Had a great time chatting with @BTC Sessions The IMF was the enemy yesterday The IMF is the enemy today The IMF will be the enemy tomorrow Know your enemy

The IMF loan to El Salvador is delayed The loan was scheduled to be disbursed over a 40 month period, with a review before each disbursement. This is the first official news of the delay, but this review and disbursement had been due months ago Lots of possible reasons, though this does clarify one pending question: Chivo has not yet been sold (the original deadline had been July 31, 2025). It's unlikely that alone would cause a delay though Presuming this is only a delay, it will also mean that the original 40 month period will be extended along with it's conditions

Good morning from El Salvador!

The final 32minutes This is an incredibly special and valuable book Will a bidding war break out? Will someone get it for a steal? 👀👀👀👀

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Huge gratitude to Smashtoshi and all of the 128 artists who contributed to the Bitcoin History art book It is truly a masterpiece And not only have they put in tremendous effort to document the history of bitcoin, they are also focused on preserving the future by making independent bitcoin education the beneficiary of the auction They are the heroes we need Just three hours left to bid!

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The Bitcoin History book auction, which ends in 6 hours and benefits independent bitcoin education, is incredibly important Why? Education is always captured by whoever funds it, this is a big part of why education as a whole is broken and teaches us what to think, rather than how to think (and why financial literacy is so low around the world) At @My First Bitcoin we are creating a proof-of-concept for a new way forward by rejecting all government and corporate money. We are funded by the community which currently manifests itself mostly via grants and individual donations but we need to continue to expand that and auctions such as this are showing us the way We need more auctions that benefit independent bitcoin education. We need more initiatives that shave off a percent of profit and funnel it into something the community both controls and benefits from (such as a bitcoin ETF fees to @OpenSats ) Introductory bitcoin education needs to create different funding models to create the right incentives. It's still early enough that we can entrench new norms--otherwise we risk falling into the same trap that fiat education has and thus blunting some of the revolutionary potential of bitcoin There's 6 hours left on this auction. Let's blow this up. Tell your friends, place a bid, share this Let's fucking go!

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throwback to a barefoot panel I did last month at @reclaiminghealthsv (it was about the connection between sound money & sound health, we all just happened to be barefoot) more barefoot panels at conferences!

In two days an incredible auction ends I have seen this book and its hard to overstate how special it is. Let me highlight one cool aspect--the book itself is covered in orange bull leather. BULL, not cow. The entire project is full of these incredible details The limited edition books will be extremely special and will retail for $4,600, but the real gem is the 1 of 1 first edition. That orange bull leather will be inside a case made out fossil oak wood that was already 3,000 years old when Jesus was born. Auctions are tough to predict, esp if art, but to say this is priceless would be an understandment. I'd expect it go for well over a bitcoin, but who knows, maybe someone gets a deal or maybe theres a bidding war (and independent bitcoin education gets a windfall). In any event, check out the page linked in the first comment to learn more

The obstacle is the way

See you at @PUBKEY in NYC on Monday!

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GM! Excited to be speaking at Adopting Bitcoin! ⚡ #AdoptingBitcoin2025 I have the honor of giving the opening keynote this year See you at the English stage at 10am

Great article from @npub1prvw...sgee about the growth of @My First Bitcoin from a local project into a global movement I'm super bullish on grassroots bitcoin education EVERYWHERE. LFG!

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Great article in @Bitcoin Magazine about the growth of @My First Bitcoin from a local project into a global movement!

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My First Bitcoin Goes Global, Empowering Educators Worldwide

My First Bitcoin, the pioneering Bitcoin education project from El Salvador, is taking its mission global.

The largest city in the United States elected a democratic socialist last night I know a lot of people think he will be a disaster, a kind of one-off. I disagree, I think this is the start of a wave of victories for democratic socialist politicians/ policies. Which, in turn, will create a counter wave of pseudo fascist 'mano duro' type politicians/ policies. (Alternatively you can argue that last night was the counter-wave. Either way, these two trends actually support each other and give the other its reason for existing.) The nation, conscious that the status quo is NOT working for them will seek solutions at the margins and each of us in our own echo chambers will be convinced whatever side we are on is just. This is takes us down a dangerous road Or... There's a third choice for those who want to reject the status quo #Bitcoin

"Each stablecoin transaction that settles in USDT extends the dollar system’s reach and perpetuates the weaponization of money... And every Bitcoiner who accepts that trade off helps build a network where decentralization endures mostly as branding."

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Tether Is Buying Bitcoin’s Revolution, How Devastating Will The Consequences Be?

Is Tether actually undermining the promise of Bitcoin through the practices its use is normalizing in the Bitcoin economy?

Another Sunday hike up San Salvador volcano with my son I mostly carry him in a backpack but each week he walks more on the trails What a joy to watch his love of nature grow ❤️

the problem with self-censorship is that over time it becomes easier I've seen more self-censorship this year than any other time in my life and while some places are better or worse I think its a global trend. Heck, i've self-censored more this year than ever before so I'm definitely sympathetic--speaking truth to power has increasingly scary consequences But this worries me as i think the more we self censor the more we rewire our brain, and the more we all do it the less free & expressive society becomes

Bitcoin is money. I strongly believe that's it's most valuable use case In order to make sure that is the future of Bitcoin there is something extremely important you must do today.... Use Bitcoin as money. Earn it for your work & spend it for your wants and needs. And if you want to do even more, make it easier for others to do the same via education or technology

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