Clearing Up Misconceptions About Full Nodes
#Bitcoin addresses with over 1M worth of USD reached an all time high 
Introducing FiatLink: A Lightning ↔ Fiat Standard
https://medium.com/breez-technology/introducing-fiatlink-a-lightning-fiat-standard-68ab380febb2
The most difficult thing is to get rid of the fiat mindset.
Every 10 minutes, a new valid block is produced. That's all that matters.
I empathize with you. I was looking at the world through the same fiat lens not too long ago.
It took me a very long time to understand that printing money does not enrich society, but does just the opposite
Step back. Zoom out. Look at blocks, not price.
Every 10 minutes, a new block is found. Every 10 minutes, the whole system increases in reliability and stability, independent of price swings.
#Bitcoin isn't volatile. Human psychology is.
Fiat is just an illusion
To see how price is unimportant, let's ask some questions and answer them one by one:
Did the BTC supply change? No.
Did the network stop? No.
Can you still send sats to anyone without having to ask for permission? Yes.
Do holders still hold the same amount of BTC? Yes.
Can you still easily and cheaply verify all of the above? Yes.
From the point of view of the Bitcoin network, nothing changed.
What happened is what always happens: people get complacent, people get greedy, and people fool themselves and others.
How to Back Up a Seed Phrase
There are a million ways to back up a seed phrase. Nearly all of them have flaws.
UTXOs, addresses, and CoinJoins: Preserving privacy in a bitcoin economy
BORDER WALLETS: A NEW WAY TO CREATE AND EASILY MEMORIZE BITCOIN SEED PHRASES
Using patterns to remember bitcoin seed phrases is a useful tool which can come in handy if someone is needing to move across borders without being detected.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/border-wallets-help-users-memorize-bitcoin-seed-phrases
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Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America
Crown Business, 2012
Charles H. Ferguson
“Charles H. Ferguson, who electrified the world with his Oscar-winning documentary Inside Job , now explains how a predator elite took over the country, step by step, and he exposes the networks of academic, financial, and political influence, in all recent administrations, that prepared the predators’ path to conquest.
Over the last several decades, the United States has undergone one of the most radical social and economic transformations in its history.
· Finance has become America’s dominant industry, while manufacturing, even for high technology industries, has nearly disappeared.
· The financial sector has become increasingly criminalized, with the widespread fraud that caused the housing bubble going completely unpunished.
· Federal tax collections as a share of GDP are at their lowest level in sixty years, with the wealthy and highly profitable corporations enjoying the greatest tax reductions.
· Most shockingly, the United States, so long the beacon of opportunity for the ambitious poor, has become one of the world’s most unequal and unfair societies.
If you’re smart and a hard worker, but your parents aren’t rich, you’re now better off being born in Munich, Germany or in Singapore than in Cleveland, Ohio or New York.
This radical shift did not happen by accident.
Ferguson shows how, since the Reagan administration in the 1980s, both major political parties have become captives of the moneyed elite. It was the Clinton administration that dismantled the regulatory controls that protected the average citizen from avaricious financiers. It was the Bush team that destroyed the federal revenue base with its grotesquely skewed tax cuts for the rich. And it is the Obama White House that has allowed financial criminals to continue to operate unchecked, even after supposed “reforms” installed after the collapse of 2008.
Predator Nation reveals how once-revered figures like Alan Greenspan and Larry Summers became mere courtiers to the elite. Based on many newly released court filings, it details the extent of the crimes—there is no other word—committed in the frenzied chase for wealth that caused the financial crisis. And, finally, it lays out a plan of action for how we might take back our country and the American dream.” 
Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite
Harper, 2020
Peter Schweizer [Schweizer, Peter]
“Washington insiders operate by a proven credo: when a Peter Schweizer book drops, duck and brace for impact.
For over a decade, the work of five-time New York Times bestselling investigative reporter Peter Schweizer has sent shockwaves through the political universe.
Clinton Cash revealed the Clintons international money flow, exposed global corruption, and sparked an FBI investigation. Secret Empires exposed bipartisan corruption and launched congressional investigations. And Throw Them All Out and Extortion prompted passage of the STOCK Act. Indeed, Schweizers follow the money bombshell revelations have been featured on the front pages of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and regularly appear on national news programs, including 60 Minutes.
Now Schweizer and his team of seasoned investigators turn their focus to the nations top progressivespoliticians who strive to acquire more government power to achieve their political ends.
Can they be trusted with more power?
In Profiles in Corruption, Schweizer offers a deep-dive investigation into the private finances, and secrets deals of some of Americas top political leaders. And, as usual, he doesnt disappoint, with never-before-reported revelations that uncover corruption and abuse of powerall backed up by a mountain of corporate documents and legal filings from around the globe. Learn about how they are making sweetheart deals, generating side income, bending the law to their own benefits, using legislation to advance their own interests, and much more.
Profiles in Corruption contains tomorrow’s headlines. 