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Vlad, Bitcoin Takeover Podcast

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2024-11-05 14:22:58

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So you’d rather have the teleprompter lady who’s basically a walking puppet of her party and never expressed anything positive about the bitcoin industry?

2024-11-04 18:43:32

don’t let the election circus distract you from the fact that
zcash & monero are pumping
while bitcoin is dumping

2024-10-27 15:56:41

if bitcoin activates drivechains and a couple of covenants (op_cat + op_ctv, or great script restoration), it will empower the builders to bring everything to the network and add more value to btc.
the competitive advantage won’t only be political/memetic, there will be solid technical reasons to abandon alts like ethereum and build everything on bitcoin.
it would also solve issues related to miners’ revenue, as people will use bitcoin transactions for lots of different reasons which include interacting with layer 2s.
all it takes is 2-3 soft forks.

2024-10-25 13:01:58

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Not directly implying that, but it’s very possible. Maybe they deleted this data, maybe they didn’t and the feds have it now.
The issue is that it was possible to have it in the first place.

2024-10-25 04:38:18

last week an audit of the samourai wallet whirlpool code revealed that the coordinator could match a coinjoin’s inputs and outputs – thus providing zero privacy against samourai.
@npub1v6q…nzyr reported it, didn’t see too many reactions.
why aren’t more people talking about this?

2024-10-14 10:16:18

Too many bitcoiners are fucking communists who expect others to work for free to only please them, and also live like monks.
Then they complain when open source projects or podcasts get money from people/companies that aren't pure enough.
How about you start paying for the stuff you like instead of being a cheap ass who posts pictures of socks with holes in them while bragging that they never sold any bitcoin?
It's no rocket science, someone has to pay for all the work. And if it ain't you and your friends, it's probably someone you don't like.
But if you don't want to pay/donate and enjoy having everything handed to you for free, at least don't waste everyone's time with your complaints. Nobody cares outside of your circlejerk.

2024-10-12 15:11:07

I miss the days when being a “Bitcoin educator” meant that you explain complicated technical concepts in layman terms.
Now it’s mostly about posting bullish memes that project confidence, writing articles about irrational bullishness, and making up silly metaphors that are meant to provide reassurance that “everything is good for Bitcoin” (even if it’s not good for a majority of the users).

2024-10-10 17:12:17

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lol no
It’s a protocol just like Counterparty, which uses ZK SNARKS and Client Side Validation. Nodes can either choose to use it or ignore it.
Can be built today without any soft fork using multisigs, but would become much more powerful with a covenant that makes it trust minimized.

2024-10-10 16:38:54

What if privacy comes to Bitcoin, but the Saylor'd community rejects it and it never gets adopted?
Listen to Robin Linus (BitVM), Liam Eagen (Alpen Labs) & Jonas Nick (Blockstream) answer this question on S15 E38 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast, during which they explain their Shielded Client Side Validation paper – a proposal that can help Bitcoin get 100 private transactions per second!
https://www.youtube.com/live/f8aNWuBNnik?si=4GRjjElHtafAsfn3

2024-10-10 15:37:28

I don't practice Sayloria, I ain't got no moonboi goal,
If I had a million bitcoins... but I'd burn it all!
If I could find Satoshi
And those coins that he mined
Well I'd tell him "make them private!"
And I'd slap him down!
What I really wanna know, my plebby
What I really wanna say, I will define
It's privacy I need, mmmm
My soul will have to wait till I get back to find Satoshi, get privacy of my own.

