huh...

I am of the opinion this was always going to happen. ETFs are also owned by individuals. If only individuals owned it, it would be a niche little internet project forever.

But yeah, people should not sell their bitcoin to a government or corporation, especially if you have heirs.

Hearing good things can't wait to see it

I will say it does get a little bit tighter if you're trying to bake in an inheritance. I'm on that "die-with-zero" train, personally.

Bitcoin is complicated enough that there's no real good elevator pitch. However to just plant a seed and let them research themselves I say something like:

"Bitcoin is just money that isn't controlled by the government. You work your entire life for pieces of paper the government can make for free. Bitcoin is just a fair alternative. Give it a bit of research."

Then sometimes I'll point them to Fidelity or Blackrock publications if they're a tradfi person, since those are trusted names with fairly good papers on why Bitcoin is the best monetary asset.

Does the pool have a minimum hashrate? Are you better off just lottery mining rather than connecting to a pool?

I appreciate the measured response as well. I'd zap you back but coinos is down. I guess my main question on that would be should people be punished for not having kids? Some people provide a lot of value in their early adult years, others don't. If no one retires, what's my incentive to not do only the bare minimum for my community, even when I'm at peak physical and cognitive health?

I do agree though that in recent generations "early retirement" has mostly been due to bad monetary policy bleeding wealth from the working class, and indeed the future. I just think if money worked as it should, it would be an accurate measure of your contribution and therefore a means to buy back your time.

I will say it's nice to have a civil disagreement online. Hope you have a nice week! (I assume based on our conversation we will both be working and trying to create some value 😄)

GL

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I agree with your general train of thought, I just think you are conflating earned wealth with unearned wealth. If I earned enough wealth via my work and time, to retire early I have (at least in theory), contributed my fair share of value to society, I've just done it early or more efficiently.

Now if everyone is retiring off inheritance, never having worked or created value, that is unearned and the whole thing stops working as you mention.

But let's say everyone is crazy work work efficient and retires at like 50, that still works because the same economic output is being created just earlier and by less people. So with the right tools and efficient work, yes everyone could retire earlier than retirement age, because someone else will be working towards their retirement.

If course in practice it is more nuanced, and not all jobs align with the value they create, but in general that is why I think earned wealth accumulated for early retirement is not unethical. Otherwise retiring at all would be unethical.

just my two sats, cheers

Weird take, as accumulating wealth isn't leeching. For a trust-fund kid sure you can maybe make that argument, but how is front-loading your economic output early in life to trade it back later in any way unethical?

It is easily manageable. If it becomes unmanageable, then there will be riots and societal collapse well before they've inflated away 50% of the $5MM in purchasing power, so your savings wouldn't matter much anyway.

Most people have negative net worth. If any substantial percentage of people cannot eat, there will be violence.

If you own hard assets, you will be fine with the traditional 25x yearly spend imo.

Unfortunately the paycheck-to-paycheck service worker gets screwed either way.

No worries thanks for your service

is the coinos.io issue recent? host is unreachable

Sorry I'm dumb are we talking about physical notes here?

Now compare that to the number of bitcoin addresses in profit. I don't even need to look to tell you it's nearly 100%.

Can anyone point me towards an easy way to start contributing to bitcoin projects, but without the friction of like working on a huge project?

I am a generally non-braindead traditional developer willing to donate some freetime to help FOSS/bitcoin-related development and meet people, but every time I look at getting involved it looks like a huge time commitment, or requires apply for major projects, grants etc.

that was crazy

The agentic workflows and tool calling I cannot get to work well at all with open source models. Perhaps that is not possible. Works fine with OpenAI, but I am not allowed to use them at work for privacy.

Are there any models for ollama that actually work for the agentic stuff if you have a beefy server?

