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 🚨USA 🇺🇸: “The government is likely trying to charge Polymarket with market manipulation and fraud in its polls in favor of Trump,” a source told the New York Post.

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 Evil mining that destroys the environment... Producing tomatoes in greenhouses during the winter 🤷🏻‍♂️

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 Nostr seems to be where all the kids who grew up in the 80s and 90s, and all the kids who wish th... 
 #YESTR 
 Despite the name being by nature a paradox (government efficiency? what?), what can we expect from two CEOs taking on a role that aims to optimize government spending?

DOGE is one of those cases where reality is more impressive than fiction.

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 ⚡️ And another stock exchange company adopts Bitcoin. 

Genius Group announced yesterday that it will adopt BTC as a strategic reserve.

They started with a $150 million purchase and will move 90% of the company's reserves into Bitcoin.

Are you paying attention to this global movement? 
 GOOD MORNING NOSTR.

LIVE FREE. 🫡 
 GM 🫡 
 GOOD MORNING NOSTR, STAY HUMBLE AND STACK SATS 💜🙏 
 Great thread.

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 My honor, thank you for the support! 
 Good night ✌️🧡 
 GN 💜🫡 
 9 CLUES YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF SATOSHI NAKAMOTO

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GROUND ZERO: LONDON 🇬🇧

The headline in block 0 has a different wording than the version published online.

The phrasing matches the print edition, which was only available in England and Brussels on that day.

Either Satoshi was there, or someone sent him a photo (leaving a trace).

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THE BELGIAN CONNECTION 🇧🇪

The 2nd citation in the whitepaper from 2008 didn’t exist online—it was only in print. It was given to attendees at a 1999 conference in Haasrode, Belgium.

This paper is from Benelux universities. It was even presented in 1999 at Stanford, but with a different reference list than the one replicated in the whitepaper (citations 3, 4, and 5).

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HAL WAS RUNNING 🏃‍♂️

Hal Finney is a frequent suspect, but his family has strongly denied it.

On the morning of Saturday, 4/18/09, he was running a half marathon while Satoshi was exchanging emails (more than one, with questions and answers) with developer Mike Hearn.

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THE LOS ANGELES IP 📍

Satoshi was in L.A. a week after the genesis block.

He always used Tor to hide his IP when online.

But in the beginning, Bitcoin didn’t have addresses. To send/receive, one’s IP was exposed. And on 1/10/09, Hal published a log showing Satoshi's IP.

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THE FINAL CITATION 📜

The paper’s bibliography is outdated and brief.

Notably, the 8th citation stands out: a "book X" on probability theory, published in 1957.

Where did Satoshi find this book?

Why cite it, but make no mention of Chaum, Finney, or Szabo?

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CARIBBEAN HOLIDAY 🏖️

Peter Thiel, PayPal magnate, suspects that Satoshi might have been among the 140 attendees at a financial cryptography conference held at the InterIslands Hotel in Anguilla, February 21-24, 2000.

E-gold was one of the event’s sponsors.

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BRITISH "LOOSE" LANGUAGE 👅

Satoshi heavily used British expressions ("bloody hard," "defenCe," "grEy," "coloUr"). 
He used the European date format (dd/mm/yyyy). 
He frequently referenced the Euro.

In some cases, he seemed to use a grammar checker.

He also put two spaces after periods.

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WEALTHY FRIENDS 🤑

In the latest emails revealed by Martti Malmi, it’s clear that Satoshi had access to resources to fund the development of #BTC.

He claimed it was donations. So, there were people he was talking to about the project. Or it was his own money...

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A PLANNED DEPARTURE 👋

The creator's disappearance may seem abrupt. Satoshi said goodbye as soon as he learned about Gavin A.'s discussions with the CIA.

But his departure was planned and gradual.

Satoshi gradually shut down his hashrate in 4 stages—when the network was already running on its own.

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His self-declared birthday, 4/5/75, has digits that sum to 21 (5 + 4 + 7 + 5).

The date of block #1, 1/9/2009, also sums to 21 (9 + 1 + 2 + 9).

The halving happens every 210,000 blocks.

Until the 21 million #Bitcoin are exhausted, in 2140.

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 Immaculate Conception 
 My honor, thank you for the support! 
 My honor, thank you for the support! 
 My honor, thank you for the support. 💜 
 About Satoshi’s identity, HBO already solved it! It’s @pkt 😂 
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 My honor, thank you for the support! 
 🚨 USA 🇺🇸 : The “FEMA” supervisor accused of asking staff to avoid hurricane-ravaged homes that had Trump campaign signs claims it was not an “isolated” incident.
And more;
A former “FEMA” employee reinforced the allegations by telling the “New York Post” that the practice of jumping houses supporting Trump is an open secret at the agency and has been happening for years.

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 GM freaks 🫡 
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 "It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy."  

— George Orwell, 1984

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🧡 #BoomZapKalaka 🧡
💜     Value-for-Value   💜
🧡   Challenge is on!   ... 
 @ODELL for introducing me to Nostr—I found out about it through his posts, and I eventually ended up deleting my Twitter.

