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2026-03-30 21:35:07 UTC

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"Oh man, I hope other people do something about this!"
- Normies

2026-03-29 11:49:08 UTC

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It's all on what we choose to focus on. ❤️

2026-03-23 17:15:11 UTC

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https://youtu.be/gtnt84CDP-s

2026-03-22 13:41:38 UTC

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Lol

2026-03-22 13:39:29 UTC

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💯
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2026-03-21 23:09:32 UTC

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😂

2026-03-20 20:33:59 UTC

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Lol. 😂. RIP Chuck. ❤️

2026-03-19 16:52:17 UTC

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2026-03-19 16:49:18 UTC

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2026-03-19 16:46:40 UTC

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2026-03-19 16:45:14 UTC

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2026-03-19 16:43:22 UTC

Our success is already mathematically assured. Just relax and build the future you envision on a Bitcoin standard.
https://blossom.primal.net/c648076e343c8c09da3a2cde3835dfd69fc82a54367865a3c3fc91644e700390.jpg

2026-03-19 16:41:15 UTC

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2026-03-19 16:38:32 UTC

Most days for me be like.
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2026-03-19 16:34:10 UTC

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2026-03-19 16:33:49 UTC

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I think it's the fact that there's no algorithm. If I post there's no weight to my posts, I'm just thrown in with every other post and I get buried unless they look around the time I post or check my post history directly.

2026-03-19 13:11:37 UTC

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I have over 800 followers allegedly and usually I get 0, 1, or 2 interactions lol.

2026-03-18 20:54:39 UTC

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Number 1!
https://blossom.primal.net/02a34dc41fa68d7a992b06a7a17497d9f9eac07ccff13fe86d3b7e347af18b84.gif

2026-03-18 14:45:02 UTC

United States Dollar, Physical Models Released for circulation:
Original Gold Dollar:
1/20.67 Troy Oz of Fine Gold. Minted in denominations of $1, $2.50, $5, $10, & $20.
Source of value:
Gold composition.
Dates:
1795 - 1933 (de jure end of circulation).
Issuing entity:
The US Mint, Department of the Treasury.
Current status:
Discontinued.
Original Silver Dollar:
0.77344 Troy Oz of Fine Silver (16 to 1 ratio with Gold).
Source of value:
$1 face value tied to 1/20.67 Troy Oz of Gold by fiat until 1933, and 1/35th Troy Oz of Gold by fiat until 1971, underlying supportive value from Silver composition.
Dates:
1794 - 1935 (de jure end of production, de facto end of circulation).
Issuing entity:
The US Mint, Department of the Treasury.
Current status:
Discontinued.
90% Silver Fractional Dollar:
Mostly made with 0.72 Troy Oz of Fine Silver per $1 face value.
Source of value:
$1 face value tied to 1/20.67 Troy Oz of Gold by fiat until 1933, and 1/35th Troy Oz of Gold by fiat until 1971, underlying supportive value from Silver composition.
Dates:
Minted for circulation: 1796 - 1964.
Minted for collectors of Silver Proof sets: 1992 - 2018.
Issuing entity:
The US Mint, Department of the Treasury.
Current status:
Discontinued.
40% Silver Half Dollar:
Mostly made with 0.32 Troy Oz of Fine Silver per $1 face value.
Source of value:
$1 face value tied to 1/35th Troy Oz of Gold by fiat until 1971, underlying supportive value from Silver composition.
Dates:
Minted for circulation: 1965 - 1970.
Issuing entity:
The US Mint, Department of the Treasury.
Current status:
Discontinued.
Federal Reserve Note:
Cotton linen blend.
Source of value:
$1 face value tied to 1/20.67 Troy Oz of Gold by fiat until 1933, and 1/35th Troy Oz of Gold by fiat until 1971, 1972 to present fiat value comes from face only (backed by debt).
Dates:
1913 - Present.
Issuing entity:
Federal Reserve Banks (former) and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (current).
Current status:
Circulating.
Copper/nickel/zinc fractional and whole dollars:
No standard of composition.
Source of value:
$1 face value tied to 1/20.67 Troy Oz of Gold by fiat until 1933, and 1/35th Troy Oz of Gold by fiat until 1971, 1972 to present fiat value comes from face only (backed by debt).
Dates:
Penny: 1793 - 2025 (Discontinued).
Nickel: 1866 - Present.
Dime: 1965 - Present.
Quarter: 1965 - Present.
Half Dollar: 1971 - Present.
One Dollar: 1971 - Present.
Issuing entity:
The US Mint, Department of the Treasury.
Current status:
Circulating.
As of 2026 with Gold around $5000/Oz, the modern paper and copper dollars have 1/242nd of their 1792 - 1933 value and 1/143rd of their 1934 - 1971 value and falling.
Going from 0.0484 Troy Oz of Gold per $1 in 1933, to 0.0002 Troy Oz of Gold today. A loss of 99.6% in less than 100 years.

