2024-04-02T18:55:43+02:00 https://nostr.ae TheBitcoinLens https://nostr.ae/npub1jswawxrt6kkylk32l7kexs877qnwxlhdk0ms33n3uxp74rp2vguqsnwhqa https://cdn.nostr.build/i/899a79846bcf39be69badfc633d2a1beedcdf0640362370e216cbe99c1d1a3ed.jpg https://cdn.nostr.build/i/899a79846bcf39be69badfc633d2a1beedcdf0640362370e216cbe99c1d1a3ed.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy3lsg3wr9n5d7a307wvkuvfxahqtx2573l7jksd02mcsryyyuugszyz2pm4ccd026cn769tl6my6qlmczdcm7akelwzxxw8sc865v9f3rsl4fsq2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgr3yu32u29ycuexzaqv7qyea853ckxrn6zthcdfxryclj3thcdfgjywe6a'>nevent1q…we6a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How is one skeptical of their own nonsense Govt data but quick to celebrate and cite other country&#39;s data? <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>gladstein</span> (<span class="italic">npub1trr…hdpu</span>)</a></span> 2024-08-14T07:03:59+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgr3yu32u29ycuexzaqv7qyea853ckxrn6zthcdfxryclj3thcdfgzyz2pm4ccd026cn769tl6my6qlmczdcm7akelwzxxw8sc865v9f3rsatrt29 <a href="https://x.com/profstonge/status/1823334293889860002?t=JvvsJxAe5jTVuXW48j551w&amp;s=19">https://x.com/profstonge/status/1823334293889860002?t=JvvsJxAe5jTVuXW48j551w&amp;s=19</a><br/><br/>Struggling with this one from someone who&#39;s content usually resonates. The grift, propaganda, theft that is commonplace in my country would blow your minds. All for praising the good and criticizing the bad but this is just an all round uninformed take. If you&#39;d like a latest example of Modi&#39;s push (propoganda) to stoke &#34;populism&#34; leading up to our Independence Day which is tomorrow all phone calls now are preceeded by a message from our Supreme leader re a nationalism flag hoisting campaign. This is not Opt in. 2024-08-14T07:02:25+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw9a6lh9lrwxxrgglrjd5t7tp4hqjk8777gc2kjgvrku6pvmvfw2gzyz2pm4ccd026cn769tl6my6qlmczdcm7akelwzxxw8sc865v9f3rs4uvql9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs89c6nw63dluy4c0weh43amcespdjl4ju7djrnlnyc6q2vtcp7nuqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhg778uyv'>nevent1q…8uyv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xeejes6lu4scttcmzytq5wfad3e6rljpmhc3snqs89xz3jjavfasnuz3mx" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>balajis</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xee…z3mx</span>)</a></span> please refute + help me get involved on here just speaking to myself haha 2024-07-03T10:08:43+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs89c6nw63dluy4c0weh43amcespdjl4ju7djrnlnyc6q2vtcp7nuqzyz2pm4ccd026cn769tl6my6qlmczdcm7akelwzxxw8sc865v9f3rs4anxg5 Looking at Macro folks&#39; generally positive comments on India is a headscratcher for someone like me who lives here. Born, raised 97% of my time spent here and Indian in case that needs saying. The level of grift and corruption is unimaginable even for tuned in Bitcoiners who live in the west. Pelosi and co are rookies compared to the shit that goes on here. Sure zoomed out there are favorable tailwinds but how much of that has to do with the people in charge vs demographics and other factors (that I don&#39;t pretend to know) is a ?. Balaji especially is too one sided on this topic. 2024-06-30T09:11:40+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs09ueh2f79wrrpl548mpg88rsa64d2qgfmqlm7wcvydn6slwyc4jszyz2pm4ccd026cn769tl6my6qlmczdcm7akelwzxxw8sc865v9f3rsret4u6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0fmp85xnj0kquu9zahpyz879nel2kp08607cp2taalgflalwsvucn0cucs'>nevent1q…cucs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Congratulations!! Can&#39;t wait. When will it be available in India? 2023-08-25T05:34:23+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswha53x84r4t2pzteqaeqxel9k0huuv0ja5wla2dzrfqwnkdgpy6szyz2pm4ccd026cn769tl6my6qlmczdcm7akelwzxxw8sc865v9f3rs45m7cs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2w44777denc0njz4aycq7nx3arftl2ef2jwujz5jqxp4v0g44ncq0ywfrf'>nevent1q…wfrf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Bitcoin effectively combines gold’s salability across time with fiat’s salability across space in one apolitical, immutable, open-source package. 2023-08-08T06:24:28+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2w44777denc0njz4aycq7nx3arftl2ef2jwujz5jqxp4v0g44ncqzyz2pm4ccd026cn769tl6my6qlmczdcm7akelwzxxw8sc865v9f3rsmh4w6q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf584jmmtwv54znyqqdeqz67v7sfy07hadfgcnzrgpr68fz48csscrz4knk'>nevent1q…4knk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nature provides humans with rewards only when their toil is successful, and similarly, markets only reward humans when they can produce something that others subjectively value. 2023-08-08T06:23:27+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf584jmmtwv54znyqqdeqz67v7sfy07hadfgcnzrgpr68fz48cssczyz2pm4ccd026cn769tl6my6qlmczdcm7akelwzxxw8sc865v9f3rs3my0sy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrhxjcxa6hhh0f54lkssk4k9de2hsws4zvpw75tduhtpx4u08um2sj05vgt'>nevent1q…5vgt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fiat increasingly divorces economic reward from economic productivity, and instead bases it on political allegiance. 