Nostr notes by jerrybature

Well said: "You could say that the 'CENSORSHIP!' ...

2026-03-11T09:08:17Z

Well said:
"You could say that the 'CENSORSHIP!' argument from Core and their supporters on the concept of nodes filtering is a roundabout way of critizing decentralization itself." 👇

quoting
nevent1q…lk3e
By repeatedly adjusting default mempool policy to match what miners will accept anyway (large OP_RETURN uncapped because “they’ll just mine it via bypasses like Libre Relay, or direct APIs”), we are implicitly conceding that miner greed + economic incentives are the ultimate rule-setter, not node-enforced principles.

Meaning a (cleverly hidden) capitulation of Bitcoin as a decentralized project.

You could say that the “CENSORSHIP!” argument from Core and their supporters on the concept of nodes filtering is a roundabout way of critizing decentralization itself.

Nodes were always supposed to be the sovereign check, they decide what they accapt and relay.

When we keep loosening policy to align with whatever is the current grift “use case”, and by extension what is short term profitable for miners, it trains the entire ecosystem to treat restrictive node behavior as pointless theater.

Over time this hollows out node sovereignty: running a full node becomes more about passively observing the chain that miners + L2s + data-spammers have already decided on, rather than actively enforcing a monetary-first standard.

As a cuck bonus it also leads to higher resource costs for every honest node (bandwidth, RAM, storage) à fewer independent verifiers in practice

Decentralization starts looking like a performance act. Miners produce the blocks, a handful of relays and L2 sequencers steer the flow, and nodes just… validate after the fact.

It’s not a hard-fork capitulation (consensus rules haven’t changed), but it is a cultural, philosophical and operational one. The most profound capitulation in practice.

The philosophy flips from “Bitcoin should resist non-monetary garbage even if it costs us some short-term fee revenue” to “whatever pays miners gets standardized because resistance is futile.”

Once you accept “miners will do it anyway” as the justification for policy, you’ve already handed the character of Bitcoin over to the highest bidder. Nodes stop being the immune system and start becoming just a polite audience.

The OP_RETURN uncap looks a lot like another quiet step toward a two-tier network (miners + insiders set the tone, everyone else just watches. Keep doing this and running a node risks becoming a branding exercise instead of the actual source and guarantee of Bitcoin’s decentralization.

"All strong societies have a strong moral basis. Any study of ...

2026-02-01T04:11:11Z

"All strong societies have a strong moral basis. Any study of the history of economic development shows the close relationship between moral and economic factors. Countries and groups that achieve successful development do so partly because they have an ethic that encourages the economic virtues of self-reliance, hardwork, family, and social responsibility, high savings, and honesty. This is also true of social subgroups."
— The Sovereign Individual

Bitcoin is not just technology. It is our way of life. Our culture. That's why we're called bitcoiners.

We are very very very early #nevent1q…thuz

2026-01-30T19:30:32Z

We are very very very early

quoting
nevent1q…thuz
Lots of people saying bitcoin is dead on twitter.

Good.

Means we’re almost there.

Fix the money fix the world. Free market, freedom money is the ...

2026-01-30T11:00:01Z

Fix the money fix the world. Free market, freedom money is the way.

Exactly! #nevent1q…yxhj

2026-01-15T13:40:19Z

Exactly!

quoting
nevent1q…yxhj
GM. Stop marketing Bitcoin like it’s a science project. People don't want "decentralized immutable ledgers." They want to know they can afford a house, a family, travel the world.

Sell the freedom, not the features.

Eternal vigilance! #nevent1q…ep23

2026-01-15T13:35:51Z

Eternal vigilance!

quoting
nevent1q…ep23
Living outside the state means living outside its protection racket. How do communities of individualists defend themselves without recreating the very structures they escaped?
The answer lies in deterrence over firepower, distributed capability over centralized protection, and vigilance toward those who claim to guard you as much as toward external threats.
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True. #nevent1q…8e2f

2026-01-09T08:09:11Z

True.

quoting
nevent1q…8e2f
GETTING YOUR SHIT TOGETHER
REQUIRES A LEVEL OF HONESTY YOU CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE. THERE'S NOTHING EASY ABOUT REALIZING YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S BEEN HOLDING YOU BACK THIS WHOLE TIME.

Going forward, I will always be amongst the builders. Builders of ...

2026-01-09T07:56:58Z

Going forward, I will always be amongst the builders. Builders of the real world. Builders of civilization. Builders who believe that there is always tomorrow and surely it will always come. I can not find any community that is as hard at work to build stuffs like bitcoiners. Of course bitcoiners built Nostr. Bitcoin and Nostr two sides of the same coin. Real people are building meaningful stuffs, making the world meaningful again. This are the kind of people one should "waste" his precious time with. Honestly, fiat system is sickening. It sucks out one's energy without replacing. There is simply no hope in fiat land.

It no longer matters how "wealthy" I am in fiat land, I've come to realize how meaning all that is. Now I just want to live a far more meaningful and fulfilling life. I just want to get married, have children, and spend the rest of my life building meaningful stuffs that will outlive me for centuries to come. There is no second best community in this whole universe to belong to than the Bitcoin/Nostr.

"And that suspicion, once born, never lets you return to ...

2026-01-09T07:35:43Z

"And that suspicion, once born, never lets you return to being at ease as before."

quoting
nevent1q…z3r0
Being early is heavy.

I sell paintings for Bitcoin only.
Some people don't understand why.
Some think I'm limiting myself.

