📚 Today's notible reads ▸ Chapter 03: Permission Granted (20 min) by @88888888…4e7e3606 At a vibrant Nostr after-party, Maya and Sean bond over their shared passion for decentralized technology while contrasting the ad-driven attention economy with Nostr's promise of censorship-free, direct payment systems. Despite Sean's initial hesitation about working for the government, he becomes captivated by Maya's vision of a free internet, leading to a moment of mutual realization where they recognize their own roles as early pioneers in this emerging movement. 📝 c7a8f6d5… ▸ The Fedimint Guardian Setup War Story (20 min) by @73d9e19e…f6469960 The author details the arduous process of configuring a four-guardian Fedimint federation on a custom signet for a prediction market demo, highlighting critical pitfalls such as Fedimint v0.10.0's switch from environment variables to CLI arguments, the requirement for a minimum of four guardians (as single-guardian mode triggers a TPE panic), and the necessity of explicitly including `enabled_modules` in the DKG leader's POST data to prevent a silent failure where the federation creates but contains no functional modules. 📝 206e18d2… ▸ Who's That Source? Iran Edition (12 min) by @6ff1f7ea…d1996dd0 Racket News exposes that analysts from the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and the National Endowment for Democracy—often cited as neutral experts on the Iran War—are funded by donors with specific political or financial interests, including billionaire investors, Republican mega-donors, and U.S. government officials. The article argues that while these organizations produce substantive research, the public lacks sufficient context regarding the financial and political ecosystems that shape their output, particularly as Gulf states and defense contractors increase their influence in Washington. 📝 e98bb985… Prefer to listen? DM me the link and I'll turn it into audio. Pay via ⚡