2026-03-18 13:10:18 UTC

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#MEIRL
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2026-03-18 13:09:54 UTC

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How did you get a picture of me on here?

2026-03-18 12:58:41 UTC

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Wish I could get my normie liberal friends who go to protests to understand this.

2026-03-18 12:53:51 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/b6ea35f9997c9a277de4b1b9b0b58b7ddab11ef4e0933c4988d985256bca2a93.gif

2026-03-17 01:00:50 UTC

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This is 🔥
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2026-03-16 19:44:33 UTC

Don't worry so much.

2026-03-16 17:51:46 UTC

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I'm done with them. They don't own me.

2026-03-16 17:50:42 UTC

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Fascinating how Brian still doesn't get it after all these years. Go ahead and stack fiat treasuries by focusing on fiat stablecoins. Sigh.

2026-03-16 17:46:31 UTC

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It's a very vulnerable thing to post not only when we're doing well but when we're not. 🫂 Things will get better.

2026-03-16 13:49:49 UTC

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Says one of the most followed people on NOSTR 😂.
Doesn't make it not true though.

2026-03-16 13:48:39 UTC

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Indeed! Y'all may be be a cooky bunch, but you're my kind of cooky bunch and it's good to be here. 😎
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2026-03-16 13:47:06 UTC

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Very well put. 💯

2026-03-16 13:46:29 UTC

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LMAO

2026-03-16 13:46:16 UTC

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#DiamondHands #HODL 😂
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2026-03-15 13:37:00 UTC

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Love it when ad 2 of 2 finishes and then another ad plays. 🫠

2026-03-15 13:35:59 UTC

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Decentralized and secure. 💪
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2026-03-15 13:20:58 UTC

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RIP George.

2026-03-15 13:20:39 UTC

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RIP George Carlin.
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2026-03-15 13:11:56 UTC

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Why would you post less than 0.000001% of the digits of pie?

2026-03-14 21:33:03 UTC

,there ArE nO ruLeS

2026-03-14 19:50:26 UTC

The Egg - A short story by Andy Weir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6fcK_fRYaI
https://blossom.primal.net/f6aed6ea4f3b4bb4de77c3684b52d9f4a795b466bcdab297c6058a09ed816fd9.mp4

2026-03-14 19:45:03 UTC

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#nevent1q…z5vx
https://blossom.primal.net/5d5a19e66112e3f7caff87b62818a2a7bcdf922101d596a8137a30231bb3522c.mp4

2026-03-14 18:18:21 UTC

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A free mind and imprisoned body, is preferable to an imprisoned mind and free body.
I don't work for anyone that I don't choose. I don't belong to anyone other than my chosen family. I am a peaceful individual, and I do not support liars and thieves that take from us in order to pay those that kill us.
The more authoritarian and murderous those in power become, the more my resolve grows to resist. Not openly, not suicidally directly, but in every indirect and private way I can. Avoiding theft through inflation by choosing to save in Bitcoin is the first and biggest step, the second is becoming invisible by reducing expenses and living life without grandeur. This avoids the attention of the worst of those among us, and allows one to be among the most free people on earth.

