COPA coming to Samourai’s defence is what I expect to see announced next. This is a historic case that will determine the future of Bitcoin.

The high stakes Samourai case is no different to Bernstein v. United States, and requires a final, definitive answer to the fundamental (already answered) question, “What is the true nature of all cryptographic operations taking place in computers?”.

And Bitcoin is simply math being performed in computers, and it is literally nothing more than that. The same arguments for Bernstein, and Phil Zimmerman’s case (http://www.skypoint.com/members/gimonca/philzima.html) apply to Samourai, and the same defences should work if The Constitution hasn’t changed. And it hasn’t.

If COPA do not rise to this challenge and defend the underdog, then the floodgates will be opened for the missapplication of money laws to all Bitcoin operations no matter what they are.

At the fundamental level, Bitcoin is speech. This is not “Semantics”; this is a plain statement of fact, established in law.

Everything you do in Bitcoin is protected speech. If you believe that this event applies only to “mixing”, you are mistaken.

The simple act of “moving” Bitcoin from one address you are known to control and are registered with, to another address that is an “unregistered Bitcoin address” could be construed as a criminal act in the future if COPA don’t kill this.

And I hope they kill it. With fire.

 @opencryptoorg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernstein_v._United_States


𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆

It’s well-known that Bitcoin runs on an open ledger called the timechain, though commonly known as the blockchain.

While this ledger is visible to anyone, 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴. It is sometimes possible, however, to deduce who sent bitcoin to whom, based on a few clues that centralized exchanges will know, due to “Know Your Customer” (KYC) laws.

𝗡𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁, but here are some things you can do to use bitcoin more privately.👇

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To enhance your anonymity in the realm of Bitcoin, it's crucial to 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳. By ensuring each address is used only once, users significantly bolster their on-chain privacy.

Another effective method is the utilization of 𝗖𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘀. Protocols like JoinMarket and PayJoins, and platforms like Wasabi and Samourai offer the ability to mix coins (UTXOs) and their histories from multiple users. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘹𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴, making it difficult to trace transactions to a particular individual.

It's also important to 𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀, wherever possible. These platforms often require extensive Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures, creating a significant privacy risk. Decentralized exchanges like Bisq and RoboSats are preferable alternatives, as 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝗱𝗲 is another step towards privacy. By doing so, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥-𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴, which can link transactions to your IP address. Operating a full node ensures that your transactions are verified independently, keeping your online activity within your control.

Implementing 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀 adds an additional layer of security and privacy. These wallets require multiple keys to authorize a transaction, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳, while also adding another security layer to your holdings.

Using tools like 𝗧𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗣𝗡𝘀 to mask your IP address while transacting adds an extra layer of privacy. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘐𝘗 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, thereby safeguarding your online identity.

Finally, 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮. Often overlooked, the information revealed by checking mempool.space or posting transaction info in an online discussion 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. Caution in this area is essential to maintain complete privacy in your bitcoin transactions.

When these practices are diligently followed, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳-𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯. Each step plays a crucial role in safeguarding your identity and financial autonomy in the digital age.

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Give this a 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲🤙 and a 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲🔄, and 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸🔖 this for when you need it.

What other privacy methods are there?
Share them in the 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀⬇


Legend

Be like Hal https://image.nostr.build/969ff6cb1b846e2e15c90797f152efa280a468ada4ee795544e6af78b2aa5214.jpg


Since US law enforcement agencies have been able to identify a money laundering offence involving this particular wallet, then they are well equipped to detect such crimes, and there is no need to criminalise mixers or #bitcoin wallets as a technology and its developers in general.

This is exactly what we talk about in our meetings with regulators: we understand that US law enforcement has all the tools to track #Bitcoin  transactions on the blockchain. That is why real criminals, and even more so oligarchs, use completely different schemes to launder dirty money.

Besides, Western intelligence services are diligently training dictatorial regimes how to recognise both traditional banking and crypto-assets transactions, so the oligarchs have this knowledge from the intelligence services under their control in non-democratic countries. They don't want and don’t need to use such tools.

And to be precise, I definitely think it's very harmful to promote or ask oligarchs, criminals to use your privacy payment tools. It gives more opportunities to weaponise this kind of rhetoric by any kind of government.

Our 15 years of human rights practice shows that real oligarchs prefer other tools for laundering dirty money. For example, the daughter of dictator Nursultan #Nazarbayev, Dariga #Nazarbayeva - #UK law enforcement authorities failed in their attempts to hold her accountable for money laundering. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/08/uk-agency-loses-case-against-ex-kazakh-president-family-aliyev-nazarbayev

Kazakhstani regime used political lobbyists, expensive Western law firms, and the Kazakhstani state apparatus to succeed in laundering her dirty money.

This scheme works for the oligarchs, people who have stolen billions from the budget of a country where their family members have been in power for decades, politically persecuting any dissent, torturing and killing.

They do not need mixers, they have perfectly mastered money laundering schemes through investments in expensive real estate and consultations with former higher officials, top Western law firms.

Mixers and self-hosted wallets, on the other hand, are used by activists who are financially excluded by authoritarian regimes and do not have the privilege to use banking services in general due to political repression.

Moreover, the knowledge of US intelligence agencies is used to financially exclude regime critics and their family members both domestically and transnationally. This is exactly what #Turkey, #Kazakhstan and other regimes do all the time, sharing knowledge gained from Western partners with #Russia, #Iran, #China to repress dissenters abroad.

In less than 5 minutes Kazakhstan blocks fundraising via bank account or @stripe for families of political prisoners, so bitcoin p2p transactions and mixers are currently the only instrument to protect human rights in such authoritarian countries. Regimes can trace such transactions, but they can't stop them and so far it has helped save lives.

Therefore, an effective fight against money laundering would begin not with the criminalisation of privacy payment tools and their developers, but with ending the impunity of authoritarian regimes and their oligarchs in using legal schemes to circumvent sanctions through the banking systems of third countries. https://image.nostr.build/c349d26015a22cf1db76dad933a7752bb4986ef55720154f4dbe67f999c56320.jpg https://image.nostr.build/224b3d0be9bfd139e2d74c1172629518ccd6dbaab20d78d0b92f4e968d4a4cdc.jpg https://image.nostr.build/fe3aee61fe806c37d9a688784bbad901b7fdbc5cccea63bcd09194e063521ab9.jpg


Privacy is under attack.


Shitcoin airdrop


Just FYI, the process for setting up in Sparrow was to import my backup.txt file


The entire developed world tax apparatus that was built in the 20th century and extends into the 21st century depends on ubiquitous financial surveillance.

They are not going to give that up without a fight. I have been saying at a number of conferences and podcasts that privacy is the main battleground for the next decade.

Back in the 19th century and before, money was mostly private. There were plenty of dictators but there was no major method of surveilling all transactions. Therefore things like broad income taxes were untenable to enforce.

But in the 20th century as money increasingly moved around at the speed of light, people needed bank accounts to keep up. It wasn’t all forced on them; they chose it. And those bank accounts were centralized, surveillable, and ruggable.

This allowed authorities to switch to income taxes, which require ubiquitous financial surveillance to work. And ultimately it allowed them to switch to fiat currency altogether.

Now in the 21st century, Bitcoin and its various layers allow people to hold and move around money globally without permissioned banks. They can do so peer to peer, or they can do so with custodians and open layers, etc. Unlike the base layer of fiat, the base layer of bitcoin is permissionless.

But this represents a threat to the entire current system of taxation and financial control. If bitcoin and particularly various private methods on top of it were to be adopted at massive scale, the entire tax structure and other things would need to reshape themselves around that reality. And so they won’t make it easy; they will try to criminalize financial privacy as much as possible while the network is still pretty small.

The only solutions are to 1) make privacy tech so ubiquitous that it can’t be isolated and can spread organically in a distributed way and 2) to apply legal pressure when possible so that governments sort of have to operate within the bounds of their own law, like the 1st and 4th amendments.


“Recover elsewhere” means unable to send out of SW to a new wallet somewhere else?
Which is to say, instead, users must enter their seed in a different wallet to obtain access to funds?
Would there be a difference between funds that are on the poolside, versus those on the normal side?


Should dojo users sweep  funds out?
What about non-dojo users?
Should all funds be swept from SW, regardless?

Sad day for privacy.


I’m just speechless, but not surprised.

Privacy, and reasonable search and seizure is on the chopping block.

Freedom of speech and others are next. My focus and criticism of insane regulation, critical of powers and governments, even put nostr:npub1fpcd25q2zg09rp65fglxuhp0acws5qlphpg88un7mdcskygdvgyqfv4sld in the spotlight with these folks. It’s getting crazy

Hopefully law and order prevail to show Samouri does not execute transactions themselves, nor any sort of criminal activity. But ask Ross. Ask tornado cash. Not looking good. Godspeed everyone, going to get bumpy 😓


That’s a fascinating amount of TAM-cope.


chag sameach


Greenpeace Catches Hell for Its ‘Explosive’ Bitcoin Mining Report
Bitcoin mining firms have collectively slammed the U.S. group’s accusations about their impact on the environment.

https://decrypt.co/222655/greenpeace-bitcoin-energy-environmental-debate


Discord is not private and not secure.

Keep this in mind!

A Spy Site Is Scraping Discord and Selling Users’ Messages
https://www.404media.co/a-spy-site-is-scraping-discord-and-selling-users-messages/


#endstupidity
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Someone paid 80,000 sats/vB to get into Block 840260

https://mempool.space/tx/b9656fbf952291238950da3df589d899cd9665fd27b3e4ba35cc407c54c119a8


Close your eyes.
Notice, behind your eyelids, that it isn’t actually dark. There is a sort of shimmering.

You can see no boundaries. There is no in or out. There is just a shimmering, empty space. Stare into it as if you were looking at the night sky.

The moment you find yourself lost in thought, just continue looking into this bright emptiness and watch the thought unravel and disappear.

This is happening All. The. Time.

Thoughts simply appear and disappear in the emptiness of this mind.  They come and go.

#Meditation #SundayMorning #MeditationPractice


The honeybee 🐝 lives less than 40 days.

During its life, it will visit at least 1,000 flowers up to 2 miles away and produce less than a teaspoon of honey.

#nature #gratitude


Whip that llama’s ass.


This is what concerns me:

https://twitter.com/thecryptocpa/status/1781403340045197813


Hardcore


Somebody just paid over 10,000 sats/vB
🤯

https://mempool.space/tx/7bad7e8bec0ca7788adb38a1211171fd8a3b1fbb17cb463e40a68d57501b06de


Good morning and have a great weekend😚
https://video.nostr.build/4b290cdeee3bd64915ab95be18b0aba2e743f4ed8bfb580edeebe5e8ac897d73.mp4
#cats #love #animals #amazing #nature #videos #funny


Soooo stooooopid.


The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that's required to make it work. The central bank must be trusted not to debase the currency, but the history of fiat currencies is full of breaches of that trust.


Happy Halvening to those who celebrate.


Precision


FEWER,
BETTER
THINGS nostr:note1dx4q0uh9vyzatp73wzdjvu3gjl4uqavyxhyj5rhqvh58vnrjp8qs0t0j33


Welcome
#bitcoin


nostr:npub1s0vtkgej33n7ec4d7ycxmwt78up8hpfa30d0yfksrshq7t82mchqynpq6j’s Passport looks top notch in the comparison list. 🧡

https://thebitcoinhole.com/hardware-wallets

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Let's clear up some monetary concepts, since many popular economists and commentators continue to mix them up.

