Yaël

https://fountain.fm/episode/MGZocy7Qkeu21AOhSeWC nostr:nevent1qvzqqqpxquqzqsrhhnu72f08asp9vtg4vv4wvee8t9wxdxsjpef2ze83ydstsalh5lmcaf

i "sold" sold btc today by exchanging it for a haircut. I mean it looks nice

my small meshtastic has now picked up 190 nodes all via LoRa!

The Samourai Wallet developers created a tool improving privacy for bitcoin on-chain use, similar to cash. Users held control of their own funds. Prosecutors ignored FinCEN guidance and concocted an unreasonable legal theory of liability to charge them both with breaking money transmission laws despite the tool never taking custody of the funds. Facing millions in legal costs, 25 years in prison, an overzealous and unfair prosecution, and a Judge with no patience for understanding the broader legal and technical arguments, the developers were essentially forced to plead to lesser charges of "conspiracy" for the sake of their families. Now, both developers have one month before they are to turn themselves in for 4+ years of incarceration, all for creating a piece of open-source code that allowed people to do want they wanted with their own money. This prosecution is an unwarranted and unjust process of law that will be looked back on in shame. Every legal tool or resource should be dispensed in order to free them and reverse the dangerous precedent this sets for privacy and financial sovereignty. Privacy is not a crime, and open-source developers who empower users are not criminals. Many wealthy and powerful people today use bitcoin and cryptocurrencies to safeguard their wealth and benefit from a real-time settlement network without intermediaries. Every consumer benefits from better tech tools that allow them to take control of their money and spend how they wish. If people of influence understand and appreciate the broader ethos of the Bitcoin and crypto revolution, rather than trading and getting rich off fees from their shitcoins, they should advocate for both the pardon of these two individuals and for legal safeguards in federal law to ensure this never happens again. It is not just two these people's lives at stake, but it's the future of how Americans will interact and benefit from technology going forward. #freesamourai

now that it has self-custody, are people using Wallet of Satoshi more?

welcome to the revolution Linus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDR6V5OdnYg

Yes

The premise of broad civil liability protection for platforms is a core principle that should be applied to producers across America’s innovative stack, whether oil and gas firms fending off dubious climate cases or AI firms building the tools that are the key to America’s present economic dominance. my article in RealClearPolitics on Section 230's fate: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/28/republicans_are_walking_into_a_trap_on_section_230_repeal_153457.html

looks like the next read! https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/222529396-the-devil-takes-bitcoin

The most insane bitcoin heist story I've ever read, executed at the behest of the Republic of Georgia's kleptocratic master. This isn't a $5 wrench attack. It's a global kidnapping, torture, and complete weaponization of the state. Holy shiite

ici j’emploie la « signalisation de la vertu » en disant que c’est un excellent livre. Ne soyez pas un NPC, lisez-le ! Un beau détour académique qui contextualise le conformisme. des leçons très importantes pour mes compatriotes sur Nostr

Here’s me injecting Section 230 analysis into the debate on Bitcoin node implementations, OP_RETURN, and the notion of blockchain spam and liability The wonders of Section 230 protect much more than just social media platforms — it’s all of technology! https://protos.com/exclusive-lawyers-call-bitcoin-core-v30-csam-concerns-overblown/

Too many Bitcoiners in the OP_RETURN and node filtering debates have never heard of Section 230 and it shows

Proßt von Oktoberfest!

January 2012, Season 3, Episode 13 of The Good Wife, first TV series mention of Bitcoin

a classic https://youtu.be/goppemeXnFI

The size and scope of the state has grown so gargantuan that it burrows itself permanently into the private sphere and we're left with the politicization of absolutely everything and where might makes right. And it swings chaotically like a pendulum between political regimes

So let me get this straight: whether I not I choose to do this will somehow assign my loyalty in the "Filter Block Wars of 2025"?

Sometimes I do get cleaned up for TV

Elected politicians calling around to private businesses and organizations to get people fired is beyond the pale for a free society Social media mobs are one thing. But using your perch of power to dictate behavior in the private market is an illiberal abuse of authority.