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That’s arguably not the last message from Satoshi. Someone send an email from one of his emails in 2015 during the Blocksize War. It reads pretty much like something that he’d write.
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2025-04-20 05:13:49

Христос воскресе!

2025-04-17 05:03:39

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Is it just me or hodl’s takes are becoming kinda shit lately? 🤔

2025-04-14 18:42:20

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> Van Hollen says he's going to El Salvador himself this week

2025-04-13 09:30:01

Bitcoin is solving the sovereign money problem. Your fiat can be frozen, censored, or outright confiscated for whatever arbitrary excuse they come up with. Try withdrawing a large sum at once, sending meaningful money overseas, or buying something the state doesn’t like - you’ll hit a wall fast.
That’s exactly why governments are focused on regulating stablecoins. They don’t threaten the system. Stablecoins are just fiat with a shiny wrapper, still subject to the same choke points. They’re a convenient distraction from Bitcoin’s real, disruptive power.
Ask yourself, have you ever heard a single U.S. government official talk about the Lightning Network? Not a word. You think that’s a coincidence?
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2025-04-11 13:10:24

RIP to my old Ford Focus. It completely burned down while it was being repaired at a car service. Also, RIP to the car service itself and the 28 other unfortunate car owners who lost their vehicles. 🥲 Fortunately, no lives were lost during the incident.

2025-04-11 08:26:04

Paying your taxes in Bitcoin makes no sense imo. You are giving away the most scarce commodity in existence to a legalised thief (the government) while doxing yourself as a holder. It’s a different story if you can spend your sats at the local grocery store. There you can get something of value in return for your sats, while increasing the monetary demand for Bitcoin.
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2025-04-10 15:05:08

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The third leg is between the other two 😏

2025-04-10 14:38:52

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> The primary use of sound money is as a store of value defending against monetary debasement.
That’s the dumbest and most economically illiterate thing I’ve read in a while. The primary use of money is exchange. You can postpone exchange to accumulate wealth, therefore you need a store of value properties, but the end game is to spend the money for other goods, be it right now or in the future.

2025-04-10 14:09:54

Bitcoin stands on two legs: Store of Value and Medium of Exchange.
Most people only use the right leg, treating it like digital gold while ignoring the left. Not because they can’t use both — the tech is ready — but because they choose not to. Some even argue it’s smarter to limp. 🤨
But a one-legged Bitcoin isn’t sovereign. It’s crippled.

2025-04-10 13:07:00

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No, I think you misunderstood what I’m trying to say here. I’m not in the bcasher’s camp where they want to provide instant and free payments for every person on earth, including the babies and the mortally ill. What I’m sounding the alarm for is the problem that Jack is addressing - Bitcoin becoming irrelevant by falling in the same category as Gold. Have you seen this video by @nprofile…9hac? It’s pretty enlightening and I can’t recommend it enough: https://youtu.be/enxoR9v3oEg

2025-04-10 08:02:59

There’s never been a better time to show Bitcoin’s medium of exchange power. Spend your Bitcoin if you want it to succeed as a freedom tool instead of a gate-kept digital asset for speculation.
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2025-04-06 18:26:58

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2025-04-06 16:42:35

Truth 💥
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2025-04-06 13:52:24

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Has the mempool been this empty in recent years?

2025-04-05 18:43:24

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Twisting my words to make a an obvious point is a cuck move.

2025-04-05 11:34:19

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I know what a trade deficit is, probably better than you. By “freer,” I’m talking about fewer barriers, less red tape, fewer regulations to start and grow a business, and more room to experiment with new ideas. In the U.S., there’s actually an “exit tax” for citizens with significant assets who want to renounce their citizenship and leave. That’s not exactly screaming freedom. If that still feels freer than China to you, fine, believe what you want.
Trade deficits played a role in helping China scale its manufacturing and assembly infrastructure, but their actual tech advancements didn’t come from that alone. You’re seeing new innovations pop up constantly and often at a fraction of the cost compared to U.S. R&D efforts. That didn’t come from central planning. It came from the freedom to iterate, cheap labor, and private sector hustle, despite the state’s involvement, not because of it.

2025-04-05 06:01:21

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If by this you mean subsidised so is the US market.

