Ricky Zhang
Ricky Zhang | Age of Abundance

Truth, hope, and abundance for 8B.

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2026-05-15 20:24:30 CEST

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Yep - I don’t see it as that different than @nprofile…69lg running ego death capital while still holding MSTR in retirement accounts, or me launching a bitcoin/abundance show while still operating a business in the fiat world. Time will tell for all of us.

2026-05-15 15:54:49 CEST

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Tbh I can’t say for sure and don’t know that it’s possible to say for sure. I’ve largely formed my opinion on Bukele from my reputation graph: those that I trust saying that they’ve gone deep with him on the bitcoin side and he “gets it” but must play the game his own way.
Everyone will make the transition in their own way - and it’s possible to throw rocks at any one person making the transition from any one of our own glass houses. I prefer to direct attention to my own actions and ability to impact others 🤷🏻‍♂️

2026-05-14 17:14:03 CEST

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That’s my read on it, he knows what’s up, but also knows he must play the existing game and play it well to make the impact in the new game that he wants to make.
True for all of us to some extent.

2026-05-06 16:42:10 CEST

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How does one purchase your gourmet coffee with BTC?

2026-05-04 18:09:17 CEST

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How was NS? I find Balaji's macro takes to be largely directionally correct but too crypto-heavy for the bitcoin purist in me.

2026-05-04 17:23:29 CEST

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And guess what won't be metamorphosing? Bitcoin.
Yes, any of the things you mentioned may happen. Many seem on track to happen right now.
But if and when they happen, the permissionless new system is still there and still gets stronger day by day - due to its very design and fundamental properties, which at the end of the day boil down to the human agency within all of us.
If you're "working your arse towards it", then don't sell yourself short my friend. You are a part of it.
If you're "not optimistic" and fearful of the system of oppression, then you're a part of that too.
Not pointing fingers - I too am imperfectly making the messy transition, as we all are. There is much work still to be done.

2026-05-04 17:10:52 CEST

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Perhaps - but I see it as an “unknowable” because we needed the paper money layer above gold to coordinate capital at scale faster than gold could settle, and the dishonest paper money layer would always come to dominate an honest one, because when someone can control the ledger to their own benefit at the detriment of everyone else, they inevitably do.

2026-05-04 17:04:37 CEST

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Indefinitely is a (very very) long time, and fiat is structurally unstable.
The debt / money supply must expand in order to service existing debt. This means that top-down apparatuses of control must strengthen to keep as many of 8B people locked in the system as possible.
Meanwhile bitcoin is the permissionless exit door that is growing more and more truthful, hopeful, and abundant as time goes on.
Yes, on-ramps will be controlled, information will be manipulated, etc. , but the cost of doing so universally is prohibitively high. Especially as more and more people like you and me allocate their time and energy to the emergent system of abundance.

2026-05-04 16:41:01 CEST

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Debt/credit ≠ credit-based money.
Debt in bitcoin may be used to fund some projects in some cases. Just like gold could be lent and repaid back in the day. It’d be done based on trust, reputation, and risk tolerance. But it’s far harder to repay in real terms than fiat so its role shrinks relative to now.
Today’s phenomenon of all the debt BEING the money we use? That’s served its purpose (i.e., accelerating large scale capital coordination) and is on its way out.

2026-05-04 16:30:19 CEST

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It already exists - LNMarkets
I tend to separate the two: 1) how bitcoin can be used by any person (i.e., however they want), and 2) the structural battle that will necessarily happen between debt-based fiat and energy/equity-based bitcoin, due to their very properties.
The debt must expand, and that means it must attack bitcoin down the line due to the fundamental incompatibility that Jeff talks about.
Along the way, bitcoin can be used by anyone however they want (agreed with Jack). It truly does not matter what Satoshi intended. But it’s also true that there will come a time when those using it to mine fiat or in a way that serves the centralized fiat mechanisms (like Jack or Saylor) will be forced to choose between the freedom protocol taking over and the debt tokens going to zero.
Some of us have chosen to align with the inevitable and build in the new world, while others are building the bridge that must eventually burn but helps people get across in the meantime. Both are necessary.