But here's what I've realized:
those who have understood the importance of Bitcoin are privileged — and often don't even realize it.
Not because they are smarter or destined to win, but because they noticed a crack in the wall before it became obvious to everyone. They sensed that money is not just currency, but trust; not just law, but power.
This is a quiet privilege: it offers no guarantees, promises no wealth, and spares no effort.
Understanding Bitcoin doesn't mean having arrived. It means having arrived early. And arriving early is uncomfortable: it makes you lonely, exposes you to doubt, forces you to explain things others are not yet willing to hear.
Many of those who "understand" don't feel privileged at all. They feel ahead of time — and being early is heavy.
Bitcoin is not a religion, nor a shortcut. It is a hard tool, demanding study, discipline, and responsibility. It does not forgive superficiality, technical or moral. It saves no one by magic.
The truth, without sugarcoating, is this:
understanding Bitcoin doesn't make you special. It makes you responsible.
Responsible for continuing to study.
Responsible for not mythologizing it.
Responsible for not preaching blindly.
Responsible for accepting that you might be wrong about timing, methods, outcomes.
If there is a real privilege, it lies only here:
Having suspected that the rules of the game were not eternal.
And that suspicion, once born, never lets you return to being at ease as before.

That's why for my paintings I only accept Bitcoin.
Not because I'm certain. But because I can't unsee what I've seen.

#bitcoin #art #nostr

Fix the money, fix healthcare. FIX THE MONEY FIX THE WORLD!

2026-01-07T08:26:53Z

Fix the money, fix healthcare. FIX THE MONEY FIX THE WORLD!

The Sovereign Individual! #nevent1q…29y5

2026-01-04T13:54:34Z

The Sovereign Individual!

quoting
nevent1q…29y5
Things Bitcoin allows you to do that statists don't want you to know about (and beware that the world of Bitcoin is full of statists and idiots)

- If you get a tax inspection, they won't be able to take anything from you. Keep in mind that the police can enter your home, so never keep your seeds at home.

- The state cannot block your Bitcoin; you can always buy things with Bitcoin.

- As a seller of goods or services, you have the option of using Bitcoin as black money, so you don't have to worry about the state knowing what you deposit in the bank without invoicing. Simply accept these payments in Bitcoin instead of fiat money. This is one of its strongest properties and the one we need to promote the most.

- You will be immune to money printing by the government.

- If the government screws you over, you can take all your wealth and leave for another country without any problems at the borders.

- You will not be financing wars.

I've been learning about Bitcoin for the past 5 years and ...

2026-01-04T13:50:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…6kvc
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I've been learning about Bitcoin for the past 5 years and still not done. It's very painful for me to be unlearning all the fiat nonsense I was taught. But it's worth it. I prefer the pain of learning Bitcoin and thereafter having a better life than wandering in an endless, bottomless rat hole of fiat. Fiat life is hell on Earth — depression and anxiety in the face of pleasure.

Satoshi Nakamoto was a mixed blood. #nevent1q…xagm

2026-01-02T20:26:40Z

Satoshi Nakamoto was a mixed blood.

quoting
nevent1q…xagm
I finished the second version of my book!

## The Praxeology of Privacy
### Economic Logic in Cypherpunk Implementation

Austrian economists theorize but cannot build. Cypherpunks build but lack theory. This book synthesizes both traditions into a unified strategy for making the state irrelevant.

Three axioms. Twenty-one chapters. One conclusion: cheap defense defeats expensive attack. When theft becomes unprofitable, the state withers.

Public Domain. v0.2.0. Published on Nostr.

Thanks a lot to Stephan Kinsella and Eric Voskuil for their tough feedback on the first version, please join them in demolishing the logic of this second edition and help me make the arguments better!

---

Table of Contents

Preface
Austrian economists theorize but cannot build. Cypherpunks build but lack theory. This book synthesizes both to make the state irrelevant.
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Part I: Introduction

Chapter 1: The Nature of Privacy
Privacy is selective disclosure, not hiding. Breaking adversary observation through the OODA loop is strategic defense. Cheap privacy defeats expensive surveillance.
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Chapter 2: Two Traditions, One Conclusion
Austrian economics and cypherpunk practice converge independently on privacy's importance. Theory explains why; code demonstrates how. This book synthesizes both traditions.
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Part II: Philosophical Foundations

Chapter 3: The Action Axiom
The Action Axiom proves privacy is structural to human action. Deliberation is internal; preferences are subjective; information asymmetry is inherent.
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Chapter 4: The Argumentation Axiom
Argumentation ethics demonstrates self-ownership through performative contradiction. Denying it while arguing presupposes it. Privacy rights follow directly from self-ownership.
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Chapter 5: The Axiom of Resistance
The Axiom of Resistance assumes systems can resist control. Mathematics, empirical evidence, and similar systems support this well-grounded but non-self-evident assumption.
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Part III: Economic Foundations

Chapter 6: Information, Scarcity, and Property
Information is non-scarce and cannot be property. Privacy is protected through self-ownership, physical property rights, and voluntary contracts, not intellectual property.
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Chapter 7: Exchange Theory and Privacy
Privacy enhances exchange by protecting deliberation and enabling negotiation. Surveillance distorts prices and chills transactions. Better privacy means better functioning markets.
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Chapter 8: Capital Theory and Entrepreneurship
Privacy infrastructure is capital requiring present sacrifice for future capability. Entrepreneurial discovery drives innovation. Markets coordinate heterogeneous privacy tools most effectively.
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Chapter 9: Monetary Theory and Sound Money
Sound money emerges spontaneously from markets, not decrees. Bitcoin implements digital soundness with fixed supply and censorship resistance; privacy requires additional tools.
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Part IV: The Adversary