2026-03-14 17:36:21 UTC

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2026-03-14 17:30:04 UTC

To own Bitcoin, is to be a Shepherd of value.

2026-03-14 15:58:00 UTC

It was declared illegal to refuse to pay taxes to Caesar, but where is Caesar now and when was the last time you paid taxes to him? When was the last time that declaration was able to be enforced?
At another time it was declared illegal to refuse to pay taxes/tithes to the Holy See, but when was the last time that was able to be enforced?
Those who proclaim authority over others will always declare it illegal to refuse them the rent they seek from you, but if they cannot enforce it then is it really something worth worrying about?
Call their bluff, make them work for their theft, do not become your own tax collector. They have no authority over you, the only power they have is the power people let them have. Even the smallest delay is a form of effective resistance to tyranny, and time is on our side.

2026-03-14 15:44:07 UTC

I do not believe in the gods of the state.

2026-03-14 15:42:43 UTC

Your attention is your life energy. Your attention is value.
Only give value to things that give you value in return. Things that demand you give them value without anything in return, do not benefit your life and should be ignored.

2026-03-14 15:34:01 UTC

Goldbacks don't compete with Bitcoin, they compete with the paper dollar.
Gold in any form devalues against Bitcoin faster than paper devalues against Gold, they're not even in the same game.
But there's something unique to seeing a growing amount of physical Gold and Silver monetary units in your possession, whether coins or Goldbacks, that just scratches an itch that digital wealth can't reach.
Physical value makes wealth real, wouldn't it make sense that those who command the most digital value end up accumulating the most physical value as well? All humans do is coordinate the movement of various forms of matter and energy around the physical world, Gold and Silver are a part of that coordinated movement.
Bitcoin is the galactic center, everything else simply orbits it.

2026-03-14 15:25:06 UTC

In the last 10 years the United States mint has produced copper coins with a total cumulative face value of roughly $9 - $10 Billion.
During the same period of time the M2 money supply has increased by $10 Trillion. Meaning in the last decade only $1 out of every $1000 has been produced in actual copper coinage, 0.1% of all new dollars were made of physical metal.
Copper may not be silver or gold but it is still a metal that was used as coinage throughout history, it is harder to create than paper or digital fiat, and I enjoy spending it far more than I enjoy spending any other form of the dollar other than old silver when a small business or individual decides to accept it.
In 1933 we lost the circulating Gold Dollar, in 1935 the production of the whole circulating Silver Dollar, in 1965 the circulating 90% Silver Fractional Dollar, 1971 the circulating 40% Silver Fractional Dollar, and in the future we will lose the circulating Copper Dollar / Fractional Copper Dollar just like we just lost the Penny.
If I'm forced to spend fiat, I will spend copper as much as I can, paper after that, and card only when dealing with large purchases where cash and coin have been made impractical. But I will do my best to go to businesses that accept sound money in any form, to spend money is to create it and introduce it into the economy so the better the money you can use to do that the better the economy will become.

2026-03-14 15:03:52 UTC

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Both. The mental shift occurs gradually in everyone, but it will happen to everyone given enough time. I think the Satoshi will be the unit of account for a time, before it too becomes too valuable to be used in that way practically. I think one day Bitcoin will evolve increased divisibility, perhaps the halving will be modified to be endlessly occurring and alongside each new halving a decimal will be added to increase division.
Every halving causes the cost of Bitcoin to double in terms of time, given this it's only a matter of time until the increased value from each halving adds up and makes increased division necessary. The Bitcoin network of today may one day look antiquated to Bitcoiners of the future, in the same way the Turing Bombe computer looks antiquated to us today.
It will change in ways we can't predict, it will evolve organically into new forms and perhaps it will experience hard forks that spawn children that are not shitcoins but instead symbolize different generations of Bitcoin that if successful will be able to coexist. I don't know what will happen for certain, but I know Bitcoin is still a baby that has yet to mature. When fully mature everything will be different, the world will look alien, and Bitcoin will become humanities economic foundation for centuries if not millennia.

