When You Say Nothing At All - Ronan Keating


The next step is verifying an imposter so that the imposter can scam people using your name.


Bringing this back to the top again because I don’t think Saylor yet understands that “those crypto anarchists” are the ones that save Bitcoin……and by doing so, free the world from an extractive rent seeking system. nostr:note1t6urrtgqmg4xv6r95cgxex7c4jqpvjzdkcax5ds6m7kgc974ak5qq8llcd


Even though many of us here have transitioned our time to a paradigm change that unites 8 billion people on this planet, many of our friends and people we love…have not yet.

Their world view (and maybe partly ours too) is then still infected by a system that preys on them. Extracts from them. Keeps them stuck. If that is true, then it is hard to stay above the noise when the people we love, people they love, and so on, are “experiencing” a pain that is very real.

All around us, unbelievable tragedy and chaos with people taking sides, while believing that they’re or their side is justified in the stealing from, harming, or killing of other people for “their” cause. Our politics, our media, our institutions are all similarity captured by it - leading to further division and righteousness, while people become numb to it all - mostly unaware of how it is hurting them deeply. How could it not?
This is the lens of the world that the majority is looking through, reinforcing, and making stronger through everything they see and do.
Just as real to them….as the truth, hope, and abundance that #Bitcoin imposes on the world is for us.

Yes, we “try” to stay above it because we know that the system problem cannot be solved from within it, and our time is more valuable in bending reality to the new system.

But

it is worth a reminder as we go this chaotic transition that so few understand:

When someone we love hurts, we hurt too.

And there is still much hurt.

Much love to you all!

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


🙏 - That passage seems to have aged well. Glad that your on the right side of this transition.


Great article nostr:npub1ey6qdmvzcgcsr883m9nspzz0mm037l26xtardzcskfsvc6gc7jssm9szvp nostr:note1eq8h658s8l2kahudmcvuc7mxvzd6cvwzesw3aay6l59e8fut7h3qrsajx8


Well deserved and congratulations!


Right back at you. So much fun!


Was incredible!


Welcome to #Nostr!  Get an lnurl in your profile so you can accept zaps.


Congrats!! Best is through contact form at ego death capital.


Rand - I haven’t updated for some time (and will do) but I keep a list on my website at jeffbooth.ca


😂 - but the sad irony of him is he also kind of is because he demonstrated publicly to the world what it looks like to cheat an honest ledger. The cheater gets destroyed - (over time).
There have been, and will be…..many more examples.


🧡🙏 - To someone you feel is making positive impact on others. So many people impacting others here.


To all those building, supporting, using, teaching, and advocating for freedom tech. It is unlikely you ever realize the true impact you make in the world through your actions.

You are bending reality to an almost unimaginable future with 8 billion people in service of 8 billion people

Names may fade but your impact never will.

Deep love and respect.

#weareallsatoshi


Thanks and so glad to know you my friend.


I’m with his brother at an HRF event in Nashville. Julian’s speech yesterday was so awesome in bringing awareness to such hypocrisy all around us. Such a bright light for freedom.


Really great meeting you!


Ask yourself what legal framework could survive the manipulation of money (money is superordinate to law) and you’ll see why even the constitution and the first amendment is under attack.
The “why” corrupt corporations and 3 letter agencies have taken over the government Is because of broken money.


Love it!


I don’t think so - the other protocols solve without the need for another coin.


What is your definition of more value?

Ps - I know your comment is because you like another coin, but I do not think there is another “coin” that will survive. So besides having no value, it risks confusing people.
IMO, no other “coin” is required. Bitcoin, lightning, liquid, Fedimint, Cashu, Nostr.
The protocol stack is interoperable together and makes anything else just noise.


Free markets are more productive because more ideas compete to provide value to you.

A global free market equals faster deflation with every person in the world becoming wealthier as the productivity gains flow to them in the form of lower prices.

But, that comes at a direct cost to those extracting value from the world through a control system that gains its power…..by stealing ours.

Our world and each of us in it makes perfect sense.
Just a mirror reflection of two different operating systems with the system you give your energy to, reinforcing your reality.

The one based on coercion, control, and scarcity! An extractive model, preying on fear while the majority make it stronger (in their minds) by their actions within it.

Or

The one based on truth, hope, and abundance. A cooperative model - where we see that we are all connected.

#Bitcoin and freedom tech.

Choose wisely!


If you’re technical, you can do it yourself. If not, others like nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 are setting up white glove services to help linked below. And yes - members of mint a can transact with mint b - (transacts through lightning) and seamless for users.

https://bitcoinmentor.io/fedi/


Bitcoin is speech. https://image.nostr.build/134da347b15e9cd4adbc3de774cf34eaac4f76eb7383b187bd8189e036377d8d.jpg
https://nydig.com/research/bitcoins-protection-under-the-first-amendment


Thanks Jeff - The nuance of the discussion is important.  George is absolutely coming around. Like most people (including me) in understanding the depth of the rabbit hole, it’s hard to see how our own actions create our reality. I added him to a (Fedi) federation after the call and it all started to click.


Thanks Jeff! Much appreciated.


Thanks - Interesting and didn’t realize that - sure seems at odds with his message and one of those things will be forced to break.


Argentina is moving up my bucket list of places to visit. Quotes from Milei’s speech at UN today.

“The UN has become a multi-tentacled Leviathan that seeks to decide how each nation should live."

"We reject the 'Pact for the Future'—it is nothing but a socialist blueprint for control."

"Freedom is the only path forward for nations; we must resist any system that curtails it."

"Socialism designs a world it can't achieve, and when it fails, it represses the people."

"Argentina will lead an agenda of freedom, not submission to globalism."

"We must empower individuals, not centralize power in bureaucratic institutions."

"Freedom, free markets, and individual rights are the pillars of a prosperous society."

"We reject the collectivist agendas that destroy wealth and enslave nations."

"Austerity and economic discipline are the only roads to true independence."

"Long live freedom!"


He deeply understands problem but found/finds the solution hard to fully grasp until it is built and being used extensively, which many people closer to or building the solutions can already see. I added him to my federation in nostr:npub1uq70uqgas9pyhds2zt57kr9se8rg3s68ztphjnq82ts8rzeknmeql7u0c2 after the call and a bunch of it clicked for him.
Like all of us - letting go of a system enslaving us one finger at a time and then never going back.


Looking forward to meeting you!


LOL my nostr stream has more concurrent viewers than my youtube at the moment.


Everyone in their own time!


Love nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a and laugh every time I see her meme that is going mainstream.


I have always used it to show the risk isn’t “them” it is… “us” and the hypocrisy of our actions in giving our time and attention to a system preying on us.


Up to all of us and our words, thoughts and actions.  We, through those actions literally manifest the world we reside in.
But to simplify, yes because we are all Satoshi. (Even Craig wright in a perverse way. because he demonstrated to so many people what happens when you try to cheat an honest network)


Love it!!


Thank you both no 😂. We are all Satoshi.  Ideas, not people and there have been so many helpful in informing mine.


The government will be forced to become smaller, more efficient, and serve the people instead of preying on them because bitcoin doesn’t care (assuming it stays decentralized and secure) how many pieces of paper they print to pretend prices go up. (As long as you’re measuring from Bitcoin)


Thank you! Eventually you’ll start to spend in it and then earn in it.  For now, (because it is such a mental framework change from what we are used to) the key is to keep reinforcing to yourself prices go down in Bitcoin instead of converting it to fiat to see it go up.

And pass it on :)


Thanks my friend!!


😂 -  Correct.


Yes to both.


Credit will be much smaller as it is repriced in bitcoin terms and credit becomes more costly due to deflation. That change will be messy and chaotic because too few misunderstand it.


Maybe, but even if true - it only adds confusion and therefore accelerates #2.


🎯 - it’s why I first missed adding #Nostr at first because it seems so obvious.


Should have added #Nostr to #1 above.


I’m writing this because I keep getting asked to comment on Saylor/Saif video even though my position hasn’t changed.

The natural state of the free market is deflation which means all prices fall forever in Bitcoin (assuming it stays decentralized and secure)

Free market economies are more productive meaning faster deflation (or real wealth gains by falling prices)

That system is incompatible with an inflationary monetary system meaning one of those systems must fail.

Either:

1) A system based on truth, hope, and abundance for all 8 billion people on the planet driven by a free market economy and all prices fall relative to bitcoin forever. This means Bitcoin is used as a medium of exchange and freedom tech spreads to the world through lightning, Liquid, Fedimint, Cashu, etc.

OR

2) A control system. An extractive rent seeking system that is NOT the free market (similar to the one we have had for 5000 years that resets every 100 or so years through war) continues to centralize by having you believe price of bitcoin is going up in fiat which makes the surveillance state stronger. This eventually centralizes Bitcoin - custodians, media, regulation (funded from the same manipulation of money) where it is attacked from layer 2. (Similar to gold)

While these ideas may “seem” compatible in the short term because you want Bitcoin to go up in fiat. What it really means is that you are giving your energy and strength to the system centralizing the world by converting Bitcoin to Fiat….to then measure prices.

Quite simply - If Bitcoin is only a store of value, it fails as a store of value.

Ps - It won’t fail. #1 is inevitable in time because too many (and more each day) have seen behind the curtain and are determined to build path #1.

Many of you here - the people that inspire me every day.  You make a difference with every word, thought and action.
Almost did that in all caps per nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx because it’s so important.

Referring to # 1 above…..There is no second best.


Reminder that lowering interest rates doesn’t fix a solvency crisis.

In time - that “fix” is still coming.

#Bitcoin
#nostr


Love Greg and feel for him. Definitely not scamming. He just made a mistake in a business and trusted people……that ended up really hurting him. As someone who understands risk so well, he has had a hard time letting it go because he feels he let down his family, this community etc.


Completely depends on what you value etc. Ie - If owning a home is more value to your family, then having it fall relative to Bitcoin is okay. (As long as you understand the trade off). Same with every purchase and also why I spend Bitcoin today (and replace) even though I know the purchasing power of it will increase over time.  Maybe more simply - live your best life knowing the trade offs and you’re not taking it with you.  How much fiat is “needed” to live your best life is largely emergent system of manipulation today.  Hope that helps!


Excellent!


I didn’t watch but it is why I have repeated often that Saylor is wrong here. If Bitcoin fails as a currency, it will fail as a store of value (similar to gold in time) I “ironically” debated Saif on our last podcast together and he took the Saylor view, which it sounds like he now understands.


