Bernie Sanders was always right about the Democratic Party.
https://image.nostr.build/0e77b0edc5127c6e2444565001e82bf1f1e89b22d6f203968d9680682a3bc1b3.jpg
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Such a chill week - nothing big going on in the world this week at all. Nice to have the quiet.


Governments are responsible for the worst atrocities of the last century but they also want you to trust them with CBDC

Fck no.
 - nostr:npub1gu47n7fxfm4py48jktmu6tdqcvva4e87fntynuzzf62zxnw2e7tsc6907g

#BitcoinTwitter
https://bitcointwitter.web.app/images/v3/413.png


My new favorite saying about political ideology and freedom, courtesy of nostr:npub1qw6e8meaj5gzk49alamh9qf35lpmml5sq7ctjtxhcjk55qppmcjs0j2v52 and nostr:npub1uyz4w2w4rcphk0q5arzkutrecgscxwzajj4dkvh9mjyqjtxslm6qea8632 :

Progressives fear big business.

Conservatives fear big government.

Freedom believers fear the two colluding together.

We live in a world where the two are constantly and perpetually colluding together while putting those of us that believe in freedom and liberty in the middle and making us believe we’re the problem.

The common denominator between the two big parties? Fiat money. Period.

Fix the money, fix the world.

#bitcoin #freedom #liberty


Thank you, nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy and nostr:npub1uyz4w2w4rcphk0q5arzkutrecgscxwzajj4dkvh9mjyqjtxslm6qea8632, for this conversation. I gleefully look forward to the blowback against the unproductive class. May it be glorious.

https://fountain.fm/episode/6EYWuAkOVW1AsSCoMJmf

nostr:nevent1qvzqqqpxquqzqdnw7u32qdmz6707e3lk648uf257qyymnzrcmxk5lve6d522a67qzvduw4


Great Interview. This is the stuff that needs to be covered more in the main stream. People should not be taken advantage of in such a manner. We are being deceived because there are people trying to protect their corrupt way of life.

I hope you succeed  nostr:npub1uyz4w2w4rcphk0q5arzkutrecgscxwzajj4dkvh9mjyqjtxslm6qea8632 at bringing Bitcoin to banking the fair and just way.

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Like it or not, we need banks with connections to and from the fiat rails to speed up the transition to a Bitcoin standard. The lizard people know it, and that’s why their efforts are focused on the on and off ramps. They know Bitcoin can’t be stopped, but the market around it, and the ability to sell dollars for it, can be severely hampered. nostr:npub1uyz4w2w4rcphk0q5arzkutrecgscxwzajj4dkvh9mjyqjtxslm6qea8632 is doing the Lord’s work here. nostr:note12pwmqzwxa0kzmf07v8d9k0g9995xgt3vqgntfmresl54nqt50wmqsgw7fc


I appreciate people with a backbone.

Whether I agree with them or not.

Very rare thing in this world.


Go out of your way to give people positive feedback.

When someone makes you laugh or learn, tell them.

It's easy to assume they know, but they really might not.

One of my problems with my real-world friends and semi-online friends is that I'm viewed as cold and distant. Kind of on the spectrum, one might say.

I incorrectly assume that since I like their stuff, they must know I like their stuff, which isn't always the case. Instead they're more like, "wtf is Lyn thinking?" In other words, I'm semi-retarded at personal interactions. I'd like more people to know how much I like what they do.

Online or offline, whenever it's comfortable, tell people they're doing good work. Say hi. Tell them thanks. Give gratitude.

Nostr does this better than Twitter, from my experience. Keep it up, lads and lasses.

https://m.primal.net/JqhC.gif


I've been working all summer on a long read for Reason Magazine about Nostr.

It comes out in a few days.

Really excited to share it with you all!


There is a lot of censorship going on in the UK right now. Social Media companies are being forced to delete posts, deplatform accounts which are deemed to be spreading "misinformation" and "hate speech".

Of course the UK government is the self appointed Ministry of Truth.

If you are an Englishman, please advise your fellow citizens to join Nostr.
We should be using this platform to return people their voices, other than shitposting/cringeposting and being nerds.

Personally, I am in of the opinion that western governments have become too big and wield way too much influence for the level of competence they display. We need to get it through people's head that Bitcoin is how you defund these parasites with dictatorial aspirations.


