gladstein

https://hrf.org/programs/financial-freedom/

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npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu

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gladstein@nostrplebs.com

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gladstein@getalby.com

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2024-11-20 05:08:45

“Bhutan has mined over $1 billion worth of bitcoin using its previously stranded hydropower resources”
We are so early
Wait until every authority on earth realizes they can transform waste into unstoppable, unseizable money
That will be the true gradually then suddenly moment
🇧🇹

2024-11-19 19:07:28

Mood https://image.nostr.build/80cf2f431a841d314351cc628e1bf9cbf22fd9445e85b5e035ee6cb837600532.jpg

2024-11-17 05:11:32

Moderation, or censorship?
Who decides? https://image.nostr.build/b4a0d72a32c056256fd26051d51d6fc3050f7a77bd874d6280db1c0e5d66bbfa.jpg https://image.nostr.build/2823149e286b292b88a03829ef09d99823bab92c09b17546747007758ed46f29.jpg https://image.nostr.build/a601dbf64eeb23bfbd9f2ecd0078a51784f828d0a7ded7e538128566bed216ed.jpg

2024-11-15 02:30:15

Nostr fixes this https://image.nostr.build/42ca95e724b86410f14a63bece481e2483d034ff70a7d2cc273afe07f70d42af.jpg

2024-11-13 16:31:52

Bitcoin just became more valuable than Saudi Aramco
A righteous milestone ✅

2024-11-10 21:45:31

Chef Satoshi https://image.nostr.build/cce16a122d28a34953097a8169bc986327f9f2d0b8515c5063497bc541742063.jpg

2024-11-08 14:09:56

gm ☕️ 🇧🇷 https://image.nostr.build/0a7545b4bc771328653a596ac82dadefeb2b7395b16e5afd9108ad2b9854cd50.jpg

2024-11-01 11:05:46

gm ☕️
Giving the LABITCONF keynote in 90 minutes
Bitcoin vs the IMF
LFG 🇦🇷 https://image.nostr.build/8b0a7c7c8e7eafaf2ce77863fab8839505be631a48f5cdd376eb5c9257dd4594.jpg

2024-10-25 18:17:56

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Not interested in dollar based ecash only bitcoin based
And sure you can KYC users but you don’t know what they are doing with your ecash which is the point

2024-10-25 18:12:14

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Defeating the KYC regime is a noble goal

2024-10-25 03:34:57

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I think board walk cash is sort of working on a flow that helps with this

2024-10-25 03:34:32

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Yep of course
That party can be federated, though, and they can only censor everyone or no one, not selectively

2024-10-25 01:01:40

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I mean. They can be, but don’t have to be
There are already ways to cryptographically verify that the mint is not cheating and these will improve
Plus fractional reserve banks used fiat credits and don’t speak Lightning
And all require ID

2024-10-25 00:56:23

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No speculation, no token, no VC, no wash trading, no blockchain, no ledger
It’s cash

2024-10-24 23:17:33

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Clip taken from my recent interview with @npub14mc…frlx
Full video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5BVxfdYgNo

2024-10-24 23:16:52

Why the Bitcoin <> Nostr <> Ecash stack is a whitepill moment, in 14 minutes
It can be a depressing world, but with these tools we can quite literally grow superpowers
The opportunities we have today to empower others are beyond our own imaginations
Onwards!
https://m.primal.net/LhGP.mp4

2024-10-24 03:44:25

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Would be nice for the DOJ to not attack freedom tech

2024-10-23 16:39:39

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🙏

2024-10-20 15:38:39

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“Bitcoin doesn’t force anybody to stay”
We can keep it simple

