What on and off ramps do they have? Has govt cracked down on btc yet?

C’est excellent !

C’est génial que tu veuilles apprendre le français.

We just got a pretty major grant from a thing called Octant and the Ethereum Foundation to produce a documentary about the DOJ‘s case against Roman Storm.

Probably gonna get lynched for this, but I think we need to talk.

While we are grateful for every donation, over the past ~1.5 years we received noticably less donations in Bitcoin than we received in ETH, Zcash and Monero over the course of just a few months - while our main audience *are* bitcoiners.

The only way I can explain this to myself is that there seems to be an issue with the general mentality of trying to keep your bitcoin to yourself, which results in a significant lack of support for others - and it makes me really sad.

The way the Ethereum community is supporting the tornado cash developers is nothing short of extraordinary. Compare that to our support of Samourai, who collected a mere few 100k, while Roman Storm raised millions to fund his case.

At the same time we end up wondering why most people in bitcoin are retarded orange tie maxis that treat BTC like just another stonk, and why its use as a tool for the people falls more and more behind in the global narrative.

Its time we start taking better care of each other in this space, and I hope that next time one of us is criminally indicted, we support them with all that we have.

I just searched the fly 😂😂😂

Why though? 😂😂😂

And yes, the power of Vince Gilligan is that the characters are so real and so believable. They are not perfect heros.

The two characters that fully commit to their clients, and no matter what comes up, they literally do the job!

We’ve started rewatching Breaking Bad (2008), our first revisit since watching it nearly a decade ago.

Fun fact: Breaking Bad was actually the very first TV series I ever watched in full—every single episode. And I’m not talking about those that aired on TV; I mean the ones I binged through streaming services.

I liked it. I liked it a lot. But my favorite characters, without question, were Saul Goodman and Mike Ehrmantraut. I first got interested in Better Call Saul simply because Saul’s name was in the title—then I found out Mike was a main character there too, which sealed the deal.

You might find this surprising, but I really didn’t like Walter White. Not as a character, and not as a person in real life either. (In one of his interviews, he mentioned that his favorite scene was when he shot Mike—and since I adore Mike, that really stung.)

Now that I’m rewatching the show, I’m starting to appreciate it on a deeper level. Walter still probably won’t be my favorite character, and Mike and Saul will remain my heroes, but I can now fully admire the sheer skill of the writers and creators. Every moment, every detail of the storytelling, feels meticulously crafted—and I appreciate every second of it.

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Let’s inspire each other and build a community of strong, healthy-minded Nostriches! 😄🔥

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And yes,

#bitcoin always steals the spotlight—well, right after the Royal Enfield, of course…

یاد همون قضیه‌ی «من راضی، تو راضی» افتادم.

He can very well try. But nothing can stop me from making a lightning transaction for a cup of coffee.

I didn't find it as such. It came off as he always wanted to say it at his face and he finally did. What's more, Peter is not poor at all. I'd cojecture to say that he might be way wealthier than Saif himself - and he might remain as such, cause now he has Bitcoin in his portfolio, of course, along with some other shitcoins.

Inviting Peter to the Bitcoin conf was a wrong move from the beginning and what contributed to the shit-show atmosphere of the catasrophe this conf was. Why invite him in the first place? It's a fucking Bitcoin conf. Not a place to gather celebs and politicians.

Hey nostr:nprofile1qyf8wue69uhh2mtzwfjkctf38g6rsdpcqy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqpqheqkxm37d5h7n8sx2gqdez5sxnu39qrylhxnnd66dxpu4e2ufyysfg47xc you got me here finally

Hey nostr:nprofile1qyf8wue69uhh2mtzwfjkctf38g6rsdpcqy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqpqheqkxm37d5h7n8sx2gqdez5sxnu39qrylhxnnd66dxpu4e2ufyysfg47xc you got me here finally

I have a lot of respect for Saifedean. I genuinely owe him for single-handedly orange pilling me.

But what I do NOT appreciate is his abrasive attitude.

He’s incredibly knowledgeable and presents strong arguments—but what he seems to take the most pride in is ridiculing Peter Schiff and saying “HFSP” at his face!

Maybe it feeds his ego. Maybe it’s entertaining. But it does nothing to help onboard more people to Bitcoin.

Over time, I’ve become more sympathetic to perspectives like this. I used to really admire Saylor — I still appreciate how much I learned from him about free markets and capitalism. But it’s become clear that he doesn’t truly grasp what Bitcoin is at its core. Statements like “don’t donate to Bitcoin devs” or dismissing those who avoid exchanges as merely “paranoid crypto anarchists” have made me question not just his understanding, but also his intentions.

I’ve changed my mind—I’m now in favor of removing the OP_RETURN limit.

This shift largely came from a brief but enlightening conversation with nostr:npub1s6z7hmmx2vud66f3utxd70qem8cwtggx0jgc7gh8pqwz2k8cltuqrdwk4c at the nostr:npub1rjtrs7xqdvj3588r9njrexh2n750j7jdwx9qs543nutmdsj6ljaqpfmp8a .

Just got back from my trip and running low on energy, but I’ll share a more detailed note on this tomorrow.

I think JPEGs on the timechain are stupid.

But the idea that they're going to hurt Bitcoin seems so weak to me. Like the US dollar can withstand people scribbling on it but Bitcoin can't?

In fact, the idea of Bitcoin as a glorious digital monument with some graffiti scribbled on it represents humanity pretty well. That's kind of us in a nutshell. Seems on-brand. Perfectionists trying to keep their little gardens tidy while trolls come in and find ways to mess with them anyway.

NFTs and memecoins already had their peak fad moments. People now know that they're non-scarce gambling toys rather than investments. It's just echoes of that peak now. The only thing that concerned me about the ordinals/runes period was the rapid UTXO bloat, not the blockspace usage, since the latter already has a consensus limit on it.

And if Bitcoin transactions can't outprice JPEGs in the long run, then it's just not that valuable. Bitcoin currently does about 1% of the gross settlement volume of Fedwire. That's peanuts. Imagine if it reaches a point where it does even like 10% of Fedwire. What would you pay to move a full bitcoin globally, permissionlessly, in 10 minutes, in a world where it's no longer a niche thing?

Recorded an interview with nostr:npub1c2d9mjwwfq0gw9jya6zesywuzzs4ngzp06wf9dcl0kdtmks706dsv6kxar today.

Stay tuned for its release!