Tim Bouma

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#nostr is an unprivileged protocol.…

Two terms to be wary of: ‘Unified Ledger’ ‘Certificate Authority’…

The Exorbitant Privilege of Being a Public Certificate Authority…

With a final settlement network, there is no such thing as dispute settlement. I see the banks are now making a big deal about dispute settlement being a core feature. Be warned, this is a capture strategy! We're on the frontier, folks! Act accordingly. #bitcoin #nostr…

Sometimes good-intentioned regulations lead to perverse consequences. Like Meta trying to get root access to your phone in the name of interoperability. For me, this underscores the imperative that we need to develop capabilities that are independent of the phone platforms.…

Agreement between El Salvador and the IMF (at end of this post) It’s really a battle between ledgers: Bitcoin vs USD. Legal Tender and Taxes are the two control points of any state entity. When you don’t issue your own currency, or your debt is denominated in a…

Imagine if Microsoft bundled a #nostr client into Windows? The EU would find a regulation that they were violating.…

Anything that can be controlled is a weapon.…

What the majority of users really want. Mandatory: Convenience Speed Free of Charge Optional: Privacy Security Sovereignty…

Reads is the killer feature.…

This is me using all those features in Amethyst.…

engineers gonna engineer...…

Hang on, this might be a good idea……

The closest you can get to Proof of Personhood is Proof of Payment.…