I went all in at $107k 🤦🏼‍♂️. I’ve been stacking for awhile but dumped it all in at $107k. 🤷🏼 I don’t care now and definitely wont care at $207k or $1.070m or $10,070m. 😉🫡

which is why I'm on here talking about privacy and cypherpunk 1st principles all the time.

all pretty sure thats why you have me muted

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When they hold and buy bitcoin they are making a zero to one step of separating they themselves from state issued money. Sacks gets Bitcoin so much so that he has announced the dumping of his buddy’s shitcoins. I called Sacks out publicly a few times and he made me look dumb. RESPECT. He did the work and believes in the purchasing power NGU technology believe it or not.

It would be unrealistic to expect to live peacefully within a state that was adversarial to how you want to store your time and energy. Living anonymously in another country was a real consideration with the last administration. Seeing this move as bad is just a decision to be pessimistic instead of enjoying the fuck out of this move like you should be. Take the win and go pet a dog.

Will you get a government the size of the post office again though?

cool

i don't care what the government thinks.

4) The state buying Bitcoin is not the state controlling Bitcoin. It is them bending knee to us and agreeing to the same rule set we have already agreed to. Even if they don’t yet see it that way.

wut?

who is capitulating?

no.

but i didnt expect bitcoiners to celebrate it as a win either.

how is it a win that the open market won't be able to buy those 200k coins?

My understanding is that the “buy more” must be done in a revenue neutral way. I guess Trump could try to sell gold and use the proceeds to buy BTC. But will he? Without congressional approval? It’s certainly possible but by no means a slam dunk. Maybe there’s some kind of US-owned stranded energy source he could use for mining, but that would take years to spin up and isn’t revenue neutral in the short-term.

I guess one bit of good news is that the seized Bitcoin he’s using to fund the SBR won’t be dumped on the open market. That’s a win.

Investors were expecting an SBR with ongoing buys but instead, they just got an SBR. It’s like going into McDonald’s and ordering a Royale with Cheese and they end up giving you just a plain Royale. Sure, a Royale is worth something, but you’re not going to pay as much for it without the cheese.

Whoever told you that is a dick

I heard your wine is made from the toilet

This chart explains why we are missing a few years in our shared perception of time

You don't hate Daylight Savings Time enough.

apparently i have been accused of deleting my x account for klout

which is retarded because x has 10000x the user base of nostr

Here's a plan and campaign that I think the Democractic Party should consider. NOSTR, Bitcoin, Crowdhealth, Entrepreneurship, Safety, and transparency about government influence are at the center of bringing back the middle class which is the key campaign promise.

I'm not sure the party has a chance whatsoever if this is not what they embrace immediately.

Democratic Party 2028

“May the best man, woman, idea and plan win.”

Let’s be honest with ourselves. We can complain or we can compete.

If we are honest with ourselves we know we cannot blame the refs, the other team or bad luck in the game.

We need to get to work.

If we are honest with ourselves, we lost because we lost touch with actual democracy and what the Nation wanted.

We need to understand and accept this.

If we are being honest with ourselves we made people feel like they were inferior instead of being heard when they had questions.

We need to walk a mile in the shoes of that feeling. No one likes that feeling. We need to love the good hearted debate again. This is at the center of our solution to winning.

We welcome and not run from a good hearted debate.

We don’t have to agree on everything but we do have to make sure we are hearing, listening and understanding.

We need to welcome uncomfortable questions, situations and conversations because that is how we identify the root causes. When we identify root causes of problems it is easy to agree on them. When we agree on the root causes, we can begin to prioritize them for impact then solve them collectively and efficiently.

We have an opportunity to represent a new chapter of the Democratic Party by outthinking, outcompeting, outworking opponents. We have an opportunity to invite competition to our opponents and proudly state,

“May the best man, woman, idea and plan win.”

We have an opportunity to bring back the ideals of truth, transparency, merit and American ideals today.

It requires being honest with ourselves and introspective about ourselves. We no longer blame external factors, other people or circumstances. We outcompete, outthink and show our work.

It requires actual work and it will not be easy but it will be worthwhile. Actual work starts today with understanding the root causes of why we lost and that starts with admitting that we did lose.