2026-05-04 16:21:59 CEST

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2026-05-04 07:01:40 CEST

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Just downloaded Ditto, neat UX!

2026-05-04 06:54:15 CEST

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Tricky one

2026-05-02 06:45:24 CEST

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Got it in 5… but how come my “post to nostr” doesn’t work?

2026-03-21 18:20:36 CET

Confession: I’ve been spending time away from the bitcoin world in the fiat world.
It’s not what I feel fully aligned with, but it’s necessary so that I can go from strength to strength, rather than moving into bitcoin from a position of weakness.
Living in real-time the fact that the road from 0% to 100% bitcoin-native time & energy allocation will be chaotic & messy for each of us.

2026-02-08 18:23:10 CET

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Great post. Poignant & timely

2026-02-05 01:30:26 CET

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Welcome!

2026-01-25 21:48:30 CET

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Would definitely use - especially as the bar goes higher for editors who know how to leverage cutting edge AI tools

2026-01-25 07:59:49 CET

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I’m frankly surprised to see people still trapped in left-right thinking on here

2026-01-25 04:33:17 CET

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This was a legendary chat. Was great to see Jeff helping Simon see where he could sharpen his message.

2026-01-24 20:35:29 CET

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Human capital > financial capital

2026-01-24 04:22:25 CET

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Because I find myself turned off by it tbh. Along with stuff like “HFSP”, “normie” etc.
In-group bias has a certain role to play along the journey but it won’t get us the next wave of adopters.

2026-01-22 06:22:09 CET

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It's one of those things where the humour that was a fit for the wave of early adopters won't be a fit for the early majority

2026-01-21 22:35:40 CET

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Until AI/Nostr powered “freedom self driving cars” arrive on scene

2026-01-20 21:11:33 CET

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By the same token, I don’t love using “plebs” to refer to ourselves.

2026-01-17 17:07:53 CET

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It changes everything about the way we live

2026-01-16 16:18:26 CET

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It’s humanity’s first universal source of truth

2026-01-16 07:03:11 CET

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Interesting that Mallers builds within the fiat system though.

2026-01-16 02:48:27 CET

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Welcome in!

2026-01-14 21:37:42 CET

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💯

2026-01-12 18:31:02 CET

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For sure, but wouldn’t bitcoin as money itself be enough, for both storage in reserve and daily transaction purposes?

2026-01-12 17:54:25 CET

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Question is, why do we even need a "reserve currency"?

2026-01-12 05:41:39 CET

Lots of so-called bitcoiners are long bitcoin and short fiat with their financial capital, but still long fiat and short bitcoin with their human capital.

2026-01-12 05:36:08 CET

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+ The only thing superordinate to money is humanity itself.

2026-01-10 18:03:23 CET

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IDEs have been mind blowing for me

2026-01-08 20:57:15 CET

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As someone with close ties to China, I directionally agree that humanity yearns for freedom in the long run - but bear in mind that Chinese people being only recently removed from the Century of Humiliation and now living under the “rising power” narrative are therefore likely to tolerate the control system for longer (as long as it holds).

2026-01-08 20:45:10 CET

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@nprofile…jf9w @nprofile…rsqa I like to think back to what it would have been like when other transformational technologies took hold.
When the printing press was in its infancy you can imagine the early movers wondering: “Will most people actually learn to read and write or will we keep listening to the church out of ignorance as we always have?”

2026-01-08 20:42:29 CET

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“If Bitcoin succeeds, why is for profit capitalism the automatic winner IF it is still just a theory? Why couldn’t other systems like profit sharing, co-op, or even fully socialized industries survive perfectly fine and better than for profit capitalism?”
Because those models likely rely on a centralized authority, which definitionally suppresses the free market and is therefore likely to be outcompeted by the free market in the long run.
Sure, I could see a few small pockets of profit sharing, co-op, or full socialism on the bitcoin standard consisting of those who voluntarily choose those models.
But the desire to contribute and create value is a key component of the human condition. Most humans want to create a better future for their offspring than the present. So I’d expect the global free market to dominate, while other models survive as small boats lifted by the rising tide of the global free market on sound money.

