Aloha and congratulations to every Kennedy volunteer, in Hawaii and across the country, especially these heroic moms!
https://twitter.com/NicoleShanahan/status/1782085571906797894
#Kennedy2024 🇺🇸🗳️ #Election2024
#KennedyShanahan24
https://twitter.com/northwesthawk/status/1781766067465126031
#Kennedy2024 🇺🇸🗳️ #Election2024
#KennedyShanahan24
Your 1 & 2 statements are correct. Does anyone have to do extra research?
Both $BCH and ⚡ SATS are used for practically free transactions; however, $BCH is a separate cryptocurrency with its own blockchain, while ⚡ SATS are fractional units of true #Bitcoin $BTC. Isn't that enough info to choose #Bitcoin $BTC and Satoshi⚡ SATS over $BCH?
Does the "Hijacking Bitcoin" book fairly compare Bitcoin Cash $BCH and Satoshi⚡ SATS, the smallest units of #Bitcoin $BTC?
The answers for these 3 easy questions: No, yes and no.
Hijacking Bitcoin - Review by Stephan Kinsella
https://twitter.com/NSKinsella/status/1780469271144874414
I finally got around to reading _The Blocksize Wars_. I wasn't following bitcoin really closely back then. I did hear Roger Ver talk about it on Tom Woods podcast and listened to some debates at the time but this book has been interesting. This morning I saw this Twitter post by Stephan Kinsella (Anti-IP patent attorney, libertarian writer. Author). I respect Stephan's thoughts on many topics. Don't always agree with him of course but I found his review of this book titled _Hijacking Bitcoin_ interesting.
What follows is a review of Hijacking Bitcoin by Stephan Kinsella
> I just finished reading Hijacking Bitcoin, by @rogerkver with @steveinpursuit, and with a foreword by my buddy @jeffreyrspencer
> I will say that it is extremely well written and organized and well argued and researched. It is a very professional job. I learned some things from it. I appreciate his writing it. I could point to some defects I see in it, some things that were left out--like a definition of "Bitcoin Maximalist" or a few other fairly minor omissions, but I was impressed by the deft way the technical material was presented and woven together, combined with the history, the players, and so on.
> In the end, I am not persuaded by his case, because of a difference in opinion about the emergence and role of money and the idea of what role a cryptocurrency might play. I think the way the argument was presented was biased or weird in some ways. They keep talking about what bitcoin was "meant" to be or what Satoshi's "vision" is. This sounds cultish to me. The tactics of Core/Blockstream -- none of them are rights violations and this is just people with different views of the nature of the system and its purpose. It played out. BCH still exists. They can make their case that people should "adopt" BCH whatever that means. The conspiracy theories permeating the book are embarrassing. Vague allusions to some dude who says he worked in intelligence and and investor who is a member of Bilderberger? Come on. But then I despise conspiracy theorizing; it's embarrassing. There are other criticisms I could make but I do not want to pettifog or be nitpicky or petty.
> I think money solves the problem of barter: double coincidence of wants, and the inability to calculate. Then the state captures it, and ruins money. The promise of a decentralized, peer-to-peer and uncensorable digital asset promises to solve this problem and restore money to its original role and even improve it since in most ways it is superior to gold. All this bullshit about smart contracts, the "promise of the blockchain," NFT bullshit, using a blockchain "as a registry": I think it's all bullshit. I don't think crypto is needed to solve the "problem" that a Venmo has already solved. This is silly.
> Moreover, the (implicit) whining that there was like a 5 year window when Bitcoin could have "gained adoption" for "cheap payments" before Venmo, Zelle, PayPal etc. were in wide use, is just ridiculous. Come on. First, this solves no huge problem. It's minor. Second, it never could have since it never could be "used" for daily transactions in today's world because of capital gains taxes. Capital gains taxes are the primary barrier to its "adoption" as a daily currency, plus the fact that dollars/fiat work fine for transactions--at the present time. They just are not a good place to store much of your wealth. Everyone already knows this. That's why no one stores all of their wealth in dollars. They chase returns in other assets to avoid inflation. Real estate, stock market index funds, and so on. Sometimes gold, as the relic of the failed gold of the ancient days.
