American Hodl turned into a philosopher king! 😂

GM

Without the community, bitcoin will fail. 100%, no doubt.

What happens when most nodes are corporate? Then consensus is just another corporate conspiracy, like the Injustice System, like the elections, like trade rules, like the CIA, etc.. We like to think that the incentives will keep people honest - but we're not honest with ourselves about what the incentives are. Specifically, maintaining the 21mil limit is incentivized for us plebs because mist of us don't use debt. The reason the corporations decided to have inflationary credit money in the first place was because they use "leverage"/debt to finance new operations before they could otherwise afford it. That's rational. Being able to access cheaper credit is a huuuuuuge advantage, and you would be insane not to use it. We're insane. I hate usury - but I'm not unaware of the reasons for usury. So inflation also makes because it shifts the "real" cost of debt to future consumers. Inflation is socialism, basically. And its rational, despite being objectively predatory and evil.

This won't change just because corporations get bitcoin. They'll just be looking to change consensus. They already are. The only thing that could prevent it is if there's a robust community of bitcoiners who are utterly intolerant to change. But communities need issues to rally around. Our issue is bitcoin. What will it be after we win? We can't just pack it up - then we lose the win.

Without the community, bitcoin will fail. 100%, no doubt.

What happens when most nodes are corporate? Then consensus is just another corporate conspiracy, like the Injustice System, like the elections, like trade rules, like the CIA, etc.. We like to think that the incentives will keep people honest - but we're not honest with ourselves about what the incentives are. Specifically, maintaining the 21mil limit is incentivized for us plebs because mist of us don't use debt. The reason the corporations decided to have inflationary credit money in the first place was because they use "leverage"/debt to finance new operations before they could otherwise afford it. That's rational. Being able to access cheaper credit is a huuuuuuge advantage, and you would be insane not to use it. We're insane. I hate usury - but I'm not unaware of the reasons for usury. So inflation also makes because it shifts the "real" cost of debt to future consumers. Inflation is socialism, basically. And its rational, despite being objectively predatory and evil.

This won't change just because corporations get bitcoin. They'll just be looking to change consensus. They already are. The only thing that could prevent it is if there's a robust community of bitcoiners who are utterly intolerant to change. But communities need issues to rally around. Our issue is bitcoin. What will it be after we win? We can't just pack it up - then we lose the win.

Thanks for sharing Mel 🙏 Watched all the way from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

GM nostr i value every one of you

GM nostr i value every one of you

I like this story

I can't find a micro USB to USB adapter, but don't worry. I did find 4 power cords that I have no idea what they go to instead.

if you post good shit on nostr, people will naturally cross post it on centralized socials for engagement

this is a good thing, and how we win

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing !

Enjoyed the story 👍🏽

JUST IN: A solo Bitcoin miner just won the modern-day lottery, solving an entire block worth $350,000. 🔥

coming back to nostr after a few days

suddenly everybody

Nice to hear your story, Mel!

It's true - knowledge makes all the difference

Do it!

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You’re in excellent company

Most of us are on here 😂😂💜

X and youtube dont even consider you eligible for monitization until you've grown a very large follower count of thousands. On Nostr, I posted my first #vlog, filmed with only my phone from UNDER MY TRUCK, and was paid almost $5usd in the first day with less than 150 followers. Even better, those payments were in Bitcoin, settled IMMEDIATELY.

Why would I ever go back?

#nostronly

Thank you friend 😂

I forfeited my real ID for a state ID and a passport. I wish I would have never gotten the Real ID. I'm glad I have the choice to not have the real ID in Minnesota.

Mondays are like life.

das me

Botanical Garden Drip

The money in your bank account isn't really yours.

And it isn't really money.

Study #Bitcoin

In the inferno Dante reserves the deepest level of hell for traitors.

Yet most people betray themselves everyday.

- ignoring their values

- neglecting their potential

- avoiding the truth

- disregarding their health

- self sabotage

- choosing fear over growth

- not saying what they believe

The lesson here is that our hell is often of our own making.

It’s the cold distance we create from our own soul.

From who we are meant to be.

The ₿ symbol for sats is growing on me. What do you think?

GM #coffeechain ☕ 💜

Mel knows what’s up! What a great pic.

In the inferno Dante reserves the deepest level of hell for traitors.

Yet most people betray themselves everyday.

- ignoring their values

- neglecting their potential

- avoiding the truth

- disregarding their health

- self sabotage

- choosing fear over growth

- not saying what they believe

The lesson here is that our hell is often of our own making.

It’s the cold distance we create from our own soul.

From who we are meant to be.