Store of value (SoV):
The ability of an asset to maintain the owner's purchasing power over time. The greater the ability to do so over a longer period of time, the better SoV the asset has.

Medium of Exchange (MoE):
The ease of which an asset can be exchanged for goods and services, anywhere, and at any time.

Unit of Account (UoA):
Pertains to the short-term volatility of a monetary good. The higher the short-term volatility, the more difficult it is to use the monetary asset to price goods and services. (For instance, think of a small grocery store owner needing to put price tags on all of its food items. The more volatile the UoA, the more frequently he/she must adjust the prices, which is quite burdensome.)

With these definitions in mind:

- The US dollar is a poor SoV (but better than most/all other fiat currencies); an excellent MoE (the best in the world, in fact); and a very good UoA.

- In 2024, #Bitcoin is an excellent SoV (the best in the world, in fact); a poor (but slowly improving) MoE, and a poor UoA (given its extreme volatility).

FWIW, I expect Bitcoin to maintain its #1 SoV ranking indefinitely, while seeing slow improvements over the coming decade regarding its MoE and UoA capabilities.

Hope this helps. 🍻


Morning #yoga, and #meditation.

Quieting the mind for an hour.
Bathed in silence.

I don’t want it to end, but there are reports to review and meetings to attend.


MEVil (or centralizing MEV) is one of the biggest threats to bitcoin’s value, but it’s poorly understood. I wrote about what it is (and isn’t) and how developers and bitcoiners must consider it carefully if we want bitcoin to survive.

Notably, we need to be incredibly careful when we’re looking at the new wave of bitcoin L2s - rollups can be incredibly nasty for the destruction of bitcoin - or not. Devs building these things have a responsibility to bitcoin, and the bitcoin community a responsibility to inform and avoid systems that risk bitcoin.

https://bluematt.bitcoin.ninja/2024/04/16/stop-calling-it-mev/


Same. It’s why I mostly just lurk, like, & repost (and sometimes zap).


Looks like I was able to get this working again, sort of. It says I'm connected to 9-11 relays, but only shows that I have 100 followers (and even Jack only about 40, so it has to be a data gap), and very few notes on timelines (with obvious gaps even for hugely active accounts). Relay.damus.io never seems to pass me any data (0kb both up and down) to me, which j assume is due to my connection coming via Tor, but honestly I don't know. I'm connecting using Amethyst, if anybody sees this and has any ideas—what's the best, biggest relay for Tor users right now?

Secondly, and most importantly for anyone who sees this note, please make some noise to try and stop the passage of RISAA (the FISA 702 reauthorization) that's about to hit law as soon as this Friday. Please read about it and push it out on all of your socials, if you agree it's a problem. It's going to be hard to stop this thing, even with all hands.

Whoever sees this, thank you for hearing me. https://image.nostr.build/b5731965f417b631e9ea74c27ce4d5f9bb91f9e2a96fefb1547146266ab89fb5.jpg


Steady lads


That’s insane.


Smith residence

#RickAndMorty https://image.nostr.build/2338fa5f45a83668f5adcedcf73d2a9d0666921acde51032a4022191cc059215.jpg


Frustratingly effective


Otter taking a shower

https://v.nostr.build/3P2dk.mp4


(van)Damn, that’s beautiful.


Uh, what’s wrong with tax-loss harvesting if you immediately buy it back?

IRS will close this loophole in the future, but it was a smart move in late ‘22 or ‘23.


How do you know he didn’t?


I’m on the phone with #bitcoin customer support…

There’s no music while I’m waiting and every ten minutes a voice just says, “Please hodl.”


The mind vainly seeks to find such happiness in the objects of this world. Only he is happy who is free from egotism and who is not swayed by craving for sense-pleasure: but such a person is extremely rare in this world. Indeed, I do not regard him as a hero, who is able to battle successfully against a mighty army; only him I consider a hero who is able to cross the ocean known as the mind and the senses.

Vasishta’s Yoga.
Part One on Dispassion.

#advaita #mediation


Qui t'a dit 30 000 ? Pensez-y. Vous vous appuyez sur un calcul fourni par le Hamas et ils ne font AUCUNE distinction entre les combattants adolescents et les enfants non armés qui n'ont pas été autorisés à entrer dans les abris anti-bombes. Saviez-vous que les civils ordinaires à Gaza ne sont pas autorisés à pénétrer dans les kilomètres de tunnels ? Saviez-vous que le Hamas vole la majorité de l’aide envoyée par d’autres pays et la revend ensuite aux Palestiniens pauvres ?


Votre avis est erroné. Il y a une guerre, pas un génocide. Le Hamas a rompu l'accord de cessez-le-feu avec la plus grande sauvagerie et a été désigné comme groupe terroriste. Il n’y a pas de mouvement de résistance. Il existe des revendications légitimes contre les développements israéliens en ce qui concerne l’expansion des colonies, mais le pays a expulsé ses propres citoyens de leurs foyers en 2005 dans le but de créer la paix en Cisjordanie. Les habitants de Gaza ont voté pour le Hamas et ont eux-mêmes été victimes de ce groupe terroriste. C'est une situation horrible. Blâmer les « milliardaires sionistes » pour quoi que ce soit et inclure une affirmation non fondée selon laquelle cela a quelque chose à voir avec l’interdiction de TikTok dénote une haine des Juifs, ce qui est tout simplement dégoûtant.


Talking like this doesn’t make you sound cool, or smart, or informed.


A single man, William T. Howell, wrote the 1864 law that the AZ Supreme Court has revived to ban nearly all abortions in the state.

Women didn’t have the right to vote back then, and none had any say in the territory’s laws. But they can vote now. And they will have a big say.


Thanks. That’s what I thought. 😬

Hope you’re enjoying your holiday time off!


It’s still confusing to the point of just not making sense.
Saylor could make any number of opinionated arguments for his position.

But threatening to “crush” an ETF for supporting open development?

I simply don’t understand the financial mechanics. Are you certain the guidance was issued this way? As a threat?


2) Right. But there are no management fees to charge AUM at the moment. I called it order flow as a short hand (which, yes, is incorrect (since that more accurately describes how market makers earn revenues)) just to indicate that they are not the ones buying/selling. It’s their *clients* who are. So, the logic of Saylor dumping his ₿  to crush an ETF provider who chooses to support open devs doesn’t hurt the ETF as much as it would temporarily hurt all ETF shareholders with depressed prices, as well permanently hurting Microstrategy for shifting away from the “Bitcoin is our primary reserve asset” position he’s built up.
See? It just makes no sense and I don’t know why Odell is posting this type of stuff. It’s disconcerting.


Ack!  The stupid!  It hurts!!


If Saylor dumps his bitcoin?

I don’t know if you’re joking, or just offering an improbable hypothetical but regardless…
1) He has never given any indication of selling, let alone dumping
2) ETF’s wouldn’t be “crushed” if the price dropped due to selling pressure. It doesn’t work like that. They earn fees on order flow.


From Apple Books T&C https://image.nostr.build/080558066001132d8c4589e09c9c1518be121399cced88705d04ff65a68fcc71.jpg


Bitcoin Policy Summit is on now. Incredible.

https://twitter.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/1777668960219172947


Apple Cash updated Terms & Conditions.
On the bright side, I suppose it’s nice that they at least recognize cryptocurrency a “cash-like good,” even though they prohibit you purchasing any. https://image.nostr.build/925ec6b761b3a22c3a1122d89349916a1c63b67e989795cda7eb35a741640865.jpg


In my life, I’ve made many mistakes that have kept me up at night.  Fortunately, they haven’t been consequential  mistakes that I made in public.  Nevertheless, I ruminate about them sometimes.

So, it makes me wonder whether people like the author of the piece below (Brendan Reirick) and the professor he quotes (Dr. Bob Johnson), will look back on their mistakes and cringe… and how hard.

To me, it’s *astonishingly embarrassing* to see an article like this in 2024. These people so clueless about bitcoin, it actually gives me a headache.

https://money.com/is-bitcoin-crypto-actually-currency/


nostr:npub15c88nc8d44gsp4658dnfu5fahswzzu8gaxm5lkuwjud068swdqfspxssvx can you share your thoughts about this tweet from mononautical?:

A single custodian now controls the coinbase addresses of at least 9 pools, representing 47% of total hashrate.

As demonstrated by this consolidation of mining reward outputs from AntPool, F2Pool, Binance Pool, Braiins, btccom, SECPOOL and Poolin:
https://mempool.space/tx/b1dc9e09a97d0ac8ed57179c276dff19d484c1f74b96cd9af547107af4f18086


Same.
Saylor isn’t running an ETF, and doesn’t compete with ETFs. Has said so multiple times.

How would he “crush” a one?  And which ETF manager would have felt personally or professionally threatened by such a weird threat?

Something just doesn’t make sense here.


Maybe nostr:npub1s0vtkgej33n7ec4d7ycxmwt78up8hpfa30d0yfksrshq7t82mchqynpq6j?


Idk if people are ready for this, but I believe the world is. First tests of USD Ecash. Backed by BTC.

Everyone can run a mint. Everyone can make a wallet. USD can be spent everywhere BTC is accepted. Open protocols all the way down. No gatekeepers. This is only possible because of the permissionless nature of Bitcoin.

You'll zap USD on Nostr and you'll be happy. It's going to be so insane.
 https://video.nostr.build/2bd2bd63fbd4c77d64d5f8a2a1cab6ccbea48c541c96be2f28fa5e57276be872.mp4


Read nostr:npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu's Hidden Repression (a short book) which demonstrates that the current system does not work for anyone — especially those who rely on the support of the IMF and World Bank.

I would like to say that I share in your ultimate goal: a civilization that works for everyone. However, I’ve become less sure that it’s possible to achieve. Today, people have VERY difference perspectives on what civilization should look like.   This isn’t just an American red vs. blue issue.  A global example is Sharia law vs. Western law, which offer very different perspectives on what a ‘good civilization’ means.

You’ll get no resistance from me on holding a diversified portfolio that includes US equities.  Row your own boat.  It’s up to each investor to determine their own risk tolerances and outlooks. Maxis who demand 100% allocation to Bitcoin for themselves and others are zealots, not investors, and mostly do not yet have enough life experience with regards to liquidity preferences on various time horizons, financial engineering, capital management, or reserve assets, in general.  Do what works for you.


Okay, so are new to the space.  There’s no need to hide it or say “EVERYONE is new”.  Not only is that an inaccurate projection, it trivializes the lessons you could learn from others who have been around for a while.

First, let me say “Welcome to Bitcoin, fellow Progressive!”
A few things to know about bitcoin. Any suggestion for a governance model that increases centralization is going to be fiercely rejected by anyone with a passing understanding for the white paper, to say nothing about the numerous examples bad actors whose failures (both before and after Bitcoin’s creation) were a direct result of centralization.  Is the only alternative to that a “free market anarchy,” as you say?  Certainly, there are libertarians among us who don’t want to cooperate with society or provide social services.  But that’s different than insisting a distributed, decentralized, and open protocol network remain that way; else it is not Bitcoin.  I encourage you to learn a bit more about the core tenets and values of the protocol and am happy to recommend a reading list.


