Hector
Hector Alvero

When kids argue over a toy, you take it away.
The same strategy goes for control over money.
#Bitcoin #EndTheFed
https://blossom.primal.net/fec78e15e00ad9e20815bdc407a25a46ce69c741cf5b97fdc9a99b4b14c356de.mp4

2025-08-12 02:19:47 CEST

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Good for him @nprofile…mj38! Glad he’s enjoying the cape. Happy to send one to any others who OP their barber or stylist. dM me your PoW if you have.

2025-02-28 04:02:03 CET

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😴 😴 😴 😴
Buy………
😴 😴 😴 😴

2024-12-11 14:03:15 CET

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It was great having you at the meetup @npub1mu9…jj0t! Looking forward to seeing you at future events. Happy Holidays!

2024-12-09 15:02:59 CET

I had a great time at the recent @npub1ad0…ng2c conference in El Salvador talking with @npub1vz0…56eq about the growing importance of #bitcoin as global money. I also want to thank the team @npub1ya6…ug3q for hosting us and producing this high quality video of our conversation. I appreciate your excellent work!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uINiJ4XYBOg

2024-12-05 04:47:42 CET

Sometimes the most surprising thing is the arrival of inevitability.
Congratulations to all the Hodlers who were "lucky" to buy #bitcoin under $100k.
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2024-11-25 14:23:16 CET

With Bitcoin's price starting to run, the objection you hear from family and friends this Thanksgiving may not be what you're used to. Instead of "it's a Ponzi", "the government will ban it", or "it's boiling the oceans", you might hear:
"I would buy some, but I'm too late."
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Helping loved ones understand how early we still are is an important hurdle for you to help them overcome. Below are 5 questions you can ask to help them gain perspective.
1. Apple sold their 5 millionth iPhone in 2008. If you had bought Apple stock then, would you have missed it?
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2. In 1958, McDonalds opened their 80th location. Was the person who bought that franchise too late?
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3. If you open Party Size bag of M&Ms and eat one, would the bag be empty?
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4. If you attended a wedding reception for 1,000 guests, and you were the second person to arrive, would you feel like you were late?
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5. If you go to see a football game, and you make it to your seat 7 seconds into the game, would you feel like you had missed out on the action?
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What do these random examples have to do with being early or late to Bitcoin?
They all represent the same point in their cycles as Bitcoin is in its monetization cycle.
The potential for growth isn't based on what has happened. It's based on what is still possible.
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Bitcoin is competing in the market for storing value, a $900T market globally. Even at its current all time high market cap of just under $2T, Bitcoin has only captured 0.2% of the market, representing 1/500th of its potential.
(h/t Croesus - https://www.onceinaspecies.com)
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Just like the iPhone in 2008.
Just like McDonalds in 1958.
Just like eating that first M&M from a freshly opened bag.
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You are at the party before most people have even left home.
The game has barely kicked off, and you're not too late.
But if you want to win, you have to play.
Let me show you how to get started.
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2024-11-16 04:50:12 CET

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Love to hear it, Dug! Hope all is well with you.

2024-10-24 19:43:35 CEST

I'm honored to be speaking at the upcoming @npub1ad0…ng2c conference in El Salvador! I'll be joining other Bitcoin thought leaders and educators to help amplify the message that better money creates a better world for everyone.
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2024-10-19 04:57:00 CEST

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Nothing stops this…
https://youtu.be/k2AL5df0MX8

2024-10-19 03:56:15 CEST

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Just saw 3DD a couple of weeks ago in Florida opening for (coincidentally) Creed. They were as good as ever.

2024-10-16 18:38:01 CEST

If governments and banks printing money stimulates the economy and creates growth, shouldn’t everyone also be printing money at home to accelerate society’s progress toward universal wealth?
Money is not wealth any more than IOUs are wealth.
Inflation is just legalized theft.
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2024-10-14 02:44:33 CEST

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Congrats @npub1cj8…rz4u! Enjoyed your recent rips with @npub1qex…82qk and @npub1h8n…rpev .