2024-10-20 14:53:24

Whenever I see statists like the ECB get upset about Bitcoin, or when I see more brazen regimes try and actually implement an all-out ban or crazy tax scheme, I turn to my favorite bit of writing anywhere on Bitcoin and remind myself that a ban is the Berlin Wall and that “fragments of any ban will one day become souvenirs of the folly”
Bitcoin is Ariadne by @npub1sfh…ymqt
“Bitcoin is often framed as “competing” with fiat currency. This is true in a sense but I fear there is a rhetorical danger of invoking the wrong kind of “competition”. It is not a fight, for example. There is no conflict. Bitcoin is not trying to damage or sabotage its opponents, because it isn’t trying anything and it knows no opponents. It has no awareness whatsoever of who might oppose it or why. It is simply an alternative; an exit valve; an opt-out. It is competing only insofar as it is proving to be a far superior alternative. It is not a sword for Theseus to fight the Minotaur, but a thread to follow to exit the labyrinth. Bitcoin is Ariadne.
There will be tremendous value in normalizing this rhetoric amidst the likely growing chorus of opposition desperate to smear Bitcoin as inherently nefarious, or hostile, even. Opponents must be forced to explain what is wrong with people interacting freely, and why true goodness can only follow from coercion, in their understanding. Should those who have found a way out of the unbearable labyrinth of capital strip mining not take it? What do they owe the Minotaur?
Does anybody really believe that, having fully understood the choice they face, any individual would choose to save in a self-referentially mispriced toxic loan rather than a provably sound digital bearer asset? Or, more simply still, that they will think it makes less sense to hold money that is a pure asset than money that is literally defined as a liability? Why not opt into a financial system that is built on trustless verifiability rather than unverifiable trust?
… It is worth working through the optics of any decision to engage with Bitcoin in a truly hostile manner, because it is certainly coming. McNeill reminds us that, even some seven-hundred-or-so years ago, “the breakdown of established patterns of conduct always appears deplorable to a majority of those who witness it.” By no means do I have a utopian outlook on this subject — rather, it is something of an intellectual rite of passage to accept the nonzero utility of dystopian paranoia. Bitcoin will be banned, many times, in many places. But a ban is an open admission of practical and moral failure and is arguably the best advertisement of all. A ban is the Berlin Wall; fragments of any ban will one day become souvenirs of the folly and cruelty of repression. Bitcoin doesn’t force anybody to stay. They come, and then they stay, because they want to — because it is both practically and morally superior.”

2024-10-20 00:52:57

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Great. Then we will have both solutions

2024-10-19 05:46:03

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🔥

2024-10-18 18:45:04

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🔥

2024-10-18 00:11:42

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Try being less tribal

2024-10-18 00:00:18

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How could you possibly trust any public polling data from inside a dictatorship?

2024-10-17 22:58:31

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Palestinians have protested inside Gaza against Hamas, consistently ever since they seized power nearly 20 years ago
Enclosed you will find some Israeli media coverage of this from last year
Note that they risk their lives by doing this
"the ratio of civilians to combatants casualities is low compared" -- total nonsense, entire towns and communities and cities have been completely annihilated to kill a handful of people.
This would NEVER happen in Tel Aviv or in NYC. If a terrorist kidnapped 20 people inside a hospital or school, bombing the entire school would never be an option. And it should never ever be an option.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/protests-against-hamas-reemerge-in-the-streets-of-gaza-but-will-they-persist/

2024-10-17 16:02:44

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This isn’t at all the case
The reality is that the debt trap has never been deeper
The IMF and its loan book have never been larger
The austerity imposed on people today from Egypt to Kenya to Pakistan hasn’t caused this much suffering since the third world debt crisis in the 80s
I wish it were not so

2024-10-17 05:28:36

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“The only way to minimize the misery of the Palestinians in Gaza is to call for Hamas to surrender and disarm, on every opportunity”
This is delusional
Yes of course that would be awesome. Palestine will not be free until it has democratic leadership
But the MAIN urgent way right not to minimize the misery of the Palestinians is to stop bombing them to smithereens. Obviously

2024-10-17 04:43:34

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Hate to break it to you but Hamas (as terrible as they are) is not why the Red Cross or other humanitarian aid orgs cannot help people inside Gaza

2024-10-17 04:34:25

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Israelis could protest and force Bibi out (unlike Gazans who would get killed for protesting). A brave minority have protested. But the majority have not. And the destruction of Gaza is popular among Israelis in polls

2024-10-17 04:32:23

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I agree there is mass dehumanization on both sides
But one side can vote, and the other cannot

2024-10-17 04:10:10

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Yes

2024-10-17 03:30:05

Pretty amazed that Fox News is doing solid journalism on Gaza
https://m.primal.net/LYLU.mp4

2024-10-13 14:54:59

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@npub12rv…85vg demonstrated it to me, was amazing, but was coded by someone else in just the last few days, he can tell you

2024-10-13 02:10:12

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I actually custom made it! :)

2024-10-12 20:52:28

See you in the study room 🫡 #note15l4…s4ee

2024-10-12 20:45:17

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I literally saw a demo yesterday for putting ecash on a hotel-type card

2024-10-12 20:36:10

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Sender does not need to be online, receiver does to prevent double spending

2024-10-12 20:05:28

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He is the one who told me about it :)

