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The only reason he bashes Bitcoin so irrationally is that it provides him with a platform for propaganda he wouldn't otherwise have.

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For a large part of high school and college, my dream was to become a math professor. I loved math, particularly discrete math, like combinatorics, probability and graph theory. There's something about solving, or even understanding a problem that you noodle over for days, usually at the end of many hours of frustration. There's something about developing intuition for certain concepts, seeing patterns that was really attractive.

But I didn't go. I've told myself in the past that it was because I didn't want to and that the life of a professor seemed too grueling and lonely, but if I'm honest, it's because my grades weren't good enough. I goofed off too much in college and coasted through a too many classes.

But looking back, it was a blessing to not have that option. Academia in general and grad school in particular suck. It's a difficult life of moving to where the jobs are, of debasing yourself to fit the mold of the powers that be, full of egos, red tape and politics. And the type of people that graduate PhD programs come out a particular way. You can see it in their eyes. It's like they've lost a bit of their soul.

Academia, like most fiat institutions has that effect on people. It's driven by a zero-sum game of status, where demand remains high despite the economic prospects getting worse and worse.

I bring this up because apparently, the Brown shooter was a grad student. And like many grad students, the system broke him. It's a reminder that as much as it would be nice to have a chance at high status professions like the ones offered in grad school, there's a lot of risk as well, particularly to your soul.

Back in 2019, I got to teach a graduate class at the University of Texas on Bitcoin. I hold no graduate degrees, so the only reason I got to do this was because a couple of the professors there recognized that I was an expert. Sometimes the road less traveled still takes you to where you wanted to go.

What I appreciate about mathematics is that it offers a framework for understanding nature that has endured for millennia, such as Euclid’s Elements.

.Three Archetypes..

"War is nothing but a continuation of policy with other means" --Carl von Clausewitz

I wonder if we could now prove that hard money is better than fiat money. One crazy idea that came to my mind is for you people in economics to develop a concept or simulation of a ‘Moniac-₿’. 😁 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Machine)

The EU now is like the old USSR's big government (aristocracy), trying to control every aspect of individual life. That's why Putin is so jealous, mainly because most of Eastern Europe would prefer never to come back to the USSR system. The way I interpret all that is through the lenses of "Softwar: A Novel Theory on Power Projection and the National Strategic Significance of Bitcoin" (Department System Design and Management Program - MIT - https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/153030), which suggests it's all about "Real Power, Abstract Power."

"Fiesta forever" can refer to several things, most notably the phrase "Karamu, fiesta, forever" from Lionel Richie's song "All Night Long (All Night)" or the EP and tracks by Raphael Schön. It can also be the title of songs by Pachanga Boys

poor Youtuber hit NSA after reading academic paper about BITcoin at 'bitcoin.mit.edu'

How do you think Luke lost his $\sim 300$ Bitcoin and started calling the FBI? trusting Linux Kernel Devs?

Festum Omnium Sanctorum is a good, relaxing day for reading a book.

More than 44K.. citations on Google Scholar, definitely it signifies that the work is foundational and highly influential across multiple fields..

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I was thinking about that stuff too: Secure Elements, along with Ben Arc, and the Portuguese/German national ID government. It was actually related to ZeitControl and their open-source format (see: https://blogs.fsfe.org/jens.lechtenboerger/2013/04/19/how-to-set-up-your-fellowship-card/ and https://basiccard.com/). Do we think it's better to keep those wire switches in a 'black box' while keeping everything else open?

Developing a Secure Element is an expensive and time-consuming process to get the Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL5+ or EAL6+) certification. This is the reason we have very few open-source projects. I wish all success SatoshiLabs the sister company Tropic Square's with Tropic01 ( https://tropicsquare.com/tropic01 ) not only for their hardware wallet, but also their ambition for commercial secure IoT—this is more than necessary for cybersecurity these days. Congratulations!👏

We constantly hold elections when making decisions — within individuals and our own biological neural networks, and collectively as a species within our communities, neighborhoods, and beyond. Bitcoin is an expression of those collective decisions made by its user base.

I am in favor of digital ID. I know that political parties prefer to maintain a labor black market so they can blame immigration for various problems, control the narrative, and take over the government. This is their strategy.

Fortifying ourselves mentally and physically reflects the gradual cultivation of resilience. Somehow, it reminds me bitcoin and sdf.org philosophy.. Ps. SDF (Super Dimension Fortress) is a long-standing public access UNIX system that has provided users with access to a range of computing services since its creation in the late 1980s. Today, it stands as one of the most enduring examples of a "community computing" platform, offering a diverse and active user base access to both modern and vintage technologies.