https://m.primal.net/LcwW.mp4

I had the opportunity to interview nostr:npub1td3zad8qcgvd7x9uht6sdnfdg5amjcy96d274rla70ldlcemy9gspgm693, the Member of Parliament leading this Bitcoin educational drive.

We spoke about Germany’s blunder in selling 50,000 BTC this summer, the budding acceptance of Bitcoin within the country, and the vibrant grassroots Bitcoin community (hello 21!)

Joana has been leading Bitcoin talks throughout the year in both English and German, inviting MPs from across the political spectrum and their aides to formally learn about Bitcoin.

It was bizarre and somewhat inspiring to see MPs not only attend last night’s event but ask insightful questions about the future of Germany and Bitcoin.

I’m not a big politics guy but I’d love to see a similar initiative in the UK.

A big thank you to Joana and her pro-Bitcoin team—Stephan, Dominic, Mathias, and Nina—for their time and for tolerating my camera gear and microphones as we turned their office upside down (!).

I also conducted a lightning transaction from self-custodial wallets in German Parliament (kinda cool right), signed a Hodler and hugged lots of lovely German Bitcoiners who were present 🇩🇪 🇩🇪

It was also great to chat with nostr:npub1excellx58e497gan6fcsdnseujkjm7ym5yp3m4rp0ud4j8ss39js2pn72a, who surely has one of the most interesting bitcoin jobs.

He advises governments and key opinion leaders worldwide, from Thailand to Montenegro to Argentina, on how to adopt, embrace, or adapt to Bitcoin.

Though I usually avoid discussing Bitcoin price speculation, I couldn’t resist with Mr Omega himself.

Hearing how more and more nation-states are beginning to open the door to Bitcoin—and will (let’s face it) eventually buy or mine BTC at a state level—reminded me once again of how scarce Bitcoin truly is.

Here’s the reminder to you:

Bitcoin is the scarcest asset on Earth.

There will only ever be 21 million coins.

Soon, owning tens of thousands, let alone hundreds of thousands, will be near impossible, even for nation-states with massive money printers at their disposal.

And a big thanks to Samson for giving up *the* scarcest thing—his time.

I’ll be publishing these interviews and a brief investigation on my YT channel soon.

If I can compress the living daylights out of it it can go straight to #nostr too.

Stay tuned 😊

Ps,—you don’t have enough Bitcoin.

I had the opportunity to interview nostr:npub1td3zad8qcgvd7x9uht6sdnfdg5amjcy96d274rla70ldlcemy9gspgm693, the Member of Parliament leading this Bitcoin educational drive.

We spoke about Germany’s blunder in selling 50,000 BTC this summer, the budding acceptance of Bitcoin within the country, and the vibrant grassroots Bitcoin community (hello 21!)

Joana has been leading Bitcoin talks throughout the year in both English and German, inviting MPs from across the political spectrum and their aides to formally learn about Bitcoin.

It was bizarre and somewhat inspiring to see MPs not only attend last night’s event but ask insightful questions about the future of Germany and Bitcoin.

I’m not a big politics guy but I’d love to see a similar initiative in the UK.

A big thank you to Joana and her pro-Bitcoin team—Stephan, Dominic, Mathias, and Nina—for their time and for tolerating my camera gear and microphones as we turned their office upside down (!).

I also conducted a lightning transaction from self-custodial wallets in German Parliament (kinda cool right), signed a Hodler and hugged lots of lovely German Bitcoiners who were present 🇩🇪 🇩🇪

It was also great to chat with nostr:npub1excellx58e497gan6fcsdnseujkjm7ym5yp3m4rp0ud4j8ss39js2pn72a, who surely has one of the most interesting bitcoin jobs.

He advises governments and key opinion leaders worldwide, from Thailand to Montenegro to Argentina, on how to adopt, embrace, or adapt to Bitcoin.

Though I usually avoid discussing Bitcoin price speculation, I couldn’t resist with Mr Omega himself.

Hearing how more and more nation-states are beginning to open the door to Bitcoin—and will (let’s face it) eventually buy or mine BTC at a state level—reminded me once again of how scarce Bitcoin truly is.

Here’s the reminder to you:

Bitcoin is the scarcest asset on Earth.

There will only ever be 21 million coins.

Soon, owning tens of thousands, let alone hundreds of thousands, will be near impossible, even for nation-states with massive money printers at their disposal.

And a big thanks to Samson for giving up *the* scarcest thing—his time.

I’ll be publishing these interviews and a brief investigation on my YT channel soon.

If I can compress the living daylights out of it it can go straight to #nostr too.

Stay tuned 😊

Ps,—you don’t have enough Bitcoin.

https://v.nostr.build/MDZYMyYkmwKSmyhk.mp4

https://ereignishorizont.xyz/offlinelnswitch/

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by nostr:npub13l3lyslfzyscrqg8saw4r09y70702s6r025hz52sajqrvdvf88zskh8xc2

This new paper is a true declaration of war: the ECB claims that early #bitcoin adopters steal economic value from latecomers. I strongly believe authorities will use this luddite argument to enact harsh taxes or bans. Check 🧵 for why:

Rather than praising bitcoin as a tech paradigm shift à la petroleum and the internet, the authors introduce the blatantly luddite argument that "early adopters" ... "increase their real wealth and consumption" ... "at the expense of [latecomers]".

Then they go on to brazenly advocate for legislation ... "to prevent bitcoin prices from rising or to see bitcoin disappear altogether" in order to prevent "the division of society".

The authors also model some projections, to illustrate the paltry amount of BTC that will remain available for latecomers. (Woe is me! Conspicuously left out is the reason that has driven 15 years of bitcoin adoption & development: it's simply better tech.)

In all the years I've been monitoring the bitcoin space, this is by far the most aggressive paper to come from authorities. The gloves are off. It's clear that these central bank economists now see bitcoin as an existential threat, to be attacked with any means possible.

Many of us have warned that this was coming: bitcoin as a major political fault line both in national and international elections. Well here it is. It means that us HODLers must take action to insure that governments respect our basic right to hold property.

And no, this won't be a war between haves and have-nots. Rather this will be a historic clash between those who stand for the natural rights of the individual, and those who clutch at the failed ideologies of collectivism and central planning.

Here's the download link to the paper: "The distributional consequences of Bitcoin". (We need detailed rebuttals. Who's writing one?)

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4985877