Congrats. You will be rewarded


https://youtu.be/h74g3KH_2lo?si=rZAxoOePv1_6Isqz

Here saylor explains how banks and govts are cheating

https://youtu.be/k7XhzXMSAPo?si=q8hsIhKBChlaXOwp

Here he says jp morgan wont fail because its backed by us govt

What a fucking cunt . Part of the deep state asshole indirectly connected with crimes all over the world


But isnt that what #bitcoin supposed to change. Change the way how the world works wrt economics. Finally ended up the same old way


Tool to make rich richer and poor poorer.


So that his stock can pump. He uses btc for his own benefit while talking about it as it in the opposite manner


I know in India, its a similar fate. People don’t believe it’s going to fix or change anything. The rich get richer and poor gets poorer. #Bitcoin fixing the world is distant dream


It depends on what level of depth you want to ! You can create on your hardware wallet from scratch or  use software wallets like electrum. I am surprised you use ledger .


Ok I don’t understand the context. I am confused


What ? Is that the right way of thinking?


Wow. Superbly written and explained. I suffer from the impact of this dissonance .


I have been struggling with this since covid.


Just google for wilileaks. Preferably on tor. U can read all the secrets leaked. I have a fascination for wikileaks and assange.


My budgie at home teaches me patience as well . But #Bitcoin too.


You gotta read wiki leaks. The legislative branch is corrupt. Which automatically implies Executive and Judicial branch are corrupted as well. When all hell breaks loose, 97% of Washington will be exposed like SBF, Madoff, or whichever criminal u want to compare to


So Microstratergy benefited. Not Bitcoin or Bitcoin adoption


Are you paid by anyone to psyop on the price if btc ?


Even if it is, u r gonna lose Btc on tranx fees


#Bitcoin one of the many core tenent is trustless and permissionless. But clown 🤡 world inverses it


Painful 😓


How can you elaborate on that ?


#bitcoin isn't asking for permission. We're taking control of the money and there's not a damned thing thay can do about it.  They're gonna act like they're on our side.  They aren't.  They're only pretending to capitulate. They want to change Bitcoin. Make it controllable.  Introduce KYC and controls on node runners and LN operators.  Make us get money transmitter licenses. Ban self custody.  Make everyone have an account with Coinbase.  Fuck that.  Don't comply.  Stay ungovernable.  If they pass laws, we will break them.  Trump and Saylor and Thiel and Musk and Fink are not our friends.  Fuck ALL OF THEM.

#asknostr about it.


Really? Humans flourishing ? What a joke. Locking down the country and suppressing the immune system leads to human flourishing


You have to be humble to get into Bitcoin.

Think about  what it takes to learn and hold through cycles. For most, we have to navigate through the bullshit crypto scams and a lot get burned. You also have to deal with all the FUD: “made by the NSA, no intrinsic value, extremely volatile risk asset, controlled by china, money for criminals.” Then you learn about how it’s resistant to capture. The government can’t shut it down even though it’s hard to believe at first. So you put in the time to learn about the network to make sure it actually will last. You inevitably learn about the blocksize war and Silk Road. You start to think this actually could change the world. But it’s not physical, will it actually work? Now you put in countless hours consuming articles, books, and podcasts. You learn about Austrian economics and the history of the federal reserve. You learn about how its digital properties actually allow it overcome the limitations of gold, real estate, bonds, and stocks. You start liquidating other assets and allocating more into Bitcoin.

At every step of your Bitcoin journey, you are forced to reevaluate what you thought you already knew. Constantly telling yourself that you were wrong about Bitcoin and asking yourself how you didn’t look into this sooner is a common humbling experience. That’s why seemingly intelligent people don’t get into Bitcoin. They aren’t willing to stay humble and stack sats; so they’ll HFSP later 🫡

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For influencers, they profit by complaining. They don’t want a real solution because then their midwit audience revenue would dry up. Tons of big names are susceptible to it. Brand, Rogan, Greenwald, Tucker, JBP, Weinsteins, on and on. Instead it’s all about “rebuilding institutions”.

For general public, they also don’t want a real solution because of extreme nihilism. Hope is vulnerability. Easier to be paranoid schizophrenic.


Whats the third flag country ?


I learnt about money from Trace Mayer.


