Three months ago, I made the decision to stop HODLing cash. It was one of the best decisions I ever made. Thank you for giving me the tools to make this a reality. nostr:nprofile1qqsvf646uxlreajhhsv9tms9u6w7nuzeedaqty38z69cpwyhv89ufcqpzfmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ucpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsy7r84z nostr:npub1ex7mdykw786qxvmtuls208uyxmn0hse95rfwsarvfde5yg6wy7jq6qvyt9

⚡️🔎 ICYMI - In 1875, an Ohio farmer sketched a simple chart that accurately predicted a century of booms and busts

According to the pattern, 2026 will be a major boom year for Bitcoin

Quality flying

⚡️☢️ NEW - “Scientists have identified a black fungus growing on the radioactive remains of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor that appears to have evolved the ability to feed on radiation.

The species, Cladosporium sphaerospermum, uses a rare process known as radiosynthesis”

⚡️🇫🇷 NEW - Emmanuel Macron WANTS to REQUIRE social media platforms to remove "false content."

Emmanuel Macron has not ruled out closing his accounts on X, TikTok, or Instagram. "It's something I'm thinking about very carefully, believe me, and I'm not ruling it out at all," he said on Wednesday.

These statistics do not take into account the fact that in Germany, half of the entire social welfare system is also financed through labor. In net terms, this leaves much less.

But in Germany, the state does a lot for its huge raid in terms of internal security, education, and the cityscape. This enormous achievement by Germany's huge bureaucracy should be worth something to the people there, shouldn't it? #germany #socialism #eu #taxes #taxesaretheft #freedom

I think some poor dev had to do something quite quickly without a big design in mind and without knowledge of BTC and the community surrounding it.

FWIW I agree you don’t have to be an anarchist to use Bitcoin.

…But Bitcoin *is* an anarchist form of money.

If you don’t like that, use fiat.

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WHO estimates 14.9 million died from COVID 19. I think people are desperately trying to forget the trauma of COVID.

Yeah, those 3 hour lunch breaks arent fair

yep. bitcoins

I think we should give them some time, if it is used more frequently they will improve it. I guess at the moment, it was more important to ship the feature than to make it beautiful.

On their privacy terms:

However, for convenience, your Phoenix application delegates the calculation of payment routes to the ACINQ node. In the current version of the wallet, this node will know the final recipient of the payment, and the amount sent. Work is being done to remove that limitation and have better privacy.

So no privacy.

Volatility can’t scare us anymore. Some of us bought the top at $20K, HODLed through the crash to $3K, watched it go back up $13K then down to $4K then up to $68K then down to $15K, and then up to $126K, so don’t act like this price action is anything special.

⚡️🇺🇸🎮 NEW - According to a Rockstar Games employee, the atmosphere at the studio has become "TOXIC and SUFFOCATING."

The working conditions of the developers on GTA 6 have reportedly led to sudden layoffs following criticism on Discord.

Some employees, despite having no disciplinary record, were reportedly fired without notice. One employee even had a panic attack after being told she was being let go.

Rockstar management is accused of severely cracking down on any form of criticism, causing several workers to remain silent for fear of reprisals.

⚡️👥 NEW - Binance reaches 275 million users.

Binance has registered 80 million new users since January 2024.

To get the full picture, that's 156,000 new arrivals a day, and 1.8 users landing every second.

By way of comparison, Netflix has just over 300 million subscribers worldwide.

"When 275 million people join a social network, it reflects a cultural trend. When 275 million people join a financial platform, it expresses strong support for the product, the platform and the future of money," says David Princay, President of Binance France.

⚡️🇫🇷 NEW - 7 years' imprisonment and a 300,000-euro fine has been imposed on former French president Nicolas Sarkozy in the case of the Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign.