I went to #bitcoin because I wished to live deliberately. Host of Bitcoin for Breakfast, #NorthernLightning, #TheBitcoinMeetup.
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Last Notes npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale It’s with a heavy heart that I share that neither I nor Lykke will be attending this year’s conference in Prague. I’ve been a proud supporter of @nprofile…py4c since its inception, honored to be among the first speakers, deliver the opening address in the inaugural year, and champion the event enthusiastically ever since. It’s been a joy to witness the conference grow into such a vibrant gathering. Last year, my daughter truly shined—adding value to the privacy panel, conducting insightful interviews, volunteering at side events like Rockamoto, and even running her own cookies-for-sats business. Her energy and passion made me very proud. While I had the privilege of delivering last year’s closing speech, I’ll admit it didn’t go as planned—I stumbled through it and didn’t quite hit the mark 😊 We understand that events evolve, and this year, the organizers have chosen a different direction, as we haven’t been invited to participate. After inquiring about attendance, we were kindly offered a small discount on passes, but we’ve decided to respectfully step back and let others shine. While we're sad to miss it, we genuinely wish @nprofile…x02g, @nprofile…y8hp, and the entire team a fantastic event filled with inspiration and connection. The Prague community always delivers something special, and we’re confident this year will be no exception. Thank you for the memories, and we hope to reconnect with this incredible community in the future. Wishing everyone a wonderful time in Prague! 🧡 Warm regards, Erik and Lykke npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Sure, but not one day added to the max lifespan. It was ~120 at Jesus' time and it's still 120 today. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale It maxes out at 120, same as 2.000, 20.000 and 200.000 years ago. Not one day added yet. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale We have yet to expand the maximum human lifespan by even a single day. Just something to keep in mind before you start planning for immortality. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale To those who believe dismantling democracy is the way to protect it, remember: 1. You will meet your destiny on the very road you take to avoid it. 2. It won't matter how many good intentions you paved it with. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Instead of removing the OP_RETURN limit, why don't we remove OP_RETURN altogether? The Sistine Chapel wasn't built as a canvas for graffiti vandals. "Muh timestamps" was always a bad reason to compromise this. Why keep it? npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Thanks. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale I don't understand how the 80-byte limit on OP_RETURN is more arbitrary than any of Bitcoin's other standards. Why halving every 210k blocks? Why supply capped at ~21M? Why diff. adjustment every 2 weeks? Why average 10 minute block time? Why 4MB effective block size? Etc. Taken separately, they can all be construed as arbitrary, but together they make up an extraordinarily resilient and elegant network with only one truly non-arbitrary standard: Follow the standards of the network to have your transaction included in the next available block, or be rejected. So my opinion: I like our standards. They work. I'd be loath to fuck with them more than we already have. Which is already a bit more than I would have liked, TBH. Ps' I'm not a dev and this is my first venture into these debates. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Man-made virus confirmed. Millions dead. Lives destroyed. Years lost. Biggest pharma profits of all time. Financed by US, EU and others. "Trust the science" complicit. Dwarfs the Holocaust in # of victims. Nuremberg 2.0 coming? Who should be tried? Death penalty appropriate? https://m.primal.net/QVoL.png npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Real plebs sorted me out 😁 I'd rather give them my sats that some AirBnB. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale It's been solved! A huge THANK YOU to @nprofile…urgz for offering us his house for the night 🧡 Also a big thanks to @nprofile…3ns2 who made a big effort to sort us out. And to those who made it possible by sharing. You are the real Bitcoin legends! 🙌 So grateful to be part of such a wonderful community🙏 #nevent1q…emc5 npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Good idea! I'm so old fashioned it didn't even cross my mind. Checking now. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Bitcoiners et al, I need help, urgently! I'm on the highway outside Barcelona with my family (wife, three daughters, dog). We were planning to get a hotel last minute, but it turns out it's all booked out (1100€ for a hostel 😬). We can sleep on/in anything and will be gone by early morning, but we need a roof over our head. If you have/know anything that can help us out, we can offer some sats and our eternal gratitude. Even if you don't, please share this post to reach more eyes (you can undo it in a few hours) 🙏 It's a Hail Mary, but you've never let me down before, so I'm giving it a shot. DMs are open, please reach out 🧡 npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale HODLing the right woman will make you richer than Bitcoin ever can. https://m.primal.net/QONy.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale 'The Left can't meme' is not a joke—it's a grim warning. Their pathetic attempts lean on moral lectures instead of humor, preach to their own choir, and churn out polished propaganda with no spark. Take the '1400 protests' this week: paid crowds, bussed in, reciting consultant-drafted chants. Effective? Hardly—all forced, flat, and forgettable. The danger is that when the Left senses this weakness, they always revert to their true nature: violence and censorship. Tyrants HATE laughter. So while their failed memes amuse, the stakes don't. Brace for more investigations, fines and arrests. But never let them disarm you—roast until they're toast. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale I knew we might learn who Satoshi was one day, but I never suspected HER of all people. Thoughts? npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale I am as proud to be European as I am ashamed of our rulers. Who can relate? npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Last night, Queen Elisabeth II and I flew to Ukraine on a sofa and ended up being ambushed by a squad of toddlers. But don't worry, we were both rescued by Anna Kournikova. The 1999 version 🥳 Anyway, today I celebrate 20 days with no weed and 14 days with no tobacco. The dreams are crazy, but thanks to our amazing support group I've muddled through. Now everything is so much better. 100% worth it 😎 My psychological cravings have been broken. I no longer have any urge to smoke after food, or even at bedtime. I manage physical cravings with CBD gummies and nicotine pouches when needed. Which is less and less every day. So if you weren't sure about joining us before, here is your 2nd chance. I promise you we are as awkward as you are. You'll fit right in. Dump that shit and DM me today. Let the world learn what you're really capable of 🙌 https://m.primal.net/QAPP.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale I just had the pleasure of testing a brand new JADEPLUS hardware wallet (courtesy of @nprofile…6av2) and I'm deeply impressed. The setup was such a breeze that my 11 year old daughter was able to complete it in less than 15 minutes, unassisted. Including 2FA multisig. We then set up watch-only credentials so my wife and I can track the kids' accounts with ease through the Green wallet app. Yet I was really struck by the versatility. Power-users will find this device as satisfying as your grandma will. Without any clutter. The solid buttons, big beautiful screen, and stable connection are also big improvements from my experience with the original JADE. If I can find a drawback it's that one of the buttons, while solid, was less responsive than the others, causing minor navigation errors. Bravo to the @nprofile…6av2 team. 9/10 would recommend. https://store.blockstream.com/?code=eurodale https://m.primal.net/PyTp.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale thank you sir! npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Is Russia in on the verge of collapse or about to conquer Europe? I'm getting mixed messages from my feed. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale https://m.primal.net/PVfi.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale What Putin has done to Ukraine is cynical and cruel and entirely in line with Russian interests. What Trump is doing to Ukraine is cynical and cruel and entirely in line with American interests. What the EU wants to do to Ukraine is cynical and cruel and entirely in line with European interests. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale "Won't this just give Putin a huge window to delay talks until he has well and truly won the war?" I think we should assume that Trump and Putin already made a deal on Ukraine: Russia gets the east, the US gets the rest. This explains why Europe has no seat at the table. This explains why Russian troops have barely moved in February, coming to a near halt in the past two weeks. This explains why Trump wants the minerals deal before the peace, guaranteeing US dominance over rump-Ukraine. And this explains the spectacle at the White House and this act of apparent sabotage: Trump promised to get Zelensky to the table, or force his replacement. https://m.primal.net/PVYi.png npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale It's exactly what you think. Why would anyone do this? https://m.primal.net/PSAS.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Starving. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale NATO’s a relic, the UN's creaking, the EU’s wobbling—and your country might be next. History doesn't care about feelings. Feudal lords also babbled about honor as cannons leveled their castles. The Catholic Church after the Reformation? Reduced to a shadow. Ancien Régime? Headless. Post-WWI empires? Dust piles. Adapt or vanish. Always been that way. Change eats denial for breakfast. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale What I think about German politics? Well, I can't complain. https://m.primal.net/PNak.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Yes, but not enough. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Rate my new home screen. I made space for @grok What's missing? https://m.primal.net/PFHM.png npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Hunters in the snow, 460 years later. https://m.primal.net/PABM.