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2023-10-28 01:06:30

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In the same way that monetary scarcity increases what can be purchased with that money, scarcity of goods increases the amount of money those goods can "buy".
If you save when goods are plentiful, and attempt to spend when goods are scarce, you will find that your "real" purchasing power has likely declined.

2023-10-27 18:12:31

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Beautiful

2023-10-27 15:26:20

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Completely agree with this. To over simplify... the % of the money you want to spend now roughly equates to the % of the stuff that's available to buy now.
Savers increase the spending power of current spenders by reducing the amount to be spent now, producers increase (or decrease) the spending power of money being currently spent bu producing more or less goods for sale.
If available for sale goes to 0, purchasing power of money being spent goes to 0.

2023-10-27 14:05:15

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It's decidedly less efficient for everyone who benefits from the manipulations (possibly unpopular, but I'd argue most Americans benefit at the expense of the 3rd world).
I do think btc is objectively more fair.. participants have a much stronger expectation of being treated equally.. but to your point. Whether or not you think fairness is good is a different matter. Most would say they think fairness is important, but they betray themselves quickly by talking about who NEEDS to be excluded.

2023-09-02 07:15:26

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Maybe they'll fork btc and we'll get a nice airdrop.

2023-08-28 02:28:10

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Doing good 👍, having lots of fun learning about ctv, apo, csfs, sighash

2023-08-28 02:24:11

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Hey there.

2023-08-25 01:54:39

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Men who stare at goats is a great book. The author also wrote them... another great book.

2023-08-21 02:45:26

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Can't wait.

2023-08-20 18:43:56

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Tocqueville?

2023-08-13 14:13:27

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Nostr right now is a bit too much people who have the same ideas of the world.. there's no one to argue with.
When some government gets stupid and tried to shut some bit discussion down... alot of people will probably flee to nostr, and that wave will be half insane.

2023-08-11 14:44:17

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Good analysis of ctv vs drivechains, a bit dense but very helpful.
https://app.sigle.io/polydeuces.id.stx/9PHVc0PWHk_skP15_cYOb

2023-08-11 07:07:37

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The why not boils down to MEV that's difficult to predict how it will behave. Since drive chain anchor transactions can be very high value, it could become routine that optimal miner behavior is to attempt a re-org to capture more blocks (as an example).
OP_CTV, OP_APO, OP_CSFS (I am way out of my depth here) are more interesting covenant options imo. @4moonsettler and @polyd_ on X are sharing a ton of educational content about how those things could work. Recommend reading up on it.. it's pretty mind blowing.

2023-08-11 06:51:11

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Umm.. honestly I'm not sure.. IRL I work with alot of different models, but mostly risk models.. I have little to no experience with language models.
However, content recommendation algorithms can be quite useful, Netflix is really good at recommending shows I might like. Pandora good at recommending songs I might like. Etc.
I think the danger is a single algorithm out of user control pushing the narrative top down... I imagine that if there were many competing algorithms that clients could kind of download and plug and play in to their client they could be a really useful tool.

2023-08-11 06:33:14

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I'm still a user of both.

2023-08-11 06:30:00

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Lol, hi Elon 👋 when will you be making part of x's offerings being a nostr client?

2023-08-11 06:27:41

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Global works sometimes for now, especially of you only use paid relays..
Ultimately though, you'd hope nostr will have a ton of content out there.. and sifting through it would be prohibitive.
I am thinking some kind of algo.. but like client side... am algo that enables the client to pull more of what they want more efficiently, not push where you see what somebody else wants to show.

2023-08-11 06:24:49

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Lol, if only I was that smart :)

2023-08-11 06:24:36

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Interesting.... I haven't tried primal yet.

2023-08-11 05:16:42

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Could be interesting to train an LLM on "stuff you like" and then have it search the relays for related content.. or something like that.
Maybe from a data efficiency standpoint.. relays could broadly categorize the content the host and service queries of content by category.. could do ot client side as well but that feels really computationally heavy.. and requires the client to download and scan all content only to discard most of it.

2023-08-11 05:13:09

I think what nostr really needs is a way to deliver content to you that is reliably interesting to you and also not just the people you follow.
The joy of Twitter was often expanding your circle to include other stuff and people that you didn't know to look for, introduce you to something different.
Who's working on building something like that?

