If you want to be a practically-minded mystic, don’t let anyone else know your private key.… Tim Bouma Dec 30, 2024, 1:31 PM
Core innovations of 12th century finance: introduction of the zero and positional notation. Core innovations of 21st century finance: proof of work and difficulty adjustment.… Tim Bouma Dec 30, 2024, 1:07 PM
Peaceful power transfer - whether it is a sat on a ledger to settle a trade or an incoming government to administer/enforce, that is the ultimate function we are looking for. Peaceful. Power. Transfer.… Tim Bouma Dec 30, 2024, 1:04 PM
nostr This is why I am not so worried about the low number of devs working on #nostr. It’s also why I am not worried about well-funded VCs taking over the protocol. So long as we have mission-driven individuals supported appropriately, we’ll be ok. ——-++ Price's Tim Bouma Dec 30, 2024, 12:20 PM
Great post by @waxwing My additions to this excellent post. The ironic success of Bitcoin is that it exogenized everything of human value and motives, including its governance, leadership and the identity of anyone using the system. That’s the secret of its long-term success, it squeezed out entirely… Tim Bouma Dec 29, 2024, 10:15 PM
“It is possible that if the Templars had survived, they could have become something comparable to the European Central Bank. Sadly, it did not happen. The Templars were finally bullied and tortured into oblivion.”… Tim Bouma Dec 29, 2024, 9:35 PM
