Bitcoin journalism is fucked.
I started The Rage because I'm tired of investors and advertisers telling me what to do for below minimum wage compensation.
What we need are publications willing to let journalists investigate the crap out of the companies, representatives and people enabling the building of surveillance tech behind the scenes.
What we get are publications selling out to corporations, startups and politicians writing public relations puff pieces to keep their returns on track. The point of journalism is to hold power to account, not to become its bedfellow.
There is no lack of talented, experienced, investigative journalists covering bitcoin. The problem is that they write what the powers that be don't want you to hear – so many are out of a job, dabbling away at the next press release for mainstream media, or doing below-minimum wage contract work to pay the bills.
I'm incredibly overwhelmed by all the positive feedback we've been getting for The Rage. In just 8 weeks we've scooped major publications and drove discussions around AML, Samourai and Tornado Cash together with your help. We've even made enough to cover operations with almost 400$ raised, thanks to all the zappers out there.
But here's the thing. I didn't come here to write a good piece every once in a while leaving stories untold left and right because I can't afford to focus on investigations full time. I came here to fuck up the financial surveillance complex. That's why The Rage now needs your help.
We're trying to raise 0.25BTC so we can contract the best investigative journalists in the Bitcoin space to tell the stories that major publications can't afford to print.
If you value your financial freedom, please consider donating via our Geyser fund. We cannot do this without your help.
https://geyser.fund/project/therage
holy zaps! awesome post Lola, couldn't agree more.
New raspberries starting to come in. no rhyme or reason when these guys decided to start fruiting again
are stablecoins censorship resistant in any meaningful way?
You have started the Three Body Problem Netflix series before reading the books.
You turn off the show and you go read the books.
You fully enjoy some of the best sci Fi this world has to offer.
You do not let Netflix ruin this for you.
Oklahoma City and Tulsa Bitcoin Meetups next week! Help me out and share fellow Nostriches so we can start growing our meetup on here.
You can find our Meetup pages for each here on the Oklahoma Bitcoin Association website:
Some wonderful spring weather in OK
Mining pros, what's your take? Is this more #Bitcoin FUD, or legit?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/us/bitcoin-mines-china-united-states.html
There doesn't seem to be much unique about mining operations. Conceivably any Chinese investment in close proximity to a data center would arise a similar "espionage" concern.
The article pairs that with basic energy FUD and preys on the average reader's grid illiteracy to create a full blown hit piece. IMO
Introducing Mutiny Gifts: Onboard someone to Bitcoin by simply showing them a QR code. Once they scan the QR code, it will load up Mutiny Wallet on the web, allowing them to redeem the Bitcoin.
https://blog.mutinywallet.com/mutiny-gifts/
Mutiny Gifts is self-custodial through the whole process. Funds stay in your wallet until the receiver redeems it. You can revoke access at any time if the gift is not claimed. All thanks to the magic of NWC.
Gifts is our first Mutiny+ paid-only feature. Anyone can redeem a gift, but you need to be a paid user or self-hoster to create one.
Here's a gift for a lucky person! Be the first one to scan this from your mobile phone and you'll receive 50k sats.
curious to see about how bitcoiners feel about paying for premium wallet services but, hey, if you pay for things, they tend to get better
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The Land Run Monument in Oklahoma City is super impressive. All the more so since it was inaugurated as recently as 2006. Fascinating piece of history, too: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rush_of_1889 
You in OKC man?
As long as we can have stablecoins as the dominant MOE, we should be good
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Peak humiliation ritual. https://video.nostr.build/1cb2df0879b5d7a902bacfe85fd4839459dd217cc49a45e19f68d27ede1b1777.mov
The fact that it was Novak adds some spice to the stew
Zverev had no juice left after the Sinner match
"yeah I like work in a data center"
That seems... Significant. Do we have any precedent in the last 30-40 years of a major nation electing a leader who is openly jockeying for central bank abolition?
Phenomenal series. Also so cool to read some international sci Fi. Such a different perspective and style