"Nothing can exist without order. Nothing can come into being without chaos."

This quote by Albert Einstein inspired me deeply. 'Bitcoin - Born from Chaos' tells how this quote applies not only to the workings of the universe, but also to the greatest renaissance.

At the heart of this artwork is a figure whose face is unrecognizable. It appears behind a gravestone and in front of a stone monument with inscriptions.

The gravestone is adorned with the inscription "∞/21,000,000" and the words: IN LOATHSOME MEMORY OF FIAT, INFLATION AND THEFT BROUGHT INTO THE WORLD BY LIES AND INTRIGUE ON AUGUST 15, 1971 AND REDEEMED FROM IT ON JANUARY 3, 2009.

Taking root from the soil of the grave, a plant grows in deep orange and makes its way in all directions. It is supposed to represent the Bitcoin organism, which germinates from the remains of the dead fiat system.

There is a lot of text in my drawing. I would like to explain the sections in more detail below.

I engraved the Bitcoin whitepaper on the left half of the stone plate with extreme precision. Impossible without my 0.1mm fineliner.

On the right is the Cypherpunk's Manifesto, published by Eric Hughes in 1993. For me, these two publications form the cornerstone of the greatest renaissance of our age and have sown the seeds that have been growing out of a dying system, characterized by chaos and problems.

The upper third deals with the raw hex version of the Genesis block. If Bitcoin were the universe, the Genesis Block would represent the Big Bang. After this moment, there is no more change of direction. The die is cast.

Part of this Raw Hex version is the defining and underlying message of the Bitcoin network, Satoshi Nakamoto's 'Chancellor on the brink of second bailout for banks', who immortalized this New York Times headline from January 3, 2009 in the Genesis Block.

If there is one message that moves me the most, and as a bitcoiner I wish more people would take it seriously or at least think about it, it's this: 'Inflation is worse than people think and Bitcoin better than they believe'.

Last but not least, as always, I have included my signature, the block time of the first and last pencil stroke.


Most relatable line from nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc 's 21 Lessons: "after a mild panic at the sheer scale of my ignorance" 😂


Did you ask AI to make an image of young Christine or is that actually young Christine?

Hair should've been darker


'Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.'

Fyodor Dostoevsky

https://cdn.nostr.build/p/WVDj.png
#wisdom #philosophy #psychology #spirituality #poetry #art #surrealism #psychedelic #dream #midjourney


And it looks like my zaps have been disabled as well. Logged in today and zap button has disappeared 🤷🏻♂


😂😂 who knew "broham" would be the fake name to set off all their alarms.


Welcome to Prague!!
“En Espanol”

Each week we’ll be showcasing the best reels and photos from our content creators & ambassadors worldwide - to show you the behind the scenes of living and travelling to all the incredible destinations on Satlantis.

Tag us with your best posts and hashtag the location. We will share the top entries each week across all our socials!

This week is #Prague
Enjoy the show

Courtesy of nostr:npub1gscnk7wlcvcruw7scjhwpjrja94gfu369fzkyje6kcc0yn6rqyhscqtpjp & nostr:npub1rws46svu00a6z7nmhd6jd75jx3agm97x0zkgndn70xj6lrh2h6wqkt3259
https://m.primal.net/IhfC.mov


GM I feel the same but in my case it's knowing no language other than English.

Multi-lingualism really is a super power. I think my next goal must be to master a new language.


'Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.'

Alan Watts

https://cdn.nostr.build/p/Jd4q.png
#wisdom #philosophy #psychology #spirituality #poetry #art #surrealism #psychedelic #dream #midjourney


Sorry I meant primal


I had the same Q starting with Damus and found no answers.

I think I ended up putting random info and have no issues since.

It's weird that it's required


Ain't much but it's honest


This new wall Street dominated Bitcoin price action is so boring compared to the old days.

Weekends used to be 🔥 up or down. Not it's just a lame little squiggle for 48 hours.

Won't last forever. Wall Street on its last legs.


