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Paul

Christian, husband of npub1e2rd2k45ym2jmctnysfadxumrvrr57vqj69ck6trt2y62c40r0kqs9lx8t, father, aspiring homesteader stuck in the city, Austrian Economics enthusiast, Austro-Libertarian anarchist, & Bitcoin pleb. Read your Bible and https://mises.org

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2026-03-23 01:58:16 UTC

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Do you accept Bitcoin payments for your premium subscription?

2026-03-04 16:43:33 UTC

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“Is America still first or is Israel first?” This is a very valid question, regardless of the propaganda.

2026-01-09 06:16:48 UTC

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Positioning yourself to do well in an environment which is certain to cause others to do poorly (naive and unprepared as they may be) isn’t something to celebrate, it’s something to be faced with the grim determination of someone doing something hard but necessary for their family.
To quote The Big Short, just don’t f***ing dance.

2026-01-02 21:25:08 UTC

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Nostr and meat space

2025-12-28 04:02:35 UTC

@npub1key…lt3h DC is good people. If you’re ever in town make sure to stop by.

2025-12-22 20:52:16 UTC

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3 of these I guess. Low, low price of 46 million sats.
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16820318205

2025-12-15 06:11:11 UTC

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@npub1wre…9776

2025-12-05 16:09:42 UTC

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@npub1mck…5mnw

2025-12-03 14:49:14 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/6a23b4350d03b8802e16085ecea2185bebde3a5e91b711c16904461c44ec1544.gif

2025-12-02 20:55:31 UTC

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If your view is that the liquidation risk is low, what do you think of the preferreds?

2025-11-28 05:52:47 UTC

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I don’t know that the money being broken is the root of the problem with education. I think both money and education have the same root, specifically widespread trust in an institution that does not deserve that trust.
If the money was fixed, but the trust in government education remained at today’s levels, the money is going to be corrupted again in one or two generations.

2025-11-25 20:30:25 UTC

Yeah! It’s the same people who shot Ron Paul back in 2008!
#note1ud7…m5jz

2025-11-23 17:37:16 UTC

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Be calm, not passive.

2025-11-22 19:17:02 UTC

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It’s in Penn Quarter near the hockey/basketball arena. This was just a soft launch though, I think the permanent opening is in December.

2025-11-20 01:07:20 UTC

If you don’t already, read or listen to Mises Institute content.
https://mises.org/
https://fountain.fm/episode/JCUi6PGQYySyXP881xDE

2025-11-19 01:21:15 UTC

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Planning to do any of these at the Compass Coffee locations in Virginia?

2025-11-13 13:16:22 UTC

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@npub1e2r…lx8t for sure.

2025-11-11 17:29:42 UTC

Happy Armistice Day. Today is a day to celebrate the end of wars and remember how important it is to end those still ongoing.

2025-11-10 01:19:06 UTC

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Cheap debt does not create cheap housing, most of the time it’s the opposite.

2025-11-09 11:15:44 UTC

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I don’t disagree with the overall point being made but it’s 30% of the M2 money supply that’s been created since March 2020, not 80%. Skeptical readers are going to be more likely to dismiss the whole thing if it ends with an over exaggerated claim.

2025-10-31 12:31:34 UTC

Happy Reformation Day!

2025-10-28 21:40:36 UTC

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Incorrect. You just don’t like the answer.

2025-10-28 21:38:37 UTC

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The degree to which things are handled by private, voluntary means is freedom. The degree to which things are handled by violence is anti-freedom. Everything the government does is handling things by violence.
https://fountain.fm/episode/ryCR6NX2jcnPdi1x5ql2

2025-10-28 21:16:03 UTC

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Commie shit never works. No one is coming to save you, and certainly not the people who caused the problems in the first place (government). Best start trying to figure out how you’re going to save yourself.

2025-10-23 04:01:44 UTC

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Fixing the money is good, but it is not enough. Economic solutions cannot fix theological problems.

2025-10-20 01:24:18 UTC

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That turd is one of the worst of Trumpism. Good counter signal, if you find yourself on the same side it’s best to reexamine and make sure the side you’re on is really the correct one.