So the exact opposite of my girlfriend

with cashu don't all apps have zaps? 😜 🥜󠅓󠅑󠅣󠅘󠅥󠄲󠅟󠄢󠄶󠅤󠅔󠅝󠅘󠄠󠅔󠄸󠄲󠅪󠄿󠅙󠄨󠅦󠅒󠅇󠅜󠅥󠅔󠄳󠄥󠅚󠅒󠄢󠅜󠅥󠅒󠄣󠄽󠅥󠅑󠅇󠄩󠅘󠅔󠅇󠄾󠅪󠅉󠅈󠅂󠅘󠅔󠄹󠄷󠅙󠅉󠅇󠅜󠄹󠄱󠄵󠄩󠄦󠄣󠅩󠅟󠄵󠄾󠅇󠅨󠅘󠅓󠄹󠄿󠅛󠅉󠅇󠄵󠄵󠅉󠅈󠄾󠄤󠅁󠄴󠅗󠄤󠅉󠅄󠅔󠅙󠄽󠅄󠅅󠄠󠅊󠅇󠄺󠅘󠄿󠅄󠅉󠄠󠄽󠅪󠄵󠄤󠄽󠄷󠄶󠅛󠄽󠅚󠄺󠅜󠄾󠄴󠄽󠄠󠄾󠄴󠅘󠅚󠄾󠄴󠅆󠅛󠄿󠅇󠅆󠅝󠅊󠄴󠄲󠅛󠅊󠄴󠅗󠅩󠅉󠅄󠄱󠄡󠅊󠅚󠅂󠅙󠅉󠅄󠄹󠄥󠅊󠄷󠅊󠅛󠄽󠅚󠅔󠅚󠄽󠄷󠅉󠄥󠄽󠄢󠄵󠅩󠅉󠅇󠄾󠅘󠅉󠄡󠅗󠅘󠄱󠄦󠄠󠅣󠅇󠄻󠅊󠅡󠅕󠅨󠅢󠄷󠅗󠄱󠄱󠄿󠄴󠅇󠄵󠄳󠄿󠅙󠅂󠄿󠅣󠅅󠄢󠄱󠅃󠅡󠄤󠅤󠄣󠅑󠅙󠅨󠄥󠅅󠄶󠅆󠅉󠅏󠄱󠅠󠅉󠅇󠅃󠅚󠅉󠅇󠅆󠅉󠄹󠄺󠅘󠅉󠅕󠄧󠅙󠅂󠅧󠅀󠄣󠅩󠄶󠅚󠅏󠅤󠅣󠄥󠅏󠅊󠅥󠄳󠅊󠅥󠄩󠄦󠅊󠄿󠄽󠄹󠄦󠅒󠄷󠅊󠅩󠅇󠄳󠅇󠅛󠅈󠄣󠅜󠅘󠅧󠅉󠅈󠄾󠅉󠄹󠄶󠅅󠅞󠄽󠅜󠅪󠄶󠅨󠅝󠅡󠅇󠅠󠅡󠅆󠅙󠅉󠅃󠅆󠄤󠅈󠅗󠄠󠅛󠅙󠄩󠅠󠄝󠅩󠄥󠄶󠅚󠄧󠄴󠄸󠅖󠅉󠅇󠅨󠅑󠅂󠅔󠅅󠄨󠅉󠅈󠄺󠅉󠄹󠄴󠅟󠄿󠄿󠅥󠅒󠅘󠄴󠄣󠄸󠅣󠅡󠅄󠅖󠄡󠅝󠅥󠄾󠄢󠅁󠄱󠅏󠄲󠄶󠅘󠅢󠄼󠄥󠄾󠅖󠄲󠅟󠅜󠅕󠅑󠄺󠅉󠄧󠅄󠅧󠅞󠅚󠄸󠅠󠄷󠄶󠅘󠄷󠄳󠄲󠅘󠅓󠄣󠅘󠄱󠄾󠄴󠄵󠅨󠄽󠅚󠅛󠄢󠅊󠅄󠅗󠅧󠄽󠄴󠅗󠅨󠅊󠅄󠄽󠄠󠄾󠅇󠄽󠄢󠅉󠅄󠅁󠄢󠄾󠅚󠄺󠅙󠅉󠅪󠄽󠄢󠅊󠅚󠄶󠅚󠄽󠄢󠄽󠅪󠅉󠄢󠅉󠄢󠄽󠅚󠄺󠅙󠄿󠄴󠅘󠅝󠄽󠄷󠄵󠄠󠅉󠅄󠅆󠅛󠄾󠄷󠅁󠅩󠅊󠅄󠄽󠅪󠄾󠄴󠅜󠅙󠅉󠅝󠅁󠅩󠅊󠄷󠅂󠅜󠅊󠅇󠄶󠅚󠅇󠄳󠄵󠄴󠅄󠄸󠄸󠄵󠅕󠄹󠅜󠄧󠄡󠅦󠅒󠄵󠅥󠅛󠄸󠅩󠅁󠅘󠅅󠅧󠅥󠄴󠄝󠅉󠅑󠄿󠅝󠅁󠄶󠄦󠄷󠅁󠅧󠅔󠅡󠄨󠅪󠅡󠅦󠅘󠅦󠅏󠅠󠅘󠅊󠄻󠄾󠅘󠅊󠅆󠅗󠅗󠄱󠄼󠄥󠄹󠅁󠄦󠄡󠅝󠅣󠅂󠅝󠄱󠅤󠅤󠅉󠅜󠄝󠅓󠅡󠅤󠅣󠅪󠄱󠅉󠄽󠅘󠅉󠅦󠄨󠄿󠅨󠄹󠄡󠄾󠄝󠄴󠄹󠄡󠅤󠅀󠅑󠅝󠄶󠅘󠅓󠄡󠅗󠅗󠅈󠅈󠄳󠅅󠅟󠄩󠄶󠅏󠅊󠅇󠅛󠅨󠄱󠅓󠄶󠄼󠅆󠅉󠅩󠄼󠄼󠅆󠅑󠅚󠅗󠅃󠅤󠅅󠄥󠅑󠄵󠅦󠄡󠅣󠄥󠅒󠅁󠄺󠅕󠅄󠅦󠄣󠅘󠅘󠅓󠅜󠅗󠅗󠄢󠄶󠅞󠅜󠅇󠄺󠅦󠅪󠅑󠅢󠅇󠅣󠅘󠄷󠅃󠄦󠅂󠅥󠅈󠅂󠅢󠅀󠅝󠅥󠄽󠄧󠄩󠅅󠄵󠅂󠅈󠅈󠅄󠅚󠄻󠄥󠄿󠄳󠅞󠄧󠅀󠅖󠅇󠅛󠅉󠅇󠄵󠅉󠅁󠄷󠄶󠅪󠅕󠄵󠄱󠅪󠄽󠅚󠅂󠅝󠄽󠅝󠄺󠅙󠄾󠄷󠄵󠄠󠄾󠄴󠄱󠄡󠄾󠅚󠅛󠅩󠄾󠅚󠅁󠅪󠅉󠅚󠅛󠅩󠄿󠄴󠄵󠄢󠅊󠅚󠄾󠅚󠅉󠅄󠅛󠅩󠄽󠅄󠅘󠅘󠅊󠄴󠅆󠅜󠅊󠅚󠄱󠅪󠄽󠅇󠅉󠄣󠅊󠅚󠅁󠄢󠄿󠅇󠅁󠅪󠅉󠅚󠄵󠄢󠅉󠅄