No shit!
I had exactly the same thing happen, no reason given at all.
My ban came after I answered two very long winded questions via DM. My responses were long and in depth and I assumed that was the reason, but I never received any response to my appeal. Now an X exile on here like you.
Odd timing as my lock out happened around the same time & I seem to be treading a similar path of the threads I’m following.
For 17 years, mainstream media, central bankers, and government officials alike called it:
“Rat poison.”
“Ponzi scheme.”
“Funny money.”
“Drug dealer cash.”
“Just a bubble.”
But now? #Bitcoin is becoming the capital asset needed to backstop the liabilities of the fiat Ponzi.
What an irony.
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I unpack all of this in my #Bitcoindollar book —available now on Amazon.
Sounds like your book chimes with what I’m working on, I will give it a go 👊🏻
Powerful words, FreeYoda and I agree wholeheartedly.
Bitcoin is the tool. But tools are neutral. It’s our values and decisions that shape what gets built with it.
The project I’ve been working on looks deeply into this:
Not just how Bitcoin could be abused, but how quickly it’s already being wrapped in the very systems it was meant to escape, repackaged, collateralised, and offered back to the people without the freedom.
You’re right, not owning your keys isn’t just a technical detail, it’s a cultural signal.
If enough people outsource sovereignty again, we’re just swapping one fiat cage for another, this time with slicker branding and digital bars.
We have the tech. We have the chance.
But we also have human nature, short-termism, and apathy working against us.
Let’s not screw this up.
Appreciate your voice in this 👊🏻
Appreciate you engaging so thoughtfully, Jamesy. This isn’t the easiest topic to face up to, and I’ve found that the more I’ve dug into it, the more complex and uncomfortable the questions become.
I’ve been working quietly on a broader project that explores this in depth, looking at how power structures may be shifting around Bitcoin rather than away from it. Some of the early conclusions I’ve come to suggest time is the most underestimated variable. Or more precisely, the lack of it.
That leads to some uncomfortable end points, especially for those who aren’t paying attention, or who think Bitcoin’s adoption will automatically preserve its ethos.
We need more conversations like this, open, grounded, and forward-looking.
Because you’re right: we are at an inflection point, and the decisions made now (or not made) could define the architecture of the next monetary era.
Thank you again for engaging, I take great value from your viewpoint 👊🏻
Exactly this. That’s the paradox we’re living through:
Yes, anyone can opt into a Bitcoin standard today. That freedom is real, and it’s the source of hope.
But parallel to that, there’s a macro push forming above us, using Bitcoin to rebuild a financial empire that looks eerily familiar:
Wrapped rails, stablecoin settlements, dollar-denominated debt on crypto infrastructure.
So while we, those who understand the core problems, may retain sovereignty and use Bitcoin as intended, the vast majority who are economically unaware or simply trusting the system will likely be onboarded into something very different, a controlled, dollar-wrapped version dressed in the language of innovation.
That’s the risk: Bitcoin succeeds, but the people remain trapped.
This is why education, open discussion, and building genuine peer-to-peer alternatives matters so much right now.
Appreciate your comment. The more people start living the Bitcoin standard from the inside out, the harder it becomes to co-opt.
“Is it ironic that the asset created to resist fiat is now being used to save it?”
This question keeps me up at night.
I’ve been working quietly on a project that explores this very shift, how Bitcoin, born as freedom money, is now at risk of being wrapped in a new financial apparatus: strategic reserves, institutional custody, and most urgently, stablecoins like Tether that tether (literally) Bitcoin’s value to U.S. debt.
Susie’s Forbes piece Is Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve a Threat to Freedom? is a sharp and timely look at what this co-option could mean.
One idea I explore in my private thesis:
“If Bitcoin becomes the foundation of a new system but the dollar remains the unit of account, then Bitcoin hasn’t replaced the system, it has been absorbed by it.”
The question is:
Do we get a Bitcoin standard, or a digitised version of the old regime with new branding?
Open to hearing thoughts from others working through this.
