After Trumps victory, the stock market and #bitcoin shot up, gold lost two months of gains. Investors see gold as a hedge for market crashes, not Bitcoin.

We learn two things from this. 1. Money is created bottom up. People need to agree to use something as money for it to become money. 2. Bitcoin is not money.

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A week of failing to pay with bitcoin in El Salvador

The country claims to be a leader in crypto transactions. But you can't force people to take a currency they don't want.

"Even as prosecutors privately concluded that Backpage was trying to be law-abiding and helpfu [...] Lacey and Larkin were convinced this [prosecution] stemmed from a personal vendetta by politicians their papers had criticized through the decades." Creating censorship resistant technology is important, bit the government, with it's resources, can always hound someone down if they decide to do it. Even more important is to VOTE for people who respect freedom of speech and privacy. Even more important is to EDUCATE people on how important free speech is and why privacy is vital for personal independence.

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How the feds destroyed Backpage.com and its founders

By prosecuting the website's founders, the government chilled free speech online and ruined lives.

Tommy Robinson is in a British prison for refusing to hand over his phones password. He is charged under the anti terrorist law. Building technology that protects your privacy is important. Passing laws that protect your privacy is just as important. To do that we need to change the incentives of the law makers so that passing laws that protect our privacy is beneficial for them.

@JeffG I am having issues compiling white noise. the trait `openmls_traits::storage::StorageProvider<1>` is not implemented for `SledStorage` Seems like a dependency issue. Any tips?