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I just redeemed all my points at the dispensary, and it may be a while before we return to the regular programming

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I was thinking this morning about how we leave LED lights on all the time and don't even care, yet our grandparents would walk around turning off the lights whenever they left a room, and it got me thinking about the real #debasement adjusted electricity cost of 1960 vs today.

In 1960 an oz of #gold was $35, and a kwh of #electricity was 2.6 cents. So you could buy 1346 kwh for an oz of gold, which you could earn with 12.7 hours of labor at the #medianwage of $2.75/hr. This also meant you could buy 105.8 kwh of electricity with an hour of your time. A #lightbulb would use 60 watts, so would use a kwh every 16.5 hours.

Today an oz of gold is about $2600, which you can earn in 76.74 hours at today's median wage of $33.88, and the cost per kwh of electricity has "gone up" to about 16.5 cents meaning you could buy 15,757 kwhs with an oz of Gold, and you can buy 205.33 kwh with an hour of your time.

Relative to gold electricity has dropped in price 91.5%. But #wages have dropped in value relative to gold by 83.45%. So relative to hourly wages, the meaningful metric to people, electricity has reduced in price by only about 1/2.

However, in addition to the price of electricity falling substantially, the #electronics we use are also much more efficient. Today an LED light bulb will use only 10 watts, 6 times less than in 1960, and gives you 100 hours of light for only 1 kwh. 6 times more light for half the price, or 12 times more light for the same price! A 91.7% reduction in cost for lighting our homes relative to our labor hours.

On the median hourly wage today you can get over 20,000 hours of light from a single lightbulb for 1 hour of labor. In 1960 you could only get just over 1700 hours of light. Not to mention the cost to replace the light bulbs going down as well, due to their longer durability. This is a substantial improvement by almost any metric.

But what if wages had stayed the same relative to Gold because the world lived on a sound monetary standard the entire time?

If in 1960 an oz of gold could buy you 1346 kwh which would give you 16.5 hours of light each, that works out to 22,209 hours of light per oz of Gold. Since it would take you 12.7 hours to earn that oz of gold, 1 hour of median labor would get you 1748.74 hours of light.

Fast forward to today, cheaper electricity + more efficient electronics, an oz of gold will give you 15,757 kwhs of electricity which can power an LED bulb for 100 hours each. So an oz of gold now gives us 1,575,700 hours of light vs 22,209 hours in 1960. This means if wages had stayed the same relative to Gold then you would get 124,070.9 hours of light from an hour of your labor, instead of the 20,000 hours you can actually get today. All vs the 1748.74 hours of light you could get for the same hour of labor 64 years ago.

124,070.9 / 1748.74 = 70.94

71 times more light for the same amount of gold, thanks to efficiency gains in our light bulbs and improvements to our electricity generating capacity bringing the cost of energy down. The world is getting incredibly cheaper all around us all the time, we just don't see it thanks to the FIAT system. Due to this FIAT debasement, 83% of the efficiency/technological gains has been taken from us all. This is the real theft.

Monetary Inflation is theft, the growth rate of the M2 is the true inflation rate, not the CPI. Inflation doesn't just rob us of our past earnings in the form of our savings, it reduces our future earnings too by debasing our wages.

₿ clears the fog of debasement we've been living under, truly revealing the world of abundance we live in TODAY. If we embrace its simplicity as the best savings instrument ever discovered and/or created by humanity, then we will all truly prosper having freed ourselves from the yoke of bondage that is the centrally controlled FIAT currencies of the world.

You really don't need to work so much. Have a new perspective, lower your time preference, live as frugally as possible within your means and do whatever you can to save as much of your money in BTC and you will be free of the drudgery much more quickly. Buy second hand whenever possible, learn how to cook at home and buy tools that assist you in that endeavor such as a quality blender / slow cooker / pressure cooker / rice cooker / bread maker etc. When you're free, you'll be able to use your time for more useful and important endeavors such as thinking / writing / inventing / volunteering and so on, and also have more time to spend with your family and friends.

Contrary to what many today feel, life is worth living and it can be much more meaningful. The future is bright and full of hope, you just have to leave the cave to see it.

