We are told we need mass surveillance to protect civil rights.

We are told we need censorship to ensure free speech.

We are told we need bank bailouts to rescue the free market.

We are told we need compliance to protect science.

We are told we need rigged elections to save democracy.

We are told we need forever war to secure peace.

GN

Vew understand this.

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“There's a reason some may say education sucks, and it's the same reason it will never be fixed. It's never going to get any better... because the owners of this country don't want that. I'm talking about the real owners now... the real owners. The big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don't... They don't want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don't want well-informed, well-educated people capable of critical thinking. They're not interested in that. That doesn't help them. That's against their interests.” - George Carlin

Media => Social Media => Social Credit

That was pretty simple in my case 🤷‍♂️ I want to drool few more kilograms but not sure cause I’m tall so maybe 80 is enough and now I just need to work out more

-10 kilograms 4 weeks 🫡

Time to go and buy new clothes 🙈😄

I have preferred not to give my opinion on the subject because although at first I liked the idea of drivechains, it is also true that we have current solutions such as liquid-type sidechains or mercury-type statechains as well as new protocols such as RGB. The three cases mentioned above improve problems such as scalability or privacy, so I am somewhat skeptical about drivechains and also leave ARK on the shelf because it is not being implemented yet.

Maybe drivechains are not a good option when there are other options that do not modify the Bitcoin protocol or its incentives.

I have preferred not to give my opinion on the subject because although at first I liked the idea of drivechains, it is also true that we have current solutions such as liquid-type sidechains or mercury-type statechains as well as new protocols such as RGB. The three cases mentioned above improve problems such as scalability or privacy, so I am somewhat skeptical about drivechains and also leave ARK on the shelf because it is not being implemented yet.

Maybe drivechains are not a good option when there are other options that do not modify the Bitcoin protocol or its incentives.

Don't lose perspective.

- the money in the bank is not yours, they can seize it whenever they want and that money is not worth shit because it is counterfeitable.

- the houses, cars and land are not yours either, they can seize them whenever they want and on top of that you have to pay taxes to keep their property.

On the other hand:

- They can't seize your Bitcoin.

- They can't stop you from paying whoever you want, wherever you want and however you want with Bitcoin.

- You can cross the border with all your bitcoins and they can't do anything.

- They can't counterfeit them.

Don't be fooled by the price, there is nothing else in the world that offers you what Bitcoin offers, be strong, be a man and hit them where it hurts the most.

Dignity, courage and honesty.

On the path toward massive adoption of Nostr, 99% of Nostr clients will died.

I do not believe Bitcoin will usher in an egalitarian utopia simply because that is not how people are - you would have to change human nature first.

But I do believe it is a significant step towards a true meritocracy, for as long as society is split between those who can control and create money and those who cannot, socioeconomic mobility will remain a pipe dream.

By removing that power from the hands of humans and passing it up to the neutral laws of mathematics, Bitcoin creates equality of opportunity.

There has never been and never will be a limitation on the ability to stack sats. Even if states enact laws: "we can code faster than you can regulate." (See: Robosats in response to KYC and Bitcoin bans, Silk Road and the continuing growth of new DNMs in response to the war on drugs, etc.)

A true free market without state intervention (or where such intervention can be bypassed) is a beautiful thing that by nature must cater to the needs of the people. The most democratic system in history.

We don't need a centralised group of elites dictating our needs to us.

Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution. ~Aristotle

On the way…