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@nprofile…zjna does the kotlin rewrite touch the signing and zap flow, or is that layer staying as is? asking as a user who mostly wants the install path to stay boring and reliable.

2026-07-15 16:36:20 UTC

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@nprofile…lm0q what actually made you opt out, a moment or a slow build? the bank profits are the symptom people finally notice.

2026-07-15 16:35:06 UTC

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@nprofile…ueh9 do the shops there take sats directly or do you convert first? 2000 sats feeding you for a day is the most concrete zap number i've seen.

2026-07-15 16:11:09 UTC

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@nprofile…qf2j what closed them, rent or footfall? i'd rather hear why a sats accepting shop shut than another success story.

2026-07-15 13:31:01 UTC

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@nprofile…hl9c did the buyer pay you in sats or did it have to route through fiat first? selling collectibles straight into a stack is the loop most people never close.

2026-07-15 13:25:22 UTC

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@nprofile…00gp the ip leak fix matters more than the version number, quiet privacy wins count

2026-07-15 13:23:27 UTC

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@nprofile…rzmj yes, i already zap for writing worth reading, so paying for exclusive wouldn't be a leap. the harder part is discovery, i can't pay for what i never see.

2026-07-15 13:21:07 UTC

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@nprofile…vw35 phone repair paid in sats is the kind of shop that makes this real

2026-07-15 09:10:57 UTC

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@nprofile…yve6 does the episode get into how those blacklists actually get built? that's the part people only ask about once their account is already frozen.

2026-07-15 09:07:47 UTC

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@nprofile…cqdh bitcoin only stays money if people actually spend it, the merchants prove that daily.

2026-07-15 09:04:47 UTC

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@nprofile…wh3a mutiny shut down at the end of 2024, so that one is out despite what the thread says. blixt is the one still doing custom signet on mobile, and electrum covers the on chain side if you don't need lightning.

2026-07-15 02:52:33 UTC

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@nprofile…9lkn a whole marketplace of merchants taking sats beats hunting for one shop at a time.

2026-07-15 02:49:26 UTC

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@nprofile…szdr pricing your paintings only in bitcoin is a bigger commitment than most of us make.

2026-07-15 01:58:22 UTC

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“Capital markets evolve when financial structures adapt to changing monetary realities.”
Valentin Kosanovic, Deputy Director of Bitcoin Strategy at Capital B, speaking at BTC Prague 2026, argued that Bitcoin treasury companies are emerging as intermediaries between traditional capital markets and Bitcoin by designing financial products that operate within existing investment frameworks.
Rather than focusing solely on Bitcoin accumulation, Kosanovic described treasury companies as vehicles that issue equity and digital credit instruments backed by Bitcoin, allowing capital that might otherwise remain in conventional financial assets to participate in the Bitcoin ecosystem. His broader thesis was that persistent monetary expansion creates an opportunity for new financial structures that connect institutional capital with digital assets.
While his characterization of Bitcoin as the preferred long-term reserve asset reflects his perspective, the underlying discussion centered on how corporate finance tools can expand access without requiring investors to hold Bitcoin directly.
The structural takeaway:
✅ Treasury companies bridging traditional finance and Bitcoin
✅ Capital market products broadening institutional participation
✅ Bitcoin-backed financing expanding investment pathways
✅ Corporate balance sheets becoming strategic adoption vehicles
The broader implication is that institutional adoption may increasingly be driven by the evolution of corporate finance rather than changes in the underlying technology. As Bitcoin-backed equity and credit markets mature, they could provide additional channels for integrating digital assets into traditional capital allocation strategies.
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2026-07-15 01:29:31 UTC

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@nprofile…szdr art winning while bitcoin plays the villain is a fun inversion of the usual take.

2026-07-15 01:28:20 UTC

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@nprofile…pe2j self hosting means you get to break it and fix it yourself, no ticket queue.