2025-04-04 15:45:28

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Cope harder

2025-04-04 14:02:24

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🤣💀

2025-04-04 13:49:33

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The latter option makes you a speculator, not a true consumer. Spending Bitcoin instead of hoarding it shifts its role from a mere asset to actual money. Every time Bitcoin is used in place of fiat, the monetary demand for Bitcoin increases while demand for fiat declines. This creates a feedback loop where Bitcoin’s value grows as its use in exchange grows.
This is not just theory but historical pattern. When gold became widely accepted in trade, its purchasing power surged. When silver was demonetised, its value collapsed relative to Gold. The monetary premium vanished.
If gold were used as money today, its fiat price would almost certainly be far higher. Bitcoin is no different. Its long-term strength comes not from speculation, but from increasing monetary utility. The more we use it as money, the more it becomes money.

2025-04-04 13:33:08

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Both can be true, but there’s no better alternative, so will have to make it work despite the tradeoffs. I’m genuinely more concerned that currently is so cheap to use the base chain atm yet no one is willing to use Bitcoin as money.

2025-04-04 13:22:58

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Great thread man. I think you’ll very much enjoy this video by @nprofile…e3s8 on the topic of Bitcoin as a MoE. Maybe even give you an additional perspective that I didn’t saw covered in the article.
https://youtu.be/enxoR9v3oEg

2025-04-04 07:36:50

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No it isn’t

2025-04-03 08:17:52

Bitcoin doesn’t fix everything.

2025-04-02 13:57:48

Exactly. Bitcoin is already a SoV, no matter what your local twitter influencer says. It’s time to reinforce the MoE part, otherwise the SoV part will lose its significance.
Bitcoin that is not used as money fails as gold too.
Pro tips:
✅ Spend bitcoin directly whenever you can, then replace.
✅ If you have an online store, consider running a BTCPay server or use someone else’s to start accepting Bitcoin. Woocommerce for WordPress got you covered with a plugin.
✅ If you have a physical store, with a BTCPay server that is completely free you can set up a POS on any phone or a tablet to start receiving Bitcoin via Lightning.
✅ Explore apps like Bitrefil or Bringin that allow you to convert Bitcoin to fiat at any merchant and any service provider. Not ideal because of KYC and jumping in and out of fiat, but it gets the needle moving.
✅ Use zaps on Nostr to advertise your business to Bitcoiners.
Or if you’re lazy you can:
❌ simp for Saylor, Larry Fink and Donald Trump and wait for them to pump your bags (they won’t)
❌ complain about the fiat price of Bitcoin
❌ never learn how to use Lightning
❌ stay economy illiterate
❌ be a lil bitch
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2025-04-02 08:30:39

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> I've read a lot of Mises and Rothbard
If you had, we wouldn’t been having this conversation. They both give plenty of examples in their books.
> You're not living Bitcoin standard if you get your paycheck in fiat
Another retarded take. The Bitcoin standard is not something that will happen overnight. It’s not something that will happen by establishing a SBR or trading ETFs. Selling your fiat for Bitcoin is the ultimate speculative attack on the traditional financial system. Spending and replacing the Bitcoin is the final nail in the coffin. Few understand this and that’s why folks like Saylor are having so many followers.

2025-04-02 07:14:12

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No, I don’t hate myself enough to do this 🤣

2025-04-02 06:31:12

Still a good opportunity to try and spend Bitcoin and stick it to the naysayers that claim Bitcoin is just a digital asset and not a real currency.
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2025-04-02 06:14:21

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What if I told that by spending, your stack will actually grow its size much more?

2025-04-02 06:02:44

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He was not criticising Trump. He was going for a Guinness record for how long a politician can speak without saying nothing.

2025-04-02 06:00:07

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What I just explained you is that spending is directly impacting adoption to the upside and there is plenty of material to back this claim. You just haven’t read any Mises or Rothbard and it shows. Furthermore you would have experienced this yourself if you had spend your corn. Since I’m living on a Bitcoin standard my stack has only grown because I’m converting my whole fiat wage and not just the scraps. Plus I’m more mindful of my expenses.

2025-04-01 15:43:40

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Your economic illiteracy couldn’t be more clear - you point out the obvious while ignoring the finer details. Selling Bitcoin for dollars is not the same as selling it for goods and services. The former strengthens the dollar and its competition as a medium of exchange, while the latter creates new incentives to acquire more Bitcoin, both for yourself and the merchant.

2025-04-01 09:44:30

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It’s bad but people are highly retarded so it’s not surprising.

