Per capita anti-depressant use rankings and (highest) personal income tax rate rankings.

Tax rates are not comprehensive but I didn’t care to dig into all the specifics of nation state taxation.

I sitting on a call with an ex fincen federal employee who lost their job when biden left. They are horrified that Ross was pardoned, lauding Biden's diligence in ensuring crypto isn't used for crime.

"A very high level of ethics was applied" during their watch.

My mute is on, and I'm happy my video is off too. I'm very relieved people like that aren't in charge in the us now.

You don't have to choose between Bitcoin as Store-of-Value and Digital-Cash.

Fighting SOV bitcoin is like fighting water. Bitcoin is a central bank replacement. It's the only non-counter-party thing you can really own.

The Mempool is sub 5sat/vB, it's cheaper right now to send L1 sats than anything else.

So why don't people send it?

NgU and Gresham's Law will work against bitcoin as Digital Cash until people don't have any other garbage to spend first.

Natural incentives hold bitcoin from being used as digital cash not narratives.

Keep building the Digital Cash tools, eventually there will be nothing else to spend but bitcoin.

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Everyone will eventually understand that trying to compete for attention in a centralized system only strengthens the control system over you.

Its control comes from taking yours.

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This is how civil servants are indoctrinated into adopting globalist policies.

I was invited to a course in ostia, Italy called "Anti Money laundering,: Current trends, Prosecutions, and the challenges presented by Crypto Assets", hosted by the OECD.

This isn't isolated, there are a number of these courses on digital identity, misinformation, taxation, etc throughout the year and civil servants from governments around the world are invited to attend.

Now, what civil servant, on an average salary, would say no to an all expenses paid trip to Italy, in a nice hotel, with a healthy per diem allowance?

Well, me of course.

But I'm the exception.

That's how global policy organizations educate the people who actually decide policy around the world. When a civil servant goes to one of these things, they come back and are expected to deliver new policy ideas and suggestions in their departments.

Force governments to an honest monetary system and all these frivolous expenses evaporate.

Support you Jack

Market is sniffing out something for sure

End the fed by 2029.

I can live with that.

Based on personal experience:

I think that all transgenders and gays are mentally ill

Even gays that have done great things like Tim Cook, Sam Altman, etc still seem not completely sane

To be clear, I do not think they should be treated as less than human but it should not be glorified as it has been in recent years

What are your favorite sci-fi novels?

Not necessarily the classics you *think* you should say (we'll leave those for Twitter/X), but rather the ones you actually read and loved.

"Why This Hope Matters: This open-minded perspective is not just comforting—it fuels curiosity and a desire to explore the unknown. The future of life and intelligence in the universe might be far more extraordinary than we can currently imagine." - ChatGPT

Has any institution been more detrimental and destructive to human flourishing throughout history than nation state governments and their monopolies on violence?

It’s time to reimagine government in the increasingly decentralized Digital Age.

What would happen to your funds if your fiat bank was raided?

I never keep a large balance on #liquid, but just enough so that I can swap to #onchain, or #lightning, as I see fit.

I suppose, in my limited understanding, I accept the possibility of a @Blockstream raid as a trade off against possible forced channel closes on lightning. Also, as I understand it, it's much more difficult than just raiding Blockstream, they would have to raid all the other liquid federation companies (like trying to acquire all keys to a geographically dispersed multisig - highly unlikely).

Pro tip:

Bull markets are for paying off debt, not accumulating it.

Accumulating debt during a bull market often leads to financial ruin.

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- You can send in #btc via #lightning

- It automagically stores as #liquid

- You can swap between liquid and onchain, and vice versa

- You can send from your liquid balance as a lightning transaction

What will you do if tomorrow Bitcoin takes a 50% dip?

How can I get free audible books? #asknotsr