"Proof-of-work has the nice property that it can be relayed through untrusted middlemen. We don't have to worry about a chain of custody of communication. It doesn't matter who tells you a longest chain, the proof-of-work speaks for itself."
— Satoshi Nakamoto
Don’t be rich, be wealthy. 
Cashlessness is about control not about crime. THEY want to control you and all you do. It is totalitarianism at its worst.
"I keep a list of all unresolved bugs I've seen on the forum. In some cases, I'm still thinking about the best design for the fix. This isn't the kind of software where we can leave so many unresolved bugs that we need a tracker for them."
— Satoshi Nakamoto
Pricing the anonymity of banknotes
https://jpkoning.blogspot.com/2024/11/pricing-anonymity-of-banknotes.html
RESISTANCE MONEY
A Philosophical Case for #Bitcoin
#Bitcoin is resistance money, empowering its users to resist authoritarians, inflation, surveillance, censorship, and financial exclusion.
“There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men. The worst evils which mankind ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.”
-– Ludwig von Mises – 1944
Getting started with Zeus Mobile Node
A walk-through guide how to start using a powerful LND node on your mobile device with Zeus embedded node.
https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/getting-started-zeus-mobile
What mobile device should bitcoiners use?
#Bitcoin and Lightning guides
https://darth-coin.github.io/beginner/bitcoiners-mobile-device-en.html
Fiat Currency
noun
A government-issued currency not backed by a physical commodity. Bitcoiners view fiat currencies as fundamentally flawed due to their unlimited supply, susceptibility to inflation, and centralized control. The ability to create fiat currency at will is seen as a form of hidden taxation and wealth redistribution.
"The US dollar, euro, and yen are all fiat currencies subject to debasement over time, while Bitcoin offers a decentralized, hard-capped supply alternative immune to arbitrary expansion."
#Bitcoin exchange reserves have reached an all-time low, according to data from CryptoQuant 
Don't trust, verify.
“The proof-of-work chain is the solution to the synchronization problem, and to knowing what the globally shared view is without having to trust anyone.”
— Satoshi Nakamoto
Exactly 16 years ago today the revolution started, Satoshi Nakamoto shared the first versions of the #Bitcoin code 
'Announcing the first release of #Bitcoin, a new electronic cash system that uses a peer-to-peer network to prevent double-spending. It's completely decentralized with no server or central authority.'
-- Satoshi Nakamoto
‘The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.'
-- Satoshi Nakamoto
'You could use TOR if you don't want anyone to know you're even using #Bitcoin.'
-- Satoshi Nakamoto
'I understand the political ramifications of [bitcoin] and I think that the government should stay out of them and they should be perfectly legal.'
-- Ron Paul
'#Bitcoin may be the TCP/IP of money.'
-- Paul Buchheit
'Lost coins only make everyone else's coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone.'
-- Satoshi Nakamoto