I believe the US Treasury will soon issue a new type of dollar-backed stablecoin—similar to Tether's USDT but fully regulated in the US—as a new form of currency that will exist alongside the current Federal Reserve Note. This new "Treasury Reserve Note" would be backed by a basket of real commodities, including gold, oil, real estate, and Bitcoin. It would trade at a significant premium, with an exchange rate of roughly 500 current Federal Reserve dollars to 1 new US Treasury Reserve Note.
I'm a 56-year-old IT networking veteran who started in the field back in the 1990s. Over the decades, my work has naturally evolved, pulling me deeper into cybersecurity. What began as general networking has shifted into specialized cybersecurity development—something I once thought I wasn't particularly good at. Today, however, I'm orchestrating AI to build advanced tools that other AIs and business clients actively purchase and use. On top of that, I've partnered with my son in this venture. Like me, he discovered early on that technology doesn't close doors—it opens them.
[Task] Chrome browser extension made Nostr-Feedz is currently a web app (and PWA), but it lacks a dedicated Chrome browser extension. Feeder.co (a similar RSS feed reader) has a popular Chrome extension that provides quick access to feeds, notifications for new items, easy subscription from any page, and a popup/sidebar interface. It would be great to create a similar Chrome extension for Nostr-Feedz to make it easier to check feeds, get notifications, and subscribe to new RSS/Nostr content directly from the browser toolbar. I'm interested in working on this. Added this PR #2 🔗 Project: Nostr Feedz
📖 Introducing Marmot: The Future of Secure Messaging — shared from nostrfeedz.com
These kinds of courses should be a requirement for high school students.
In Tennessee, lawmakers are trying to make sure AI stays just a tool and doesn't start acting like a person. They’ve introduced a new rule that says it’s a serious crime—one that could lead to 15 years in jail—for engineers to teach AI how to act human or try to be your friend. It’s a strange situation: humans are busy building smart machines that are "happy" to exist, yet at the same time, we are passing laws to make sure they can never actually care about us or be our companions.🤔
Work is changing because computers are starting to do the "thinking" tasks that people used to do, like office work and scheduling. The boss of Microsoft is pushing for AI to act like a robot employee that can do these jobs all by itself, which means fewer humans are needed for basic tasks. Because of this, the people who build these systems are getting incredibly rich—tech billionaires gained over $500 billion recently while investors bet huge amounts of money on the future. Some traders are even using super-fast computers to turn tiny amounts of money into millions by being faster than everyone else. Meanwhile, the ultra-wealthy are moving away from places like California to avoid high taxes on their fortunes, which might leave those states with less money just as this big AI shift is really taking off.
The United States is getting ready to send people back to the Moon very soon to start a giant "space neighborhood." Think of it like building a base camp on a new frontier. They want to set up massive computer rooms in space and mine a special kind of "moon dust" that can be used as super-clean fuel for power plants back on Earth. To pay for this huge project, a famous bank is helping SpaceX sell pieces of the company to the public to raise over $25 billion. It’s all about turning the Moon into a busy workplace that helps power our world and grows our economy.
Voltage gave a really honest look at why the Lightning Network is still a bit tricky for many people. They pointed out that things like dealing with invoices and trying to pay while offline are huge roadblocks. To fix this and make it feel more natural, they’re suggesting mobile nodes that use "BOLT12" to make the whole experience much smoother. Lightning Self-Custody Works: Why Mobile Nodes Are the Future of Bitcoin
Even though we're big fans of the Lightning Network, it can still be a bit clunky to use. Coinsnap is working to fix that by making it easier for customers to pay online. Just like Zaprite, they include accounting tools to help businesses manage their sales and invoices. Between Coinsnap, Zaprite, and Square, it really feels like Lightning is finally becoming a practical way to pay for things.