2024-10-09 20:32:45

Watch this today if you want to learn more about the future of Bitcoin privacy!
https://www.youtube.com/live/f8aNWuBNnik?si=trYteCef8gImQGxl

2024-10-09 08:58:19

According to HBO, I’ve interviewed Satoshi Nakamoto 5 times on my podcast.
Anyway, don’t miss today’s livestream interview with @robin_linus @liameagen @n1ckler at 8 PM CET/1 PM EST.
They will talk about shielded client side validation, one of Peter Todd’s ideas 🤯
Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/f8aNWuBNnik?feature=shared https://image.nostr.build/afa30604e4ea499a0b526e061d45b8a5e1493503f2ead2d654496ca9c2533d8d.jpg

2024-10-07 10:20:15

Upcoming Bitcoin Takeover podcast episodes:
– David Burkett talks about MWEB and the kind of privacy it brings with only a soft fork
– Robin Linus, Jonas Nick, Liam Eagen on their new Shielded Client Side Validation paper and what it means for Bitcoin privacy

2024-10-06 14:59:13

Just in case you were wondering, my girlfriend cooked lamb with potatoes and carrots 🥕
Hope you’re having a lovely Sunday too! https://image.nostr.build/740abe5c3d39fc26fb77770a428f478e04a853a3950232e25685448e99db8bba.jpg

2024-10-05 02:35:45

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Speaking of implementing Lighting, Decred has built a much more reliable version of it which has nearly 0% failed payments.
They also have base layer privacy.
Haven’t heard anyone in Bitcoin speaking about it.
https://www.youtube.com/live/jKDJ06Pgu9A?si=4XjrrWAgQYCCGfAs

2024-10-05 00:17:59

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Serious question: did you ever listen to my podcast or read one of my long-form articles?

2024-10-05 00:09:10

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Read chapter 10 of the Bitcoin whitepaper and Satoshi’s comments on ZK proofs from this Bitcoin Talk thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=770.msg9074#msg9074

2024-10-04 23:32:53

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Yes, they are much better at the local level.

2024-10-04 23:32:21

This has to be the cheapest shot I’ve ever received.
I’ve written hundreds of articles over the last 7 years without stirring up any drama and I’ve published more than 200 interviews that didn’t upset anyone.
I can count the controversial moments on one hand. #note1rgz…efy5

2024-10-04 22:49:58

Money that has no privacy is money that will be stolen away from you.

2024-10-04 22:34:47

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Monero wallets are optimized to sync from the block height where the first incoming transaction happened.
Even light mobile wallets like Cake will download block filters to avoid reliance on any Electrum-type of server.
They also use a BIP39-style backup as default in all wallets including the full node/CPU mining one.
Maybe you should give it a try, the amount of progress that they made is really impressive.

2024-10-04 22:30:41

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What you cannot hide, someone will steal from you.

2024-10-02 09:03:46

Bitcoin’s lack of privacy is not an accident & it’s not the result of negligence.
It’s a deliberate choice, as cowardly devs & sellout community members deliberately ignore a decade of research & experimentation.
This is why I’m making a magazine about privacy. To change the culture, remind readers that there’s still a chapter 10 in the Bitcoin whitepaper, and explain how we can learn from projects such as Monero, Zcash, Litecoin, Nym, Firo, Zano, and more.
I’m not doing this alone: more than a dozen of writers are joining me to explain to you why privacy is important, why you should desire it, and how you can currently use it.
I expect this magazine to get launched on time for @npub1j0y…0hd9 next month. So stay tuned! And if you want to sponsor the project, DM me and you’ll get a full page ad.
Hope you like this front cover: it combines the origins of a popular meme with the realities of Bitcoin privacy. Pepe cheers for the pumper in chief, but surrenders his privacy and cypherpunk ethos for some NGU.
And before you jump at me and say that adding privacy to Bitcoin is premature and might lead to hidden inflation, remember that even Dandelion++ (a protocol which hides your wallet’s IP address from the rest of the network, which was built for BTC but adopted by Monero) is currently not part of the software client.
Think about it! And watch out for this magazine next month when it gets released! https://image.nostr.build/312bdc49fc9d54182da9c99f841b5710428c379d7c7d07ed5f6253da2492a80c.jpg

2024-10-01 14:49:13

Tomorrow I’ll publish S15 E57 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast, featuring Orkun Kilic!
We talk about Citrea, ZK rollups vs sidechains, use cases for rollups, and what building a BTC economy is about.
Subscribe! 🐸
https://youtube.com/@bitcointakeover https://image.nostr.build/89d39561fb96218731f631f6cb095c2efcd43864f1305dcf649556a0e3d46517.jpg

