GoodShibe

OG Shibe, Part-time Dogecoin Historian and Writer of 'Of Wolves and Weasels'. Communitas Prae Lucro!

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goodshibe@nostrcheck.me

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profuseearth02@walletofsatoshi.com

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2024-04-11 01:57:02

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Welp, that was a read...
On one hand, permissionless means permissionless on the other this reads like the beginning of a hostile takeover.

2024-04-10 15:55:45

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Different article, same news:
https://archive.is/2cX4d

2024-04-10 02:26:39

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X is getting scarier and scarier all the time. I hope people realize sooner than later that Elon is not their friend.

2024-02-25 12:30:03

The ones with the most to gain will try to sell you on Proof of Stake for its "environmental benefits" but will leave out the part where it allows them to become parasites on your network, extracting wealth and gaining control over the future of your money.
#Bitcoin
https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/s/Sb7ht0KVDl

2024-01-21 02:22:54

The Save Dogemas Saga: Part Two
https://open.substack.com/pub/goodshibe/p/the-save-dogemas-saga-part-two
#Dogecoin #Doge

2024-01-21 02:21:25

The Save Dogemas Saga: Part One
https://open.substack.com/pub/goodshibe/p/the-save-dogemas-saga-part-one
#Dogecoin #Doge

2023-12-07 13:58:39

Big day coming up tomorrow:
Second Birthday!
https://goodshibe.substack.com/p/dogecoins-two-birthdays
#Dogecoin #Doge

2023-11-21 21:25:31

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Thanks for the heads-up, I'll give it a look!

2023-11-20 20:04:38

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Can ClassyShark actually do anything other than detect? If it can't block those trackers directly can it make specific recommendations as to how you can stop said spyware or trackers?

2023-11-10 22:30:39

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A crown-wearing Gozer-faced mech that is flipping us the double-bird.

2023-11-06 15:22:03

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Well, I have explained my rationale as much as I am going to, you're free to accept it or not.
Have a good day, man.

2023-11-06 15:08:41

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I have explained it in my other answer.

2023-11-06 15:07:32

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To be clear, the yes was to your first question. I do find it interesting though that you cannot grasp the idea that someone could find value in two different approaches.
Dogecoin is a digital currency, it replenishes over time and thus is fungible.
Bitcoin is a store of value and was specifically designed to have scarcity. Lost coins are lost forever. The more rare you make something the more friction you add to its use.
There's a reason that many Bitcoiners prefer to stack sats and spend fiat - they believe that Bitcoin is too valuable to spend, making it *possible* to spend as a currency, sure, but if given the choice, many choose not to.

2023-11-06 15:00:44

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Yes. Just because was/I am turned off by the haughty arrogance and holier-than-thou attitude of some people in the Bitcoin space and prefer the lighter and more friendly Dogecoin community does not mean that I cannot fathom the value of Bitcoin.
Like I said, where we disagree is the idea that Bitcoin is the only possible way forward.

2023-11-06 14:44:47

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FWIW, I primarily hold Bitcoin and Dogecoin, not that it's any of your business and neither of us have any obligation to justify our decisions.
I use Dogecoin when I want to buy something peer to peer or internationally and Bitcoin for sitting on. The other stuff is just fragments of ETH and LTC that I'll likely swap out at the next bullrun.

2023-11-06 14:38:23

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Luckily, we don't have to agree for our money to work.

2023-11-06 13:59:12

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And Dogecoin is not a token.

2023-11-06 13:57:58

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Respectfully, if you believe in decentralization but only if all of your money is in Bitcoin then you might not be as tied to the concept as you might think.
Different coins for different use cases.
I never said I was a Dogecoin maxi, only that it's my favorite coin and community.

