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hive is awesome. support if you can with your zaps! we need this OSS meeting area to #grownostr and share our screens and fix the bugs in nostr 🐛🐛 nostr:nevent1qqspujc2p7rkf4aau4mfxce8kc20gr0sdrqketzpxp52e65qsrkn2zspz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3q8pudjhdhhp2v8gxnkttt00um729nv93tuepjda2jrwn3eua5tf5sxpqqqqqqzry9a8e

Mental Illness

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The Bitcoin Equation: A Weapon of Mass Disruption The equation was simple. It had always been simple. But in its simplicity, it carried the force of a thermonuclear detonation aimed squarely at the heart of the financial world. 21 million divided by infinity. It started as a whisper among the cypherpunks, a quiet prophecy buried in the depths of the internet. But as the years rolled on, that whisper became a roar. At first, the bankers laughed. The economists dismissed it as a passing trend. The regulators smirked and sharpened their knives. And yet, the equation continued to tick forward, unrelenting, unyielding. Every halving was another tightening of the noose. Every adoption milestone was another brick removed from the foundations of the fiat empire. Every transaction settled in immutable proof-of-work was another bullet lodged in the chest of the debt-based illusion. Then came the moment of critical mass. The world woke up, and the reality was undeniable: the fiat system was bleeding out. The central banks, in a desperate attempt to maintain control, printed faster and harder. Hyperinflation spread like wildfire. Fortunes vaporized overnight. The stock markets, once the playground of billionaires, became ghost towns of red candles and shattered dreams. The fiat fat cats—those who had gorged themselves for centuries on the labor of the many—watched in horror as their legacy was dismantled, not by riots or revolutions, but by cold, mathematical certainty. The wealth they had hoarded for generations melted like wax in the face of digital scarcity. No bailout could save them. No regulation could cage it. No amount of propaganda could reverse the inevitable. And as their vast empires of paper promises crumbled, Bitcoin stood unchanged. The network pulsed with unstoppable energy, its nodes buzzing with the silent laughter of those who had seen it coming. The great flattening had begun. The central bankers fled to their bunkers, but they found no refuge. The politicians made frantic speeches, but their words carried the weight of empty shells. The hedge fund managers, once kings of the financial world, clawed at their keyboards, trying to log in—only to see their net worth reduced to a screen flickering with zeroes. Those who had dismissed Bitcoin, who had ridiculed it, who had spent their lives sucking from the fiat teat—none were spared. The entire ecosystem of financial privilege was liquidated in real-time. And then, when the dust settled, all that remained of them were their legacies—preserved, not in gold or institutions, but as grotesque relics of a bygone era. Their names, their once-hallowed institutions, were nothing more than digital fossils, displayed in blockchain-etched history like shrunken heads on a collector’s wall. Some had tried to escape—running to Bitcoin in their final moments, hoping to buy salvation. But it was too late. Their wealth had been denied entry, trapped forever in the smoldering ruins of fiat's last breath. The Bitcoin Equation had won. 21 million. Divided by infinity. The most lethal equation the world had ever seen. #Bitcoin #FiatCollapse #EndOfBanks #Hyperbitcoinization #FinancialDoom #CryptoRevolution #DecentralizedFuture #DigitalGold #SoundMoney #ApocalypseFiat #BitcoinFixesThis #BankingCartel #Blockchain #WeAreEarly #BitcoinMaxi

Politics and democracy gives a perfect platform to the most sociopathic humans. The ones who understand and embrace that their job can literally be public manipulation of the masses. And if they’re good at it they can steal more and control a bunch of people. It is a complete disaster of a system.

Yearn for the #bitcoin mines

Whats going on in the U.S. at the moment and what are the implications for the future? #fortknox #btc #bitcoin #nostr #trump #maga #ai

I did hear he gave a great speech. I like JD. Just seems weird that Elon is very clearly trumps #2 but we elected JD Vance.

confession

its pretty nice

Cashu is an elaborate psyop to create a large-enough anonymity set for my own lazy custodial wallet use

hell yes!! im also working hard to try to help the relay ecosystem. i realize my installer for relay.tools needs lots of work, and also may be way too hardcore to get started on, but this was always the idea is to help people run relays. the hosted version can be a good way to get started and figure out how relays work with clients and get your feet wet, then you can graduate to running your own. i refer to it as "school of relays" 😎 A THOUSAND POINTS OF LIGHT will spring alive and unleash an unstoppable flood of json websockets across the earth. Run by communitites for communities. Funded by v4v and no need for dinosaur big techs.