2024-10-12 19:45:10

One amazing thing I learned about (out of many) at the ecash conference
A router for sharing internet
Someone from India, living in a place with a lot of internet access problems, built a set-up where people can buy internet without having any internet in the first place. 1 sat per minute
He built a captive portal that you log into and the page says — I take ecash from this one mint, get ecash from there and paste it into this text box — you paste it in, hit enter, and you’re online
You’ve made an offline payment and voila, you're now online
There are many exciting Bitcoin developments happening but it's becoming more clear that ecash is a wholly different, complementary technology that does different things, including many things that Bitcoin can't do no matter how many upgrades it gets

2024-10-11 15:07:18

Coming at you live, from the ecash revolution✌️ https://image.nostr.build/74a2fbb902c9e7711040339c2a4eb7f86dedce1ff4097f4837c6421e22e1f8c5.jpg

2024-10-10 14:21:20

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Wow - will do!

2024-10-10 13:48:26

Berlin is a great place to talk about how to build better p2p bridges between people and take down the financial walls that separate us
Stoked for the ecash conf! https://image.nostr.build/083a6f107f4dfb07e45daeacc62479ec2cc72cbafd2508399a3d5712fe4adbeb.jpg

2024-10-09 00:13:01

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The Meereenese Knot!

2024-10-05 15:41:59

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Epic!

2024-10-05 00:00:09

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Thank you and likewise!

2024-10-04 22:54:24

“Though we do not wholly believe it yet, the interior life is a real life, and the intangible dreams of people have a tangible effect on the world”
As I reflect on spending three days with some of the world’s most innovative, persistent, and creative Bitcoiners, this quote from James Baldwin really resonates
Through a mix of code and action people are quite literally (to borrow a term from @npub1s05…eyhe) **bending** the world in a new direction
There is a lot of darkness, but let’s not loose track of the light. It’s there, and it’s real
Onwards! 🫡

2024-10-02 13:49:24

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Black Swan

2024-10-02 13:43:47

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Killer duo

2024-10-02 13:43:27

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First time I saw them was Bonnaroo 2006
Legendary 28 song set
They played EIIRP to close the second encore
Spiritual

2024-10-02 13:40:43

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So good

2024-10-02 13:27:38

Tough but
How to Disappear Completely https://image.nostr.build/6d0879a9a83dc9ae82c5f76159307ebee3a56c8e1c2e1a138fc1b2cfdcec73e3.jpg

2024-10-01 21:06:04

Some Nostr client needs to design an algo where I just see posts from home miners showing off their sick new setups

2024-10-01 12:54:20

👀 https://image.nostr.build/65bb06bf2d0104b883430af41ca72bc79c18d96a858dc47071151299458da4fa.jpg

2024-09-30 22:15:59

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Yes but if the money was good enough it was inevitable that they would want it, too

2024-09-26 17:23:10

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Strange, works for me, forwards here:
https://hrf.org/finney-prize/

2024-09-25 20:36:49

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What is “democratic justice”

2024-09-23 20:30:48

These kind of history-based feeds are interesting and have really become a thing in the past few years, I could see well-curated ones doing well on nostr https://image.nostr.build/5133f60020ce41807d83e9a0e2cf2c16b2decacca1d0a5cc9a510f56593f3c55.jpg

2024-09-20 23:35:18

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In a Bitcoin standard what happens if I’m 22 and have no capital but what to buy a car. You don’t think leasing or auto loans will exist?

2024-09-20 21:01:17

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You think that people with no capital won't borrow to finance things if we use Bitcoin instead of dollars?

2024-09-20 20:59:27

Lots of debate about the Saylor / Saifedean conversation
I thought it was really interesting
No one really knows what credit will look like in a Bitcoin Standard
They both make good points
I tend to think that (young, less capitalized, etc) people will of course still borrow to buy a car or or a home, to Michael's point
But I also agree with some of Saifdean's points about the inevitable decline in value of government debt
People seemed to hyperlock onto a short clip of it on X and spit takes instead of listening to the whole thing which is unfortunate
There's way too much 100% agreement in this space so a 2-hour animated conversation with two people who do share a lot in common but really disagree strongly on some stuff and aren't afraid to push back is very refreshing

2024-09-18 16:58:13

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🤙

2024-09-17 23:47:07

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Yep 😉

2024-09-17 23:46:50

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See my essay for more context on that
https://reason.com/2024/08/13/can-nostr-make-twitters-dreams-come-true/

2024-09-17 23:45:30

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Congrats!

