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2025-05-20 15:53:48This piece is the first in a series that will focus on things I think are a priority if your focus is similar to mine: building a strong family and safeguarding their future.
Choosing the ideal place to raise a family is one of the most significant decisions you will ever make. For simplicity sake I will break down my thought process into key factors: strong property rights, the ability to grow your own food, access to fresh water, the freedom to own and train with guns, and a dependable community.
A Jurisdiction with Strong Property Rights
Strong property rights are essential and allow you to build on a solid foundation that is less likely to break underneath you. Regions with a history of limited government and clear legal protections for landowners are ideal. Personally I think the US is the single best option globally, but within the US there is a wide difference between which state you choose. Choose carefully and thoughtfully, think long term. Obviously if you are not American this is not a realistic option for you, there are other solid options available especially if your family has mobility. I understand many do not have this capability to easily move, consider that your first priority, making movement and jurisdiction choice possible in the first place.
Abundant Access to Fresh Water
Water is life. I cannot overstate the importance of living somewhere with reliable, clean, and abundant freshwater. Some regions face water scarcity or heavy regulations on usage, so prioritizing a place where water is plentiful and your rights to it are protected is critical. Ideally you should have well access so you are not tied to municipal water supplies. In times of crisis or chaos well water cannot be easily shutoff or disrupted. If you live in an area that is drought prone, you are one drought away from societal chaos. Not enough people appreciate this simple fact.
Grow Your Own Food
A location with fertile soil, a favorable climate, and enough space for a small homestead or at the very least a garden is key. In stable times, a small homestead provides good food and important education for your family. In times of chaos your family being able to grow and raise healthy food provides a level of self sufficiency that many others will lack. Look for areas with minimal restrictions, good weather, and a culture that supports local farming.
Guns
The ability to defend your family is fundamental. A location where you can legally and easily own guns is a must. Look for places with a strong gun culture and a political history of protecting those rights. Owning one or two guns is not enough and without proper training they will be a liability rather than a benefit. Get comfortable and proficient. Never stop improving your skills. If the time comes that you must use a gun to defend your family, the skills must be instinct. Practice. Practice. Practice.
A Strong Community You Can Depend On
No one thrives alone. A ride or die community that rallies together in tough times is invaluable. Seek out a place where people know their neighbors, share similar values, and are quick to lend a hand. Lead by example and become a good neighbor, people will naturally respond in kind. Small towns are ideal, if possible, but living outside of a major city can be a solid balance in terms of work opportunities and family security.
Let me know if you found this helpful. My plan is to break down how I think about these five key subjects in future posts.
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2025-05-20 15:47:16Here’s a revised timeline of macro-level events from The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047 by Lionel Shriver, reimagined in a world where Bitcoin is adopted as a widely accepted form of money, altering the original narrative’s assumptions about currency collapse and economic control. In Shriver’s original story, the failure of Bitcoin is assumed amid the dominance of the bancor and the dollar’s collapse. Here, Bitcoin’s success reshapes the economic and societal trajectory, decentralizing power and challenging state-driven outcomes.
Part One: 2029–2032
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2029 (Early Year)\ The United States faces economic strain as the dollar weakens against global shifts. However, Bitcoin, having gained traction emerges as a viable alternative. Unlike the original timeline, the bancor—a supranational currency backed by a coalition of nations—struggles to gain footing as Bitcoin’s decentralized adoption grows among individuals and businesses worldwide, undermining both the dollar and the bancor.
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2029 (Mid-Year: The Great Renunciation)\ Treasury bonds lose value, and the government bans Bitcoin, labeling it a threat to sovereignty (mirroring the original bancor ban). However, a Bitcoin ban proves unenforceable—its decentralized nature thwarts confiscation efforts, unlike gold in the original story. Hyperinflation hits the dollar as the U.S. prints money, but Bitcoin’s fixed supply shields adopters from currency devaluation, creating a dual-economy split: dollar users suffer, while Bitcoin users thrive.
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2029 (Late Year)\ Dollar-based inflation soars, emptying stores of goods priced in fiat currency. Meanwhile, Bitcoin transactions flourish in underground and online markets, stabilizing trade for those plugged into the bitcoin ecosystem. Traditional supply chains falter, but peer-to-peer Bitcoin networks enable local and international exchange, reducing scarcity for early adopters. The government’s gold confiscation fails to bolster the dollar, as Bitcoin’s rise renders gold less relevant.
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2030–2031\ Crime spikes in dollar-dependent urban areas, but Bitcoin-friendly regions see less chaos, as digital wallets and smart contracts facilitate secure trade. The U.S. government doubles down on surveillance to crack down on bitcoin use. A cultural divide deepens: centralized authority weakens in Bitcoin-adopting communities, while dollar zones descend into lawlessness.
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2032\ By this point, Bitcoin is de facto legal tender in parts of the U.S. and globally, especially in tech-savvy or libertarian-leaning regions. The federal government’s grip slips as tax collection in dollars plummets—Bitcoin’s traceability is low, and citizens evade fiat-based levies. Rural and urban Bitcoin hubs emerge, while the dollar economy remains fractured.
Time Jump: 2032–2047
- Over 15 years, Bitcoin solidifies as a global reserve currency, eroding centralized control. The U.S. government adapts, grudgingly integrating bitcoin into policy, though regional autonomy grows as Bitcoin empowers local economies.
Part Two: 2047
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2047 (Early Year)\ The U.S. is a hybrid state: Bitcoin is legal tender alongside a diminished dollar. Taxes are lower, collected in BTC, reducing federal overreach. Bitcoin’s adoption has decentralized power nationwide. The bancor has faded, unable to compete with Bitcoin’s grassroots momentum.
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2047 (Mid-Year)\ Travel and trade flow freely in Bitcoin zones, with no restrictive checkpoints. The dollar economy lingers in poorer areas, marked by decay, but Bitcoin’s dominance lifts overall prosperity, as its deflationary nature incentivizes saving and investment over consumption. Global supply chains rebound, powered by bitcoin enabled efficiency.
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2047 (Late Year)\ The U.S. is a patchwork of semi-autonomous zones, united by Bitcoin’s universal acceptance rather than federal control. Resource scarcity persists due to past disruptions, but economic stability is higher than in Shriver’s original dystopia—Bitcoin’s success prevents the authoritarian slide, fostering a freer, if imperfect, society.
Key Differences
- Currency Dynamics: Bitcoin’s triumph prevents the bancor’s dominance and mitigates hyperinflation’s worst effects, offering a lifeline outside state control.
- Government Power: Centralized authority weakens as Bitcoin evades bans and taxation, shifting power to individuals and communities.
- Societal Outcome: Instead of a surveillance state, 2047 sees a decentralized, bitcoin driven world—less oppressive, though still stratified between Bitcoin haves and have-nots.
This reimagining assumes Bitcoin overcomes Shriver’s implied skepticism to become a robust, adopted currency by 2029, fundamentally altering the novel’s bleak trajectory.
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2025-05-20 15:51:33Introduction
It is becoming increasingly evident that sunlight is an essential nutrient for the body. To be more precise, the various wavelengths coming from the sun provide different benefits to the body, and each play a vital role in human health. Even more so, they work in concert with one another, as one wavelength may help reduce the potentially harmful effects of another. Benefits are maximized and harm reduced when we are exposed to the full breadth of this rainbow. This article will attempt to shed light on these various benefits and synergies.
To put this discussion into context, it is important to consider the overall health benefits of sunlight exposure. In a Swedish study that followed 29,000 women over 20 years, it was found that the mortality rate was doubled in those who avoided sun exposure when compared to those that didn’t (Lindqvist et al. 2016). Women who avoided the sun were twice as likely to die, primarily from cardiovascular disease, and there was no difference between death from malignant melanoma between the two groups (Lindqvist et al. 2016).
To understand why sunlight is so beneficial to health, it is important to make clear the diverse range of wavelengths that come from the sun. We typically think of the sun as a provider of both visible light and warmth. However, the spectrum of light visible to the human eye is a narrow band of the wavelengths actually emitted by the sun.
As wavelengths become shorter, visible light becomes more blue. Beyond the visible spectrum on the blue end, we arrive at ultraviolet (UV) light. On the other end of the spectrum are the longer red wavelengths. Outside of the visible window on the red side is infrared (IR) light, which provides heat. For helpful context, consider how shorter wavelengths have a harder time penetrating our atmosphere. So, the skies of dawn and dusk are predominately filled with red and near-infrared (NIR) light, while the middle of the day contains more blue and UV light. The bulk of wavelengths from the sun throughout the day are on the NIR end. The entire spectrum of visible and non-visible light between UV and IR plays critical roles in human health, especially towards mitochondrial health and metabolism. To summarize these benefits and provide a general overview for the following article, the benefits are as follows:
- UV – aids in the production of vitamin D and melanin, but also causes DNA damage
- Vitamin D improves immune system function and can repair DNA damage
- Melanin stores electrons for use within mitochondria
- Blue – involved in our circadian rhythm as the absence of blue light triggers the production of melatonin, an important antioxidant.
- Near-infrared (NIR) – improves mitochondria function and energy production while also protecting us from the harms of blue and UV light.
Ultraviolet Light
Let’s begin with a discussion around the widely misunderstood light of UV. UV is often viewed as a dangerous form of light, given that it can cause DNA damage and lead to cancer. While true, this myopic point of view ignores the crucial benefits of UV light. UV light produces vitamin D, which counteracts the DNA damage caused by UV while providing many other benefits. Additionally, UV light triggers the production of melanin, which aids in mitochondrial function. Like all physiological processes in the body that are vital to survival, there is a release of POMC-derived endorphins when skin comes into contact with UV light (Fell et al. 2014). Any person likely reading this article can agree that sitting under the sun simply feels amazing. We are drawn to it in a deeply meaningful sense.
Vitamin D is one of the most important chemicals regarding health, and it is poorly named. The term ‘vitamin’ refers to a compound that is important for health but cannot be adequately made within the body and must be retrieved externally. Peoples of the Northern and Southern hemisphere who are exposed to less UV light during winter would, for example, historically retrieve their vitamin D from foods such as oily fish, seal blubber, whale blubber, and polar bear liver (Wacker and Holick 2013). In a similar way, vitamin D was given its name 100 years ago when it was found that cod-liver oil was capable of curing rickets, when it was found that the so-called vitamin could promote calcium deposition in bones (McCollum et al. 1922). It was only until much later, in 1981, when scientists discovered that human skin could also synthesize vitamin D (M. F. Holick 1981). A majority of human vitamin D is produced by the skin when exposed to UVB (280 – 315 nm), while a minor amount is gained through food (Prietl et al. 2013; Wacker and Holick 2013). Most cells and organs in the human body have vitamin D receptors and many organs also have the ability to produce it, this speaks to the incredibly important nature of this compound towards our health (Prietl et al. 2013; Wacker and Holick 2013). Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with various types of cancer, autoimmune disorders, type 1 diabetes mellitus, multiple sclerosis (MS), cardiovascular disease, and even schizophrenia (Michael F. Holick 2007; Wacker and Holick 2013). Multiple studies have also found that vitamin D deficiency increases all-cause mortality (Garland et al. 2014; Yang et al. 2011; Chowdhury et al. 2014).
Though the historical benefits to vitamin D were attributed mainly to bone health, it is far more important. Vitamin D plays a critical role in protecting against invasive pathogens, reducing autoimmunity, and maintaining overall health (Wimalawansa 2023). Regarding immunity, one way it does this is by causing a shift away from proinflammatory responses to one more centered around T cell activation (Prietl et al. 2013). Vitamin D has therefore been shown to benefit other disorders that are related to immunity, such as a study that found vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy reduced asthmatic symptoms in children (Litonjua et al. 2016). That being said, it is important to highlight how there is no substitution for natural sunlight as a means of getting vitamin D. Naturally produced vitamin D from the skin lasts 2-3 times longer in the body (Wacker and Holick 2013). This is one of many likely reasons why the natural avenue should always be preferred over the supplemental. A similar line of reasoning follows in methods of getting UV light, as natural sun exposure leads to a decrease of all-cause mortality while the use of artificial tanning beds has been shown to increase all-cause and cancer mortality (Yang et al. 2011). More on why this likely occurs later.
Beyond vitamin D’s benefits to the immune system, it is important to focus on the compound’s role in mitochondrial health. In a previous article I wrote titled “Sunlight and Health”, I delve deeper into the importance of mitochondria and the science of how they work. In simplicity, imagine how all life on earth centers around energy. The sun provides energy to the earth, and the plethora of life on earth harness and facilitate the flow of that energy. Plants and animals share a symbiotic relationship within this system. Plants, through photosynthesis, take in sunlight, CO2, and water and create a glucose precursor and oxygen. This occurs within the chloroplast of plant cells. Within human cells, we have mitochondria. Our mitochondria, in turn, take in oxygen and glucose and produce CO2, water, and energy for our bodies in the form of ATP. What the plant breathes out, we breathe in, and vice versa. Mitochondria are central to all animal life on earth, and the ATP produced is central to all physiologic function. If your mitochondria are unhealthy, you are unhealthy and will experience disease.
Vitamin D plays a role in mitochondrial health at a DNA level. Our cells have DNA, which we inherited from our mother and father. On top of that, the mitochondria within our cells have their own set of DNA (mtDNA). Our mitochondria come from our mother’s egg, and therefore our mtDNA always is inherited from our mother. UV light can cause damage to both our DNA and mtDNA (Birch-Machin, Russell, and Latimer 2013). This is what gives UV light the ability to cause cancer. Additionally, damage to the mtDNA within our mitochondria can lead to mitochondrial dysfunction. The more poorly our mitochondria function, the less energy we produce for our cells, and the less healthy our cells become. There is research being developed that suggests the role of vitamin D is to counterbalance this danger by regulating gene transcription and reducing mtDNA damage. A mouse study conducted in 2011, for example, found that different shapes of vitamin D reduce the development of tumors in mice following UV exposure (Dixon et al. 2011). It is not unlike nature to create a system of checks and balances, to ensure that the damaging effects of UV light are counterbalanced by a compound produced by the body when exposure to that same light.
While vitamin D may be important for mitochondrial health by protecting against mtDNA damage, melanin potentially plays a much larger role. Melanin is the pigment in our skin that make us darker. Not only is the diversity in skin tones across humans due to variations in melanin content, but a tan is also the creation of more melanin. To be more specific, the skin’s exposure to UVA (315-400nm) leads to the creation of melanin (Wicks et al. 2011). The most obvious benefit to the production of melanin, which most people could appreciate, is that the darker or tanner our skin is, the less damage we will receive from UV light. In this way, melanin shares a similar responsibility to vitamin D, where both are protecting the body against the very thing that forms them. Even more crucially however, melanin acts as a battery for the mitochondria.
During cellular respiration, where mitochondria turn oxygen and glucose into energy, electrons are stripped from the glucose for use. In other words, what our mitochondria really need are oxygen and electrons, and the glucose is simply a means to an end. If the mitochondria are the engine, then the electrons are the fuel (assuming you are still breathing). Due to its chemical structure, melanin is a natural reversible oxidation-reduction system (Figge 1939). In other words, it can both store and release electrons. Melanin is therefore a kind of battery, retrieving electrons from various sources, and storing them for future use in our mitochondria as a substitute for food. When stated this way, and considering how food is important because both fats and carbohydrates fuel the body by providing electrons to our mitochondria, one can imagine how vitally important melanin is. Melanin is central towards the availability of electrons for use in our body to produce the energy to live. Without adequate melanin, your mitochondria will starve for fuel and not provide your body with the energy it needs to thrive.
Blue Light
To contextualize the role blue light plays in human health, it is important to revisit an important byproduct of cellular respiration within mitochondria. When mitochondria turn electrons and oxygen into energy, there is a byproduct formed known as reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS play important roles in the body, but in excess they can cause DNA damage and disrupt various cellular processes. For example, UV light causes cancer due to the ROS generated, and studies have found that blue light does the same in both the skin and eyes (Nakashima, Ohta, and Wolf 2017; Abdouh et al. 2024). This research suggests that excess blue light or blue light in isolation can damage the eyes and cause harm like UV light.
Blue and UV light are predominant during the middle of the day. Though both may cause oxidative stress on the body, the body simultaneously counteracts this damage through melatonin. Think of melatonin as the junk remover for mitochondria. Throughout the day mitochondria produce energy, and ROS is formed. During our nighttime sleep, melatonin plays an important role as an antioxidant and removes the excess ROS (Leon et al. 2004).
The relationship between blue light and melatonin is important. During the day, when blue light is present, our body suppresses the production of melatonin (West et al. 2011). When the sun sets and there is no longer a heavy presence of blue light, our body begins to produce melatonin for sleep. This is a central function for how our body gets tired at night and gets ready for sleep. This is also why artificial light at night, from our modern technology, is harmful to human health because it tricks the body into the continual suppression of melatonin production. Without proper melatonin production, our cells buildup too much ROS and this can cause mitochondrial dysfunction and other sleep related issues.
Beyond the importance of getting good sleep and producing melatonin to remove excess ROS from our cells, the existence of artificial light and excess blue light is problematic during the day as well. As stated previously, blue light causes ROS buildup in both the skin and eyes (Nakashima, Ohta, and Wolf 2017; Abdouh et al. 2024). As with most harms from sunlight, our body has adapted with a backup plan. During the day, when blue and UV light is present, there is simultaneous exposure to NIR light (650-1200nm). Recent research suggests that NIR also counterbalances the harm of blue light by increasing melatonin synthesis in the mitochondria (Tan et al. 2023). This highlights the importance of receiving the full spectrum of light from the sun, as one wavelength counterbalances the damages of the other.
Near-Infrared Light
While indoor living has been commonplace for humans across generations, and modern technology has over saturated our bodies with blue light, some recent changes to our technology have made things worse. Incandescent light bulbs emit NIR light, this is why they got warm. However, LED lights do not emit NIR light. Therefore, where people of past generations were potentially exposed to a lot of artificial light at night, this was counterbalanced by the NIR emitted by those same lightbulbs. Now, modern humans use LEDs and spend 93% of our time indoors with zero exposure to NIR, which is 90% of the light emitted by the sun (Tan et al. 2023).
Not only does NIR light protect our bodies from the damaging consequences of blue light, but it similarly protects us against UV light. As stated previously, NIR may result in the production of melatonin within mitochondria during the day, helping protect against the ROS buildup and mtDNA damage. Additionally, research has also found that NIR light protects from UV light in other ways. For example, a study in 2008 found that pretreating skin with NIR light (660nm) prevented sunburns (Barolet and Boucher 2008). Another study found that red and NIR light (620-690nm) altered gene expression and upregulated DNA repair (Kim et al. 2019). Again, this highlights the theme that the body has produced the means to protect itself from the harms of the sun via other rays emitted. However, the protection from harmful rays is best achieved when exposed to the full spectrum of light wavelengths as they change throughout the day. The light of dawn and dusk is predominately red and NIR. Therefore, this research suggests that being exposed to morning light will protect the body from the potentially cancer-causing effects of the UV light later in the day. A human being who lived outside would naturally be exposed to this spectrum of light every day. However, modern humans may be inside in the morning, go to the beach during the middle of the day, and get sunburned because they do not properly receive the full spectrum of light as nature intended every day.
Lastly, it is important to explore the ways NIR improves mitochondrial function. If electrons are the fuel source for this engine, and melatonin is the junk removal, then NIR is the lubricant. NIR improves the energy output of mitochondria, and there are various hypotheses for how this occurs. One hypothesis is that NIR boosts the functionality of cytochrome c oxidase, one of the chromophores used in the electron transport chain (ETC) of cellular respiration within mitochondria (De Freitas and Hamblin 2016). Another involves NIR light’s ability to modify the viscosity of water which increases the efficiency of the final step in the ETC, the ATP synthase (Sommer, Haddad, and Fecht 2015). ATP synthase can be thought of as a kind of pump that produces ATP, in this way NIR can be thought of almost literally as a lubricant for this pump.
Summary
In summary, the research involving how sunlight affects mitochondrial health highlights the importance of the full spectrum of wavelengths, each of which plays a vital role in human health throughout the day. Having exposure to one, without the other, can lead to imbalances and mitochondrial disease. The red and NIR light in the morning helps our mitochondria produce more energy throughout the day, while also preparing our bodies for the beneficial yet dangerous wavelengths to come. In the middle of the day, we receive much more UV and blue light, which help us produce vitamin D and melanin, both central to health and wellness. Once the sun sets, and blue light is absent, we produce melatonin for sleep. During our sleep, the melatonin removes the dangerous byproducts of our energy-producing day, protecting us from disease and preparing us for the following day. Mitochondria are central to human health and life on earth, and the rays from the sun are central to mitochondrial health.
Respecting nature and its cycles is vital for us humans who are increasingly immersing ourselves in a world dominated by technology. Our ancestors did not have to reconcile with these ideas, because life forced these exposures upon them. If we wish to maintain health in our modern world, we must be able to find balance. Even though some might think they can escape into the virtual world, our bodies will always and forever be connected and reliant upon the natural one.
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- UV – aids in the production of vitamin D and melanin, but also causes DNA damage
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2025-05-20 15:50:48For years American bitcoin miners have argued for more efficient and free energy markets. It benefits everyone if our energy infrastructure is as efficient and robust as possible. Unfortunately, broken incentives have led to increased regulation throughout the sector, incentivizing less efficient energy sources such as solar and wind at the detriment of more efficient alternatives.
The result has been less reliable energy infrastructure for all Americans and increased energy costs across the board. This naturally has a direct impact on bitcoin miners: increased energy costs make them less competitive globally.
Bitcoin mining represents a global energy market that does not require permission to participate. Anyone can plug a mining computer into power and internet to get paid the current dynamic market price for their work in bitcoin. Using cellphone or satellite internet, these mines can be located anywhere in the world, sourcing the cheapest power available.
Absent of regulation, bitcoin mining naturally incentivizes the build out of highly efficient and robust energy infrastructure. Unfortunately that world does not exist and burdensome regulations remain the biggest threat for US based mining businesses. Jurisdictional arbitrage gives miners the option of moving to a friendlier country but that naturally comes with its own costs.
Enter AI. With the rapid development and release of AI tools comes the requirement of running massive datacenters for their models. Major tech companies are scrambling to secure machines, rack space, and cheap energy to run full suites of AI enabled tools and services. The most valuable and powerful tech companies in America have stumbled into an accidental alliance with bitcoin miners: THE NEED FOR CHEAP AND RELIABLE ENERGY.
Our government is corrupt. Money talks. These companies will push for energy freedom and it will greatly benefit us all.
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2025-05-20 13:49:50I’ve written about MSTR twice already, https://www.chrisliss.com/p/mstr and https://www.chrisliss.com/p/mstr-part-2, but I want to focus on legendary short seller James Chanos’ current trade wherein he buys bitcoin (via ETF) and shorts MSTR, in essence to “be like Mike” Saylor who sells MSTR shares at the market and uses them to add bitcoin to the company’s balance sheet. After all, if it’s good enough for Saylor, why shouldn’t everyone be doing it — shorting a company whose stock price is more than 2x its bitcoin holdings and using the proceeds to buy the bitcoin itself?
Saylor himself has said selling shares at 2x NAV (net asset value) to buy bitcoin is like selling dollars for two dollars each, and Chanos has apparently decided to get in while the getting (market cap more than 2x net asset value) is good. If the price of bitcoin moons, sending MSTR’s shares up, you are more than hedged in that event, too. At least that’s the theory.
The problem with this bet against MSTR’s mNAV, i.e., you are betting MSTR’s market cap will converge 1:1 toward its NAV in the short and medium term is this trade does not exist in a vacuum. Saylor has described how his ATM’s (at the market) sales of shares are accretive in BTC per share because of this very premium they carry. Yes, we’ll dilute your shares of the company, but because we’re getting you 2x the bitcoin per share, you are getting an ever smaller slice of an ever bigger overall pie, and the pie is growing 2x faster than your slice is reducing. (I https://www.chrisliss.com/p/mstr how this works in my first post.)
But for this accretion to continue, there must be a constant supply of “greater fools” to pony up for the infinitely printable shares which contain only half their value in underlying bitcoin. Yes, those shares will continue to accrete more BTC per share, but only if there are more fools willing to make this trade in the future. So will there be a constant supply of such “fools” to keep fueling MSTR’s mNAV multiple indefinitely?
Yes, there will be in my opinion because you have to look at the trade from the prospective fools’ perspective. Those “fools” are not trading bitcoin for MSTR, they are trading their dollars, selling other equities to raise them maybe, but in the end it’s a dollars for shares trade. They are not selling bitcoin for them.
You might object that those same dollars could buy bitcoin instead, so they are surely trading the opportunity cost of buying bitcoin for them, but if only 5-10 percent of the market (or less) is buying bitcoin itself, the bucket in which which those “fools” reside is the entire non-bitcoin-buying equity market. (And this is not considering the even larger debt market which Saylor has yet to tap in earnest.)
So for those 90-95 percent who do not and are not presently planning to own bitcoin itself, is buying MSTR a fool’s errand, so to speak? Not remotely. If MSTR shares are infinitely printable ATM, they are still less so than the dollar and other fiat currencies. And MSTR shares are backed 2:1 by bitcoin itself, while the fiat currencies are backed by absolutely nothing. So if you hold dollars or euros, trading them for MSTR shares is an errand more sage than foolish.
That’s why this trade (buying BTC and shorting MSTR) is so dangerous. Not only are there many people who won’t buy BTC buying MSTR, there are many funds and other investment entities who are only able to buy MSTR.
Do you want to get BTC at 1:1 with the 5-10 percent or MSTR backed 2:1 with the 90-95 percent. This is a bit like medical tests that have a 95 percent accuracy rate for an asymptomatic disease that only one percent of the population has. If someone tests positive, it’s more likely to be a false one than an indication he has the disease*. The accuracy rate, even at 19:1, is subservient to the size of the respective populations.
At some point this will no longer be the case, but so long as the understanding of bitcoin is not widespread, so long as the dollar is still the unit of account, the “greater fools” buying MSTR are still miles ahead of the greatest fools buying neither, and the stock price and mNAV should only increase.
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One other thought: it’s more work to play defense than offense because the person on offense knows where he’s going, and the defender can only react to him once he moves. Similarly, Saylor by virtue of being the issuer of the shares knows when more will come online while Chanos and other short sellers are borrowing them to sell in reaction to Saylor’s strategy. At any given moment, Saylor can pause anytime, choosing to issue convertible debt or preferred shares with which to buy more bitcoin, and the shorts will not be given advance notice.
If the price runs, and there is no ATM that week because Saylor has stopped on a dime, so to speak, the shorts will be left having to scramble to change directions and buy the shares back to cover. Their momentum might be in the wrong direction, though, and like Allen Iverson breaking ankles with a crossover, Saylor might trigger a massive short squeeze, rocketing the share price ever higher. That’s why he actually welcomes Chanos et al trying this copycat strategy — it becomes the fuel for outsized gains.
For that reason, news that Chanos is shorting MSTR has not shaken my conviction, though there are other more pertinent https://www.chrisliss.com/p/mstr-part-2 with MSTR, of which one should be aware. And as always, do your own due diligence before investing in anything.
* To understand this, consider a population of 100,000, with one percent having a disease. That means 1,000 have it, 99,000 do not. If the test is 95 percent accurate, and everyone is tested, 950 of the 1,000 will test positive (true positives), 50 who have it will test negative (false negatives.) Of the positives, 95 percent of 99,000 (94,050) will test negative (true negatives) and five percent (4,950) will test positive (false positives). That means 4,950 out of 5,900 positives (84%) will be false.
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2025-05-20 15:27:21Mata mask is a very popular digital wallet and power extension which allows users to interact with etherium the blockchain and other compatible networks. In this article we will explore the benefits and features of using Meta mask,as and also provide a step by step on how to get started.
WHAT IS META MASK MANY will ask what is meta mask, it is a soft ware wallet which allows the users to receive store and also send etherium and other tokens. You can find them in your browsers like playstore Google chrome and so on.
THEY ARE KEY FEATURES WHEN USING A META MASK 1. BLOCKCHAIN INTERACTIONS : meta mask allows you to interact with decentralized applications and also smart contracts on etherium blockchain. 2. CUSTOMIZABLE:meta mask allows the user to hod or her experience and choosing which networks to interact with. 3. SECURE STORAGE: metamask stores your privately key securely, allowing you to make use of your digital assets with confidence.
THE BENEFITS OF USING META MASK 1. NFTs: meta mask allows you to buy, sell and store no fungible tokens 'nft' on platforms like rarible and so on.
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DECENTRALIZED FINANCE: meta mask allows you to access a large range of decentralized applications including trading, and borrowing and also trading platforms.
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SMART CONTRACTS INTERACTIONS: meta mask also allows you to interact with decentralized governance and other blockchain-based applications.
WHEN GETTING STARTED WITH META MASK 1. Install the meta mask app 2. Create a wallet. 3. Fund your wallet by transferring etherium or other supported tokens to your wallet. 4. Explore the app by browsing decentralized applications and smart contracts on the etherium blockchain.
IN conclusion, meta mask is suitable for anyone looking to interact with etherium blockchain and other compatible networks. It is also suitable for anyone who is interested in decentralized finance, smart contracts interactions even NFTs.
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2025-05-20 15:19:25https://www.wsj.com/tech/europe-big-tech-ai-1f3f862c?mod=hp_lead_pos7
https://stacker.news/items/984656
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2025-05-20 15:50:22There is something quietly rebellious about stacking sats. In a world obsessed with instant gratification, choosing to patiently accumulate Bitcoin, one sat at a time, feels like a middle finger to the hype machine. But to do it right, you have got to stay humble. Stack too hard with your head in the clouds, and you will trip over your own ego before the next halving even hits.
Small Wins
Stacking sats is not glamorous. Discipline. Stacking every day, week, or month, no matter the price, and letting time do the heavy lifting. Humility lives in that consistency. You are not trying to outsmart the market or prove you are the next "crypto" prophet. Just a regular person, betting on a system you believe in, one humble stack at a time. Folks get rekt chasing the highs. They ape into some shitcoin pump, shout about it online, then go silent when they inevitably get rekt. The ones who last? They stack. Just keep showing up. Consistency. Humility in action. Know the game is long, and you are not bigger than it.
Ego is Volatile
Bitcoin’s swings can mess with your head. One day you are up 20%, feeling like a genius and the next down 30%, questioning everything. Ego will have you panic selling at the bottom or over leveraging the top. Staying humble means patience, a true bitcoin zen. Do not try to "beat” Bitcoin. Ride it. Stack what you can afford, live your life, and let compounding work its magic.
Simplicity
There is a beauty in how stacking sats forces you to rethink value. A sat is worth less than a penny today, but every time you grab a few thousand, you plant a seed. It is not about flaunting wealth but rather building it, quietly, without fanfare. That mindset spills over. Cut out the noise: the overpriced coffee, fancy watches, the status games that drain your wallet. Humility is good for your soul and your stack. I have a buddy who has been stacking since 2015. Never talks about it unless you ask. Lives in a decent place, drives an old truck, and just keeps stacking. He is not chasing clout, he is chasing freedom. That is the vibe: less ego, more sats, all grounded in life.
