Here's my full main-stage keynote from Nashville
It was spread across two days, so that's why I change halfway through š
51 minutes but I worked hard to carefully consider each minute
The talk is packed with lessons and examples that I have learned and seen across my entire career of people using Bitcoin to change the world in the most unlikely of places
I walk through how Bitcoin is a revolution for commerce, freedom, and electric power, citing dozens of examples in each case
This one is for every single person who has ever said Bitcoin is useless, just as much is as it's for every person who is curious about Bitcoin and wants to know more
Most people know that Bitcoin is a great savings technology, which is of course its primary use case, but I don't dwell on that
Here we get into everything else it does
No price talk, all utility
Hope this helps
So grateful for the nostr:npub1t8a7uumfmam38kal4xaakzyjccht4y5jxfs4cmlj0p768pxtwu8skh56yu team for giving me this opportunity
Onwards!
Is there a link to this so I can send it to some anti-Bitcoin people I know?
šØ#š©š¹š¬šØš²š°šµš®: Kamala Harris has been exposed for offering $20,000 payments to influencers and celebrities to attend the DNC convention in Chicago.
Emails obtained by @dom_lucre were sent from public relations managers, who were paid by the campaign, to inform celebrities and influencers that the DNC will compensate them.
In addition to the payment, the DNC is providing flights, hotels, and high-level access to the convention, as well as exclusive invites to private parties and events happening during the week in Chicago.
The deal also requires attendees to post on social media while at the event.
#Chicago #DNC #Convention #Harris #Paid #Attendees #Walz #Desperate #Democrat #God #Trump #Prayer #USA šŗš² #BTC #Zapā” #Nostr #JulianAssangeIsFree š„
https://video.nostr.build/33c784c44d0494f45e3522e3d079ea7addfe82d11b42dee493c483a9d8412dcb.mp4
Been watching this and it has been fascinating how they took Obama's Internet marketing to the next level. They have not talked about policy at all and are simply running on "good vibes" and bragging about their parties and money. Apparently that is really appealing to their "constituents."
[August 8, 2024] #Vegas #Bitcoiners #Summerlin Meetup - 6:30pm at SG Bar - 9580 W Flamingo Rd
#Bitcoin2025Vegas, current hot topics in the #Bitcoin space, tasty $BTC dip recipes, etc. We talk all things #BTC -- Come make some new friends!
RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/vegasbitcoiners/events/302345808
TLDR; Japan fucked the marketā¦
Everyone was facing inflation but one countryā¦ JAPAN.
This meant Japan was in stagflation, lowering rates, and actually had negative interest rates.
When interest rates go up in the US, it becomes attractive to buy US treasuries especially the 10yr.
People were getting loans in Japan at extremely low interest rates (call it in the 1%) and investing in Nvidia (example), making it an easy trade. Also to make it even juicier the Yen was going down in value so imagine thisā¦
You take out a $100,000 loan (of Yen) that you have to pay back w/ 1.5%, you go invest in tech stocks/treasuries. Letās say you make 5%, thatās $5,000 profit, bringing you to a total of $105,000. You only have to pay back $101,000 in Yen, but also the Yen has gone down 20% in value, meaning you only have to pay back $80,000 (in Yen). And people keep on adding for YEARS to these loans because itās getting cheaper and cheaper and free profits.
Not to mention they are also using SOOO MUCH margin. So imagine this, they secure the 100k loan and get a 200k position, 100k margin in Nvidia.
But waitā¦ Japan decides to raise rates which increases the value of the Yen while everyone else is cutting rates (or about to) which decreases the value of said currency
So Yen š everyone else š, this makes paying off loans even more difficult and this doesnāt include the margin call.
So now you have a 200k margin position on Nvidia, Nvidia is down 20%, so youāre down $40,000, on your position and get margin called. (More selling pressure)
Now you have to pay back an extra $40,000. Meaning your $100k of equity is now $60,000, and now bank of Japan is margin calling you because you only have 60k of the 100k owed, but also the Yen is up 10%, so you really owe 110,000 of Yen.
This is a super small exampleā¦ itās not 100,000, people think itās 10trillionā¦
This is a great summary regarding the Yen carry trade:
Negative but those were the days, weren't they?
Primal web. I've tried to stop using social media on my phone.
#LasVegas #Bitcoin Happy Hour Tonight! You know the vibes or whatever it is that the cool kids say these days.
RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/vegasbitcoiners/events/302209993/
Src: Any
Destination: Me
Direction: Inbound
Action: Deny
15 bucks littlie man, put that shit in my hand.
nostr:note1p4eewkhelyem8527fs0wuatqfz0pya6hf7mvpnyyy6nmrwj0tr2s98q7lnI know you think you're onto something here, but you're never getting tech articles back from a Bitcoin news search. News articles are always price or FUD focused.
See folks: It's #Bitcoin, not #crypto even when your name is Crypto.com.
I like the Stacker News Weekly Recap pods.
Was tooling around in some vintage shops in Burbank and came across this tin. āScientifically processedā had me chuckling. If they only knew just how processed our foods would get.
Hereās a preview of āartstrā - working name..
I have other screens, but sharing what I linked together.
1. Focus on media (media-first)
2. Make it about the people, not nostr the tech, blossoms or payments (though everything will be powered by those things).
3. Discover new art and artists (promote new artists)
4. Home gallery - requires skin in the game to have you stuff shown here - maybe a nostr address qualifier with revocation for abuse.
5. You can upload anything you like, but gallery views will prioritize original art not generated stuff. People might sneak in too, but risk revocation of nostr address (a qualifier to be in the gallery).
6. Tagging of uploaded media as āOriginalā or āGeneratedā. You must select one or the other. If tagged as Original, automatic barring from being used for AI training. This will be spelled out in terms of use. Violators can be held liable by the artist.
7. Generated art will not be subject to the above rule.
8. Emphasize sharing and bookmarking. This needs to work well, and we probably canāt use njump for this. Eventually users might be able to create collections and share their entire collections (maybe somehow zap split, not sure).
9. Zaps not visible unless the person adds a lightning address. Taking Signalās approach here - focus on the purpose of the client, payments are secondary.
Selling art, collaborations, zap splits are all great ideas but too much for V1, or even V2, could be something for down the road.
I will review all of the other feedback that you guys left for me yesterday and categorize / design if applicable and doable.
I welcome further feedback / push back / criticisms, anything you want to throw at me.
#nostrdesign
https://cdn.satellite.earth/10b08acebc54e719e5a6c0ddcaaf0023d17207cd90617bc7f0dfd97daf8228c2.mov
Nice. Definitely needs a different name. If we ever want to get freshers into the Nostr ecosystem, apps need to stop being named adjective + str.
Most Bitcoiners I know do know about it but they consider it too one dimensional to move from Twitter. It would take a lot of the largely followed BTC folks to quit crossposting to get more to move. That is unlikely to happen since many of those opt in to X monetization and get paid by Elon.
Itās about money. Itās always about money.
I layer Dior Sauvage Elixir and Jo Malone Myrrh and Tonka.
Since Trump is apparently all ears on #Bitcoin, can someone get in his ear and talk to him about getting the IRS to remove the "taxable event" nonsense that prevents most from actually using it?