I kinda hate to say this, but I will. Lightning Network is like giving Plebs full access to trad-fi “off-shore” funds. One transaction, then all else is hidden. What comes back is an IRS nightmare not worth pursuing. RUN UR OWN NODE

Lightning layer is still not even realized, and underrated. May likely cancel out the AI fud, because it adds orders of magnitude. I fucking love what has already happened on Bitcoin. Let’s settle down and invest in that. Not lever-up what is possibly probable. View quoted note →

I want to be with you but if I pay for a $5 coffee today on a credit card I can maybe pay it off next month for $4.82 in sats maybe We are ALL the failing-currency refugees now! Bitcoin is money up my butt, crossing borders every day, exchange-rating by the hour. I’ll spend fiat when I’m hopeful, spend sats when I’m uncertain. View quoted note →

🛢️ 🛢️ 🛢️ Oil continues to become cheaper in the sats-trade. WTI Crude Oil slumping to 54,996 sats per barrel. Stay humble, spend sats sovs. 🛢️ 🛢️ 🛢️

GM. STAY HUMBLE AND SPEND SATS.

Has anyone here set-up a legal Trust Agreement involving cold-storage Bitcoin? Just wondering if you have any advice to offer beforehand. I’m going to establish one, but I already know the Bitcoin aspect is going to be a huge ? for the process. Appreciate you!

Throwing fuel on the Sats / Bits inferno, the US Mint puts the term “Cents” on the table.

Yahoo Finance

US Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and will stop producing the coin when those run out

US Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and will stop producing the coin when those run out.

Western Bitcoiners of the past handful of years are… ….just… ….now… literally waking up to the Eastern(tm) markets. Bitcoin 24/7 is in no way priced in.

If you had to name 5 places on earth where Fiat Devs really wanted to take ownership…. BUT where indiginous/local plebs were entrenched and WOULD NOT give up their hodlings, no matter what. What would they be? Obviously that’s a global question best crowd-sourced. But I’d offer as a conversation starter: New Orleans Lahaina Palisades? Gaza? There have got to be others, I’m just throwing this out as a conversation starter, if you will.

Will we soon start hearing that “US Bonds are too volatile for sophisticated investors”?

🛢️ 🛢️ 🛢️ EIA-reported Crude Oil stockpiles in the US rose unexpectedly for the 4th week, sending prices lower in kilosats as demand fears abate. WTI Crude plunges to 56,524 sats/barrel. 🛢️ 🛢️ 🛢️

Twitter has gone full-Reddit lately. @ODELL was right, if early. I think I’ll vacation to full Nostr now. The noise there has no Signal any longer. Nothing happening to navigate by. Evidently Bitcoin Maxis are turned against each other? It all seems fake, kayfabe. Time to just enjoy summer, stack sats, and chill.

Because “taxation” = “masks” for all monetary “pandemic” response. View quoted note →

IMO, the role of Bitcoin Core Devs is not to rush into the Front Lines and fight the battle. Let the hardened social media Maxis fight the battle. Your job is to inspire and maintain our confidence. If you quit listening to us, and abuse our confidence, you will become irrelevant and we will Ossify you. Stay humble and vibe code. This is the most important Money the Human Race has ever known. Don’t sit at the children’s table.

IF this chart has any veracity, even +/- 20% or so, it’s fascinating to study. It’s like a single-frame movie of the last 20 years. And we’re in Act 5. View quoted note →

Today’s Bitcoin pump brought to you by: My 33-yo truck died on me a few days ago. I went new-used car shopping yesterday. Found my new vehicle, decided on a substantial downpayment to keep monthly costs minimal. Sold BTC last night for the downpayment…. No. Please. Your applause isn’t necessary. But thank you.

We have a Wolf and a Sheep inside of us. Being Human means shepherding both, so that neither loses its Grace.

🛢️ 🛢️ 🛢️ Oil regains some ground on US/Iran detente. WTI Crude holds cruising altitude this Friday, 60,066 sats per barrel. Steak n Shake could not be reached for comment. 🛢️ 🛢️ 🛢️

Looking for help getting 4,000 sats off of a Blue Wallet that was connected to my node before my node died. I have a new node, but my phone wallet can’t seem to connect the previous Blue Wallet to it. [obviously this isn’t something to spend any time on whatsoever, just asking to let users know Blue Wallet is worthless if it can’t handle this common eventuality]

Our cities are in decline, people can’t have universal healthcare, University education is pay to play, Pensions were scrapped for 401ks, Social Security is on the ropes, 100k children have gone missing in the US, Europe is in full meltdown… …but theres always money in the Hadron banana stand.

Gizmodo

Physicists Turned Lead Into Gold—for a Fraction of a Second

Instead of using the Large Hadron Collider to smash atoms together, researchers briefly turned lead into gold by facilitating near-misses.