Sure! But please only follow me for as long as you find value.

I would appreciate recommendations for good npubs to follow. I think I have a solid list, but I'd like to propagate the signal better.

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Power Laws, Fourth Turnings, Softwar

All retarded grift memes imo

that power isn't to compete "over the ledger", but kust for the next block so they can get paid. its a business. it's literally no different than starting a company that makes shoes or builds houses or teaches people in a school. that is simply a business. the difference is that when somebody becomes part of the Bitcoin economy, it doesn't matter how big and powerful any of the miners are, that oerson still has the same value in the Bitcoin economy. big or small miners don't change that value.

Silver lining from the Brazil ban on X….looks like a few frogs came to join the party.

Step 1: Post regularly

Step 2: Invite others

Step 3: set up you wallet so u get zaps for good quality content

Step 4: Repost good content to increase visibility

Step 5: Find other frens & follow

Step 6: Enjoy yourself & learn something

Step 7: Fuck the commies who are trying to censor the web & the world

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Power-law actually

They can also signal value based on their willingness to compete over the ledger. It's an important point to make because people that don't control their own hashpower are entering into a trust-based system.

Take El Salvador as an example, they don't hash at a sovereign level just to monetize their power. An equally important reason they do so is to ensure permissionless access to the network.

I speculate that a "public" mining pool consisting mostly of regular everyday people is going to emerge as a serious competitor in the industry over the next 10 years. People have a lot more power than they currently realize.. and to ensure censorship resistance they must engage in the power competition.

did you ever seen the star trek tos episode where the two societies simulate war and then execute the appropriate number of casualties?

That’s mechanical stuff. And even related to war at times. That’s why money works. Proof of work. You’re talking about why Bitcoin as a network is successful, which is very separate from individual social signaling.

Individuals signal status to each other socially on numerous metrics, based on gender and skillset and other priorities.

But a common trend is that focusing on the short term stuff, like beauty, ego, possessions, and so forth is very ephemeral. It feels good in the moment but it doesn’t contribute much long-term. Much of that is instinctively geared toward mate acquisition but many people get locked into it too much. We can apply our self awareness to escape that loop.

In contrast, focusing on things like signaling your integrity to others through actions, your honesty, your generosity, your competence at your craft, your wisdom and helpfulness from experience- that’s what contributes a lot of deep satisfaction long-term.

That’s the point of the post.

how

Nah. Staying humble and stacking sats, not revealing the size of your stack, and being known for your reputation as a developer, as a financier, as a conference organizer, as a manager, are huge parts of the bitcoin ecosystem.

Bitcoin is hard money. And as a result, the ecosystem that builds around it is very low time preference and oriented toward reputation signaling rather than shallow stuff like beauty, lambos, or dominance.

And somewhere in there I'd say there's a fourth decision: When you decide to change your status signaling from things like beauty, power, and material achievement, to things like integrity, competence, and helpfulness.

Almost everyone is geared toward signaling. As social creatures we're deeply wired to signal value to others.

But there's a lot of flexibility in how we signal that.

-We can signal it with shallower things like beauty, lambos, hierarchical dominance, etc. The details will vary between men and women but they have a similar short time preference that few old people on their deathbed wished they had focused more on.

-Or we can signal it with deeper things like integrity, honesty, helpfulness, friendliness, generosity, providing unique thoughts, or providing wisdom. The details will vary based on profession and skillset but they also have a similar long time preference that most old people on their deathbed wished they had focused more on.

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