That's a biggie

I'm not sure it's a decline in anything. These people always excited and always will. We just life in a world where they got the tools to reach millions of new-comers who need to get hurt before they will understand.

With events like this it's always this Satoshi quote which pops up in my mind:

“If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.”

Maybe I'm part of the problems because I just feel like giving up. Maybe I'm part of the solution for this ignoring persons like Bitboy and hope others will follow. They feed on attention and we keep giving them food.

On BitBoy and Moral Degeneracy

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BitBoy was arrested after his Lamborghini was stolen, an event he even live-streamed while confronting the thief. Ironically, a person who has been accused of defrauding others was indignant when he himself became a theft victim. But this is not just an isolated event; it shines a spotlight on a wider issue of ethical decline.

Individuals who willingly defraud others lose all sense of justice when they themselves are wronged. This mindset echoes socialist ideologies that champion the idea of seizing property—unless, of course, it's their property that's in jeopardy.

Double standards have become the norm, especially in politics. Some people, whether due to their minority status or alignment with popular political stances, are given a pass for unethical conduct. Meanwhile, others face public scorn for lesser offenses. This normalization of double standards paves the way for bad behavior, as exemplified by BitBoy.

But let's be clear: BitBoy is far from being the worst offender; he's simply the most visible one. This cycle of deceit, fraud, and theft will persist until we start stigmatizing moral decay. And that will only happen when our leaders stop getting away with their own moral lapses, which unfortunately are way too frequent under fiat money. They can and do abuse their position for personal gain, stealing from everyone else in the process. As long as the temptation of stealing from everyone else is there, and easily obscured by talk of "greedy corporations" and "perfect storm" of "unexpected circumstances" we're going to just see this moral degeneracy continue.

The way to stop this is not reform, but a different financial system that doesn't have so many holes. Bitcoin, as you might expect, is that system.

Fiat delenda est.

Good point. I still think like that sometimes and need to remind myself that 1btc = 1btc and forget about fiat.

🇨🇳 #Bitcoin  gains legal recognition in Shanghai, China for its "uniqueness and non-replicability". 👀

Sure hope people do. I'm always optimistic. But maybe we grow old and die while hoping for that.

Maybe the easiest time to be puppet master but also easiest time to see the strings.

There is no red.

There is no blue.

There is the State.

And there is you.

Think it's time for a mr robot rewatch

If it can be captured it will, as it should be. The entire purpose/design is to make capture not possible, separate Money from the State. All attack vectors can be and will be pursued on the path to Bitcoin becoming the Unit of Account for the World. I don't see any other path, it will prove that the capture is not possible and then we can move on to the next thing that is going to "kill" Bitcoin.