GM!
CHEAP MONEY IN ACTION.
AND TODAY DESPITE THAT GDP IS RUNNING AT 3-5%, THE FED SEEMS TO BE ITCHING TO CUT RATES.
BTFP GOING BYE BYE, BANKS NOW REQUIRED TO BORROW FROM THE DISCOUNT WINDOW REGARDLESS OF NEED.
SOMETHING AMISS BEHIND THE GREEN CURTAIN....🤔
I'm rereading Atlas Shrugged for the first time in some 15 years. It's remarkable how prescient it was.
Is Grayscale trying to commit suicide???
GM!
KEEP BUYING GBTC'S SATS BEFORE BLACKROCK DOES!
Enjoy the sale while it lasts!
GM!
Nostr will blow up once the inevitable crackdown on big tech social media jumps back into full swing after US elections (maybe). Then more smart people will realize, and the rest will follow.
There are still a lot of accounts I follow on X, people who just aren't here yet, but limit my posts to Nostr. But they will come!
ETFs have already grabbed 95,000 coins. Don't let them get yours!
Caught up with some friends who work in cyber security. They're not Bitcoiners, but they have a good understanding of how the protocol functions. We had a long discussion about security, and how Bitcoin could be attacked from a purely technical perspective. One issue that took up a lot of discussion was the DNS seeds and hard-coded seed nodes, and whether those represented a vulnerability. We all went back and forth. I asked AI, and I thought the answer was quite reasonable. 
The US is squandering a transformational opportunity leaving regulators to decide the fate of Bitcoin and the entire digital asset space. Regulators regulate, they are parochial and self interested, they do not transform.
This extends to the dollar dominance discussion. The cadre of regulators seemingly entrusted with defending that dominance fundamentally misunderstand what dollar dominance was about. For them, it is about the ability to manipulate and weaponize the dollar. But where did dollar dominance come from? Economic strength and reliability. And precisely how do you kill that dominance? Through manipulation, weakness through debasement, and strangulation of economic opportunity.
I thought this was a very thoughtful piece on what banks could look like.
https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/thoughts-on-scaling-and-consensus-changes-2023/32
GM!
THE COMPETITION HAS TAKEN THE FIELD.
ETFS HAVE VACCUMED UP 95,000 COINS IN LESS THAN 10 DAYS. DONT STOP BUILDING YOUR OWN STACK NOW!
Some of the best people I've met. When I think back on my Bitcoin journey, if it wasn't for a few Bitcoiners who gave a shit enough to welcome me in, I might have passed it by. Mad respect for my friends @dcbitdevs.
I've seen a change and feel a little less angsty - for the time being. Seems as if the enemies of what Bitcoin stands for have realized that fighting this movement ahead of an election is the wrong move. They haven't changed, this is just politics. But it shows that even Bitcoin's enemies are seeing the coming wave of adoption. But stay frosty friends...the battle is still on!
GM!
THE FEDERAL GOVT IS CLOSED DUE TO SNOW TODAY. WE ARE SAFE.
Any that avoid putting you on any US airline...
I'm a DCA guy, very little demonstrated ability to read markets. But I stacked a few extra sats at $42.6k outside the DCA.
Hell yeah I did.
Hell yeah.