Nartek

I love #Bitcoin, but I'm genuinely concerned about its privacy.
Every transaction is tracked, categorized and labeled. Chainalysis is a mega corporation that has contracts with governments and regulators.
What can be done to improve privacy on Bitcoin? Are there any tools that allow the user to see what Chainalysis and it's peers can see about their wallets / coins?
Genuine questions.

2026-03-15 12:31:38 CET

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Thank you for sharing your work on this.

2026-03-14 21:56:35 CET

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Amen!

2026-01-30 22:56:37 CET

Silver down over 25% today...
Profit taking? Lower expectations of interest rate cuts by the FED? Market manipulation?
Markets are totally irrational.

2026-01-30 19:22:53 CET

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About time if you ask me. The agressivity of it's rally made no sense.
I still think we'll see 8000 9000 per ounce soon enough. Gold has been surpressed for far too long.

2026-01-30 19:18:18 CET

Going to a Bitcoin conference is a voluntary self-doxing act.
Sure you get to meet other Bitcoiners. Is it worth it? I don't think so.

2026-01-30 19:14:24 CET

Market manipulation on full display.
Be careful out there.
Avoid leverage at all cost.

2026-01-27 17:18:36 CET

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Diapers can be more lethal. The dirty kind.

2026-01-27 17:17:33 CET

I can't stand virtue signaling. Please make it end.

2025-11-04 19:39:07 CET

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Socialism is the worst.
It breeds entitled and lazy individuals.

2025-11-02 18:58:17 CET

What happened to fixing the money?

2025-11-01 15:49:52 CET

Maybe we should stop focusing on the #Bitcoin price.

2025-10-26 11:56:40 CET

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Fuck them.

2025-10-26 11:56:04 CET

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The intelorant few can still make a difference.
Buckle up!

2025-08-27 19:22:58 CEST

Fiat trains you to sprint.
It addicts you to instant gratification.
It breeds CEOs who gut companies for quarterly earnings.
Politicians who bribe voters with tomorrow’s debt.
Banks that gamble today and collapse tomorrow.
The result? A culture of rot. Nothing lasts. Everything is disposable.
Bitcoin breaks that cycle.
It forces patience.
It rewards discipline.
It teaches you to build for people you’ll never meet, your children’s children.
Fiat builds sandcastles.
Bitcoin builds cathedrals.
https://blossom.primal.net/5103974f59a57a8993fbdc57f0a802ad6708748db25147f13b15c6377753ef5a.png

2025-08-27 19:07:54 CEST

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Couldn't agree more.

2025-08-26 20:41:05 CEST

So the UK just gave up?

2025-08-24 09:16:01 CEST

Freedom isn’t proven on sunny days.
It’s proven when the switch flips.
When the grid goes dark.
When banks freeze accounts.
When platforms silence voices.
That’s when you find out what’s real and what’s just marketing.
Most “freedom” tools collapse under pressure.
Fiat fails. Platforms censor. Gatekeepers obey orders.
But Bitcoin still settles. Nostr still relays.
The signal still gets through.
That’s the difference: they control systems built on permission.
We use systems built on math.
https://blossom.primal.net/e3eff57c378d8b4dd6695c6dec28fbe3bb86734f0447a529b4af38231c660cb2.png

2025-08-23 16:30:13 CEST

Fiat worships quarters.
#Bitcoin respects centuries.
Fiat breeds short-term thinking: CEOs chasing earnings calls, politicians bribing voters with tomorrow’s debt, banks rolling over risk until it explodes. The whole system is addicted to now.
Bitcoin is different. Its rules are fixed for generations. Supply is capped. Issuance is predictable. Halvings tick like clockwork long after today’s politicians and corporations are forgotten.
Fiat builds sandcastles.
Bitcoin builds cathedrals.
That’s the real time preference war.
https://blossom.primal.net/b9a1687945c115f4f1becd2eba3dde3ae9778911a36e418c92bd4dda916e49e3.png

