible than the old standard—to allow multiple people to share control of a single Nostr account. It uses a method called FROST to let a group (like 2-out-of-3 people) sign off on posts or actions directly through Nostr. This is a brilliant approach because it allows for easy key updates and better security. It’s very similar to the enterprise-grade tools we are building at PrivKey.io.

Every feeling that moves inside you is born from one of two ancient roots. One root is love — quiet, steady love for what is good, what is true, what is beautiful, or for the people and duties you care for. When this root grows strong, it becomes joy, gratitude, courage, patience, kindness. The other root is fear — fear of losing something, fear of not getting something, fear that the world is unsafe or that you are not enough. When this root grows, it becomes anger, jealousy, worry, sadness that clings, desire that hurts. The wise person watches his heart like a gardener watches his plants. He asks quietly: “Is this feeling watered by love… or by fear?” Then he tends only the plant of love, and lets the fear-root wither from neglect. That is the whole work. Not to feel nothing — but to feel what comes from the better root.

Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T all experienced major nationwide outages at the same time. When your SMS-based 2FA stops working because of these carrier outages, the best alternatives are using an authenticator app (like Google Authenticator, Authy, or Microsoft Authenticator) or a hardware security key such as a YubiKey.

What a blessing to be alive right now.

Wishing you a happy anniversary of Bitcoin's first transaction!