2023-11-06 13:50:33

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Oh, I understand Bitcoin I just don't agree that it is the only path forward. And, speaking honestly, it was actually my experiences with the Bitcoin community in 2012/2013 that pushed me away from Bitcoin and into Dogecoin.
That said, we don't have to agree on every point in order for us to agree that whatever's happening out there, freeing yourself from fiat markets as much as possible is probably for the best.

2023-11-06 12:42:01

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Understanding Bitcoin is super easy:
No one touches your money except you.
You are free to give your money to whomever you deem worthy.
Please note: Most major Governments hate both of these ideas - especially of opt-in funding for their activities and losing control of citizen wealth - and as such will likely be very cross with you, especially if these ideas become popular.
Play safe, my friends.

2023-11-06 12:30:54

Be it bureaucrat, aristocrat or soldier, nothing puts a stop to war like sending those who want war directly to the front lines.

2023-11-06 06:42:30

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Even if you had bought Bitcoin back in 2010/2011/2012 you'd still have to have made it all the way to today. It seems like most of people I know who have larger amounts of BTC were those who bought or mined a bunch and completely forgot about it until it exploded.
Between the Mt. Goxes and all of the various hacks (exchange or otherwise) and the splits and other craziness, it seems like the more involved you were with crypto the more likely you lost (or spent) your coins along the way.

2023-11-06 06:20:43

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Whenever I hear "We're a family here" at a company I take that as code for "We will expect extra free work from you without thanks while talking shit about you behind your back."
You know, like a real family.

2023-11-04 23:39:33

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Diffusion of responsibility. Because they were dumb enough to not bother doing their due diligence they have to make it seem like no one else did either.

2023-11-04 14:44:30

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True, no one can print more Bitcoin... which is why they're making ETFs to make sure that they won't need to.

2023-11-04 14:42:21

I really like this idea of being able to cast a wide net and connect with people across multiple social networks and the Nostr/Fediverse bridge seems like a neat step in that direction!

2023-11-04 14:22:25

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By the way, I have a friend on Minds that I'm trying to connect with across the Fediverse but the bridge doesn't seem able to reach them - I'm using moonlit45_at_minds.com@mostr.pub - is that the correct syntax? Is there anything else that I'm missing?

2023-11-04 14:08:47

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Just found you using your Nostr bridge!
Very, very cool idea and thank you for making it!
https://soapbox.pub/blog/mostr-fediverse-nostr-bridge/

2023-11-03 14:55:13

#Dogecoin history lesson:
Did you know that Jackson was inspired by an episode of Homestar Runner to pronounce "Doge" as "Dohj"?
Here's the episode that helped to inspire a phenomenon:
https://youtu.be/tLSgRzCAtXA

2023-11-02 14:53:04

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👤 👤
👤 👤
👥
🫂
Never underestimate the power of a single act of kindness.
Maybe it won't start the chain that turns the tide.
But maybe it will.
Can't hurt to try.
Much love to you and everyone. I hope this finds you well.

2023-11-02 01:57:37

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If I had to hazard a guess, it's because people aren't *yet* desperate enough to actually use those second amendment rights. No take-backsies once that gets up and moving.

2023-11-01 03:13:04

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Thanks! I really had a lot of fun with it!

2023-11-01 02:56:31

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https://twitter.com/daanksy/status/1719495507028934779?s=19
I recently won second place in a Dogecoin pumpkin carving contest ;D)
Very, very cool and much appreciated. You can see the whole thing here if interested!

2023-11-01 02:52:34

Happy Halloween, everyone!
https://image.nostr.build/6e23642b034a416615babdca7c1732c22eb3bd51e32a89ff413a009515ebf958.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/8e52b19f4bed89ab3de87df9cc74f53ec126e40d31246f8524b737d7061679e7.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/310c8e33bf15619f0e12158283abd8198511591369ea0a3c65d782a7e4c88820.jpg

2023-10-28 16:25:35

It's times like this that I'm truly glad that options like #Nostr exist. Cheers and thanks to all of the hardworking folks who have given us a way to opt-out of that mess.
https://image.nostr.build/ab7476b8a19c71c95523155291fb1ee48d225b876aa36dc9dd30283397b58245.jpg