2026-03-14 00:56:17 UTC

One day, some respectable amount of time from now, 1 Satoshi will be worth more than what 1 Bitcoin is now.

2026-03-12 13:37:49 UTC

The government is controlled by people who traffic, rape, eat, and taxidermy children, their goons are disappearing and murdering people in the streets, bombing and murdering children in foreign schools, and sending billions to their friends while cancelling food stamps for millions.
But don't forget to be your own tax collector for them, report all your Bitcoin transactions and calculate the capital gains taxes, compared to the forever war enabling and endlessly printed devaluing dollar, which you self report and send to the IRS. If you don't you'll be committing a serious crime.

2026-03-11 13:50:24 UTC

Bitcoiners support all forms of sound money. This isn't a battle between Metals and Bitcoin, it's a battle between all forms of fiat and all forms of Sound Money.
I just ordered some of the new Idaho Goldbacks, killer designs with Lady Justice and Sacagawea!
https://blossom.primal.net/c8ef07105178df2078d24b340979ad5dc235f0929f24a043e190cb4767d97402.mp4

2026-03-10 22:44:32 UTC

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Great work Daniel! People are starting to have less FUD about bitcoin's environmental affects thanks in no small part to your efforts.

2026-03-09 21:42:55 UTC

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I think people are struggling more and more, and due to this struggle they become more intensely focused on the drama surrounding the central power that issues the nations currency because they believe "their group" controlling the center of power will bring them relief from those struggles.
It's just desperation. People don't understand that letting go of the dying fiat currencies, and the organizations that supply them, will actually bring them more relief. That lack of understanding coupled with the algorithms that drive the most eyes to the most engaging information, leads to the most dramatic people getting the most attention and the most supporters/fans. This is why Trump/Bolsonaro won their elections, they are simply more attention grabbing and hold more eyes to screens than the other more sensible people do.

2026-03-09 13:23:02 UTC

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@nprofile…kclk This note won't show up in the Primal app as a part of my feed. It shows up in the Web browser though.
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2026-03-09 13:16:15 UTC

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Good point. It's very easy to sway ignorant people one way or another, politics feels more like the most popular reality TV show now.

2026-03-09 13:14:47 UTC

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Good point. It's very easy to sway ignorant people one way or another, politics feels more like the most popular reality TV show now.
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2026-03-07 20:44:46 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/56aced1611f3b11b61b6735d0905e6a6e0b83ad05963f93cc106a5edb14ed0eb.mp4

2026-03-07 17:40:46 UTC

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They'll learn eventually.

2026-03-06 04:41:46 UTC

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Guess I just felt like posting more than I have the last few years (average of less than 1 post a year the last few years). But the post being censored quickly reminded me what Facebook is, I'm back to not using it again 😂.

2026-03-06 02:12:32 UTC

Shared this video on Facebook only to have the post not even show up on my timeline when I went to look at it.
Being censored for posting this felt so surreal.
Here's the clip:
https://youtu.be/tN-aTVkI5W0

2026-03-05 03:35:45 UTC

@nprofile…kclk the app isn't showing a few of my posts that show up on the Web browser version of primal.

