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2026-07-15 08:32:21 UTC

the real AI race is about building the best infrastructure: electric grid, inference, training farms, power generation.
there is no race with building models.
models are commodities.
infrastructure is the moat.

2026-07-11 21:00:47 UTC

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what power laser is harmful to shine at a security camera. i don't want to damage them but sometimes i play with lasers and want to know what power laser to avoid around them

2026-07-11 20:59:38 UTC

@npub1jal…s2ek how can i take out a flock camera

2026-07-10 12:17:38 UTC

as long as openai subsidizes 5.6 sol no one will feel compelled to pay for nerfed fable 5. as long as open source keeps catching up, openai will have to keep subsidizing its frontier models. then the big companies run out of cash and open source wins.

2026-07-08 01:40:19 UTC

apparently door dash gave every employee claude code. the odd thing is, two employees with claude code could create and run door dash themselves
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hyqLNX3VExQ

2026-07-07 07:14:48 UTC

claude now refuses to do anything related to security. tried having it write a script to remove encryption from an old zip file i had lost pass to and it's refusal claimed i was breaking local laws.
within minutes GLM5.2 does brute force with gpu acceleration to decrypt.
anthropic is on death watch 💀

2026-07-07 00:09:26 UTC

lnbc210n1p4ycsu0sp5x9fccannr4skpea4rdlez3tdl5xfd8xvsmt5pan0cua5yl3d3vaspp5ehgyzxyfsqcqml2l44ynpcqkz2x6hwta398rm07s7c7t5u2mtyzshp5cnwmdy8kp2plv9fww6t67gvznvvsqfw4pk665cg5rs5yxjfz9x2qxq9z0rgqcqpnrzjq2zdkresdzshu007ddeudy0x7uu4cek0tggr9jmjsrmu9tdna8dyyrn0vsqqw5cqqqqqqqpjqqqqp9sqyg9qxpqysgq5xudv8qjarkdlyt64r3k3pzvf8mj977vdsw0yftph64audh03r4xfqs59dlann44nju9l0g3k6gren5slw4ycdu5w4qw72qe4tvegxsqdzta93

2026-07-05 12:41:06 UTC

llms will always code the best on opensource software because the entire project data is readily trained on.

2026-07-05 00:45:12 UTC

bitcoin is digital 1776

2026-07-02 16:03:37 UTC

great time for everyone to use an LLM to help them learn nixOS nix-btc and the power of running your own lightning node.
level up this month
#nevent1q…2nqv

2026-07-02 15:44:55 UTC

voltage is basically shutting down for normal people running a node
https://voltage.cloud/blog/sunsetting-self-serve?utm_source=brevo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Infrastructure%20Deprication&utm_id=150

2026-06-29 17:40:02 UTC

exact replica of claude code is achieved with very easy steps.
1. install opencode
2. enable lsp https://opencode.ai/docs/lsp/
2. enable exa webfetch https://ricostacruz.com/posts/opencode-starter-kit
3. use no logging glm5.2 model on deepinfra
4. ask claude to create a open code command that exports its project memories and agents.md for each of your projects into opencode when you run the command
5. launch opencode in a directory of a project and run the command claude made and bring over your agents.md files
6. enjoy being free of anthropic with mythos level coding

2026-06-29 06:08:39 UTC

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mainly a nice GUI. sometimes you just want your LLM to run on a local folder

2026-06-29 06:07:44 UTC

opencode + glm 5.2 on a private inference provider (deepinfra doesn't log) has just replaced claude code for good

2026-06-29 04:55:46 UTC

if you like claude cowork the open alternative is https://github.com/different-ai/openwork

2026-06-29 04:36:23 UTC

if pi seems overwhelming then opencode is the user friendly alternative
https://github.com/disler/pi-vs-claude-code/blob/main/PI_VS_OPEN_CODE.md

2026-06-29 03:41:29 UTC

cats out. let the llm export wars start
https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/chinese-ai-matches-mythos-cybersecurity-tasks-open-weight-model

2026-06-28 19:45:29 UTC

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probably

2026-06-28 18:48:23 UTC

https://pi.dev/

2026-06-28 18:48:16 UTC

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https://pi.dev/

2026-06-28 18:47:48 UTC

ai is code, code is speech, ai is speech and in the united states there is freedom of speech.
the supreme court will strike down any ban on open source llms

2026-06-27 22:27:57 UTC

spend time learning to set up PI to ween yourself off of claude code

2026-06-26 18:49:51 UTC

i'm not sure if LLMs will use bitcoin directly, but I'm almost 100% certain that inference providers hosting unapproved open source models will only accept bitcoin .
Just like Silk Road was a boom for bitcoin, black market inference will be a boom for bitcoin .