Chapter 10: Financial Surveillance and State Control
Financial surveillance enables state control through observation. CBDCs complete the architecture. Privacy breaks the OODA loop at observation, making theft unprofitable.
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Chapter 11: Corporate Surveillance and Data Extraction
Corporate surveillance extracts behavioral data for prediction products. State and corporate surveillance are deeply entangled. Markets are responding to growing privacy demand.
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Chapter 12: The Crypto Wars
The Crypto Wars pit states against privacy technology. Mathematics ignores legislation. Developers face prosecution. The fundamental conflict is permanent and intensifying.
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Part V: Technical Implementation

Chapter 13: Cryptographic Foundations
Cryptography provides mathematical privacy foundations: encryption, hashing, and digital signatures enable trustless verification. Implementation bugs and human error remain the weakest links.
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Chapter 14: Anonymous Communication Networks
The internet leaks metadata. VPNs help locally. Tor distributes trust through relays. Mixnets defeat global adversaries. Choose tools matching your threat model.
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Chapter 15: Bitcoin: Resistance Money
Bitcoin solves double-spending without trusted third parties. Sound money enforced by code. Base layer privacy requires additional tools like Lightning and coinjoin.
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Chapter 16: Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Zero-knowledge proofs enable verification without disclosure. SNARKs, STARKs, and Bulletproofs make different tradeoffs. Deployed in Zcash and rollups; broader adoption developing.
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Chapter 17: Decentralized Social Infrastructure
Nostr solves identity capture through cryptographic keys users control. Relays compete, moderation is market-driven, and the protocol extends beyond social posts.
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Part VI: Praxis

Chapter 18: Lessons from History
DigiCash, e-gold, and Silk Road failed through centralization and poor OPSEC. Bitcoin succeeded through decentralization, open source, and properly aligned economic incentives.
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Chapter 19: Operational Security
Operational security prevents adversaries from gathering compromising information. Threat modeling guides defense. Human factors are the weakest link. Perfect OPSEC is impossible.
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Chapter 20: Implementation Strategy
Start with honest assessment. Build progressively from basics to advanced. Find community. Privacy is not a destination but ongoing practice. Progress matters.
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Chapter 21: Building the Parallel Economy
The parallel economy grows through counter-economics. Cheap defense defeats expensive attack. When theft becomes unprofitable, the state withers. Build. Trade. Resist.
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It's becoming difficult to survive on the web. Almost ...

2026-01-01T10:26:42Z

It's becoming difficult to survive on the web. Almost everything require permission to access. All I'm left with is freedom technologies. At least the internet is still working.

The current state of the web is choking me. I can't breath without Nostr+ Sats. My profound gratitude goes to all the FOSS builders around the world. Thank you for your efforts to making the world a better place. Thank you for sharing your valuable knowledge with me so that I can learn. Indeed I feel blessed, and I don't take it for granted. I've met beautiful people on Nostr, and this has helped me regained my mental health and humanity.

May this new year bring blessing, joy, peace, prosperity, abundance, and security to you and your loved ones.

Long live Nostr! Long live Bitcoin!! Long live the Builders!!!

This is brilliant. Thank you for the wake up call.

2026-01-01T10:00:37Z

In reply to naddr1qq…58dr
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This is brilliant. Thank you for the wake up call.

Life is a gift. Enjoy it to the full. Spend bitcoin on ...

2025-12-23T17:19:39Z

Life is a gift. Enjoy it to the full. Spend bitcoin on Nostriches.

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2025-06-28T09:26:15Z

Good morning Nostriches

So, economics, life in general, is a game. The game is called ...

2025-02-14T07:23:41Z

So, economics, life in general, is a game. The game is called transaction. It could be played with oneself or with others. This game is characterized by time that should be served to every player in equal amount and money that can be acquired with the time given. In other words, "time is money, and money is time." This means the quality of your life depends on money.

But what if this game can be rigged? What if there are some players who could cheat and not allow others to do the same? Knowing fully well that this game has been rigged against you, what will would you do? (This rigged game/money is called fiat)

Also, imagine that you've discovered a new game/money. would you still continue to play the old rigged game? (This new game/money is called bitcoin).

Life is a monetary game that humans can never stop playing. Fiat is an unsound money that causes chaos and break relationships. Bitcoin is a sound monetary game that organizes the world in good shape. If this game of life can't be stopped, and if at all this game is essential for human growth and flourishing, then bitcoin is the kind of game worth playing and...dying for.

It's just the system. Central banking made this possible.

2025-02-12T06:35:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…tzpg
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It's just the system. Central banking made this possible.

X is what you don't know and you are suppose to find. It can ...

2025-02-10T11:56:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…fffv
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X is what you don't know and you are suppose to find. It can be anything except Nostr...like fiat.

Most people on centralized social media are always whinning and ...

2025-01-29T14:38:40Z

Most people on centralized social media are always whinning and complaining about censorship and lack of privacy. They want the platforms to change (which they won't). Unfortunately, these people will not dare to let go of the "conveniences." Maybe they are too addicted and hooked. But they just won't accept the responsibilities of self-sovereignty and embrace bitcoin and Nostr. Unfortunately again, pain will lead them home.

I just can't think of doing anything else other than Bitcoin ...

2025-01-29T14:18:48Z

I just can't think of doing anything else other than Bitcoin in order to make the world a better. From my perspective, Bitcoin is the new mission. And, I'm already on my way.

True. I think the major disadvantage of fiat money is its ...

2025-01-29T13:45:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…nygp
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True.

I think the major disadvantage of fiat money is its centralized nature. Which means whoever is in charge can inflate it to infinite. Unfortunately trusting humans with money production has to always end up in disappointment. Bitcoin came into existence due to the failures of fiat money. And at this point, there is no going back to fiat anymore.

