Sadly, why does my brain think Steel Vagina? Perhaps your post or perhaps because this is a sculpture a neighbor has in his yard. In raising money for cancer, I would take people on tours to go see it for $1 a piece. Raised a lot of money.

I may DOX myself on this post but it is too good not to share.

Yes, even the grass looks like...never mind.

GM Bitcoin NOSTRaightjacket wearing MoFos.

NOSTR is superior technology the inferior don't understand.....yet.

https://m.primal.net/NhfW.webp

Totally agree. I will not be going to any events, especially ones run by BINOs who push altcoins and ordinals who happen to have the biggest events and influence.

Still bugs me they promote Altcoins more than Bitcoin in their Asian conferences.

Hype>>>signal>>>more money for the Hypsters

This one was really, really good. She's so right in so much of it. There has to be more women in Bitcoin and to her point, it has nothing to do with being woke or human.

In slight defense of Saylor, I spent 35 years in BI as my profession, using a competing product to MSTR. I have known of Saylor my entire career and followed him. To me, his motivation is deep seeded, beyond Bitcoin. He knows how important BI is to companies but no one respects the software at all. It's not easy. I know what keeps him up at night on that side of the business.

This is BI revenge. Respect is going to follow Saylor massively after decades of being ignored and perceived as irrelevant or old.

However, Rachel is right, we need more women like her on stage at the Bitcoin only events, in BI I think I can count on one hand the number of BI coders who were female I worked with. She's so right on raising children, tough job, but Bitcoin is frustrating enough as a man, I still can't imagine how she feels.

After a month in Germany, France, Switzerland, I really want to listen more to the European voices, yours, hers. I feel Europe is way behind when it comes to Bitcoin and we can learn a lot from the people like you out there building in Bitcoin.

Thanks for this episode. The Echo Chamber is getting really old on X/BTC envents with all the low effort/engagement farming posts or crappy presentations where even the Bitcoiners are bored. They always say 'the side events', conversations, parties is where the magic happens.

I believe it.

"Bitcoin: THE Elevator Speech"

I hope this can be a group project but I have had this on my mind for a long time. I would like ONE post that is dynamic, that summarizes Bitcoin as if the post was one elevator speech with ** number of floors. Using Pictures and Links. Bad idea? If not, send me things you think I should use.

Scene:Woman (yes, we need more women in Bitcoin) starts to walk on the elevator where there is a guy with a Bitcoin Shirt carrying a notebook. All the Elevator buttons are pushed. She asks, "Can you explain Bitcoin to me briefly, I am going to the top floor."

FIRST FLOOR:

Purpose? Yes, you have to know the purpose and why Bitcoin was created. There are 180 currencies around the world, each of which is terrible as a Store of Value or savings. The US dollar is the 'best of the worst' but look how much it has lost its store of value and therefore purchasing power.

https://m.primal.net/NgHU.mp4

SECOND FLOOR:

Why do currencies lose their power as money? Because our US government/others print money out of thin air. Your house isn't going up in value, just like the groceries, everything is rising because the dollar is devaluing because we are $36T in debt and struggling to pay the interest even. (This one sucks I know, need help.)

THIRD FLOOR:

Man: With Bitcoin, everything is Trending down in price because it is perfectly sound/Hard Money. Bitcoin not only stores value, it increases that stored value over time as it is considered a perfect Savings Technology.

FOURTH FLOOR:

What is Bitcoin? It's simply a Protocol or code. Think the Internet, pictures, songs, maps, phone calls over the Internet, Snail mail cost vs email, as prices plummeted with those, Bitcoin is merely Money over the Internet and every cost associated with money plummets (Bank, Remittance, Credit Card transactions, wire transfers.) With Bitcoin?

"I owe you money, I send you money." - Brian Brooks (as he explained to Congress the almost 7 hops used in a PayPal transaction.)

David Portnoy was offended recently by a 'Explain Bitcoin Like I was 5' but this 3 Minute cartoon for kids does an outstanding job explaining it all:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL5vUVQvmX4

More for adults, must watch recent viral video Homework:

"What's the problem?" - Joe Bryan

https://x.com/satsvsfiat/status/1876630536652771406

FIFTH FLOOR:

Other 'Crypto'? Yes, there are 10s of 1000s of other crypto coins but think like Currency or Stocks, most of them are doing nothing, decreasing, zombies as far as value goes. Not able to keep up with the current financial systems/inflation around the world. FIAT (currencies) and CRYPTO are similar but Bitcoin stands alone.

SIX FLOOR:

Energy Use too high? Bitcoin doesn't waste energy, it uses waste energy.