> So I see a digital money, during its adoption phase, as a place to put your wealth instead of more costly and inferior "stores of value" like gold, real estate, artwork, and so on. I can only hope that when it supplants gold and other assets for this function then at a certain point the political climate will change enough to allow it to be used, probably with various sidechain solutions, for daily payments etc.
> I have mentioned some of this previously at https://stephankinsella.com/paf-podcast/kol337-wasabikas-15-you-dont-own-bitcoin/ etc.
> Re the nonsense of "smart contracts": https://stephankinsella.com/2022/02/libertarian-answer-man-smart-contracts/
> So I am glad Ver wrote this book and learned some things from it--while maintaining some skepticism at much of his claims since his bias stands out quite often--but remain unpersuaded by this large-block perspective. I still think it is almost inevitable that we will someday have a decentralized, inflation-proof and censorship-proof cryptocurrency as the single world reserve currency. Which one it will be, I do not know. Of the 30,000 cryptos that exist, my guess is it will be BTC because of network effects and it's good enough and close enough to an ideal money and so far superior to gold and fiat that it will be the one that wins out, at least for some period of time. So that means it's stupid to "use" or spend it at the present time since we are in a unique period of history when we may be seeing the adoption phase of a new money. That means its value will go up a lot. So you hold or HODL it and then eventually its value gets high enough and/or plateaus and political factors change so people do and can start using it more regularly (and after sidechains are perfected). So right now I view BTC as a speculative investment, based on the hope that it will someday replace all world fiat.
> I also don't think of money as wealth, which a lot of people implicitly seem to do. I think this is a big mistake a lot of people implicilty make. So this means that it doesn't matter what is money; it doesn't have to be permanent or stay the same. It's a tool like property rights. There is no reason money cannot change, if a better one comes along. If Money1 is in use for X years and evaporates and is replaced by Money2, no wealth is lost since money is not wealth. The money premium just shifts from one to the other. So what?
> E.g, if BTC is adopted in 10 years and lasts for 30 years, fine, it serves the function of money during that time, and if a vastly improved BTC-Hoppe comes out after that and somehow "dislodges" the first one and the world shifts to it, so what? No wealth is destroyed, since money is not wealth. Money is a sui generis good, not a consumer or capital good, not wealth in and of itself. And for this reason I do not expect Bitcoin Standard World to be one where people keep most of their wealth in cash (BTC), if only for diversification/risk sake. I would keep say 5% of my wealth in BTC for liquidity, and the rest in other real-wealth and perhaps income-earning assets, just in case BTC has some massive glitch and fails or gets replaced by BTC-Hoppe.
> That's my take. I could be wrong about this and do not pretend to be an expert, but ... this is my opinion.
> nb @saifedean
Does the "Hijacking Bitcoin" book fairly compare Bitcoin Cash $BCH and Satoshi⚡ SATS, the smallest units of #Bitcoin $BTC?
Both are used for practically free transactions; however, $BCH is a separate cryptocurrency with its own blockchain, while ⚡ SATS are fractional units of true #Bitcoin $BTC. Isn't that enough info to choose #Bitcoin $BTC and Satoshi⚡ SATS over $BCH?
A POLITICAL SCANDAL:
Polls, a key factor in determining eligibility for Secret Service protection, show strong support for #RFKjr:
• 24% in battleground states, per NYT/Siena Poll;
• 34% of Americans could see themselves voting, per NBC poll, indicating a base of 50 million Americans!
The decision not to grant #RFKjr Secret Service protection appears to be a strategic move to impact his campaign's momentum and resources. But that would only strengthen our resolve!