2025-08-22 22:01:12 CEST

Do corporate #Bitcoin treasuries make you bullish… or do they just smell like fiat ponzi tactics wrapped in orange?
Here’s my take: most of these companies are going to fail.
Why? Because they’re not holding Bitcoin from a place of conviction. They’re playing the same old fiat games: issuing debt, overleveraging balance sheets, chasing yield. Same tactics that blew up banks, hedge funds, and “crypto” casinos.
Bitcoin doesn’t care about their corporate finance gimmicks. It doesn’t bend to quarterly earnings calls. And it sure as hell doesn’t guarantee survival for companies trying to cover up bad fundamentals with “orange coin go up.”
Stacking Bitcoin on a rotten balance sheet doesn’t make you strong. It just delays the collapse.
The difference is simple: individuals who stack sats in self-custody will still be here in 20 years. Most corporate treasuries won’t.

2025-08-22 20:16:21 CEST

#Bitcoin doesn’t need corporate treasuries.
Corporations need Bitcoin to stay relevant.
Don’t confuse the parasite for the host.
Every cycle, suits show up late, buy a few billion in BTC, and act like they invented conviction. They didn’t. They’re just trying to stay alive in a system that’s eating itself.
Bitcoin runs with or without them.
Blocks keep coming. Hashrate keeps rising. The protocol doesn’t care if a Fortune 500 joins in or not.
That’s the beauty: Bitcoin isn’t a stock. It doesn’t need brand endorsements or PR campaigns. It’s neutral, apolitical, unstoppable.
Corporations aren’t here to “help Bitcoin.”
They’re here because they finally realized Bitcoin is the only lifeboat left.
And when the tide goes out, we’ll see who was stacking for freedom… and who was just stacking for quarterly earnings.

2025-08-22 20:12:42 CEST

U.S government to take an ownership stake in a public listed company.
Atlas Shrugged vibes.

2025-08-22 12:39:01 CEST

#Bitcoin isn't a get rich quick story.
It is a stay-rich slowly story.

2025-08-22 08:49:58 CEST

When your #Bitcoin thesis depends on Michael Saylor’s next issuance, you’re not stacking sats, you’re stacking counterparty risk.
Bitcoin was built to remove middlemen. To free you from CEOs, boards, banks, and the rest of the circus. Yet somehow, people cheer when another corporation “buys the dip,” as if their balance sheet is your safety net.
That isn’t Bitcoin. That’s dependency dressed up as conviction.
Corporate treasuries can dump. ETFs can freeze. Bond markets can implode. None of that changes Bitcoin’s rules, but it can wreck anyone who builds their faith on someone else’s balance sheet.
Bitcoin doesn’t care about quarterly earnings or shareholder votes. It just keeps producing blocks, every 10 minutes, no matter what Saylor or BlackRock decide to do.
You don’t need a billionaire to validate your conviction.
You need keys.
You need self-custody.
You need to own it yourself.
Because stacking sats beats stacking counterparty risk. Every time.

2025-08-21 12:05:42 CEST

Freedom isn’t voting every 4 years.
It’s holding keys no one can take from you.
They tell you freedom is a ballot box. But what good is a vote if they can freeze your bank account the next day? What good is “choice” when every option is the same?
Real freedom is money outside their reach. Bitcoin in your wallet, keys only you control.
And it’s not just money. Look at speech. Platforms ban, censor, shadowban… until you move to nostr, where no one can shut you down.
That’s freedom in the digital age: money that can’t be stolen, voices that can’t be silenced.
#Bitcoin and #nostr don’t ask permission. They just work. And that’s exactly why they terrify the people who pretend to give you freedom.
So the question is: how much of your freedom are you willing to reclaim?

