I'm down to end the hostility. A good start would be not censoring and oppressing us from posting on the PG lemmy.one. I'd be happy to treat each other well, but it has to start from your end.

Not declaring whatever we do as "spam" or "misinformation conspiracy theory". Do we post wrong stuff sometimes? Yes, and I try to correct the team... we are human. Given the huge quantity of content, mistakes are going to happen. But we shouldn't be doing take-downs of content that doesn't have a mistake and adds value... that just comes across as malicious.

You have to read what I wrote. Bitcoin is pseudonymous.

The fact of the matter is that you can't back up your claim that companies are able to identify who made that transaction. They can ocassionally tie a transaction to a person, but as soon as the money moves, they don't know it it's still that person's money.

At this point we're just talking past each other, so I guess I'll just end with: have a nice day. 👋

What fiber in your diet actually does:

- Makes you poop more

- Clogs & inflames your gut

- Makes you fart more

- Makes your bad gut bugs proliferate

- Lowers the vitamins/minerals you can absorb

the problem has resolved itself, simply, primarily, by cutting down sugar intake and eliminating artificial sweeteners, indicating that the causation was these two things

doctors were recommending us, on behalf of their bosses at Phizer, to accept being part of an unprecedented Mengele style medical experiment

they are disqualified from any regard from me without my personal evaluation of their "Science"

I'm going to be frank with all of you.

I feel like the reason why we've gotten to the point where #Bitcoin (and other cryptos to be honest) has became so popularized by corporations and governments alike is because the level of privacy that it has is severely outdated. Back in the early 2010's, BTC would be challenging to track. Fast forward to today, and there are countless ways to track BTC transactions and wallets, such as companies like Chainanalysis, and even websites like Blockchair where one address string is pasted and you can just follow the money trail using OSINT skills. You don't need a degree or even certifications to do this.

The reasons for why corporations and governments have such a massive interest in cryptocurrency is for separate reasons. For corporations, they can track addresses and wallets and use them to sell data much like what Google and Facebook do. In other words, money. For governments, the public blockchains provide ways to find more sneakier ways to evade taxes, as well as tracing all transactions for a social credit score and CBDC.

On the other hand, you don't see privacycoins like #Monero, #Dash, or #ZCash get the same treatment. They don't get the same worship that BTC was because they are of no benefit to corporations or governments because they cannot sell data or track anybody. As a result, governments are better off just banning them, not just in countries that have crappy human rights records like China, but even the "pro-democracy" states like the U.K and Japan banning them. If the State is unable to appropriate something for its own selfish gain, then what is it left to do?

The point is, the popularity of BTC is a double edged sword. While it is changing lives, it's also helping the same people who want to hurt those who lives are changed.

This is the very problem that BTC maxis cannot comprehend. You can't just look at the micro level, or the level of the individuals, you also have to look at the macro level too, or society as a whole. BTC is making people wealthy and getting them out of debt. Great. Now what is it doing for the other actors in society? The banks, the corporations, academia, the government, and so on and so forth.

XMR is more P2P and decentralized in my opinion because it cannot as easily be exploited at the macro level because it's impossible to harm people with thanks to its features, but it exchanges this fact for less popularity.

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️

-THE BITCOIN ISLAND LIFE-

In ancient Rome, as in our modern world, crises were a constant—wars erupted, earthquakes struck, pandemics spread. Fortune, Seneca said, behaves capriciously. It has always been thus.

And it is from Seneca that we hear of a devastating fire that razed the city of Lyons, just as the Great Fire of Rome had burned through the capitol just a year earlier. Lyons had sent aid to Rome, he noted, and now Rome was returning the favor.

This is how it goes. One day a disaster strikes someone else…the next day it could strike us. In fact, in another bit of writing, Seneca notes that this is actually what we should remind ourselves when we see doctors or undertakers carrying away one of our sick neighbors. We could be next…

Of course, the lesson here is more than just: Be aware. It is also: Make sure you are generously offering the kind of help you may one day need and hope to receive.

As you know, one of the worst fires in American history has ripped through Los Angeles This destruction isn’t just physical. These wildfires have left people grappling with the loss of cherished memories, the disruption of their lives and careers, and the daunting task of starting over.