2025-04-01 06:14:59

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Selling Bitcoin means converting it into fiat - you’re cashing out and stepping back into the traditional financial system. Spending Bitcoin, on the other hand, means using it directly for goods and services, keeping it within the Bitcoin economy. When you sell, you’re essentially saying, “I don’t want Bitcoin, give me fiat instead.” But when you spend, you’re treating Bitcoin as real money, transferring value without relying on middlemen. This strengthens adoption, keeps Bitcoin in circulation, and moves us closer to a world where fiat isn’t necessary.
Every time you choose to spend instead of sell, you’re helping Bitcoin grow - not just as an asset, but as a true currency. This increase in economic density strengthens the properties that make a common good a medium of exchange. You need the monetary demand to increase adoption, otherwise you end up with a subpar store of value.

2025-03-31 14:48:34

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No, you got it wrong. Spending (not just selling) Bitcoin increases demand for it as money. Like any other good, money follows supply and demand dynamics. When people are willing to spend sats for goods and services, merchants become more inclined to accept Bitcoin, further driving demand alongside savers and buyers. This growing demand strengthens Bitcoin’s monetary premium, which in turn increases its purchasing power over time. Number goes up.

2025-03-31 14:15:44

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Using Bitcoin as base money is essentially free, yet hardly anyone wants to use it. The majority of Bitcoiners—economically illiterate, in my view—fail to grasp a fundamental truth: spending Bitcoin doesn’t weaken it; it strengthens it. Every sat spent increases demand for Bitcoin as money, driving NGU. The reverse is also true—if plebs endlessly hoard without circulating the corn, demand stagnates, and over a long enough time frame, NGU turns into NGD. Adoption fuels value. Refusing to use Bitcoin ensures it remains a speculative asset rather than an actual currency.

2025-03-31 09:53:09

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2025-03-28 20:04:43

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I know that feeling all too well 😂

2025-03-28 14:08:08

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We’re living in *a* dark age. Human progress is a cycle and the dark ages are the cycles bottoms.

2025-03-27 15:18:38

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What’s the point, she won’t understand any of this.

2025-03-27 13:07:11

That’s just my opinion, but I think Miyazaki has been losing his grip over the years. His last movie was borderline schizophrenic and unsettling. After each of his last three films, he swears it’s his final one and that he’s retiring—only to come back again. About a decade ago, his own son made his debut with an adaptation of Earthsea, which I actually thought was pretty solid, but Miyazaki publicly called him a failure and an embarrassment. Honestly, it seems like being a legendary figure in Japanese animation has gone to his head, and now he’s just a bitter old man struggling to cope with modern times and technology. He used to admire engineering, especially aircraft tech, but now he’s railing against innovations that have the potential to shake up the entire human race. Kinda sad, really.
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2025-03-27 13:07:01

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2025-03-21 17:39:58

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😂😅

2025-03-21 17:36:21

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Taking the high road.

2025-03-21 17:30:39

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No U

2025-03-21 17:29:12

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Like-shaming is ghey.

2025-03-20 17:17:58

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Because he’s a double speak cunt.

2025-03-19 15:16:50

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It’s real, I remember it.

2025-03-19 10:20:47

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What’s your angle here?

2025-03-18 14:16:00

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They are just louder than the rest. The funny thing is that 2% Jews basically run the government in America.

2025-03-18 10:53:51

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Me too brother 🤙

2025-03-17 18:30:03

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Basically we want freedom for our oligarchs but not for the average plebs.

2025-03-17 12:58:15

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What most Bitcoiners don’t understand (partly due to economic illiteracy) is that demand for Bitcoin as money (i.e., actually spending it) will ultimately drive NGU. It’s a classic catch-22: they hoard sats while waiting for NGU, but NGU will only accelerate once they start spending.

2025-03-15 22:13:58

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Your phone is listening to you the same way. Are you going to remove it as well?

2025-03-14 18:45:18

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How about @npub1ltt…k97y

2025-03-14 13:44:13

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Bro stop being retarded

2025-03-14 10:12:54

It happens
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2025-03-14 05:48:36

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Do it! We need more client diversity.

2025-03-13 22:05:18

Bitcoin Core dominance falling below 98% 👀
Meanwhile, Bitcoin Knots is reaching a new all-time high in popularity. Just two years ago, this alternative client was virtually unknown, with only a few dozen nodes running worldwide. Huge credit to the team at @nprofile…alzs for their work in decentralizing not just mining but also Bitcoin clients. And a nod to the principled monetary maxis who stood firm against spammers, shitcoiners and their deep-pocketed backers. You guys are chads and I want to follow you.
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2025-03-12 12:28:57

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No, I meant the continuation of that question.