I'll bump it up my list


'Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering it's a feather bed'

Terence McKenna

https://media.giphy.com/media/f4jVSpmwGMW2lA48Ia/giphy-downsized-large.gif
#wisdom #philosophy #psychology #spirituality #poetry


Feels like we're all just swirling around in Plato's Kyklos


I've lived under "democracy" my entire life.

I've recently opened a business in a monarchy territory.

I currently sit in the monarchy feeling safe and positive about the future, while my countrymen go to the polls feeling pessimistic, unsafe and concerned for their future.


https://youtu.be/rlEz9Jz0tOM

Don't know if Tucker Max is a bitcoiner but he sure sounds like one.


All your models are satire now


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#StudyBitcoin #bitcoin 🧡

nostr:npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg https://video.nostr.build/4cbdab8718a9ae292c62af59680314b30365a39746f294cc2569f6ca3516b7c6.mp4


nostr is still mainly used alongside twitter. in the best rare case, as a replacement. and only because people are running away from something about twitter they don't like.

there is nothing that people want to run to nostr for yet. zaps were promising, but bitcoin is still a hurdle (one that primal is doing the best at overcoming), and it's doubtful lightning could scale to a massive adoption moment.

nostr needs a feature or experience that's unique and sets it apart. i *think* that is the ecosystem of microapps over the long term...but it's definitely not in the short term. and that might be ok.

for twitter the initial draw was the simplicity and weirdness of 140 characters (we started with zero network effect, facebook had it all...that's built over time). later it became the conversation which lead to the "public square" (owned by a private corporation ¯\_(ツ)_/¯). and then as it grew, it had a single point of control/failure people could attack.

nostr doesn't have to worry about that last bit. it's an incredible feature. but not one the average person cares about (no matter how much they yell "FREE SPEECH!"...if people actually cared about free speech, bitcoin and nostr would be all they used...they don't).

all this to say, we're not doomed. but what we think is the killer feature isn't right now. who's going to discover the one that is?


Historically the only thing that has ever worked against the onset of socialism or communism is mass work stoppage. To the tune of about 30% of the work force. And it never succeeds without some carnage and bloodshed. Usually initiated by the state. Read up on the Polish solidarity movement. It’s very interesting. But even then, it still took 19 years between the Solidarnosc movement’s inception and the establishment of open and  free elections in that country. Best thing we can do is encourage people to lay up 3 months of provisions and just one day everyone stops reporting to work. For as long as it takes to get their attention. But until government looting starts resulting in large swaths of people missing meals for a couple days at a time, no one’s going to do shit.


Mark Knopfler does it again!

So much pleasure to be had listening to his music
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Setup your wallet so I can zap you


Gave me a lol. Worth a zap 😂


No idea. I tell people twitter is violence and nostr is conversation. Sadly too many are still addicted to hate porn.

Hopefully once they migrate they experience the difference for themselves.


Twitter is hate porn.
#nostr is community.


The history of humanity & revolutions is similar to coppicing a tree. Statism is the large oak, with branches forking through the sky, entangling itself in whatever stands in its way. Revolutionaries have always sawed at the base of the tree.

They are sometimes successful & the tree falls to the ground.

They continually fail to realize that the root system is still there. The tree will grow even faster in the future, coming back with multiple branches forming even more trunks - it’ll be even more difficult to cut down the next time it’s attempted.

The roots must be ripped from the f*cking ground.

Did Satoshi find a way to cut the taproot? Will this time be different? https://image.nostr.build/5218b273e4281e7d96b7a3337b35a43701b37aa1551e1454e9e1b6c4d4215fa6.jpg https://image.nostr.build/03e0bbf2f79db86bfbd034d9dfe4f495e0d32b733a613cc7dc0925cf9e11ab39.jpg


Bitcoin's monetary properties are objectively superior though.

What else do you use other than gold or bitcoin?


Nobody should put money into a US dollar account.  The US can santion you and take your money if you are a foreigner.  If you are an American they have a bunch of other ways to freeze and steal your assets.

Nobody should trust Lloyds of London or any other insurance company.  They can sanction you and then refuse to pay out.

