Nostr really is a magical thing. One of my apps has a bug so instead of being stranded waiting for an update, I can just open another app and not miss a thing.

Exactly. And that was one of the big problems I had. The example started from the baseline assumption that "the bad guys are bad."

Fair play!

Agreed. It's basically come to mean "people I don't like"

There were so many other things I wanted to say... I was still trying to be on my best behavior at this point, though.

The Deutsche Bundesbank says it needs a CBDC because Visa and Mastercard "could be turned off upon instruction" by the US government. Sounds like what they really need is Bitcoin.

In a room full of law enforcement, I was the only person to raise my hand when former FinCEN director Bill Fox asked if anyone "actually believes" bad people deserve privacy. I said I believe the Constitution applies to every American, and the Fourth Amendment provides the framework for breaking through the right to privacy when an investigation justifies it. Sadly, that seemed to fall on deaf ears.

What you see as you leave after EU officials deny your information request.

Another government entity refuses to tell me what its CBDC plans are. This time, it's the ECB. First, they refused because I'm not a European citizen. Then, when a European citizen asked, they refused because sharing their plans would harm their interests.

America has increasingly moved in favor of legalizing cannabis consumption, but the shadow of prohibition still hangs over even the freest of states. One need only look to the financial system to see how heavy that shadow truly is. https://www.cato.org/blog/considering-safe-banking-cannabis-industry

I’m with you

hahhaha I know. I was cracking up when I heard that bomb drop

Never a dull moment at Pubkey

They could do just about anything else and be a better net on society. Instead, they spend their days throwing up roadblocks for the people trying to better the world.

Absolutely wild exchange. Rep Himes says, as lead Dem on intelligence oversight, that the NSA isn't surveilling Americans. Someone points out that Congress already confirmed the NSA is actively surveilling Americans. Rep. Himes says he didn't know.

See you there, my friend