let me know if you have any questions / thoughts after listening to this rip!

we talked a lot about:

- importance of dev donations and how we thought about our program

- the good and bad of a bitcoin ETF and how we really need in-kind redemptions to make it better

- the evolving political landscape and how ETFs have changed the incentives for tradfi banks etc

- importance of nostr and ecash

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I really dislike social media algorithms and incentives. Negative stuff is what sells.

There are so many times where I sit down with a good host and have a thoughtful discussion about macro finance, and then the Youtube title and thumbmail that their producer makes is some version of me smiling next to a terrible headline and often something on fire or blowing up.

"Bitcoin doesn't need further improvements" is an attack on Bitcoin.

We need a #Bitcoin Bill of Rights.

For instance:

I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of peer-to-peer electronic cash, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

II. Well generated private keys, well instantiated validating nodes, and well generated proof-of-work, being necessary to the security of a free economy, the right of the people to keep and bear math, shall not be infringed.

III. No Federal agent shall, in time of peace be quartered in any wallet or account, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

IV. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, computers, and keys, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.

V. No person shall be compelled in any criminal case to reveal his own private keys, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

cory is a spook 🤷‍♂️

sorry, don’t trust him. never have. too many red flags. just my two sats

youtube’s recommendation algorithm is really bad now. more of exactly the same after one view. swings way too much.

Our money is broken, anything else is a distraction… we said

We can and should force Elon to think about Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a big driver of traffic on X, and it is relevant to every major issue on earth.

MOST PEOPLE WILL NOT BUY BITCOIN, THEY WILL EARN IT.

MOST PEOPLE WILL NOT SELL BITCOIN, THEY WILL SPEND IT.

MOST PEOPLE WILL STACK EVERY DAY AND NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. IT WILL BE THE MONEY THEY EARN, SPEND, AND SAVE.

Standing rule at swan not to shit talk other bitcoin only companies. I guess we all have a different definition of integrity.

ONE MONTH T-BILL JUST BLEW UP.

SOMETHING IS BREAKING.

BREAKING: Coinbase replaces its head of custody as the company gears up to provide services for spot Bitcoin ETFs.