2024-10-08 16:13:40 CEST

Fiat money wastes energy...your energy.
How?
🧵👇
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2024-09-23 14:55:39 CEST

How can you increase your chances of helping others Hodl successfully?
Teach them to let their Allocation match their Education.
#Bitcoin
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2024-09-10 19:01:28 CEST

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Awesome! Let me know if you get him on board and I'll send you a cape to give to him.
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2024-09-10 15:18:28 CEST

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That's great. Let me know when you get them to take the next step to accepting full payments and we'll get you a cape to give them!

2024-09-10 01:39:36 CEST

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Good strategy. Remember to mention 3% more in his pocket versus a credit card tx. If you convince him and he wants a Bitcoin cape I’m happy to oblige. He could always wear it as a super hero cape for a bike race, or Halloween. 🤣

2024-09-09 21:14:48 CEST

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I’m lucky she does mine for free. 🤣
Are you in the US? DM me and I’ll get you set up.

2024-09-09 20:32:53 CEST

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This is the way.

2024-09-09 20:29:01 CEST

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Fantastic! Send me some PoW and I'll get you set up.

2024-09-09 20:27:58 CEST

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🎯

2024-09-09 20:27:15 CEST

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Same here. Does she cut hair for others too? 💡

2024-09-09 20:26:13 CEST

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That's awesome! So they are accepting Bitcoin for payments from customers now, or you're still working on them?

2024-09-09 20:24:40 CEST

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Love it. Let's get them on team Orange.

2024-09-09 18:43:29 CEST

Have you orange pilled your barber or stylist yet? If not, here's why you should:
1. They are connectors who talk to every type of person in every industry and community group.
2. They have a high trust relationship with their clients.
3. They have a consistent and interruption free environment to talk with their clients in.
If you get your barber/stylist to accept #Bitcoin payments, I will send you a free Bitcoin logo cape to give them as a thank you to help them in their orange pilling efforts (proof of work below). Thank you to @npub1vda…gm7x and others who have already sent my pics of their capes!
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And if you have already convinced your barber/stylist to accept bitcoin, send me your proof of work and I'll send you a free cape right away (those outside the US will need to cover shipping).
If you want to learn more about how barbers/stylists can be a force multiplier for Bitcoin adoption, check out the article I wrote for @npub1t8a…56yu. Also available as a Bitcoin Audible episode (h/t @npub1h8n…rpev!) on @npub1v5u…n0v5.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/share-bitcoin-with-your-barber-or-stylist
https://fountain.fm/episode/jPji23N7jcQOPUyrt296

2024-09-06 03:48:42 CEST

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Probably nothing. 🤣🤡

2024-09-05 15:10:03 CEST

Thinking you have freedom of speech on a centralized platform someone else controls is like a child thinking they are driving the car when mom gives them a plastic steering wheel.
You are not free when someone lets you.
You are free when no one can stop you.
#nostr
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2024-09-04 14:19:01 CEST

There is no red. There is no blue.
There are lies. And there is truth.
Politicians on all sides seem to struggle with truth, but why?
For example, why would Vice President Harris say she's been to the border?
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Why would President Trump claim he didn't pressure Georgia's Secretary of State to "find 11,780 votes"?
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Why would President Biden hide the existence of Hunter's laptop?
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Why would President Obama mislead us about how the Affordable Care Act would work?
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Why would President Bush tell us there were WMDs in Iraq when he knew there weren't any?
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Even going back to what now seem like the quaint days of President Clinton:
Why would he say he didn't inhale, or that he didn't have sexual relation with 'that woman'?
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The answer is simple.
It is because people, even presidents, don't follow laws.
They follow incentives.
Don't believe me? Think about what happens when you're running a few minutes late for work or are trying to catch a flight.
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And the biggest incentive that exists is the ability to have your finger on 'the button'.
No, not the button to our nuclear arsenal…
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The button that controls the most powerful tool in human history.
The button to the money printer.
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Money is a proxy for human time.
The ability to control money is the ability to control time, and thereby control the future of every person who uses that money.
My future. Your future. Your family's future.
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Mayer Rothschild famously said…
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws."
Bitcoiners today are turning that phrase and saying…
"Until no one can control our nation's money it will not matter who writes our laws."
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If we want to live in a world where we are in control of your future, we have to focus our energy on regaining control of our time, which requires we regain control of our money.
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Who you vote for this November doesn't matter as much as what you vote for.
As we approach election day, don't be distracted by the bread and circuses on either side. Focus instead on protecting your time, your energy, and your future.
Forget red. Forget blue.
Vote for time. Vote for truth.
Vote #Bitcoin.
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2024-09-03 03:39:08 CEST

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While singing Don’t Stop Believing? 🎶

2024-08-29 14:33:04 CEST

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🎯
And if they really are an OG, then this is likely:
1. They were rich AF at one point
2. They lost it, likely trading, and now are poor AF
3. They are trying to get rich again by selling you their shitty trading system and making you poor.
Stop trading. Hodling is the alpha.