"We don't have to have this big giant massive collapse. It just organically blows up, one-by-one, as people move to a harder, sounder money. And in the process, Bitcoin becomes a black hole on the world's balance sheet." —Trace Mayer


Some fucking ignorant shit people do. They are conditioned to not think critically or question anything. Just obey blindly


I still dont get how fiat maxis like the guy on this video talk about subconscious mind

https://youtu.be/r3xcGz37N04?si=au2-wLxDgjjkC5jj


I am guilty of this. I know it. But wife and parents are important as well. The struggle is insane


You got a good heart ❤ nostr:npub1patrlck0muvqevgytp4etpen0xsvrlw0hscp4qxgy40n852lqwwsz79h9a . Don’t change !


Looks cute 🥰


Lol 😂


Yet he leverages their courage and bravery by being the spokesperson of #Bitcoin


Saylor ignores the cypherpunks courage and bravery


Where did he say this ?


Thats a bangar gigi


GM https://image.nostr.build/0205bd4a4b54c5b74c74877111043742d5f8aa3ac6942ee009263e5d535bde1d.jpg


Yes! Thats right


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Wisdom is the marriage of the heart and the mind, not either one at the expense of the other. – Bryant McGill


Ha lol I wasn’t sure , I was just checking  as well. They have different tiers of laws so who knows! What applies to whom. Like if this was done by epstein lol its not a crime


Wasn’t Sending those to 15year’s old the crime ?


In my 5-6 years in #bitcoin , it was supposed to be vice versa. #Bitcoin should affect the politicians to have no choice but to be honest else face repurcussions like how Assange and so many others are facing for stating truth


Maybe i should say the price of #Bitcoin not #Bitcoin itself


#Bitcoin is already captured by the military/corporate/industrial complex of USA.


Well aren’t you and nostr:npub15dqlghlewk84wz3pkqqvzl2w2w36f97g89ljds8x6c094nlu02vqjllm5m  part of the people in the industry to help pump their bags ?


That’s what learning about #bitcoin does. Reveals the truth


Taxes are paid by poor to the rich.


Awesome. I wish you all the success!


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

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

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


How do you manage with your income? I have been literally begging my wife that i want take a break n work on bitcoin . Like u said the fiat job is sucking all my energy.  She just won’t agree. Since 2019 my life has been catch 22. Surviving by gods grace


Yes that hits hard! Story of my life as well. Devastating that people around me won’t get it. Feels quite lonely


- Learn to code
- Get well-paid tech job
- Realize it's all a scam
- Realize lack of personal fulfillment
- What if I could work for something meaningful and good
- Find Bitcoin
- Become open source contributor
- Finally apply your skills to a monumental human project
- Be good


The US is a freedom affinity scam


Sometimes when you are in the dark place you think you have been buried but actually you have been planted.


Hi nostr:npub1ltt9gry09lf2z6396rvzmk2a8wkh3yx5xhgkjzzg5znh62yr53rs0hk97y
I would like to connect with you for a 1-1 mentorship program. Is it possible ?


Is this the real NAA? How the hell you got into #nostr. Leave us alone


More like this.
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be your own algorithm

coming soon


Wow. I have been in #btc since 2019. The pain is real


It used to be that we needed to set ourselves apart in order to distinguish ourselves.

Now we just have to stay alive.


Bitcoin feels already captured.


I don’t see these on Twitter . Present internet is a joke.


no #bitcoin egos survive in p2p [r]evolution
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This is the excruciating pain even after putting in 1000 hrs of btc education


Good morning, and happy Saturday to ya'll.

Something I'm noticing I've been in subtle contemplation or realization the last few days as certain new information or events unfold that I become privy to...

... Is that eventually any rejection I might have experienced have proven to have been a form of protection.

Rejection = Redirection
Rejection = Protection

Thank you, God/Goddess, Creator, Universe, Great Spirit.

🙏❤🫂


Exactly! No privacy, cannot have any control over your life, money, movement, speech


Wow 🤩 amazing guys


Hey nostr:npub1patrlck0muvqevgytp4etpen0xsvrlw0hscp4qxgy40n852lqwwsz79h9a ,
Did the halving get together happen in Lex ?


Mark Goodwin and I joined TFTC to discuss our latest article "Debt From Above: The Carbon Credit Coup."

https://youtu.be/_trBBunj2WI

Article available here: https://unlimitedhangout.com/2024/04/investigative-reports/debt-from-above-the-carbon-credit-coup/


Why is that ?