2023-07-31 01:42:09

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The effect of NOSTR will not be to eradicate those services necessarily. If NOSTR networks effect grow those platforms have an incentive to adopt the standard and gain access to all of the other content published in this format.
They can still compete on brand recognition, general UI UX, user experience, etc.
I expect some of them will probably try and do something like "we'll show you content published through nostr, but not write your events out that way" in an attempt to maintain their monopolies (I think this will fail).

2023-07-24 14:30:53

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I am pretty sure it's more than that? But maybe not.. for sure you cannot interact with the separate space from your main profile (can't see files, can't copy paste between them)..
Some of the "bad" reviews for it are people pissed off that they forgot the password and now the files in there are completely unrecoverable.
I think it's fully segregated / encrypted... but I'm not an expert so could be wrong.

2023-07-17 15:44:41

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2023-07-13 22:33:26

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Commenting for future reference.

2023-07-13 22:29:22

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I love my btc content.. but nostr definitely needs non-btc content too.

2023-07-11 19:16:34

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I'm not a hater of custodial solutions for small amounts etc... but the reason to use them dry up quickly if their beta can deliver as promised on this.

2023-07-11 19:10:54

https://twitter.com/PhoenixWallet/status/1678781368309018624?t=EnuDyaYbOarwKYsIjQBvWQ&s=19
Phoenix wallet implements splicing in to the channel management. I know it's twitter but read it.
Fantastic work from those guys.

2023-07-06 15:46:06

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Didn't thread block your first post? Or was that someone else?

2023-07-05 01:27:45

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Followed back :).

2023-07-03 05:06:32

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Udi is pure noise... Eric wall has alot of good insights on bitcoin and how it works, I read his stuff... also fun watching him go after Richard heart and hex / pulse.

2023-07-03 05:03:42

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A VPN is definitely a good idea, you can control which relays you connect to (they could capture IP) but linked media is definitely a bit trickier.
There were a few relays over TOR... would definitely be nice to see more of that.

2023-07-03 05:01:15

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Also.. a few tips.
Your feed will mostly be people you follow. So follow alot.. if you find someone you like you can check the list of people they follow, and their followers.. should find alot of familiar faces.
May want to try a few paid relays as well, they aren't expensive (couple dollars) and cut way down on spam, so if you toggle just the paid ones on and go to global feed you can find conversation outside your circle without much spam.

2023-07-03 04:57:25

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Capitalization table.. list of investors in something.

2023-07-03 04:56:38

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I'm android so no idea how the damus UI works / looks.
NOSTR is basically a publishing protocol, you publish events to your relays which are basic social media actions.. publish, follow, like, set a relay, etc.
To collect the list of people following you, you have to check everyone else's events (not just your own, and the people you follow). You also have to check the relays that they may have published that follow to.
For these reasons.. the lists of who is following you are fairly unreliable, and can jump around alot (not sure of that has gotten better recently).

2023-07-02 15:39:40

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👋 welcome

2023-07-02 14:02:28

#[0] welcome to nostr.

2023-07-02 13:44:30

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After some research it seems that all the nostr users are effectively scraping content from relays!!!
The only solution is rate limits.

2023-07-02 13:38:14

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Ehh.. mostly yes, my point was that nostr is these two things, those others don't really

2023-07-02 13:16:11

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Ehh... he actively encourages people to pirate his book and makes it available for free.. tough to call it a money grab in those circumstances.

2023-07-02 13:14:24

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People always overlook open and decentralized.

2023-07-02 06:14:03

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Been curious myself.. I think that the stock2flow model is broken.. but given that it may have had a severe handicap I'm the form of paper btc last round and wondering what it would look like of those were accounted for.

2023-07-02 04:58:32

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There are 3 levels of possible moderation - the relays you select are hosting your posts. If you did something such that they no longer wanted to host your content, they can delete it. You can self host your content if you like (slightly harder than running a bitcoin node).
Your client - damus, amethyst, nostrgram, plebstr, whatever you are using, collects content from the relays you use and presents it to you. A client could implement a filter on content (but I don't think any have yet).
You can filter content for yourself by muting or following. If you mute content in a particular client, then that client will not show you posts from that person anymore. There is no assurance that that will happen - but clients shouldn't have any reason to violate your wishes.

2023-07-02 04:54:20

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Nostr doesn't host images, so every post thay shows an image links you to another server. If I wanted to capture a bunch of people's ip addresses I could self host an image, include that image in a post, and then capture the ip address of the people that look at it (when they query it from my server).

2023-07-02 04:34:07

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To add: since nostr doesn't host media, if someone posts a picture they are self hosting, they can get your ip address when you load the picture, a VPN is recommended.