Here's my full main-stage keynote from Nashville

It was spread across two days, so that's why I change halfway through 😂

51 minutes but I worked hard to carefully consider each minute

The talk is packed with lessons and examples that I have learned and seen across my entire career of people using Bitcoin to change the world in the most unlikely of places

I walk through how Bitcoin is a revolution for commerce, freedom, and electric power, citing dozens of examples in each case

This one is for every single person who has ever said Bitcoin is useless, just as much is as it's for every person who is curious about Bitcoin and wants to know more

Most people know that Bitcoin is a great savings technology, which is of course its primary use case, but I don't dwell on that

Here we get into everything else it does

No price talk, all utility

Hope this helps

So grateful for the  nostr:npub1t8a7uumfmam38kal4xaakzyjccht4y5jxfs4cmlj0p768pxtwu8skh56yu team for giving me this opportunity

Onwards!

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


Wyoming is still a frontier state being populated by cowboys and pioneers! You love to see it.🤠


Awesome to reconnect with you there!!


ANNOUNCEMENT: The University of Wyoming has established the UW Bitcoin Research Institute. uwyo.edu/bitcoin

The BRI aims to produce high-quality peer-reviewed publications about bitcoin from all academic disciplines.

First act: hiring nostr:npub1yezu4atsdgchvlyjz5efwks8n7ze2rssq674qe04m5pp8e5y32tqfdawc7!

Much academic bitcoin research is quite poor, because it's done by people who don't understand bitcoin.

Mora et al predicted "bitcoin alone could push emissions 2 degrees".

They failed to account for the difficulty adjustment *and* didn't know there was a block size cap!

Others like Taleb’s infamous "Bitcoin Black Paper" are unaware of Layer 2s like Lightning, and others are unaware of the supply cap -- perhaps bitcoin's most distinctive feature. Others make faulty assumptions about bitcoin user demographics.

These mistakes make their way into journalism, and policy. Bitcoin is multi-faceted in theory, and even more so in practice. Journalists can't be experts, so they rely on academics. Too many of those academics have let them down.

The good news is that there is good academic research on bitcoin. Work by Will Luther, nostr:npub18wgtxzhx75qd2aq3gn35mcv5m8zx7z6xdsf6a95asltys70deekqqjr2wn , nostr:npub12lzwey2hjc2ce0stwa3ldhg04h93wj263lvdhrf87qfzz9jsggeqwuntw2 , nostr:npub10afr060h0g3vf2ykynr6cvw2u7ta3tzpgjczfyufp420aeeen0xszf0xj0 , Matthew Ferranti, nostr:npub1ws69pst0kcaqa9cgm85l3xzkqrfuphldu5dv6r5cp8tjjzfyv82s5vxzeg and others understands and explains bitcoin very well.

But for academics interested in bitcoin, the incentives often don't line up. Few advisors will let their advisees focus on bitcoin, so bitcoin projects must be side projects. And without advisor or community support, these projects are rarely taken on.

The Bitcoin Research Institute fixes the incentives. We provide a community who can support scholars and give critical feedback on their projects, and we provide funds for travel and lodging.

We're removing barriers for scholars who want to work on bitcoin.

More academic work on bitcoin should be done by people who understand bitcoin. The BRI aims to produce that work, which will filter up to journalists and policymakers.

The University of Wyoming is the perfect place for this, with Sen Lummis, nostr:npub1uyz4w2w4rcphk0q5arzkutrecgscxwzajj4dkvh9mjyqjtxslm6qea8632 , State Sen Rothfuss, Law School Dean Julie Hill, Steve Lupien, bitcoin miners using all kinds of energy like nostr:npub1k7tcreyu0w970fxsht8ccw54az2yh27agf4x2s92crwam9mw9cws558edl , a School of Energy Resources, School of Environment and Natural Resources...

The UW Bitcoin Research Institute is a 501c(3) nonprofit. Because of nostr:npub1uyz4w2w4rcphk0q5arzkutrecgscxwzajj4dkvh9mjyqjtxslm6qea8632 , the University -- and by extension the BRI -- can accept bitcoin directly. And UW allocates 4% of our investments to bitcoin, so if you donate bitcoin to the BRI, we will NOT sell it.

If you're a scholar and you want to be involved, my DMs are open!

If you're a journalist and you want to learn more, my DMs are open!