Insane.


If money is information and it is manipulated, then “misinformation” is whatever those most empowered by the manipulation of money determine it is.

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


My pleasure!!


Thanks Daniella - Really enjoyed it.


I agree with much of what he wrote. (In fact, I was one of the first to connect with him on LinkedIn and asked him to join Twitter and expand on it) That being said, I think he spent too much time becoming the message (because of ego) and talking about Bitcoin being military tech, when the mode of action to get to the same place is incentives of the free market.
But yes - as long as we are the network and it stays decentralized and secure….it removes the incentives of the war machine.


Thanks very much Cody!
After the conversation, Jarrett told me that he was going to shift away from Web3/ Blockchain to Bitcoin because he realized the truth in what I was saying and how his own actions perpetuated the misunderstanding. Everyone in their own time.


Spend additional time with those in your community who are in this space. (Nostr is an example) Use AI to translate content to your language. Mostly learning and then seeing opportunities with others doing same.


Can’t wait to come and see all that has happened since my last visit.


Except the allegory of the cave doesn’t destroy the cave because the cave dwellers didn’t know they were in a cave.


ALL of the things measured from within a system that steals from you are designed to keep you in it.  Feeding on your energy and getting more chaotic and dangerous.

Prisoners dilemma of the highest order that most people as prisoners can’t see.

My sobering thoughts this morning after reading Nuclear War by Annie Jacobson.

Choose your time wisely!

#Bitcoin
#Nostr
#Fedimint
#Cashu


😂 As someone who was there with you, I can confirm.


Thanks Andy and great to meet you!


Wow! To both the view and what I imagine it took to get there.


Thanks and get an lnurl in your profile so you can receive zaps.


A currency should measure real prices. Real prices are falling. Ie - If you measure prices in bitcoin versus the dollar you will
see all prices are falling (by a lot) over the time periods you’re talking about. In other words, it’s happening while people are asking when is it going to happen.
Not a light switch but a slow and grinding path (with volatility from one system and chaos and control from the other) with each person eventually understanding their own role in creating the world they see.

The biggest problem (imo) is that few people do. Ie - The majority of people are actually giving strength to the system they hate by converting Bitcoin (mentally or otherwise) to a piece of manipulated paper (fiat) to then price things.  Reinforces that it is a trade.
Hope that helps.


What would be the primary rule of: a “rules based international order” sitting on top of money that steals from people?


Welcome to #Nostr!


🎯. And large platforms will use influence within government and media to try to stop what is happening to their control structure.  Good luck!


Thanks my friend!


The speed of computation leads to productivity gains that should flow to society in the form of lower prices (but can’t from a currency that requires inflation) That IS the driver of the manipulation of currencies and centralization from it. (Because currency needs ever increasing manipulation to stop the free market)

If measuring from bitcoin, that deflation is flowing to you (instead of being stolen from you) You active participation here is a signal that you are on (or at least learning and contributing) to protocols that bring freedom and abundance.
In other words, we decide for ourselves what system we make stronger through our actions.


It may get ugly in counties on the way through but over the long term, more freedom is a certainty.


Scarcity fuels innovation!!

The increasing totalitarian control structure actually accelerates all
of the building of freedom tech by creating more value for it.

Celebrate that you are just early in the realization.

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


Been too long my friend!! Hope to see you soon.


🤦 Had it opened to reply to a DM (only reason I haven’t deleted that app yet) and thought I was posting here. Deleted 2 seconds later only to have it reposted a bunch of times first.


And many other sages and visionaries throughout history.


Good morning

We do live in a simulation (of sorts) that we each create (whether consciously or subconsciously) through our thoughts, words and actions.

Fortunate to be playing/building it with you.

#Nostr
#Bitcoin


Pierce Lake


Nice!


Did it all in one day a couple years ago, but this time went with my boys to summit and then camped for a night at the lower lake.  You’re right about the weight of the pack!!! Felt like doing 750 reps of leg presses or lunges…😂


Not sure if all here recognize the Jack Handy reference, but as someone who loved “deep thoughts” ….I do.


Not here (bear spray) but in some regions - yes.


Just over 21 km according to my watch with elevation gain of 1900 metres.

https://besthikesbc.ca/hiking-mount-macfarlane-in-the-fraser-valley/


Bears are around but generally stay clear.  Bigger danger is from falling or twisting ankle.


Just back “on grid” from a couple of days hiking/camping with my boys. Grueling but so worth it. https://image.nostr.build/9af0be517f86185031ea7e307d419a765fb4821c4cd297779ae644e73d07ad42.jpg


Welcome to #Nostr


Thanks and welcome to #Nostr!


Exactly - Debt in a deflationary environment is more expensive meaning that there will be far less of it. (And people will make mistakes on both sides of pricing it and the cascading consequences)


And so many people in this space are mine. Thank you and get an lnurl in your profile so you can accept zaps.


A small number of people interacting, learning from each other, and moving their energy to something better always proceeds a large number of people doing the same.
It’s something you’ll look back upon one day with genuine fondness for those times and people who made this time so special….so remember to celebrate it today.

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


Thanks my friend!


Happy to dig deeper at some point but simply - today’s version does not exist, and all of the financial mathematics with it.
That debt - which most people are pricing from is already insolvent and has been for a long time. Ie - it is only solvent due to the belief that governments will come in and save the day and that saving the day results in a concentration of markets and a perversion of a free market system and then on to a creeping totalitarian and control system. All calculations currently are on top of this.

Most people also believe that the (insolvent) debt is required for people to make investments which is not true.

Not a light switch from one system to another but a repricing of everything through bitcoin with many hard lessons for people along the way.


I suspect that lightning fees (with people holding self custodial) will be the true risk free rate (see Breez) of the new system.
Which (as fees rise) in layer 1, will push more people to the interoperability layer of lightning, (and provide through supply and demand) a market for fees that is bounded by free market competition and protocols like Fedimint which would have lower fees.
But the real crux of your question comes down to the world we live in is one of financialization and many people will try to play that same game and people will fall for it (offering higher fees by not being fully reserved) - which will then blow up (with no one to save them)

Still lots of investments and funding of the free market. Our fund is a perfect example where we believe we can beat a 45% IRR (#Bitcoin rate of return in USD) by investing in entrepreneurs building the new system and as a byproduct…..building their balance sheets in bitcoin. (By offering 10x value to users)
The choice will always come down to an investor’s belief that they can beat the risk free rate by investing in something that outperforms it. (Against the risk of that investment)


Not the right fit for Fedimint for various technical reasons. Open research problem.


Welcome back to #Nostr. Get a lnurl in your profile for zaps.


Great talking with you nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u


Welcome back my friend!


Really looking forward to chatting with @walker again.
Let us know if you have any questions. nostr:note1m3w76watxk84vzmnmfjtu93f2h9dyuy29942tsf3j9ffqj2sm84spdpey7


Thanks Derek!


Great article Alex!!


🙏 - Different styles approaches work for each of us and you are a making a very big positive impact in this space. Keep doing you!


This is new tech that I’m incredibly bullish on. For context, watch in conjunction with this video on bitcoin adoption in Peru.

https://youtu.be/4hWMHLF-OEg

Basically, the idea behind Fedi is to create a privacy respecting app and cloud platform managed within a local community.

The two apps launching now are bitcoin banking and chat.

Sign up is simple as nobody needs to manage private keys because this is done by a few trusted leaders in the community. Those leaders cannot see anyone’s data or transactions but they can restore your access to your full account if you lose your phone.

One of the biggest issues with bitcoin today is making sure nontechnical people don’t lose their keys. This solves that and creates a private cloud platform for all your data too.

Won’t be surprised if they reach a billion users faster than any other platform. The go-to-market strategy is 🤯. nostr:note16psww6zn6vf5svrscazmfv0c3mzp3kpd5yscu9h7jmcuesx0n4zq0t8q7s


Thank you. It was built primarily to restore human rights and freedoms to people who should have had them all along…..so I can imagine that those in Myanmar and other counties like that would “see” it first.


Yes - solved….and that attack is flattering for how early we are in adoption.


Thank you!  And yes - this is only a start.


They’ll likely extend - but the key part of Fedi is that there will eventually be thousands of federations that are easily swapped between and you can run your own with your own rules.


New podcast explaining why imo most people are falling into a trap by pricing #Bitcoin in USD.
For Bitcoin to maintain its store of value, it must also become a medium of exchange.

https://youtu.be/Cb8Jimd__hE?feature=shared


1) Source available May 4th 2024, 2) immediate open source in event of a shutdown of Fedi. 3) fully open source Jan 3, 2026.
Was done in a way to create positive tension and allow the company to drive and spend on scaling it in meantime.
Hope that helps.


Watch the launch video - they open sourced the company to ensure it was anti-fragile.


Huge congrats to @obi and team on the launch of Fedi today. Couldn’t be more excited!

In a world where dictators use money and data as a weapon against free speech and individual frights and freedoms, and the surveillance state is emerging everywhere, this freedom and privacy protocol on top of Bitcoin is a critical path to bringing #Bitcoin to billions of people.

Learn more and download the app now at www.Fedi.xyz https://image.nostr.build/8653f13f44d6c78a4c65d06fa2c7ca5524a1c8207389a7bd6968bab49f587cd6.jpg


We’ll have to fix that for the next time. :)


Yup - and an order of magnitude larger than 2008 because the system leverage is an order of magnitude larger. People falsely believe the wealth is safe (in their homes and PE funds, banks, etc) but it is only “safe” based on a massive injection of liquidity. (More manipulation)


The reversal of the carry trade could turn into a margin call on the financial system with EVERY asset (most illiquid) tied to that very same financialization and leverage.
That leverage unwind will (if left unchecked) take down major players.
Ie - Massive manipulation of money incoming (liquidity) or deflationary spiral. Likely both (depending on timing and your country)

Good thing there is a protocol stack bounded by energy that is open, decentralized and secure.
#Bitcoin.


Welcome to #Nostr!


Congrats nostr:npub1jt97tpsul3fp8hvf7zn0vzzysmu9umcrel4hpgflg4vnsytyxwuqt8la9y and nostr:npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld on your new book and site!
Preordering one now. nostr:note1rctemern0fptj7x0u06zzg7x75rmzkaselmt0kdy00nf59n6n0tszhnkuu


Where is that?


