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When are we making a protocol for vector databases? Blossom but for LLM’s. Choosable AI suggestions.

Would you do the right thing if you never got recognition from others for it?

Zappy New Years!

I’m out for a bike ride and I realized something. I think what’s coming for bitcoin is going to be a huge “bitcoin bubble”. Any company adopting the MicroStrategy playbook is going to skyrocket in share price. I think next year or the year after, we see a blowoff top similar to 2017. Queue the next “Bitcoin is dead” articles. Bitcoin is still the innovation, like the internet was in the dotcom boom.

WesternBTC is now running a Cashu mint! Another project added to the suite of services. Learn more about it and how to get started at https://westernbtc.com/mint.

Friends and family are reaching out now. If you guys had to recommend one podcast episode, which one would it be?

Introducing a new incentive program for the WesternBTC relay. If you refer people to use the relay and they join, you'll get rewarded. This applies to those who aren't apart of the WesternBTC relay as well. There's three different tiers. Tier 1: Invite 3 people using your npub / pubkey and get a NIP-05 username ([username]@westernbtc.com) of your choice. Tier 2: Invite 5 people and get a free year subscription to the WesternBTC relay. Tier 3: Invite 10 people and receive permanent access to the relay. Never pay again. Get your referral code and find out more information at https://westernbtc.com/incentive-program Merry Christmas ya' filthy animals.

Bitcoin not only captures what we contribute to society, but rewards us for how adept we are at finding signal through noise.

The price of a half gallon of grass fed milk I buy got raised by TWO DOLLARS.

In regards to the Saylor video, I think my takeaway is that WE need to step up. Bitcoin (on-chain) can’t scale to everyone. That’s the fact. What we can do is continue to build protocols on top of Bitcoin. I think fedimint is the way (personally). I will take it upon myself to set up a fedimint with my family / friends and for my family / friends. It’s a compromise between self custody and 3rd party custody, but the benefits are substantial.

Orange pilled one of my friends today. I know a lot of us are discouraged with the majority of people’s perspective on bitcoin. It’s important to remember that some people are one conversation away from taking a leap.

Apparently another hurricane is brewing. Could to be a direct hit for Tampa Florida (where I live). Two hurricanes in the same month. Praise God we're not in a flood zone.