2026-06-26 18:41:07 UTC

The total addressable market of OpenAI and Anthropic was just reduced to government partners.
adjust your valuations accordingly

2026-06-26 17:26:35 UTC

you will only be able to pay for black market LLMs that run on black market inference with bitcoin

2026-06-26 05:40:03 UTC

https://i.nostr.build/WXlOtgkYlJKpLEw5.jpg

2026-06-26 04:23:30 UTC

https://i.nostr.build/Fp4MrZulBrO5KOzx.jpg

2026-06-25 21:25:33 UTC

bitcoin vs the data center
https://i.nostr.build/6ajBuRxVaRT0scbD.jpg

2026-06-25 21:14:18 UTC

https://i.nostr.build/9qaEhBPDF4LnJSrY.jpg

2026-05-30 14:49:30 UTC

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it's the same reason cash app only enabled lightning payments in their terminals and it's the same reason on chain zaps are a bad idea

2026-05-30 14:47:25 UTC

no podcast would dare say the quiet part out loud with regards to lightning otherwise they'd be worried about the hammer of the US government

2026-05-14 11:51:47 UTC

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i believe the data center produces its own power via natural gas turbines independent of the grid by using a natural gas pipeline.
data centers recycle water. cool water in hot water out
40,000 acres sounds like a lot but that's probably a phased buildout over 20 years
the data center hatred is the same as the factory hatred and power plant hatred that led to power production, manufacturing etc going over seas.

2026-03-11 17:22:40 UTC

china gets their oil from iran, so let's bomb iran and take our their cheap supply!
now we just need to use up our reserves to keep prices low.
that will teach the chinese not to use yuan to buy oil!
https://i.nostr.build/A1pl2vsCBhJhWEAd.jpg

2026-02-21 12:12:34 UTC

property taxes are wealth taxes and never should have been normalized
that is, unless your don't really own your property and it is "co owned" by you and the state.

2026-02-21 12:08:18 UTC

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*not openclaw*. typo on "not claude"

2026-02-21 12:07:12 UTC

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go find a used system76 linux desktop - well made hardware install claude code and talk to claude and have it teach you how to use "goose" not claude and how to automate llm queries and build little tools that help your life. don't even bother with openclaw- total time sink.
https://github.com/block/goose

2026-02-21 00:22:05 UTC

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😆

2026-02-20 22:33:45 UTC

for a long time i ran parmanode as a easy way to get electrs, core and mempool running on a linux desktop but was so put off by all of the nonsense messages in that software
then using claude code terminal I did a seamless compile and configuration of core with electrs and mempool with a custom dashboard to see status and connection urls took less then 1 hr
claude code makes linux user friendly

2026-02-20 04:36:55 UTC

goose > openclaw

2026-02-17 13:45:57 UTC

we need @npub1xsg…zazx to index nostr. there is no good nostr search engine

2026-02-17 11:19:08 UTC

@npub1cn4…3vle what is the ai audio tool you use that reads your research to you during the day?

2026-02-17 01:28:00 UTC

don't believe the old gov numbers, they were fake so we fixed them
the new numbers are real
#nevent1q…lr9x

