GM #plebchain, stay humble, stack bits/sats, focus on these virtues
Courage, Justice, Temperance, Wisdom, and think for yourself.
This day: a challenge to virtue, an opportunity to grow. Rise, and meet it with resolve—what is in your control is your choice.
The mainstream media claims that Americans will have to toil in sweatshops to keep up with China's increasingly automated factories, which now rely less on human labor. However, the reality is that new U.S. factories will surpass their Chinese counterparts by being more automated and driven by artificial intelligence.
Get a glimpse into the reality of financial repression and how Bitcoin is being used to resist it.
The Human Rights Foundation's Financial Freedom Report #67 reveals the latest tactics used by governments to exert monetary control, surveil citizens, and suppress financial freedom.
From Turkey's currency collapse to Russia's use of smart contracts to enforce CBDCs, the report exposes the alarming scope of financial control systems worldwide.
However, it also showcases promising countermeasures, including innovative Bitcoin tools like Stratum V2 mining pools and Cashew's e-cash, as well as grassroots adoption initiatives in Pakistan and other regions, supported by the Human Rights Foundation.
HRF’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #67
https://hrf.org/latest/hrfs-weekly-financial-freedom-report-67/
GM #plebchain, stay humble, stack bits/sats, focus on these virtues
Courage, Justice, Temperance, Wisdom, and think for yourself.
Today, I will meet challenges with resilience, embrace my duties with clarity, and remain unshaken by what I cannot control.
GM #plebchain, stay humble, stack bits/sats, focus on these virtues
Courage, Justice, Temperance, Wisdom, and think for yourself.
"Today, I will face my fears with courage, knowing they are but shadows passing through my mind."
"You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
GM #plebchain, stay humble, stack bits/sats, focus on these virtues
Courage, Justice, Temperance, Wisdom, and think for yourself.
"Memento mori" - Remember that you will die. This phrase encourages us to seize the day and live fully, acknowledging the transitory nature of life. Perfect for starting a morning with perspective.
Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has expressed her view that Bitcoin serves as a means to strip governments of their authority. According to Truss, bureaucrats are well aware that Bitcoin poses a threat to their power, which explains their animosity towards it.
This perspective is rooted in the notion that money predates the state, and Bitcoin's existence further separates the two, ultimately undermining the state's control.
In essence, Bitcoin's decentralized nature has the potential to render the state obsolete.
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Trump signs bill to nullify expanded IRS crypto broker rule
How to leak to a journalist
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/how-to-leak-to-a-journalist/
GM #plebchain, stay humble, stack bits/sats, focus on these virtues
Courage, Justice, Temperance, Wisdom, and think for yourself.
"Materiam molestiae supera, spiritu pacem habe." - Embrace challenges with courage and keep peace in your soul. This phrase reminds us to face our daily trials head-on while maintaining inner tranquility.
* BC (Before Christ): A dating system used to label years before the estimated birth of Jesus Christ. For example, 500 BC refers to a year 500 years before that event.
* AD (Anno Domini, “In the Year of Our Lord”): Marks years after the estimated birth of Jesus Christ. For instance, AD 2025 is 2025 years after that point. Note that today, April 10, 2025, would be AD 2025 in this system.
* AB (After Bitcoin): Bitcoin was introduced with its genesis block on January 3, 2009. So, if we take “AB” as “After Bitcoin,” today (April 10, 2025) would be approximately AB 16 (16 years since 2009).
I have been in the Bitcoin world for approximately AB 2.83 to AB 16.28—a span of about 13.45 years.
For bitcoin bulls who self-custody crypto, the global risks are growing
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/06/bitcoin-self-custody-crypto-risks.html
The key insight from the CNBC report on self-custodial risk for bitcoin is that relying on a single private key creates a critical vulnerability—a single point of failure—that can lead to permanent loss of funds. While self-custody offers control, it demands careful planning to mitigate real-world threats.
For example, this year’s California wildfires left some bitcoin holders unable to access keys stored on devices or paper, highlighting how natural disasters can render funds inaccessible.
Most users still secure their bitcoin with just one key, ignoring the risks of storing it in a single location—like a safe deposit box that becomes unreachable during a crisis.
The article also cautions against focusing solely on small-scale threats, like break-ins, while overlooking larger regional risks such as political instability or exchange failures.
Ultimately, bitcoin holders must adopt a robust custody strategy to safeguard their wealth against both the predictable and the unexpected.
Bitcoin is the Internet of Money -- Andreas Antonopoulos
GM #plebchain, stay humble, stack bits/sats, focus on these virtues
Courage, Justice, Temperance, Wisdom, and think for yourself.
"Materiam sequor: Follow where reason leads."
China has long relied on manual labor but recently leapfrogged the U.S. by skipping landlines for wireless mobile adoption and bypassing traditional fiat systems for mobile payments.
Now, the U.S. will surpass China by leveraging AI, decentralized blockchain technology, and cutting-edge modular nuclear energy innovations to reclaim technological and economic dominance.
Suppose you relocate a manufacturing facility with 1,000 workers to the U.S. Unlike the 1950s, when you’d transfer most or all of those workers, today’s approach would likely involve moving only around 100 human employees. Instead, 50 AI-driven systems could handle the manual labor equivalent of 900 workers, while another 100 highly skilled technicians or specialists would be needed to manage the AI infrastructure, drive innovation, and ensure the production of higher-quality, advanced goods.
By adopting sound digital money like Bitcoin, U.S. manufacturing would achieve unmatched productivity and product quality, making its goods irresistibly desirable globally. Pairing this with abundant energy resources (such as nuclear and natural gas), cutting-edge AI infrastructure, and Bitcoin’s secure base-layer technology would create a system where American innovation, efficiency, and monetary stability dominate, leaving other nations unable to compete.
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https://trymaple.ai also for privacy
https://datamachine.ai for privacy
https://www.perplexity.ai for everyday use
https://grok.com for everyday use
https://claude.ai/ for coding
Cashu ecash: A Market-Driven Evolution of Digital Money
Cashu eCash reintroduces digital bearer money on Bitcoin, enabling private, instant transactions while opening the door to credit and financial innovation. The system offers a new frontier for Bitcoin payments, shaped by market dynamics and user-driven solutions.
There are at least two distinct eCash protocols—Fedimint and Cashu—both designed to issue Bitcoin eCash.
The article emphasizes Cashu’s unique approach: its model lets each mint independently set risk parameters, enabling practices like fractional reserve banking (issuing more eCash than the mint holds in on-chain reserves).
This could theoretically increase the money supply in circulation but risks devaluing the mint’s eCash if doubts about its reserves emerge.
While exchanges already operate similarly, eCash adds privacy protections absent in traditional systems.