2025-10-20 01:21:35 UTC

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Maybe it’s because he’s on the correct side here and most people on nostr are independent enough thinkers to see it.

2025-09-16 22:19:51 UTC

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Sorry about that, it should be working now.

2025-09-16 17:17:04 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/4348a6d4fbd6d60abe8e490f84400e1f4c8a0c0363936e0b1019c1a991bace75.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/67093897397973944988fa44674c86182d5af1096bddee09f405c1b77bf1b043.jpg

2025-09-11 04:29:09 UTC

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Putting aside that the murdered man was against what you’re suggesting, gun concentration (what some people erroneously call “gun control”) is gun violence, because everything The State does is ultimately backed up by gun violence or threats thereof. Additionally, gun concentration policies have a very poor track record for anyone The State deems undesirable, I’m sure you’re aware of enough 20th century history to know that. Knowing this, my answer is and will always be: stack up and try.
Also, there are some words that come to mind when I think of someone using a political opponents brutal murder to try to score political points for something he would vehemently oppose, but loving is about as far from my mind as you can get.

2025-09-04 15:01:25 UTC

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No. This is just an excuse to be an asshole in business and feel righteous about it.
You’re correct that there is a thing that stands in the way of real human interaction, but the name for that thing is political correctness, not professionalism.

2025-08-26 00:12:07 UTC

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If a wizard asks you to run an errand for him, say no.
https://image.nostr.build/2e42b814c314fd4c197b33993cf7e101f247f51febd1fc0afe13c88d8510c9cf.jpg

2025-08-24 19:36:04 UTC

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Since 2006 the confidence reading has a local peak at the same time the money printer is turned on. Maybe high confidence is an inverse indicator.

2025-08-17 20:23:31 UTC

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Maybe, but $2M Bitcoin by block 2,000,000 is a much safer bet.

2025-08-13 22:41:38 UTC

By sheer coincidence the restaurant @npub1e2r…lx8t and I are meeting friends at this evening has a statue of a giant golden bull.
#ath #bullish
https://image.nostr.build/544dc9f72aaaad6e1c7b11ac191f3537ac9743343d7a1d04f010a1fbb1279923.jpg

2025-08-04 01:55:22 UTC

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Yes, just edit your profile and use your strike address in the “bitcoin lightning tips” section.

2025-07-23 22:56:29 UTC

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https://alltimeroastingobx.com/ashleys-espresso-parlour/

2025-07-20 00:46:26 UTC

@npub1e2r…lx8t and I are vacationing in the Outer Banks. Does anyone know of any shops or restaurants that accept Bitcoin?

2025-07-11 12:32:23 UTC

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Can confirm. When I mention price yesterday I get “oh it’s over $100k again?”

2025-07-10 15:57:33 UTC

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Make Bond Vigilantes Great Again

2025-07-09 20:32:39 UTC

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rip

2025-07-08 00:54:59 UTC

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Tariffs probably.

2025-07-03 22:09:26 UTC

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Key! Key!

2025-07-03 05:36:50 UTC

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What kind of drinks does this vending machine sell for $5? There’s been a lot of inflation but a soda doesn’t cost that much, does it?

2025-06-28 16:42:07 UTC

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Yes it would.

2025-06-27 14:23:31 UTC

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Have you ever BEAN to northern Kentucky?!?!

2025-06-26 04:32:44 UTC

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That’s not what this is.
This sets the stage to allow bitcoin to qualify for asset verification during mortgage underwriting without having to sell the bitcoin (and incur taxes). The asset backing the mortgage is still the house and only the house. Even the asset eligibility change is still probably 6+ months away.

2025-06-25 17:27:59 UTC

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Waiter: “What would you like to order ma’am?”
@npub1e2r…lx8t: “One of everything on your menu that’s either dark red or brown.”

2025-06-17 19:54:10 UTC

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No matter who you vote for, you get John McCain.