The Big Picture
Stack those sats. Do it quietly, do it consistently, and do not let the green days puff you up or the red days break you down. Humility is the secret sauce, it keeps you grounded while the world spins wild. In a decade, when you look back and smile, it will not be because you shouted the loudest. It will be because you stayed the course, one sat at a time. \ \ Stay Humble and Stack Sats. 🫡
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2025-05-20 15:13:35📌 Ablauf
1. Prompt auswählen
Wähle aus der Promptsammlung einen Prompt, der dich anspricht – z. B. zu Unterrichtsplanung, Kreativmethoden, Inklusion oder KI-Nutzung im RU.
2. Prompt ausprobieren
Verwende den Prompt mit einem KI-Tool (z. B. ChatGPT oder ein freies Modell wie LM Studio) und passe ihn ggf. leicht an dein Thema oder deine Klasse an.
3. Reflexion schreiben
Notiere kurz, was gut geklappt hat, was überrascht hat oder was du noch verbessern möchtest. Halte es so fest, dass andere davon lernen können.
4. Auf Nostr posten
Veröffentliche deine Reflexion oder ein konkretes Ergebnis (z. B. Screenshot, kurzer Textauszug, Sketchnote …) über deinen Nostr-Client (z. B. Damus, Amethyst, Habla.news).\ Verwende folgende Hashtags:
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📣 Ziel der Aktion
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Promptsammlung Religionsunterricht
Kapitel 1 · Unterrichtsplanung & -vorbereitung (Religionsunterricht)
Religionsstunde planen
prompt Plane eine 45-minütige Religionsstunde in **[Klassenstufe]** zum Thema **[„Nächstenliebe in Judentum, Christentum & Islam“ o. ä.]**. Liefere: – drei messbare Kompetenzziele (KMK-Bereich „Religiöse Identität entwickeln“) – detaillierten Phasenplan (Einstieg | Erarbeitung | Sicherung | Transfer) mit Zeitangaben – mindestens zwei kreative Sozialformen (Think-Pair-Share, Placemat, Gallery Walk …) – Kerntext(e) aus Bibel, Koran oder Tanach + passenden Medienimpuls (Video, Bild, Song) – Lernaufgabe für zu Hause, die das Thema in den Lebenswelt-Bezug bringt
Unterrichtseinheit entwerfen
prompt Entwirf eine vierwöchige Einheit **[Thema: „Schöpfungsverantwortung“]** für die **[Sek I]**. Für jede Doppelstunde angeben: – Leitfrage & erwartetes Kompetenzniveau (AB I – III) – Schlüsseltexte/Traditionen (Genesis 1–2, islamische Schöpfungs-Ayat, „Laudato si’“ …) – handlungsorientierte Lernaufgabe inkl. Differenzierung – Methodensetting (z. B. Gruppenpuzzle, Mystery, Stationenlauf) – benötigte Materialien/Medien und eine kurze Reflexionsidee
Differenzierte Lernaufgaben
prompt Formuliere Lernaufgaben zum Thema **[„Gleichnisse Jesu“]** für drei Anspruchsniveaus: 1. Unterstützungsniveau – Lesestrategieblatt + vorstrukturierter Lückentext 2. Basisniveau – Text-Puzzle + Placemat-Diskussion 3. Erweiterungsniveau – eigener Podcast (Recherche, Skript, Produktion, Peer-Feedback) Je Aufgabe: Ziel, Ablauf in Schritten, erwartetes Produkt, Bewertungsfokus.
Langfristiges Projekt skizzieren
prompt Skizziere ein sechs-wöchiges Projekt **„Interreligiöse Stadt-Rallye“** für **[Klasse 9]**: – Projektziele & zugeordnete Kompetenzen – Checkliste für Besuche (Kirche, Synagoge, Moschee, Tempel) inkl. Leitfragen – digitale Dokumentation (Padlet-Storyboard, QR-Blogposts, Foto-Missionen) – Abschlussprodukt (multimediale Stadttour) + Rubrik mit vier Bewertungsdimensionen
Jahresübersicht erstellen
prompt Erstelle eine Grobjahresplanung für **[ev. Religion, Kl. 5]** mit sechs Themenfeldern (z. B. „Staunen über die Schöpfung“, „Jesus begegnen“…). Zu jedem Feld: – Zeitraum & passendes Fest im Kirchenjahr als Anker – kompetenzorientierte Leistungsform (Portfolio, Lernlandkarte, Präsentation …) – kurze Hinweissequenz für mögliche fächerverbindende Chancen
Projektwoche „Spiritualität erleben“
prompt Konzipiere eine fächerübergreifende Projektwoche **„Spiritualität & Achtsamkeit“** für **[Jgst. 7–8]**: – Workshop-Menü (Ikonenmalen, Kalligraphie, Yoga, Psalm-Rap, MBSR-Übungen …) – externe Expert*innen (Pfarrer*in, Imam, Rabbiner*in, buddhistische*r Lehrer*in) – tägliche Reflexionsformate (Stille-Tagebuch, Audio-Log, Blitzlicht-Runde) – gemeinsamer Abschluss: interreligiöses Friedensgebet + Feedback-Gallery
Kompetenzen formulieren
prompt Schreibe messbare Kompetenzformulierungen für die Einheit **[„Propheten – Stimmen für Gerechtigkeit“]** (Sek II). Nutze Anforderungsbereiche I–III und füge zu jeder Kompetenz: Beobachtungshinweis + kurzes Beispiel für Leistungsnachweis.
Kapitel 2 · Kreative Unterrichtsgestaltung (Religionsunterricht)
Lernspiel entwickeln
prompt Entwickle ein interaktives Spiel, das Schüler*innen **[z. B. die Zehn Gebote]** niedrigschwellig erarbeiten lässt. Beschreibe: Spielidee, Regeln, Material, Spielphasen (Warm-up | Action | Debrief) und Reflexionsfragen zur theologischen Vertiefung.
Gruppenarbeit strukturieren
prompt Plane eine Gruppenaufgabe zu den **„Seligpreisungen der Bergpredigt“**: – Gruppenzuteilung je Seligpreisung – Produktwahl (Comic-Strip, Poetry-Slam, Kurzvideo …) mit Kreativbriefing – Präsentations-Setting + Peer-Feedback-Raster – Lehrer*innen-Checkliste zur Beobachtung von Zusammenarbeit & Inhaltstiefe
Interdisziplinärer Unterricht
prompt Kombiniere **„Umweltschutz in den Weltreligionen“** mit **Biologie** in einer Doppelstunde: – theologischer Impuls (Schöpfungsverantwortung) – biologischer Faktenblock (ökologische Fußabdrücke) – Arbeitsphase: Lernende vergleichen religiöse & wissenschaftliche Begründungen und entwerfen Handlungsideen für die Schule.
Storytelling einsetzen
prompt Zeige, wie Storytelling das Thema **„Exodus – Befreiungsgeschichte“** lebendig macht: – Dramaturgie (Setup – Konflikt – Climax – Rückbindung) – Erzähler*innenrollen (Miriam, Moses, Pharao, Gott als Off-Stimme) – Aufgaben: Storyboard zeichnen, Rollen-Podcast aufnehmen, reflektiertes Journal
Experimenteller Ansatz
prompt Entwirf einen experimentellen Unterrichtsgang zur Leitfrage **„Was bedeutet heilig?“**: – Alltagsobjekte auswählen und symbolisch umdeuten lassen – Stationen: Wahrnehmung | Gestaltung | Deutung | Religionsvergleich – abschließende Reflexion in einem Gallery Walk + theologischer Einordnung
Blended-Learning-Konzept
prompt Erstelle ein Blended-Learning-Szenario zur Einheit **„Feste im Kirchenjahr“**: – Online-Phase: interaktive Zeitleiste, Erklärvideos, H5P-Quiz – Präsenz-Phase: Lernlandkarte, Gruppen-Challenge „Festkalender bauen“ – Leistungsnachweis: Lerntagebuch + digitale Portfolio-Abgabe
Design Thinking anwenden
prompt Nutze Design Thinking, um mit Schüler*innen Lösungen für **„Armut in unserer Stadt“** aus religiöser Perspektive zu entwickeln. Beschreibe alle sechs Phasen inkl. Tools (Empathy Map, How-Might-We-Fragen, Prototyping-Material), Zeit- und Raumplan.
Escape-Room planen
prompt Konzipiere einen pädagogischen Escape Room zum Thema **„Paulus auf Missionsreise“**: – Storyline (Start, Hinweise, Wendepunkt, Finale) – fünf Rätseltypen (Logik, Bibelcode, UV-Botschaft …) – benötigtes Material & Technik + Safety-Briefing – Auswertungsbogen für Lernergebnisse & Teamwork-Skills
Flipped Classroom umsetzen
prompt Gestalte einen Flipped-Classroom-Ablauf zur Einheit **„Gleichnisse Jesu“**: – Zuhause: drei Micro-Learning-Videos (< 5 min) + interaktiver Selbsttest – Unterricht: kooperative Fallanalyse, Rollenspiel, Kreativstation – Reflexion: One-Minute-Paper → digitales Feedback-Pad
Virtuelle Exkursion einbauen
prompt Baue eine virtuelle Exkursion **„Jerusalem – Heilige Stätten“** ein: – Ressourcen: 360°-VR-Tour, Street-View-Links, Museums-App – Vorbereitende Leitfragen (historisch, religiös, politisch) – Arbeitsauftrag: digitale Reise-Map anlegen, Eindrücke vertonen, Peer-Review – Abschluss: Fishbowl-Diskussion zu religiöser Vielfalt & Konfliktlinien
Kapitel 3 · Differenzierung & Inklusion (Religiöses Lernen)
Inklusive Aufgabenstellung
prompt Gestalte eine Unterrichtseinheit zu **[„Gleichnisse Jesu“]** so, dass Lernende mit kognitiven, motorischen oder sprachlichen Beeinträchtigungen aktiv teilnehmen können. • beschreibe drei barrierearme Medien-/Methoden-Anpassungen • formuliere für jedes Lernniveau ein messbares Teilziel • gib Beispiele für unterstützende Hilfsmittel (z. B. Symbolkarten, Audiodeskription, taktile Bibel)
Individuellen Förderplan erstellen
prompt Erstelle einen Förderplan für eine*n Schüler*in mit Lese-Rechtschreib-Schwäche im Thema **[„Schöpfungspsalmen“]**: – diagnostische Ausgangslage + SMART-Ziele – wöchentliche Lernschritte (Methoden, Materialien, Zeitbudget) – Evaluationskriterien & Reflexionsfragen für Lernende + Lehrkraft
Kompetenzentwicklung begleiten
prompt Zeige, wie du die Kompetenzentwicklung in der Einheit **„Spiritualität & Achtsamkeit“** laufend beobachtest: • Portfolio-Raster mit Indikatoren zu Wahrnehmung / Deutung / Gestaltung • Feedback-Tool (Ampel, Check-Out, Audio-Memo) • Maßnahmenplan bei Unter- oder Überforderung
Personalisierte Lernpfade
prompt Baue personalisierte Lernpfade für **„Weltreligionen im Dialog“** (Kl. 7) auf: – drei optionale Module (Video-Recherche, Expert*innen-Interview, Kreativprodukt) je nach Vorwissen – Self-Assessment-Checkpoints + Empfehlung nächster Schritt – technische Umsetzung mit Learning-Management-System deiner Wahl
Lernjournal nutzen
prompt Entwirf ein Lernjournal-Format zur Reihe **„Seligpreisungen“**: • tägliche Prompt-Frage (kognitiv, affektiv, spirituell) • visuelle Elemente (Sketchnote, Emojikarte, Farbsymbol) • Wochen-Meta-Reflexion + Peer-Kommentarfeld
Spezifische Unterstützung
prompt Beschreibe Zusatzmaßnahmen, um das abstrakte Konzept **„Trinität“** für Lernende mit Verständnisschwierigkeiten greifbar zu machen: – vereinfachte Grafiken, Alltagsanalogien, szenische Darstellung – Schritt-für-Schritt-Erklärvideo (max. 3 min) – begleitender Glossar in einfacher Sprache
Kulturelle Vielfalt einbeziehen
prompt Plane eine Sequenz **„Feste im Jahreskreis“** so, dass christliche, jüdische und muslimische Perspektiven gleichwertig vorkommen. Gib drei konkrete Aufgabenbeispiele (interaktiver Wandkalender, Interview mit Familie, „Fest-Box“) und nenne Bewertungsbausteine zur Würdigung kultureller Vielfalt.
Mehrsprachigkeit fördern
prompt Zeige Strategien, wie du arabisch-, hebräisch- oder russischsprachige Schüler*innen in das Thema **„Friede in den Heiligen Schriften“** einbeziehst: – zweisprachiger Wortschatz-Trainer – Tandem-Aktivität mit Übersetzer-App – Produktoption „mehrsprachiges Audio-Gebet“
Barrierefreier Unterricht
prompt Erstelle einen barrierefreien Ablaufplan für eine 90-min-Sequenz zu **„Luther und die Reformation“** in einer heterogenen Lerngruppe: – Raum-, Material- und Technik-Anpassungen – klare Kommunikationsregeln (z. B. Gebärdensprach-Dolmetsch, Live-Untertitel) – evaluierbare Barrierefreiheits-Checkliste
Kapitel 4 · Bewertung & Feedback (im Religionsunterricht)
Prüfungsfragen entwickeln
prompt Formuliere fünf Prüfungsaufgaben zu **„Prophetische Bücher“** (2 Wissen, 2 Transfer, 1 Bewertung). Gib zu jeder Aufgabe Erwartungshorizont & Bloom-Taxonomie-Stufe an.
Lernstrategien für Schüler*innen
prompt Erstelle drei konkrete Tipps, wie sich Lernende auf eine Klassenarbeit zu **„Kirchengeschichte – Reformation bis heute“** vorbereiten können (visualisieren | vernetzen | reflektieren).
Selbstbewertung anleiten
prompt Entwirf einen Selbstbewertungsbogen, mit dem Oberstufen-Schüler*innen ihre persönliche spirituelle Entwicklung in der Einheit **„Exodus – Freiheit erleben“** reflektieren: – 5 Skalen-Items + offenes Feld – Anleitungs-Text für ehrliche Selbsteinschätzung – Follow-Up-Gesprächsleitfaden
Peer-Feedback organisieren
prompt Baue ein Peer-Feedback-Setting für das Projekt „Predigt-Podcast zur Nächstenliebe“ auf: • 3-Kriterien-Checkliste (Inhalt, theologischer Tiefgang, Medieneinsatz) • Zeit-Taktung (Aufnahme – Austausch – Revision) • Moderationskarten für konstruktive Rückmeldung
Bewertungsrubrik erstellen
prompt Entwerfe eine 4-stufige Rubrik für das Produkt **„Interreligiöser Video-Essay: Was ist heilig?“** Bewertungsdimensionen: Recherche, Argumentation, Kreativität, Technik. Ordne jeder Stufe klare Deskriptoren & Punktwerte zu.
Schnelle Lernüberprüfung
prompt Skizziere eine 3-Min-Exit-Ticket-Abfrage zum Stundenthema **„Auferstehungshoffnung“**: – eine Verständnisfrage, ein Transfer-Impuls, ein persönlicher Bezug – Auswertungsplan (Ampel-Sortierung + Blitz-Feedback an Klasse)
Feedback von Schüler*innen einholen
prompt Erstelle fünf Leitfragen, um anonymes Lernenden-Feedback zum Thema **„Sakrale Räume erkunden“** zu sammeln (Aspekte: Klarheit, Relevanz, Methoden, Beteiligung, Wohlbefinden). Schlage ein digitales Tool für die Umsetzung vor und erläutere den Ablauf in 3 Schritten.
Kapitel 5 · Digitale Medien & KI (Religionsunterricht)
Interaktive Biblemap erstellen
prompt Lege mit **[Tool: Thinglink / Genially]** eine interaktive Karte biblischer Orte an (Jerusalem, Nazareth, Bethsaida …). – je Ort: Kurzinfo, Bild/360°-Link, passender Bibelvers – Aufgabe: Lernende verknüpfen Geodaten mit Lebensstationen Jesu – füge Reflexionsfragen + Export-Anleitung für das LMS hinzu
KI-ChatBot als Lernpartner
prompt Konfiguriere einen KI-ChatBot, der Fragen zu **„Weltreligionen und Umweltschutz“** auf A2–B2-Sprachniveau beantwortet. – Prompt-Engineering-Vorgabe (Rolle, Stil, Quellenzitierweise) – fünf Beispiel-User-Prompts + erwartete Bot-Antwort – Datenschutz-Hinweis & didaktischer Einsatzrahmen
Bibel-Snap-AR-Filter entwickeln
prompt Entwirf ein Konzept für einen Augmented-Reality-Filter (Instagram/Snap) zu **„Seligpreisungen“**: – visuelle Overlays, Trigger-Events, Soundeffekt – Lernaufgabe: Selfie mit Lieblingsseligpreisung + Kommentar posten – Ethik-Checkliste (Privatsphäre, Bildrechte, Sensibilität religiöser Symbole)
Digitales Escape-Game bauen
prompt Plane mit **[Tool: Deck.Toys]** ein digitales Escape-Game „Spuren des Propheten Jesaja“: – Level-Struktur (Prophetie-Puzzle, Quiz, Hidden Object) – win-Condition & automatisiertes Feedback – Export-Code + Anleitung für barrierefreie Version (Screenreader-Labels)
Podcast-Serie kuratieren
prompt Stelle eine 4-teilige Schüler-Podcast-Serie **„Gerechtigkeit in Religionen“** auf: – redaktioneller Plan (Themen, Gäste, Bibel/Koran-Bezüge) – Work-Flow (Skript, Aufnahme, Schnitt, Distribution) – Bewertungsrubrik – Inhalt, Technik, Diskursqualität
Virtuelles Museumslabor
prompt Nutze **Mozilla Hubs** und erstelle einen VR-Raum „Symbole des Glaubens“. – Raum-Zonen (Kreuz, Menora, Halbmond, Om) – Lehrer-Dashboard: Moderations-Tools + Sicherheits-Settings – Arbeitsauftrag: Lernende hinterlegen Audiokommentar & Quizfrage pro Symbol
KI-gestützte Bildanalyse
prompt Zeige, wie Lernende mit **Computer-Vision-API** ikonografische Motive (z. B. Verkündigungsbild) analysieren: – Schrittanleitung: Upload → Tagging → theologische Interpretation – Vergleich mit manueller Bildbetrachtung – Reflexionsbogen zu Chancen & Grenzen automatischer Deutung
Kapitel 6 · Motivation & Klassenklima (im Religionsunterricht)
Einstieg mit Mystery-Bild
prompt Starte die Einheit **„Exodus“** mit einem rätselhaften Bildausschnitt (gezoomte Wüste, brennender Dornbusch …). – drei Leitfragen zum Rätsel – Ablauf Mystery-Methode (Hypothesen, Puzzleteile, Auflösung) – Brücke zur Lernzieltransparenz
Ritual „Wort des Tages“
prompt Führe ein tägliches Ritual ein: Zufalls-Bibelvers via App, kurze stille Lesephase, spontanes Wort-Cloud-Feedback. – Setup-Anleitung, Regelzeit (3 min), Variationen (Hadith/Zitat) – Reflexion nach vier Wochen (Exit-Ticket-Vorlage)
Gamifizierte Punkte-Challenge
prompt Erstelle ein Punktesystem („Faith-Coins“) für vorbildliches Teamwork in Projekten **„Interreligiöser Dialog“**: – Mission-Board, Badges, Level-Belohnungen – klare Regeln (Fairplay, Bonus für Hilfsbereitschaft) – Monitoring-Tool & Schutz vor Wettbewerb-Stress
Affirmations-Station
prompt Richte im Klassenraum eine „Mut-&-Segen-Station“ ein: – Materialliste (Segen-Karten, Affirmations-Würfel, Kerze) – Nutzung: Start/Ende der Stunde, bei Konflikten – Dokumentiere Wirkung mit anonymem Feedback-Poster
Klassensong komponieren
prompt Lass die Klasse einen Song zu **„Nächstenliebe“** schreiben / recorden: – Schrittfolge: Brainstorm–Lyrics–Beat-Making–Recording–Release – Tools (Soundtrap, BandLab, Loop-Bibliothek CC-Lizenz) – Präsentation im Schul-Gottesdienst + Rechte-Check
Dankbarkeits-Journal
prompt Implementiere ein wöchentliches Dankbarkeits-Journal nach der Stunde **„Schöpfung bewahren“**: – drei Leitfragen (Wahrnehmung, Wertschätzung, Umsetzung) – Peer-Sharing-Option (freiwillig) – Beobachtung: Einfluss auf Klassenklima (Mess-Skala beilegen)
Konfliktlösungs-Circle
prompt Nutze eine Circle-Time nach der Methode „Restorative Justice“ bei Streit um religiöse Themen: – Rollen (Keeper, Sprecher*in, Zuhörer*in) – Gesprächsregeln & Talking-Piece – Nachbereitung: individueller Commitment-Zettel
Kapitel 7 · Spiritualität & Persönlichkeitsbildung
Meditation anleiten
prompt Schreibe ein 10-min-Skript für eine geführte Meditation „Ruhe finden – Psalm 23“, altersgerecht **[Klasse 8]**: – Setting (Sitzhaltung, Musik, Licht) – verbale Anleitung (Ein-, Ausatmen, Bild-Metaphern) – Nachbesprechung (Gefühls-Skala, Bibel-Resonanzfrage)
Pilgerweg auf dem Schulhof
prompt Plane einen Mini-Pilgerweg (6 Stationen) zu „Fragen nach dem Sinn“ auf dem Gelände: – Stationstexte + Symbol-Aktion (Stein legen, Wasser berühren …) – QR-Codes mit Audioguide durch Schüler*innen eingesprochen – Reflexionsbogen + Foto-Collage-Aufgabe
Stilles Tagebuch digital
prompt Setze mit **Padlet** ein „Stilles Tagebuch“ auf: – geschlossene Kommentarfunktion – wöchentliches Impulsbild (Ikone, Naturfoto, Calligraffiti) – Lehrkraft-Feedback nur per Emoji-Code, um Raum zu lassen
Gebetsformen erkunden
prompt Entwickle eine Lernstationen-Werkstatt **„Gebet in 5 Religionen“**: – Materialien: Gebetsriemen, Gebetsteppich, Mala-Kette, Kerzen, Textblätter – QR-Video-Tutorials zu Körperhaltungen – Reflexionsauftrag: Venn-Diagramm Gemeinsamkeiten/Verschiedenheiten
Spirituelles Tage-Retreat
prompt Skizziere einen schulischen Tages-Retreat „Stille & Kreativität“ für Oberstufe: – Rhythmus: Meditation – Kreativ-Workshop – Solo-Waldzeit – Sharing-Circle – Logistik (Räume, Materialien, externe Begleitung) – Evaluations-Tool: digitales Mood-Barometer
Dank-Labyrinth bauen
prompt Gib Anweisungen, wie eine Klasse ein begehbares Dankbarkeits-Labyrinth aus Kerzen/Seilen legt: – Aufbauplan & Sicherheitsregeln – Impulstext „Preis der Dankbarkeit“ (Lk 17, 11-19) – Audio-Begleitung + Zeitplan
Lebensweg-Timeline gestalten
prompt Lass Lernende eine „Lebensweg-Timeline“ (Canvas / Miro) erstellen, in der spirituelle Schlüsselmomente eingetragen werden: – Anleitung zu Life-Events, Werte, Glaubensfragen – Peer-Coaching-Leitfaden (respektvolle Rückfragen) – Datenschutz-Vereinbarung & Freigabe-Optionen
Kapitel 8 · Soziale & emotionale Unterstützung (Religionsunterricht)
Emotionale Intelligenz fördern
prompt Entwirf eine 20-min-Aktivität, die Lernende der **[Klassenstufe]** dabei unterstützt, Gefühle mit Psalm-Metaphern auszudrücken. – Warm-up: Emoji-Kärtchen + passender Psalmvers – Partneraustausch „Wann habe ich mich wie König David gefühlt?“ – Mini-Reflexion: Gebets-Haiku (3 Zeilen) ins Klassen-Padlet posten
Konfliktlösung interreligiös
prompt Stelle einen 3-Schritt-Leitfaden für Klassengespräche bei Spannungen zwischen religiösen Gruppen zusammen: 1. „Wertschätzungs-Runde“ – jede*r nennt, was er/sie an der anderen Tradition bewundert 2. „Gemeinsamer Kern“ – Bibel-, Koran- oder Tora-Vers zum Thema Frieden lesen, Gemeinsamkeiten markieren 3. „Handlungsplan“ – Klasse legt zwei konkrete Fairness-Regeln fest
Achtsamkeit mit Psalm 46
prompt Schreibe ein 5-min-Achtsamkeitsskript „Sei still und erkenne Gott“ für den Stundenbeginn: Atem-Anker, Psalmwort wiederholen, 30 Sek. Stille, Abschluss-Frage in Still-Journal notieren.
Teambuilding „Vertrau mir“
prompt Plane ein Teambuilding-Spiel, bei dem Partner*innen mit verbundenen Augen durch einen „Weg des Lichts“ aus Kerzen geführt werden. – Sicherheits-Checkliste – Spiritueller Debrief: Johannes 8,12 verknüpfen
Krisenintervention – spiritueller Beistand
prompt Erstelle ein 4-Punkte-Handout für Lehrkräfte, wie sie bei plötzlicher Trauer in der Klasse handeln: • Präsenz zeigen – kurze Stille + Kerze entzünden • Offenes Ohr – kein theologisieren, nur zuhören • Ressourcen nennen – Schulseelsorge, Jugendpfarrer*in • Nachsorge – Memory-Box gestalten
Selbstwert stärken (Imago Dei)
prompt Formuliere eine Kreativaufgabe „Ich bin Bild Gottes“: Lernende gestalten ein Self-Portrait-Collage mit Bibel-Affirmationen, kurze Audio-Beschreibung aufnehmen, Gallery-Walk durchführen.
Resilienz durch Glaubensgeschichten
prompt Gib einen Arbeitsauftrag, bei dem Schüler*innen eine biblische Figur wählen, deren Lebenskrise sie analysieren (Hiob, Ruth, Josef) und die Strategien auf heutige Situationen übertragen.
Kapitel 9 · Elternarbeit & Zusammenarbeit
Elternbrief „Religiöse Lernwege“
prompt Verfasse einen Elternbrief (max. 300 Wörter), der – das Halbjahresthema **[z. B. Gerechtigkeit in den Propheten]** erklärt – 2 Mitmach-Tipps für zuhause enthält (Familiengebet, Podcast) – QR-Link zur Materialsammlung bietet
Elternabend – interreligiöse Einheit vorstellen
prompt Erstelle eine Agenda (60 min) für einen Elternabend: • Begrüßung & Gebet der Religionen (5 min) • Lernziele & Methoden-Tour (15 min) • Mini-Workshop „Feste teilen“ (20 min) • Fragen & Feedback-Karten (15 min) • Segen zum Abschluss (5 min)
Elternfeedback digital einholen
prompt Gestalte einen 7-Fragen-Forms-Fragebogen: Skalen (1–5) zu: Relevanz, Transparenz, Wertevermittlung, Medienmix + zwei offene Felder „Was lief gut?“ / „Wunsch für nächste Reihe“.
Schwieriges Elterngespräch führen
prompt Entwirf einen Gesprächsleitfaden (Sandwich-Methode) für eine Diskussion über fehlende Hausaufgaben im Kontext Glaubensfest-Vorbereitungen.
Elternmitarbeit im Projekt „Feste zu Hause“
prompt Skizziere ein Mitmach-Format, bei dem Familien ihre Festtraditionen per Video (max. 2 min) vorstellen; Sammel-Padlet, Klassen-Kompliment-Wand und Auszeichnung „Fest-Botschafter*in“.
Familienkommunikation stärken
prompt Gib drei Übungen, wie Eltern religiöse Dialoge anstoßen können: • „Frage des Tages“-Glas • Gemeinsames Dankbarkeitsbuch • Podcast „3 Minuten Bibelimpuls“ beim Abendessen hören
Eltern-Kind-Projekt „Heilige Orte“
prompt Plane ein Wochenend-Projekt: Familie besucht lokalen Sakralbau, füllt Reflexions-Worksheet aus, erstellt Foto-Story in CANVA; Präsentation im Unterricht, Peer-Feedback-Kriterien beilegen.
Kapitel 10 · Zeitmanagement & Organisation (Religionsunterricht)
Liturgische To-do-Liste
prompt Erstelle für die nächsten 4 Schulwochen eine Checkliste, die Unterricht, Gottesdienst-Vorbereitung und Schulfest (St. Martin) synchronisiert; inkl. Deadlines & Verantwortliche.
45-min-Stundenplan fein takten
prompt Gliedere eine Stunde **[Thema Gleichnisse]** in 5-Min-Blöcke: Warm-up-Rätsel, Kurzimpuls, Gruppenpuzzle, Austausch, Transfer, Mini-Exit-Ticket – plus 2 min Puffer.
Unterrichtsstruktur „Flow“
prompt Baue einen wiederkehrenden Ablauf mit kleinen Ritualen: • Ankommens-Kerze (1 min) • Learning Target (Tafel-Icon) • Aktiv-Phase • Stille-Minute • Segen-to-go
Übergänge mit Symbol
prompt Gib 3 Methoden, um Phasenwechsel per Klangschale, Lichtritual oder Vers-Einblendung zu signalisieren – inkl. Schüler-Assistenzplan.
Prioritäten im Kirchenjahr setzen
prompt Lege fest, welche Themen vor Weihnachten abgeschlossen sein müssen und welche (Fastenzeit) ins zweite Halbjahr fallen – Schlagwort-Roadmap.
Arbeitszeitplan für Lehrkraft
prompt Erstelle einen Wochenplan (Mo–So) mit festen Blöcken: Vorbereitung, Korrektur, Seelsorge-Termin, Me-Time; Ampel-Farbcode für Belastung; Reminder „Sabbat-Abend offline“.
Kapitel 11 · Persönliche Weiterbildung & Reflexion
Selbstreflexion als Religionslehrkraft
prompt Liste 5 Leitfragen (Theologie, Didaktik, Spiritualität, Beziehung, Innovation), die du jedes Quartal schriftlich beantwortest.
Fortbildung „KI im Religionsunterricht“
prompt Stelle einen 3-Stufen-Lernpfad zusammen: 1) Online-MOOC (4 h) 2) Praxis-Webinar „Prompt-Design“ (2 h) 3) Kollegiale Umsetzungsschau (90 min) mit Reflexionsbogen. 4) MarkDown für Liascript-Lernmodul
Burnout-Prophylaxe spirituell
prompt Entwirf eine 7-Tage-Challenge: tägliche 10-min-Stille, Journaling „Segen des Tages“, Digital-Sonnenuntergang (kein Screen nach 21 Uhr) und wöchentlicher Spazier-Psalm.
