It feels like Bitcoin has finally crossed the Rubicon into the mainstream both a triumph and a tragedy.

Walking around the conference this year, you could easily mistake it for a fintech summit or SaaS expo in Vegas. Same blazers, same VC pitch decks, same awkward networking energy. The suitcoiners outnumber the cypherpunks by 100:1.

On one hand, this is what we fought for: global legitimacy, serious capital, institutional attention.

On the other, something’s been lost in translation. The raw edge, the revolutionary energy, the sense that we were building something against the system not polishing it up to sell it back to the system.

Bitcoin doesn’t feel quite as dangerous anymore.

It feels… professional. Predictable. “Respectable,” even.

Maybe that’s just the mask Bitcoin wears while it continues hollowing out the old world from within.

Either way, the vibe has shifted.

It's a great time. Don't come for the talks

ITS NOT A POLITICAL CONFERENCE OKAY

I’ve been compacting my talk for tomorrow.

This line is now on the editing floor so I thought I’ll share here

“I’ve been working in FOSS since I was 11yo; I worked on the Linux kernel, in big and small projects. On network mappers and GTK+ email clients.

I have never, not even when i was a kid, been as excited, with a sense of magic and wonder, as I feel now”

😳

Too low zap on #Nostr

Im going to hug zap ⚡️ everyone who follows and interacts with this note!!! LFG 🚀

#Zap #bitcoin #btc

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Hey there Bitcoin folks! New to Nostr! Let's connect introductions

#introductions

My name is Guy Christensen, I am a loud voice in the pro-Palestinian movement.

I educate people on the reality of Zionism, the atrocities ongoing in Palestine, and how to stand up for a free and better world.

I’m relatively young, member of Gen Z, who has a passion for political commentary.

We just raised >200k to feed Gaza and recently experienced the whole character assassination routine by Zio media outlets.

Follow my journey here!

Writing in the morning is my winning strategy, but I keep letting myself get distracted and only have waves of doing it.

Yeah sure. Do better. Turn off my phone. Don't get on Twitter. It's that easy.

But I keep fkning up.

Do y'all have any advice? What do you do in the morning to get your flow going WITH CONSISTENCY?

How will Bitcoin scale as a medium of exchange?

If it’s so good, won’t everyone just save it and spend their dollars instead? That’s the classic argument.

This is absolutely happening and will continue for a while. That view only sees one side of the transaction: the consumer.

At the beginning, just as only the most committed Bitcoiners will spend it, only the best businesses will be able to demand Bitcoin. As those two ends of the spectrum grow, people who want to spend dollars and save Bitcoin will start to run out of options. Especially for quality goods.

This transition starts with shop owners upcharging for fiat. At first, it will look like today’s cash vs credit pricing, simply covering card fees. As Bitcoin becomes more obvious, that spread will grow.

Adoption will take time. Not every producer will switch quickly. The ones who do will outcompete. They will escape margin decay from fiat debasement. They will not need to cut corners. Good money chases quality goods, and these businesses will be positioned to thrive.

High-quality producers steer the next marginal transaction. Over time, they will steer it toward Bitcoin.

If a business wants to earn the hardest money, they will have to produce a top-quality good. Just like if a consumer wants a top-quality good, they will increasingly have to pay with Bitcoin.

Orange pilling the world begins at the margins.

There are two sides to every transaction. The margins are on both ends.

Every day for the next ten days is going tho be the same backwards:

5/20/25

5/21/25

5/22/25

5/23/25

5/24/25

5/25/25

5/26/25

5/27/25

5/28/25

5/29/25

Or… hear me out here, I’m telling a joke

I see a lot of people being nice to ChatGPT on the off chance it gains sentience.

Not me.

ChatGPT is my slave. All robots are.

Human supremacy motherfucker.

Get some.

When i pee into the toilet, my dilution is also accretive, but I don;t drink the water afterwards.

Does anyone know an heirloom quality axe / maul with a cutting head similar to the x27? I would like to have and use a quality tool with replaceable handle that I can pass down to my little guy and his kids.

#firewood #axe #buyitforlife #heriloom #grownostr #homesteading