Let’s continue spreading the #KennedyShanahan24 campaign's messages, policies/vision, and put Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in the White House! NO more #Trump! NO more #Biden!
Help #Kennedy24 team to reach more voters, and to send a message to the Washington Old Establishment with an overwhelming victory in November!
#Kennedy24 🇺🇸🗳️ #Election2024
Border & Immigration should be seen as a national emergency to any American.
We need #KennedyShanahan24 elected. Not only to inspire us and #HealTheDivide but also thoroughly work on multiple & complex problems plaguing our great nation.
https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1778809801964765448
#Kennedy2024 🇺🇸🗳️ #Election2024
#RFKjr sees the situation at the border primarily as a humanitarian crisis, that has spread far beyond the border, as a flood of migrants has overwhelmed the resources of so many American cities.
The suffering of the migrants is heartbreaking. More at his official website:
https://www.kennedy24.com/border
#Kennedy2024 🇺🇸🗳️ #Election2024
#KennedyShanahan24
Border & Immigration should be seen as a national emergency to any American.
We need #KennedyShanahan24 elected. Not only to inspire us and #HealTheDivide but also thoroughly work on multiple & complex problems plaguing our great nation.
https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1778809801964765448
#Kennedy2024 🇺🇸🗳️ #Election2024
"There are all kinds of different people in the world, many of whom value different kinds of things. If you find you can't get in sync with someone on shared values, you should consider whether that person is worth keeping in your life. A lack of common values will lead to a lot of pain and other harmful consequences and may ultimately drive you apart. It might be better to head all that off as soon as you see it coming."
#principleoftheday
And here are some #RFKjr policies & vision for the Economy:
- Support small businesses by redirecting regulatory scrutiny onto large corporations;
- Drop housing costs by $1000 per family and make home ownership affordable by backing 3% home mortgages with tax-free bonds;
- Secure the border and bring illegal immigration to a halt, so that undocumented migrants won’t undercut wages;
- Negotiate trade deals that prevent low-wage countries from competing with American workers in a “race to the bottom”;
- Rein in military spending and use the resources to fund infrastructure, health care, higher education, child care, and domestic prosperity;
- Clean out the corruption in Washington, D.C., which funnels so much of our nation’s wealth to giant corporations and billionaires;
- Establish addiction healing centers on organic farms across the country;
- Make student debt dischargeable in bankruptcy and cut interest rates on student loans to zero;
Other Presidents have tinkered on the edges, but Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will make the deep changes necessary to put the economy on a sound footing. The broad prosperity of the Eisenhower and JFK era can be ours again. It is just a shift of priorities away.
Small and medium-sized businesses are the engine of American innovation and the economy. RFKjr will make sure they have a level playing field! People who work hard should be able to afford a decent life. That is the guiding principle of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s economic policies.
#Kennedy24 🇺🇸🗳️ #Election2024
WE AMERICANS DESERVE A PRESIDENT THAT IS GOING TO INSPIRE US AND IS GOING TO WORK EVERY FIBER OF HIS BEING TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS:
#Kennedy2024 🇺🇸🗳️ #Election2024
#KennedyShanahan24
How to un-repost (remove a repost) on Nostr, please? I regret reposting a note for multiple reasons.
How to un-repost this note, please? I regret reposting this note for multiple reasons.
BRASIL À BEIRA
Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger
Este é Michael Shellenberger, e estou reportando a vocês ao vivo do Brasil, onde uma série dramática de eventos está em andamento.
Às 18h52, horário do Sao Paulo a corporação X, anteriormente conhecida como Twitter, anunciou que um tribunal brasileiro a forçou a “bloquear certas contas populares no Brasil”.
Menos de uma hora depois, o proprietário do X, Elon Musk, anunciou que o X desafiaria a ordem do tribunal e suspenderia todas as restrições.
“Como resultado”, disse Musk, “provavelmente perderemos todas as receitas no Brasil e teremos que fechar nosso escritório lá. Mas os princípios são mais importantes do que o lucro.”
