It may not be what most of us think of as a privacy issue, but you'd have to be a narcissistic nutcase to hand over your DNA for sequencing by 23andMe. Happily, it looks like the company is imploding! https://fortune.com/2024/09/18/23andme-board-resigns-anne-wojcicki/

Great catch, James, to juxtapose two diametrically opposed events happening on the same day!

My favorite team isn't the Giants or the Mets. My favorite team is Bitcoin.

It doesn't matter who wins the Super Bowl or the World Series. But the Bitcoin team is full of high integrity coders, plebs, and 'nyms contributing to give the world a new and fundamentally ethical money.

That was a super worthwhile conversation. Will’s one of the most articulate CEO’s I’ve ever listened to. Glad you had him on!

My favorite newsletter is Roger Price's ( @Travellr ) “Letter from…around the world." The guy travels constantly and shares great photos, which he accompanies with smart stuff about privacy, freedom tech, sovereign computing, Bitcoin, and various eschatology-oriented pieces. I was delighted to see my Bitcoin article plus my new piece on unrealized gains featured in his latest issue. Give it a look, and you'll likely subscribe. I read it via RSS using NetNewswire, and never miss a week! https://rogerprice.me/132-and-now-palermo/

This is the most reasonable explanation I've seen about what's moving the world toward authoritarianism. Could have used a section on UK cops arresting people for thoughtcrimes, but still very much worth your time. https://alt-market.us/time-to-rebel-we-are-now-entering-the-total-censorship-stage-of-global-tyranny/

You can now put any fears about the US national debt to rest. The IRS just recovered $1.3 billion of unpaid taxes from the wealthy, which amounts to 0.003682 percent of the $35.3 trillion national debt! In other words, the amount the IRS just recovered is barely half of one day's interest on the US national debt. Great job!

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/irs-recovered-1-3-billion-unpaid-taxes-wealthy-taxpayers-audits/

https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2024/07/any-way-you-look-at-it-interest-costs-on-the-national-debt-will-soon-be-at-an-all-time-high

When Bitcoin becomes your unit of account, crappy-handwaving-Peter Schiff-quoting articles like this won't bother you in the least. Maybe Bitcoin drops for a while, but over the long term it's other assets that grind down against Bitcoin. https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/09/03/strap-in-september-fed-us-dollar-crisis-predicted-to-spark-total-collapse-and-a-critical-bitcoin-price-tipping-point/

The real God Candle pump doesn’t happen until we hit a true supply shock. I’d have thought it would happen by now, but we obviously still have longer to wait. When it finally happens, it’ll be abrupt. https://dncomply.com/bitcoin-basics/

ETMLI5, please!

Looks like Wile E. Coyote right after after he’s run off the cliff, in the half-second before gravity kicks in.

Glad to see you here. I’ve been following you on Twitter for quite a while and I’ve enjoyed your podcast appearances.

Since most people lack the financial background needed to understand what a dangerous and terrible idea it is to attempt to tax unrealized capital gains, I just published this—my first lengthy article in almost two years. https://dncomply.com/unreal/

And here's a link to the show. Unless you know self-custody backwards and forwards, you're certain to find it worthwhile! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b0ghJJMzlc

This morning I listened to the new interview of Stadicus by

nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u about all the issues surrounding self-custody. I found it so helpful that I updated my Bitcoin Basics primer with a link to the interview. https://dncomply.com/bitcoin-basics/

One of my very favorite bitcoiners is @johnkvallis. Ultra generous w/ impeccable integrity. He stopped tweeting and NOSTRing months ago, and I really miss his podcast. Hoping he's happy & healthy and, if so, that he's working on something wonderful that justifies/explains his radio silence.

Several of the best Bitcoin-related pieces of advice I’ve received over the past decade came from nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx. I recommend him in my Bitcoin Basics guide.

One of my main life regrets is not discovering cold plunges in my 20s or 30s. The calm that overtakes you once you’re immersed in icy water beats any drug I’ve ever encountered. And I’m convinced that cold plunges are as good for you as exercise, without inflicting any pounding and wear-and-tear.

I’m off to Finland in a couple weeks for a day of no-B.S. saunas!

Great news! Your account and Dave Collum’s account are the top two I wanted to see on NOSTR. We’re now halfway there!

Hi Tim, I set aside this afternoon to getting zaps worked out. The first reading I did on the matter recommended Wallet of Satoshi for my Mac’s lightning wallet, but that app has been discontinued. So I signed up to the nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm waiting list, and we’ll see how long that takes. If you know a quicker way to get zaps up and running on a Mac I’d love to hear it!