This is how I see it: bitcoin is a form of money fit for people living under tyranny, the developing countries. The dollar, euro, and yen, are a far better fiat currencies than, say, the Naira, Kwacha, Cedi, etc. In other words, bitcoin is money suitable for use in adversarial environments. And, majority of the world's population are living in these environments.

"people who want to do cool things often" follow the ...

2025-01-28T07:40:19Z

"people who want to do cool things often" follow the money "to America because it's easier to do cool things" there close to the MONEY PRINTER. The current state of the U.S. is more of an arbiter for rent-seeking than innovation. It's more of a shitcoin and shitcoiners having great time with their VCs while the rest of the is left broken. Have you even dare to factor in the Cantillon effect happening with the dollar? Before there was America for innovation there was the rest of the world. Before there was America for "greatness" there was the rest of the world.

All that the world needs right now is truth, an honest money. It seems that your financial privilege is blinding you from seeing the forces at work as to why "people who want to do cool things often" have to follow the money to America. My dear, let's fix the money and fix the world. And you may never have to see floods of entrepreneurs flocking to America simply because they want to do "cool things." The change is already happening and you are not even seeing it.

quoting
note1ryf…mh35
I mean, even one of the most prominent German developers on Nostr... is also an American. 😅

Americans dominate almost everything cool, and I see no change to that on the horizon because people who want to do cool things often relocate to America because it's easier to do cool things, there.

An economy run on fiat is full of pain, misery, and death. An ...

2025-01-27T07:26:42Z

An economy run on fiat is full of pain, misery, and death. An economy run on Bitcoin is full of life, liberty, and happiness.

Yes. #note1hrk…9t8p

2025-01-21T16:49:53Z

Yes.

quoting
note1hrk…9t8p
Reminder that Trump didn’t attend a Bitcoin Conference last year. Bitcoiner Magazine threw him a political campaign rally.

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ONLY BITCOIN CAN MAKE YOU WORK HARD, OR EVEN HARDER. THIS HELPS ...

2025-01-19T17:58:04Z

ONLY BITCOIN CAN MAKE YOU WORK HARD, OR EVEN HARDER. THIS HELPS YOU INCREASE THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE. JUST SO YOU KNOW: LIFE IS GOOD!

O YES! #note1w5m…ecn5

2025-01-19T17:52:07Z

O YES!

quoting
note1w5m…ecn5
the best thing about Bitcoin is that Bitcoiners don't matter

Consider shitcoins as theories while Bitcoin as practicals. ...

2025-01-19T17:35:43Z

Consider shitcoins as theories while Bitcoin as practicals.

quoting
note1d0r…8n4p
Those Bitcoiners still do, it’s just that the new cohort of people being called “bitcoiners” are watered down and just joined the winning team. They have had almost zero struggle to get here.

The more I live, the more I find that pain and struggle is what creates real conviction and establishes values.

note123r…unzm

A lot of bitcoiners are shitcoiners until proven otherwise. ...

2025-01-19T17:26:38Z

A lot of bitcoiners are shitcoiners until proven otherwise.

quoting
note1ar5…2gxq
I’ve never seen any bitcoiner defend shitcoining rugpulls other than now. It’s astounding the amount of people that whiffed a shitcoin in some adjacent way and nearly got cancelled and yet this is excusable

Bitcoiners are yet to enter "...then they fight you" ...

2025-01-19T16:49:20Z

Bitcoiners are yet to enter "...then they fight you" stage.

So Trump was the first Bitcoin president? shit!

I often wonder the "God" the current slogan is referring ...

2025-01-18T07:58:18Z

I often wonder the "God" the current slogan is referring to. With my Current knowledge about the Federal Reserve I strongly believe the dollar to be a idol, not necessarily the Judeo-Christian God. Probably, the world would have been far much more better if the slogan had remained as "Mind Your Business."

quoting
note1k5j…25vt
We should be up for a refresher... The new sentence should be "The illusion of abundance".

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2025-01-17T06:04:22Z

Understanding FREE MARKET is key to understanding Bitcoin.

This is 2025, almost all of the previous generations got ...

2025-01-16T07:34:59Z

This is 2025, almost all of the previous generations got converted to gen-Zers by fiat money. Thank God, Bitcoin and Nostr are undoing the damage.

quoting
note1vte…v82q
🎯

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2025-01-16T07:09:35Z

MONEY WAS A UNIVERSAL LLANGUAGE, UNTIL FIAT KILLED IT.

The biggest problem with centralized social media is that they ...

2025-01-14T08:42:16Z

The biggest problem with centralized social media is that they deliberately make their users lose their minds, turning them into zombies. Now, once any one of those zombies discovers Nostr, they immediately get transformed to genuine human beings. They begin to love life and try to put beauty into the world, again.

quoting
note1w49…uznf
"People will never make the switch. The big apps have too much momentum. The network effect is too strong." —nostr critics
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This news sounds like buying and selling of slaves.

2025-01-14T08:22:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…zl0r
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This news sounds like buying and selling of slaves.

NOSTR AND BITCOIN ARE HELPING US CLEAN UP THE MESS WE'VE MADE ...

2025-01-14T08:20:49Z

NOSTR AND BITCOIN ARE HELPING US CLEAN UP THE MESS WE'VE MADE OF THE WORLD.

For those who aren't here yet, pain will lead them home, ...

2025-01-14T08:05:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…0k00
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For those who aren't here yet, pain will lead them home, sooner or later.

META + FIAT = SLAVERY X + FIAT = SLAVERY ... + ... = SLAVERY ...