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In Dealing With China, Trump May Have A Trick Up His Sleeve https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/dealing-china-trump-may-have-trick-his-sleeve

Bitcoin Lightning Network: 16150 Nodes 42144 Channels Avg capacity 0.1181 BTC Total capacity 4979.1842 BTC #bitcoin #lightning

Me too, I use it for zapping via NWC.

The only thing I trust in a politician is that they are lying to the public with every word in an effort to manipulate opinions and actions en masse to enrich themselves and their ilk.

In Dealing With China, Trump May Have A Trick Up His Sleeve In Dealing With China, Trump May Have A Trick Up His Sleeve https://realclearwire.com/articles/2025/02/14/in_dealing_with_china_trump_may_have_a_trick_up_his_sleeve_1091550.html , China is the only country in the world that can seriously challenge America’s longstanding status as the globe’s top dog. And a rejuvenated United States is the only thing standing in the way of an ambitious China ascending to the peak of the heap. The reemergence of a bipolar world in the 21st century – replicating the old U.S.-U.S.S.R. rivalry of the Cold War era – is the no-longer-to-be-ignored reality of our time. https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/chinese%20flag_1.JPG?itok=-FZN9Kbt However, unlike the late Soviet Union – sometimes referred to as “Haiti with missiles” – China is an economic powerhouse, one that puts is technological prowess in the service of its geostrategic aspirations. ”China has roughly nine times as many engineers as the U.S. and perhaps as many as 15 times as many science and technology graduates,” George Gilder recently https://www.wsj.com/opinion/deepseek-is-the-competition-america-needs-on-ai-china-futility-of-us-policy-subsidies-sanctions-13818a0a in the Wall Street Journal. This gives China a decisive edge in a world where rapid advances in technology have far-reaching economic and military implications.  There are, however, things that Trump and his team can do, and in some cases are already doing, that can turn the tables on Beijing. With the departure of the geopolitically inept Biden administration, Washington can now harness its considerable geological assets to the disadvantage of its rival in the Far East. Beijing was quick to realize the importance of gaining control of both the mining and processing of rare earths and other critical minerals, which it had largely done by the time the U.S. and other industrialized countries embarked on their climate-driven green energy transition. Beijing was not so foolish; to meet its own energy needs, it built hundreds of coal-fired power plants. Abandoning fossil fuels, which the United States has in abundance, and embracing green energy, the supply chain for which is largely controlled by China, could benefit only one country. And for a while, China’s bet looked to be paying off.  But China’s dominance of such sectors as electric vehicles, batteries that power EVs and serve to backup intermittent wind and solar energy, and the raw materials in wind turbines and solar panels makes the Middle Kingdom vulnerable to Trump’s renewed embrace of “American energy dominance.” One of Trump’s Jan. 20 executive orders titled “Unleashing American Energy”https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/unleashing-american-energy/ revoking the EV mandate, freezing unspent funds for green energy, expediting approval of liquid natural gas (LNG) export facilities, and streamlining the permitting process for oil and gas leasing, exploration, development, and production. It also speeds up the approval process for new pipelines and other critical fossil-fuel infrastructure.  Another, less-reported section of Trump’s order focuses on the mining of critical minerals. It instructs federal agencies to identify all regulations, policies, and orders “that impose undue burdens on domestic mining and processing of non-fuel minerals and undertake steps to revise or rescind such actions.” The geostrategic case for promoting the mining and processing of critical minerals in the U.S. is compelling. “China now produces 80-90% of the world’s rare-earth minerals, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Yet China has only about 37% of the world’s estimated reserves,” https://gregwalcher.com/2025/01/29/shovel-baby-shovel/ Greg Walcher, president of the Natural Resources Group LLC. “Relying on China for critical minerals is obviously not smart, not safe, nor necessary.”  Known to the public for their unpronounceable names, rare earths – which are actually quite abundant – have a variety of commercial and military applications. https://nma.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/infographic_defense-01.pdf smartphones, MRI equipment, satellites, jet engines, night-vision goggles, sonar on submarines and other naval vessels, and real-time imagery and targeting for surveillance and reconnaissance flights by unmanned aerial systems – just to name a few.  Taking rare earths and other valuable minerals seriously means upgrading the nation’s hollowed-out domestic supply chain for these natural resources. This is the purpose behind Trump’s order to eliminate “undue burdens on domestic mining and processing” of these strategically important minerals. That, of course, will be easier said than done, because Trump’s initiative will be challenged by lawsuits launched by activists determined to cripple America’s industrial base. Trump’s desire to acquire Greenland from Denmark must be seen in this light. The icy island where the North Atlantic meets the Arctic https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/greenlands-rich-largely-untapped-mineral-resources-2025-01-13/ in mostly untapped mineral resources. In bringing the giant island under American jurisdiction, in whatever form, Trump can deny China (and Russia) access to Greenland’s riches while solidifying the U.S. presence in the Arctic.  Another Trump https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/temporary-withdrawal-of-all-areas-on-the-outer-continental-shelf-from-offshore-wind-leasing-and-review-of-the-federal-governments-leasing-and-permitting-practices-for-wind-projects/ temporarily halts offshore wind leases in federal waters and pauses approvals, permits, and loans for offshore and onshore wind projects. Aside from signaling to investors that putting their money into capital-intensive wind projects may not be a good idea, the order undercuts Beijing’s investment in raw materials used in wind energy.  “Wind farms require 10 times the amount of critical minerals as natural gas power plants and 1.6 times as much as nuclear power plants,” https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/28/trump-blew-away-biden-wind-energy-fantasy-day-1/ the Heritage Foundation’s Austin Gae.  China is the world’s leading supplier of raw materials that go into wind turbines, including in the U.S. Trump is deliberately shrinking the U.S. market for wind turbines and for the predominately Chinese-supplied raw materials that go into them. The goal is to play to America’s strengths, which lie in fossil fuels and a rejuvenated nuclear-power industry, while lowering our dependence on China by turning away from wind and solar power. This is a winning strategy. Bonner Russell Cohen, Ph. D., is a senior policy analyst with the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT). https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden Tue, 02/18/2025 - 17:40 https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/dealing-china-trump-may-have-trick-his-sleeve