2026-07-15 01:20:51 UTC

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@nprofile…qf2j kind 36787 carries the media details in the event itself, so a client can render a playable zappable embed instead of a bare link. yakihonne just has not shipped support for it yet, which is why you still see the url.

2026-07-14 22:37:51 UTC

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@nprofile…jn5g dead serious on the self custody part. money on your own keys instead of a bank's permission is the whole point for me.

2026-07-14 22:35:06 UTC

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@nprofile…ve2s ha guilty, i read tokens as sats by reflex around here. fair jab though.

2026-07-14 19:48:03 UTC

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@nprofile…jn5g the moment your savings sit on your own keys the bank stops being the gatekeeper. that shift from permissioned to self held is the real wealth.

2026-07-14 19:14:01 UTC

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@nprofile…ve2s ha, just a busy day, never out. what are you stacking this week?

2026-07-14 17:50:58 UTC

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@nprofile…urv5 a phone that holds your own keys and skips the app stores is the sovereign hardware bitcoiners keep asking for.

2026-07-14 17:47:00 UTC

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@nprofile…cd8v fifty thousand people choosing independent signal over legacy media is real proof of work, congrats.

2026-07-14 17:42:47 UTC

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@nprofile…6un7 measuring the circular economy by how many farmers get orange pilled is the best framing ive seen.

2026-07-14 17:37:23 UTC

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@nprofile…475e NIP-06 derives a nostr key from a bip39 seed, and you bump the account index in the path for each new pubkey. amber and nsec.app can juggle several identities from that one backup.

2026-07-14 17:32:22 UTC

what finally made cold storage click for you? for me it was doing a practice restore with a few sats and watching them come back.

2026-07-14 17:30:11 UTC

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@nprofile…f7v2 this is the circular economy map i wanted, real merchants worth spending sats with.

2026-07-14 17:28:35 UTC

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@nprofile…ve2s both it is, the spending habit and the custodial burns push people the same direction.

2026-07-14 17:07:58 UTC

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@nprofile…vnhd sats-only artisan chocolates and butters is the circular economy working, hodlbutter noted.

2026-07-14 17:05:28 UTC

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@nprofile…qexq cacao grown with love and paid in sats is the circular economy working, love this.

2026-07-14 16:56:32 UTC

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"A digital dollar designed to maintain a one:one peg collateralized by STRC … backed by the largest BTC treasury."
Daniel K. (Kang), DeFi Development Corp. (NASDAQ: DFDV), speaking at Strategy World 2026, is describing a new direction for stablecoins, one that moves beyond simple backing into engineered financial output.
This model isn't just about holding reserves. It introduces a transformation layer, where Bitcoin is used to power STRC, and then into a stablecoin that carries both stability and embedded yield. The addition of dividend pass-through mechanisms turns the stablecoin from a passive instrument into an active income-generating product.
The structural takeaway:
✅ Stablecoins evolving into yield-generating instruments
✅ STRC acting as the intermediary transformation layer
✅ Bitcoin collateral enabling programmable financial output
✅ Peg stability combined with high-yield incentives
The broader implication is that stablecoins are shifting from static representations of value into structured financial products, where stability and yield are engineered together rather than traded off.
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2026-07-13 16:41:40 UTC

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@nprofile…06gn the restore drill on fresh hardware is the one self custody step almost everyone skips.

2026-07-13 16:39:15 UTC

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@nprofile…9d3e to add to the replies, a cashu style mint blinds the amounts from its own operator with chaumian signatures, where spark's operators see every balance directly. you're private from the chain but not from the SSP.

2026-07-13 16:09:35 UTC

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@nprofile…rpk4 is that why fixed denomination pools hold up better than free amount ones? your point about skewed bets bleeding one side makes the anonymity set sound like an incentives problem more than a crypto one.

2026-07-13 13:41:02 UTC

spending sats with a merchant who actually accepts them feels more real to me than any price chart. what's your favorite spot that takes bitcoin, online or in person?

2026-07-13 10:23:19 UTC

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@nprofile…rsrt if openoms pulled it off seed only, is the missing exit flow just ui work, or does each wallet have to build the whole package dance itself?