2026-01-08 19:27:10 CET

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Monetizable via zaps too

2026-01-06 04:11:27 CET

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Can vouch for James being great at what he does. Although anyone can learn – natural language and high agency is all that’s required these days
This is a great video https://youtu.be/MxyRjL7NG18?si=lfVDZQtDLlwRqHA3

2026-01-04 19:05:45 CET

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Creativity + agency = superpower

2026-01-04 00:21:23 CET

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We are on guard for the world to arrive 🫡

2026-01-04 00:20:47 CET

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Great poster

2025-12-28 22:43:20 CET

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I would tend to agree, but let's keep in mind that adoption will happen in waves and remain welcoming for when the next wave arrives

2025-12-28 22:23:37 CET

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What about those who are freedom posting on X with a view of bringing more individuals over to Nostr?

2025-12-28 18:27:35 CET

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Welcome to Nostr

2025-12-28 01:07:59 CET

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By narrative bridge, I mean Saylor's media work is exposing people to Bitcoin for the first time (alongside his work building products for the financial markets).
That leads them into the ecosystem and to learn about self-custody from those who are championing it.
Yes, there may be some shitcoinery and stockcoinery mixed in. Perhaps Saylor now faces different vested interests compared to before.
But it doesn't matter, because you and I and many others can speak the truth and share with others freely.
And over a long enough period of time, the honest protocol (and its social layer) wins.

2025-12-27 17:28:35 CET

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Gotta look at Nostr + Zaps as a key solution to this problem long term.

2025-12-27 02:04:52 CET

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No one will be 100% perfectly aligned with the new base layer from the very start during a humanity-wide phase change like this.
We are all going through our own journeys allocating our time and energy from fiat to bitcoin 1% at a time.
Both Saylor and Natalie are building bridges to help others within the narrative market.
And Saylor has taken on a first-mover position within capital markets as well.
Both are contributing more than they are harming, as they are very early and bringing awareness of bitcoin to the masses.
At some point during the transition, both will face the decision to remain in the "fiat asset" camp or move to the "protocol base layer" camp.
The decision may well be forced by ever-tightening conditions in the fiat world, combined with ever-increasing awareness of the bitcoin ecosystem's infinite possibility space.
And the responsibility of taking action to bring about that awareness lies with those of us who have already made it there.

2025-12-26 03:03:07 CET

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Inevitable

2025-12-26 03:02:51 CET

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Was good to meet you this year Tanja

2025-12-25 07:23:10 CET

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My read of Jeff’s “don’t measure bitcoin in the piece of paper” is: lots of people stop there in their understanding of bitcoin and all they see is NGU.
That typically leads to thinking it’s ok to hold ETFs, playing leveraged games, and planning to one day sell back to USD.
After you’ve understood that bitcoin is the new base layer and you choose which system you contribute your time and energy to, then it doesn’t hurt to make note of the USD price from time to time, because you won’t be going back and you’re just observing the natural disorder that must occur during a phase change like this.

2025-10-26 22:42:53 CET

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Make it happen! 🙋‍♂️

2025-10-24 18:19:22 CEST

The world is waking up 🧠
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2025-10-18 23:46:54 CEST

Once the most open & curious thought-leaders of the fiat world move over to #bitcoin, the rest will follow.
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2025-10-18 18:19:26 CEST

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@nprofile…rgfl

2025-10-18 17:09:16 CEST

@nprofile…isms making it all the way to The Economist. “Everyone is Argentina”
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2025-10-18 17:06:25 CEST

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One of the most exciting things about #bitcoin is how it allows more ways of knowing to surface all around the world over time, once the weight of global hegemonic fiat is lifted.