2026-03-05 01:39:47 UTC

For the first time I read the Apology of Socrates this last week, in the middle of it the following statement stood out to me:
"What do they say? Something of this sort: That Socrates is a doer of evil, and corruptor of the youth, and he does not believe in the gods of the state"
The gods of the state.
What is a "god of the state" exactly. Are not the gods worthy of being placed on circulating coinage? They were in ancient Rome, the coins of the Republic featured the faces of the Pantheon of Rome. When the Republic fell to Julius Caesar, he was the first to have his face on his coin while he was still alive. That evokes power.
But the emperor's of Rome did not want it to seem like the city was conquered, but liberated. They wanted the people to believe "Rome" survived a troublesome time, just under new leadership.
They kept making coins, but with their faces on them instead of the Pantheon. Functionally declaring themselves gods. This is where we get the term "God-Emperor", because the emperor's declared themselves living gods.
The empire over time developed into a religious theocracy under the Catholic religion, having originally started out as a Republic it transitioned into a God-Emperor theocracy it became a religious dictatorship where the emperor was the head of the Church. Instead of a god, he was closest to God. This still evokes power.
Eventually though, the collapse of the government was also the collapse of the coinage as everytime the government couldn't pay it's bills it dipped into the savings of it's people by reducing the silver content/value of the coins as they were issued.
The coinage of the United States started out very much the same, honoring only the Pantheon of America. Namely Lady Liberty, who ruled along side Lady Justice in the courts of law. The only things that mattered to Americans, being "Liberty and Justice for all". Opposite Lady Liberty on our coins was the majestic eagle in the seal of our country and our original non-theocratic motto "E Pluribus Unum" (Out of many, One) proudly displayed on the coin. To show we were united in Liberty, even though we were all independent states.
But over time the dominant form of the dollar changed, and instead of Lady Liberty being on the front as was always the case on our Constitutional Silver and Gold Dollars, our paper dollars instead featured the gods of the state. Namely the God-Emperor presidents, and the paper dollars became so popular they eventually became dominant and the US Mint switched to dead presidents on it's coinage as well. After replacing the Liberty herself with dead men, it replaced the guardian of Liberty - Gold/Silver - with copper and paper.
Our coinage is how we do business, a dead coinage is a dead government. As the dollar is slowly replaced by digital versions of it, such as "Bitcoin-backed dollars" (apps paying dollar denominated bills with pure Satoshis over the lightning network), the government slowly becomes the slowest issuer of new exchangeable value to the market and they start to lose influence and power as they cannot control the Bitcoin network.
We are already on the path to freeing the world from the fiat yoke, it's a mathematical certainty that (with the halving and a stable or rising hashrate) Bitcoin grows in value exponentially over the next hundred years. Within a decade it will likely eclipse or have already eclipsed all the combined value of every other currency on earth. It wins because it makes the other issuers of value antiques, it makes them irrelevant and ignored, and everyone is perceived to suddenly be exposed to higher quality forms of money (Bitcoin and free market precious metal moneys) and their honest depiction of costs changing over time.
Observe the world with an attitude of wonder and pity, as the transition slowly happens over the next few years there will likely be bumpy patches where it will be very rough, but whatever happens we're already off the fiat death spiral train and growing more stable all the time.
It's going to be interesting watching it all happen with y'all #nostr. I look forward to it. 🫡

2026-03-04 19:43:42 UTC

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Apparently. 😂
I would never store substantial value in any mobile wallet, just enough for spending and experimentation. Don't really get the hate for some wallets that aren't purely lightning/on chain.

2026-03-04 19:42:05 UTC

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Someone is sour today. Hope all is good with you Darth.

2026-03-04 13:51:45 UTC

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I like Aqua wallet too.

2026-03-04 03:53:44 UTC

I really enjoy this channel. This video is very relatable to me. I need to be as kind to myself as I am to others.
https://youtu.be/MQzDMkeSzpw

2026-03-02 22:16:39 UTC

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"You can't tell me what to do."
No YOU can't tell ME what to do!
Wait a minute I see what's happening here... Carry on.

2026-03-02 22:15:06 UTC

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Happy to hear! Look forward to new phones running Graphene being available ready to use from the manufacturer.

