Your parents don’t understand that you want to work in the most exciting monetary protocol embraced by every major investment firm in the world?
Do some of you remember when VHS tapes had FBI Warnings?
Cuz yes or no…that was when the FBI jumped the shark. 
Even when the RIAA brought the whole weight of the music industry in a draconian attempt to kill file-sharing, the only real losses were Napster and Limewire. File-sharing was orders of magnitude better than physical purchase & storage.
I remember the legendary Quincy Jones said a few years ago that the biggest selling album the previous year was by Taylor Swift - and it only sold 1 million copies.
“We used to sell a million in one WEEK.” he added.
Yes, that’s what I’m using - but @jb55 had to remove Zaps to get onto Apple store.
I know there was a workaround, but I can’t remember what it is.
I’ve asked this before but looking for a better answer:
How are iOS users (I’m on ipad) handling Zaps?
nostrscript.suhailsaqan lets me send, but evidently steals all my received Zaps. Need something else.
Thx in advance!
Comes as no surprise to anyone reading this:
This is a great breakdown of “How ETF’s Work”.
And like all things Fiat, it’s complicated. But worth reading 2 or 3 times.
(8min read)
My tl;dr:
Actual BTC Broker/Custodian buys/hold BTC (i.e. Coinbase)
->
The ETF transfers $$ & issues shares (i.e. ARK/Blackrock/VanEck)
->
a “wholesaler/distributor” broker transfers $$ and receives shares from the ETF (i.e. JPMorgan)
->
a myriad “retailer” brokers transfer $$ & receive shares for their clients (i.e. Robinhood, Edward Jones, et al).
[Worth noting: Fidelity will Self-Custody. I can only assume this will be extremely important to remember at some point in the future.]
Redux:
1) There are multiple points of “cushioning” between when Aunt Alice buys ETF shares and Coinbase/Fidelity buys BTC w/ her money.
2) Not every participant in this chain was prepared, thus couldn’t participate.
3) The BTC price didn’t move Day 1 because the “cushioning” was well prepared and functioned correctly
4) I understand why Blackrock wants to own Coinbase, and the Suits want every other Exchange broken or slain. Coinbase is the ‘point of origin’ to be controlled for non-self-custody.
https://learn.heyapollo.com/blog/how-do-etf-issuers-buy-bitcoin
This.
Senators, members of Congress, called Gary in to testify & justify - over fucking Twitter.
There’s nothing wrong w/ that, because that’s how we evidently want our world to operate.
But if so, it must be Decentralized.
Personally, I’d PREFER that important Gov’t communications happened over open-source, cryptographically signed media.
That’s not a pipe-dream, it could be enacted tomorrow.
We have the tech, we have the need…we just don’t have the desire. nostr:note1685vw5rn6yfmh7zfc3jnzrcr3ngkdzfrk3c2ax2rkmjhha09fplqn3aml4
It’s genuinely shocking.
After the complete debacle that is the SEC,
Bitcoin isn’t up >$100k.
Clown World is still Cope.
We are SOOOO early.
The great Matt Orfalea, exposing Fouci, and yeah, you’all get it, but it’s not long so worth watching:
Evidently Congress now calls on you to testify by Twitter.
Next time anyone says “Fuck Around and Find Out” picture Gary. 
Anyone been to, or live in, Roatan?
I love America, yet for years I’ve wanted a solid option if I deemed it time to leave. I’ve never felt like any other country or place was drawing me to be here.
Today I discovered Roatan, and I feel like this is a massively under-talked-about destination for Bitcoiners. In fact, it seems almost too perfect.
So wondering if any Bitcoiners have lived experience of the island and can clue me in to its drawbacks (which are harder to find online).
The SEC absolutely brought this upon themselves, and its freaking HYSTERICAL!
2024 is turning out to be every bit as incentive-exposing as we knew it would.
The SEC is implicated in fraudulent market-manipulation, and all they can do is say “we got hacked!”
If this was a movie I’d be rolling my eyes…its just so sublime.
Woke up this morning to find I’ve got 7 of 8 utxo’s consolidated at my chosen fee rate, so I all y’all could stop dick-butting for just maybe 10 minutes or so I’d like to finish this please kthxbye.
Personally I believe (not know, just believe) the various funds have been pursuing a Bitcoin ETF so patiently because their being hounded by their clients to do so. Thus they KNOW there is huge demand built up, like a dam retaining water.
They are likely also aware, as we Bitcoiners are, that 2024 looks extremely Bullish for Bitcoin.
So I believe they’ve been stacking for months now, which also increases the pressure they’re putting on the SEC to approve.
Also I’d add that Brokerages like Coinbase run OTC trading desks specifically to fund large client purchases. This is why Microstrategy or Tesla or whatever can make massive purchases (or sales) w/o moving the markets too significantly. The brokerages buy/sell in increments all day, every day, and move the assets off-the-books when an institutional client wants them.
So I believe all of these firms who’ve applied for an ETF have already been stacking. And in our current market they’re content to have done so because they’ll sell at huge gains. It’ll be very interesting to find out if they gauged initial demand correctly, or if they’ll quickly all find themselves in a bidding war to meet customer inflows.
This screenshot might be worth saving…. nostr:note1cngfa9q0zggdgg525335ggnxvqh4mcqn5vcnepn3k9r3n5snht5q4ntfy8
Listen to Canadian Bitcoin Podcast (only on youtube).
It’s worth your time, even if you’re a self-aggrandizing OG.
Agree. We’ll see soon.
o7 Captain!
This is the Samson Mow theory, BTC to $1million in weeks.
Personally, I have little doubt the ETF exchanges have been hoarding BTC for months ahead of an approval. Which is why they’ve been so patient, not revolting.
But they don’t have enough, imo. Not by a long-shot.
I suspect things will be orderly at first, but within a month of ETF approval(s) they’ll have to begin bidding the Maxis out of their Bitcoin.
We all have our price, we’ll all discover what it is this year.