https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16628

Chicken nuggets and unexpired plum sauce FTW!

Ban Bitcoin ATMs Buy Bitcoin ETFs #Canada

Transact globally, validate locally. #OpenETR https://trbouma.github.io/openetr

Soon!

wen dostr? https://www.hackster.io/news/dos-1-00-source-code-hits-github-6677a27dd0d1

Digital trade and social media has to work across this geopolitical minefield. If you think building a platform will be the solution, you’re just building the next Strait of Hormuz. The only solution I see are building on top of protocols like #nostr

https://hackernoon.com/post-quantum-crypto-fear-is-selling-too-fast

Scarcity became a capability. https://medium.com/it-chronicles/the-two-greatest-software-systems-ever-built-and-why-they-couldnt-be-more-different-4a00f36b38d3

https://revisitingssi.com/

“I don’t want any npub that would recognize me as its controller.” ~ Anon Groucho Marx

Hard to keep up…

The protocol is the system.

I have some glossy hard stock left over from a long dead printer. I am happy to sell it to you.

Cool. I am happy to use “x” if that is the convention.

https://thenewstack.io/vibe-coding-ceos-executives-ai-agents/

I call it Secure DMs

https://open.substack.com/pub/trbouma/p/actor-reliability-not-system-reliability

A presentation on PQC https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/the-digitalisation-of-trade-documents-and-processes_64872f25-en/full-report/component-7.html

Bad Connection, a new report from Citizen Lab on telecom surveillance. https://citizenlab.ca/research/uncovering-global-telecom-exploitation-by-covert-surveillance-actors/

Strait of Hormuz Difficulty Adjustment occurs every 10 days.

Schrödinger’s Regime Change.

Schrödinger’s Ceasefire.

The mountains in the background kinda clutter it up…

Chicken Burgers and Coleslaw for the Soul