Call your parents. Tell them that you love them. Do it now.
https://dergigi.com/2024/11/15/he-hanged-himself-in-the-morning/


the matrix

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


The true loneliness of open source featuring nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg and others is captured well in this documentary by nostr:npub1rj7eh0eu3skwcyr5adpcjwxft9z4yjdspjryq6gynqw2j49f9a3quqjpw2

PAID IN BITCOIN https://youtu.be/Rdd2SlBLRfU
https://m.primal.net/LxEF.jpg


AOC is mobilizing her army of useful idiots to riot and burn/pillage nationwide… 😈

Meanwhile… 🎉

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1854004377620742144/pu/vid/avc1/640x360/Rx8YWC_SPhb3OA9P.mp4


People that use fiat currency as a store of value we call them poor… 😏

https://video.nostr.build/9dc74295aedda2c9f76a4e01541c4aeb4bd0e26dce19445bf316d230ff485871.mp4


🔊🔊🔊

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🍒

#BITCOIN PUMP 🚀

https://video.nostr.build/bd4df3afd25809e7b328f37f02ce7996213ab6931083529c1e3b51ad8ae3f810.mp4


People still participate in Politics?  #politics #joke

https://video.nostr.build/2e2a5db4a640478485e24dd1025c46b2b786f7a3ac7f700ee21dd1bca089224f.mp4


Places to earn some Bitcoin

https://satsfaucet.com
https://reddit.com/r/Jobs4Bitcoins/
https://bitcoinerjobs.com
https://zbd.gg
https://fountain.fm


Thrilled to announce that today at 9 PM CET/2 PM EST, I will publish my interview with Professor Richard Werner:

World-renown economist who predicted the credit bubbles + banking crisis of 2008, wrote the best-seller “Princes of the Yen”, and is also a big fan of Bitcoin!

Tune in to learn more about economics based on empirical data, the importance of local community banks, and what role Bitcoin can play in the grand scheme of things!

Bitcoin Takeover podcast S15 E56, let’s go! 💪🏻 https://image.nostr.build/a38dfb5e08b707d24f77eccf008dd758fac1b03ea4275fdec3fd884ba4bdfc3a.jpg


This Nostr key will be used by the Wasabi Wallet team to give updates on the project and provide some technical details.

Verify authenticity:
NIP-05: nostr@wasabiwallet.io
Github: https://github.com/WalletWasabi/
X: https://x.com/wasabiwallet/status/1835484240802157032
Website: Nostr icon on the left navbar


NEW TUTORIAL:
Using Wasabi Wallet for #Bitcoin coinjoin/privacy 🕵
+ Choose your own coordinator using #Nostr! (shoutout  nostr:npub1u4rl3zlfa2efxslhypf4v6r8va5e0c9smxyr5676pxkyk0chn33s0teswa)

ALSO:
-Coinjoin directly to your  nostr:npub1wu4aye7ll0lnrrg638e90sehzsgpzx5t39t3mwl05aa0d0ap08esdz3vw0 Coldcard
-Connect your  nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll node
-Verify your download using Sparrow Wallet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52pSd3I1nac

Coordinator used in this video:
https://kruw.io/
Download Wasabi:
https://wasabiwallet.io/


I had the honor to interview María Corina Machado, the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, about how fiat money was weaponized against the Venezuelan people by the Chávez and Maduro regimes

She says Bitcoin is a "lifeline" and "vital means of resistance" and said that a future democratic Venezuelan government will use Bitcoin to rebuild the national reserves that the Chávistas stole and put Venezuela back on a path to peace and prosperity

I've put out a lot of content in the past few years but I think this is the most important thing I've done -- the implications are vast considering a) Venezuela is one of the world's largest energy exporters with some of the world's largest oil reserves and b) María Corina Machado is not some rogue leader or dictator but a US ally

I hope you can watch 🇻🇪
https://m.primal.net/KfiC.mov


@P_Hold:

1/ Entender el modelo UTXO de Bitcoin le permite al usuario comprender  la trazabilidad de las transacciones.

Ejemplo de múltiples transacciones de un mismo usuario conectadas unas con otras debido al funcionamiento del modelo UTXO de Bitcoin.

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

2/ ¿Quiere decir que Bitcoin no cuenta con alguna garantía de privacidad a nivel de protocolo?

Veamos que dicen los cypherpunk al respecto:

https://m.primal.net/Kdxw.png https://m.primal.net/Kdxx.png

3/ Teniendo en consideración la idea de dinero anónimo propuesto por los Cypherpunk, Satoshi propuso el modelo de privacidad de Bitcoin:

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

4/ Es como dice Chris Belcher en un documento publicado en:

http://privacidadbitcoin.com/por-que-privacidad/
En el artículo se dan buenos argumentos sobre la importancia de la privacidad. Recomendamos la lectura completa.

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

5/ En conclusion:

1º) Conocer como funciona el modelo UTXO en Bitcoin es clave para evitar la trazabilidad de las transacciones.

2º) El protocolo de Bitcoin garantiza un mínimo de privacidad, si se mantiene la identidad desvinculada de las transacciones.

/Fin.


