Interesting perspective.
I couldn't agree more. While the majority probably have and will vote Trump, many areas indeed cheat. And even if the cheating is overcome, and Trump even officially wins again, Republicans, Independents, Libertarians, etc., should definitely still separate from the losing leftists. The U.S. clearly needs to be more than one nation. OR, simply revert back to completely separate states. Each state could be a nation / country. Quit trying to make so many people live under one "rule".
Iran strikes Israel. War is terrible.
https://v.nostr.build/qtcTtOaEEeHuCln4.mp4
Yikes.
"Recognize that every time a dollar is sold for bitcoin, the exact same number of dollars and bitcoin exist in the world. All that changes is the relative preference of holding one currency versus another. As the value of bitcoin rises, it is an indication that market participants increasingly prefer holding bitcoin over dollars [or euro, yen, etc.]. A higher price of bitcoin (in dollar terms) means more dollars must be sold to acquire an equivalent amount of bitcoin. In aggregate, it is an evaluation by the market of the relative strength of monetary properties. Price is the output. Monetary properties are the input. As individuals evaluate the monetary properties of bitcoin, the natural question becomes: which possesses more credible monetary properties? Bitcoin or the dollar? Well, what backs the dollar (or euro or yen, etc.) in the first place? When attempting to answer this question, the retort is most often that the dollar is backed by the government, the military (guys with guns), or taxes. However, the dollar is backed by none of these. Not the government, not the military and not taxes. Governments tax what is valuable; a good is not valuable because it is taxed. Similarly, militaries secure what is valuable, not the other way around. And a government cannot dictate the value of its currency; it can only dictate the supply of its currency."
This is a phenomenal article. Excellent read. Perfectly logical:
https://nakamotoinstitute.org/mempool/bitcoin-is-not-backed-by-nothing/
"How the bitcoin lightning network works:
Think of Bitcoin’s main blockchain as a highway, and the Lightning Network as a series of side streets that reduce the highway's congestion from smaller transactions.
First, two parties who wish to transact with each other set up a multi-signature wallet (which requires more than one signature to enact a transaction). The wallet holds some amount of bitcoin. The wallet address is then saved to the Bitcoin blockchain, setting up the bidirectional payment channel.
The two parties can now conduct an unlimited number of transactions without ever touching the information stored on the blockchain. With each transaction, both parties sign an updated balance sheet to reflect how much of the bitcoin is stored in the two wallets.
Once both parties finish transacting and close out the channel, the resulting balance is registered on the blockchain. In the event of a dispute, both parties can use the most recently signed balance sheet to recover their share of the funds.
It is not necessary to set up a direct channel to transact on the Lightning Network – you can send payments to someone via channels with people with whom you are connected. The network automatically finds the shortest route. The network's goal is to allow users to make smaller payments without transaction fees or delays."
https://www.coindesk.com/learn/what-is-bitcoins-lightning-network/
Where does your money go?
I'll have to work on eating Chipotle less often.
"The average consumer funds Politicians and PACs about 3x more through their purchasing decisions as compared to their direct political contributions."
Who are you financing?
Interesting option:
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What are one or two excellent alternatives?
#GrowNostr
Technically.
Could we actually be in the middle of our very own “dark age”? You may exclaim, “But we have the internet now!” Wait, wait, wait… I said in the middle of our very own “dark age”, not near the beginning of one. And before your immediate and adamant protest, give it a thorough listen. Excellent episode:
"It’s not just this field or that field: there is a systematic sickness in academia and in intellectual life in general, in which preposterously false things are believed, and based on foundations that are never examined. This is one of my favorite episodes ever, and my thanks to Steve Patterson for this excellent conversation."
https://tomwoods.com/ep-2445-our-dark-age-of-ignorance-and-the-way-out/
"Well, I don't know exactly how it works - But it's bad. Even though it's actually the exact opposite of CBDCs and the absolute best way of only a few ways to fight against current and continued high inflation from fake government money and upcoming government CBDCs. I instead trust incorruptible government workers to take pieces of paper and magically proclaim the paper to possess value even though it's no longer backed by gold, or anything. Because they've had such an amazing track record of doing so all over the world all throughout history. Even though they all continue to simply print / create more and more. Especially here in America the past 5 years, umm.. and uhhh.. yeah, Bitcoin is bad." 🤦🏻♂️