A qualquer momento, o Supremo Tribunal Federal poderá bloquear todo o acesso ao X/Twitter para o povo brasileiro.
Não é exagero dizer que o Brasil está à beira da ditadura nas mãos de um ministro totalitário do Supremo Tribunal Federal chamado Alexandre de Moraes.
O presidente Lula da Silva está participando desse impulso em direção ao totalitarismo. Desde que assumiu o cargo, Lula aumentou enormemente o financiamento governamental dos principais meios de comunicação, a maioria dos quais incentiva o aumento da censura.
O que Lula e de Moraes estão fazendo é uma violação escandalosa da Constituição do Brasil e da Declaração dos Direitos Humanos das Nações Unidas.
Neste momento, o Brasil ainda não é uma ditadura consolidada. Vocês ainda têm eleições e outros meios de enfrentar o autoritarismo que já não existem em tiranias mais avançadas.
Mas o Supremo Tribunal Federal e o Tribunal Superior Eleitoral interferem em eleições por meio de censura.
Há três dias eu publiquei os Arquivos do Twitter para o Brasil. Eles mostram que Moraes tem violado a Constituição brasileira. Moraes exigiu ilegalmente que o Twitter revelasse informações privadas sobre usuários do Twitter que usaram hashtags que ele considerou impróprias. Ele exigiu acesso aos dados internos do Twitter, violando a política da plataforma. Ele censurou, por iniciativa própria e sem nenhum respeito ao devido processo, postagens no Twitter de parlamentares do Congresso brasileiro. E Moraes tentou transformar as políticas de moderação de conteúdo do Twitter em uma arma contra os apoiadores do então presidente Jair Bolsonaro.
Digo isso como jornalista independente e apartidário. Não sou fã nem de Bolsonaro nem de Trump. As minhas opiniões políticas são muito moderadas. Mas eu reconheço a censura quando a vejo.
Os Arquivos do Twitter também revelaram que Google, Facebook, Uber, WhatsApp e Instagram traíram o povo do Brasil. Se forem comprovados tais indícios, os executivos dessas empresas comportaram-se como covardes: forneceram ao governo brasileiro dados cadastrais pessoais e números de telefone sem ordem judicial e, portanto, violando a lei.
Quando o Twitter se recusou a fornecer informações privadas dos usuários às autoridades brasileiras, incluindo mensagens diretas, o governo tentou processar o principal advogado brasileiro do Twitter.
Quando eu morei no Brasil em 1992, eu era muito de esquerda. Na época, as palavras de ordem de Lula e do PT eram “Sem medo de ser feliz”.
Nos últimos dias, conversei com dezenas de brasileiros, incluindo professores, jornalistas e advogados respeitados. Todos me disseram que estão chocados com o que está acontecendo. Eles me disseram que têm medo de falar o que pensam e que o governo Lula é cúmplice na criação desse clima de medo.
O Brasil é o seu país, não o meu. Existem limites para o que sou capaz de fazer. Sei bem até onde posso ir.
Mas prometo que eu vou apoiar vocês na sua luta pela liberdade. E posso dizer uma coisa que muitos brasileiros não podem mais: Alexandre de Moraes é um tirano. E a única maneira de lidar com os tiranos é enfrentando-os. Cabe aos seus senadores enfrentar o tirano. E cabe ao povo do Brasil pressionar seus senadores para que façam isso.
8:05 PM · Apr 6, 2024
from Porto Alegre, Brazil·
https://twitter.com/shellenberger/status/1776763213666779317
#nostr e' uma publicacao no web que e' decentralizada. E' 100% a prova de censura, ao contrario do Twitter e de outras solucoes centralizadas.
