I keep hearing that the USA will collapse or fall into civil war. Does bitcoin still make sense if so?

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I know murder is illegal but you’re allowing for local wars to happen by only forbidding foreign wars. Or is that a feature, not a bug? 🤨

Question.

We use butcherbox & Crowd Cow for steak delivery. Frozen but awesome.

Any others out there using another service I should consider?

Ironically this would be a typical Reddit type search but I’ll start here now that we’re “blended”.

Is there a way to get the @ working? It sort of works but never finds the people I am actually trying to @. The only way I get it working is to go copy the npub from their page...

should bring my bots to Nostr?

gm the nostr, this is the way 🫡

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I control my nsec, so what exactly does this option in Damus do? 🤔

#asknostr

Preemptively eating my words.

This mf is going higher, quite a bit higher soon.

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Disapating anger is extremly fucking hard sometimes.

I used to believe in political incrementalism- the idea that you can change things gradually through better election outcomes.

But maybe it was also just youth, I don’t know.

After spending many years studying how the current monetary system works, studying how past debt and currency cycles ended, and based on practical realities from the past two election cycles, I dropped any notion of incrementalism, at least for the big economic things.

Incrementalism works for minority groups to gain social and political rights. Religious people to practice without interference, women to vote, gay people to marry, etc. Immigration policies. Things like that. But it doesn’t work for the financial system.

Instead, history and current affairs suggest that things generally point in the same structural financial direction, uncontested, until there is a massive fiscal crisis, geopolitical crisis, and trend change. And that is when politics becomes critical in all aspects- as chaos develops, the group that has enough power to set the next order *really* fucking matters. They either build a platform of virtue toward the next cycle, or they fall into the unfortunately common paths of communism or fascism.

And it is not just ideas that triumph, but technology too. Technology plays a big role in which ideas are even workable. Both ideas and technology are important.

So when I realized incrementalism wasn’t working, I sought out other methods.

The weaker method is just social- I try to put things out there with my platform to encourage reason, empathy, human rights, etc. Not partisan but also not necessarily moderate, but rather grounded in firm principles of virtue ethics.

The stronger method is to play some small part in building something better. Alternative money. Alternative communication methods. Either explaining and recommending them to people, or directly venture investing in companies that build on them and help improve the UX and solve new problems.

That’s my goal. I want to do whatever tiny part I can to bring about more peace, more fairness, more opportunity, more growth, and less destruction.

Lowery on LinkedIn

“A lot of people are asking about my opinion on the BitVM whitepaper

My #1 goal with SOFTWAR was to thoroughly explore this question & elucidate WHY a Bitcoin state machine (aka macrochip) would be crucial for equipping our digital-age society with the means to PHYSICALLY secure itself in, from, and through cyberspace. I wanted to answer the "why" and "so what" before someone else figured out the "how" by developing candidate protocols like BitVM. In my podcasts I predicted we would start to see these protocols emerge in a relatively short amount of time, but I'm still surprised it came this fast. VERY exciting!

Tempted to write another book on the "so what" of BitVM... One that the White House / DoD can't prohibit me from publishing due to security & policy reasons...” - Lowery

I really like Jason Lowery.

This guy understands Bitcoin

Ask questions

Recent observation - the average person still believes you need to buy a full bitcoin to get started.

Someone this morning said “I wish I could afford to buy bitcoins. Maybe when I sell my house…”

How do we change this???

The article I just posted on LinkedIn:

How many likes do you think it’ll get from the legacy finance crew.

Over/under: 1.5 😆

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THE PERFECT STORM ☀️🌪⚡️

We’ve seen a little movement in the last week or so, but as BTO famously said “you ain’t see nothin’ yet”

Everyone’s talking about bitcoin right now. Even the mainstream media and Larry Fink!!

To make your weekend a little better (or worse), I’ve got three compelling reasons why I believe Bitcoin is set to explode in the next six months:

1️⃣ Halving Cycle: Bitcoin's halving event, occurring approximately every four years, has historically triggered significant price surges. With the last halving in May 2020, we're approaching the crucial post-halving period, which has often seen substantial gains.

2️⃣ Lightning Network Adoption: The Lightning Network, Bitcoin's layer-two solution for faster and cheaper transactions, is on a remarkable growth trajectory. Its capacity has increased by a staggering 1,200% in recent times, making Bitcoin more scalable and user-friendly.

3️⃣ Imminent ETF: The approval of a Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) is on the horizon. This development has the potential to bring massive institutional investments into the bitcoin space, further legitimizing and bolstering the Bitcoin market.

We’re in a very unique position right now. We can see the future! Last week we caught a glimpse of what would happen when the ETF gets approved. We don’t even need a crystal ball at this point.

And, we have the best economic formula at work again.

Demand 👆🏽

-Adoption is growing via lightning network

-Hedge funds, insurance companies, family offices, corporate treasuries will all have access to bitcoin once ETF is approved. Aka the big money

Supply 👇🏽

-The halving is about six months away

-Exchange volume is LOW. We currently have the lowest amount of bitcoin held on exchanges in history

My recommendation, start with 1% of your portfolio. Get off of zero.

It’s a lot more risky to own zero $0 worth of bitcoin at this point.

And remember - you don’t have to purchase a full bitcoin!

I was talking with someone last week. And they said “I wish I could buy some bitcoins. Maybe once I sell my house I’ll buy some.”

You can buy $10 worth of bitcoin. $100, $500. Any amount! The fractional units are called satoshis. Similar to dollars/cents.

And of course, if you need help getting off zero or would like to discuss a bitcoin strategy for your business - please don’t hesitate to reach out!