1) You seem to be saying that you want the USG (or all governments) to start a mining operation in order to replace tax receipts.
2) You seem to think that profits from mining are/will be enough to replace current/future government expenditures.

How familiar are you with reviewing corporate P&L’s?  Not even the most profitable miners are capable of replacing taxes.

Lastly, “if governments were the ones to establish and maintain our monetary infrastructure” is not a pro-bitcoin argument with which I’m familiar.

Are you new to this space?


Microsoft Outlook shares your data with 801 third parties to:

— Store and/or access information on the user’s device
— Develop and improve products
— Personalize ads and content
— Measure ads and content
— Derive audience insights
— Obtain precise geolocation data
— Identify users through device scanning

Although Microsoft explains that it is possible to switch back to the previous apps at any time, the data will already be stored by the company. This allows Microsoft to read your email.

https://proton.me/blog/outlook-is-microsofts-new-data-collection-service


The most confusing thing for bitcoiners who’ve been around for a while and enjoy listening to books, is disconnecting nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev's voice from the actual authors.

I swear, my ears know he’s not the author, but damn if my brain doesn’t think HE’S the guy telling me at least 50% of what I know about bitcoin. nostr:note1am9zler9rhkwh2446gssgdt3dskfx8s0remm7tmpvfnfn2euqgyqxhcdm7


The most confusing thing for new bitcoiners to wrap their heads around is that nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev isn't behind swan Bitcoin


If you came to #nostr and find that you use social media *less*, that’s ok.

We weren’t built to be addicted to these things. Hopefully nostr has helped you reprioritize things. Less addicted to the algorithm, to follower count, to “likes”

#nostr fits a low time preference very well, and once I thought of it more in this context, pushed my own assumptions on what this is or should be, I’ve become much more hopeful.

Low time preference in a high time preference world is extremely unpopular and countercultural. But it feels right.


More of this, yes.


Not sure what you mean here. Where in the mining process is there a tax?  You mean the self employment income taxes that LLC’s and Sole Props have to pay upon mining new blocks?


Ahem… do we _want_ Bitcoin to be taxed like that?? Just for holding the asset??


Sit down.
Close your eyes.
Take a breathe.
Listen.

What is the next thing you hear?
Notice how your ears accept it and your brain registers it without you *doing* anything. It’s just happening. Just a nervous system, processing.

Your thoughts are the same way.

What is the next thing you think? Notice how the mind creates a thought and then reacts to it. Did *you* create your next thought? It’s just happening. Just a process.

You are not the cause.
You are the witness.

#meditate #meditation #nostr


Evergreen nostr:note1v78v0d62xtaaxghfgrmh870yc2kazwn7nw29yg0fcuphenaa3yqqgj3dth


Million
Billion
Trillion

These are easier to understand when thinking about increments of time.

1 million seconds = 2 weeks
1 billion seconds = 32 years
1 trillion seconds = 32,000 years


Meme idea:

Panel 1: Picture of Bernie Madoff. Caption: "Bernie Madoff turned investment into a scam."

Panel 2: Enron logo with oil rigs in the background. Caption: "Enron turned oil into a scam."

Panel 3: Lehman Brothers logo with houses and financial charts. Caption: "Lehman Brothers turned real estate into a scam."

Panel 4: Picture of Sam Bankman Fried with Bitcoin symbols. Caption: "SBF turned Bitcoin into a scam."

Panel 5: An image combining symbols of investment, oil, real estate, and Bitcoin. Caption: "Is investing a scam? Or a scammers just criminals?


Impersonating Lyn


nostr:npub15dqlghlewk84wz3pkqqvzl2w2w36f97g89ljds8x6c094nlu02vqjllm5m Please stop calling bitcoin “digital property.”

I know it’s a compelling metaphor, but many forms of property are taxed, annually.

Rather, Bitcoin is a digital COMMODITY.


Oof to 11


Congrats.


Very true.

The first step is to recognize it when it’s happening.

Various #meditation practices can assist by enhancing your awareness of what’s happening inside your mind, making it easier to see when unhelpful thoughts arise.


I even noticed it last year.  Used the mute button a lot.


Definitely.


This is the content I am here for.

e.g.:

nostr:note19vg6823q62ye55c0ng844r4xlf805vwzl90rn490556pcdaq2f3qsjsta6


10 reasons why meditation is like #Bitcoin

1. It can look useless from the outside
2. You cannot assess it until, with an open mind, you experience it
3. It reveals a Matrix you have the freedom to escape
4. It transforms your life for the better
5. Daily investment is the best approach over time.
6. You don't need any third party's permission to use it / do it
7. Anyone can take it with them anywhere and use any time
8. There are no short-cuts to true understanding, you must put in the time and effort.
9. After 100’s of hours of study/ practice, true believers still won't call themselves “experts”
10. Though it might look like you got in late, it is never too late to start https://image.nostr.build/6074b217c841141c7c8908f9bc46aaa6dc8085689703fcf4ad528c0c93a28814.jpg


This fucking guy… https://image.nostr.build/380c994acd58e04aa6febf2f87b5373062271bc890c2197ee8b0f0a65390ab5c.jpg


My point remains:

nostr:note1e9j4lzrq2rhefdvmxr6sg9hnxj2x3fnxgcaas5mgcak5yj7mnqkspveu22


When will young men learn that true strength is demonstrated by helping and nurturing, rather than being rude and uncompromising? nostr:note1guzmaugfsdhp5rf3jvvsp695n06cek74ppcg0vj5kk6y8crwd0yql29pxr


You’re braining my damage!!


Amazing. Hope they reemerge stronger and best wishes to Darin. His perspective on ₿’s revolution as a “triple entry bookkeeping” system was totally novel, and I loved it.


Before or after they went bankrupt?  😥


Florida has banned social media for minors (supplanting parents' right to make that choice), California wants to KYC social media users, and Facebook just sold their users' DMs to Netflix. Nostr is as needed as ever.


DM as if everyone’s watching nostr:note1fhf3uc56erjhjvj55009lqeh3sjtxn3prw0hzlex4hv32d603d7qvgaxd4


Cynthia Kenyon (Calico Labs) is 70.
Just saying.


Pro level


In the end, says Gladstein, it won’t be the United Nations or rich philanthropists that electrifies Africa “but an open-source software network, with no known inventor, and controlled by no company or government.”

Yes you can quote me on that.

Awesome Human Progress profile on why "electricity matters because it is the ultimate poverty killer"

https://humanprogress.org/bitcoin-brought-electricity-to-countries-in-the-global-south-that-needed-energy/ https://image.nostr.build/0745dc28300bfc9957d776f477174588ca5c5406690539cde60f1cb04de20fbe.jpg


#TenaciousLittleFucker


Ross Ulbricht.


George Carlin’s seven dirty words:

https://youtu.be/vbZhpf3sQxQ


Many libertarians are closet conservatives. They pretend to be socially and fiscally open, but in practice they aggressively simp for social conservative dictators when given the chance. Their entire vibe changes and becomes more obviously conservative sometimes after lost elections.

That's a reason why they have limited support to begin with; a lot of people that might otherwise support their views kind of sense this vibe ahead of time and then it indeed plays out in practice.


Sorry, Platobot. That’s just not true.

Read DOUBT, by Jennifer Michael Hecht.

“This is an account of the world's greatest ‘intellectual virtuosos,' who are also humanity's greatest doubters and disbelievers, from the ancient Greek philosophers, Jesus, and the Eastern religions, to modern secular equivalents Marx, Freud and Darwin—and their attempts to reconcile the seeming meaninglessness of the universe with the human need for meaning,

This remarkable book ranges from the early Greeks, Hebrew figures such as Job and Ecclesiastes, Eastern critical wisdom, Roman stoicism, Jesus as a man of doubt, Gnosticism and Christian mystics, medieval Islamic, Jewish and Christian skeptics, secularism, the rise of science, modern and contemporary critical thinkers such as Schopenhauer, Darwin, Marx, Freud, Nietzsche, the existentialists.”

#atheism


#VoteOrange  https://video.nostr.build/7bf7faccf3d9313947d92e9ab9ba813799761e02c5be2bf33a47de4728cf5f69.mp4

#Bitcoin #OrangeParty #BOP #India #Democracy #elections #politics


GM https://image.nostr.build/49b1629ba82047e4e4fb3f4b01923e27de89f40b0a0fc9bfdd200615f9de602c.jpg


Yessss


More good news for the environment that environmentalists will hate:

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/03/26/texan-bitcoin-miner-giga-partners-with-phoenix-global-in-argentina.html


The European Central bank is working on an Ecash system for a CBDC that can only be run by banks. We're working on an Ecash system for Bitcoin that can be run by anyone.

We must code faster.


Actually, there’s a case to be made that they were all tripping balls.

Read The Immortality Key by Brian Muraresku.

https://www.brianmuraresku.com/the-immortality-key


Oh, I have one better.
Look at *this* asshole: https://image.nostr.build/380c994acd58e04aa6febf2f87b5373062271bc890c2197ee8b0f0a65390ab5c.jpg


The problem is people that don’t know bitcoin think they know bitcoin..


Calling for open-source contributors to help implement LNURL-pay in eNuts!

eNuts is an incredibly well-made Cashu ecash wallet but it still lacks LNURL-pay support. It should be fairly easy to add this – if you're a JavaScript dev and Bitcoiner looking to get your hands dirty, check out eNuts:

https://github.com/cashubtc/eNuts


There are plenty of apps that will remove metadata from your photos. Just be sure to read their privacy policies.

The one I use for iOS is Metapho. The one I use for Android is Scrambled EXIF.


Remember when nostr:npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9  used to hang out here?


Well, of course he did.
🧡


Love this headline because it captures a real shift in the bitcoin mining community.

Gone are the days when bitcoin mining companies tried to apologetically defend themselves.

They are now counterpunching with interest.

This strategy only works because there is now a huge body of peer-reviewed research, independent reports, revisions to old models  (Bloomberg Intelligence and Cambridge), and narrative flips from previous antagonists (UN, WEF, Financial Times) now supporting Bitcoin’s environmental merits.

Yes, not just saying “it’s not that bad” like in the past but saying either “it is, or has the realistic potential to be very net-positive for the environment.”

Bitcoin mining companies are simply no longer taking 101-level nonsense from misinformed legacy NGOs, who have made no effort to learn about bitcoin or engage with bitcoin miners, and instead continue to peddle myths that are out-of-date, out-of-evidence and frankly out-of-integrity (funded by Ripple’s chair to run a smear campaign)

GreenpeaceUSA had the chance at the start of this year to review their anti-bitcoin campaign’s (many) mistakes and failures and reach out to the bitcoin community. But have chosen instead to double down on more misinformation, more mistakes, and with it even more loss of credibility with a generation of crypto-native millennials - the very people it should be cultivating as its future base.