What can be done, practically and philosophically, to keep the ethos alive?
#Bitcoin #Tether #GameTheory #Sovereignty #WrappedInTheDollar
Susie’s latest post really hits the heart of it:
“Is it ironic that the asset created to resist fiat is now being used to save it?”
This question keeps me up at night.
I’ve been working quietly on a project that explores this very shift, how Bitcoin, born as freedom money, is now at risk of being wrapped in a new financial apparatus: strategic reserves, institutional custody, and most urgently, stablecoins like Tether that tether (literally) Bitcoin’s value to U.S. debt.
Susie’s Forbes piece Is Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve a Threat to Freedom? is a sharp and timely look at what this co-option could mean.
One idea I explore in my private thesis:
“If Bitcoin becomes the foundation of a new system but the dollar remains the unit of account, then Bitcoin hasn’t replaced the system, it has been absorbed by it.”
The question is:
Do we get a Bitcoin standard, or a digitised version of the old regime with new branding?
Open to hearing thoughts from others working through this.
What can be done, practically and philosophically, to keep the ethos alive?
#Bitcoin #Tether #GameTheory #Sovereignty #WrappedInTheDollar
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Gateway, Mind Control, and The War For Your Soul - very interesting episode 📌
Loved this episode
What if $84k isn’t resistance, it’s a monetary checkpoint?
Exchange balances are falling, signalling quiet accumulation. But price won’t budge. Why?
Because someone’s filling bags without setting off the alarms. If sovereign accumulation is underway, say, under a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, you’d want tight control. No slippage, no headlines.
Meanwhile, rumours of Chinese local governments offloading seized BTC offer just enough supply to keep things orderly. It’s almost… convenient.
This isn’t just market chop in my opinion. It’s monetary transition theatre, a controlled pivot disguised as sideways boredom.
Something bigger is unfolding. And it’s not meant to be obvious. Yet.
Sometimes when we stare into the abyss, it feels impossibly vast. Like there’s no escape, no path through, just a collapse waiting to consume everything.
But not everyone sees it.
Some are still dreaming. Some are just starting to wake up. And some of us have been standing at the edge for years, watching the storm form, knowing it couldn’t last forever.
The hardest part isn’t seeing the abyss. It’s wondering whether those we love will adapt—or be swept under.
I hope people transition gently, I really do. But especially here in the UK and Europe, I worry many are being primed for something far darker.
The truth is, I think we’re heading toward a choice between two futures. Two entirely new systems.
One rooted in freedom, decentralisation, and progress.
The other rooted in repression, control, and digital dependency.
A lot of people won’t even realise there’s a choice until it’s already made for them.
That’s why I keep speaking.
Because while the abyss is real, so is the other path.
And even now, it’s not too late to choose it.
Why I See Things Differently (and Maybe You Do Too)
Sometimes I feel like I’m living in a different reality from the people around me.
I don’t say that to sound clever, or edgy, or rebellious. I say it because I’ve been watching something build for years, and now that it’s here, it feels like almost no one wants to acknowledge it.
People keep pointing to obvious scapegoats — Putin, Trump, COVID, Brexit, Rachel Reeves, Starmer — as if the entire world’s unraveling can be explained by a handful of names. But I think the truth is bigger. More uncomfortable. And more important.
When I look back, I don’t see 2008 as the beginning of this crisis. I see it as a major signpost in a much longer story. The foundations were crumbling long before then.
We were already stacking up debt at every level — household, corporate, government. The financial system had quietly become a house of cards, built on leverage and false confidence. Books like The Creature from Jekyll Island warned about how the central banking system was never meant to be stable — it was designed to serve the interests of a few, while slowly undermining the value of money for everyone else.
2008 wasn’t a shock. It was the system finally buckling under its own weight.
But instead of fixing anything, we papered over the cracks. We printed trillions. We cut interest rates to zero. We bailed out the banks. We kicked the can further down the road.
And now, the bill is coming due again.