Can you drill down details


The blocksize war wasn't so much about the blocksize (or, even, scaling Bitcoin). It was really about who controls the consensus rules and how we upgrade the protocol.

For context, a bunch of startups raised tons of money between 2013 and 2016 based on ridiculous user sign-up projections and then we had a long and painful bear market and they were looking for scapegoats (the developpers that were "throttling the network") to justify the lack of growth. I am thinking here specifically of Coinbase, Bitpay and Blockchain.info.

The vibe I got is that they thought of Bitcoin itself as a corporation, that they were the equivalent of Bitcoin's board of directors because they represented the interest of VC investors, and thus they were entitled to decision making power over the network.

I don't doubt that a few people were genuine about scaling p2p e-cash (e.g. Roger Ver) but I suspect what really motivated them is that they believed control of the Bitcoin network would be an asset to their business interests, and lack of control was being used as an excuse to why their interests weren't being satisfied.

There was also a bunch of developers that I believe may have been afraid of losing their relevance (Gavin and Garzik specifically). Regardless of their intentions or psychology, it seemed clear to me that the consortium of vc-backed startups (particularly Bitpay, Coinbase, blockchain(.)info and Roger) had picked a team of developers they thought they could control and wanted to appoint them as a technical management team whicn would execute their strategy, and these guys were willing to step up for that role.

I was physically in the room when the CEO of Blockchain.info (with the very obvious support of Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong) announced that Bitcoin Core devs were being fired and would be replaced. This was after a couple days of failed discussions with other industry people. This was the moment when I realized what was really going on.

And finally, you had a Bitcoin mining giant (Bitmain) controlling both asic production and mining pools with a vested interest in promoting the idea that Bitcoin was a democracy and the way to vote was to buy hashing power. The main ideology being pushed here was that a formal governance mechanism of the protocol needed to be established and that hashrate was the only objective measure of who makes decisions.

The underlying big blocker ideology was that the chaos of spontaneous consensus of nodes is unpredictable, flimsy, bad for business. The absence of a formal governance process was seen as the root cause of the issue.

These companies really believed they could control the protocol, and controlling development of the protocol was seen as a very valuable asset to your company. I imagine they thought of themselves as the founders of a new consortium that would solidify itself into a permanent institution. The business interests would pay developers and set the goals, and the mining interests would ratify their decisions with hash power voting. That was their plan.

This became blatantly obvious when Bitmain used its refusal to activate segwit as leverage to get what it wanted (a blocksize increase and recognition of its hashpower as a vote mecanism) even though Bitmain iself acknowledged it was not really opposed segwit.

It was classic traditional politics: I'll give you segwit if you give me something in return.

This is the language the VC suits, investors and tech startup people understand and they were very happy to "negotiate" and find "consensus".

This eventually materialized into the New York Agreement, negotiated literally as a backroom deal during theConsensuss shitcoin conference. I was there and I refused to attend.

This (private) meeting consecrated the alliance of startups/investors and bitcoin mining interests in their appointment of a technical management committee. If you think this sounds like Jekyll Island, you're not alone.

They packaged segwit with a blocksize increase (Segwit2x) and decided to force a hard fork as a condition to "allow" us to have Segwit.

We know the rest of the story: we ended up activating anyway via UASF (or more precisely, the miners activated Segwit after they New York Agreement signatories became scared UASF would lead to a chain split which they were going to lose). And the blocksize increase was also abandoned shortly after when they realized their hard fork would cause a chain split and that they would not be able to claim that their new shitcoin is the real bitcoin.

All these people were subsequently were very pissed off they couldn't control the network, which they thought they were entitled to. Some ragequit, others created a bunch of shitcoins out of spite, Roger went on to spearhead BCH as the real Bitcoin, all these fools realized they might as well make some money off of it, everyone went all-in on the shitcoin casinos after that. The "small blockers" eventually went on to evolve into the Bitcoin Maximalists and cypherpunks that today tell you to run your own node and own your own keys.


In 100 years… https://video.nostr.build/6dc099c126d98924afa600762308d9813b579684ba0d88adc5ed4e0ccbb6423b.mp4


This is so funny 😂


Saylor is a cog of corporate (suits)America and buys bitcoin to keep his foundation alive for eternity. I would rather prefer 1000’s of Andreas Anotonopolus than Saylor.


So true. Even with internet and access to information on demand to questions. critical thinking by most fiat qualified people is missing.