2025-06-13 19:40:17 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/9299217673074b77fd12b479538278e9d51c462bdfee04b1383390ef6f5b2d78.jpg

2025-05-15 23:57:31 UTC

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If you’re ever in the Shenandoah Valley, do not hesitate. Go.
https://www.zynodoa.com/

2025-05-14 16:50:53 UTC

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On a fancy plate, of course!

2025-05-06 16:42:15 UTC

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I know the answer is going to be highly speculative but where are the dollars that foreign entities get from the front-running going? Doesn’t seem to be US assets for the most part.

2025-05-05 13:30:25 UTC

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Check out a KVM switch. It lets you use the same interface hardware on multiple computers and switch with a button push.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVM_switch

2025-04-26 04:50:08 UTC

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I am so very blessed to have such a wise wife!

2025-04-19 16:03:04 UTC

https://m.primal.net/QWJb.mp4

2025-04-16 05:06:30 UTC

Guess I’ll have to figure out where I put my ancap lapel pin.
#note1des…atzt

2025-04-15 05:20:56 UTC

Maybe DOGE should just delete it all, shut down the databases, and fire everyone responsible for analyzing and maintaining the data. I bet that’d save a lot of money.
They won’t, of course, since it’s mostly for show. DOGE deleting the data is about as likely as the NYT still caring that the government has all this data after their preferred politicians are in charge again.
#note123y…uqav

2025-04-13 04:39:53 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/670742e503b1b4d5a4b8d0722f5b545ccdec9ad93d65709f935697a58d7d06ec.jpg

2025-04-13 03:33:37 UTC

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I took it as “stop trying to build things grandmas can use, because they won’t no matter how easy you make it.”

2025-04-12 12:52:09 UTC

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Is that a Swan rule or an IRS rule?

2025-03-08 16:14:18 UTC

You too can be this excited about the next @npub1mck…5mnw meetup!
#washingtondc #dc #meetup https://image.nostr.build/74278c0fe93d0235daf65a97efc86b6952bfe397e84fb2de3c2cde222486beaf.jpg

2025-03-07 04:14:01 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/5d44c024a79ed5f57e74c24c421fe06cb0315061ac32ec980cf467cac0934d0c.jpg #note13dw…jyh6

2025-03-03 16:42:25 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/efe700aee33a80b6d931f5d8f49c383a92b8036b9828d2836156432bb86f6366.jpg

2025-03-02 20:08:43 UTC

It’s not about saving the environment. Only one of the animals mentioned gives people more food independence, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the people who want to crush every bit of independence out of everyone’s lives are against that animal and no others. #note1hv9…4jaw

2025-02-27 03:25:05 UTC

If you're anywhere near DC, check out "Hidden Repression - How the IMF and World Bank Exploit Poor Countries", hosted by @nprofile…5gk6 with guest speaker @nprofile…xncl !
Thursday, March 27 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Ames Hall (on the GW campus)
2100 Foxhall Rd NW
Washington, DC 20007
Purchase a ticket:
https://lu.ma/gq0rpxpd
RSVP:
https://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-district/events/306323852/

2025-02-20 22:14:31 UTC

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There is a better God than Satoshi or Saylor.

2025-01-21 23:51:02 UTC

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Welcome brother! I’m a Christian, father of only one so far. My wife @npub1e2r…lx8t and I are hoping for more.

2025-01-20 16:58:43 UTC

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To clarify, I don’t run anything I just show up. @npub1e2r…lx8t runs the weekly Bible study.

2024-12-25 18:06:01 UTC

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The Christmas Truce was a powerful moment. It’s one of those things that could’ve gone a little bit differently and we’re living in a different world. https://video.nostr.build/9163929bc105e41505330baa382f0b6dcf6a46a8e4cc79dc6519119e74d7eab5.mp4

2024-12-02 16:03:36 UTC

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Die Hard is a Christmas movie.

2024-09-18 19:58:55 UTC

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My wife @npub1e2r…lx8t and I are both Christians and Bitcoiners.