If you want to support our work, you can do so here: https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/49172/donations/new


Kamala seems clueless, Trump opportunistic, and RFK a bitcoiner.


Bitcoin doesn't need governments to win. It doesn't need governments to stack it. It doesn't need to ask for help.

Instead, the bar is much lower. Bitcoiners, in their preferred jurisdiction, would benefit by not being hassled by their government. They'd like to be able to buy it without problems. They'd like to be able to pay for energy and equipment and mine it in peace. They'd like be able to write open source code without facing legal problems. They'd like to be able to operate reputable businesses related to it. If they can't, then some of them will move as necessary.

It's helpful for the ecosystem to have non-hostile jurisdictions in the world. And for those that can't move without great sacrifice (i.e. most people), it's helpful for them that whatever jurisdiction they are in, is non-hostile.

So it's good that bitcoin is getting into the Overton window. The industry has some power now. Bitcoin benefits from builders and educators and advocates. It benefits from those who do their best to prevent the worst legislative outcomes against self-custody, against privacy, against running a business, against mining, etc.

But Bitcoin doesn't need to pander to them to proactively support us, and bitcoiners should recognize the sliminess of politician incentives when they come to pander to us. While it's in their best interest to build national reserves if they actually figure this thing out, we don't need them to build reserves.

I think that's the helpful line. That's where the signal is. To the extent that we minimize how much we are tread on, and build multi-national accepting footholds to pivot around, we gradually build what we want to exist.

We ask to be treated fairly, we use our resources to help ensure that we are, and to the extent that we are not then we adjust as necessary.


CANNOT BE BANNED.

IMAGINE FADING THAT.


I got a couple comments today on Twitter saying “Nostr needs a killer app.”

Bro the killer app is that you can’t get banned.

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Pysops abound. Stay humble, stack sats, touch grass.


Nostr’s “super power” is the ability to move to a different client.  Success leads to centralization and capture; a great client or relay (or email app) is going to attract more users. In the case of SMTP, if I’m understanding your point, users are mostly locked into a specific set of providers because those same providers filter out “bad actors”. If that sort of dynamic appears in nostr, user have an opportunity to thwart that by changing clients and/or relays. Will they? Uncertain, but the ability exists in nostr unlike other protocols and platforms.


The portability of the address (npub)

There is no way to separate a gmail identity from google. No way to move it elsewhere. No way to take self-custody of it. That identity doesn’t even exist without google.

But an npub exists totally separate from (and even in the absence of) any service ferrying messages for it


If Russell Brand is speaking about freedom of speech at the Bitcoin Conference, why isn't he on Nostr? 🤔


Keep fighting, nostr:npub1uyz4w2w4rcphk0q5arzkutrecgscxwzajj4dkvh9mjyqjtxslm6qea8632.

https://www.brief.news/crypto/2024/07/05/ex-solicitor-general-joins-crypto-fight


Happy halving day! #Bitcoin


rights aren’t given, they’re taken.

bitcoin and nostr help you take and defend them, peacefully.


Bitcoiners probably are the perfect people to bootstrap nostr, because they have already demonstrated they have an insanely high pain tolerance for bad UX.


Almost all of finance/investing can be summed up as shorting abundant things and going long scarce things.

And yet, many people spend the vast majority of their effort trying to go long abundant things and short scarce things precisely during the 10% of the time when that works, instead of going to therapy or something.


keep nostr weird b

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i love nostr


Only psychopaths will see this photo and think about #Bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/ea0846056a1c2072f99c3b0a1060ce8ec02411f943f83ea9835da4cee593b411.jpg


Argentines are buying #bitcoin instead of US #dollars to fight runaway #inflation

#plebchain #nostrplebs #grownostr #nostriches #nostr #zbdsocial #plebstr #btc #nostrich #inflacion #argentina #milei #news
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/argentina-bitcoin-inflation-rally-dollar-greenback-dollarization-inflation-milei-peso-2024-3


👀You see what I see... #bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/45f78364f926b33cc134f5311194275cc5aea54b4341f7eba5479d44eab85c69.jpg


I’m about to listen to this 👇 to get answers to the questions Nik Bhatia asked me about the technicals of cash flow movement in the #Bitcoin #ETFs during my chat with him the day before, but which I deferred for him to ask Alex Thorn in this podcast — Alex is the expert. Enjoy!

https://x.com/thebitcoinlayer/status/1768125221742256235?s=46


gm, #HODLgang!


