Make Clubhouse for Nostr, but with real-time translations of audio shitposting and regular convo
Roger H
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Learning more every day. Writer of a book on Bitcoin + China and how the discourse there will affect your wallets and freedoms. Order the book at http://bit.ly/chinabtcbook PFP: Liu Xiaobo/刘晓波. Cover: Thomas Mann.
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Honestly, Bitcoiners have much bigger enemies than ourselves
I wrote about the heatpunk revolution that turns Bitcoin into an energy innovation for any country/group smart enough to embrace it.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/10/28/bitcoin-becomes-a-geopolitical-and-energy-advantage-with-the-heatpunks/
I always chuckle a bit at the thought of a goldbug leaving a war zone with 3 duffel bags of gold in like a farmer's carry
Sue me, I'm human
Which historical figures do you think would be self-custody Bitcoiners?
I'll push a couple:
Mikhail Bakunin, Liu Xiaobo
I'm thinking (1) periods of exile and need for financing with strong financial powers chasing after them (2) ideological affinity with anti-state philosophy
I have celebrated Bitcoin ATH day by buying coconut water with the lowest amount of sats yet
The best, and scariest movies actually ask us questions we'd rather not even think about.
Oldboy (2003) asks if vengeance is worth death and the torture of knowing the truth, in all its unvarnished majesty?
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) asks - is it better to die in a fairytale then to live in a dark reality?
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) asks what happens when only the mind, and the mind alone remains?
For those of you who want to sharpen your Linux/Terminal skills (essential for a bunch of things including running Nostr relays, and Bitcoin/Lightning nodes in a self-sovereign way), check out https://overthewire.org/wargames/
What are everybody’s favorite projects to support on nostr:nprofile1qyt8wue69uhkummnw3ezuer9d3hhgett9e6xktcpremhxue69uhkgetk9ehx7um5wfcxcctevaex7atwvshxxmmd9uqzpdkumh0cve6jslg6f6rzpkf24yzuykxc2zlcejfr6wwlrm07uhh878n2y8?
Bitcoin is money, and Bitcoin is medium of exchange.
My article on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/09/16/the-rise-of-bitcoin-as-money-continues-becoming-a-medium-of-exchange/
If you prefer it without the paywall (though consider zapping here on Nostr): https://archive.is/led3c
After China's Cultural Revolution:
1- 20 members of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music lost their lives. There was not a single playable piano in Shanghai for violinist Issac Stern's concerts.
2- China's most famous French-Mandarin translator, Fu Lei ended his life. China's "Victor Hugo", Lao She, was either murdered or drowned himself after the Red Guards condemned him. Writer Ba Jin watched his wife die after she was denied medical treatment for cancer.
3- Millions died, and millions more were persecuted and forced to labour - including Ai Qing, Ai Weiwei's father and one of China's most famous poets.
On April 6th, 1994, the plane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira, the Hutu president of Burundi was shot down suddenly. Both died - and it became the spark of something horrible.
Only one day later, the killings began, and Hutu moderates as well as the Tutsi ethnic minority were hunted down by Hutu military forces and a militia known as the Interahamwe. In 3 months and a half, more than a million people would die - representing about 10,000 murders a day.
Even to this day, the conflict smolders on - with revenge and consolidation of power a constant theme, as a Rwanda ruled by the Tutsi rebel force that stopped the genocide, grown increasingly authoritarian, invades Congo. The events were described by UN commander, General Roméo Dallaire, in his book "Shake Hands with the Devil" - where he describes shaking hands with three Interahamwe leaders.
ranting about child porn to try to take down your digital enemies is essentially a fed tactic
we failed to bring Bitcoin to politics, instead we brought politics to Bitcoin