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Ok America, you want to be New Rome? The imperial title has been vacant for 219 years, ever since Francis II abolished the Holy Roman Empire 1806 to stop Napoleon from usurping it. This is not the longest interregnum. The HRE itself only picked up the mantle some 324 years after the last Roman Emperor in the West abdicated in 476. So, if you want to have the purple, simply: 1. Get elected German King - you don't have to be German - you don't have to show up - you do have to convince Central-European warlords and aristocrats 2. Be coronated in Aachen - natural termal springs nearby - this is the honestly the best part - you become 'Roman Emperor in Waiting' 3. Make pilgrimage to Rome - ideally by foot - across the Alps - within 5 years 4. Get the Pope to crown you Emperor - pretend you don't want it (!) - don't overstay you welcome - despose the Pope if necessary However, there are a couple of things I feel you should know before you do: 1. The Bible says there will be four great empires before the end of times. Rome was the fourth and last. So Roman Christianity cannot suffer a fifth Empire, it must always be a continuation of Rome. Don't try to rebrand. 2. The Empire gained the sobriquet 'Holy' when its mission evolved to protect the Roman Christian world after the Great Schism. So abandoning NATO is out. 3. This is a long term commitment, not something the next President can just executive order themselves out of, ok? With those conditions and caveats, it's all yours 🙌 https://m.primal.net/NqPr.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale My office at the European Commission in 2015. Instead of artwork I asked for Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Whenever I got a stupid comment about it, I added another meme to elaborate. By the end I had accidentally primed myself for Bitcoin. https://m.primal.net/NfrJ.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale It would be alcohol free too. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale If the EU was a beer. https://m.primal.net/NdEH.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Norwegian PM sits down with Bill Gates to warn against Elon Musk interfering in other countries. You can't make this shit up. https://m.primal.net/NUdc.png npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale My math is a bit off, but this will be true very soon. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Even if you stack 1$ of bitcoin every minute for the rest of your life you'll probably never own one. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale The Reformation already proved that experts and institutions can't compete against regular people with access to the source material. But they won't go down without a fight this time either! npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale They'll be back! npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Precisely. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale National media and politicians need to come to terms with the reality of a global public sphere. Bans and inquisitions will be no more successful than they were against the printing press. So can we please skip that stage this time? 🙏 npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Folks, we have to save Berlin at least. And that probably means we have to save Germany. So we're gonna have to save Europe. Start by buying some Bitcoin, making some babies, and leaving the EU in the dustbin of history. https://m.primal.net/NTXO.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale What? npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Maybe this isn't my year either. https://m.primal.net/NSqd.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Homemade Chocolate Bit Cookies by Lykke and Lucy are back for the fourth year running, and asked me to wish everyone a very Happy New Year! 🎇 Find them every month at the world's oldest Bitcoin Meetup in Berlin, and hopefully at @npub1rjt…mp8a and @npub167n…zu3r again 🧡 https://m.primal.net/NQDl.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale The parallels between the EU and the USSR aren't funny anymore. https://m.primal.net/NMWF.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Only 3% of Norwegians want the current PM Jonas Gahr Støre to continue after the 2025 election. That has to be some kind of record? https://m.primal.net/NMWD.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Porn must be a powerful way to manipulate a population: - targets are already demoralized - they give their full attention - they get tons of dopamine - they voluntarily return - they will never discuss it Are there any theories, studies, data or anecdotes on this? npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale That warm feeling in your cheeks is your face getting ready to melt. https://m.primal.net/Mxtk.png npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Do you have a moral obligation to avoid fiat once you know too much? npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale If you are in or passing through Berlin, you can order a box for Christmas 🎄🎁 They are big and delicious and worth a few sats. 10 cookies, 2.5€ each 20 cookies, 2.25€ each 30 cookies, 2€ each 40 cookies, 1.75€ each I'll help them deliver fresh anywhere in Brandenburg. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale During the bear market, my daughters sold over 600 homemade Chocolate Bit Cookies at an average price of 9186 satoshis each 🏆 How do I tell them they'll never earn that much again? And should I tell them they probably never have to because it's all in cold storage? https://m.primal.net/MxgI.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale You sound like a girl who says she's only wearing lipstick for herself. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Wrist tattoos usually face this way, or else they would be upside down for everyone else. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Relative to what? npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale It's ∞/21m, not ∞/2.1qd https://m.primal.net/MwBc.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale I think he's just an engineer who likes tinkering. No clear end game. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale #Bitcoin is not generational wealth until you build a family. https://m.primal.net/MqxL.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale #note1yut…lg5r https://m.primal.net/MoKz.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Imagine dating a guy who is still dismissing #Bitcoin right now 😬 npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Contrary to popular belief, #Bitcoin is a team sport. Thank you to everyone who got us this far - and to Satoshi for getting us anywhere at all🙏♥️ Now build another ladder for those who come after you. https://m.primal.net/MoIU.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale The distance from here to $100m is the same as from $100 to here. Stay humble and stack sats! 🤝 npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Their superior capacity and usefulness didn't save the aqueducts and it's not enough to save ocean going cables in a less secure and less stable global environment. Starlink doesn't have to be the best if it's the only global alternative, or the only link between different silos. We'll have to scale down and/or adjust. I personally believe satellites will indeed fail too and that unless we make a huge civilizational leap the internet itself will become a lost technology. But that's the next step, first go the cables. And I believe the current civilization built on 500+ years of inflation enabled by centralization cannot survive the rise of a civilization built on deflation enabled by decentralizion, for all it's merits. Please note that beliefs do not equal preferences. I do believe this will happen, I do not necessarily wish to be right. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale As a third perspective I'd argue a civilization built on inflation cannot survive hard money. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Oceanic Cables are the Aqueducts of our Age. While remarkable, they depend too much on stability and security for maintenance, and are too vulnerable to disruption by nature or enemies. That's why Elon has been in such a hurry with Starlink. https://m.primal.net/Mmiq.jpg https://m.primal.net/Mmir.jpg https://m.primal.net/Mmis.png npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale I think it's very hard, whether for Grok or for us, to estimate timelines on when such things accelerate. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Sure, but "you meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it", right? Bitcoin's resilience to change has been its big strength, which could turn into a fatal weakness. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Super annoying question, but how resilient is #Bitcoin REALLY against quantum computing? 🤔 I have to admit I've dismissed this problem because much smarter people than me rolled their eyes. But Grok doesn't share that overbearing confidence 😬 https://m.primal.net/MluC.png https://m.primal.net/MluE.png https://m.primal.net/MluF.png https://m.primal.net/MluG.png npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale 🚨 Boaver, the "climate milk" that KILLS MALE FERTILITY 💀 to make the weather better, is already added with NO LABEL REQUIRED, by Arla Foods and others, across ~ALL OF EUROPE 🇪🇺 Australia 🇦🇺 Brasil 🇧🇷 Canada 🇨🇦 Chile 🇨🇱 Mexico 🇲🇽 Pakistan 🇵🇰 Switzerland 🇨🇭 the UK 🇬🇧 and Japan 🇯🇵 https://m.primal.net/MlOD.png https://m.primal.net/MlOF.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Are you even a bitcoiner if you never got a message like this? https://m.primal.net/MkEe.png npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale I'd much rather have a continent filled with sovereign individuals, than a continent dominated by a wealthy sovereign. #note1vn6…x4mj npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale This may be Europe's only major advantage over the US. Absolutely NO ONE here wants the EU or ECB to get their hands on ANY Bitcoin. Sovereignty or bust. https://m.primal.net/MkDc.png npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale If Australia can have summer in December, you can have lunch at 1 am. End international time zones. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Explaining #Bitcoin to a victim of the fiat mind virus. https://m.primal.net/MiKG.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale This is not normal. https://m.primal.net/MhhK.png npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Have kids, they said. It'll save Western civilization, they said. https://m.primal.net/MgPN.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale No! It comes down to people like us thinking "the disintegration of some institutions will be good though". Rome falls became the Romans themselves are tired of all the bullshit. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale That's the thing. People used to wonder why the Romans didn't make a bigger effort to save their civilization. But now it's becoming obvious. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale If you've ever wondered how Europe's magnificent cities become ruins believed to once have been built by giants. #note1dyl…al0f npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Europeans don't appreciate just how precarious, and historically speaking, hopeless, our situation is: It's the 350s AD and the rising Eastern Empire (America) is losing all interest in defending or aiding the restoration of the failing Western Empire (Europe). Barbarians have long since moved into our cities and the Huns are coming from the East, just when we are least capable of making a cultural or military stand. Europe's political unity is an empty shell and public finances are at a breaking point, silently but rapidly degrading our infrastructure and disintegrating all institutions. While persistent make-believe once again disguises the inevitable, Europe is at the cusp of the next Dark Ages. