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Cyph3rp9nk | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +16 
 Those of you who think satoshi is the NSA, I ask you.

What does the U.S. empire gain by taking away its own power to create free money to finance itself?

Are you aware of how many times the deep state and its intelligence agencies have attacked Bitcoin? That is enough proof to rule out that Bitcoin was invented by the NSA.
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hh | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The US is even hesitant to deploy a CBDC because it would harm the banksters.
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nobody | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 nope

i already explained (but ima gonna do it again):

i am emperor (babangbangbang)
i am connected to every "supercomputer" on earth
hawai'i rules earth (via technology you can only read about)
variables uncountable (babangbangbang)
jack patrick dorsey get to hawai'i this month
then maybe i have more to say
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nobody | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 <whispers>
and "he" is woz or wiz or piss or whatever

don't tell anybody 
LOL
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Ike | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 If the crypto wars of the 90s were legit, so is Bitcoin
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Toby McMann | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I'm not sure they are this smart but, if the US was concerned about de-dollarization, it would gain a lot from using its vast and stranded energy resources, together with technical and manufacturing capability, to mine and accumulate bitcoin as a matter of national security ASAP.  It could publicly support the dollar, but privately prepare for its fall.
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🫥 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The code is open source. So if Satoshi was the NSA, then so be it, they created open source code. Just like TOR.

They only gain the ability to be pseudonymous, and conduct black operations without connection to missions that actually get printed on paper.
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The Callnote | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I’d be clueless but from what I’ve seen playing out in most of our 3 letter orgs , there seems to be two sides in each one ,, those setting citizens up and those who are testifying to congress about the corruption that’s kept them from doing their jobs,,,   It’s not too far fetched to believe some factions of our agencies would be much happier if we were not going around the globe and wrecking everything so they can rip off the world and keep us in conflicts.
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WW3Jesus | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The only way it would work is if the US hyperinflated their debt away. 

Broke the USD

Then did modern order 6102

Confiscated BTC from Saylor, Coinbase, etc

And built a new $ on it.

Thoughts?
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Séimí Mac Síomón | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Saylor and coinbase had no corn in 2009, so that would have been impressive clairvoyance .
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WW3Jesus | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Impressive but not impossible

The game theory in btc (halving timed to 4 yrs global liquidity cycle) is either amazing coincidence or impressive pre-planning
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BaronBurdock | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I still wonder if it was some sort of creation that got away from them. I'm not sold on that idea, but I don't think it being something harmful to the US empire rules out them creating it