Simon (2.₿y.2) Kofah

I feel like a common ending to big monster movies (Jurassic Park, Kong v Gozilla, etc.) is that the monsters end up destroying each other while the protagonists make their dramatic escape. This is my hope for Trump/Musk v the State.

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Now, I don't trust Trump as far as I can throw him. But I have to ask: what is the probability that this shitcoinery is some sort of 4D chess move to distract from his intentions with #bitcoin? Is he even capable of 4D chess?? Given the seriousness and sophistication of some of the people in his orbit, the only other coherent explanation would be outright craven sociopathy/deception. Basically that he's a veritable con artist. No middle ground as far as I can tell. My 2 sats.

Something I've noticed... When large-scale humanitarian crises have happened (e.g. the calamitous Afghanistan withdrawal, Gaza, Helene/Milton, LA fires), displacing large numbers of people, I've observed a disconnect in nocoiners' reaction to bitcoiners. The exchange usually goes something like: Bitcoiner: "imagine how much generational wealth the victims have lost... #Bitcoin fixes this/hold your keys, etc." Nocoiner: what kind of monster peddles Bitcoin at the moment like this? What the nocoiner fails to understand is that in fiat world crypto and trading are entertainment. A game. So, to them, bringing up bitcoin during a moment of profound tragedy is crass at best, sociopathic at worst. It seems tone deaf. They completely miss the fact that #Bitcoin is different. Bitcoiners are different. To us, bitcoin is NOT a game. It is not a slot machine. It is the cure to one of the fundamental ills of human society. It is deadly serious. So at a time of major human loss, this is the EXACT time that Bitcoin should be highlighted.

Random take: the precise word for proof-of-work, in its purest form, existing for its own sake, is 'art.' #artstr

Is Ross getting freed in 2 weeks? #freeross

How to know if you're an NPC? Do you live in the dead center of the Overton window when it comes to EVERY issue? You're probably an NPC.

Is Ross Ulbricht a human orange pill? The behemoth State attempted to ingest and destroy him. Yet now the State appears to be poised to spit him out, transforming in the process into a vessel for an emerging #bitcoin standard. If the Silk Road coins end up being the seeds of a future strategic reserve, this could easily be argued. I do not want to romanticize his plight, because he is not some fictional character. But I can't help but notice that there is something profound about the proposition that one man's freedom was unjustly seized, seemingly as requisite tribute to secure greater human Freedom. It's oddly transactional and takes on a metaphysical significance. My 21 sats. Maybe I'm overthinking it. Wouldn't be the first time. #freeross

Today, I learned that my wife (a seemingly permanently fiat-minded bitcoin skeptic) informed me that she now has a monthly #btc DCA set up I had given up on her 🥹🥹🥹 #soproud nostr:nprofile1qqs964yyepyk02krnpkd2y403hxa2fpn6zgp4kamty3kqyvgg2p658sppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnddakj7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09uypdwl3 ...then we win.

Scrolling through my old coinbase activity from back in the day (when i believed shitcoin hype).... one thing i can't deny is how much fun it was trading all that bullshit Ngl the shitcoin narratives were pretty exciting. Dogshit. But exciting.

I have no doubt the founding fathers would have been nostriches. Ben Franklin would have 1000% had laser eyes.

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Your monetary unit is the equivalent of your economic calorie. When will people comprehend that?

Presupposing a FAIR economic system, if an individual is honest, hard-working, and can delay gratification, over the long arc of time, money/resources WILL gravitate toward them. This is as certain a reality as water finding its way to the lowlands.