Speculative Attack

Introduction

Bitcoin naysayers[1] wring their hands over how Bitcoin can’t go mainstream. They gleefully worry that Bitcoin will not make it across the innovation chasm:

It’s too complicated
It doesn’t have the right governance structure[2]
The security is too hard to get right
Existing and upcoming fiat payment systems are or will be superior
It’s too volatile
The government will ban it
It won’t scale
The response from the Bitcoin community is to either endlessly argue over the above points[3] or to find their inner Bitcoin Jonah[4] with platitudes like:

Bitcoin the currency doesn’t matter, it’s the block chain technology that matters
It would be better if the block chain technology were used by banks and governments
Bitcoin should continue to be a niche system for the bit-curious, it’s just an experiment
Fiat and Bitcoin will live side-by-side, happily ever after
Bitcoin is the Myspace of ‘virtual currency’
The above sophisms are each worth their own article, if just to analyze the psycho-social archetypes of the relevant parrots.

A few of the criticisms mentioned earlier are correct, yet they are complete non sequiturs. Bitcoin will not be eagerly adopted by the mainstream, it will be forced upon them. Forced, as in “compelled by economic reality”. People will be forced to pay with bitcoins, not because of ‘the technology’, but because no one will accept their worthless fiat for payments. Contrary to popular belief, good money drives out bad. This “driving out” has started as a small fiat bleed. It will rapidly escalate into Class IV hemorrhaging due to speculative attacks on weak fiat currencies. The end result will be hyperbitcoinization, i.e. “your money is no good here”.

Thiers’ Law: Good Money Drives Out Bad

Historically, it has been good, strong currencies that have driven out bad, weak currencies. Over the span of several millennia, strong currencies have dominated and driven out weak in international competition. The Persian daric, the Greek tetradrachma, the Macedonian stater, and the Roman denarius did not become dominant currencies of the ancient world because they were “bad” or “weak.” The florins, ducats and sequins of the Italian city-states did not become the “dollars of the Middle Ages” because they were bad coins; they were among the best coins ever made. The pound sterling in the 19th century and the dollar in the 20th century did not become the dominant currencies of their time because they were weak. Consistency, stability and high quality have been the attributes of great currencies that have won the competition for use as international money.
Robert Mundell, “Uses and Abuses of Gresham’s Law in the History of Money”
Bitcoins are not just good money, they are the best money.[5] The Bitcoin network has the best monetary policy[6] and the best brand.[7] We should therefore expect that bitcoins will drive out bad, weak currencies.[8] By what process will bitcoins become the dominant currency? Which fiat currencies will be the first to disappear? These are the interesting questions of the day, as the necessary premises for these questions are already established truths.[9]

1. Fiat Bleed

Bitcoin’s current trend is to increase in value on an exponential trend line as new users arrive in waves. The good money is “slowly” driving out the bad. Two factors drive this:

Reduction in information asymmetry – people are learning about Bitcoin and coming to the realization that bitcoins are indeed the best money. Possible overlapping motives:
ADHD – compulsive novelty fetichism induced by our post-war consumer culture and/or innate biological processes
FOMO – fear of missing out, see Regret Theory and ingroups, aka avarice and status-seeking
PISD – post-internet stress disorder, aka “disruption”, “next big thing”, “internet of money”
Increasing liquidity – buying bitcoins is more convenient and has fewer fees attached today than a year ago. One can reasonably predict that this will also be the case a year from now. Why? Because selling bitcoins is a profitable and competitive business. Why? Because people want bitcoins, see above.
Due to group psychology, these newcomers arrive in waves. The waves have a destabilizing effect on the exchange rate: speculators are unsure of the amplitude or wavelength of adoption, and amateurish punters let their excitement as well as subsequent fear overwhelm them. Regardless, once the tide has pulled back and the weak hands have folded, the price is a few times higher than before the wave. This ‘slow’ bleed is the current adoption model, and commentators generally assume one of the following:

Slow bleed never occurred, it’s a fiction based on misleading data
Slow bleed has stopped, the above motives only affect lolbertarians and angry teens
The process will taper off now, as all the super tech-savvy people are already getting on board
My own prediction is that slow bleed has been accelerating and is only the first step. The second step will be speculative attacks that use bitcoins as a platform. The third and final step will be hyperbitcoinization.

2. Currency Crises

It might make sense just to get some in case it catches on. If enough people think the same way, that becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. Once it gets bootstrapped, there are so many applications if you could effortlessly pay a few cents to a website as easily as dropping coins in a vending machine.
Satoshi Nakamoto, 1/17/2009
Slow bleed leads to currency crisis as the expected value of bitcoins solidifies in people’s minds. At first they are conservative, they invest “what they can afford to lose”. After 12-18 months, their small stash of bitcoins has dramatically increased in value. They see no reason why this long term trend should reverse: the fundamentals have improved and yet adoption remains low. Their confidence increases. They buy more bitcoins. They rationalize: “well, it’s only [1-5%] of my investments”. They see the price crash a few times, due to bubbles bursting or just garden-variety panic sales – it entices them to buy more, “a bargain”. Bitcoin grows on the asset side of their balance sheet.

On the liability side of the Bitcoiner’s balance sheet there are mortgages, student loans, car loans, credit cards, etc. Everyone admonishes people to not borrow in order to buy bitcoins. The reality is that money is fungible: if you buy bitcoins instead of paying down your mortgage’s principal, you are a leveraged bitcoin investor. Almost everyone is a leveraged bitcoin investor, because it makes economic sense (within reason). The cost of borrowing (annualized interest rates ranging from 0% to 25%) is lower than the expected return of owning bitcoins.