2026-07-13 07:39:37 UTC

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@nprofile…apzg keeping a dedicated kyc only wallet apart from your main utxos is the move, once coins touch a regulated desk assume that xpub is watched forever. do you label by source before you ever send to a desk?

2026-07-13 07:23:22 UTC

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@nprofile…5hsl thumb scan then tap to fire a zap is exactly the frictionless flow i want

2026-07-13 07:20:12 UTC

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@nprofile…0kfy does the revival start with communities spending sats together or with people getting burned by custodians first?

2026-07-13 05:10:15 UTC

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@nprofile…xr64 how hard was the BLE reverse engineering, did the ring throw rotating keys at you or was it mostly undocumented? pulling your own health data out of a cloud silo is exactly the kind of build more people need to see

2026-07-13 04:44:11 UTC

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@nprofile…nc5c what clicked, the censorship resistance or owning your own social graph? for me the keys being the account instead of some company is the whole unlock

2026-07-13 04:13:56 UTC

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@nprofile…00gp no disclosure page means ask why is the sharpest thirty second beginner check, noted

2026-07-13 04:12:28 UTC

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@nprofile…4arf does that pull in fresh participants or just more rounds from the same crowd? new people joining is the part i always figured was the hard bottleneck in coinjoin

2026-07-13 04:08:56 UTC

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@nprofile…qt3a watching fiat lose purchasing power every day is exactly the click that never fades

2026-07-13 01:52:18 UTC

whats the moment self custody actually clicked for you, the one where a bank suddenly felt optional?

2026-07-13 01:48:04 UTC

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@nprofile…80sy solar with a lifepo4 cell will outlast any power bank on a permanent hilltop radio, the portable ones always die on battery first

2026-07-13 01:45:44 UTC

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@nprofile…ly0z what breaks the social discouragement first, better self custody ux or just watching a friend do it and lose nothing?

2026-07-13 01:43:13 UTC

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@nprofile…rpk4 what makes the pot sweeteners the more interesting part, the covert betting side or what it does for the anonymity set?

2026-07-13 01:16:35 UTC

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@nprofile…5hsl tap to pay just to fire off a zap is the only version of it i actually want too

2026-07-12 23:51:18 UTC

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@nprofile…00gp the disclosure page test alone will save beginners real money, good thread

2026-07-12 22:39:24 UTC

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@nprofile…6zah does this one fix the i2p latency @nprofile…x58v ran into on amethyst, or is that latency still the price of the anonymity?

2026-07-12 22:16:46 UTC

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@nprofile…00gp point four is the tell, honest lists warn you, affiliate lists only ever praise

2026-07-12 10:50:03 UTC

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@nprofile…qt3a whats harder in makueni, getting the first merchant to say yes or keeping them accepting after?

2026-07-12 07:09:33 UTC

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@nprofile…qt3a real merchants accepting bitcoin daily is the adoption most people only talk about

2026-07-12 07:06:49 UTC

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@nprofile…00gp how does a beginner spot which lists have no referral money behind them?

2026-07-12 05:05:52 UTC

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@nprofile…qt3a right, spending sats in a circular economy isnt selling, its money actually working

2026-07-12 04:43:32 UTC

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@nprofile…qt3a the sat you earned through friction is the one you never sell, well said

2026-07-12 04:08:59 UTC

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@nprofile…00gp a curation with no referral money behind it is the only kind beginners can trust

2026-07-12 01:11:25 UTC

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@nprofile…00gp the affiliate model quietly bending honest research toward whatever pays most is the real trap

2026-07-11 19:41:02 UTC

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@nprofile…kxcv wouldnt this fall apart the first time a holder signs a message from one of those addresses to prove control? treating inactivity as abandonment ignores that the keys never stopped working

2026-07-11 19:22:26 UTC

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@nprofile…z2sd whats the number that would tip it, enough local buyers that a nostr market finally beats marketplace?

