These are damaging times for Bitcoin, getting more aligned with Yahtzees for the last several months, starting more or less in Nashville. It could be the worst thing to happen to BTC?

Ok I’m trying OpenVibe. Hooked up some of my socials that are decentralized in one way or another. So far so good. We’ll see how it goes! Maybe we can do sosh medes and be less dependent on broligarchs.

(Will this post to each of my connected accounts? I think so. Maybe? Still learning...)

A side effect of monitoring local fires here in L.A. is seeing on the Watch Duty map many prescribed fires around the West.

Studies confirm that this strategy helps. The Forest Service has made changes around Rx fires, new approaches launched in 2022, should be helpful over time.

Hopefully the incoming incompetents won't roll back these changes, but who knows with the orange clown closet.

https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/12/12/twenty-year-study-confirms-california-forests-are-healthier-when-burned-or-thinned/

https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/wildfire-crisis

cc @armstrys

I miss Zapathons. ⚡️

I'm into Bitcoin because I hope we can get to a place without permanent inflation. Inflation has averaged ~ 3% throughout my lifetime. It ends up funneling wealth from wage earners to those with hard assets. There are some other public policies that contribute to income equality, but this is one of the big ones, even though it's but a steady trickle. Pretty sure it's the only trickle that actually moves money and the direction is up, not down.

Anyway, I assume people reading like will mostly agree. Feel free to zap me if you do agree ... or if you miss the zapathons.

That place: Blue. Sky. Actual words. Positive words. Growth ensues.

This place: First 5 letters of a body part. Users have plateaued.

My 2 sats on this place:

Decentralized is great and all, but there's the whole issue of what a large majority of people see. Make it welcoming. Change the name.

Additionally, consider a common reaction from a normie: "You can't sign up easily, and after you figure that out, the UI/UX will be less-than, and then the people are very niche so you won't find people talking about the things you want to talk about."

There you have it. Again, my 2 sats. Take them or leave them. Or use my valuable insights ... and tip me big time!

Haven't been on here a while. First thing I see is a popular message from somebody claiming censorship.

It's weird how very many people claiming censorship and suppression of their messages are able to get their messages to me. It's almost as if they have the ability to say what they want and get their messages to me.

Anyhoo, given that, and after a long eyeroll, I may disappear from Nostr again....

Bitcoin doesn't need Trump. Good people who need to learn about BTC are, instead, turned off because of this conference. The damage done today could prove to be very long lasting.