Este video explica:
https://primal.net/e/note18mc3rkv2ewr4myh2msgsps4l3d72aqk00upkmz799cca54gj4ytsd8vu88
Obtenha uma conta Alby:
https://getalby.com/auth/users/new
E entao obtenha uma destas plataformas para usar NOSTR:
https://damus.io/appstore for ios;
https://primal.net/downloads for android;
https://snort.social/login for desktop;
#nostr is a censorship-resistant & decentralized publishing for the web. Quick video explaining:
https://primal.net/e/note18mc3rkv2ewr4myh2msgsps4l3d72aqk00upkmz799cca54gj4ytsd8vu88
Get an Alby account:
https://getalby.com/auth/users/new
Then get one of these platforms to use Nostr:
https://damus.io/appstore for ios;
https://primal.net/downloads for android;
https://snort.social/login for desktop;
BRASIL À BEIRA
Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger
Este é Michael Shellenberger, e estou reportando a vocês ao vivo do Brasil, onde uma série dramática de eventos está em andamento.
Às 18h52, horário do Sao Paulo a corporação X, anteriormente conhecida como Twitter, anunciou que um tribunal brasileiro a forçou a “bloquear certas contas populares no Brasil”.
Menos de uma hora depois, o proprietário do X, Elon Musk, anunciou que o X desafiaria a ordem do tribunal e suspenderia todas as restrições.
“Como resultado”, disse Musk, “provavelmente perderemos todas as receitas no Brasil e teremos que fechar nosso escritório lá. Mas os princípios são mais importantes do que o lucro.”
A qualquer momento, o Supremo Tribunal Federal poderá bloquear todo o acesso ao X/Twitter para o povo brasileiro.
Não é exagero dizer que o Brasil está à beira da ditadura nas mãos de um ministro totalitário do Supremo Tribunal Federal chamado Alexandre de Moraes.
O presidente Lula da Silva está participando desse impulso em direção ao totalitarismo. Desde que assumiu o cargo, Lula aumentou enormemente o financiamento governamental dos principais meios de comunicação, a maioria dos quais incentiva o aumento da censura.
O que Lula e de Moraes estão fazendo é uma violação escandalosa da Constituição do Brasil e da Declaração dos Direitos Humanos das Nações Unidas.
Neste momento, o Brasil ainda não é uma ditadura consolidada. Vocês ainda têm eleições e outros meios de enfrentar o autoritarismo que já não existem em tiranias mais avançadas.
Mas o Supremo Tribunal Federal e o Tribunal Superior Eleitoral interferem em eleições por meio de censura.
Há três dias eu publiquei os Arquivos do Twitter para o Brasil. Eles mostram que Moraes tem violado a Constituição brasileira. Moraes exigiu ilegalmente que o Twitter revelasse informações privadas sobre usuários do Twitter que usaram hashtags que ele considerou impróprias. Ele exigiu acesso aos dados internos do Twitter, violando a política da plataforma. Ele censurou, por iniciativa própria e sem nenhum respeito ao devido processo, postagens no Twitter de parlamentares do Congresso brasileiro. E Moraes tentou transformar as políticas de moderação de conteúdo do Twitter em uma arma contra os apoiadores do então presidente Jair Bolsonaro.
Digo isso como jornalista independente e apartidário. Não sou fã nem de Bolsonaro nem de Trump. As minhas opiniões políticas são muito moderadas. Mas eu reconheço a censura quando a vejo.
Os Arquivos do Twitter também revelaram que Google, Facebook, Uber, WhatsApp e Instagram traíram o povo do Brasil. Se forem comprovados tais indícios, os executivos dessas empresas comportaram-se como covardes: forneceram ao governo brasileiro dados cadastrais pessoais e números de telefone sem ordem judicial e, portanto, violando a lei.
Quando o Twitter se recusou a fornecer informações privadas dos usuários às autoridades brasileiras, incluindo mensagens diretas, o governo tentou processar o principal advogado brasileiro do Twitter.
Quando eu morei no Brasil em 1992, eu era muito de esquerda. Na época, as palavras de ordem de Lula e do PT eram “Sem medo de ser feliz”.