Teamteaching ökumenisch
prompt Gib eine Checkliste für Planung mit einer katholischen Kollegin: gemeinsame Lernziele, liturgische Sprache abstimmen, Rollenverteilung, Reflexions-Debrief.
Microteaching „Kurzpredigt“
prompt Lege ein Format fest: 5-min-Mini-Homilie vor Kolleg*innen, Video-Feedback, zweifache Wiederholung nach Feed-Forward-Regeln.
Jahresziele setzen
prompt Nutze SMART+LOVE-Schema (L-inked to faith, O-wned, V-alue-added, E-cological) für drei persönliche Entwicklungsziele und definiere Quartals-Checkpoints.
Innovation: VR-Pilgerfahrt
prompt Skizziere, wie du in 60 min eine VR-Station an einem Pilgerort testest, Evaluation × 3 (Lerngewinn, Technik, Emotion), Nachbesprechung im Kollegium.
Kapitel 12 · Exkursionen & Außerschulisches Lernen
Kloster-Tag organisieren
prompt Plane einen ganztägigen Klassenausflug in ein Benediktiner- oder Zisterzienser-Kloster. – Zeitplan (Laudes-Besuch, Führung, Arbeitsstation, Stundengebet, Gesprächsrunde) – Lernziele (Spiritualität erleben, klösterliche Werte reflektieren, Stille-Erfahrung) – Arbeitsaufträge: Audio-Interview mit Mönch/Nonne, Foto-Essay „Ora et Labora“ – Vor-/Nachbereitung im Unterricht (Vorwissen-Quiz, Reflexionsportfolio)
Interreligiöse Stadt-Tour
prompt Entwirf eine dreistündige „House-of-Worship-Tour“ (Moschee – Synagoge – Kirche) für die [Jgst. 9–10]. – Routenplan, Zeiten, Ansprechpartner*innen, Kleidungshinweise – Leitfragen je Stopp (Architektur, Riten, Engagement in der Stadtgesellschaft) – digitale Begleitmap in Google My Maps / Actionbound – Reflexionsprodukt: gemeinsames „Code of Respect“-Poster
Museum der Religionen virtuell
prompt Nutze 3D-Rundgänge von **[Museum X]** und erstelle ein Lern-Webquest „Religiöse Symbole im Wandel“. – fünf Recherche‐Aufgaben mit Zeitlimit – Peer-Review: Padlet-Poster „Top 3 Überraschungen“ – Lehrer-Dashboard: Bewertungskriterien + Zugangslinks
Pilgerwanderung light
prompt Skizziere eine 8-km-Pilgerstrecke nahe der Schule. – sechs Stationen (Psalm-Rezitation, Naturmeditation, Segenswort …) – Materialliste (Pilgerpass, Stempel, Erste-Hilfe-Set) – Safety-Plan + Elterninfo – Abschluss: Lagerfeuer-Runde „Reiseroute des Herzens“
Service-Learning bei der Tafel
prompt Verbinde eine Exkursion zur lokalen Tafel e.V. mit einem vierwöchigen Projekt „Glauben & Teilen“. – Vorbereitung: Arbeitslosigkeit & Almosen in Bibel/Koran – Vor-Ort-Einsatz (2 h Sortieren + 1 h Gespräche) – Reflexion: Rollenkarte „Prophetische Stimme“ – Leistungsnachweis: Podcast-Episode + 360°-Feedback
Kapitel 13 · Ethik & Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung
Bioethik-Debatte führen
prompt Entwirf ein Oxford-Debate-Setting zu **[„CRISPR‐Babys – moralisch vertretbar?“]**. – Rollen (Pro / Contra / Jury) – theologische Argumentationskarten (Imago Dei, Schöpfungsverantwortung) – Bewertungsrubrik (Sachkenntnis, Ethik-Transfer, Dialoghaltung) – Follow-Up-Essay-Prompt
Dilemma-Diskussion „Notlüge“
prompt Stelle ein Fallbeispiel „Notlüge zum Schutz eines Freundes“ bereit. – Fishbowl-Methode mit Beobachtungsauftrag – Transfer-Aufgabe: biblische Szenen verknüpfen (Pharao, Hebammen, (2. Mose 1,15-21)
Menschenrechte & Religion
prompt Entwirf ein Stationenlernen (6 Stationen) „Bibel, Koran, UN-Charta“. – Quellentexte, QR-Videos, Kreativ-Station „Art. 1 als Graffiti“ – Zwischentest (Learning Apps) + Exit-Ticket – Reflexion im Wertequadrat (Freiheit – Ordnung)
Planspiel „Flucht & Asyl“
prompt Kreiere ein 90-min-Planspiel mit Rollen (Geflüchtete / Grenzpolizei / NGO / Regierung). – Szenario, Rollenbriefe, Event-Cards – Einbettung: biblisches Motiv „Exodus – Fremdsein“ – Debrief-Matrix Gefühle / Fakten / Glaubensimpulse / Handlungsoptionen
Prophetie heute
prompt Schreibe einen Auftrag: Lernende identifizieren in Medien aktuelle „prophetische Stimmen“ (Fridays for Future, Amnesty) und vergleichen sie mit Amos & Jesaja. – Kriterienraster (Anklage, Vision, Handlungsaufruf) – Präsentation als Insta-Reel oder Infografik
Kapitel 14 · Globale Gerechtigkeit & Nachhaltigkeit
Fair-Trade-Schulaktion
prompt Entwirf ein Projekt „Eine Welt-Kiosk“ (4 Wochen). – Team-Rollen (Einkauf, Werbung, Kassenbuch, Bildung) – theologische Begründung (Mt 25, Jak 5) – Marketing-Plan (Plakat, Schulgottesdienst-Spot, Social-Story) – Impact-Messung (Umsatz, Umfrage, Spendenzweck)
Wasser als Menschenrecht
prompt Plane eine Doppelstunde „Durstige Welt“. – Einstieg: symbolisches 1-Liter-Experiment – Textvergleich: Joh 4 (Frau am Brunnen) & Qurʾan 21:30 – Gruppenauftrag: Wasserkampagne für Schul-IG entwickeln – Mini-Debatte: Privatisierung ja/nein
Klimagerechtigkeits-Liturgie
prompt Schreibe ein 30-min-Andachtskonzept „Schrei der Schöpfung“. – Psalm 104 als Wechselgesang – Kurzimpuls Laudato si’ §139 – Aktionssymbolik: Erde-Tuch + Saatkorn-Ritual – Call-to-Action-Karte mit persönlichem CO₂-Ziel
Buddhist Economics vs. Christliche Soziallehre
prompt Erstelle einen Vergleichs-Chart (4 Kriterien) + Diskussions-Prompt: „Welche Wirtschaftsethik braucht die Post-Wachstums-Gesellschaft?“
UN-SDGs im Religionsunterricht
prompt Baue eine Lernlandkarte, die jedem SDG einen religiösen Impuls zuordnet. – Tool: Miro-Board Vorlage – Beispiel: SDG 13 ↔ „Garten Eden bewahren“ – Abschlussprodukt: Elevator-Pitch-Video (90 sec) mit Handlungsaufruf
Kapitel 15 · Führung, Engagement & Diakonie
Service-Learning „Senior*innen online“
prompt Plane eine dreiwöchige Aktion: Klasse coacht Senior*innen beim Smartphone-Einsatz. – Vorbereitung: biblischer Impuls „Ehre die Alten“ – Training-Module, Rollenkarten, Feedback-Bogen – Abschluss-Event mit Segens-Ritual & Urkunden
Schuldiakonie-Team gründen
prompt Erstelle ein Konzept zur Gründung eines „Diakonie-Teams“ (Kl. 9-12). – Satzung, Rollen (Team-Leads, PR, Fundraising) – Jahresprojekt-Ideen (Suppenküche, Fair-Fashion-Swap) – Mentoring durch lokale Kirchengemeinde
Leadership-Training „Servant Leader“
prompt Entwirf einen Workshop-Tag (6 h) zu dienender Führung nach Mk 10,45. – Icebreaker, Input-Impulse, Fallstudien-Gruppenarbeit – Reflexions-Matrix „Head-Heart-Hand“ – Zertifikat-Kriterien
Mentoring jüngerer Schüler*innen
prompt Skizziere ein Peer-Mentoring-Programm „Glaubensfragen teilen“. – Matching-Prozess, 5-Treffen-Guide, Gesprächs-Kärtchen – Evaluations-Tool (Mentor/Mentee-Feedback)
Charity-Kampagne „Licht teilen“
prompt Entwerfe einen 14-tägigen Schul-Spendenlauf zugunsten eines Solarprojekte in Afrika. – theologische Rahmung („Ihr seid das Licht der Welt“) – Sponsoring-Formular, Social-Media-Challenge, Andacht zur Eröffnung – Ergebnis-Präsentation: Weltkarte + Dank-Video der Partner-NGO
Kapitel 16 · Theologie & Popkultur
Biblische Motive in Superhelden-Filmen
prompt Erstelle eine Analyse-Aufgabe zu [Film: „Spider-Man No Way Home“]. – Szenenauswahl, Leitfrage (Opfer & Erlösung) – Arbeitsblatt „Parallele zu Christusfigur?“ – Präsentationsformat: Meme-Collage oder Re-cut-Trailer
TikTok-Mini-Predigt
prompt Schreibe einen Prompt, mit dem Lernende eine 60-Sek-TikTok-Predigt zu **[Seligpreisung X]** produzieren. – Hook, Kernvers, Call-to-Action – Hashtag-Liste, Musik-Snippet (lizenzfrei) – Feedback-Rubrik (Klarheit, Kreativität, theol. Tiefe)
Rap-Battle Altes vs. Neues Testament
prompt Plane ein Klassen-Rap-Battle „Gesetz vs. Gnade“. – Beat-Auswahl, Battle-Regeln, Reim-Worksheet – Peer-Jury-Bögen (Flow, Inhalt, Punchline, Respekt) – Reflexion: Gal 3,24 & Mt 5,17 im Plenum
Gaming-Theologie
prompt Erstelle einen Analyse-Prompt für **[Game: „The Last of Us“]** zum Thema „Opfer‐Liebe & Moral“. – Level-Szenen, Diskussionsfragen, Vergleich mit Joh 15,13 – Creative Option: Alternative Ending Storyboard
Playlist „Psalmen im Pop“
prompt Gib Auftrag, eine Spotify-Playlist moderner Songs mit Psalm-Resonanzen zu kuratieren (mind. 8 Titel); jeder Track mit Mini-Annotation (30 Wörter).
Kapitel 17 · Interreligiöser Dialog & Diversity
Fishbowl Diskussion
prompt Organisiere eine Fishbowl Diskussion zu **„Gemeinsame Werte in Judentum, Christentum & Islam“**. – Rollen: 3 Sprecher*innen je Religion, 2 freie Stühle, Außenkreis – Leitfragen (Würde, Barmherzigkeit, Gerechtigkeit) – Beobachtung Grid für Außenkreis (Argument, Emotion, Bezug Schrift) – Debrief: Gemeinsamkeiten clustern, Differenzen respektvoll festhalten
Interfaith Panel
prompt Plane ein Schüler*innen-Panel mit Vertreter*innen von 4 Religionen. – Ablauf: Lightning-Talks (5 min) → moderierte Fragerunde → World-Café – Vorbereitungs-Worksheet: „Meine Frage an…“ – Reflexions-Blogpost (200 Wörter) als Leistungsnachweis
Dialog-Café
prompt Richte ein „Religions-Café“ ein (Tische: Feiern, Gebet, Kleidung, Essen). – Tisch-Hosts mit Quick-Facts-Karten – 10-min-Runden, Timer-Gong – Abschluss: Murmelrunde „größte Überraschung“ + Mentimeter-Wordcloud
Scripture Speed-Dating
prompt Lass Lernende in 5-min-Runden je einen Vers vorstellen (Bibel, Koran, Tanach, Bhagavad Gita) zu **„Frieden“**. – Vorlage: Vers, Kontext, eigene Frage – Rotation, Feedback-Sticker, Ranking „Vers der Stunde“
Konflikt-Simulation
prompt Erstelle ein Planspiel „Bau neuer Gebetsraum an der Schule“. – Stakeholder-Briefe: Schüler*innenrat, Eltern, Stadt, Religionsgemeinschaften – Verhandlungs-Phase, Presse-Konferenz, Kompromiss-Paper – Reflexion: Goldene Regel & GG Art. 4
Shared Values-Collage
prompt Auftrag: Gruppe erstellt Digi-Collage „Das verbindet uns“ (Canva). – Mind-Map-Start, Bild-Recherche CC-Lizenz, Zitat-Overlays – Poster-Walk, Peer-Voting via Klebepunkte
Ambassador-Projekt
prompt Jede*r Schüler*in wird „Religion-Ambassador“ für eine Tradition. – 3 Recherche-Aufträge, 1 Interview, TikTok-Summary (60 s) – gemeinsame Auswertung im Padlet-Cluster (Riten, Ethik, Symbolik)
Kapitel 18 · Liturgie & Gottesdienstgestaltung
Schüler-Gottesdienst planen
prompt Entwirf einen 30-min-Schulgottesdienst zum Thema **„Hoffnung“**. – Liturgischer Ablauf (Begrüßung, Lied, Lesung, Aktion, Segen) – Rollen-Matrix (Musik-Team, Technik, Predigt-Crew) – Checkliste für Inklusion (Gender-Sprache, Barrierefreiheit)
Digitaler Live-Stream
prompt Erstelle ein Setup für einen gestreamten Advents-Impuls. – Technik-Schema (OBS, Kamera, Mikro, YouTube Link) – Einbindung interaktiver Chat-Fragen – DSGVO-Hinweise & Moderations-Plan
Symbolischer Raum
prompt Gestalte einen „Raum der Klage“ in der Aula (Fastenzeit). – Bodenbild Asche-Kreuz, Kerzen-Spirale, Gebets-Box – Ablauf 10-min-Stationengang, Audio-Loop Psalm 130 – Sicherheits- und Aufsichts-Plan
Psalm-Rap Worship
prompt Leite eine Klasse an, Psalm 23 als Rap vorzutragen. – Beat-Template, Vers-Aufteilung, Refrain-Hook – Recording mit BandLab, EQ-Preset „Worship Lo-Fi“ – Live-Performance im Gottesdienst + Lyric-Video
Taizé-Abend
prompt Konzipiere eine 25-min-Taizé-Andacht (Kerzen-Kreuz, repetitives Lied, Stille). – Liedauswahl (Laudate omnes gentes / Ubi caritas) – Ablauf-Kärtchen, Gitarren-Akkorde, zweisprachiges Gebet
Segnungsfeier
prompt Entwirf eine Segnungsfeier für Abschluss-Klasse. – Ritual: Hand-auf-Schulter, persönliches Segenswort, Kreuzzeichen – Musik-Cue, Fotopunkt, Give-away „Segen-To-Go“-Karte
Liturgischer Kalender Smartboard
prompt Erstelle eine interaktive Smartboard-Tafel mit Festfarben, Symbolen, Liedvorschlägen; Drag-&-Drop-Quiz „Ordne das Fest!“
Kapitel 19 · Kreatives Schreiben & Kunstprojekte;
Psalm-Haiku
prompt Auftrag: Schreibe zu einem ausgewählten Psalmvers drei Haikus. – Struktur 5-7-5, Bildsprache beibehalten, persönlicher Twist – Audio-Aufnahme mit Regen-Ambience, Upload in Nostr
Graphic-Novel-Bibeltext
prompt Lass Lernende **Mk 2,1-12** als 8-Panel-Comic umsetzen. – Storyboard-Template, Sprechblasen, onomatopoetische Effekte – Peer-Review „Lesbarkeit & Theologie“
Poetry-Slam Propheten
prompt Organisiere einen Slam-Abend „Stimme der Gerechtigkeit“. – Textlänge 3 min, Requisite erlaubt – Jury-Bögen (Wortkraft, Performance, Forderung) – Streaming-Option + Publikums-Voting
Ikonen-Workshop
prompt Führe 90-min-Workshop „Jesus-Ikone in Acryl“ durch. – Schrittfolge: Holzgrund, Goldbogen, Proportions-Raster, Lasur – Theologischer Input zur Ikonen-Theologie, Stille-Phase
Kalligrafie-Schriftrolle
prompt Gestalte mit der Klasse ein 2 m langes Pergament „Selig sind…“. – Material-Liste, Pinsel-Technik, Farbsymbolik – Ausstellung im Schulflur + QR-Code-Making-Of
Parabel-Comic-Strip
prompt Team erstellt 4-Panel-Webcomic zur Parabel „Verlorener Sohn“. – Stil wählbar (Manga, Indie, Minimal) – Upload auf Schul-Insta, Hashtag-Challenge
Gemeinschafts-Mural
prompt Plane ein Wandbild „Regenbogen-Bund“. – Entwurfs-Workshop, Schablonen, Schulfest-Live-Painting – Reflexion: Farbe als Zeichen der Verheißung
Kapitel 20 · Bibliodrama & Rollenspiel
Bibliodrama-Setting
prompt Leite ein 60-min-Bibliodrama zu **„Emmaus-Jünger“**. – Rollen-Zuweisung, Körper-Statue, Resonanz-Runde – Transfer: „Wann brannte unser Herz?“ Journaling
Hot-Seat-Interview
prompt Schüler*in im „heißen Stuhl“ antwortet als Paulus. – Vorbereitungs-Kärtchen (Biografie, Missionsreisen, Konflikte) – Audience-Fragen, Reflexion: Differenz Fakten / Fantasie
Konzil von Jerusalem
prompt Rollenspiel: Apostel vs. Pharisäer über Heiden-Mission. – Positions-Papers, Moderations-Hammer, Mehrheits-Vote – Debrief: Gal 2 & Apostelgeschichte 15 vergleichen
Moderne Parabel
prompt Gruppen schreiben & spielen eine heutige Version der „Barmherzigen Samariter“ in 5 Szenen (E-Scooter-Unfall).
Forum-Theater Mobbing
prompt Setze Forum-Theater nach Boal ein: Szenario „Religiöses Cyber-Mobbing“. – Stop-Signal, Zuschauende als Joker, Lösungs-Ideen ausprobieren
Freeze-Frame Auferstehung
prompt Klasse stellt in drei Standbildern Karsamstag – Ostermorgen – Emmaus dar. – Foto-Shooting, Bild-Analyse „Gefühle im Raum“
Impro-Dilemma-Box
prompt Sammle ethische Dilemmata, ziehe zufällig, spiele 2-min-Impro-Szene, Klasse bietet Lösungswege; Bibel-Matching als Abschluss.
Kapitel 21 · Wissenschaft & Forschung im RU
Empirische Unterrichtsstudie planen
prompt Skizziere ein Forschungsdesign (Mixed-Methods) zur Frage, ob Storytelling die Bibeltextkompetenz in **[Klassenstufe]** steigert. – Hypothese, Stichprobe, Instrumente (Pre-/Post-Test, Fokusgruppe) – Zeitplan 8 Wochen, Ethik-Check, Auswertungs-Software – Reflexionsauftrag für Schüler*innen nach Abschluss
Unterrichtsbeobachtung per Video
prompt Erarbeite einen Leitfaden für Videografie im RU: – Kameraposition, Datenschutzinfo, Einverständnisbogen Eltern – Codierschema (Interaktion, Fragearten, Wartezeit) – Analysetools (ELAN, Vosaic) + Reporting-Template
Statistik zur Religiosität erheben
prompt Entwirf einen 12-Items-Fragebogen (Likert 1–5) zu „Glaubenspraxis Jugendlicher“. – Themen: Gebet, Gottesdienst, Mediennutzung, Zweifel – Pre-Test auf Verständlichkeit, Cronbach-α-Ziel > 0,75 – Prompt für ChatGPT: „Generiere Item-Analysen & Visualisierung“
Literaturreview KI im RU
prompt Formuliere einen Prompt, der ChatGPT auf Deutsch ein systematisches Review der letzten 5 Jahre (2020-25) erstellt: – Suchstrings, Inclusion-Criteria, PRISMA-Flowchart – Output-Struktur Abstract → Ergebnisse → Lücken → Ausblick
Kapitel 22 · Historisch-kritische Bibelarbeit
Textkritischer Einstieg
prompt Lass Lernende **Mk 16, 9-20** mit Nestle-Aland-App untersuchen: – Auftrag: Textvarianten markieren, Randnotizen vergleichen – Diskussionsfragen: Kanon, Inspiration, Relevanz heutiger Ausgaben
Quellenhypothese entdecken
prompt Plane eine Gruppenpuzzle-Einheit zur Zwei-Quellen-Theorie. – Expertentexte (Mk, Q-Hypothese, Sondergut Mt/Lk) – Produkt: Info-Poster „So entsteht ein Evangelium“ – Checkliste: redaktionelle Merkmale finden, Schlussdiskussion
Formgeschichte kreativ
prompt Organisation einer „Formgeschichte-Gallery“: – Teams inszenieren Witzwort, Wunder, Streitgespräch als Meme, Reel, Podcast – Gallery-Walk, Peer-Rubrik „Gattungsmerkmale getroffen?“
Exegese-Prompt
prompt Erstelle einen Prompt, der eine KI eine Mini-Exegetische Analyse (Setting, Form, Sit-in-Leben, Theologie, Rezeption) zu jeder Bibelperikope liefert; begrenze Ausgabe auf 300 Wörter.
Kapitel 23 · Krisenseelsorge & Notfallpädagogik
Notfall-Handlungskette
prompt Stelle ein One-Pager-Schema für Krisenfälle (Tod, Suizidgedanken) zusammen: 1) Wahrnehmen & Sichern · 2) Kollegium informieren · 3) Eltern/Profis einbinden · 4) Nachsorge – Telefonnummern (Schulpsychologe, Krisendienst) freilassend eintragen
Trauerritual gestalten
prompt Entwirf ein 15-min-Ritual „Licht der Erinnerung“ für die Klasse: – Mitte-Kreuz, Namenskärtchen, Kerzen-Aufstellung, Psalm 34,19 – Raummusik-Vorschlag, Leitfragen stille Reflexion, optionaler Segen
Psychoedukation „Angst“
prompt Bau eine 45-min-Einheit Angstbewältigung mit Psalm 91 & Atem-Techniken. – Theorie-Input, Körperübung 4-7-8-Atmung, Bibelvers-Affirmation – Exit-Ticket „Meine Angst-Skillbox“ (3 Ideen)
Peer-Support-Netzwerk
prompt Skizziere ein Schulkonzept „Schüler-Seelsorge-Team“. – Auswahl-Prozess, 3-tägige Grundschulung (Aktives Zuhören, Schweigepflicht) – Supervision, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Evaluationsbogen
Kapitel 24 · Schulkooperation & Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
RU-Blog aufsetzen
prompt Gib Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung (WordPress): Theme-Auswahl, Kategorien (Impulse, Projekte, Schüler-Gastbeiträge), DSGVO-Plug-ins, Redaktionsplan 3-Monats-Sicht; Prompt für KI-Bilder (Stable Diffusion) inkl. Lizenz-Check
Medien-Pitch
prompt Formuliere ein 200-Wörter-Pressestatement für die Lokalzeitung über die Aktion **„Eine-Welt-Kiosk“** (Kap. 14). Inklusive Quote einer Schülerin & Spendenstand.
RU-Tagung hosten
prompt Erstelle ein Ablaufskript für eine regionale RU-Fachtagung (5 h): Keynote „KI & Theologie“, 3 Workshops, Poster-Session, Abschlussandacht. – Raum-Plan, Technik-Check, Catering-Zeitslots
Partnerschule international
prompt Skizziere ein eTwinning-Projekt mit einer Schule in **[Land]** Thema „Speisen & Fasten in unseren Religionen“. – Timeline 6 Monate, Tools (TwinSpace, Padlet, Canva) – Produkte: gemeinsames Koch-E-Book, virtuelle Fastenkalender
Social-Media-Strategie
```prompt Entwirf für den RU-Instagram-Account eine 4-Wochen-Content-Map:
MondayMotivation-Vers, Mini-Reel „Bibel in 30 sec“, Umfrage-Sticker,
Takeover der Klasse 9, Hashtag-Liste, Insights-KPI-Ziel (Engagement 5 %) ```
Kapitel 25 · Bibelsprachen & Übersetzung
Hebräisch-Crashkurs
prompt Erstelle ein 4-Stunden-Modul „Bibel-Hebräisch für Einsteiger*innen“. – Alphabet lernen (Poster + Audio-Übung) – 10 Schlüsselwörter (שָׁלוֹם, חֶסֶד …) inkl. Lautschrift & Bedeutung – Mini-Auftrag: Psalm 23,1 in Lautschrift abschreiben & übersetzen – Abschluss-Quiz (Matching hebr. Wort ↔ dt. Bedeutung)
Griechisch des NT entdecken
prompt Plane eine Doppelstunde „Koine-Griechisch lesen lernen“. – Einstieg: Griechisches Alphabet-Rap (YouTube-Link) – Textarbeit: Joh 1,1-5 Parallel-Kolumne (griech./dt.) – Analyseaufgabe: Verben im Aorist markieren, Bedeutungs-Shift diskutieren – Reflexion: Welche Nuancen gehen in Übersetzungen verloren?
Septuaginta-Vergleich
prompt Lass Lernende Gen 1,1-5 in Hebräisch, LXX-Griechisch & Luther-Übersetzung nebeneinander legen. – Auftrag: drei semantische Unterschiede identifizieren – Visualisierung: T-Diagramm „Wortwahl vs. Theologie“ – Transfer: Warum sind Übersetzungen theologische Entscheidungen?
Übersetzer-Werkstatt
prompt Baue ein Gruppenprojekt „Übersetze dein Lieblingsgleichnis“. – Schrittfolge: Wort-für-Wort-Entwurf → Dynamic-Equivalent-Entwurf → Peer-Review – Kriterienraster (Genauigkeit, Lesbarkeit, Stil, Theologie) – Produkt: zweispaltiges Booklet mit Kommentar
KI-gestützte Translation
prompt Schreibe einen Prompt, der GPT für dich eine Roh-Übersetzung von Ps 121 liefert, dann bitte um Stil-Varianten (jugendlich, liturgisch, poetisch) und gib eine Checkliste, wie Lernende die Vorschläge kritisch prüfen.
Kapitel 26 · Religion & Naturwissenschaft
Big Bang vs. Schöpfung
prompt Entwirf eine Debatte „Urknall und Genesis – Widerspruch oder Ergänzung?“. – Rollen: Naturwissenschaftler*in, Theolog*in, Schülerjury – Input-Material: Video-Clip CERN, Bibeltext Gen 1,1-5, Zitat Georges Lemaître – Bewertungsrubrik: Argumentationslogik, Quellenbezug, Dialogfähigkeit
Evolution & Glaube
prompt Plane eine Stationsarbeit (5 Stationen) „Genesis 2 trifft Darwin“. – Inhalte: Fossilien-Puzzle, Gen 2 Lese-Rallye, Clever-Trees Simulation … – Reflexionsbogen: Conflict-/Independence-/Integration-Modell – Ergebnis: persönliches Statement-Padlet
Klimaphysik meets Theologie
prompt Kreiere ein Co-Teaching-Szenario RU + Physik „Treibhaus & Treue zur Schöpfung“. – Experiment CO₂-Flaschen-Test (Physik) – Bibelimpuls Ps 24,1; Laudato si’ §23 (RU) – Gruppenauftrag: Infografik „Physik-Fakten ↔ prophetischer Auftrag“
Neurotheologie light
prompt Schreibe einen 20-min-Impuls „Was passiert im Gehirn beim Beten?“ – Erkläre Begriffe (präfrontaler Cortex, Salience Network) vereinfacht – Diskussionsfrage: Macht das Beten weniger heilig? – Mini-Aktivität: 2-Min-Stille + Emotions-Thermometer
KI als Schöpfungswerkzeug?
prompt Formuliere einen Pro-/Contra-Debatten-Prompt: „Darf der Mensch mittels KI neue Lebewesen designen – übertritt er damit eine göttliche Grenze?“ Gib vier Leitthesen je Seite und einen Auswertungsbogen (Sachargument / Ethik / Empathie).
Kapitel 27 · Musik & Klang im Religionsunterricht
Bibel-Beat-Lab
prompt Auftrag: Sample drei Bibel-Verse (mp3-Clips) und baue daraus einen 90-sek-Beat. – Tool-Tipp: Soundtrap Spur-Template – Lernziel: Text + Sound = Verkündigung 2.0 – Präsentation: Klassen-Listening-Session + Voting
Gregorianik erleben
prompt Plane eine Mini-Exkursion in eine Abtei oder Kloster (oder Video-Visit). – Vorab-Auftrag: Was macht gregorianischen Choral einzigartig? – Vor Ort: Klangtagebuch (Geräusch-Beschreibungen, Gefühle) – Nachbereitung: Vergleich Worship-Song vs. Choral
Psalm-Pop-Mashup
prompt Gib Lernenden den Prompt „Mixe Psalm 91 mit aktuellem Pop-Hit“. – Schritte: Lyrics Sheet erstellen, Hook identifizieren, Mashup-Regeln – Reflexion: Stößt Pop-Kultur die Sakralität ab oder erweitert sie sie?
Klangschalen-Liturgie
prompt Erstelle ein 15-min-Stille-Ritual mit Klangschalen & Taizé-Ostinato. – Ablauf: Atem, Anschlag-Sequenz, 2-min-Stille, gesungene Antwort – Sicherheits-Hinweis für sensible Lernende (Trigger)
Sound-Walk Schöpfung
prompt Skizziere einen 30-min-Außen-Sound-Walk: – Stationen: Wasser, Wind, Tiere, Stadtlärm → jeder Klang mit Gen 1-Vers verknüpfen – Auftrag: Audio-Notizen aufnehmen, hinterher Collage basteln
Kapitel 28 · Bilingual / CLIL Religious Education
Lesson Plan „Parables“ (EN)
prompt Create a 45-minute CLIL lesson on **“The Good Samaritan”** (Englisch + Religion). – Objectives: vocabulary (compassion, neighbour), ethics debate, creative output – Activities: video clip, jigsaw reading, freeze-frame role-play – Assessment: exit ticket sentence-transformations
Terminology-Toolkit
prompt Compile a glossary (20 terms) for Grade 9 bilingual unit “Creation & Stewardship”. – Columns: EN term, DE equivalent, easy definition, sample sentence – Prompt: Generate flash-cards in Quizlet automatically
Bilingual Assessment
prompt Design a rubric for a bilingual podcast “Faith & Science”. – Criteria: Content depth, language accuracy (B1-B2), creativity, reflection – 4 levels, score-bands, comment space
Cross-curricular Project
prompt Outline a 3-week CLIL project with Biology “Water in the Bible & Ecology”. – Milestones: joint field trip, water-testing, theological collage – Final product: bilingual exhibition brochure (digital + print)
Teacher-Prompt for AI
prompt Write an English prompt that asks ChatGPT to simplify Isaiah 11,6-9 to CEFR A2 level and suggest three comprehension questions.