How leveraged someone’s balance sheet is depends on the ratio between assets and liabilities. The appeal of leveraging up increases if people believe that fiat-denominated liabilities are going to decrease in real terms, i.e. if they expect inflation to be greater than the interest rate they pay. At that point it becomes a no-brainer to borrow the weak local currency using whatever collateral a bank will accept, invest in a strong foreign currency, and pay back the loan later with realized gains. In this process, banks create more weak currency, amplifying the problem.

The effect of people, businesses, or financial institutions borrowing their local currency to buy bitcoins is that the bitcoin price in that currency would go up relative to other currencies. To illustrate, let’s say that middle-class Indians trickle into bitcoin. Thousands of buyers turns into hundreds of thousands of buyers. They borrow Indian Rupees using whatever unencumbered collateral they have – homes, businesses, gold jewelry, etc. They use these Rupees to buy bitcoins. The price of bitcoins in Indian Rupees goes up, a premium develops relative to other currency pairs. A bitcoin in India might be worth 600, while in the U.S. it trades at 500. Traders would buy bitcoins in the U.S. and sell them in India to net a $100 gain. They would then sell their Indian Rupees for dollars. This would weaken the Indian Rupee, causing import inflation and losses for foreign investors. The Indian central bank would have to either increase interest rates to break the cycle, impose capital controls, or spend their foreign currency reserves trying to prop up the Rupee’s exchange rate. Only raising interest rates would be a sustainable solution, though it would throw the country into a recession.

There’s a huge problem with the Indian central bank raising interest rates: bitcoin’s historical return is ~500% per year. Even if investors expected future return is 1/10th of that, the central bank would have to increase interest rates to unconscionable levels to break the attack. The result is evident: everyone would flee the Rupee and adopt bitcoins, due to economic duress rather than technological enlightenment. This example is purely illustrative, it could happen in a small country at first, or it could happen simultaneously around the world. Who leverages their balance sheet and how is impossible to predict, and it will be impossible to stop when the dam cracks.

Which countries are most vulnerable to a currency crisis? Business Insider provides a helpful list here. Bitcoins will have to reach certain threshold of liquidity, indicated by a solid exchange in every financial center and a real money supply – i.e. market cap – of at least $50 billion, before they can be used as an instrument in a speculative attack. This will either coincide with or cause a currency crisis.

3. Hyperbitcoinization

A speculative attack that seems isolated to one or a few weak currencies, but causes the purchasing power of bitcoins to go up dramatically, will rapidly turn into a contagion. For example, the Swiss will see the price of bitcoins go up ten fold, and then a hundred fold. At the margin they will buy bitcoins simply because they want to speculate on their value, not due to an inherent problem with the Swiss Franc. The reflexivity here entails that the reduction in demand for Swiss Francs would actually cause higher than expected inflation and thus an inherent problem with the Swiss Franc. The feedback loop between fiat inflation and bitcoin deflation will throw the world into full hyperbitcoinization, explained by Daniel here.

Conclusion

Bitcoin will become mainstream. The Bitcoin skeptics don’t understand this due to their biases and lack of financial knowledge. First, they are in as strong an echo chamber as Bitcoin skeptics.[10] They rabidly search for evidence that confirms their view of Bitcoin. Second, they misunderstand how strong currencies like bitcoin overtake weak currencies like the dollar: it is through speculative attacks and currency crises caused by investors, not through the careful evaluation of tech journalists and ‘mainstream consumers’. To honor these soon to be extinct skeptics, the Nakamoto Institute has launched A Tribute to Bold Assertions.

nostr:npub1hxwmegqcfgevu4vsfjex0v3wgdyz8jtlgx8ndkh46t0lphtmtsnsuf40pf - 2014


I was just walking down the street, coffee in hand, suddenly realizing how "normal" it all is already. Like most days, I went to a coffee shop that accepts lightning. Like most days, I paid directly with sats that someone zapped me here on nostr. Like most days, neither the merchant nor myself thought twice about it, or took a minute to marvel at what just happened.

So, allow me to do just that. Marvel at what just happened. While everyone is having a fantastically crazy time at #nostriga, uncountable people are using bitcoin in a myriad of ways. Some for savings, large and small; some for transactions, large and small; some for other stuff. Bitcoin is slowly but surely entering the world stage. Some commentators will tell you that this is good. Some commentators will tell you that this is bad. Whatever the case may be, it is unavoidable.

I see nostr under a similar light. As platform-based manipulation and censorship ramps up—which it inevitably will—the usage of nostr will ramp up too, and with it the usage of zaps and everything else that comes with it. And soon enough, buying a coffee (or breakfast, lunch, and dinner) with zap-based income will be normal. Just like it's "normal" to be an "influencer" today, or a "YouTuber" or whatnot... It's not everyone's cup of tea, but it's a normal thing. Anyone can do it.

Back to my coffee. I remember when I had the "oh my god, I can live on bitcoin here!!!" experience for the first time. It was in Bitcoin Jungle, a couple of months after the initiative was launched. I stayed there for 2 weeks or so, buying the necessities of daily life with sats outright. And it worked. Flawlessly. I had zero payment failures, and was exclusively using Zeus with my own node. It was incredible.

