Just heard Ted Cruz saying that “as soon as the Biden administration came into power, they flooded the Gaza strip with money. They knew that that money would end up in the hands of Hamas… because that money is FUNGIBLE.”

Ah. I can see tip of a theme emerging here.

#FuckCBDCs

Tools that were intended for individual sovereignty are being adapted for use by the corrupt financial system.

Many rejoice when they read news about a CEO of a blockchain developer making deals with governments, or designing rules to be accepted by the legal system.

Bankers are co-opting the blockchain.

Most have 🍧🐺 𝒶𝐃σ𝓅ţᎥỖŇ 🐚♘ instead of 𝕃𝕀𝔹𝔼ℝ𝕋𝕐

engraved on their foreheads.

How do we create a Bitcoin circular economy?

I'd like to see millions of people earning and spending in Bitcoin.

It's quite easy to spend Bitcoin now. Online there's a million places to spend Bitcoin.

Earning Bitcoin continues to be a struggle. Nostr, Fountain, Zebedee, THNDR games and others now allow you to earn a few 100 sats with ease... but earning enough to buy a coffee every day (~3000 sats) is still difficult.

I've often thought that if Uber or Airbnb started to pay drivers, owners in Bitcoin that would immediately allow millions of people to earn sats... but these big corporations are way too slow.

Praia Bitcoin in Brazil or Bitcoin Ekasi in South Africa have managed to build circular economies... but they rely on donations and that is not scalable.

We need a sustainable business model that allows millions of people to #earn sats!

What an emotion. I bought my first little little part of 1 bitcoin.

One small step for my money, one big step for me 🥹

#nostr

#plebchain

#zapathon

#damus

#bitcoin

WRONGTHINK

I just got fired for wrongthink.

Then I find out that my bank account’s been frozen, too.

I try to get an Uber back home but no cars will pick me up.

How did Uber find out I committed wrongthink?

I check my phone and apparently I’ve been banned from Instagram for the same reason.

Then a social worker knocks on my door and takes my son from me.

They tell me I’ve endangered my son by exposing him to wrongthink.

The State will now house and re-educate him, ensuring that he is only exposed to Government-Approved facts.

I feel my heart rate increase.

I try to turn some lights on, but it looks like my power has been disconnected.

I remember that I have some cash upstairs, so I decide to use that to buy some food whilst my bank accounts are frozen.

But the grocery store tells me that it can’t accept cash. So now I can’t even buy food!

I think I have some vague recollections of people warning me about the dangers of a cashless society…

I call all my friends for help, but none of them want to talk to me. They’ve all been warned about my wrongthink.

They know that if they talk to me on the phone for too long, they’ll get punished as well.

I call the police to see if they can help me.

They say no, but I’m referred to a Government-Approved Mental Support Officer.

I tell her my situation, and she listens carefully.

Once I’m done, I hear the Officer get extremely excited.

She tells me that the Government has a new solution they’re trialing for people in my situation: a Euthanasia Care Package.

She says it’s my best option.

The best thing is that it’s $0 up front! They just charge a 58% tax on my estate.

I ask if there are any other options, as this seems a bit heavy-handed.

But she says that Euthanasia is perfect for people like me.

She stresses that it’s a voluntary decision, but then adds that the Government will continue to deny me services until I opt in to the Euthanasia Care Package.

I sit on the floor of my living room in despair.

How could all of this happen to me?

And just because I noticed that the TV was telling me lies?

I didn’t even break any laws.

These days it seems that there’s one set of rules for the people who repeat what the news tells them.

And another set of rules for the people who speak out about the continuous stream of inconsistencies and outright lies that we are force-fed every day at 6pm.

And these lies coming from the TV seem so obvious to me.

So I wonder how other people don’t notice them. Why don’t they say anything?

And then after a while I realise that they must notice them, but they’ve been forced to ignore their own eyes by this machinery of coercion.

You see, governments, media, and corporations are now so interconnected globally that they can move in unison to unperson anyone who doesn’t say that 2 + 2 = 5.

And so I was unpersoned for wrongthink.

As if I’d committed a crime.

But I wasn’t tried by a court, I was tried by this new judicial system.

Where there’s no evidence, no trial, and no judge.

Just a verdict and a punishment.

Immutability = a transaction can’t be reversed once confirmed into a few blocks

The term has nothing to do with forks and upgrades, which have been around forever.

Never going to happen.

I was paying in cash in a pub, when I took a look at the credit card terminal I saw it had a camera at the top of it. That terminal is from a big bank.

What is it for? What does it do there? Does anyone know?

Anyone out the a former monero maxi, then turned bitcoiner? I want to hear from you

Or bitcoiners turned monero maxi want to hear from you too

GM #nostr fam, hope you're all having a great start to the day 🙏☕👍

Which DNM accepts lightning?

Maybe take the tax hit and restack?

"they" will always know how much I have stacked, since I started before I had fully educated myself on KYC vs no-KYC

the main USP to coinjoining is to maximize UTXO spending-privacy, whether it's for KYC or no-KYC sats

coinjoining is a best-practice for both

but there's nothing preventing someone from selling no-KYC sats back to fiat (other than the overwhelming shame and bitter taste in your mouth from doing so)

😂 I was always told there aren't stupid questions just stupid people...I'm willing to take one for the team.

Unpopular opinion:

Coinjoining is not something to proceed with unless you are willing to do a lot of research and understand what you are doing, and what the best practices are.

Failing to do so will likely result in burning a lot of sats in fees for no privacy gain whatsoever.

You also have to realize that the other people coinjoining with you might compromise their privacy in a way that makes it more clear who owns what.

I'm not saying it's not worth doing, but be aware that it's not a push button solution without any other considerations.