2023-08-08T06:23:05+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrhxjcxa6hhh0f54lkssk4k9de2hsws4zvpw75tduhtpx4u08um2szyz2pm4ccd026cn769tl6my6qlmczdcm7akelwzxxw8sc865v9f3rsna55cp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv64w9h7ckxmy86km78m6pycm8wea3kmckg300g2mp8u36zsxjjdgqsf6m2'>nevent1q…f6m2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>More than sixty episodes of hyperinflation have taken place in countries using fiat monetary systems in the past century. 2023-08-08T06:22:22+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv64w9h7ckxmy86km78m6pycm8wea3kmckg300g2mp8u36zsxjjdgzyz2pm4ccd026cn769tl6my6qlmczdcm7akelwzxxw8sc865v9f3rs85gqnt Re reading The Fiat Standard straight after doing the same for The Bitcoin Standard. Hits different after sequentially + after having far more education under my belt. Will share excerpts that stand out (for me) thank you Saif! Is he not on here? 2023-08-05T07:18:11+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd4fjl0z5e9zah5jdv4y09n2urfaydjhmvgmxfqf3egxrg7ppks9szyz2pm4ccd026cn769tl6my6qlmczdcm7akelwzxxw8sc865v9f3rsx393zg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxshf99rls2xn50zhd0repsm8nse69vggdr87jsas38gk7ksxvm3s5j8vzs'>nevent1q…8vzs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>1. The current assumption that most early adopters are high integrity individuals perpetuated by the miniscule online echo chamber. Have to be open to the possibility if bad actors that can do nothing to the protocol however do not operate in good faith once adoption increases and their bags get more valuable. A version of your caveat on humanity being totally corrupted. Yes the current fiat system enables this more than what a bitcoin based monetary system allows however we don&#39;t know what we don&#39;t know ie how will the new wealthy conduct themselves. Meet the new boss same as the old boss?<br/><br/>Weak I know but something to ponder. <br/><br/>2. Once deep down the rabbit hole the desire for Bitcoin to succeed is overpowering making it ever harder to steel man and predict downsides. Could it really be so close to perfect? What are we missing given the subconscious desire for it to succeed? Maybe the meme of the whole thing being spun up by the state as an experiment that got away from it? Maybe Satoshis&#39; coins are indeed controlled by bad actors who end up having the most amount of wealth in the new paradigm? 2023-08-04T07:00:24+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsys4nh03rtta97a9wpd5g2g4kj8q39ywwdltzmera3ve0uqnwz3hqzyz2pm4ccd026cn769tl6my6qlmczdcm7akelwzxxw8sc865v9f3rszavvf4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0xugkag2gt0xmhtuqgu3t54pmtze56zxyjs7wg700eer7ez77fqqz9800u'>nevent1q…800u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Cheers! There is that rare feeling of optimism in my belly amidst all the doomery courtesy Nostr and Bitcoin. One feeling I&#39;ve been wrestling with at this stage of my life is how the fiat treadmill has held me and so many of my peers back. For context I do relatively well given where I&#39;m at however the possibility of being able to afford a home for me and my young family is so distant. The best example I often cite is that my wife&#39;s grandfather who held a modest job with the government was able to acquire and build a home for his family at 12X his monthly pay cheque. In nominal units my paycheck is exponentially higher than his ever was but the multiple of my paycheck to do what he did is unfathomable and unachievable. Hopefully bitcoin fixes this soon!! <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>preston</span> (<span class="italic">npub1s5y…6q7z</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jeff Booth</span> (<span class="italic">npub1s05…eyhe</span>)</a></span> just two of many who&#39;ve helped me see the light. Now I focus on being productive and adding value to others and save in bitcoin. If the thesis plays out I&#39;ll be fine but I still worry for all those around me who just don&#39;t see it yet. 2023-08-04T06:49:02+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0elzakpha5qmn03f2f8ln3ph6rd2frvuv6khstxknzfcus8uu7gszyz2pm4ccd026cn769tl6my6qlmczdcm7akelwzxxw8sc865v9f3rs6sytnq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxyrre3tj8zwjn7cavdwse3p9y7fmfx9sx8svxn6429av4x8yjqgshq8usq'>nevent1q…8usq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Would love to. India here :) 2023-08-04T06:42:55+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs29t37avueuxtw8n3crwftks253v0fnja5vqr5s2s3td8tcx988vqzyz2pm4ccd026cn769tl6my6qlmczdcm7akelwzxxw8sc865v9f3rsaumn7d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxd0t0qeant9te29txcchl3k3zspfzgw3l6pf3txa20ecmkh72j4crelevv'>nevent1q…levv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Amen. Still tons of anxiety being just BTC in India too though. Takes one to know one. 2023-08-02T10:50:11+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszcajd662ac7sx63c706yk2syf3m2cyfnsdj4z8kuaxtzxktv79fgzyz2pm4ccd026cn769tl6my6qlmczdcm7akelwzxxw8sc865v9f3rswdk4q3 Two firsts: Testing Nostr + if my thoughts are just valuable just in my head or others as well. <br/> 2023-08-02T10:46:11+02:00