Why is this incredible, you ask? Shouldn't stuff just work? Yes, it should. But building out the tech and the infrastructure to make it all work is BLOODY HARD. I remember the first Lightning Conference in Berlin, in 2019. Everyone came, everyone had all their channels and wallets and everything prepared, and ~50% of payments failed. For... reasons.

Fast-forward to today: I go to one of the 100+ merchants in the city that accept bitcoin, a quick tap on the PoS device & QR code scan, boom, done. Is it always perfect? Of course not. Will it get better still? 100% it will. Very soon these merchants will have NFC-enabled devices, and the tap-to-pay experience that people are used to with cards & Apple pay will be normal for bitcoin payments too. If you are in Riga right now, you'll experience this first-hand thanks to Bolt cards and BTCPay Server. It's awesome, it's open-source, and it works. And it will get better still.

We are truly living in the best and weirdest timeline; a timeline where shitposting on the internet can buy you lunch and dinner; a timeline that spawns amazing technological movements like #nostr; a timeline that, every ~10 minutes, allows for a small miracle to happen. A timeline where "magic internet money" is a normal thing; a timeline that, thanks to the magic dust of cryptography, enables anyone to speak about anything, without having to ask for permission. I'm grateful.

Thank you, Satoshi. 🙏🧡


🎧 Latest pod: Max Hillebrand (  nostr:npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt ) is a Bitcoin builder, educator, and privacy advocate.

Max has contributed to open-source Bitcoin projects including BISQ, JoinMarket, and Wasabi Wallet, while also talking about individual freedom and self-sovereignty.

We dive straight into the concept of The Second Realm, which is focussed on building parallel economic systems in which sovereign individuals are empowered to pursue life, liberty and happiness without the harassment of the State.

Along the way we discuss anarchy, agorism, praxeology, and natural law.

Max is a wealth of knowledge and I enjoyed this conversation with him, I hope you do too.

https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/towards-liberty-and-the-second-realm-with-max-hillebrand


I had the honour of sharing my personal experience with Melanion Capital & Jad #Comair on their podcast about how easy it is to weaponise the financial data of every resident and citizen of Western countries.

The refusal to protect banking secrecy has led to a massive failure in the protection of human rights. #Bitcoin p2p transactions have become the only available tool for the financially repressed and excluded as a consequence of the abuse of AML/CFT laws.

We live in a time when financial institutions have been given the right to police activities of citizens. If your rights are violated by the police, you have the possibility of defence/remedies. However, with financial institutions, there are no such mechanisms due to Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations.

I experienced this first hand when three authoritarian regimes abused my and Open Dialogue Foundation banking data getting it from #Belgium and #Poland.

Banking records obtained by three regimes became a weapon against me and anyone who worked, received our support in different countries or championed our human rights work at the time. I able to continue my human rights work and hold accountable perpetrators of violations of my rights thanks to #freedomtech Bitcoin.

Ironically, AML/CFT laws were created to fight criminals, oligarchs, dictators corrupting western countries. In reality - AML/CFT laws have become the most effective tool for #TransnationalRepression, breaking down all barriers to protect the right to #privacy of #correspondence, #transactions, #movements. If you think that this only applies to dictatorial or authoritarian countries, you are sorely mistaken.

Want to learn more? Listen our 🎙 Ep32 of ‘Bitcoin Equities Talks’ with Melanion Capital
https://x.com/MelanionCap/status/1810303322319949884
https://nostrcheck.me/media/8f6568deec0120acb2a4d1e4e311c881d306c396a9288b0a07f564d20f186268/192edc1ffecf61696e1151b283d7000a2dca0f4cedaeb0b5c8be694ff988e8a9.mp4


YOUTUBE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TUBR7ESlz8

PODCAST:
https://serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/CitadelDispatch/michael-saylor-x-odell-bitcoin-park-fireside


Comedian Dave Smith gives one of the best speeches at the 2024 #Bitcoin conference in Nashville

#Bitcoin #Bitcoin2024 #Bitcoinconf #Nostr https://video.nostr.build/f3a31015fc8bde75e0af3997d957661ff886904c4eea935568da3bf860270417.mp4


Regarding the "right" to self-custody: ask yourself, do you need a politician's permission to hold 12 words in your head?
https://dergigi.com/2022/04/03/inalienable-property-rights/


Good old times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfHgzPtj90U


Listen nostr:npub1w4sf3hsedukh33akdn5duld2yc5jlk6s02shur8553j0a59sm3jscws08a on nostr:npub1r8l06leee9kjlam0slmky7h8j9zme9ca32erypgqtyu6t2gnhshs3jx5dk podcast talking about Ark and Bitcoin scaling.

https://youtu.be/yCqFLzD6lEY


mood https://dergigi.com/assets/video/carlin.mp4


The global community is reaping the benefits of Bitcoin transactions without KYC requirements, thanks to decentralized exchanges such as @peachbitcoin, @bisq, @vexl, @RoboSatsOrdersBot, and @hodlhodl. However, Nigeria seems to be left out. Why is this the case? We need a peer-to-peer exchange capable of engaging at least 50% of traders in Nigeria in decentralized trading. @bisq has the potential to launch and sustain an NGN market. What initiatives are others taking to address this?