2025-08-21 08:37:31 CEST

My take on CBDCs.
They’ll call it “modern.” They’ll call it “efficient.” But what it really is… is surveillance money.
Every purchase you make, every place you spend, every habit you form: tracked, logged, and stored. Not for your benefit. For theirs.
They’ll dress it up with buzzwords like “convenience” and “financial inclusion.” But the truth is ugly: it’s about control.
Picture this: your paycheck that expires if you don’t spend it fast enough. Your savings frozen because you supported the wrong cause. Your card declining when you try to buy a plane ticket out of town.
That’s not money. That’s a leash.
Bitcoin doesn’t ask where, when, or why. It doesn’t censor. It doesn’t discriminate.
CBDCs are fiat with shackles. Bitcoin is money without masters.
Thank god for #Bitcoin.

2025-08-20 21:13:43 CEST

Your kids didn’t vote for $37 trillion in debt.
But they’ll still pay it.
That’s $320,000 per taxpayer already on the books. Before a child is born, the state has mortgaged their future.
This isn’t “policy.”
It’s theft.
Politicians buy votes with money that doesn’t exist. Central banks print the difference. Inflation does the dirty work, stealing silently from your savings and your kids’ wages.
Every bailout, every stimulus, every war…
you don’t pay for it. They do!
This is slavery with better branding. Debt is the chain. Inflation is the whip. And the overseers wear suits.
#Bitcoin is the first exit;
No bailouts.
No inflation.
No generational theft.
If you don’t opt out, your kids won’t just inherit your house. They’ll inherit your chains.

2025-08-20 21:00:20 CEST

A Central Bank Digital Currency is just fiat with a GPS tracker.

2025-08-10 19:05:07 CEST

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Well said.
We need smaller governments and less "experts".

2025-08-10 12:17:49 CEST

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Having the ability to do what you feel like doing is what #Bitcoin is all about. That's retirement for me. To chose what I want to do.

2025-08-10 12:15:14 CEST

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Comparing what politicians are aiming to do to what is already happening in China helps.

2025-08-01 19:42:19 CEST

U.S. job numbers are being manipulated to force the FED to cut interest rates.
Thank god for #Bitcoin.

2025-07-28 20:45:45 CEST

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That is exactly why we #Bitcoin.

2025-07-26 13:15:43 CEST

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Expected from communist leaders.
Europe has fallen.

2025-07-19 21:31:43 CEST

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It feels organic.
Every other platform feels toxic.
Let's keep it that way!

2025-07-19 21:22:11 CEST

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They also probably think you were lucky.
It's just human nature.
To each their own.

2025-07-19 21:17:40 CEST

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Where can I get access to this?

2025-07-19 19:01:22 CEST

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MORE!

2025-07-19 18:56:47 CEST

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I couldn't agree more.
We got rid of our apartment. I was so liberating.
I'd rather be hyper mobile and have the freedom to move as I please.
#Bitcoin allows me to do this.

2025-07-19 18:19:34 CEST

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It sure is.
I hate this BTC treasury company trend.
What happened to the sovereignty narrative?

2025-07-19 18:13:43 CEST

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Retail is still on the sidelines. We are still so early.
"Gradually, then suddenly" will play out over the next few years.
Get your house in order.

2025-07-19 16:07:03 CEST

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Definitely not.

2025-07-19 15:57:43 CEST

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Thanks for letting us know!

2025-07-19 15:57:05 CEST

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The only way.

2025-07-19 15:54:48 CEST

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The truth always comes out.
It's just a matter of time.

2025-07-19 15:41:34 CEST

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Yes.

2025-07-19 13:31:34 CEST

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100%.
This is the last attempt at maintaining the USD's reserve status.
A hyper mobile USD to export monetary inflation to the rest of the world...

2025-07-19 10:14:26 CEST

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I can't stand this guy...

2025-07-18 22:25:38 CEST

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In my opinion, central banking will lose it's relevance over time.
Bitcoin and AI are the catalysts.
Keep up the good work Roberto. I'm a fan.

2025-07-18 22:19:58 CEST

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Don't trust. Verify.

2025-07-18 21:36:22 CEST

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Don't!
I'm right behind you.

2025-07-18 21:35:09 CEST

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Burn it all down.
The bond market will collapse. It's just a matter of time.

