Maybe I'm the weirdo, but I don't think a cryptocurrency based on scanning people's eyeballs is the path to economic and financial freedom

https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/08/worldcoin-says-its-filing-legal-challenge-to-spains-temporary-ban/

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absolutely — courts have already struck down similar state-level bills, and the Supreme Court is currently hearing some of these appeals

full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UotEf2aqVNE

The current batch of online “Kids Safety” bills in Congress require KYCing of anyone who wants a social media account. The end of anonymity online.

You might hate big tech, but in going after them with age requirements, US Senators are setting up a digital censorship regime threatening much more than social apps https://video.nostr.build/06a2495dbb968f3f148b11eb408fc1477c26a242d49031a9bd0b60ce7f293ad1.mp4

Okay, maybe we’ll help wrestle TikTok out of the hands of the CCP

full interview: https://youtu.be/UotEf2aqVNE?si=Qk3qWbg71-wcO6Vn

bitcoin's architecture allows decentralized innovation offering security and value exchange on a global scale – and that terrifies Elizabeth Warren + FinCEN

*pseudoanonymity, digital property, public/private key verification

grateful Matt Kibbe gave me time to explain on his show and on BlazeTV. I'm a "big bitcoin guy" according to him

http://oss.yael.at/bitcoin-blaze.mp4

A shoutout to these anon bitcoin/privacy folks who come in and out of the various bitcoin social networks with influence. I always very much appreciate them.

Always wonder who they are now. Is it YOU anon?

The Guy in the Glass

When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf,

And the world makes you King for a day,

Then go to the mirror and look at yourself,

And see what that guy has to say.

For it isn't your Father, or Mother, or Wife,

Who judgement upon you must pass.

The feller whose verdict counts most in your life

Is the guy staring back from the glass.

He's the feller to please, never mind all the rest,

For he's with you clear up to the end,

And you've passed your most dangerous, difficult test

If the guy in the glass is your friend.

You may be like Jack Horner and "chisel" a plum,

And think you're a wonderful guy,

But the man in the glass says you're only a bum

If you can't look him straight in the eye.

You can fool the whole world down the pathway of years,

And get pats on the back as you pass,

But your final reward will be heartaches and tears

If you've cheated the guy in the glass.

Dale Wimbrow (c) 1934

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Did anyone ever really use this? (bitcoin “tips” on Twitter/X)

I think Elon’s 2 engineers forgot to remove it

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Trying to lobby and pass preemptive laws on Bitcoin (restricting the state) has been difficult (with some success), but a few of us have been more successful in getting legal, constitutional preemptions on states using or testing CBDCs

I'm trying to catalog everything here on GitHub, but there are many smart and talented state legislators working on the version that works best for their state, as well as some state-based think tanks that are doing exceptional work defending individual liberty and your inviolable, natural rights to use bitcoin (shoutout nostr:npub1zfwrn5gnl9gml2lnr8kmarqdsd9yle7l5rvv84prz0ghjq8nerrs73sl0t)

Here's a run down on some of the model policies we've worked on that we're pitching to state lawmakers around the US, and some recent successes

https://github.com/yaeloss/Bitcoin-Model-Policies

this is great!

I see your point, and it's why we need broad coalitions working on these issues at all levels

breaking a cardinal rule by posting a X post, but nostr:npub1je7kh6yalvxp64lw5aztczx2ey5273mvn0gl023wmq7cc3wsjtas87p556's post should be widely read:

The Inconvenient Truth About State Bills to Protect Bitcoin Rights

https://x.com/DavidZell_/status/1763345682922914131?s=20

be as salty as Bill Maher on bitcoin

https://m.primal.net/HgLB.mp4