2023-10-24 02:59:40

Because changing our money is just the start of the revolution.
To change the world we must change our perspective:
That our money need not be but cold and lifeless ones and zeroes.
We can choose to bring the Human back into our medium of exchange.
To both free and intimately connect ourselves, our loved ones and our neighbors.
The future is ours to build.
Together.
#Dogecoin
https://image.nostr.build/fe1846676cc31a5966eef4a13725d48e52f084c7288b06d59502c182a5a8dba9.jpg

2023-10-23 01:43:10

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Hmm good to know.
So they decided to go with the 'infect others' style of communication control...

2023-10-21 17:16:37

This criticism of #Xitter got me put into the 'hate' box over there.
As far as 'shots across the bow' go, this seems pretty telling, if you ask me.
https://image.nostr.build/16359f15304a35a14394aa9ddab8fa6191362191fee3d559e9cbfd4896494aac.jpg

2023-10-07 03:34:06

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The amount of people who pay for Twitter and then complain about it is pretty wild.
Especially because of the way they make you farm engagement to try and earn pennies.
Oh, and don't talk to them lowly non-paying accounts or you'll get deranked or shadow-banned.
...and you pay for this privilege LOL

2023-10-04 04:56:50

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Sure, but what will $1,000,000 be worth by the time it gets there? 0_o

2023-10-04 04:52:40

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I believe it's called "Looting the corpse".

2023-10-03 20:30:17

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Oh, nevermind, just discovered your channel! Very cool!

2023-10-03 20:29:12

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Do you have a YouTube or other easily shared link?
I've been just sharing the Nostr post. LOL

2023-10-02 12:16:39

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Every pseudo-communist kid thinks that they'll be the ones administrating the lowly pleb workers instead of forced into being a miner/dirt farmer/sewer worker themselves.
Man, are they in for a rude awakening.

2023-10-01 23:10:40

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The core problem is that these people are so bloody untouchable that they might as well be a whole other political/pseudo-religious caste; up there with Popes.
Bitcoin certainly offers options, which is helpful, but we're seeing how much work they're putting in to get CBDCs running and ETF chains around BTC while minimizing on and off-ramps and demanding KYC.
It's definitely starting to look a lot like tyranny out there...