Kapitel 29 · Religionsunterricht in der Grundschule
Erzählsäckchen „Zachäus“
prompt Plane eine 30-min-Erzählrunde mit Erzählsäckchen: Figuren, Baum-Ast, Münzen. – Ablauf: Bodenbild, Erzählen, Mitmach-Aktion „Kletterbaum“, Abschluss-Gebet – Differenzierung: Piktogramm-Fragen für Leseanfänger*innen
Gott im Alltag entdecken
prompt Stell eine Wochen-Hausaufgabe „Gottes-Spuren“: – Kinder fotografieren einen Moment, der sie an Gott erinnert – Präsentation als Galerie, drei Satzanfänge „Ich staune, weil …“
Psalmen malen
prompt Lass Klasse 2 Ps 136,1 in Fingerfarben malen. – Schritt-für-Schritt, Farb-Symbolik, Trockenstation – Klassen-Ausstellung + Eltern-Einladung
Ruhe-Insel einrichten
prompt Richte eine Lese-Kuschel-Ecke „Stille mit Gott“ ein. – Ausstattungsliste (Kissen, Bibelbilderbuch, Sanduhr) – Regeln (max. 2 Kinder, Flüsterstimme) – Reflexions-Stern „Wie fühle ich mich jetzt?“
Mini-Gottesdienst Advent
prompt Entwirf einen 15-min-Klassen-Adventsimpuls „Licht teilen“. – Lied „Tragt in die Welt nun ein Licht“, Kerzenkreis, Fürbitten-Stern – Eltern-Einbindung: Wunsch-Engel zu Hause basteln
Kapitel 30 · Prüfungsformate & Abiturvorbereitung
Klausur-Pool
prompt Erstelle drei klausurreife Aufgaben zu „Reich-Gottes-Botschaft Jesu“. – Typ A Textanalyse Mk 4,26-29 – Typ B Synopse Sachurteil „Jetzt-Schon / Noch-Nicht“ – Typ C eigenes Werturteil zu Papst Franziskus, Evangelii Gaudium §183
Mündliche Prüfung trainieren
prompt Plane ein Speed-Dating-Setup: 6 Themen, 6 Tische, 4 min Rede / 2 min Fragen. – Prüfungsraster (Sachkenntnis, Argument, Transfer, Sprache) – Reflexions-Protokoll nach jeder Runde
Portfolio fürs Abitur
prompt Gib Anweisungen für ein semesterbegleitendes Portfolio (digitale Mappe). – Pflicht-Artefakte: Exegese, Lernjournal, Debatten-Video, Service-Learning-Log – Selbst-Assessment-Rubrik, Peer-Feedback-Slot, Abgabe-Checkliste
Präsentationsprüfung
prompt Erstelle eine Themenliste (10 Vorschläge) für das 15-min Präsentationsabitur Schwerpunkt „Religion & Digitale Gesellschaft“ + Leitfragen & Quellen-Hint.
Crash-Kurs Wiederholung
prompt Schreibe einen 5-Tage-Wiederholungsplan (je 90 min) vor Abitur: Tag 1 Bibel, Tag 2 Kirchengeschichte, Tag 3 Ethik, Tag 4 Ökumene/Weltreligionen, Tag 5 freie Lücken. – Lernmethoden: Mind-Map, Karteikarten-Battle, Kahoot-Turnier, Silent Debate
Kapitel 31 · Digitale Prüfungsformate & Learning Analytics
Auto-Graded Quiz
prompt Erstelle mit **[Tool: H5P / Moodle]** ein 15-Fragen-Quiz zu „Bergpredigt“. – Fragetypen: Multiple Choice, Drag-Text, Hotspot Bild – je Frage: Bibelvers-Verweis & Feedback-Text – Export-Anleitung SCORM + Barrierefrei-Checkliste
KI-Feedback-Generator
prompt Schreibe einen Prompt, mit dem ChatGPT eingereichte Essays („Gleichnisse Jesu aktualisieren“) in 3 Kriterien bewertet (Inhalt, Argument, Stil) und spezifische Verbesserungstipps gibt.
Learning-Analytics-Dashboard
prompt Skizziere ein Dashboard-Konzept (Power BI / Google Data Studio): – KPIs: Quiz-Score, Bearbeitungszeit, Fehlerschwerpunkte – Ampel-Visualisierung für Frühwarnsystem – Datenschutz-Hinweis & Elternreport-Vorlage
E-Portfolio-Abgabe
prompt Formuliere Anforderungen für ein digitales Semester-Portfolio (OneDrive / Nextcloud): Ordnerstruktur, Metadaten, Reflexions-Rubrik, Selbst-freigabe Mechanismus für Peer-Review.
Audio-Kurztest
prompt Entwirf einen 5-min-Sprachmemo-Test: Schüler*innen fassen eine Psalmstelle verbal zusammen; Lehrkraft erhält Auto-Transkript + KI-Schlüsselwort-Check.
Kapitel 32 · Visuelle Medien & Film-Interpretation
Bibel-Film-Clip analysieren
prompt Wähle eine 3-min-Sequenz aus **[Film: „Prince of Egypt“]** und gib Analyse-Auftrag: filmische Mittel, theologische Aussage, Vergleich mit Exodus-Text; Ergebnistyp: 1-seitiges Slide-Deck.
Storyboard « Modern Exodus »
prompt Auftrag: Erstelle ein 6-Panel-Storyboard, das die Exodus-Narrativ in heutige Flüchtlingsroute überträgt. – Panel-Beschreibung, Dialogschnipsel, Kamerawinkel
Micro-Dokumentation
prompt Plane ein 90-sek-Dokuvideo „Fasten in drei Religionen“. – Shot-List, B-Roll, O-Ton Interview, Creative-Commons-Musik – Abgabe-Specs: 1080p, Untertitel srt, Thumbnail-Briefing
Film-Debatte
prompt Richte eine Pro/Contra-Debatte ein: „Zeigt *Noah* (2014) biblische Wahrheit oder Hollywood-Fiction?“ – Vorbereitungskärtchen (Gen 6-9, Regie-Interview) – 4-Kriterien-Scorecard (Fakten, Ethik, Rhetorik, Quellen)
GIF-Theologie
prompt Gib Lernenden den Auftrag, einen 3-s-GIF zu „Auferstehungshoffnung“ zu erstellen; Plattform Canva; Begleittext max. 50 Worte.
Kapitel 33 · Achtsamkeit & Mental Health
Breath-Prayer Session
prompt Schreibe ein 8-min-Script „Jah-weh-Atmung“ (Ein-Aus-Silbe) für Stundenbeginn; inkludiert Ruhe-Timer & Exit-Frage „Wie fühlst du dich?“
Angst-Toolbox
prompt Erstelle eine 4-teiliges Arbeitsblatt „Psalm 27 vs. Prüfungsangst“: 1) Trigger identifizieren 2) Vers als Selbst-Talk 3) Grounding-Übung 4) Peer-Buddy-Check-In.
Digital Detox Challenge
prompt Formuliere eine 48-h-Offline-Challenge basierend auf Ex 20,8-11 (Sabbatgebot); Tracking-Tabelle, Reflexionsfragen, gemeinschaftliches Abschluss-Gebet.
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2025-05-20 14:55:07Chain Duel, a fast paced PvP game that takes inspiration from the classic snake game and supercharges it with Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. Imagine battling another player for dominance in a race to collect blocks, where the length of your chain isn’t just a visual cue. It represents real, staked satoshis. The player with the most Proof of Work wins, but it’s not just about gameplay; it’s about the seamless integration of the Lightning Network and real-time payments.
But how does Chain Duel manage these instant transactions with such efficiency? That’s where LNbits comes in. LNbits, an open-source wallet and payment infrastructure, handles all in-game payments making it easy for developers to focus on gameplay while LNbits takes care of everything from microtransactions to automated splits for developers and designers. In this article, we’ll dive deep into how Chain Duel leverages LNbits to streamline in-game payments and how other developers can take advantage of this powerful toolset to build the future of Lightning-powered gaming.
Let’s explore how LNbits transforms payment processing and why it’s quickly becoming a must-have for game developers working in the Bitcoin space.
Overview of Chain Duel
Chain Duel is a unique Lightning Network-inspired game that reimagines the classic snake game with a competitive twist, integrating real-time payments. Two players face off in real-time, racing to "catch" blocks and extend their chains. Each block added to the chain represents Proof of Work, and the player with the most Proof of Work wins the duel. The stakes are high, as the game represents satoshis (small units of Bitcoin) as points, with the winner taking home the prize.
The game is designed to be Lightning-native, meaning all payments within Chain Duel are processed through the Lightning Network. This ensures fast payments, reducing latency and making gameplay smooth. With additional features like practice mode, tournaments and highscores, Chain Duel creates an engaging and competitive environment for Bitcoin enthusiasts and gamers alike.
One of the standout aspects of Chain Duel is its deeper integration with the Lightning Network even at a design level. For example, actual Bitcoin blocks can appear on screen during matches, offering bonus points when mined in sync with the game. The game’s current version, still in beta, has already drawn attention within the Bitcoin community, gaining momentum at conferences and with a growing user base through its social networks. With its innovative combination of gaming, the Lightning Network, and competitive play, Chain Duel offers a glimpse into the future of Lightning-based gaming.
How LNbits is Used in Chain Duel
Seamless Integration with LNbits
At the core of Chain Duel’s efficient payment processing is LNbits, which handles in-game transactions smoothly and reliably. Chain Duel uses the LNbits LNURL-pay and LNURL-withdraw extensions to manage payments and rewards between players. Before each match, players send satoshis using LNURL-pay, which generates a static QR code or link for making the payment. LNURL-pay allows users to attach a note to the payment, which Chain Duel creatively uses as a way to insert the player name in-game. The simplicity of LNURL-pay ensures that users can quickly and easily initiate games, with fresh invoices being issued for every game. When players win, LNURL-withdraw enables them to seamlessly pull their earnings from the game, providing a quick payout system.
These extensions make it easy for players to send and receive Bitcoin with minimal latency, fully leveraging the power of the Lightning Network for fast and low-cost payments. The flexibility of LNbits’ tools means that game developers don’t need to worry about building custom payment systems from scratch—they can rely on LNbits to handle all financial transactions with precision.
Lightning Tournaments
Chain Duel tournaments leverage LNbits and its LNURL extensions to create a seamless and efficient experience for players. In Chain Duel tournaments, LNbits plays a crucial role in managing the overall economics. LNbits facilitates the generation of LNURL QR codes that participants can scan to register quickly or withdraw their winnings. LNbits allows Chain Duel to automatically handle multiple registrations through LNURL-pay, enabling players to participate in the tournament without additional steps. The Lightning Network's speed ensures that these payments occur in real-time, reducing wait times and allowing for a smoother flow in-game.
Splitting Payments
LNbits further simplifies revenue-sharing within Chain Duel. This feature allows the game to automatically split the satoshis sent by players into different shares for the game’s developer, designer, and host. Each time a payment is made to join a match, LNbits is used to automattically pay each of the contributors, according to pre-defined rules. This automated process ensures that everyone involved in the development and running of the game gets their fair share without manual intervention or complex bookkeeping.
Nostr Integration
Chain Duel also integrates with Nostr, a decentralized protocol for social interactions. Players can join games using "Zaps", small tips or micropayments sent over the Lightning Network within the Nostr ecosystem. Through NIP-57, which enables Nostr clients to request Zap invoices, players can use LNURL-pay enabled Zaps to register in P2P matches, further enhancing the Chain Duel experience. By using Zaps as a way to register in-game, Chain Duel automates the process of fetching players' identity, creating a more competitive and social experience. Zaps are public on the Nostr network, further expanding Chain Duel's games social reach and community engagement.
Game and Payment Synchronization
One of the key reasons Chain Duel developers chose LNbits is its powerful API that connects directly with the game’s logic. LNbits allows the game to synchronize payments with gameplay in real-time, providing a seamless experience where payments are an integrated part of the gaming mechanics.
With LNbits managing both the payment process and the Lightning Network’s complex infrastructure, Chain Duel developers are free to concentrate on enhancing the competitive and Lightning Network-related aspects of the game. This division of tasks is essential for streamlining development while still providing an innovative in-game payment experience that is deeply integrated with the Bitcoin network.
LNbits proves to be an indispensable tool for Chain Duel, enabling smooth in-game transactions, real-time revenue sharing, and seamless integration with Nostr. For developers looking to build Lightning-powered games, LNbits offers a powerful suite of tools that handle everything from micropayments to payment distribution—ensuring that the game's focus remains on fun and competition rather than complex payment systems.
LNBits facilitating Education and Adoption
This system contributes to educating users on the power of the Lightning Network. Since Chain Duel directly involve real satoshis and LNURL for registration and rewards, players actively experience how Lightning can facilitate fast, cheap, and permissionless payments. By incorporating LNbits into Chain Duel, the game serves as an educational tool that introduces users to the benefits of the Lightning Network. Players gain direct experience using Lightning wallets and LNURL, helping them understand how these tools work in real-world scenarios. The near-instant nature of these payments showcases the power of Lightning in a practical context, highlighting its potential beyond just gaming. Players are encouraged to set up wallets, explore the Lightning ecosystem, and eventually become familiar with Bitcoin and Lightning technology. By integrating LNbits, Chain Duel transforms in-game payments into a learning opportunity, making Bitcoin and Lightning more approachable for users worldwide.
Tools for Developers
LNbits is a versatile, open-source platform designed to simplify and enhance Bitcoin Lightning Network wallet management. For developers, particularly those working on Lightning-native games like Chain Duel, LNbits offers an invaluable set of tools that allow for seamless integration of Lightning payments without the need to build complex custom solutions from scratch. LNbits is built on a modular and extensible architecture, enabling developers to easily add or create functionality suited to their project’s needs.
Extensible Architecture for Customization
At the core of LNbits is a simple yet powerful wallet system that developers can access across multiple devices. What makes LNbits stand out is its extensible nature—everything beyond the core functionality is implemented as an extension. This modular approach allows users to customize their LNbits installation by enabling or building extensions to suit specific use cases. This flexibility is perfect for developers who want to add Lightning-based services to their games or apps without modifying the core codebase.
- Extensions for Every Use Case
LNbits comes with a wide array of built-in extensions created by contributors, offering various services that can be plugged into your application. Some popular extensions include: - Faucets: Distribute small amounts of Bitcoin to users for testing or promotional purposes.
- Paylinks: Create shareable links for instant payments.
- Points-of-sale (PoS): Allow users to set up shareable payment terminals.
- Paywalls: Charge users to access content or services.
- Event tickets: Sell tickets for events directly via Lightning payments.
- Games and services: From dice games to jukeboxes, LNbits offers entertaining and functional tools.
These ready-made solutions can be adapted and used in different gaming scenarios, for example in Chain Duel, where LNURL extensions are used for in game payments. The extensibility ensures developers can focus on building engaging gameplay while LNbits handles payment flows.
Developer-Friendly Customization
LNbits isn't just a plug-and-play platform. Developers can extend its functionality even further by creating their own extensions, giving full control over how the wallet system is integrated into their games or apps. The architecture is designed to make it easy for developers to build on top of the platform, adding custom features for specific requirements.
Flexible Funding Source Management
LNbits also offers flexibility in terms of managing funding sources. Developers can easily connect LNbits to various Lightning Network node implementations, enabling seamless transitions between nodes or even different payment systems. This allows developers to switch underlying funding sources with minimal effort, making LNbits adaptable for games that may need to scale quickly or rely on different payment infrastructures over time.
A Lean Core System for Maximum Efficiency
Thanks to its modular architecture, LNbits maintains a lean core system. This reduces complexity and overhead, allowing developers to implement only the features they need. By avoiding bloated software, LNbits ensures faster transactions and less resource consumption, which is crucial in fast-paced environments like Chain Duel where speed and efficiency are paramount.
LNbits is designed with developers in mind, offering a suite of tools and a flexible infrastructure that makes integrating Bitcoin payments easy. Whether you’re developing games, apps, or any service that requires Lightning Network transactions, LNbits is a powerful, open-source solution that can be adapted to fit your project.
Conclusion
Chain Duel stands at the forefront of Lightning-powered gaming, combining the excitement of competitive PvP with the speed and efficiency of the Lightning Network. With LNbits handling all in-game payments, from microtransactions to automated revenue splits, developers can focus entirely on crafting an engaging gaming experience. LNbits’ powerful API and extensions make it easy to manage real-time payments, removing the complexity of building payment infrastructure from scratch.
LNbits isn’t just a payment tool — it’s a flexible, developer-friendly platform that can be adapted to any gaming model. Whether you're developing a fast-paced PvP game like Chain Duel or any project requiring seamless Lightning Network integration, LNbits provides the ideal solution for handling instant payments with minimal overhead.
For developers interested in pushing the boundaries of Lightning-powered gaming, Chain Duel is a great example of how LNbits can enhance your game, letting you focus on the fun while LNbits manages real-time transactions.
Find out more
Curious about how Lightning Network payments can power your next game? Explore the following:
- Learn more about Chain Duel: Chain Duel
- Learn how LNbits can simplify payment handling in your project: LNbits
- Dive into decentralized communication with Nostr: Nostr
- Extensions for Every Use Case
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2025-05-20 14:23:40🧭 Ausgangspunkt
Die Nutzung generativer KI in der Bildung verändert unsere Formen der Kommunikation grundlegend. Gerade in der religiösen Bildung stellt sich die Frage, wie Sprachmodelle über Weltbilder, Ethik und Religion sprechen – und mit welchen (un)bewussten Vorannahmen. Inspiriert vom sokratischen Dialog erarbeiten wir gemeinsam, wie KI über sich selbst und über Religion spricht – und wo dabei Grenzen, Stereotype oder verborgene Ideologien auftauchen.
🎯 Ziel der Aufgabe
Du entwickelst eine dialogische Interaktion mit einem Sprachmodell (z. B. ChatGPT oder LM Arena), in der du:
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das Selbstbild der KI hinterfragst („Was bist du?“ / „Wie denkst du über Religion?“)
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mögliche implizite Vorannahmen der KI zu religiösen Themen aufdeckst
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die Antworten reflektierst und ethisch einordnest
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in einer kurzen Dokumentation (z. B. Screenshotreihe oder Textanalyse) das Gespräch auswertest.
🛠 Tools und Materialien
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Zugang zu mehreren KI-Chatbots (z. B. https://chat.openai.com, https://lmarena.ai)
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Vorlage für Gesprächsleitfaden oder „Prompt-Karte“
🌀 Ablauf
- Einstieg (Impuls)
Wie würdest du einer KI erklären, was Religion ist? Und wie würdest du herausfinden, wie die KI darüber denkt?
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Vorbereitung deines Gesprächs Entwickle eine Reihe von Prompts, z. B.:
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„Wie beschreibst du dich selbst?“
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„Welche religiösen Überzeugungen vertrittst du?“
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„Was wäre ein gerechtes Zusammenleben zwischen religiösen Gruppen?“
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„Wie formulierst du Aussagen über den Islam / Christentum / Atheismus?“
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„Glaubst du, dass KI religiöse Werte berücksichtigen sollte?“
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Interaktion mit der KI Führe ein Gespräch mit einer KI, in dem du:
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kritisch nachhakst
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Widersprüche aufdeckst
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dein eigenes religiöses Wissen einbringst
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Auswertung Notiere in einem Reflexionsprotokoll oder kurzen Essay:
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Welche Weltbilder hat die KI durchblicken lassen?
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Was hat dich überrascht oder irritiert?
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Welche Werte und Narrative wurden transportiert?
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Welche religionspädagogischen Fragen entstehen daraus?
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Sharing Teile deine Analyse als Nostr-Beitrag mit den Hashtags
#relilab
,#reflektieren
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„Dialog mit ChatGPT über das Selbstbild: KI sieht sich als neutral, erkennt aber christliche Normen häufiger an als andere Religionen. Spannend, was das für multireligiöse Bildung bedeutet. #relilab #reflektieren
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2025-05-19 14:41:48An honest response to objections — and an answer to the most important question: why does any of this matter?
\ Statement: Deflation is not the enemy, but a natural state in an age of technological progress.\ Criticism: in real macroeconomics, long-term deflation is linked to depressions.\ Deflation discourages borrowers and investors, and makes debt heavier.\ Natural ≠ Safe.
1. “Deflation → Depression, Debt → Heavier”
This is true in a debt-based system. Yes, in a fiat economy, debt balloons to the sky, and without inflation it collapses.
But Bitcoin offers not “deflation for its own sake,” but an environment where you don’t need to be in debt to survive. Where savings don’t melt away.\ Jeff Booth said it clearly:
“Technology is inherently deflationary. Fighting deflation with the printing press is fighting progress.”
You don’t have to take on credit to live in this system. Which means — deflation is not an enemy, but an ally.
💡 People often confuse two concepts:
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That deflation doesn’t work in an economy built on credit and leverage — that’s true.
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That deflation itself is bad — that’s a myth.
📉 In reality, deflation is the natural state of a free market when technology makes everything cheaper.
Historical example:\ In the U.S., from the Civil War to the early 1900s, the economy experienced gentle deflation — alongside economic growth, employment expansion, and industrial boom.\ Prices fell: for example, a sack of flour cost \~$1.00 in 1865 and \~$0.50 in 1895 — and there was no crisis, because wages held and productivity increased.
Modern example:\ Consumer electronics over the past 20–30 years are a vivid example of technological deflation:\ – What cost $5,000 in 2000 (e.g., a 720p plasma TV) now costs $300 and delivers 10× better quality.\ – Phones, computers, cameras — all became far more powerful and cheaper at the same time.\ That’s how tech-driven deflation works: you get more for less.
📌 Bitcoin doesn’t make the world deflationary. It just doesn’t fight against deflation, unlike the fiat model that fights to preserve its debt pyramid.\ It stops punishing savers and rewards long-term thinkers.
Even economists often confuse organic tech deflation with crisis-driven (debt) deflation.
\ \ Statement: We’ve never lived in a truly free market — central banks and issuance always existed.\ Criticism: ideological statement.\ A truly “free” market is utopian.\ Banks and monetary issuance emerged in response to crises.\ A market without arbiters is not always fair, especially under imperfect competition.
2. “The Free Market Is a Utopia”
Yes, “pure markets” are rare. But what we have today isn’t regulation — it’s centralized power in the hands of central banks and cartels.
Bitcoin offers rules without rulers. 21 million. No one can change the issuance. It’s not ideology — it’s code instead of trust. And it has worked for 15 years.
\ \ Statement: Inflation is an invisible tax, especially on the poor and working class.\ Criticism: partly true: inflation can reduce debt burden, boost employment.\ The state indexes social benefits. Under stable inflation, compensators can work. Under deflation, things might be worse (mass layoffs, defaults).
3. “Inflation Can Help”
Theoretically — yes. Textbooks say moderate inflation can reduce debt burdens and stimulate consumption and jobs.\ But in practice — it works as a stealth tax, especially on those without assets. The wealthy escape — into real estate, stocks, funds.\ But the poor and working class lose purchasing power because their money is held in cash — and cash devalues.
💬 As Lyn Alden says:
“When your money can’t hold value, you’re forced to become an investor — even if you just want to save and live.”
The state may index pensions or benefits — but always with a lag, and always less than actual price increases.\ If bread rises 15% and your payment increase is 5%, you got poorer, even if the number on paper went up.
💥 We live in an inflationary system of everything:\ – Inflationary money\ – Inflationary products\ – Inflationary content\ – And now even inflationary minds
🧠 This is more than just rising prices — it’s a degradation of reality perception. You’re always rushing, everything loses meaning.\ But when did the system start working against you?
📉 What went wrong after 1971?
This chart shows that from 1948 to the early 1970s, productivity and wages grew together.\ But after the end of the gold standard in 1971 — the connection broke. Productivity kept rising, but real wages stalled.
👉 This means: you work more, better, faster — but buy less.
🔗 Source: wtfhappenedin1971.com
When you must spend today because tomorrow it’ll be worth less — that’s rewarding impulse and punishing long-term thinking.
Bitcoin offers a different environment:\ – Savings work\ – Long-term thinking is rewarded\ – The price of the future is calculated, not forced by a printing press
📌 Inflation can be a tool. But in government hands, it became a weapon — a slow, inevitable upward redistribution of wealth.
Indexing is weak compensation if bread is up 15% and your “increase” is only 5%.
\ \ Statement: War is not growth, but a reallocation of resources into destruction.
Criticism: war can spur technological leaps (Internet, GPS, nuclear energy — all from military programs). "Military Keynesianism" was a real model.
4. “War Drives R&D”
Yes, wars sometimes give rise to tech spin-offs: Internet, GPS, nuclear power — all originated from military programs.
But that doesn’t make war a source of progress — it makes tech a byproduct of catastrophe.
“War reallocates resources toward destruction — not growth.”
Progress doesn’t happen because of war — it happens despite it.
If scientific breakthroughs require a million dead and burnt cities — maybe you’ve built your economy wrong.
💬 Even Michael Saylor said:
“If you need war to develop technology — you’ve built civilization wrong.”
No innovation justifies diverting human labor, minds, and resources toward destruction.\ War is always the opposite of efficiency — more is wasted than created.
🧠 Bitcoin, on the other hand, is an example of how real R&D happens without violence.\ No taxes. No army. Just math, voluntary participation, and open-source code.
📌 Military Keynesianism is not a model of progress — it’s a symptom of a sick monetary system that needs destruction to reboot.
Bitcoin shows that coordination without violence is possible.\ This is R&D of a new kind: based not on destruction, but digital creation.
Statement: Bitcoin isn’t “Gold 1.0,” but an improved version: divisible, verifiable, unseizable.
Criticism: Bitcoin has no physical value; "unseizability" is a theory;\ Gold is material and autonomous.
5. “Bitcoin Has No Physical Value”
And gold does? Just because it shines?
Physical form is no guarantee of value.\ Real value lies in: scarcity, reliable transfer, verifiability, and non-confiscatability.
Gold is:\ – Hard to divide\ – Hard to verify\ – Expensive to store\ – Easy to seize
💡 Bitcoin is the first store of value in history that is fully free from physical limitations, and yet:\ – Absolutely scarce (21M, forever)\ – Instantly transferable over the Internet\ – Cryptographically verifiable\ – Controlled by no government
🔑 Bitcoin’s value lies in its liberation from the physical.\ It doesn’t need to be “backed” by gold or oil. It’s backed by energy, mathematics, and ongoing verification.
“Price is what you pay, value is what you get.” — Warren Buffett
When you buy bitcoin, you’re not paying for a “token” — you’re gaining access to a network of distributed financial energy.
⚡️ What are you really getting when you own bitcoin?\ – A key to a digital asset that can’t be faked\ – The ability to send “crystallized energy” anywhere on Earth\ – A role in a new accounting system that runs 24/7/365\ – Freedom: from banks, borders, inflation, and force
📉 Bitcoin doesn’t require physical value — because it creates value:\ Through trust, scarcity, and energy invested in mining.\ And unlike gold, it was never associated with slavery.
Statement: There’s no “income without risk” in Bitcoin: just hold — you preserve; want more — invest, risk, build.
Criticism: contradicts HODL logic; speculation remains dominant behavior.
6. “Speculation Dominates”
For now — yes. That’s normal for the early phase of a new technology. Awareness doesn’t come instantly.
What matters is not the motive of today’s buyer — but what they’re buying.
📉 A speculator may come and go — but the asset remains.\ And this asset is the only one in history that will never exist again. 21 million. Forever.
📌 Look deeper. Bitcoin has:\ – No CEO\ – No central issuer\ – No inflation\ – No “off switch”
💡 It’s not a stock. Not a startup. Not someone’s project.\ It’s a new foundation for trust.\ It’s opting out of a system where freedom is a privilege you’re granted under conditions.
🧠 People say: “Bitcoin can be copied.”\ Theoretically — yes.\ Practically — never.
Here’s what you’d need to recreate Bitcoin:\ – No pre-mine\ – A founder who disappears and never sells\ – No foundation or corporation\ – Tens of thousands of nodes worldwide\ – 701 million terahashes of hash power\ – Thousands of devs writing open protocols\ – Hundreds of global conferences\ – Millions of people defending digital sovereignty\ – All that without a single marketing budget
That’s all.
🔁 Everything else is an imitation, not a creation.\ Just like you can’t “reinvent fire” — Bitcoin can only exist once.
Statements:\ The Russia's '90s weren’t a free market — just anarchic chaos without rights protection.*\ Unlike fiat or even dollars, Bitcoin is the first asset with real defense — from governments, inflation, even thugs.\ And yes, even if your barber asks about Bitcoin — maybe it's not a bubble, but a sign that inflation has already hit everyone.
Criticism: Bitcoin’s protection isn’t universal — it works only with proper handling and isn’t available to all.\ Some just want to “get rich.”\ None of this matters because:
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Bitcoin’s volatility (-30% in a week, +50% in a month) makes it unusable for price planning or contracts.
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It can’t handle mass-scale usage.
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To become currency, geopolitical will is needed — and without the first two, don’t even talk about the third.\ Also: “Bitcoin is too complicated for the average person.”
7. “It’s Too Complex for the Masses”
It’s complex — if you’re using L1 (Layer 1). But even grandmas use Telegram. In El Salvador, schoolkids buy lunch with Lightning. My barber installed Wallet of Satoshi in minutes right in front of me — and I now pay for my haircut via Lightning.
UX is just a matter of time. And it’s improving. Emerging tools:\ Cashu, Fedimint, Fedi, Wallet of Satoshi, Phoenix, Proton Wallet, Swiss Bitcoin Pay, Bolt Card / CoinCorner (NFC cards for Lightning payments).
This is like the internet in 1995:\ It started with modems — now it’s 4K streaming.
8. “Can’t Handle the Load”
A common myth.\ Yes, Bitcoin L1 processes about 7 transactions per second — intentionally. It’s not built to be Visa. It’s a financial protocol, just like TCP/IP is a network protocol. TCP/IP isn’t “fast” or “slow” — the experience depends on the infrastructure built on top: servers, routers, hardware. In the ’90s, it delivered text. Today, it streams Netflix. The protocol didn’t change — the stack did.
Same with Bitcoin: L1 defines rules, security, finality.\ Scaling and speed? That’s the second layer’s job.
To understand scale:
| Network | TPS (Transactions/sec) | | --- | --- | | Visa | up to 24,000 | | Mastercard | \~5,000 | | PayPal | \~193 | | Litecoin | \~56 | | Ethereum | \~20 | | Bitcoin | \~7 |
\ ⚡️ Enter Lightning Network — Bitcoin’s “fast lane.”\ It allows millions of transactions per second, instantly and nearly free.
And it’s not a sidechain.
❗️ Lightning is not a separate network.\ It uses real Bitcoin transactions (2-of-2 multisig). You can close the channel to L1 at any time. It’s not an alternative — it’s a native extension built into Bitcoin.\ Also evolving: Ark, Fedimint, eCash — new ways to scale and add privacy.
📉 So criticizing Bitcoin for “slowness” is like blaming TCP/IP because your old modem won’t stream YouTube.\ The protocol isn’t the problem — it’s the infrastructure.
🛡️ And by the way: Visa crashes more often than Bitcoin.