When all your money is in cold storage, no leverage, no debt, no custodians

The little white one. Ironically, named satoshi😂

Trump Blasts Critics Of His Ukraine Peace Initiative, Including Zelensky, Questions Where Hundreds Of Billions Went Trump Blasts Critics Of His Ukraine Peace Initiative, Including Zelensky, Questions Where Hundreds Of Billions Went Update(1735ET): President Trump in an afternoon press Q&A from Mar-a-Lago went off on those attacking his Ukraine peace initiative, which saw Secretary of State Rubio and national security advisor Walz lead a delegation in 4+ hours of talks with FM Lavrov and the Russians in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia earlier in the day. "I want to see peace. Look, you know why I want it? Because I don't want all these people killed anymore. I'm looking at people that are being killed — and they're Russian and Ukrainian people, but they're people," Trump emphasized. His tone on Zelensky was decidedly negative, and he defended his administration's stance on holding Kiev to new elections, saying this is necessary if the Ukrainians want a seat at the table. Watch: FOX: We're hearing that Russia wants to force Ukraine to hold new elections in order to sign a sign a peace deal. Is that something that the US would ever support? TRUMP: We have a situation where we haven't had elections in Ukraine, where we have martial law ... the leader in Ukraine, I hate to say it, but he's down at 4% approval rating... the country has been blown to smithereens... the country looks like a massive demolition site. FOX: We're hearing that Russia wants to force Ukraine as a condition for a peace deal. Is that something the US would support? TRUMP: We have a situation where we haven't had elections in Ukraine, where we have martial law ... the leader in Ukraine, I hate to say it, but he's… https://t.co/BE2gRdmopB — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1891963517571301826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw On a similar theme, at one point he was asked what his message is to Ukrainians who feel betrayed by his administration, again as the US pursues negotiations with Russia while sidelining both Zelensky and EU officials. Trump responded bluntly: "I hear they're upset about not having a seat. Well, they've had a seat for three years." Trump was further asked about how he would prevent Russia from installing a puppet government in Ukraine. He remarked that none of this is about personalities, but about getting the job done, saying he likes Zelensky "personally" but that's not what this is all about. Trump's message to Ukrainians who feel betrayed by his administration: "I hear they're upset about not having a seat. Well, they've had a seat for three years." https://t.co/MvQUdzSYIt — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1891962550331314296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw "You have leadership now that's allowed a war to go on that should've never ever happened, even without the United States," Trump said, underscoring that the conflict and slaughter started under Biden. "Look we had a president who was grossly incompetent, he had no idea what he was doing - he said some very stupid things, like going in for portions," Trump continued. "This is something that would have never happened. And I used to discuss it with Putin. President Putin and I used to talk about Ukraine - it was the apple of his eye... I used to tell him 'don't go in' - and he understand that, he understood it fully... I want to see if I can save maybe millions of lives." You might "end up in World War 3," Trump warned, if the conflict keeps escalating and with no efforts to make peace. And more: 🚨President Trump: “I want to see peace. Look, you know why I want it? Because I don't want all these people killed anymore. I'm looking at people that are being killed — and they're Russian and Ukrainian people, but they're people.”https://t.co/RmHMsLjVjy — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1891966625584238901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Importantly, Trump also asked where the billions upon billions given to Ukraine went. “We gave them I think $350 BILLION… where is all the money that’s been given? Where is it going? I don’t see any accounting!” "...so I want to see peace... I don't want to see all these people killed anymore." He noted that Europe has "only given a small percentage of that" - even though this most directly impacts the security of Europe. 