It’s early, so I suspect it will get much better for you here, but like all social media, key part is building relationships and commenting/providing value to others.  Please also add an LNURL so you can receive zaps.


🚀The countdown to our August 6th launch is on! So mark your calendars and help us spread the word and share the news with someone else who cares about freedom technologies as much as you do.

Get #ReadyForFedi.
https://m.primal.net/JjKY.mp4


Thank you!


Funny that you mention this and I agree. Asking some of their leadership how they have solved the problem as their budget increased by 10x over the last 10 years, (the problem is far worse) and then asking where they got their funding was the insight that they needed to realize broken money was the root and they were a cog in that wheel. Like you, many people want to make a difference and help but had no idea that their actions were at odds with what they wanted to see. That was the breakthrough, at least for some in org to look at it differently. Those people in org are now Bitcoin Maxi’s and we’ll see where it takes us/them. One person at a time!!


Thank you and great to meet you here!


The cognitive dissonance is going to be something to watch as those thinking that they’re “helping” the world through a corrupt system, who think bitcoin is for criminals, come to terms with what is really happening.


Huge congrats to the positive impact you have had on so many people through this show Danny and Peter. Looking forward to following the next adventure.


Save The Children announces partnership with Fedi to deliver aid using #Bitcoin to at risk communities

https://www.savethechildren.org/us/about-us/media-and-news/2024-press-releases/save-the-children-and-fedi-announce-collaboration


Supply and demand - If the US (or Germany, etc) wants to dump #Bitcoin for political points and it moves the price (relative to fiat) in the short term, can you imagine what happens as more people realize its importance and competitively accumulate?


Thanks Matthew! Caught lots of fish but came in 2nd and missed winning this….. https://image.nostr.build/6a6dc31ff9b423e40d8d3b5d4bfc4e5e843b029c3d8209b0ca24eef3846a8dc8.jpg


I’m sorry and look forward to meeting another time!!


Will miss you too Susie. Have a blast!


Ps - Your dad is incredible. Regardless of right or wrong, to have the capacity at 83 years old to question biases developed over a lifetime is super special. I hope I can say the same in time.


So true - but awesome people have unlimited opportunity in a world that values the exceptional.
And we’re really early…… which is bullish for all those involved.


Welcome Adam!!’ - let me know when you add a LNURL and ll send you zaps.


The thing primarily affecting my decision was/is spending time with incredible people who I have spent over 35 years having a blast……secondary is anything going on with nonsense over shitcoin/spam.
Ie - time spent with people I love - regardless of their opinions.


Use Captain David Fishing - He’s awesome and accepts Bitcoin now.


True!


Just landed in Nashville for a Core Scientific board meeting and flying back to tomorrow for an annual salmon fishing trip.

Suspect it’s going to be a crazy week here!!


I believe so!


Believe just Swan.


Sorry to hear about all the great folks at Swan losing their jobs today.


Congrats!


nostr:npub173se9w9ehcd58lpsagnu0jckyy9wmctj22e6495jlwel9ws4xxvsysnvgw - yes.

hugs from BC.


If measuring price of #Bitcoin going up in USD, and spending in USD, the 2nd layer is USD or stablecoins pegged to it.

Ie - by only focusing on store of value and thinking it’s going up (their money is going down) the 2nd layer centralizes and paper bitcoin will be used to keep existing power structure. Massive incentives here including many #Bitcoiners cheering price go up/don’t spend your bitcoin playing into that consolidation.

Existing system requires inflation to remain solvent.

Bitcoin system forces productivity gains to all of society through the free market.

If you knew you that it was too late to stop layer 1, + layer 2 was emerging (native to Bitcoin) and then calculated that unless stopped, Bitcoin would be on path to be medium of exchange that would remove your ability to finance your control structure….what would you do?

IMO - It either becomes a medium of exchange (and market/political incentives are misaligned here) or ceases to be a good store of value. (Over the long term)

I went deep on this topic on an upcoming podcast that Saif is releasing.


Great book - Power versus force equally good.


How could a store of value survive as a store of value if everyone was using a medium of exchange that obfuscated its store of value?


Pressed send before finishing….. the high likelyhood of the greater game.


If most of the money of the last 30 years has been made through financialization of assets in a system that manipulates money that steals from you, then it must mean that those at the top of that game are the very best at it.

Probably completely unrelated - I heard a rumour that Jamie Dimon and a bunch of others like #Bitcoin now.

It would be wise to understand


Welcome George!!


Welcome to #Nostr! I think you’ll enjoy it here.


Exactly - Bitcoin is a protocol bounded by energy that is coming in layers driven by the free market. Interoperability layer is lightning and then Fedimint/ecash - completely private with different trade offs. The combinatory nature of these + nostr in this protocol stack gives something that is very early in scaling, but beautiful and impossible to stop.
Happy to chat more!


Bring your clients over 😉.
I realize that network effect are strong (similar to US dollar) and how hard that is. So everyone stays and everyone markets themselves in the same fashion while getting less return on their time. (Because everyone is doin the same thing)

FYI - In time, there will be FAR more value here and you being early on #Nostr and creating that value with other early users will lead (eventually) to your clients seeing you as a thought leader.


Add an lnurl so you can get zaps.


Spending time, meeting others building or contributing, seeing the opportunities from that interaction, investing your time or capital helping. Even your presence and interactions on Nostr is helping.


Get an lnurl in your profile so you can accept zaps.


They also learned a lot through that process (to not repeat) and have created an incredible company in the #Bitcoin mining/ energy infrastructure space.


Good enough is what is right for you. It sounds like you are already on well on your way. You’re even early to #Nostr. For me, I found that as I spent more time in the ecosystem, it was like a mirror reflection back to me of what society would look like on an honest protocol….so I kept going.


Congrats Jack! Huge win for Core, Block and the entire ecosystem by adding another tier 1 chip provider. nostr:note1a4xnvycztdmsvjkw8fxp49kzzrgl0wf7pr769ckh7lmc3e83mh7su7e7x9


1) If the free market is deflationary…..Ie - prices are supposed to fall…..then…what is a “stable” coin?
2) A “coin” that gains it “stability” by losing value at the exact same rate as a currency.
3) Which is by very definition, the system that we have today that stops the free market by manipulating money.

Hope that helps.


Thanks Tankred and happy to connect anytime to go deeper. I agree that stable coins will be preferred (because most people don’t understand the game and will sacrifice short term for long term and the big money is in that game - so the incentives are too). That in itself - a stable coin is guaranteed to lose value to bitcoin at the same rate as currencies - will consolidate L2 and then provide an attack vector through a highly centralizing force with AI to essentially play the same game as humans have played throughout time. Prisoners dilemma through extraction and control. Could see the attack coming from a mile away because it was necessary to maintain the control structure.  As store of value, Bitcoin would look like gold today, and then be suppressed through layer 2. In other words, for bitcoin to bring truth, hope and abundance to our world, it MUST also be used as a medium of exchange.

That’s the game I’m playing and the stakes are very high!!


Thank you!


Congrats Breez and Abubakar!


My talk with nostr:npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe on #Bitcoin, deflation and AI:

https://youtu.be/N41OC2sazbw?si=YiV5-ZdM8iqEBMcE


Thanks my friend!


Welcome to #Nostr!  Put an LNURL in your profile so you can receive zaps.


Ty!


I think “in time” they all go to zero. This is why:  https://www.jeffbooth.ca/post/finding-signal-in-a-noisy-world


Happy Sunday!
Getting some good comments on this. (besides all the shitcoiners and their spam bots)
Might have even converted a few to #Bitcoin and #Nostr.

https://youtu.be/HgKPZO0ckX4?feature=shared


Love this pic!!


Great meeting you too! And welcome to #Nostr!


Happy 4th of July to all my American friends.
And food for thought on this day!

When you realize that every economic and political system throughout history ended up as a control system due to the inability to have money that was decentralized and secure, it also must be true that we spend far too much time talking about our different ideologies within them.

#Bitcoin fixes that


Was so great seeing you guys!!


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Just a different actor!


A friend called me last night while he was watching the debate and said: I think you’re right, It’s all theatre designed to keep us in it.
He’d already taken his first steps down the rabbit hole but that sure helped pushed him a level deeper.
#Bitcoin


A marathon, not a sprint. With lots of highs and lows along the way. Take time for yourself and your loved ones my friend - all a part of the adventure!


I’ll take the over!


This wouldn’t surprise me at all. @jack is one of the most important advocates for human freedom and does so many things behind the scenes to promote it without trying to get credit. Positive impact is far and wide!


Let Germany sell. Let Gox-holders sell. Let the USG sell. Let El Salvador buy. Let plebs buy. Distribute, distribute, distribute.


You do you - but I believe they’re required scaling solutions so that governments doesn’t create an L2 or synthetic US dollar and CBDC’s and suppress Bitcoin price through derivatives forever. Similar to gold.

The game is much bigger than most realize and this is an important part
of ensuring #Bitcoin wins.


Over the last 30 years, the majority of money has been made through financialization.
Through the next 30 years, it will be made through providing real value measured in #Bitcoin terms.

#Bitcoin
#Nostr
#Fedimint
#ecash


Thanks and enjoyed it!


So true!


I’m on the Board of Core Scientific and I can tell you first hand how finance and industry is starting to understand the intersection of energy and Bitcoin.

This presentation from the Adam Sullivan, their CEO this week is awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RypismrZ8Pw&ab_channel=CoreScientific

I also LOVE the fact that the founders (ie - Darin Feinstein) and equity holders are winning through a long journey to get here.


Something like that but as “they” exert “their” power which really comes from “us” in the first place….more people see it, and move their energy to where it can’t be taken from them.


It’s almost impossible to win a battle with people holding the higher ground.

And we hold it. A higher ground of love, hope, freedom and abundance.

Every day, more join us.

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


Not a propaganda piece in my opinion but because the author is looking through the lens of a system he believes is a free market, he makes some bad assumptions. More importantly, he misses that #Bitcoin is repricing the entire system his probabilities are based on - which significantly change those probabilities. That being said, it is well worth a read because AI’s rate of progress imo is accurate and the implications (like bitcoin) touch everything.


He hasn’t actually connected it to Bitcoin as a protocol level change and hat it means so many of his thoughts are through the existing paradigm - War, etc which are high probabilities, but all ensure that #Bitcoin accelerates in repricing the world.


Thanks Tom!


