PBW34
Paul Weaver

Exactly.
And like insulin resistance, the damage isn’t obvious at first.
The system still “works”—just less honestly.
Until one day it doesn’t respond at all.

2026-04-25 20:22:21 UTC

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This question came out of something you’ve written about - constraints:
if we relax them under pressure, are we protecting the system—or dissolving what makes it trustworthy?
https://primal.net/pbw34/the-face-we-cannot-freeze-bitcoin-quantum-computing-

2026-04-25 20:16:51 UTC

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You’ve written about Bitcoin’s constraints being the source of its strength.
This question came out of that:
if we relax constraints under pressure, are we protecting the system—or dissolving what makes it trustworthy?
https://primal.net/pbw34/the-face-we-cannot-freeze-bitcoin-quantum-computing-
Would love your take.

2026-04-24 13:24:16 UTC

“Just 2%” compounds.
So do incentives.
So does integrity.
That’s the part no system can escape.
https://primal.net/pbw34/honest-money-honest-people https://blossom.primal.net/ab5d83048776f506be39dbe01825cb15f1919db1d8c015c08813064d71cbd614.png

2026-04-23 16:51:08 UTC

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Exactly.
Custody isn’t just a technical choice — it’s a statement about where you’re willing to locate trust.
Time delays, multisig, third parties…
you’re not removing risk — you’re shaping it.
Bitcoin doesn’t eliminate the burden.
It makes it visible.

2026-04-21 17:20:10 UTC

Got removed from X.
No warning.
Now I’m back.
Still no explanation.
Same system.
Same point.
Drift → enforcement → quiet reversal
I wrote through it in real time:
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulweaver34/p/i-wrote-about-system-drift-then-i

2026-04-21 17:19:15 UTC

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Update: I’m back on X.
No explanation going out.
No explanation coming back.
Which doesn’t contradict anything I wrote.
It completes it.
Systems drift. Then they enforce.
And sometimes—they reverse just as quietly.
Either way… this is still why we build here.

2026-04-17 11:09:43 UTC

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Appreciate that — the history wrote itself once I started pulling the thread. Diocletian understood something about money that we lost for over 2000 years. Bitcoin is different.

2026-04-17 10:53:58 UTC

For two thousand years, kings and popes made alchemy a capital offense.
Not because it was silly. Because if it worked, it would destroy the monetary order of civilization.
No alchemist ever succeeded.
Then in 1910, six men rode a private railcar to a hunting lodge in Georgia and spent nine days drafting what became the Federal Reserve Act.
The philosopher’s stone didn’t require a furnace. It required a hunting lodge.
The alchemists spent two thousand years trying to counterfeit nature.
In 1913, the counterfeiters won.
Bitcoin is the first monetary system in history where they cannot.
https://primal.net/pbw34/the-alchemists-wonfor-now-

2026-04-16 10:13:13 UTC

Bitcoin doesn’t just change what you own.
It changes what you carry.
New piece on the hidden costs — volatility, self-custody, the obsessive pull, and why not everyone should carry it the same way.
https://primal.net/pbw34/bitcoins-honest-costs-
#Bitcoin #selfcustody #sovereignty #hardmoney #bitcoiner

2026-04-12 14:09:56 UTC

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Going forward i plan to just put custom graphs and tables on fanfares and not ever put text behind any paywall.
Also might think about putting my auto reading of my own articles behind fanfares - rather than uploading them to Substack.

