101 on how gold was confiscated:

You had to turn it in for dollars by a deadline prior to dollar devaluation, and there were massive prison consequences for not turning it in, but little resources in terms of investigating who didn’t turn it in. That would be expensive. So it was fear based. Focusing on illegality and tail risks on edge cases more than enforcement on average.

Institutions had to comply immediately, since it’s all visible. So the government broke liquidity in the domestic gold market, which was enough for their purposes. Gold became a hard-to-trade illegal relic for those that held it.

If a small family hodled some extra bars for 40 years until it became legal again, they did okay.

But can the government track bitcoin in the 2020s better or worse than gold in 1930s for enforcement purposes? That’s the right question.

And don’t just think of confiscation. Think of 70% selective taxes and things like that. Far more within the current rule of law. That’s the sophisticated approach. Don’t take it. Selectively tax it by a lot.

Those are the politics to push against from a bitcoin perspective.

The idolization of Michael Saylor by bitcoiners is one of the grossest cases of hero worship I've ever seen in Bitcoin.

His latest statements on self custody & "crypto anarchists" are atrocious.

🚨 CALLING ALL #Bitcoin Maxis!

I want to see more Bitcoin Maxis in my feed 🧡

Follow me and I’ll follow back 🤝

#SwissHodler #BTC #Maxi

According to the US Government, all three of these services have violated sanctions law. One was just kindly asked to revise its AML program. The founders of the other are facing tens of years in prison. Spot the difference.

Wait, so the best engagement hack on Nostr is *gasp* talking to people??

bringing my mom to see where her grandparents grew up…two towns around Venezia.

Stopped using shampoo 30 days ago.

10/10 would recommend.

lfg