2025-01-12T15:19:54Z

META + FIAT = SLAVERY
X + FIAT = SLAVERY
... + ... = SLAVERY

NORSTR + BITCOIN = FREEDOM

quoting
nevent1q…jk5y
If you’re a bitcoiner building an app that’s meant to be social, and you don’t integrate nostr at this point, you can go fuck yourself. I’m not “signing up” for anything you make.

IF WE STAND TRUE TO THE ETHOS OF BITCOIN AND NOSTR WE WILL SURELY ...

2025-01-11T18:58:45Z

IF WE STAND TRUE TO THE ETHOS OF BITCOIN AND NOSTR WE WILL SURELY WILL AGAINST THE FIAT PARASITES. WE MUST NOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE DISTRACTED BY THE LIKES OF ZUCK AND MUSK. WE ALL KNOW THAT THEIR FOUNDATION IS FIAT MONEY AND THEIR IMMORAL SYSTEMS ARE COLLAPSING AND SINKING DEEP INTO HELL. IF YOU ZOOM OUT ENOUGH, YOU'LL GET TO SEE HOW SCARED AND INSECURE THE RENT-SEEKERS ARE. YOU WOUNDN'T WANT TO BE IN THEIR SHOES.

BITCOIN AND NOSTR ARE OUR SAFETY NETS. LET'S FOCUS, PLEASE!

Those fiat social media platforms are still standing because ...

2025-01-11T18:42:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…zp22
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Those fiat social media platforms are still standing because their mother "fiat money" is still standing. Can fiat money compete with bitcoin? I don't think so. It's too early to start demanding so much from Nostr. Just like bitcoin, everyone will discover Nostr for themselves. The beautiful thing about Bitcoin and Nostr is that these protocols don't force themselves on you. You choose them because they are the best tools for you. And the reason why we have them around is because of the inevitable collapse that awaits the fiat money. Value will definitely flow towards quality.

Centralized systems make us dumb. Everything tends to be closed. ...

2025-01-11T08:59:00Z

Centralized systems make us dumb. Everything tends to be closed. imagine someone teaching you mathematics, gives you the answer (output/solution) but not the steps (process). How can you ever verify that the answer is correct? Closed software make us dumb!

Gnu/Linux is amazing. Most of the amazing things I've learned in computing were as a result of Free and Open Source Software. Now, I can only imagine how dark my world used to be when I was using Windows. Thanks to all the beautiful people willing to share their knowledge openly.

We are very, very early in Bitcoin.

2025-01-09T16:16:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…jcm0
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We are very, very early in Bitcoin.

Sell the bitcoin and embezzle the fiat.

2025-01-09T11:15:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…gyul
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Sell the bitcoin and embezzle the fiat.

Money is a simple thing to understand. Unfortunately, fiat and ...

2025-01-09T09:57:18Z

Money is a simple thing to understand. Unfortunately, fiat and altcoins make money difficulty to understand. Fortunately, Bitcoin makes understanding money easy again.

"1. We experience value through products and services that ...

2025-01-09T07:21:59Z

"1. We experience value through products and services that gives us value, instead of trying to understand the intricate details of the plumbing that gives rise to those products and services, and

2. Money is the foundation layer that gives rise to everything else.

Therefore, when money breaks down, standing your ground when the ground gives way will provide little in the way to safety."

https://www.jefbooth.ca/post/finding-signal-in-a-noisy-world

Indeed!

2025-01-09T07:14:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…uet8
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Indeed!

Isn't it fun to hold your private key lightly and securely, ...

2025-01-06T15:17:18Z

Isn't it fun to hold your private key lightly and securely, for instance, in your head, and then watch how government and their central bankers try to take your bitcoin but in utmost futility? This is the absolute power that does not corrupt absolutely.

Cool n' chill! #note1yxj…7cl3

2025-01-06T15:04:28Z

Cool n' chill!

quoting
note1yxj…7cl3
There is something about this sentence that just hits: we own the web.

Most people are yet to understand what "peer-to-peer" ...

2025-01-06T14:50:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…5wvv
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Most people are yet to understand what "peer-to-peer" means in reality. And, also, they struggle to accept their individuality. So, they prefer to do ETFs and "bitcoin reserves."

Are not bees one of the most peaceful organisms on the planet, ...

2025-01-06T14:44:24Z

Are not bees one of the most peaceful organisms on the planet, yet, one of the deadliest? Bees live peacefully until someone tries to disrupt that peace by attempting to take or steal what rightfuly belongs to them—the honey. Then and then, do the bees descend healvily in their number on that person with their deadly stingers. In other words, bees are naturally alergic to theft. Bees simply want to be left alone to cooperatively build their lives with one another.

Now, compare the behavior of bitcoiners (a.k.a bitcoin maximalists) with that of bees. Think of the thieves as governments and central bankers. Only that with bitcoiners, the "honey" (bitcoin) is impossible to reach, not to talk of being taken away.

Bitcoin has been the newest form of lifestyle in town. It demands ...

2025-01-06T11:47:04Z

Bitcoin has been the newest form of lifestyle in town. It demands that you discard your fiat mindset and embrace reality. Bitcoin is reality. From personal experience, being part of the Bitcoin community gives you a lot of peace of mind. And, the implications of the combination of Bitcoin and Nostr are simply mind-blowing. Never in history was there so much power for the individual. I wish I could, with a snap of my fingers, brainwash every single person living under tyranny to understand this reality. But, the Bitcoin journey was designed for the individual—a journey that must be undertaken deliberately.

Most people grew up believing that life is an unfair game that ...

