Ԍood morning and pura vida, Nostr! It's time to create notes and send zaps! 💜🤙🏻🫂

Happy Friday!

Exactly, then I think eventually, governments might just say fuck it, let’s just print money to accumulate it.

GM good people 🐸

Have a wonderful day

What is needed is an electronic payment system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust, allowing any two willing parties to transact directly with each other without the need for a trusted third party. Transactions that are computationally impractical to reverse would protect sellers from fraud, and routine escrow mechanisms could easily be implemented to protect buyers.

I’m just sayin…

The Trump admin told us they were looking to acquire Bitcoin with a "budget neutral" strategy.

Well, they may have just found one:

Engineer a short squeeze on gold, revalue the gold holdings at the peak, and buy BTC.

70% of the world's gold is refined in Switzerland.

So what happens when you slap Swiss exports with 39% tariffs, including the gold bars that New York-based Comex accepts for deliveries?

Suddenly the gold shorters in the United States have a much harder time sourcing gold to cover their positions.

Which means they need to buy existing spot or futures, driving the price higher.

An aggressive short squeeze could force gold towards $6,000 an ounce.

Which would allow the US to revalue its holdings to ~$1.5 Trillion, which would then be deposited into the US Treasury's account.

What could they buy with that $1.5 Trillion?

A ton of Bitcoin.

Are the strange 39% tariffs on Switzerland (nearly the highest in the world) a tactic to force a gold short squeeze so they can revalue their holdings and acquire a dominant BTC position?

Let's see 🍿

I onboarded a bike shop this morning.

My forte is definitely onboarding sports shops.

Anyway, the owner is like “how do I do it through? I’ve not accepted btc before …but I’m a believer!”

I’m like no stress I can send to whatever you want today onchain or lightning then I’ll link you with someone Portuguese who can explain best how to become a merchant.

So I send to his ledger app on his phone.

And he’s just casually like yeah send it here….

AND THERES A MOTHAFUCKING WHOLE BITCOIN ON IT.

no shitcoins, just a 1.something in bitcoin.

🤯

I shouldn’t be surprised - there’s at least 2 bitcoin worth of gear in his store.

But still.

Always cool seeing a bitcoin in the wild!

In Bloomberg today 👀