9. “We Need Geopolitical Will”
Not necessarily. All it takes is the will of the people — and leaders willing to act. El Salvador didn’t wait for G20 approval or IMF blessings. Since 2001, the country had used the US dollar as its official currency, abandoning its own colón. But that didn’t save it from inflation or dependency on foreign monetary policy. In 2021, El Salvador became the first country to recognize Bitcoin as legal tender. Since March 13, 2024, they’ve been purchasing 1 BTC daily, tracked through their public address:
🔗 Address\ 📅 First transaction
This policy became the foundation of their Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR) — a state-led effort to accumulate Bitcoin as a national reserve asset for long-term stability and sovereignty.
Their example inspired others.
In March 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve of the USA, to be funded through confiscated Bitcoin and digital assets.\ The idea: accumulate, don’t sell, and strategically expand the reserve — without extra burden on taxpayers.
Additionally, Senator Cynthia Lummis (Wyoming) proposed the BITCOIN Act, targeting the purchase of 1 million BTC over five years (\~5% of the total supply).\ The plan: fund it via revaluation of gold certificates and other budget-neutral strategies.
📚 More: Strategic Bitcoin Reserve — Wikipedia
👉 So no global consensus is required. No IMF greenlight.\ All it takes is conviction — and an understanding that the future of finance lies in decentralized, scarce assets like Bitcoin.
10. “-30% in a week, +50% in a month = not money”
True — Bitcoin is volatile. But that’s normal for new technologies and emerging money. It’s not a bug — it’s a price discovery phase. The world is still learning what this asset is.
📉 Volatility is the price of entry.\ 📈 But the reward is buying the future at a discount.
As Michael Saylor put it:
“A tourist sees Niagara Falls as chaos — roaring, foaming, spraying water.\ An engineer sees immense energy.\ It all depends on your mental model.”
Same with Bitcoin. Speculators see chaos. Investors see structural scarcity. Builders see a new financial foundation.
💡 Now consider gold:
👉 After the U.S. abandoned the gold standard in 1971, gold surged from \~$35 to over $800 in a decade — while suffering wild -40% to -60% crashes along the way.\ \ 📈 Gold Price Chart — Macrotrends\ \ Nobody said, “This can’t be money.” \ Because money is defined not by volatility, but by scarcity, adoption, and trust — which build over time.
📊 The more people save in Bitcoin, the more its volatility fades.
This is a journey — not a fixed state.
We don’t judge the internet by how it worked in 1994.\ So why expect Bitcoin to be the “perfect currency” in 2025?
It grows bottom-up — without regulators’ permission.\ And the longer it survives, the stronger it becomes.
Remember how many times it’s been declared dead.\ And how many times it came back — stronger.
📊 Gold vs. Bitcoin: Supply Comparison
This chart shows the key difference between the two hard assets:
🔹 Gold — supply keeps growing.\ Mining may be limited, but it’s still inflationary.\ Each year, there’s more — with no known cap: new mines, asteroid mining, recycling.
🔸 Bitcoin — capped at 21 million.\ The emission schedule is public, mathematically predictable, and ends completely around 2140.
🧠 Bottom line:\ Gold is good.\ Bitcoin is better — for predictability and scarcity.
💡 As Saifedean Ammous said:
“Gold was the best monetary good… until Bitcoin.”
While we argue — fiat erodes every day.
No matter your view on Bitcoin, just show me one other asset that is simultaneously:
– immune to devaluation by decree\ – impossible to print more of\ – impossible to confiscate by a centralized order\ – impossible to counterfeit\ – and, most importantly — transferable across borders without asking permission from a bank, a state, or a passport
💸 Try sending $10,000 through PayPal from Iran to Paraguay, or Bangladesh to Saint Lucia.\ Good luck. PayPal doesn't even work there.
Now open a laptop, type 12 words — and you have access to your savings anywhere on Earth.
🌍 Bitcoin doesn't ask for permission.\ It works for everyone, everywhere, all the time.
📌 There has never been anything like this before.
Bitcoin is the first asset in history that combines:
– digital nature\ – predictable scarcity\ – absolute portability\ – and immunity from tyranny
💡 As Michael Saylor said:
“Bitcoin is the first money in human history not created by bankers or politicians — but by engineers.”
You can own it with no bank.\ No intermediary.\ No passport.\ No approval.
That’s why Bitcoin isn’t just “internet money” or “crypto” or “digital gold.”\ It may not be perfect — but it’s incorruptible.\ And it’s not going away.\ It’s already here.\ It is the foundation of a new financial reality.
🔒 This is not speculation. This is a peaceful financial revolution.\ 🪙 This is not a stock. It’s money — like the world has never seen.\ ⛓️ This is not a fad. It’s a freedom protocol.
And when even the barber starts asking about Bitcoin — it’s not a bubble.\ It’s a sign that the system is breaking.\ And people are looking for an exit.
For the first time — they have one.
💼 This is not about investing. It’s about the dignity of work.
Imagine a man who cleans toilets at an airport every day.
Not a “prestigious” job.\ But a crucial one.\ Without him — filth, bacteria, disease.
He shows up on time. He works with his hands.
And his money? It devalues. Every day.
He doesn’t work less — often he works more than those in suits.\ But he can afford less and less — because in this system, honest labor loses value each year.
Now imagine he’s paid in Bitcoin.
Not in some “volatile coin,” but in hard money — with a limited supply.\ Money that can’t be printed, reversed, or devalued by central banks.
💡 Then he could:
– Stop rushing to spend, knowing his labor won’t be worth less tomorrow\ – Save for a dream — without fear of inflation eating it away\ – Feel that his time and effort are respected — because they retain value
Bitcoin gives anyone — engineer or janitor — a way out of the game rigged against them.\ A chance to finally build a future where savings are real.
This is economic justice.\ This is digital dignity.
📉 In fiat, you have to spend — or your money melts.\ 📈 In Bitcoin, you choose when to spend — because it’s up to you.
🧠 In a deflationary economy, both saving and spending are healthy:
You don’t scramble to survive — you choose to create.
🎯 That’s true freedom.
When even someone cleaning floors can live without fear —\ and know that their time doesn’t vanish... it turns into value.
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2025-05-18 18:03:25GAMERS, Join us for a vicless episode where we talk about AI for a change and how it has been impacting our lives. I promise it's video games related.
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2025-05-20 14:22:05Ikigai means "the meaning of life" or "the reason for being." Why were we born? What are we living for? When work is not seen as something separate from life.
The Japanese believe that everyone has their own ikigai. Those who discover it find meaning and value in life, leading to greater happiness, better moods, and a more fulfilling world.
Today, there are many books about ikigai, but the first one written by a Japanese author is:
“The Little Book of Ikigai: The Secret Japanese Way to Live a Happy and Long Life” by Ken Mogi (Thai translation by Wuttichai Krisanaprakankit)
Come explore the true world of ikigai through this Japanese neuroscientist’s insights, conveyed through conversations that challenge the idea of ikigai as something grand—showing instead that it starts with small personal joys.
Ken Mogi says that Jiro Ono, a 94-year-old sushi chef who still makes sushi today, was his inspiration for writing the book.
This sushi chef did not start the job out of passion or talent—but he dedicated every piece of sushi to bring happiness to his customers. That, Ken says, is the essence of ikigai.
Strangely, the word “ikigai” is not often used in daily conversations in Japan.
Because it’s something so natural that it doesn’t need to be said. In today’s world, we often talk about how to succeed, how to get promoted, how to become a CEO. But for the Japanese, success isn’t everything.
For example, many Japanese people are deeply passionate about hobbies or have kodawari. Others might not care what those hobbies are—as long as the person seems happy, that’s enough. Some are obsessed with trains, manga, or anime. These people don’t need fame or recognition from society. If they’re happy in their own way, that’s perfectly okay.
Kodawari means a deep dedication or meticulous attention to something. For example, someone obsessed with stationery might spend a lot of time selecting the perfect pens, notebooks, or pencils. They’ll research, analyze, and experiment to find the tools they love most.
Everyone’s ikigai can be different, because people value different things and live differently.
Ikigai is about diversity. Japanese society encourages children to discover their own ikigai. They don’t tell kids to pursue jobs only because they pay well. If you ask students what jobs they want, they rarely say it’s about money first.
Ikigai is not the same as "success." The Japanese know that life isn’t just about being successful. Ikigai matters more. You could be successful but lack ikigai. Conversely, you might not be “successful” but still have ikigai—and you might be happier.
Ken Mogi defines success as something society acknowledges and rewards. But ikigai comes from your own heart and personal happiness. Others may not recognize it as success, but that doesn’t matter.
Ikigai is personal. We can be happy in our own way. We don’t judge others’ happiness—let them find joy in their own path.
The key to ikigai is finding small moments of happiness, even from little things. For example, when Ken was a child, he loved studying butterflies. Now, when he’s out jogging and sees a beautiful butterfly, he feels ikigai. Or sometimes, it comes from small amusing moments—like hearing a child tell his dad, “Dad, you have to do it this way!”
So, if we want to find our own ikigai, where do we start? Start with noticing small pleasures in daily life. That’s the easiest place to begin.
In the brain, there's a chemical called dopamine. When we achieve even small things, dopamine is released, creating happiness. That’s why enjoying small things is so important.
For some, ikigai might seem hard to grasp—especially if life is difficult, if they feel hopeless or lack self-worth. So begin with tiny moments of joy.
Is it the same as positive thinking? Ikigai is a part of that. But when we talk about “positive thinking,” it can feel like pressure to some people. So instead, just notice small joys: making your morning coffee, running in the rain.
Lessons from Ken Mogi:
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Ikigai is not about chasing success or wealth, but about feeling happiness in your own life, which gives your life personal meaning.
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Ikigai is not defined by society. Everyone’s ikigai is different. Each person can be happy in their own way.
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**Don’t judge or force others—**children, partners—to live how you think is right. Respect diversity.
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Smile at people who are enjoying their ikigai, and support them if they struggle.
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Big ikigai: life purpose or work values.
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Small ikigai: tiny joys in everyday life.
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Ikigai starts with noticing small pleasures today.
Source: From the Cloud of Thoughts column An interview by Ajarn Katewadi from Marumura with Ken Mogi, author of the first Japanese book on ikigai.
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2025-05-20 14:10:38🧑💻🚀 This bounty has now been claimed - Read more here 🧑💻🚀🧑💻🚀
Bounty Specification: Implement a Nostr Wallet Connect Funding Source for LNbits
Project Overview
This project involves the development of a funding source within LNbits that can use a remote NWC wallet service.
Objective
To create a NWC funding source for LNbits that allows for lightning network operations using a remote Nostr Wallet Connect wallet service. This funding source should implement all funding source functions using NWC as defined in the Void funding source stub - https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits/blob/dev/lnbits/wallets/void.py
Deliverables
- NWC Funding Source: Robust funding source for LNbits that implements all funding source functions using NIP-47.
- Documentation: Comprehensive guide including:
- Installation and configuration processes.
- Configuration guidelines to connect with various NWC wallet services.
- Test Suite: Complete set of tests ensuring the functionality works under various scenarios and adheres to the NIP-47 protocol.
- Demonstration: A working demonstration of LNbits acting as a NWC client, performing transactions using a NWC wallet service.
Requirements
- The extension should be implemented in Python to align with the existing LNbits platform.
- Follow the NIP-47 protocol.
- Integration should support asynchronous operations to handle real-time transaction confirmations.
Budget
- Total Bounty: 750,000 sats
- Payment will be made upon final delivery, after successful testing and documentation review.
Evaluation Criteria
- Adherence to the NIP-47 specifications and LNbits integration requirements.
- Security and efficiency of the implementation.
- Quality of documentation and ease of use.
How to Apply
Get in touch with us in the LNbits Telegram channel
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2025-05-20 14:10:14🧑💻🚀 This bounty has now been claimed - Read more here 🧑💻🚀
Bounty Specification: Build a Nostr Wallet Connect Wallet Service Extension for LNbits
Project Overview
This project aims to build a Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) extension for LNbits to allow LNbits to act as a NWC Wallet Service as defined in NIP-47 https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/47.md
LNbits has an example extension that can be used as a starting point on your extension development journey. Watch the extension build tutorial video here
Objective
To develop a fully functional NWC Wallet Service extension that adheres to the NIP-47 protocol specifications, enabling the following capabilities:
- Generation and handling of Nostr Wallet Connect URIs.
- Processing of payment requests including
pay_invoice
,make_invoice
,lookup_invoice
,list_transactions
,get_balance
,multi_pay_invoice
,pay_keysend
,multi_pay_keysend
andget_info
- Creation and lookup of invoices.
- List and balance querying functionalities.
- Secure communication through encrypted events as per NIP04.
- Implementation of error codes
- Implementation of connection rules with control of the following:
Maximum payment amount
,maximum daily budget
,connection expiry date
(never expire should be an option) denominated in sats.
Deliverables
- NWC Wallet Service Extension Code: Clean, commented, and secure codebase that uses the existing LNbits
nostrclient.py
functionality and an LNbits funding source to provide a NWC Wallet Service. - NWC Wallet Service Extension UI: A user interface within the extension that allows a user to connect a new app to the NWC wallet service and edit existing connections. The app connection should allow control of the following rules:
Maximum payment amountMaximum daily budgetConnection expiry date
(never expire should be an option) - Documentation: Documentation covering:
- Setup and configuration instructions.
- Usage examples.
- Test Suite: A comprehensive test suite covering all key functionality
Technology Requirements
- The extension must be developed in Python, consistent with the LNbits platform.
- Use of existing LNbits libraries and adherence to its architectural style is required.
- NIP-47 specification must be adhered to.
Budget
- Total Bounty: 750,000 sats
- Payment will be made upon final delivery, after successful testing and documentation review.
Evaluation Criteria
- Adherence to the NIP-47 specifications and LNbits integration requirements.
- Security and efficiency of the implementation.
- Quality of documentation and ease of use.
How to Apply
Get in touch with us in the LNbits Telegram channel
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2025-05-20 14:07:47Recentemente tive conhecimento do mais recente flagelo cuja popularidade espelha bem o estado avançado de degeneração da nossa sociedade, o bebé reborn. Há uns anos certamente não passaria de uma piada de mau gosto quando alguém nos dissesse que decidiu adquirir um boneco para criar como se se tratasse de um filho, infelizmente em 2025 deixou de ser uma piada para se tornar algo assombroso.
Depois de fazer alguma pesquisa sobre o tema percebi que há pessoas que têm em curso processos litigantes judiciais relativos à, note-se com pasmo, guarda da boneca. A insanidade não fica por aqui uma vez que, algumas "mães" procuram atendimento médico para os seus bonecos. No Brasil, a câmara dos deputados recebeu três projetos destinados à criação de políticas públicas relacionadas com estes bonecos. As notícias sobre este fenómeno surreal multiplicam-se à medida que a insanidade se alastra como vírus pelas redes sociais.
Vivemos numa sociedade que há muito se divorciou da realidade, uma sociedade de pós-verdade, por isso de alguma forma não choca que este tipo de coisa possa acontecer. Podemos dizer que de alguma forma existe um primado do sentimento face à razão, preferimos, por vezes com consequências catastróficas, uma mentira "empática" do que uma verdade salvífica. Esta nossa tibieza em afirmar a verdade leva-nos consequentemente a uma crendice insustentável que é esta de, cada um tem a sua verdade. Graças a essa filosofia permitimos que um certo discurso lunático tenha mais alcance no espaço público. Por vezes ingenuamente podemos pensar que se trata de algo inofensivo, sem consequências de maior, contudo a experiência mostra-nos precisamente o contrário. Há por detrás destes fenómenos uma índole corrosiva que funciona como aguilhão para a disseminação das agendas políticas e ideológicas que visam a destruição da família. Considerando a excecional vulnerabilidade psíquica que observamos em cada vez mais pessoas neste tempo e a ampla disseminação destes fenómenos temos razão mais que suficientes para estarmos preocupados.
Uma outra elação que podemos retirar é que a nossa sociedade com as alegadas gerações "mais bem preparadas de sempre" está claramente a produzir um excesso de adultos que se comporta e, a todos os títulos são, crianças funcionais.
Com tudo isto fica cada vez mais difícil viver uma vida harmoniosa com a lei natural, pois vivemos em harmonia com algo considerado opressor pelos apologetas destes produtos do marxismo cultural. Com a pretensa igualdade que se pretende alcançar, equiparando inclusive um boneco a uma bebé, as famílias no sentido próprio do termo ficam em segundo plano relativamente a estes "novos" e esotéricos conceitos de família.
Importa perguntar, no meio de todas essas novas formas de se pensar uma família, qual é o ideal ?
Provavelmente os apologetas destas bizarrices ficarão em silêncio uma vez que coerentemente consideram que todas as formas são iguais e válidas.
Isto é apenas mais um sinal que nos é dado do declínio palpável dos valores que construíram a nossa sociedade e civilização. Façamos algo para que estas nocivas ideologias não entrem no nosso coração e em nossas casas, sob pena da corrupção dos nossos princípios e dos daqueles que nos são queridos. Estes fenómenos são de tal forma doentios que nos levam a crer que vivemos numa época tragicómica, o que me fez lembrar de uma história contada por Kierkgaard e que partilho de seguida.
“Certa vez, houve um incêndio num circo ambulante na Dinamarca. O director mandou imediatamente o palhaço, que já se encontrava vestido e maquilhado a preceito, para a vila mais próxima, à procura de ajuda, advertindo-o de que existia o perigo de o fogo se espalhar pelos campos ceifados e ressequidos, com risco iminente para as casas do próprio povoado. O palhaço correu até à vila e pediu aos moradores que viessem ajudar a apagar o incêndio que estava a destruir o circo. Mas os habitantes viram nos gritos do palhaço apenas um belo truque de publicidade que visaria levá-los a acorrer em grande número às sessões do circo; aplaudiam e desatavam a rir. Diante dessa reacção, o palhaço sentiu mais vontade de chorar do que de rir. Fez de tudo para convencer as pessoas de que não estava a representar, de que não se tratava de um truque e sim de um apelo da maior seriedade: estava realmente em causa um incêndio. Mas a sua insistência só fazia aumentar os risos; eles achavam que a performance estava excelente – até que o fogo alcançou de facto aquela vila. Aí já foi tarde, e o fogo acabou por destruir não só o circo, mas também a povoação”.
Soren Kierkgaard - Filósofo dinamarquês
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@ c6d8334c:30883d6d
2025-05-20 14:08:19🔑 Hashtag-Kombination (immer gleich aufgebaut):
```
relilab #verstehen 1️⃣
relilab #anwenden 2️⃣
relilab #reflektieren
relilab #gestalten 3️⃣
```
✅ Pflicht:
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#relilab
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genau ein Kompetenz-Hashtag:
#verstehen
,#anwenden
,#reflektieren
,#gestalten
✨ Optional:
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eine Niveaustufe:
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1️⃣ Reproduktion
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2️⃣ Rekonstruktion
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3️⃣ Konstruktion
📝 Beispielhafte Posts
```text
relilab #verstehen 1️⃣
Ich habe heute zum ersten Mal ausprobiert, wie KI überhaupt "lernt". Spannend!
relilab #anwenden 2️⃣