2024-09-26 19:35:31

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Had to restart the stream due to a connection issue.
New link:
https://youtube.com/live/MmKr3uyvqFg?feature=share

2024-09-26 19:35:01

Prof. Richard Werner is the author of “Princes of the Yen” and the mainstream economist who created quantitative easing.
Today, he is a fan of Bitcoin, hates CBDCs, and supports small community banks.
Find out more from S15 E56 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast!
https://youtube.com/live/MmKr3uyvqFg?feature=share

2024-09-25 14:04:39

Antagonizing cash is one of the biggest mistakes in promoting Bitcoin. Or potentially a psyop.
Cash is cypherpunk as fuck: private, permissionless, fungible, easily transportable, relatively easy to verify with a UV light pen.
It’s the banks + the cashless society who are the enemy. It’s the CBDCs. But not cash, the most convenient way to make local payments.
We should think of ways to turn bitcoin into cash for transactions when the internet is off, not tell people to pay with Visa to earn points. https://image.nostr.build/d940a0d3bf5bdef91244b8703bffb11e2b59220191128dec0bdcafb9d91db910.jpg

2024-09-16 23:02:30

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Thank you, sir!
Supras & girlfriends soon 🤪

2024-09-16 22:24:45

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Anything that sparks your imagination when you think about my pod 🤪

2024-09-16 13:35:44

When I tell you that the Bitcoin Takeover podcast has THE SMARTEST LISTENERS in the world, I’m not kidding.
Look at this comment I just got.
READ IT!!!
You think McCormack’s listeners ever referenced Dostoyevsky in their comments? Maybe Livera’s?
LOL https://image.nostr.build/789fef7ea6fba9c7907e1b3cb74645ca1da7b21ecae9f337a1ccda12db796662.jpg

2024-09-16 12:06:24

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Followed!

2024-09-16 08:11:12

To all listeners of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast: I need your help!
For 5+ years, I had to answer to the question “who are your listeners?”
I have some rough stats, but don’t know specifics.
If you see this message + listen to the show, please leave a comment.

2024-09-16 07:00:58

Here’s the private Bitcoin transaction that @npub1pww…en60 has sent me during S15 E54 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast.
This is what it looks like when you send directly from a CoinJoin – thus improving the sender’s privacy.
What Bitcoin needs right now in order to become fungible is confidentiality – the ability to hide amounts.
Think you can deanonymize this? Give it a try:
https://mempool.space/tx/52a1f40b1d1dae560c02f0bb65304172d936e01d67ee633c2f846c139fef8c0b?mode=details https://video.nostr.build/c2528d4dd422a8f414783a717a547cc55b1da9e16ae32d6cb8d7d8e77631f5e0.mp4

2024-09-15 17:11:45

Only big brain Chads are allowed to listen to the Bitcoin Takeover podcast 🤩
I love my audience 🫡 https://image.nostr.build/17650df64af5bd48579f2c602ff92219e553485bdcd4ae98130145e2fa308913.jpg

2024-09-14 09:40:02

If you haven’t already, listen to my interview with @npub1pww…en60
He talks about running the most successful @npub167h…schc coordinator, why Bitcoin privacy matters & how blockchain analysis works!
https://www.youtube.com/live/v952Fd1vmOs?si=eOnBrv2TJ2ptY8mm

2024-09-13 07:48:52

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Oh, that looks tasty!

