Jason Maier
cjasonmaier

Central Banks should not need new, creative and opaque tools in order to keep our economic system from imploding. But they do.
These new tools won’t last forever but in the meantime they will make a select few richer at the expense of the rest of us.
#Bitcoin

2023-08-10 19:59:11

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Please enjoy! 🧡

2023-08-10 19:23:34

I think it’s interesting that people like to compliment this book before they even finish it. Tons of examples of this. Not something I would have predicted. https://cdn.nostr.build/i/66c856d33daa62874c7412ba05d779b12f2e4181c9518a87481326d3f1518e02.jpg

2023-08-04 12:30:25

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@npub1key…lt3h is the bomb. If you are a Bitcoiner and haven’t been, you need to make the trek. 🤩

2023-08-04 12:26:56

Talking about A Progressive’s Case for Bitcoin at PubKey last night. It was truly an honor to engage with some of the most genuine and incredible folks in the Bitcoin space! 🙏 https://cdn.nostr.build/i/79e5b13e634d3550f8ef1d44f2c92ee1b8017f1c5393e991e79149235e85e7b7.jpg

2023-07-31 22:20:05

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This is exciting. :)

2023-07-31 22:19:04

So excited to be speaking at PubKey this Thursday 8/3 @6pm. You should come!
https://www.meetup.com/pubkey-meetups/events/295159487

2023-07-25 15:55:04

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The first two, for sure. 🙂

2023-07-22 12:34:40

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This might be a stretch for me to attend in person. But if there was an interest in having me pop in on a video call let me know. 🧡✌️

2023-07-17 15:22:51

Given the chance to go back in time and talk to myself for 60 seconds, the message would be to learn about #Bitcoin , not “buy Bitcoin”
This is how you build something, join the community and actually hold onto the Bitcoin you do get.
This is also the message I give to pre-coiners today. Learn!

2023-07-14 12:01:16

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Let me know how to get one of these! 🧡

2023-07-12 13:53:59

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Send me a dm and I can get a tracking number for you. All books have been put in the mail. International shipping has been a horrific headache.

2023-07-10 18:32:17

Can’t lie. I’m jealous of this pic that I found on Twitter. Great scenery to read a book. 🤙🧡 http://nostr.build/i/7f6d1f486a05c76c6ec99ec558516f54102c568bc9ec801a2a19814525930ea7.jpg

2023-07-08 17:03:20

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Such a luxurious photo!
Thanks for your patience. Shipping internationally has been a frustration for all of us. :/

2023-07-06 00:59:52

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I’ve been waiting for this. Keep us posted!

2023-06-23 18:16:24

So happy to be in Boston for tonight’s meet up and tomorrow’s freedom festival. Gonna be lit.
https://t.co/lue9LpRzmQ

2023-06-17 13:27:33

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Lol. It works the other way too. People have told me me that they were on my podcast. And I don’t have a podcast.
Maybe folks think there aren’t many progressive Bitcoiners because they lump them all together. 🤷‍♂️

2023-06-17 13:11:14

I have upcoming events to talk about my book in Washington DC, Boston, NYC. I’m definitely looking forward to meeting folks IRL.
All events (and links to buy the book) are on my website:
www.BitcoinProgressive.com

2023-06-15 21:34:13

Mark your calendar. Thursday Aug. 3 I will be at PubKey in NYC to talk about my book and do a signing.
I'm giving you advanced warning, so pretty much you don't have any excuses not to show up.
Still need a copy? Buy in advance or on site!
BitcoinProgressive.com

2023-06-15 10:35:03

https://nostr.build/i/2678c79fc20e94ecec937d2449d497d7773cdbbaeafaede8ece49abf999400c1.jpg

2023-06-14 12:35:17

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2023-06-14 12:33:03

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Plenty of examples of this. Peloton has now gotten more money from me by selling monthly access to the beautiful people meant to train me than they ever did by selling me the actual bike.
So why was Kodak able to weather storms and massive tech innovation since 1888 to become the predominant company to sell cameras, but they weren’t able to adjust when digital cameras came along? Even though they were the first to have them?
The business model was threatened. If you get money from selling film, a film-less camera isn’t an opportunity, it is a threat. Kodak could see no path to adapt. Who knows if there was one?
Of course, now we have Apple that is threatening to shut down apps like Damus because it allows people to transfer value directly peer to peer. Not being able to position themselves in the middle of transactions is a threat to Apple’s business model.
This isn’t speculation, Apple has said that when value is transferred in the app, it must be as an in-app purchase. This is because they get a cut. They sold you a phone just so they can sell you the in-app purchases. This is like Kodak’s film.
So why do we care? Why are people all over nostr and Twitter all bent out of shape about this?
Because you still need Apple. Decentralized money and decentralized social media are not promises. They require work and a pathway for normal folks to adopt them.
This is true for both Bitcoin and Nostr and while both are promising and should make the world better, we can’t just assume they will be successes.
Regular folks are going to use Apple to get themselves onboarded to both of these technologies.
Who knows what will happen with Apple and Damus? There are a lot of possible outcomes, not all of them good.
But there is hope. There is good news coming out of all this.
Let it be known that Bitcoin and Nostr are seen as threats. Not just theoretical or metaphorical. Actual bottom line revenue threats. If you had any doubt before you can put it aside. They are fighting us, and that is good news.
The downfall of Apple seems unlikely. And just because the same was true for Kodak doesn’t make anything inevitable.
Frictionless, peer to peer transfer of value using open protocols is better, and should win in the end. But will it? 🤷‍♂️
1. They ignore you
2. They laugh at you
3. They fight you
4. ?????
5. You win.
#Bitcoin #nostr @damusapp

