CantillonEffet

You can only orange pill yourself. Money boosts the personality traits you already have: Saving in Bitcoin may bring "outer freedom" when you follow someone else's "investment advice", but inner freedom and peace is something each and everyone has to achieve in their own time and proof-of-work. When there's disconnect between the two freedoms for too long chances are you'll gamble or spend it all.

2023-05-24 09:12:35

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It is of great irony that society deemed it sufficient to dispatch the notion of God to overcome the "divine right of kings". Not only have they killed God but they are dead themselves in that way. Those can still be reigned over in the same absolutistic way by the doctrinical Leviathan supported by fiat and the abuse of top-down enforced reason.
Enlightenment should not end with the empiricism of science, as it doesn't solve individual values, much less moral judgements, even when tried and abused "in the name of science". It "can tell us what is, but not what ought to be" - facts, but no determination of the self.
This is why we Bitcoin: It brings with it the Apollonian aspect of truth through order, rationality and logic on a fixed set of rules but also the Dionysian aspects of growth and self-realization, a self-determined collective experience, emotional authenticity, freedom, spontaneity and creative expression. All of it without the corruption of a central absolute power.

2023-04-18 15:48:04

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ofc on Nostr we can just zap @npub15dq…lm5m WoS wallet 😄

2023-04-14 01:40:43

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ofc it's also on Fountain for value4value https://www.fountain.fm/episode/14849669784

2023-04-14 01:38:35

A really good interview by Sephan Livera with
#[0] about Bitcoin as a way to Cryptosovereignty with Truth, not authority making legitimacy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2KcVwBDdUs

2023-04-08 16:09:25

"Here I stand, I can't help it!" musings on the reformation and the fiat grace system by Markus Turm
"Although Pope Leo X recognized the danger quickly, he couldn't stop it, luckily today's central banks are still laughing at Bitcoin."
https://portal-einundzwanzig-space.translate.goog/news/hier-stehe-ich-ich-kann-nicht-anders?l=de

2023-04-08 02:36:34

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Mentally read this as the lyrics to a late 90s dance track by Faithless with "Elon is a Shitcoiner" in the chorus...
Epic!

2023-04-07 23:05:07

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I'd love to hear your perspective on how power structures change with cryptosovereignty. Bitcoin is incompatible with war and welfare. Political structures promising the latter and exerting the former and financing both with the money printer are ubiquitous.
Cryptosovereignty is the chance to change this but it has a delicate time frame: It requires end stage fiat AND the courage of a critical mass of people to structure life and power hierarchies differently, with mechanisms to defend against feudal duties such as refusal to accept fiat and conscription even by threat of violence.

2023-04-06 23:41:55

The crushing power of AI conformism - Chat GPT is a Trojan bomb
by Manfred Schneider for NZZ
"One must remember the artists, writers and scientists who belonged to this avant-garde, including Walter Benjamin's "new barbarians", because they tried out radically new languages, forms and ideas. To name just a few: Karl Kraus, the Dada movement, the Bauhaus, the Schönberg school, James Joyce, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, anthroposophy, quantum mechanics. They are examples of powerful creative defiance against the violence of common sense thinking. Only such a departure could save us today."
Resonates with Erik Cason's #[0] Cryptosovereignty
https://privatebin.net/?eaa27edeea379985#3t4KdyVu3kH1e642B6pWarmdzrqxv38WdMCXfyqB4nMN

2023-03-23 15:34:35

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Graph "The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity" by Carlo M. Cipolla.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O9FFrLpinQ

2023-03-23 15:33:29

#Bitcoin is a way to bring mutual benefits to people labelled "helpless" in the fiat system through the Cantillon Effect, while containing the bandits and "stupid" people. The latter two still benefit by playing by the rules whether or not they like it...
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_6ac9fca4774cf353df107df975133b9e795586813eff566a9ee2c72e5fe55716.jpg

2023-03-17 09:43:01

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Heh, that didn't work out as well as I wanted the picture to be but first time attaching a pic to Nostr with no power to delete the zeep. Ah well ;)

2023-03-17 09:41:35

Thx to Ijoma Mangold for presenting the "orange pill" for the interested German public at Dussmann in Berlin together with Wolfram Eilenberger last night. It was a pleasure to listen to you & it's a pleasure to read! I hope it'll be made available for an international audience, soon.
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_5fc786c27e481959e9ee654700002e3b2d1ddb3d8cbe3e0e93ddf17f950cc4f4.jpg

2023-03-14 09:12:47

#Bitcoiners don't want the Lambo, they want the ability to move freely.

