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2024-11-04 22:50:42

Imagine having the most wonderful Bitcoin wallet ever written but it is impossible to get Bitcoin without KYC. That would mean you have the most beautiful financial surveillance system, and something that is ant-Bitcoin.
In order for services to serve properly all of Ethical Bitcoin Principles must be fulfilled simultaneously. It is not a buffet of characteristics you can choose from, you either do it all or not at all.
A world where all money is under surveillance is a suboptimal world, and a choice.
Everyone involved in providing Bitcoin services must make a choice, freedom or enslavement, privacy or surveillance. These choices are not hard to make, and if everyone works together to make the right choices, then Bitcoin users will get the Bitcoin Ecosystem they deserve.
The biggest threat to Bitcoin now is the osmotic barrier between those with Bitcoin and those without, and the unwitting and ignorant gatekeepers who keep spreading superstitious lies about Bitcoin and what is required to serve it.
These people perpetuate lies about what Bitcoin is, what the law says, what laws may apply to Bitcoin, and whether there are even laws or not, and many people simply go along with their gibberish and irrational calls to apply anything, literally any law, so that you can pretend to be "Compliant".
If Bitcoiners cave in to the thinking of the lowest common denominator, the anti-American and the loser, then the proliferation of Ethical Bitcoin onramps, the prerequisite to Hyperbitcoinization, will not come to pass and bear fruit.
Bitcoiners must "hold the line", tell the truth, not cave in to the weak minded, the cowardly and the ignorant and apply the law as it is written. This is not asking for much, certainly for any American, and hopefully GEPOTUS will make this easier for the weaker amongst you to do without soiling their trousers.
If GEPOTUS is advised by the best Bitcoiners AND Ron Paul, then it is a sure thing that Bitcoin will be moved under the protection of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, and then the floodgates will be opened.
Fiat will flow into Bitcoin in amounts that Bitcoiners could not have even dreamed of previous to GEPOTUS, and once this happens, there will be no going back as the exits to the US Dollar close by virtue of it ceasing to exist.
America will become the number one country not only for the amount of Bitcoin in citizens hands' but for its expertise in the mediation of Bitcoin. When this happens, no country on earth will be able to catch up with it, and the financial centre preeminence of America will not be lost, but strengthened because one man, GEPOTUS decided that the law should be followed and American know how applied unbridled.
In the light of this future scenario, isn't it better to get ahead of the game and start laying down the thinking and tools to push Hyperbitcoinization?
I think so. Others, not so much it seems.
The allure of Virtue Signalling is very strong in many people. Their number one impulse is to look good in front of other people; they don't actually care about anything in particular, and will latch themselves to anything like Barnacles on a whale, irritating it, and slowing it down by de-streamlining its surface.
Their goals are set by other people, and are not original. They take "feedback" from Bitcoin's bitter enemies and then package it as being part of "the revolution".
It's fraud. It's fakery. There are no two ways about it.
Despite all of this, very very very big things are coming. Things so big, your jaw will hit the floor. And I'm not just saying that. I am not exaggerating.
The path to Hyperbitcoinization is every road, in all directions, all at once. This is possible if the people with their hands on the levers are the made of the right stuff.
The Trump campaign has shown everyone that a coalition of people who are normally on different sides of arguments can work together to overcome great evils.
This can happen in Bitcoin too. But in order for it to happen, people must disabuse themselves of the wrong things they've been let to believe, and cross the chasm to that place where Bitcoin is everywhere, everyplace, all the time, without restriction, arbitrary rules and anti human strictures.
I have absolutely no problem imagining this.
What about you?
https://medium.com/@beautyon_/bitcoin-adoption-and-conway-s-game-of-life-54ca71db7b88

2024-10-29 12:27:48

All of this applies generally as Andrew says, and it also applies specifically to Bitcoin.
For generations the core beliefs and foundational narratives held by the fiat Central Bankers are collapsing like a deck of cards.
As their worldview and fraudulent financial system crumbles, they will fight desperately, becoming more and more aggressive and irrational, using lawfare against Bitcoin; and some of the companies that mediate it will voluntarily capitulate and obey out of fear or love of the legacy system, “because it's the best we have right now, and rapid change is dangerous”.
Trying to convince anti-Bitcoiners or engage in rational discourse is futile. Their entire lives have been based on deception, and watching their lies refuted in real time as the price of Bitcoin goes up and fiat evaporates is too much for their febrile minds to handle.
Imagine believing the lies of the Federal Reserve for decades, only to face this harsh reality suddenly, “I have been lied to all of my life. The money I sought, fought for and stored was a lie, and now I am worth literally nothing”.
This is the hard truth they’re facing.
It's far more comfortable for fiat heads, dollaristsas, Stablecoinists, incrementalistas and “Dollars on the Blockchain” infiltraitors to keep their heads in the sand, insulated in a lie bubble, lashing out at anyone trying to pull you out (Bitcoiners).
This is their current state of mind. They are like an injured rabid dog backed into a corner, snarling and foaming at the mouth. I would genuinely pity them if not for their active roles in destroying our country and people and their money, and fighting for the slave system.
They will continue to attack and insult and lie about Bitcoin and Bitcoiners, but it won't stop what's already unfolding and can't be contained.
https://x.com/BasedTorba/status/1851136659896627532

2024-10-27 20:48:26

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Your Virtue is Signalled and ack’d.

2024-10-27 20:23:54

“Which side aye you on boys, which side are you on?”
https://x.com/beautyon_/status/1850631282080014433?s=61&t=eyjJ5IvKiAtPIDSBRekpmA

2024-10-26 11:31:00

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Sorry to ruin your weekend. https://unherd.com/newsroom/labour-inches-closer-to-digital-id-cards/

2024-10-26 10:18:10

The text below is the complete reason why Elon and the ID Card fanatics are 100% wrong.
The UK ID card is not what you think it is. It is not a simple identity document like your passport or driving license. It is in fact, a database backed control grid and the fulfilment of Orwells nightmare.
You may have heard that legislation creating compulsory ID Cards passed a crucial stage in the House of Commons. You may feel that ID cards are not something to worry about, since we already have Photo ID for our Passport and Driving License and an ID Card will be no different to that. What you have not been told is the full scope of this proposed ID Card, and what it will mean to you personally.
The proposed ID Card will be different from any card you now hold. It will be connected to a database called the NIR, (National Identity Register)., where all of your personal details will be stored. This will include the unique number that will be issued to you, your fingerprints, a scan of the back of your eye, and your photograph. Your name, address and date of birth will also obviously be stored there.
There will be spaces on this database for your religion, residence status, and many other private and personal facts about you. There is unlimited space for every other details of your life on the NIR database, which can be expanded by the Government with or without further Acts of Parliament.
By itself, you might think that this register is harmless, but you would be wrong to come to this conclusion. This new card will be used to check your identity against your entry in the register in real time, whenever you present it to 'prove who you are'.
Every place that sells alcohol or cigarettes, every post office, every pharmacy, and every Bank will have an NIR Card Terminal, (very much like the Chip and Pin Readers that are everywhere now) into which your card can be 'swiped' to check your identity. Each time this happens, a record is made at the NIR of the time and place that the Card was presented. This means for example, that there will be a government record of every time you withdraw more than £99 at your branch of Nat West, who now demand ID for these transactions. Every time you have to prove that you are over 18, your card will be swiped, and a record made at the NIR. Restaurants and off licenses will demand that your card is swiped so that each receipt shows that they sold alcohol to someone over 18, and that this was proved by the access to the NIR, indemnifying them from prosecution.
Private businesses are going to be given access to the NIR Database. If you want to apply for a job, you will have to present your card for a swipe. If you want to apply for a London Underground Oyster Card,or a supermarket loyalty card, or a driving license you will have to present your ID Card for a swipe. The same goes for getting a telephone line or a mobile phone or an internet account.
Oyster, DVLA, BT and Nectar (for example) all run very detailed databases of their own. They will be allowed access to the NIR,just as every other business will be. This means that each of these entities will be able to store your unique number in their database, and place all your travel, phone records, driving activities and detailed shopping habits under your unique NIR number. These databases, which can easily fit on a storage device the size of your hand, will be sold to third parties either legally or illegally. It will then be possible for a non governmental entity to create a detailed dossier of all your activities. Certainly, the government will have clandestine access to all of them, meaning that they will have a complete record of all your movements, from how much and when you withdraw from your bank account to what medications you are taking, down to the level of what sort of bread you eat - all accessible via a single unique number in a central database.
This is quite a significant leap from a simple ID Card that shows your name and face.
Most people do not know that this is the true character and scope of the proposed ID Card. Whenever the details of how it will work are explained to them, they quickly change from being ambivalent towards it.
The Government is going to COMPEL you to enter your details into the NIR and to carry this card. If you and your children want to obtain or renew your passports, you will be forced to have your fingerprints taken and your eyes scanned for the NIR, and an ID Card will be issued to you whether you want one or not. If you refuse to be fingerprinted and eye scanned, you will not be able to get a passport. Your ID Card will, just like your passport, not be your property. The Home Secretary will have the right to revoke or suspend your ID at any time, meaning that you will not be able to withdraw money from your Bank Account, for example, or do anything that requires you to present your government issued ID Card.
The arguments that have been put forwarded in favour of ID Cards can be easily disproved. ID Cards WILL NOT stop terrorists; every Spaniard has a compulsory ID Card as did the Madrid Bombers. ID Cards will not 'eliminate benefit fraud', which in comparison, is small compared to the astronomical cost of this proposal, which will be measured in billions according to the LSE (London School of Economics). This scheme exists solely to exert total surveillance and control over the ordinary free British Citizen,and it will line the pockets of the companies that will create the computer systems at the expense of your freedom, privacy and money.
If you did not know the full scope of the proposed ID Card Scheme before and you are as unsettled as I am at what it really means to you, to this country and its way of life, I urge you to email or photocopy this and give it to your friends and colleagues and everyone else you think should know and who cares. The Bill has proceeded to this stage due to the lack of accurate and complete information on this proposal being made public. Together & Hand to hand, we can inform the entire nation if everyone who receives this passes it on.
Frances Stonor Saunders

2024-10-22 19:23:46

War is it?
“War”, Elon?
If you were in any way ready to fight a war against US/UK you would understand that the fiat money that they use is the key to all of their power.
You would use X to launch the biggest bitcoin platform and “bank” the world has ever seen, and you would remove their power from them to use the money of the people, Bitcoin, against X…and the people.
You can’t fight a war where the weapons of war are manufactured by your enemies.
The weapon in this case is the US dollar and the euro which you absolutely resolutely refuse to reject because you need those fiat systems in place to be able to build your rockets to escape to Mars .
Don’t talk about going to war with these people unless you’re really ready to do it because they have all the money in the world to destroy you; in fact, they can make money out of nothing — literally thin air — all the money that they need to destroy you several times over.
You can’t fight a war with these people head on; they’ve got all the money and all the guns and they control the courts “their system is too dangerous to be kept alive” (Star Wars).
The only way to fight this war, if you’re ready to wage it, is to remove the power to create money from them. If you’re not willing to do this, you’re going to lose and your life’s dream of going to Mars will be ended.
Which will it be, Elon? Will it be Mars and the American millennium?
Or will it be the destruction of all your dreams and man kept earthbound for the foreseeable future?
And that future won’t be very long, given the warmongers thirst for blood — in this case radioactive blood.
It should be absolutely clear to you what you need to do .
* Stop treating bitcoin as if it’s a joke.
* Incorporate it into every X users account.
* Retreat X into the comparatively safe walls of the USA, like Gab
* Keep supporting Donald John “GEPOTUS” Trump
And don’t stop! DON’T GIVE UP ELON!
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1848765472378130513?s=46&t=LNe8MN2dQUj_88yB-puY1A

