That consolidation will doxx you

But that's not the only privacy problem. You can map it easily - the customer knows to which address they paid you. They will eventually see other income you receive because you join the utxos. They see your whole revenue basically. Clustering is easy and they can watch you... Unless you really know what you are doing (and forgive me, but it seems you don't), you'll get doxxed to customers and to the merchants you pay at the same time.

S kým sa vidíme v Košiciach? :)

That does not guarantee privacy, unless you are extra careful not to join the addresses in one transaction. I actually do this when earning bitcoin and it’s a bit like surgery, you need to know very well what you are doing.

I don’t agree. It’s simply a reputation system and it’s OK if the women choose men according to their reputation. It’s similar to when I want to do business about someone. I ask around. And reputation of the person responding to the question also comes into the equation. It’s good even for the men - they don’t get to date with women who have shitty judgement in the apps and the way to date, saves men a lot of time with “wrong” women too.

I had (thankfully indirect) interaction with a shameless scammer. We know his full name, he has 70k followers and just steals money (fiat, crypto) under various pretenses (OTC trades, he even tried to sell citizenships). He has a full on act, it's quite interesting. When people realize he's a scammer, he just laughs and tells them they scammed themselves because they are stupid. These people exist, it's super weird. I believe it's some kind of psychopathic disorder. Even his family knows, his brother helps, parents know and pretend they don't. Hundreds of thousands of euros. I don't think they have a long lifespan, so it's not an evolutionary adaptation. But we live in the same world as they do. For me, the main point is assuming other people's inner world is similar to mine (also called empathy) is super wrong. They're hacking this assumption. A friend of mine has a good heuristic for this. When someone is talking to you, and you get obligated to listen, ask "are they trying to hack my brain through empathy?". Imagine a beggar. You might or might not want to help them, but you should be able to identify if and when it's a hacking attempt.

This one "No one can tell how much money you have" is true either in theory or when you are very careful.

After listening to DHH at Lex Fridman's podcast I'm trying lazyvim instead of my pimped up vim config. It's pretty cool. I've setup avante with Venice since I have quite a lot of API credits and now all my machines are a bit AI enabled directly in my vi. $ cat .config/nvim/lua/plugins/ai.lua return { "yetone/avante.nvim", event = "VeryLazy", opts = { provider = "openai", system_prompt = [[ You are a great programmer/coder. Do not write excessive comments, do not comment on what you changed/inserted. Write clean, understandable code. If you are using Python, prefer poetry for dependency management. You are interacting with an expert in Linux, Python, networking, do not overexplain simple concepts. ]], providers = { openai = { endpoint = "https://api.venice.ai/api/v1", model = vim.env.VENICE_CODING_MODEL or "qwen3-235b:strip_thinking_response=true", api_key_name = "VENICE_API_KEY", }, }, }, }

Not much, 2gb for smaller models, around 8GB for llama. Then some more for whisper (500MB maybe) I run it on 32GB mac mini.

It is now (somewhat) possible to run fully local (no cloud, no spyware) Alexa/assistant alternative with Home Assistant, Ollama (I run it on Apple Silicon) and as an endpoint Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition. I've written about my setup (and challenges), but TLDR: You can just say "Ok Nabu, turn on my bedroom AC" and it works. I've dreamt about this in Cypherpunk Visions 2023-2025 (a short book). Now I am going to write update for 2026-2029 (3 years is a good timeframe) and this will be "normal" for those who want it now, it's not just a dream. https://community.home-assistant.io/t/blueprint-on-ai-using-ollama-on-apple-silicon/916158

I know many enhanceurs. This is the bottom up revolution we've been waiting for. And almost no one sees it happening, even though it's right in front of their eyes. That's the way!

enhanceur /ˌɒnhɒnˈsɜː(r)/ noun Etymology: Early 21st century: from French, blend of enhance + -eur (agent suffix), modeled after saboteur. First documented usage in online forums discussing "reverse vandalism" and "guerrilla kindness." Definition: A person who secretly improves public spaces, systems, or situations without seeking recognition, often leaving others pleasantly confused about why things work better than expected. (informal) One who commits acts of clandestine betterment; a benevolent phantom who strikes when nobody is watching. Example sentences: "The office enhanceur had struck again—someone had mysteriously fixed the perpetually jammed printer, replaced the dried-up pens with working ones, and nobody had seen a thing." "After years of finding public toilets inexplicably cleaner than expected, Marcus began to suspect the existence of a secret society of bathroom enhanceurs." "The park's enhanceur worked only at night, planting flowers in bare patches and repainting faded benches, leaving morning joggers to wonder if they'd imagined the previous decay." Usage note: Unlike their destructive counterparts (saboteurs), enhanceurs suffer from a peculiar occupational hazard: nobody believes they exist. This has led to the common phrase "enhanceur's paradox"—the better you are at your job, the less evidence there is that you were ever needed. See also: ninja janitor, guerrilla gardener, phantom fixer, anonymous benefactor

Wow, EU/dec diplomacy. They should have read the Art of the deal. "Yesterday’s trade deal between the US and the EU will cost the eurozone economy approximately $60.9 billion per year, according to Bloomberg’s calculations (see below). This is due to worsened export conditions for EU goods in the US. However, on top of that loss, Brussels will also be footing the bill to America. It has committed to purchasing energy resources from the US worth more than $217.4 billion annually. That’s more than ten times what the EU spent on Russian energy resources last year, so it will be difficult for American sources to simply replace Russian ones. Even if Russian deliveries dropped to zero immediately, the EU would still need to cut at least $195.7 billion per year in energy imports from other parts of the world (non-US) to fulfill the deal with Trump. Given that the EU economy—or specifically the eurozone—is expected to shrink by $60.9 billion annually due to Brussels' trade agreement with Trump, demand from EU businesses for energy is also likely to decrease, further complicating the commitment to absorb American energy in the agreed volume of over $217.4 billion. But that’s not all. Under the deal, the EU will also have to invest $547.8 billion in the US. On top of that, it will need to purchase large quantities of American weapons."

It's even worse than lack the ability to care. They actively enjoy fucking them over. What kind of lowlife does one need to be in order to knowingly be just the destroyer of human prosperity and lives. And feel good about themselves.

Since you asked, although the probability that you get into contact with this exact scammer is pretty low. Name: Vratko Krempasky Signal/WhatsApp: +436705054495 Telegram: Personal: https://t.me/@fntmssss Group: https://t.me/fantomasbetting Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fantomaswins/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009547972338 josh stifler holzer Be careful out there. In OTC trades, fiat pays first.