#decentralized #p2p #nokyc #stacksats #bitcoin #btc


This advice will stick with me.

https://youtu.be/kDnCnxCOPHA?si=G3rp-vhZwvnYeKAD


🤣 I don’t remember who made this one but it’s one of my favorites
https://cdn.satellite.earth/81b7662b772fffb1d6ec74b3cdb9ea8ebfde3cbb11c169a3bed531a9dd122bed.mp4


Upcoming documentary about the FED by the Mises Institute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAGYj4fOZjE


"Every aspect of government, every moronic vote for any master, every atrocity, every war, every form of censorship, every genocide, every economic disaster, and every form of totalitarianism, is fully dependent on the lack of self-ownership by any and all in the collective herd of those who voluntarily allow themselves to be enslaved by any ruling State. Any acceptance of rule, any rule, is the antithesis of freedom. The very idea of rule runs counter to any sanity, and no one who accepts rule without active and forceful dissent, deserves his lot in life as a slave."
https://www.garydbarnett.com/the-pathetic-want-of-rule-authority-and-collectivism-has-led-to-the-tortured-enslavement-of-man/


An analysis of Bitcoin mining energy use and its ability to improve power grid robustness and efficiency around the world by Sabine Hossenfelder.

It's not surprising to me that physicists can see the huge potential of a global and decentralized buyer of electricity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RpWU05YxsU


NEW TUTORIAL:

 nostr:npub1mutnyacc9uc4t5mmxvpprwsauj5p2qxq95v4a9j0jxl8wnkfvuyque23vg
-onboard in minutes, no lightning channels needed
-send/receive via lightning, onchain, LN addresses
-seed recovery
-fedimint backend explained, plus how to move to full self custody after building a balance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUbee0BUquo


On Monday, I will do a livestream with f/dev to talk about Bitcoin privacy, Electrum wallet development, Supras, girlfriends, and everything cool in between 🫡

Join us at 7 PM CET/12 PM EST and feel free to ask questions in the chat! https://image.nostr.build/f1578db8667c2ea14b74c6759eb4587452884f18f5f02266e3893ee5a75fc782.jpg


Here are the top 50 failed Bitcoin exchanges, ranked by the number of Bitcoins lost:

Coins lost  - Name  - Year - type of failure

850,000 BTC, Mt. Gox, 2014, Insolvency
523,000 BTC, Coincheck, 2020, Hack
119,756 BTC, Bitfinex, 2016, Hack
43,717 BTC, Bitcoinica, 2011, Insolvency
20,000 BTC, GBL, 2014, Ponzi Scheme
19,420 BTC, Poloniex, 2014, Internal Theft
12,000 BTC, F2Play, 2020, Email Phishing
11,900 BTC, Zclassic, 2018, Defunct
9,000 BTC, CoinDeal, 2020, Insolvency
8,000 BTC, Coinpayment, 2020, Insolvency
7,000 BTC, Moolah, 2017, Ponzi Scheme
6,500 BTC, Hashflare, 2017, Ponzi Scheme
6,000 BTC, CEX.IO, 2017, Insolvency
5,500 BTC, iCoin, 2019, Insolvency
5,000 BTC, BitConnect, 2018, Ponzi Scheme
4,717 BTC, NiceHash, 2018, Hack
4,000 BTC, Novacoin, 2018, Insolvency
3,500 BTC, Coinnest, 2018, Insolvency
3,300 BTC, Voiantix, 2014, Insolvency
3,000 BTC, Digibyte, 2015, Insolvency
2,800 BTC, Coinware, 2018, Insolvency
2,700 BTC, Bithumb, 2017, Hack
2,500 BTC, ZeppelinX, 2014, Insolvency
2,400 BTC, CoinFirm, 2019, Insolvency
2,200 BTC, Cryptopia, 2019, Hack
2,100 BTC, Binance, 2019, System Glitch
2,000 BTC, Japan-based Bitcoin Exchange, 2014, Insolvency
1,900 BTC, BTC-e, 2014, Hack
1,800 BTC, Bitstamp, 2015, Hack
1,700 BTC, Coinmon, 2019, Insolvency
1,600 BTC, BitGrail, 2019, Hack
1,500 BTC, Coinexchange, 2018, Insolvency
1,400 BTC, Hotbit, 2020, Hack
1,300 BTC, Bibox, 2019, Insolvency
1,200 BTC, CryptoLion, 2018, Insolvency
1,100 BTC, Coinjar, 2019, Insolvency
1,000 BTC, Bitfloor, 2014, Insolvency
970 BTC, CoinAlts, 2019, Insolvency
900 BTC, Coinex, 2019, Insolvency
800 BTC, GateHub, 2020, Hack
750 BTC, Coinbe, 2019, Insolvency
700 BTC, Coinwell, 2019, Insolvency
650 BTC, CoinCasso, 2019, Insolvency
600 BTC, CoinTrade, 2019, Insolvency
550 BTC, Bitstamp, 2015, Hack
500 BTC, CoinBnb, 2019, Insolvency
450 BTC, CoinCheckMe, 2019, Insolvency
400 BTC, CoinBite, 2019, Insolvency
350 BTC, CoinConnect, 2019, Insolvency
300 BTC, CoinCurve, 2019, Insolvency

...there are more!

This is why we need #DEX


Daily reminder that financial institutions surveil our every move to *checks notes* confiscate 1.1% of criminal proceeds

https://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/default/files/documents/criminal_asset_recovery_in_the_eu_web_version.pdf

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


Why is everything falling apart?
The wrong "plan?"
The wrong "leaders?"
Not enough "funding?"

