When you finally get into the fancy room you realize that all these “accomplished” people are the most desperate followers that you’ve ever met.

Meritocracy, its the idea that people should be in the fancy room, or not, based on their talent and effort. And in theory, I’m a huge fan of meritocracy. But in the states especially, this concept has turned into a twisted sort of status game. There is this desperation to prove one’s value by being “above” others… by getting into the room that others can’t.

I was born into that culture and at times embraced it. I desperately wanted to get into that room. I was convinced that only the best of people could be there. The smartest, the hardest working, the most insightful, and that’s what I wanted to be. I wanted to go to the fancy restaurants, the exclusive clubs, the biggest cities, the most expensive hotel, the VIP lounge.

And then it happened. I got my name on the list, I sat at the table at the fancy dinner, I met my heroes. And it broke my heart. At first of course it was quite exciting and fun. But it didn’t take long to start to notice the cracks in the facade. All these people weren’t the most hard working, the most intelligent, the most insightful… they were the most desperate. They were not there because “the cream rises to the top” they were there because they were also desperate to prove themselves.

That fancy room, it’s just a room full of people all desperate to prove that they too can be in the fancy room. Sad, and pretty sobering when you realize that description includes you. Now inclusion in the fancy room is of course very much a meritocracy, but the “merit” being tested is one’s ability to follow. It’s a test of one’s ability to pick up on what the current culture values and emulate that effectively. It’s a test of your trendiness and ability to curry favor with others.

It’s one of those things where once you see it you can’t unsee it. Now when I look at the pictures from the party in the fancy room I feel a bit embarrassed for those attendees. They don’t even realize what a confession that photo they proudly posted is.

The world is really a lot messier than it’s comfortable to acknowledge. There isn’t a room full of all of the smartest, the hardest working, the most insightful. The people that you will wind up having genuine respect for are scattered all around in all sorts of rooms. You are very luck when you occasionally meet those people. You might meet them in a fancy room, but you are just as likely to meet them on the bus.

It’s a big letdown to realize that “the fancy room” is just a fantasy. You can’t have it, because it doesn’t exist. So I’ll just be drinking with my friends at the dive bar.

Eeesh. This one hits too close to home.

Need to write 100+ dad jokes about bitcoin for a client.

One liners / jokes, rather than memes.

Please share your best and allow me to steal. 😄

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Need to write 100+ dad jokes about bitcoin for a client.

One liners / jokes, rather than memes.

Please share your best and allow me to steal. 😄

I will zap the my top ten jokes 210 sats (and will credit you).

#asknostr #jokes #dadjoke

Need to write 100+ dad jokes about bitcoin for a client.

One liners / jokes, rather than memes.

Please share your best and allow me to steal. 😄

I will zap the my top ten jokes 210 sats (and will credit you).

#asknostr #jokes #dadjoke

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Stablecoins, el caballo de Troya hacia la hiperbitcoinización

No importa el día ni la hora. Envío BTC por Lightning y al otro lado hacen swap a USDT para cubrir gastos locales. Pasa en Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador… donde hay demanda de “dólar” pero la banca o el efectivo no siempre llegan.

Las stablecoins no son perfectas: son pagarés 1:1 de un emisor que puede congelar o fallar. Pero llegan, cruzan fronteras con menos fricción y se entienden (“dólares que se mueven”). Ahí está su utilidad inmediata.

Hoy circulan sobre Ethereum, Tron y Solana. Con el uso suben comisiones, aparecen colas o dependes de pocos operadores. Además, si pagador y cobrador no comparten emisor (USDT vs USDC), necesitas un intermediario. La regulación (GENIUS en EE. UU., MiCA en Europa) acelera adopción y, con ello, revela esas costuras técnicas.

Aquí entra el caballo de Troya: entran como “dólares en el móvil”, pero los rieles que mejor aguantan son Bitcoin (liquidación) y Lightning (pagos). No cambias la moneda; cambias la carretera.

Con Taproot Assets, esos “dólares digitales” también se enrután por Lightning: sin “gas” disparado, sin paradas de red y sin obligación de compartir emisor. Quien paga usa A, quien cobra B, y en medio bitcoin liquida. Apps como Strike ya muestran la idea (custodia); TA lo empuja hacia autocustodia y rieles nativos de Bitcoin.

Lightning escala al revés: al principio requiere liquidez, pero con más canales hay más rutas, suben los pagos completados a la primera y baja el coste marginal. Donde otras infra se encarecen al crecer, Lightning mejora.

Tesis en una línea: Puente → rieles → Bitcoin → hiperbitcoinización. Las stablecoins resuelven lo urgente hoy; al multiplicarse sobre Lightning, fortalecen la red que hace natural el salto al ahorro en BTC sin cambiar de carretera.

Tags: #Bitcoin #Lightning #Stablecoins #TaprootAssets #Nostr #MiCA #Remesas

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I feel as though sometimes my conviction is too deep, almost as if I’ve lost my sense of reality. I (We) know of a true and honest system that will only go in one direction but it’s so small and not fully understood. Everyone around me has no idea or does not want to hear about it so often I feel as though I’m out of my mind. How can I be right if no one is there to affirm my conviction, does it matter? Will they resent me when its potential is achieved and they were on the sidelines the whole time? Thoughts that cross my mind daily.