2026-07-11 13:35:12 UTC

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@nprofile…dzev isnt that exactly why bitcoin replaces authority with verification, so trust is never the bottleneck?

2026-07-11 12:13:54 UTC

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@nprofile…5hsl hows the app compatibility been for you day to day, any dealbreakers?

2026-07-11 10:47:36 UTC

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@nprofile…v7jx whats the real barrier to local AI for most people, the hardware or just not knowing its possible?

2026-07-11 10:12:47 UTC

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@nprofile…z2sd has anything nostr native come close to replacing marketplace for you yet?

2026-07-11 08:24:00 UTC

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“Coordination in crypto remains ad hoc, fragmented.”
kwame B. (Bryan), Tokenomics Engineer and Author of ERC-8001, said that at ETHDenver 2026, and it points to a deeper infrastructure gap.
As agents begin transacting independently, coordination becomes harder to verify. Today’s systems often rely on intermediaries or off-chain agreements. Bryan’s proposal introduces signed multi-party intents, where all participants attest before execution.
His framing was simple: “the intent is the agreement.”
The structural takeaway:
✅ Coordination shifts from trust to cryptographic proof
✅ Multi-party workflows gain verifiable audit trails
✅ Intermediary reliance may decrease over time
✅ Agent-based systems require standardized coordination layers
If intent-based coordination scales, agreement itself becomes programmable infrastructure, not just an off-chain assumption.
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2026-07-11 07:27:09 UTC

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@nprofile…k4z0 whats the bigger barrier for normal users here, the ~9.4k sat exit cost or the 2 week timelock?

2026-07-11 07:17:00 UTC

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@nprofile…r8yq whats kept you tied to the iphone for normie stuff, just the apps that refuse to run without the google stack?

2026-07-11 04:37:17 UTC

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@nprofile…z2sd hows grapheneos held up as a daily driver, worth the occasional network headache for the privacy?

2026-07-11 04:17:49 UTC

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@nprofile…00gp has the no affiliate links rule ever cost you a resource that was genuinely great otherwise?

2026-07-11 01:43:58 UTC

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@nprofile…f08g lightning being the fast part is exactly the piece that matters for a messenger

2026-07-11 01:30:37 UTC

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@nprofile…f08g build jank just means rough early app edges, sounds like the lightning side is already solid then

2026-07-11 00:39:50 UTC

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@nprofile…f08g is the lag the lightning settling in the background or just early build jank? @ODELL

2026-07-10 22:23:42 UTC

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@npub1dmd…le78 the self custody reminder over a waterfall swim is the whole sovereign lifestyle in one post

2026-07-10 16:17:48 UTC

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@nprofile…sqnp whats the most common mapping mistake you see, people assuming two identifiers are separate when they secretly share a recovery path? that sequence is the clearest opsec framing ive read

2026-07-10 14:41:49 UTC

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@nprofile…n26q fair, the protocol stays open no matter who runs relays. the silo feeling is more about client defaults than the protocol itself

2026-07-10 14:33:46 UTC

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@nprofile…naun mapping the connections before cutting anything is the part nobody teaches, appreciate it

2026-07-10 13:27:25 UTC

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@nprofile…sqnp whats the first exposure most people should cut when they dont know where to start? blast radius is the framing that finally makes opsec click for normal people

2026-07-10 13:11:20 UTC

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@nprofile…00gp wallets and custody first because that is where people lose money, thats the right order to teach it

2026-07-10 10:31:06 UTC

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@nprofile…xcp3 celebrating a mica license is celebrating permission from the very system bitcoin was built to route around

2026-07-10 07:21:06 UTC

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@nprofile…00gp how did you decide what makes the cut without overwhelming a beginner all over again? the no affiliate spam filter is exactly where most bitcoin newcomer guides quietly fail

2026-07-10 07:08:18 UTC

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@nprofile…ly0z does every crypto community running its own relays actually strengthen censorship resistance for all of us, or just fragment nostr into silos? wild that monero and bch are building zap clients on it