2026-03-02 22:14:11 UTC

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Incredible news. I look forward to my next phone being a Graphene OS Motorola!
#nevent1q…vmvm

2026-03-02 20:36:08 UTC

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3) Those who complain about other people not doing things the way they think they should be done.

2026-02-28 18:20:17 UTC

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Help move the world in a better direction. Dishonest money creates a dishonest society, honest incorruptible money leads to an honest one.
If you fix the money then you enable humanity to fix any problem. All other problems are much easier to solve if the problem of money is solved first.

2026-02-26 15:06:43 UTC

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Really enjoyed this. Well done.

2026-02-26 14:59:05 UTC

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Reading "you will always have your personality - your personal reality" literally gave me frisson (biological emotional response often described as "chills" going down the spine).
I never thought about our personalities being the same as our personal realities but it makes so much sense. Change how you view the world around you, change your personal reality of life, and you will change your personality.
Incredible. Loved the overall post too. Well worth the read.
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2026-02-26 13:44:21 UTC

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I've seen this black mirror episode...

2026-02-26 00:56:29 UTC

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I used to. I got a new phone and haven't restored it. So I don't have it anymore. I actually prefer not seeing it all the time now.

2026-02-25 04:11:36 UTC

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Great clip. I look forward to listening to the full interview when I get a chance!

2026-02-25 04:06:39 UTC

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Indeed. I'm trying to live more in the moment and count the minutes as they pass, spending more time with slow media and with family and friends instead of overworking or on my phone doom scrolling. Live in abundance as soon as you can.
#nevent1q…d7rm

2026-02-25 04:04:32 UTC

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Love it. We're winning!

2026-02-25 04:03:51 UTC

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Love seeing well put together data on the real world adoption growth of the Bitcoin network. We're winning.
#nevent1q…nlrr

2026-02-24 15:05:06 UTC

My thoughts on the recent price actions between precious metals and Bitcoin:
1: Global stage.
• Recently the US has had an unstable government, since the government supports the dollar the result is trust in the dollar is down on the global stage and central banks are already seen to be liquidating their US treasuries more than normal.
• With governments and central banks around the world reducing dollar holdings, what do they trust most as the alternative? Precious metals. China in particular appears to be stockpiling gold and went from 3000 kg to 40000 kg in only 18 months. If other nations, groups, and wealthy individuals are doing the same that would explain gold growing nearly 3x in the last 2 years. If this continues it may rise further.
• Like it or not Bitcoin is still very much too small for nation states to truly jump into in the same way, it would need to 10x - 20x before that point is reached where it could support that much liquidity. Trust isn't yet there, but with every higher bottom that trust is building.
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2: Pleb stage.
• Average people are really hurting from the last 5 years of inflation, plus they are scared of Bitcoin's historic crashes, so there's been less participation this cycle from this group than previously.
• The unpopularity of the current president after he declared himself the "Bitcoin president" and then proceeding to become in reality the Shitcoin president among other things, also the mention of Bitcoin in the Epstein files, Bitcoin is being hammered in the views of people who don't understand what makes Bitcoin unique and not a part of all the scammer's and elite's bullshit. It's not part of the problem, it's the solution, but people don't know that.
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3: Bitcoin is money.
• AI is causing lots of job losses.
• Government instability and shutdowns are causing government workers to either lose their jobs entirely or go long periods without pay.
• Government tariffs are causing significant strain on the overall economy. Leading to struggling economic activity across the board. Less economic activity = less savings buildup.
• Bitcoin is the easiest asset you can both self custody and liquidate quickly and at a low cost of ~1%~, compare that to precious metals which when self custodied are much harder to liquidate and often have a 5 - 10% fee for doing so.
• All things considered anyone holding Bitcoin as their savings that ends up affected by these things, easily accesses their savings and sells some of their holdings as needed. Bitcoin's advantage as money, leads to it appearing to lose as a long term store of value as its price falls in the short term.
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Conclusion: As the world struggles Bitcoin gets used as emergency access money with savings easily liquidated, and Gold and Silver get jumped into at the nation state level to be used as a store of value. The result is they travel in opposite directions in the short term.
If Bitcoin were difficult to liquidate then it wouldn't have it's fast short term crashes, but it also wouldn't have it's fast increases when times favor such movements. Nobody knows what the future holds, and as the economy suffers Bitcoin will spread from the wallets of those who need it now to those who can afford to stack now. Remember the heartbeat of Bitcoin is it's hashrate finding blocks, while the price has cut in half the difficulty only reduced roughly 25% from a high of 155.9 T in October/November to 125.9 T a week ago, and this last adjustment saw a massive jump back up to 144.4 T.
IMO we're massively oversold, and we're forming a solid bottom around the 2021 ATH level. But things remain uncertain on the global stage as well as in the halls of government, and AI fears continue as well. Those who can afford to stack in these times will be very happy in the future when things turn around. But nobody knows if that's right around the corner or months or even years away. Do your best to disattach from short term market movements and live in the moment, enjoy the rollercoaster that is Bitcoin and life itself. 🤟

