All the propagandized “division” - in America and elsewhere - all division in the world, boils down to: “My sources of information are better than your sources of information.” This has always been. And the first step in confronting this monstrous maelstrom of insanity… …is to recognize both sources of information are Fiat.

Shower thought today: The last legit conspiracy theory I can think of that has definitively been Debunked is that Playboy was primarily about the articles & interviews.

We all understand that Bitcoin is now an Institutional asset…right? That Pleb culture birthed in Bitcoin is completely and totally irrelevant anymore. That Podcasts we loved for years, twitterX’s we followed…none of that is anything more than a fun way to spend a weeknight? I’m sincerely encouraging you to let all that go. Because Bitcoin isn’t even remotely influenced by Pleb buying anymore. Your influencers are not helpful. And I can’t suggest anywhere to go for any signal of any kind about Bitcoin. Because Fiat influencers are the Dumb Money. No person, whatsoever, has any clue where Bitcoin is going. None. We’re adrift. We’re over the event horizon. No one, even multi-100 BTC OG’s, have a clue what’s happening right now. The only Smart Money - is Dollar Cost Averaging. Bitcoin is truly in Unknown “Here There Be Dragons” territory. You are not the idiot. You are the hope-filled sailor. And DCA is the way.

For the record: The whole point of Wealth - THE WHOLE POINT - is to progressively separate yourself from all the other human beings who make you uncomfortable. Even Bitcoin OG’s will do the same. It’s the whole scorpion on the frog parable. Bill Gate’s was “new money” once. Stay humble is not just a brand(TM).

Vietnam has a population of just a hair over 100million people. Headlines of late claim 86million accounts may be frozen/confiscated because the populace is refusing the final steps toward overly invasive KYC leading to Social Credit/CBDC implementation. There are certainly overlapping business/personal identities in the 86million number, but if true it represents vastly more than half the population of adults. I don’t understand what cultural issues might bear on this story, and I’ve learned that trying to do 10-minute research to present an “expert” opinion on social media is not the way I want to live my life right now. But no matter how I size this up…if the story is even remotely valid on face, how could Vietnam exist as a country a year from now? So this is overwhelmingly likely a social experiment, pushed on the Government of Vietnam from outside, that will be walked-back, used as a banking wargame if not precedent, and will be forgotten until it reappears next year in a new form. But I can’t help wanting to see how things play out if none of the sociopaths involved in this blinks.

I’ve been exploring Ai video creation for a few weeks now, trying to probe its limits both bad and good, creatively speaking, to see where we’re at in the revolution. And while it’s early yet for me, what is glaringly obvious - across all legit platforms - is that the possibilities are seemingly incredible. Until you place a Vagina into the scene. Then AI loses its LLM-mind and goes full-on Monty Python. So. Meet the new Boss. Same as the old Boss.

Can anyone recommend the best AI Video generator? I’m looking to experiment creatively, esp Realistic video quality. I don’t want any AI censoring or second-guessing my prompts if they’re “sensitive”, not cuz I’m a perv, but because I want to fully experiment without being coerced back into a framework. Also, I’d appreciate an AI-congregator like Pollo.ai, which I’ve been playing with. Just wondering if there is something better to offer? Appreciate all responses, just starting a conversation to find my touchstone into AI video creativity. (Zaps will follow. And here’s a pic to get you to stop and read this.)

You begin by graphing price movements, and volume of course. What else is there? Only changes in those two things, that occur over time. Right? So you pretend there’s more. You create charts, graphs. And it make sense, you’ve dedicated your life to following. Never winning.

A non-profit is something rich people establish so their unemployable children will have a job. There are no non-profits for broken bones. Or cavities. Or anything else that doesn’t have a very emotional pull for middle-class Americans. But you can bet that someone, somewhere has filed a 401(c)3 for depressed kittens.

