Why do countries issue their own currency? Financial sovereignty, so they are not enslaved to US monetary policy. When gold was in individual custody, this was not an issue. You need sovereignty from your state same way your country needs sovereignty from the US.
The most productive way to generate startup ideas is also the most unlikely-sounding: by accident. - Paul Graham
The development of AI -
1957: first neural network, “Perceptron”.
1966: first LLM was born, “ELIZA”
1983: INTERNET
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2016: IBM Watson / AlphaGo
2022: ChatGPT & AI Agents
The development of digital cash -
1983: eCash by David Chaum
1993: Hashcash by Adam Back
2008: Bitcoin
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2015: Ethereum & Stablecoins
2025: Grynvault & Bitcoin Bonds
I feel like university and the need to feel included really pacified my independent thinking, not any more or maybe it was the need to “succeed”
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A protocol for Bitcoiners to trade time preference without complex options or risky loans. Buyers get a USD savings account buying discount Bitcoin. Borrowers get USD with capped fiat repayments and no liquidations. Cheaper, faster, better business on Bitcoin w/ Grynvault.
View article →getting schooled hahahah Amen
View quoted note →Getting married was the best thing I've ever done. Highlight of my life and the biggest blessing of God. Highly recommend if you know ANYTHING about Risk-Reward asymmetry. The key: the relationship COMMITS you to Listen, Listen, Listen and keep practicing Listening and that unlocks all other parts of your life.
Canada has the largest deposits of high grade uranium - we really should be exporting energy to the world. Setup refineries and reactors here and then send electricity pipelines to Europe and Asia. When you have dramatically cheaper energy than the USA, you have leverage.
Bitcoiner alignment with MAGA has really turned off the message for many. Reminded old college friends at an alumni event that Bitcoin back in the day was for people who had their property rights trampled on, taken, or swindled. Still is by the way. Not your keys not your coins.
First NOSTR Article, setup some profit sharing too to
@YakiHonne and
@NoorNode - open to comments and sats :)
View article →Pushing through BC's provincial vehicle registration bureaucracy reminds me why I shouldn't be doing this, but also, good practice for reframing and socratic questioning needed to direct a result or just find the right person to make things happen.
I've been made accutely aware of how much of our society and leadership is shaped by scales of communication technology
if you're gonna be locked in to anything, might as well be locked into sound money, otherwise you want to stay liquid and earn BTC
print money, gatekeep it, charge tolls
Crypto.com is still in business literally only on its stupid credit cards. This is them scalping all my wife’s XRP and DOGE profits as she converted everything to BTC. Literally half her balance. She probably deserves it but they deserve worse! Self-Custody please.
If you used to work a job, build a business. If you used to run a business, build a startup. If you used to operate a startup, build infrastructure. If you used to maintain infrastructure, build community. If you used to lead communities, retire and advocate BTC and AI. We are in the middle of a generational shift - you can't waste time being stuck on what used to work.
Anyone running knots is protesting for Bitcoin to only be used as money and I think that's an important voice - I expect builders will take it into account.
Less important data will move off-chain as it gets more expensive, don't worry - arch network and nostr are some of the paths already offering that.
However, witness data is REALLY important for transactions, and escrow functions from atomic swaps to DLCs to PSBTs and I urge knots operators to understand that.
Trustless, self-custody transactions in the real world, particularly in using bitcoin for loans, currency exchange and equity participation is incredibly important for Bitcoin as money. Throttling DeFi on Bitcoin will drive more innovation though, can't be mad :)
This was before I even bought my first Bitcoin LOL
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