2025-01-06T08:00:17Z

Most people grew up believing that life is an unfair game that must be played in order to seperate winners from losers. in other words, "survival of the fittest." Most people never think of the possibility of a world in which everyone is a winner depending on his/her input. This distorted mindset has been extremely reinforced by fiat monetary system where few people become winners meanwhile the majority people become losers. The result? Chaos, virtually everywhere fiat money touches. Bitcoin is money that counters fiat. It helps strike a balance and rewards everyone accordingly, based on their input. In other words, Bitcoin makes everyone a winner, based on his/her effort. And, this is what makes the world peaceful and a better place worth living.

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2025-01-06T07:10:10Z

BITCOIN IS WISDOM!

How can I, as an African, born and bred here, not understand ...

2025-01-05T18:04:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…4fmx
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How can I, as an African, born and bred here, not understand Bitcoin? I'll be foolish and stupid to not understand Bitcoin. This Bitcoin thing was made for people like me. Thanks to all the Bitcoin Maximalists who kept the timechain alive.

When governments say" bitcoin is for criminals", always ...

2025-01-04T07:42:47Z

When governments say" bitcoin is for criminals", always remember that they are talking about themselves (a.k.a. legalized criminals). In other words, they are saying, "we are the only ones that should own bitcoin. Not you, the individual citizens." Please, try not to get confused, thinking that they are actually referring to some criminals on the streets. They say negative things about bitcoin for a reason—to prevent citizens from bitcoin. Imagine, in the beginning, if bitcoin were discovered first by Wall Street, "good things" would have been said about it.

At this point, we must understand that "bitcoin reserve" is for criminals. And, maybe this is also a means to "bail out" nation-states to prevent their inevitable collapse. This is like trying to extend the iron-grip of fiat on the citizens.

Actually, the truth is hidden in plain site. The elites are very, very intellingent and wise. They don't do what they say, they act what they don't say. They buy and hold bitcoin while you buy and hold ETFs.

quoting
note1s43…zylg
With Michael Saylor visiting the Trumps at Mar-a-Lago, all signs are pointing to a day one Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

Let’s connect the dots 👇

Bitcoin is an agreement to live in peace with your neighbor. That ...

2025-01-04T00:28:02Z

Bitcoin is an agreement to live in peace with your neighbor. That neighbor could be anyone in the world. Once signed, the agreement (transaction) gets rendered immutable forever.

There were two reasons only why I was severely poor and needy: 1) ...

2024-12-29T16:41:00Z

There were two reasons only why I was severely poor and needy:

1) I was ignorant of economics (i.e., Austrian economics), and

2) I was ignorant of money (i.e., sound money)

Being exposed to the Bitcoin space gave me the opportunity to learn about these important aspects of life.

Not that I'm as rich as Satoshi Nakamoto now, but that I'm able to turn my life around away from the destruction of bad economic thinking (Keynesian) and unsound money (fiat), I am forever grateful for whoever invented bitcoin.

I am now very bullish and very hopeful for a better future, tomorrow and beyond.

THE ONLY WAY BITCOIN CAN HELP YOU, AND THE WORLD, IS TO USE IT. ...

2024-12-27T18:11:02Z

THE ONLY WAY BITCOIN CAN HELP YOU, AND THE WORLD, IS TO USE IT. IF MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF WORLD WILL PREFER TO USE BITCOIN THAN THE FIAT "MONEY", THE WORLD WILL CHANGE OVERNIGHT. STOP COMPLAINING, STOP PROTESTING ON THE STREETS AND START USING BITCOIN. TALK YOUR NEIGHBORS INTO USING BITCOIN AS A NEW OF OF POLITICAL PROTEST. STOP WASTING YOUR TIME ON POLITICIANS. YOUR USING OF BITCOIN WILL CRIPPLE THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF THE OVERLOADS/TYRANTS AND AT THE SAME TIME MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. YOU DON'T NEED THEIR PERMISSION TO USE BITCOIN.

#GlobalSouthArise
#BitcoinIsFreedom

THE ONLY WAY CENTRAL BANKERS COULD KEEP YOUR MONEY "SAFE AND ...

2024-12-27T17:21:00Z

THE ONLY WAY CENTRAL BANKERS COULD KEEP YOUR MONEY "SAFE AND SECURE" IS SIMPLY TO LEND OUT NINETY OR MORE PERCENT OF IT, AND KEEP THE INTEREST TO THEMSELVES. THERE IS JUST NO ALTERNATIVE WAY. AND, WHEN YOU DECIDE TO DEMAND ALL YOUR MONEY, THEY SIMPLY SAY NO. THIS IS HOW "SAFE AND SECURE" YOU ARE WITH THE CENTRAL BANKS.

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2024-12-27T10:42:17Z

BITCOIN IS MONEY!

BITCOIN IS AN HONEST SYSTEM SIMPLY BECAUSE ANYONE CAN VERIFY HOW ...

2024-12-25T10:13:28Z

BITCOIN IS AN HONEST SYSTEM SIMPLY BECAUSE ANYONE CAN VERIFY HOW IT WORKS.

Bitcoin has replaced humans in telling the truth. Whether you ...

2024-12-22T12:19:27Z

Bitcoin has replaced humans in telling the truth. Whether you like it or not bitcoin forces you into telling and accepting what is true. It's the only truth machine we have.

Freedom speech! This speaks to me a lot. Thank you for sharing.

2024-12-22T07:42:19Z

In reply to naddr1qq…9g0n
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Freedom speech!
This speaks to me a lot.
Thank you for sharing.

Me.

2024-12-22T07:18:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…3x5h
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Me.

The politicians and the central bankers force the rest of society ...

2024-12-22T06:45:33Z

The politicians and the central bankers force the rest of society to use their fiat "money" while inflating it to infinity, causing chaos and pain in the world. While they enjoy the good things life can offer on earth, the poor and oppressed are left wishing and praying, day and night, for an afterlife.

