autumn hike
By "addressing risks arising from... uh... Pittcoin is a key element" she most likely refers to the risk for the IMF to becoming irrelevant. Understandably a key element for the IMF.
This is an excellent question. My superficial answer is "no" because of the mantras we keep repeating, such as "rules, not rulers." However, I have to admit that I have some implicit expectations of Satoshi, the person, or Satoshi, the team. After over ten years of reading, experimenting (and, of course, the 40+ weekly hours of listening to podcasts as required by nostr:npub1563z6kxmvuy7s8zhzan8m0hzmkavyfzg2aw6h7f0fvcvdms398csaxc9n6 standards 😉), I am still learning new and fundamental principles of Bitcoin. Principles and mechanisms that were mostly known to Satoshi before the launch. So, they must have dealt with the fundamentals for years and were driven to liberate the world from the plague of FIAT. In my mind, it is safe to assume that Satoshi adhered to very high moral and ethical standards (but I recognize how this could just be wishful thinking). In the end, for me, it is the lack of those standards in dealing with the current FIAT elites that sent me looking for alternatives. Now, should it turn out, very much to my surprise, that the persona Satoshi is an alias for the Lazarus group, for instance, I think I would lose interest. However, this is an edge case I don't consider and would just deal with it when it happens.
GM 
I watched the daily Swiss mainstream normie news TV program (Tagesschau) for the first time in years. Old men who look unhealthy, angry and/or disillusioned get the main stage and explain what kind of violence is now in order. Concerned-looking women provide a comment supporting the angry old men. What a contrast to "our" space in which healthy, energetic men and women engage in constructive debates and work. I agree with Jason Lowery that Bitcoin is the ultimate power projection which will change the world for the better. I feel we are about 32% done.
The cashu wallet integration in iris.to is brilliant. Fast, easy, private. Sure, cashu requires entrusting a few sats in the mint operator(s); similar to trusting network operators when loading pre-paid cards.
I've been saying for a while that IBM is a zombie company. I had no idea how bad it was until I read this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM/comments/1fqt826/why_are_any_of_us_still_here_ibm_is_dying_and_we/
I sure hope that their corporate culture values and honors such an open-minded, clearly worded, and forthcoming assessment from one of their valued team members 🎯🫡
Knowing more about Bitcoin is the basis for owning more Bitcoin in the long term. Buying "more" Bitcoin than one's understanding supports often translates into selling at the wrong moment. Reading up on Bitcoin is one of the best ways to make money. Where else have people had so much fun educating themselves while having been paid an annual return of 68% for the last decade?
gosh - so evident if depicted like this
After a long and choppy bull-crab market, Dr. Ross notes that the bull market is here!
nostr:npub1k7vkcxp7qdkly7qzj3dcpw7u3v9lt9cmvcs6s6ln26wrxggh7p7su3c04l founder, Vailshire Capital Management, joins me to discuss the ongoing sentiment in the markets, global liquidity, pitfalls and opportunities of this bull cycle, holistic living and more!
This EP is really cool and adds a great perspective on the current monetary and economic landscape. Thanks, Jeff, for sharing your insight, and thanks to Stephan for airing this interview.
Top, brilliant tech. I run https://mint.mountainlake.io/ works great.
Ein sehr cooler Artikel, der die Hoffnung auf einen differenzierten öffentlichen Diskurs zum Thema Geld auferstehen lässt. Natürlich würde ich (als Bitcoiner) da und dort noch ein paar i-Pünktchen verschieben, der Artikel erhält von mir die Note "Top-Nickel-Chrom".
"Carter. I will let you in on what isn’t a secret to any housewife who’s bought a cucumber. The American dollar is worthless now not because of the rate spike, and not because of crashing on the international currency exchange, and not because of the bancor. It is worthless now because it was worthless before.” - The Mandibles (thank you nostr:nprofile1qqsqfjg4mth7uwp307nng3z2em3ep2pxnljczzezg8j7dhf58ha7ejgpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ex2mrfw3jhxtn0wfnszynhwden5te0wahhgtn4w3ux7tn0dejszxthwden5te0wdjkuerfwshxummnvekxzun99e3k7mgrcp7e2 L for tirelessly recommending this fascinating, humorous, and highly relevant book).
Thanks for this piece of history. I think that without C I probably would not be a Bitcoiner today. The stuff I tried to do back in the late 80ties and early 90ties was only possible with a language that super-fast, still reasonably close to assembler, and allowing for a great deal of abstraction (and lost of SIGSEGV - I'd be using Rust today).
Anyone else having problems logging into Google authenticator on GrapheneOS. Problem started with latest upgrade a couple of days ago.
