Creator of BTC Sessions & Sovereign Sessions on YouTube. Co-founder of BTC Mentor. Nostr: [email protected]
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Welcome to the launch of @SOVsessions. Every week I will release tutorials on Freedom Tech. Bitcoin, AI, Privacy, Sovereign Computing and more.
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BREAKING: France just voted to tax the internet.
French lawmakers approved a tax of €0.055 (5.5 cents) for every gigabyte of data that companies like Netflix and YouTube send to French users. It’s a tax on the companies, not users directly, but the cost could get passed on to subscribers.
The vote was 11 to 10, with only 35 of 577 lawmakers present. Supporters say it could raise up to €10 billion a year. The French government opposed it, warning it would hit smaller French companies hardest; VLC says it would cost it over €1 million a year.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This amendment to France's 2027 budget bill was narrowly adopted 11-10 in the National Assembly (35 voters present) but is not yet law, faces government opposition, and must still clear further Assembly/Senate steps.
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How Binance Got Hit By The BIGGEST HEIST In Human History
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BTC Sessions 😎 retweeted
Yes the size and the virtual size is the first thing I want to know about a transaction.
Look up any transaction and the page tells you what it means. Privacy analysis, SegWit savings, and the real fee, on mobile.
blockstream.info
Live footage of @MarkJCarney turning around the Canadian economy by dropping a billion into an unknown D-team AI company.
BTC Sessions 😎 retweeted
Bitcast is going to be absolutely insane tonight.
Make sure you’re subscribed and tuned in at 5 PM EDT.
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BTC Sessions 😎 retweeted
The number of Canadians who will choose @cohere over OpenAI, Anthropic or an open weight model is zero.
Not a single Canadian will use this product or this company of their own volition.
BTC Sessions 😎 retweeted
My new space heater pays me in Bitcoin 🔥
The Avalon Q from @canaanio, 3 ways:
• @ocean_mining: no account, no KYC
• @Braiins: daily sats over Lightning
• @Public_Pool_BTC: a shot at a full block
And the real numbers.
Full tutorial on @SOVsessions 👇
youtu.be/wkbVM1O4kSg
BTC Sessions 😎 retweeted
He's not wrong that the cloud is more efficient.
He skipped the part where the cloud means they can read everything you run.
It doesn't have to. That's the whole point of Maple: the cloud, without them reading it.
Open models inside TEEs, attested, and we can't see your chats. Verify it yourself.
sam: local inference is a terrible allocation of scarce resources
“a lot of people want local inference, and somehow they assume that the problem is solved now because we have open-source models, we're going to be able to run them on our computers, and so we're not going to need all the stuff in the data centre
but from a global allocation perspective, actually it's quite terrible to have everybody, like, have a bunch of the world's limited supply of DRAM sitting in their own computer and being used five percent of the time
you want maximum utilisation in the cloud if you're trying to deal with this very supply-constrained environment
somehow many people's intuition is the opposite of that”
BTC Sessions 😎 retweeted
@higgsfield_ai sent us a cease and desist last night, asking us to shut down our Open Source Higgsfield challenge.
Our read on why they sent it. When the apps people pay for can be rebuilt in the open in two weeks, that’s an uncomfortable thing for a closed platform to watch.
So here’s us reiterating our promise to every builder in the challenge and community, and we’re keeping it:
• The challenge stays open
• Final submissions close tomorrow, Oct 30
• Winners are announced Nov 6, with prizes paid as promised
You showed up for each other. We’re showing up for you.
If we win, we all win!
Comfy out 🫡
Last night, @higgsfield sent @ComfyUI a cease and desist (attached)
They want the Open Source Higgsfield challenge taken down within 48 hours.
Their argument is that our use of the Higgsfield name and that using their CEO's likeness is an infringement violation (man, the irony). Claiming that it makes the event look like Higgsfield is associated with it.
This couldn't be farther from the truth, which is that Higgsfield made a promise to open source its product and never did.
For the past two weeks, builders have been recreating popular closed apps as open workflows anyone can run.
So we asked our community to deliver where Higgsfield failed: apps in the open, built by the community, for the community. We've made it clear that the challenge is organized by ComfyUI and not affiliated with or endorsed by Higgsfield.
When we started Comfy, we made the community a promise. Our product stays open, free, and yours. We’ve kept it every day since, and one letter isn’t going to change that.
The challenge stays up. Comfy and open source will win!
BTC Sessions 😎 retweeted
Your washing machine isn't on Wi-Fi.
You decline tracking cookies.
You cover your webcam.
You use a VPN.
Then you hand your whole computer to an AI agent whose privacy policy keeps changing.
It doesn't have to be like this anymore.
Maple Work is an AI agent for your desktop. Private by design.
Early access rolling out now.
Awesome guy, always loved seeing him at events. Wishing you the best @TheCoinDad!
Good bye Bitcoin 🫡
Thank u for 10 yrs of awesome memories, and an amazing journey with you all.
Our @discoverBDC nonprofit is under a new team!
My farewell video, and some pics below 👇
@adam3us @CharlieShrem @Excellion @maxkeiser @ToneVays @saylor @MiningDisrupt @alexstanczyk @HodlTarantula @natbrunell
BTC Sessions 😎 retweeted
Just when you think things can't get worse 😅
Amazing conversation with @WalkerAmerica and @Bquittem. Brandon is a wealth of knowledge and Walker has really stumbled upon something with his multi-cycle analysis.
History has only lined up like this twice in 300 years.
1776 and 1914.
Today we're at 7 of 12 cycles turning, and climbing.
@Bquittem and @WalkerAmerica on the convergence of historic cycles: 4th Turning, the debt, empire cycles & more.
Watch now: youtu.be/Lci53xJgAFw
BTC Sessions 😎 retweeted
things are getting weird out there
History has only lined up like this twice in 300 years.
1776 and 1914.
Today we're at 7 of 12 cycles turning, and climbing.
@Bquittem and @WalkerAmerica on the convergence of historic cycles: 4th Turning, the debt, empire cycles & more.
Watch now: youtu.be/Lci53xJgAFw