2023-07-02 04:09:11

Quick PSA for new nostriches.
NOSTR is excellent at being a decentralized / censorship resistant way to broadcast information.
NOSTR is quite unprivate, and what you broadcast is permanent (no take-backs).
DMs are private as long as both parties private keys are secure, however everyone can see who has been talking to who.

2023-07-02 04:02:59

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Ha, this platform will never work for udi, blocks are ineffective.

2023-07-02 03:31:42

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Ahh, ya that hasn't happened yet. Right now it doesn't make sense to.. not enough reach on nostr (yet)

2023-07-02 03:29:05

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🤔 who's winning node sync race?

2023-07-02 03:23:15

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It's coming.

2023-07-02 03:21:45

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Snowden was big.

2023-07-02 03:00:40

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Ya, stupidest idea ever.

2023-07-02 02:15:27

https://twitter.com/KettlebellLife/status/1675295526408065024?t=boj2GDtTuMI6fCBXx2E4sw&s=19
This dude works at twitter... post says
"If there's a baby boom in 9 months we'll all know why"
😂😂 dying.

2023-07-02 02:10:29

Elon really making the case for nostr these days 😂.. $44B self sabotage.

2023-07-02 01:21:37

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Paid

2023-06-26 17:28:26

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Can APPLE run PWA's? Or does that only work on android?

2023-06-23 14:40:48

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Curious about your thoughts on btc.d here.

2023-06-14 02:14:35

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Streisand effect in full force.

2023-06-14 02:13:47

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Pixels are good because you can go completely FOSS and run graphene or calyx os. Samsung is also nice.. their secure partitioned space is good for privacy (like a secret computer within your phone that can't communicate back to the phone part).

2023-06-13 18:41:35

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Transitioned from windows to Ubuntu and then to mint and it was quite easy overall.. couple hours of time invested to get acquainted.

2023-06-13 18:16:45

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I like graphene... but never tried calyx Sonim unqualified to compare them.

2023-06-05 14:53:14

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Is it more difficult to do tor relays? Or just limited demand for them?
It seems like an easy win to add some privacy to nostr.

2023-06-04 16:14:13

Is anyone planning to do a tor enabled nostr relay?
In my limited googling... it appears that websockets could theoretically work over tor, but it doesn't seem that this capability has been used much.

2023-06-04 07:52:51

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Lol thank you sir :)

2023-06-04 05:22:22

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#[1]

2023-06-04 04:59:16

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If @derekross doesn't pay me after I put all this work in to generating this invoice I don't know what I'm gonna do.

2023-06-04 04:55:49

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Plebstr is good.. I'm on android so don't have damus as an option.

2023-05-27 15:58:06

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@polyd_ and @moonsetter on stage, discussing enigma and ark and explaining how they work

2023-05-27 15:52:02

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1YpJkgYLEbdJj
Ctv being discussed live

2023-05-26 13:40:36

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😂😂 does seem to be alot of trans gravitating towards anarchism these days.

2023-05-26 04:41:15

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They're coming :(

2023-05-26 02:21:42

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Lol, get another buzzword in there and it could be a $10B project!

2023-04-22 21:31:51

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After reading his description of the app, I believe he created an app that let's you store and share your own medical records with whoever you wish to share with..
A vaccination record being one such type of record. Overall, was not opposed to what he was building after he discussed it.

2023-04-22 21:27:33

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Do it.. I'm not Herr to encourage this kind of non-adventurous operating system conservancy.

2023-04-22 18:15:35

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I've been using mint xfce and love it.

2023-04-22 18:05:30

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He was here real early :). Check out his store, you'll like it.

2023-04-22 17:38:19

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No.

2023-04-22 17:37:42

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Kind of looks like an atomic swap.. but btc for btc, and an outsider can't tell the difference between a normal transaction and one of these... seems big for fungibility concerns / privacy if it works

2023-04-22 17:11:53

So btc teleports looks super interesting... are their smart people that can ELI5?
I kinda understand how it's supposed to work.. will it actually work?

2023-04-15 22:03:57

Are there any plans for either recorded nostr nests or notifications if one goes live?

2023-04-15 01:32:50

Verifying my Nostr Nests identity: JUdcKNWBvKcI2fQJs6twgQ78YaB3uWWnr3-RzBVONBk
https://nostrnests.com

2023-04-14 03:31:38

Verifying my Nostr Nests identity: JUdcKNWBvKcI2fQJs6twgQ78YaB3uWWnr3-RzBVONBk
https://nostrnests.com

2023-03-28 15:12:39

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Eyeball scanning ftw.