2025-03-12 11:36:37

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@ flash Can you made a clip from the part about Chechnya and the losses on both sides?

2025-03-12 09:55:24

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Bitcoin as money is the real threat for the establishment. Bitcoin as a digital asset is harmless.

2025-03-10 16:06:14

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You’re not posting enough on Nostr when twitter is up tho. 👀

2025-03-10 14:49:58

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Retarded Elon simps are welcome and will get a $8 free speaking discount.

2025-03-10 13:46:27

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Is this a comedy skit? Because if it is, then it’s absolutely hilarious 🤣

2025-03-10 11:52:33

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Some sats on the way 🫡

2025-03-09 22:03:34

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Next time I buy TV I’m going for the lowest class available.

2025-03-09 21:49:16

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Oh, they will, trust me. I still remember (maybe 15 years ago) when they stormed their parliament, pulled out some politicians outside and literally threw them in the nearest trash containers. I wish we were like that here in Bulgaria. Our ruling coalition is fighting tooth and nail to get us in the Eurozone by 2026. The opposition was able to collect 600k signatures for a countrywide referendum (that’s the minimal amount under to constitution) and they disregarded this completely. There was a minor protest that ended up with the vandalisation of the EU parliament headquarters in Sofia, but that’s all. So yeah, I wish we were like our Romanian neighbours.

2025-03-09 21:39:00

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They underestimate Romanians. These guys know how to protest.

2025-03-09 21:29:54

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Congrats mate, you’ve made it. My goal is to retire in the by the time I’m 45. Prior to Bitcoin this seemed like an impossible task.

2025-03-07 15:25:10

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Yeah, a book about money without a single citation from a relevant Austrian economist and coming to the conclusion that money is a ledger. 🤦‍♂️

2025-03-07 09:45:23

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Ah, a brain dead Monero shill. HFSP

2025-03-07 09:40:34

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Yes, it’s profitable if enough people start demanding bitcoin as money. Increased demand for money works the same way as increased demand for any market good. NGU. If Gold was used as money today and in the past 30 years, its price would probably be north of 30k per ounce. When you understand this, suddenly all that talk about Bitcoin being a competitor for Gold and not USD starts to make sense from statists/bankers point of view.
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2025-03-07 08:14:16

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Maybe start posting on the importance of spending bitcoin, not just hodling. Now that we have a SBR established it’s important to hammer down that Bitcoin is first and foremost a cryptocurrency, and not just digital gold.

2025-03-06 16:54:04

Context: Gold and silver gained value when first coined, as their use in trade increased demand. Silver, once a key monetary metal, declined in value after losing that role. A currency’s worth is driven by its function in exchange, not just its properties.
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2025-03-06 16:45:23

Spending is crucial. As Mises explained in his 1951 lecture, the value of a monetary commodity increases when it is actively used in exchange. Bitcoin won’t succeed by sitting idle as a digital asset - it will thrive as a functioning currency. The right approach isn’t just to save Bitcoin, but to both save and spend it.

2025-03-03 12:20:29

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Mostly agree, except for what I consider the fallacy of distinction between Marxism and Nazism. For me they are slightly different just like both sides of the same coin are different. Opposing ideologies on the surface, but the same roots of violence against the individual on behalf of the state. My disgust with the state of Israel has nothing to do with these two ideologies, both of which I despise for different reasons. I used “Nazi state” in this context because I find it ironic that Jews are now doing the same things to Palestinians as what they blame Germans for in WW2.

2025-03-02 08:03:41

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2025-03-01 20:20:22

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I know who he is and instead of trusting him for everything that he says, you should verify it by actually picking a book or two on the matter. You’ll find out that money is used as a MoE precisely because it’s the most saleable good. And the most saleable it is, the better it is as serving as a medium of exchange.

2025-03-01 07:33:20

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Not, that was these two dudes that walked out of the peace talks two years ago and as a result millions more died needlessly to achieve the same result. Can’t believe it’s been so many years and people are still falling for this narrative…

2025-02-28 23:05:50

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Yeah and what about respect for the families of the people that died needlessly for the actions of Zelensky and Boris Johnson…

2025-02-28 18:45:12

Stupid question probably, but I’m new to this. If I want to earn routing fees by opening a channel to a well connected public lightning node, can I use my in-app Zeus mobile node, or I should better use my BTCPay server that has 100% up time?

