reidwalley on Nostr: Digital 1776 from Jason Lowery: In my office, I have a painting of the Battle of ...
Digital 1776 from Jason Lowery:
In my office, I have a painting of the Battle of Baltimore, the inspiration of our beloved US National Anthem. I love this painting because it illustrates the proof of (mechanical) work required to secure our freedoms & values in three-dimensional space. Francis Scott Key explicitly calls out this proof of (mechanical) work in the Star Spangled Banner:
"And the rockets' red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Gave PROOF through the night
That our flag was still there"
True freedom, in any domain, can only be gained & maintained through the continuous expenditure of physical power to defend our freedoms by imposing steep physical costs on anyone who would attempt to deny us from our freedom. This is a core piece of the American value system.
Now imagine if we could secure our digital age freedoms & values in cyberspace using proof of (electrical) work rather than proof of (mechanical) work... Would would that look like? And considering how this would be a non lethal form of power projection, would that not be a cause worth every watt?
This is what #Bitcoin means to me. It's not just a monetary system to me. It's people coming together to defend their freedom in this new cyber domain using physical power, just as our founding fathers did before us in a different domain. It's a group of people united by a vision of the future where we no longer have to allow ourselves to be exploited and oppressed by those who can centrally control our software, because we now have the means to wield physical power in cyberspace to impeach their oppressive systems of control.
The digital revolution started ~15 years ago with the release of #Bitcoin, and we could be months away from winning it. So i just want to say that it has truly been an honor of a lifetime serving in the trenches of this digital revolution alongside you.
🇺🇲 🦌⚡️🫡
https://x.com/jasonplowery/status/1861479514444038599
In my office, I have a painting of the Battle of Baltimore, the inspiration of our beloved US National Anthem. I love this painting because it illustrates the proof of (mechanical) work required to secure our freedoms & values in three-dimensional space. Francis Scott Key explicitly calls out this proof of (mechanical) work in the Star Spangled Banner:
"And the rockets' red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Gave PROOF through the night
That our flag was still there"
True freedom, in any domain, can only be gained & maintained through the continuous expenditure of physical power to defend our freedoms by imposing steep physical costs on anyone who would attempt to deny us from our freedom. This is a core piece of the American value system.
Now imagine if we could secure our digital age freedoms & values in cyberspace using proof of (electrical) work rather than proof of (mechanical) work... Would would that look like? And considering how this would be a non lethal form of power projection, would that not be a cause worth every watt?
This is what #Bitcoin means to me. It's not just a monetary system to me. It's people coming together to defend their freedom in this new cyber domain using physical power, just as our founding fathers did before us in a different domain. It's a group of people united by a vision of the future where we no longer have to allow ourselves to be exploited and oppressed by those who can centrally control our software, because we now have the means to wield physical power in cyberspace to impeach their oppressive systems of control.
The digital revolution started ~15 years ago with the release of #Bitcoin, and we could be months away from winning it. So i just want to say that it has truly been an honor of a lifetime serving in the trenches of this digital revolution alongside you.
🇺🇲 🦌⚡️🫡
https://x.com/jasonplowery/status/1861479514444038599