2024-09-17 22:16:28

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🐘 ⛰️ 🤙

2024-09-17 16:48:20

"We can't entrust our primary communications network to a handful of corruptible humans. And now we don't have to."
I had the pleasure to work with Reason on this Nostr explainer video this summer
Happy to see it in the wild!
https://m.primal.net/KsvE.mov

2024-09-17 03:24:37

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Because it’s insane? Would you like to live in a world where you could go to jail for a t shirt?

2024-09-16 23:15:05

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Not relevant

2024-09-16 23:14:51

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You think this is fake news?

2024-09-16 03:02:51

Police state city 😢 https://image.nostr.build/2aff88e63064d00f4ad6a39b52781b28c677e785350ba4ac1d18715ca0f2622a.jpg

2024-09-14 21:04:09

Follow David 👇 #note10ce…3ux2

2024-09-13 23:32:08

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Every day

2024-09-13 20:12:15

AMA on Stacker News
https://stacker.news/items/683717

2024-09-13 18:12:02

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So sick

2024-09-10 18:18:35

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🇺🇸

2024-09-09 23:33:43

Trump's monetary policy seems to be:
1) Devalue the dollar (to become more competitive with manufacturing)
2) Force other countries to still use it (through a <checks notes> 100% tariff on countries who try to use other currencies)
Post-fiat historians will look back at these times with a lot of wonder and fascination
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-07/trump-pledges-100-tariff-for-countries-that-shun-the-dollar

2024-09-07 17:07:17

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If she was a CIA plant she’d probably be pushing stablecoins

2024-09-06 21:44:46

Surfed this morning, 3 dolphins came right into the line up and caught waves and played around (literally swimming right under/next to you) for 5 minutes, was incredible, nature is amazing 🐬 🤙

2024-09-06 20:30:35

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Yo 😉

2024-09-06 20:30:17

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Yo 😉

2024-09-06 15:42:02

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Maduro is a horrible horrible murderous corrupt socialist criminal who has helped destroy Venezuela
did you know that the once-proud country is the cause the world’s largest refugee crisis?

2024-09-05 20:22:49

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Try a different client?

2024-09-05 17:03:36

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It will be on Bitcoin Mag YT channel soon

2024-09-05 16:41:57

I had the honor to interview María Corina Machado, the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, about how fiat money was weaponized against the Venezuelan people by the Chávez and Maduro regimes
She says Bitcoin is a "lifeline" and "vital means of resistance" and said that a future democratic Venezuelan government will use Bitcoin to rebuild the national reserves that the Chávistas stole and put Venezuela back on a path to peace and prosperity
I've put out a lot of content in the past few years but I think this is the most important thing I've done -- the implications are vast considering a) Venezuela is one of the world's largest energy exporters with some of the world's largest oil reserves and b) María Corina Machado is not some rogue leader or dictator but a US ally
I hope you can watch 🇻🇪
https://m.primal.net/KfiC.mov

2024-09-04 23:07:13

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The hub is amazing

2024-09-04 17:01:58

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That's basically what I did

2024-09-04 17:01:25

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He won two years ago, always is sharp

2024-09-04 17:00:52

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Excellent!

2024-09-04 05:04:23

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Nick Chubb had one of the worst knee injuries you’ll ever see like a few months ago

2024-09-04 05:03:49

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Yeah maybe I will regret that?

2024-09-04 04:20:25

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Be the change you want to see in the world 😉

2024-09-04 04:20:05

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Alright well let's go

2024-09-04 03:53:42

https://m.primal.net/KdMI.png
Started using Nostr to collect fantasy football dues for the 6th annual SatBowl
10/10, no notes
In the near future there will be fantasy football apps entirely built on nostr, looking forward to that
P.S. before you jest, remember that close to 70 million (!) Americans play fantasy sports, all together sending billions of small transactions every year

2024-09-01 17:37:19

💜 #note16rj…d56r

2024-08-29 19:03:07

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🔥

2024-08-29 17:32:44

A good morning is a morning catching waves w/ Paul and @npub1330…2k82
☀️ 🤙 https://image.nostr.build/0b0c63fb3ce0546f63e9952f72d3410b9feebbf6e44c8d55c39b428c79da55a4.jpg

2024-08-28 21:05:35

+1 #note1a7t…rnkg

2024-08-26 18:35:44

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Cheryl Payer - Debt Trap
Michael Hudson - Superimperialism

2024-08-25 06:47:31

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Soon, hopefully!