Bitcoin price/trading charts get “closed” on a daily basis at 8pm Eastern Standard Time. Why? Chartist/Astrologers religiously mark these “closes” to base their theories. Yet there is no close. There is no spoon. How did this decision come about? It doesn’t align with any Fiat market-closes. So what arbitrary arbitrator chose the Daily Close for Bitcoin? Did I miss an email? Yet it was chosen. Remember, pleb, when Bitcoin traded all hours, could breakout on holidays, weekends, anytime? Now it’s all about Mon-Fri (& late Sunday night to suck the non-Western “flyover” markets in for fleecing). I’m not judging, this is the world Bitcoin now lives in. I’m just taking a moment to declare that it is not real. And I’m not sure how we got told that it was.

This Bitcoin “bull market” has seen undeniably dwindling volume across all exchanges. That either means Bitcoin is making new highs via moderate purchases against smaller liquidity… …or Bitcoin is being purchase outside of all established Exchanges. To understand how the Cycles have broken is to understand this Volume / Price disconnect. It’s not US/Coinbase centric, Coinbase isn’t even near the volume of ex-US exchanges. As a Bitcoiner, I have to concede that massive amounts of Bitcoin are being purchased not just “OTC”, but fully off-exchange. In private transactions. El Salvador stuff. Which is beautiful and perfect. But fucks up all the fiat models. Yippee-kayeee!

When I became enamored with Bitcoin many years ago, I always clung to a belief I was told again and again: Quantum computing was years off, and Devs were already aware of and prepared for it. I’m now convinced neither of these things is true, especially my belief in the integrity of Bitcoin’s development community.

This came to mind to me this evening during a conversation with my best friend, one of the most remarkable people I’ve ever known. And I’ve come to see this often in my own life in recent years: There’s an old parable about a poor farmer whose horse jumps its pen and runs away. A neighbor hears and says to him “well that’s unfortunate”. The farmer answers simply, “maybe yes, maybe no”. A couple days later the horse returns, followed by 4 other wild horses. The neighbor says “that was very fortunate!” “Maybe yes, maybe no,” the farmer replies. While trying to break-in the wild horses, the farmer’s son is bucked off and breaks his leg. “That was unfortunate.” “Maybe yes, maybe no.” A week later an army marches through town and conscripts all the able-bodied young men to fight in battle, except the son with the broken leg….

Under Fiat, non-insiders scour the news & markets trying to glean what iss happening behind the scenes, before it is gleaned by others. Now, they check the price of Bitcoin and know all there is to know. I personally always thought hyper-Bitcoinization would begin when Oil was priced in Bitcoin. I was wrong. It’s happening. Because Bitcoin is right now becoming recognized as the authentic Indicator, the autonomous Compass, for all things affecting all assets, known and unknown. Absent the nagging “paper-Bitcoin” issue, there are no Insiders anymore. This new aspect of Bitcoin, alone, will undermine Fiat. And all its minions worldwide. The Revolution has begun.

🛢️ 🛢️ 🛢️ WTI Crude holding firm at 58,415 sats/barrel during peak summer-driving months. August is always a lull for all things financial, so go find your fun, and come back after Labor Day! 🛢️ 🛢️ 🛢️

There will only ever be 21,000,000 - My Bitcoin.

I’m old enough to remember when Google was an internet winner, and they sent trucks out to map and photograph every square foot of American streets. And as an investment pro I thought “how can they ever monetize this info?” I would later learn they never paid for it in the first place. It was a contract from a 3-letter Agency. Still, Google Maps is pretty useful, on occasion, even if I paid for it in taxes.

Just commerce being transacted.

Another Bastille Day has come and gone. An event with global resonance that goes largely unrecognized. Because the importance of the French Revolution was not that it liberated the French People, but that it drove the wealthy and Powerful, throughout Europe, into hiding. Where they’ve remained ever since.

At this point, does any American believe that anything in the Epstein files would change the way we’re told American voted in the next election?