2023-06-14 12:29:47

I’m sure the good folks at Apple remember how Kodak came up with the digital camera first and fought it because it didn’t fit their business model.
George Eastman was a pioneer in the camera industry and started Kodak in my home town of Rochester, NY.
As a kid in Rochester I learned about Kodak the same way one learns about Presidents and important history. The same is true for Danny Wegman who invented the world’s best grocery store, also in Rochester.
Even in my AP economics classes, most off the off the cuff examples were about Kodak. They employed thousands of people and had been a staple in Rochester since the late 1880s. The company’s fate was intertwined with the city’s.
The word Kodak was synonymous with taking pictures. Special moments were “Kodak Moments” and this wasn’t a flash in the pan either. Kodak adapted and flexed through the decades. Time and again they were on the front lines on technology and chose to lead.
But Kodak didn’t make their money from selling cameras. The company was profitable because they sold film so people could use their cameras. The only competition I’m aware of on this axis was Fuji.
But my memory here is skewed since using Fuji film where I lived was blasphemous.

2023-06-11 17:10:12

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This is what I got the last time I was at a bitcoin conference. For context my name is spelled “Jason” and I was wearing my conference name tag. 🤦‍♂️ https://nostr.build/i/bab8b6ad8269f1a8ae9711d65fe9e8884212b70eba6090155bd85d9b9b443780.jpg

2023-06-11 12:02:02

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I like where this is going… 🤩

2023-06-10 18:41:40

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Signed copies are for Kickstarter supporters and folks I see are n person at events, etc.

2023-06-10 18:39:26

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Whoops. *Non US deliveries…

2023-06-10 18:38:58

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All paperbacks are out the door. Mom is delivers may take a while.
Hardcovers are starting to be processed and should be out very soon!

2023-06-10 18:36:27

I’m really excited to be at the #Bitcoin Freedom Festival to sign books and also to speak the night before at the @BTC_Mass meetup in Boston. June 23-24!!!!
Freedom Fest: massadoptionbtc.ticketspice.com/massadoption-f…
Meetup:
https://www.meetup.com/massachusetts-bitcoin-meetup/events/292957112/

2023-06-08 13:43:57

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Ebook at some point this summer. Audio book in the fall.

2023-06-07 12:28:37

Really hope this orange pills someone you love. ✌️🧡
https://store.bitcoinmagazine.com/products/a-progressives-case-for-bitcoin https://nostr.build/i/fc306c9a18e842b0e7a4d9b9f7467026c6188c0bb7b6f7e200a08cebd4cf34af.jpg

2023-06-05 17:23:38

Proud and happy to be on WBD again to talk about my book; “A Progressive’s Case for Bitcoin”
https://youtu.be/DZkCQul-WtU

2023-06-01 17:15:22

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Legend.

2023-06-01 17:11:32

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Same!

2023-05-30 14:09:13

Get the book. Give it to someone you love. Fix the world.
www.BitcoinProgressive.com https://nostr.build/i/30e8f6504dbd37a6a67c7eb5fff452c1e50d1661a6b3555cf48e8730627367a1.jpg

2023-05-27 03:47:12

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Thank you!

2023-05-26 22:30:22

Enough to keep ya going after a long day.
If you haven’t, check out the book for yourself. www.BitcoinProgressive.com https://nostr.build/i/e6d4969d4973a84a5d642dbd336445a9f9ee773ca887cd03dec1adc01a1a1c39.jpg

2023-05-26 18:37:46

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Always a new adventure! 😂

2023-05-26 15:09:20

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Like… if I show my feet, people zap me money? 🤷‍♂️
Here is me in Miami after the conference. Try not to send all the sats at once. https://nostr.build/i/197bd0f47e234570cc729e7717af8e8235fde16649100dc587d7d02b5d6bd47a.jpg

2023-05-26 14:51:34

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Total legend Scott!

