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TheBitSmith
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Orange piller, time traveller, bitaxe runner, sound money evangelist

Merry Christmas Nostriches. Thanks to everyone building and contributing to Nostr. May your holidays be filled with love , joy, kindness and giving to others.

2025 is going to be a big year for Nostr!

Merry Christmas Dr Jeff to you and your family. Thanks for everything you’ve done for the Bitcoin space in 2024. Wishing you a relaxing and well deserved break , and all the best for a big 2025

Merry Christmas Princey, Lauren and family. Thanks for all the high signal conversations this year, looking forward to another big 2025 for the Once Bitten podcast. ✌️🎅🎄

This chart really puts things into perspective .. H/ T Balaji

Great Rip from the 4 of you. Thanks Dr Jeff for your insights and common sense macro analysis!

Brian is living up to the rich, Bald ,evil stereotype. “Brian Armstrong , sounds like a serial killer. Is that what you are Brian”

Agree this could be huge - global real estate debt market is $12 Trillon. Add the Insurance Market … Huuuugggeee

I think at-least 50% is waste, atleast. Magnified in the last 5 years where governments printed double the money, govt spending shot up but looking around the world most people’s quality of lives declined. It’s a symptom of our broken money.

There are some things that can be privatised sure .. but that’s not the point. The point is that 1,000’s of unnecessary pieces of legislation bloat the bureaucracy where the result is net negative. Look at the success Milei is having in Argentina. Admittedly it’s too early to understand the full impact on the outcomes for everyday Argentinians, but early indications look very positive.

H/T to Angus Taylor on Linked In for using the below to debunk some FUD.

Hmm I seem to be getting hit with high costs for Lightning Pay - $100 today , I only received $90… network fees were only circa $3.46. Not sure if the rest was the spread or other fees.