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From perplexity ai app

Certainly! Setting up a time lock in a multi-signature wallet involves using Bitcoin's scripting capabilities to enforce conditions under which funds can be spent. Here’s a more detailed breakdown of how to implement a time lock using Bitcoin scripts:

## Understanding Time Locks

Time locks in Bitcoin can be implemented using two primary opcodes:

1. **OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY (CLTV)**: This opcode allows you to specify a block height or a Unix timestamp after which a transaction can be spent. Until that time is reached, the funds are locked.

2. **OP_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY (CSV)**: This opcode allows you to specify a relative time lock, meaning that a transaction can only be spent after a specified number of blocks or time has passed since the transaction was created.

For a time-locked multi-signature wallet, we will focus on **OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY**.

## Steps to Implement a Time Lock

### Step 1: Create a P2SH Multisig Address

1. **Generate the Multisig Address**: Use your wallet software to create a P2SH (Pay to Script Hash) address that requires multiple signatures. For example, in a 2-of-3 multisig setup, you will need two out of three private keys to authorize a transaction.

### Step 2: Define the Lock Time

1. **Choose the Lock Time**: Decide on the time lock duration. This can be defined in two ways:

- **Block Height**: Specify the block height after which the funds can be spent.

- **Unix Timestamp**: Specify a specific date and time in Unix time format (seconds since January 1, 1970).

### Step 3: Create the Script

1. **Construct the Script**: The script will include the following components:

- The public keys of the cosigners.

- The required number of signatures.

- The time lock condition using `OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY`.

Here’s an example of how the script might look for a 2-of-3 multisig with a time lock:

```plaintext

OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY OP_DROP

OP_CHECKMULTISIG

```

- ``: The block height or Unix timestamp.

- ``, ``, ``: The public keys of the cosigners.

- ``: The number of required signatures (e.g., 2 for a 2-of-3 setup).

### Step 4: Fund the Multisig Address

1. **Send Bitcoin**: Transfer Bitcoin to the generated multisig address. The funds will be locked until the specified time condition is met.

### Step 5: Spending the Funds

1. **Wait for the Lock Time**: Until the specified time lock is reached, no one can spend the funds.

2. **Create a Spending Transaction**: Once the lock time is reached, you can create a transaction to spend the funds from the multisig address.

3. **Collect Signatures**: Gather the required number of signatures from the cosigners.

4. **Broadcast the Transaction**: Send the signed transaction to the Bitcoin network.

## Example Scenario

Let’s say you want to set a time lock for a multisig wallet that requires two signatures out of three possible cosigners. You decide that the funds should be locked for one month from the date of creation.

1. **Lock Time**: Calculate the Unix timestamp for one month later.

2. **Script Creation**: Construct your script with the calculated lock time.

3. **Funding**: Send Bitcoin to the multisig address.

4. **Spending**: After one month, collect the necessary signatures and create a transaction to spend the funds.

## Conclusion

Setting up a time-locked multi-signature wallet adds an extra layer of security and control over your Bitcoin funds. By following these steps, you can ensure that your funds remain secure until a specified time, while still requiring multiple parties to authorize any spending. Always test your setup with small amounts before committing larger sums, and ensure that all cosigners understand the process.

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Fuck banks

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Yo nostr:npub1ujm8l8mupgwvu8pye2ged78pg3huectlmm6at66x5wffgvl2fkgsygt8l4 you gonna have to stop posting that turismo shit or I’m gonna have to mute. I get maybe you’re trying to call attention to it, but I can’t be havin that in my feed while I’m sitting with my kid and wife and have no way to blur or hide it. Don’t want to block for WoT reasons but might have to anyway.

These are his most impactful notes yet no one finds them valuable 🤣

And then he cries and “quits” #nostr

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Yo nostr:npub1ujm8l8mupgwvu8pye2ged78pg3huectlmm6at66x5wffgvl2fkgsygt8l4 you gonna have to stop posting that turismo shit or I’m gonna have to mute. I get maybe you’re trying to call attention to it, but I can’t be havin that in my feed while I’m sitting with my kid and wife and have no way to blur or hide it. Don’t want to block for WoT reasons but might have to anyway.

Muted him for 7 days

King of the World takes orders from no man!

Never buying another Ford or any auto maker who follows this route.

I may just stick to pre-Covid cars forever nostr:note1tj5yj5scdwuuhl492gmz050vgfx558z7w08228dzatv3y5zz8gfs96qn3n