2024-08-12 21:44:37 UTC

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If these are examples of his thinking then I believe my original critique was spot on.
TL;DR - The more thoughtful right wingers, and I would count Auron MacIntyre among them, would do well to read more Hans-Hermann Hoppe. https://cdn.mises.org/What%20Must%20Be%20Done_7.pdf
"The mistake here lies in the order of operations, assuming that virtue is the result of liberty rather than understanding that liberty can only be enjoyed by a people who have first cultivated a high degree of virtue."
The mistake is in the order of operations, but it is not mine. Virtue without liberty is forced virtue, which as I said originally, is an oxymoron. Forced virtue is simply unthinking compliance, and unthinking compliance is not a virtue. Even God wants us to think as we attempt to comply with His law. However, order and virtue are not the same thing and we should consider the two separately.
"For Machiavelli, the key factor that made Republican government possible was the virtue of the people. Under a monarchy, the people didn't need to practice a high degree of self discipline. The king provided order, and that order allowed the people to prosper even if they didn't have the character to rule themselves."
This is exemplary of the propensity of right wingers to use the word "order" without defining it. Order is the degree to which individuals can be comfortable that their person and property are not in imminent danger of being violated. Some kings may have provided some degree of order at some times by providing a level of protection of persons and property from violators other than the king and his agents, but it is important to remember that each king is also to a lesser or greater degree an agent of disorder himself. The private thieves and murders which the king would, on occasion, protect individuals against were not the only violators of person and property, but the king himself obtained his vast wealth by performing the same type of violations he claimed to protect against.
"Order is more necessary for human flourishing than freedom, a lesson
that many who have always lived under the benefit of a stable civilization often forget."
Order is more necessary for human *survival* than freedom, but for human *flourishing* liberty is more important. Order predates widespread material prosperity, which is what I assume is meant by human flourishing in this context. If order alone were sufficient for increases in material prosperity then we should expect the historical record to reflect material prosperity increases commensurately with increases in order, and this is demonstrably not the case. Order is necessary to maintain what has been achieved, but to go beyond that and build something new liberty is required. Increases in material prosperity require trying new ideas or techniques for production, which is the job of the entrepreneur. Neither a king nor a modern nation state can effectively do the job of an entrepreneur and entrepreneurs can only exist within a framework of not only order but also liberty, as they must be free to experiment and take risk (liberty) while also perceiving no imminent threat to their person or property (order).
"Without order, we can't have community or understand our role inside of it. Order is a precondition for community. Community is a precondition for virtue. Liberty is the rare and delicate fruit of a society which is virtuous."
I don't think this framing is correct, I think this is a far more accurate summary:
Order and community are inextricably linked, there is a causality going in both directions. Order cannot be obtained by an individual alone, nor can a community be maintained if people are not secure in their persons and property to a large degree. Community and order are both preconditions for liberty, as without the assurances of security in person and property (both physical security as well as normative security) provided by the community then the exercise of liberty is impossible as the struggle to survive is all-consuming. Liberty is a prerequisite for virtue as virtue can only truly be achieved when the vast majority of the individuals within the community choose to be virtuous of their own volition. This choice is only possible when unvirtuous choices are both presented (liberty) and declined (true virtue), otherwise any virtue is merely forced virtue, which is not virtue at all.

2024-08-05 18:11:56 UTC

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Neither holds a candle to
water and family
or
wine and God

2024-03-31 16:02:34 UTC

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My wife @npub1e2r…lx8t and I. Christ is risen!

2024-03-31 11:44:09 UTC

GM! Christ is risen!
#christian
#easter
https://open.spotify.com/track/02sZmo2TsqwaByZMqqVXDp

2024-03-29 12:54:22 UTC

Some music for your Good Friday. Christ is King!
https://open.spotify.com/track/1bIsLjXl7s874EnRkjIDHK
#christian
#easter
#goodfriday

2024-03-28 01:17:47 UTC

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I'd suggest finding a Bible reading plan and reading in a group. Reading with others gives you the opportunity to discuss ideas with them too, it's much better than trying to figure things out alone.

2024-02-28 15:52:12 UTC

”He said, “These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots. And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots. He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants. He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants. He will take your male servants and female servants and the best of your young men and your donkeys, and put them to his work. He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”“
‭‭1 Samuel‬ ‭8‬:‭11‬-‭18‬ ‭ESV‬‬ #note1cm2…yw4x

2024-02-22 16:21:19 UTC

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God. Just like God intended.