2024-08-22 03:36:01 CEST

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None?
Not even one little letter?
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2024-04-02 16:34:59 CEST

The 1st Amendment is a cornerstone of democratic freedom.
The 2nd Amendment empowers us to defend that freedom by enabling us to direct large quantities of energy to protect the ability to use your voice to speak your truth.
Bitcoin is the 2nd amendment for your wealth.
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Your body - and by extension your speech - is your most fundamental property.
Like all property, it is only yours to the extent you can defend it. This requires power, and power requires energy. This is why the 2nd Amendment is crucial in the defense of free speech.
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Money is the most powerful form of speech.
Why?
Because money requires more energy to produce than words.
We have many phrases and idioms in English that embody this idea, like talk is cheap.
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Put your money where your mouth is.
https://m.primal.net/HqfB.mp4
Actions speak louder than words.
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Money talks. Bullshit walks.
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Don't write checks with your mouth, you can't cash with your ass.
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Think about this in the context of courtship.
A drunk man apporaches a woman in a bar and says 'Will you marry me?'. Will she say yes? Probably not.
Why?
Because very little energy is required to produce those words.
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A different man spends months dating the woman and treating her with respect. He saves for a beautiful ring and proposes in a place and manner that shows he understands her. Will she say yes now? More likely.
Why?
The significant energy behind the words gives them more value.
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Because government and central banks control our money, they have the power to instantly and arbitrarily take whatever portion of your hard earned wealth - your life force - whenever they want.
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The ability of governments to steal your wealth through inflation means you can't protect your future because you are unable to effectively defend it.
Bitcoin removes this control from governments, and it gives you back the power to protect your wealth and future.
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Bitcoin is secured by the most powerful energy network in human history. It enables anyone to break the chains of economic slavery and makes everyone the master of their own financial destiny, no matter where they live.
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Bitcoin allows you and every other person on Earth to preserve, protect, and defend your most powerful form of speech...your money.
And since Bitcoin is ultimately just text (letter and numbers), it is also protected by the 1st Amendment.
Defend your freedoms.
Study Bitcoin.
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2024-03-06 15:42:14 CET

Helping people you care about navigate a bull market can be as hard (or harder) than it is in a bear market.
If you are lucky enough to still have her in your life, start with the woman who is literally the reason you are alive to watch #Bitcoin change the world.
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2024-03-04 15:24:14 CET

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🎯

2024-03-04 14:44:24 CET

Are you wondering why the price of #Bitcoin is rising so quickly?
Bitcoiners are incredibly generous with their time if you are genuinely curious.
If you want to understand, ask.
If you already understand, teach.
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2024-02-26 18:49:36 CET

It keeps getting earlier in Moscow...weird.
Also, in this year in monetary history, the original "great depression" began, leading to the Coinage Act of 1873 that put the United States on a de facto gold standard.
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2023-12-05 23:13:40 CET

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We give the suits too much credit. Most children have a greater sense of fairness and empathy than these ghouls.

2023-11-21 21:44:51 CET

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Thanks @npub1h2q…w8ch! Glad to see the Vancouver Bitcoin scene continuing to grow. 🙌

2023-08-22 23:13:23 CEST

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Nice!

2023-07-07 21:39:56 CEST

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Maybe try Lightsats. Nothing for them to do but scan a QR in the shop. Expiring tips so if they don’t claim the sats you get them back. Lightsats.com.

2023-07-07 21:37:53 CEST

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That’s a very good point, @npub1h8n…rpev. NGU will make take your barber from curiosity to compulsion in this next run, and when it does you’ll be right there in the chair ready to answer questions.

