What if we make together the best collective Christmas greeting card? You write your wishes for 2024 in comments I gift you 1k sats with ZAP.
https://m.stacker.news/9336
I topped up 100k sats so I'm ready to make at least 100 wishes come true (one per stacker).
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Howdy folks!
I'll have a good beer, or at least a single malt, please
It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Think a bit.
Some people will make the decision to trust a third party, other people want to keep full control. Some people will have a custodial hotwallet / lightning wallet, for the convenience, while keeping full control of their cold wallet.
It is a common misconception that there is just one way (all or nothing), a best solution for everybody, that success is only achieved if some idealistic scenario becomes a reality.
The truth is that what matters, is for you to have the freedom to decide what is best for you. Bitcoin gives you that freedom, gives you the sovereignty over your money.
You are afraid of managing your money and want to use a custodial wallet? Your decision.
someone else wants to use a non-custodial wallet and keep control? Their decision.
The important thing is that the possibility is there, a nobody can force you into something you don't want.
Yeah, it's hard to stretch your mind to restructure around these new affordances.
This is a v similar feeling I had at the time of the Snowden revelations -- I know how TCP/IP works and how the broader internet architecture is laid out, so the fact that the mass surveillance was technically possible was not a surprise, any technical person had known that for literally decades. But the cultural norms around it, the sheer amount of bullshit that would have to be done to make it practical, made it seem ridiculous.
And yet, as I mentioned above: it was technically possible, there was a benefit to doing it, so someone did it.
Snowden changed how I thought about everything. In particular, I think there's a giant frying pan headed for the faces of bitcoiners more broadly. If a world arrives where btc is 10x more valuable, modern cultural norms and institutions will be woefully insufficient to prevent a Latin American hellscape of kidnappings and organized crime (technically possible, check; benefit to doing it, check).
We desperately need new norms and institutions as a herd immunity. Failing that, we won't like the world we find ourselves in, even if we're rich. I made a post about that here.
I kinda skimmed and mostly like the idea of auto-zapping similar to Nostr clients. But it's important to remember that zaps are money, and what you are effectively (literally) doing is TAXING engagement.
You're also dipping well into the area of privacy concerns with this level of tracking.
Also, I do not think time is a good way to measure engagement. For various reasons, but mainly because I don't want some part of my brain to be constantly trying to estimate how much time I'm spending while reading. That's just stressful. It also "taxes" people who read more slowly, or thoughtfully.
I’d recommend https://lightningpolar.com/ for development
Moving HQ to Es is a smart move, I do not deny that.
I admire your patience but I advise you to let it go, it's a lost cause.
We bitcoiners will build our alternative platforms and stop begging others for permission.