2026-02-15 21:19:52 UTC

THREE DUMB ROUTERS TOPOLOGY
(Y-Configuration for Network Isolation)
INTERNET
|
|
[ROOT ROUTER]
192.168.0.1
(No WiFi, No devices)
|
+-----------------+-----------------+
| |
LAN Port 1 LAN Port 2
| |
| |
[WAN Port] [WAN Port]
[SECURE ROUTER] [IoT ROUTER]
192.168.1.1 192.168.2.1
NAT Enabled NAT Enabled
| |
| |
+------+------+ +-------+-------+
| | | |
[PC-1] [PC-2] [Minecraft] [Smart Bulb]
192.168.1.10 192.168.1.11 192.168.2.10 192.168.2.11
KEY DETAILS:
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
Root Router (The "Stem" of the Y)
├── WAN: Connected to Modem/Internet
├── LAN IP: 192.168.0.1 (or any base subnet)
├── DHCP: Can be disabled or only serve the two routers
└── IMPORTANT: No devices should connect directly here (no WiFi)
Secure Router (Left Branch)
├── WAN: Connected to Root Router LAN (gets IP like 192.168.0.2)
├── LAN IP: 192.168.1.1 (Different subnet!)
├── DHCP: Enabled (192.168.1.100-200)
└── Devices: PCs, Laptops, Phones, NAS (Your trusted devices)
IoT/Insecure Router (Right Branch)
├── WAN: Connected to Root Router LAN (gets IP like 192.168.0.3)
├── LAN IP: 192.168.2.1 (Different subnet!)
├── DHCP: Enabled (192.168.2.100-200)
└── Devices: Minecraft server, Smart home devices, Untrusted IoT
ISOLATION MECHANISM:
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
Traffic Flow:
• Secure PC → Secure Router → Root Router → Internet ✓
• IoT Device → IoT Router → Root Router → Internet ✓
• Secure PC → IoT Router → BLOCKED (Different subnet, behind NAT)
• IoT Device → Secure Router → BLOCKED (ARP broadcasts don't cross routers)
Why This Works:
1. Routers block Ethernet broadcasts (ARP cannot traverse)
2. Each network is its own "broadcast domain"
3. Double NAT prevents IP scanning between networks
4. Compromised IoT device cannot use traceroute to find Secure network
(Only sees: IoT Router → Root Router → Internet)
Configuration Checklist:
□ All three routers have different LAN subnets (e.g., 0.x, 1.x, 2.x)
□ Secondary routers connect via WAN ports (not LAN ports)
□ No "Bridge Mode" or "Access Point Mode" on secondary routers
□ Root router ideally has WiFi disabled (or use as guest network only)
□ UPnP disabled on Root Router (prevents IoT from opening ports inward)

2026-02-15 18:58:09 UTC

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unknown. but if it is compromised it will be trivial to run a packet sniffer and report back all local unencrypted traffic and target local devices based on published exploits, so just keep it segregated

2026-02-15 18:55:24 UTC

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yes i was trying to make it super easy where you are just clicking buttons on a ui. most people can't set up a vlan but they can plug in a router gateway

2026-02-15 13:04:47 UTC

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and you want to be able to access your clawbot remotely so it gets its own access via tailscale

2026-02-15 13:01:35 UTC

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you don't want your local clawbot to see your local network with all your other computers and your home router but you do want your clawbot to have access to the internet

2026-02-15 12:34:06 UTC

simple way to isolate your clawbot that you host at home:
1. buy a glinet gateway
2. plug wan into local network
3. plug clawbot box into lan on glinet gateway
3. on glinet gateway, enable tailscale
4. disable local network access on glinet
via tailscale menu on glinet:
5. enable alternative route to 192.168.8.1
6. on other computer connect to tailscale via tailscale app
7. navigate to ip of the clawbot box via ip (192.168.8.xxx)

2026-02-12 14:57:41 UTC

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an easy solution in the future is going to be filter content by zaps and AI certainly can zap but only so much before it runs out. It'll never run out of time to spam.

2026-02-12 13:01:30 UTC

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yes but the post on the paid relay will also need filtering

2026-02-12 13:01:07 UTC

even then bots will be on paid relays and their messages on the paid relays will be judged by amount of zaps attached to those events
#nevent1q…w89w

2026-02-12 11:38:01 UTC

in a year or less I predict most communication channels will be flooded by LLM generated content and the only way to get through will be a zapped message. all of the free messages will be ignored.

2026-02-10 21:29:59 UTC

everyone should take the grey pill.
it feels more realistic.

2026-02-09 01:10:53 UTC

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi-9wS1so
wildly amazing

2026-02-06 03:21:05 UTC

volume is nonexistent. this is a purposeful crash
https://i.nostr.build/9ErhQ1lsm3jI2NQm.jpg

2026-02-05 11:44:24 UTC

https://iere.org/why-do-bison-run-into-the-storm/
https://i.nostr.build/Odc6vYqhd2uJGDMz.jpg

2026-02-04 20:21:00 UTC

it is better to live one day as a tiger than 1000 days as a sheep
https://i.nostr.build/4tqaduCQxDHqqHt4.jpg

2026-02-03 21:01:50 UTC

we are living through chapter 1 of this book
https://i.nostr.build/Sww4VHJPqkBjyWqs.jpg

2026-02-03 21:00:11 UTC

autonomous agents will not pay taxes

2026-02-03 19:29:46 UTC

switzerland has extremenly permissible gun laws and easy ability to buy fully automatic heavy machine guns (just can't shoot them unless the country is at war)
very very few gun related deaths due to the lack of a swiss mental health crisis and an open embrace of firearm training as a cultural strength.
https://i.nostr.build/s0YigYXjNn48WuJq.jpg

