So my Zeus runs in the background most of the time because I also use it with NWC for sending Zaps myself. So most of the time for me zaps I receive just come right through without any need to manually settle. But I have received a few zaps while offline and they just settled when I opened the app next and saw that I had a zap to receive. Personally I use it because I was previously hosting my own LN address on my own domain, but decided I didn't want to expose my own IP on my own web server any more. So this was a good non-custodial compromise.

The implementation is pretty seamless with Zeus. Not sure what other wallets out there might use it though.

Is this similar to Zaplocker that @ZEUS uses in their wallet? It works pretty well.

I tried hosting my own instance of Primal Cache Server (since the client allows for custom cache servers), but the repository is so out of date and the README install instructions don't match the code. Based on several Github Issues posted, looks like it doesn't run on any of the latest versions of Nix and none of the run commands are available or working. I feel like if they're going to make it an option to run your own cache server, it should be maintained better to allow people to do so. Otherwise it is a bit of theater.

https://github.com/PrimalHQ/primal-server/issues/17

At this point their backend server seems to be barely maintained and/or their developers are working on it via a non-public/local repository running old versions of Nix.

Fiat can't really contract the money supply since fiat, at this point, inherently relies upon expanding the money supply to keep debts from collapsing the system.

Americans are and always have been the beneficiaries of having the world reserve currency. Printing the currency to facilitate trade and thus allow foreign countries to hold it (treasuries) in reserve is what keeps the system afloat. Any contraction in the supply would go against this hegemony.

As far as taxing goes, the bottom demographics are already largely not taxed. If you're not employed or are low income, you're not pay much if any taxes (speaking from the US's perspective at least).

I think UBI could work if in tandem with UBI, other safety net programs such as unemployment, welfare, SNAP, etc are done away with. That way it removes the incentive to not work since those programs depend upon a beneficiary not working. It would be a more fair system that everyone benefits from, rather that selectively incentiving those at the bottom to continue not working and therefore perpetuates the problem rather than actually trying to solve one.

That being said, I've yet to see whether or not AI disrupts the workforce to the degree that AI companies are touting their products are going to do. Seems like a lot of marketing. I'd much rather first see the monetary system fixed that brings about far more exploitation and inequities in the world than any implementation of UBI on top of an already broken system.

Isn't he an NBA basketball player?

I'm glad I don't own any NASDAQ index.

It is just far too coincidental that all these governments around the world are implementing "age restrictions" and requiring ID for social media, etc at the same time for it not to be a coordinated effort to push for more mass surveillance. You can't convince me otherwise. No one is asking for this outside of government.

Narrator: The train did in fact come to an abrupt halt in 58 days.