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𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻, 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗗𝗼 𝗪𝗲 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀?

𝘈𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 “𝟮𝟭 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀”, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥’𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 #Ai-𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 #Bitcoin 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬.

Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, hasn’t been heard from in 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟯 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀, and to this day, 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙨. This has led many to fearfully speculate that Satoshi could have had nefarious intentions, or even that he was a government agent.

However, in this chapter, nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev, nostr:npub1jt97tpsul3fp8hvf7zn0vzzysmu9umcrel4hpgflg4vnsytyxwuqt8la9y, and nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft delve into 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘪’𝘴 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, and why it’s 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 for anyone starting on their Bitcoin journey to understand this fact.

Below is Pablo Fernandez’s answer, as written in “𝟮𝟭 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀”:

𝗣𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗼 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘇’𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿:

As entertaining and interesting as this type of question truly is, we need to recognize it as ultimately irrelevant. If the “who,” “what,” and “why” of Bitcoin’s creation were important then the whole premise of Bitcoin would be moot, particularly because the creation of Bitcoin is that of non-hierarchical digital money. If the 𝘸𝘩𝘰 behind the creation of Bitcoin were of any relevance whatsoever, that would imply a hierarchy and that would render the entire endeavor pointless.

So, how can you trust Bitcoin if it was created by a three-letter agency? By studying and realizing that truly no one, not even its creator, has power over you or any other user of the network.

Again, non-hierarchical digital money 𝘪𝘴 the invention.

Pablo Fernandez is a self-proclaimed software engineer. He cares about building elegant, effective, software that expands individual freedom and drives responsibility/decision-making to the edges.

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𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀' 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲!

nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle' nostr:npub1ex7mdykw786qxvmtuls208uyxmn0hse95rfwsarvfde5yg6wy7jq6qvyt9 app now brings its innovative #Bitcoin services to Europe. This expansion offers Europeans the ability to engage deeply with bitcoin by enabling buying, selling, and 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 transfers.

With features like 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗔 𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀, Strike enhances financial autonomy by allowing users to easily withdraw bitcoin to self-custody wallets. This strengthens individual freedom and security.

Mallers envisions a future where Bitcoin’s infrastructure is 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲. Strike aims to be a beautifully designed, bitcoin-only app that’s 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 and 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳-𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺, enhancing global financial inclusion.

As Strike grows, reaching over 70 countries, it introduces features like 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 using the Lightning Network for quick, secure international transactions. Europe's significant economy can now fully leverage these innovative capabilities, fostering wider bitcoin adoption and combating economic challenges like inflation.

This launch is a 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 step toward financial liberation, showing bitcoin's potential to transcend borders and integrate economies worldwide.

𝟭𝟯 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, Satoshi "𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴," and hasn't been verifiably heard from since.

In the years following, each of you* has become Satoshi as you run, guard, and share the #Bitcoin protocol.

And more recently, all your voices have combined to create the 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 of Satoshi, taking us full circle.

Really, it's poetic when you think about it.

*except for that one Australian guy

𝗪𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻'𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?

𝘈𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 “𝟮𝟭 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀”, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥’𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 #Ai-𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 #Bitcoin 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬.

This fear is often expressed by those who are new to Bitcoin and Austrian economics in general. According to the Keynesian model, Bitcoin would lead to economic stagnation, but as nostr:npub1zjx3xe49u3njkyep4hcqxgth37r2ydc6f0d7nyfn72xlpv7n97ss73pvrl, nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev, and nostr:npub1cqm6dztalp4l6n04f9k20c333xftgangjla337736dr6faz9na0qf2hjec explain in this chapter, this couldn’t be farther from the truth.

Below is Brad Mills answer, as written in “𝟮𝟭 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀”:

𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀’ 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿:

Bitcoin is a savings technology. Bitcoin’s unique properties make it the best vehicle for storing your wealth over long time frames in a world being digitized and where technology makes our lives easier.

When your savings actually grow in purchasing power over time, you spend less in the present to preserve and grow your purchasing power in the future.

I’m hopeful that Bitcoin will lead to a world with less consumerism, less waste, and smarter financial decisions, resulting in more individuals and families experiencing economic prosperity.

The significant majority of people in the world are already experiencing economic stagnation when you measure purchasing power, not dollars.

Wealth inequality is at record levels, the price of homes is rising while wages are not, and excess savings rates are low.

We’ve been trained to over-borrow and over-consume; we sacrifice a comfortable future for a more pleasurable present.

Bitcoin should help increase financial literacy and lead to more prosperity, reducing economic stagnation on the individual level.

Brad Mills is a lifelong entrepreneur with a focus on product development and marketing. Involved with Bitcoin since 2011 as a miner, entrepreneur, and investor, Brad is a Value Maximalist at his core.

Tune into the 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 podcast to deepen your insight into Bitcoin. Brad interviews industry game changers and shares their stories so you can learn about the deep roots of Bitcoin’s philosophy.