#bitcoinknots 🥇
Very funny. Humor is the high-precision business of walking along the outer envelope of what the audience tolerates. This one is obviously tailored for US audiences, and it also works in Switzerland https://youtu.be/pSFvOUswFwA?t=3464
More and more great thinkers are resorting to humor to get their message across to people with brains: https://youtu.be/pSFvOUswFwA?si=h1K9HmS-ii3EOzUc Perhaps the nonsense has been so thoroughly adopted by the woke crowd, who takes their work ironically sincere.
here you go sailing on grass 
"Learning leads buying" is my first recommendation to anyone interested in stacking sats. Reading, listening, and learning is the best stack protection strategy out there. People who buy without learning are more likely to sell cheap or get scammed.
I am at the stage in my #Bitcoin journey where I most enjoy nostr:npub1563z6kxmvuy7s8zhzan8m0hzmkavyfzg2aw6h7f0fvcvdms398csaxc9n6, The Bugle Weekly podcast, and reading books and long-form posts.
Agree. She thinks she can win the election with this approach. Assuming this is properly researched it illustrates where the electorate stands. A good portion of the voters seem to want to be guided as to what they can and cannot say.
Most of knowledge is available to anyone for free for quite some time. Bitcoin may be the first massively relevant manifestation of the phenomenon you describe, that anyone can self-educate to top levels. There simply weren't enough people who could have educated all of us on the subject.
PV
headache in the glass 🍸 
PV 
Finally reading "BITCOIN: EVERYTHING DIVIDEND BY 21 MILLION " by Knut Svanholm as the weather allows for it - 
I sat down with nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z to talk about:
- Acceleration of the debt spiral
- Abysmal Treasury auctions
- The Bank of Japan’s problem
- Bitcoin as a corporate treasury asset
- Bitcoin as the hurdle rate
- much more
High octane signal.
This one is deep. I feel like the more Bitcoin progresses along it's inevitable path the more profound the story gets. Thanks nostr:nprofile1qqsywt6ypu57lxtwj2scdwxnyrl3sry9typcstje65x7rw9a2e5nq8spz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqz8mhwden5te0vf5hgcm0d9hx6ctcd9kkzmrfwd68xtn0dekxjmn9qy28wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytn00p68ytnyv4mqu0s8zt and nostr:nprofile1qqsg2zqd8wkhpnxu6lm5c2dyfa2mhpwte57apjae2ldp6g2mmwf3ypqpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtck0cpm9 for uncovering more and more of that path.
thanks - closed my twitter account a while ago but will try to look them up
Agreed. In some podcast (sorry forgot which one) someone said that we arrived "at the end of Bitcoin's beginning". That very well describes how I feel, too. Bitcoin is not a child anymore but as an adolescent it will struggle for another decade with the world's preconceptions. And also with the rent seekers who's income depends on Bitcoin failing.
What are the risks to be considered when locking an opendime away for 10 years? nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8
I finished reading "Fraud Coin - 1000 Years with Inflation as a Policy" by nostr:npub1sv4zk080fvt4f3982u5kffzdkex3nm0kylky29um2xws5h4wsxvswtsrw4. Great for people who wish to get a solid 30,000 ft overview of what is happening in the financial world and how this affects all of us. Most people would probably prefer to read about more joyful topics. If you read this book and take decisive action, you will likely be able to read whatever you want whenever you want (just ignore the fact that I am already in that position and still choose to read Rune's excellent book).
You will find a lot of straight truths like:
"The voters' belief of whether the government has contributed to growth or precipitated a recession is a decisive factor for a sitting government's reelection.
All incumbent governments also know that raising interest rates when necessary is likely to burst the bubbles, predictably leading to a lost election and inevitable change of government.
Therefore, everyone in government is incentivized to
convince the central bank to pursue an expansionary monetary policy with low interest rates that can create the illusion of growth, encouraging people to increase their borrowing, thus heightening the demand for more goods and services."
marius @bb.mountainlake.io 😃
Very wise words. Thanky ou for your endless research leading us ever closer to the root or core of the issues.
Shot taken last year in https://www.naturparkfrauholle.land/
Plus, with the feature to swap mints one can choose the custodian, if I am not mistaken.
Thank you, Yegor (nostr:npub1z4m7gkva6yxgvdyclc7zp0vz4ta0s2d9jh8g83w03tp5vdf3kzdsxana6p), for a set of amazing graphics for a local #Bitcoin event. Spectacular artwork. I am going to share the images here once everything is finalized.
Trying to setup a Bitcoin meetup in my 1700 people micro-town. Trying to convince the owner of one of the two bars to accept sats and host it there. We need a lot of patience and be happy with humble steps.
Ask for USD 6k to prepare for the transfer?
Restricting DMs to paying users was the business model of former earn.com (a pivot of the failed 21.co raspberry pi home miner). Today its a feature of nostr. Good progress.