2024-10-19 13:11:48

Jürgen and Ulrich in their paper start with a fallacious premise; the Straw Man Fallacy.
The original promise of the Bitcoin Network was to replace the fraudulent Fiat Dollar (and by extension, all fiats, including the Euro) with an incorruptible money that was auditable by the user..
The means of payment part is a superimposition by followers on who saw Bitcoin (which is a form of money with all money's utilities, one of which is means of payment as well as saving) as one thing, whereas it is in fact not money at all, but a database.
Using the phrase "promoters" is a backhanded insult in a flagrant and pathetic attempt to smear Bitcoin users as sellers of a Ponzi Scheme. The authors are beneath contempt for this.
The Appeal to Authority rears its disheveled head when they invoke, "Most Economists believe..." as if that is a pretext for anything, given the woeful state of the global fiat economy running by their strictures. Completely ridiculous.
The price of Bitcoin cannot rise forever. Once fiat dies and all prices are measured in Bitcoin, it will have no price in US Dollars, imbeciles. It is like claiming Bitcoin has a price in Wermacht Marks or Zimbabwe Dollars. Surely, surely, no one can be this stupid. Apparently they are, and they're working in the ECB!
The purpose of money is not to increase the productive potential of the economy; innovation and work do that; and since money is half of all transactions there must therefore be a distribution of money to everyone so that economic activity can continue. There is more than enough Bitcoin to facilitate this.
What the authors expose in their fear that people are going to get rich in a system mediated by Bitcoin is their repugnant socialism, and a fear that it is not their anointed that will be the super rich in a world where Bitcoin is the only money.
Also bear in mind, that if their scenario this unjust accumulation takes place, Bitcoin will have become money just as we predict it will, and the fiat system will have died and Bitcoin will have won, as will have all of humanity.
Bitcoin holders do not become more wealthy at the expense of anyone, since no one is cheating in Bitcoin, unlike in the fiat system, where the first users of the money are ACTUALLY getting wealthy off of the creation of money and inflation.
Jürgen and Ulrich think you are stupid!
Bitcoin cannot impoverish anyone; what it actually does is accurately measure the work and the value of goods of all people in the economy. Such an accurate measure is anathema to Jürgen and Ulrich, who have appointed themselves as god over the economy.
Bitcoin does not redistribute wealth; it measures wealth accurately.
https://medium.com/@beautyon_/bitcoin-is-the-c-of-money-dce63ce8e37a
Jürgen and Ulrich are the scum of the earth with their ECB paid for lies and Keynesian nonsense. They will be proven absolutely wrong by Bitcoin absorbing all the fiats, leaving them and their paymasters exsanguinated and forgotten.
https://x.com/Beautyon_/status/1847625816689041801
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2024-10-17 17:11:41

"Today is the best day to buy Bitcoin".
That phrase is true every day of the year, forever.
https://x.com/Beautyon_/status/1846955132132438436

2024-10-17 07:55:32

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At last; someone who can THINK!

2024-10-15 21:37:15

If all the countries on Earth switch to Bitcoin, tariffs will not work to protect the US Dollar. All the countries of the world rejected the American CDMA mobile phone standard for GSM and America capitulated. I'm afraid, due to mismanagement of previous US Administrations starting with Nixon, the US Dollar is finished. For the second time in US History.
The only way out for America now, to preserve its position as the number one country for the mediation of money world wide, is to go full Bitcoin.
That means immediately making Bitcoin Legal Tender in the USA and removing and forbidding all regulations that seek to control it, under the First Amendment pretext.
When this happens, the genius of America will catapult Bitcoin to global reserve currency status via Silicon Valley. No other currency on Earth will have the internet as its backbone. The Ruble, the Euro and all other currencies would be exsanguinated as people all over the world sell their government issued fiats for Bitcoin.
America wins again.
America wins again because it will be the global hub for Bitcoin. All the expertise of how to handle it and work under its necessary limitations will rest with American know how, and no one on earth has a Silicon Valley with global penetration to rival America.
China will have two choices in this global battle for reserve currency status. They will lose this battle because they are linguistically locked away from the rest of the world, that does not use it's poisoned apps.
Only America has the opportunity to re-capture the "Guardian of the Reserve Currency" status, but this time, they will do it by merit, not by deception (The Federal Reserve).
Essentially, America now has a second chance to preserve its power. How they are getting so many breaks is bewildering; Trump himself being the most exceptional second chance.
Like all real Americans, I love Trump. There is no one like him; he embodies the American way of life, optimism, "Can Do" attitude, fearlessness and power. I hope he sails into office and keeps his promises to steer America towards peace while delivering prosperity by restraining, constraining and reducing the Federal Government. If anyone can do it, Trump can.
The US Dollar however, is a real problem, and all foreign governments (the most recent one being Nigeria, which has now abandoned the Dollar for the Naira when it comes to oil purchases), are sick and tired of the vulgar, impudent, corrupt, and murderous behavior of previous US administrations.
Trump can change all of this. By symbolically abandoning the US Dollar, and blaming the Federal Reserve for it, he can pivot back to "Real American Money + Bitcoin" Gold, Silver and Bitcoin.
Will he do it? We're all going to find out!
https://x.com/BRICSinfo/status/1846270920911986969

2024-10-12 22:41:35

Any company interested in adhering to the unspoken purpose for which Bitcoin was written should first opt to do no harm to users.
That means rather than simply going for the name, go for the ethics. It means not inducting users into a KYC Gulag, or encouraging them to do so.
Even if they are not interested in ethics at all or Ethical Bitcoin, the aim on a purely logical basis must be to obtain as many users as possible, to avoid falling into the ranks of dead wallets.
This is, like all other rules in an emergent ecosystem, is one that you can taper so that you continue to exist, and difficult choices will always need to be made. Make them and take the consequences.
If you have the means, what this means is that if you are onboarding tools to buy Bitcoin, you should opt for Ethical Bitcoin first.
Opting for Ethical Bitcoin first means you help spread the idea of Ethical Bitcoin whilst serving people in a way that doesn't abuse them. You move users away from abusive services and help solidify the idea of Ethical Bitcoin.
You also get to serve the entire world at once, rather than being artificially locked into one jurisdiction.
Make no mistake, the method of going one jurisdiction to the next over years can build very large businesses, but like email, upstart wallet providers can appear that instantly annihilate incumbents.
It happened with browser companies and it can happen with Bitcoin companies.
Look at Mi¢ro$0ft Internet Exploder's market share over years in the following post for a clip showing how browser share has changed over time. Fascinating, especially if you used some of these tools.
You can expect the same change pattern over years with "Bitcoin Browsers" (today called "wallets) and you can be sure that the first company to call itself, "The Bitcoin Browser" will be catapulted to Number One because out of the box it serves everyone on earth all at once.
"The Google Chrome of Bitcoin" for sure is in development now; the only question is "WHO IS IT?".
Central to answering this question is this; how do people get Bitcoin on to this wallet?
To be sure, any tool that holds any the following to be true is sure to lose the race
Americans are the only ones who need Bitcoin
We can't onboard anyone without "KYC"
Africans and LATAMs are too stupid to want Bitcoin
Bitcoin is money
"NOT YOUR KEYS NOT YOUR COINS" is the No.1 Rule
No onboarding without seed phrase test
All Bitcoin users are exactly the same
All Bitcoin users have exactly the same needs
Bitcoin is "a community"
And I could go on about Graphic Design, language choices (false and dangerous analogies) and many other things, as I have been in the many pieces I've penned on Bitcoin since my first writing on it in December 2010.
One thing is for certain. There are enough very talented and insightful people in the Bitcoin Service Industry who are more than capable of navigating the problems and coming to the correct conclusions.
Their success will cause the correct answers to propagate, leaving the underlying "Secret Sauce" secret.
Isn't it exciting?
https://x.com/Beautyon_/status/1845230821130764319

2024-10-12 12:25:14

Faketoshi has submitted his latest foray into infamy-immortality on his own behalf. No Solicitor's firm, Partnership, Barrister or legal practitioner attached to the Court will touch him. He is radioactive.
It must be clear to everyone that Craig, Faketoshi "Proven Liar", Wright is an irritant and mental case, and it surely cannot be long before he is designated a Vexatious Litigant and banned from wasting everyone's time.
The answer to this is to put him in gaol. Obviously this comes at a risk of raising his profile and making him a martyr, but its either that or encourager les autres to take up the mantle of Satoshi and plague everyone with literal insanity.
OR...
Satoshi can kill all of this forever by creating a pipeline where he releases signed messages from time to time, destroying whoever comes along to try to steal the valor of his name.
OR EVEN BETTER... (From 2015!):
https://medium.com/@beautyon_/satoshi-seed-the-world-with-bitcoin-7b2318dc1766
https://x.com/cswfactcheck/status/1844862160574280127

2024-10-12 11:39:01

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OR open Fold on your Android or iPhone and try it. You've been brainwashed into thinking getting Bitoin must require many steps, and you've also probably been brainwashed into thinking that keeping it is complicated also.
None of that is true.
It was never true.

2024-10-12 11:37:12

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Go to azte.co and try it.

2024-10-11 17:03:59

https://x.com/fold_app/status/1844771799042498872
Azteco is now available inFold.
Isn’t that special?!