Awesome 😎 thanks


Hey nostr:npub1patrlck0muvqevgytp4etpen0xsvrlw0hscp4qxgy40n852lqwwsz79h9a . I just added your relay. Can you see my message now


I am surprised that people like Adam back and Samson mow buy #MSTR. They are fiat maxis


Hi nostr:npub1patrlck0muvqevgytp4etpen0xsvrlw0hscp4qxgy40n852lqwwsz79h9a . Can you see my comment?


I see twitter folks in nostr. Twitter will be dead ☠ coming decades.


Government organized crime syndicates


Our banking system…. https://video.nostr.build/db6ce8d3527d6e8e2b17ebb35fc6df279077f4f1fd5d6d532104dff912352689.mp4


vibrate higher. 💫 https://image.nostr.build/36c39c55208fdab6635ada22d10b974012929ab157bacf2ee82f70a162a8dbc2.jpg


GN
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How? I feel #bitcoin has changed me. . But created a split with friends n family and makes it a lonely place to be


I wish I could quit everything and go do this in some village back in India.


All time high


The Ultimate Cure for Loneliness

Creation
Connection
Contribution

Fulfillment comes from all three.


𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆

This is a secret that pretty much everyone knows, but not everyone follows. Many prefer to seek what they 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 is an easier way, but overcomplicate it with unnecessary tips and tricks.

But the truth is actually quite simple. Read on for more👇

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀. Value is subjective, and what is valuable to one may not be valuable to another. However, if you want to make money, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳. This can be a product, a service, or even an idea. The key is to identify what people want and need, and then find a way to provide it to them.

True wealth generation can only come with effort. Bitcoin epitomizes this principle, as new bitcoin can only be initially acquired through the process known as Proof of Work. This exemplifies the truth that 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, through your efforts and the utility you provide, not by mere speculation or chance.

Rent-seeking, or the pursuit of wealth without creating value, erodes economic integrity. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, a shortcut that undermines the principle of fair exchange in a healthy economy. This leads to moral decay, financial failures, and ultimately (if left unchecked) civilizational collapse.

Common forms of rent-seeking include leveraging one’s proximity to newly created fiat money, producing post-modern art devoid of effort or beauty, and gambling in various arenas like stock markets, casinos, and crypto grifts. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦, and only leech value from others.

As you work hard, 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 what you earn is also paramount. It fortifies your financial stability, allowing you to harness stored resources when truly needed. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, or delayed gratification, which is essential for building a better world and improving your future.

There are many ways to create value, and the best approach will depend on your skills, interests, and resources. The important thing is to find what you are good at and what people want, and then focus on creating value in that area. 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲.

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Remember to give this a 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲🤙 and a 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲🔄, and 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸🔖 it for when you might need it later.

And let me know your thoughts in the 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀⬇


😂  same here. What u do for work in fiat?


Well said !


Scam US Government and US dollar allows Big Tech to take monopoly over AI (ML/Deep Learning) than decentralization of AI to all the public. The infrastructure should be owned by public not Big tech scumbags


You have more hours to go on educating yourself on #bitcoin.
If you have cash($,£,¥) etc you can lend it to person/entity/organization . #Btc is programmable money. Within your lifetime you can lend and earn yield and do much more with it .  Don’t sell and regret. Just hodl


The future you is depending on the current you to keep the promises you made to yourself yesterday


Progressives vs Conservativs is the ultimate tension.

Politically speaking, if we set aside the extremists on each side, the middle ground debate between well-informed people is often a battle between the following:

Progressives want to move society forward, but often in too centralized and artificial manner. At their best, they want to help the disenfranchised among us and focus on what they see as the bigger picture. At their worst, they get into eugenics and central control and underestimate the efficiency of market forces.

Conservatives often want to hold society where it is, even when resisting new change that could be good. At their best, they support responsibility and virtue and hard work, while at their worst, they harm new ideas or minorities that deviate from their local culture, and hold back good new ideas.

And how we interpret these forces changes over time. Sometimes science is at the forefront, and sometimes politics/culture is. Copernicus and Galileo were scientific progressives, and were punished for it despite being right. But then Marx and Woodrow Wilson were political progressives, and had success despite later being wrong in many ways. And then ironically, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were both considered progressive US presidents, but in many ways they couldn't be more different. Conservatives today have more respect for the former than the latter.