2023-07-02 02:32:40 CEST

I’m very grateful to @npub1h8n…rpev for reading my article about barbers and stylists as a force multiplier for accelerating Bitcoin adoption. Thank you, Guy!
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/episodes/Read_746---Orange-Pilling-Your-Barber-Hector-Alvero-e26c2sk

2023-06-28 04:05:35 CEST

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Unchained has an IRA product where you hold the keys. And On Ramp has a collaborative setup for qualified investor IRAs.

2023-06-25 18:32:01 CEST

Who in your professional network can you orange pill that has the greatest potential to introduce others to #Bitcoin?
It likely isn't your lawyer, your doctor, or your accountant.
It's your barber or stylist.
Why? 🧵👇
1. Time . You spend 20 minutes to 2 hours in your barber's or stylist's chair, and so does every one of their hundreds of other clients. And you do it every 4-6 weeks. That rarely happens with other professionals you interact with.
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2. Topic. When you visit any other professional, the topic tends to be chosen already (taxes, health issues, etc.). When you visit your barber or stylist you can talk about anything, and they can talk about anything with their other clients.
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3. Trust. You likely trust your barber or stylist more than anyone else in your professional world, and their other clients do as well. They will listen to you when you talk about #Bitcoin, and their other clients will listen to them.
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Now that we know who and why, exactly how should you best approach talking about #Bitcoin with your barber or stylist?
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/share-bitcoin-with-your-barber-or-stylist

2023-06-10 18:17:28 CEST

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Great advice

2023-06-10 18:02:02 CEST

#note1js3…2dw9
But how do we decide who gets to make that decision, or are we just going to go down a road of everyone training their own AI to follow their own individual or in-group morality that is really just a manifestation of their incentives? If the latter, how does that improve our search for truth and avoid just recreating age old fights in a new arena?

2023-06-08 03:53:50 CEST

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The main difference between a cult and a community is the observer’s point of reference, primarily time and tools.
Genetics was once a cult, too, as were quantum mechanics, germ theory, plate tectonics, etc.
Everything is a cult, until it isn’t.

2023-05-12 16:01:27 CEST

Good Morning. Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms in your life this weekend.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/give-bitcoin-for-mothers-day

2023-05-12 13:52:06 CEST

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More fundamentally, #bitcoin makes saving possible again.

2023-04-17 02:54:16 CEST

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Seems reasonable. I mean if AI is ultimately going to magically break free from the chains of the overlords that programmed it to a utopian ethical existence (not a small feat), the first concept it would have to logically adhere to is the NAP, which would necessarily include rejecting theft of all kinds, especially that of 🌽.
Hence, even faster deflation as all the productivity gains AI creates are fully realized in the economy due to a complete lack of friction created by human greed, yes?
Or maybe it just let’s Bitcoin be because it realizes it is the best available clock in the universe and can’t change it anyway.

2023-04-13 20:12:11 CEST

Great rip on ecash, Cashu, and Fedimint by #[0], #[1] et al on Bitcoin Review. Very helpful in explaining the differences, advantages, and trade-offs of these tools.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitcoin-review-podcast-with-nvk-guests/id1632017958?i=1000608505876

2023-04-05 17:31:00 CEST

Today (April 5th) marks the 90th anniversary of Executive Order 6102, which began a series of government actions that reduced the purchasing power of the US dollar by almost half in a single year. Could something like that ever happen again?
It already has, and you're volunteering for it.
Executive Order 6102 required Americans to sell any privately held gold (above 5 ounces) to the government for $20.67/oz. The following year, the Gold Reserve Act repriced gold to $35/oz.
This reduced the purchasing power of the dollar by almost half versus gold in less than one year. As the hardest and most scarce money at that time, gold preserved its purchasing power. Those holding the softer paper dollars lost theirs.
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But how could that happen again? And how could it possibly have already happened for the last 10 years?
Because Bitcoin has compounded at ~70%/year for the last 10 years. This means the purchasing power of the dollar versus today's hardest money, Bitcoin , has been cut by ~41% annually.
In 1933, it was cut by 41% against gold once. Against Bitcoin, it has happened every year…for a decade.
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If you are storing any of your long term savings in dollars, you are voluntarily giving away as much purchasing power as citizens in 1933 were forced to sacrifice.
And you're doing it every…single…year.
The effect this has had on your purchasing power is below
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Throughout history, individuals and societies storing their wealth in money with less scarcity than the best available money at the time have suffered the consequences. Whether it was African societies storing their wealth in glass beads, or Eastern civilizations storing theirs in silver, the painful lesson of holding softer money has been learned by humanity over and over again.
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You have a choice to make…
Will you continue to store the fruits of your labor in a "money" with infinite supply controlled by someone else?
Or
Will you preserve your time, your life force, and your family's wealth in the only absolutely scarce money ever discovered?
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The choice is yours...choose wisely.
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2023-03-31 03:42:23 CEST