Daniel Batten and Troy Cross are the experts to follow and because of their efforts, especially Batten, Grok and other AIs are getting it right now.

https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1873044761952805288

or this one: https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1848121897399304637

SEVENTH FLOOR:

If it's not useless is it Ethical? Alex Gladstein is the world expert on the 'Use Cases' of Bitcoin, explaining how it is an asset for all people, especially the underbanked/unbanked.

https://x.com/gladstein/status/1820875594630066450

(Stopping here January 14, 2025 First Rough Draft or the end)

xxxxxx FLOOR:

Can it be hacked today or tomorrow based on new technology. The network is massive, down to the galaxy level, it would take 2 earth's worth of energy to hack the network for perhaps just a few blocks.

https://x.com/DocumentingBTC/status/1878770202349019632

Work In Progress Section may or may not use:

Saylor Legacy no kids: https://x.com/saylordocs/status/1876524245817110644

Waterfall analogy: https://x.com/IIICapital/status/1876267549585010700

Ponzi: https://x.com/saylordocs/status/1875935472024793352

PAST: (waiting to add in 2024)

FUTURE (where we are headed with adoption Jesse Meyers)

MORE HISTORY

Trace: https://x.com/80IQmindset/status/1874480578860597323

TOO VOLATILE:

https://x.com/staysovereign/status/1870477027180249129

HUGE LIST OF SAYLOR INTERVIEWS

https://x.com/LaDoger21/status/1867027634598842659

Pierre Speculative Attack

https://x.com/WhiteBoardFin/status/1864531676430290956

Saylor to MSFT Board

https://x.com/saylor/status/1863323760511627565

More Daniel Too much Energy

https://x.com/DSBatten/status/1857432364911144966

Cedric top 50 Bitcoin clips need to parse https://x.com/CedYoungelman/status/1839485159080411141

Bitcoin 401K provider: Empower.com ??

We were out of the country and my former craptastic employer decided to give a couple weeks notice that my (partial) 401K I have with them is moving providers and there is a month blackout period until the end of the month.

Regardless, the former provider had no access to the Bitcoin ETFs or MSTR and I can't find anywhere if this move will allow me to invest in any Bitcoin ETFs or MSTR.

Is anyone else in this situation where their company uses Empower.com to service their 401Ks?

Yes, I have moved most of the 401K to Fidelity to get around this but I was using this to pay bills.

nostr: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 taught me this. I listened to him for hours and hours and didn't understand. It finally clicked when he was on with Robert Kiyoasaki:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWVJN-avHYE

"This is Water"

Thank you Bob Burnett for your latest "Old Man Yells" podcast. It meant a lot, it went deep. I have to admit, I was trying to figure out where you were going with it and missed when you said BSV/BCH.

It's about thinking. I was thinking you were going to tie in Bitcoin with Ocean/DATUM, the frustration, maybe the wrong path?

I know you are super busy, but I would give anything for what you think about this commencement speech. Every person should watch this, but especially Bitcoiners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCbGM4mqEVw (this post will make way more sense if you watch this first.)

Most people don't understand, when they ask me what my favorite part of me is, I tell them "the way I think." Self centered? Arrogant? I have always thought differently than most people. It's a blessing and a curse.

I don't fear many diseases but I do Alzheimers because I want to be thinking until the day I die. Even ALS doesn't scare me if my thinking is intact. I wonder if Hal was able to keep communicating his thoughts during that terrible disease though.

Regardless, while I complain about most Bitcoiners not giving a rip about most of your vision and not supporting you, you understand "the water."

For me, I take comfort on knowing there are a handful of Bitcoiners who truly are working on low time preference. Who are building things right while the high time preference Bitcoiners are supporting the wrong visions or visionaries.

It's all about the thinking, regardless of if you are in the majority, or invited to $100K parties or not.

I love how you think too, but perhaps are default settings are not quite right with Bitcoin? Regardless, on our low time preference, all of it, ordinals, filters, Spam, Mining, pools, it is all sacred.

Build it right, low time preference, it's going to take 10x longer.

Thanks Bob, for how you think. Cheers

That's the right answer to the current wrong approach.

Awful..where is the support for Ocean/DATUM, I don't understand it. It's a no brainer.

I love TPB and this is one of the all time great scenes. You have to see a bit more to get how funny it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9ZwbVTUYFI

oh and this one kills me:

"Know what'm Sayin?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWYdtjdJvtg

One of the funniest stories of 2024 was Anthony saying how Saylor lit him up with the ending of his book. Saylor retold it on the roast at the book announcement. First draft, "put 1-2% in Bitcoin." Saylor: "You write a whole book and that is what you think? You have 49 better ideas than Bitcoin?" 🤣

Anthony rewrote the ending.

Joe Bryan is the guy in and behind this amazing video. I posted this link to your note and asked if he was on NOSTR.

Too funny...heard it, hilarious, and huge fan of Lewis Black. His first ever bit was way before he was famous on Oprah of all places. He simply did the weather as if he was an angry weatherman. I was in tears but haven't been able to find it. He also did a bit on how to pick the President with the dart board and the monkey? Post anything you think is funny, lots of laughs today.

Tell me you have seen Bill Burr's Plastic Surgery (an all time favorite): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pznB7WP4P1o

Funny...yeah, I was in my 20s when I found out Toronto is south of Minneapolis. Geography has never been a strong suit.

🤣 that works. Minnesotan here, maybe Canada Part 2? Big fan of "The Great White North", beautiful country, just flew home from Montreal last night.

One of my favorite stupid jokes you have probably heard 1000 times:

J: "How do you spell Canada?"

A: "C-eh-N-eh-D-eh"

🤣 on Hoser, haven't heard that one in about 30 years. ah..wookookoo..uh-wookookoo

"ProxyVote Nonsense"

If you got emails that says you can Proxy Vote for MSTR, the links don't work and it isn't Fidelity or eTrade etc. If you go to the site directly it doesn't even let you cut and paste the Control Number or even type it in. I tried on various browsers. The only thing that works is you have to setup another account. I wonder how many lost votes there are for this nonsense?