Is it just a “coincidence” that the day after the US house passes an act automatically registering men aged 18 - 26 in “selective service” ie - draft, that my 16 year son comes to me saying that signing up for the military looks “fun”.

As the propaganda and war machine ramps up, and social media channels/AI is used to manipulate minds and control the agenda, talk to your kids - openly and often about their thoughts.

Ps - It was a good reinforcement lesson for my son that his own thoughts are being manipulated. (He thought he was immune because we often talk about it as a family)

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Yes and the exponential rate of productivity gains (exponential deflation) which means exponential monetary manipulation to try to stop deflation + the race to war/winning the AI race will mean that #Bitcoin will skyrocket in fiat terms.
Bitcoin is pricing everything falling to its marginal cost of production - including AI.


Very insightful article on the state and pace of AI development by Leopold Aschenbrenner, who recently left Open AI.
Long read but well worth it.

https://situational-awareness.ai/


Great job nostr:npub1ey6qdmvzcgcsr883m9nspzz0mm037l26xtardzcskfsvc6gc7jssm9szvp!


Thanks for sharing Pablo. Great read!


You bet and zapped!


Please ping me when done!


Awesome Troy!!


Please give warm #Nostr welcome to Benjamin Butler and give his Substack detailing his journey to #Bitcoin a read. Another new bright node in the network bringing truth, hope and abundance to the world.
If you believe in the best in us, you already know this is unstoppable. nostr:note1msjhkqs8sq4qup5kwm07pu308vzlw57645a4gh733cudmcup00psuu476p


Welcome to #Nostr Alexander and thank you!!  Get a lnurl link in your profile so you can receive zaps.


Was too busy. More coming soon


Thanks and no.. it’s Norway.


Get a lnurl in your profile.


Arctic circle, Norway.


Yes


Thanks for heads up on this Will and great seeing you this week.


Pura Vida https://image.nostr.build/b2445ba3fbc46220614e3fbc8153918f3ba8287c5eb6960bd219321fdd77ecf2.jpg


The one on ones throughout the week here.


Inspired by all of the incredible people at the Oslo Freedom forum this week.

Can honestly say that we’re not nearly bullish enough….on the good/love in people and what it means to where we’re going on an honest protocol.

No they….only us!

#Bitcoin
#Nostr
#Fedimint


Welcome.


Hello world


Reach out to Luda if you’re in Norway and want positive regulation for Bitcoin mining. She needs local support. nostr:note1ftrl7z44rv0dns0lzqku4a2rphuayultrxq0f9dyld8drv6j9a6sn85699


nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a killing it in her opening keynote at the Oslo Freedom Forum. https://image.nostr.build/d84e4c27ef4211ea591a504a18acba56c78a2f7806dc5fe3dbdc1689a6da165c.jpg


Agreed - AND there are a lot of great people (who share your values) still stuck in that ecosystem whose voices would be fantastic here. The point was that they mostly stay because they “falsely” believe that because users are inflated there, there is more opportunity.


Agreed


I posted last week about how fast the number of users on Nostr was growing and had a bunch of clarifications to the number I pulled from Primal, essential saying the number was too high.

Been thinking about this problem/opportunity all week.

1) I understand that it is really hard to get accurate numbers in a protocol like this - similar to how lightning growth is difficult to accurately gauge. (But are we making the problem worse by fighting over the number - that we can’t know?)

2) We all know and take for granted that the other bird app wildly overstates their users because it leads to more users. We know this from the court docs on a) Elon transaction, b) Elon constant drumbeat on “how fast it’s growing” c) our own user experience - ie - engagement per # connections (followers) is much higher here d) All of the bots and scams needed the reply to posts on x.
And here’s the thing - it is going to get far worse on X. I still pop in on X to see what’s going on (even though I rarely post) and besides all of the bots and noise, now most of what you see is AI driven clickbait to “win” more followers, drowning out some of the great voices I used to find there. Searching for real content is becoming increasingly difficult.
3) I suspect many of the early users here are early adopters in other areas of their lives. They could see the risks of the other centralized services and/or they wanted to be on the leading edge of something far better.
That being said, a core driver for the majority is that they feel comfort in “what everyone else is doing” meaning that a) if they think Nostr is stagnant (because people here are more honest/critical with real #’s) while b) X is growing (because of “marketing” - I wanted to use a different name for it but stopped short) then c) they will stay for longer on X, because they won’t investigate what you already know…….this is a far better experience, that is getting better every day. (While the competitor(s) are getting worse)

Users and Developers are much more likely to move their valuable time and content here if they think there is a growing community of engagement (there is) versus a stagnant one.

What restaurant are you attracted to? the one with a line of people or the empty one?
Our natural biases are hard to break and for all of Elon’s faults, he sure knows how to use these triggers to drive people to do what he wants them to do.


Love this!


Likely but aim not sure.


Thank you!  Look forward to that as well.


Right back at you!!


June!


Really looking forward to the Oslo Freedom Forum next week and all the high signal conversations with friends I’ve met over the years here.

Through this conference @gladstein and team have created the best gathering highlighting the personal tragedy (on billions of people) of broken money. It is hard not to come away from this conference moved…..and with a deep understanding of how we are doing in the #Bitcoin ecosystem matters.

If you’re going to be there, drop me a note to say hi. If not, put it on your calendar for next year.


Thanks for sharing Ollie!


Thanks Efrat! Enjoyed meeting you and doing this podcast in Madeira.


1. I don’t love the clickbait in the video because I didn’t say that.  I said that the “purchasing power” of bitcoin is hard to understand because of two distinct forces 1) it is measured from USD - (so I gave a relative purchasing power of todays balance sheet of 43 million and forecasted the balance sheet growth which would be the same purchasing power at a date in the future) AND 2) the “purchasing power” of those dollars will increase forever as all prices in the free market fall to the marginal cost of production.

It doesn’t care if it’s other people’s unit of account. If it’s your unit of account, it’s all that matters.


Thanks Mike! An exciting new world emerging.


No!

#Bitcoin, Lightning/Liquid, Fedimint.

Federations providing an ability to scale AND provide decentralization as needed by creating millions of them. Whatever size you feel comfortable with. Ie - family federation. Completely controlled by you.


💜🧡🙏 - Really looking forward to meeting you too!


Got this note from a friend today:

“Drumbeats of war getting louder by the day...now talk of conscrin Germany and UK (news out yesterday) . Madness. And still trying to remain positive”
————————————————————-
Reminder that a system that relies on theft, coercion and control, requires fear to keep you inside it.

Truth/love/hope is the antidote (and more powerful) Yes….some things might be outside of our control, but we alone control of our thoughts and reactions to them.

Don’t let the nonsense steal your energy.

There are much better places to direct it.

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


GM!!


It seems like only yesterday that #Nostr started. Was surprised to learn that we’re already over 1,600,000 users.  Thanks to all people here that make this place special and all of the developers creating ever improving user experiences and utility.


Intuition now but very clear and going to more formally put into thoughts in future work.


I LOVE it when incredible people I meet in this space over time go on to create their own platforms to help others.

Ser Ulric is one of those people.

New podcast on his show Money Matters. #Bitcoin

https://youtu.be/Ce1foh_lqtU?feature=shared


Level 1 - Open to learning.

Likely imposed by the cost of not being open to learning.


Another day, another bank Board meeting about #Bitcoin.

Slowly but surely!


Congrats Knut and Luke!


BITCOIN POLICY INSTITUTE IS OPERATING THE OPEN SOURCE DEV LEGAL DEFENSE FUND. THEY ARE LEGIT AND DOING GREAT WORK.

YOU CAN DONATE ANON USING BITCOIN IF YOU DO NOT WANT A TAX DEDUCTION: https://p2prights.org

https://cdn.satellite.earth/998d1728f9c9547c8b75395030383462f6be5b773ec42dae90b362ee127bb4b4.mp4


“If you wish to get out of prison, the first thing you must do is realize that you are in prison” - Gurdieff

Love this quote because of its many layers of meaning in the transition the world and each of us is going through.

Easy to see in others….hard to see in ourselves.


Guaranteed losses to enable “stability”

But most people unfortunately will not see it.


There is no control of the system by having more wealth AND all prices fall forever relative to bitcoin - for everyone. Ie - they could never spend it all or gain power by holding it. The only way (in time) to accumulate more is to provide value to others and because of that, I suspect as people spend above the rate that they contribute to society it continues to disperse throughout society.

Or through another lens….It is inevitable that an honest ledger creates a higher level of consciousness for all of society since our actions are emergent from that ledger.
Today’s ledger is dishonest so therefore consciousness for most people is a mirror reflection of that system. (that they can see in other people but not in themselves)


Gm


I have seen your posts and you’re not to dumb to grasp this. In fact, I believe you do at the soul level.
Today’s game theory is built on an extractive process where one wins by others losses and a Nash equilibrium exists around control - of resources, labour, capital - enforced by war or who has the greatest weapons. A standoff between no one pressing the Nuclear button for fears others will, with proxy wars and a chase for ever higher weapons that could re-win that game.

Bitcoin changes that system utterly and completely over time with a new Nash equilibrium moving to an honest ledger and cooperation. The output of that honest ledger leading to abundance.

We’re just very early and the transition and incentives of the system that is being replaced is fighting the transition with everything they have - mostly because they don’t have a framework for how the new model is so much superior - for them, their families and the world.


It’s fascinating watching prisoners dilemma play out on a grand scale with most of those “playing the game” completely unaware that even if they “win” …..they lose.

While others play a new game where they, and all of society wins.

The path to a new Nash equilibrium based on cooperation is going to be both chaotic and interesting.

#Bitcoin
#Nostr
#Fedimint


Oslo, June 5

🇳🇴 🌀 https://image.nostr.build/7a424ed525609c9ea6f080e6bf4b4bf9a158672670fe1fae191d8f630ced7d61.jpg


The same path viewed from different perspectives.


Feels like pretty special “work” to me.


A “liberal democracy” that relies on theft from others in order to survive is “monetary imperialism” dressed up in a words that disguise what is really happening.

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


Thanks but can’t tonight. Friends over!


Wen?


Near Vancouver.


Agreed!


Pretty great Northern lights display at the lake last night. Supposed to be even better tonight. https://image.nostr.build/6957b6d2fc64abaa2e464849875776f39dc84d25b1c3a0af1ac120b35a4f35a7.jpg https://image.nostr.build/74ec5a2b2089e42dfe4180f34ad36ac0f6261f81790f826344ad9ef2cfc065f4.jpg https://image.nostr.build/0b3846fbd70df0713e97a40e87db4ca3109489af3cd87225f9b912c03a2e481f.jpg


He just hasn’t connected the dots yet that his view is from the same construct as the one manipulating money.