We have seen this happen over and over.  Trudeau stealing trucker donations.  US stealing gold from the Russian central bank. Lloyds of london refusing to pay out on the nord stream bombing.

Boycott Western financial systems.  Use that other form of money, uh,,... whatchamacalit... you know the thing


Modes of Manipulation: The medium is the message
https://cryptoavli.wordpress.com/2024/04/03/modes-of-manipulation-the-medium-is-the-message/


Listen on YouTube
https://youtu.be/9apjzSYQSBk


Favourite tracks so far:
8. Crystal blue
9. The ship


Currently listening to Still Corners' new album
https://m.primal.net/HsWd.jpg


Seriously. Don't just have some bitcoin. GTFO of fiat.

Germany's Olaf Schultz says "We will use the windfall profits from Russian assets frozen in Europe to financially support the purchase of weapons for Ukraine".   Fiat is maximally corrupt.  It is utterly immoral to support it at this point.


Any idea why primal requires all this information to activate lightning? https://image.nostr.build/3be813f705b7c2d9a83748c641801cd2da8ffa5c32dd17324b7295529d5ffff8.jpg


Some of us get crucified for the truth we are spreading.
Don't back off one inch friends.
You are the 3% of future Sovereign Individuals.
We can go crazy trying to save the world but some people just don't want to be reached.
It's sad and tragic but it is the price to be paid when paradigms of this magnitude shift.
Takes a special kind of wired brain to process it.
Mix of humanitarian, libertarian, radical, loving the abstract and unknown, a bit of a hacker attitude, in love with logic and reason, not attached to physical possessions...we are DIFFERENT.

#nostr #sovereignindividual #cyberage #revolution #art
https://m.primal.net/HoJp.jpg


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Only primal. Initially started with Damus.

Any other suggestions for iOS?


Coping just fine. Thanks though Mr speech police.


Can someone please explain to me why primal requires this info to activate lightning?
https://m.primal.net/HpRn.jpg


A noble accomplishment.


That's a weird litmus test. We are free to verbalise our own thoughts when and how we choose to.

Saying a word chosen by someone else and commanded by someone else I think is literally the opposite of free speech.


Nice rebuttal. Books always trump the movies as there's not enough space to fit all the detail.


If you are an operator in the bitcoin mining industry in the US it is imperative that you ignore this survey and tell the EIA, the Department of Energy, and the current administration to fuck off.

Here's what they have in store for you.

https://tftc.io/eia-bitcoin-mining-survey/


Freedom is not written in a law book
You choose to be free and fight for it


trying nostr on primal. pretty good so far.


A short bitcoin story:

My wife first bought bitcoin in 2020 at around $9k. The idea that an investment could quadruple in 4 years was beyond her comprehension.

Then when Biden wanted to force all workers to get vaxxed in 2021, and we had stacked enough bitcoin to tell my employer that wouldn't be happening, bitcoin blew my wife's mind again.

Once inflation began to hit hard but our bitcoin value made the cost of everything go down, she was impressed.

Now that she can clearly sed the USD system coming apart, she has confidence in the future because she owns (and self-custodies) #bitcoin.

P.S. I first bought bitcoin early in 2018. It took her more than two years to get on board.


My zaps are broken and have no idea how to fit them 😥


You don’t have a #Nostr account. You have a key that signs events, and you publish those events, and then anyone who wants to read those events can do so by retrieving them from anywhere they exist. There’s no one to turn it off, there’s no account to suspend or restrict. There is simply information flowing to and from you and everyone else who uses it. This puts the power of speech back in our hands.


Following on fountain ✅


Anyone else hoping the SEC denies the ETFs so bitcoin can just concentrate on being p2p cash?


Who's up?
2500 sats to someone randomly who shares this.

Winner zapped in an hour.
Good luck!


