gonna steal this for other platforms if you don't mind


Agreed. For many reasons

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that looks so relaxing and productive at the same time


omarmadani

Islam, Cypherpunkwala, and of course Bitcoin. DM me on SimpleX Chat - https://tinyurl.com/yuucktpy


Last night, friends at the valley ranch masjid in Dallas TX invited me to give a talk about Bitcoin. It was too short notice to actually give the presentation at the masjid, but we gave it at a brother's house nearby. We had like 25+ people show up MashaAllah. Lots of questions and so many people interested. Everyone wanted to know how to buy and use Bitcoin 😊

Many in the audience were devs and programmers MashaAllah, and they asked the most technical questions, naturally.

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Finally I published by article on Riba and how its an integral part of the creation of a FIAT currency unit.

And offcourse I also discuss a few solutions like Gold, Local commodity backed currencies and Bitcoin and their drawbacks.

https://open.substack.com/pub/generalkhan/p/understanding-riba-in-fiat-systems

Will be writing more on FIAT and its negative implications on our humanity. https://image.nostr.build/71033a08f8f95a55d72e7d4acd7d09fbfc421cfcd555dc6371a2098c09db7dd8.jpg


The Zionists have murdered another American.

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I'm curious if you received any answers about Egypt. I'm trying to help a friend that does online lessons and is being bureacratically choked off from international fiat payments by massive quantities of red tape.
nostr:npub1upgwunddkplseyl8s8gtzgxz905jgm8taeuwzmy8d7yvvderj6ms24gar9 same question for you as well.


So I've been teasing that we'll be writing a book. Alhamdulilah we're about half way done with a first draft. Probably won't be finished until next year inshaAllah.

So in general I'm planning to structure the book in this way:

1. Muslim Primer on Economics (you can read this chapter here: https://bitcoinmajlis.org/chapter-1-a-muslims-primer-on-economics/ )
2. Low Time Preference Islamic Civilization
3. Grokking Riba
4. A History of Money, Usury, and Banking
5. The Riba is in the Money
6. The Consequences of Riba Money
7. Attempted Solutions to the Riba money problem
8. Bitcoin, the anti-Riba money
9. Bitcoin, not crypto
10. Debunking Fiat Fatwas
11. Making Financial Hijra


assalamualaikum brother. Welcome! I also like talking about Islam. But what really gets me going is taking about Bitcoin AND Islam


The best thing we can do is to create a legal fund for all those targeted in this way. Crowdsource it via lightning. Those provoked people with capital can best utilize that capital by hiring legal experts to structure such a fund and operationalize it.


He's already compromised. Maybe he can advocate for some things but there are certain facts he's not allowed to acknowledge

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Every time you sell a thing you are contributing to the supply of it and therefore lowering its price. Everytime you buy a thing you are contributing to the demand for it and increasing its price.

As more and more people sell fiat and buy Bitcoin, the price of fiat sinks and the price of Bitcoin rises. As time goes on, the bad guys can keep printing fiat if they like.

They're just going to find that they cannot exchange even large quantities of their worthless shitcoin for any meaningful quantity of real goods.

Boom, proof by induction.


The practice of Riba is a very high time preference activity where all that matters is the destructive short-term gain at the expense of sustainable long-term growth. Zakat, on the other hand, is a very low time preference activity where the giver seeks to attain rewards over the long-term, both in this life and in the hereafter.

Zakat facilitates in advancing the "process of civilization", while Riba seeks to disrupt this process.

In the Islamic tradition, these two practices could not be any more antipodal. Indeed, if zakat can be considered “financial worship” as elucidated by Abul A'la Maududi, then Riba can be rightfully called “financial transgression”.


Thomas Massie and Ilhan Omar come to mind as two recent losses for AIPAC. I'm concerned about this as well. Solution is to keep pushing to ensure the pro-genocide lobby are pariahs in every context


For us Muslims, Bitcoin was never about saving our money from inflation or getting rich. These are only natural and welcome consequences of the right intentions.

For us it's about success in this life and in the afterlife.