2025-07-18 12:19:03 CEST

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In my opinion, we will see a decrease in self-custody as the price of #Bitcoin increases.
Holding over 100,000 USD worth of BTC at home is too big of a responsibility for most people.
I hope I'm wrong.

2025-07-18 11:26:32 CEST

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More!

2025-07-18 08:14:34 CEST

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Most 16-year olds aren't mature enough or know enough about fiscal and monetary policy. In my opinion, if given the choice, they will vote for handouts, i.e. more socialist policies.

2025-07-17 21:13:45 CEST

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Without #Bitcoin, a lot of so called "experts" in the asset management business will become obsolete.
A minimum allocation to #BTC will be a requirement.
It's just a matter of time.

2025-07-17 19:56:30 CEST

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Integrity needs to make a come back.

2025-07-17 18:42:37 CEST

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The US government is no better than the German government.
What happens next?

2025-07-17 18:41:54 CEST

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I doubt changing the voting age will make a difference.
It might make things worse.

2025-07-17 18:39:42 CEST

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I doubt his successor will be any better. We need to abolish central banking altogether.

2025-07-17 18:38:58 CEST

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Lizard people, doing lizard things.
Having a money printer definitely helps.

2025-07-17 18:36:04 CEST

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I became a father this week. Everything I've ever accomplished until now is meaningless in comparison.
Have a family and grow your legacy.
We were designed to do so.

2025-05-19 09:10:37 CEST

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Japan economy does not make sense.
Peak fiat.

2025-02-15 13:59:54 CET

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Probably not until they can secure a decent quality of living.
Pump and dump schemes, i.e. get rich schemes, are a consequence of the financial situation of most people.
#Bitcoin fixes this.

2025-01-26 16:50:40 CET

It feels so good being away from all the XRP grifters on X.
Thank you #nostr!

2025-01-21 10:57:03 CET

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Love the analogy.

2025-01-20 20:49:31 CET

Yes, crypto will experience a surge, but it will inevitably crash.
Each cycle brings new trendy projects that rise to prominence. Meanwhile, the leaders from the previous cycle fade away, lost in the ever-growing noise of the crypto market.
Rinse and repeat.
#Bitcoin only.

2025-01-20 20:05:56 CET

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Indeed it is. It's more of a shit show.

2025-01-20 09:49:06 CET

It's been quite disappointing to see the Trump administration launch and market a memecoin. President-elect Trump surrounds himself with scammers. How is this legal? He is using the executive branch to transfer wealth to private, unregistered securities.
Crypto projects, including memecoins, are not decentralized and do not solve any real-world problems. The primary issue needing resolution is the debasement of fiat currencies, and only #Bitcoin can tackle this challenge.

2025-01-20 07:29:12 CET

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Good luck!

2025-01-19 17:21:53 CET

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Fiat is always up to no good.

2025-01-19 17:20:36 CET

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Most people are sadly financially illiterate.

2025-01-19 17:07:49 CET

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The exodus out of Europe has a already begun. Europe has also lost its cultural edge as a destination. There is nothing left in Europe. Only bureaucracy and stagnation.

2025-01-19 16:51:08 CET

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Bunch of degenerates buying into it.
Is this how he funds the SBR?

2025-01-18 21:05:34 CET

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The sad truth of the corporate fiat world.

2025-01-18 18:46:25 CET

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Still to be seen, but for now, it sure is looking like it.

2025-01-18 17:17:52 CET

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Putting forward predictions is fine. However, in reality all predictive models are broken over time.
#Bitcoin is a paradigm shift. I wouldn't put it in a box.

2025-01-18 16:11:56 CET

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It's really sad that's he's surrounded by the worst "crypto" advisors.

2025-01-18 10:50:59 CET

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France is one of the shitcoins of nations.

2025-01-18 10:49:03 CET

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True, but it will be harder than with any other asset.
#Bitcoin supply can be audited. The same can't be said of any other asset.

2025-01-18 10:47:41 CET

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Can it just die and never come back?