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Why Bitcoin Was Created and Why It Matters to Progressives
The Progressive Bitcoiner
Why Bitcoin Was Created and Why It Matters to Progressives
Bitcoin represents one of the boldest experiments in digital transparency, inclusion, and economic justice of our time.
 Empower the individual: Bitcoin is for anyone — not just the wealthy, the banked, or the privileged. Resist financial censorship: Satoshi emphasized the need to build a system that can’t be shut down by political or corporate actors. Don’t trust — verify: The rules are enforced by code. You can see how it works. You don’t have to trust anyone. Enable peaceful change: Bitcoin is nonviolent — it doesn’t overthrow the system; it builds an alternative. “It’s very attractive to the libertarian viewpoint if we can explain it properly… but I’m better with code than with words.” — Satoshi, 2008
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The Ethics Of Immutability
Bitcoin Magazine
The Ethics Of Immutability
Bitcoin’s unalterable ledger is a technological mirror of the philosophical idea that our actions, once done, become part of the tapestry of hist...
 “the life of a free man needed the presence of others. Freedom itself needed therefore a place where people could come together.” "Cypherpunk code empowers individuals. But, with money, writing code is not enough. For money is, as we’ve seen, a network good. Bitcoin isn’t DIY money – do it yourself. It is, DIT – do it together. Using bitcoin means joining users in supporting resistance money for those who need it, with or without permission or cooperation of authorities.” “If consciousness can actually be transferred from one soul to another, then a person can persist, despite a change in the soul to which her consciousness is annexed.” “If you are not making someone else’s life better, you are wasting your time.” “Am I really working for the liberation of men? Isn’t this end contested by the means I use to attain it?” “every destiny is dramatic, tragic in its deepest meaning. Whoever has not felt the danger of our times palpitating under his hand, has not really penetrated to the vitals of destiny, he has merely pricked its surface.” ![](https://m.stacker.news/106523)
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If People Would Know The Absurd Cost Of Credit Card Fees...
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If People Would Know The True Cost Of Credit Cards, There Would Be A Revolution Before Tomorrow
The trillion-dollar promise of "tap and go" has a quiet price tag, and it's embedded in almost everything we buy. From a $4 latte to a $40...
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Cashu releases cdk and mintd Version 0.12.0
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 cdk and mintd Version 0.12.0
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Release v0.12.0 · cashubtc/cdk
0.12.0 Summary Version 0.12.0 delivers end-to-end BOLT12 offers and payments, adds BIP‑353 address resolution for BOLT12 payments, and introduces...
 Delivers end-to-end BOLT12 offers and payments, adds BIP‑353 address resolution for BOLT12 payments, and introduces cdk-ldk-node, an integrated Lightning backend that lets a single binary run both a Cashu mint and a Lightning node with full BOLT11 and BOLT12 support. It also adds a local, admin-focused web UI for cdk-ldk-node with dashboards for channels, invoices and offers, payments, and on-chain activity. On the data layer, the release expands storage with PostgreSQL via the new cdk-postgres crate and accelerates the shared SQL stack (cdk-sql-common) with statement caching and structured, namespaced/global migrations. Operationally, the mint now exposes explicit start and stop lifecycle methods, enabling graceful startup and shutdown of background services. Wallet keyset management has been clarified with renamed APIs that separate local storage from network fetches. The MSRV is updated to 1.85.0.
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LocalTube Manager
LocalTube Manager
A browser extension to use Youtube without Google
 LocalTube Manger is now free to use, a browser extension to use YouTube without Google. There's no need to buy a License Key anymore. For those who don't know about my browser extension, you can check out my last post here or below is a quick overview. A few months back I created a browser extension LocalTube Manager that lets you, Like & Subscribe - Like your favorite videos and Subscribe to a channel as usual. YouTube Playlists - Save a YouTube playlist to watch later, no sign-in required. Local Playlists - Create your own Local Playlist and organize your favorite videos. Import / Export - Export all your data and Import them to pick up where you left off. All Without needing a Google account. All data saved locally in browser. Previously it was a one-time purchase with license key, but some people wanted to pay via PayPal and other methods, but managing all that payment flow became a bit messy. So instead of complicating things, made it completely free for everyone. https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/1n1le43/localtube_manger_is_now_free_and_opensource/
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