One cookie is all it takes.
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1651997901889974272/vid/576x1024/jzxutcI6TkhIs5vt.mp4?tag=16
“it’s free! and the surgery is quick” 😵💫
They're embracing an early Square value, one of the "four corners." Show don't tell.
IMO the coolest example of working in public: https://areweweb5yet.com from the team at
@TBD54566975
I've already had several conversations this morning with friends and family skeptical of bitcoin.
"Where can I get some?" "How do I know it's really mine?" How do I store it?" "What happens to my bitcoin in a bank run?"
The SVB collapse is truly awful. Many thousands of businesses and their hundreds of thousands of employees are paying the price. Let's hope it doesn't start too big a domino effect, and lead to significant further banking consolidation / centralization.
Silver lining is more people are now asking about self-sovereign, scarce, censorship resistant money. It's a major learning opportunity.
If you're a bitcoiner, take time to talk through it with your friends. I recommend this as a visual aid: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vTp1RmlRcA4XKaDkwjws_0A7GGCCcA9CJK0FJ3NWU1fCWAeVTIeyqZfsbPPTFnGGvMeoiLQxSl2RWkD/pub?slide=id.p.
If you represent a business, follow the lead of Square/Block and diversify your balance sheet. You may feel like you're sticking your neck out, but rethink your balance sheet risk from first principles. Square even published a guide so you don't need to reinvent the wheel: https://s29.q4cdn.com/628966176/files/doc_downloads/Square-Inc.-Bitcoin-Investment-Whitepaper.pdf
Haha, wow the coracle 'create note' UI mashed this one up for me
This stuff makes the Fed's rejection of Custodia's master account look e#[0]culous. Still a lot of #[1] @Caitlin Long and team.
Bain Capital Crypto 2.0
It’s the twilight zone out here, #[2]. Take us back 🙏
https://www.mining.build/the-mining-development-kit-unlocking-innovation-in-bitcoin-mining/
"increase the pace of innovation in bitcoin mining, improve energy efficiency and clean energy adoption in mining, decentralize the supply of this critical hardware, increase accessibility to mining, and improve the bitcoin mining user experience"
This is the way.
Cool piece on the likely cause and consequences of France's declining fertility rate around the mid-18th century: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/frances-baby-bust. Wild how demographics totally change the arc of history.
I'm thinking the next century is defined by the new demographic powerhouses, esp. in Africa: Nigeria, Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania. These are young, exploding populations with strong incentives to adopt new technologies like Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. It's the new frontier.
Seriously everyone should do this. If you aren’t self-hosting and want to get started quickly, try umbrel.com/#start. Dead simple.
Just hooked up Damus to my private nostr relay on an umbrel server, now watching my notes pop up in real-time :D