Phundamentals
Brian Hirschfield
Author: Bitcoin for Institutions
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This isn’t inherent to markets - just like people can do immoral things when they have the freedom to. Doesn’t mean freedom is immoral. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Uh ok. Good luck dude. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals http://youtu.be/izTSMvZNlt8 npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://www.magicalquote.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Whos-the-more-foolish-the-fool-or-the-fool-who-follows-him.jpg npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Had my clanker write me up a blog post addressing a few points about BIP110 npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals This section is highly aspirational but it was meant for anyone with access to FASB to get the conversation started. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals I’d never pass up an opportunity to read your boost. Now I’m bummed about it too! npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals On it!! npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Breathtaking! (pun intended) npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals It’s not a deadly bug. It is an emergent consequence from a problem that was solved at the time with the best thinking available. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals what is the question? npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals The day I left my fiat career 2 years ago - Bitcoin’s price was $59K npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://youtu.be/nYVwmyaTyFU npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://youtu.be/llPZ7Vssd1U?is=JfZTeO6BgVMcsGnF npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Beats the heck out of me. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Do you know if these were recorded? I’d love to be able to watch this one npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals It’s for sure Steve Bartman npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://fountain.fm/episode/F9VWM8Wte7tPeqbPFVlD npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Still printing blocks npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Welcome to east coast time queen! npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals @nprofile…9xvh has arrived. Even though I summoned you, i was - as usual - unprepared 😂 npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Haha - I watched him do it! npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals We have @nprofile…z7eh to thank for that npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals One of the great moments of @npub167n…zu3r was sitting in the Nostr booth playing the guitar @nprofile…adth brought. A man sat in the chair next to me and drew me grooving out to myself. Was a beautiful moment! npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://fountain.fm/episode/QkYRwZfYg2jcHJ2XVpaV npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals It’s not a fallacy to think that Bitcoin might succeed as an immutable money. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Had such a good experience at @npub167n…zu3r The conference is special to be able to hit the vibe they hit while still being perfectly comfortable with great user experience. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals It’s a special night when you put Trey on the marquis! npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Beautiful and important conversation. This is very needed in our space. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Bitcoin is not inherently immutable. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://youtu.be/7GT-FslSTIM npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals This is an obvious connection. I gotta tell @nprofile…pruq to stop by Fork and Coin the next time he goes to Chicago BitDevs. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Mathematics is a pathway to God. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals I had the most unexpected experience in the workshop. I could say this and they about how valuable it was but what actually happened there was: npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals You guys wanna grab some coffee last week? 😂 npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals @nprofile…r5ur and I and some others will be grabbing beers and dinner a block away at Royal Tavern if you wanna join us. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://x.com/bitcoinjawn/status/2061486024253899144?s=46 npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Every Bitcoiner should familiarize themselves with the term “Mark to Model” before they try and understand too hard how the world operates. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Thanks Rev - means a lot to have you in my corner! npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals There is a fiat institution, yes, but there is an institution of a marriage that lives beyond that realm. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals I assure you that whatever the real data is - Bitcoin will increase the divorce rate significantly in the next 50 years. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Bitcoin is not a think that anyone understands. It is not money. It is not property. It is not any “thing” and you are nobody to limit it to any of these things. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K0tLC1bgUw npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals I forgot this was your nym! 😂😂😂 npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals youtu.be/i2dvlyMAfiM?si… npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals If you are not hopeful of humanity, you’re not going to navigate owning and HODL’ing Bitcoin very well. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Appreciate you saying so - I’d love to know more about what is ringing your bell on this. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Talk to me this weekend - I’d love to talk about your book. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://fountain.fm/episode/KzeFjvfXki57vyS6MrwN npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Their custodians are - assuming they have any desire to prove they can move the coins, which I assume they don’t, since they don’t do it. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals We’re still here - just doin life stuff at the moment npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals I love this graphic. I’ve been focused on teaching math as a liberal art for the last 2 decades without this frame of reference. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals AI seems a lot like amphetamines. Great to use for a month (or two if you’re really building something new) then take some time off to recover and build real world scaffolding for what your AI did. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals At long last, our proverbial technical editor @nprofile…wspl joins @nprofile…9rat and I on screen to have a unique mathematical conversation. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://fountain.fm/episode/cJiyuldxo3qpQRhVO2Y npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://fountain.fm/episode/ZZWH3pB97d7zDDkXyjWy npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://fountain.fm/episode/TlNNngPkYwlSZBs9A0Kh npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://fountain.fm/episode/8llJDWsTgWryWfoQQ3eu npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://fountain.fm/episode/KRIw4CyPFdi0Ix1UP8c8 npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Great memories being made at the conf. Was great to hang with you guys! npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://fountain.fm/episode/GsnoMbmdVElEobMUYbOV npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals You talked me into it. Sign me up. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Dang - I was hoping to reup on that Oshi butter npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://fountain.fm/episode/Ts4VqmiSQR06Xb5YFBs6 npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://fountain.fm/episode/6godhHMOhR96v57WdAYC npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://fountain.fm/episode/Hn98bdJDbmjJOApETIjg npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Certified banger! npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://fountain.fm/episode/Mn1rHttGAX0ejxQklATS npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Fundamentals of Fundamentals • Cooking with Zaps: Nostr Talk w/ Seth npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://fountain.fm/episode/vnFbykoS1imzWQeIWSb2 npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Évariste Galois was 20 years old when he was shot in a duel. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Remember when a band had to time travel to make sure they formed and save the world? George Carlin getting a divorce and needing this one role to be their tour guide through the cosmos? npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals In the great and treasured history of Match Madness, there has never been a Cinderella story like @nprofile…q0c5 advancing to the finals. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals I like that way to frame it. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals @nprofile…xzjd and I continue to discuss the arithmetic basis for understanding Bitcoin's elliptic curve cryptography. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals @RobHamilton and I continue to discuss the arithmetic basis for understanding Bitcoin's elliptic curve cryptography. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals @npub1emd…c9aw Hamilton and I continue to discuss the arithmetic basis for understanding Bitcoin's elliptic curve cryptography. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://fountain.fm/episode/Up9C6zhRc2iMBBciaiyo npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals fountain.fm/episode/Up9C6z… npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals You never really need them but they can unlock the complex plane which breaks through how humans can visualize objects strictly in Cartesian space. npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals Thanks - are you seeing this in the website or just on Nostr? npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://fountain.fm/episode/Ez8Lt9G1aM6BWtAjnxCg npub12eml5kmtrjmdt0h8shgg32gye5yqsf2jha6a70jrqt82q9d960sspky99g Phundamentals https://fountain.fm/episode/UYDy7WKWOtIs9MONgzgp