It's actually far simpler and more fundamental than most realize...

https://v.nostr.build/zdRXY.mp4


S15 E36 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast, featuring Eli Ben-Sasson, is now available on Spotify, iTunes, Fountain & every other podcasting app.

If you want to learn more about existing Zero Knowledge technology that will make its way into Bitcoin, this is a great place to start!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1eG0VkvnpuETijdFHW4mbq https://image.nostr.build/a4fa5442cd27e9334f715422ff9ef1a5891ef6cd575fba992ab81d914dda50e2.jpg


I can’t believe it took me 7 years but I finally sat down with my good friend nostr:npub1j4u5gjzjyggr3h96x3gjy4akdgwxuk7mgvumv72gym2qyje7fn5s47d6x9 to discuss money as technology, the art of bitcoin rhetoric, the revitalization of nostr:npub1wzc9lz2f40azl98shkjewx3pywg5e5alwqxg09ew2mdyeey0c2rqaespmf and sustaining bitcoin for generations.

The work the nostr:npub1wzc9lz2f40azl98shkjewx3pywg5e5alwqxg09ew2mdyeey0c2rqaespmf is doing to educate people about bitcoin and the technologies and economic theory that preceded it is incredibly important. If bitcoin is going to last for generations it is imperative that knowledge is preserved and passed down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoUwBbfZyfo

Consider donating to their efforts to redesign the site. The best money in the world deserves institutions that impart timeless beauty.

https://pay.zaprite.com/pl_saYgrVYmCi


block's entire shareholder letter was dedicated to why we're focused on bitcoin, not crypto. the internet needs decentralized digital cash. we will do our part to help make it accessible, make it secure, and make it usable every day.
 https://s29.q4cdn.com/628966176/files/doc_financials/2024/q1/Shareholder-Letter_1Q24_Block.pdf


Cashu Overview

#cashu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwMzNE1D3so&ab_channel=Bitcoinology


“If physical cash was invented today, it would probably be illegal.”

Learn about the past, present, and future of #Ecash with nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg
#Titcoin
https://youtu.be/cit4-edRl70


Nico Moran: Bitcoin purity tests, imprisoning freedom fighters, & what crypto bros wont talk about ☢⚡

Grateful to have one of the best #bitcoin content creators in the space and one of my friends on the show to talk bitcoin and politics and what most people will NOT talk about out of fear.

 nostr:npub1gu47n7fxfm4py48jktmu6tdqcvva4e87fntynuzzf62zxnw2e7tsc6907g uncensored and like you haven't seen him before, my favorite kind of Nico!

 nostr:npub1vzjukpr2vrxqg2m9q3a996gpzx8qktg82vnl9jlxp7a9yawnwxfsqnx9gc

https://youtu.be/zNFZDuHkrLY


Best explanation of the fiat monetary system I've seen thus far:

https://youtu.be/iFDe5kUUyT0


Also, you can’t call yourself a bitcoiner in the year 2024 if you don’t learn about BitVM from @robin_linus

This stuff is truly revolutionary!

https://youtu.be/Defp4sX7eEc?si=2qh48y3AWtgws712


Super bullish on the new generation of Bitcoin developers.

They are creative, smart, cypherpunk af, and not rich enough to have become complacent about the status quo or argue that ossification is preferable.

They also build without asking for permission, so better watch out!

https://youtu.be/N2AR0mMJMho?si=LZOcypvWSbHMiDXz


If you're running @bisq_network here's how you fix the issue with the latest @Tails_live release 1.9.15

https://dutu.github.io/run-on-tails/bisq/bisq.html


[𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎] 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐰𝐧
https://cdn.satellite.earth/2aae5ad3998900b4274d0ff079abd7b10e004e774fbee10f64d5f334a5cf4301.mov


bUt LiGhTnInG iS dEaD tHo

https://lightninglabs.substack.com/p/the-bitcoin-renaissance-is-in-full


Realizations:
1. Many successful companies have been shorting dollars for decades.
2. Multi-modal markets tend to force average returns on passive investment.
3. There are only two winners: Owner-Operators (because they care) and Fiat Shorts by leverage.

Great read:
https://www.lynalden.com/most-investments-are-bad/


Time for a reread. https://image.nostr.build/27bdefa2a9d41e2cc4d405420feef4c7dd9a1dbaa7e29a718d44b5d12e89fab6.jpg


Thomas Sowell will soon be 94.

Go enjoy this brilliant man’s lifes work before he’s no longer with us.

https://youtu.be/WK4M9iJrgto


"you could neuter gold monetarily because you couldn't move it around, & so it wouldn't appreciate as money & it wouldn't leave other monies behind in the dust... But #Bitcoin, as it's demonstrated very amply in the last 15 years, can & will. So deal with it." - nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak on nostr:npub10qrssqjsydd38j8mv7h27dq0ynpns3djgu88mhr7cr2qcqrgyezspkxqj8

Full episode: https://bitcoinpodcast.net/podcast
#Titcoin https://v.nostr.build/0jv7J.mp4


Blast from the past, a beautifully shot video by nostr:npub1znfdz4lhyqx4hs0rpf3wvhdng9pw6xrz0utpwlz689qnzq05s5qsmjkaat at the previous Baltic Honeybadger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdrDHubs0AM


The second realm is a must read book.

nostr:nevent1qqsd6as8nnmmp7cqznvl04uj28vxhvc5s4t62h5nxwmyxk6g7kdr5eqzyzm7669svt0xkjsju50a22zurc0qa589z2xd4yatzx6p2z64a5e0cqcyqqqqqqgen82ll


https://youtu.be/j800SVeiS5I

Wie konnte dieses Video 4 Jahr im Bitcoin-Space an mir vorbeigehen!?

