"I wish that Christian men would insist more and more on the unrighteousness of war, believing that Christianity means no sword, no cannon, no bloodshed, and that, if a nation is driven to fight in its own defense, Christianity stands by to weep and to intervene as soon as possible, and not to join in the cruel shouts which celebrate an enemyβs slaughter. "
~ Charles Spurgeon
There is no amount of intelligence that can't be overcome by arrogance.
If the whole world decided to follow you, where would you lead them?
I've meant to read this but never have. Thanks for that tidbit.
If by that you mean entertaining us the death maybe. People have plenty of time to learn freedom. The actual problem is people think they are free so they don't need to learn freedom.
Such a funny headline to me. Ya'll had 15 years to front run the "middlemen". Does this person even understand bitcoin? Of course not.
We are so early guys. Bitcoin is 15 years old and most supposed financial experts on TV do not yet understand the most basic aspects of how it works. I bet I could pick a bitcoiner on Nostr at random and they could correct the mistakes I hear on TradFi TV. Buckle up guys. Grabtohe popcorn.
#bitcoin
This almost makes the ETF hype worth it.
I get the same vibes. Have for some time. Before she started talking about bitcoin.
GM Nostr. We will win.
Stay humble.
Stack sats.
This is not as easy as it sounds. It is simple though.
Now you are getting it. Some of there are voluntary and others are not. Some are mechanisms of control. IP is just an idea and its a flawed one.
IP as an idea is new. There's a reason for that. It is not property as several of us have stated. Bitcoin UTXOs are different in that they can't be duplicated in the same way as a file. I can copy a file. This is a simple concept but the IP pysop is so deep it takes a lot of work to unlearn.
Got it. I guess I would just push back on calling UTXOs IP. They can be stolen by force though and they can't be copied but yet they are not physical. This is why digital property is something that makes sense to me. I'm open to calling it that. In other words I control some UTXOs so in that sense I own them. I wouldn't call it IP because IP is a logically inconsistent idea.
You can't steal an idea. You can copy it but its not property. I can steal a hard drive with data on it. A drive is physical and I have it now and you don't. But if I copy the data on the drive I have not stolen it. You have not lost it. Logically IP makes no sense.
IP is an invention. It is a construct to control the market and create unnatural monopolies.
Highly recommend the writings of Stephan Kinsella.
Intellectual property does not exist. Bitcoin is digital but not intellectual.