2023-10-01 22:52:01

Holy shit, this is fantastic.
#nevent1q…xzfw

2023-09-30 19:54:40

I know that I'm speaking into the void here a tad but if you'll allow me, I'd like to go on a bit of a rant re: the utter state of crypto.
I've been in crypto since 2012, started with Bitcoin but, unfortunately, had terrible experiences with the community. I ended up with Dogecoin as my community of choice for the last decade or so and I still love it, and crypto, as a concept, dearly.
Dogecoin for being, well, born of a joke, had inadvertent branding on its side and a spirited band of utter goofballs at its heart. We were the 'fun' people in an otherwise incredibly serious -- and sometimes even straight-up mean -- space.
I've spent no shortage of time over the last decade welcoming new Shibes over on Reddit and I'm incredibly happy that a not-small amount of people found their way into crypto thanks to Dogecoin.
But the question I have long asked my community (and I wrote extensively on it in 2014/2015) - and crypto in general - is, essentially:
Who is all of this for?
In 2023 I look out at the state of the cryptosphere and I see some really wild and interesting and well-intentioned ideas - and even more wild and interesting and well-intentioned people. Yet after more than a decade since this crypto ball really got rolling it seems like there's still this general bewilderment amongst crypto folk that we haven't been able to attract more 'regular' people into the space.
I think I know why. And you're probably not going to like my answer.
Because it cuts so much deeper than trying to explain to the average Joe why he'd want to be bothered setting up Lightning or be a part of a smart contract (let alone write one); why a mother of two should buy Satoshis instead of bread.
The short answer, at least from what I'm seeing and from the people that I've talked to, is that we have ceded an enormous amount of territory to the unscrupulous and straight-up evil.
We, of course, try to caution people:
"Never risk more than you're willing to lose!"
"Not your keys, not your coins!"
And then we watch scammers chitter as they rug pull yet another obvious scam coin.
Or yet another exchange decides that 'just being fucking decent' is too much work or isn't making them enough money so they evaporate with your cash.
And, as long as we're not affected, we collectively shrug.
Look, I get that there is no real self-policing in a decentralized space like ours.
And I get that Cryptocurrency is fungible, irreversible, digital cash.
But it's a real hard thing to watch someone that you helped get into crypto wrap their head around the idea that their money is gone. Their money is just gone, forever, because they (or their kid or their spouse)... clicked on a link.
You get to just sit there and watch that reality set in behind their eyes in real time. And all you can do is commiserate because you know there's nothing to be done.
The amount of people that I personally know who've been the victim of a crypto scam is not small - myself included when I was new. Hell, it's almost like a rite of passage:
'My first crypto scam'
We watch them unfold, we wish the victims luck and then point them to external sources of justice because we know that we can offer no recourse on our own.
And that's by design.
I really encourage everyone in this space to think about where exactly we are right now because CBDCs are coming and I can already see you scoffing but they offer a fundamental form of competition to crypto in an arena that we simply seem unable to compete:
They can get and give you your money back.
If we want mass adoption for crypto we need a better clarion call than simply 'freedom'.
Because one day, if not already, those 'scammers' will be government-funded hackers, picking up the free money left out on virtual window sills by the citizens of the world.
Either way, it really doesn't matter who is scooping you; If the entirety of your wealth can be anonymously, irrevocably taken in your sleep from halfway around the world then crypto ultimately offers serfdom.
And we have nothing to offer in kind except "Well, you should have..." while we quietly, nervously check our seed phrases.
Look at the actual reality of this space and tell me again how cryptocurrency is ready for prime time.
Tell me how your loved ones, your mom and/or pop, can be welcomed here when they have to unknowingly compete with bots built by skilled, international hackers and a plethora of other unscrupulous people, daily, just to keep their coins let alone try to use them.
CBDCs for all of their terrifying implications and flaws they offer that warm hug of 'safety'. And haven't we already witnessed exactly what people are willing to give up just to maintain that illusion?
Yes, they'll know everything about you and everyone you connect to. Yes, they'll have intricate control of the monetary system and thus, potentially, the direction of your life and society at large but in exchange your money won't be able to be stolen by anyone but them.
"Legally," of course.
It's easy for us to shrug and simply welcome those that we can but I hope that we don't stop there.
Because, for all of our bold words and collective talk about 'freedom' *this* is where the rubber meets the road.
There are those on the outside who've eaten our lunch, taken the best parts of the recipe for themselves and twisted the rest to specifically take *that* choice - true freedom - away from people.
And they're only just getting started.
Are we building lifeboats and ways to mass welcome and onboard people who've never heard the word "cryptocurrency" before?
Are we building parallel economies and figuring out what, exactly, a de-coupled Bitcoin (or Litecoin or Dogecoin, etc) is worth on its own?
If we want any of that freedom that we value to last in the world that lies ahead of us...
We'd better be.
Much Love,
GS

2023-09-30 17:42:24

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I always thought that if we were ever going to be invaded it'd be in our oceans.
There is some crazy shit down there let alone the stuff we haven't discovered yet.

2023-09-30 14:45:04

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*waves* in Wow!