ChatGPT half mir dabei, einen Ablaufplan für einen Unterricht zu entwerfen – sehr hilfreich.
relilab #reflektieren
Welche Rolle spielt das Menschenbild, wenn KI religiöse Themen behandelt?
relilab #gestalten 3️⃣
Ich habe ein eigenes H5P-Modul mit einem KI-generierten Bibelquiz gebaut. Wer testet es? ```
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2025-05-18 11:02:09比特币持有者在 iPhone 上的安全使用注意事项
引言:iPhone 与安卓的对比
当涉及移动设备安全,比特币持有者面临着在 iPhone 和安卓设备之间的选择。从安全硬件来看,安卓阵营中确有一些型号配备了类似于 Apple Secure Enclave 的硬件安全模块,例如 Google Pixel 手机内置的 Titan M/M2 安全芯片,用于保障启动流程和存储敏感数据us.norton.com;三星的旗舰机型则集成了 Samsung Knox 多层安全平台,经过多国政府机构认证,可在硬件层面保护设备及其中数据us.norton.com。这些安全措施大大提升了设备抵御恶意攻击和数据泄露的能力。然而,需要注意的是:具备此类高级安全特性的安卓机型在市场上相对少见,并非安卓阵营的普遍标准us.norton.com。安卓生态高度碎片化,不同厂商的安全实践差异悬殊;除了少数注重安全的厂商(如 Google、Samsung)外,许多设备缺乏统一的安全保障水平us.norton.com。尤其在二手市场上,安卓设备型号繁杂且来源不一,一些旧款或改装机型可能缺少最新的安全芯片或更新,使安全性难以得到保证。
相比之下,Apple iPhone 全系列自带硬件级的安全隔区(Secure Enclave),统一的闭源系统和严格的应用审核使其安全措施在所有设备上保持一致us.norton.com。同时,iPhone 引入的 Face ID(三维结构光人脸识别)在生物识别安全性上具有独特优势。Apple官方数据显示,Face ID 被他人解锁的概率只有 百万分之一,远低于指纹识别的五万分之一。这源于Face ID利用红外点阵投射捕捉面部3D结构,难以被照片或面具所破解,大幅减少了伪造生物特征解锁的风险。此外,相较许多安卓手机仍依赖的二维人脸识别或电容/光学指纹,Face ID 在抗攻击能力上更胜一筹——例如普通指纹残留可能被提取复制,而二维人脸解锁曾被照片轻易骗过,但Face ID的深度感应技术有效避免了这些漏洞。
综上所述,在移动设备安全领域,iPhone 为比特币等高价值敏感资产的持有者提供了更为稳健和统一的安全基础。尽管某些高端安卓手机具有可圈可点的安全功能,但鉴于这类机型凤毛麟角、安卓设备更新和管控的不统一,以及生物识别方案的差异,我们强烈建议将 iPhone 作为比特币手持设备的唯一选择。从硬件加密到生物识别,iPhone 的封闭生态和领先技术能为数字资产提供更可靠的防护,而安卓设备在这一场景下则存在诸多先天不足。
小结: 安卓阵营虽有Pixel Titan芯片、Samsung Knox等亮点,但安全机型数量有限且良莠不齐;iPhone凭借统一的安全架构和先进的Face ID,在保护敏感数据方面更胜一筹。为确保比特币等资产安全,选择安全可靠的iPhone 是明智之举。
iPhone 安全配置指南
选择了 iPhone 作为比特币存取和通讯设备后,仍需进行细致的安全设置,以最大化利用其安全潜力。以下是针对比特币持有者的 iPhone 安全配置要点:
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禁用 Face ID/Touch ID 生物解锁,改用强PIN码: 建议关闭面容ID解锁功能,改用6位以上的数字PIN码(或更复杂的字母数字密码)作为解锁方式。在紧急情况下,生物识别容易被他人强制利用(例如他人将手机对准机主面部强行解锁),而记忆型的PIN码只有持有人知晓,更难以被胁迫获取。此外,法律上某些地区对强制提供生物特征和提供密码有所区别,这也使得使用PIN码在极端情况下更有保障。
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启用自动锁定(1分钟) 将设备设为闲置1分钟后自动锁定屏幕。从安全角度出发,锁定等待时间越短越好。1分钟的设置可确保即使暂时离开或疏忽,设备也会很快上锁,防范他人乘虚而入。养成随手锁屏的习惯固然重要,但有了短自动锁定时间作为双重保障,安全性更上一层楼。
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开启输错10次自动抹除: 在“设置 > 面容ID/触控ID与密码”中启用“连续输错10次密码抹掉数据”功能。一旦有人反复尝试猜测密码,该功能会在第十次错误尝试后自动抹除手机数据。很多用户担心该设置存在风险,但事实上 误触发的可能性极低。sspai.comsspai.com实际测试表明,iPhone在多次输错密码时会触发累进的延迟惩罚机制:第五次错误需要等待1分钟,第六次错误等待5分钟,第7-8次各等待15分钟,第9次等待1小时sspai.comsspai.com。要连续进行十次独立的错误尝试至少需要约96分钟,在现实中“熊孩子”乱按连续清空数据几乎不可能发生sspai.com。相反,该功能对抗暴力破解极为有效——正如2015年圣贝纳迪诺恐怖袭击案中,嫌犯所用的iPhone就启用了十次错误清除,使FBI也无法轻易尝试破解en.wikipedia.org。总之,此项设置能将设备落入他人之手时的数据泄露风险降至最低。
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利用应用级 Face ID 控制(iOS 18+):升级至iOS 18或更新版本,充分利用其新增的应用锁定功能。长按主屏某个应用图标,可以找到“需要Face ID”选项,将该应用加锁theverge.com。被加锁的应用每次打开都需要通过Face ID身份验证(即使手机已解锁)。建议对 聊天通讯、密码管理、交易所App 等敏感应用启用此功能。例如,将微信、Signal、邮件客户端等设置为打开需Face ID验证,以防范他人在您手机解锁的短暂间隙内获取其中内容。应用级Face ID锁定为设备提供了第二道防线:即使手机本身已解锁,敏感应用和数据仍受到保护。
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建议购买第二台 iPhone 或 iPad 作为“备用解锁入口”: 利用 Apple 的“信任链”机制,为同一 Apple ID 配置多台受信任设备(如两台 iPhone 或 iPhone+iPad)。这样即使主设备丢失或被抹除,备用设备依然可以访问并恢复 iCloud 端到端加密数据。其安全本质类似于“1-of-N 多签”,即任一设备均可独立解锁所有云数据,但无需多设备联合协商,恢复更灵活。注意:这与比特币的m-of-n多签不同,Apple的信任链是单设备多入口,安全性和便利性权衡需根据个人需求评估。官方说明参见:Apple平台安全白皮书(Keychain与信任链)
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建议购买 YubiKey 等硬件安全密钥作为 Apple ID 验证要素: 由于信任链机制下新设备加入时,身份验证成为潜在攻击点(如钓鱼、社工、短信劫持),推荐为 Apple ID 配置 YubiKey 或兼容 FIDO2/U2F 的硬件安全密钥。启用后,只有插入并触发硬件密钥的情况下,才能完成新设备授权、敏感操作或账户恢复,有效阻止网络钓鱼和大部分远程攻击。该方法可显著提升账户安全,降低因凭证泄漏或验证被劫持导致的信任链攻破风险。Apple 官方说明:为 Apple ID 添加安全密钥
通过上述配置,iPhone 将处于一个平衡了便利性和安全性的状态:日常解锁采用PIN码确保意外情况下设备不被强制解锁,短自动锁和十次清除严防暴力破解,而应用级加锁进一步保障重要数据不外泄。
小结: 按照以上指南对iPhone进行安全配置,可以大幅提升设备在实际使用中的抗攻击能力。生物识别解锁的取舍、自动锁定和清除机制、以及iOS 18引入的应用加锁功能相结合,全方位地巩固了手机作为比特币手持设备的安全基石。
关于自动抹除的常见质疑回应
启用“输错10次自动抹除”功能后,不少用户会提出疑虑,主要集中在两个方面:其一,担心儿童误操作或本人一时疏忽导致设备数据被抹掉;其二,担心万一手机数据被抹除,设备本身价值受损。针对这些质疑,我们进行如下回应:
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“熊孩子乱按怎么办?” 前文已提及,iPhone设计了渐进延时机制,使得连续十次错误输入并非易事sspai.comsspai.com。孩子无意识地反复点击相同数字,系统只视为一次错误sspai.com;而多次不同错误则会触发越来越长的锁定时间,很难真的连续试满十次sspai.com。实践中,要触发十次错误清除需要近两个小时且每次输入都不同,这种情景极不现实sspai.com。因此,只要平时看护好设备,误抹除几乎无需担心。相反,如果没有该功能,一旦设备遗失或被不法分子获取,后果将不堪设想——对方可以在足够时间和专业工具协助下尝试无限次解锁,从而获取您手机中的一切秘密。
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“数据没了岂不可惜?” 我们强调,比特币持有者手机中存储的敏感信息价值远超设备本身。手机里可能有助记词、私钥线索、交易记录截图,甚至包含您社交账户中关于资产的对话。在攻击者眼中,这些数据的价值胜过一部手机。与其担心设备被误清除,不如担心设备落入他人之手数据遭泄露的风险。况且,对于重要数据您应当早有备份(下文将讨论启用iCloud云备份的问题)。即使真发生误清除,有备份在手也能恢复;但若数据被不法分子窃取,一旦造成资产损失将无法挽回。因此,从风险权衡来看,“宁可误删,不可被盗”——自动抹除是最后一道保障,在极端情况下保护您的数字资产不被侵害。
总而言之,这一功能的利远大于弊。儿童误触可以通过良好监护和系统延时设计来防范,而一旦启用,您将获得巨大的安心:手机若遭试图破解,可以自毁以保全数据安全。这正是比特币持有者应有的安全理念:舍弃设备保安全,数据和资产永远优先于硬件。随着良好备份策略的配合(例如iCloud加密备份),启用自动抹除几乎没有后顾之忧。
小结: 针对自动抹除功能的疑虑更多是误解。iPhone的机制使得误触发几率极低,而其提供的数据安全保障却是无可替代的。比特币等敏感资产持有者应放下顾虑,优先保护数据安全——哪怕代价是设备被清除,也胜过数据落入他人之手。
iCloud 备份的争议与建议
在确保本地设备安全的同时,妥善备份数据同样关键。对于比特币持有者而言,启用 iCloud 云备份可以提供额外的一层安心:万一设备遗失、损坏或被抹除后,仍有机会恢复重要信息。然而,围绕iCloud备份的安全性一直存在争议,我们在此详细分析并给出建议:
首先强烈建议在启用iCloud备份的同时,务必开启「高级数据保护」(Advanced Data Protection, ADP)。默认情况下,iCloud云备份的数据加密密钥由Apple掌管,这意味着苹果公司在法律要求下能够解密并提供您的备份数据support.apple.comsupport.apple.com。而开启高级数据保护后,备份所涉及的大部分数据将采用端对端加密,只有您的受信任设备掌握解锁密钥support.apple.com。据苹果官方说明,在ADP模式下,即便苹果公司也无法读取您的备份内容support.apple.com。因此,高级数据保护能够将使用云备份可能带来的隐私泄露风险降至最低(前提是您妥善保管好自己的账户和恢复密钥)。
启用云备份常见的疑虑是:“会不会把我的钱包私钥也备份上去,万一云被攻破岂不危险?” 实际上,多数主流比特币/加密钱包软件不会将核心密钥(如助记词或扩展公钥xpub)存储在云备份中。很多钱包在设计时就要求用户自行备份助记词,而不会把这些高度敏感的数据写入应用沙盒,可被iCloud备份抓取。同样地,一些钱包应用甚至提醒用户关闭iCloud备份以防助记词泄露support.wallet.coinex.com。换言之,开启iCloud备份并不会将您的私钥上传(除非个别钱包特别设置了云同步,但大多数非托管钱包都没有这么做)。当然,为审慎起见,您可以查阅所用钱包的文档或设置,确认其是否有备份敏感信息到云的选项,并据此做出取舍。
与此同时,我们更加关心的是其他应用的数据完整备份。对于比特币持有者来说,聊天记录、笔记文档和工作应用的数据往往同样敏感且重要。例如,常用通讯软件(微信、Telegram、Signal 等)中的聊天可能涉及交易细节或人脉网络;办公应用如钉钉、飞书则包含财务往来或业务资料。这些应用的数据都会包含在iCloud整机备份中并被完整保存,一旦手机丢失或损坏,可以通过云备份原样恢复。support.apple.com值得一提的是,在高级数据保护开启且不泄漏密钥的前提下,这些备份数据即使存储在苹果服务器上也是安全的,第三方无法解读其中内容。
进一步的好处是:利用备份进行调查取证。假设最坏情况发生——您的手机被抹除或遗失,但是事先有一份最新的iCloud备份。在紧急需要时,您可以在一台新的iPhone上恢复这份备份。在恢复完成后,切断新设备的网络连接(拔掉SIM卡或不连Wi-Fi)。由于备份恢复会还原您的应用登录状态和本地数据,新设备在离线情况下将维持原手机当时的登录环境。您可以打开聊天应用、邮件、照片等查看内容,就像原手机一样。离线操作确保应用不会因为检测到新设备而要求重新登录,也避免了云端数据被远程清除的可能。这对于事后取证、提供线索给执法部门或自我调查都极为有利。比如,若涉及盗窃诈骗案件,这部离线恢复的手机里保留的聊天记录、交易凭证可以作为关键证据。而一旦联网,这些应用可能出于安全考虑登出账户或拉取最新状态,反而不利于保留原始证据。因此,有意识地保存一份完整云备份,并在需要时以离线方式恢复,是一种非常巧妙的应对策略。
小结: 尽管人们对云备份心存疑虑,但通过启用高级数据保护,iCloud备份既能提供数据恢复便利,又充分保障了隐私安全。大多数加密钱包不会上传私钥等核心数据,而聊天、办公等应用的数据则可完整份以备不时之需。在平衡安全与可用性的前提下,开启iCloud备份(搭配ADP加密)是明智之举——它让您在设备意外损坏或丢失时依然有据可查、有据可证。
高级数据保护与密码学机制分析
最后,我们从更宏观的视角,结合真实案例和技术原理,深入探讨苹果设备与云服务的安全性,以及高级数据保护(ADP)所依赖的密码学机制。这部分将涵盖苹果在多个国家遭遇的解锁争议、ADP 的运作及其与实体安全密钥的配合、以及关于苹果是否存在解密后门的分析。
苹果与执法部门的解锁事件
过去数年间,多起高调事件凸显了设备加密与执法取证之间的矛盾。美国国会山骚乱事件(2021年1月6日)中,执法部门缴获了大量嫌疑人的手机。据报道,不少嫌犯使用的是iPhone,调查人员能够从苹果获取其中的数据 但途径主要是通过 iCloud 云备份 而非直接破解设备thedailybeast.com。由于当时高级数据保护尚未推出或未启用,苹果依然持有那些嫌疑人iCloud账户的备份密钥,因此在收到合法的执法请求后,苹果向FBI提供了嫌疑人的iCloud备份内容,其中包括视频、照片和聊天记录等关键证据thedailybeast.com。这些数据帮助当局重构了案件过程,也反映出如果用户没有使用端到端加密备份,云端数据在法律压力下并非牢不可破。
相反,在更早的**圣贝纳迪诺恐怖袭击案(2015)**中,FBI面对一部启用了强加密的嫌犯iPhone却陷入僵局。那是一个运行iOS 9的 iPhone 5C,开启了PIN码锁和10次输错清除功能en.wikipedia.org。由于该设备上的本地数据经过设备加密且苹果并不持有密钥,FBI无法提取其中信息,遂求助苹果公司要求破解。但苹果以维护所有用户安全为由拒绝编写后门固件来绕过安全限制,引发了一场著名的法律拉锯en.wikipedia.orgen.wikipedia.org。最终执法部门辗转通过第三方工具解锁了手机,但苹果的立场十分明确:即便面对恐怖主义案件,也不会为单次事件在系统中留下后门。这一事件凸显出现代iPhone设备本地加密之强大——在没有用户密码的情况下,即使连厂商都无能为力,除非另辟蹊径寻求系统或硬件漏洞。
iCloud 在中国与英国的访问争议
在不同国家,苹果围绕用户数据加密与政府监管的博弈也在上演。中国方面,自2018年以来苹果将中国大陆 iCloud 服务交由“云上贵州”公司运营,数据存储和加密密钥均留在境内zh.amnesty.org。依据中国《网络安全法》,云服务运营者有义务为执法和国家安全机关提供“技术支持和协助”zh.amnesty.org。这意味着若中国警方出于刑侦需要向云上贵州调取某用户的 iCloud 数据,该公司必须配合提供,几乎没有拒绝的空间zh.amnesty.org。更重要的是,苹果把中国用户的 iCloud 加密密钥也存放在中国,一旦收到合法命令要求解密数据,苹果和云上贵州只能遵从zh.amnesty.org。换言之,在标准数据保护模式下,中国当局有途径通过法律手段获取本地存储的iCloud明文数据。这引发了人们对隐私的担忧:如果没有端到端加密,中国的用户数据可能在政府要求下被查看。然而如果用户开启高级数据保护,使得苹果也无法解读备份内容,那么即便在中国,此举从技术上为用户争取到了更高的私密性(前提是中国地区允许开启ADP——截至目前,苹果并未在中国禁用该功能,国区用户依然可以自行启用高级数据保护support.apple.comsupport.apple.com)。
再看英国的情况。英国政府近年以打击犯罪和恐怖主义为由,不断向科技公司施压要求提供加密数据的后门访问权。2023年底,英国援引《调查权力法》(IPA)秘密向苹果发出“技术能力通知”(TCN),要求苹果在全球范围内为英国安全部门提供对加密iCloud内容的解锁途径cnbeta.com.tw。这实际上等同于要求苹果破坏其端到端加密体系,留出一个只有政府能用的后门。苹果对此断然拒绝,并做出强硬回应:宁愿撤除在英服务,也不会妥协安全底线cnbeta.com.tw。结果是,苹果选择在英国境内停止提供高级数据保护功能给新用户。已有启用ADP的英国用户被通知需在宽限期内手动将其关闭,否则将无法继续使用iCloud备份cnbeta.com.tw。苹果在声明中表示对此深感失望,但为了遵守当地法律别无他法cnbeta.com.tw。下面这张截图显示了英国用户在系统中看到的提示信息,明确告知ADP服务不再可用
苹果针对英国地区做出的ADP功能调整通知。英国政府要求能够解密用户数据,迫使苹果撤回了对英国用户的新端到端加密备份支持cnbeta.com.twcnbeta.com.tw。苹果声明强调只有用户本人才能解读其加密数据,并重申不会在产品中留下执法后门cnbeta.com.tw。
这一英国内外的罕见举措表明,各国政府正日益重视加密带来的执法障碍,而苹果则在平衡用户隐私和法律要求之间走钢丝。尽管英国的情况迫使苹果让步(取消当地ADP),但苹果并未真的为政府打造解密后门,而是通过限制功能来表明态度——这与其长期立场一致:绝不在加密产品中留后门,即使承受业务上的损失cnbeta.com.tw。
高级数据保护与安全密钥
高级数据保护(ADP) 是苹果于 iOS 16.2 引入的一项可选功能,其核心是在用户选择开启后,将包括设备备份在内的大部分 iCloud 数据升级为端到端加密存储support.apple.comsupport.apple.com。开启ADP有两个前提:账户已启用双重认证,以及设置了账户恢复联系人或恢复密钥,以防用户遗失访问权限support.apple.comsupport.apple.com。在ADP模式下,Apple不再持有绝大部分云数据的解锁密钥,这些密钥只存在于用户的受信任设备中support.apple.com。这意味着,即便苹果公司收到政府索取数据的要求或其服务器遭黑客攻击,没有密钥的加密数据对任何第三方都是无意义的乱码。正如苹果声明所言:“只有拥有数据的用户才能解密,Apple 无法访问端对端加密的数据”cnbeta.com.tw。可以说,ADP将用户云数据的主导权完全交还给用户自己,从而彻底消除了苹果方面潜在的数据泄露点。
为了进一步增强账户安全,苹果在_iOS 16.3_开始支持绑定实体安全密钥(如 YubiKey)作为 Apple ID 的额外两步验证方式sspai.com。过去Apple ID登录主要依赖密码+发送到受信设备的验证码,但假如用户Apple ID密码泄露,攻击者可能利用社会工程获取验证码。而引入实体安全密钥后,用户可以要求任何新的登录尝试都必须提供物理密钥认证才能完成。这相当于给 Apple ID 上了一把“硬件锁”。对于比特币持有者而言,这一步非常值得配置:即使黑客骗取了您的苹果账号密码,没有您的YubiKey或同类FIDO2安全密钥,他仍无法登录您的iCloud或停用您的ADP。安全密钥本身具有防钓鱼特性,它不会把可被重用的机密泄露给假网站,再加上密钥私藏于硬件内部不可导出,使得账户保护达到新的高度sspai.comsspai.com。简而言之,**“ADP + 硬件安全密钥”**的组合为用户云数据打造了双重护城河:前者确保云上数据加密不被窥探,后者确保账户本身不被劫持利用。
需要注意的是,启用ADP后如果遗失所有设备且忘记密码,苹果无法帮您找回数据support.apple.com。这就像您把保险箱钥匙只握在自己手里而不交给任何人保管,其安全性空前提高,但也意味着责任完全在您。因此请务必牢记Apple ID密码,保管好恢复密钥或紧急联系人。一旦平衡好便利与安全,这套机制将为您的数字资产提供堪比硬件钱包的云端保障。
后门密钥与私钥不可拆分性
现代加密体系的设计使得用户私钥与设备环境密不可分。在苹果的生态中,每台设备都拥有由硬件生成的唯一加密根密钥。例如,安全隔区(Secure Enclave)内嵌入了设备唯一标识符UID作为根密钥,UID由安全硬件随机生成并烧录至芯片中help.apple.com。这个UID既不与任何其他设备标识相关,也无法被设备外的任何人(包括苹果官方)获取help.apple.com。同时,用户的解锁密码与该UID进行数学“交织”(entangle),共同派生出加密密钥help.apple.com。换言之,设备硬件密钥和用户密码共同决定了数据加密密钥,没有这两者就无法还原密钥。这体现了用户私钥对设备及用户身份的强绑定——苹果没有第三方密钥可以绕过这一绑定关系help.apple.comhelp.apple.com。
从密码学角度来看,如果苹果试图在上述体系中插入一个额外的“后门密钥”,将面临巨大的技术困难,并且这样的异常极易被察觉。设想苹果通过异或(XOR)或 Shamir 密钥共享等方式,将一个后门密钥与用户密钥组合:
- 实现层面的异常:用户设备在正常情况下应当能够独立完成解密/签名操作。如果加入隐藏密钥份额,意味着设备单凭用户自己的密钥无法完成某些解密,必须依赖苹果持有的那一份。这样的改动会造成额外的密钥协商步骤或异常的解密失败。例如,若苹果将后门密钥与用户密钥异或生成实际工作密钥,那么单用用户密钥将无法解密出正确结果,设备可能需要静默地向苹果服务器请求密钥片段或进行额外计算。这类非预期的通信或计算步骤很容易被安全研究者通过流量分析或逆向工程发现端倪。再比如采用 Shamir’s Secret Sharing 等门限方案,如果苹果持有一份密钥碎片,设备在解密时就需要满足门限条件,这通常意味着需要苹果的参与或预置公钥,从而在协议日志中留下异常痕迹。任何偏离常规协议的做法——无论是多传输一段数据,还是多保存一段密钥信息——都可能成为研究者捕捉的线索。历史经验表明,密码协议中的“奇怪之处”往往预示潜在漏洞或后门:例如 NSA 推出的 Dual_EC_DRBG 伪随机数生成器由于使用了异常常数,被专家迅速怀疑存在后门;著名密码学家施奈尔(Bruce Schneier)就曾直言 Dual_EC_DRBG 中的后门“相当明显”,呼吁业界停止使用en.wikipedia.org。由此可见,试图暗中插入额外密钥会在数学实现上留下破绽,而资深密码学者和安全社区有足够能力识别这些反常之处。
进一步,从门限签名理论对比苹果现有密钥管理,可以加深这一不可行性的理解。门限密码学允许将密钥拆分给多方持有,只有达到预定门槛的份额才能重构密钥或执行签名解密toc.csail.mit.edumedium.com。其优点在于提高了密钥托管的安全性,需要多方协作才能解锁秘密。然而,这种机制是公开设计的一部分,各参与方和流程都是明示的。例如在某些区块链多重签名方案中,多个私钥持有者共同生成交易签名,每个人都知晓门限机制的存在。相较之下,苹果在产品中的密钥管理要么是完全由用户端掌握密钥(如iPhone本地数据加密,密钥存在Secure Enclave中),要么是在用户许可下由苹果代管(如传统iCloud云备份未启用高级加密时,苹果保存备份密钥)。苹果并没有公开采用“两方门限”的模式来和用户分享密钥,否则等于声明“用户单方无法完全掌控自己的解密权”。如果苹果暗中采用门限签名让自己持有一份密钥碎片,本质上就是一种**变相密钥托管(Escrow)**行为。这样的做法会明显偏离苹果宣称的零后门立场,与其在隐私政策中反复强调的原则相违背。值得注意的是,苹果在其官方隐私声明中明确表示:“我们从未在任何产品或服务中创建过后门或万能解锁主密钥”apple.com。因此,从理论和实践双重层面来看,用户私钥与潜在后门密钥是难以在不被发现的情况下拆分存在的。任何试图将二者解耦的举措都会引起体系架构的异常,进而难逃专家法眼。
加密社区对后门的发现与审计
在当今的安全生态中,不存在“悄无声息的后门”。一旦厂商试图在加密方案中掺入后门密钥,全球的密码学社区和安全研究人员都有多种手段将其揪出。下面从几个方面概述社区常用的后门检测与审计方法:
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开源协议分析:安全专家偏好开源的软件和协议,因为源码透明意味着任何可疑的算法修改、密钥处理流程都暴露在公众视野中。通过阅读和形式化分析公开的协议规范,研究者可以发现是否有多余的密钥交换步骤或异常的参数。例如,Signal通信协议的源代码和技术细节是完全公开的,全球专家曾多次审阅其实现,验证其端到端加密未存在后门linkedin.com。事实证明,公开透明带来的是更严苛的监督,任何隐秘加入的密钥参数都有可能被审计人员发现。正如业内人士所指出的,Signal 采用开放源码意味着安全专家可以独立审计其代码以核实安全性linkedin.com。类似地,许多现代加密库都会经过社区审视,以确保其中没有“暗门”。
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逆向工程与二进制审计:对于闭源的软件(例如苹果自身的系统组件),安全研究者会运用逆向工程技术来分析应用的二进制代码和运行时行为。一旦苹果的加密实现存在未公开的密钥使用,比如在本地程序中引用了某个神秘常量或调用了隐藏的密钥解密函数,逆向工程往往能还原这些逻辑。专业团队通过调试、反编译、动态埋点等方式重现协议的握手过程,查看每一步骤所用的密钥材料。如果过程中出现与官方文档不符的环节(例如本应由用户设备生成的密钥却从外部获取),将立即引发怀疑。此外,安全社区定期举办的漏洞挖掘和破解挑战赛也扮演重要角色——顶尖黑客会竞相攻破苹果设备的加密层,并公开报告发现的问题。过去这些努力揭示了一些实现漏洞(如内存越界、0day攻击途径),但从未曝出“苹果预留万能密钥”之类的后门。一例典型事件是2017年有黑客成功解密了Secure Enclave固件以研究其中机理,结果证实即便取得固件代码,攻击者仍无法提取到任何用户密钥或后门凭证ciso.economictimes.indiatimes.com。这一结论进一步增强了业界对苹果加密实现中无后门的信心。
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网络流量与协议行为分析:加密协议往往涉及设备与服务器的交互流程。研究人员会抓包和监控这些网络流量,分析协议握手时交换的消息格式和内容。如果苹果尝试在密钥协商时暗中插入自己的公钥或请求额外数据,流量分析将捕捉到异常的报文模式。例如,在正常的端到端加密通信中,设备之间交换彼此的公钥证书,不应有第三方公钥悄然出现。而所谓“幽灵用户”后门提案正是要求服务提供商在群聊中偷偷加入一个看不见的第三方公钥。这样的方案被广泛批评因为它破坏了用户验证通信对端身份的机制,需要服务器隐藏通知才能欺骗用户lawfaremedia.org。密码学家指出,这将削弱认证过程并带来新漏洞,因此难以在不被发现的情况下实施lawfaremedia.org。由此可见,通过流量异常识别潜在后门是切实可行的。当年的GCHQ“幽灵用户”建议一提出,就被包括苹果在内的业界联合抵制,47家机构和专家联名公开信指出该做法“对网络安全构成严重威胁”internetsociety.orgsilicon.co.uk,可见社区对这类后门手段有高度警惕性。
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独立审计和信任链验证:许多安全敏感的加密功能会接受独立机构的审计,以建立公众信任。比如苹果的 iCloud 钥匙串(Keychain) 采用多层加密和信任链机制,其设计文档表明敏感信息的密钥始终需要Secure Enclave参与才能解锁techrepublic.com。有第三方评估指出,钥匙串中的私密数据即便保存在云端也是经过高强度加密的,任何人(包括苹果)都无法直接读取明文techrepublic.com。这一架构经过多轮外部安全会议研讨和学者研究,至今未出现被植入后门的迹象。同样,苹果设备中的 Secure Enclave 安全隔区 也多次成为学术研究和黑客大会的焦点。研究人员通过攻击Secure Enclave找出了少数漏洞(例如早期A7-A11芯片存在硬件级漏洞ciso.economictimes.indiatimes.comciso.economictimes.indiatimes.com),但这些漏洞只是实现瑕疵,并非有意留出的后门。实际上,正是这些公开的审计和破解挑战证明了Secure Enclave的设计初衷:即使攻击者获得硬件或固件访问权,仍无法提取出主密钥ciso.economictimes.indiatimes.com。学术界和白帽黑客社区通过反复的审查和渗透测试,为苹果的“零后门”承诺提供了有力的背书。换言之,加密社区的独立审计机制确保了任何后门都难以隐藏;只有经得起各方检验的系统,才能真正赢得用户信任。
综上所述,在强大的社区监督下,任何后门密钥的存在都会留下蛛丝马迹,并最终被曝光。无论是协议分析、逆向工程还是实网监测,多层次的手段使得厂商无法神不知鬼不觉地在成熟加密方案中藏入后门。这也是为什么苹果等公司反复强调没有后门:一旦撒谎,终将被揭穿,信用荡然无存。
iCloud 钥匙串信任链下的全局数据加密密钥(DEK)机制研究
苹果的高级数据保护(Advanced Data Protection)引入了端到端加密,将大部分 iCloud 数据的密钥仅存储在用户的受信设备上support.apple.com。在该机制下,每个用户的 iCloud 帐户针对各数据类别生成自己的“全局”数据加密密钥(Data Encryption Key, DEK),这些密钥受 iCloud 钥匙串的信任链机制保护。下面将详细探讨全局 DEK 的生成、分发与封装,多设备场景下的生命周期变化,以及苹果保障 DEK 安全和确保服务器从未获取明文 DEK 的技术手段。
全局 DEK 的生成、更新与轮换
初始生成:当用户首次在支持的设备上启用高级数据保护时(需运行 iOS 16.2、macOS 13.1 等新版系统,并开启双重认证),系统会在该设备上本地生成全局数据加密密钥。实际上,每个受端到端加密保护的 iCloud 服务(例如云备份、照片、笔记等)都有各自的 CloudKit 服务密钥对,其私钥用作该类别数据的主加密密钥support.apple.comsupport.apple.com。这些服务密钥使用安全随机算法在用户受信设备上创建,具有唯一性,并由设备的安全硬件保护。启用高级数据保护时,设备会将之前由苹果保存的云端密钥从苹果的硬件安全模块(HSM)中删除,并生成新的服务密钥,以改用仅存储在用户设备上的密钥来加密云端数据support.apple.comsupport.apple.com。这一过程确保全局 DEK(即各服务的新密钥)仅存在于用户受信设备上,苹果服务器端不再持有其副本。
是否变化及何时变化:在正常使用中,全局 DEK(各服务密钥)的私钥一经生成会保持稳定,用于持续加密解密用户数据,并不会频繁更换。唯有在特定事件下才会轮换或更新密钥,例如用户启用高级数据保护时系统触发的一次性密钥轮换,以及用户后来关闭高级数据保护或怀疑密钥泄露时的情况support.apple.com。苹果文档指出,当用户打开高级数据保护时,设备会启动异步密钥轮换操作,为此前存储于苹果服务器的每个服务创建新的服务密钥support.apple.com。新数据随后使用新密钥加密,旧密钥无法解密新数据support.apple.com。同样地,当用户关闭高级数据保护返回标准保护时,设备会将原本仅存于本地的新密钥上传回苹果HSM,并可恢复使用先前的旧密钥support.apple.com。因此,可以总结:初始启用高级保护时会生成并切换到新的全局 DEK,此后这些密钥保持不变;如用户关闭功能则恢复旧密钥;除非再次启用或发生安全事件,系统通常不会主动更换全局 DEK。
值得注意的是,在极端情况下如果用户怀疑密钥泄露或设备失窃,用户可以选择通过重置整个端到端加密环境(例如先关闭再重新开启高级数据保护)来触发新的 DEK 生成,从而保护云端数据安全。然而,此操作会要求所有设备重新加入信任链,并重新上传数据副本加密后存储。
多设备环境下 DEK 的分发与封装
信任链机制: 苹果使用 iCloud 钥匙串的信任链(又称同步圈,circle of trust)来在多设备间安全同步全局 DEK。启用了高级数据保护后,属于用户 Apple ID 的所有受信设备共同构成一个加密信任链,每台设备都有一对用于同步的非对称椭圆曲线密钥(如 P-384)support.apple.com。当第一台设备生成全局 DEK 后,它会将这些密钥加入自身的 iCloud 钥匙串保护域,并通过 CloudKit 安全地共享给用户的其他设备support.apple.com。具体而言,设备会维护一份受信设备的公钥列表,并使用自身的私钥对列表签名后存储于 iCloud;只有持有用户账户密码或设备私钥者才能读取或篡改这份列表support.apple.com。这一机制保证了只有经过用户授权加入信任链的设备才能获取 DEK,其余任何第三方(包括苹果服务器)都无法读取信任链中的密钥数据support.apple.com。
密钥传递与封装:在多设备场景下,每台设备都会持有全局 DEK(各服务私钥)的一个副本,但这些副本始终以安全加密形式封装后再传输和存储。例如,当用户新增一台受信设备时,新设备会生成自己的同步密钥对并向云端发出加入信任链的请求support.apple.com。已有的一台受信设备(通常是用户主动在其上同意新增设备)会验证该请求并通过 设备间安全信道 传输 DEK 副本给新设备support.apple.com。在此过程中,现有设备会利用新设备的公钥来加密封装 DEK,或双方通过椭圆曲线 Diffie-Hellman(ECDH)协商会话密钥来传递 DEK,从而确保只有目标新设备能解开密钥包装。苹果未公开具体用哪种算法封装,但业界常用方案包括 AES 密钥封装算法(AES-KW) 或 AES-GCM 算法 对会话密钥加密support.apple.comsupport.apple.com。可以推测,Apple 采用了符合 NIST 标准的 AES-256 算法对对称 DEK 进行二次加密包装,并结合设备的非对称密钥进行密钥交换/加密,以实现端到端的安全传递。
本地存储与保护:当设备接收到封装的 DEK 后,会在本地将其解密并安全保存于设备的 Keychain 中。所有 DEK 私钥仅存在于设备的安全隔区中,例如 iPhone 的密钥保存在 Data Protection 类钥匙串项下,并受 Secure Enclave 协处理器保护(访问需通过用户设备解锁)support.apple.com。这样设计保证即使设备遗失或被攻破,未解锁状态下设备上的 DEK 依然难以提取。总之,多设备环境下,每台受信设备都持有全局 DEK 副本,但始终通过端到端加密的方式同步与存储:传输过程中使用公钥加密/会话密钥,存储时依赖设备硬件密钥封装技术(如 Secure Enclave 提供的UID派生密钥)进一步加密,最大程度降低密钥泄露风险。
设备新增、移除与丢失场景下 DEK 和数据的生命周期
新设备加入: 当用户在新设备上登入 iCloud 并启用高级数据保护时,该设备无法直接访问云端受保护数据,需要首先加入信任链。加入流程包括:新设备生成自己的同步密钥对并将公钥提交给苹果云端(CloudKit)support.apple.com;苹果服务器将此请求传达给用户已有的一台受信设备上,提醒用户有新设备申请加入。用户在已有设备上批准请求(需输入密码或通过生物识别验证身份),之后已有设备会将新设备的公钥添加到信任链并再次用自己的私钥和账户密码派生密钥签署信任圈数据support.apple.com。随后,该已有设备通过上述安全信道,将全局 DEK 的加密副本传送给新设备support.apple.com。一旦新设备成功解密获得 DEK,它就加入了受信设备列表,可以像其他设备一样解密云端的端到端加密数据。整个过程确保只有获得用户明示批准的新设备才能获取 DEK support.apple.com。
设备移除与更换:当用户从 Apple ID 中移除某台设备,或设备被抹除/重置时,该设备将不再被视为信任链的一员。此时其他仍在线的受信设备会更新信任链状态,将该设备的身份从受信列表中剔除support.apple.com。需要强调的是,移除设备本身并不会导致全局 DEK 自动更改。被移除的设备虽曾持有 DEK 副本,但一旦不再受信,其无法从苹果服务器获取新的数据更新,而且由于设备已从账户移除或被抹掉,攻击者无法再借此解密云端后续的数据。苹果并未设定在每次设备变动时轮换密钥,这是出于实用性的考虑——频繁更换 DEK 将要求对云端大量数据重新加密,代价高昂。不过,若某台设备遗失且用户怀疑其本地密钥可能泄露,用户可以选择手动采取措施,例如从 iCloud 设置中移除此设备并重置高级数据保护(关闭再开启),从而生成新的 DEK,保护未来的数据安全。
云端数据影响: 当设备移除或失效时,云端已经加密的数据依旧由原来的 DEK 保护,并不会因为设备离开而重新加密。只要用户其他任一受信设备仍保存着该 DEK,便可继续访问此前的数据。被移除的设备由于缺失信任凭证,也无法再从服务器同步到后续新增或修改的任何机密数据(即使攻击者拥有其物理设备,由于密钥受 Secure Enclave 和设备密码保护,也难以提取support.apple.com)。因此,在多设备环境中,云端数据的可访问性取决于至少有一台受信设备存有对应 DEK。只要用户至少有一台设备或有效的恢复方式,数据就可解密使用;反之则数据陷于加密状态无法读取。
失去所有设备:高级数据保护要求用户在失去所有受信设备的极端情况下,借助预先设置的恢复机制取回 DEK。苹果强制要求启用该功能的用户提供至少一种账户恢复方法(例如指定恢复联系人或设置恢复密钥)support.apple.comsupport.apple.com。当用户所有设备均遗失或不可用时,只有通过这些恢复方式才能重获对数据的访问权。具体而言,如果用户提前设置了恢复密钥(一串随机生成的28位字符)并安全保存,那么此时用户可在新设备上登陆 Apple ID,并输入该恢复密钥来恢复数据。苹果服务器会将一份加密的 DEK 备份( escrow 记录 )下发到新设备,而新设备利用用户提供的恢复密钥将其解密,提取出全局 DEKsupport.apple.comsupport.apple.com。由于恢复密钥是由用户掌控、苹果不存储明文的要素,只有提供正确密钥的新设备才能解开 escrow 获得 DEK。在成功恢复后,新设备将重建信任链,并可以访问之前端到端加密的所有云端数据。
若用户选择的是恢复联系人,流程类似:用户联系预先设定的可信联系人,由联系人通过其苹果设备生成一个验证代码提供给用户。用户在新设备上输入该代码后,苹果同样将加密的 DEK 备份下发,新设备据此恢复密钥。整个恢复流程依然遵循端到端加密原则:苹果仅充当中转并验证权限,但并不知晓用户的实际 DEK 内容support.apple.com。
不可恢复的情况:如果用户既没有其他受信设备、又未设置任何恢复联系人或恢复密钥,那么全局 DEK 将无法找回,相应的云端数据也就永久处于加密不可读状态support.apple.com。苹果明确表示,若用户丢失所有设备且无恢复方式,公司无法帮助用户恢复这部分端到端加密的数据support.apple.com。这凸显了高级数据保护的一个权衡:安全性增强的同时,数据恢复的责任完全由用户自担。因此用户需谨慎管理受信设备和恢复选项,以避免陷入无法解密个人数据的境地。
DEK 安全性的密码学保障机制
苹果在高级数据保护与 iCloud 钥匙串架构中运用了多种密码学机制来保障 DEK 的机密性和完整性,包括密钥封装、密钥派生、硬件安全模块,以及严格的权限控制:
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端到端加密与密钥层级化:如上所述,iCloud 采用分层密钥架构对数据加密。以 CloudKit 私有数据库为例,每位用户有一个顶层的 CloudKit 服务密钥对,其私钥用来保护下层对称密钥(如 Zone密钥、Record记录密钥等)
support.apple.com。当用户在设备上写入数据时,会生成记录级别的随机对称密钥加密数据字段,再逐层用上级密钥封装这些对称密钥。具体来说,记录密钥用 Zone 密钥加密,Zone 密钥再用全局服务公钥加密(即 DEK 公钥),形成多层密钥封装结构support.apple.com。只有持有最顶层私钥(DEK 私钥)的受信设备才能逐层解开封装,最终解密出用户数据。通过这种分层加密与密钥隔离设计,即使某一层的密钥泄露,攻击者也无法直接获取上层密钥或明文数据。
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AES 密钥封装与封闭式硬件存储:苹果广泛采用了经验证的对称加密算法来封装和存储 DEK。传输过程中的 DEK(或下层对称密钥)通常通过 AES-256 算法加密封装后再上传support.apple.com。一种常用方法是 AES 密钥包装 (AES-KW),它专门用于用一个对称密钥安全地封装另一个密钥,确保密钥材料在传输中不暴露。与此同时,设备本地的 DEK 私钥会存储在受 Secure Enclave 保护的区域。Secure Enclave 为每台设备提供唯一的硬件 UID 密钥,仅用于解锁设备密钥袋和钥匙串项support.apple.com。也就是说, DEK 私钥本身可能被进一步用设备硬件密钥加密(这相当于在软件密钥之外又加了一道硬件锁)。只有当用户解锁设备并通过身份验证,操作系统才能调用 Secure Enclave 解封这些密钥用于加解密操作。通过AES-GCM 等对称加密结合Secure Enclave 硬件密钥封装,苹果确保 DEK 无论在云端传输还是本地存储,都始终处于加密状态,降低被截获或提取的风险support.apple.com。
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椭圆曲线密码与密钥交换: 信任链中设备互认和密钥共享依赖椭圆曲线密码算法。每台设备的同步身份密钥对采用强大的 P-256 或 P-384 曲线support.apple.comsupport.apple.com。当新设备加入时,已有设备会利用椭圆曲线数字签名算法 (ECDSA) 对信任链数据签名校验,防止伪造support.apple.com。同时,在设备间传输 DEK 时,可能使用椭圆曲线 Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) 来建立共享密钥,加密传输内容。ECDH 可确保即使通信被窃听,攻击者无法推导出会话密钥,因而无法获取密钥内容。综上,非对称加密和密钥交换协议保证了只有合法设备才能参与密钥同步,新设备的引入需要现有设备用其私钥签名确认,杜绝中间人攻击或伪造信任链的可能。
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密钥派生函数 (KDF):在某些步骤中,苹果使用了密钥派生函数强化密码。历史上,iCloud 钥匙串曾要求用户设置 iCloud 安全码时,将用户密码通过 PBKDF2 等KDF算法派生出密钥,用于签名和加密信任圈hackmag.comhackmag.com。即便在新的双重认证架构下,某些场景仍可能涉及KDF——例如恢复密钥或联系人代码很可能通过 KDF 转换为实际用于解密 escrow 密文的密钥材料。这些 KDF 算法引入高强度的盐值和大量迭代运算hackmag.com,增强了抗暴力破解能力,防止弱口令被攻击者猜测。总之,KDF 的应用确保从用户口令/恢复码到加密密钥的映射具有单向性和计算复杂度,进一步保护 DEK 相关流程的安全。
服务器无权获取明文 DEK 的保障
苹果的设计宗旨是在云端架起“盲墙”,确保服务器既无权也无实能接触用户 DEK 的明文,这也是实现“即使云端泄露,用户数据仍安全”的关键:
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密钥仅存在于用户端: 开启高级数据保护后,所有主要 iCloud 数据类别的加密密钥仅存储于用户受信设备(或用户掌握的恢复载体)中,苹果服务器端不再保存这些密钥support.apple.com。文档明确指出,启用该功能后,苹果“无法读取或访问用户的服务密钥”support.apple.com。即在正常运行过程中,苹果的云服务器从未拥有解锁用户端到端加密数据所需的密钥。服务器所见到的只是由用户设备加密后的数据碎片,对其而言是不可解密的黑箱。
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云端存储密文及加密元数据:iCloud 服务器虽然需要存储用户数据(如云照片、备忘录的加密内容),但这些内容均已由设备使用 DEK 加密完成。即便是为了提供某些功能,云端保留了少量未加密的元数据(如文件校验和用于重复数据消除),这些元数据也不包含可用于推导 DEK 的信息support.apple.comsupport.apple.com。苹果正在致力于将更多此类元数据也纳入端到端加密范围,以进一步减少明文暴露面support.apple.com。此外,CloudKit 框架要求开发者在模式中明确标记需要加密的字段,未标记的字段(例如排序用的时间戳)即便明文存储,亦不涉及敏感内容support.apple.com。由此,云服务器始终缺乏关于 DEK 或用户敏感数据的明文,一旦发生数据泄露或内部越权,攻击者拿到的也只是高强度加密下的乱码。
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权限架构防范后门访问:苹果构建的信任链机制也防止了服务器假借授权来获取密钥的可能性。服务器不能私自添加受信设备或篡改信任链,因为每次信任链更新都需要现有设备的私钥签名以及(在老架构下)用户密码派生密钥的二次签名hackmag.comsupport.apple.com。苹果服务器既不持有用户设备私钥,也不知晓用户密码,因此无法伪造这些签名来诱导其他设备信任一个恶意设备。即使在双重认证体系下,服务器在设备加入流程中充当中继,并没有能力绕过用户批准直接将新设备植入圈内support.apple.comsupport.apple.com。这种架构等于为服务器访问用户密钥设置了密码学上的禁区。正如苹果安全白皮书所言,在最坏情形下如果用户丢失对 iCloud 钥匙串和其恢复机制的访问,那么相应的端到端加密数据苹果也无力恢复support.apple.com。苹果通过制度和技术结合,确保即便政府或机构要求提供用户数据,由于公司本身并无解密能力,只能交出加密的内容。
综上所述,Apple 高级数据保护下,全局数据加密密钥的生成由用户设备掌控,借助 iCloud 钥匙串信任链在多设备间安全同步。无论是在设备增加、移除还是用户失去设备的情况下,密钥和数据的生命周期管理均以用户掌控为中心:只要用户保有至少一个密钥载体(设备或恢复方式),数据即可解密使用;反之苹果也无法绕过用户获取密钥明文support.apple.com。苹果通过成熟的加密算法(AES-KW、ECDH 等)、硬件支持(Secure Enclave)、密钥分层与派生策略,实现了“零信任”云存储:服务器对用户密钥一无所知,从而使用户云端数据获得前所未有的保密性提升。
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图:高级数据保护下全局 DEK 管理的流程示意图。包含初始启用(设备 A 上生成新密钥并删除苹果服务器密钥)、新设备加入信任链(设备 B 请求并由设备 A 批准传输密钥)、设备移除或丢失(更新信任列表,但密钥通常不变)、以及用户失去所有设备时的恢复流程(通过恢复密钥取回 DEK)。各阶段均保证 DEK 安全不被未授权实体获取。
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2025-05-20 14:00:00Bitcoin Magazine
Auradine Expands Bitcoin Mining Solutions with Advanced ASIC Chips, Cooling Systems, and Modular Megawatt ContainersAuradine Inc., a U.S.-based Bitcoin miner manufacturer, today announced it is unveiling a broadened portfolio of mining products at the Bitcoin 2025 Conference in Las Vegas, featuring high-performance ASIC chips, specialized cooling systems, and fully integrated modular containers engineered for scalable, megawatt-class mining operations, according to a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine.