We are no longer talking about a difference of opinion, we are talking about a grassroots movement of Bitcoiners who have taken the time to understand the nuances of a technology deeply, and a UUHNWI-funded former grassroots movement called GreenpeaceUSA who has not.

https://decrypt.co/222655/greenpeace-bitcoin-energy-environmental-debate https://image.nostr.build/0c9bbc6aabaf07acfd2a3cb30c1728e914862eb698d5d862ea8ebf31ec385fac.jpg


This is an attack.
https://image.nostr.build/a8c11129f7f682eb54eafabe211496e86bfe3949c056b29a530819de35275235.jpg


There are many draconial provisions in the upcoming #EU #AML Regulation both for cash and to p2p #bitcoin transactions (self-hosted wallets and use of mixers).

Some examples:

(33b) The introduction of a Union-wide limit to large cash payment mitigates the risks associated with the use of large cash payments. However, obliged entities that carry out transactions in cash below this amount remain vulnerable to risks of money laundering and terrorist financing as they provide a point of entry into the Union’s financial system. Therefore, it is necessary to require the application of customer due diligence measures to mitigate the risks of misuse of cash. To ensure that the measures are proportionate with the risks posed by transactions of a value lower than EUR 10 000, such measures should be limited to the identification and verification of the customer and the beneficial owner when carrying out occasional transactions in cash of at least EUR 3 000. This provision does not relieve the obliged entity from conducting all customer due diligence measures whenever there is a suspicion of money laundering or terrorist financing, or from reporting suspicious transactions to the FIU.

(93) The anonymity of crypto-assets exposes them to risks of misuse for criminal purposes. Anonymous crypto-asset ▌accounts as well as other anonymising instruments, do not allow the traceability of crypto-asset transfers, whilst also making it difficult to identify linked transactions that may raise suspicion or to apply to adequate level of customer due diligence. In order to ensure effective application of AML/CFT requirements to crypto-assets, it is necessary to prohibit the provision and the custody of anonymous crypto-asset ▌accounts or accounts allowing for the anonymisation or the increased obfuscation of transactions by crypto-asset service providers, including through anonymity-enhancing coins. The prohibition does not apply to providers of hardware and software or providers of self-hosted wallets insofar as they do not possess access to or control over those crypto-assets wallets.

As we were said by the EU Commission, “the ban on crypto-asset payments not intermediated by a crypto-asset service provider has not been retained given the absence of technical means of enforcing such a requirement at present”. But that exactly shows the direction of the regulatory approach.

This is a huge deterioration of financial and privacy rights after EU Commission and Council put pressure on the EU Parliament and removed all provisions in favor for individual rights, privacy and financial inclusion.

We need your support guys, before it is too late. Final vote on April 22nd.

Full text you can find here:
https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-6220-2024-REV-1/en/pdf


EU Committee approves:

🚫 Prohibition of cash payments over €10,000

🆔 Prohibition of anonymous cash payments over €3,000

₿ Prohibition of anonymous crypto payments to hosted wallets without any threshold

This means war on cash and gradual erosion of our financial freedom!

More: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/eu-cash-cap-and-ban-on-anonymous-crypto-payments-results-in-financial-paternalism/

https://digitalcourage.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/134/689/413/697/102/original/84cbd9c69c6e9fcb.jpg


Hey #bitcoin hodler, do you use the snooze button?

Tomorrow morning, when you wake up. Hit the snooze for the next 10 mins and sit up in your bed. Close your eyes, and stare into the darkness… which isn’t really dark. Keep your vision wide and just watch the shimmering behind your eyelids.  Breathe.

The moment you find yourself lost in thought, come back to the visual shimmering and the sensation of your breath.

Don’t get frustrated if you find your mind drifting off. Catching yourself lost in thought *is* the practice of this #meditation technique.


Reading is what always lets me know I’m in the dream state. The text appears all squiggly and incomprehensible.

It’s like my brain can think of all sorts of unresolved fears, or new and interesting situations for me to make sense of, like all of the sudden I’m building a go-kart with my ex-landlord (for Mitch Hedberg fans 😉).

But my brain cannot, CANNOT, give me something to read…and then have me read it.

#LucidDream


Am I the only one who could use a little bit of background on this? LOL


Accurate


You’ve probably seen GreenpeaceUSA's Bitcoin report by now, and my response (if you haven't been blocked).

Here’s six things that every environmentalist, Bitcoin advocate, regulator, policymaker and media representative should know about GreenpeaceUSA.

I've had this information for over a year, but have held back on going public with it until now because there were initially signs that GreenpeaceUSA would be open to engaging with environmentalists within the Bitcoin community.

With them now blocking me from commenting on their tweets, all hope of that has now ended. So here's what I can tell you about GreenpeaceUSA, and their campaign that have not been aired publicly until now, and which may surprise you.

Firstly, some context: I’m a former volunteer environmental campaigner with Greenpeace. I once risked arrest to stand up for causes I believed in, including an anti-GMO campaign against McDonalds which was successful within 6 weeks, and hailed as an example of how creative direct action can yield fast results. One of the differences: we talked to McDonalds (something no one at GreenpeaceUSA is currently doing with the Bitcoin community).

I know a number of people in the environmental movement, and I would like to thank them for their honesty in whistleblowing on a thoroughly misguided campaign from GreenpeaceUSA from start to finish.

1. GreenpeaceUSA’s campaign does NOT have the backing of Greenpeace International. In fact, other branches have asked questions of GreenpeaceUSA’s tactics, and even said that their campaign is damaging the Greenpeace brand, and has resulted in the loss of subscriptions.

2. Within GreenpeaceUSA, there are a growing number of voices of discontent. There is a growing division between some of the younger crypto-neutral or crypto-friendly millennial in their base, and the directorship of GreenpeaceUSA

3. As we know, GreenpeaceUSA did receive a $5Million donation from Ripple’s chair Chris Larsen to run an anti-Bitcoin campaign. What you probably do not know is that within Greenpeace, several staff have questioned whether this is ethical, or in the spirit of an organization that says it relies only on grassroots funding in its sign-up pledge.

4. Some members of EWG and SierraClub, particularly younger members, were not enamoured with their organization’s collusion with GreenpeaceUSA’s “Change the Code” campaign. EWG has not engaged in anti-Bitcoin rhetoric since 6 April ‘23.

5. The head of GreenpeaceUSA’s “Change the Code” campaign has stepped down and is no longer any part of GreenpeaceUSA. At the time of his stepping down he was reported by a source within GreenpeaceUSA to be questioning the wisdom of the campaign.

6. Within GreenpeaceUSA, we know from multiple inside sources that the Change the Code campaign has been widely acknowledged to have been “not particularly successful”. GreenpeaceUSA’s campaign got off on the wrong foot right from the start, by antagonising environmentalists within the Bitcoin community, such as me. Here’s its half-time report (TL;DR, the worst performing environmental campaign I’ve ever witnessed). https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/greenpeace-environment-attacks-help-bitcoin… Now, the campaign is in more disarray than ever, resorting to tenuous ad hominem attacks against Satoshi Action, based on the discover that one of their supporters is a climate denier. True. Well, guess what: one of their supporters is also a plant-based, tree-hugging, climate-activist & meditation teacher: me. That’s the beauty of Bitcoin: it pulls people in from across the political spectrum: we are as diverse as society itself, and that’s what makes us strong. As I wrote recently, “when the ship you’re standing on is sinking: it doesn’t matter if you’re on the left of right side of it.”

I hoped GreenpeaceUSA would end their anti-Bitcoin campaign before their credibility and relevance to the new generation of millennials they are currently disenfranchising is completely severed.

But it seems at the moment they are more intent on doubling down on misinformation. Their leadership must change for them to ever have hope of becoming a true voice for the environment again.


Hope you bought that dip.

To all my DCA’s, just keep DCA’ing.


When I listened to this episode of Joe Rogan with Andreas Antonopolous in 2016 it made sense because I was new to #Bitcoin

But now in 2024 we all can see that Andreas was 100% right. This is exactly what's happening in our society right now.

https://m.primal.net/HXtk.mp4


Our lives are short.

The only rewards of our existence here are an unstained character and unselfish acts.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations.
Book 6. Note 30.


Did you ever stop and *really* think about what it means to "do a Satoshi Nakamoto"?

Context for my weird question: I have met many, many bitcoiners over the years. Many of them take a stab at keeping privacy by doing some combo of: not revealing name, not revealing location, not revealing face. Etc. So often, if I happen to meet them in person, they end up revealing the things that they were hiding online. Quite literally a mask came off (pre covid!) once we started drinking - a simple, funny anecdotal example of what I mean. Many complain about photos being taken, many focus on always using a pseudonym. I'm sure most people reading recognize these patterns of behaviour.

I can see the purpose, up to a point, so this is not criticism. It's a little like me doing coinjoin "here and there" - you don't expect to defend yourself against a hyper powerful aggressor, only against a casual criminal looking for an easy score.

But if you do want *real* defence against *strong* attackers, you have a huge problem. These half-measures will be useless, perhaps worse than that, if you get overconfident, because the determined investigator only needs *one* strand to pull on, and the measures I describe above, which are almost always rules only half-stuck to anyway, don't cut it, at all.

Which brings me to my point: is it even possible to "go all the way"? Clearly it is; Satoshi Nakamoto is not the only person who's ever done it, but it's pretty damn rare at the very least.

Imagine what it would mean. If you are engaged in a serious project, that takes let's say at least a year's worth of full time work, then you are going to do that for no reward. Not just, no money, people do that quite often when it comes to things they genuinely enjoy, but no recognition, no social context, not even "oh I won't bother you because I know you're busy with that project". Nobody will say that because nobody will know. Imagine doing a full, intense 8 hour day of work (more likely, split over many days) and knowing that there will *never* be a direct reward of any form, for that. And then doing it again, and again.

What's more, you don't just "not get a reward". You have to do almost double the work, to ensure that at every step, every pushed commit or technical discussion, does not expose anything at the network trace level, or the language, vocabulary etc. Managing tricky pseudonym accounts, handling the headaches of Tor etc. I'm not trying to say it needs super-genius level tech skills, I'm trying to say it's a massive amount of effort.

Could you do that? I daren't even ask the question of myself, because I'm almost sure it's a no. But to *imagine* where that kind of motivation would come from, that's what fascinates me.


The best revenge is to not be like that.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Book 6
Note 6


Who?


See also, Errol Morris’ documentary, The Fog of War.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0317910/


No lies detected.


Your eyes, as a sensory organ, never stop functioning. Try closing them and notice that your eyes are still seeing light and sending electro-chemical impulses to your brain. With closed eyes, you can still see a shimmering.

There is no boundary there. No edge. Your experience of your head and body are just a sensation. You can’t see anything. You can only feel a cloud of sensations: temperature, sound, itching, pulsing, tightness, etc.

Now open your eyes. Can you still experience that cloud of sensation?

This is what’s happening in this moment. From moment to moment. Ever changing. Feel it.

#Meditation.


Just FYI, that Forbes link is bad.


Are you OK with #GoogleBard #AI having insight into “your relationship dynamics”?

We’re not either! To prevent it from happening, check your permission settings in #GoogleMessages.