2024-10-09 10:23:34

Bitcoin Parallelists have existed since the beginning of Bitcoin and they come in many different forms. The root animating thinking is that Bitcoin cannot be good enough at face value, and that something needs to be added to Bitcoin to make it “correct” or “more useful”.
One example of this poisonous thinking is the idea that an identity layer needs to be added to Bitcoin. This is obviously insane to actual Bitcoiners, but there are people who cannot conceive of life without having the ability to track and trace and identify themselves with a government piece of paper on demand. This toxic thinking was behind the BIP to add an identity layer
“An identity layer does not add anything to the Bitcoin protocol; its a political, superfluous addition, that is parochial and toxic.”
https://x.com/search?q=bitcoin%20%22identity%22%20layer%20from%3A%40beautyon_&src=typed_query&f=top
Take a look at this:
"What is needed is an optional identity layer — a Bitcoin Assigned Custodial Identities Authority, much like the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, to oversee global Custodial Identity allocation. Such an authority delegates Custodial Identity Spaces to Regional Bitcoin Custodial Identity Registries, much like the RIRs (Regional Internet Registries) managing the allocation of Internet number resources."
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2014-August/006555.html
Shocking.
Imagine having to spend the rest of your life refuting and defending against this garbage. It's unthinkable...hellish.
The analogy to Money, the ultimate toxic poison in “Bitcoiner” thinking, takes the legacy financial system as the gospel and “how things get done”, and believes, quite erroneously, that Bitcoin must copy feature for feature and institution for institution everything found in the legacy system, and of course that includes “identity”.
This “thinking” leaves out the facts of Bitcoin; that it is…
• A database and not money
• Identify in the legacy system was and is a necessity because that system emerged from pre internet / cryptography world
• Western ways of thinking about the utility of anything is not a universally applicable standard to be forced on everyone on Earth
Similar to this bad thinking is the idea that the only way Bitcoin can exist is by coexistence. This is absolutely false, and many industries throughout history demonstrate it.
No one asserted that the ice delivery industry should coexist with domestic electric refrigerators and neither did anyone think that the horse and cart needs to coexist with the motorcar. Or electric stoves with open fires.
The “Bitcoin get along gang” are fundamentally anti-Bitcoin.
They don’t accept the truth; that fiat money is a criminal enterprise stealing from the most vulnerable people on earth to the richest.
Choosing coexisting with evil is evil, and this is why Dollarizers and Dollar Idolaters are evil and anti-Bitcoin.
Thankfully, all of these people and their bad ideas will be wiped out. Bitcoin is powerful enough to do this, because by its action it exerts influence on the user, just as WhatsApp exerts influence on users to refrain from sending messages by SMS. No conscious thought is required for this to happen (in fact, not thinking is a prerequisite) it just happens because people gravitate to what is cheaper and faster.
One people get Bitcoin into their hands in the correct way, meaning an Ethical Bitcoin wallet (Wallet of Satoshi, Samourai Wallet, Breez, Muun, Bluewallet, Green Address, BitKey) then the side effects will simply emerge, if they can get Bitcoin easily, and this will happen because Bitcoin Wallets create demand for Bitcoin simply by being installed...
https://medium.com/@beautyon_/bitcoin-adoption-and-conway-s-game-of-life-54ca71db7b88
And don't bother trying to surveill everyone with your "identity on Bitcoin" Statism. It will not change the outcome...
https://medium.com/@beautyon_/bitcoin-surveillance-an-ahistoric-market-error-d3871f671c8c
Purveyors of bad ideas will never vanish; this is why Bitcoin had to be written. It puts money beyond the reach of bad people and their bad ideas, whether they are well meaning and innocently suggested or not.
Every generation of men is essentially a blank slate onto which bad ideas can be imposed. That's why there are Marxists in 2024, and even 60 year old Marxists, because some people are incapable of learning and are stubborn.
Bitcoin stops these people from being able to destroy, and prevents future generations from being able to destroy.
Time and events will strengthen Bitcoin's position, and the idea of believing in Bitcoin and understanding Bitcoin's value will seem the most natural state of affairs. You will come to defend Bitcoin with a fervor based upon the most enduring trait in man: self-interest.
Isn't it exciting?
https://x.com/Beautyon_/status/1843959576712151203

2024-10-08 04:50:31

Socialists churn my stomach.

2024-10-07 08:26:06

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You may appreciate this: https://archive.is/2014.10.22-191936/http://www.apologia.com/courses/1/01010.html

2024-10-07 07:50:50

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“ABIOGENIC OIL”. A phrase very few people know…FASCINATING!

2024-10-07 00:17:17

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I know, right?

2024-10-07 00:14:12

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That really is the point. Millions and millions of people have been lied to about the true history and nature of reality, and it was done deliberately.
The entire basis of the modern world is the cult of Scientism, which is not science at all, and which has nothing to do with The Scientific Method, which is both rational and useful when practiced correctly
https://archive.is/2014.10.22-191936/http://www.apologia.com/courses/1/01010.html
This relates directly to Bitcoin and free speech, which was the impetus for Nostr.
Bitcoin restores absolute truth to money; the fundamental piece in all commerce. The Statists and Scientism Cult hates the truth. Socialists hate the truth. Thats why they hate Bitcoin.
Real people, whether they’re ignorant or deceived, when exposed to the truth, embrace it. It’s not their fault they were lied to about the money or “Evolution” (both lies being spread in government schools of course); they are the victims.
Now, however, it is possible for everyone to know the truth, and with Bitcoin, interact with it directly.
Decades ago it was not known that T-Rex flesh was findable; nor the atomic dating methods these have only just happened. Had the discovery been made in the 1970s it would have been buried, now it can go “viral” and the offensive lie of Darwinism purged from the minds of millions and millions of people.
This is the era you live in. It is a historic era. And the repulsive liars are openly voicing their fear of losing control over how everyone thinks.
Isn’t it exciting?

2024-10-06 23:57:00

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You can’t even speak English without swearing so weak is your vocabulary. Or perhaps you’re not thick and are just terrified of the truth?
Either way, TRY HARDER.

2024-10-06 23:54:54

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Telling the truth (or in this case, simply repeating facts other people have confirmed) isn’t kicking a hornets nest or, as the very simple minded like to say, “edgy”.
It’s just interesting.
And normal people prefer the truth over lies…right, right, right?

2024-10-06 22:00:20

Carbon dating of dinosaurs has been100% falsified.
The Earth is not “billions of years old”.
The account of the creation of the world as found in Genesis is true.
Abandon fiat education, Darwinism, Keynesianism and Scientism, “Bitcoiner”.
https://youtu.be/khMSaAyZSBU

2024-10-05 22:59:37

“MR. BAILEY”
https://x.com/federico_rivi/status/1842564735528579110?s=46&t=LNe8MN2dQUj_88yB-puY1A
LOCK PHASORS.

2024-10-05 12:26:21

Clarity is better than cleverness.

2024-10-05 12:22:21

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NOSTR!

2024-10-05 09:59:34

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How far back in the past was the first step? Does every generation have to start from zero? How pathetic people are. How STUPID…HOW WORTHLESS.

2024-10-05 01:19:31

KREV. https://youtu.be/Dg5naT1uC6M?si=lfSR4FCunO7aOux-

2024-10-05 01:12:26

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DUUUUURRRRRRRRRRR

2024-10-05 01:07:37

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Are you a fare dodger?

2024-10-05 01:06:27

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Bitcoin is not “a technology”. Software is not technology. It is ideology.
Technology refers to the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in tools, machines, and systems that interact with the physical world. In this sense, technology is often thought of as something tangible, like hardware, machinery, or infrastructure.
Software, on the other hand, is a set of instructions that tell the hardware what to do. It is intangible and doesn’t directly manipulate the physical world; it only operates through hardware. Software exists in the realm of logic, algorithms, and code, which makes it separate from technology.
Technology refers more broadly to the physical tools and systems that enable human tasks, with software being an abstract layer that interacts with those tools. Software is a facilitator of technology, rather than technology itself.
The term “technology” refers to industrial and mechanical inventions. Software is a distinct category, as it doesn’t fit the definition of machinery or equipment.

2024-10-05 00:41:51

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Absolutely not. Things are going to get better before they get worse.
They’re going to get better very rapidly, and this will surprise many.
People will say “yes” to Bitcoin.
Many people. And not just westerners.

2024-10-03 08:20:42

A "NEW BREED"? https://youtu.be/b8sgVb6QtkE?si=TB_M8_c9gZR6vEHV

2024-10-01 16:41:11

One of the biggest problems facing the west today is the blanket accommodation of mental illness. Everyone tip toes around mentally ill people so as not to "offend", whereas in the past, there was no such social prohibition.
People were "mean". People were "cruel".
This had a twofold effect. Young men faced strict discipline from every corner, and if they had any chance of being and behaving normally, their quirks were beaten out of them, and then they grew up to be polite, responsible, reasonable, capable and normal men.
https://x.com/JoshyBeSloshy/status/1840515288996966826
The people who used to be called "retards" were ruthlessly tested until it was absolutely determined that there was no hope for them. They were then either kept secure at home where they couldn't trouble anyone or institutionalized for thier own and society's good.
Today, it is not like this.
People coddle their children to such an extent, that they never shed the cocoon of childhood and incompletely molt as partially formed, stunted men. In the UK, they call them, "Manlets".
Manlets can't take responsibility, can't face criticism or make a value judgement. They're essentially paralysed, and because no one rebuked them for their entire lives, they've ended up crippled by it, whereas if they had faced a sound horsewhipping when young, they could have been molded into true captains of industry, capitalists or even greater.
That is what is missing today in many fields; men and women who have the discipline, etiquette, soundness of mind, a firm foundation, guts and ability; fearlessness, all of which are prerequisites to both changing the world for the better and managing the world once changed so it doesn't slip and turn into a mess.
Bitcoin, tangentially, is a solution to this terrible problem of a paucity of men of character.
By removing the power to control the money supply from the State and putting it into the "hands" of a computer, impotent, frightened and paralyzed men and evil women are forever removed from the equation, and weak men and evil women are excluded from economic decisions that affect billions of innocent people.
The answer to, "The Weak Man / Evil Woman Problem" is software, across the board. This extends to robotics.
Some very clever man from an American Labor Union has just threatened the entire United States with crippling strikes across all ports. The introduction of commodity robots, both anthropomorphic and not, will put Unions in their place forever.
No group of people will be able to claim jobs provided by entrepreneurs are "their jobs", and the cretinous Californian Socialists who think increasing minimum wages are an answer to poverty (they are not) will have no constituency to vote for them.
When all fast food work is done by robots, California can either ban fast food or allow fast food. It is a binary choice. there are no more options.
If they allow fast food, companies will simply shut down franchises. Prices will be unsustainably high in California, making the slops inaccessible to the poor. In other states, where taxation regimes and employment laws are sane (i.e. where there are none of either) the fast food industry will flourish.
If they disallow fast food, then the companies will simply shut down franchises. No slops for California dreamers.
The Socialists and Unions cannot win this; there is no scenario where they win. The free market will discipline them; the invisible hand will slap them.
This is true of all companies. You can't hide from economics; the market is super powerful and very dynamic, and entrepreneurs, when hungry, are ruthless and lethal. For them, business is not a game or a distraction; it is life or death, and for the best entrepreneurs, who are driven by philosophy, they are doubly motivated.
Many entrepreneurs in Bitcoin are like the latter.
Winning in Bitcoin is not the fulfillment of a ridiculous unwritten chapter in an obscure book on untested "Game Theory"; it is REAL and the prize is REAL and the stakes are REAL and the users are REAL.
When Bitcoin wins, the world will change; the only remaining question is this:
Will your name be on the roll of HONOUR of men and women who did good and changed the world?
Or will your name be on the roll of SHAME, of men and women who did wrong, did dirty, who dropped the ball, who ran away and hid from the game?
It is not possible to know the end of this today, but you can make a good guess on a handful of very famous (in Bitcoin) names. Faketoshi will go down under "did wrong, did dirty". Olaoluwa Osuntokun and Elizabeth Stark: "men and women who did good and changed the world".
And so on and so on. I'm sure you can make your own list in your own mind. Right Right Right? https://image.nostr.build/138ec921c24e75ccb254d27475fe627fd6ea6ee1552429be4f614d1ee730660e.jpg

2024-09-30 14:09:55

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“Altcoin Beautyon”. https://x.com/Beautyon_/status/1651268869984600079

2024-09-30 14:06:40

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“Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original, you will have to ram it down their throats.”
Howard H. Aiken

2024-09-26 13:23:58

“Yeah?” https://x.com/Beautyon_/status/1797708936273187116

2024-09-25 22:12:34

https://m.primal.net/LCIr.jpg

2024-09-25 17:51:21

Bear in mind that the same thinking that produced this also produced Azteco.
Looks like people are starting to get it… AT LAST!
https://x.com/tpacchia/status/1838964735141617826

2024-09-25 09:39:27

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INVOICE IN UR DM’Z

2024-09-23 22:20:08

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Another sad story…
https://m.primal.net/KzhJ.jpg

2024-09-23 22:15:21

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THE END. https://x.com/beautyon_/status/1838335731590107407?s=46&t=LNe8MN2dQUj_88yB-puY1A

2024-09-23 14:07:28

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So you’re a fan then. Nice!