2026-04-12 13:57:34 UTC

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Here is the Reads article that is associated with this Fanfares.io link.
Learning in real time how to use both the Reads section for articles and the fanfares.io platform.
https://primal.net/pbw34/bitcoin-generosity-and-the-future-of-the-church

2026-04-11 16:49:12 UTC

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Moving my X profile and projects over to Nostr.  Here with an amazing team from Fanfares.io  If you want to see my framework for thinking about Trust
Please give me 2 sats as a proof of concept.
⚡Zap 2 sats to unlock this note on
https://fanfares.io/naddr/naddr1qvzqqqqqqypzpdu945c8znl32r6v04ks6azz8egfgl6ccpxxmrkyf9maml888s8uqyvhwumn8ghj7enpdenxzun9wvhxummnw3erztnrdaksqfrr89jnqdrx8y6z6wpkxfjz6drpx5uj6wfkvd3j6dnp8ycrqdnpxqmkydfswrsfsj

2026-04-11 11:15:34 UTC

Not all communities are the same.
Some are imagined — nations, shared stories, strangers bonded by narrative.
Some are chosen — built around conviction and contribution.
Some are given — family, neighbors, the people you didn't design and can't easily leave.
We keep asking the wrong layer to do the wrong work.
The deepest communities are the ones we didn't choose.
The ones that last are the ones that learn to carry one another.
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulweaver34/p/imagined-chosen-given

2026-04-09 12:01:28 UTC

Iran just made Bitcoin a condition of safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
$1/barrel. Paid in crypto. During a live ceasefire.
A sanctioned nation didn’t reach for dollars.
It reached for the one asset that can’t be frozen.
This isn’t sudden. It’s been drifting here for years.
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulweaver34/p/when-systems-drift

2026-04-08 11:29:13 UTC

Rome's legions weren't weak at Carrhae.
They were optimized — for the wrong world.
Not weakness. Strength pointed in the wrong direction.
Systems don't fail when they collapse.
They fail when they're misaligned with reality.
→ paulweaver34.substack.com/p/carrhae-wasnt-a-military-failure

2026-04-07 10:10:43 UTC

Every energy crisis in history trapped people inside failing money.
The Arab Spring. Lebanon. Syria.
energy → food → currency → trust → collapse
For the first time in history, there’s a door.
https://paulweaver34.substack.com/p/energy-trust-and-the-first-exit-in

2026-04-04 11:42:06 UTC

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The hardest part isn’t the training.
It’s the moment you decide you’re in.

2026-04-04 11:29:47 UTC

Most people think signing up is a small step.
It isn’t.
It’s a commitment device.
Once you sign up—
everything changes.
(A lighter Saturday post.)
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulweaver34/p/when-you-sign-up-everything-changes

2026-04-02 11:03:12 UTC

Money is language.
Bitcoin doesn’t just give us new money.
It gives us new words.
Sats aren’t smaller dollars.
They’re a different way of measuring reality.
Read more:
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulweaver34/p/bitcoin-sats-and-money-as-language

2026-04-01 12:13:11 UTC

We don’t eliminate authority.
We decide where it ends.
“What we owe Caesar” is real.
But it is not everything.
There are limits to what can be claimed—
and consequences when those limits are forgotten.
👇
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulweaver34/p/what-we-owe-caesar-and-what-we-dont

2026-03-28 10:47:12 UTC

Published this at 6:45am.
Then went out and ran.
Felt fitting.
On running friends, pacing, and the long run:
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulweaver34/p/why-running-friends-are-different

2026-03-27 10:56:57 UTC

We amused ourselves.
Now we’re delegating ourselves.
From Postman to AI agents—and why responsibility must remain personal and local.
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulweaver34/p/we-amused-ourselves-now-we-delegate

2026-03-26 12:43:20 UTC

It’s possible to store value for the future
and still withhold it from the present.
Bitcoin lowers time preference.
But it doesn’t automatically produce generosity.
That part is still on us.