2024-09-12 19:31:21

Tonight it was my turn to cook dinner, so I went full Romanian and made “mămăligă cu brânză și smântână”.
Added a sausage to make it more unhealthy 🥓 https://image.nostr.build/dec0389a90f1bdffe1f5a607c0a801751cc128c1f111b59792669e4baf883874.jpg

2024-09-11 20:29:49

Rate my girlfriend’s pizza 🍕 https://image.nostr.build/7d7ec3738656da4e1f55f18c8c52bd5f9fce118b2e6d93a856d80fe9c5817deb.jpg

2024-09-11 18:26:07

On Friday I’ll livestream S15 E54 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast with @npub1pww…en60
He currently runs one of the most popular Wasabi 2.0 coordinators, takes no fees for mixes & is a big advocate for Bitcoin privacy!
Subscribe! https://image.nostr.build/4534c60f4f7cd924a0e3b2e3cc8b4cf332911c4b649bdd57b72686f5cfc09d61.jpg

2024-09-11 18:25:10

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Did he press the “buy” button on behalf of these people? Or are they mentally disabled to the extent that they have no ability to think for themselves?

2024-09-09 23:27:49

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Why should he apologize?

2024-09-09 14:10:52

Listen to my recent interview with Bitcoin OG Charlie Shrem, the former CEO of BitInstant and one of the first people to go to jail for defending Bitcoin’s monetary fungibility.
https://www.youtube.com/live/8ApXdU1QRvM?si=QzSnGJvkgtfCLkMd

2024-09-02 08:50:43

What happens if everyone who wanted to buy bitcoin already bought it, but nobody really needs it outside the speculative investment thesis?

2024-08-31 19:48:42

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Hi!

2024-08-29 19:54:11

In this interview, @npub1c87…8avm explains why he is still bullish on Lightning, but ecash (Cashu, Fedi) is not the solution.
Enjoy!
https://youtube.com/live/KSttiXqsU3g?feature=share

2024-08-27 13:48:38

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Have you looked into MWEB?

2024-08-27 13:38:05

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I am not here for good looks 🙃

2024-08-27 13:21:41

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Until we have that figured out, Monero, Zcash, MWEB Litecoin, Zano and everything else is fair game and has every right to exist + build.

2024-08-27 13:18:34

Any Monero people here? I want to follow you!
@npub14a6…z6rn who else is a privacy maxi?

2024-08-27 13:17:23

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I’m still here. Trying to make a point about privacy & price.

2024-08-21 15:51:38

https://www.youtube.com/live/DWxNfI3m8jY?si=t8fdZpkjc50koN2V

2024-08-20 15:30:42

Read Eric Hughes’ “A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto” today!
If you previously read it, give it another go!
https://nakamotoinstitute.org/library/cypherpunk-manifesto/

2024-08-20 15:29:20

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Have you been listening to Bitcoin Takeover lately?
Season 15 is killing it and is the most aspirational one so far. There are more talks about what Bitcoin can be than what it currently is. There’s little to no hopium.
https://youtube.com/@bitcointakeover?si=D9Ip3WePUrLpv8Hw
Give it a chance whenever you can!

2024-08-14 15:03:42

https://www.youtube.com/live/p-BADWRNCRY?si=crceXr5RDhERQBFZ

2024-08-14 11:10:27

In 2 hours I will interview Chaincode Labs engineer & Bitcoin Stack Exchange champion Murch!
Make sure you tune in to the livestream!
We’ll talk about whether or not ordinal inscriptions are spam, ossification vs popular soft fork proposals, tail emission, and many more topics that are generally misunderstood by bitcoiners. https://image.nostr.build/1b3188a9d39cde3dd33b6544ab532949a7fb524950029a17ef16cc5f448bd9a6.jpg

2024-08-09 15:00:46

There are only 2 kinds of people in Bitcoin: those who are listening to the Bitcoin Takeover podcast and those who should be listening to the Bitcoin Takeover podcast.
Everything in between is mostly noise. https://video.nostr.build/1084a7523070aa5f62d26f9e52616f6d7b00c06f4b913759e743596864460960.mp4

2024-08-09 15:00:05

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Sir, that’s a custodian. Banking with extra steps.

2024-08-05 23:19:13

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I will, don’t worry!

