“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” -R. Buckminster Fuller #Bitcoin

All you Bitcoiners are missing out on the real fun. #Nostr

Greenpeace spent years lobbying to save Virunga park and failed Leonardo DiCaprio spent millions on a documentary to try to save Virunga park and failed @SebGouspillou a Bitcoin miner, said "we can monetize Virunga's stranded renewable energy to save the park" and succeeded

Thread 🧵 Since they've been thrust into the spotlight lately, I've been getting a lot of people asking me "What's wrong with seed oils"? Let's begin with the disgusting way in which they are made: x.com/CaryKelly11/status/180… 1/10

Another Psychopath For US Secretary Of State Psychopathy is almost a job requirement for secretary of state, because the title entails a responsibility for helping to roll out the violence and tyranny which serves as the glue that holds the US empire together. Reading by Tim Foley.

Next level art unlocked by Bitcoin. Never in history has this been possible. Amazing work!

Voor 2025 vraagt de Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO) 983,1 miljoen euro aan budget bij het ministerie van OCW. :)

For years, Bitcoin's energy was much maligned. This was based on deeply flawed and now debunked research. Now, the tide has turned in the scientific consensus and the media and I've summarized why both now say Bitcoin has environmental benefits in a plain English talk.

As one of the few economists who was also early in Bitcoin, I can dispute some of the opinions presented as facts in this report and thread.

ECB: You know Bitcoin si likely to go to infinity Nocoiner: Oh so you are saying the laser eyes maxi were right? ECB: No no, I am saying they are dangerous & they'll steal all your money with Bitcoin. Nocoiner: So I should buy some then? ECB: NO NO ! You should ask the governement to ban it. Nocoiner: But then I will still be poor. That's stupid. Better buy some and get rich wit the cool kids. ECB: But that's mean. You should rather Have Fun Staying Poor. Nocoiner: thanks, but no thanks. I will stack sats instead. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…

1/ This new paper is a true declaration of war: the ECB claims that early #bitcoin adopters steal economic value from latecomers. I strongly believe authorities will use this luddite argument to enact harsh taxes or bans. Check 🧵 for why:

Milton Friedman says the government should be limited to these functions: 1.Defend the nation 2.Protect citizens from crime 3.Set rules for private property 4.Provide a system for resolving disputes x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/…

What's more, you may not be in a perspective to accurately understand the full picture of what you find

This journalist thinks he’s smarter than @SenWarren 😂😂

Bitcoin PIPEs: Covenants and ZKPs on the Bitcoin L1 without Soft Fork. allocin.it/uploads/placehold…

The whole global economic system is being hilariously upended and you're alive to see it. Computers will soon operate themselves better than a human could. How much longer will professional button pushers outperform AI at coding, statistical analysis, spreadsheets, slide decks, etc? Not much longer. The majority of white collar intellectual work will be wiped out. We are horses watching the emergence of the automobile. But that's not all... Realtime computer vision is rapidly advancing. Which means robots that complete manual tasks at a fraction of the cost of a human employee aren't far off. For the first time in human history, NO ONE can tell you which jobs will still be here 10 years from now. And now let's consider sovereign debt. It's still the underlying collateral of the global financial system. But it's not made for the world that's coming. At best sovereign debt is backed by tax revenues of citizens that will soon be out of work. But the massive debt and deficit levels mean that even without mass unemployment, sovereign debt is already pretty much worthless if you reason from first principles. It can only be paid back in hideously debased fiat currency. Which means it's already a confidence game that only works as long as people don't think about it too much. So to review, we have a once in a species disruption of human work, hitting at the same time that the debt-based financial system has reached its logical conclusion. Any entity with liabilities that need to be paid out in real terms should be scrambling to prepare for this new reality. Pension funds. Insurance companies. Governments. They all need an asset that can keep up with the debasement of fiat currency if they want to prevent their constituents from rioting French Revolution style. No doubt some of the people in charge see WW3 as a convenient solution... When things get tough at home, the easy thing to do is send the masculine youth to go die in a far-off ditch before they have a chance to rise up. But there's a much better solution. It's painfully clear to many of us that finite #Bitcoin is the asset that can help us out of this apparent trap. Yesterday's announcement that the Wisconsin state pension fund bought $162 million of spot Bitcoin should not be overlooked. This is the very beginning of a peaceful migration of global capital into the new collateral. We're hot-swapping the wings of the financial system mid-air. Which means it might be a bumpy ride. But that's the real "soft landing" we should be paying attention to. Not how old man Powell fiddles with interest rates, or how many fiat digits Yellen pumps into the system. Their goose is already cooked. The best they can do is delay the inevitable. BUT HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS! Washing machines, dishwashers, vacuum cleaners... These tools gave us more of our most precious asset: Time. We wouldn't dream of washing our clothes by hand today. Likewise, AI and robotics will give us an incredible amount of our lives back. Future generations will feel bad that we spent so much time staring at screens, clicking buttons, and doing menial labor. Meanwhile, the price of all goods will absolutely plummet in #Bitcoin terms. Just as fossil fuels lead to an enormous increase in standard of living, so too will the AI and robotics boom. The biggest challenge in all of this will be what humans do with their time. Most of us have been conditioned since childhood to think that we must stay busy. When you're a kid, you have no problem playing in the yard all day, looking at bugs, and living in the moment. But then we enter the conveyor belt of school. And we're conditioned to strive and seek external approval for our efforts. Undoing that conditioning will be the hardest part. Learning to find contentment in pure human experience will be difficult for most. #Bitcoin can fix the financial and economic system. After that, a positive philosophy of living will be needed. But let's take it one problem at a time 😉

Ironically, the vast majority of apparel in the outdoor industry is made of toxic chemicals. Gore Tex likely being the worst offender, double coated with PFAs (forever chemicals) for water "proofing" Polyester (made from petrochemicals also) comprising the majority of fabrics. Bad for your health, bad for the environment. Let's return to natural fibers in the outdoors. This is why we started @WyomingBased

There are dozens of Bitcoin "layer 2" projects with millions in VC funding and huge followings on X. None of the Bitcoiners I know has even heard of them. These projects don't go to Bitcoin conferences, they go to shitcoin conferences. Layer 2 is this cycle's scam. Be safe.

I caught CDC lying in their official publication (MMWR) about efficacy of COVID shots in December 2020. I recorded phone calls of them admitting to me I was right. When they refused to tell the public the truth, I released the recordings to @SharylAttkisson who exposed them.

I knew I wasn’t the crazy one. It’s no measure of sanity to be well adjusted to a sick society.