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Maybe. They could have used water as a counterweight. Just so long as they had strong enough ropes. Presumably they didn’t have steel cables and I have no idea what rope materials they had at the time. 🤷‍♂️

Maybe, but any explanation will need to address construction of the system and how they addressed the foundation and water pressure. For example, a series of linked pools like a set of locks going up 600 feet would have been its own engineering challenge.

Would it have wrapped around the pyramid multiple times like a corkscrew? The more times it wrapped, the lower the water pressure on the lock gates, but the stronger the foundation and supports would need to be. What might have supported it? Maybe some sort of scaffolding system? Dunno. 🤷‍♂️

That concept is interesting but doesn’t explain how the Egyptians would have been able to deal with the water pressure at the base. The gates and pipe from the concept would need an explanation on how those technologies would have been implemented by the Egyptians.

It would be good to see this chart including the bitcoin holdings in the county’s regulated financial system.

The U.S. may be selling but they have at least 1 million more in the ETFs.

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Sounds like an interesting book.

I have sometimes wondered if Satoshi was an individual who defected from the establishment or if he always was an outsider. Both scenarios could explain his visionary new pathstaking and oppositional course in relation to the corrupt moneyprinting system.

One interesting aspect with insiders that defect is the amount of corruption they have seen and how it finally pushes them to take a stand against it. "Dropships burning off the shoulder of Orion", comes to mind in the sense of someone recounting the things that they have witnessed but few others have seen. Insider insights must leave a mark.

It is interesting to consider how Trump used to be part of the establishment and praised by the MSM. Over the past 8 years we have seen a development where Trump has favored American energy interests and subsequently voiced opposition to the global climate agenda, which in turn has placed him at an adversial angle toward the UN Agenda 21, perhaps without knowing what kind of behemoth he was becoming an enemy with.

He has kept his focus on American energy maximization (drill, baby, drill) in spite of becoming unpopular among the climate alarmist governments + media in the US, Canada, France, Germany, UK, Australia, Sweden, Norway, Brussels et al. I would call all of these government entities a part of the Western deep state, and Trump has upset their plans. This doesn't necessarily make Trump into a hero, flawed as any person is, but it explains the assassination attempt - he is too much of an obstacle for the estsblishment. It is easier for them to carry on with their plans if Trump (or some other opposition) is not in the oval office.

The likely long term plan of the deep state is the establishment of the UN as a global government and as such, nationalistic or populist impulses that might offer a defensive barrier to a UN power grab must in their mind be eradicated.

Yet, there must be an abundance of engineers, system designers and highly qualified individuals that have seen the metaphorical dropships off the shoulder off Orion, who have seen the corruption and direction of the central planning system.

At $35 Trillion of US debt and as of present when 75% of US tax revenue goes to pay off the interest of the US debt alone, the point of realization that the system cannot be fixed by its architects must be widespread at this moment.

Governments are run by policy. Policy is a progran code and the downstream implications of such code can be predicted.

The signing of the UN Agenda 21 by 179 nations back in 1992 marks a significant software update to both the operative system of 179 nations as well as the ideological framework. This imvolves a blending of the governance structure with a deep belief in a human-made climate catastrophy as an urgent, all-encompassing Weltanschauung that cannot and must not be critiqued. Shoot it down and the architecture of a planned global governance crumbles.

Then there is the circulation of elites. There was a point in time when Ceaușescu could no longer command and move the masses with his speech and the public had arrived at a stage where they had had enough of the oppression. At that point the military naturally defected to team up with the new rising opposition and so the previous barrier of defence of Ceaușescu, became his bane.

Since fabricated climate fears alone are not sufficient to forge a global governance structure with the UN at its apex, the WHO became involved to offer a second path to global governance: the fear of pandemics and the global regulatory framework that can bind nations together under a centralized command: the UN and the WHO. An attempt at crafting a one ring to rule them all. Global regulations can form such a tightening ring of control.

The chances for major power struggles among the participants of this global coup de etat are legion. A large number of insiders may be on the verge of defecting from the global 1984 project, if they haven't already taken an internal stance against it.

As smaller nations are adopting hard money (Bitcoin) at a faster rate than larger natioms, this creates an inverse relationship between present economic power and future economic power, allowing game theory to play out.

The game theory of nations attracting capital (Bitcoin), entrepreneurs and skill, in exchange for offering individual liberties, low taxes and respect for property rights in return, will offer a strong counter-movement against global governance.

Those that defect from the system will be able to join in a multitude of forming Galt's Gulches. Once again in history we may witness a rotation of the elites. Churn is inevitable.

I’ve always guessed that Len Sassaman was Satoshi. I don’t know enough about his background to guess whether he was elite or outsider or why he was focused on cypherpunk tech.

Yes, difficult for the elites to push their global governance. The Sovereign Individual discussed those decentralizing forces (including digital money) which do seem to be playing out.

Like The Sovereign Individual, The Lessons of History was one of those books that changed my perspective and gave me a new framework to understand the world.

The book discusses how a power struggle eventually develops between the elites. The minor elites, excluded from power, align themselves with the populace. This often devolves into violent revolution.

I keep thinking how this describes what’s happening with Trump.

I think the betting markets may be accurately predicting the decline of Trump’s chance of winning. Almost the entire system is stacked against him. The major elites control the military, most of the judiciary, academia, the media, the govt, tech and industry. The minor elites control a few key states and a majority of the supreme court.

Anyway, was just thinking how we’re watching one of those moments in history play out in front of us right now.

Thanks to @LynAlden for the book recommendation. The Lessons of History became one of my favorite books.

We’re stronger together. I’m glad we have this community here now.

Honestly, if t would be amazing if the 🇺🇸 dumped their coins. It might even motivate other countries to step of their stacking. Even out the playing field.

I guess you’re right. The USA killed just as many unarmed civilians with firebombings and they did with nuclear weapons.

And you’re saying that, after the US destabilized the country, that other people killed civilians too?

It’s interesting how people always seem to find ways to justify the killing of those other people. They always seem to deserve it somehow.

Oh, let’s see:

Who is the only country to kill hundreds of thousands of unarmed civilians (including women and children) with nuclear weapons?

Who made up the claim of “weapons of mass destruction” … and how hundreds of thousands of civilians died?

There’s a long list, if you care to look. I’m not sure how you can claim they haven’t done the same thing.

I don’t know what’s funnier. Them trying this stupid sequel… or that people will fall for it again. 🤦‍♂️

This post made me wonder what percentage of bitcoin core devs are shitcoiners?

Maybe devs should be forced to lock up bitcoin for a long time to get access to funding and repo commit privileges. Any core dev with no material skin in the game is probably a security risk.

I want to dig into this more, but at first look, it seems strange. Why would a self custodial lightning app rely on a 3rd party API?

It seems that this service is trying to fill a hole in the market that maybe won’t exist for much longer. I’m still thinking most self-custodial lightning apps for plebs will disappear. Instead, lightning will just be used by custodians, exchanges and federations. We, the plebs, will just be using ecash soon.

Dunno, maybe I’m missing something? nostr:note1maf7zfnusquj333zfp82zaglyleg3zwq0etkumkmh4x9089ltxsq28kc3f