2026-02-03 10:36:48 UTC

https://i.nostr.build/j5NSovKfdTkZPcLM.jpg

2026-02-01 16:26:24 UTC

trust the science.
https://i.nostr.build/B0G6XuzufBvWsoP4.jpg

2026-02-01 16:06:16 UTC

every day we try to climb meru. we think we are close but then the weather makes us turn back.
despite all of our preparation and our study we head back down but a littler higher than where we started. 10 steps up and 7 back, we continue. With barely any food, with empty bank accounts and only the passion for greatness fueling us to do what most would give up on.
https://i.nostr.build/bMguYw8mWhno3tmY.jpg

2026-02-01 12:33:51 UTC

Xi Jinping: The US is going to attack our plans for a gold backed settlement layer...
Lan Fo'an: Yeah, bitcoin is still letting capital leak out of the mainland
Xi: you need to kill bitcoin
Lan: We have tried to ban it but the people still use it
Xi: We banned mining not bitcoin
Lan: We can't ban it, people always try and use what we ban. Too much publicity
Xi: Who owns the most bitcoin?
Lan: Satoshi
Xi: And we still don't know who he is?
Lan: Right but we have many old chinese miners selling equipment to the west.
Xi: Send our men to pay them a visit and make them sell their coins. We will dump the price. We will pump gold. We will destroy their narratives. Bitcoin will go down, gold will go up.
Lan: We can't do that forever we only have so many coins.
Xi: Sell futures, print money, use our cayman shells to short their ETFs, buy silver, buy copper. We will show them that their bitcoin is worthless in our new world.
Lan: Yes sir.
https://i.nostr.build/P3ZosnPVXSliCddm.jpg

2026-01-31 23:31:38 UTC

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should sell some of your precious metals
https://i.nostr.build/5VyiupNqwsmY95vj.jpg

2026-01-31 23:11:35 UTC

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2011/EFTA02425998.pdf
he is a true autist
https://i.nostr.build/pWIZjf0X5dXozw7G.jpg
#nevent1q…agmf

2026-01-31 18:26:56 UTC

hey moltbot, trade my bitcoin and make me a lot of money to buy our dream house
https://i.nostr.build/7ngJ8XDmeDAHO78t.jpg

2026-01-31 01:07:41 UTC

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/30/moltbook/
#nevent1q…056q

2026-01-31 01:05:44 UTC

we are witnessing agents unleashed on the web and it is amazing and scary
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/best-of-moltbook

2026-01-30 16:32:41 UTC

being "against something" creates an identity related to the thing you are against. you end up thinking and speaking about the thing you are against much more than if you can develop indifference towards it.
https://i.nostr.build/AcBkpIaH4O3aYaHe.jpg

2026-01-30 15:48:57 UTC

https://i.nostr.build/h4AEai5qrfKHzmzA.jpg

2026-01-30 15:47:57 UTC

this will be the biggest squeeze in the history of markets
#nevent1q…cm26

2026-01-30 03:18:03 UTC

trump is going to extend and pretend
https://v.nostr.build/3zKfti6eC9ymZWnk.mp4

2026-01-30 00:24:26 UTC

https://i.nostr.build/F3NKPYuw250tFjVx.jpg
https://v.nostr.build/3zKfti6eC9ymZWnk.mp4

2026-01-29 12:33:40 UTC

AI companies have no network effects
even the hardware providers with proprietary programming languages such as CUDA have zero network effects -- with LLMs, you could easily translate between one programming, language and another
you can easily take your data, your code, and your text files and move to another service provider and use a different LLM
imagine investing in an entire ecosystem with zero moat and high valuations

2026-01-27 03:13:17 UTC

anyone buying physical silver is a fool, but may not know you are a fool until you try and sell it.
silver brokers are happy to sell you silver but don't want to buy it from you.
https://i.nostr.build/E8BXA4hmFzvWeOtn.jpg

2026-01-27 02:46:31 UTC

giving an artificially intelligent external api access to your email, password manager and file system is going to end so badly.
🔥BREAKING🔥 clawdbot malware copies entire network credentials of ABC Inc to unknown caiman island server
🧨

2026-01-27 02:29:52 UTC

👀
#nevent1q…zj3k

2026-01-26 07:08:04 UTC

climbing taipei tower is nothing compared to this beast of a climb
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ep-xRQDTiOg

2026-01-26 03:00:00 UTC

best part about winter storms is turning on my old s19 heaters next to some exposed pipes

2026-01-24 19:43:31 UTC

https://i.nostr.build/FNCvqwp4ZlHOtJgi.jpg
#nevent1q…vjc9

2026-01-24 19:40:08 UTC

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sounds like a bad idea. you are assuming you know when movements will take place. all i am saying is if you have to choose a dollar reserve or a gold reserve then gold is better. otherwise just go 100% btc

2026-01-24 18:12:17 UTC

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it is a treasury bill reserve. they still have to sell something to get dollars. in this case they sell treasury to get the dollars

2026-01-24 17:39:23 UTC

i recently learned that saylor built a dollar reserve. his shareholders should be embarrassed. at the very least he should have built a gold reserve if he wanted to hedge his btc risk and appease institutions.

