very useful and important thread. not for me, i don't do any of this. but if you're a journalist and need to research for an article, you can learn more here: View quoted note →

how does Shopify get off charging @Whitepaper Books "transaction fees" when we don't use their payment processing at all? They literally just have to update a row in a DB [to "paid"] when the external bitcoin payment processor says "satisfied". They charge $2 each time they make that DB update?

well that's an unfollow, sadly... i try not to associate with people who cheerlead the killing of entire peoples or belief system adherents. too bad, too, because this guy's other notes and software projects are valuable. View quoted note →

there's a direct line to draw between the [ #WoT + #dlist ] complex and Cryptoanarchy 🤗

hello to relays, clients and npubs. i'm more bullish than ever on open protocols... been reading some essays from the heady early days of Web 2.0 (circa 2005 or so) and they were speculating about situations that we're currently living through and building. do you realize how lucky we are? let's do this

this, and volunteer or work at your local farm, farmers' market or local small businesses. View quoted note →