Another contributor to the untenability of the backing of the US dollar by gold was the creation of the Eurodollars system which allows foreign banks to create US dollars. The US Federal Reserve has no oversight over those banks so for obvious reasons, a gold backing couldn’t be maintained even if there had been a willingness to do so.

It seems that a lot of notes aren’t indexed.

Here is the most recent research on the topic: https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.12256

#Idena

I would like to know. Nostr.band has been broken for months and doesn’t work anymore. #asknostr

On point. I would add that #Bitcoin ETF and DATs aren’t bullish. They concentrate the supply in custodians that lend it to short sellers allowing the “tradification” of #BTC which will make it a less volatile asset.

Henry Ford Health a pro-vaccine medical organization conducted a study comparing vaccinated vs. unvaccinated children. The study concluded that vaccinated children are significantly sicker with chronic diseases than the unvaccinated ones. This is not the first study to show this outcome but it certainly is the most authoritative. However, the author of the study made the decision to not publish it fearing reputational risk and negative consequences on his career.

Thankfully, Del Bigtree and Aaron Siri, who have been the drivers for this study behind the scene, released a documentary so this scandal isn’t left untold.

#Vaccines #Parenting #AnInconvenientStudy

https://odysee.com/@LiPhi:7/An-Inconvenient-Study:8

Too many #Bitcoin (Saylor, ETF & more) are held by large custodians like Coinbase who are then lended to short sellers. This allows institutional players to keep BTC in a range while chopping retail investors. The only solution is for retail to take their money out of those custodians and to self-custody but of course it won’t happen.

In 2025, we’ve seen the Western World burning a bit more with each passing day. Our societies have been taken over by a plutocrat class which pollutes our minds with propaganda and attack our bodies with various vector of warfare.

To strip this mafia from their power, we need new tools that will make their system of control obsolete. Yes, we can slow down their advance by playing their game through the current institutions but those have become too corrupted (and their design is outdated) to be an effective counter-power.

If we were to build a cross-border digital democratic society, we would need a system that can enforce one vote per person. #Idena, a proof-of-human-work blockchain could be a foundation for such a system. Already, its concept applied to block mining has successfully enforced the one human, one node policy which prevents a plutocratic takeover of mining on the Idena blockchain.

Some folks are even trying to apply this concept to #Bitcoin mining for maximal decentralization:

https://idio.network/im-trying-to-make-bitcoin-great-again-by-replacing-hashpower-with-proof-of-human-work/

In the meantime, the iDNA currency has been outperforming the broad market amid this #crypto winter. Maybe a sign that the tide is turning and that people are seeking for projects that have the potential to throw a wrench in the matrix. 2026, there is hope, here we come!

https://medium.com/@web3earnplug/the-ruthless-economics-of-human-power-part-3-864b33fa3cf9

I think we’re going to go for a multi-year consolidation range @note1rsg9a...

I’m not sure VPN blocked will deter VPN usage. You may have to turn off your VPN to access some official/institutional website which already ties to your real identity anyway. However, websites that are broadly accessed through pseudonyms would shoot them themselves in the foot with those restrictions. If they are forced to do so via regulations, it will help decentralized alternatives. The only real way VPN bypass can be countered is by enforcing a digital ID at the ISP level.

I feel so unsafe and in danger of being harmed on #Nostr

And 3I/Atlas will make its closest approach to Earth.

#3IATLAS