Today was the last daily issue of the year from the Bitcoin Breakdown newsletter. We're taking a short breather till Jan 5th, 2026 after publishing almost every weekday this year with very few days missed.
A few stats from 2025:
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Bull or bear, I expect the next year to be as eventful as this one.
I'm glad that we maintained consistency and a Bitcoin-only focus, featured diverse viewpoints within the ecosystem, and covered quite a lot news, opinions, media, tools, projects and updates related to Nostr and freedom tech.
While we take a breather, a rebrand and roll out of new features are in the works, to better serve the Bitcoin-only crowd with the goal of sharper delivery, tighter formats and more signal.
There's also been internal conversations about dedicating more attention to Nostr, after having our Instagram and Facebook accounts suspended.
Overall, having looked at headlines, media, opinions, tools and projects that's come out of the industry this year on a daily basis, I must say that it's been a brilliant year for Bitcoin.
Bitcoinisation of the world continues, block after block.
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A great point from Hoppe's 'Theory of Socialism and Capitalism':
A state cannot hope to lengthen its subjugation and thievery if it tries to dip into all the production arenas of an economy. That would mean eventual rebellion or gradual decline of the economy it depends on for its parasitic survival. Thus, it has to, as a necessity, pick and choose carefully the endeavours that will extend its lifespan.
Which is why the states that define 'strategic sectors' and stick to regulating, monopolising, capturing and expropriating those alone have a higher chance of survival.
Such parasitism can also yield better or worse results. It's not a given that the policies of parasitism will always achieve their goals.
It is about finding an equilibrium of terror such that those prone to withdrawing their consent are outnumbered and out-capitalised by those who do consent.
Calling grassroots initiatives, community hubs and co-working spaces for Bitcoiners as 'Bitcoin Embassies' is really cool
More attention/scrutiny/review/consideration for the LNhance proposal would be cool.
The features it would enable on Lightning would be great to have, even if it takes 5-10 years or beyond.
If I'm not mistaken, Lightning Labs has implemented static addresses for Taproot assets before they did it for normal bitcoin transactions on LND
'There can be no socialism without a state, and as long as there is a state there is socialism.'
- Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Idk I remember something that was annoying me about the show. I got it spoilt for myself on purpose and decided to skip.
P.S. I consider Rothbard's books to be death notes for the state 😂
I can relate to this. The smells were reminding me for a while but over time my mind forgot about it. Not like I feel sad or mad about my past. But it's always healthy to move on.
Lol
But I think this applies to one's natural scent, right?
It's a matter of stacking sats, getting rich and buying perfumes to bathe in then
Stack sats, smell better 💪
Hotter places probably have worse smelling people because of the sweat
Goodness
I didn't know it was that bad over there
And then i can stop making homemade curry and start getting it from an actual Indian restaurant
https://video.nostr.build/b199dae2af2dc9cce25d88cd63346ff46450a24f265b797d333526e78639a42b.mp4
Next step after curry is to make Biryani
People here wanna move to the west for a 'better life'
I'm like wtf are they even talking about
High taxes, poor property rights, hectic surveillance, credit and consumption over savings and capital formation, healthcare that rugs you, education that indoctrinates you, politics that alienate you, regulations that bankrupt you, culture that despises families. It's really not that different. It's all the same with fiat.
I guess it smells better there.
Maybe it's all about the smell in the end.
Smell better, stack sats
The Indian Bitcoin way
Wut
Not even empty unused plots?
Oh shit, is it?
I'm a poor stinky Indian who can't even afford a toilet or shower
I withdraw my bid