I wonder if Satoshi ever imagined that eventually all Bitcoin would be lost to unrecoverable wallets

All this noise of Wall Street, and Governments accumulating Bitcoin is a bother. Don’t know why so many pushed for that. Bitcoin should continue to grow and improve as the best money in the world at the grass roots level. No Hullabalu about it. Just genuine use by the everyday man. Growing at ground zero in the back countries of developing nations, and on the streets of small town shops that learn to use and take in Bitcoin as payment for their down home products and services. Forget about locking up gargantuan amounts of coins in ETF’s and Government Treasuries. That’s not where real money should be sitting, doing nothing. Bitcoin can grow quietly without a lot of fanfare and attention. The people that find it on their own, without being pushed into it for the promise of a quick buck are the true believers in its potential.

Let’s face it. If quantum proofing is going to work, then addresses that don’t move are going to be vulnerable. If you give everybody 2 years to move coins to quantum proof addresses, and some don’t move, you have to figure those people lost their keys, are dead, or not interested. Either way those coins are gone for them forever. Lock them so they can’t be stolen.

I might understand trading stocks in a company. There are things about companies that you may be able to understand by studying the success of the company you are investing in. But, Blows my mind that traders trade Bitcoin. They’re just doing it to build their stack of Fiat larger. Trading Bitcoin is a fools endeavor. Somewhere between 75% and 95% lose their money trading Bitcoin. Bitcoin should be bought to save with it, till you can use it to buy something you really want or need. If Bitcoin were not traded, and instead used as it was designed to be used, its value would rise in a steadier slower predictable manner. With traders, the whole thing is a big gut wrenching roller coaster of emotional turmoil. With most traders ending up throwing in the towel, and moving on to something more predictable. Like sports betting! The bad news is that traders will not stop trading. Manipulators will not stop manipulating, even tho they may be out manipulated by another manipulator. The good news is that if you zoom out, and don’t fall into the traders trap, then the value of Bitcoin does grow steadily, and will continue to grow steadily as people that do understand what Bitcoin really is use it the way its supposed to be used.

The software might be good, but it’s been reported that the law enforcement agency in charge of this investigation has evidence that the developers were in direct contact with criminal organizations, and was suggesting they could conduct business using their software to avoid detection. That, if true looks bad for these developers.

3I/Atlas is a seed seeking a solar system with a planet to crash into, to impregnate and create life.

When you say JP (Morgues) you are absolutely correct. Old farts like JP belong in the morgue

good luck with cashapp proposal. want to get out in my own community to get merchants excepting Bitcoin

That way you would have government that serves the people, rather than people that serve the government

Hey all! Have patients with NSTR. It’s doing just fine. X is everybody’s go to for now, but it’s centralized nature will trip it up sooner or later. And no wallet for tips over there. Missing the point, I think. If you give something your time and energy, and somebody appreciates you for it, it should reward you something more than just a ❤️

Back in time the larger % of people into Bitcoin knew what they were doing, and knew how to handle Bitcoin. As time goes by the number of persons that want exposer to Bitcoin has grown, but the % of persons that know how to use it is diminishing. So many new comers are not interested in how it works, or how to safely keep it. All they want is for some corporation to hold it for them, and tell them that they will be insured that they have no need to know anything about it. That the corporation will take care of all that for them. As the utility of Bitcoin grows, especially in places where financial inclusion is not a given, then many more of these newcomers will eventually learn how to do Bitcoin the right way.

That’s because your leaving with their money. It never was really yours. That’s why we Bitcoin.

My take on this, is our planets ability to support our population. Apparently, new technology in food production and transportation of food to our tables has somewhat been keeping up. Still a lot of people going hungry in the world. However our technology to produce more food is seemingly having some effect on the quality of the food. Not only just the taste, but also the nutritional value. It may be natural, and even good to see a decline for awhile

Apparently, a lot of people are bitch’in right now that things are not going well for them in Crypto. I don’t blame them if they dipped their toes too deep into Alt Coins, but many also not happy with Bitcoin. They say that Wall Street, Government, and Whales are manipulating too much. Bitcoin was meant to be for everybody. Even for people you don’t like. Wall Street, Government, and even Whales can only manipulate things so much. At some point, with patients, something as good as Bitcoin will break the chains that try to enslave it. For now, it’s doing exactly what it’s supposed to do. Anybody anywhere can use it without permission. Tick Tock, Next Block!

The only reason you had privacy in the past is because you were flying under the radar. Radar has gotten much better.

Good rant - Thanks

Somebody made a God awful lot of Fiat dollars with inside information shorting Bitcoin the other day. There are people out there that got burned by this manipulation. That’s why I’m not a fan of traders. If you HODL, you really have nothing to fear. All traders will get burned sooner or later.

Remember! Not in your bullion box, not your gold.

Retail only gets hurt when they try to out trade the insider. If retail just buys and holds, they don’t usually get hurt. Same for stocks.

Beginning to think an AI is better to govern people. No ego to feed. Not power hungry. No need to have more creature comforts, than anybody else. Just the fairest solutions for the majority of persons.

Drop this nonsense, and get to work on quantum resistant address migrations now.

Oh yea, know of him. Bitcoin Jesus. Does not seem to care for the lime light as he used to.

Just started watching #mrrobot . Crazy stuff. Expecting some major twist and turns in this story. Wondering how this addiction thing will end up for the main character.

Judging per your profile, you should know more than I on this subject. My understanding was that quantum could break current encryption. A simple address type change could prevent it. Although, old lost addresses would not be able to update their addresses. Tell me I’m wrong!

Privacy already exists if you need it. Buy from non-KYC sources. Do not exchange into fiat currencies thru KYC exchanges. Trade Bitcoin for service and product with bitcoiners that understand this principle. They’ll never know who you are.