2023-03-14 09:11:13

#Bitcoin is for sale but incorruptible.
h/t #[0]

2023-03-14 09:09:21

#Bitcoiners don't want a Rolex but the time⌚⌛
h/t #[0]

2023-03-13 22:51:37

With the Ides of March 2023 "Keynes is dead, and we’re in the long run."
h/t Liam McCollum

2023-03-13 16:03:29

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That's a lot better than a lot of US banks since market open 😉

2023-03-13 15:32:57

Do they know about #nostr yet or will that take another 14 years?
"Just got off of a zoom meeting with Fed, Treasury, FDIC, House, and Senate.
A Democrat Senator essentially asked whether there was a program in place to censor information on social media that could lead to a run on the banks."
https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1635074378454147074

2023-03-13 13:20:58

"I’m going to suggest there’s seven different reasons people care about Bitcoin:
1. Inflation resistance
2. Theft resistance
3. Censorship resistance
4. Cost reduction
5. Self-enforcing contracts
6. Wealth redistribution
7. Revolution"
An essay by Anthony Towns / ajtowns (can't find him on nostr yet):
https://www.erisian.com.au/wordpress/2023/02/26/zeitgeist

2023-03-13 13:16:52

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...or when it's Bitcoin as speech.

2023-03-13 13:12:47

Reading #[0] this morning I realized:
Fiat is the currency of the dark triad. You don't want to build a society on that but when you do, you must not wonder why the machiavellianists are in power...

2023-03-11 18:35:41

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Alright. I'm glad I've found your new one ;)!

2023-03-11 18:32:05

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There's also #[2] - have you ever used that and lost keys or is it an impostor?

2023-03-07 10:38:33

New Bitcoin Rapid Fire pod episode by #[0]
with Svetski (not yet on Nostr afaik).
"An honest, open reflection on past behaviour, lessons learned, & how best to move forward.
Also covered his experience publishing ‘The UnCommunist Manifesto’ & the notion (& importance) of ‘beauty’"
https://fountain.fm/episode/13898369816

2023-03-06 15:03:38

The Real American Conspiracy: Stupidity & Greed, A True Idiocracy
"The True ‘Invisible Hand’ Is Not Borne of Evil, Not The WEF, Or Some Grand Malthusian Conspiracy" by Mike Hobart (not yet on Nostr afaik) on how the fiat system creates a magnet for sociopaths
https://bombthrower.com/the-real-american-conspiracy-stupidity-greed-a-true-idiocracy/

2023-03-06 12:55:35

"We should ban the use of Switzerland immediately" 😄
Excellent content by #[0] Ioni and Knut that could use more views :)
Bitcoin: Orange is the new green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0YBOyI8ptE

2023-03-06 12:20:24

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Good to have you on Nostr #[2] 😍

2023-03-06 12:18:28

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"Bitcoiners care deeply about fixing the world, about educating others and about righting the wrongs that are becoming more and more apparent by the day. Many, myself included, came to Bitcoin because number go up, and while I can’t speak for everyone, the reason I stayed is because I believe that Bitcoin is the best hope humanity has to fix the world." Powerful!

2023-03-06 12:14:52

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"One perspective would be that governments simply have to change their patterns of taxation over time, if indeed bottom-up open-source distributed privacy technology and open monetary/information networks become more widespread. [...]
The other perspective, generally from the viewpoint of the government, is that instead, all privacy has to be eliminated, then. Every transaction between every peer, globally, has to be monitorable so that it can be audited and taxed. [...]
Over the long run, I view the outcome, one way or the other, more as a matter of technology than politics. "
Powerful message!

2023-03-06 10:40:21

"Those who support freedom of speech should be interested in seeing nostr succeed. Here's why you should give it a chance." #[0]
Why Nostr Matters
https://blog.lopp.net/why-nostr-matters/

2023-03-06 09:14:44

Imho Jason P. Lowery's softwar thesis has credence because it's naive to think nation states are quickly dissolving within two decades in favour of sovereign individuals living peacefully in anarchy.
Yet #Bitcoin will have an impact on nation states, just as gold did over time.
Global debasement of money, the search for modern trust anchors & game theory of the Triffin's Dilemma are but three reasons, why some form of softwar, even if it doesn't play out the same way as laid out in the thesis are to be considered.

