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New comment by pcfreak30 in "US sanctions Italian hosting provider Autistici Inventati"

pcfreak30 — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:39:59 +0000

if the US considered money as speech, like code is speech, we would not be having crypto math wars on crypto/financial privacy as a concept. Tornado-cash for example would not be getting an execution with an audience in the joker "send a message" style.

No, the US govt does NOT consider "money is speech".

New comment by pcfreak30 in "Brazil's X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky"

pcfreak30 — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 15:48:21 +0000

Um.. compare nostr to atproto, not bluesky.

They take very different approaches even if they have similar goals.

Neither is better I think unless you want to get fanboy tribal. It is to be seen what apps will scale and gain adoption for each, though bluesky having a few mil in funding and normal users definitely puts it in the lead.

Speaking as someone funded in the crypto industry... nostr, IMHO, is dominated by BTC maxis and creating a monoculture around it, which will prevent adoption, b/c a social network isn't going to just be talk about NgU and HODL'ing all day.

New comment by pcfreak30 in "Brazil's X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky"

pcfreak30 — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 15:42:45 +0000

nostr's protocol is also fairly unstructured compared to atproto. ive researched bluesky, farcaster, and nostr, and their cultural origins have definitely impacted how they have approached their designs.

There is no predicting what approaches will win, but those 3 are the current viable options I think.

FYI I am part of the crypto crowd myself, but I am a SWE looking at these systems, not a CT gambler, lol.

New comment by pcfreak30 in "Show HN: Peer-to-peer mini r/place with Proof of Work"

pcfreak30 — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 23:36:59 +0000

Using energy is not "terrible for the environment". if it was, stop using your computer, Xbox, and phone.

Dictating proper usage of energy is no better than dictating "proper" speech.

Oh, and while I support not completely burning our planet, the idea of "going green" is basically as extreme as BTC Maxis saying the USD is going to end tomorrow.

But for me in the end, I still value my rights and freedoms over the planet.

And... that idea apparently pisses a lot of people off.