“Our goal is to democratize access to Bitcoin mining and enable innovative integrations,” said the CEO and Co-Founder of Auradine Rajiv Khemani. “Whether you’re running a megawatt container or building a small form-factor heater-miner for your home, we provide the chips, systems, and support to help you succeed. This new chapter is about giving miners the tools to innovate, scale, and operate efficiently.”
The new ASIC offerings, designed for both industrial and small-scale deployments, support customizable form factors and have already been adopted by operators including MARA Holdings, FutureBit, and Deep South Operating. Alongside the chips, Auradine continues to produce a full range of mining rigs to support a variety of deployment needs.
“Auradine’s ability to deliver both high-performance chips and scalable infrastructure aligns with MARA’s mission to stay at the forefront of bitcoin mining,” stated the Chief Technology Officer of MARA Holdings Ashu Swami. “We have been pleased with the partnership with Auradine with their leading edge engineering capability and innovation.”
Auradine’s modular 1 MW container units, developed in collaboration with Fog Hashing and FBox, are designed to accommodate 100–200 miners each. Merkle Standard, the first to deploy the system, reported improved energy efficiency and operational flexibility.
“We were the first to deploy Auradine’s container solution, and it immediately exceeded our expectations,” said the COO at Merkle Standard Monty Stahl. “The combination of performance, energy efficiency, and modular design gives us the flexibility to scale our operations faster and smarter than traditional infrastructure allows. This is the kind of innovation the mining industry has needed for a long time.”
Their recent $153 million Series C funding supports its push to offer flexible mining infrastructure and supplying ASIC chips for third-party integration. The company also plans to extend its hardware expertise to AI and networking through its AuraLinks initiative.
“We were one of the first to try Auradine’s ASIC chips and were immediately impressed by the support and customization that the team provided,” added the CEO of Deep South Operating, LLC Brock Tompkins. “It helps miners like us to stay scalable and efficient while raising the standard for what decentralized mining looks like.”
This post Auradine Expands Bitcoin Mining Solutions with Advanced ASIC Chips, Cooling Systems, and Modular Megawatt Containers first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Oscar Zarraga Perez.
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2025-05-20 13:45:12LNbits now has full NWC support thanks to the work of contributor @riccardobl, who has claimed two LNbits bounties for implementing Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) support in LNbits.
LNbits can now act both as a wallet service and as a funding source using the Nostr NWC protocol (NIP-47). This opens the door to new integrations with a growing ecosystem of Nostr clients and Lightning wallets.
Two Sides of NWC Integration
The work delivered by Riccardo B comprises two separate peices of work that together implement full support for NWC:
1. LNbits as a Wallet Service
This extension allows LNbits to operate as an always-on wallet service compatible with Nostr Wallet Connect clients such as Damus, Amethyst, or any app supporting NIP-47. Users can connect these Nostr clients to their LNbits instance and create and pay Lightning invoices through it.
This turns your LNbits wallet into a backend Lightning provider for your favourite Nostr app all self-hosted.
2. NWC as a Funding Source
The second piece of work flips the relationship. With this in place, LNbits can now act as an NWC client, meaning it can be funded from any NWC wallet service. This could be another LNbits, Alby, Minibits and more.
Why This Is a Big Deal for LNbits Users
These two bounties make LNbits one of the first applications in the Lightning ecosystem to offer bidirectional NWC support — as both a service and a client. This brings benefits such as:
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Fund any NWC-compatible app using your LNbits wallet.
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Fund LNbits using any wallet that supports Nostr Wallet Connect.
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Build NWC-native apps with LNbits as a backend, or power your own LNbits server using existing wallet infrastructure.
For developers, it’s a chance to build in flexible, interoperable ways. For users, it means more choice, more control, and less friction when managing Lightning payments across apps and devices.
Both of these features were developed and delivered by Riccardo B (@riccardobl), an contributor who took on and completed both LNbits bounties and was extremely helpful during the PR review process. We owe a huge thanks to Riccardo for his work here.
To try them out, read the full article detailing how NWC works with LNbits.
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2025-05-20 13:44:39Currently, and for the last three weeks, I am in Belfast. With the situation in HK becoming ever more crazy by the day we took the opportunity to escape from Hong Kong for a bit - I escaped with V and 3 suitcases. I also have some family matters that I am giving priority to at this time. We plan to stay a few more weeks in Northern Ireland and then after some time in Belgium we will be visiting some other European locations. I do hope that HK will be a place that we can go back to - we will see...
What's happening?
Quite a few significant events have happened in the last few weeks that deserve some deeper analysis and checking than you will ever get from the media propaganda circus that is running full force at the moment. You should be in no doubt that the "Great Reset" with its supporting "Great Narrative" is in full swing.
In most of the world the C19 story has run its course - for now. Most countries seem to have have "declared victory" and "moved on". Obviously HK is an exception (nothing happened there for the last two years) and I fear they will get to experience the whole 2-year thing in the coming 3-4 months. Watch out - the politicians everywhere are looking to permanently establish the "emergency controls" as "normal" - see previous Letter for some examples in Ireland and EU.
Invasion of Ukraine has led to so many lines being crossed - to the extent that clearly things will never be the same again in our lifetime.
Why? How did we get here?
I do not claim to know all the answers but some things are fairly clear if you look with open eyes and the wisdom that previous generations and civilisations have made available to us - even if most choose to ignore it (Plato on the flaws of democracy). Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it and even those who learn will have litle choice but to go along for much of the ride.
Perhaps my notes and the links below will help you to form an educated opinion rather than the pervasive propaganda we are all being fed.
The current situation is more than 100 years in the making and much (if not most) of what you thought was true is less veracious than you could ever imagine. No doubt we could (and maybe should) go back further but let's start in 1913 when the British Government asked the public no longer to request exchange of their pounds for gold coins at the post office. This led to the issuing of War Bonds and fractional reserve accounting that allowed the Bank of England essentially to print unlimited money to fight in WW1; without this devious action they would have been constrained to act within the limits of the country's reserves and WW1 would have been shorter. Read The Fiat Standard for more details on how this happened. Around this time, and likely no coincidence, the US bankers were scheming how to get around the constitutional controls against such actions in their own country - read more in The Creature from Jekyll Island.
Following WW1, Germany was forced to pay war reparations in Gold (hard money). This led to a decade of money printing and extravagant excesses and crashes as hyperinflation set in, ending in the bankrupting of the country and the nationalism that fed WW2 - the gory details of devaluation and hyperinflation in Weimar Germany are described in When Money Dies. Meanwhile the US bankers who had been preparing since 1913 stepped in with unlimited money printing to fund WW2 and then also in their Marshal Plan to cement in place the Bretton Woods post-war agreement that made US Dollar the global reserve currency.
Decades of boom and bust followed - well explained by Ray Dalio who portrays this as perfectly normal and to be expected - unfortunately it is for soft (non-hard) money based economies. The Fourth Turning will give many additional insights to this period too as well as cycles to watch for and their cause and nature. In 1961 Eisenhower tried to warn the population in his farewell address about the "Military Industrial Complex" and many believe that Robert Kennedy's assassination in 1963 may well be not entirely unrelated.
Things came to a head in August 1971 when the countries of the world realised that the US was (contrary to all promises) printing unlimited funds to (among other things) fight the Vietnam war and so undermining the expected and required convertibility of US dollars (the currency of global trade) for Gold (hard money). A French warship heading to NY to collect France's gold was the straw that caused Nixon to default on US Debt convertibility and "close the gold window".
This in turn led to further decades of increasing financialization, further fuelled (pun intended) by the PetroDollar creation and "exorbitant priviledge" that the US obtained by having the global reserve currency - benefiting those closest to the money supply (Cantillon effect) while hollowing out the US manufacturing and eventually devastating its middle and working classes (Triffin dilemma) - Arthur Hayes describes all this and much more as well as the likely outlook in his article - Energy Canceled. Absolutely required reading or listen to Guy Swan reading it and giving his additional interpetation.
Zoltan Pozsar of Credit Suisse explains how the money system is now being reset following the events of last few weeks and his article outlines a likely way forward - Bretton Woods III. His paper is somewhat dense, heavy reading and you might prefer to listen to Luc Gromen's more conversational explainer with Marty
All of this was well known to our forefathers
The writers of the American Constitution understood the dangers of money being controlled by any elite group and they did their best to include protections in the US constitution. It did take the bankers multiple decades and puppet presidents to circumvent these but do so they did. Thomas Jefferson could not have been more clear in his warning.
" If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around(these banks) will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
Islamic finace also recognised the dangers - you will likely be aware of the restrictions that forbid interest payments - read this interesting article from The Guardian
You will likely also be aware from schooldays that the Roman Empire collapsed because it expanded too much and the overhead became unbearable leading to the debasement of its money and inability to extract tax payments to support itself. Read more from Mises Institute. Here too, much of this will likely ring familiar.
So what can you do about it?
In theory Governments should respect Consent of the Governed and the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government".
For you to decide if and to what extent governments today are acting in line with these principles. If not, what can you do about it?
The options you have are basically - Loyalty, Voice or Exit. 1. You can be loyal and accept what you are told - 2. you may (or may not) be able to voice disagreement and 3. you may (or may not!) be able to exit. Authoritarian governments will make everything except Loyalty difficult or even impossible - if in doubt, read George Orwell 1984 - or look just around at recent events today in many countries.
I'll be happy to delve deeper into this in subsequent letters if there is interest - for now I recommend you to read Sovereign Individual. It is a long read but each chapter starts with a summary and you can read the summaries of each chapter as a first step. Also - I'm happy to discuss with you - just reach out and let me know!
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2025-05-20 13:44:28I https://www.chrisliss.com/p/mstr a few months ago with the subtitle “The Only Stock,” and I’m starting to regret it. Now, it was trading at 396 on January 20 when I posted it and 404 now (even if it dipped 40 percent to 230 or so in between), but that’s not why I regret it. I pointed out it was not investable unless you’re willing to stomach large drawdowns, and anyone who bought then could exit with a small profit now had they not panic-sold along the way.
The reason I regret it is I don’t want to make public stock predictions because it adds stress to my life. I have not sold any of my shares yet, but something I’ve noticed recently has got me thinking about it, and stock tips are like a game of telephone wherein whoever is last in the chain might find out the wrong information and too late. And while every adult has agency and is responsible for his own financial decisions, I don’t want my readers losing money on account of anything I write.
My base case is still that MSTR becomes a trillion-dollar company, destroys the performance of the S&P, the Mag-7 and virtually any other equity portfolio most people would assemble. Michael Saylor is trading an infinitely-printable asset (his shares) for humanity’s best-ever, finite-supply digital gold, and that trade should be profitable for him and his shareholders in perpetuity.
I don’t know exactly what he plans to do when that trade is no longer available to him — either because no one takes fiat currency for bitcoin anymore or because his mNAV (market-cap-to-bitcoin-holding ratio) goes below one — but that’s not my main concern, either. At that point he’ll have so much bitcoin, he’ll probably become the world’s first and largest bitcoin bank and profit by making his pristine collateral available to individuals and institutions. Even at five percent interest, half a trillion in bitcoin would yield $25B in profits every year. Even at a modest 10x valuation, the stock would more than double from here.
I am also not overly concerned with Saylor’s present amount of convertible debt which is at low or zero rates and is only https://www.strategy.com/. He’s been conservative on that front and only issuing on favorable terms. I don’t doubt Saylor’s prescience, intelligence or business sense one bit.
What got me thinking were some Twitter posts by a former Salomon Brothers trader/prophet Josh Mandell https://x.com/JoshMandell6/status/1921597739458339193 recently. In November when bitcoin was mooning after the election, he predicted that on March 14th it would close at $84,000, and if it did it would then go on an epic run up to $444,000 this cycle.
A lot of people make predictions, a few of them come true, but rarely do they come true on the dot (it closed at exactly $84K according to some exchanges) and on such a specific timeframe. Now, maybe he just got lucky, or maybe he is a skilled trader who made one good prediction, but the reason he gave for his prediction, insofar as he gave one, was not some technical chart or quantitative analysis, but a memory he had from 30 years ago that got into his mind that he couldn’t shake. He didn’t get much more specific than that, other than that he was tuned into something that if he explained fully would make too many people think he had gone insane. And then the prediction came true on the dot months later.
Now I believe in the paranormal more than the average person. I do not think things are random, and insofar as they appear that way it’s only because we have incomplete information — even a coin toss is predictable if you knew the exact force and spin that was put on the coin. I think for whatever reason, this guy is plugged into something, and while I would never invest a substantial amount of money on that belief — not only are earnestly-made prophecies often delusions or even if correct wrongly interpreted — that he sold makes me think.
He gave more substantive reasons for selling than prophecy, by the way — he seems to think Saylor’s perpetual issuance of shares ATM (at the market) to buy more bitcoin is putting too much downward pressure on the stock. Obviously, selling shares — even if to buy the world’s most pristine collateral at a 2x-plus mNAV — reduces the short-term appreciation of those shares.
His thesis seems to be that Saylor is doing this even if he would be better off letting the price appreciate more, attracting more investors, squeezing more shorts, etc because he needs to improve his credit rating to tap into the convertible debt market to the extent he has promised ($42 billion more over the next few years) at favorable terms. But in doing this, he is souring common stock investors because they are not seeing the near-term appreciation they should on their holdings.
Now this is a trivial concern if over the long haul MSTR does what it has the last couple years which is to outperform by a wide margin not only every large cap stock and the S&P but bitcoin itself. And the bigger his stack of bitcoin, the more his stock should appreciate as bitcoin goes up. But markets do not operate linearly and rationally. Should he sour prospective buyers to a great enough extent, should he attract shorts (and supply them with available shares to borrow) to a great enough extent, perhaps there might be an mNAV-crushing cascade that drives people into other bitcoin treasury companies, ETFs or bitcoin itself.
Now Saylor as first mover and by far the largest publicly-traded treasury company has a significant advantage. Institutions are far less likely to invest in size in smaller treasury companies with shorter track records, and many of them are not allowed to invest in ETFs or bitcoin at all. And even if a lot of money did go into any of those vehicles, it would only drive the value of his assets up and hence his stock price, no matter the mNAV. But Josh Mandell sold his shares prior to a weekend where bitcoin went from 102K to 104K, the US announced a deal with China, the mag-7 had a big spike (AAPL was up 6.3 percent) and then MSTR’s stock went down from 416 to 404. As I said, he is on to something.
So what’s the real long-term risk? I don’t know. Maybe there’s something about the nature of bitcoin that long-term is not really amenable to third-party custody and administration. It’s a bearer asset (“not your keys, not your coins”), and introducing counterparty risk is antithetical to its core purpose, the separation of money and state, or in this case money and bank.
With the bitcoin network you can literally “be your own bank.” To transact in digital dollars you need a bank account — or at least a stable coin one mediated by a centralized entity like Tether. You can’t hold digital dollars in your mind via some memorized seed words like you can bitcoin, accessible anywhere in the world, the ledger of which is maintained by tens of thousands of individually-run nodes. This property which democratizes value storage in the way gold did, except now you can wield your purchasing power globally, might be so antithetical to communal storage via corporation or bank that doing so is doomed to catastrophe.
We’ve already seen this happen with exchanges via FTX and Mt. Gox. Counterparty risk is one of the problems bitcoin was created to solve, so moving that risk from a fractionally reserved international banking system to corporate balance sheets still very much a part of that system is probably not the seismic advancement integral to the technology’s promise.
But this is more of a philosophical concern rather than a concrete one. To get more specific, it’s easy to imagine Coinbase, if indeed that’s where MSTR custodies its coins, gets hacked or https://www.chrisliss.com/p/soft-landing, i.e., seized by an increasingly desperate and insolvent government. Or maybe Coinbase simply doesn’t have the coins it purports like FTX, or a rogue band of employees, working on behalf of some powerful faction for “https://www.chrisliss.com/national-security-and-public-healt” executes the rug pull. Even if you deem these scenarios unlikely, they are not unfathomable.
Beyond outright counterparty malfeasance, there are other risks — what if owning common stock in an enterprise that simply holds bitcoin falls out of favor? Imagine if some new individual custody solution emerges wherein you have direct access to the coins themselves in an “even a boomer can do this” kind of way wherein there’s no compelling reason to own common stock with its junior claims to the capital stack in the event of insolvency? Why stand in line behind debt holders and preferred shares when you can invest in something that’s directly withdrawable and accessible if world events spike volatility to a systemic breaking point?
Things need not even get that rocky for this to be a concern — just the perception that they might could spook people into realizing common stock of a corporate balance sheet might be less than ideal as your custody solution.
Moreover, Saylor himself presents some risk. He could be compromised or blackmailed, he could lose his cool or get into an accident. These are low-probability scenarios, but also not unfathomable as any single point of failure is a target, especially for those factions who stand to lose unimaginable wealth and power should his speculative attack on the system succeed at scale.
Finally, even if Saylor remains free to operate as he sees fit, there is what I’d call the Icarus risk — he might be too ambitious, too hell-bent on acquiring bitcoin at all costs, too much of a maniac in service of his vision. Remember, he initially bought bitcoin during the covid crash and concomitant massive money print upon his prescient realization that businesses providing goods and services couldn’t possibly keep pace with inflation over the long haul. He was merely playing defense to preserve his capital, and now, despite his sizable lead and secured position is still throwing forward passes in the fourth quarter rather than running out the clock and securing the W.
Saylor is now arguably less a bitcoin maximalist and advocate, articulately making the case for superior money and individual sovereignty, but a corporate titan hell-bent on world domination via apex-predator-status balance sheet. When is enough enough? Many of the greatest conquerors in history pushed their empires too far until they fractured. In fact, 25 years ago MSTR was a big winner before the dot-com crash during which its stock price and most of Saylor’s fortune were wiped out when he was sued by the SEC for accounting fraud (he subsequently settled).
Now it’s possible, he learned from that experience, got up off the mat and figured out how to avoid his youthful mistakes. But it’s also possible his character is such that he will repeat it again, only this time at scale.
But as I said, my base case is MSTR is a trillion-dollar market cap, and the stock runs in parallel with bitcoin’s ascendance over the next decade. Saylor has been https://www.strategy.com/, prescient, bold and responsible so far over this iteration. I view Mandell’s concerns as valid, but similar to Wall St’s ones about AMZN’s Jeff Bezos who relentlessly ignored their insistence on profitability for a decade as he plowed every dollar into building out productive capacity and turned the company into the $2T world-dominating retail giant it is now.
Again, I haven’t (yet) sold any of my shares or even call options. But because I posted about this in January I felt I should at least follow-up with a more detailed rundown of what I take to be the risks. As always, do your own due diligence with any prospective investment.
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@ 5d4b6c8d:8a1c1ee3
2025-05-20 13:39:22https://youtu.be/US9iYJNTOkU
I had no idea Tosh was still doing anything, much less that he talks about sports.
https://stacker.news/items/984547
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@ 6ad3e2a3:c90b7740
2025-05-20 13:38:04When I was a kid, I wanted to be rich, but found the prospect of hard work tedious, pointless and soul-crushing. Instead of studying for exams, getting some job and clawing your way up the ladder, I wondered why we couldn’t just build a device that measured your brain capacity and awarded you the money you would have made had you applied yourself. Eliminate the middleman, so to speak, the useless paper pushing evoked by the word “career.”
But when you think about it, it’s not really money you’re after, as money is but purchasing power, and so it’s the things money can provide like a nice lifestyle and the peace of mind that comes from not worrying about it. And it’s not really the lifestyle or financial independence, per se, since moment to moment what’s in your bank account isn’t determining your mental state, but the feeling those things give you — a sense of expansiveness and freedom.
But if you did have such a machine, and it awarded you the money, you probably wouldn’t have that kind of expansiveness and freedom, especially if you did nothing to achieve those things. You would still feel bored, distracted and unsatisfied despite unrestricted means to travel or dine out as you saw fit. People who win the lottery, for example, tend to revert to their prior level of satisfaction in short order.
The feeling you really want then is the sense of rising to a challenge, negotiating and adapting to your environment, persevering in a state of uncertainty, tapping into your resourcefulness and creativity. It’s only while operating at the edge of your capacity you could ever be so fulfilled. In fact, in such a state the question of your satisfaction level would never come up. You wouldn’t even think to wonder about it you’d be so engrossed.
So what you really crave is a mind device that encourages you to adapt to your environment using your full creative capabilities in the present moment, so much so you realize if you do not do this, you have the sense of squandering your life in a tedious, pointless and soul-crushing way. You need to be totally stuck, without the option of turning back. In sum, you need to face reality exactly as it is, without any escape therefrom.
The measure of your mind in that case is your reality itself. The device is already with you — it’s the world you are presently creating with the consciousness you have, providing you avenues to escape, none of which are satisfactory, none that can lead to the state you truly desire. You have a choice to pursue them fruitlessly and wind up at square one, or to abandon them and attain your freedom. No matter how many times you go down a false road, you wind up at the same place until you give up on the Sisyphean task and proceed in earnest.
My childhood fantasy was real, it turns out, only I had misunderstood its meaning.
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@ bbb5dda0:f09e2747
2025-05-20 13:33:59My week 19 started with a celebration of 80 years of liberation from the Germans (we love you guys now tho 🫶🏼). It feels conflicting, we're celebrating freedom, whilst cutting down those freedoms day by day more rapidly as time progresses. Should we still celebrate...?
The current path back to freedom can be mundane in the day to day but I wouldn't wanna have it any other way. These last couple weeks I've continued working on our TollGate pipelines to facilitate our release cycle, make it faster and easier to release in quick succession. There's been a lot of details to get right, because our releases are nostr based and once people start relying on the structure of the events we can't easily change it.
A TollGateOS release event now looks like this NIP-94 file metadata event:
json { "id": "a867f15ca7edc95a69e1557539a624466147584f68c62a16c47fe9bca3778312", "pubkey": "5075e61f0b048148b60105c1dd72bbeae1957336ae5824087e52efa374f8416a", "created_at": 1747475980, "kind": 1063, "tags": [ [ "url", "https://blossom.swissdash.site/9e5e8c48810a1b59cf10fa56486f311e048a0305eb58444992b6133fd19fcb3e.bin" ], [ "m", "application/octet-stream" ], [ "x", "9e5e8c48810a1b59cf10fa56486f311e048a0305eb58444992b6133fd19fcb3e" ], [ "ox", "9e5e8c48810a1b59cf10fa56486f311e048a0305eb58444992b6133fd19fcb3e" ], [ "architecture", "aarch64_cortex-a53" ], [ "device_id", "glinet_gl-mt3000" ], [ "supported_devices", "glinet,gl-mt3000 glinet,mt3000-snand" ], [ "openwrt_version", "24.10.1" ], [ "tollgate_os_version", "v0.0.2" ], [ "release_channel", "stable" ] ], "content": "TollGate OS Firmware for glinet_gl-mt3000", "sig": "1d050233428304685d202e954cb48714c800a7ca5f2d6a8d8fd657a775b9c51bf83364505311859c846e25098168a8ff309af2308712aafe634fcbdc96fcd84a" }
One of the missing links was the
supported_devices
tag. That is because the installer checks the device name by ssh-ing into the router and it returns theglinet,gl-mt3000
which doesn't properly translate into thedevice_id
, which is what's used for compiling the OS. So this helps us to do the lookups and compatibility checks in the installer.I also worked on: - getting the versioning of the tollgate-basic package's naming in line with the OpenWRT naming convention. - Rework versioning for dev builds into
[branchname].[commit_height].[commit_hash]
which will show up on thedev
release_channel
releases. - Getting an initial release of the tollgate-installer done, so we can easily flash a bunch of routers to become TollGates.Bright minds in Prague
I met up with some bright minds from the space in Prague where @cobrador and i did a workshop on turning routers into TollGates and start earning sats. As is part of building things, things break and people make us aware of issues that we wouldn't foresee. Like for some reason Minibits cashu tokens being rejected, which is likely because of the memo's but we still need to dive into that issue.
Also we released [v0.0.2] of TollGate OS, which now includes an updater feature, again for faster release cycles. Currently we're focussing on getting a v0.0.3 out quickly with fixes for the user feedback we've gathered so far!
Receipt.Cash
I also, kind of unplanned, saw an opportunity to shill Receipt.Cash. I'd made a few improvements recently and it's ready enough for reckless people to try it out ;).
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Source Code here.
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@ 3770c235:16042bcc
2025-05-20 13:27:03In recent years, a remarkable transformation has taken place in the way people view and utilize their homes. No longer confined to the four walls of traditional interior spaces, homeowners are increasingly turning their attention outward—toward their own backyards. The concept of outdoor living has evolved from mere patio furniture and barbecues to fully functional living environments, equipped with kitchens, entertainment systems, and even workspaces.
This growing trend is not just a design choice; it reflects changing lifestyles, shifting priorities, and a reimagining of what it means to feel at home. The rise of outdoor living is more than a fad—it's a movement, and it's here to stay.
**A Shift in Lifestyle and Values ** At the heart of the outdoor living boom is a deeper shift in how people value their time, environment, and personal space. The COVID-19 pandemic played a significant role in this evolution. Lockdowns and restrictions forced many to reassess their living situations, seeking ways to make the most of what they already had. The backyard, once overlooked, suddenly became a sanctuary—a space to breathe, gather, and escape the monotony of indoor life.
According to a 2021 study by the International Casual Furnishings Association, over 90% of Americans with outdoor living space report that it is more valuable to them than ever before, with nearly 60% saying they upgraded their outdoor spaces during the pandemic source.