Muslims should live on the Bitcoin standard completely. This happens in small steps, it's a development. But don't stop at and hodling. Hodl to be able to use it as a MoE. Don't hodl to get rich one day. We don't know whether we will live to see another day.

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welcome to Nostr! I hope you share the good work you're doing here as well where you can't be blocked inshallah

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Those corrupt wealthy people still depend on others for goods and services. I'm fact they probably are more dependent on others than the average. Once fiat-riba cantillionaires can't leech off of the money printer because people are trading worthless fiat for scarce Bitcoin, their Bitcoin balance will dwindle unless they earn something by contributing something worthwhile to others. In the long term, the playing field finally levels out after the long dark period of ubiquitous riba


Very cool and interesting project - privacy conscious messaging app using nostr, signal protocol and ecash in a novel configuration https://www.keychat.io/


In my latest piece for Forbes Crypto, I highlight the whirlwind of events following the controversial finance bill, the protests and its success, the resilience of the youth and their view of Bitcoin's role in Kenya's future 🇰🇪 ❤

Noelyne Sumba, a stellar Kenyan Bitcoiner and Machakura team member, put it best, "Many young Kenyans see Bitcoin as a way to escape the restrictive monetary policies imposed by international financial institutions, which have contributed to the country's economic challenges. Integrating Bitcoin into the financial system could reduce reliance on foreign debt and offer a way out from oppressive government policies that hinder economic and individual growth."

Very proud of—and inspired by—the resilience shown by fellow Kenyan Bitcoiners and the youth on the ground in fighting against this bill and winning.

Here's to amplifying the voices of those we've lost over the last week and those who continue to fight 🕊

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/06/26/kenyan-youth-embrace-bitcoin-amid-deadly-protests-over-finance-bill/


US priorities in order:
Zionism
Dollar hegemony
Whatever BS moral frameworks they're spouting these days


Let me know if you need a research assistant. I've been working towards writing a research paper on this myself so there may be some overlap there.


please do. We desperately need something written and authoritative that we can point to when making the argument for Ummatic Bitcoin adoption. Memes are hard to cite in bibliography


Gotta add this to my list. I've been doing some reading/research myself in the hopes of contributing something and just today I discovered this book. Have you read it? If so, what are your thoughts?

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Looks like I was able to get this working again, sort of. It says I'm connected to 9-11 relays, but only shows that I have 100 followers (and even Jack only about 40, so it has to be a data gap), and very few notes on timelines (with obvious gaps even for hugely active accounts). Relay.damus.io never seems to pass me any data (0kb both up and down) to me, which j assume is due to my connection coming via Tor, but honestly I don't know. I'm connecting using Amethyst, if anybody sees this and has any ideas—what's the best, biggest relay for Tor users right now?

Secondly, and most importantly for anyone who sees this note, please make some noise to try and stop the passage of RISAA (the FISA 702 reauthorization) that's about to hit law as soon as this Friday. Please read about it and push it out on all of your socials, if you agree it's a problem. It's going to be hard to stop this thing, even with all hands.

Whoever sees this, thank you for hearing me. https://image.nostr.build/b5731965f417b631e9ea74c27ce4d5f9bb91f9e2a96fefb1547146266ab89fb5.jpg


Completely agree and personally I've done the first one and I'm exploring some options for 4 inshallah


When it’s time to pay the piper, most normal folks will not choose to make their family poorer in order to fund the death of foreigners in a foreign war.

However, banksters and corporate journalists will not stop at perpetuating war for their gain.

#fiat

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More first amendment suppression I'm guessing


Probably just preaching to the choir over here but I've got to say it because the society I live in has forgotten. Killing children is always wrong. Sending money so other people can kill children is also wrong. This is my reply to all the sophistry I've been hearing from every "official" and legacy media channel.

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I joined because of nostr:npub1498f4ya5laqfp53vt02ewqnhe94tvnl0ek7gn2tu6qeppr2pzk2sllz3y7 nostr:npub1g0587hzzckcncxfm78n0996qe2s58nspy29wf02tqcj5sdzcpj4q6j40hv  but glad to see you getting through to people. I've seen lots of discussions along these lines among Muslims IRL and in private groups where I've suggested Nostr but some more well known Muslims joining should help


Principled people