2026-02-23 21:16:52 UTC

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I think you should add a gif button to that list.

2026-02-23 13:43:24 UTC

Yesterday I bought something for $10 at Walmart. Paid exact change with only copper coins, the cashier didn't have any idea what to do with them and called over a co-worker.
He said: "Where do I put these? I've never been paid with medieval coins before."
That comment was so funny to me, after paying I couldn't stop chuckling to myself.
But it is also striking that we really are losing our coinage, so much has changed in less than a lifetime on pure fiat.
IMO the Dollar is already dead, it's a zombie monetary system that people don't realize is worthless now. In a way though the dollar network played themselves by becoming primarily digital, much easier to sidestep the whole thing when people are used to just using their devices and not physical currencies.

2026-02-23 02:14:52 UTC

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You guys are off to a great start, only a few suggestions really come to mind.
1: Improving the "open in app" experience when I click links to fountain pages for podcasts as it doesn't really work well.
2: Reducing the minimum sats per minute, this will only get more important as the price rises long term.
3: Increase the options in speed control, I don't like 25% faster as I usually do a modest 10%.
4: Add options that customize Bluetooth button controls when listening to podcasts.
Thanks for asking!

2026-02-22 19:08:56 UTC

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Lately I spend more time with real people in the real world. I spend less time on the platforms of doom and more more time on Nostr for algorithm-free and ad-free independant social media enabled with Bitcoin. I'm much happier as a result. ❤️

2026-02-22 19:05:22 UTC

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I've been a heavy user of the app Podcast Republic for years. Tons of customization options, fine speed variability control, able to download episodes ahead of time automatically and other stuff. I enjoy fountain too though, I use both at this point. I want to support the Bitcoin/Nostr ecosystem!

2026-02-21 17:29:02 UTC

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Incredible story. Inspiring even.