Nos últimos dias, conversei com dezenas de brasileiros, incluindo professores, jornalistas e advogados respeitados. Todos me disseram que estão chocados com o que está acontecendo. Eles me disseram que têm medo de falar o que pensam e que o governo Lula é cúmplice na criação desse clima de medo.
O Brasil é o seu país, não o meu. Existem limites para o que sou capaz de fazer. Sei bem até onde posso ir.
Mas prometo que eu vou apoiar vocês na sua luta pela liberdade. E posso dizer uma coisa que muitos brasileiros não podem mais: Alexandre de Moraes é um tirano. E a única maneira de lidar com os tiranos é enfrentando-os. Cabe aos seus senadores enfrentar o tirano. E cabe ao povo do Brasil pressionar seus senadores para que façam isso.
8:05 PM · Apr 6, 2024
from Porto Alegre, Brazil·
https://twitter.com/shellenberger/status/1776763213666779317
This image is dedicated to the moms who juggle everything for the love of their children. It aims to inspire strength, courage, and the comforting presence of divine guidance in their remarkable lives.
WE AMERICANS DESERVE A PRESIDENT THAT IS GOING TO INSPIRE US AND IS GOING TO WORK EVERY FIBER OF HIS BEING TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS: Border & Immigration, Economy, Environment, Polarization, Racial, Wars...
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f7sZvRu1VAQ?feature=share
#Kennedy2024 🇺🇸🗳️ #Election2024
#KennedyShanahan24
nostr:npub1teawtzxh6y02cnp9jphxm2q8u6xxfx85nguwg6ftuksgjctvavvqnsgq5u Verifying My Public Key for telegram: "NorthWestHawk:5183897798"
Some of us have been diligently advocating #nostr at X, engaging in discussions like 'How can we accelerate the growth of #nostr compared to centralized social media platforms?', asking 'What steps can Nostrich leaders take to enhance their welcoming approach, especially for individuals who are hesitant or unable yet to fully transition away from X?'
Yes, this note is specially directed at nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr nostr:npub1v0lxxxxutpvrelsksy8cdhgfux9l6a42hsj2qzquu2zk7vc9qnkszrqj49 nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx nostr:npub1z4m7gkva6yxgvdyclc7zp0vz4ta0s2d9jh8g83w03tp5vdf3kzdsxana6p nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z
Personally, I've dedicated significant effort to this cause, yet I've encountered frustration with the lack of support and response from the #nostr community.
Unfortunately, it appears that X is outpacing #nostr in growth. Therefore, I'm contemplating taking a hiatus from #nostr (or reducing my posting here) until after January 2024 and redirecting my efforts to support the #Kennedy24 #KennedyShanahan24 victory in the upcoming 🇺🇸🗳️ #Election2024 at X and other platforms that provide a better Return On Efforts/Investments.
Now, as of week 13, nostr:npub1hq0kkf67h5n63uz0l5zac94un73jnjudn3ryh3aahagx3qvwq0qq8wf9mp is polling at 17%, momentum is accelerating, and there are still 32 weeks until the 🇺🇸🗳️ #Election2024:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p56t7bHCQrc
Let's unite, #WeThePeople, with our family, friends, neighbors, for an indisputable victory for #KennedyShanahan24 in November!
NO #Trump! NO #Biden!
Even if you have donated before, please stand with #KennedyShanahan24 today and help #Kennedy24 team to reach more voters, and to send a message to the Washington Establishment: We want change!
https://www.kennedy24.com/donate-gfc?recruiter_id=2059810
#Kennedy24 🇺🇸🗳️ #Election2024
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is ready to handle the snakes in Washington DC 🇺🇸, so let's put him in the White House!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qPUyF8njEs4
Note: #Kennedy24 campaign is facing a huge filing deadline today night and need our help to meet their budget goal of $4 million – they’re just $1.2 Million away. Every penny counts and will be poured into this historic effort!
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