Stephan Livera @[email protected]

Fiat: money so awful its use must be mandated

Hey everyone, I'm back. 👋

“You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him." ― Robert A Heinlein

...and even then, you won’t have his Bitcoin.

@stephanlivera really interesting to hear how maintainers like Jonas think about the core project and keep it moving forward. Also worth a listen in general for anyone who wants to know how a well run open source project works.

Tell your friends that the goal is to decentralize. They should create accounts on other instances or run their own.

What can we do to increase PayJoin adoption? https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2021-January/018356.html This is one great privacy tech that will be very important for helping bitcoin fulfil its potential as a permissionless money for the internet

@stephanlivera @zoyman This is the point ppl often miss. It doesn't matter how secure your messenger is, if it is nearly impossible to get the ppl you interact with to use it. Signal being able to replace default SMS on your device with a single click gives it a huge advantage. I'm a fan of Threema, Keybase, Element, and others but the fact remains.

Ease of integration is paramount.

**Doxxing nyms, _whether they previously used their real name or not_ is not cool, nor is it an acceptable form of retribution for some slight, perceived or real**

Can't believe this needs to be said once again, but here we are. Take a lesson, kids.

Using the tools means using nyms too. Protect yourself. This sort of fighting has only just begun.

@Fkrauss @stephanlivera

The final thing that orangepills someone is NgU.

You can present the best set of arguments, but without NgU, there can be no orangepill.

It's great to see so many understand the importance of decentralisation, not only with their money, but their social media profiles, data and communications.

@stephanlivera Here's a bitcoin instance created after NVK closed new signups by @eatoutfrom5lbs, I believe.

https://thecitadel.social/about/more

@stephanlivera government's capture of the intellectual class is necessary to provide legitimacy to their actions in a secular society. Modern day "cuz god says so"