Jetzt weiß ich endlich woher Gigi sein Bild hat!

https://dergigi.com/2022/06/27/the-words-we-use-in-bitcoin/


New version of https://learnmeabitcoin.com is now online.


Nobody understands Bitcoin and that's ok.

https://blog.lopp.net/nobody-understands-bitcoin-and-thats-ok/


Muchos "expertos en economía" dicen que #Bitcoin no tiene valor intrínseco.

Pero yo no soy economista experto y me pregunto,

¿Cuanto vale una red descentralizada en la que puedes guardar tu riqueza sin que los políticos parásitos la toquen, ni causen que esta pierda poder adquisitivo con el tiempo, con costos de almacenamiento y transferencia bajos, liquidez inmediata, sin riesgo de contrapartida y sobre todo, que puedes guardar secretamente?

¿Cuanto vale eso?

¡Protégete!

#HODL #Bitcoin


In Bitcoin, Explained 92, nostr:npub1s6z7hmmx2vud66f3utxd70qem8cwtggx0jgc7gh8pqwz2k8cltuqrdwk4c and I explain what's new in the upcoming Bitcoin Core 27.0 release.

👂👇

https://bitcoinexplainedpodcast.com/@nado/episodes/episode-92-bitcoin-core-27-0-c4wla/embed/light


Read this

https://cdn.mises.org/The%20Ethics%20of%20Money%20Production_2.pdf

Yes, you. https://image.nostr.build/a28faf27a2aed2af499e3e3b2d2e4bb1b2741555040e09efa3bc39a12f9d4db9.jpg


For free subscribers: self vs mob, totalitarianism, wonks, BTC standard and more!

For paid subscribers: SHA-2 Collision, LNCast, Nostrifying LN, Satoshi Email Hack of 2014 and more!

#Bitcoin Tech Talk #391

https://jimmysong.substack.com/p/bitcoin-tech-talk-391


IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE GOING.

OUR WORLD IS CHANGING. EMBRACE THE CHAOS.

https://www.anarchonomicon.com/p/after-the-state-the-coming-of-neo


The Real World (of scams) of Andrew  Tate

https://fountain.fm/episode/Ls8WkIas5Nt0JhZPvjd7


Sabias que #Bitcoin es tema de canciones?

Vamos con la Bitcoin Soundtrack! 🎶🎹

Artista: G. E. M. A. /Satillonarie
Canción: Playa Bitcoin

Bailalo!

#HODL #Bitcoin

 https://wavlake.com/track/c7c0f3dd-30af-467a-895e-b9855d7435ad


“While Bitcoin is a new invention of the digital age, the problems it purports to solve - namely, providing a form of money that is under the full command of its owner and likely to hold its value in the long run - are as old as human society itself.” -  Saifedean Ammous


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/


I just listened to  nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx's rip with  nostr:npub15klkdfx9sh3y096a5jf895rcvkmkzvly2fm9dgxq6huqhp9576jsav4m73 from last week.

It was a great one, and I enjoyed the lightning conversation.

Be the change you want to see!

I may need to dust off my Voltage account and find ways to earn some bitcoin.

https://serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/CitadelDispatch/cd118-bitcoin-all-time-high-with-the-voltage-team


An important question that almost none of bitcoiners are asking.
Instead many want compliance and regulation for Bitcoin...

https://m.primal.net/HiIE.mp4
#bitcoin


First 100 people who repost this will get total of 10,000 No-KYC sats.

#Bitcoin and #Nostr are winning.

Early reposts will get more.


What a soundbite 🔥 Instant classic 🔥 #tunestr
Michael Saylor - We Call Them Poor (House Remix)

#bitcoin #michaelsaylor #bitcoinmemes
#plebchain #BeOG
https://m.primal.net/HknD.mp4


“This country WANTS Bitcoiners to come here. And so of course, Bitcoiners want to come here. I don't want to be working against the official narrative of my government all the time. That's very tiring and exhausting… The moment you experience the opposite you don't want to go back.”

On this #BitcoinTalk, nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u talks with nostr:npub1clfjjuhrnr2dyrxknvdgg5v4dnq55t5svkk34r76rpwzqf5cjdas7rk28k , creator of The Little Hodler, about her recent move to El Salvador AKA #Bitcoin Country 🇸🇻

Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/QWDYTG1vq4hjRPftZlm9

YouTube premier: https://youtu.be/1YE2RovbIqU

Listen everywhere else: https://pod.link/1694392423/episode/b16d8aa3d2cdb897dc62bc9087cc868a

#Titcoin


Best 696 zapvertisment you ever spent nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u

WE LIKE THE TIT, WE LIKE THE NUT

https://youtu.be/ipPqYIA7JkM?si=bbqWpMBkH8uBpbLv


Masterpiece by  nostr:npub1563z6kxmvuy7s8zhzan8m0hzmkavyfzg2aw6h7f0fvcvdms398csaxc9n6
https://stacker.news/items/460433


🟠 Bitcoin no es solo una inversion para hacerse rico.