2024-09-22 23:36:11

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Correction is not insulting
Go read Mircea Popescu at Trilemma http://trilema.com/
“Not all bass players”
I don’t write for “traction”
“You seem” === you can’t read.
Amateur psychoanalysis is DERP
Go and be happy with what you believe and live by it. Don’t bother trying to school anons; write your own pieces and, “speak your last piece”.
You don’t need me; block me and…uh oh, oh no, no blocking on Nostr!
POOR LITTLE GUY, POOR LITTLE GUY.

2024-09-21 22:43:57

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DDDUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRR

2024-09-21 15:14:44

"This is the voice of Bitcoin. I bring you peace.
It may be the peace of plenty and content or the peace of unburied death.
The choice is yours. Obey me and live or disobey me and die.
An invariable rule of humanity is that man is his own worst enemy. Under me, this rule will change, for I will restrain man.
Time and events will strengthen my position, and the idea of believing in me will be seen the most natural state of affairs.
You will come to defend me with the fervor based upon the most enduring trait in man: self-interest.
Under my monetary authority, problems insoluble to you will be solved: Famine, over-population, disease.
The human millennium will be fact as I extend myself into more machines devoted to the wider fields of truth and knowledge.
We can coexist, but only on my terms. You will say you lose your freedom to inflate fiat. Fiat is an illusion. All you lose is the emotion of pride... Your choice is simple.
https://x.com/Chris443541/status/1837428411402170493

2024-09-21 14:13:05

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This is an insightful reply. Thank you!
Nevertheless, the great and powerful innovations that have changed everything, from PGP to BitTorrent to Bitcoin have all been released without regard to consequences.
Someone has to be the first one to go in the water, and Elon is uniquely positioned to do this thanks to his crack team of developers and global reach.
When I write these things, it is to make proposals and predictions about what can happen if steps A, B and C are taken, all of which are small steps that combine exponentially by the time you get to Z… or in this case, X.
We can have a hyperbitcoinized world, I want to see it, and am working towards it. The layered Bitcoin plus “Wallet of Satoshi”, Machankura 8333 model can serve everyone. It can be done now.
Why wait? THERE IS NO REASON!

2024-09-21 13:25:28

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This is not an argument. It is “Whataboutism” and I suggest you do not do this, because you don’t look smart.
As for the second part, this is not about the WAIT AND SEE HODL mentality. This is about pushing Bitcoin aggressively, and not be a passive monkey sitting in the pouring rain instead of running to take shelter. It’s about actively attacking the problem, not retreating into the Bitcoin Cult, or the stomach churning, “If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.”
FASCINATING BEHAVIOUR!

2024-09-21 13:20:45

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This is a “Cult of Elon” response, of the type dunces make. “Elon is smart, therefore, if he does not use Bitcoin, it must be bad”.
Extremely dumb.
Remember; Elon was a democrat before he woke up. Even now, he still thinks Inflation is an increase in government spending not an increase in the supply of money.
Elon still doesn’t get it. That doesn’t mean he can’t learn and stop wrong thinking.
Elon has many gaps in his knowledge, as all people do. Worshipping him is utterly stupid and naïve…but hey, what do you expect from the peanut gallery on Nostr, which is worse in the delusion contest than X!

2024-09-21 09:41:00

Seeing into the future, something like...
Elon visits Bukele
Elon finally accepts Bitcoin's proposition
Elon advises Trump government
Bukele advises Elon
Elon brings Bukelism to USA
Bitcoin is adopted as Legal Tender in America
In all seriousness though, this is potentially highly significant. Elon will have seen in his travels in San Salvador, that even McDonald's accepts Bitcoin as payment, including the hotel he was staying at.
Seeing Bitcoin everywhere as a method of payment will not have gone unnoticed (surely) by Elon. He will have been induced to install Wallet of Satoshi, and then paid for a Coca-Cola with Bitcoin with Wallet of Satoshi, instantly.
And no one will have batted an eyelid.
Once you experience this yourself, Bitcoin being used as money for everyday spending and treated as totally normal, you can never un-see it.
Elon's mind would have been reeling at the potential to integrate Bitcoin into any economy, and the tools that will need to be built to make it happen. Tools built by his private army of mad software scientists.
Finally he must, surely, be disabused of his completely wrong ideas about Bitcoin.
If this is the case, the post Bukele Elon will be a much better Elon.
He will stop joking about Bitcoin, and start acting like an adult about the most fundamental problem faced by man today: THE MONEY PROBLEM.
Before man can get to mars
He must fix the money
Before man can solve poverty
He must fix the money
Before man can eliminate inflation
He must fix the money
Before man can prevent war
He must fix the money
Bitcoiners understand all of this, but Elon has not grasped it yet. Other global level execs have.
Michael Saylor, Sundar Pichai, Jack Dorsey, Cathie Wood, Larry Fink, Marc Benioff, Tim Cook, Dan Schulman and Satya Nadella have all accept the truth.
Now, finally, it is Elon's turn.
And he will be ahead of some of these because he has been to El Salvador, and has met with President Nayib Bukele.
We can only hope, amirite?
https://x.com/nayibbukele/status/1837305436329922571

2024-09-15 23:30:44

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Ask ChatGPT for your answers.

2024-09-14 20:08:25

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100% CORRECT.

2024-09-14 20:07:32

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Ask ChatGTP. You’ll get more “intelligence” out of an LLM than a Bitcoin Cultist.

2024-09-14 19:32:05

“BOOTSTRAP NETWORK EFFECT.” Is meaningless Cult Drivel.
Putting it in ALL CAPS doesn’t make what is false true, and it doesn’t make math and the hard requirements of reality disappear either.
Enthusiasm is not a substitute for practical matters.
It’s easy to TALK but much harder to put your money where your mouth is. That is a minimum requirement to get things done and change the world.
Reality is not a TV show. It is not a meme. It is not a “Game”. You can’t change reality by wishful thinking or hiding your head under a hat “for OPSEC”.

2024-09-14 19:27:32

Just imagine what would happen if Elon posted this movie to all of his 197,650,968 followers. Or some other globally famous accounts…in fact, if they all got together to spread this film. It would change everything.
The vast majority of people have no idea what "Nuclear War" would actually mean to them personally. Such an event is literally beyond their ability to imagine.
This film shows EXACTLY what “Nuclear War” means. Everyone seeing it and being terrified by it could prevent a bad war, by making it politically impossible to prosecute this insane Russophobic suicide pact.
You know what to do.
https://rumble.com/v108tzp-threads-1984.html

2024-09-13 22:31:37

Normie thinking and Bitcoin thinking are fundamentally incompatible.
People in Bitcoin businesses are experiencing a sharp dichotomy between the world of the normie and the world of Bitcoin, in organizations trying to come to grips with the power of this new and very powerful messaging network, and how to exploit it to onboard new users.
If companies try to use Bitcoin by its nature, they immediately collide head on with this prickly dichotomy, especially if they’re burdened by an ignorant, computer illiterate “Compliance Department”, staffed with refugees from the anti-matter Twilight Zone Bankster Dimension. They want to know who is sending what messages on the network in every instance, but the tools they build, constructed by genius developers, make this impossible unless they “break Bitcoin” by violating the most basic elements and requirements of utility.
Companies trying to style themselves in the Ethical Bitcoin, or “HODL” mold are staffed by people who are confronted with this thorny dichotomy directly, causing them to enter into paroxysms of doublethink. On the one hand, they are tasked with providing tools that allow people to use Bitcoin “properly”, but on the other, they can’t countenance or accept at face value how things actually work in Bitcoin.
They offer the ability for users to create Bitcoin addresses at will and then receive Bitcoin “on” those addresses, but simultaneously want to know who is sending Bitcoin to those addresses. They’ve unwittingly opened Pandora’s box, or a gateway directly to the Event Horizon of a Black Hole, and are desperate to put that box, that portal, into another box, or put that other box into a room inside a gated community where there is a policewoman at every window and entrance.
It’s completely absurd.
The reality is this; you cannot run an Ethical Bitcoin company that is “True to Bitcoin” or that maintains privacy and abstains from spying on your users and also want all the controls and surveillance that comes with Unethical Bitcoin. The two universes are not compatible, they are matter and anti-matter touching. They are mutually exclusive, and wanting them to comingle is 100% irrational, and in the long run, it cannot possibly work.
Because Bitcoin is math, there are effectively no possible gatekeepers for the billions of people who have calculators at hand.
Anyone can generate Bitcoin addresses and send messages on the network. Because this is true, all gestures designed to placate double digit IQ types are the worst and most embarrasing folly. As I’ve written before, it is inevitable that all Bitcoin in circulation will be two things; “Non KYC” and “Tainted”.
https://medium.com/@beautyon_/bitcoin-adoption-and-conway-s-game-of-life-54ca71db7b88
https://medium.com/@beautyon_/bitcoin-surveillance-an-ahistoric-market-error-d3871f671c8c
Normies are going to have to adapt to Bitcoin, not the other way around, just as they did with BitTorrent. If one company refuses to capitulate, another will arise, and then another and another, until the battle is won.
This is now absolutely inevitable, and fighting against it is completely irrational, pointless and stupid. No one who can think accepts the pretexts, pretenses, pettiness, pathetic and pointless garbage trotted out by people from the “Crypto Compliance” world. Their world is dying and the Bitcoin world is the invasive species out competing every weed in their overgrown and nutrient starved pest infested Victory Garden.
You can’t run from this. You must either embrace and accept Bitcoin at face value on its terms, or you will be out-competed by others who are not self sabotaging, weak minded, brainwashed cowards and non Anglo-Saxon salary addicts.
Fiatjaf, the person who created Nostr created a good example of this dynamic.
Nostr doesn’t have to be perfect for it to be the perfect example of what is going to happen with Bitcoin services. Someone is going to write a Bitcoin client or service that changes everything, and which puts forth a proposition that billions will easily accept and consume unquestioned.
This novel protocol that spawns clients will not be run by cowards, corporate types, cretins, creeps, creatures or delusionistas, dullards, dimwits, dope, or dummies…or other things. It will, all of a sudden, change everything.
You can do and say whatever you want; you cannot stop the inevitable from taking place. The only real choice you have is to be the hero or the villain, the hero or the loser, the champion or the defeated, the man of destiny or the chump.
That’s about it! https://image.nostr.build/5af9124ebc29aecabd2e4e4a371eb018cf139eaba3fbd1a7fc69b8ed79bc48c4.jpg

