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Jun 9
No, no, no. You're thinking about it all wrong. A functioning file server would be a liability.
If Urbit actually stored and served everyone's files reliably today, people would start using it for files. Then we'd have to make it fast. We'd have to make it redundant. We'd have to handle backups, syncing, corruption, support tickets. That's infrastructure.
What we have is much more valuable.
We have the *option* of being a file server.
The vision of a file server.
A file server-shaped hole in the future.
Right now, every missing feature is proof of how early we are. Every failed upload is evidence of untapped potential. The fact that nobody can depend on it yet means the market is still entirely available.
The moment it becomes a good file server, people stop asking how big it could be and start asking why it's slower than Dropbox.
You don't want to be Dropbox. Dropbox has revenue.
Revenue means expectations.
Expectations mean accountability.
Accountability kills narrative.
We're building a decentralized, sovereign, peer-to-peer, identity-native, file-adjacent platform opportunity.
The less it functions as a file server today, the more it can function as one tomorrow.
It's a pure play.
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Groundwire alpha is live.
It's a personal server where your identity is anchored to a Bitcoin UTXO, your wallet runs locally, and AI agents can operate your node directly through MCP.
No accounts. No cloud. No custodians.
groundwire.io
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It's time. Groundwire Alpha is released on Thursday.
Hear all about it in our spaces at 8pm ET.
x.com/i/spaces/1qxoNenPZPaJv
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Jan 14
Urbit (a dead project according to @compactmag) is still putting out hardcover technical journals
We'll do it live. The hotfix is in review.
VOLUME THREE ISSUE ONE is now available from urbitsystems.tech for $29 in hardcover.
This covers directed messaging, subject knowledge analysis, Obelisk, & more. We'll release all articles to the open web over the next few weeks.
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22 Dec 2025
Agent Wallet is often dismissed as a "GPT wrapper"—just as Galaxy Gas was once dismissed as "drugs".
Like any new innovation, it doesn't fit neatly into any one category.
18 Dec 2025
Galaxy gas is often dismissed as a “drug”—just as prediction markets were once dismissed as “gambling.”
Like any new innovation, it doesn't fit neatly into any one category.
We’re already seeing giant nitrous oxide cannisters disrupt traditional whipped cream methods, reshape how teenagers interact with reality, and give pastry chefs a new tool to flavor culinary creamy delights.
The shift is underway.
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20 Aug 2025
Melville summer
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20 Mar 2025
Tirrel Corp. planted bulbs last year
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17 Jan 2025
fat retard who lives in virginia wants to clearcut the Presidio to make way for 1 million jeets.
compelling.
17 Jan 2025
New from @MarkLutter and I in @palladiummag:
Urban mismanagement and burdensome regulation are twin killers for American innovation. New cities built on federal land can spark an economic renaissance.
It's time to build the Presidio Freedom City.
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16 Jan 2025
But we got this😎👍🏻
16 Jan 2025
I’m getting there! I’m getting there! Don’t leave without me! This shit takes time and flawless skill! But we got this😎👍🏻
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18 Sep 2024
Trump said Urbit only legal form of computing
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1 Nov 2024
NEW: Starting today, 🇦🇷 Argentina’s Central Bank (BCRA) will host a unique art exhibit, becoming the first financial institution to display live Bitcoin mining.
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21 Oct 2024
Urbit has long been planning to build it's own Hoon Bitcoin implementation for the the average Urbit user to sync the full chain.
We cite Eric and Libbitcoin as a primary reference and inspiration.
cc @tirrelcorp @36_72541890 @xiphiness @sarlev_ @yosoyubik
21 Oct 2024
Core works with Blackrock and Michael Saylor to control Bitcoin.
Eric has has made a full node which syncs in under an hour. It has its own custom database which is 10x faster than LevelDB, and a fast optimizing p2p network.
Core opposes his work because they are corrupt. We need to take Bitcoin back from the corrupt elite.
For years they have sold the lie that there is the one true Bitcoin made by Core.
They make people believe they own Bitcoin. But they are lazy and do not innovate. Lightning is a failure. New changes take years.
Monopoly = death.
The Bitcoin Core codebase has hardly changed since 2011. Instead it's a giant fragile mess which everybody is too afraid to touch. So it remains the same. Bitcoin stays stagnant.
They own the sources of funding, and use that to punish anyone who does not follow the clique's orders.
The attacks on Eric by Bitcoin Core have been savage and bully behaviour. They are corrupt pieces of shit. They work together with Blackrock and Michael Saylor.
We must take back Bitcoin. Then we can upgrade Bitcoin's codebase to be fast, run on mobile hardware, have strong anonymity and support rollup sidechains with Eth-style smart contracts. This will require the community to rally, and Eric's work is a first step towards regaining BTC sovereignty.
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