On this day - February 23rd 1836 - a group of Texian (and Tennessee) heroes settled in for what would become the siege of the Alamo. Demanding surrender, William B. Travis responded to Santa Anna with a cannon shot. Their demonstration of courage that ended March 6th has become core to the identity of every Texan that followed. It doesn’t surprise me that bitcoin is beloved here.

AI lobotomist is possibly a sadder job than Only Fans girl. Saddest is still XRP public/nveator relations.

Ditch the SXSW shitcoining and join us at the Bitcoin Commons for the Bitcoin Takeover during SX. As always, a great lineup followed by a live RHR.

I’ve created a lot of spitecoiners over the years. From what I can tell, BlackRock didn’t get a sat off of any of them. Underrated bitcoiners.

Unpasteurized salted butter is more important than bitcoin.

For when you begrudgingly must accept fiat…Zaprite has added Square payments (cc, ACH, Google/Apple pay, and Cash App Pay) for invoices, payment links, and woo commerce stores.

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I like paying for the software I use. Very happy to be paying for Damus. I hope a lot of you will.

Texas is far larger than Washington DC. Look how puny it looks in comparison. DC doesn’t stand a chance.

Texas flexing their sovereign muscles. Bitcoin maximalists should also be 10th amendment maximalists. This type of fortitude will matter for the Bitcoin economy in the United States. View quoted note →

We’ve reached the midway point in the Invariants of Building Software series. Invariant 3: Don’t Build Without a Plan. We’re talking writing code, because we have a plan. Let’s “wire in” (which is a real thing) like the dorks at Facebook and Build.

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Invariant 3: Don't Build Without a Plan

In Invariant 2: Don’t Design Without a Strategy, we ended up with a spec and schedule. We could have ended up with a number of other artifacts, b...

Since opening their owned and operated processing plant in Lulling, K&C in Austin is on a roll. Everything rules. 3.5 lbs of denver and chuck eye. Oh, they take bitcoin too. https://kandccattle.com/collections/all

Prepare yourselves for Texans freaking out over sub 32 degree weather.

Paper bitcoin for thee, but not for me.

After 12 years learning about bitcoin, I’m thankful for the incoming effort posts from 5th year Wall Street associates. So much to learn.

My good friend and Nostr enthusiast, Parker Lewis, is going to be at Bitcoin Park in Nashville July 17-19. @Rod and @ODELL have arranged a book signing for the 17th. If you’re attending the mining summit (it’s going to rule), order a first edition copy of Gradually, Then Suddenly by Wednesday so we can get your copy to Nashville in time.

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DEI rebranding as AI safety. It’s not about any particular ideology or mission, just paychecks for the unproductive.

Most people I know working in AI are the most pessimistic people in my social circles. Most people I know working on bitcoin are the most optimistic people in my social circles. Lines up pretty well with Peter Thiel’s communist vs libertarian framing of AI and bitcoin years ago.