I went to see Oliver Anthony here in Round Rock TX with my wife… Wonderful message and a voice like a bell. amazing performance, I’m so glad I went.

It’s still hard to believe sometimes that bitcoin is casually trading at these prices.

Bitcoin’s “Quantitative Hardening” in the Belgian Financial Times 💪

I’ve learned a lot from Peter Todd over the years. Here’s a discussion of his NOSTR critique: View quoted note →

(US politics) Does anyone else also feel that the Drudge Report has taken a turn to the left? I’ve been reading it for 15 years or so and used to feel that it was sensational but quite neutral in the left-right spectrum. The last 2 years I notice a change, with a lot more negative news focused on Trump vs Biden for example. What do you guys think? New owners perhaps?

Fiat is an acid; a poison that weakens living creatures, that dissolves age old healthy membranes, and that slowly burns away all that is good in the world. Bitcoin is a base; a benign soap that cleanses our wounds; a purifying water that restores life in society’s rivers; a miracle potion that helps us remember songs of truth and virtue.

A Real Rap on Real Estate In the dance of wealth, where truth and lies entwine, Houses once stood, symbols of our design. But beneath the surface, a truth concealed, Fiat’s erosion, their fate was sealed. Deluded buyers, blinded by the lie, Houses crumble as the years fly by. In this tale of shifting wealth and gain, We find reflections of our human bane. So let us heed this cautionary verse, As Bitcoin’s rise calls for a reverse. For in its wake, a shift is seen, To sound construction, long unseen. Classical architecture, born anew, Guiding hands, patient, steady, true. No longer hasty, this time with care, Building legacies beyond compare. For in the ever-changing dance of fate, Bitcoin restores, it does not abate. It’s not just wealth, but values that await, In stone we build, our legacy, innate.

Bitcoin is demonetizing real estate. A lot of “invoosters” chomping at the bit to “buy the dip” in real estate are going to get burnt badly. It’s for the most part essentially a shitcoin, just one that’s slightly less shitty than the dollar.

“I don’t judge buidlers”

Stations of the cross , ATX style

Symmetry in nature, spotted in Austin today. (The pigeon on the right is about to disturb the pattern.)

We forgot to buy vinegar while traveling, and my wife remembered that meat can also be marinated with coffee grounds. We tried, and the skirt steak came out great!

The industry with most desirable goods of its era gets to deliver the power brokers of the world. That’s why we had oil barons, Wall Street titans, and now tech moguls. Most likely, the next generation of global power brokers will emerge from the #bitcoin ecosystem.

To claim you feel hesitant about #bitcoin because its price is volatile, is tantamount to saying that you are a conformist on the topic: "I have mixed feelings about bitcoin because others have mixed feelings about it". And that's okay of course.

Milei Smells Like Teen Spirit

Bitcoin Beggars have the biggest…

Be like Bono 💪 (Me too I started as an activist, even pursued a bachelor in African Studies at University)

The SEC 2FA blunder is an early example of how old world institutions who do not respect the cypherpunk toolbox will lose reputation, money, and eventually sociopolitical relevance, one loss event at a time. No more double standards. In a bitcoin world, it's adapt or die.

A call to crypto flippers Whether or not there is another “alt season”, I invite all you crypto aficionados to redirect your life’s energy, up to now invested in feeding this addiction to coin flipping/“invoosting”, towards cleaning up your act instead. Come join us on the bitcoin front—we have a lot to give, yes, but we need you, too. You see we’re approaching a battle of the ages here. One that will likely involve bank runs, devaluations, and wars in the West. A conflict whose outcomes will certainly impact the lives of our children and many generations after. And for that years’ long struggle our world needs all the help it can get. I have a lot of sympathy for people suffering from behavioral addictions and general lack of impulse control—I struggle with this still myself. In fact I believe addiction is the dominant challenge of our current era, co-created by the fiat system which drastically reduces the rewards people can earn from deferral of gratification and a virtuous life in general. But this is not the place to get in the intellectual weeds. I’m just here to send you, to the best of my ability, a warm invitation to try and clean up your life. I’m here to remind you that the world is worth it, and to valiantly assure you that you are worth it. So get yourself to a meeting (yes the one you’ve been telling yourself you don’t need), pick up that book you bookmarked a while ago, ask someone for advice or support, cue up that meditation podcast, walk a dog, go on a walk in nature, or take a cold shower for 30 seconds. I suggest beginning small, so small that you can take that first step right now. We’re all going to die one day. You know it, and deep down you also know what kind of life will make you feel proud to have lived. Sure, you can keep trying to get that chuckle out of other degen traders, and get on a little buzz by setting up that 10x leveraged play, but deep down you know that is just a poor surrogate for making a real connection with yourself and the rest of this world. Here is the good news: once you start walking the path towards the good life (not as in hedonism but as in doing the right thing), you will, little by little, start noticing that you are in fact not alone, that in fact we are all in this together. You’ll start developing friendships and rekindling old ones that you’d forgotten you lost. And, paradoxically, as you slowly face your fears of “not having enough” head on, you’ll realize you already have so much to be grateful for, and you’ll start to feel happier than you’ve ever been. Help yourself, you’re worth it! Under that thin cynical veneer, a truly beautiful person resides. That person knows in his bones that this little planet, with all its male and female silliness, with its songs of pain and sorrow, this blue-green-orange place teeming with life, is surely worth it too. Your possible reaction to this paragraph, that “meh…” or eye rolling part of you, that’s not all of you, that’s not who you are deep down. There is wonder in you, and joy, and a thirst for worthwhile adventure. If you can’t feel it, it doesn’t mean the sun isn’t there for you, but just that there’s clouds hanging out in your sky. An ominous sky makes place for a cheerful one, over time but inevitably, once one starts walking the path of the good life. So join us my friend. Join us bitcoiners in the fight to defend life and liberty on earth. Lord of the Rings is real, and we are the Hobbits: weak physically, sure, but possessing a unique power to save the world of man. Time to leave the Shire!