2023-03-06 09:01:11

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Welcome to Nostr #[5] 🔥

2023-03-04 17:55:40

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Luke said on Twitter he'll join soon, but not here yet.

2023-03-04 17:05:14

Life's too short for other money than #Bitcoin!

2023-03-04 12:50:35

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landed and zapped, auch heute gilt die Blockzeit!

2023-03-04 11:27:40

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I find it amazing this should work. Obviously it should protocol wise, but how about realiability of relays. Archival nodes zapped to say alive forever, Laura?

2023-03-04 11:25:06

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Excellent, I'll check that out! For some reason https://www.nostr.directory/ is also broken to add followers from Twitter. It lists them but doesn't update, even if I just add one at a time.

2023-03-04 11:11:56

Lost my following list on iris by following too many plebs at once by opening multiple tabs. Starting over by just following all of my followers and now making backups ;)

2023-03-01 15:48:32

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zapped, thanks for that. Knut has some more, no idea what the second Pargue thing is towards the end of the year? https://twitter.com/knutsvanholm/status/1630927133659865091

2023-03-01 13:52:48

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...and I highly recommend a get together with Knut Svanholm (who is not yet on Nostr afaik) at #[4] in June... 😁

2023-03-01 13:50:58

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Hier gibt's das Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZz__X1Lw18

2023-03-01 13:49:53

"If we all were part of the same living organism we wouldn't attack ourselves" War as a socio-economic auto-immune disease of disaligned forces which #Bitcoin can fix, is a very interesting idea by #[0] stated in a recent interview in German with AstroTim. 👏

2023-02-26 13:07:25

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Marty McZapped

2023-02-26 13:06:02

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In the #Bitcoin version of this, advancement in technology enables to produce two ladders for the price of one and enables progres for both... #[2]

2023-02-26 12:57:46

With all the ignorance around, being a #Bitcoiner still feels like playing Van Halen on stage in the 50s in "Back To The Future"...

2023-02-23 19:14:50

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#[2] You'll be there right :)

2023-02-21 19:02:03

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#Bitcoiners are looking for truth, beauty and goodness and have found Nostr and Bitcoin as theirs and vice-versa, while the vast majority of people on Twitter are still searching and bemoaning their discomfort with the world.

2023-02-21 13:34:17

Currently watching #146: Nozomi Hayase - Bitcoin is Love on the Bitcoin Matrix podcast with #[0]
My thoughts to far:
Maximizing pleasure in a society in an artistic way not a materialistic one, is a better path than trying to avoid displeasure in a society conditioned by the rat race.
Can be found on Fountain.fm as well!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2asmx2wNUTY

2023-02-20 17:11:08

"We're shifting from a society trying to maximize pleasure to a society trying to avoid displeasure" Raphael Bonelli.
4th turning comes to mind. Maximising pleasure without mindless consumerism and materialism requires a system level change with less avoidant fear & more hope.

2023-02-20 16:42:17

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#[2] and #[3] - welcome to #Nostr 😍

2023-02-19 15:51:28

#[0]

2023-02-19 15:49:07

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As #[2] put it: "Bitcoin is not for other people, it is for you alone.
Just like how saving your soul is your job alone, you are not responsible for anyone else getting it, just yourself. "
Fundamental Maxis lashing out have not yet fully integrated the exploitative and impulsive dynamics in our society. Fundamental Maxis mirror these type of behaviours in our society. They are there - but Bitcoin is the zen to accept those in a non-violent way. It's fine for Bitcoin to be a religion then - but a personal one to lead you to personal enlightenment, not a confessional one which is centered on domga. I too feel the rage of living in a fiat society and am toxic because of it, at times. Bitcoin fixes this - over time...

2023-02-19 15:07:24

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Oh, that's what broke WoS 😁. Will zap later... currently getting error code 500 for resolving the LNURL

2023-02-19 14:47:03

"A financial revolution without a spiritual one will fail to create a better world for the majority of life on this planet." #[0]
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/what-psychedelics-bitcoin-have-in-common
cc: #[1]

2023-02-19 14:41:43

#[0]

2023-02-19 14:40:46

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👍 paying for wine (one time fee)

2023-02-19 14:39:04

#[0]

2023-02-19 14:21:59

#[0]

2023-02-19 14:20:41

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The ads there definitely are an attack. I'd love to pay a few sats to enjoy articles there without ads. Unreadable on desktop otherwise, a bit better on mobile...