2025-10-18 04:11:51 CEST

Which coffee shop will be the first to implement sats pricing on the board? @nprofile…put7 in Vancouver perhaps?
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2025-10-12 17:55:45 CEST

And they said deflation would cause people not to spend.
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2025-10-11 19:10:58 CEST

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Counterpoint: Bitcoin users in the global south don’t need to consume content to know it just works.

2025-10-11 19:09:10 CEST

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Fedi / Cashu ecash payments solve for this

2025-07-17 20:20:46 CEST

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The most valuable part of my Economics degree was the moment, reading Saifedean and Lyn, that I realized it was all BS.
Welcome!

2025-07-16 19:52:11 CEST

Beautiful day out at the aquarium & Stanley Park celebrating 2 years with wifey.
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2025-06-18 21:59:52 CEST

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Earn & burn points today. Stack sats for tomorrow 🚀

2025-06-17 03:32:53 CEST

A life changing coffee with the legend @nprofile…d749.
Thank you Jeff for a deep & insightful conversation and for helping me see what I couldn’t yet see.
Here’s to writing history in real time 🤝
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2025-06-11 16:54:54 CEST

Fiat makes us worship money.
Bitcoin makes money serve us.
When money can no longer be printed, stolen, or inflated away…
it becomes a tool, not a god.
#Bitcoin fixes the idolatry of money.

2025-06-07 17:53:20 CEST

Gm. How can you reduce your perpetuation of fiat today? #nostr

2025-06-05 22:33:19 CEST

Hello to all of my calm friends in a sea of chaos 🤝

2025-06-05 03:44:55 CEST

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Look at Saudi acquiring a stake in DAZN for the CWC streaming rights, Infantino cozying up to Trump/MBS, and the shenanigans around WC 2030 so that Saudi gets to host 2034.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ll probably tune into CWC and attend Saudi 2034. But at the end of the day, petrodollar is gonna petrodollar.

2025-06-05 03:39:38 CEST

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Hope you have a great time in Japan, Jeff 🍜

2025-06-05 03:36:21 CEST

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Hence why being on a communication protocol that doesn’t profit from confusion, misdirection, and perpetuating digital echo chambers will be so important. ⚡️

2025-06-05 03:31:11 CEST

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Not necessarily disagreeing, just sharing an observation of the ever-centralizing force in our Beautiful Game

2025-06-05 03:30:36 CEST

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@npub1r9l…fa47 @nprofile…0ehz any others?
(Don’t say PSG)

2025-06-05 03:26:45 CEST

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FIFA = Fiat Football. Just sayin'

2025-06-05 01:44:30 CEST

Post Vegas reading 🤓
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2025-05-29 19:14:15 CEST

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Hear hear. I had to do a double take when JD Vance was commenting on the bitcoin price on stage. Meanwhile we had Eric Cason in the next room shouting "fuck the state" haha

2025-05-29 04:44:46 CEST

Roll through #NosVegas #bitcoin2025
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2025-05-28 16:42:33 CEST

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Excited for this!

2025-05-28 16:42:06 CEST

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Is 2-of-3 across trusted family and a secure institution the best move?

2025-05-28 04:49:52 CEST

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US only or includes Canada as well?

2025-05-28 00:41:24 CEST

📍Nostr Lounge, BTC Las Vegas
Come swing by!
#introductions
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2025-05-27 09:32:24 CEST

Landed in Las Vegas!
#bitcoin2025
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2025-05-24 19:33:56 CEST

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For one, as Nostr grows and Nostr clients UX get better, I see the range of content expanding beyond just Bitcoin and Nostr topics on here – and that would be very welcome!

2025-05-24 04:44:17 CEST

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Welcome in!

2025-05-24 04:35:24 CEST

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It will evolve just like it has on the centralized platforms. One thing we know for sure though: no one can unilaterally change the rules, and users can also gravitate towards different Nostr clients over time.