Wrong Price for Bitcoin & Monero!

These cryptocurrencies are worth MORE than they are listed on exchanges. You can objectively hire people cheaper. People are willing to work harder for less, IF it's under more free conditions..

Because you're tapping global talent without the red tape (or KYC which takes time), for example South America or Eastern EU banking fees/delays/taxes/cross-border issues.

So when people say it's bullshit, what they really mean is, they refuse to consider use-cases beyond speculating on the price. Simplified Privacy can do your whole corporate IT infrastructure with email, internal comms, and a website design for $250. Most fiat IT companies will rent you staff at $20,000+ for these kinds of IT services.

Not to mention, think about what a better world it would be, if more small businesses used open source self-hosting, instead of just Gmail with their vanity domain.

The best thing that could ever happen to Monero isn't a price spike

But for the @Monero twitter, telegram, and reddit channels to all be banned. And for Windows and Apple to block XMR wallets.

This would force those who really meant the memes all along to adopt freedom tech.

SDNY just responded to Samourai Wallet disclosure of withheld evidence: "There is no basis for a hearing, nor is there anything to remedy."

Insanity.

That's not the argument. The argument is that #Monero / #XMR essentially has no other use case except for crime to anyone with any common sense. 🤷‍♂️

Legality as a metric for measuring "goodness" is not something I subscribe to; plenty of bad things are legal & plenty of good things are illegal. #Bitcoin / #BTC is illegal in many places, but it is still inherently good. 💁‍♂️

However, some things are just objectively bad regardless of legal standing. I don't think fentanyl is good (whether legal or illegal) because it is objectively harmful. ☠️

The fact that such an overwhelming percentage of that network is used for crime simply illustrates that it has very little value outside of that functionality. 🤙

that's what this is. using the bitcoin as collateral, to borrow fiat. it's a synthetic buy.

you're saying like buy bitcoin on margin with an equity type broker / futures?

or literally bank borrow and go buy it?

Why are so many people celebrating #revolut and #strike and #cashapp and #fold and ____’s ability to use #bitcoin rails for fiat payments when you have to fully KYC yourself and give up control in order to use their platforms?

It’s almost like these people forget bitcoin is there to help your independence and sovereignty, not to add to your corporate shackles.

What about borrowing Fiat to buy Bitcoin?

Regarding hollywood and "freedom fighter" movies:

I've often wondered why the powers that be are creating these hero movies where a lone hero is able to fight the all powerful villain. Do these movies teach us as well to fight the villains around us and fight for freedom? Surely they want a complacent population that doesn't have the urge to fight the powers that suppress them, right? So how do you explain all these movies where a single lone individual goes on and fights for freedom and liberty?

Then I considered pornography, if you have an urge for something, a desire for something, you'll watch this type of visual stimulus which essentially allows you to express your urge and release steam. all of that has an effect of making you feel better, like that urge is gone and you're at peace.

All of these hero worship movies aren't training manuals that will teach you how to live a life with more freedom and liberty. They are pornography for your sense of what should be, which ultimately keep you imprisoned and under the yoke of the powerful.

When you have a deep yearning for freedom and liberty, don't go and watch one of those Marvel superhero movies. Instead, do something concrete to increase freedom and liberty in your own life and become your own goddamn superhero.

If you're NOT a Libertarian,

Then go listen to Dave Smith.

If you ARE a Libertarian,

Then Dave Smith is Part of Problem.

Because all podcasts like his do is keep you trapped in the "vote harder" mentality. Instead of learning tech, making an agora crypto-business, and doing something about the problem.

EU's AMLR takes effect July 1, 2027: no anonymous crypto accounts/wallets. Privacy coins like Monero & Zcash banned. ID required for crypto txns over €1,000. New AMLA regulatory body oversees large crypto platforms. #crypto #AML #EU

#blockchain #news

Spent the past 4 days trying to make a following list of non-bitcoin-non-tech stuff and ended up giving up, so I decided to be the change I want to see on nostr!

Here's an acc I made for art/music/films/books/whatever that I like – not sure how consistent I'll be with it but if you like it give it a follow, and if you find cool stuff like this tag the acc so I can repost 🩷

There's absolutely zero method to this so pls brace yourself for a good amount of weirdness and chaos 👇

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Politician A creates a crisis

Politician B needs more power to fix it.

A) Joe Biden lets in immigrants

B) Donald Trump needs more power to deport them.

Look at Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a US resident, who was deported to El Salavadore, without due process, and even against a court order that directly forbid deporting him

Trump team: "Oh we had to, because of Politician A crisis!"

Don't you see? The worse they act, the more power they get.