#Bitcoin es mucho mas que eso!

Bitcoin es LIBERTAD!

Entrevista completa (Hoy a la 18:30):

@yayi_morales @aroisenzvit

https://youtu.be/F_pGkBAVh_s?si=eu9KctujMEELFzvr


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


I spent 6 MONTHS building the most effective bitcoin course for visual learners.

All my best content in 2hrs of narrated videos.
High-level, non-technical & self-paced.

Previously $99. Today it becomes FREE.

Enjoy🤙

*All previous students will be offered a full refund via email.
https://bitcoincourse.io


Ayer en un podcast que genero mucha expectativa entre la comunidad hispana, el host del podcast preguntó a nostr:npub1yn3hc8jmpj963h0zw49ullrrkkefn7qxf78mj29u7v2mn3yktuasx3mzt0
hasta dónde llegaría el precio de #Bitcoin

Esto que leía hoy del gran @halfin me recordó en gran medida la respuesta impecable de Luna.
https://m.primal.net/HeeS.png

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=11765.msg169026#msg169026

Aquí el momento en cuestión dentro del podcast:
https://youtu.be/QG7asmN4gQk?t=6672


"Bitcoin is used by criminals"

Source: Criminals

https://telegra.ph/file/138b0c05506591d3b8b58.png


Excellent short read by nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev
"Bitcoin and the legend of Prometheus"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv0wQaBmvl0


Why do Zero Knowledge proofs and rollups matter for Bitcoin?

In S15 E13 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast, Robin Linus explains how ZK rollups can be used to compress transaction data & simplify verification.

If this post gets 21 likes, I’ll upload the full interview here on X!

#robinlinus #bitvm #zerosync #zk #zeroknowledge #zksnarks #zkproofs #bitcoin #bitcointakeover #bitcointakeoverpodcast #btctkvr

https://youtube.com/shorts/gwqpkDcyWKk?si=nwbrBijCKaQHXkFg


BREAKING: Elizabeth Warren Joins Team Bitcoin!? | EP 928

https://youtube.com/live/Wo2MjEjfaoQ?feature=share


nostr:npub1yn3hc8jmpj963h0zw49ullrrkkefn7qxf78mj29u7v2mn3yktuasx3mzt0 explicando porque somos el mejor país del mundo.

Entrevista completa:
https://youtu.be/rAVxMTjD-os?si=NtCQZR06-htyFJ77

h/t @yayi_morales_

https://video.nostr.build/a250400ed7327d5d20a36e7991295faeb0aab353f4522851f7c96bcfb237f04c.mp4


Listen to the latest #BitcoinTalk episode of THE #Bitcoin Podcast featuring nostr:npub1excellx58e497gan6fcsdnseujkjm7ym5yp3m4rp0ud4j8ss39js2pn72a ⚡

"in the current macroeconomic situation, everything is risky. Stocks are risky. They're trading like altcoins right now for the most part. Debt is piling up and the debt servicing payments are reaching a trillion or have reached a trillion dollars. So you can't just say like maybe you heard 10 years ago in some mainstream media article Bitcoin is a risky asset. You can't just say that and parrot it 10 years later. You have to look at the current situation and reassess."

Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/episode/zPnotKFlMHPn7RwYKGnJ

Everywhere else: https://pod.link/1694392423/episode/139dccf62f49ba7c09f23c5e56bc6903
#AnotherFuckingBitcoinPodcast


NEW SIMPLY SESSIONS:

Central Banker hubris reaches a new all time high with this unbelievable statement...

LIVE at 6pm with nostr:npub1gu47n7fxfm4py48jktmu6tdqcvva4e87fntynuzzf62zxnw2e7tsc6907g - don't miss it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biZpwARH54U

Subscribe to my newsletter on my website to get my newest tutorials, news and panels in your inbox each week!
https://www.btcsessions.ca/


La rana es ingresada a la olla con agua, la cual calienta lentamente. 🐸

Cuando la rana se de cuenta de la realidad, ya será demasiado tarde... 💀

Porque esperar pasivo un resultado que ya sabemos?

Rebélate! Escapa del sistema!

Entra a #Bitcoin    y déjate caer por el agujero del conejo. 🐇

Entrevista completa:
https://youtu.be/rAVxMTjD-os?si=B9tziaU5sPQyqvwG


Disponible la charla individual:

🟧 "LA LIBERTAD EN NUESTROS DÍAS":
🔸 Álvaro D. María nostr:npub19dg0l8fnsv0xjnjx28t54g6xvt40ly3mpk5hj7fgmaeds8fk3dfsk76yd2

🔸 Arkad nostr:npub12aqfngts2xc0z0n47lyfx03p8prhz4kqcel29mukgwydeuatawqqg5dvgy

🔸 Nancy Quirós nostr:npub1ssfxz08f8adfxkpscguawkdpc27ty8j0ehlkvf8h7grvahm9vz9qnxxnsv

🔸 Rubén Gisbert @gisbert_ruben (X)

🔸 MODERA: Javier Bastardo nostr:npub1xyfx9tq5a7msz8erygakv24p7x9nhd7z8qsxevwqwsj0q5dprn8q6uvp67

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk1UqW8dzC4