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale In 2000 years, activists are gonna point to our epoch as proof that there are more than two genders. The Greeks did it to the Egyptians. The Romans did it to the Greeks. We did it to the Romans. They're going to do it to us too! npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Listen, I enjoy a good Bitcoin zen, but Nostr is ruined by these non-takes. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Do you think Grok is right? https://m.primal.net/MdNE.png https://m.primal.net/MdNF.png npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale I have an interview with one of my favorite #Bitcoin companies next week 😁 Wish me luck! npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale For the $MSTR people, help me out with some stupid questions: As I understand it, the $MSTR strategy ends when fiat is worth the same as sea shells and no one will sell their Bitcoin to @npub15dq…lm5m for them anymore. What I'm not clear about is how to convert $MSTR to Bitcoin at that point? Or even leading up to that point? Why would anyone part with their Bitcoin after the strategy is played out? And if those holding $MSTR then can't offload their stock for Bitcoin, yet $MSTR holds vast amounts of Bitcoin it will never sell, will that make $MSTR a currency? Is $MSTR the Amsterdam Wisselbank of Bitcoin? Could it inflate the supply by issuing stock? Is this how Bitcoin becomes the reserve for a new fiat called $MSTR? Perhaps these are moronic questions, but I'd love some serious answers 🙏 npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale You shouldn't have manipulated the vote to stop his reelection. You shouldn't have prosecuted him to prevent his return. You de-legitimized the Republic's law and elections for one man. You forced him to break protocol and turn his followers on you. You ended the Republic. What were you thinking, Pompey "the Great"? npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Pompey was Biden. Establishment treasure, friend turned enemy. Stripped Caesar of command by subverting elections and prosecuted him to prevent him from returning to Rome. Only to trigger the crossing of the Rubicon and the march on Rome, thus ending the Republic in a populist wave. We're only waiting for Pompey and his followers to flee across the sea to make the analogy complete. Some have fled already. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale To answer with a question: has Elon realized this himself? That a vial of poison in Trump's slushy is already enough to trigger the civil war that makes the Musks our Emperors? That all he needs is a bit more power and borrowed legitimacy before pulling the trigger? Has he known that for a while? If not, Caesar was murdered by the parts of the establishment that had supported his ambitions when they realized he was serious about D.O.G.E. Just sayin' npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Elon may also be the only one with the appeal and resources to reinstate order should a civil war follow Trump's death, whether natural or by assassination, just like Octavian. And yes, he is clearly equally willing to redesign Rome as the younger, adopted heir of the late leader. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Nope, Empires are peak inflation. They require far more resources and coordination than individuals would ever muster voluntarily. The seeds of their certain collapse is already planted when hard money begins to emerge among the people. Only after a long period of feudalism, rising out of a destitute dark age, will the hard money again be concentrated enough to inflate a new civilization. That's what allowed governments to begin confiscating gold, the hard money that brought down Rome, 300-500 years ago, giving rise to us. But for now we are still entering into the golden age of the Empire, so enjoy the bubble before Bitcoin bursts it. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Bitcoin is what will eventually bring down the empire npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale It's called a triumvirate, it's normal at the end of a Republic, and it never works out for anyone but the future Emperor. Now, can anyone tell me which one is Octavian AKA Augustus? 🧐 https://m.primal.net/MaST.jpg npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale The Relays of Alexandria. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale It was liked and reposted enough to survive the dark ages 🤷 npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale "Now students, we don't know who fucko was, but thanks to SatsMcd's artwork we know he didn't like Socrates. We believe GM was a form of greeting, but evidence suggests it was not universally understood and often went ignored." npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale No surprise Socrates was cancelled. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Me too! I'm working on an insane book where I explore the next 3000 years of human history seen through the lens of the past 3000 years, very much in this manner. Let me know if you'd been keen to give feedback when a draft is ready. You can see some tidbits in my feed, made into posts. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale Socrates was even cancelled after offending almost everyone. Fucking legend. npub1xtdq63g34t3zd3c5ahfc65v7y6pyfu630zl2u86nwlfc7rlhw3pqek8zsj Erik Dale You jest, but Socrates literally just walked around Athens trolling, which we only know because Plato kept posting his epic takedowns while stealing his memes.