Wait for when they officially declare that everything they sell is NOT explosive, that will be hilarious!
My old Ledgers had their screen die BTW, the only one I have working now is a plus with multisig 2/3 together with Electrum, they can be used for stuff like that
Anyone can start anything now based on Nostr & sats!
That is a REAL job, not a fake fiat mine… nostr:note1x7x9yheda9tk5p609067vz3yv0lvdw0j4e59pc6ddpvdgu693uqs8xapm6
What rule is this? And who do you represent?
I've been accused of many weird things in all sorts of open source communities and other idealistic movements, but cheerleader was new ;-)
The only thing I support & cheer 100% all the way is personal freedom!
Now that is next level FUD haha, fearing that your Ledger might fucking kill you outright...
That's a long, wild and complicated story for sure, even improbable! ;-)
What is important is that is the way forward for freedom & sanity!
From a freedom perspective #Bitcoin and #Monero is a codependent pair, where there will always be ways of trading between them.
The same way that fully, REAL free markets always arises anywhere Monero is our only real safeguard for online price discovery, which also includes the real world via anonymous, free markets.
However, at least for the few next years Bitcoin will suck up almost all of the monetary value, while Monero will be very content doing its thing in quiet ways, perhaps except a speculative spike in a while.
Furthermore Monero will remain a driver for privacy on Bitcoin Lightning, as well as setting the standard for micropayments that WORK.
Its not a good idea to underestimate both the numbers of devs working on Lighting as well as the smaller, very dedicated numbers working on Monero.
They will both do well, but the mass adoption will happen on Lightning, especially when projects like Ark gets going for real!
As of now the overall experience from a freedom perspective is much better with Monero, which ensures that it will be a driver for developing the same on Lightning.
The ONLY thing that can stop developments like these is echo chamber thinking! Yes its totally OK to support ONE project only, to invest time and monetary energy into whatever you like, but remember that the majority of end users will never even know anything about the whole ecology, and especially the techie echo chamber parts!
They'll use what WORKS, then they'll talk about & spread that, as always :-)
Hell, from that perspective I've got a LOT to extract back, so bring the fight ON!
Feel like provoking everyone today, maybe I'll do something on weighting echo chambers... ;-)
A Nomad Rebel has to stay ever practical and somewhat of a cynic haha!
I totally agree on this part, and its also something I watch continuously:
" f you want Bitcoin to succeed and stay successful, you have to adopt the "#Bitcoin is always under threat" attitude so it will always find ways around those threats. That is one advantage #Monero has. It wants to be challenged and flaws exposed so they can be fixed."
Also I'll load up on some gold once Bitcoin peaks against it into 2025, but that is kinda complicated since I'm not even sure where on the globe I'll be by then! :-)
Did I mention anything here projecting 30 years into the future?
Maybe I should have mentioned the period I feel confident about getting right: 2-3-4 years, and maybe a bit longer.
I'm sure that Monero will do well as a project, and I'd support it directly if I had the means, and also it will remain a major driver for privacy.
But as a store of value it will take a breather. My plan since ~2021 has been to hold a decent percentage in Monero, and to then load up on more during and after the bull market, expecting the real, free markets to keep it propped up almost as a stablecoin.
What I have changed is my priorities in terms of remaining financially solvent, and also what market I'll focus on for earning what I need to eat, that is all!
Never said that Monero is NOT the one currency for the real, free economy, what I did say is that Lighting will make inroads there from now on!
I'm getting soooo tired of weighting all these echo chambers that I'll probably do an episode on that soon...
Its all tools in the same fight for freedom & sanity!
You'll see our dog, you mean? He is doing most of my online stuff, he's even got a Googlag mail address & his own phone! ;-)
We're totally in the same fight, but playing different roles...
Totally agree! But still monetary value is important for me, I need to buidl an improbable, new revenue stream as I go...
If I ever end up stinking rich I'd donate to Monero devs for sure!
Of course! Once I've decided on what I wrote about why would I spend a day on doing it that way?
A Rebel Nomad has to be practical, and the huge wave of adoption that is incoming will consist of ordinary users doing exactly the sort of thing I did today.
If you're building 100% in privacy I totally understand & respect that, and I did this until recently.
Now, for me, its time to simply buidl in open defiance, and then time is scarce every day...
YOU can buidl almost ANY business on #Bitcoin #Lightning & #Nostr!
A lot of you are doing so already, of course, but especially those who doubt this fact totally NEED to try! ;-)
More later today on this...
I'm sorry #Monero, but the markets have decided. In monetary terms #Bitcoin will take it all, that is pretty much a given by now.
We're in a fight for freedom and even sanity where Monero still is extremely important, so I'll certainly still support the project!
Development and adoption, however, belongs to Lightning... The services available now are impressive, and in practical terms privacy has become easy.
What I totally WILL watch closely in the years to come is any signs of exchanging between Bitcoin and Monero getting close to impossible, but what I think is that Lightning will be a driver for this too: we'll be in an open rebellion where someone will always set up a gateway between the two!
So today I'll keep exchanging what I have left before the next surge of Bitcoin, especially since I just tried this excellent service with Lightning:
Will I keep some? Probably, maybe worth 100-200 bucks for domains, and emergencies... Will I buy in again later? Maybe, all depending on how markets develop!
And that is the thing: although Monero took over the free markets online I think that from now on Lightning will take marketshares back.
Its just soooo great to see #Bitcoin dominance doing what it will regardless of "technicals" and what shitcoiners believe in, this is how REAL adoption, quality and long time dedication looks like!
~70% this cycle?
Looks great! Got one for our dog!
And now onto our 13 cats... ;-)
Not eating is soooo practical, wish I could just keep going...
Oh well, 80 hours is better than nothing!