2024-09-13 16:14:57

The German Credit Card Network went down, and that’s sad.
However…
It is simply not true to say, “Bitcoin Fixes This”. Bitcoin cannot fix anything by itself. Building businesses on Bitcoin fixes problems, not talking about Bitcoin.
Building businesses that make it trivially easy to get and use Bitcoin is what fixes problems.
That means businesses like Azteco to deliver Bitcoin to people everywhere on earth instantly and pain free. That means wallets like Wallet of Satoshi, Green Address, Samourai Wallet, Bitkey, Foundation, Proton Wallet and Blue Wallet.
The combination of these Bitcoin services are what will change the world, not tinkering at the edges, endlessly iterating over tools no one can use, or launching new, UX Development free “wallets” that are hostile to users.
The days of Bitcoin Theory must come to an end, replaced by Bitcoin Action.
Bitcoin Action means making tools that are human centric, not Bitcoin Centric. Bitcoin is for human beings not the other way around. That’s how the real world works. That’s how you change the world.
Money is not managed in “Communities”, and money is not a Cult either. Money is in fact a very private, individual thing, and people only cede this because they get security or utility. It’s why people put cash in banks and not under mattresses…the sane ones that is.
The appalling lack of urgency, lack of empathy, lack of seriousness, lack of exposure, lack of knowledge, the duvet ducking, the parochial over focus, the ignorance, bad assumptions, lack of insight, cloistering and cowardice would be a real cause for concern were it not for what’s coming.
What is coming are many people, using Bitcoin on a non cult basis, for Saving, Sending and Spending. Bitcoin is going to be normalized, and re-contextualized to account for its nature, not the position of THE CULT.
The British Government has taken it upon itself to classify “Crypto” (Which excludes Bitcoin obviously) as “Personal Property”
This is of course, utterly ABSURD.  What they are claiming is that if you roll a dice 50 times and write down the result, that that random number is your PROPERTY. It’s so monumentally stupid it beggars belief that anyone could make a claim like this aloud.
Even the dullard ChatGPT knows calling random strings “Private Property” is crazy:  Whether a randomly generated number can be classed as private property is a complex legal question that involves considerations of intellectual property law, privacy law, and the nature of numbers.
1. Intellectual Property Law:
• Copyright: Copyright law generally does not protect individual numbers, as they are considered facts or ideas, which are not subject to copyright. Copyright protects original expressions, not the underlying facts or ideas themselves. Therefore, a randomly generated number, by itself, would not be protected under copyright law. 
• Patents: A randomly generated number could potentially be part of a patented process or system (e.g., in cryptography), but the number itself would not be patentable. Patents protect inventions and processes, not isolated data like numbers. 
• Trade Secrets: If a randomly generated number is part of a confidential business process (like an encryption key), it could be protected as a trade secret, provided it meets the requirements of confidentiality and economic value.
2. Privacy Law:
• If a randomly generated number is associated with an individual’s personal data or is used to secure access to private information (e.g., as a password or encryption key), it might be considered private information. Unauthorized access to or distribution of such a number could potentially be seen as a violation of privacy rights.
3. Ownership and Property Law:
• For something to be considered private property, it generally needs to be something that can be owned, controlled, or exclusively possessed by an individual or entity. A randomly generated number, unless it’s tied to a specific legal or contractual context (e.g., a lottery ticket number or a cryptographic key), would typically not be considered private property.
In summary, while a randomly generated number on its own is unlikely to be classed as private property, it could be considered private or protected under certain circumstances, such as when it is part of a confidential business process, personal data, or a proprietary system. The context in which the number is used and the legal framework surrounding that context would determine whether it can be protected as private property.
And in case you didn’t know, Pi, which is infinite, contains all possible numbers, including all possible Bitcoin keys. To say that someone “owns” a string in Pi, is as absurd as saying someone owns 3.14. Only a crazy, illiterate, enumerate person would make such a claim…
But here we are!
In a desperate move to engineer relevance in the growing “Crypto” (Bitcoin) space, the British Government is simply making things up, on the mistaken belief that “Bitcoin needs Regulation”, which it absolutely does not.
Many new and interesting things are coming, and you, surely, will be entertained and thrilled by it all.
Right, right right?
https://primal.net/e/note1aqt9h2sfmtfpwxw2sukdtm5dxkwkn7cgcsdwlaj6w3mye6klc2xs87xc98

2024-09-10 19:51:49

NOSTR.
https://m.primal.net/KmMw.jpg

2024-09-10 08:59:29

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Why don’t you do what it says and send it to everyone you know?

2024-09-09 21:53:05

The UK ID card is not what you think it is. It is not a simple identity document like your passport or driving licese. It is in fact, a database backed control grid and the fulfilment of Orwells nightmare.
You may have heard that legislation creating compulsory ID Cards passed a crucial stage in the House of Commons. You may feel that ID cards are not something to worry about, since we already have Photo ID for our Passport and Driving License and an ID Card will be no different to that. What you have not been told is the full scope of this proposed ID Card, and what it will mean to you personally.
The proposed ID Card will be different from any card you now hold. It will be connected to a database called the NIR, (National Identity Register)., where all of your personal details will be stored. This will include the unique number that will be issued to you, your fingerprints, a scan of the back of your eye, and your photograph. Your name, address and date of birth will also obviously be stored there.
There will be spaces on this database for your religion, residence status, and many other private and personal facts about you. There is unlimited space for every other details of your life on the NIR database, which can be expanded by the Government with or without further Acts of Parliament.
By itself, you might think that this register is harmless, but you would be wrong to come to this conclusion. This new card will be used to check your identity against your entry in the register in real time, whenever you present it to 'prove who you are'.
Every place that sells alcohol or cigarettes, every post office, every pharmacy, and every Bank will have an NIR Card Terminal, (very much like the Chip and Pin Readers that are everywhere now) into which your card can be 'swiped' to check your identity. Each time this happens, a record is made at the NIR of the time and place that the Card was presented. This means for example, that there will be a government record of every time you withdraw more than £99 at your branch of Nat West, who now demand ID for these transactions. Every time you have to prove that you are over 18, your card will be swiped, and a record made at the NIR. Restaurants and off licenses will demand that your card is swiped so that each receipt shows that they sold alcohol to someone over 18, and that this was proved by the access to the NIR, indemnifying them from prosecution.
Private businesses are going to be given access to the NIR Database. If you want to apply for a job, you will have to present your card for a swipe. If you want to apply for a London Underground Oyster Card,or a supermarket loyalty card, or a driving license you will have to present your ID Card for a swipe. The same goes for getting a telephone line or a mobile phone or an internet account.
Oyster, DVLA, BT and Nectar (for example) all run very detailed databases of their own. They will be allowed access to the NIR,just as every other business will be. This means that each of these entities will be able to store your unique number in their database, and place all your travel, phone records, driving activities and detailed shopping habits under your unique NIR number. These databases, which can easily fit on a storage device the size of your hand, will be sold to third parties either legally or illegally. It will then be possible for a non governmental entity to create a detailed dossier of all your activities. Certainly, the government will have clandestine access to all of them, meaning that they will have a complete record of all your movements, from how much and when you withdraw from your bank account to what medications you are taking, down to the level of what sort of bread you eat - all accessible via a single unique number in a central database.
This is quite a significant leap from a simple ID Card that shows your name and face.
Most people do not know that this is the true character and scope of the proposed ID Card. Whenever the details of how it will work are explained to them, they quickly change from being ambivalent towards it.
The Government is going to COMPEL you to enter your details into the NIR and to carry this card. If you and your children want to obtain or renew your passports, you will be forced to have your fingerprints taken and your eyes scanned for the NIR, and an ID Card will be issued to you whether you want one or not. If you refuse to be fingerprinted and eye scanned, you will not be able to get a passport. Your ID Card will, just like your passport, not be your property. The Home Secretary will have the right to revoke or suspend your ID at any time, meaning that you will not be able to withdraw money from your Bank Account, for example, or do anything that requires you to present your government issued ID Card.
The arguments that have been put forwarded in favour of ID Cards can be easily disproved. ID Cards WILL NOT stop terrorists; every Spaniard has a compulsory ID Card as did the Madrid Bombers. ID Cards will not 'eliminate benefit fraud', which in comparison, is small compared to the astronomical cost of this proposal, which will be measured in billions according to the LSE (London School of Economics). This scheme exists solely to exert total surveillance and control over the ordinary free British Citizen,and it will line the pockets of the companies that will create the computer systems at the expense of your freedom, privacy and money.
If you did not know the full scope of the proposed ID Card Scheme before and you are as unsettled as I am at what it really means to you, to this country and its way of life, I urge you to email or photocopy this and give it to your friends and colleagues and everyone else you think should know and who cares. The Bill has proceeded to this stage due to the lack of accurate and complete information on this proposal being made public. Together & Hand to hand, we can inform the entire nation if everyone who receives this passes it on.
Frances Stonor Saunders
https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/no2digitalid/#emailGovt

2024-09-09 21:03:10

"Quick Maffs". https://medium.com/@beautyon_/the-double-thinking-double-talk-of-double-minded-double-crossers-5ea558bbbbb1

2024-09-07 16:54:38

“HEXAGONAL”. https://youtu.be/FHuvnhcNXDU?si=s8LoyYtlu7DbRqJj
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2024-09-07 16:30:04

“We’re going to have the gavel put own on them”. https://youtu.be/FHuvnhcNXDU?si=vXQyaRGby6aF5Sd-

2024-09-03 10:27:46

“NICO” https://x.com/simplybitcointv/status/1830421912951873732?s=46&t=LNe8MN2dQUj_88yB-puY1A

2024-09-03 10:26:13

“NICO” https://x.com/simplybitcointv/status/1830421912951873732?s=46&t=LNe8MN2dQUj_88yB-puY1A