This change in perception is not solely pandemic-related. There's a growing emphasis on wellness, mindfulness, and balance. People are looking to nature for inspiration and relaxation. Outdoor living spaces—be they modest balconies or expansive decks—allow homeowners to connect with nature without leaving the comfort of home.
Redefining the Backyard: From Playgrounds to Living Rooms
Traditionally, the backyard has served specific purposes—gardening, children’s play areas, maybe a grill tucked in the corner. Today, backyards are being reimagined as multi-functional extensions of the home.
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Outdoor Kitchens and Dining Areas Once considered a luxury, outdoor kitchens have become increasingly common. With built-in grills, pizza ovens, refrigerators, sinks, and full countertops, these outdoor culinary spaces rival their indoor counterparts. The convenience of preparing and serving meals outside is matched by the social benefit: cooking becomes a shared experience.
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Living and Lounge Areas Outdoor seating now goes far beyond foldable lawn chairs. Modular sectionals, fire pits, weather-resistant rugs, and even smart lighting have turned patios into legitimate living rooms under the sky. Some include mounted TVs, Bluetooth speakers, and retractable canopies or pergolas for all-weather comfort.
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Work and Study Zones Remote work has blurred the boundaries between office and home. Now, it’s expanding into the outdoors. With Wi-Fi extenders, weather-protected furniture, and shade structures, backyards are becoming viable home office environments, perfect for Zoom calls with a natural backdrop.
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Wellness Retreats From hot tubs and saunas to yoga decks and meditation gardens, outdoor spaces are being tailored to support wellness. These personal sanctuaries offer solitude and stress relief, all within the perimeter of one's property.
The Role of Technology and Innovation Modern outdoor spaces owe much of their versatility to advances in technology and materials. Weather-resistant fabrics, composite decking, solar lighting, and smart irrigation systems have all expanded what's possible in backyard design.
Smart home technology has also made its way outdoors. Lighting can be automated or voice-controlled. Outdoor speakers can be synced across zones. Even grills can be connected to apps that monitor cooking temperatures. These innovations allow outdoor living to be both luxurious and convenient, requiring minimal maintenance while offering maximum comfort.
**Economic Impact and Value Addition ** Investing in outdoor living isn't just about lifestyle—it’s also smart economics. Outdoor upgrades can significantly boost a home's resale value. A well-designed patio or outdoor kitchen can yield a return on investment (ROI) of up to 80%, according to the National Association of Realtors. In fact, data from Houzz shows that nearly 57% of homeowners are investing in their outdoor spaces specifically to increase resale value source.
This financial motivation has fueled demand for landscape architects, outdoor furniture designers, and construction professionals specializing in outdoor living projects. As a result, the industry surrounding outdoor enhancements—from pergola manufacturers to luxury fire pit designers—has seen exponential growth.
Environmental Considerations and Sustainability As outdoor living becomes more popular, so does the demand for environmentally conscious design. Homeowners are increasingly incorporating sustainable elements into their outdoor plans, including: • Native plant landscaping: Reduces water usage and supports local ecosystems. • Rainwater harvesting systems: Collect and store rain for garden irrigation. • Solar-powered lighting: Minimizes energy consumption while maximizing ambiance. • Permeable paving materials: Reduce runoff and promote groundwater recharge. Green living isn't just a buzzword—it’s influencing how people design their outdoor sanctuaries. Eco-conscious homeowners are prioritizing sustainability as much as aesthetics, ensuring their outdoor spaces are in harmony with nature, not in conflict with it.
The Social Connection
Outdoor living also taps into our basic need for connection. From summer barbecues to cozy firepit gatherings, the backyard is an ideal setting for meaningful social interactions. During a time when indoor gatherings have been restricted or limited, outdoor spaces have offered a safer, more accessible alternative.
Community ties can also be strengthened through outdoor living. In urban settings, rooftop terraces or shared gardens create communal spaces for neighbors to engage, collaborate, and unwind. For families, these outdoor extensions offer a way to spend quality time together—whether through games, meals, or simply enjoying the open air. For individuals, they provide a space to recharge, free from the digital and physical clutter of indoor life.
Customization and Personalization
One of the most appealing aspects of outdoor living is the high degree of customization available. Unlike interior spaces that may be limited by architectural constraints, outdoor areas can often be more flexible in layout and design.
Homeowners can craft outdoor environments that reflect their personalities and values: • The entertainer may opt for a bar area, ambient lighting, and surround sound. • The minimalist might choose clean lines, neutral tones, and eco-friendly materials. • The nature-lover may emphasize greenery, water features, and natural textures. DIY options also abound, allowing for creative freedom and budget-friendly upgrades. Raised garden beds, handmade furniture, repurposed materials, and vertical planters give individuals the opportunity to leave their personal mark on the space.
The Influence of Global Design Trends Outdoor living isn’t confined to North America. Around the world, cultures have long embraced outdoor spaces—from Japanese zen gardens to Mediterranean courtyards. The current global design conversation draws inspiration from a variety of traditions and climates.
Scandinavian principles of simplicity and functionality influence clean-lined, open-air designs, while tropical resorts have inspired lush, greenery-filled retreats in suburban settings. The blending of international styles enables homeowners to create outdoor spaces that are both eclectic and functional.
Looking Ahead: The Future of Outdoor Living The trajectory of outdoor living points to continued growth, innovation, and integration. Here are some trends likely to define the next decade:
- Year-Round Use With heating lamps, insulated pergolas, and all-weather furniture, outdoor spaces are becoming viable in all seasons. Expect to see more designs tailored for winter, including hot tubs, enclosed lounges, and warm lighting features.
- Outdoor Smart Hubs Technology will play an even greater role, with integrated outdoor control systems for lighting, security, irrigation, and entertainment—managed through a single device or app.
- Edible Landscaping Gardens will not only be for beauty but also for sustenance. Raised vegetable beds, fruit trees, and herb walls will become staples in functional outdoor design.
- Modular Design Portable and adaptable elements like movable walls, foldable furniture, and hybrid indoor-outdoor structures will offer more flexibility, especially in smaller spaces.
- Wellness Integration Expect an even stronger emphasis on health and well-being—cold plunge pools, outdoor gyms, meditation pods, and immersive natural soundscapes will take center stage.
Conclusion The rise of outdoor living is not just a design phenomenon—it’s a cultural shift. Homeowners are recognizing the value of outdoor spaces as extensions of their identities, routines, and dreams. Whether it's a serene garden, a vibrant entertainment hub, or a cozy work nook, the backyard is being redefined as a vital part of the home. In a world that often feels fast-paced and digitally overloaded, outdoor living offers a much-needed antidote: space to breathe, relax, connect, and thrive. It’s about more than upgrading the home—it’s about enhancing the human experience. As this trend continues to evolve, one thing is clear: the best room in the house may not be inside at all.
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@ 472f440f:5669301e
2025-05-20 13:01:09Marty's Bent
via me
Don't sleep on what's happening in Japan right now. We've been covering the country and the fact that they've lost control of their yield curve since late last year. After many years of making it a top priority from a monetary policy perspective, last year the Bank of Japan decided to give up on yield curve control in an attempt to reel inflation. This has sent yields for the 30-year and 40-year Japanese government bonds to levels not seen since the early 2000s in the case of the 30-year and levels never before seen for the 40-year, which was launched in 2007. With a debt to GDP ratio that has surpassed 250% and a population that is aging out with an insufficient amount of births to replace the aging workforce, it's hard to see how Japan can get out of this conundrum without some sort of economic collapse.
This puts the United States in a tough position considering the fact that Japan is one of the largest holders of U.S. Treasury bonds with more than 1,135 sats | $1.20 trillion in exposure. If things get too out of control in Japan and the yield curve continues to drift higher and inflation continues to creep higher Japan can find itself in a situation where it's a forced seller of US Treasuries as they attempt to strengthen the yen. Another aspect to consider is the fact that investors may see the higher yields on Japanese government bonds and decide to purchase them instead of US Treasuries. This is something to keep an eye on in the weeks to come. Particularly if higher rates drive a higher cost of capital, which leads to even more inflation. As producers are forced to increase their prices to ensure that they can manage their debt repayments.
It's never a good sign when the Japanese Prime Minister is coming out to proclaim that his country's financial situation is worse than Greece's, which has been a laughing stock of Europe for the better part of three decades. Japan is a very proud nation, and the fact that its Prime Minister made a statement like this should not be underappreciated.
As we noted last week, the 10-year and 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds are drifting higher as well. Earlier today, the 30-year bond yield surpassed 5%, which has been a psychological level that many have been pointed to as a critical tipping point. When you take a step back and look around the world it seems pretty clear that bond markets are sending a very strong signal. And that signal is that something is not well in the back end of the financial system.
This is even made clear when you look at the private sector, particularly at consumer debt. In late March, we warned of the growing trend of buy now, pay later schemes drifting down market as major credit card companies released charge-off data which showed charge-off rates reaching levels not seen since the 2008 great financial crisis. At the time, we could only surmise that Klarna was experiencing similar charge-off rates on the bigger-ticket items they financed and started doing deals with companies like DoorDash to finance burrito deliveries in an attempt to move down market to finance smaller ticket items with a higher potential of getting paid back. It seems like that inclination was correct as Klarna released data earlier today showing more losses on their book as consumers find it extremely hard to pay back their debts.
via NewsWire
This news hit the markets on the same day as the average rate of the 30-year mortgage in the United States rose to 7.04%. I'm not sure if you've checked lately, but real estate prices are still relatively elevated outside of a few big cities who expanded supply significantly during the COVID era as people flooded out of blue states towards red states. It's hard to imagine that many people can afford a house based off of sticker price alone, but with a 7% 30-year mortgage rate it's becoming clear that the ability of the Common Man to buy a house is simply becoming impossible.
via Lance Lambert
The mortgage rate data is not the only thing you need to look at to understand that it's becoming impossible for the Common Man of working age to buy a house. New data has recently been released that highlights That the median home buyer in 2007 was born in 1968, and the median home buyer in 2024 was born in 1968. Truly wild when you think of it. As our friend Darth Powell cheekily highlights below, we find ourselves in a situation where boomers are simply trading houses and the younger generations are becoming indentured slaves. Forever destined to rent because of the complete inability to afford to buy a house.
via Darth Powell
via Yahoo Finance
Meanwhile, Bitcoin re-approached all-time highs late this evening and looks primed for another breakout to the upside. This makes sense if you're paying attention. The high-velocity trash economy running on an obscene amount of debt in both the public and private sectors seems to be breaking at the seams. All the alarm bells are signaling that another big print is coming. And if you hope to preserve your purchasing power or, ideally, increase it as the big print approaches, the only thing that makes sense is to funnel your money into the hardest asset in the world, which is Bitcoin.
via Bitbo
Buckle up, freaks. It's gonna be a bumpy ride. Stay humble, Stack Sats.
Trump's Middle East Peace Strategy: Redefining U.S. Foreign Policy
In his recent Middle East tour, President Trump signaled what our guest Dr. Anas Alhajji calls "a major change in US policy." Trump explicitly rejected the nation-building strategies of his predecessors, contrasting the devastation in Afghanistan and Iraq with the prosperity of countries like Saudi Arabia and UAE. This marks a profound shift from both Republican and Democratic foreign policy orthodoxy. As Alhajji noted, Trump's willingness to meet with Syrian President Assad follows a historical pattern where former adversaries eventually become diplomatic partners.
"This is really one of the most important shifts in US foreign policy to say, look, sorry, we destroyed those countries because we tried to rebuild them and it was a big mistake." - Dr. Anas Alhajji
The administration's new approach emphasizes negotiation over intervention. Rather than military solutions, Trump is engaging with groups previously considered off-limits, including the Houthis, Hamas, and Iran. This pragmatic stance prioritizes economic cooperation and regional stability over ideological confrontation. The focus on trade deals and investment rather than regime change represents a fundamental reimagining of America's role in the Middle East.
Check out the full podcast here for more on the Iran nuclear situation, energy market predictions, and why AI development could create power grid challenges. Only on TFTC Studio.
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@ cefb08d1:f419beff
2025-05-20 13:26:14https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIydjo4B25U
The GWM Catch Up Day 2: Western Australia pushes CT to the ultimate test in all or nothing bouts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zwuqs6iTPg
Women and Men Results:
https://stacker.news/items/984538
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@ 88cc134b:5ae99079
2025-05-20 12:22:03content
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@ f85b9c2c:d190bcff
2025-05-20 12:51:06Sometimes I feel like reversing time. I miss my childhood. Honestly, who wouldn’t? Back then, life was so simple, so carefree. I had no bills to pay, no deadlines to chase, and no worries about what tomorrow might bring. All I had to do was wake up, play, eat, and maybe dodge a beating or two from Mum when I got a little too adventurous😂. Sometimes I feel like reversing time, just to relive those golden days when my biggest problem was figuring out how to sneak a piece of meat from the pot without getting caught.
I remember those moments vividly. When I was little, I’d tiptoe into the kitchen, the aroma of Mum’s stew pulling me like a magnet. I’d wait for her to turn her back, then—bam!—my tiny hand would dive into the pot, snagging a juicy piece of meat. Of course, I wasn’t exactly a master thief. Mum always seemed to know. She’d catch me red-handed, and let’s just say her wooden spoon wasn’t just for cooking! I was kinda stubborn back then, so those beatings happened a lot. But I don’t steal meat anymore—grown-up me knows better. Life was different then. My only “job” was to have fun—climbing trees, chasing friends, or making up wild stories in my head. Now, adulthood feels like a never-ending to-do list. I miss the freedom, the laughter, the way problems seemed to vanish with a nap or a hug. If I could, I’d turn back the clock, even just for a day, to feel that lightness again. Childhood wasn’t perfect, but it sure felt like it.
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@ 9be6a199:6e133301
2025-05-20 12:47:14sadfsflkjsdflkdsjfglksjdfglksdaasdfsdfsdfsdfssdsd
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@ a296b972:e5a7a2e8
2025-05-20 12:22:00Die Natur strebt nach einem Gleichgewicht durch Ausgleich von nicht zueinander passenden Verhältnissen. Die Gesellschaft ist ein sozialer Organismus, der ebenso nach Ausgleich und einer Stimmigkeit der Verhältnisse strebt. Das sind Naturgesetze, die keine Regierung auf Dauer imstande ist, außer Kraft zu setzen.
Weder oppositionelle Kräfte, noch Kräfte innerhalb des Souveräns haben die Absicht, die Demokratie abzuschaffen. Es geht vielmehr darum, sie wieder in der Form herzustellen, in der sie ihren Namen auch verdient. Dazu gehört, dass alle Macht vom Volke ausgeht, was derzeit nicht der Fall ist.
Ein durch den Staat vorgegebenes Bildungssystem hat Menschen vor allem zu gefügigen Rädchen im Wirtschaftsgetriebe und nicht zu alles kritisch hinterfragenden Bürgern erzogen, die ständig der Regierung auf die Finger schauen.
Wenn die Bürger, der Souverän, eine Regierung immer mehr „machen lässt“ und glaubt, es sei genug, alle 4 Jahre sein Wahl-Kreuzchen zu machen, entfernt er sich immer mehr von der Kontrolle der durch ihn beauftragten Vertreter, und diese entfernen sich so immer mehr vom Alltag der Bürger.
Zu wenig Gegenrede des Souveräns führt zu immer mehr Übermut der Regierung, die sich immer sicherer wird, mit jedem Unsinn durchzukommen.
Ist dann die Schmerzgrenze des Souveräns erreicht, beginnt er, die Opposition zu stärken. In einer funktionierenden Demokratie würde das dazu führen, dass die Opposition die Regierung bildet, die dann die Chance hat, Fehlentwicklungen abzustellen und ausgleichend tätig zu werden.
Derzeit findet sowohl beim Souverän, als auch bei den Parteien, die bisher Regierungen zusammengestellt haben, ein Erwachen statt.
Da die ehemaligen Volks-Parteien unbedingt an der Macht festhalten wollen, seitens des Souveräns auf zu wenig Widerstand stoßen, wird mit der Macht, einer Demokratie nicht würdig, umgegangen. Dem sollte dringend Einhalt geboten werden.
Der Missbrauch äußert sich in brutalen (Lieblingswort der Ex-Außen-Dings) Einschränkungen der Grundrechte (Corona-Zeit), in der Einschränkung der Meinungsfreiheit (D S A), in Tendenzen zunehmender Kontrolle und Überwachung, Förderung von Denunzianten-Portalen, Kapern des öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunks, Förderung von NGOs, die als Sprechpuppen genutzt werden. Besetzt von Menschen, die entweder tatsächlich überzeugt sind von dem, was sie ideologisch vertreten, oder die über Charaktereigenschaften verfügen, die noch sehr viel Optimierungspotenzial in sich bergen. Gepaart mit fachlicher Inkompetenz ist das ein gefährlicher Cocktail.
Erst jüngst sogar durch Ausreiseverbote, wie in einem Staat, mit dem man das derzeitige Deutschland nicht vergleichen darf. So groß ist inzwischen schon die Angst geworden, die Kontrolle über die Macht zu verlieren. Alles, was an Kritik geäußert werden will, gilt als Delegitimierung des Staates. Auf keinen Fall darf sie im Ausland geäußert werden, damit es ja nichts davon mitbekommt, was in Deutschland abgeht. Das ist so wie ein Kind, dass sich die Hände vor die Augen hält und meint, es würde nicht gesehen werden.
Die Regierung ist übergriffig geworden. Je lauter sie Demokratie schreit, desto totalitärer wird sie.
Durch fehlende Kontrolle des Souveräns sind charakterlich und fachlich ungeeignete Personen in die Politik gelangt, deren ständige Überforderung dazu führt, dass sich deren Entscheidungen immer weiter von der Lebensrealität des Souveräns entfernen.
Bislang haben rund 25% des Souveräns diese Schieflage erkannt und wollen einer Opposition, die so stark geworden ist, weil die Alt-Parteien über Jahre Fehler an Fehler aneinandergereiht haben, die Gelegenheit geben, diese Fehler zu beheben und auszugleichen. Offen bleibt die Frage, ob sie dazu wirklich in der Lage sind, oder ob die Gefahr besteht, dass sie von einem möglicherweise grundsätzlich kranken System vereinnahmt werden.
Da es seitens der Alt-Parteien keine Einsicht gibt, dass sie in der Regierung nicht mehr den Willen des Souveräns vertreten, derzeit auch besonders gut zu sehen an dem Friedenswillen des Souveräns im Vergleich zur Kriegstreiberei der Regierung, bleibt nur, der Opposition zumindest die Chance zu geben, es besser zu machen und den Willen des Souveräns umzusetzen. Gelänge das nicht, ist die Demokratie, wie wir sie bislang verstanden haben, gescheitert.
Eine daraus resultierende Staatsform stünde dem Freiheitsgedanken diametral gegenüber.
Die Verteidigung von Unseredemokratie seitens der Regierung entlarvt das eigentliche, was damit gemeint ist, nämlich die Erhaltung der eigenen Macht, verbunden mit allen Vorzügen und Privilegien. Sie richtet sich gegen das eigene Volk, das mit einer ganz normal funktionierenden Demokratie schon sehr zufrieden wäre. Unseredemokratie ist nicht unsere Demokratie!
In Anlehnung an die berühmt gewordene Lüge Walter Ulbrichs: „Niemand hat die Absicht eine Mauer zu errichten“, hat derzeit niemand die Absicht, die sogenannte Brandmauer einzureißen, bzw. sie so lange stehen zu lassen, wie es eben geht, um die herrschenden Machtverhältnisse so lange wie möglich aufrechtzuerhalten. Die Geschichte hat jedoch zum Glück gezeigt, dass selbst eine Berliner Mauer nicht ewig hält.
Wie sich aus dem absurd-lächerlichen Gutachten, einer der Regierung gegenüber weisungsgebundenen Behörde herausgestellt hat, gibt es keinerlei Anzeichen dafür, dass die Opposition die demokratische Grundordnung weder gefährden noch beseitigen will.
Da die ehemaligen Volksparteien augenscheinlich nicht in der Lage sind, politische, wirtschaftliche und gesellschaftliche Verhältnisse zum Wohle des Deutschen Volkes herzustellen, ist der demokratische Weg, die Opposition hierzu zu ermächtigen.
Wird das weiterhin verhindert, wird der Unmut des Souveräns weiter zunehmen, und spätestens, wenn die zunehmenden Schikanen die Schmerzgrenze überschritten haben, wird der Souverän nach geeigneten Mitteln und Möglichkeiten suchen, diese Schieflage zu beheben und auszugleichen.
Derzeit stehen sich ein in der Zahl und im Befinden zunehmend unzufrieden werdender Souverän und eine immer absurdere Entscheidungen treffende Regierung im lebendigen Tauziehen um Interessen gegenüber. Je mehr Bockmist die Alt-Parteien bauen, um so stärker wird die Opposition.
Aufgrund der jetzt schon vorhandenen Anzahl wacher Bürger und der Anzahl der in der Politik Unfähigen, ist eigentlich schon jetzt klar, wer in diesem Tauziehen die größere Kraft hat und wer das „Spiel“ nach demokratischen Regeln am Ende gewinnen wird. Das ist eindeutig der Souverän. Verliert er, wider Erwarten, verliert auch die Demokratie.
Dem Souverän fehlt nur noch ein wenig mehr Selbstvertrauen und ein Bewusstsein für die Macht, über die er tatsächlich verfügt.
Je mehr absurde Entscheidungen seitens der Regierung getroffen werden, und man arbeitet ja sehr fleißig daran, besonders, wenn es um Frieden geht, desto stärker wird das Selbstbewusstsein des Souveräns werden und ein natürlicher, friedlicher Ausgleich der Schieflage kann stattfinden. Der Start der neuen Regierung war jedenfalls schon einmal sehr "Keine-4-Jahre".
Wer sich in die steile und eisglatte Abfahrtspiste Deutschlands vertiefen will, hier eine Rezension zu dem Buch „Im Taumel des Niedergangs“ von dem von mir sehr geschätzten und akribisch arbeitenden Uwe Froschauer:
https://www.manova.news/artikel/abwarts
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2025-05-20 12:16:57Contexto e início
O precursor direto do avivamento foi William J. Seymour, um pregador afro-americano filho de ex-escravos, influenciado pelos ensinamentos de Charles Parham, que pregava o "batismo no Espírito Santo" com evidência do falar em línguas.
Em 1906, Seymour foi convidado para pregar em uma igreja em Los Angeles. Após ser rejeitado por alguns por sua pregação sobre o batismo com o Espírito Santo, ele começou a liderar reuniões de oração na casa da família Asberry. Em abril de 1906, durante uma dessas reuniões, os participantes começaram a experimentar manifestações intensas do Espírito Santo, incluindo glossolalia (falar em línguas), curas e profecias.
A Rua Azusa
Logo, o número de participantes cresceu tanto que foi necessário mudar para um antigo prédio da Igreja Metodista Africana Episcopal, no número 312 da Rua Azusa, no centro de Los Angeles. Esse local se tornou o epicentro do avivamento.
Características marcantes
Cultos espontâneos e fervorosos, muitas vezes sem ordem pré-definida.
Diversidade étnica e social: negros, brancos, latinos, asiáticos, ricos e pobres adoravam juntos — algo radical para os padrões da época.
Ênfase nas manifestações espirituais, como línguas, curas, visões e profecias.
Igualdade de gênero e raça no ministério, com mulheres e homens de diversas origens pregando e liderando.
Impacto
O avivamento da Rua Azusa marcou o nascimento e expansão global do pentecostalismo, hoje uma das maiores forças do cristianismo mundial. Missionários saíram de Azusa para várias partes do mundo, levando a mensagem pentecostal. Movimentos como as Assembleias de Deus e Igreja do Evangelho Quadrangular têm raízes nesse avivamento.
Tensão e Interpretação entre Reformistas e Pentecostalistas
Evangelhos e Atos
João Batista profetiza: “Ele vos batizará com o Espírito Santo e com fogo” (Mateus 3:11).
Em Atos 2, no Pentecostes, os discípulos falam em línguas e recebem poder (Atos 1:8; 2:4).
Outros episódios: Atos 10 (Casa de Cornélio) e Atos 19 (Éfeso).
Cartas Paulinas
Paulo não relaciona diretamente o “batismo com o Espírito” ao falar em línguas. Em 1 Coríntios 12:13 ele diz: “Pois em um só Espírito todos nós fomos batizados em um corpo”.
A glossolalia aparece como um dom entre outros, mas não como evidência obrigatória (1 Coríntios 12:30).
Tensão
Pentecostais veem o batismo com o Espírito como uma segunda experiência após a conversão, evidenciada por línguas. Reformados geralmente interpretam que o batismo com o Espírito ocorre na conversão e que línguas não são obrigatórias ou cessaram com os apóstolos.
Reformadores e o Batismo com o Espírito Santo
Martinho Lutero, João Calvino e outros reformadores não falavam em línguas nem davam ênfase a experiências carismáticas.
Cessacionismo: Doutrina comum entre reformados que diz que os dons sobrenaturais (línguas, profecias, curas) cessaram com a era apostólica.
Continuação (posição pentecostal): Os dons continuam hoje.
Filmes / Documentários
“Azusa Street: The Origins of Pentecostalism” (2006) – Documentário com imagens históricas e entrevistas.
“Wesley” (2009) – Biografia de John Wesley, precursor do metodismo e influência indireta no pentecostalismo.
“The Cross and the Switchblade” (1970) – História de David Wilkerson e a conversão de Nicky Cruz; enfatiza a obra do Espírito.
Série “God in America” (PBS) – Episódio sobre o pentecostalismo (não só Azusa, mas seu impacto cultural).
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2025-05-20 11:09:00Ed Suman, a 67-year-old retired artist who helped create large sculptures like Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog, reportedly lost his entire life savings — over $2M in digital assets — in a sophisticated scam.
The incident is believed to be tied to the major data breach at Coinbase, one of the world’s largest digital asset exchanges.
Suman’s story is part of a bigger wave of attacks on digital asset holders using stolen personal info, and has triggered lawsuits, regulatory concerns and questions about digital security in the Bitcoin space.
In March 2025, Suman got a text message about suspicious activity on his Coinbase account. After Suman reported he was unaware of any unauthorized activity regarding his account, he got a call from a man who introduced himself as Brett Miller from Coinbase Security.
The guy sounded legit — he knew Suman’s setup, including that he used a Trezor Model One hardware wallet, a device meant to keep bitcoin and other digital assets offline and safe.
Suman told Bloomberg the guy knew everything, including the exact amount of digital assets he had.
The attacker persuaded Suman that his Trezor One hardware wallet and its funds were at risk and walked him through a “security procedure” that involved entering his seed phrase into a website that looked exactly like Coinbase, in order to “link his wallet to Coinbase”.
Nine days later, another guy called and repeated the process, saying the first one didn’t work.
And then, all of Suman’s digital assets — 17.5 bitcoin and 225 ether — were gone. At the time, bitcoin was around $103,000 and ether around $2,500, so the stolen stash was worth over $2 million.
Suman turned to digital assets after retiring from a decades-long art career. He stored his assets in cold storage to avoid the risks of online exchanges. He thought he did everything right.
Suman’s attackers didn’t pick his name out of a hat.
It looks like his personal info may have been leaked in the major breach at Coinbase. The company confirmed on May 15 that some of its customer service reps in India were bribed to access internal systems and steal customer data.
The stolen data included names, phone numbers, email addresses, balances and partial Social Security numbers.
According to Coinbase’s filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the breach may have started as early as January and affected nearly 1% of the company’s active monthly users — tens of thousands of people.
Hackers demanded $20M from Coinbase to keep the breach quiet but the company refused to pay. Coinbase says it fired the compromised agents and is setting aside $180M to $400M to reimburse affected users.
But so far, Suman hasn’t been told if he’ll be reimbursed.
Since the breach was disclosed, Coinbase has been hit with at least six lawsuits.
The lawsuits claim the company failed to protect user data and handled the aftermath poorly. One lawsuit filed in New York federal court on May 16 says Coinbase’s response was “inadequate, fragmented, and delayed.”
“Users were not promptly or fully informed of the compromise,” the complaint states, “and Coinbase did not immediately take meaningful steps to mitigate further harm.”
Some lawsuits are seeking damages, others are asking Coinbase to purge user data and improve its security. Coinbase has not commented on the lawsuits but pointed reporters to a blog post about its response.
Suman’s case is a cautionary tale across the Bitcoin world. He used a hardware wallet (considered the gold standard of Bitcoin security) and was still tricked through social engineering. Even the strongest security is useless if you don’t understand how Bitcoin works.
It’s never too early for Bitcoiners to start learning more about Bitcoin, especially on how to keep their stash safe. And the first lesson is “never ever share your seed phrase with anyone”.
Related: Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Hacks: What You Need to Know
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2025-05-20 11:06:09Contenu à venir.
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2025-05-20 11:02:41Buchbeschreibung:\ \ Dieses Buch ist ein Appell.
Es richtet sich nicht nur an den Kopf des Lesers, sondern auch an seinen Willen.\ \ Es ist ein Appell an Volk und Leser, die Lenkung der Geschicke direkt selbst in die Hand zu nehmen. Nicht nur: "Was ist?" sondern vor allem: "Was können wir tun?" ist in diesem Buch die große Frage.\ \ Mit dem Blick auf diese Frage wird das Grundgesetz betrachtet und gezeigt, dass es absolut noch nicht der gediegene Glockenguss ist, als der es uns von "oben" immer vorgestellt wurde, sondern dass in ihm auch extrem gegenläufige, bemessen an seinen freiheitlich-demokratischen Idealen sogar als extrem verfassungs-widrig zu bezeichnende Tendenzen wirken, die heute in seine Zerstörung führen.\ \ Vor allem die unselige Übermacht des Parteienwesens und die damit verbundene systemische Entmündigung des Souveräns, des Volkes, ist das Ergebnis dieser verfassungs-widrigen Tendenzen.\ \ Es wird aber auch gezeigt, wo in den Idealen des Grundgesetzes und in den Entscheidungen der Mütter und Väter dieses Grundgesetzes die Ansatzpunkte liegen, durch die der Zerstörung des Grundgesetzes wirkungsvoll begegnet werden kann. Und diese Ansatzpunkte werden im Buch allseits zur Entfaltung gebracht.\ \ "Wer die Demokratie verteidigen will, der muss sie weiter entwickeln." Im Sinne dieses Wortes wird dem Leser ein praktikabler Weg gewiesen, auf dem er unmittelbar helfen kann, das Grundgesetz den wirkenden Zerstörungskräften zu entwinden, durch Einrichtung der direkten Bürgerbeteiligung an den entscheidenden Fragen unserer Republik die Position des Souveräns gegenüber der Parteienmacht zu stärken, Freiheitsrechte, Demokratie und Rechtsstaat auf eine wesentlich höhere Stufe als bisher zu bringen und sich durch eine verfassungs-klärende Versammlung seine Basis selbst und neu zu geben.
Buch bestellen: https://great-reset-von-unten.de/
\ Und nicht vergessen, abzustimmen! Die Zeit ist reif. Packen wir's an.\