Hey all, just wanted to share something that I went through. I went to a gold shop yesterday to try and sell some of the last gold that I had from my pre-Bitcoin days to buy the current Bitcoin dip. I had to fill in a form declaring the origin of my gold and to release the shop of any liability if the police or Central Bank were to investigate the transaction. I was told that the boss of the shop didn't accept my sale, as I did not have any receipts. The coins that I was trying to sell are numismatic gold coins (not bullion), and so had been bought from other mostly amateur collectors who do not run a business, hence no receipts. The funny thing is, I managed to sell similar coins to the same shop without the forms or hassle about 3 years ago. I do feel that the exits for most assets are indeed closing. What's the use of gold if you can't spend it anywhere and can't exchange it into spendable fiat? Bitcoin really is freedom money since nobody can stop any transaction. Lesson learnt with gold: it's captured, it's obsolete, and it's only gonna get worse.

Stole nostr:nprofile1qqsqfjg4mth7uwp307nng3z2em3ep2pxnljczzezg8j7dhf58ha7ejgpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcprfmhxue69uhhxetwv35hgtnwdaekvmrpwfjjucm0d5hszxthwden5te0wpex2mtfw4kjuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcuauf96's idea and only send baby pics through Signal and have onboarded at least 20 people this week.

well, I got scammed on robosats... again...

identities on robosats are a problem, robots shouldn't be disposable; I would like to know if the counterparty I'm dealing with is a new one or has been reported by people I know as a scammer.

GM 🐝

GM #coffeechain ☕️🐬

People > Algorithms

Still new here and figuring out how to curate my feed.

I’m following pretty much everyone, because I’d rather have more voices and more content to engage with.

My theory is simple: if someone posts things I don’t like, or just spams, I’ll unfollow.

But in the meantime:

more content = more community.

Is this the right move? What have you tried?

Carcassonne? What a place

Bitcoin incentivises capital retention. A lot of thought and care will be placed on the eventual release of said capital.

That’s how we end up with a more beautiful world.

Will you be joining us at nostr:npub1gclc9l83teatpeymmyawc8u4mzal9r0kvh58hq9rwvfy7ys2qn4sr6wdfh today or tomorrow?

GM Nostr.

These are things that generally suck in my experience, but normies love.

- clubbing

- concerts

- music festivals

- amusement parks

- cruise ships

- brunch

- pool parties

- live sports

- the beach

Here are some things that normies hate, that are generally awesome in my experience.

- going all in on bitcoin

- silence

- a book about napoleon’s military campaigns

- learning a new skill

- staring at a fire

- cleaning a revolver

- being alone

- lifting heavy weights with no music

- doing nothing

A big conservative political podcast (seven figure YouTube subscribers) asked me to come on and talk about bitcoin (sat next to them on the plane out of the May conference in Vegas, which sparked their request).

Last week when I went on the show, they decided to emphasize a talking point of why tariffs are great and will usher in a golden age, and some questions about bitcoin.

When asked about tariffs, I generally disagreed that they would be bullish or usher in a new golden age, mentioned that the past three months of data doesn’t show a decline in import prices which means it has been a tax on Americans, and eventually we moved to discussing bitcoin.

They ended up not airing the talk, and instead ran the clip with someone else who agreed on the tariff points. Waste of time, basically.

It’s a reminder that a big percentage of what you see in heavily politicized media is about narrative framing and talking points rather than genuine attempts to discuss or explore. It reminded me why I normally decline to go on political shows; I had only agreed to this one because the catalyst was in person and so the agreeable side of me was like “sure, why not”.

Well, that’s why not.