2025-02-28 00:21:50

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Study Austrian economics my friend.

2025-02-27 18:44:55

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Money is the most sellable good. It definitely has a price. The price of money is its purchasing power.

2025-02-26 22:02:57

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Alright, let’s get something straight: Your whole game about “currency is backed by a monetary asset” is a classic display of half-assed ideology, and it’s not even historically accurate (because there were many instances of unbacked currencies in circulation in the past - including ones redeemable for taxes, church properties or not redeemable at all). The USD isn’t backed by some hidden asset—it’s fiat, a government-issued promise. It may be a garbage currency, but still a currency. Arguing otherwise is denying the word’s meaning. Claiming that a physical dollar is the asset while the ledger is merely a “coupon” is a retarded oversimplification of monetary systems. You have kindergarten level understanding of money and knowledge of its history, and it shows. I suggest you stop embarrassing yourself further and maybe pick a Mises book or something to fill your blanks.

2025-02-26 20:56:41

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There’s an ungodly amount of nonsense to unpack here. What do you think FedWire settles with? USD, a currency. What unit does the Fed use to maintain its ledger? USD, a currency. A currency is a denominator, not a certificate of ownership you muppet, that’s called a banknote. Visa and Mastercard are payment networks, not markets—holy shit, lol. And yeah, Gold has nothing to do with SWIFT, but under the fiat standard, dollars are supposedly “as good as gold.” Setting aside that statist heuristic fallacy, Lightning isn’t a currency because you don’t settle Lightning on-chain—you settle Bitcoin locked in escrow. The denominator—the currency—is still Bitcoin. Bitcoin is simultaneously money and currency on-chain. The base layer is a monetary system (a network for transaction settlement), and so is Lightning, although they have different properties. The fact that you’re trying to lecture me on money while spouting this clown-tier nonsense is hilarious.
You probably skimmed one retarded book on money—probably some Keynesian drivel or Lyn Alden’s half-baked takes—parroting that “money is a ledger” nonsense with zero citations from Mises, Rothbard, or anyone who actually understands the subject. If money is just a “ledger,” then what is the unit the ledger is kept in? What’s being accounted for? A ledger isn’t money; it’s just a record of debts and credits. The money is the unit it tracks, and if you don’t get that, you’re already lost.

2025-02-26 20:16:57

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Wrong. Bitcoin is money, currency and a payment network all in one. There was no such thing in human history prior to this invention. The most advanced monetary technology up to this point was gold as money, the dollar as a currency and the SWIFT as a payment network. Bitcoin serves all three functions. Stop simping for Saylor, he’s playing his own game and he’s doing more harm than good at this point.

2025-02-25 18:36:05

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Wasn’t calle a “shitcoin on Bitcoin” apologist a while ago when the on-chain spam was rampant and he was finding excuses for miners/kyc pools to mine inscriptions? Could be a different guy tho; not really sure.

2025-02-25 12:41:04

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Wow I need this for when we get forcefully joined in the Eurozone. How does it work?

2025-02-25 11:52:14

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True, and I can relate as Eastern European.

2025-02-25 11:29:16

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That’s an interesting case study about how income directly impacts election results.

2025-02-25 09:24:22

Testing #olas for a few days, and as a photography enthusiast, I’m really enjoying it. It feels like what Instagram was in its early days—a platform dedicated to showcasing photographers’ work—but with the added benefit of zaps.
Talented photographers will love it. No more need to build expensive websites just to sell prints, grind out vlogs on YouTube, or keep reselling the same courses. Now, they can monetize and promote their work directly, without intermediaries. It’s hard to put into words how excited I am about this.
That said, there’s still a lot of work to be done to refine the app and make it more mainstream-friendly. The disappearing likes, comments, and zaps are the first things that stand out. While I personally don’t mind not seeing a follower count, I know many photographers will. I also noticed that some vertical shots lose quality, while landscape-oriented ones don’t.
Overall, it has huge potential, and I can’t wait to see how it evolves.
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2025-02-25 08:35:01

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GM I bought the dip like a cryptoanarchist psychopath.

2025-02-24 16:14:28

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Life insurance is the biggest scam. Worse than the pension ponzi. BTW I’m an insurer.

2025-02-23 20:53:18

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It’s kinda ironic that Germany decided again to be on the wrong side of history.

2025-02-23 16:06:24

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Uh Emma Watson is so gross 🤢