on the bright side, I managed to orange pill them while helping. we converted all the value to BTC, got them set up on bitkey and hopeful they'll skip the shitcoin phase altogether now.

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I helped some folks recover some inherited crypto recently. their loved one got into crypto during the 2017 cycle. I assumed I'd find some bitcoin, and then some other shitcoins. surprised to only find mostly ripple, eth, litecoin, and a handful of other shitcoins. I will keep searching but sad to see 0 BTC. I looked through some old exchange history and a bitcoin only strategy wouldve likely meant recovering 10-20x the value

ask anyone promoting "blockchain" for any use case other than open, distributed, censorship-resistant sound money, and you'll quickly find that they have no idea what they are talking about

I'm sure they distribute the welfare inefficiently, agreed, but would expect it to be more in line with the average charity. point being, if they move from 60 to 80 percent efficiency, for example, that'd be like a 5-10% reduction in the overall budget, tops. inefficiency is a problem, for sure, but the main issue is all the free shit. gotta cut entitlements in my opinion. and that would be wildly unpopular

military, social security, Medicare, Medicaid, all likely aren't going anywhere. how massive can the cuts be? those 4 are the lions share of the budget

would be a fitting scenario this cycle that we finally remove cap gains treatment but only for shitcoins

bitcoin meetups get me fired up. bullish on bitcoiners

influencers can't explain bitcoin backed lending without using the word pristine. it's a law of nature

Ross should sue to get his coins back

becoming a broken record in social gatherings with my "do you think that might be because the money is broken?" response to most complaints and observations about that state of the world

your rates will go up. better off handing him the cash.

been sending friends and family this clip. you summed it up nicely. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CCLt7oUl43I

great rip. Mark is a legend. is he on nostr?

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cheers from parts unknown

yeah, same. but I do think there's quality connection to be had in sharing, selectively, personal goings on. I just always hesitate to do it.

another name for Instagram

every time I go to post about something we're up to in our personal lives, I hesitate for privacy concerns

the ending line has layers to it. it's part acknowledgement that once you understand bitcoin you will never want to sell it, and part acknowledgement of the bitcoin backed loans future that is arriving now

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dope, thanks nostr:npub1ex7mdykw786qxvmtuls208uyxmn0hse95rfwsarvfde5yg6wy7jq6qvyt9

if you don't know what any of those words mean, it does sound quite nice

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