When Cypher goes into the Matrix alone to secretly meet agent Smith and prepare to betray the group, who plugged Cypher into the Matrix?

Did he plug himself in somehow? If so, could he unplug himself? Why can’t the others do that?

#AbolishTheIRS

Not a joke.

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I can say whatever I fucking want to and no one can stop me, and anyone, anywhere in the world can read it unfiltered and unmediated by corporations, institutions, or governments.

People really don’t understand that this is the first time in human history this is really possible and how big of a deal it really is.

From this alone, another world becomes possible. One where the radical power of truth-speaking electrifies itself as the spark that initiates real thought and the possibilities that entails.

Can’t post about Palestine on TikTok of FB

Can’t post right wing taking points on Bluesky

Can’t post pro LGBTQ content on RedNote

Can’t criticize Elon on X

Thank God for Nostr.

In 2009, #Bitcoin entered the proving grounds and has clearly emerged victorious as the world's preeminent money in terms of store of value (SoV), medium of exchange (MoE), and unit of account (UoA) functions.

For those who have taken the time to impartially study it, Bitcoin is quite obviously Better Money for a Better World.

Bitcoiners are welcome to continue arguing with the fiat-brained masses and degenerate gamblers about these facts... but it is unnecessary and--often--unproductive.

Instead of such circular arguments, time may be better spent building better products and services--a better world, really--on the #Bitcoin network... while ignoring the remaining Luddite naysayers and complainers.

Bitcoin has already won... start living your life accordingly.

You need to eat fiber, if you're a cow.

Free Ross day two lol

Are we in an echo chamber, or does ‘crypto’ really not have anything to offer substantially in terms of culture, values, ethos, and really presentation of a greater vision on a whole?

Maybe this is more of a xitter kind of question (as nostr really is a bitcoin echo chamber), but all of the web3 BS seems like just that. It all seems so flaccid and disingenuous. The lack of charisma around crypto vs bitcoiners just seems really stark to me, but then again, maybe I am just stuck in this echo chamber.

This underperformed even my own very low expectations

Just remember: this is who we are dealing with

If #bitcoin stays decentralized and secure, it is imposing the first global free market the world has ever seen.

Productivity gains flow to broadly to society in free markets through deflation.

Everyone gets richer every year and competition to provide value increases driving a cycle of unprecedented prosperity.

But, if you are pricing #Bitcoin in USD, you are still in the system of extraction and centralization which must centralize faster through the extraction of the productivity gains that should flow to society in the form of lower prices.

The two systems are incompatible!!

And…It is a confusing topic because we have no reference for what a global free market looks like……so many people will get rug pulled (eventually) by not choosing self custody and running nodes. Instead trusting institutions and a paper derivative of their #bitcoin.

Why: because it will appear they are getting wealthy (in USD) Protecting the decentralization and security by running nodes and being constantly vigilant for new attack vectors will seem like a stretch! For most people pressing the easy button in an ETF or other centralized entity will seem like the right thing to do which ensures faster centralizing.

That centralized system of extraction MUST eventually attack Bitcoin or fail.

This may be a long time out. Ie - if I was on the other side of the fight - I would make my system as easy to integrate to bitcoin as possible and use the natural biases of humans against them. Ease of use, trust in institutions, time, etc so they didn’t “need” to worry about self custody and understanding how the protocol works.

Those on building on #Nostr, Bitcoin, Lightning, Ecash and spending their time contributing on this open protocol and teaching others are on the front edge of the greatest change the world has ever seen. From extraction to cooperation.

Stay vigilant, stay focused, run a node, and tune out the madness of the system of extraction trying to drag you back into its centralized structure.

For the opportunity to exist, It had to be this way!

We are so early.

When people ask what I do for a living lol nostr:note1wm3qkzy7uuf4azfwyddfvl2erlcavqm6vdr30gt5vqgk42zsflgqlzxft8

It be like dat

Right? Yoga, for me, has been a real journey that started as a sort of exercise and then emerged into a totally new world.

The asana or movement aspect of yoga is just the tip of the iceberg.

Did you ever give yoga a go?

More men need to take up #yoga. I found it way too late in life. It has been a true game changer.

The fact that you can actually grow poorer over time despite having positive cash flow absolutely blows the minds of fiat brains.

It's all about increasing purchasing power over time.

If your currency is debasing faster than your cash flow is increasing, you are--simply stated--growing poorer.

Purchasing power >> Cash flow

** FYI, a satoshi is the smallest and purest unit of purchasing power. **

Therefore...

Sats flow >> cash flow

Understand this and you will do well.

#Bitcoin