2024-02-12 22:13:32 UTC

Get yourself a based and Christ-pilled wife. #note1che…kz3c

2024-02-02 15:22:16 UTC

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While I’m not a pacifist in all situations, modern Christians are FAR too willing to use violence to resolve both real and perceived problems. I agree that Christians are called to forgive rather than seek the retributive justice we may be due.
I would go so far as to say that violence is only called for in instances where a person poses an active threat to innocent persons or property. Christian justice after an attack on person or property should be limited to restitution if the offending party is willing to remain a part of the community or exclusion/exile if they are not.

2024-02-02 14:52:21 UTC

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That closing paragraph:
Christian nationalists dream of going back to an earlier era, a time when civics and faith seemed inseparable. The response of the Christian anarchist is, "You're not going back far enough." https://image.nostr.build/1d2c13e7ec0a26709b6cfa6234fc3a5ae24dc77a4553503415bb1831d8f7e0d7.gif

2024-02-02 14:45:54 UTC

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I’m usually inclined to dunk on Reason magazine, but I appreciated this article.
https://reason.com/2023/06/18/before-there-was-christian-nationalism-there-was-christian-anarchism
No king but Christ

2024-01-13 00:17:31 UTC

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now just post in all lower case.

2023-12-25 20:52:01 UTC

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Merry Christmas! No need to send me sats, please send them to someone who’s still stuck on zero instead. Giving to the poor is in the spirit of the season.

2023-12-25 15:30:18 UTC

Merry Christmas y’all!
#Christian
#Christmas
#Jesus
https://open.spotify.com/track/1rUwQ9nkNoKctz3wAurcGM https://image.nostr.build/5cfa520f934e32af7ea9a5d5fb4aff71aababa9e4ff6305d5925119ca58fd676.jpg

2023-12-22 06:34:00 UTC

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Yeah it can sound like that. What it’s really saying is “a Christian and an economist”.

2023-12-14 21:45:30 UTC

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I’m not sure if birthday or Christmas comes first, but what about a hardware wallet and setup walkthrough (if needed) for the earlier of the two. Bitcoin directly into that hardware wallet for the later of the two.

2023-12-13 13:44:24 UTC

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If you think Plato is spicy then you haven’t seen anything yet.
https://mises.org/library/democracy-god-failed-1 https://image.nostr.build/6201916f3e25bee89b2269ac22ee8acab2ec8591d65c4f9f394c03f530c347e4.jpg

2023-12-11 22:16:03 UTC

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And then what?

2023-12-09 16:06:50 UTC

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I won't be there, someone decided to schedule it on top of the DMV Bitcoiners brunch.
https://www.flockstr.com/event/naddr1qqyr2dn9vgervdrpqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskueqzyzgvefxmtt26jdva3rkc5ecsmarp6ua8u5ds9e3nq94wlszmzv9vvqcyqqq8evchg84tk

2023-12-09 04:20:00 UTC

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Two spots in DC. I’m thinking about checking it out tomorrow.

2023-11-30 21:43:29 UTC

If you’re so inclined please pray for @npub1e2r…lx8t. She’s had a rough time of it the last 24 hours.
#prayer
#prayerchain
#christian

2023-11-20 13:24:58 UTC

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Stay humble and praise God

2023-11-17 20:44:02 UTC

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I’m not sure either but it posted this 6 times.

2023-11-17 20:43:19 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/671d331bc4e2849f4f4c3450c46aa9479215fd42d0e12b8577cd13a735fb2463.gif

2023-11-17 20:40:44 UTC

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This answer begs so many questions.
Where does liquidity come from? Why is one thing liquid and another thing not? Is this implying that something being a good store of value decreases liquidity rather than increasing it? What evidence is there for that claim?

2023-11-17 17:45:57 UTC

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Waking up and choosing violence I see.

2023-11-17 02:09:40 UTC

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Yes. Knowing your farmer is freedom tech.