Read more on nostr:npub1p2h2w9adrwf5uqvuewzuxqc82jxa8flzty3fdktd8n2tjk6hjzpshzqhw8 : https://forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/01/28/new-details-free-ai-upgrade-for-google-and-samsung-android-users-leaks/)

To be on the safe side:
🔒 choose a messaging app that respects your #privacy: https://proton.me/blog/whatsapp-alternatives
🙅♀ avoid using SMS: https://proton.me/blog/stop-using-sms

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/117/133/641/550/183/original/aa4e1616e1832cba.png


Did you know there is an activity that combines paragliding with falconry called Parahawking?
https://video.nostr.build/945bb84e417abe4c71f3d194e0401f75fa97001de52f6faecea98e9fadd248fa.mp4
#amazing #sport #nature #animals #beautiful #respect #life #love #interesting


Slay, King.

👑


The algorithm for writing environmental FUD about Bitcoin.

Readers of these articles may use this as a scoring system to see how high the writer's FUD-factor is.

1. Avoid objectivity Only publish negative stories. Ignore all positive environmental and social externalities, or even acknowledging they exist to readers

2. Use only old datasets

Up-to-date datasets such as Bloomberg Intelligence will reveal that Bitcoin is mostly powered by sustainable energy, and that emissions have not increased in the last 4 years. Avoid these studies. Using Cambridge's 26-month old dataset is good. Using UN University's 3-year old dataset is better.

3. Recycle already debunked methodologies

For example, while Alex de Vries' resource-use per transaction has been debunked by peer reviewed research and Cambridge Judge Business School, most people don't know it, so use this metric with impunity.

4. Selectively use of peer reviewed research In the last 18 months there have been 6 papers examining the positive environmental externalities of Bitcoin, 2 that focused on negative externalities. But because only The Independent picked up any of the 6 positive papers, most people are still unaware of positive externalities. So keep selectively quoting from the negative ones.

5. No engagement with, or faux-engagement with the BTC mining community While objectively they are the only ones who understand Bitcoin mining well enough to educate readers, it is better to paint them as a self-interested group of lobbyists. If you do engage with them, make sure you only quote token sound bites, which you then allow your own carefully selected "experts" to contradict (see below on what constitutes an "expert")

6. Reference unqualified energy experts To you an "expert" should be thought of a person who understand energys, grids but has no understanding of bitcoin mining). Definitely eshew qualified energy experts (people who deeply understand energy grids AND bitcoin mining)

7. Withhold relevant context Noise pollution is a good candidate. Find an example of a bad actor and, through omission, make it look as though all Bitcoin mining companies behave this way. Do not mention statistics such as the number of mining companies causing noise pollution relative to total number, or do cross-industry comparisons.

8. Don't zoom out For example, if Bitcoin is responsible for emissions, then that should be lambasted. Do not point out that like eVs it has no direct emissions, or that every novel technology has emissions. Definitely do not examine trend that show Bitcoin heading to be the world's first emission negative network.

9. Encourage "inside the box" thinking "Bitcoin consumes a lot of energy" should be neuro=associated wherever possible with "is bad for the environment". Don't mention that without more energy, particularly flexible users of energy, there can be no renewable transition. Do not mention that Bitcoin uses wasted energy. Definitely do not point out that it is emissions rather than energy use which primarily decides whether a technology is good for the environment or not.

10. Actively practice error by omission Under no circumstances should the utility of Bitcoin as a technology be examined. To do so would be very dangerous to your narrative. People will tend to judge a technology as "wasteful" only when they do not see the value. Ensure that your readers stay uneducated about the value of Bitcoin.

Instead, you should scatter the occasional negative statement about Bitcoin such as “it is only used by criminals”, "it is just a only speculative asset” wherever possible. While these statements have been debunked, most people are still unaware that they have been debunked, so you should feel confident to use them everywhere except Twitter (where you will be community noted) and Nostr (where people will be more educated about Bitcoin’s value).

Attribute these phrases to "experts" so your article does not look too obviously one-sided.

Happy writing. We trust this will make your task easier.


You can send this to your family and friends. It's a letter nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc wrote for times like this.

https://dergigi.com/2020/04/27/dear-family-dear-friends/


See what happens when you stop identifying with your thoughts and feelings or sensations.

Even when you examine certain choices you make, you may find that there’s very little of “your” identity there.

Did you create the parameters around behaviors you call “instinctive”?  No.  Such actions are instinctual *precisely because* you don’t have to make a choice to commit them. They were somehow pre-determined, either biologically or culturally.

Can you choose your next thought?  When will it start?  When will it end?  Where is its middle?

You are not the chooser of your thoughts. You do not create them. They come and go on their own.  They aren’t “you.”  They are part of a process you are able to observe.

See what #meditation points you to.


“X viewed your profile” is an incredibly creepy pattern, especially when you can’t turn it off. Engineers and people building apps have accepted surveillance and abandoned privacy so thoughtlessly. They don’t even consider the negative implications of their actions.

“Wow thanks to all our insanely intrusive in-app spying mechanisms we noticed this drives engagement, let’s do more of that” 🤦♂

Imagine walking into a store and there are 50 different cameras pointed at you from all possible directions monitoring your every move, used to collect data on what sells more products based on every action you make. People would be freaked out.

This is effectly what most apps do today, except the cameras are invisible. This would likely be illegal in meatspace, but few think about it when on their phone. Why would they? They hide it from you. Fuck in-app analytics.


This is some crazy shit


I do not like this. If bitcoin is property, they will tax it as such.

Imagine paying property taxes on your stack.

Fuck that. #Bitcoin is a digital COMMODITY.


Lettuce hands be like…


I see you’ve got laser eyes on you pfp, Anon. That means you are singularly focused on ₿itcoin.

Want to strengthen that ability, to focus your attention?  Learn to meditate.

Consistency is key.  Just a few minutes, done regularly as a part of your daily routine.

Sit down (in a chair is fine).
Back straight.
Softly gaze into the empty space about 3 inches away from the tip your nose.
Breathe.
Pay attention to the beginning of the inhale.
Pay attention to the beginning of the exhale.
Pay attention to the space at the top of the inhale, just before you start to exhale.
Don’t force anything.  Just breathe naturally.
Pay attention to the space at the bottom of the exhale.  Can you feel your heart beat before you begin to inhale again?
Whenever you feel yourself being pulled into the past or future, each time you notice that your mind has wandered, you are strengthening your ability to maintain and regain focus.

The goal is to direct your attention on whatever you want, dampening down emotional and cognitive reactivity. This is a superpower. It allows you to focus on the things you want to be attending to, rather than be distracted by things that do not fucking matter.

#nostr #meditation #bitcoin #maxi


Completely fucked.
nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx's rip with Roman’s lawyers was both enlightening and frightening.


Roman Sterlingov’s conviction for running a mixer is a dangerous legal precedent

The only hard evidence for him to serve 20 years in prison is that his KYC Bitcoin went through many hops and wallets before it later was used to buy a domain name. Which was then used for illegal activity.

This would mean that you’re responsible for the future actions of anyone you pay


Oof


Can confirm


Craig Wright and the unsigned integers.

Absolutely savage take-down.

#CSW #Faketoshi https://image.nostr.build/c584be77b650c1e16ef8cacd0dca79f27007ae1045b7f1a27327544468b87fc2.png https://image.nostr.build/af12ff401f6c90114f1897839f6858c1d516b0dffc3f5e49aaacca2edaf6749f.jpg


Craig Wright is a fucking scammer. Officially.

https://m.primal.net/Hknd.png


CRAIG WRIGHT IS A FRAUD


We won the identity trial against Craig Wright.

Official transcript of the judge's bench ruling:

MR JUSTICE MELLOR:  Thank you.
        Well, I thank all the parties for their written
    closing and oral arguments, and they've been very
    helpful indeed.  They will require me to prepare
    a fairly lengthy written judgment, which will be handed
    down in due course.  And for all those who have already
    been hassling my clerk as to when the judgment will be
    ready, the short answer is as follows: it will be ready
    when it's ready and not before.
        However, having considered all the evidence and
    submissions presented to me in this trial, I've reached
    the conclusion that the evidence is overwhelming.
    Therefore, for the reasons which will be explained in
    that written judgment in due course, I will make certain
    declarations which I am satisfied are useful and are
    necessary to do justice between the parties.
        First, that Dr Wright is not the author of
    the Bitcoin White Paper.
        Second, Dr Wright is not the person who adopted or
    operated under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto in
    the period 2008 to 2011.
        Third, Dr Wright is not the person who created
    the Bitcoin System.
        And, fourth, he is not the author of the initial
    versions of the Bitcoin software.
        Any further relief will be dealt with in my written
    judgment.  I will extend time for filing any appellant's
    notice until 21 days after the form of order hearing,
    which will be appointed following the hand down of my
    written judgment and I ask the parties to seek to agree
    an order giving effect to what I have just stated.
        So I'm afraid, for any further information, you'll
    to wait for the written judgment.


Some choice words from COPA's closing arguments:

"it is clearer than ever – clear beyond doubt – that Dr Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto."

"Dr Wright has been shown to have lied on an extraordinary scale, and it is difficult to think of a precedent for what he has done."

"He has invented an entire biographical history, producing one tranche after another of forged documents to support it."

"Even when the extent of his dishonesty and forgery was exposed to him in cross-examination, he doubled down, forging further documents during the trial"

"In short, he has attempted a very serious fraud upon the Court. To give fair warning, COPA will ask after judgment that the papers be referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions for consideration of prosecution for the offences of perjury and perverting the course of justice."

Judgment and consequences are coming. https://image.nostr.build/4c4d0c8ea62c2e297606b7a608b71c1f6bff728ceb3ff1847213dd907758953f.png


#bitcoin #shitcoin #scamcoin #fiat https://image.nostr.build/8e8bef436031441fabb31e211fd7d2ae3aafcdca0c79ea611f83b2c5886fbf49.jpg


In a world of devices and distractions, doomscrolling, and a competitive “attention economy,” it’s worth protecting (reclaiming?) a few minutes of every day to sit with yourself, quietly.

For all the talk among bitcoiners about being self-sovereign, it’s odd to me that there isn’t a vibrant cohort of meditators.  What could be more self-sovereign than being in control of your own mind?

Sit for a few minutes, free from distraction, paying attention only to your breathing and the nature of consciousness.

This is freedom.

#meditation
#bitcoin


I’ve listened to pods with Jeff before (and read The Price of Tomorrow) but, for some reason this interview was my favorite. It’s not necessarily that he said anything completely different in this one. It’s just that somehow the reality of monetizing debt its relation to price, productivity, and money printing clicked harder for me than it did before. nostr:note1dd4p88pnrdc9r85mcyj8hzjysk27qstdlw7jsnlx8fzl6yv7ng9s6e5uhn


New podcast that might be helpful for
people still having a hard time understanding the transition we’re in.

https://fountain.fm/episode/wI1TRMuS32sEA4r8Q0vL


If you want in-depth information about Roman's case listen to nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx on Citadel Dispatch and hear from the legal team directly

It is shocking.

https://www.youtube.com/live/P8jTkWzvbcw?si=V2mi9iUpWMSxHu_p


Stop. Close your eyes. Listen.

Pay attention to the sounds. See if you can notice the moment a sound occurs. It’s not possible to block a sound, once it enters your awareness. It’s just there. A puff of wind in the trees.  A dog barking.  A noise from a car.  You cannot choose to create these sounds. They simply appear in consciousness.