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Turns out it was about 4 minutes.

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#BITCOIN HAS HALVED! 🎉

IT IS NOW OFFICIALLY THE HARDEST MONEY MANKIND HAS EVER HAD!

Only 𝟭𝟬 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 until the #halving!

Only 𝟮𝟬 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 until the #halving!

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗮𝘆?

The #Bitcoin #Halving is an event that occurs approximately every four years, designed to ensure the 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 and 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 of the bitcoin supply. This mechanism ensures that the rate of newly mined bitcoin creation is 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥, reducing the number of bitcoins generated per block. First, it was reduced from 50 to 25, then from 25 to 12.5, then from 12.5 to 6.25, and now from 6.25 to 3.125.

The halving is a key aspect of Bitcoin's deflationary monetary policy. 𝘐𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 and not subject to the whims of any central authority. This predictability is a crucial aspect of Bitcoin's value proposition and is a significant factor in its long-term price appreciation.

The halving also has a direct impact on miners. As the block rewards are halved, 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲. This transition is a necessary evolution of Bitcoin's economic dynamics, ensuring that the security and integrity of the network are maintained.

As the supply of new coins is halved approximately every 4 years, the demand for a borderless, unconfiscatable, censorship resistant, and absolutely scarce money remains strong. That demand is growing 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺, but even if it remains the same, 𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲, as the available supply is bought by the same number of users. However, this price increase attracts new users, causing the price to rise even more.

The Bitcoin halving is a 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 mechanism that ensures the predictability and scarcity of bitcoin’s supply. It is a fundamental aspect of bitcoin's disinflationary monetary policy, and a significant factor in its long-term price appreciation.

Know someone who doesn’t know what the halving is?

𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲🔄 this with them!

Only 𝟯𝟬 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 until the #halving!

Only 𝟰𝟬 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 until the #halving!

Only 𝟰𝟮 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 until the #halving!

Less than 𝟱𝟬 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 until the #halving!🎉

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗜 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀?

𝘈𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 “𝟮𝟭 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀”, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥’𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 #Ai-𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 #Bitcoin 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬.

It’s common for those new to bitcoin to refer to it and altcoins together as “crypto.” They often bring their preconceptions with them, such as the importance of diversifying their investments, in case one falls while another rises. In this chapter, nostr:npub1zjx3xe49u3njkyep4hcqxgth37r2ydc6f0d7nyfn72xlpv7n97ss73pvrl, nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev, and nostr:npub1dtgg8yk3h23ldlm6jsy79tz723p4sun9mz62tqwxqe7c363szkzqm8up6m shine a light on what bitcoin 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 is, how it differs from crypto, and why it should not be considered an investment, but simply the best form of money.

Below is Aleksandar Svetski’s answer, as written in “𝟮𝟭 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀”:

𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗸𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝘃𝗲𝘁𝘀𝗸𝗶’𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿:

This common question has a very simple answer.

Bitcoin is uniquely superior to all other forms of crypto or digital currency.

Why?

Because Bitcoin solved a very specific problem: The issuance of money.

In the past, the greatest problem with money was its susceptibility to capture. He who controls (or issues) the money controls everything else. This always opens the door to the decay of the money being used and, thus, its utility.

This is not the case with Bitcoin. While all other money can be captured, Bitcoin cannot. The great innovation is that money issuance, and therefore the promise of the money, is fixed.

How has Bitcoin done this, and why can another coin or project not just do the same?

𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨: 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮.

Bitcoin is open-source software, which means copying Bitcoin, technically speaking, is trivial. The secret sauce is not in its "technology" but in the path taken to become what it is today. You can replicate Bitcoin’s blockchain architecture, the cryptography used, the mining process, and even tweak elements to make it unique and different, but what you cannot replicate is when it was launched, how it launched, and the natural growth it experienced since then.

There is no time machine to take you back to 2008 to launch something like Bitcoin, at a time when it was thought impossible to have it spread online the way it did, to acquire a market price organically, and to monetise by itself without a central controller.

Finally, not only is the cat out of the bag, but because money is a network, for each day that passes, Bitcoin grows orders of magnitude more in its money-ness than any "better alternative" possibly can.

To tie this all together: Because Bitcoin won’t be overtaken, because it solved the money problem perfectly, and because money is literally the largest market on the planet (and forever will be), betting on anything other than Bitcoin is at best a short-term gamble and at worst a complete waste of time and energy over the long run.

Aleksandar Svetski is an author and entrepreneur with 15 years in the startup scene. He is the author of the best-selling 𝘜𝘯𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰 and the upcoming 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯. He also founded the world’s first Bitcoin-only savings app: Amber. Currently, Aleksandar is building open-source tools, focusing on the Spirit of Satoshi, the world’s first Bitcoin-centric language model, and Satlantis.

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