This is a must watch pod from
nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z and Nico on how the currency system “works” to create modern day slavery.
Great Job guys!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0tvK8smhrc


People are mostly afraid of AI and robotics because the control structure that manipulates money doesn’t allow the productivity gains to flow to them….instead, concentrating the control and dystopian outcomes.

And that’s mostly tied to the fact they don’t understand how #Bitcoin changes that paradigm.

AI + Robotics are only tools - created by us, serving us in the free market imposed by #Bitcoin. We (together) on an honest ledger are the supercomputer.


Thanks for sharing nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m


don’t depend on corporations to grant you rights.
defend them yourself using freedom technology.

(you’re on one)


Awesome!!


This clip from Jared Bernstein, Chair of the council of economic advisors, may help alleviate a fear to those who believe “those in power” are smarter than you.

https://youtu.be/RRJ7NUWYyEM?feature=shared

Economics is simple….1) prices fall to the marginal cost of production in a free market and 2) We trade with each other (all over the world) to gain more value.

It just looks hard through a system trying to deceive you to retain its power over you.


Great clip Marty but keep in mind that this is a Stephanie Kelton film promoting the “benefits” of MMT.


Thank you Cecilia!


It’s only that I fully realize what we’re fighting against - and the thing that makes it stronger is fear, anger and apathy.


Truth, hope, and abundance for a global population is and was always incompatible with a system that manipulates money for control.

Just another proof point as we transition to a brighter future.

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


But Trudeau is not a 1…..he is a negative 12.


😂 - a strong 5


I believe that AGI and robotics free our time for other pursuits - arts, philosophy, etc similar to how someone in ancient times would look at our lives with the tools and electricity of today. Where we would really tackle the next frontiers of space, etc. Just another tool (created by us to make our lives better) but through #bitcoin the productivity of it flows to all of us.
As I stated in the talk - we (connected through our thoughts and ideas) are the supercomputer and I believe that AGI cannot surpass that.


I know he is/was a Bitcoiner (because I helped him with buying set up in self custody. He understands it and understands the free market. Can’t say what any politician will do in the end but I suspect he will protect it in Canada.


Mostly him curious about how the financial system operated and interested in my thesis as he read more and more on the topic.


Measure energy in #Bitcoin price versus the price measured in debasing currencies and you will see the trend to energy abundance.

Abundance in money creates scarcity and scarcity in money creates abundance. (Because the free market is far more effective at solving problems that misallocation of capital to “solve” the problem a centralized system is creating)


Thanks Ronnie!


You probably already are helping in the time and energy you give to it. (Including this question -and the people who will see it and understand how their own actions reinforce the world they see) As you move more time/energy to it through meetups, using it as payment, teaching, etc, I suspect you will find an increasing opportunity set from getting to know those aligned here…..from starting a business on top of it that solves a need in the market to joining a company that holds a passion for you.
Hope that helps!


As you fall down the rabbit hole, you come to understand that #Bitcoin is connected to almost everything because our actions are emergent from the system we live in and measure from.

Which is paradoxically why it is so hard for you to understand points of view from people outside of it, or just starting their learning that perceive it as a narrow thing within their current world view.

My speech at #Bitcoin Atlantis was just released where I dive into this phenomena deeper and become emotional with what it means for all of us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxlHCO1nSzM


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Don't let the fact that Jeff Booth leans toward understatement rather than hyperbole keep you from recognizing that he's four steps ahead of most of us. Nowhere is this clearer than in the layer 2 discussion in the second half this Stephan Livera podcast. https://stephanlivera.com/episode/568/


Part of the process unfortunately…. Because fear can be used to hijack your attention to keep you locked in.
Tune it out and keep the high ground. This is unstoppable because we are unstoppable.


Protocol - all rails will be built into it. As an analogue, consider road networks.  Lightning/liquid etc as superhighways to cities, and cities can be of any arbitrary size you determine. In fact, you can “spend your time” in any/all of them.


Different - worth watching to understand.


If you’re worried about anything in the current news cycle and you haven’t watched nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 video on Fedi yet, you probably should….and then imagine the scalability and where it takes us.

https://youtu.be/um2VL22R-J0?si=OywaPlmQxYHo66OH


Thanks and happy to do that! Shoot me a note through ego death.


We stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vM0oIEhMag&t=2634s


🧡💜🙏 - thanks for everything you do my friend!


It takes much more energy to defend a lie than protect the truth.


Best strategy is to create a position that is unstoppable and “fight” without fighting at all. 😉


As I have said for a long time, money is superordinate to laws. In other words, when money is broken, laws are changed to protect the winners of the  manipulation of money, rather than citizens.

The recent news is only one more step in the inevitable fight to centralize everything…..”in the name of protecting you”

A dystopian control structure preying on you by pretending to be the free market.

PS - Been expecting this and a lot more.
I stand ready.

Game on!


Thanks for sharing Ollie!!


Just bought it as well.


Congrats Jack!


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Everyone in own time and pace. I believe that the future will be built on bitcoin and therefore it presents some
of the biggest opportunities today. (Similar to early internet) You only see those opportunities as you spend more time.
That being said, any time in Bitcoin strengthens it….hodling it, spending in it, running a node, going to or putting on meetups, helping others (including current fiat job) understand it.


Reminder that a system that steals from you, gets stronger by the energy you give it.

And…Only you have the power to decide who/what gets your energy!

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


Brand new!


My first post (post halving) is nostr:npub1mz704n7dsaw3jcj3kr5le45n97tqughyt5lxe3yv3xy3025hv3dsp5tl8g incredible film: The legendary treasure of Satoshi Nakamoto.

https://youtu.be/iIWViimqRMU?si=o0FkUL7BlAGnrqAP


Awesome documentary that demonstrates why #Bitcoin continues to serve all of us.
Standing on the shoulders of giants.

Thanks nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg - proud to know you!

https://youtu.be/w6PRyWft-9s


Love this Alex! nostr:note12vqr34gs44nyseazf8q0plvma8wsvmv56ygvdsjy9r9hjmd6gdcq4zf83c


Awesome!!


The Human Rights Foundation is proud to announce the launch of the Finney Freedom Prize, an award designed in Hal Finney’s memory to celebrate global achievements in the area of Bitcoin and human rights.

Hal Finney was a renowned civil liberties and privacy advocate, open-source software developer, and electronic cash pioneer. Known for his mantra that “the computer can be used as a tool to liberate and protect people, rather than to control them,” Hal spent decades working on open-source privacy and freedom software, and his career culminated in making historic contributions to Bitcoin in the project’s early years, before his life was tragically cut short by ALS in 2014.

The Finney Freedom Prize will be awarded to the person who does the most for Bitcoin and human rights in each halving era.

https://youtu.be/u5qK0r7nLPE?si=4L5JiFxXxNrr4kR0


Thank you!


No kidding!


GM and happy halving day!


This panel was fantastic nostr:npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt


Every day, the penny is dropping for more people.
And as you understand #Bitcoin, it’s a one way check valve. There is no going back.

https://www.youtube.com/live/mzYP7g3XHj0?feature=shared


🧡💜🙏 look forward to meeting you too!


Right back at you!


Glad you’re back!


Congrats Pete!  2 out of 2.


Need to get rid of this government desperately.


Scaling/privacy solution for Bitcoin.


Everything you do within it reinforces the network. Buying it, spending in it, building onto it, teaching others.


The more you reinforce a system based on theft, the more it steals from you, divides you, and then controls you.

From that system, war is inevitable because it is a requirement that you believe it is someone else’s fault to retain its power over you.

With the chaos from the existing system bound to expand over the next number of years, it will be easy to get pulled back in.

The more you reinforce a system based on truth, the faster the world changes to hope and abundance. We are early, but our actions matter more than we realize. Every node (we) matters.

Keep the higher ground, and help others see it.

#Bitcoin
#Nostr
And soon….#Fedi


Awesome! More of these examples help others quickly understand and share what is happening.


🧡🙏 - and get an lnurl in your profile for zaps.


😂 - or even people here that stepped off a plane into the madness.

Why is no one getting banned for imitating Dans. 😉

Love this place!


Love this!!


Washington to Bedford!

I suspect that I’ll see fewer suits on during my next part of the trip.
nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx


Getting ready to do the closing keynote at the #Bitcoin Policy Institute annual meeting in Washington.

Very early still in Washington but learning and momentum building.


Great meeting you!!


Really good but wow - are we ever early here.


Natalie Smolenski killing it at the #Bitcoin policy institute summit. https://image.nostr.build/a35e17fe88fe1eead8135339de6b2ec229ff3a6016610b1aa6794b3075e7f331.jpg


Excellent!! Get an Lnurl in your profile so you can accept zaps.


No heroes - #weareallsatoshi - except Craig Wright.


#Bitcoin mining (chasing abundant energy) changes this.

Internet access in Africa from GSMA. https://image.nostr.build/589e2f6bb129269ac85ecd990cf44686a76edc77ccf89d54168a7ff06b10dc59.jpg


Welcome back!


Thanks you! Check out nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8


Right back at you my friend!


A long conversation with friends just starting their journey down the rabbit hole last night reminded me how early we are, but also the inevitably.

Too many humans have already become aware of the importance of decentralization and security with more becoming aware every day.

Once seen, it is impossible to unsee….and you eventually start to realize that your actions matter.

Creating a fast growing network of us committed to that cause.

It will be messy. There will be noise, misrepresentations, and scams (tons of them) to try to reign control back. The existing system (which gets stronger by our actions within it) depends on control and it is not to be underestimated. The FUD will accelerate to layer 2 and attack lighting to try to suppress layer 1 in a similar way to gold.

It will fool many but ultimately won’t work in the long term……most simply because too many of us have already seen the truth and are using our energy to build a future of hope and abundance.

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


🧡💜🙏 - Learning along with everyone in this incredible community.


Not sure…..but like your thinking in creative ideas to accelerate a network effect here and loosen the network effect there.


Looking forward to meeting you as well.


Thanks for sharing!


Hoping to help you with it.


Texas


Today!