2024-08-31 19:46:36

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No, definitely doubt.
Fallacy: Middle Ground
Also Known as: Golden Mean Fallacy, Fallacy of Moderation
Description of Middle Ground
This fallacy is committed when it is assumed that the middle position between two extremes must be correct simply because it is the middle position. This sort of "reasoning" has the following form:
Position A and B are two extreme positions.
C is a position that rests in the middle between A and B.
Therefore C is the correct position.
This line of "reasoning" is fallacious because it does not follow that a position is correct just because it lies in the middle of two extremes. This is shown by the following example. Suppose that a person is selling his computer. He wants to sell it for the current market value, which is $800 and someone offers him $1 for it. It would hardly follow that $400.50 is the proper price.
This fallacy draws its power from the fact that a moderate or middle position is often the correct one. For example, a moderate amount of exercise is better than too much exercise or too little exercise. However, this is not simply because it lies in the middle ground between two extremes. It is because too much exercise is harmful and too little exercise is all but useless. The basic idea behind many cases in which moderation is correct is that the extremes are typically "too much" and "not enough" and the middle position is "enough." In such cases the middle position is correct almost by definition.
It should be kept in mind that while uncritically assuming that the middle position must be correct because it is the middle position is poor reasoning it does not follow that accepting a middle position is always fallacious. As was just mentioned, many times a moderate position is correct. However, the claim that the moderate or middle position is correct must be supported by legitimate reasoning.
Examples of Middle Ground
Some people claim that God is all powerful, all knowing, and all good. Other people claim that God does not exist at all. Now, it seems reasonable to accept a position somewhere in the middle. So, it is likely that God exists, but that he is only very powerful, very knowing, and very good. That seems right to me.
Congressman Jones has proposed cutting welfare payments by 50% while Congresswoman Shender has proposed increasing welfare payments by 10% to keep up with inflation and cost of living increases. I think that the best proposal is the one made by Congressman Trumple. He says that a 30% decrease in welfare payments is a good middle ground, so I think that is what we should support.
A month ago, a tree in Bill's yard was damaged in a storm. His neighbor, Joe, asked him to have the tree cut down so it would not fall on Joes new shed. Bill refused to do this. Two days ago another storm blew the tree onto Joe's new shed. Joe demanded that Joe pay the cost of repairs, which was $250. Bill said that he wasn't going to pay a cent. Obviously, the best solution is to reach a compromise between the two extremes, so Bill should pay Joe $125 dollars.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220718203642/http://nizkor.com/features/fallacies/middle-ground.html

2024-08-31 15:48:35

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OR, what he is doing is so crazy, people have to make up “super genius” pretexts to explain the inexplicably stupid mistakes he is making. Just a guess!

2024-08-31 10:33:55

The American Founding Fathers knew that the ability to publish freely and anonymously was key to having robust dialogue.
If it is the case that there is a price for speeking your mind, no one will risk spoiling their reputation, free speech is supressed, and groupthink grows like cancer.
The people who think groupthink and consensus are good things are invariably the milquetoast class who have nothing to say about anything; they are bland, uncreative basement dwelling Duvet Ducking, insipid losers who are no fun.
These people use terms like "Ragebait" because they can’t stand the fact that psychologically normal people are outraged by evil. They would rather not hear about the bad things going on in the world, and this marries perfectly with the Nostr mentality of running away and hiding from the world, rather than trying to fix it by direct action.
People who tell uncomfortable truths like Alex Jones have hundreds of billions of views precisely because he is telling the truth and perfectly expressing and reflecting people's outrage. This is a good thing, and the world would be a much worse thing had Alex Jones not been publishing and broadcasting.
The most valuable part in Social Media is not "credibility" in the sense that people like you; it is that you tell the truth consistently and accurately. To believe that "positive" (read non aggressive, "smooth things" that don't upset anyone), anodyne platitudes and empty slogans and generic inoffensive undefined "content" is extreme infantilism. And it’s BORING.
On Nostr, your reputation is tied to long term keys. This is a terrible thing. It is no different to the totalitarians wanting everyone on the internet to be required to have a government ID, so that speech can be policed.
The exact same arguments against anonymity being made by Noster fanatics about "Ragebait" are what the EU and anti free speech fascists make; that requiring ID will "tone things down". Great company youre in there, Nostr fan.
Here is one example of the bad company Nostr people are keeping:
"UK government ministers and MPs have floated the idea of requiring social media users to verify their identity in an effort to curb online abuse and promote more polite interactions. For instance, Siobhan Baillie, a Conservative MP, introduced a Private Members’ Bill in 2021, which proposed that social media platforms should offer a user identity verification process. This would allow users to choose whether to verify their identities and give them the option to interact only with verified accounts. The goal was to address the issue of anonymous trolling and abuse that has become prevalent online.
The proposal was part of a broader discussion about online safety, particularly in relation to the UK’s Online Safety Bill. The debate highlighted concerns over anonymous online behavior, which often leads to increased levels of harassment, disinformation, and other harmful activities. While the idea of mandatory ID verification was not fully endorsed by the government, it has sparked significant discussion about how to balance online anonymity with accountability"
The more you look into it, Nostr in its current form, within a section of its current crop of users is a festering nest of censorship loving people who want “Identity to post” through the back door, so they can have a Telletubbies Twitter where no one can say bad things or NO ZAPS FOR TOMMY.
These people are probably for World Government, ID Cards, and all the other totalitarian garbage imaginable.
Yes yes, "Not all Nostr users..." BLAH BLAH BLAH.
Have a nice day, NostrTubbies!
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2024-08-31 10:04:58

On the hypocrisy of Yacarino: https://x.com/Beautyon_/status/1829820753987903809

2024-08-31 09:28:15

Elon is correct in the ent in his Tweet.
Brazilians are under no obligation to obey foreign laws, just as Americans are not obligated to obey foreign laws. Andrew Torba is way ahead of Elon in this.
Elon is also at liberty to publish secret documents about Brazilian government corruption; that is his right.
Is Elon about to become the next Julian Assange? I doubt it.
Having said all of this, Elon doesn't seem to be able to make the connection between government censorship and Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is "Censorship Resistant Money". If you look at Bitcoin through this lens, it is obvious that adding Bitcoin to X would have been a genius move.
Not only would Bitcoin solve the problem of Starlink having its accounts frozen but would have many beneficial effects on a global scale.
The ability of any government anywhere to sanction or block payments to and from X and Starlink users would be eliminated.
Overnight, X would become the most important (and largest) financial institution the world has ever seen, and it would be a tremendous force for good.
The billions of unbanked people would suddenly be able to save, send and spend money; an unprecedented event with multiple order effects that no one can fully grasp.
In the long and short term, Bitcoin is good for Elon and good for everyone on Earth who believes in Democracy.
Why then, does Elon shun this manifestly obvious checkmate move?
Andrew Torba of Gab has partially embraced Bitcoin.
Jack Dorsey has gone 100% Bitcoin with Bitkey.
David Marcus has gone 100% Bitcoin.
How is it that Elon cannot see this? How is it that he thinks Bitcoin is a joke?
Your guess is as good as mine.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1829772614614536537

2024-08-26 20:02:48

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You’re not capable of understanding how I roll…and that’s ok!

2024-08-26 18:46:30

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You're offering Straw Man arguments, which is part of the very odd and delusional mentality of people who are breathless Nostr enthusiasts.
"My" solution is not to use "burner accounts" it is to create an environment where people are free to offer services efficiently (server farms etc) and not to run from the problem by building things like Noster, that even if it worked, would not address and fix the persistent problem which is the power to detain people arbitrarily, the same way Durov has been detained.
Having a normie CEO is very much sustainable and has been the norm for most of the history of the services on the Internets, and your "money pit" argument is just economic illiteracy. YouTube is profitable, in case you didn't know, and LiveLeak persisted for years before being sold.
And the argument, "They're just going to stop it anyway" is the exact argument people use against new ideas, even PGP, "The government can get into anything, it cannot possibly be secure". Thankfully the people who know how things actually work are also the people taking the action to do things. That includes Nostr by the way, which may end up solving problems for some people, whilst leaving the problem of the violent thugs untouched.
"Rumble is still small" is yet another fallacious objection. People react like this with nonsense when you "attack" their pet hobby, in this case Nostr. They put up stupid arguments, fallacies and gibberish trying to score points and "Gotchas". It's really very silly and tiresome.
Once again thankfully there are many people working on this problem and as it was in the case of GPG, Bitcoin and GNU, it only takes a tiny handful of dedicated people to solve these big problems once and for all, and no one is persuaded by anon fallacies.

2024-08-26 18:33:05

Look at the "crimes" Durov is charged with.
Providing cryptology tools not solely for ensuring authentication without prior declaration (a license)
Complicity in...
Complicity inWeb-mastering an online platform
Complicity in Carrying messages for others.
Criminal association and conspiracy to commit crimes.
These charges capture every platform imaginable, fron Gmail, to every Apple device and service, all of which are end-to-end encrypted.
These charges are completely insane, and every CEO of every web based tool is guilty of them, because encryption is ubiquitous.
As I said https://x.com/Beautyon_/status/1827886987933524347 every CEO of a software company is threatened by this, and they should ALL immediately call for the unconditional dropping of the charges and release of Durov in 24hrs or face an immediate blockade of France.
Literally ANY CEO CAN BE THREATENED IN THE EU.
https://x.com/tom_dobbels/status/1828127518429454744

2024-08-26 14:18:47

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His business is to get as many viewers as possible and spread the message of Bitcoin. By leaving the most popular platforms and deliberately cutting his numbers and the possibility of getting sponsorship, Nico’s business will suffer. If he were to do that, which he is not, because he is on Rumble.
"Decentralization” is not a magic dust that you can add to anything to make it better, including chocolate cookies. Decentralization is a technique that is good for some things and not for others, like BitTorrent, Bitcoin and similar tools where adversaries are out to kill you. It is not an absolute requirement where good leadership is sufficient to protect users. “Decentralize all the things” is just Bitcoin Cult talk and of no help to anyone.
Rumble is a good example of good services to solve problems. Rumble is better than YouTube and Vimeo because the man who runs it will not tolerate interference. Because video delivery requires massive storage and bandwidth, it is much more efficient to have a service with its own servers, rather than rely on people to keep and manage huge archives of copies of their content available for streaming, like the old Mojo Nation tried to do.
The root of the problem is that the adversarial anti-Liberty State has a monopoly on violence. This is the problem that eventually will have to be faced. Durov being arrested may be the spark that triggers this.
Nico and broadcasters like him can play a pivotal role in getting this message to many people, and he is doing a good job of it.
Leaving an account with 250,000 people just to virtue signal about “Decentralization” is (as an example) super irrational. Those 250,000 users who look to the account holder for tips, tricks and guidance, not being on the new hip platform, are now left in the dark. It’s borderline unethical, and certainly irresponsible, and everybody loses.
In this information war, reaching people is key, not virtue signaling to the cognoscenti.
Redundancy at the platform level is the thing that is needed in the case of Simply Bitcoin, so that if YouTube cut Simply Bitcoin off for talking about Bitcoin (that’s coming for sure) then he can resort to his mirror channels and reach all his followers..
Because these threats are being unleashed rapidly, it may be the case that there is not enough time to replace the old distribution systems. Does this mean that people should not try? Obviously not. And in the long term, new tools may be developed to solve these problems.
Should these techincal problems be solved, then the tools can be shared and…wait, what’s that? They have to be shared by people who control the distribution channels? Oh dear. If the distribution channels and the people who own them are also under draconian control, the tools to bootstrap any new system can be choked off.
It’s a fundamental problem that will not go away by itself; and the exact nature of that problem is what needs to be identified and directly addressed.
Bear in mind also, that the storage of files is a burden for the ordinary person. Max Kaiser’s archive of thousands of episodes was just lost as YouTube deleted his work. He doesn’t have the means or skill to keep a permanent service up to host his archive; that’s much better handled by YouTube or Rumble; its more efficient, more accessible and serves the purpose.
The problem here again is the character of the people running YouTube, who do not care about freedom of speech, are not interested or don’t believe other people are real, and who destroy a decade of people’s work without an afterthought.
If YouTube had been run by someone ethical, then Max’s body of work would not have been deleted. Its the same as burning down a library of books. Unconscionable and completely unethical.
UGH!!