Both fundamental forces, progress and conservatism, are necessary. We need to move forward, but with awareness of our past. Cautiously progressive, and virtuously conservative. Humble in our presumed ability to control the world, but empathetic in our outreach to groups that don't necessarily fit within the existing culture. Something akin to Libertarianism fits the bill, but with more widespread support. When Libertarianism fails to catch on in any of 200 or so countries, its lack of success needs to be examined. Why isn't Libertarianism popular?

Some of this I argue is due to technology. The existing tech of fast transactions but slow settlements gives power to central banks and governments. Technology dictates politics.

For example, prior to the invention of the printing press, it wasn't possible to have a democratic republic over a large landmass. That required fast information transfer and widespread literacy. Ancient people were not "ignorant" to have their prior social structures; they outright lacked the technology to even attempt our current norms. And today, can we imagine if new technology makes our existing norms irrelevant? What if capital flows as freely as information flows? Does that change politics? I think so.

In the modern era, central planners have a technological edge. It's easy for them to consolidate the banks and central banks, since everything is reliant on credit-based transfers. The invention of bitcoin and fast non-credit transfer starts to mess with that, but it takes time with liquidity and network effects.

I expect the next few decades to change substantially. But as they do, I consider progressivism vs conservatism to be a useful framework to keep in mind. Openness to change vs preservation of what works well now. In all technological environments, era after era, this is ultimately the key social debate. As monetary technology stalled in recent decades, politics took center stage. As monetary technology advances over the next couple of decades, I expect that technology to start impacting and framing conversations more and more, as it starts setting the clear path.


Pay attention to your attention 👾


"Bitcoin is like early electricity. Raw, dangerous, seems very volatile and hard to use. With time it'll start to feel safer, easier and normal. Like electricity it will inspire and power new unimaginable industries. And one day we’ll wonder how did we live without it?" —Obi-Wan Kenobit


A fit body is the ultimate status symbol.

You can’t buy it. You can’t fake it.

You have to earn it through proof of work and discipline.

Everybody who meets you, instantly sees it and knows you’ve worked for it


I find the AI safety stuff so incredibly cringe.

They are scared of what they don't know. All new tech has that property, like electricity, cell phones, microwaves and even writing. This is especially the case in a fiat system where Luddites can not just FUD everything, but steal from everyone else to do it.

The doomerism is a projection. They feel their own influence and market power diminishing and project that out onto the rest of society. But of course, that's not how it works. AI will be a great tool for humanity, but it can easily get stifled like nuclear energy through regulation. We must not let that happen.


I resonate this.


Being a Bitcoiner in normie world is hard. Most people think I’m crazy and I generally have to self-censor most places I go. No one wants to face the reality of what is going on, and how to actually fight it. ‘It too much to think about’ is their rally cry as they escape towards mediocracy.

It’s rare to have conversations with normies that enjoy at all, as they feel so programmed and ignorant of everything going on around them. Challenging their views or asking them to try on a different perspective is rare. They are so brittle, uninspiring, and normal—it seems very sad to me that we all have so much potential and this is all they challenge themselves to be.

I empathize and understand why, but at the same time, I fail to understand the lack of curiosity and the drive to understand things and how the world works.


#Bitcoin turns sadness to solace, anger to laughter, fear to excitement, jealousy to appreciation, blame to forgiveness


He is saying the quiet part out loud; the so-called crypto industry is nothing but lies and deception.

Bitcoin has nothing to do with this 'crypto industry.'
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GN

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Discovering #Bitcoin is finding truth in a world built on lies and deception.


"Science does not have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or a murderer, each will use it differently."

-- as mentioned in Futurehype: The Myths of Technology Change.

Humanity needs more than just knowledge; it requires a heart filled with love, a mind at peace, and a spirit of compassion. 🤍🕊