2023-03-25 13:34:54

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Do you think in that scenario the government vs. Government incentives kick in and mining just moves to the most friendly jurisdiction?

2023-03-25 06:20:21

If you were going to stop bitcoin, how would you do it? Any attack vector that either destroys economic value or destabilized the network sufficiently is game.

2023-03-18 16:14:42

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Good to know. Seeing it referenced alot and glad to hear your side of it.

2023-03-18 15:54:14

Lots of talk about #[0] and this vaccine card app.
Don't be too quick to draw unwarranted conclusions.. 2 points to make.
Vaccine cards and other things like this were / are a reality... a consumer facing app that helps them manage those is not exactly supporting them, it's giving people who are stuck with them a tool to manage what has been forced on them. I don't know the full extent of the app so I can't say for sure that this applies.
As a young man I believed many lies.. I joined the navy and had a job very similar to Edward Snowden. I believed I would be protecting freedom around the world, and only learned later over several years the falsity of my beliefs. People can have their worldviews altered and should be given space to do so.

2023-03-18 07:17:09

Not tomorrow... but someday soon. No one will talk about the price of a bitcoin, everything will be millibits or sats per dollar.
The price has to be pretty high before that happens... but when it happens, the universal unit bias is going to kick in.. and everyone will say "well I can buy 1 millibit"... and then it will be over.

2023-03-18 07:10:31

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A strong passphrase is important with that one.

2023-03-18 06:16:02

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I understand that usdc can become worthless. Today, he paid an actual million dollars for usdc that will be used to pay out the bet (or at least, he could have converted it to an actual milly instead of putting it in escrow). His cost already was an actual $1M ... what the winner receives at the end may be worth less at that time, but his cost basis is set in stone.

2023-03-18 06:08:41

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He will have paid 1 million actual dollars for it since he escrowed the usdc today. If he didn't have to escrow now, then yes he could have upside from usdc collapse.

2023-03-18 06:04:16

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I don't believe that the bet is #btc will be worth 1 million usdc, I think the bet is on the true dollar denominated value... and since he's locking the isdc in escrow today he's spending $1M on it even if it goes to 0.. the usdc downside isn't his gain, it's the other parties loss.
Either way, I don't believe he really expects to win this bet money wise. He wants engagement.. question is what does he intend to do with the engagement, and why is that worth $1M.

2023-03-18 06:00:00

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I don't care for jpegs at all, however.. the degens that want to trade them etc. Also want assurances about if I pay will I receive, they're experimenting with alot of new ways to handle psbts.. how to handle trustless auctions etc.
Stuff like that has real value. On chain smart contract execution ethereum style is a big mistake imo, opens up huge attack surface etc. However, some of the things that they were used to facilitate are / can be valuable. Trustless auction, trustless escrow.. methodologies off chain to execute contracts between people and have some assurances about how the money can move on chain. They're playing games and I'm not arguing that it isn't a casino, I'm saying you can learn alot in a game and use that knowledge much more broadly.

2023-03-18 04:38:33

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He's buying engagement... bet is only downside for him.
He will give $1M usdc to an escrow party, person who takes the bet will give 1 btc today ($27K value). In 90 days.. if btc is over $1M then he will get the usdc and the btc (now worth $1M so it satisfies the bet payment) if it's not worth $1MM the other party will get the btc back with $1M.
Whoever gets to take that bet is one lucky mofo.

2023-03-18 04:20:47

NGL.. the stuff the degens are building to be able to trade their jpegs trustlessly is going to have uses far beyond what they're being built for.
Combining on chain cryptographic primitives with off chain "contract" execution that can't be cheated is going to be huge.
The vision that ethereum had and owned for a while is being built better on bitcoin... no long term contract approvals with all that risk, address re-use, etc.
This is almost always how the frontier of technology is developed. First you play games and the stakes are low.. the execution is improved upon, and it grows in to the real world

2023-03-16 06:02:00

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Posted from the mythic blackberry?

2023-03-16 05:04:02

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Yellen*

2023-03-16 05:03:56

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Thank the lord for yelling quelling financial crises.

2023-03-16 04:55:49

I imagine that when my son turns 18 I'm going to send him 10,000 sats to take a girl on a nice date. I'm going to tell him that when I was 40 a decent date cost a million, he won't believe it.
Kinda like how my dad tells me what he bought for $100 and it sounds crazy. The same... but different.

2023-03-16 04:38:52

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Interesting...