2024-08-05 23:18:27

Stop what you’re doing and listen to @npub1sn0…jdv9's speech from the Bitcoin 2024 conference.
He makes some very good points about Bitcoin’s lack of privacy, how exchanges have data about their users & share them with governments & why AI will make linking transactions much easier.
He also explains why metadata is enough to construct an entire story about your daily habits – they don’t have to know the specifics of what you buy and why, they already see with whom you are transacting and building a profile.
I can’t believe people don’t talk about this more!!!
https://youtu.be/f3NBhSXtE5g?si=KFAJkxhn7yd2NnhZ

2024-08-05 18:04:20

The world needs sound money.
Sound money is fungible.
Fungibility requires privacy.
Privacy makes the world a better place.

2024-08-05 10:56:04

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See his references: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2m30j6/comment/cm1bton/

2024-08-04 21:18:10

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Read the article yourself: https://blog.ethereum.org/2014/11/20/bitcoin-maximalism-currency-platform-network-effects

2024-08-04 21:17:15

Bitcoin won’t reach $100k until we adopt the bits standard as the only denomination.
1 bitcoin = 1 million bits
Until $1 million per bitcoin, everyone can buy a bit below $1.
It’s so simple, beautiful & clear – unlike the sats clusterfuck that makes everyone ask questions.

2024-08-04 16:48:27

Buy my book, pay $500 to join my steak dinner ($500 extra if you want to sit closer to me), buy my stonk because there is no second best, buy your BTC from this extremely compliant exchange because at least it has no shitcoins, listen to my podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/live/NRYFjS8UT1M

2024-08-04 16:36:28

Bitcoin maximalism used to mean “this network is the most robust, so every successful experiment that has market demand will be built on top of it”.
It somehow degenerated into “anything but this one network is a scam, so we’ll ignore markets by calling participants scammers & frown upon different tech by calling it scammy for even being developed”

2024-08-04 14:59:55

Will Bitcoin’s layer 1 get replaced with something else that secures the network in perpetuity, as the coins only get transferred on an L2?
In S15 E58 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast, Paul Puey makes this bold prediction!
He also talks about privacy & how light wallets work!
https://www.youtube.com/live/NRYFjS8UT1M?si=tior9wxrp1tAH72v

2024-08-02 17:58:27

Listen to Edge wallet CEO Paul Puey, as he talks about Bitcoin scaling, privacy, and why the UX is important 🫡
https://www.youtube.com/live/NRYFjS8UT1M?feature=shared

2024-08-02 02:36:17

There are only 2 ways to scale Bitcoin: you either upgrade it, or else create monetary inflation through useful forks that serve a designated use case.
Essentially, the entire crypto market is Bitcoin’s experimentation layer & consists of stuff that could have been built on Bitcoin.
In a perfect world, there would be no “privacy coins” & no blockchain analysis industry: Satoshi wanted privacy, Hal Finney famously tweeted about trying to make Bitcoin more private. But somewhere down the line the “Bitcoin is transparent” narrative prevailed because it makes more people trust the system.
It doesn’t have to remain so. Bitcoin without confidentiality is a panopticon and every authoritarian’s wet dream. Time to get better!

2024-07-18 10:10:43

Don’t miss my new interview with @npub1ej4…ndrm
He talks about full RBF, Bitcoin covenant proposals, tail emission, some controversial stuff, and why Lightning is still the most exciting payments tech ⚡️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb2fK4Y2ZkA

2024-07-15 12:46:10

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Thank you for noticing!

2024-07-15 12:45:30

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The Zcash sidechain that Drivechains enable is gonna be sick 🔥

2024-07-15 12:43:41

My YouTube channel needs 80 more subscribers to reach the 3k milestone.
Help a brother out! Maybe also listen to the Bitcoin podcast that seems to attract OGs & intellectuals.
Escape the “sound money bro, we’re so early, we are gonna get rich” matrix with Bitcoin Takeover 😎 https://image.nostr.build/266a1c9f42bb9e02046f4b6c23849ad5007d8fabf806574e1912af4bb40090cf.jpg

2024-07-12 08:01:49

hot take:
the ultra masculine, carnivore, conservative right and “based” version of bitcoin maximalism is a psyop to alienate the community from the actually competent coders who are nothing like that (one guy turned his blue hair into a trademark, another one became a woman) and maybe replace them with “based” but code illiterate parasites.

