Was walking barefoot in the park today and bumped into a longtime acquaintance who has long been a snide Bitcoin sceptic. He revelled in pointing out every Bitcoin dip in the last bear cycle, knowing we’d bought at previous cycle ATHs. He noticed my bare feet and said in his snide tone … “oh, so you’re one of those people” I smiled and happily replied, “Yes, healthy and rich! Go figure…” I’m still smiling!

*The energy force

The Sun is to Life what Bitcoin (money) is to Society… the life blood.

Nevermind @Danny Knowles , @walker has recently put out the podcast I was hoping for with Bob Burnett… the only thing they didn’t cover is, if non profit imperative nation state miners push out corporate miners in the short term? Thanks @walker great pod.

Apple Podcasts

BITCOIN MINING CENTRALIZATION & NATION-STATE GAME THEORY | Bob Burnett (THE Bitcoin Podcast)

Podcast Episode · THE Bitcoin Podcast · 24/01/2025 · 1h 52m

Hey @Danny Knowles , I’d love to see an episode discussing state dominance of Bitcoin mining. This is my thesis of the next epoch of b mining. Nation states ape into mining to secure their ability to transact on the network. Game theory at play to avoid any nation state gaining dominance which would allow transaction censorship. Nations use socialised losses fiat money to fund operations aka no need to be profitable thus corporate miners (with a business imperative to be profitable) are forced out of Bitcoin mining (and maybe pivot to AI data centres. All mining now exclusively done by nation states, home miners and ‘offset’ miners (those without profit imperative or who are generating profit from primary business function. This plays out only so long as fiat is acceptable as money… not too long, maybe a decade or two. I’d love a deep dive on the question, can nation state mining dominance break Bitcoin? If thy enemy of thy enemy is thy friend and Bitcoin is the enemy of all nation states’ power over their people. Could all nation states (jointly with global Bitcoin mining dominance) eventually collude to destroy Bitcoin. I wonder could this potentially be the next step game theory (3) playing out? Right now I see 2 global game theories at play. 1. As per mining discussion above 2. BRICS nations (an alliance of enemies) colluding to break US dollar dominance. Possibly and ironically using Bitcoin to achieve this end. (You could also argue 1&2 are the same play) #austrich

Anyone posting cat videos or photos of food (except steak) will be muted. You have been warned! How good is curating your own feed?

Apple Podcasts

Read_862 - Full Steam Ahead: All Aboard Fiscal Dominance

Podcast Episode · Bitcoin Audible · 14/01/2025 · 1h 26m

This one is excellent. Thank you @Guy Swann who makes these articles so accessible by reading them. It means I can multitask and thus do not need to find extra time in my already busy day to assimilate this quality information.

Today’s 💡moment: Parker Lewis’: Gradually the Suddenly = the 100th monkey effect.

On a Bitcoin standard, those who add the most value to society end up with the most Bitcoin. … think about that for a moment and let it blow your mind and infuriate you into action that this in NOT how money works in our legacy system. Help build the Bitcoin Bridge each and every day.

This looks interesting… View quoted note →

5. I’m building the “Bitcoin” bridge 6. And I’m muting bots called Rachel. View quoted note →

Today I’m living my 5 Agreements 1. I’m being impeccable with my words 2. I’m seeking clarity. 3. I’m knowing other people’s, actions, attitudes and words have everything to do with them and nothing to do with me. 4. I’m doing my very best in every moment. 5. I’m building the bridge.