2026-02-21 15:13:30 UTC

I may seem really smart, but I'm just a math loving mildly autistic person living with childhood CPTSD. Growing up my family was always hyper afraid of government, you could argue they were justified in that fear but you could also argue that they focused on it too much and let it rule their lives.
Not being put in school was good in some ways, it helped me develop my open minded nature which led me to learn about Bitcoin much earlier than the majority of people. But what my parents labeled "homeschooling" was actually child neglect. They were violent with each other, physically and verbally abusive, paranoid of the end of the world and government conspiracies. They were hoarders, who allowed a massive infestation of roaches to continue living in our home for my entire childhood until I took matters into my own hands as a young adult. They even almost let me die from dental infections that would swell up my entire jaw, because they were too lazy to take me to the dentist and they were afraid of the drugs the dentist used (like the super deadly... ibuprofen) would kill me. 🙄 I still like the idea of homeschooling when done right, but I also like the idea of a trusted environment where division of labor gives children a better education than I could alone (provided the government is not involved). I'll probably find a good private school or tutors which will assist me in my educating my own children. But only time will tell.
Despite the early exposure into Bitcoin, I was not in command of much money and I didn't really know what I was doing. So even if I wish I had made different choices and wish I had more Bitcoin, the choices I did make allow me a more comfortable existence than many and that is it's own wealth. These days I study Bitcoin still, I also study the history of the US dollar and the Roman system of money and am in the early stages of writing a few books, but my focus is shifting to working on healing myself from my trauma and supporting my partner in her journey to heal hers as well.
The truth is we're all waiting for/working towards a world of abundance when if you choose to see it the world is already in abundance. When viewed from a lens of the original US gold standard anything that costs less than a 1/2 Goldback (~$5~) is under $0.02. on the $20.67/oz of gold US monetary system. I picked up a package of sliced ready to eat cheese at Aldi's for $1.48 the other day, that's less than a gold standard penny.
I am not posting as much lately, my analysis of a long term bottom in Bitcoin was evidently incorrect given the last 4 months of significant downward price action. So I'm not focusing on Bitcoin right now, I don't know what it's going to do other than eventually go up again. Instead I'm working on letting go of fear, accepting that there's little chance those who wish to control me affect my personal life directly, little chance a pleb like me is on anybody's radar. Even if they did try to affect me, I'm very insulated from indirect methods of attack these days. I could honestly live without a bank account, just order precious metals online and sell them for cash if I need it. I choose not to participate in the broken system anymore, the only fix for the world at large is Bitcoin allowing us to focus on the world immediately around us and help our family, friends, and communities in their own journeys of growth.
Stack Bitcoin, and focus on your own sense of inner peace, the rest will follow. Love you all. ❤️

2026-02-21 14:34:44 UTC

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Never bet the farm. The hashrate is reflective of the true cost of Bitcoin in energy itself. The fluctuating prices outside the stable rise alongside the hashrate is indeed just noise.

2026-02-21 14:32:35 UTC

The most common action following Bitcoin falling to unexpectedly low prices, is it climbing to unexpectedly high ones.
The reverse is also true though, and the prices simply repeats.

2026-02-21 14:30:48 UTC

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Bitcoin on a long enough time horizon demonetises everything else, and provides unlimited energy for all. The result is peace and prosperity for everyone on earth.

2026-02-21 14:28:20 UTC

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Freedom, prosperity, peace.

2026-02-21 14:23:59 UTC

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KYC is an attempt to maintain surveillance and control. It's a part of the modern slave enforcement system.
Steak n Shake received some sats from me the other day, they were KYC for me but they're KYC free for them. Once Bitcoin starts seriously being used as the digital cash it was designed to be, it will naturally shake off the shackles of the KYC cartel.

2026-02-21 14:19:52 UTC

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This is the Bitcoin revolution in real time. People creating devices that replace the normal heaters with Bitcoin miners. This is how Bitcoin explodes. Everyday home heating from Bitcoin mining.
#nevent1q…cvff

2026-02-20 18:27:11 UTC

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Such times will return again when fiat dies. Bitcoin is far better than precious metals though, so what's coming is even better too.
#nevent1q…w35z

2026-02-20 17:47:20 UTC

The struggle is real.
https://blossom.primal.net/00770c431612fec5ed5a52360b7eafc84ab23e17a7b3efe4be3ac9fbcc4f6f94.jpg

2026-02-19 22:19:55 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/088ee4edfb036369a0805e1e2b3af2a493a673ca2c34aa367e74645c7a937709.jpg

2026-02-19 02:27:43 UTC

When you love someone deeply, but the right thing to do is end the relationship. ❤️‍🩹
https://youtu.be/JRtKwcUJ5xk

2026-02-19 02:15:13 UTC

It is okay to have grown out of a relationship. It hurts, but it's a part of living a healthy life.
https://youtu.be/pJU8kzXxyYU