Since then, we’ve had one crisis after another, each time with more intervention, more control, more confusion:
• The UK Conservative Party has limped from one leadership collapse to the next — Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak — while pretending this is just a political problem, not a systemic one.
• People blame individuals, but the real issue is structural — we are trying to run a modern economy on a financial system that is 50 years overdue for reform.
Now in 2025, the signs are everywhere:
• Bitcoin is pushing $84,000, because people are fleeing fiat
• Gold is hitting record highs
• The dollar is weakening against the euro, the yuan, and the Swiss franc
• Banks and pension funds are being quietly bailed out again, just under a different name
• Governments are tightening control, from tax grabs to digital IDs to central bank digital currencies
• The media still tells you it’s all unconnected — random, temporary, nothing to see
But I don’t believe that. I think we’re in the final stages of a long, slow cycle — a collapse of trust in a broken system.
And I’m not the only one.
Brilliant thinkers like Lyn Alden, Jeff Booth, and Larry Lepard have mapped this out in depth. Historians like Ray Dalio wrote about it in The Changing World Order. Sociologists and generational theorists warned about it in The Fourth Turning. Austrian economists explained it long before anyone else.
I’ve tried to share these ideas over the years. I’ve tried to help friends and family prepare — emotionally, practically, financially. But most still think I’m overreacting. Or worse, losing the plot.
Sometimes it gets to me. I start to question myself. Maybe I am seeing things that aren’t there?
But then the data comes in. The signals keep flashing. And I remember — I’m not imagining this. I’m just seeing what the system can no longer hide.
If you’ve felt this too — like you’re watching something massive unfold while everyone else carries on like it’s business as usual — then please know you’re not alone.
And if this all sounds crazy to you, I understand. All I ask is, don’t dismiss it outright. Keep watching. Keep questioning. Because what’s coming next isn’t going to look like anything we’ve seen before.
It’s not just another downturn.
It’s not just bad leadership.
It’s a transition. And the old world is starting to fail.
What does it all mean? Quick breakdown for anyone confused:
• BTC/USD: Bitcoin is gaining fast in dollar terms.
• Gold is rising too, meaning people are running to hard assets.
• USD/CNY, USD/CHF falling = The dollar is losing value vs the Chinese Yuan and Swiss Franc.
• EUR & GBP gaining vs USD = Euro and Pound are stronger today.
This isn’t random—it looks like people are moving money out of the dollar and into Bitcoin, gold, and strong fiat currencies. It’s a signal that confidence in the US dollar might be dropping. This is what people mean when they say “decoupling.”
Hope that helps!
1. Bonds Are Screaming Risk
Treasury yields go up when bond prices go down. This means investors are selling U.S. government debt, not buying it. That’s not normal during global turmoil. It suggests:
• Foreign buyers are backing away, especially after Trump’s escalating tariff war.
• There’s liquidity stress, and investors are being forced to sell the safest asset to cover margin elsewhere.
• Or the market fears higher inflation, geopolitical instability, or default risk down the line.
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2. This Is the Most Important Chart in the World Right Now
The 10-year yield anchors the entire global system:
• Mortgage rates
• Corporate debt
• Derivative pricing
• Repo and collateral liquidity
• Bank solvency models
A sharp move like this doesn’t just change interest costs—it destabilizes the plumbing of the whole fiat system.
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3. This Confirms the “Everything Is Breaking” Thesis
• VIX is swinging violently
• Bitcoin is rallying, then dumping, then rallying again
• Stocks are whipsawing on tariffs
• BoE is injecting billions via repos
• Russia and China are actively trying to exit the USD system
• And now the world’s most important benchmark bond is selling off
This chart is telling us that trust in long-duration U.S. debt is cracking.
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When the world doesn’t want your bonds, your empire is aging.
When the world wants your bonds but at 5%+ yield, your system is fragile.
When even you can’t afford your own debt at these rates, your game is almost over.
It’s fair to assume the next big international “print” will be largely militarised, or at least marketed that way.