Tim Bouma | Independent Thinker | Pug Owner | Published Author | #SovEng Alum | #Cashu OG | #OpenSats Grantee https://tim-bouma.npub.pro/ 3000 posts
The best thing I like about nostr is its simplicity: your sovereignty can protected and your expression be guaranteed by 32 byte hex values.… Tim Bouma Dec 12, 2024, 1:25 PM
You can’t take anything to the grave with you except your private key.… Tim Bouma Dec 12, 2024, 11:36 AM
Bitcoin eliminated uncertainty about its issuance rate into the future. With the removal of this one uncertainty variable, the rest is history.… Tim Bouma Dec 12, 2024, 11:33 AM
Interesting counternarrative… “This is the point where the Bitcoin hype-men will almost certainly counter-attack by shouting: all money is just numbers! That’s where I call hard bullshit on them. The actual monetary system is a coercive and extractive credit vortex underpinned by powerful legal structures, military and… Tim Bouma Dec 11, 2024, 7:42 PM
It’s fun to listen Bruce Schneier when he is interviewed and fielding questions. He’s not afraid to say that he doesn’t know something, or if something is complete BS, he’ll call it out. Worth the listen.… Tim Bouma Dec 11, 2024, 4:40 PM
Specie: anything thing of value (gold, beads, shells, pow, etc.) Money: any specie that can be exchanged for value Currency: an implementation of money Legal Tender: legally-mandated money… Tim Bouma Dec 11, 2024, 12:59 PM
The beauty of real names is that they are not subject to any spelling or grammar rules. That beauty is diminished somewhat when a digitally-encoded version is required. But we should never forget the original beauty of a name, nor anyone’s right to claim that right of beauty… Tim Bouma Dec 11, 2024, 12:43 PM
FWIW, I consider ‘digital proof of personhood’ one of the most dangerous concepts out there.… Tim Bouma Dec 11, 2024, 12:32 PM
Aha! All that talk about digital ‘Proof of Personhood’, ironically boils down to having a capable machine.… Tim Bouma Dec 11, 2024, 12:24 PM