2023-02-18 23:21:03

Hey Is Elon on #Nostr yet? It's great. He can look at other people's feeds without having to pay 44 bn for the privilege. It's free. As in freedom, too.

2023-02-18 23:11:08

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Welcome! Glad you're here. What now? Now we follow and zap you. Have a Zap on the Beach. Oh please link an LN address :)

2023-02-18 23:06:51

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I was wondering the same thing. Not yet it seems. I'll shot him a DM

2023-02-18 19:44:14

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I put "See http://nostrplebs.com/directory" in my bio b/c my npub wouldn't fit

2023-02-18 19:13:40

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Top-up Mullvad VPN using Lightning - try this https://vpn.sovereign.engineering/ Worked fine for me a while ago

2023-02-18 19:11:58

#[0]

2023-02-18 17:18:02

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Hole even 🤣

2023-02-18 17:17:41

Nostr is like Bitcoin: Once you've seen it, you cannot unsee it and the rabbit whole is very, very deep

2023-02-18 16:53:37

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zapped

2023-02-18 16:32:10

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You're welcome. The cert for iris.to just renewed on 16th of Feb so it was a real possibility :)

2023-02-18 16:22:10

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Hm, check date on machine. When that's too far out, TLS breaks.

2023-02-18 16:20:55

#[0]

2023-02-18 16:04:05

"You have to understand, that most of these people are not ready to see it. Many of them are so invested, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they would fight to protect it"
Thanks #[0] for this instant classic from a year ago on the day (18th Feb 2022).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOh-7SzI6gM

2023-02-18 15:57:14

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No, works fine here. TLS certificate issued by Cloudflare.

2023-02-17 15:36:26

#[0]

2023-02-17 15:34:27

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No, you're not 😍. Zapped.

2023-02-17 15:33:07

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It's integrated with #[5] for example when you use Alby for key management. Zap icon on note opens Alby to zap sats... You can add a comment in Alby for the zap, not sure it's visible on the receiving end. At this time Iris doesn't show who zapped and Alby doesn't show who zapped me. Has its own appeal, really.

2023-02-17 15:29:02

Who's going to btc prague 8-10. June 2023? https://www.btcprague.com/ I'd love see you all there!

2023-02-17 15:02:26

#[0]

2023-02-17 15:00:46

What I ♥️ about Nostr: I give a lot more likes, I follow a lot more people. Why: I don't feel like an algorithm is scrutinizing me, I don't feel like I'm changing or voting on the way other people see content. I hand out likes and zaps to reward and show gratitude to the authors, not to influence the way it's ranked for an audience. It's pure. It's freedom.

2023-02-17 14:28:36

#[0]

2023-02-17 14:04:53

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Nostr feels like the next best thing when there are no Bitcoin meetups or conferences going on.

2023-02-17 13:28:02

#[0]

2023-02-17 13:27:11

You don't invest in #Bitcoin. You divest from fiat and save + keep your money in #Bitcoin.

2023-02-17 11:40:03

#[0]

2023-02-17 11:27:10

Would the German plebs please stand up, please stand up?
Supply shock splatter, block lives matters - block size matters 😁
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdkNMNEeeZA

2023-02-17 11:09:37

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now there's two of us :) love you too!

2023-02-17 08:36:56

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Thanks for showing me new music. For me one of the most impressive voices in the past two decades is Hannah Reid of London Grammar. It haunts me, in a good way, so I always come back to listening:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on1QEcz1sTI

2023-02-17 08:18:13

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Thanks for the quick response and resolution. The backlog has cleared for me. It's all there now! Thanks for all the zaps, plebs and a Zap on The Beach for you at #[3]

2023-02-16 22:24:34

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This is so good. Thanks for reminding me it exists. Last time I wanted to send it to someone I didn't find it! Now if only Alby wouldn't act up on receiving sats I'd zap you more

2023-02-16 22:20:06

Now that #[0] ht is on here, it's time to give him a warm welcome and for me to post one of my favourite vids by him:
Bitcoin is the Pin to the Bubble - The Great Definancialization (Parker Lewis) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-khLXD484xE

2023-02-16 22:00:11

Using nostr for a day and then going back seeing ads on the blue bird app - eww. Feels like I was desensitized using it. Feels like I was ok with being the yield. It's not.

2023-02-16 21:53:59

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...Laura

2023-02-16 21:42:36

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Iris on Desktop, Damus on iphone. I don't have the latter