What if we let Apple get 1/3 of the cut for all zaps through the Damus app? Let’s orange pill Apple. 😂 nostr:note1n6uc9ch3awtp73ym30wd8jtyklem9wgdeu0zpjsp8hwrwvv5kk3sqmc8cr

Apparently saying Cc: then tagging someone does something weird on #Nostr. To be clear, #[1]​ most definitely did not say that! 😂

“You’re a Bitcoiner. You need to get a nicer car.” - My friend who is *not* a Bitcoiner#[0]

I got word today that I’ve been promoted and received a 20% raise in base play. With the full bonus payout (that doesn’t happen every year) it would be a 32% raise.

So prepare for #Bitcoin to moon! 😂

I think if the Blackrock #Bitcoin ETF/Trust is approved and launched before the halving there is a decent chance we see a new ATH before the halving. We might decouple from the four year cycle. This isn’t my base case but it’s a real possibility.

Bro, you don’t gotta try to turn everything you drive into an Apache. 😂

On point 3) the wisdom of DC is usually right about *politics*. And the question was a political one, not a policy one. Trump was one they got wrong but those outliers are rare. And if they aren’t, they why is everyone so upset about being ruled by political elites? Just run your own guy or gal and win. Should be easy if they are so often wrong. But the fact is, when you have near political consensus among the political class, they usually are *not* wrong. nostr:note1plhdguqsn6llquqmwyqmhx8ech04vhadepyhs7y7wmvmfl97r7dsm5ytgw

An attractive woman recently moved in across the hall. But I had a plan to make a great impression and get her number all at the same time. Perfectly executed if I do say so myself.

When Strike inevitably ends up big enough to need an internal tax attorney, please keep me in mind!

#[1]​ is a big zap spender. 🙏

#Bitcoin gives us more Taj Mahals and less McMansions.

For completeness, this is the post I was responding to:

Honestly, the cult-like fervor is probably needed if we want #Bitcoin hit terminal velocity for adoption. nostr:note1x6s9jn7wt893j32s5664trhqcc6ffjnglj6nfwjawcf03kq7y7kstq25j9

Tbh, I don’t really get how it’s going to help with identity. Anything you recommend me checking out on that?

Btw, Matt Levine, the author of that piece, basically sums it up the same way.

Yeah. I’d read this as I think it sums up the catch-22 they are in and also why otherwise good faith actors in the space have avoided talking with the SEC. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-09-08/gary-gensler-wants-to-regulate-crypto

I’d read this: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-09-08/gary-gensler-wants-to-regulate-crypto

I’m not arguing it’s beyond the reach of the law. I’m arguing the current framework doesn’t work. As far as I can tell many crypto projects are a combination of a company and an open source project which precludes them from becoming registered securities. Do I think such combinations make sense? Personally, no. But I’m humble enough to admit I might be wrong. The only way to find out is to let them exist & the let the market sort it out. But that means they need a regime they can *actually* comply with which probably includes who or what entity can be held responsible in a court of law.

Disinformation of this kind happens quite often. So I don’t think it’s far fetched. And it’s clearly not a lone kook.

I think this is possible but these reports have been coming out for awhile. It’s not just one person. And importantly they are now testifying under oath. And many of them don’t come off as kooks.

This doesn’t mean I think it’s true but I do think it’s a concerted disinformation campaign. My guess is the intended audience is Russia, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, etc.

I think their goal isn’t to make them believe it’s true, just that’s it’s at least plausible.