Core Scientific #Bitcoin mining site in Denton with over 30,000 miners. https://image.nostr.build/7f7cfdc0796f787bec0d48366f38010a6d8d6ca11fd8967131ae5d0f5423939f.jpg


Add an lnurl to your profile and stay here awhile.


And just found my friend and awesome Bitcoiner nostr:npub1u6glfhuntqxhlqvqum3h8uar4pt2ac46qudhvkqgk9v36yye44jsxnfutp by posting this. If you are not following - you should!


Awesome!! nostr:note1ny6auc6xpn6acm4udptpc5ufj56r3jlxtvuyeq9q4at4cglqa4uswhfqat


😂 - Old pic!


Scary but makes perfect sense in today’s world.

Money is superordinate to laws.

When money is broken, laws don’t protect the people - they protect those extracting from the population.


Just received word that a retreat who started offering  #Bitcoin as a payment option got their first two bookings in #Bitcoin
Following a retreat that @Gigi ⚡🧡 nostr:npub12qukanfvve3h0qadfvkhx48x8w4a9dena55nrga4pdfep2qp9yss7ykdf6 nostr:npub1hk0tv47ztd8kekngsuwwycje68umccjzqjr7xgjfqkm8ffcs53dqvv20pf did earlier this year.

Unstoppable - because “we” are unstoppable.

Also my first sauna interview.

https://aro-ha.com/podcast/why-bitcoin-matters-jeff-booth/


Awesome!


Probably true! But that would reduce the asymmetric bet for the people with the ability to think in first principles and the conviction to believe in them.


So true - and the irony of the timing of your post is that I’m speaking at the Bitcoin policy summit in Washington DC on April 9th about this very topic.

An honest ledger exposes dishonesty.


Thank you!!


Happy birthday Luda! Hope it’s a great one.


Welcome!


Well deserved my friend!!! Congrats.


Right back at you my friend!


Welcome to all those who have realized that there is no fixing a centralized system from within the centralized system.

Giving your energy to either side of issues within that framework only robs you of your time and energy.

It’s early here but it is the future!

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


Welcome!!


By the prices falling forever in #Bitcoin terms. Productivity “growth” is deflationary.


It is happening at the same time, but I agree. The bigger impact “currently” is the one you mention above.
Today world’s balance sheet is approximately 900 trillion divided by 21 million (minus lost coins) to get a reference point of the purchasing power of the transition in today’s terms.

Two concurrent things are happening:

1) The world’s balance sheet will likely expand greatly in the coming years to quadrillions - and #Bitcoin (at that time will rise higher in those terms to measure accurately the real purchasing power) keep dividing new balance sheet by Bitcoin.

2) All prices are falling to the marginal
cost of production (in Bitcoin) meaning the purchasing power of the above is #’s is rising exponentially.

Which is why putting a number on what it is worth in fiat is a crazy way to look at it.


It was awesome nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc and a huge thanks for all your work that helped him
In creating it. Fortunately to call you a friend!


Absolutely - Would love to do it by nests or similar to save me typing responses.


Thank you Mike!!


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

https://fountain.fm/episode/wI1TRMuS32sEA4r8Q0vL


🙏 - imo all voices are important because all of society is looking through this from their own perspective and each of us have different perspectives that reasonate with different people. That being said, I also believe that we each experience the world as a reflection of our own consciousness back to us.


Good morning #Nostr

It is amazing to watch all those playing an advanced version of prisoners dilemma (believing they are winning the game inside a system but making outcomes worse for everyone - including themselves) being repriced by #Bitcoin.

A massive shift in the Nash equilibrium from “winning” the game at the expense of others as the dominant strategy, to “winning” the game by being in service  to others.

Thankful to be so early in this shift with all of you!

….and the implications still blow my mind every day.


Hard to give that a yes/no answer because of all the variables but I would say that the probabilities are non zero and increasing.
I also plan on living a long time 😂


Great speaking with you too!


Thank you!
I normally don’t spend too much time on interest rates specifically because the entire system is insolvent and will play out in different counties in different ways.
Easier to think in Bitcoin terms.


Yup! Pretty sure an inside job at telco.


Yes!


All prices falling forever when measured in #Bitcoin!
If you think the past ride is something, watch as the rest of the ~ 7.9 Billion souls on this planet start to understand it, buy it, and contribute their time to this open and honest protocol.
Almost unimaginable from the paradigm most people are measuring from.


Thank you!  All good. Only Twitter and I was spending leas time there anyways. Just worry about the scams of my followers there.


💯. Get a lightning wallet connected so I can zap.


My last tweet before being Sim swapped and hacked on the bird app was a reply saying something like:

Join us on #Nostr.

Would be kind of fitting if that was my last one ever!


Yes - brutal


Thanks Sid!


Just arrived in Mexico to speak at Festival De Las Ideas after an incredible week at #Bitcoin Atlantis in Madeira.


🧡💜 Thank you Larry!


Musk emails to OpenAI demonstrate his hypocrisy really well.

Centralization is the risk - regardless of who you “believe” has your best interests in mind.

https://fortune.com/2024/03/06/openai-emails-show-elon-musk-backed-plans-to-become-for-profit-business/


Really great to meet you in person too! Thanks for everything you’re doing with Nostr.


🧡💜🙏 Great seeing you Joe!


💜🧡🙏  - Will send it to you as soon as the conference organizers get it into a form that can be shared.


My talk at #Bitcoin Atlantis and my sincere thanks to everyone in this community.

What a ride!

https://youtu.be/u6rdlkN-r6k?feature=shared


Thank you Jon!


Get an lnurl in your profile so you can be zapped.


Epic #Bitcoin Atlantis - nostr:npub173se9w9ehcd58lpsagnu0jckyy9wmctj22e6495jlwel9ws4xxvsysnvgw https://video.nostr.build/03cf9c46de777c0cf1b4e7ced992d343cbf671e7ae23a48699b2b9904ec68a00.mp4


Look forward to meeting you too Ellie!


Well said nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr and nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s


 nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s is a baller for posting this. Thank you sir.

People might think there’s fierce competition between nostr clients, but that’s not the case. It’s not Primal vs. Damus. It’s Primal AND Damus AND Amethyst AND Snort AND Coracle AND countless others.

Believe me when I say it: Nostr UX is going to get insanely great. We will blow the legacy web out of the water.

nostr:note1nu089e79xqyq2xlg4usa3v42hg0shdewc3nnflx0f454xezuujnqt55aqg


Happy to!


I’ve had some really great comments on this new pod!

And can’t wait to see and spend some time with those coming to Bitcoin Atlantis!

https://youtu.be/45YiWmK70WU?si=DyYy0RX0gZWReTOK


Really looking forward to this!!


Can be self custodial - Like Breez, and allow liquidity in larger LSP’s
The difference (imo) is that the trade off is some centralization of LSP’s because of efficiency, while keeping them honest through the free market. (Ie - if they raise prices too high, people flee to competing solutions.


Fair - but some trade offs are required to scale to 8 billion people. If you realize that the builders of those solutions think similar to you, (Bitcoin maxi’s) you can imagine how they are creating checks and balances to ensure it is fully backed to bitcoin.


Think of it as the highway that connects the cities. (Cities are fedimints) Early builders were building one way back end gravel roads. (Liquidity demands that create choke points on the one way roads).

That problem is being solved!


Expect the same or higher FUD on lightning as you have seen on #Bitcoin layer 1. Ie - Follow the money!!
As more people realize how attacking Bitcoin first layer only made it more decentralized and secure, it makes perfect sense that capturing the 2nd layer also moves into focus.
Imagine telling people that Lightning will not scale when it has grown ~ 20,000 % over the last couple of years.  It IS scaling and becoming easier to use as companies building on it (like Breez) solve problems that bring on the masses.
Other scaling solutions like Fedimint, integrate and scale further.
Super exciting times in as the builders - build.

Yes, still things to work on but saying lightning is dead, is akin to saying Bitcoin was dead for the last 14 years.

Ps - on a personal note, I use it every day (as many of you do on Nostr) and it seems to be “scaling” just fine.


Good morning!


Welcome!


🧡 - Thank you Jack, and great to meet you here!


Market Disruptors with nostr:npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe - time well spent listening - have a listen #NostrFamily. #Bitcoin #BitcoinPreferred

https://youtu.be/yKt11jfuYw0?si=_MDGLf1H0rqidXFb


This is true but not what I’m talking about. I spend time with many disparate groups outside of Bitcoin - health, politics, financial, spiritual, agriculture that are all “starting”to see that their biggest problem is actually a sub-problem of something else. I’m being pulled into those groups to help them understand the bigger picture.


It sure is my friend!


That the thing they care about is connected to something bigger and can only be resolved through a transition to #bitcoin.


Nope! He has been light on social media for last while too.


Right back at you my friend!  Can’t wait to spend some time together in Madeira.


Both -  and thought leaders in various diverse communities - (farming, Health, Wellness etc) all coming together on the thing that connects it all together. Getting stronger!!!


Right back at you my friend! 💜🧡🙏


Creative destruction is a beautiful thing.


Welcome!! and add a wallet to your profile to enable zaps.


I constantly check my biases (trying to disprove thesis) and spend a lot of time with people who aren’t there yet.


Just answered this on X to a #Nostr user who said it was dead. Similar to how people for the last 14 years have said bitcoin is dead.

Adoption will come in waves (exactly like Bitcoin but faster) as people realize that ANY centralized service must eventually turn on them/surveil them.
Each rug pull - creating more long term users and users that don’t get the message the first time and trust again.
With that adoption + all of the expanding use cases, eventually hitting an acceleration point that explodes.


From all my conversations recently, it is obvious that a deep awakening is emerging throughout society.

And while some haven’t completely connected the dots yet, it’s inevitable…and amazing to watch.

So much gratitude for being on this ride with all of you. 💜🧡🙏

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


No article but talked about him in my book.


😂 - love this!


Thank you! ❤


Thanks so much! 🧡💜


Thank you!


