My talk from btc earlier this year is up here for you all to enjoy 💅💅

Dette er den harde realiteten av å være gründer. Du kan på kort tid miste hele livsverket ditt. Tenk om Karl hadde flyttet til utlandet da papirverdien av hans Oda-aksjer var verdt flere hundre millioner. Han ville fått en betydelig exit-skatt, og deretter blitt kalt inn til en generalforsamling hvor han opplever at verdiene hans praktisk talt nå er satt til null. Skatteregningen på flere titalls millioner ville fortsatt bestått. At både formuesskatt og exit-skatt er en realitet i Norge, er helt sjukt. Håper @kariekas , @SVparti, @Arbeiderpartiet, @Senterpartiet og resten av venstresiden nå forstår hva vi mener med papirverdi og arbeidende kapital.

NORWAY IS GOING TO BAN BITCOIN MINING WITHOUT PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS - WE NEED TO ACT NOW Norway's Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Administration responded to @ODFoundation that it "has no plans to conduct a public consultation" on a ban on cryptocurrency mining. There is no doubt that the ban designed to target #Bitcoin mining. Unfortunately, that's a stance of the @Stortinget and the Norwegian government. stortinget.no/no/Saker-og-pu… 🔴 Why we should protect our #freedomtech Bitcoin in #Norway NOW: (1) Norway is fully integrated in the European Single Market throught the European Economic Area (EEA) and Schengen Agreement. It means Norway can provide its legilsative approach as an input for new legislation for the EU/EEA both: - during the preparatory phase, when the @EU_Commission is developing proposals; - during work of expert groups and committees of the European Commission; - submitting proposals and comments to European Free Trade Association on upcoming legislation. (2) As a co-founder of the @OECD , Norway sets an example of regulation worldwide and provides its legislative recommedations for global standards. (3) Norway has historically been a place to meet, share experiences and educate human rights defenders and bitcoiners from around the world. Norwegian goverment will present its investigation a ban on cryptocurrency mining by the end od 2024. 🔴 What we should do together to prevent Bitcoin mining ban: (1) Repost this post and join our #BTC Coalition to educate local communities and media about social benefits of Bitcoin mining in Norway and worldwide; (2) Help us pool resources and best practices to convince Norwegian politicians and media to explore the social benefits of Bitcoin to prevent this repressive regulation; (3) If you are a Norwegian citizen: write a letter to your legislator and government asking for public consultation and providing arguments about the social benefits of Bitcoin mining for Norway. 🧡

Utreexod beta release is now available at github.com/utreexo/utreexod! I’m currently syncing my archival node on a raspberry pi 0. Planning to use the built in electrum personal server support to connect my personal wallet. Please try it out and let me know what you think! For more info: groups.google.com/g/bitcoind…

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Finally some drama! @reardencode thinks CAT scripts are ugly, and that combining CAT with CCV could be a great idea since truly building useful things with CCV requires CAT. @rot13maxi puts on a brave face behind his shades, but the audience can tell he is hurt.

Storbonden får 99 % formueskjerming på gården. Kan den ikke verdsettes til virkelig verdi, så kan jo bare bonden selge litt av gården for å betale skatt? Dette er vel svaret som blir gitt til alle andre som driver næring. finansavisen.no/finans/2024/…

Looking forward to visiting Austin in May!

The Norwegian government is killing their startup scene. The tax system was already bad enough for entrepreneurs, but now they’re taking it even further. If you leave the country having raised money for your startup, you’ll now have to pay an exit tax of >30% of your startup’s valuation - even if you never got a dollar out of the startup personally! Imagine a co-founder owning 30% of their $10m seed startup. They’d have to pay $1m in taxes if they leave the country. And it’ll only get worse as you raise later rounds. As a consequence, you’ll be kept hostage as a founder in Norway. It’s effectively becoming the Cuba of the Nordics. It’s especially sad given that Norway’s economy is extremely reliant on fossil fuels - and entrepreneurs are the only way to diversify the economy. The message here is clear: If you’re about to found a startup in Norway, make sure you move first.

. @ercwl @robin_linus @salvatoshi