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Something that’s not mentioned as much, is how Bitcoin will disrupt the music industry, basically bring it to its knees and watch it collapse.
Music has been devalued to the point where artists beg platforms for fractions of a cent. Most people on earth believe music is free as a result of this devaluation that’s going on for decades.
An album CD from 1985 cost around $20 and a Vinyl around $10, which adjusted for inflation should cost $58 and $30 respectively in 2024. But what do we have? Songs cost $0.99 on iTunes since 2001, albums cost somewhere around $9.99, Spotify pays $0.003 per stream, and a vinyl, which is considered a collectors item, goes for $15-$50.
Music has been devalued and we’ve let platforms like Spotify decide how much our music is worth. Fuck that.
Bitcoin will usher in a new era for artists and musicians. An era of freedom and independence from predatory record label and platforms.
Bitcoin micro-transactions, and rewards and loyalty programs will disrupt the music industry moving forward. Fans now have a way to support their favorite artists directly, without third parties, and in a self sovereign censorship resistant way. Don’t ask for permission.
Music is not content. Music is a form of art, and yes, people should pay for it. Music is not free. If you think it’s free, the artist is paying for your privilege to listen to it for free in the form of having to work multiple jobs to make ends meet and living paycheck to paycheck hoping the music thing pans out.
Artists are getting screwed by the incumbent platforms. But it’s hard to do something about because of the right grasp that major labels have on the industry.
But now we have Bitcoin.
Disrupting the music industry one artist at a time.
Support your favorite artists. And if you know an artists, orange pill them and bring them to Nostr.
Bitcoin is hope.
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GM maybe this talk gets you excited about getting into ham radio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwp2miar83w
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Really interested in this
Hey Ben, I have a question about Proton.
How do you have it set up between personal and business addresses? I notices in your video that you have a Bitcoin mentor account (I guess it is a Business Proton Account) and a personal BTCsessions account. are these separate?
I ask because I want to know how you handle proton accounts and custom domain addresses within proton.
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Thanks for the love everyone! 🥹
Bitcoin micro-transactions will mark a before and after in the music industry.
Keep the love coming ❤️
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Couldn’t agree more! Zapped and reposted.
Great reply 🫡
I agree 100%. Bitcoin being adopted is good, no matter who or what.
What I find cringe and embarrassing are conferences cheering for politicians, governments, custodians, ETFs, etc. Bitcoin is for enemies, yes. But since when do people clap for the people that arguably created the mess we are in? Robin Hood giving a panel on bitcoin access? Lol
Again, I agree with you 100%. But what’s next? Klaus Schwab and Harari at the Bitcoin Conference giving a talk on financial privacy and freedom?
Same
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Why are we celebrating all these politicians embracing Bitcoin and saying non-sense like “I’ll buy 4 million coins”? 😂
The Bitcoin Conference has become a political rally, a captured conference giving voice to custodians, ETFs, politicians, shit coiners and enemies of Bitcoin.
What happened to all the people doing good things with Bitcoin circular economies? The startups and projects coming out from countries with authoritarian governments? The people using Bitcoin to fight totalitarianism? The people building the tools currently disrupting the space? The people that believe in the separation of money and state? Where are the talks about privacy, self custody, ethics, P2P, coinjoins, open source tech, Bitcoin development, surveillance state, Nostr, individual sovereignty, scaling, covenants, lightning, encryption, ecash? The people pushing the boundaries?
When did we start clapping for fucking Blackrock panels teaching us about Bitcoin? When did we start listening to what Robin Hood has to say about custody and access to everyone? When did we start clapping for the enemies of Bitcoin.
It just amazes me how different the conference compared to last year. What’s next? A Solana panel on decentralization and censorship resistance? a World Economic Forum panel on freedom? Lol
Bitcoin doesn’t need this. It’ll win regardless by its own merits. It’s just embarrassing and cringe to watch.
Ledger saying they are the cold storage standard and best in class? LMFAO
So happy I didn’t go to Nashville and stacked more sats instead. I’d more happily hit Prague or Baltic Honey Badger next year 🫡
Stay humble, and stack sats
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It’s no safer than any other custodial hot wallet that generates keys online. But in their words, it’s safer than exchanges of course. I need to look more into the recovery process, I’m guessing it’s a seed as usual, but maybe the email account plays a role somehow. But not informed on that front tbh.
I don’t understand what’s clownish about this.
It’s a Bitcoin wallet that’s part of your proton email. Which can be anything and it’s not attached to your identity in any way. Private email + bitcoin wallet? I think it’s a win.
Curious to learn more about how can it be a honeypot if all the data is encrypted and they themselves don’t ask for any personal data like Gmail does.