2023-09-10 20:41:21

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Looking at how the J6 narrative played out, I suspect that they've been moving about as close to full-blown incitement as they dare. If a few hotheads -- or, more likely, carefully groomed letter agency stooges -- pop off then that likely helps them as they've shown competency in spinning that narrative for their cause.
People have also been conditioned post-COVID to conflate legitimate protest as selfish self-interest and people unwilling to suffer 'for the greater good'.
Knowing that the media is happy for any excuse to inflame passions in this arena, I'm not sure how effective a protest might ultimately be unless you were somehow manage to make it a bi-partisan issue. Maybe bring in a bunch of Centrists with rational arguments against the growing spread of government overreach and tyranny.

2023-09-09 02:15:51

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Thinking of how aggressively the US has attacked potential new, competitive currencies in the past - the Gold Dinar comes to mind - I'm kind of shocked that the US and its allies haven't pushed back harder against cryptos in general.
What's the situation like inside Russia?
How easy is it to use Bitcoin in Russia for day-to-day things?

2023-09-09 02:07:51

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IMHO, #BTC needs to find a way to stabilize and/or decouple from fiat currencies in order to successfully become a truly successful currency.
It's so hard for regular BTC hodlers, let alone normies, to justify spending Bitcoin knowing that they could wake up tomorrow with another $10,000 pizza situation. Sadly, that volatility is a real albatross on the usage aspect.
Even the #Bitcoin people that I know openly say things like "Spend fiat, save BTC." Which doesn't really help adoption or growth, unfortunately.

2023-09-07 21:20:12

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Yeah, it could be because we were trying pretty hard to 'look in each other's eyes' as we were talking... Which, honestly, I'm sure didn't help.
Have you seen any promising tech in this regard?

2023-09-07 17:26:32

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Nothing fancy, we were experimenting with a Duo call and trying to talk to each other but while trying to maintain eye contact, just to see what it'd be like. It was very, very weird lol

2023-09-07 17:13:13

An open letter to the community that I love:
https://www.reddit.com/r/dogecoin/comments/169w3y5/an_open_letter_to_the_community_that_i_love/
#Dogecoin #DOGE

2023-09-07 11:51:23

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In my experience it is hella weird looking at someone in the eyes through a phone. I think it's because the action is stilted and forced where IRL human interaction relies more on a massive amount of subtle cues and bits of direct and indirect eye contact to emphasize points.

2023-09-07 11:45:38

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Being involved in cryptocurrency, the one of the biggest issues with organizing is sharing accurate, sensitive information across sometimes diffuse, decentralized spaces - especially surrounded by bad or even malicious actors.
Nostr seems like an interesting solution but we kind of might benefit from a decentralized AP news wire with multiple... inputs and outlets? A way of sending out 'accurate' information - maybe bundled with supporting documents?
Of course that is more than likely to be an incredible nightmare to build and easily, horribly, horribly misused and abused but it might be a useful 'in case of emergency' feature...?
Just thinking out loud...

2023-09-07 11:31:05

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I personally feel that focusing on VR is more like we're handing the keys of the Kingdom to tyrants so that we can go play where our actions don't matter.
It also hands over incredible amounts of control to them because once they have then finished getting what they want... they can turn our toys off.
I know you've suffered incredible amounts because you tried to do the right thing - and I hold deep admiration for you because of that. If anything, the lesson that I learned from you is that the real world is worth fighting for. No, you won't get 'everyone' but if your message and work is true, it will resonate where it needs to.
Nice to see you on here and I hope that you're doing well!

2023-08-24 17:46:39

What's one thing that you can't wait to be able to pay for with #Dogecoin?

2023-08-21 15:57:00

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Pfft vacation? Since when are people allowed to take breaks? Crack the whip, back to the cubical! LOL
https://media1.giphy.com/media/QQQoLTqkm7v3y/giphy.gif

2023-08-21 14:54:21

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I'm not getting any notifications on my phone when I get a message. Have to open app and manually refresh

2023-08-21 14:01:39

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Any progress on this front? It'd really make this app far, far more useful.

2023-07-29 14:53:49

Oooh well isn't this place interesting?!
Any other #Dogecoin Shibes on here?