The thing that really bothers me about gold is it’s betting on a regression for humanity. Gold fixes nothing in a world today that deals in commerce across space. At the end of the day golds best hope is we regress back to a trust model of “gold backed” fiat because gold is completely impractical for commerce as we know in the 21st digital century. It’s like begging to make the same mistakes we’ve already learned from and I personally find it incredibly depressing to think we go back to a standard where we have to trust an asset already paper traded 200-250:1 isn’t going to end up in catastrophe again. Bitcoin is truly our only hope.


Daily reminder: there is no such thing as a Bitcoin company (or a nostr company).

A Company is anchored in the State and may be called upon at any time to "comply" by acting as a branch of the State (giving up user details, banning certain users/customers/transactions, etc etc).

"Bitcoin companies" and Bitcoin can't both survive. If Bitcoin keeps growing, we enter the criminalization phase next. Bitcoin companies will comply with the State or be shut down.

"Nostr companies" and Nostr can't both survive either. If nostr becomes large enough, any "nostr company" will comply with the State or be shut down.

The biggest lie that Governments like to propagate is that humans can't spread risk and collaborate without registering a Company (or Security) of some kind. We've been collaborating and distributing risk longer than we've been human, there are indeed ways of doing this without the government stepping in to mediate our relationships.


From your nostr to Satoshi's ears 🙏🏼


Don't Let Go - Bryan Adams & Sarah McLachlan


Twitter is the gulag. Nostr is our agora.

#introductions


Twitter is the gulag. Nostr is our agora

#introductions


Twitter is so broken.

https://youtu.be/Wnl9RWOvRY4


Not sure if thy meet you non-custodial threshold but you should look at Bisq, Hodl Hodl and Peach Bitcoin.


Fiat culture cannot produce this, developer won't meet quarterly profits in time to beat inflation, gotta ship garbage fast to pump your stonks

https://image.nostr.build/ec3fdbaeae8f4791259ba0872e8e518125fba3fae8de668a655aec1c501cf7bd.jpg


Anyone know why all of a sudden I can't send zaps?


Internet is plagued by the need for endless content.


Signal chats aren't private though. I thought this was common knowledge.


Good fences make good neighbours.

But yes, in general I agree with your sentiment.


A few days ago I returned from the AmityAge Roatán #Bitcoin Experience Tour.  Upon arriving in Roatán, I didn't exchange for any local currency.  I only had about $20 USD in cash on me at the time.  For the twelve days that I was in Roatán, ten of them being days of the tour, I only had to use dirty fiat money a grand total of five times.  These were a few snack purchases at gas stations with my credit card, and one trip to a grocery store that didn't accept Bitcoin.

Everywhere else I went during the trip accepted Bitcoin Lightning for payment.  It was magical, and really amazing seeing the beginnings of a circular Bitcoin economy being built on the island of Roatán, all due to the AmityAge Bitcoin Academy and their onboarding efforts there.  It feels really good to spend and actually transact in Bitcoin the vast majority of the time, and Lightning is WAY faster than paying by any other method.

If you have the desire to visit Roatán, I highly recommend taking the AmityAge Roatán Bitcoin Experience Tour.  It was very enjoyable and well worth the time.

https://www.amityage.com/tours


I agree new logo is terrible. Not just mildly worse but Orders of magnitude worse


Self Sovereign Identity: There Is No Free Lunch?

It seems that any kind of self sovereign identity (SSI) verification mechanism must involve effort on the part of the user— because the lower the effort required, the easier it is to game. This effort—inherent friction—will be a challenge to adoption.

SSI’s necessary verification effort can be compensated for by making it worthwhile for the user; by making the SSI, once acquired, powerful and multifunctional. However, that in turn makes identity theft more profitable.

Unless I’m missing something, there seems to be no escape here.

Social recovery is often mentioned as a way to harden SSI. But if not done in the meatspace this can be subject to man-in-the-middle attacks. And eventually, as people’s bodies get more integrated with digital hardware (a la neuralink), the advantage of meatspace verification will diminish.

I’m not saying Self Sovereign Identity isn’t a worthy goal to pursue, just trying to identify what fundamental challenges we will be facing as this technology is rolled out.

Thoughts?