2023-05-26 10:53:36

I have a “Bitcoin Basics” talk at my school last night. These is the group that stayed for questions after my talk. Totally engaged. Ready with great questions. Orange pilling one person at a time. https://nostr.build/i/29820de7d58395668b395b1a241aad047707fb34d6332b12942d91e684033eaf.jpg

2023-05-18 22:30:51

I am so grateful for an amazing #Bitcoin community that has been so supportive.
Still looking to help? Here’s how.
Leave a review for my book: a.co/d/gucdS78
Buy a book for a politician: https://geyser.fund/project/progressives
Get your book signed: Bitcoin 2023 Saturday @3pm
🙏🧡

2023-05-14 23:45:13

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A couple of months ago, some of you zapped me sats to buy books for Dems in the house. All of those sats have been donated to this Geyser Fund.
If you haven’t already, and you’re able, it would be great if you donate. It helps us orange pill the politicians that need it in DC.

2023-05-14 23:43:04

https://geyser.fund/project/progressives

2023-05-10 12:39:59

Folks - Dem Senators are already getting a copy of my book thanks to your support of my Kickstarter! Now we have a chance to orange pill members of the House, too! You can donate now.
https://geyser.fund/project/progressives
Donating to this Geyser fund means more copies of my book personally handed to Democrats in the house. I will be with the Satoshi Action Fund in Washington D.C. in June to deliver them myself!
Special thanks to the Satoshi Action Fund and the Orange Pill App for making the event possible.

2023-05-06 12:40:11

Bitcoin Block Munich is happening for real and you should check it out. I’m opening for Margot!
https://twitter.com/cjasonmaier/status/1654820568062128133?s=46&t=Zwu7WeO84PR2LUkqYm45GA

2023-05-04 23:49:03

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2023/05/04/4-progressives-working-to-change-the-narrative-around-bitcoin/

2023-05-04 23:48:40

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoiners-should-care-about-progressives

2023-05-04 23:47:16

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I’m in absent a hard conflict.

2023-05-04 23:46:54

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Thank you!

2023-05-04 11:15:54

An interesting discrepancy:
“Bitcoin is for everyone”
“Bitcoin is for enemies”
“People converge on one form of good money”
Also
“I don’t want progressives to learn about Bitcoin. HFSP”
🤦‍♂️

2023-04-28 12:52:10

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I am here!!

2023-04-28 12:51:19

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I can most definitely relate. :)

2023-04-24 13:26:52

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Daily. Great way to open the dialogue.

2023-04-24 13:26:33

I am thrilled to announce the publication of my book, A Progressive’s Case for Bitcoin
You can now buy the book on my website: www.BitcoinProgressive.com
A huge thank you to the community for your support!

2023-04-20 13:48:07

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So very soon. Don’t blink. :)

2023-04-20 12:00:57

"learn about Bitcoin" is better advice than "buy Bitcoin"
I have lots of great resources - in addition to my book - to learn about Bitcoin listed on my website.
BitcoinProgressive.com

2023-04-15 20:43:47

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No. Sorry, it wasn’t recorded.

2023-04-14 10:31:53

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No. Unfortunately they don’t record these colloquia.

2023-04-14 10:19:02

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Everyone there got sats apart from a couple of close friends that already HODL.

2023-04-14 00:58:52

Folks - the talk went well and thanks to your generosity everyone who wanted to receive their first Bitcoin received 5000 Sats tonight.
And I was sure to tell them that it was from our wonderful community.
🤙🧡✌️🙏
https://imgur.com/a/a8NWgHs

2023-04-13 22:15:29

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https://imgur.com/a/wyJS9dh

2023-04-13 22:12:50

Orange Pilling about to commence!
I will be giving a talk at my school tonight : Bitcoin’s answer to neocolonialism through monetary policy.
If you zap some sats to this post, I will be giving the away to audience members willing to download a wallet.

2023-04-04 15:29:57

I wonder how many freedom loving Bitcoiners have self censored in hopes of not being blocked by a member of the military industrial complex. 🫡🤔

2023-04-03 18:23:15

No dogecoin over here on nostr. That’s nice.

2023-03-30 22:37:16

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Don’t notice that. Is my red exclamation gone?

2023-03-30 19:58:59

HELP! Does anyone know if Elizabeth Warren is on nostr?
I’d like to send her a message.
Let me know her npub.

2023-03-28 00:35:31

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What’s the reason for this?