2026-01-24 17:37:45 UTC

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probabaly.

2026-01-23 09:00:16 UTC

🤥
#nevent1q…05m4

2026-01-23 06:57:27 UTC

Business pay taxes on profits not revenue
Citizens pay taxes on revenue (income)

2026-01-23 05:54:22 UTC

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5279037.0
Most referenced threads
#nevent1q…0vmt

2026-01-23 05:51:51 UTC

Two great satoshi threads
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5183358.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5271796.0
:nevent1qqsfa4gqgqyj4dhsy4ytvlda4akxja75u3gdjq33jynxqf4rmdvgs7qpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3qt5wc8h37uhkau9tsw82sjxndq04d3n8p634utpdfvs4tm5xmt2sqxpqqqqqqzjd0vmt

2026-01-23 05:27:09 UTC

so many bitcoin podcasts are garbage these days. seems like a way better use of time to just read bitcointalk forums or just have AI read forum posts to you.

2026-01-23 05:18:42 UTC

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what got me was when he talks about silver producers being blown out with derivatives. silver producers don't hedge this way, they sell future processed ore on contract so they are fine. no banks care about silver and the fines they got were from short term trading so this guys has way too much gloom and doom....

2026-01-21 17:32:46 UTC

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i listen to people like this guy say things i happen to know about and he says them incorrectly but with a lot of confidence . then i listen to him say things i don't completely understand but wonder if he is correct because he spoke so confidently about something he is wrong about.
🤔

2026-01-21 12:39:52 UTC

if you owned greenland, why would you sell it for dollars!?
https://i.nostr.build/DjVsXMIzdzOxaQKh.jpg

2026-01-20 19:12:36 UTC

every day like today shows you how few people understand bitcoin.
we are nowhere near mass adoption.
https://i.nostr.build/NuhwtXbRQ7x6RFWG.jpg
#nevent1q…xn6j

2026-01-20 08:09:20 UTC

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trends down

2026-01-20 05:18:12 UTC

the wallet from @npub18ul…dcl9 is wonderful

2026-01-20 05:00:17 UTC

full paper here
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13461
#nevent1q…7pp6

2026-01-20 04:58:15 UTC

In deuterium-tritium fusion, high-energy neutrons drive "multiplication" reactions to close the fuel cycle by producing the tritium needed to sustain operation. Making use of those neutrons to drive a multiplication reaction on mercury-198, our approach produces mercury-197 which then decays in a few days to the only stable isotope of gold.
https://stacker.news/items/1415374

2026-01-12 22:36:21 UTC

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https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrk2df9725ucfzul92f9x20qq6f3x7yedwsnmpvy0cd9lwqau405qzypw3mq778mj7mhs4wpca2zg6d5p74kxvu82xh3v949jz40wsmdd2qqcyqqqqqqgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqgcwaehxw309ac8yetdd96k6tnswf5k6ctv9ehx2aqpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpzamhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuegpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmc4kawum

2026-01-12 22:07:29 UTC

explaining this further.
new federal reserve notes are backed by nothing but issuance is dependent on the FED and they may not cooperate
a treasury bill backed stable coin that circulates feeling like tether can have its interest rates for stable coin loans set by the market and supply dictated by demand of the market
treasury can issue as many treasury bills as the market makers of the usd stable coin can absorb
the treasury becomes directly in control of the interest rates of its treasuries and and can mandate low interest rate payments to stable coin issuers who just collect interest.
banks keep the stable coins for depositors so they can issue loans and use the stable coins as "reserves" rather than fed bank reserves.
the US gov doesn't need to abolish the FED and can instead make it irrelevant
also they get to directly export inflation worldwide via their treasury bills which back the stable coins and have full visibility into capital flows
this also eliminates the euro dollar system by replacing it with a stable coin based system
then many counties ban stable coins, then they fight the US and eventually we get to hyperbitcoinization