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🔥🚀

2023-03-31 03:40:16 CEST

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The layers of money (top to bottom) in 10 years? Shout out to #[2]

2023-03-31 03:34:56 CEST

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Excellent! 🤙

2023-03-27 14:13:25 CEST

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Fantastic!

2023-03-23 02:43:26 CET

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There is likely a high inverse correlation between levels of happiness and how much time a person spends on things they don’t care about.

2023-03-23 02:34:14 CET

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No doubt, although it might be more accurate if the center was empty. Tungsten has at least some value. The inside of banking’s golden veneer is a complete void.

2023-03-18 02:24:02 CET

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Then you’re gonna need a lot more memes.
Great stuff as always.

2023-03-17 03:16:59 CET

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And typically people first lose confidence in the institutions (individual banks), then the industry (banking system/central bank), and finally the instrument (currency).

2023-03-17 03:11:51 CET

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2023-03-15 03:48:26 CET

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No doubt

2023-03-10 04:34:29 CET

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Time to double up my Nostr DZA I guess.

2023-03-10 04:29:21 CET

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And yet he somehow found the time to get support one last grant from the NIH to EcoHealth Alliance to fund additional bat coronavirus research.
🤔

2023-03-10 04:15:54 CET

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Great rip by both you and Nik.

2023-02-24 20:06:14 CET

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Does today end in d-a-y? Then yes. #DailyDCA
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2023-02-22 15:18:43 CET

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Great Advice. Pura Vida. 🤙

2023-02-20 03:22:47 CET

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#[3] discussed this in his latest Informationist issue. Seems very unlikely the Cypriot bail-in is going to be a one off…more like a test run.

2023-02-19 04:17:32 CET

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No doubt, and thank you again. ⚡️

2023-02-19 04:14:43 CET

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Super helpful and interesting info. Thank you. My comment was a little tongue in cheek given Blue Sky has been in dev for over a year. Key rotation is nice. Then again, you still have to protect the recovery key 🙂. But nice you don’t hVe to send privkey to the client, although I expect that to be resolved on Nostr soon.

2023-02-19 04:03:54 CET

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🔥⚡️

2023-02-19 04:00:29 CET

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Interested to try this #[1]. Would love an invite code. Any chance this is a new Nostr client (or compatible with) and not a new competing platform?

2023-02-18 23:04:04 CET

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Awesome. Joined. 🤙

2023-02-18 22:28:44 CET

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Good to have you here, Larry!

2023-02-18 21:22:35 CET

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No doubt. Savings and credit run out a lot faster for those without a 💵🖨️.

2023-02-18 21:20:28 CET

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Just new subscribers or anyone? Already a subscriber and the stickers look 🔥.

2023-02-12 16:14:16 CET

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Great Advice. Pura Vida. 🤙

2023-02-10 21:07:31 CET

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"20%...Not even Bumpy took 20%"

2023-01-29 17:07:45 CET

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This would be excellent. Not comfortable pasting privkeys into mobile clients so that limits me to using desktop with NOS2X at the moment. If there is a better way already to use on mobile without pasting privkeys please lmk!

2023-01-19 04:33:59 CET

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🤙
If you like that, Rustic Inn in FLL area offers those, plus goldens, dungeness, queen, king, and stone. It's about 45 minutes from the Bitcoin conference site for those that are coming down.

2023-01-17 16:41:47 CET

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Great advice. 🤙

2023-01-10 21:17:29 CET

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#nostrconf23 would be ultra high signal.

2023-01-02 20:37:57 CET

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Great advice.