2023-03-28 00:03:48

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“agree with someone on Bitcoin and disagree with them on pretty much everything else.”
I think this is a literal quote from my book. 🧡✌️🤯

2023-03-27 22:37:31

How do I know I’m doing the right thing?
Frequently I am told by someone (usually on Twitter) that there is no progressive case for Bitcoin. AND it’s a 50/50 chance that person is a progressive that doesn’t like Bitcoin or a Bitcoiner that doesn’t like progressives.
I’m almost all cases the person has either a very limited sense of what Bitcoin is or a very limited sense of what progressives are.

2023-03-26 21:20:49

Update. Finished The Mandibles. Plenty of thoughts. 🤔
https://imgur.com/a/BiIdnnS

2023-03-26 20:57:51

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I am here I am here I am here!

2023-03-26 20:56:49

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April 13. Will report back!

2023-03-25 20:40:38

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You don’t know if a central bank has tried this yet… if I was a central bank buying Bitcoin I wouldn’t tell you. 🧡

2023-03-25 20:37:09

I’ve been using the word “probabilistic” a lot in a professional setting recently. 🧡

2023-03-24 17:02:32

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Lol. Yes to all of that!

2023-03-24 15:26:42

GreenPeace trying to throw hands and honey badger intensifies.
Gotta love it.
#Bitcoin

2023-03-23 12:48:23

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Couldn’t be happier for you. Congrats!

2023-03-21 11:48:22

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My wife: why did you just have me watch that whole thing? It was just about Bitcoin and the Fed!
Me: when npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle is on TV we watch.

2023-03-19 15:33:52

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Brother, you’re doing it up right! 🤙

2023-03-19 15:18:18

Later today I will drive 2 hours each way to attend a Bitcoin Meetup.
While I drive I will be listening to The Mandibles.
At some point while I’m gone I will receive a disbursement of freshly mined corn right into my self custody.
#Bitcoin. Good day.

2023-03-17 22:48:32

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I’m playing the long game with this one. No doubt that I will be paying for my son’s haircut with sats one day. 🙂

2023-03-17 22:40:20

Spoke to the barber today about #Bitcoin. He isn’t an expert at all. But he did say he was curious to check the price the other day when he noticed all the turmoil with banks.
He wasn’t surprised to notice Bitcoin’s price had gone up.
Bullish.

2023-03-17 20:33:24

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This bet would only be meaningful if it was denominated in Bitcoin. 😂

2023-03-17 17:33:54

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That’s how I’m doing it.

2023-03-17 17:10:41

Okay okay. I’ve started The Mandibles.
Thanks for the many many many recommendations.

2023-03-15 18:17:03

It is more important (and easier) to convince liberals that their assumptions about #Bitcoin are wrong than it is to convince them their liberal beliefs are wrong.
If you can get behind that, then we’re on the same team. 🤝

2023-03-15 16:11:18

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Yes I’ve read it. My point isn’t about how good or bad the book is. Just that it isn’t targeted at the audience that was mentioned in the thread.
We won’t win over environmentalist by using the term “climate hysteria” which is the actual precise reason I’ve written *my* book.
If we want to broaden our target audience for Bitcoin we need people that can speak their language. you don’t have to like it. Alex Epstein isn’t speaking their language. You don’t either. And that is okay. Different strokes for different folks. (Assuming you’re okay with different folks being orange pilled)

2023-03-15 14:51:01

Happy to wake up to this announcement.
https://twitter.com/thebitcoinconf/status/1635779507889278977?s=46&t=Zwu7WeO84PR2LUkqYm45GA

2023-03-15 14:45:34

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This might be a good book for people that already agree with you, but that wasn’t the prompt. Fossil Future is not changing anyone’s mind if they are worried about the environmental impacts of Bitcoin.

2023-03-14 13:14:30

Really excited about this.
https://imgur.com/a/ixMNGBJ

2023-03-13 23:04:20

Settled on a title for my upcoming faculty colloquium at work:
Bitcoin’s Answer to Neocolonialism through Monetary Policy
That should put asses in the seats.

2023-03-13 15:28:24

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“probabilistically impossible” isn’t a thing.
The “talking” only happened because the bank was in trouble in the first place.
My original post is a commentary about the idea of censoring the “talking” which has come up in a couple of different ways recently.

2023-03-13 14:58:16

If talking about a bank run causes a bank run, the problem was never the talking.
#Bitcoin

2023-03-13 00:08:23

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Fractional reserve time keeping. It was never your hour in the first place. 😂

2023-03-13 00:07:37

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🤙🧡. I’m 100% with you. I was just trying to be cute.

2023-03-12 23:47:05

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I agree.
I’m just saying not all of us are drinking wine, eating steak out our pants and getting so many zaps it’s a notification problem.
I’m happy for you.

2023-03-12 23:44:42

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I agree with you, personally. I was attempting to channel the thinking of those deciding.

2023-03-12 23:31:55

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https://imgur.com/a/442IzTg