Thanks and 🎯


Excited to be kicking this off.

ego death capital raising $100 million Fund II

In 2021, ego death capital was officially launched as a venture capital firm. Andi Pitt, Nico Lechuga, and I, along with Preston Pysh, Lyn Alden and Pablo Fernandez as advisors, saw an emerging opportunity to invest, through ego death capital Fund I, in companies that would both accelerate the Bitcoin ecosystem and allow us to work alongside some of the most amazing entrepreneurs of our time. Most of the “smart” money at the time still hadn’t realized that #Bitcoin was emerging not only as the preeminent store of value, but equally important, the first layer (tied to energy) of a new peer-to-peer decentralized internet of money. Because of this, many venture funds didn’t understand the difference between Bitcoin and everything else, which is probably still true today. Bitcoin was scaling in layers and there was now an opportunity to build enduring businesses on a stable and secure foundation. The thesis of Fund I was to take advantage of that asymmetry in knowledge and help the best entrepreneurs build value for users. The #Bitcoin ecosystem at that time was still quite small. We raised $25.2 million in Fund I + a $7.5 million SPV to ensure a disciplined focus on companies that could be enablers of the transition underway.

We’re extremely proud of the entrepreneurs in our Fund I portfolio companies, their teams, and their success to date. So far in Fund I, we have led funding in Fedi, Breez, Synota, Relai, and Wolf, along with two companies in stealth. Our thesis proved correct, and many of our portfolio companies (as well as others in the broader Bitcoin ecosystem) are now experiencing incredible growth, with much more expected on the horizon. Real companies, bringing real value to users – and growing as a result.

In 2024, the funding market still hasn’t caught up to the opportunity, and a significant gap exists in Series A funding for Bitcoin only companies. This makes sense because a majority of venture capital still doesn’t understand the transformative nature of the Bitcoin protocol nor how it is emerging in layers. Without this key knowledge, it would be hard to understand the profound shift this entails to businesses in the future. This leaves Bitcoin only entrepreneurs not only pitching on the value and metrics of their business, but in parallel trying to “teach” capital that has been burned with their crypto investments about a new protocol. To add insult to injury, it is many of these same Bitcoin only entrepreneurs who warned of the various scams in the crypto/web3 market in the first place. It’s not a stretch to say that those building on Bitcoin prefer a partner who understands and is focused on it. For any entrepreneur, it is hard to imagine building enduring trust with a financial partner who doesn’t share your world view.

One of the most exciting things about the Bitcoin space is the extraordinary talent it attracts from all over the world. Having a front row seat at the profound shift that the internet demonstrated and how it attracted the best and brightest, I honestly didn’t think I would have another chance to experience it. Instead, we’re experiencing something even more powerful than the rise of the internet. An exponentially growing talent pool of entrepreneurs, users, and capital who fully understand that the most profound challenges of our time are unable to be solved from the very system creating them. Who instead of trying to optimize from within that broken system, have decided to focus their time, talent and capital on a parallel system built on Bitcoin that changes the world.

That dedication applies to our team too, we are very excited to announce that Lyn Alden and Preston Pysh are joining Fund II as partners. Through their work as advisors to Fund I, we already know the incredible value to the fund and companies in it they provide. In addition to our new partners for Fund II, we are adding renown Bitcoin and Lightning Network expert, Lisa Neigut alongside Pablo Fernandez as an additional technical advisor. We are also fortunate to add Pete Briger (Chairman of Fortress Investment Group) as an advisor to Fund II. Besides being a long time Bitcoin advocate, Pete helped to build Fortress into one of the preeminent financial firms of our time. These moves deepen our own bench with incredible people so that we in turn can continue to deliver value to the entrepreneurs and investors we serve.

While it is still early and there will be many ups and downs along the way, a transition from the world operating on top of a dishonest ledger, to the world working on top of an honest ledger is firmly underway. That transition will create incredible business opportunities, while bringing hope and abundance to billions of people around the world.

We feel super fortunate to be a part of it.

Read the full release here:

https://egodeath.capital/blog/gjqg3b90h389ufb4y0wnzflv0wfcho


Love this nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u


I am not underestimating at all!
If something can be controlled, it will be. History and human greed ensure it bc of the power it brings. That is fight I’m expecting…and I’m prepared.
Just letting others know so they don’t get spooked and sell theirs.


#Bitcoin is playing in big leagues now and the game is at a new level.

How I suspect it plays out: An attempt to capture as much as #Bitcoin as possible including regulation to “try” to slow self custody of #Bitcoin (Warren et all) and leverage games on paper #Bitcoin to reduce price. (ETF’s)

Which “causes” more Bitcoiners aware of the manipulation and how the game is being played to use lower prices to buy and self custody more #Bitcoin (reducing supply)

Which at some point creates a short squeeze of MEGA proportions (maybe along with halving - maybe later ) that liquidates a major financial player. (Similar to FTX)

Money has become a monopoly because of the games that have been able to be played with others assets due to the centralization and control of those assets.

But Wall Street has never seen an asset like this. It is not gold and too many #Bitcoiners know how the game is played, meaning if you don’t play by the rules, eventually you will be caught short. (And no one is coming to save you)

Or as nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx says:
Stay humble and stack sats.


1) Not open, and 2) capital cost -partly because of 1, (at least backwards looking) is prohibitive.


There is no historical precedent for cheaper, faster, more secure, and open technology losing to more expensive, slower, less secure, and closed technology.

While many don’t understand this yet, this time is no different.

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


Proof of work (broadly) is a beautiful thing. My gratitude to all those here who have had it on full display.

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


Happy new year to you too!


Life hack - Celebrating what each of your friends do exceptionally well/better than you, versus thinking/talking about what they do wrong….will greatly improve your relationships and ability to learn from the best.


Working on that!! And he is starting to understand why it’s so important.


This is what real investigative journalism looks like.
Ian Burrell, who was a big #Bitcoin sceptic, came to Africa with us with an open and curious mind. Through the trip and meeting people where they were, found a narrative outside of what he thought.

FYI - Ian is one of the top investigative journalists of our time (and a pretty great human being)
Reinforces how hard it is to stop an idea based on truth, hope and abundance, because “eventually” good people will discover it for themselves.

https://unherd.com/2024/01/the-african-village-mining-bitcoin


Build it and they will come!! Christmas Eve at the Booths.

Merry Christmas!! https://video.nostr.build/d41f808219534852ca1e44acc4a3560110867446d461f56564461d202c054925.mp4


Thanks and love it - because as a consequence of that statement, you realize that anything stopping that from flowing to society is theft. (Disguised as economics)


1 person speaking the truth is worth 10,000 speaking lies, which is also why I am so humbled to be with so many high integrity people here.

Because, we already have the numbers!

Merry Christmas and wishing you the very best of 2024.

It’s going to be an interesting one!

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


Thanks!


Still some way to go on it but coming along.


Never thought I would do a podcast from 30,000 feet while visiting Africa to see and hear first hand how #Bitcoin is bringing an end to modern day slavery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sY19BRtYuc&t=862s&ab_channel=WhatBitcoinDid


If they could decide, then bitcoin would not be decentralized and secure.  They only decide for themselves and those who believe they decide.
And time will prove that.


Many more will try - many more will fail. Warren and banking establishment backing her are only today’s SBF’s.


One of the more beautiful things about a truthful, decentralized and secure protocol is that it imposes a self inflicted pain on those who try to control it, cheat it, or corrupt it for their own self interests.

#Bitcoin


Be the wheel and the corn does grow.


🧡 - looking forward to meeting you too.


An open thank you to all bitcoiners.

I had to stop listening to a podcast from Hidden Forces today.  It finally recognized it for what it was - the same doom and gloom it always has been…  "The West is failing, government is failing, society is failing etc”.  No answers, just more identification of the failure.  Definitely not any solutions there.

I switched over to my list of bitcoin podcasts.  More nostr:npub1hrnt73hppyc5v9h7ynnv0cn90yd97t6we9dw32s46ug845jsm33sktjsct , nostr:npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe  , nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a and nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z Pysh... and even nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx - yes even Pedro.  Why?  Because there is a hope in bitcoin.  Maybe that is partly because we seem to have turned the corner on the bear market but mostly because bitcoiners are optimistic, building and moving forward.

Devs are creating new apps and fixing and improving old ones.  Bitcoin philosphers are, well philosophizing (looking at your nostr:npub1mz704n7dsaw3jcj3kr5le45n97tqughyt5lxe3yv3xy3025hv3dsp5tl8g  , nostr:npub1jdwujjpaxmeyg44fz5xa87yhtrnvg8lzqnv9hprk5sdkx6h58gjqwtujzl  and Parker Lewis to name a few).  Meetups are getting bigger and more people are taking their first steps into the bitcoin network. Meanwhile the Plebs are out educating and orange pilling every day.

Bitcoiners are hopeful and optimistic.  We know there are problems - we’ve identified a host of them and we are working to fix what we can.    Sure we might be bickering over what hardware wallet is truly FOSS, bitching about ordinals and debating mining protocols.  But we are building and moving forward anyway.

Jeff Booth is right - there is no point in living in the old world.  You simply feed it by engaging with it.  Even listening to the old world is tiresome.  I’ve moved into the new world, a world with Bitcoin and I don’t ever want to go back.

Burn the boats.


Alright fellow psychopaths.  I need your help.

For a few weeks now I've been drafting this turn-key response to FinCEN and their absurd proposal for CVC mixing, etc.

I want you to take action and use what I wrote in this proposal to post comments into the register - less than a minute to perform and all the links are in the document.

Accelerate.  Take Action.  #Bitcoin

https://egodeath.capital/blog/fincen-may-be-violating-your-rights-bitcoin


A proud, yet probably undeserving moment when Robert Kiyosaki compares your work to that of his friend and mentor, Buckminster Fuller.

https://youtu.be/AWVJN-avHYE?si=BufxvWhuT14i7lQA


Peter McCormick is doing a full documentary.


Yes - Starlink


Thanks my friend! Was absolutely incredible.


It’s absolutely incredible what they’re doing here and what it means.


Thanks Trey - it was such a moving experience, and it’s amazing to watch it play out all over the world - and think about where that takes us.


And right back to you my friend!!!  Can’t imagine doing anything else.


Visiting a village in Malawi that now has electricity because of Gridless and #Bitcoin mining was such an incredible experience.

In Malawi, the median salary is $2.00 per day and in the village we visited, it’s closer to $1.00. Worse, Malawi just had a currency debasement of 44% 3 weeks ago.

It touched my soul to meet and spend time with these amazing people, to see the laughter of the children, and to hear how #Bitcoin is changing their lives.

I would say good luck to anyone who thinks that #Bitcoin can be stopped. Because they are fighting a redistribution of power away from manipulation and exploitation of people back to them and to the free market. https://image.nostr.build/1c21ed5aaf1b8154240b8a71a2637f25581bdc2cd7c5b47c1de3d2bb4d569961.jpg


Thanks a bunch and enjoy the vacation.


