Seems bullish, but just talk at the moment. Will believe it when I see it. #bitcoin

Crypto Briefing

Trump's top crypto advisor open to budget-neutral gold-to-Bitcoin reserve swap

Bo Hines is open to budget-neutral gold-to-Bitcoin reserve swap, but it can not cost the tax payers any money.

A whole lot of "Wow" this morning.

Five years ago today the #Hive blockchain went live as a fork from Steem as a result of Justin Sun's attempted takeover. Hive is great for blogging, it's original use case, and I still use it since your posts are immutable and persistent. (I love nostr too, but are notes here really persistent? If the relays go kaput, don't my notes also?) Anyway, the Hive story is a crazy one and worth a look back. This animation was based off of this article:

Decrypt

Steem vs Tron: The rebellion against a cryptocurrency empire

Tron founder Justin Sun bought Steemit to expand his realm. But the ferocious backlash started an epic cryptocurrency war.

Animated history lesson:

The Hive Story Animation — Hive

The story of the Hive blockchain told via animation. Transcript and links: ▶️ 3Speak by crrdlx

@LNVPS.net Trying to sign up with lnvps.net to try things out, but those ssh keys. Tried ed25519, then rsa, no luck. What am I doing wrong?

The astronauts get back from #space today. They went up June 5. How long has it been? Joe Biden was president of the US then. And, he was still actually running for reelection (and would be for another month and a half). The rise and decline of Kamala Harris came and went. Trump won, Trump took office. So many things are very different now. The days of June 5 seem forever ago. Time for them to come home.

Digging through old files, I found this note I wrote to myself from three years ago: Be the most positive, constructive, kind, and thankful person that you meet today. I'll honestly try.

Schadenfreude #bitcoin style: watching the 1/2 billion dollar whale short BTC and pulling for him to lose.

DrJeff (npub1k7…3c04l) on Nostr

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We can send people to the moon, but we can't design a freaking #coffee pot that pours without spilling all over the place! 😣

We can send people to the moon, but we can't design a freaking #coffee pot that pours without spilling all over the place! 😣

Listening to the radio this am (yes, actual radio) a mock Q&A with a financial advisor comes on. Host: So Trump recently announced a strategic #bitcoin stockpile. The US government has also had other stockpiles. They used to have a cheese stockpile and gave out cheese. And there's a helium stockpile too. Advisor: On bitcoin, it can be used as a hedge on inflation when it goes up, but realize it can also go down. Me: Get ready for the, "I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole..." Advisor: Between cheese, helium, and bitcoin, I'll take bitcoin. Me: Wait, what? Advisor: <goes on to talk about inflation and government spending and DOGE cuts and how government stimulus checks aren't actually the economy stimulated but are just money from nowhere that add to inflation> Me: Wow, this guy kinda gets it. He didn't go all orange pilled, he was trying to drum up business, but that sounded like baby steps. When I asked my financial advisor his opinion on bitcoin somewhere around 2017, the response I got was, "...not backed by anything..." and "tulips". Slow progress y'all.

Remember Max Headroom? With #AI agents, I can't believe there's no such character running a 24/7 snarky/funny commentary on whatever pops up on feeds.

Max Headroom - Wikipedia

Gutsy play. 🍿Leveraged short of $379M #bitcoin

Crypto Intelligence News

Trump Insider? Bitcoin Whale Gambles $370 Million on Short-Term Price Collapse

According to Hypurrscan data, the whale has accumulated over $2 million in unrealized profit so far.

#Bitcoin After seeing these FI$H episodes and loving them for years, I can't believe I never noticed Peter Schiff wrote them. They are fantastic, but how can someone who understands economics NOT get bitcoin.

PeakD

FI$H episode playlist | PeakD

Playlist for FI$H: How an Economy Grows

Spoiler: I'm almost certain that he understands bitcoin and its value, but saying so would ruin his shtick and render him just-another-bitcoin advocate rather than a top-tier-bitcoin-hater.

The #AI feedback that I just got: "output is a mix of confirmation and confusion" A "mix of confirmation and confusion" is pretty much the story of my life. The feedback ain't wrong, but somehow I'm offended at it's brutal honesty.

Working with Grok is helpful, but I could do without the empty platitudes. Great work!

Just had corn meal catfish, collard greens, and cheese grits. Life is good.

#Bitcoin rumors, and leaks, and rumors of leaks, and leaks of rumors...by multiple anonymous sources. Sounds solid.

Forbes

White House Leak Sparks Wild Speculation Trump Is About To Blow Up The Bitcoin Price

A White House leak has revealed one of Donald Trump’s top bitcoin and crypto officials reportedly said the Trump administration wants to acquire ...

Decrypt

Trump Admin Wants to Acquire as Much Bitcoin as Possible: White House - Decrypt

A White House official told crypto industry leaders this week that there should be no limit to the size of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

Seriously though, this kind of talk, true or exaggeration, is so much more bullish than the prior administration. Night and day.

#piday Today is pi day and therefore is pie day. Y'all don't know about chess pie. Might be my favorite, both for taste and the origin of the name.

Whomever builds a #nostr bridge to #mastodon will be my hero. Not that I care much about mastodon, it's just that it vexes me that there was a working nostr-to-mastodon bridge but now there's not. Irksome.

It seems that many #bitcoin deniers are also "missed the rally" people. Smells of envy and a desire for schadenfreude if it drops.