As someone who would like to see the federal government in the US shrunk dramatically, I believe a strategic bitcoin reserve accumulated via a mechanism like Bit Bonds is the only viable path to make a smaller government possible.

This may seem counterintuitive - "if the US government acquires bitcoin it makes them stronger." However, when you take a step back and think of the problem of the ever expanding federal government you realize that a large part of the problem is driven by the need to roll over debt by issuing new debt to pay it back.

This leads to a forced expansion of the federal government that can only be reversed if something new is introduced that can defease the debt without having to issue new paper. As it stands today, bitcoin is the only thing that can practically produce this defeasment.

The beauty of the bit bond idea is that it expedites the debt pay back by enabling the Tresury to issue longer-term bonds at lower rates, which works to decrease interest payments on debt that is being rolled over. An incredible kickstarting mechanism that provides immediate results. Imagine being able to point at the chart of the interest expense on the debt and show that the number is falling.

Bitcoin is for anyone, including governments, and it is a great asset that enables individuals, businesses and governments to think creatively by leveraging the benefits that come with adopting it during its monetization phase.

The path to shrinking the federal government dramatically over the next few decades only exists in a world in which the government adopts bitcoin as a strategic asset to begin paying back the debt.

GM 💭

thoughts on the man-woman relationship

Since the earliest moments of human history, the bond between man and woman has been built on three fundamental elements. The man who was more skilled in hunting was not only appreciated for his ability to provide, but also because his presence made the woman feel safe. The woman who knew how to take care of her partner, her family, and herself was considered attractive. When a man sought the attention of many women, he lost the sense of security he provided and became less appealing. A woman, in fact, needs to feel unique, desired, and protected in order to love her man deeply. This principle remains true even today, despite the changes over time. Three words to make a man-woman relationship work: protect, care for and desire.

World changed, humanbeings' souls didn't.

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i've used chatgpt every day since launch, both personally & professionally. today, i asked it to analyze my personality.

it didn't just list my interests. it understood my priorities, thought process, problem-solving approach. it knows me better than most people.

I’ll be honest idk how I feel about all the bitcoin stuff lately. It’s nice to see plebs happy but also feels a bit wrong with the gov simping.

I have no hot take about it and my opinion is irrelevant anyway, bitcoin doesn’t care; just expressing that truly idk where this all goes.

It’s funny that the closer we get to ~*euphoria*~ the more that I question if it’s the “right” way. Then again there isn’t a “right” way, it’s just whatever way it happens.

I DON’T KNOW.

But I’m probs not alone.

GM to everyone who remembers this book and ONLY them. I’m sorry.

I just read the EO for the reserve and honestly it sounds fantastic. I don’t know what everyone is frowning upon. 

The fact that that is no buying happening is probably a good thing since this is being put into a single basket with shitcoins. You don’t want the public to get angry (rightfully) for utilizing tax payer money to buy shitcoins. That would be a PR disaster for bitcoin by mere association. 

This is like the first time we have had any positive press from the White House that paints bitcoin in positive light and that is huge. I’m actually glad they are not going to buy any further bitcoin at the moment because I don’t want them to have any. This gives us more time to stack, for natural adoption to take place to hopefully severely limit the available bitcoin for the reserve, should the time come to buy.

It’s unlikely congress would approve of any such spending anyway, so it’s weird that bitcoiners expected there to buy purchasing going on. Though, this EO DOES spell out that there will be a review of strategies to acquire more: 

“(c)  The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce shall develop strategies for acquiring additional Government BTC provided that such strategies are budget neutral and do not impose incremental costs on United States taxpayers.” 

This is the correct path I believe, unless that acquisition involves civil forfeiture (which it could… and I don’t think anyone would be happy with that).

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🇰🇵 North Korea’s Lazarus Group has fully laundered the proceeds of the Bybit hack. They swapped the stolen ETH for BTC according to :arkham: Arkham Intelligence.

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Twitter and Nostr Bitcoin discourse are decoupling.

gm, Bitcoin is Truth.

If you've been part of any group effort, you've seen it - as the group generates and grows value, complexity doesn’t just rise - it explodes. Far faster than the value itself. Eventually, questions emerge: Who contributed what? Who deserves how much?

At certain levels of complexity, the same patterns repeat. Any effort that generates significant value will reach a stage where some members will be labeled stupid, lazy, evil, irrelevant. Not by accident, but as a tactic - a way to justify redistributing equity to those seeking to further elevate themselves. The only question is: at what level will this happen? Tens of thousands? Millions? Billions?

But it will always happen. And it will keep happening. When people face the choice between acknowledging that you earned a million or keeping it for themselves, the vast majority will “discover” a truth in which that million rightfully belongs to them.

Look at recent events through this lens. Milei continuing to shill endless shitcoin scams. Trump's team launching $TRUMP memecoin, only to be rugged by another team launching $MELANIA. Insiders printing trillions, funneling it through USAID and the CFPB, just to hand it back to themselves under the guise of serving the people.

The future doesn’t hold less of this - it holds more. Governments will level up money printing to feed the growing political class, under the noble guise of caring for the common folk. Armies of Hawk Tuah girls and Dave Portnoy boys will keep launching scams, hacking ways to make the value you create flow to them. At some point, they won’t even have to try - AI will generate infinite content in their likeness; justify their actions and price, shill the next memecoin, mint the next grift.

And the only thing standing between you and those who would steal the value you create - will be Bitcoin.