If your are down the ladder in the fiat system, looking for a better life on earth, and if you are and honest person who doesn't want to get corrupted by fiat, only bitcoin can give you a better life on earth. Join the network, stack sats. And keep stack for the rest of your life.

A very big lesson: Stay away from crypto. #nevent1q…yx05

2024-12-22T06:17:42Z

A very big lesson: Stay away from crypto.

quoting
nevent1q…yx05
Notorious spam kingpin and crypto scammer Richard "Heart" Schuler is wanted for assaulting a 16 year old and for evading hundreds of millions of Euros in taxes.

https://eumostwanted.eu/#/schueler-richard-james

STAY HUMBLE, STACK SATS There are no shortcuts in Bitcoin. ...

2024-12-22T06:10:29Z

STAY HUMBLE, STACK SATS

There are no shortcuts in Bitcoin. Bitcoin is scary. Why? Because it is a system that is completely new and operates in the digital realm and exacts its effects in the physical realm. Bitcoin, unlike fiat, is many things coupled together into one piece. Call it a puzzle.

Bitcoin is, unlike fiat, among many things: economics, money, computer science, philosophy, sociology, psychology, game theory, physics, geography, and so on. Now, imagine breaking down these fields into various components and still have to learn them even further deep down. This is scary, especially to someone who must have gone through the fiat educational system. It will take a curious and couragious mind to take this Bitcoin's difficult path, unlearning most of the fiat trash and the way. Imagine a man with all his BSC and PhD, going down the Bitcoin rabbit hole, unlearning and learning down the hole. This is scary. It's even more scarier to a man without formal education.

But here is the best thing about bitcoin: it is a NETWORK. A network with it's own ingrained sets of rules. Rules without rulers. In this network, you can focus solely on that which interests you. Solve problems that are peculiar to you and your environment. As long as you remain in the network, you'll be fine. The best antidote for Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt, is to remain within the network, stacking sats and educating yourself. It takes humility to do this!

When it comes to bitcoin, one thing I seriously enjoy doing, ...

2024-12-21T12:11:48Z

When it comes to bitcoin, one thing I seriously enjoy doing, besides stacking sats, is educating MYSELF. YES MYSELF! In the current market noise and clown world confusion(yes, FUD), nothing is more important than the sats, the Bitcoin network, and I. And, in actual sense, my personal bitcoin education is more important than simply the sats. The sat is just the "thing."

#STACKSATS

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2024-12-20T16:26:16Z

DIFFICULTY ADJUSTMENT💪

This was, is, and will alway be the fight: HARD MONEY Vs EASY ...

2024-12-19T13:32:30Z

This was, is, and will alway be the fight:

HARD MONEY Vs EASY MONEY

SOUND MONEY Vs UNSOUND MONEY

BITCOIN Vs FIAT

BITCOINERS Vs CENTRAL BANKERS

TRUE Or FALSE

Whichever side you're on, it's your choice. The Battle might not end in your lifetime, so enjoy the ride, building nostriches with bitcoin.

Agreed. #nevent1q…e3ra

2024-12-19T13:11:47Z

Agreed.

quoting
nevent1q…e3ra
If Peter Schiff was forced to live in Africa. He would be a Bitcoin Maximalist within one month.

Sometimes privileges blind people.

True. #nevent1q…nxka

2024-12-16T22:28:40Z

True.

quoting
nevent1q…nxka
In fairness many times users don't know what they want. Is more about observing and delivering what your see they could need.

Good morning Nostriches! The Fiaters built the world they wanted ...

2024-12-13T07:00:42Z

Good morning Nostriches!

The Fiaters built the world they wanted to see with the technology they had control over at that time. We the Bitcoiners are build the world that we want to see and live in with the technology we have control over. Except that, this time around it's about the individual.

Let us get to work!

"The contention was essentially about four somewhat ...

2024-12-13T01:50:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…xlhe
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"The contention was essentially about four somewhat interrelated issues:

1. The level of blockspace available in each Bitcoin block Essentially, whether the eventual state should consist of surplus capacity available in the blocks, or consistently full blocks.

2. How to modify the rules of the Bitcoin protocol - Whether the rules on the validity of Bitcoin blocks should change relatively easily, or whether they should be more robust and only change in exceptional circumstances, with broad support from all interested parties.

3. The significance of the nodes of ordinary users - The extent to which, if any, validating nodes of the ordinary end users had a say in enforcing Bitcoin’s protocol rules.

4. Time preferences - Whether Bitcoin was like a tech startup which should prioritise gaining market share in the short term; or if it was a long-term project, a new global money, and one should think decades ahead when making decisions."

That's the whole point of bitcoin, isn't it? ...

2024-12-13T01:04:21Z

That's the whole point of bitcoin, isn't it?

quoting
nevent1q…45x7
Strategic #Bitcoin reserves by nations are great for adoption, “number go up” incentivises interest. But my main focus remains on inspiring individuals to adopt Bitcoin for their own financial sovereignty, security, and stability. Empowered individuals are the bedrock of a flourishing civilisation.

Independent-minded #nevent1q…ysl0

2024-12-11T13:26:18Z

Independent-minded

quoting
nevent1q…ysl0
One thing I can never quite make sense of is the fact that…

1. I have extremely strong beliefs
2. Many or most of the beliefs are out of step with modern culture
3. Holding these beliefs produce outsized results for me
4. Others claim to want outsized results
5. But if you share the beliefs that generate them people get upset

It’s a very confusing phenomenon

The functions and qualities of money are two different things. ...