Some of the hardest-hit areas include

L. A.’ s most affluent neighborhoods whose residents many assume can afford to weather any storm. It’s a flawed logic, insinuating that some deserve to lose their home more than others. More importantly, these neighborhoods also supported the livelihoods of countless others—housekeepers, landscapers, childcare providers, maintenance workers, local businesses—all of whom now face uncertainty as entire communities have been reduced to ash.

This is what Seneca meant about the capriciousness of Fortune—today’s disaster is theirs, but tomorrow it could just as easily be us. And while we can’t stop the fires or undo the damage, we can do what the Stoics taught us—offer the kind of help we hope to receive should we ever need it. Just like the Romans who came to the aid of Lyons after its devastating fire, it is now our time to act with generosity and compassion.

Let us meet this moment not with judgment, but with the same solidarity we deserve.

Credits Goes to the respective

Author ✍️/ Photographer📸

🐇 🕳️

#Bitcoin #Freedom #Apocalypse #Music #Movies #Philosophy #Literature #dogstr #islands #scuba #marinelife #architecture

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️

-THE BITCOIN ISLAND LIFE-

In ancient Rome, as in our modern world, crises were a constant—wars erupted, earthquakes struck, pandemics spread. Fortune, Seneca said, behaves capriciously. It has always been thus.

And it is from Seneca that we hear of a devastating fire that razed the city of Lyons, just as the Great Fire of Rome had burned through the capitol just a year earlier. Lyons had sent aid to Rome, he noted, and now Rome was returning the favor.

This is how it goes. One day a disaster strikes someone else…the next day it could strike us. In fact, in another bit of writing, Seneca notes that this is actually what we should remind ourselves when we see doctors or undertakers carrying away one of our sick neighbors. We could be next…

Of course, the lesson here is more than just: Be aware. It is also: Make sure you are generously offering the kind of help you may one day need and hope to receive.

As you know, one of the worst fires in American history has ripped through Los Angeles This destruction isn’t just physical. These wildfires have left people grappling with the loss of cherished memories, the disruption of their lives and careers, and the daunting task of starting over.

Some of the hardest-hit areas include

L. A.’ s most affluent neighborhoods whose residents many assume can afford to weather any storm. It’s a flawed logic, insinuating that some deserve to lose their home more than others. More importantly, these neighborhoods also supported the livelihoods of countless others—housekeepers, landscapers, childcare providers, maintenance workers, local businesses—all of whom now face uncertainty as entire communities have been reduced to ash.

This is what Seneca meant about the capriciousness of Fortune—today’s disaster is theirs, but tomorrow it could just as easily be us. And while we can’t stop the fires or undo the damage, we can do what the Stoics taught us—offer the kind of help we hope to receive should we ever need it. Just like the Romans who came to the aid of Lyons after its devastating fire, it is now our time to act with generosity and compassion.

Let us meet this moment not with judgment, but with the same solidarity we deserve.

Credits Goes to the respective

Author ✍️/ Photographer📸

🐇 🕳️

#Bitcoin #Freedom #Apocalypse #Music #Movies #Philosophy #Literature #dogstr #islands #scuba #marinelife #architecture

China Morning Missive

This, right here, is what occurs when a government makes the decision to starve an economy of leverage. Bitter medicine, and why it is the Xi Jinping has been telling his people for two years that it is necessary to “eat bitterness”. Hard choices were needed, and hard choices were made.

Watching the western business media lose its mind during this period has shown me that the G7 nations aren’t anywhere close to taking the same measures. Largess from the governments will continue. Fiscal dominance appears to be the only way out.

What remains to be seen is whether this Chinese policy of aggressive, systemwide deleveraging will, ultimately, prove successful. There is pain throughout. Small and medium sized businesses are closing at an accelerated rate while household sentiment remains at very low levels. Will China be able to power through and get to the other side? That is the question. In fact, that is the only question that matters. 2025 could be highly consequential.

depends on mining centralization and a wide variety of external incentives doesn't it?

if your theory is correct

there shouldn't be censored txs at all.

but if you look at the larger picture

there are a lot of external incentives that effect the game theory.

Unpopular take: it feels stupid to zap people the hardest money ever created

Some of y'all that are zapping 4 figures+ at psychos 🤣🤣 only massive exception is if a portion of your stack is dedicated to philanthropy I get that

I notice who zaps and who doesn't but don't judge either way like some other people on here. Everyone has their prerogative to hold onto their sats or not. I lean towards holding onto them but that's just me

Thank you for this reply, it reminded of a p that I was missing.

Just added it now 👍.