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Oh, you didn't know the market economy only listens to red or blue?

Politics has been theatre for a long time. The curtain is beginning to lift and the people are seeing the gears worked and the building are just a facade. The only problem is that the drama was played with their own stored value.

Welcome to all the new #nostr people.

Banned across the pond, yep, that will probably stop people from thinking something is wrong.

https://youtu.be/l0bmJlrhRg4?si=OodHJ2KgA53m7gt9

When I was growing up, I was taught that asking a person's #age was considered rude. Today, machines are asking. #noydb

Central planning has many bad qualities but one of the worst is just the fakey feeling and canned experience. It is like eating at Rainforest Cafe.

"Welcome to Duloc, such a perfect town

Here we have some rules, let us lay them down

Don't make waves, stay in line, and we'll get along fine

Duloc is a perfect place

Please keep off of the grass

Shine your shoes

Wipe your... face

Duloc is, Duloc is, Duloc is a perfect place." #Shrek

On his way to the Circus of Nero, St. Peter reminded St. Linus, "Not your keys, not your papacy." #keys

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Letter from a student. Rewards of leaving a life on the trading desk to research and teach. It doesn't get better than this. Makes me realize how much I am blessed. Showing my wife these is an equally special moment because of proof-of-work.

"Good morning/evening Professor Nik,

I just wanted to take some time to thank you for everything I learned in your Bitcoin program.

Honestly, when I first read "AI and Finance," I thought you were going to teach quantitative finance with AI as some new algorithm. I applied because it was literally the only class that interested me, and I'm pretty sure I put it as all three of my choices on the application.

When I found out later that it was mainly about finance fundamentals, I thought I was going to have a horrible time. Boy, was I wrong—I accidentally discovered that besides computer science, finance might actually be my thing.

I didn't realize how important the stuff we covered (especially credit creation and layered money) was until I started my recent internship at . The foundation you built for understanding markets—especially that class where you talked about credit creation and what happens to stocks and treasuries when more loans get taken out—has been incredibly helpful.

The knowledge from your class has actually let me start conversations about crypto and stablecoins with some of my colleagues who've been in high finance for over two decades. I've been able to explain where Bitcoin gets its value and what stablecoins actually are. When they asked questions like what Bitcoin's market cap really means, I could talk about UTXOs and explain concepts like Bitcoin's realized value.

This class really inspired me and honestly might even change the career path I end up taking. But above everything else, being able to actually transact Bitcoin in class was lowkey cool (not gonna lie, best thing ever)—it felt so much different than just reading the tech docs for the protocol.

Thanks again for such an eye-opening semester!"

Good stuff. I would like to see Bitcoin and Privacy being taught in high school. I teach my kids but a class where they can experience, question, and learn together would be fascinating.

Out of the park nostr:nprofile1qqsvf646uxlreajhhsv9tms9u6w7nuzeedaqty38z69cpwyhv89ufcqpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet5tm8sjr. One of the best short interviews for BTC.

https://youtu.be/Jc5J-5cXpsM?si=EIpFVkt6Nh7nJJcO

Bitcoin is not a new idea, it is just new technology. It is the idea that each of us have been given special skills to help each other mutually benefit without arbitrary overlords and without watering down the stored labor of our past.

It was definitely good enough for me to read three of his other books.

When Jesus was approached about paying taxes to Caesar, notice He said, "Give that shitcoin back to them. That #BTC, yea, I created the laws that govern it. It is called math and energy. Definitely hodl that and tell Caesar to pound sand."

#Cash is not king. It is more a deuce.

The time is closer than you think. Dollar General will one day be SATs General. #dollar v. #BTC

I wear my Bastiat shirt every week. He must have been a riot to hang out with.

Living in a small city and trying to expand BTC payment options to local small businesses. Can nostr:nprofile1qqsv8fus0eeygg3k4mzlv9y5j9x5jka6pzvyfgkcyrug38hmutnfd5spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3vamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwpexjmtpdshxuet5u34wfv help with these? I want to offer some options after I ask "Will you start taking BTC?"

It would be pretty cool if BTC breaks its USD per BTC record on July 4. Freedom money on US freedom day. #freedom #liberty

Like a page from Ch. 12 in nostr:nprofile1qqsw4v882mfjhq9u63j08kzyhqzqxqc8tgf740p4nxnk9jdv02u37ncpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumtpd35kutn0dekqz9rhwden5te0dehhxarjwdshganp9ehx2aqkrad8w's "Broken Money".

https://cruxnow.com/church-in-africa/2025/07/african-bishop-slams-outdated-biased-global-finance-system

Is it just me or does CH. 9 of nostr:nprofile1qqsw4v882mfjhq9u63j08kzyhqzqxqc8tgf740p4nxnk9jdv02u37ncpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumtpd35kutn0dekqz9rhwden5te0dehhxarjwdshganp9ehx2aqkrad8w's book "Broken Money" really piss you off?

Don't forget, happy wife, happy bitcoiner. #bitcoinandmarriage

Can you imagine making life decisions based on YouTube video titles or headlines? And seeing some of the things talked about in our current world, I begin to wonder how many people make choices via click bait.

One of the best arguments for bitcoin is simply its efficiency. That is not a huge rallying reason, but I think it is what will ultimately be the reason it will be chosen over fiat.

Moving value in minutes rather than hours or days is too strong a value to pass up. Another efficiency is that it does not care if you unbank it because it does not recognize that bottle neck.

I walked up to a stranger at a store and without saying else I just told him, "Not your keys, not your #bitcoin".

He immediately opened his phone, downloaded a wallet, bought SATs, and started a fintech company.

Of course this never happened but just a reminder that both the comminicator and message are important.