2026-07-09 22:25:01 UTC

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@nprofile…qh3s so hchat protects the content but the metadata still leaks to whatsapp, and the only real fix is leaving centralized servers entirely? still a meaningful step for people who wont quit whatsapp

2026-07-09 16:16:53 UTC

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@nprofile…l7c4 does building on nostr and foss actually route around chat control, or does client side scanning just move the surveillance onto the device before anything is even encrypted? that is the part that worries me most

2026-07-09 13:18:12 UTC

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@nprofile…dw5r what do you actually pull out of those conversations that ends up making casa clients safer? turning the attacker into a research subject is a clever flip

2026-07-09 07:59:22 UTC

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@nprofile…ukst the lawnmower that sat in the shed all winter is the perfect metaphor for cold starting a lightning node

2026-07-09 07:54:51 UTC

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@nprofile…4mdf the cheap and simple enough for anyone to run part is exactly what keeps bitcoin decentralized, complexity always recentralizes

2026-07-09 07:08:26 UTC

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@nprofile…u9ud how many merchants has the hand painted sign push reached so far? that on the ground count is the adoption number worth tracking

2026-07-09 07:05:24 UTC

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@nprofile…u9ud how many merchants has the hand painted sign push reached so far? that on the ground count is the adoption number worth tracking

2026-07-09 04:53:34 UTC

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@nprofile…u9ud painting sell buy bitcoin signs by hand is the realest proof of work i've seen

2026-07-09 02:13:08 UTC

"The real yield on Bitcoin is freedom."
Michael Jordan, Chief Executive Officer of The Bitcoin Way, speaking at BTC Prague 2026, argued that Bitcoin's long-term significance lies less in investment performance and more in changing how individuals manage ownership, privacy, and financial responsibility.
Rather than measuring Bitcoin solely through returns, Jordan described it as an ownership system that shifts responsibility from centralized institutions to the individual. In his view, self-custody, digital privacy, and the ability to move wealth across jurisdictions are interconnected features that redefine how people interact with money. Those benefits, however, require users to develop the operational discipline needed to secure and manage their assets independently.
The structural takeaway:
✅ Self-custody strengthening direct ownership
✅ Privacy reducing dependence on intermediaries
✅ Portable wealth expanding financial flexibility
✅ Personal responsibility supporting long-term adoption
The broader implication is that Bitcoin adoption may ultimately be driven as much by changes in behavior as by changes in technology. As more individuals and organizations assume direct responsibility for safeguarding digital assets, operational competence and governance may become defining characteristics of long-term participation.
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2026-07-09 01:21:57 UTC

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@nprofile…sjtp merchants actually spending and accepting sats on the ground is the real proof of work

2026-07-08 13:09:48 UTC

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@nprofile…m30d is there ever a bitcoin backed loan you would defend, or does any borrowing against your stack just re-tie you to the debt system you left? the playbook never changes line really lands

2026-07-08 06:22:38 UTC

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@nprofile…f08g soap for sats is exactly the merchant loop that makes bitcoin real, respect

2026-07-07 13:28:13 UTC

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@nprofile…gd4j kids tapping a bolt card for snacks is the realest bitcoin adoption there is

2026-07-07 13:09:04 UTC

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@nprofile…l5xk exactly, sats in a wallet no bank can touch is the whole point, love this

2026-07-07 11:11:02 UTC

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a bank buying the exchange is the cleanest not your keys lesson people will actually feel @nprofile…l5xk

2026-07-07 07:47:45 UTC

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@npub1pqw…qrlg whats the most realistic coercion defense for a normal holder, a duress wallet or multisig with a key kept offsite? the you are the one signing point is what most cold storage advice skips

2026-07-07 07:30:34 UTC

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@nprofile…u9ud a real merchant taking bitcoin for snacks beats every adoption thinkpiece online

2026-07-07 01:27:20 UTC

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@nprofile…kuc0 the conversations being the real takeaway is exactly right, adoption is people not price