󠅛󠄥󠄾󠅝󠅂󠅝󠄾󠅪󠅔󠅝󠄾󠄢󠄽󠄢󠅉󠅇󠄾󠅉󠄹󠅁󠄾󠅚󠄲󠄤󠄾󠄣󠄵󠅄󠅗󠄾󠅂󠅖󠅝󠅔󠅙󠅩󠅛󠅙󠅊󠅦󠄣󠄣󠄝󠅨󠅜󠅦󠄦󠄸󠄢󠄠󠄼󠄡󠅗󠄸󠄾󠅈󠄣󠅓󠅅󠄾󠅙󠅆󠅤󠅇󠄶󠅛󠅟󠄢󠄶󠅜󠅇󠄳󠄴󠅗󠅠󠅞󠅂󠅉󠄷󠅣󠄽󠅨󠅁󠄶󠅟󠄣󠅥󠄸󠅚󠅑󠅂󠅦󠅞󠄳󠄿󠅑󠄨󠅏󠅞󠄥󠄹󠅘󠄢󠅦󠅩󠅑󠅇󠄽󠄳󠅡󠄥󠄳󠄸󠅕󠄥󠅝󠄶󠅪󠅇󠄳󠄴󠅉󠄱󠄼󠅂󠅄󠄱󠄸󠅘󠄳󠅉󠅚󠅁󠅣󠄼󠄵󠅟󠅇󠅠󠄽󠅨󠄺󠄺󠄝󠅜󠅃󠅝󠅢󠅇󠅤󠅒󠄤󠄵󠅦󠄱󠅓󠄦󠅩󠅥󠅇󠄽󠅢󠅜󠅝󠄶󠅩󠅇󠄳󠄳󠅆󠄶󠄩󠅖󠅘󠄸󠅉󠅗󠅝󠅝󠄳󠅅󠅀󠅞󠄽󠄺󠅗󠄨󠅆󠄺󠅩󠅆󠅝󠄽󠅢󠅨󠅈󠅖󠅑󠄶󠅈󠅊󠄠󠅙󠄝󠄳󠄽󠅨󠅧󠄻󠄹󠅄󠅗

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I think the hackathon looks cool. Are there other ways to contribute or get involved for someone who works a lot and doesn't have much free time?

Nothing wrong with that! Apple will deliver a foldable eventually, and I think it will be hard for people to go back to slabs tbh

I am tired so I thought this was asking if Machine Gun Kelly is bad for you

Hell yeah Iove these. Let's find a way to print tamper-resistant codes with a serial number from the mint that proves value locked. Then we can get a physical bitcoin layer working anywhere in the world.