Thanks Mike!


If you measure in Bitcoin, all prices fall forever as prices fall to the marginal cost of production in the free market.

We only use things that give us more value. The market + technology compete to do so - and prices fall as a result.


“Economics” only seems complicated when viewing it through the same system designed to steal from you.

#Bitcoin


Really enjoying spending time with all of the amazing people at the African #Bitcoin conference.


My pleasure Bryan and great to meet you here.


I suspect not but I will tell him about it.


Theo Katzman is going to be headlining the music festival at Bitcoin Atlantis.

Small world story is that while he was writing his new album (touring now) we did a video call about how Bitcoin changes the world. (And 2 songs on new album are about it).

Incredible musician and I look forward to introducing him to those who don’t know him.

Bitcoin Atlantis in Madeira is shaping up to be a pretty epic event.

www.bitcoinatlantis.com/#tickets

Ps - L3 tickets include the music festival.


Spell check :)
GPT4all.io


Fun conversation with my buddy nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z  (at least I think it was him and not his AI) about how fast the world of AI is moving.

https://youtu.be/iXIiS_k-Gic?si=1f8BqssiDmu-S1Ob


Likely many years of trying, retrying, bargaining and coercion. Also many years of being liquidated through various tactics, liquidating others foolish enough to trust centralized actors, and socializing the losses in doing so.

While the honest, decentralized and secure ledger just does its thing - and brings an ever increasing amount of people to a network with aligned incentives.


Apple, Google, Meta, Tesla, Nvidia, Amazon must be anxious about the implications of the gift the OpenAI board gave to Microsoft.


Wow! Mine isn’t even in same league.


Thanks and looking forward to seeing you too!


🙏 - I also learn from so many in this incredible community.


Grew my own.


Thank you nostr:npub1e860dprl9jx8d9jwx73vymed8g2nl82wwgc72uzu39ftvdzu9y4qu2dhu9 for the beef jerky. Can honestly say it is the best I’ve ever had.
nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 - Make sure this is in your market. https://image.nostr.build/c76d4d543502988c80ef0ad372d73ef36c69a7e4860de9e128574a63bafca258.jpg


Hard concept to get your head around because many (not all) are a result of actions taken by others and yourself - cascading to an event that seems surprising. Take a polarizing topic like war for an example: Today, most people in countries on the winning side of monetary manipulation, turn a blind eye to those on the losing side. In fact, by trying to protect themselves and their families by trying to make a high enough return from within that system, and turning a blind eye to the hidden consequences, they in turn divide society further…making the “war” inevitable - yet fail to see it was at least “in part” their own actions. “A butterfly flaps its wings somewhere……”

Besides that and maybe more to your point. Bad things happen (to everyone) but we still have agency over our thoughts. Have you ever noticed that in life something happens and the reaction to the thing is very different among different people - with some people living a “bad things always happen to me” Seemingly making it that true (because to them it is) while others “accepting the thing” move on with gratitude for what they have. (And create a different reality for themselves)
The latter group likely having a greater positive impact on others through their “beliefs” than the former.

And connect each of the above paragraphs to “a sum total of all our individual actions” and it shows how much we - through a fabric of thoughts, ideas, and actions determine our individual and collective future.


Yes - and way more work than I thought. (At least to do it the first time)


Love it Ben!


Agreed - but I did underestimate the amount of work. :)


Thanks Jon and looking forward to seeing you!


Been joking around with my wife about my “lack” of cooking abilities so I decided to add something new to my resume. Fresh sourdough bread with starter made from scratch.

Might add “baker” to my LinkedIn profile. https://image.nostr.build/b605138cb627a97a2a466d5a1956ca3c1a6be767ac0c2dae51ce16b0181e3946.jpg


Thank you and glad it was helpful.


Covered some new ground in a new podcast with my friend Knut.

Hope you enjoy!

https://youtu.be/Ex7pT1kS0-k?si=gRWU64G1POQMTi5R


In closed beta right now with specific users.
Coming soon to a wider release before public early next year.


Slowly blocking the exits.


Their problem is that they would be unemployed without stealing the productivity that should flow to society in the form of lower prices - so in this case, maybe they do understand the root cause. 😂


Most  - but the depth of the rabbit hole is slowly waking people up.
And once awake - few go back to sleep.


Show me a person who believes the problem can be solved with more manipulation of money, and I’ll you a person who doesn’t understand the root of the problem or money.

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


Thanks Matt - We are so early!


Doesn’t really understand the depth of the Bitcoin rabbit hole yet but opening up to understanding. I had a call with him two weeks ago and Ben asked me to come on today to “help”


Awesome - See you there.


I suspect he, Buckminster Fuller, John Von Neumann and many other great minds through history would have instantly connected the dots.


😂 - it’s why I said “maybe”
That being said, the words still ring true and highlight the hypocrisy of those trying to control through narratives of fear, coercion, and control.


Maybe Ronald Reagan would have understood #Bitcoin and #Nostr

“Perhaps you and I have lived too long with this miracle to properly be appreciative. Freedom is a fragile thing and it's never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by way of inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people.  And those in world history who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.

Knowing this, it's hard to explain those among us who even today would question the people's capacity for self- government. I've often wondered if they will answer, those who subscribe to that philosophy: if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? Using the temporary authority granted by the people, in increasing number lately at all levels of government, have sought control even of the means of production as if they could do this without eventually controlling those who produce. And always they explain this as necessary to the people's welfare. "The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principle upon which it was founded."  This was written in 1748, and it's as true today as it was then.”


#Bitcoin #BitVM https://m.primal.net/HPoo.png https://m.primal.net/HPor.jpg https://m.primal.net/HPoq.png https://m.primal.net/HPot.png


Very likely but more important to know that “we” already have - and more people are joining us each day.

#weareallsatoshi.


The “they” in the “then they fight you camp” are going to find out pretty soon that there are far too many of “us”.

#Bitcoin.
#Nostr


Ironically no - I have many friends who do and have nothing against it (in fact I’m very curious) but feel like it’s a natural state. ( I do meditate quite a bit).


Thank you but mostly just curious and try to check my own biases.


Measuring televisions through fiat only gives you a part of the story. Measure them and everything through #Bitcoin and you’ll see the full picture.


Imagine for a moment the cost to society of the mental gymnastics of trying to make the relatively simple idea of economics so complicated that most people wouldn’t see that deflation is the natural state of a free market.

#Bitcoin


Speaking there on November 20th at 6 pm if anyone wants to drop by for a pint.


I have similar thoughts to it as my thoughts with Elon. If he really believes all these things, he would probably also see know that #Bitcoin is the only path because everything else would become centralized and corrupted as a result.

When I see how much they have invested in shitcoins, it makes me question the sincerity of the message.


If you consider it from first principles, the ONLY thing that makes Elon different from her in this respect is the amount of money stolen. In other words, he is better at it.


The 2nd part of your message is a long way of saying what I just said.
His ego needs it to be about him and consolidate power rather than being a node in the system.


Thank you! This is home for me! As I’ve said before, I only rent for free in the other place to bring people here.


Elon Musk started PayPal and as a result of that and his first principles thinking, it is highly likely that he perfectly understands money.

Similar to how it is highly likely Elizabeth Warren perfectly understands money.

He also must understand that the natural state of the free market IS deflationary.

If both of these are true - then he also must know (as one of the top AI + robotics companies) that he is stealing the productivity gains that should flow to society in the form of lower prices by pretending he is solving planetary issues through a broken system that makes them worse.

In other words, Elon not advocating for #Bitcoin is not because he is stupid. It’s because he believes you are.


Yes - which will drive more adoption and a greater network effect bringing more value for all because more people will realize that it is their existing currency debasing - and then connect the dots to everything else.


It’s why it’s so important. Those people only do well in the existing system designed for them.  Essentially stealing the productivity that should be flowing to society in the form of lower prices.
#Bitcoin is a change of system that rewards productivity, integrity and long term thinking.
Look at a long list of people who try their fiat games on #Bitcoin and I’ll show you a long list of people who get absolutely destroyed.


Deflation is the natural state of the free market.
And only #Bitcoin can measure it.


I typically start at their problem (whatever they care most about) and ask them how they solve it through the existing system.


Yes, that is part of “regulation” and control versus letting prices fall to society. Robots will be taxed too.
We should ask, why is oxygen not taxed?
All ideas to keep society on a treadmill of ever higher prices and expanding government so that same government and big corporations benefiting from the theft of the productivity gains can pretend to solve them. (And many people will fall for it).
The good news is that the parallel system built on #Bitcoin doesn’t care. It just prices the real market and gets stronger while the other one gets weaker and more chaotic.


Everyone in their own time. I actually try not to orange pill anyone, but instead allow them to orange pill themselves through questions that have no reasonable answer in the fiat world.


Also my base case nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx and nostr:npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9 - because the existing manipulated system makes people more reliant on it as it as they turn to self interest in order to “protect” themselves from a system based on theft, coercion and control - making it and their own life within it - worse over time. People fall for easy to believe narrative’s within that system leading to division, giving more strength for the very system hurting them.

The good news is that once you see #Bitcoin and #Nostr - you can’t “unsee” it, meaning that as one system gets worse, the network effect of #Bitcoin gets stronger - with each of us as nodes.
Ie - the darkness cannot put out the light.

The great news is that our path is accelerating at a staggering rate - with each person added in the ecosystem, every new product delivering value, and capital understanding starting to understand the opportunity - building ever more momentum on aligned incentives.

If you simply ask what would those advocating or winning from a dishonest ledger say about an honest one you should expect chaos - lots of it.

That said, it is hard to fight truth with lies. And there are far more of us….because we are all #Satoshi.


Loved my time in Plovdiv last year and love that #Bitcoin #Nostr is accelerating around the world.
Unstoppable!! nostr:note1acfykam34fft5f5yhx297mtdlfejxlf0sa74a7y8an0uuzjzjwssewkewc


Obviously missed that one. 😅


Bullshit or bullish 😂


Sorry I missed this KB.
Fedi isn’t publicly available “yet”. They’ve been rolling out limited communities in beta and testing as a set up for a wider release. Part of testing is to ensure easy set up for guardians.
Stay tuned for public release - exciting and coming soon.


It’s early, but follow or reach out to Breez as they’re among the leaders in the space.


😂 - one node (each of us) at a time.