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A Middle Eastern in different rabbit holes (Nostr, Bitcoin, LN, Fraud, History) مالي و مالك podcast (Money & Bitcoin) https://www.youtube.com/@MaliMalak
Replying to Avatar eliza

I had the same feeling before getting into Bitcoin (research phase)

once I did ..... I was SHOCKED of how much did I not know

:)

Replying to Avatar JAN3

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Replying to Avatar JAN3

Exciting update! JAN3 has been hard at work on a new and improved version of nostr:npub1ajlrwgfj4yerhqf7ady03h7wmtk2qr3gs7h3sxcx83k05yld36sswpzx3q. We are now putting the finishing touches on this revolutionary #Bitcoin & Liquid 🌊 wallet.

Get ready, AQUA is coming to Android and iOS very soon! Stay tuned for the big launch. 👀

Genuine question, why do you guys keep pushing liquid despite not getting much traction?

Replying to Avatar JAN3

Exciting update! JAN3 has been hard at work on a new and improved version of nostr:npub1ajlrwgfj4yerhqf7ady03h7wmtk2qr3gs7h3sxcx83k05yld36sswpzx3q. We are now putting the finishing touches on this revolutionary #Bitcoin & Liquid 🌊 wallet.

Get ready, AQUA is coming to Android and iOS very soon! Stay tuned for the big launch. 👀

Genuine question, why do you guys keep pushing liquid despite not getting much traction?

Replying to Avatar Piriya ⚡🟧

nostr:npub1qw6e8meaj5gzk49alamh9qf35lpmml5sq7ctjtxhcjk55qppmcjs0j2v52 your book is what I recommend people read after finishing the Bitcoin Standard, thinking of money in terms of layers really help clarifies how the banking system works and how Bitcoin fits in to the global monetary network.

I should be able to get nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak's Fiat Standard Thai translation published by the end of this year, the first draft is finished, we plan to work on a few other books before continuing on to the Principal of Econimics. (Currently working on When Money Dies as well)

100% ... i read TBS followed by LM .... as a result, I just started a podcast (most of its content are from these books)

strange ... when i zap ... its not taking it

I occasionally ask although I know the answer but its ok ... its often the 1st touch point ....

Replying to Avatar Lyn Alden

I know physicians in Egypt that, after their shift, go home and stack physical dollar bills. They earn no interest. If a thief or a fire takes their home, they're done.

They have looked around at the monetary technologies available to them, and decided that this was the best one: stacks of paper claims issued by the global hegemon that they're not particularly fond of, stored in their own home rather than trust the banks. What a sad state of affairs.

They put as much of their illiquid net worth as possible into buying a condo, and the rest of their liquid net worth goes into paper dollars with no interest. So, for starters, they have to sacrifice liquidity for savings.

Egypt is not a very tech-savvy market; bitcoin, stablecoins, and other similar tech are all on the fringes. Many Muslims believe that bitcoin is speculation and thus bad, and so I appreciate the work that Saifedean and others do to show that no, bitcoin is interest-free sound money and good. If anything it's fiat money that doesn't conform to Muslim ideals. But more importantly, most Egyptians haven't actually spent time to understand the tech, unlike Nigeria or other countries. It's just not a "thing" there yet.

The only time I encountered someone in person who had not yet heard of bitcoin, was in Egypt. I was speaking to a friend, and we were talking about the Iranian protests; she was happy that many women had taken off their head coverings if they wanted to (she herself was someone who did so in Egypt, where it's permissible). I was like, "yeah, but it's rough for them. They risk getting bank accounts shut off. That's why some of them have promoted bitcoin. but I think it's still way too small yet."

And she was like, "what's bitcoin?"

And I was surprised. Many people haven't understood bitcoin, but most have heard the name. She hadn't heard the name even in 2022.

What we have today is clearly a local maximum. This is clearly not the height of monetary technology.

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Yea ... Ive met many people who have never heard of Bitcoin :)