2024-07-06 12:22:50

Is there anyone you’d love to see/hear on the Bitcoin Takeover podcast?
Tag him/her below 👇🏻

2024-07-03 13:18:28

40 minutes left! #note1dud…s7yf

2024-07-03 09:21:10

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Look into MWEB

2024-07-03 09:20:51

In 5 hours I will broadcast S15 E45 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast 🔥
The guests are @npub1ncc…z7mj and Turbolay, the two devs who are now working to take the FOSS @npub167h…schc to the next level.
How can the project function without funding from a centralized coordinator? Which features should Wasabi users expect in the future? Wen 3.0?
Find out more at 2 PM UTC/4 PM CET! The episode will also stream here on Nostr via @npub1eaz…rcgz! https://image.nostr.build/bb179fcf8e49e0513e72809e0a5ab2248c3f3840db67a95da2817b3694880800.jpg

2024-06-30 15:11:48

Make Bitcoin cypherpunk again!
Being in bed with Wall Street & becoming compliant barely brought the price above what the free market accomplished 3 years ago.
Rich people don’t need another store of value. But billions of people need something to make unstoppable & untraceable payments.

2024-06-29 22:43:21

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel

2024-06-29 22:43:05

“Bro Peter Tiel is only FUDing Bitcoin so he can buy more.
He admittedly spoke with friends at the FBI & attends the annual Bilderberg Group event as a member of the Steering Committee.
Peter Tiel is such a spook that he believes Bitcoin should be private & ETFs are bad for the project’s mission. His views are not at all consistent with his 2004 essay “The Straussian Moment”, he never wanted Bitcoin to succeed where PayPal failed.
Just listen to Michael Saylor, he is definitely not a spook and wants what’s best for Bitcoin!”

2024-06-29 16:40:07

Peter Thiel:
- has more money & more powerful friends than Saylor
- probably owned more BTC too, didn’t spend every day bragging about it
- attends the annual Bilderberg meeting
- wanted Bitcoin to stay cypherpunk & add base layer privacy, dislikes the ETF & thinks it captured Bitcoin
Wasn’t the narrative that privacy is bad for mass adoption and big money will no longer want Bitcoin if it’s black market money?

2024-06-29 16:09:11

“When people in the FBI tell me that they’d much rather have criminals use Bitcoin than $100 bills, it suggests that it’s not working the way it was supposed to”
– Peter Thiel, a billionaire investor who says he was in it for the disruptive cypherpunk tech and not for the compliant NGU that’s all about becoming part of the legacy financial system.
Something to really reflect upon. This guy has more money than Michael Saylor, more powerful friends, attends the Bilderberg annual meeting. Says he was in it for the revolution, clearly wanted base layer privacy – while the narrative we’ve been told that privacy is bad for adoption turned out to be just a lie on order to politically capture the system.

2024-06-29 08:34:26

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2024-06-29 08:29:48

*Picks up ukulele*
*strums two random chords (in the shape of Amaj7 and Dmaj7) on guitar, then slowly finger picks them*
Holy fuck, I’ve just discovered how to play “No Surprise” by Radiohead 🤯
Maybe that Thom Yorke and/or Johnny Greenwood wrote it the same way 🙃

2024-06-29 08:13:19

The “transaction accelerator” feature in Wasabi wallet is second to none in terms of UX.
You don’t have to know if you’re doing a CPFP or RBF. You just click the rocket icon next to your stuck transaction and the wallet informs you how much it costs to speed up your tx.
Underrated, underappreciated, and not loved enough because the devs had bigger issues around the tome this feature got launched 🤷🏻‍♂️

2024-06-25 17:55:14

I am now live with Chris DeRose on @npub1eaz…rcgz
https://zap.stream/naddr1qqjrywfk8ycrscf395mxyve5956xvvfc95unzwfs95cnxd3jx3snqcmxx5enzq3qeaz6dwsnvwkha5sn5puwwyxjgy26uusundrm684lg3vw4ma5c2jsxpqqqpmxw5us777 https://image.nostr.build/9e3db032147ed964f8086cbf4a8086e15c842654fc9d20a47cde7328c23afe9e.jpg

2024-06-25 11:14:38

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Never received any income from YouTube, it’s a very niche podcast that discusses mostly technical topics for a narrow audience that cares about much more than NGU.
But no, I’m fine. The funny part is that my sponsors fully support my work and don’t submit to a loud minority.