The same is true for your thoughts. They just simply appear, and then disappear.

How long can you hold onto a thought before it slips away and a new one enters your mind?  Are you really “in control” of your thoughts?

#Meditation


#Bitcoin is not smooth jazz. #Bitcoin is punk rock, deal with it. - Andreas Antonopoulos

https://video.nostr.build/6f3f74d377ed43c06db663473c3becc770a359801805d4648f8aa5e19fafcf7d.mp4


Consider this:

#bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/94b15a291beabae2de5fda5a051c5cdcae8226de38d6dab030c06f5cd2b113bb.jpg


#Bitcoin  has just bumped #silver to become the 8th most valuable asset in the world. All else held equal...

at $105K, it jumps Saudi Aramco,

at $137K, it enters the top 3,

and at $153K, #Bitcoin  becomes the second most valuable asset in the world.
https://m.primal.net/HjqU.jpg


My concern with this “digital property” classification is that it can then be taxed as other real property is.  It is not difficult to imagine a property tax on digital property at the state or federal level, as opposed to the city or county level.

It would be much better to classify bitcoin as a “digital commodity” nostr:npub15dqlghlewk84wz3pkqqvzl2w2w36f97g89ljds8x6c094nlu02vqjllm5m


Interesting to me that the price began taking the elevator up just before midnight (pacific). https://image.nostr.build/2d4f2b94ab8bfcf4d6463ce515b8247533d83b3d3aaaf26196fdeaa16379b789.png


EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THE PLANET https://video.nostr.build/3d56d12ea093cb65964b27246604e5c4fcb2e969324566b96ed261b5ace7f27c.mp4


Would love to hear if @adam3us has an opinion about this.


Okay, here’s a thought…

#Bitcoin’s time chain is a terrestrial method of tracking blocks (and thus transactions) as they occur through time.  With Blockstream’s satellite node, we’ve moved off the earth’s surface.  Later, if we colonize the moon and mars, and have miners and nodes there, the time it takes for a transaction to be confirmed will be longer.  I mean, yes, blocks will still be mined every 10mins, but 10mins according to where?

Hence, you may not consider your transaction to be “sufficiently buried” until it reaches, say, 20 blocks deep as opposed to 6, currently, just to be sure your Tx wasn’t part of a chain that got orphaned.

#SundayThoughts


The comments there are wonderful. So many helpful bitcoiners offering to clarify and educate. You love to see it.


Why did Brad Jones, former CEO of ERCOT say that “Bitcoin miners keep the price of energy low for all Texans”

Three main ways. Bitcoin mining:

1. Uses surplus renewable energy that otherwise grid owners have to pay renewable operators to curtail

2. Provides a more competitive marketplace for demand response, driving down the overall cost of ancillary services to grid operators

3. Provides additional revenue to grid operators, increasing their profitability and reducing need to increase prices.


The Economist is starting to grasp the power of Bitcoin mining in Africa, and it’s a beautiful thing https://image.nostr.build/3f4624958e40e56a93680696c3becd888727da2b6f030fbf3bb68a866595e341.jpg https://image.nostr.build/0e5be4bf9f83881aafff05575445ba0042ad59560b82d4e25fc910516c4e5972.jpg https://image.nostr.build/9c9a94ea5ce07dcb582a8433b92b23c0307ad723f191909e98d19a91ded920a9.jpg https://image.nostr.build/3503ae1ad02006031d63239dced49566f435dad56b2221321b59a998fd6bced0.jpg


I saw a tweet a while back about how 70-80 year olds are generally regarded as unemployable, whether due to mental decline or a basic failure to learn new skills or understand current technology.

So how is it that this age cohort is almost exclusively running the country?

This is not a Republican v. Democrat issue.


Check out this product. Kills mice or rats. No poison. Allows other predators and carrions to find and eat the carcass.

https://goodnature.co/


Stop.  For a moment.

See if you can pay attention to the beginning of your next inhalation. Where do you feel it most acutely?  It might be your nose, your abdomen, your chest, or perhaps somewhere else?

If you don’t see it immediately, don’t worry. Your body will inhale again in a moment, without you trying to control it.

Just pay attention to where you feel it occur.  See if you can hold your attention at the start of the inhalation for 3 consecutive breaths.

#meditation


And then the price cratered. LOL, bitcoin. 🤪🤪


FILLED! https://image.nostr.build/7620cceee42b121e7c5205dfdfcdefbf3d78e51e7c370b45226b5e777bedc17b.jpg


this clip is from one of my fave Andreas talks - i first watched the whole thing in '17 or '18 - this small part on 51% attack fud is so savage  - i love it.  https://video.nostr.build/60a0fdf54f5862388c08e9d381d98bd4a66f62302b18215d27841c207798e561.mp4


Andreas 👑 Antonopolous has a video about this. He covers your question beginning around 9:50.

https://youtu.be/ZCsakXHiwlw?si=OO2TpUzb6oy9acze


The sense of self is just that, a sensation.
It is not permanent.
It comes and goes.
It changes.

It is, in fact, an illusory experience. An illusion.

As disorienting as it may be for some people to hear or accept, free will does not exist. There is no one there to make a choice, in the first place.

#meditation makes this clear.


Posted this on my personal Facebook page in Feb 2020

Price ~$9,000

Number of friends who asked me for more info?

Zero 😂 https://image.nostr.build/85e47fead09355de6abca6dea3bbc1c7c0d3485a90c65fb8b8fbf23c380bd952.jpg


I feel seen


👀
https://m.primal.net/HiOY.jpg


🚀 Brace yourselves, because Envoy v1.6 has just landed.

Discover the highlights of our latest release:

**⏩ Full “replace-by-fee (RBF)” control is here!
✍ Custom Passport Names
🖥 Redesign of address and amount displays
🌐 Improved Tor support**

https://i.nostr.build/gdBQ.png

**⏩ Replace-by-fee control**

RBF allows you to boost the fee on a transaction you’ve sent that’s stuck surfing the mempool, or even cancel an in-flight transaction and send it back to yourself. Just tap on a transaction that is unconfirmed and quickly Boost or Cancel it in Envoy.

But how do you actually use it? Simply tap “⏩ Boost” when viewing a pending transaction’s details to get your transaction back to the top of the queue.

Sent a transaction by mistake? You can also tap “❌ Cancel Transaction” and send the funds back to yourself using RBF as well.

https://i.nostr.build/VjxA.png

**✍ Custom Passport Names**

When you set a custom name for your Passport, now that name will show up automatically in the Devices tab on Envoy.

Have multiple Passports in the house? Now you can easily tell them apart in Envoy using custom names! 🫡

https://i.nostr.build/K9By.png

**🌐 Improved Tor performance**

Improved Tor performance on iOS (and some Android vendors), especially when it comes to getting fiat exchange rates. Updated Arti (the Rust-native Tor library) in our library to the latest version, v1.1.12.

Keeping privacy simple one step at a time. ✌

🖥 **Redesigned Address & Amount Screen**

We’ve also brought a redesign of address and amount displays to Envoy, making it easier to view amounts (in sats or BTC) and verify addresses.

A special thanks to the fantastic Bitcoin Design community for spearheading the concept here! Sexy!

https://i.nostr.build/9m0Q.png

Whilst these are the major highlights, there's many more bug fixes and improvements packed into this release! Dive into the complete release notes below:

https://foundationdevices.com/2024/03/envoy-version-1-6-0-is-now-live/

Haven't tried Envoy yet? You can give it a go here:

https://foundationdevices.com/envoy


US Department of Commerce Wants to Impose KYC on Cloud Services and AI Training

- "The new rule would require that U.S. providers of IaaS products (including U.S. resellers) implement and maintain a written, risked-based Customer Identification Program (CIP).

- "The proposed definition for “Infrastructure as a Service product” is "any product or service offered to a consumer, including complimentary or “trial” offerings, that provides processing, storage, networks, or other fundamental computing resources, and with which the consumer is able to deploy and run software that is not predefined, including operating systems and applications."

- The Commerce Department is soliciting comment on the proposed rules for 90 days, with submissions due to the agency by April 29, 2024.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/u-s-department-of-commerce-wants-more-kyc/


Just rewatched the trailer for Moonlight (2016) and remembered how good it was.

Powerful film. https://image.nostr.build/2ebbc76eb4a5bb78a0aa6f83e59d584567b833ce7177034662839576540173ee.jpg


Hilarious


You people are hilarious: https://image.nostr.build/7620cceee42b121e7c5205dfdfcdefbf3d78e51e7c370b45226b5e777bedc17b.jpg


Bitcoin overtaking silver is the same event as reaching its ATH. What a beautiful coin-cidence.
https://image.nostr.build/3fcfd6b0eddce06cd86e5d29c71380e4b763ebf1d4bf1d1d1016768914a02669.jpg


Tell me you don’t understand #bitcoin by telling me you don’t understand bitcoin.

No, I mean tell me, explicitly, that you don’t think that deeply:

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/03/04/bitcoin-rallies-above-67000.html


As we approach ATH’s, it occurs to me that they’ll never acknowledge the:

~ thousands of hours of study (reading books, blogs and research papers, listening to podcasts) on everything from the history of money/credit/debt, international finance, privacy, human rights, energy markets, cryptography, and philosophy

~ conviction, patience, and intestinal fortitude developed while surviving multiple bear cycles and the endless FUD from haters, bankers, and shitcoin promoters

~ years of running nodes and miners, experimenting with various hardware wallets, and learning how to operate (clumsily) on the command line.

They’ll say we “got lucky.”

Anyway, many thanks to nostr:npub17u5dneh8qjp43ecfxr6u5e9sjamsmxyuekrg2nlxrrk6nj9rsyrqywt4tp nostr:npub15c88nc8d44gsp4658dnfu5fahswzzu8gaxm5lkuwjud068swdqfspxssvx nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a nostr:npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu nostr:npub1tm2048gau5mp8u5kfnxk68y7wzzpv5ggpuluqmhlhrtaldl49kzs7elpna nostr:npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx nostr:npub13lkyycj8s3da6fhndtj0wd6s3s2ahmq86s7wrruvzd4tnc66cgfqn4lpsy nostr:npub1dc84762hpnp0y4jcvjcgwt8l7sepng93j3hg63hfm80ph6kt82eqktjwqd nostr:npub1s0vtkgej33n7ec4d7ycxmwt78up8hpfa30d0yfksrshq7t82mchqynpq6j nostr:npub1t8a7uumfmam38kal4xaakzyjccht4y5jxfs4cmlj0p768pxtwu8skh56yu nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx nostr:npub1n3sjlzmhpu8rl56umtptc4lua6zkretq2p82yhytnmlcuq639vlqd0te5l nostr:npub15dqlghlewk84wz3pkqqvzl2w2w36f97g89ljds8x6c094nlu02vqjllm5m nostr:npub185h9z5yxn8uc7retm0n6gkm88358lejzparxms5kmy9epr236k2qcswrdp
and many others not on Nostr who’ve guided me over the last decade, especially  Andreas 👑 Antonopoulos.
🙏🙏🙏


I swear by my Dyson V11.  Best vacuum I’ve ever owned. Just be careful if you have sensitive floor coverings (like natural wool rugs). There’s a special trick. DM me if you get this model.


