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Praxeologist ~ Cryptoanarchist ~ Cypherpunk
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Max 3 months ago
We finally have the tools to escape surveillance capitalism. Micropayments work at scale. Stop building ad-tech. Start trading for value directly with users who actually want to pay you. View article →
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Max 4 months ago
Economic progress springs from four sources: division of labor multiplies productivity through specialization, capital accumulation transforms present resources into future productivity, technological progress generates non-rivalrous ideas that overcome physical limits, and entrepreneurial function coordinates everything through creative destruction. State intervention systematically corrupts each source by destroying the property rights and price signals they require. Cryptographic technology now enables these sources to operate beyond political interference. View article →
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Max 4 months ago
Small businesses face 41-57% rejection rates for basic trade finance while the same banks hold $192 trillion in derivatives positions. Basel III treats a letter of credit backing real goods as riskier than abstract financial instruments that produce nothing. The system works exactly as designed: extracting value from those who create it, denying credit to those who need it most. View article →
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Max 4 months ago
I've had my mind blown each time I read the papers regarding BitVM. It's just insane how much we can build on Bitcoin without changing consensus. Massively bullish. View article →
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Max 4 months ago
For fifteen years, Bitcoin has faced a fundamental limitation: most attempts to extend its functionality required trusting custodians without unilateral exit. Exchanges hold your keys. Wrapped bitcoin protocols control the underlying assets. Early sidechains trapped funds behind federation signatures. Each custodial solution creates honeypots that attract both hackers and regulators, with users having no recourse when trust fails. Lightning improved this with unilateral exit mechanisms, yet remained limited to payment channels between specific parties. The search for trustless bridges with arbitrary computation became Bitcoin's holy grail, pursued by brilliant minds yet always remaining just out of reach. View article →
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Max 4 months ago
I wasn't happy with @Npub.pro loading speed and limited customization, so I vibed my own Nostr website. All my notes and articles sync to a local cache and build as static pages. Loads instantly and has client-side search. Check it out: towardsliberty.com
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