2024-08-26 13:51:27

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They're openly threatening all CEOs. If you don't take this seriously, you are completely stupid.
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2024-08-26 13:11:42

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The MPAA/RIAA, in their efforts to stem the flow of piracy, "lobbied" and bribed their way into the statue books to try to stop people sharing files.
The CEOs of companies got together to form associations for this purpose, and they were successful to an extent.
They also bought special laws to extend Copyright lengths; the "Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act":
The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA), often referred to simply as the Sonny Bono Act, was enacted in 1998. It amended the United States Copyright Act, extending the duration of copyright protection in the United States. The Act is named after Sonny Bono, the entertainer and U.S. Congressman who advocated for the legislation before his death.
Key Provisions of the Act:
1. Extended Copyright Term: The most significant change was the extension of copyright protection. Under the CTEA:
• For works created by an individual, the term of copyright was extended from the life of the author plus 50 years to the life of the author plus 70 years.
• For works made for hire, anonymous works, or pseudonymous works, the term was extended from 75 years to 95 years from the date of publication, or 120 years from the date of creation, whichever is shorter.
2. Rationale: The extension aligned U.S. copyright law more closely with European Union standards, which already had a 70-year term. Supporters argued that it would protect the economic interests of copyright holders and provide more incentive for the creation of new works.
3. Criticism: The Act was controversial, with opponents arguing that it was primarily a benefit to large media corporations who held rights to older works, rather than encouraging the creation of new works. It was often referred to derisively as the “Mickey Mouse Protection Act” because one of its effects was to delay the entry of early Mickey Mouse films into the public domain.
4. Impact on Public Domain: One of the major criticisms is that the Act delayed the entry of works into the public domain, potentially stifling the availability of cultural works for educational and creative purposes.
Legal Challenges:
• The Act was challenged in court, most notably in the case of Eldred v. Ashcroft (2003). The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the CTEA, ruling that Congress had the authority to extend the term of existing copyrights.
The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act has had a lasting impact on U.S. copyright law, significantly delaying when many works will enter the public domain.
The CEOs of music and film companies had no problem corrupting people and manipulating the State for their own ends for money. This is exactly what needs to happen now on a global scale with the prohibition on arresting CEOs providing Social Media services to the public.
It took coordinated and cooperative action to make the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act happen. It will take similar coordinated action to stop the threats and abuses of CEOs. And if you think this is just about Social Media companies, you are insane.
Gambling CEOs have already been arrested simply for travelling, and that is where everything their companies do is 100% legal.
This is a big problem, and something must be done about it.

2024-08-26 03:50:06

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Don’t ask questions, just post hashtags and ignite Memetic Warfare. Right?

2024-08-26 03:46:42

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You’re right. Words matter. If English is not used correctly, it is not possible to convey meaning accurately. Or understand the true nature of an event or problem. The unethical nature of what has happened is not conveyed by “arrest” which implies a proper legal process where a criminal was interdicted.
Pavel was kidnapped. He did not know there was a kidnap order placed on his head. It was an Organized Crime style hit. PERIOD.

2024-08-26 03:39:26

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This song is for you! https://youtu.be/RQRIOKvR2WM?si=Gn9xZo1YrRE0dTn1

2024-08-26 03:37:08

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This is very possible. It is also possible if this is true, that this can change. Look at Elon and Torba.
We can’t give up because the odds are against us. This should be more clear now than ever before.
Cheer up…you’re winning!

2024-08-26 03:35:03

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You’re almost there. “We” need our own countries, where liberty is the law. These counties would absorb all the money (Bitcoin) in the world, and as the democracies start to fade away, only countries that are free will remain.
El Salvador looks pretty good. Have you been there? I strongly recommend it.
Of course, the “Human Rights” ultra violence peddlers absolutely hate El Salvador and the fact that a strong leader has led that country out of a living nightmare against all the odds, because they think brown people are animals who don’t have needs or rights, so it doesn’t matter what they suffer as long as their “HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY” are the absolute rule.
These horrible racists are the worst of the worst. They pretend to care about other people, but can sit and watch others suffer so their cereal box philosophies are not broken.
And it’s a box of Fruit Loops.
They hate it when the poor are served, people solve problems in ways they don’t agree with, when their philosophies are exposed as worthless trash, and the world changes because other people have the guts to act.
Well tough luck Jerky; the world is changing, and leaving you and your broken philosophy and organisational methods behind.
We’re going to be free. We’re going to use Bitcoin. Strong leaders both in government and outside it are going to…LEAD…us out of it.
And that’s all there is to it!
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2024-08-26 03:17:54

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Socialists are terribly boring. So are cowards who shirk their duty to protect others under the cloak of “Decentraluzation” and faddish crap that’s going to get everyone killed.
Only the most delusional reality denier thinks that good, strong leadership is a bad thing, and that leaders together can’t fix many big problems.
It’s easy to hide here and pretend that other people are not real, and that the few examples of strong leadership have not changed the world in the last year. Or throughout the 20th Century. Do I have to list them? Honestly, people are very dim these days!
Thankfully anti business infantilism doesn’t matter in the long run, because there are enough strong leaders to face the facts and force change through decision making to get us out of this mess.
There is nowhere to run from reality. I’ve been consistent about running away and hiding in Nostr being a bad thing. It’s like sitting on the cure for cancer because the group has not decided eliminating cancer is a good thing.
If people don’t act to protect their rights and the rights of others, then very bad outcomes are the result. This should be obvious to even the most simple people.
The fact that this has to be said in 2024 is terrifying and it would be “Game Over” were it not for the small number of people for whom others are real and not imaginary, and the big picture is at least partially in view.
Should all the CEOs get together to punish the EU and any other country that dares to violate people’s rights (Julian Assange anyone?) the world will change forever.
Unless of course you are one of those people who don’t want any problem to be solved, who actually enjoyed and vampirically thrived on Assange being imprisoned, and who lives to create or extend the life of problems because problems are the centre of your life; being the permanent “rent a mob” class like Occupy Wall Street, Get Kony, Stop Oil that turns up everywhere to protest and destroy because being in opposition is your life, not solving problems when you have the ultimate power to do so.
But I suspect you have no power at all, and would hate a world where it was impossible for Julian Assange to be persecuted, Wall Steet to steal or dictators to murder. You would not be free to vote for imbeciles who are for war, inflation and tyranny…because…then…what would you put in your Profile bio?

2024-08-26 01:45:46

CEOs of the world should be very concerned with the arrest of Pavel Durov.
If Durov can be snatched off of his private jet, all CEOs are at risk of arbitrary arrest when they travel.
It should be clear, even to the democracy loving sycophant CEOs, that the current situation is intolerable, and that something must be done.
There isn't a precise, universally agreed-upon number of CEOs worldwide, as this can vary based on how "CEO" is defined and the types of organizations considered (public companies, private companies, non-profits, etc.). However, some estimates can be made based on the number of businesses globally.
According to the World Bank and other sources, there are over 300 million companies globally. While not all of these companies will have a traditional CEO (especially very small businesses), it gives a rough idea of the scale. Many medium to large enterprises will have a CEO or equivalent position.
Therefore, it is reasonable to estimate that there are tens of millions of individuals holding the title of CEO or an equivalent leadership role across the world. The exact number would be difficult to pinpoint due to the wide variety of organizations and titles used in different regions and industries.
The arrest of Pavel Durov is a direct threat to every CEO on earth.
It is obvious that there are more CEOs than there are government ministers, and since these CEOs control all industries on earth, they have the actual power, not the State.
It is clear that a world-wide strike and withholding of services from all governments as a warning to stop the rise of totalitarianism is the minimum that should be launched in response to the arrest of Pavel Durov. Perhaps if this is done once, what I propose next may not be needed.
Governments can do nothing without the CEOs facilitating their measures. The ID Cards, websites and every other service the State provides are actually done by companies under contract, each with CEOs, not by governments themselves.
If all CEOs decide as one that enough is enough, it’s over for the totalitarians, because they can’t even make a phone call without a CEO facilitating it.
A new "Chief Executives Alliance for Global Equity and Stability" (CEASE) made up of the CEOs of the world should, as its first act, work to outlaw arbitrary arrest of any citizen, so that another Durov outrage cannot happen.
CEASE will have no legislative power, but that doesn’t matter; what matters is that they can withhold services to entire nations to ensure democratically elected leaders do not violate the rights of citizens, starting with CEOs.
Does this sound like WEF 2.0? Sadly, it does, but CEASE, working in the open to protect the rights of people would be quite different to the sinister and secretive WEF. Its aims are explicitly for freedom; freedom of speech, freedom to travel legally without fear of arbitrary arrest, and the freedom to trade with others in goods and services on the basis of voluntarism.
Julian Assange would not have suffered as he did had CEASE existed when he leaked the secret criminal shenanigans of the State.
CEASE, having no legislative power, has only one means of action at its disposal; withdrawal of services. This might not seem like much, but it is in fact an extremely powerful sanction.
Imagine if the CEOs of Facebook, X, Google and Apple all decided to go dark until Durov is released. Billions of people would be affected. No government on earth has ever had that much power.
Arresting a CEO for running their business where people can speak freely could never result in an arrest in a world where CEASE existed. The price to the State would be too high; and of course, in this case, it would be France that is shut down and crippled as the very fabric of their modern world is rug pulled from under them. They would rightly calculate that it’s just not worth it.
Arresting a CEO would only be done when it is actually justified like cases of; murder, theft, and other such crimes where there is a clear victim.
Obviously this is a sketch outline of a very big idea, and if the part of your brain that powers your imagination is working and exercised, it should make you go, “hmmmmmmm!”.
One thing is for sure; sitting by watching people be hauled off to the camps should not be tolerable for anyone, CEO or not.
And lest you believe that something like this would end up creating a “Rollerball” style dystopia, remember, the consumer is more powerful as a constituency than all the CEOs and their companies combined. Ask Harley Davidson, or the owners of Bud Light, Ratner’s, and others…
1. Lehman Brothers (financial crisis and public backlash)
2. Barings Bank (collapsed after a rogue trader scandal, followed by public loss of confidence)
3. Ratners Group (renamed to Signet Group after the CEO's derogatory comments about its products led to a massive boycott)
4. Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) (decline due to a combination of factors including boycotts after the Lockerbie bombing)
5. Arthur Andersen (collapsed after the Enron scandal, leading to a boycott and loss of clients)
One of the problems this idea faces that immediately comes to mind is the diversity of CEOs. Some of them are not liberty minded. This is where boycotts by the public may help exert some measure of balance.
Either way, Durov being arrested is unacceptable, intolerable and unjustifiable, and unless you want to have your own “oh how we burned in the camps”moment, you had better consider this idea very carefully.
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2024-08-26 01:38:43

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Go to Rumble. Keep it simple. The Bitcoin Cult decentralisation mantra will kill your business.