2024-12-10T05:38:08Z

The functions and qualities of money are two different things. The problems with the world today is the fact the fact that we've lost both. To end Bitcoin exists: Bitcoin is the solution, the best.

#mineTheOCEANWay

I used to think I knew this "hot take" until that moment ...

2024-12-10T04:01:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…zwnp
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I used to think I knew this "hot take" until that moment when I got almost the whole of Bitcoin story. Say Hi to the Fed Reservers for me.

Great podcast! But thank God Bitcoin is now not fully controlled ...

2024-12-08T09:23:19Z

Great podcast!
But thank God Bitcoin is now not fully controlled by investors only. Being a bitcoin investor and at the same time a Bitcoin developer is above all the greatest. If you own any bitcoin, why should you not care to study the open source code and seek to contribute to it? At least it's your life savings, right?

The whole point for me is: Bitcoin is for everyone. We don't need investors making the decisions while the rest of us follow, just like they do in the mainstream. There is more to Bitcoin than meets the eye.
https://youtu.be/n2FcdkkcQH8

Beauty lies in human ingenuity. Artificial intelligence can't ...

2024-12-03T18:59:52Z

Beauty lies in human ingenuity. Artificial intelligence can't compare.
https://youtu.be/cWc7vYjgnTs

If I cannot mine, I will definitely study the codebase. Just ...

2024-12-03T09:57:44Z

If I cannot mine, I will definitely study the codebase. Just trying to be more technical now because what lies ahead in the coming years is going to be interesting.

#bitcoinIsMoney
#mineTheOCEANWay

So true.

2024-12-02T20:14:54Z

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So true.

The "U.S. government" #nevent1q…92jx

2024-12-02T19:24:11Z

The "U.S. government"

quoting
nevent1q…92jx
BREAKING: US Government moves 19.8k #Bitcoin worth $1.92 billion to a new address. 👀

Yes, Bitcoin is real and hope, yet, a leap of faith is required ...

2024-12-02T10:50:21Z

Yes, Bitcoin is real and hope, yet, a leap of faith is required to opt out of the fiat system into the Bitcoin world. And, that same faith is required for sustenance in the Bitcoin world.

Bitcoin is a solution to the problem. All we have to do is ...

2024-12-02T09:59:56Z

Bitcoin is a solution to the problem. All we have to do is implement it, because there is no better solution than Bitcoin. It's a total waste of time and energy focusing on the fear-mongering problem (fiat). Bitcoin is both a defensive as well as offensive technology, if you pay attention to it. Any threat from the State is a sign of fear and weakness. Bitcoin is unstoppable and the State knows it better.

#runYourNode
#theOCEANWay

We are very early in Bitcoin.

2024-11-30T19:41:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…tdm6
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We are very early in Bitcoin.

What do you think of Ubuntu?

2024-11-29T20:28:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…jnd0
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What do you think of Ubuntu?

Tested and confirmed: No social media more mind-resting than ...

2024-11-29T10:33:50Z

Tested and confirmed: No social media more mind-resting than Nostr.

“O! Ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose not only tyranny ...

2024-11-23T16:15:41Z

“O! Ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose not only tyranny but the tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression. Freedom hath been hunted around the globe. Asia and Africa have long expelled her. Europe regards her as a stranger, and England hath given her warning to depart. O! receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind.”

— the unknown, impecunious pamphleteer Tom Paine

I have a Bitcoin addiction. #nevent1q…2jt3

2024-11-22T21:05:14Z

I have a Bitcoin addiction.

quoting
nevent1q…2jt3
I have a nostr addiction

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2024-11-22T20:16:59Z

"By their fruits ye shall know them." "Birds of the ...

2024-10-28T06:46:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…qslp
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"By their fruits ye shall know them." "Birds of the same feather flock together."

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2024-10-24T21:53:59Z

Bitcoin is a gift from Satoshi Nakamoto to me.

https://youtu.be/16k2Szc67yw

2024-10-24T11:04:10Z

https://youtu.be/16k2Szc67yw

GN "The national currencies are affected by forces which are ...

2024-10-24T07:20:37Z

GN

"The national currencies are affected by forces which are beyond your knowledge or control. They are managed by committees serving the governments issuing them. The people on these committees speak in a jargon that is not only incomprehensible to most people, but unbearably dull even to those who do understand it. Everyone is affected by them, but most people will not bother to learn to understand them. They manage the currency in the national interest, which is not always the same thing as your interest. They can change the rules about how the currency can be spent you can use them or increase the government’s supply. [5] It is usually not possible to predict what they will do, at least over long time spans."
https://nakamotoinstitute.org/mempool/its-not-about-the-technology-its-about-the-money/

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2024-10-23T18:20:55Z

BITCOIN FOREVER.

In Nigeria🇳🇬, especially in the hardcore North, life is ...

2024-10-22T17:58:18Z

In Nigeria🇳🇬, especially in the hardcore North, life is "amazing." But don't get me wrong, though. When I say "amazing", actually I'm referring to severe poverty and pain and hopelessness:

✓ Hyperinflation
✓ Severe hunger
✓ Insecurity (kidnappings, banditry, etc)
✓ Total electricity blackout
✓ Decayed healthcare system
✓ Decayed educational system
✓ e.t.c.

Nigeria has been gradually plunging into the "dark ages." There is simply no country here: just survival of the fittest and jungle justice.

"...Bitcoin will be banned, many times, in many places. But a ...

2024-10-20T15:30:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…4cmy
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"...Bitcoin will be banned, many times, in many places. But a ban is an open admission of practical and moral failure and is arguably the best advertisement of all..."

This is encouraging. Thank you Alex for sharing.