Defrauding people or the government?

😂

So blackmail.

I have a premium access Nostr plan I could sell you if you're interested. Only 1BTC/mo!

For me, it would be payment processing. You simply have to be faster than the competitor systems, and then again faster than your reported speed. If the velocity of the system is high enough, you get to use some of the money that's caught in the system in-transit, depending on payment latency, and especially if one is able to delay remittance for what on the surface are legitimate reasons. Plus, if you play your cards right, you get to leave clean when you fulfill all legal payments.

I imagine this is how services like PayPal, Zelle, Venmo, etc. are able to not charge fees on intra-service transactions, since they maintain control of the funds.

He doesn't need the money, he needs to streamline operations for his companies. All this corruption stuff is about defunding the opposition before the real changes start.

I expect a dramatic decrease in policies that kneecap his ambitions in space. Moar starships.

He'll finally turn X into the Wechat of the west. Nostr will be more important than ever.

I expect a loosening of self-driving regulations. Moar Teslas.

Expect a change in tone regarding AI, energy development, environmental policy, and probably a great many other things.

I only hope Elon gives a fuck about geoengineering because my home is getting crushed with superhurricanes. The solution is easy in engineering terms and hard in political terms.