The focus of the campaign that will bring us back to prominence is the middle class. We cannot just say this though we have to show the middle class our plan and how we execute on it.

To bring back the middle class we will focus on excelling in three areas:

transparency, technology and health.

We are competing for our middle class because we are nothing without them. We are focused on transparency, technology and health because we’ve identified the areas where we can make the biggest impact, outcompete and win for them.

Transparency in money and influence

“Show me the outcome and I’ll show you the incentives.”

Our money and our politicians are not meeting the standards of transparency that this country deserves. And they haven't for a long time Unless we are committed to the utmost form of transparency at all times, we cannot properly deliver on our promises. And we are definitely under the influence of non-American agendas.

This is the number one priority that cannot be compromised. Without truth and transparency reaching a never before seen standard, we cannot expect to compete for many elections to come.

Tech

“Inflation is a tax on your savings”

Open source Money in Bitcoin means a savings technology that actually works at preserving your purchasing power.

Open source communication in NOSTR means we cannot hide from transparency.

Embracing Artificial Intelligence means we are progressing towards a responsible future with the inevitable and finding opportunities here for employment for the middle class.

Health

“Safety is at the top of all hierarchies”

The feeling of safety comes from trust and trust comes from consistency. Higher teachers, cops, and nurses salaries are at the center of our communities to create a thriving middle class with these roles being our superstars.

Parks and recreation need to be defended and inviting again to enjoy enjoy life away from screens again.

Health Care providers like Crowdheatlh need to become the new standard and get rid of no-bid contracts in health, education and other government subsidized industries. We have to compete here with our best plans and entrepreneurs or we will not win.

Gyms, gym owners and small businesses focused on physical health are another subset of the new super stars. They need to be offered the best resources and support through tax breaks, rebates and integrated compensation from companies like crowdhealth when they are effective.

Food and the FDA need to be audited regularly for a new standard. We simply lost badly here for good reason and we ostracized one of our biggest proponents for this cause in Robert Kennedy JR.

These are the areas we are meant to compete for and do well at. And we will win if we begin to adopt these ideals today. We are running out of time so let's get to work.

And may the best man, woman, idea and plan win.

Canadian provinces tariff each other worse than they do the US, along with the generally high barrier to entry imposed by the liquor boards. It's just depressing.

From what I've heard at least in Quebec, if someone makes a special request to the liquor commission to import a wine not currently stocked, they would actually reach out directly to you, Peony Lane, for example, to purchase your wine. There's a minimum quantity and all that but it's not impossible.

Need to drum up interest in Quebec enough for individuals to come together to buy it, or maybe a restaurant that caters to bitcoiners.

maybe Alberta will be the 51st State 🤣🤙

can you ship out of the US?

Wine 😆

is that opposite reality?

Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

-David Hume

Where did you find the chart?

Tell me about this "Threads" you speak of

Well done Ben!! 👏👏👏👏👏

Congrats! Would love to taste an American Tannat someday (is it even possible there?) and pay it with Bitcoin. Inspires me to accept BTC at our local wine store. Cheers!

It feels like such an inconsequential thing to pay for something with Bitcoin or get Bitcoin in payment. But it's not, and it shows.

tbh, depending on when one got into bitcoin in 2021, i don't think they've averaged 12% a year...

What have you purchased with Bitcoin lately?

The IMF thing didn't say they couldn't mine bitcoin, right? They have all that geothermal.

It takes me longer to cook an oxtail 😂

sounds like a Bitcoiner? sell me more. it a big trip to go out to each of these

Will you accept bitcoin?

My mother has never watched The Matrix.

I provided various contexts about themes since it is a 25-year old movie, but then suggested that she actually do so. Like, really. Out of a thousand action movies, watch that one.

It’s a classic now, imo. On the list of movies that proper movie enthusiasts can’t not have watched.

Let me know when I can see their wares.

naw

I like you Ben. I won't mute ya.

but I'll rattle your cage sometimes.

😇🤙

not new, but good af

New meme template just dropped

How much did that promo cost you?

I thought you knew! 🍷