@corndalorian for the memes 😂

@Fascinating for the satisfying posts 
 Does the editor in chief of Scientific American seem like someone who is entirely dedicated to uncompromising scientific integrity?

Or does she seem like a political activist who has taken over a scientific institution?

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 🚨 USA 🇺🇸 : Broadcaster “CNN” is about to fire some of its top names in a round of layoffs according to the “Daily Mail” newspaper.

The action may be linked to the drop in audience. In 2016, the broadcaster had an average of 13.3 million viewers during prime time. Today, it only has around 800,000. 
 gm freedom enjoyers 
 GM 🫡 
 In the latest BofA Fund Manager Survey (FMS), a resurgence of global inflation is now viewed as the top "tail risk." In November, 32% of surveyed investors identified rising inflation as their biggest risk, up from 26% in October. Concerns about geopolitical conflict dropped to second place at 21%, down from 33% in the previous month.

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 The future interest rate curve of the Fed was adjusted by the market this month, predicting less intense cuts than previously expected.

However, it remains on the same anticipated path.

The Fed is expected to continue easing the cost of credit in 2025. From 2026 onward, it becomes much harder to predict.

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 USA 🇺🇸 : Donald Trump presented an outline of the plan for education, which foresees the elimination of the department of education, passing more powers in the matter to the states.
He also called for the dismantling of diversity initiatives in education and cutting federal funding for schools or programs that feature "critical race theory, gender ideology or other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content."

The plan also foresees the return of prayers in schools. 
 GOOD MORNING NOSTR.

LIVE FREE. 🫡 
 GM 🫡 
 GOOD MORNING NOSTR, STAY HUMBLE AND STACK SATS 💜🙏 
 Good morning fam!

Thanks for everything! 
 GM Major 🫡 
 Good morning! Coffee, you're the sunshine in my cup!

Sipping  @ #coffeechain  
 GM 🫡 
 gm, as the price goes nuts, those that can eliminate the noise and focus on building will be on top. 
 GM 🫡 
 ⚡️ Bitcoin balance on exchanges just hit an all-time low.

Supply shock incoming 🚀

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 PLAY THE SONG OR THE BULL MARKET ENDS. I DON’T MAKE THE RULES 🫡
LFG. 🚀

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#bullishbounty 
 When your friend asks you for the 69th time, “Is now a good time to buy #bitcoin, or do you think it’ll drop further?”

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#bullishbounty 
 France 🇫🇷 : Macron's approval rating drops two points to 23% according to Ipsos poll

This is his second worst month since his election in 2017. In December 2018, at the height of the Yellow Vests crisis, his approval rating was 20%. 
 🚨 USA 🇺🇸 : FEMA authority ordered support teams not to help Trump voters, after the passage of hurricane “Milton”

Agents were ordered to skip properties that had yard signs supporting the Republican candidate.

Gov. DeSantis called the situation "targeted discrimination" against Trump supporters in Florida.

A FEMA supervisor has been fired. 
 USA 🇺🇸 : “Not even young people want to be 'woke' anymore” says article in London newspaper “The Standard”

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 For perspective: The S&P 500 has closed at an all-time high 50 times this year, placing 2024 well above the long-term average of 18 highs per year, though still short of a record. (via Apollo)

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 🚨 MicroStrategy acquires an additional 27,200 BTC for ~$2.03 BILLION.

The company holds 279,420 bitcoins, acquired at a total purchase price of approximately $11.9 billion, with an average purchase price of around $42,692 per bitcoin. 
 GM 🫡 
 Good morning and pura vida, Nostr! It's time to create notes and send zaps! 🫂🤙🏻💜

Fre... 
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 GOOD MORNING NOSTR.

LIVE FREE. 🫡 
 GM 🫡 
 GOOD MORNING NOSTR, STAY HUMBLE AND STACK SATS 💜🙏 
 Strong rumors suggest that a major country or company is set to announce this week that they are accumulating Bitcoin on a massive scale. Who could it be? 
 Germany faces soaring electricity prices this week amid a period of "dark doldrums." With dense fog and minimal wind, renewable energy production has plummeted, forcing Germany to rely on record-high electricity imports to meet demand.

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 GOOD MORNING NOSTR.

LIVE FREE. 🫡 
 GM 🫡 
 Following Bitcoin daily and its connection with financial markets feels like living in a time singularity. This past week felt like a month with the intense flow of information. It’s essential to filter out the noise and focus on the true signal.

You may not always agree with me, but my goal isn’t to please; it’s to share my perspective on the data and insights I gather.

Bitcoin is a black hole for the brain – as it grows, its pull only strengthens, drawing us deeper in. But remember, there’s more to the world than Bitcoin. Take the weekend to be with those you love and do what makes you happy.

Bitcoin isn’t the end; it’s a tool for a freer life, financially and mentally.

That said, the bull market is here. So, HODL or HFSP! 
 GN 🫡