I went on Canadian TV to discuss Bill C-18, which allows a media cartel to force social networks to pay a “link tax” for allowing articles on their platforms. We also discuss the future of journalism and what consumers expect from their news sources. *Open network, open systems, competition, and let the internet prosper*

The Swedes have their snus, American has the rifle, and the Dutch have their bicycles. What consumer product is your country a proud defender of?

Seeing many relay failures (maybe related to AWS being down?) — I may have to spin up my own relay again

don’t ever use Wallet of Satoshi, but downloaded it to reserve the lightning address name so no other joker gets my handle

We at the Consumer Choice Center want to ensure that consumers have the best possible experience if they decide to go on a night out. Readers must know where they can find affordable yet top-quality services, enjoy a flexible schedule accommodating the diverse needs of different people, and travel safely to and from a venue. At the same time, companies, local authorities, and states should understand how to cultivate a good nightlife environment for customers. To this end, we created a new index examining how thirty cities worldwide manage their nightlife scenes. It compares each destination using similar fixtures of urban entertainment regulation – mandated opening hours for nightclubs, restaurants, and bars in each locale, the “last calls” for nightclubs and bars, the average prices for an imperial pint of beer and a standard Big Mac, and the availability of night-time public transport or sharing economy services. We note the presence and content of these rules before analyzing their impact on consumer welfare and contrasting them with equivalent regulations elsewhere. Checkout the 2023 NIGHTLIFE Index

Consumer Choice Center

Nightlife Index 2023

We at the Consumer Choice Center want to ensure that consumers have the best possible experience if they decide to go on a night out. Readers must ...

I was very tempted to buy some of the stellar t-shirts at @BTC Prague, but I believe keeping @Gigi‘s opsecswag alive and supporting multiple creators while not being a target remains important

OpsecSwag.com

OpsecSwag.com

Bitcoin Swag that respects your privacy.

I see many folks on Nostr have gravitated to primal.net — looks slick. But if I understand the GitHub, it’s more a “caching service” than a client? Perhaps I’m wrong

GitHub

GitHub - PrimalHQ/primal-caching-service: Latest development moved to https://github.com/PrimalHQ/primal-server | Primal’s caching service for Nostr connects to the specified set of relays, collects all events in real time, stores them locally, and makes them available to nostr clients through a web socket-based API.

Latest development moved to https://github.com/PrimalHQ/primal-server | Primal’s caching service for Nostr connects to the specified set of relay...

Big old brown bear in the Austrian forest

testing out nostr chat

NostrChat

A decentralized chat application

Happy Father’s Day to all the Euro dads (North Americans celebrate next week)

Our CBDC panel @Niko Jilch in Prague. You’ll own nothing and be happy!

Baller time @BTC Prague Met many online folks IRL Met even more folks who give me yet more inspiration. Onwards and upwards as we fix the money

Avoid the honey traps

Awesome sauce for Nostr panel @jb55 @ryzizub @Matej 🐙

A fresh @bumi fan pic at @BTC Prague

I’m not part of the Bitcoin clique, but people have been very open and friendly at @BTC Prague — Europeans do it better!

Shoutout to all the nyms out there

Praise be to #[1]​!

Central and Northern Europe United #[1]​ #[2]​ #BTCprague

If I led a brokerage/exchange selling #Bitcoin  or crypto offspring, I’d never be reliant on a vendor for money transmission licenses (re: PrimeTrust, BitGo, you name it). SOLID APPROACH: Stack money transmission licenses state-by-state (ie. #[1]​) LONG GAME: Support multi-state money transmission license *reciprocity* in the law. we’ve written a model bill for US state lawmakers that would do just that.

GitHub

GitHub - yaeloss/Smart-Cryptocurrency-Rules-Act: Smart Crypto Currency Rules Model Policy

Smart Crypto Currency Rules Model Policy. Contribute to yaeloss/Smart-Cryptocurrency-Rules-Act development by creating an account on GitHub.

as well as: -forbidding Bitcoin mining electricity price discrimination -forbidding municipalities from outlawing Bitcoin transactions “Smart” bitcoin policy has less to do with proclamations that just sound good, and more to do with pre-emptions on government action and control that allow Bitcoin to grow independently and free. Bitcoiners don’t need new laws on bitcoin nor an SEC action, we need pre-emptions and restrictions on governmental power that recognize our “right to bitcoin” that is as vital as the First Amendment. Let people build, trade, and exchange freely.