2024-06-25 10:12:08

7 hours left until the Chris DeRose interview gets livestreamed here on Nostr via @npub1eaz…rcgz https://image.nostr.build/9e3db032147ed964f8086cbf4a8086e15c842654fc9d20a47cde7328c23afe9e.jpg

2024-06-24 21:41:17

This one goes to all my friends who used to be bitcoin millionaires but now they’re just humble hundred k-ers.
The 2-comma club kicked you out, welcome back to poverty.

2024-06-22 14:38:01

Two days ago, I encountered some technical issues during my livestream with Sergio Demian Lerner.
For the Spotify version, I’ve edited & fixed the audio.
For YouTube & Nostr, I will do another stream to feature the improved version.
Hope you’ll tune in and enjoy it! BitVMX is really interesting. https://image.nostr.build/cd631a2ee2ea8e3bf25b9399311d8d47ed769af16d83fb276d72641be9484df8.jpg

2024-06-21 22:25:19

One of the most effective attacks on Bitcoin involves paying developers to do nothing significant or disruptive.
Stall development by a decade or two, push everyone else to create impractical workarounds, then create a culture of complacency in which stagnation is celebrated.

2024-06-19 15:59:24

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2024-06-19 15:43:59

Will interview Chris DeRose on Tuesday, June 25th, 1 PM EST/8 PM CET.
Got questions for him? Leave them in the comments 👇🏻 https://image.nostr.build/8a60e3792041404b449696a3c708fce955ec47dbc7ac4c9eb20180877fb8c5a7.jpg

2024-06-19 14:21:46

Follow me for Bitcoin uneducation.

2024-06-19 12:33:34

OP_CAT is where it’s at https://image.nostr.build/9d6b24f6a6f85f79b339005dd71880f77d8afeb31a32dfb102945ec5a4bff5bd.jpg

2024-06-17 20:33:04

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Just download the GUI wallet on your phone, run a node and mine!
https://www.getmonero.org/downloads/

2024-06-17 20:30:20

I e-mailed Chris DeRose.
Told him since we last spoke I got canceled by the people I was trying to please, so now I can relate to his 2018ish struggles much better.
Hope he’ll find a couple of hours to record a new podcast episode with me.
Fingers crossed! 🤞

2024-06-17 07:45:46

How to mine #bitcoin without buying ASICs:
1. Mine Monero in the background while your computer is on
2. Send your XMR to Cake Wallet
3. Swap XMR for BTC
Congratulations, you just mined Bitcoin like it’s 2010!

2024-06-16 21:57:06

The future is multi-chain.
Litecoin will always be around to try features that are too reckless for Bitcoin and to do fast payments.
Monero will always be around to offer privacy & experiment with avant-garde cryptography.
Ethereum (or something similar) will always be around to allow devs to build financial apps & create tokens.
It doesn’t matter that they don’t scale – they scale Bitcoin + provide features that Bitcoin doesn’t have. All of them can work as Bitcoin L2s – Ethereum already does with WBTC.
They also add monetary inflation, meaning that we won’t have everything divided by 21 million coins. But that’s the price we pay for rejecting true maximalism (one coin to rule them all, with all the features integrated in sidechains + layer 2s).

2024-06-16 08:35:43

From now on, every new Bitcoin Takeover podcast episode will get livestreamed here on Nostr too via @npub1eaz…rcgz
Find all livestreams here, make sure you follow the channel:
https://zap.stream/p/npub12qz56plzehejkyp4waaannmnny4y4c30j8q55a3wlk49haslga2snypdx8