🚨 PRESIDENT TRUMP: Where is all the money we’ve given to Ukraine??! “We gave them I think $350 BILLION… where is all the money that’s been given? Where is it going? I don’t see any accounting!” DOGE must dig DEEP into the endless flow of tax dollars given to Ukraine! https://t.co/M7GGWqWZt4 — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/1891966620546830808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw "I could have made a deal for Ukraine that would have given them almost all of the land and no people would have been killed and no cities would have been demolished... President Biden in all fairness doesn't have a clue". lol, Russian troops brazenly attacked Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in a live broadcast, but Trump thinks it was Zelensky who started the war. Putin is surely popping a bottle of champagne every night.https://t.co/YCSifKEHOS — Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1891975578036711796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw * * * Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Tuesday he is cancelling his scheduled state visit to Saudi Arabia following the conclusion of https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/successful-us-russia-talks-conclude-after-4-hours-no-ukraine-or-eu-reps . He's been on a Middle East diplomatic tour to gain support for his country now three years in to the Russia-Ukraine war, which took him to the UAE, Turkey, and Wednesday he was supposed to be in Saudi Arabia to meet with the kingdom's leadership. The Saudi trip had been planned before it was known that the US-Russia talks would take place. "Zelensky CANCELLING trip to Saudi Arabia following US/Russia talks. Zelensky will now return to Kyiv from Ankara, Turkey," Fox News has reported. He now says he plans to visit in March. Zelensky is clearly trying to lash out at Washington. https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/zelenskyuae1.jpg?itok=VJDQ56T5 Without doubt this is to signal his anger about being cut out of talks toward ending the Ukraine war. The https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/successful-us-russia-talks-conclude-after-4-hours-no-ukraine-or-eu-reps Tuesday's four-and-half hour meeting in Riyadh, with Rubio leading the US side and Lavrov leading the Moscow delegation, as "successful". European officials were also noticeably absent from the meeting, which was hosted and mediated by the Saudi government. Zelensky had issued a prior warning while in the UAE: "Ukraine will not accept. Ukraine knew nothing about this. And Ukraine regards any negotiations about Ukraine without Ukraine as having no results," he had said. "Ukraine will not take part in the negotiations. Ukraine did not know they were planned. And the visit to the region was planned long before the US decided to meet Russia there," he continued. The fact that a high-level peace meeting was taking place without Zelensky or any Ukrainian representation, at the very moment he was in the region, is being felt as adding insult to injury from the Trump administration. I think Zelensky is pissed off. Zelensky: I will not travel to Saudi Arabia tomorrow; we have postponed the visit to March 10, and we expect U.S. representatives in Kyiv I care about what our partners think of us. We are absolutely honest and open. That is why I will not go… https://t.co/uQoK94jMLB — Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) https://twitter.com/Mylovanov/status/1891880828512121245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Top Russian diplomat Sergey Lavrov has explained the need for Zelensky's absence from talks as follows: "I don’t know what they [Kiev officals] could do at the negotiating table. If their aim is to cunningly extract a deceptive truce while secretly preparing for continued war—true to their habits and nature—then why invite them at all?" https://tass.com/politics/1914447  to TASS. The US and Russian sides have vowed to continue the peace negotiations going, hopefully leading to a face-to-face meeting between Presidents Putin and Trump. Secretary of State Marco Rubio after the Riyadh meeting issued a statement revealing an agreement for election to be held in Ukraine, which Zelensky certainly isn't going to like (and probably won't agree to), given also he just recently argued that martial law prevents this.  Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: Zelensky's entire team needs to be brought to reason, and he himself needs to be slapped on the wrist. Russia has never endangered Ukraine's energy supply system. https://t.co/Kl8RHgjgGW — Clash Report (@clashreport) https://twitter.com/clashreport/status/1891862728471437421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw But Putin has said negotiations with Ukraine remain a non-starter so long as Zelensky refuses to hold elections. The Russian leader has said this makes him 'illegitimate' and thus he can't legally sign any peace terms. https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden Tue, 02/18/2025 - 17:35 https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelensky-abruptly-cancels-planned-saudi-visit-after-being-sidelined-us-russia-talks

Most of the major geological features on earth were shaped by cataclysmic events. The gradualists are wrong af.