2026-03-25 17:41:33 UTC

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Not just a capital stack—
a capital formation engine.
Already happening:
https://www.strategy.com/press/strategy-announces-21-billion-strk-at-the-market-program_03-10-2025

2026-03-25 13:00:37 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/84fc2b67c7d129b9528fe45811e1f7589b28b610a25d867216f6c3b1c3771f45.png

2026-03-24 13:48:05 UTC

Mimetic desire → rivalry → scapegoat → temporary peace
This pattern didn’t disappear.
It sped up.
AI and online systems didn’t create it—
they compress it.
And yes… the endless “Bitcoin is dead” declarations are part of it.
Wrote about it here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulweaver34/p/mimetic-desire-why-every-system-eventually

2026-03-23 17:31:51 UTC

We are entering a world where tools no longer just assist human action—they enable entire systems of action.
And that changes everything.
I wrote about it here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulweaver34/p/tools-trust-and-the-future-of-responsibility?r=uln0p&utm_medium=ios

2026-03-20 19:21:03 UTC

After the Turkey earthquake, we had funds ready to help people still living in containers.
The need was real.
The church was ready.
The money got stuck in a frozen bank account for 18 months.
That experience made Bitcoin real to me — not as an investment, but as infrastructure.
I wrote more here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulweaver34/p/bitcoin-generosity-and-the-future?r=uln0p&utm_medium=ios
#bitcoin #nostr

2026-03-19 15:42:38 UTC

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The core idea:
Once people can profit from outcomes they can influence, the market stops being a tool for truth.
That’s where prediction markets break.

2026-03-19 15:41:08 UTC

Not everything should be priced.
I wrote about the moral limits of prediction markets after a Bitcoin meetup last night.
What started as an impressive demo turned into a deeper question:
What happens when people can profit from events they can influence?
A real case (Kalshi) is now facing a ~$54M dispute over exactly this problem.
I think we need a new category:
“Non-Financialized Forecasting Systems”
→ systems that preserve signal
→ without incentivizing harm
Full piece here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulweaver34/p/the-moral-limits-of-prediction-markets?r=uln0p&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

2025-09-20 16:34:56 UTC

Deep dive into MSTR instruments, inspired by @nprofile…90hw interview with @nprofile…8l3u. Infograph built on ChatGPT last night on a flight
https://blossom.primal.net/080ff13d327ecacaf69bc85ec0370545e6baa50ed4e660a0b2ae5a2a1538bee3.png

2025-09-10 18:44:25 UTC

Aqua wallet - BTC as savings and btc layer 2 and USDT as spending - also interesting that the USDT is btc2 based. Very cool.
That said, the app won’t accept USDT from other wallets that have USDT based on tron or ETH. Rather limits the utility, I think. Maybe not so cool. Any thoughts or suggestions?
https://blossom.primal.net/31abb182b76a19529cb59241043d26e2504afa8761481dfc604ed9df2710b1d7.png

2025-08-21 20:13:15 UTC

Happy ♾️ /21M day. My iPhone wallpaper from @btcwallpaper (via x). Loved the color way and subtle reminder. Been a fun conversation starter with normies several times 🥳
https://blossom.primal.net/9329400327fa002f3fb4b129e8b0f3dce32ee4849dc53e876ea41ac5c6b2d1e5.png

2025-08-21 14:12:02 UTC

I just received the biggest zap I’ve ever received - 2100 - thanks to being part of the orange pill app! Best platform for finding local plebs all around the world
https://signup.orangepillapp.com/opa/pbw34

2025-04-18 17:34:32 UTC

I have really enjoyed this gamified intro to money & bitcoin. Kinda like @nprofile…dx93's Broken Money book but as an educational app. Thanks @simpleBTCapp https://t.co/94yEGHa8ZT

2025-03-21 15:14:18 UTC

Nostr primal: [email protected]
Public key: npub1k7z66vr3flc4pax86mgdw3pru5y50avvqnrd3mzyja7alnnncr7qf5pdfv
Orange pill app:
orangepill.app.link/pbw34-xRik5kGGA

2024-09-12 09:31:28 UTC

Listening to WIM on web5 (https://developer.tbd.website) and decentralized identity. Running on nostr maybe making my profile picture marginally less obvious it is me via Prism-ai is a step deeper in the rabbit hole

2024-08-17 21:05:54 UTC

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@npub18pu…a699 !!!

2024-08-17 17:39:30 UTC

First time posting on primal. Nostr has come a long way in the past year or so. Thanks to @npub1vzj…x9gc & @bitcarrot for the encouragement