“The Theory of Leisure Class” among its conclusions are the following
1- To be seen doing work is to be lowered in social esteem
2- When educated to believe that to save their earnings is not a good, people buy useless products(and investments) that only bring profit to the manufacturers
3- The age old craving for gold and diamond (breeders of war and misery lacking all social use) is supplemented by the modern hunger for brand-names that give object a value they do not actually possess
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“The Theory of Leisure Class” is not, however a ‘penny dreadful’ piece of sensationalism determined to entertain the general reading public through calculated shock-waves. Nor does it fall under the category of the (excellent) journalistic exposés of the era, such as Ida Tarbell’s scorching indictment of the Standard oil Company and John.D.Rockefeller rapacious rise to power. Veblens book follows the model of scholarly analysis that casts its intelligence over an entire social system. In a tone that is sharp but not shrill, Veblen names no names and singles out no specific villains. His seemingly impartial observations fall alike on business tycoons and their foot-men, men of cloth and college football players. Veblen only overtly displays his distaste when describing the dogs and horses put of display by members of the leisure class.
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“The Theory of Leisure Class” well beyond the level of other writings of its time that tried to ignite awareness that too much money was in the hands of too few people who had too limited a notion of what to with their barbaric booty.
Thorstein Veblen
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good morning nostr, stay humble and stack sats 🫡


I like how euphemistic you were on X platform about this 😂👍🏻


The Technoking and the Blockhead is a great book title.
Its a Bill Gates vs Richard Stalman ethos example for a this generation.


The fact that Elon Musk's title is "Technoking" and Jack Dorsey's title is "Block Head", speaks volumes.

One is about ego, and one is not. But more importantly we can see the difference in their actions more than titles from there.

Elon wants to build Twitter or the shitty name "X" into the next WeChat, with himself as the leader. He has literally said this. I used to be able to report bots on Twitter easily for many years, but now I have to show a drivers' ID to report someone that copies my persona even as a 600k following paid blue check, and so I don't bother anymore, and therefore bots proliferate. And if you don't pay for reach, you get devalued. Only in the past few months have I had to show my ID to report my countless bot copiers if I want to report them on Twitter/X. And so their rate of removal has decreased. If my Nym differs a bit from my name, well LET'S FILE SOME TPS REPORTS!!!! (which wasn't previously the case). And so as bots proliferate, and as Musk fails to contain bots as he promised he would and bragged about with memes, he will instead reference his own self-created bot problem as a reason to require even more ID requirements and try to build his US version of the Chinese Communist Party WeChat app. This is exactly what governments do. In my professional opinion, after careful consideration, Elon Musk can ::check notes::  politely go fuck himself, and those who worship him should reconsider what exactly they show blind obedience toward.

Meanwhile, nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m helps improve the Bitcoin network and the Nostr network and has put capital into them in various ways, and Bitcoin and Nostr have no leader. The fact that Bitcoin and Nostr have no leader, is specifically why Jack puts time and capital into them. He funds many different companies, and for bitcoin, Cash App has been among the networks to incorporate Lightning early. Yes, Cash App deals with domestic compliance issues. But they are trying, and they are early. Their network can connect to many others, like an email provider using SMTP to connect to many others. They're open, they're trying. And now they are making Bitkey, which helps with self custody. They're certainly not a directional enemy of freedom in the way that Twitter/X has been.

Companies that incorporate open networks with various levels of compliance trump companies that purposely don't adopt open networks and instead push new ID requirements, in my book.

+10 Jack
-10 Elon
Any day of the week.


Lack of Hope Leaves People Vulnerable to Scams
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Low time preference behavior is a sign of prudence and faith, serving as an investment in an uncertain future. Such an investment necessitates a degree of trust that future rewards will materialize. However, many people, influenced by past betrayals and hardships, are skeptical about the future. This skepticism manifests as high time preference behavior, a focus on immediate gratification that often comes at the expense of long-term planning.

Hope is an essential ingredient in our ability to envision and invest in a better future. It's the cornerstone for building meaningful relationships, sustainable businesses, and vibrant communities. This kind of genuine hope can't be manufactured; it must be nurtured through trustworthy actions and the fulfillment of promises.

Interestingly, even those who scam must initially fulfill some promises to establish an illusion of hope. This facade is particularly alluring to individuals with high time preferences, who are desperate for something, anything, to believe in. These people are more susceptible to scams because living a life devoid of hope is, for them, insufferable.

The foundations for a promising future are hope and trust. These qualities are nurtured or eroded through our experiences and social interactions, shaping our expectations for what lies ahead. Unfortunately, the fiat monetary system undermines these foundations by eroding trust and destroying hope. It is through the adoption of sound money that we can begin to rebuild these essential human virtues.

In summary, as long as people are devoid of hope, they will remain vulnerable to scams and deceptions.


The video is from here, link to full interview in the article:

https://dergigi.com/2022/04/03/inalienable-property-rights/


Will we have decentralized exchanges for #Bitcoin?