When somebody says that “Bitcoin has already won” or something similar, pay attention to what: - they mean by Bitcoin winning - they themselves are doing This is the first paragraph of the Bitcoin White Paper: “A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.” Are we living in a world, where Bitcoin is used as peer-to-peer cash and sent directly from one party to another without going through financial institutions? I would say that we are pretty f@cking far away from that. But we will get there when we stay vigilant and keep working. #bitcoin #btc #money #freedom #privacy

Michael Saylor is the master of persuasion. He moves the goalposts all the time. Little by little. Somehow Saylor managed to become the number 1 hero to many Bitcoiners WITHOUT ever embracing the idea of peer-to-peer cash. Satoshi probably knew that this kind of dudes would appear, so he decided to start the white paper with the following words: “A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.” It seems it was not clear enough. Perhaps Satoshi should have written the keywords with ALL CAPS, so that when people like Saylor come to the scene and start talking about “digital property” or “digital Manhattan”, then Bitcoiners would have just asked: “What the fuck dude?” Just think about this: Saylor successfully branded himself as the most famous Bitcoin maximalist without EVER embracing the idea of peer-to-peer cash. But at least in the very beginning he had sayings, such as “there is no second best”. Now (just a couple of years later) Saylor has transformed into a total shitcoiner, who is excited about an imaginary Katy Perry token, existing shitcoins, crypto economy, digital assets, digital credit, et cetera. If Saylor had talked like this when he first came to the scene, he would have had as much respect as Raoul Pal and the Bankless dudes have in the Bitcoin community. But, thanks to the fact that he has moved the goalposts little by little, Saylor is STILL the most famous “Bitcoiner”. How the hell did he (they) do it? I cannot believe that Saylor came to the Bitcoin scene with good intentions. This is Saylor’s keynote in BTC in DC: #Bitcoin #BTC #digitalcredit #MichaelSaylor #Saylor #Microstrategy #Strategy #Satoshi #SatoshiNakamoto #Nakamoto #Whitepaper #money #inflation #digitalassets #cryptoeconomy #money #digitalcapital

Bitcoin Policy Institute: “Venezuela needs USDT stablecoins so that they can have democracy” #Bitcoin #Venezuela #USDT #Tether #stablecoins #democracy #BTC #Maduro #Trump

Stablecoin Policy Institute, sorry -- I meant to write Bitcoin Policy Institute -- published an article on how stablecoins can help rebuild post-Maduro Venezuela by rapidly restoring dollar-based financial stability, enabling inclusion, humanitarian aid, and reinforcing U.S. economic influence.

How Stablecoins Will Play a Key Role in America’s Plan for Post-Maduro Venezuela | Bitcoin Policy Institute

How the U.S. could use dollar-backed stablecoins to shape Venezuela’s post-crisis recovery, expand financial influence, and counter rival monetar...

All the keywords… “enabling inclusion” 😂 Is this even meant to be taken seriously or is this some kind of an early April Fools’ Day joke? Not a word about Bitcoin in this article, but lots of stuff about stablecoins, digital assets and crypto... And of course lots of talk about Venezuela’s “pivotal transition toward democracy”. Has the writer Jorge Jraissati (a Venezuelan native, a fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute and president of the Economic Inclusion Group) forgotten this well-known fact? Jraissati writes: “Now that the GENIUS Act is law, the U.S. government should use the speed of stablecoins to accelerate the reconstruction of Venezuelan markets. This is a necessary first step toward achieving success in rebuilding democratic institutions in my home country, as democracy cannot survive without economic development.” So... "Now that the GENIUS Act is law, Venezuela is ready for democracy" 😂 This could be written by one of the Young Global Leaders of World Ecenomic Forum. 🤣 #digitalassets #crypto #stablecoins #USDT #USDC #venezuela #maduro #Bitcoin #BTC #BTCpolicyinstitute #BitcoinPolicyInstitute #WEF