"Can I just go nuts?" - nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8

At the 3:38 mark.

Yes, NVK, you can just go nuts...
 nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr and team have been working very hard to make this all a reality.

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


the only winning move is not to play.

nostr flies over all of this mess.

https://youtu.be/vSg_Gl49br0


Welcome!


My email correspondence with Satoshi in 2009-2011: https://mmalmi.github.io/satoshi/


credit: nostr:npub17rkq28wjxdcqqxu6wkxrcul3wu2k62kzahzwq8gqsh344vauk4qq8duxdq & nostr:npub1uyz4w2w4rcphk0q5arzkutrecgscxwzajj4dkvh9mjyqjtxslm6qea8632
https://m.primal.net/Hcqn.jpg


nostr:npub1uyz4w2w4rcphk0q5arzkutrecgscxwzajj4dkvh9mjyqjtxslm6qea8632  is Wyoming strong.

https://youtu.be/UJsVYOfrc3M?si=hIjNuA_qNChSOqLs


A global bitcoin documentary directed by myself and David Kuhn. Coming soon! https://image.nostr.build/a9cd222e3d715fdba9ab189c6c50b0b32f2bf76894823932b4663358cff8e338.jpg


Welcome to your nostrich peeps, nostr:npub1xeejes6lu4scttcmzytq5wfad3e6rljpmhc3snqs89xz3jjavfasnuz3mx!


Running nostr


ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE NOSTR ACCOUNTS BECOMING ACTIVE AGAIN AFTER MONTHS OF INACTIVITY.

NOSTR WILL BECOME THE STANDARD. GRADUALLY THEN SUDDENLY. 🫡


CHECK OUT my new chat with nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z about Custodia Bank’s segregated #bitcoin custody service!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8UpiYJqCTo https://image.nostr.build/007ad6e2feb02d2a7bcefbdaa3d3368427e31f5eef19f373e28f5439930f05b1.jpg


Caught the interactions with Samantha and nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a and nostr:npub1uyz4w2w4rcphk0q5arzkutrecgscxwzajj4dkvh9mjyqjtxslm6qea8632

There should be more IRL debates between the skeptics and supporters. The only real debates I’m aware of are with peter schiff on the pomp podcast. Debates would be extremely helpful for those that don’t understand bitcoin.


ELON CAN SEND A TWEET FROM THE PRESIDENT'S ACCOUNT IF HE WANTS.

CENTRALIZED SOCIAL MEDIA SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR OFFICIAL COMMS.

POSTS SHOULD BE CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SIGNED.

THE NOSTR POST YOU ARE READING NOW WAS SIGNED BY MY PRIVATE KEY AND VERIFIED BY YOUR CLIENT.


GM #nostriches!


MicroStrategy's bitcoin acquisition strategy has been really on-point.

I analyze a lot of stocks and see how they manage their shares. Most companies are rather pro-cyclical in this aspect. They buy back a lot of shares when times are good and shares are expensive, and then when there's a recession they reduce or eliminate their share repurchases, ironically when shares are cheap and it would be better to buy them.

A small percentage of companies have more forward-thinking executives that manage to do this more counter-cyclically. They buy back more shares then they are cheap, and they retain more cash or do other things with their cash when their shares are more expensive.

MicroStrategy has been doing this quite well, except it's about the strategy of issuing shares for bitcoin, which if bitcoin continues to be successful will have more impact overall.

When MicroStrategy wants to buy more bitcoin (which is always), what they seem to be optimizing for is how many bitcoin can they get per share. That's what builds shareholder value in this context. So when MicroStrategy stock is trading at a valuation premium relative to its underlying bitcoin, they can take that opportunity to issue more of these expensive shares, and buy bitcoin with those proceeds. When there is not a valuation premium, they can focus more on just buying bitcoin with incoming cash flow, or exploring other low-cost financing.

So far, they have been really on-point about managing this.

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


nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m, so sorry. May he rest in peace, and may your family find comfort in your happy memories of him. 🙏


Every time I try to deal with banks I'm like

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


I’m grateful for #bitcoin 🙏


gm nostriches!


So true!!