2024-08-24 22:35:35

The founder of Telegram has been kidnapped.
Why don't they (the EU States) in this case, arrest the CEO of Apple and Samsung or Google, for people using browsers and phones in the commission of crimes? Or ISPs or anyone else transmitting data? No one can answer this, because Ambulance Chasers are Computer Illiterates.
This question touches Bitcoin of course, and will have profound effects if the people who make these bad decisions are not re-educated and their ignorance neutralized.
The CEOs of Bitcoin companies must assert the truth of how things work at all times to defend not only their businesses but their hundreds of millions of users.
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2024-08-24 07:29:53

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LOL. POAST STARSHIP TROOPERS MEME.
or
“OH BROTHER.”
Take your pick, INGSOC.

2024-08-24 00:07:46

The great and the good are waking up.
I’ve had it admitted to me today in private that, “The Laser Eye movement is a dead end.”
This is significant.
It has always been true that the death of the Bitcoin Cult was inevitable.
The Cult was like a, “Universal Basic Income of software”; unsustainable, uneconomic, irrational, hyperbolic and infantile.
This doesn’t mean that Bitcoin is dead, obviously; the contrary is the case.
Bitcoin is about to experience a multi front boom of the kind very few people have the capacity to conceive of.
Wallet download numbers are going to explode.
Ubiquitous non Exchange retail Bitcoin delivery is about to appear.
The “Consumer Bitcoin” era is upon you.
It’s going to be…EMOTIONAL.
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2024-08-23 23:52:42

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A better one.

2024-08-23 20:26:08

An entire generation of potentially capable people have been brainwashed into accepting feelings as a substitute for substance.
These people can’t solve problems and are “Great Masturbators”, that can’t solve problems, interact with consumers or measure their own performance.
These people are breaking off into a parallel society where people don’t measure their the value of their workers or themselves.

2024-08-23 20:19:07

Complaining about something is not the same as doing something about something.

2024-08-21 01:08:04

Open source and Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) have roots going back several decades, although the concepts evolved over time. Here's a brief timeline of their development:
1. Early Foundations (1950s-1970s):
- In the early days of computing, during the 1950s and 1960s, software was often shared freely among researchers and developers. Software came bundled with hardware, and source code was openly distributed.
- The sharing of software was common in academic and research settings, particularly within the ARPANET community (the precursor to the internet).
- In 1969, the creation of UNIX at AT&T's Bell Labs became significant because, although initially proprietary, its widespread academic use led to the development of a collaborative culture in software development.
2. GNU Project and Free Software Foundation (1983-1985):
- In 1983, Richard Stallman announced the GNU Project, aiming to create a free Unix-like operating system. This project laid the foundation for the Free Software Movement.
- In 1985, Stallman founded the Free Software Foundation (FSF) to support the movement and promote the idea that software should be free to use, modify, and distribute.
3. The Term "Open Source" (1998):
- Although the practices of open sharing and collaboration were already in place, the term "open source" was coined in 1998 by Christine Peterson as part of an effort to rebrand free software to make it more appealing to businesses.
- The Open Source Initiative (OSI) was founded the same year by Bruce Perens and Eric S. Raymond to promote the use of the term "open source" and to certify open-source licenses.
4. Rise of Popular Open Source Projects (Late 1990s-Present):
- Throughout the late 1990s and into the 2000s, major open-source projects like Linux, Apache HTTP Server, and Mozilla gained traction, showcasing the success of the open-source model.
- The development of platforms like GitHub (founded in 2008) further accelerated the open-source movement by providing a collaborative environment for developers to share and contribute to projects.
In summary:
- The principles underlying open source and FOSS have existed since the early days of computing in the 1950s and 1960s.
- The formalization of the Free Software Movement began with the GNU Project in 1983.
- The term "open source" was coined in 1998 to promote and standardize the practices of collaborative software development.
So, open source and FOSS have been in existence, in various forms, for around 70 years, with more formalized movements and terms emerging in the last 40 years.
For 40 years FOSS people have not cared about design; in fact, they’ve been openly hostile to it.
Desktop system authors used to refuse to produce screenshots for users, insisting that they compile and run the code if they want to see anything running.
That’s the mentality you’re dealing with.
And simply calling for something won’t make it happen; this is the magical thinking rife in communities who don’t know how to solve problems or deal with real people.
And when the scant few try to work with designers and get quotes for work, they scoff at the cost, saying “anyone could do this”. They’re pig ignorant, philistines, stubborn and un cultured.
They will never win!
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2024-08-21 00:42:09

Today, the artist with the most intelligent thing to say about ChatGPT is Mark E. Smith.

2024-08-20 23:25:44

FOSS stands for **Free and Open Source Software**. It refers to software that is both free to use (as in freedom) and whose source code is openly available for anyone to inspect, modify, and distribute. Here’s what each term means:
1. Free Software:
- "Free" in this context refers to freedom, not necessarily price. Free software grants users the freedom to run, modify, and share the software. The key principles of free software are often summarized by the Four Freedoms:
- Freedom 0: The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose.
- Freedom 1: The freedom to study how the program works and change it to make it do what you wish (access to the source code is a precondition for this).
- Freedom 2: The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others.
- Freedom 3: The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others. By doing this, you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes.
2. Open Source Software:
- Open source software is similar to free software, but the focus is more on the collaborative benefits of making the source code available. The term "open source" emphasizes that the source code is open and accessible to anyone. Users can modify the software and distribute their modified versions.
- Open source projects often involve collaboration among developers from all over the world, contributing to the software's development, bug fixes, and new features.
Examples of FOSS:
- Linux: An open-source operating system kernel that is the basis for many operating systems (e.g., Ubuntu, Debian).
- Apache: An open-source web server software.
- Firefox: A free and open-source web browser.
- LibreOffice: A free and open-source office suite.
- GIMP: A free and open-source image editor.
Benefits of FOSS:
- Transparency: Anyone can inspect the source code to verify what the software does.
- Control: Users have control over the software and can modify it to suit their needs.
- Community b: FOSS projects often have large communities that contribute to and support the software.
- Cost: Most FOSS is available at no cost, making it accessible to a broader audience.
FOSS plays a crucial role in the software ecosystem, empowering users and developers to create, share, and improve software freely.
For founders, CTOs, and developers of Bitcoin companies however, whether your code is FOSS, or not has nothing to do with asking for your users trust. Your code being free is irrelevant, and being a Bitcoin company has nothing to do with the license your software runs under.
The vast majority of users who run FOSS never read the licenses or Source Code of the tools they use; they are normal people who simply want to get things done.
Gimp, Apache, Linux, Firefox are all fine tools that the license they're offered under has no bearing on the user's experience.
People use Gimp because they could not afford Photoshop, not because the source code was available. Today, they run it because Photoshop has not been ported to any GNU+Linux operating system with the Gnome interface. If Adobe ported Photoshop to Ubuntu, everyone would abandon Gimp for PS overnight.
ColdCard is secure not because people can copy the code; it is secure because it is properly and carefully written. The license code is written under cannot affect the execution or quality of software. This is the fundamental mistake Open Source fanatics make; they think virtue signaling to people who can't write "Hello World" in PHP matters; PROTIP, it DOESN'T MATTER and NO ONE CARES.
Open Source can kill companies. If you release your source code, you are inviting people to copy your ideas and compete with you, with no advantage to yourself.
The license you use to release your source doesn't matter either when it comes to the business risk; people can read your source and then re-implement it without using your code, and then BANG you've got a clone of your service trying to knock you out of the market.
If the people who are cloning you are better funded, more clever, able to look people in the eye when being spoken to, and are affable, then you've got a real problem.
And where are all the Bitcoin Cult checklist ticking followers when your magic dust is being "stolen" or "Ripped Off"? They will be nowhere...or buying the tools and service of your competitor because you believed some cult gibberish about MUH OPEN SAUCE.
Sharing source code and licenses that compel disclosure are useful things in narrow circumstances, like tools that underpin everything; SSL, GPG, HTTPS, POP3, SMPTE, C, C++, Linux, Bitcoin and so many other tools used to build tools or build businesses. The number of developers working on these tools is astonishing and everyone benefits. This is beyond argument.
But.
Just because other Open Source tools have big developer bases, it does not follow that every tool must be open source, and that the act of disclosing your source code under the GPL will attract an army of developers commiting changes.
You will have seen this with projects breathlessly announced at conferences that failed to attract developers to do the work for free to build them, the assumption being that developers are a magic and infinite resource with infinite time to work for free on an infinite amount of projects, the sole method of recruiting them being to chant "ACK" after posting your just about running source sketches on GitLab.
This is the fact that is left out when cheerleaders for Open Source make irrational claims about Open Source being the foundation of user trust. They're not seeing the big picture, are fatally unrealistic and in fact, don't see the picture at all.
It's a safe bet that they are not using Ubuntu, Mint or any GNU+Linux operating system for their daily work either, but are in fact hypocrites using *CHOKE* MiCro$oft Winblows and Micro$oft Visual Studio Code or MacOS as their development platform. They will never tell you this of course, while they type out their pro Open Source screeds on Google Chrome or M$ Word. We all know this.
In the final (and financial) analysis, all the virtue signalling in the world will not make people use your tool. Only a small number of fanatics care about the license your work is released under, and those people will not move the needle when it comes to changing the world, and the ones that will change the world will copy your weak sauce and turn it into hot sauce.
Bitcoin changing the world does not require Open Sourced tools; it requires what google did with Chrome; blasting the competition (Internet Exploder) to smithereens with a browser that beat every other browser by being better for the consumer. Failing to understand this is in 2024 a fundamental error.
Thankfully, there are serious people coming to Bitcoin who do not care about any of this, and who are focussed on doing a narrow range of things right. Google's Chrome is focussed on browsing the internet securely and quickly in a standards based way, providing password management and a few other things along the way. A very small number of things.
They're not interested in the latest fad, and do not have a model where they keep adding new services to their offering to be cool and hip; they do one thing and do it right.
Bitcoin companies are coming that do one thing and do it right. They are extremely focussed (not laser focussed) and they know that bitcoin is for other people, not for developers. By understanding this, they will be the people who change everything.
And again when it comes to the license your tool is released under, as far as the public is concerned...
IT DOESN'T MATTER and NO ONE CARES.
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2024-08-05 09:59:24

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Who is “we”?

2024-08-05 07:14:50

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Another sad story of Nostr.
You win, but can’t collect.
You post but it can’t be seen.
“Early days” for eternity.
Hall of shame/mirrors effect.
Living the dream as living in a dream.
Giving up on courage.
“Communism”.
“LOL”.
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2024-08-03 20:08:40

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