Mara and viaBTC signaling for BIP54 consensus cleanup. Genuinely excited as hell that we seem to be getting close to *some sort of soft fork*

Ossification is death. Bitcoin is awesome but has many problems we need to be able to fix as a community and that requires change https://blockspace.media/podcast/the-great-consensus-cleanup-antoine-poinsot-opnext-2026/

GM! Politicians hate you. Hate them back. -Inspired by Erik Cason.

Idk how tf to get the video on Nostr but everyone needs to watch this at least 10 times

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The state hates you; hate it back.

While Vegas is a horrible hellscape the amazing people, especially around the open source stage, make the Bitcoin conference an amazing experience.

Came back and listened again after another assassination attempt on Trump. Fuck…

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Took out a small test self custodial loan via

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Very exciting new option. I hope better options like this are available when my wife and I look to retire as the interest on loans is way cheaper than capital gain taxes.

Evidently no one paid attention in social studies or history, America is not a democracy. It is a federal republic. It certainly tries to embody accountability to the people, but our founders wrote extensively on their fears of democratic governments inevitably devolving into the tyranny of the majority. Please read some actual history or at least the constitution and Declaration of Independence.

Why do no Bitcoin cards support joint accounts? This is one of the most basic requirements for most adult households.

Tried and really liked the new Surge Credit Bitcoin backed loans app. Deposited $1k bitcoin, got $500 in USDC, zipped that around to ensure it was real, closed the loan, and withdrew my bitcoin out. Super cool! Self custodial and lower rates with reasonable trust tradeoffs.

The youngest astronaut on Artemis 2 is 47. Inspiring. Eat healthy and stay in shape and you can have an amazing second half.

It is baffling how much worse California is than even the also terrible federal government https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HFaDyMFaoAAd-Zs?format=jpg&name=large

Me every time someone from northwestern mutual emails to sell financial advice.

Just staring to listen. Hoping they cover how they view themselves versus Spark and Ark which comparatively seem to be taking off much faster. https://fountain.fm/episode/MOihYcrwXg4b1oKcvcsX View quoted note →

In person events are powerful and important, but sadly you must always be cautious. Use real life webs of trust and maintain health skepticism at all times

GM! We are going back to the fucking moon. You can just do things, such as not accept the decline of civilization into a socialist hellscape of nihilism.