It’s pretty clear that the people arguing with Calle on this point are just demonstrating they don’t have a clue what “cypherpunk manners” are.


Aum Mani Padme Hum


Privacy and solitude are priceless.


I’d take two sides on that. On the one hand, the more remote, the more effort required, the more likely to attract a certain type of discerning traveler. I’ve certainly found places in French Polynesia and Thailand that fit the bill.  On the other hand, Trolltunga (Norway) is remote AF and insta-crowds ruined it, regardless.


Not enough, to be honest.
I’ve been surprised to see full-on selfie photoshoots at hotels at that level.  Get up to $2k-$3k and it’s rarer, but money doesn’t buy class.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

What have I been telling you? These people will say anything to get a vote. nostr:note18ezny9ptpmvacynjfwh8ukpneh6zqsjs2kd0xxql7hg2x0y2ldtqs6nvvg


They exist. But they are small.

How much are you willing to spend?


Tweet today from Genevieve Roch-Decter, CEO of Grit Capital:

🚨JUST IN: US Debt Rises $1 Trillion in 100 Days

The US national debt is rising $1 trillion every 100 days, according to Bank of America.

They estimate it will take just 95 days for the debt to climb to $35 trillion from $34 trillion, compared to the 92 days it took to grow to $33 trillion from $32 trillion.

This is making “debt debasement” trades attractive like bitcoin and gold says BoA.

This doesn't end well. https://image.nostr.build/be03dafb6df6bdae1471bf7119dc6c3ee24a145abb614afac5555dc3cd048f27.jpg


Bitcoin Is Now 5th Largest Base Money in the World

"Let’s wait for the monthly close, but we are about to surpass the oldest fiat currency in the world."

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-is-now-5th-largest-base-money/


Breaking!
https://m.primal.net/Hgga.jpg
https://m.primal.net/Hggb.jpg


It will never cease to amaze me how eager some people are to prove their ignorance in public.

Here’s Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, regurgitating absolute nonsense about #bitcoin on CNBC.

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/03/01/steve-hanke-bitcoin-is-a-highly-speculative-asset-with-zero-value.html


She’s fine. I’m pretty sure those transactions were all on Testnet.


Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo & Co.’s brokerage unit have begun offering access to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that directly invest in #Bitcoin.


Yesterday we were supposed to have a hearing on the preliminary injunction in the Texas Blockchain Council v. Department of Energy case. But, as often happens in litigation, things change quickly. Tuesday the judge entered an order canceling today's hearing based on the parties reaching an "agreement-in-principle" on the overall dispute. This agreement must be finalized and filed by Friday, March 1st.

Speculation time.

What could this mean? One element of the standard for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), and a preliminary injunction, is that the party requesting it has to show that they are "likely to succeed on the merits." This means that the judge has to believe that, not only is success possible, but more likely than not. Here, the judge already agreed that "that Plaintiffs are likely to succeed in showing that the facts alleged by Defendants to support an emergency request fall far short of justifying such an action." And that the Government's action was arbitrary, capricious, or abused their discretion.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/eia-emergency-survey-preliminary-injuction-hearing-canceled-yesterday


Just trying to flesh that out a bit…  who are “those propped up by the state”?  Do you mean government employees or government contractors or firms/farms who receive subsidies or developers who receive incentives or something else entirely?


…But can you propose an alternative to fund the necessary functions of government at the state and national level?

*ducks*
(as everyone from progressives to libertarians to anarchists looks at me sideways)


Yes, I’m in that mode of probing habits (and consciousness, itself) with consciousness.
Yes, everything you wrote makes sense.  Do I detect an essence of CBT in what you wrote? ;)

For me, morning mediation has done so much to expose thought patterns (which lead to physical habits) and I suppose that’s what prompted me to write the original post.  I’ve become aware of things, both gross and subtle, that are normally automatic.  Picking up the phone when I have nothing to do is a major one.  I spend way. too. much. time on this damn thing. Becoming aware is the first step.

#mindfulness


nostr:npub1lxktpvp5cnq3wl5ctu2x88e30mc0ahh8v47qvzc5dmneqqjrzlkqpm5xlc are you the same individual who posts support  in the Umbrel Community?


That whole album is great. Big beats, downtempo.


GOOD MORNING NOSTR 🫡

https://m.primal.net/HgLw.mp4


At an essential level, bitcoin is a monetary asset, similar to the others (with unique differences, of course). To say that you will NEVER sell is a bit weird.
“Never”?

At some point, it makes sense to *use* it as the monetary asset it is, which means to spend it on things, experiences, people, and projects/causes that are important to you.

Otherwise, what is the point of accumulating wealth?  To just get MOAR?

That’s a poor strategy.  For life.


So much hate over there. NGMI.


Hold on to your butts.


DGAF


Accelerate

nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg
nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bitcoin-podcast/id1694392423?i=1000647140014


I’m not selling


ThereIRuinedIt on tiktok
https://v.nostr.build/Pv8n.mp4


Individuals hodl half of all the bitcoin that will ever exist.

Let’s keep it that way. https://image.nostr.build/7b9c69bd0e4ce549790013a8e5171f95e2aa69f4be54f3b0fe83b45d3be1af94.jpg


Excellent

https://www.wired.com/story/the-city-of-tomorrow-will-run-on-your-toilet-water/


Cry harder

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4070480-ecb-has-one-message-for-crypto-investors-bitcoin-is-bad


You ever just think about proof-of-work and the difficulty adjustment and think HOLY SHIT

https://video.nostr.build/441ad3d499530f8b1d85e4abd78fd83e3883dcfcf6fb0be14c9043cace231d61.mp4


Gigachad


JFC nostr:npub15dqlghlewk84wz3pkqqvzl2w2w36f97g89ljds8x6c094nlu02vqjllm5m, save some for the rest of us!!

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4071576-microstrategy-bought-3k-bitcoins-for-1554m-in-cash


The original quote from David Lynch is actually WAY more confusing:

https://youtu.be/jjoMEw2RYlA?si=w_AIQIgIYjVBptVo


Organized religion is nothing but a collection of myths and a system of social control.

There is no such thing as a deity who cares for you individually, or your group over another group. (Unless, obviously, we are talking about the #FlyingSpaghettiMonster.)

The sooner people stop believing in this bullshit, the better.

Stop with the magical thinking. Grow up. Be an adult.


If you are:

Under 13 years old,

Female,

Raped
(including by a family member),

You will be forced to give birth.

https://www.meidastouch.com/news/tennessee-gop-kill-a-bill-to-legalize-abortion-exception-for-children-who-are-raped

#ReproductiveRights


Who is this man?


Dude is ZEN af https://video.nostr.build/f84333d4b07f1df5d2c85382bdd24bcd861012adc3fa659f60af951b5d61e38d.mp4


Big day for $SQ, eh?
nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m


Slouching towards Gilead…


I’m glad some people see this and don’t fall for pathetically obvious lies from shady political con artists. nostr:note1pnqg5txt25j7xjpwtwjlqezqw8j99ph3x5u9hv8xz88xhepgaf9qcvw60y


Discover Episode Sixty - Discovering #Bitcoin with nostr:npub1m4z3mr7uvr458cce2gdqwqrn5yr9pv57l3dzx6xcxehn2qatawys5mstrj ⚡

🎙Bitcoin knowledge assistant and guide writer, head of customer experience at nostr:npub1s0vtkgej33n7ec4d7ycxmwt78up8hpfa30d0yfksrshq7t82mchqynpq6j

https://m.primal.net/HeXs.jpg

🎧 https://fountain.fm/episode/Szd0tFuBw1MdE1Uvv8Uz

WE discuss:

• Q+A's Bitcoin origin story
• Paying it Forward
• Privacy Best Practice
• Inflation Gaslighting
• Heaps More

YUGE thanks to Q+A  for sharing some of his scarce⏳ and finite⚡🙏

IF you enjoy listening, please RT and share this podcast around with pre-coiner friends, tolerable family members, and like-minded plebs on the Internet.

Send sats of support: discoveringbtc@fountain.fm

Look out for Episode 61, soon! 🔶👀


Wonderful nostr:npub1m4z3mr7uvr458cce2gdqwqrn5yr9pv57l3dzx6xcxehn2qatawys5mstrj


MEREDITH WHITTAKER - PRESIDENT OF SIGNAL FOUNDATION - DECEMBER 1 2023

https://m.primal.net/HeKt.mp4


Nice. In the queue.
Still enjoying Lyn’s book (and Aurelius, and Vonnegut at the moment), but am definitely in a phase where I want to re-examine my habits.

However, I think what I’m describing is more than just a “habit,” which I would define as a natural action that’s performed without thinking and which may or may not be useful, but which satisfies some urge.
Checking one’s mobile device is very UNnatural and while it similarly may or may not be useful, the only thing it satisfies is the tension it, itself, created.

So, when I reach for this thing and realize I don’t actually have a reason for doing so, there’s some real sense that something has gone awry.  “Why did I pick up this tool if I don’t have a current use for it?!”  It would be like picking up a wrench and realizing I don’t have any bolts to tighten.  That’s the feeling I’m trying to describe and which I don’t yet think has a word.


Do you ever pick up your mobile device and realize there’s no reason for doing so?

The phone didn’t ping with a notification; no emails to read; no burning desire to scroll through social; …just the instinctual, habitual, reaching for the thing and realizing, “Wait, why am I looking at this thing?”

Is there a word for that?

Anyways, I’ve been meditating more and becoming aware of these moments.


Holding aside the horror of Alejandro Muyshondt's death while in custody, just for a moment...

See this Twitter link.  It was a fair question from the BBC and a reasonably sounding response from Bukele.

I would love to hear what nostr:npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu’s perspective.

https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1759770508847939768


Love Vonnegut. Currently reading Hocus Pocus.

Not as good as BoC (and not sure if Kilgore Trout will make an appearance), but it’s still bitingly hilarious.


Appreciate @anilsaidso for the rad art

😂 https://image.nostr.build/b35a4031da5090e90486c81807aca8b4216d7946fe39cdcc84998a7ee2bc410c.jpg


Lovely.
Been waiting a long time for your guys to publish. Just pre-ordered the paperback.
Looking forward to reading.


You are, sadly, still misinformed.

“Israel created Hamas and the PLO”.  Wow.  Think about what you are saying here.

This statement is not only false, it’s racist as hell and presents Palestinians as helpless, gullible, and incapable of self-determination.

Spare me any additional conspiracy theories or antisemitic comments. Simply  look at what you wrote and consider what you are saying about the Palestinians. You’re showing them very little respect.


Where have I seen that before…
…in the Waking Up app?


Scan through my “following” list for some recommended follows.
Not all of them are active here, and TBH, I’m not a heavy user either… sorta slowing down my social media consumption these days and reading more books, instead.


Hey hey!  Welcome!
nostr:npub1datkqap9z3chqfsmzkhpem58r4r7pwvkcj67xs2y3jth04teaausvf0x33 is here, too. Give him a follow.


👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I want that hard copy…  $180?🥲


#FreeRoss nostr:note1appkqh5x3fpe7yrcv7ah5mdt593w60ca4pk5fj6p7stw2mygvr3sfahe85


“Attempting murder”?