Anyone want to guess where I am in this photo? (No cheating if you follow me on twitter or LinkedIn 😉) https://image.nostr.build/c223357089102b58ac765c5459ac8365ad31cc32d7bcc817ea5ee67a08657414.jpg


Anybody tracking user statistics on #Nostr? It’s still buggy, but I 🧡 it. Are its network effects still growing?🙏🤞


nostr:npub16dmvfhm7uwkxnhxg30k6aczw23wxhgvs62n3puzl5tykpa4aa8esja83yd 👇🤞
https://x.com/caitlinlong_/status/1718617052238205275?s=46


Nope I didn’t know about the ATM. Thanks for sharing! There’s at least one #bitcoin ATM in Cheyenne too


HERE’S THE NEW #bitcoin SPEECH! https://caitlin-long.com/the-engineering-of-bitcoin/ https://image.nostr.build/b556ca44912904b947ad81adaeabe5d143c1175511ddc8c66b98859468a23e2d.jpg


Link here: https://caitlin-long.com/the-engineering-of-bitcoin/


Thanks for posting — you beat me to it nostr:npub1sqx9cz3kfzq9vhhn7h3wy69wz5q5phkvmsh927esj4u00kjfl8rqrjusy9!🙏


IT BEGINS!!! The University of #Wyoming’s 100th Homecoming celebration kicked off a packed weekend of festivities with a “showdeo” rodeo last night. My big speech, “The Engineering of #Bitcoin, From Money-Over-Internet-Protocol to Texas Grid Stabilizer,” is today at the UW College of Engineering. I’ll post it after the weekend’s festivities. 🤠 #GoPokes https://image.nostr.build/cb4f56691835d4331dcae9d862548402a46147206ecdddb386b5ad198ac10ef0.jpg


GETTIN’ READY to give my first big speech in years about #Bitcoin tomorrow: “The Engineering of Bitcoin.” I’ll post a link!


GM nostriches!🗽


ATTENTION BITCOIN & ENERGY COMPANIES -- Lisa Hough has joined Custodia Bank, responsible for helping the U.S. #bitcoin and energy industries meet their banking and bitcoin custody needs. As an interruptible form of data processing that offers energy companies a new way to monetize every energy molecule, Lisa believes energy companies will ultimately incorporate bitcoin mining into their operations and, consequently, need bitcoin custody banks that are integrated with their banking and capital markets providers. Get in touch with Lisa at info@custodiabank.com! https://image.nostr.build/84bc448b5a641510c95ce1cb276b8cb4479d2377d9a8d5a52d11b5a62544bce9.jpg


GM, nostriches!


Me too!


Yes but not expressed in the way nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a expressed it—ie, that node requirements increase more slowly than advances in computer processing, storage & bandwidth. The big blockers didn’t express it in those specific terms during the block size war either—they expressed it in terms of network scalability/transaction throughput. I get your point though—the topics are related, but I hadn’t thought of it in the way that Lyn expressed it here. Thanks!


GUESS WHO TAUGHT ME something new today: nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a! I hadn’t thought of 👇 before but it’s logical that #Bitcoin will become more decentralized over time bc it keeps getting easier/more accessible to run a node (p339 of #BrokenMoney). I ❤ reading engineers’ explanations of #bitcoin! https://image.nostr.build/024f0a63cd72f3796c45a796a294ffac1d69930b35a8822ebf37c507db219a4e.jpg


Update Apple Devices Now
https://citizenlab.ca/2023/09/blastpass-nso-group-iphone-zero-click-zero-day-exploit-captured-in-the-wild/


caitlinlong

Founder/CEO Custodia Bank. #bitcoin since 2012. 22-yr Wall St veteran. Not advice; not views of Custodia Bank!

Banking stuff prevents me from connecting my LN wallet. Pls send zaps to your fave charity instead 🙏🧡⚡


I AM SUPER PUMPED to share this news with all #nostriches here: the #Wyoming legislature today passed a bill prohibiting the compelled disclosure of private keys. It’s short but spectacular—read it below, and you’ll want to move to Wyoming or at least do your business here. This bill is a companion to the bill protecting code as speech, which Wyoming enacted 2 years ago with Christopher Allen’s help (so developers can’t be criminally charged in Wyoming for merely writing code, unless you use it to commit a crime). It’s my little part to help protect you devs when you what you do best. Thank you to all the devs who got us here, and will get us where we’re all going!! 🙏🙏❤🤠

https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2023/HB0086