The problem with fiat is it isn’t a very fun or fair game. All games require a minimum level of fairness and fun for players to be willing to continue playing. If it’s only fun for the game runners, the game players will leave for a better one.

Bitcoin is a gateway to the Truth.

Have a blessed Sunday.

Review of The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (1966) by Alan Watts People often ask me what Alan Watts book they should read. In my humble opinion, having read every book he’s published, The Book is his magnum opus. Reading it feels like being let in on a secret you’ve always known to be true, but never heard articulated before. It changed my life, and is the book that pulled me out of atheism. This is where Watts delivers his most profound insight, which is the core insight of Zen, with unmatched clarity: “You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.” “You are it.” “That art thou.” “Tat tvam asi.” His other works are all phenomenal, but many are collections of essays. This one is a single, fully realized idea taken all the way to fruition. This is it.

#Bitcoin only.

One tip I’ve found useful for Claude Code is, whenever you’re about to close a terminal window, just say “I’m about to close this terminal. Save anything to your memory first, if needed, so I can pick it back up later.” You don’t need to tell Claude WHAT to remember, just that he should.

Happy St. George’s Day

Past a certain age, a man still trading memecoins can be a bad thing.

Bitcoin discourse

Altcoins present themselves as being an alternative to Bitcoin, which they are because they are fiat.

Bitcoin will survive quantum computing exploits. Altcoins won’t even survive regular computing exploits.

The only people making money on altcoins are the insiders printing, pumping, and dumping them. Bitcoin only.

Review of Musashi (1939) by Eiji Yoshikawa This is one of my favorite books of all time, and one that I return to often. It is the semi-fictionalized story of the real exploits of the greatest swordsman in Japanese history, Miyamoto Musashi. What makes this book so legendary? First, it takes place in the fascinating time period of Feudal Japan, when samurai warriors and the shoguns they serve rule the land. The duels and battle sequences are phenomenal, and made even more visceral in the manga, Vagabond (1998), inspired by Musashi. Furthermore, you as the reader get to experience the life-changing arc of Musashi, who starts out as a ruffian whom many consider a menace to society. His quest for greatness compels him to battle every esteemed samurai in the land to become the greatest warrior of all, but he eventually realizes the wisdom in choosing one’s battles carefully and using violence only after all other options have been exhausted. In short, you see him evolve from a battle-hungry youth to a principled samurai master. Though it’s a fairly long book at nearly 1K pages, it’s written in episodic format and so goes by quickly. I couldn’t put it down the first time I read it. Each mini story is awesome and profound in its own right, and they all work together toward the crescendo at the end. If you are the type of person who is drawn to the samurai way of life, this is the book for you.

Actual cypherpunks’ reaction hearing Lopp wants to freeze Satoshi’s coins

Bull market confirmed.

Have a blessed Sunday.

“There was once a teacher called Tozan, and one day when he was weighing some flax, a student came to him and said: What is Buddha? This question can mean what is reality, or what is it to be awakened… Tozan answered: This flax weighs 3 lbs.” — Alan Watts, The Gateless Gate

Book Review of Daemon (2006) and Freedom™️ (2010) by Daniel Suarez Just finished this series. I originally heard about it when Andrej Karpathy mentioned it in passing in an AI podcast, and decided if one of the preeminent devs of our time is thinking about it, it might be worth the read. Early on, I was skeptical the series would be any good. The characters seemed a bit one dimensional, and some of the plot lines were a bit pulpy for my taste. However, I’m glad I stuck with it, because the second half of the first book, and the entire second book is gripping. Not only that, but it succeeds where most AI takeover novels fail, in that the AI is not entirely evil or benevolent, but somewhere in the middle. It leaves humanity room to choose how the future unravels, then makes that future possible. I also like the gamified digital parallel world that arises alongside the legacy world. And the rise of dark net credits over dollars is reminiscent of Bitcoin and cypherpunk circular economies. The ending is also phenomenal. I won’t give it away, but it’s one of those book narrative arcs that feels immensely satisfying once you turn the last page, even if you had hesitations early on.

Bitcoin

Satoshi Nakamoto