Hey Brunswick, maybe you should familiarize yourself with the Ulbricht case before spouting off demonstrably false nonsense like that.  It is public information, after all.

For “attempted murder,” a court would have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he attempted to kill someone.  However, in the Ulbricht case, the judge determined that *did not* happen.

You are confusing that with the allegations that Ross agreed to pay a contract to kill someone.

And yet, Ross was never charged at trial with “murder for hire” and thus this charge was never ruled on by a jury. In fact, these unproven and unprosecuted allegations were dismissed *with prejudice* in 2018.

What did happen?  During the trial, prosecutors alleged that he discussed and paid a contract, but this was only presented as evidence by the prosecutors and was weak. Why weak?  Because “the accusations relied on anonymous chats and text files never proven to have been authored by Ross.  Hard evidence and testimony, including from the lead Silk Road investigator, showed that, over time, multiple people were behind the site admin’s DPR handle.  Most significantly, two corrupt investigators (who later sent to prison) also had unfettered access to Silk Road and were admittedly involved in numerous plots.”

Ross has always denied being involved with these allegations, and even Curtis Green, the only alleged victim ever identified, is a longtime, fervent supporter of Ross’s release.


https://image.nostr.build/eb9e2c33c3ad594b645df67673aef07530853d307dcc6d6e19aee16e727b7e81.jpg

The "success"

https://image.nostr.build/654c8ae56a5f3be5d0eee71de3519b199c6542d09ae53ac032cd152730529b87.jpg


Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius https://image.nostr.build/6d8405b162ae1a66d773d774b35e9d9065ec8ef0c3116b358f20c36fb9186f3b.jpg


Bro, wut?


I’m going hang back on praising this until I know more, or until she makes a Larry Fink-style mea culpa and reports that she’s begun adding bitcoin to her personal balance sheet.

Call me skeptical, but she’s done far too much damage to Bitcoin’s public image in the eyes of pre-coiners.


Phenomenal


All KYC exchanges do this.

Here’s a current screenshot from CashApp: https://image.nostr.build/dcc6722e41972545f2c8d7bc8ecb8fb4897c508796a9b678900e7d28a27fe936.jpg


That author should apologize


This also encourages double dipping, which is incredibly bad manners.


Mediations
by
Marcus Aurelius https://image.nostr.build/961c84bdc2626eac18f1036f159f072528459001b7f8c059d0d81edb203c8de0.jpg


FWIW, I used to write poetry and thought it was an excellent metaphor.  Also, I have a sense of humor, which is evidently rare on the Internet these days.


nostr:npub1datkqap9z3chqfsmzkhpem58r4r7pwvkcj67xs2y3jth04teaausvf0x33 and I have been doing our best to provide a counterbalance to the aggressive anti-bitcoin culture there.  It’s been a struggle. People are really misinformed and often viciously unwilling to engage in dialogue.

In general, the Block feature on Bluesky is *extremely* problematic. If you reply to a thread, and provide evidence that the OP is full of nonsense or if the OP eventually doesn’t like that they are appearing ignorant, they can block you which causes all you content (and effort) to disappear.

This is also true for people making absurdly Marxist, racist, or antisemitic comments. Too many trolls just delete their posts or block others.  It’s fucking pathetic.


Both are true:

The Internet is dead.
Love live the Internet!


The two, together: https://image.nostr.build/fdd1af305b51e30c1498d83580a508a3fa146b4273b7eba395c88aca7f792ead.jpg


I could not fucking care less about the super bowl.


It will never cease to amaze me how eager some people are to prove their own stupidity on the Internet.


Your daily dose of Stoicism

https://i.nostr.build/3V6W.jpg


“You can’t call it anything else. It’s just slavery.” nostr:note1x23zm8snttnjn64f6wadj6vearajh585qs0qdkc4cxtalxw43g5qtd53gp


Yes.
Library out in the woods > new Apple device.

(Thanks to @gladstein, for opening my eyes again and again.) https://image.nostr.build/dec0650a9a33c3f725bb1a896eaacac8097446223481272c301c1889edd10e0a.jpg


For context re: Craig Wright and Calvin Ayre and why there should be no mercy.

My life changed completely on March 29th, 2019. Almost five years ago now.

I had made several tweets, warning people about Craig Wright, and making my opinion about him clear. A matter of very public interest.

I was sent a legal letter on twitter DM, where it was made clear that I either had to apologize and acknowledge Craig as Satoshi, or they would file a libel case against me in UK.

When I didn't comply, Craig and Calvin put a public $5000 bounty on my identity and then firmly doxxed me after finding out who I was.

They proceeded to put private intelligence surveillance on me, that have tried to gain access to my social circle, both online and physically. Presence in 100s of groups. Monitoring my house. Producing regular, detailed reports on all my activity. Travelled where I travelled and so on. And god knows what else. This is still going on today.

I have been continuosly smeared and lied about on social media and in Coingeek, the publication owned by Calvin.

Threatened directly/personally with bankruptcy and worse by Calvin and his followers on twitter, with my real name, on countless occasions.

Anonymous phone calls with indirect threats.

My dad was fighting against cancer when this all started. I was dealing with constant legal pressure and threats throughout his fight. When he finally died late 2020, the legal pressure was at a peak and my funding situation was uncertain.

I've had to give up tons of private communication in discovery, to prove I had not been behind "an organized and vicious campaign against Craig."

I've had to turn down professional opportunities, since a good percentage of my bandwidth has been continuously occupied with defending myself legally. The amount of legal letters, hearings, appeals, judgments etc are beyond belief.

I've lived since 2019, with the constant knowledge that my house and belongings are on the line, and Craig's stated goal of bankrupting his enemies would be reality if I lost.

All the while I've tried to, and largely managed, to shield my child and family as well as possible, but I know all of this has put stress on them as well.

No mercy for these people.
Only Welcome to Law.


They just asked that we don’t fuck it up.


Alex Gladstein:
Why Bitcoin matters for human rights. 💜

#Bitcoin nostr:npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu #Plebchain https://video.nostr.build/c88849ac56718eac4961ffc6edce4e7750936a3f69bbbeeced11d0ea208b1934.mp4


BIS recently dusted off its FUD about Bitcoin's supposed vulnerability to quantum computing - a theoretical future blackswan threat to which there are many solutions.

Maybe they should spend a bit more time on current, actual security threats.

European Central Bank head targeted in hacking attempt https://apnews.com/article/technology-angela-merkel-european-central-bank-4cd599a7502d9617a401155abf054502…

Hack attack on European Central Bank jeopardises personal information https://theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/24/european-central-bank-customer-information-hack-attack…

ECB shuts down compromised BIRD website https://ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2019/html/ecb.pr190815~b1662300c5.en.html…

EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK WEBSITE HACKED https://newnettechnologies.com/european-central-bank-website-hacked.html…


"Bitcoin is often framed by critics as a waste of energy. But in Bondo, like in so many other places around the world, it becomes blazingly clear that if you aren’t mining Bitcoin, you are wasting energy. What was once a pitfall is now an opportunity. #Bitcoin miners can be thought of as dung beetles, scraping up the waste energy that no one else wants and transforming it into something valuable." - nostr:npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu

#BitcoinOutLoud
#AnotherFuckingBitcoinPodcast
https://fountain.fm/episode/IHEmu493uVdi5LUF11TZ


Yeah


Love Polo & Pan
Some of the best French house in decades.


At this point, I don’t even want to tell them.
https://image.nostr.build/4c5b34b5d74f0a7ad7c0458894759f42d5a4b970515a65e96306f717f71d6bf8.jpg


"Privacy isn’t about hiding something because you’ve broken the law. Privacy is about having the right to withhold information on certain circumstances to prevent misuse and misappropriation."


The term privacy contains baggage, one associated with keeping secrets of wrongdoing.
This is wrong.

Privacy is necessary to protect onesself from theft.

Privacy is an essential component to price discovery and negotiation.

Information is power, and if the individual has no privacy, they have no power.


#bitcoin is for criminals? 🫣

https://video.nostr.build/a4a37f0b40d9800f4352b8ef7f0250322916a9ff76d62f7c35b0933408ebad6e.mp4#m=video%2Fmp4&dim=720x1280&blurhash=%5DDJHp%3D00r%3AozE3%25L_N%24yNINJ00D%25%3FbE2a%23yCDis%25NcM%7CNH%253-.j%5DIV%251j%5B%25gxuj%5DxVxut8M%7BxvxaozxsM%7BM%7BWBtRRinmbH&x=f621ef294dee959b0649f47a3e5cfe1684389b4c95afd468ea6b2abeb4b4caac


*gave


nostr:npub1datkqap9z3chqfsmzkhpem58r4r7pwvkcj67xs2y3jth04teaausvf0x33
Well, that was fucking exhausting.
We have it our best efforts.


Reminder to use a VPN whenever possible.
nostr:note1xz9dafwst8q9r0cdtgdsc37nzrz2nqyunha6y8aaj2nqmufrzs0q8hq85m


Hey, remember when Wells Fargo paid $3.7 Billion to settle charges with regulators that the bank took advantage of customers on their auto loans, mortgages, and bank accounts?
People had their cars wrongfully repossessed and the bank took actions that resulted in borrowers wrongfully losing their homes.

In case you forgot:

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/20/wells-fargo-agrees-to-3point7-billion-settlement-with-cfpb-over-consumer-abuses.html


Introducing Nutband – a post fiat apocalypse Cashu client working over Reticulum

A demo of Reticulum, Cashu and my project Nutband that combines them,  in order to use a Cashu mint over Reticulum mesh network – in this case  over long range radio, and without internet.

Finally made the demo video

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAX8GFn5uCI

Shownotes: https://hackyourself.io/2024/01/19/nutband-a-post-fiat-apocalypse-cashu-client-working-over-reticulum/

Project: https://github.com/jooray/nutband

Cc: nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg


Seriously. What I’ve seen over the past two days, and today, can only be described as “unhinged”.
I’m honestly stunned.


I hope you’re right, Dave, because holy shit the comments/abuse/threats I’ve received over the last 48 hours are unlike anything I’ve ever seen before.


Over the last few days on Bluesky, been inundated with the most ignorant, vitriolic comments about #bitcoin I have ever seen.

People are misinformed, explosively angry, and eager to insult. It’s shocking how much hatred has been developed against a decentralized, distributed, peer to peer, immutable ledger.


Value of all #bitcoin at the price they last moved. $BTC
https://m.primal.net/HYXL.mov


Time does not exist.

Clocks exist.

https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2011/09/23/140718434/time-crisis-why-you-don-t-care-about-today-s-equinox


Nothing says "Broken Money" quite like a central bank that is operating at structural losses now and has negative capital.

For the first time in modern history, the central bank of the world reserve currency is just structurally unprofitable.

https://m.primal.net/HYVX.png


Antonop always on point nostr:note12mn7f63w0yeeh7zpz53f0tt89wyjzrfyyn38a77s0w9g00t7yr5qk9xet9


That post hits hard. USA, China and North Korea! 😳 https://image.nostr.build/6c58040783d874b1b9ff946db4cb4be6767be38576e63b450db84cf3dfea7b06.jpg