Tried to spin up another Nostr relay yesterday, but kept getting VM errors. Just how beefy do relays have to be these days?

The increasing number of services that allow us to stack sats on lightning (especially p2p) are very helpful for privacy. I’d wonder, in the long term, how folks are swapping back on-chain in a way that also guards privacy too. Either through loop, bolt exchange, wallets like Phoenix, or something else. Or just forget keep on lightning for future spending?

I know NASCAR Nostr doesn’t yet exist, but I’m legit stoked AF for the Chicago street race

my debut in the Orange County Register on EU’s Digital Services Act: “With no First Amendment-like protections, we know the censorious demands of European officials will soon swallow entire budgets of US tech firms to comply, money that’d otherwise be used to deliver value for users… We know that each platform has the ability to moderate or censor as they see fit, but this is usually done by internal policies and codes that users voluntarily accept, not reaction to a policeman holding the regulatory baton.”

The EU’s ‘regulate first, innovate later’ mantra will sink U.S. tech firms – Orange County Register

Europe has chosen to forgo becoming the world’s test market for innovative products and services, opting instead to be the ultimate playground of...

My latest article in the Orange County Register: "The EU's Digital Services Act enforces a litany of expansive restrictions and rules that go far beyond any US regulation: severe limits on targeted advertising, more diligent content moderation to remove what the EU deems “illegal” content, protocols for weeding out “disinformation”, and more. Considering how much Big Tech has been forced to censor users to appease regulators in the free speech haven of the US, it will only get worse overseas."

The EU’s ‘regulate first, innovate later’ mantra will sink U.S. tech firms – Orange County Register

Europe has chosen to forgo becoming the world’s test market for innovative products and services, opting instead to be the ultimate playground of...

Apple's wallet garden versus Nostr and the open #Bitcoin protocol In restricting lightning network payments on Damus app for Nostr, Apple chooses its own in-app financial system over Bitcoin  cc @jb55

Apple's ‘walled garden’ versus Nostr and the open Bitcoin protocol

In restricting lightning network payments on the Damus app for nostr, Apple is choosing its own in-app financial system over Bitcoin.

primal.net gives you that unfollow notification. harsh!

Hello have you checked your Nostr DMs lately

Tonight in Vienna, we went to a “live vinyl recording” by the German-Australian-Italian band Amistat — just off stage, there’s a large needle attached to the soundboard that etches the music into a master record. Awesome analog tech in action

new US state-level model policy just dropped: The Reject CBDCs and Protect Financial Privacy Act

American Legislative Exchange Council

Reject CBDCs and Protect Financial Privacy Act - American Legislative Exchange Council

(1) Definitions: For the purposes of this chapter, the words defined in this section have the meaning given. (a) “Financial Privacy” refers to ...

Quand j’ai l’occasion de m’exprimer dans ma langue maternelle, avec des québécois, je peux sortir une partie de mon âme qu’il n’existe que dans mes pensées et mon cœur

Met some fellow québécois for a drink(s) in Vienna. It’s wild to connect again with my home culture after many years abroad. Heimat ist kein Ort, Heimat ist ein Gefühl.

The EU🇪🇺's Digital Services Act is the sweeping rule requiring extra content moderation, limits on targeted advertising, and requirements for mountains of public reports. 17 companies designated as "Very Large". Only one* is European. EU: Regulation over innovation What a sad state of affairs

Ma’am, I’m not babysitting. These are my children

I grew up reading Maddox “The Best Page in the Universe” and loved his writing and satire. But since he doxxed himself a few years ago, he’s lost all edge and just become another leftist online comedian.

a Synology NAS really is a game changer. Uploading open source projects via docker is pretty sweet as well. Finance apps, media streaming, etc. I’d have enough space to run a Bitcoin node, but I’ve already got plenty of those synced up at the moment

Originally abandoned my own relay (run on a digital ocean server) because it got too beefy (about 70GB). But seeing how much better the Nostr social experience is with a good relay, I may be forced to spin it up again

So it seems Swan has switched to Fortress as a custodian in several states. Until Bitcoin brokerages get their own money transmission licenses, the risk continues.

Shoutout to podcasting 2.0 madman @Dave Jones, who does not yet have his lightning address set up for unlimited zaps

Consumer Choice Radio EP 177: This week's theme is Dark! Whether that be "dark patterns," as the FTC describes Amazon's Prime subscription, dark Canadian legislation, or dark tourism in the hills of Turkmenistan. Broadcast on Sauga 960AM in Toronto and Coastal Carolina Network in Wilmington, NC Listen using Podverse value-4-value

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EP177: Dark Patterns and Tourism (w/ Fred Roeder) - Your Choice Our Fight

This week's theme is Dark! Whether that be "dark patterns," as the FTC describes Amazon's Prime subscription, dark Canadian legislation, or dark to...