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Erik Valium
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Coffee - Motorcycles - #Bitcoin
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Erik Valium 3 months ago
How to destroy a society, - Make art ugly - Make porn free - Make God a joke - Make food poison - Make Dads optional - Make politicians rich - Make money worthless - Make buildings oppressive - Make men and women compete - Make children hate their ancestors #bitcoin #nostr
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Erik Valium 3 months ago
We are not political rivals anymore, we are enemies. RIP Charlie Kirk image
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Erik Valium 3 months ago
The United States of America needs a God more than ever.
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Erik Valium 4 months ago
There is nothing more violent than a LEFTARD.
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Erik Valium 4 months ago
Tolerance of evil is not a Christian Virtue.
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Erik Valium 4 months ago
Decir que tienes Bitcoin pero NO bajo tu custodia, es como decir que tienes abuelita pero muerta. 🤣 #bitcoin #hola
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Erik Valium 4 months ago
Let’s f*cking go !!!!!!!!! Finally I can pay with REAL MONEY for one of my favorite products and brand. @strike #bitcoin #privacy #nostr image
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Erik Valium 4 months ago
The truth will set us free. #bitcoin #nostr
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Erik Valium 4 months ago
Common normie “arguments” against #bitcoin : 1. Confusion between value and direct utility: You argue that Bitcoin has no "direct utilitarian value." However, this view ignores Bitcoin's primary utility: enabling free and censorship-resistant transactions without government or corporate intermediaries. 2. Criticism of speculation: Speculation is not a negative characteristic unique to Bitcoin. It is inherent to all assets, including fiat currencies, stocks, and property. Speculation allows for price discovery and efficient resource allocation. Bitcoin is no different; its speculation reflects its gradual adoption and the uncertainty inherent in any emerging technology. 3. Misinterpreted energy costs: You highlight Bitcoin's high energy consumption as inherently negative. This ignores the fact that Bitcoin's security and resistance to manipulation depend directly on this energy expenditure. Furthermore, much of its mining uses renewable energy and helps optimize energy production by consuming excess electricity generation. 4. Backing Fallacy: The criticism that Bitcoin lacks backing ignores the fact that fiat currencies also lack tangible backing beyond the coercive power of states. The value of money, traditional or digital, derives solely from the social agreement on its usefulness as a medium of exchange and store of value. Bitcoin simply exchanges trust in centralized institutions for cryptographically provable mathematical trust. (If you have a PhD in mathematics, you could prove this provably.) 5. Misunderstanding of Decentralization: You perceive decentralization as a weakness because it prevents government control. This is precisely its central virtue: eliminating political manipulation, arbitrary inflation, and authoritarian control of money, restoring monetary sovereignty to the individual. 6. Simplistic Reduction of Historical Value: You attempt to discredit Bitcoin by highlighting supposedly murky origins linked to online gambling. This genetic fallacy completely ignores the actual evolution of Bitcoin, whose open, auditable, and verifiable code frees it from its initial context. Furthermore, its origin is irrelevant to its current and future usefulness. 7. Mistake about El Salvador and Nigeria: Minimizing Bitcoin adoption in economies with severe monetary problems ignores the critical importance of a currency that is resistant to inflation and state control. In contexts where fiat money fails, Bitcoin has demonstrated unquestionable practical value. 8. Confusion between narrative and reality: Criticism about the "religious" narrative around Bitcoin ignores the fact that all currencies, including fiat currencies, require trust and a common narrative to function. Bitcoin's libertarian and decentralized narrative is no more irrational than the narrative of blind trust in central banks that generates inflation and recurring crises. 9. Mistake in comparative analysis: Comparing Bitcoin's value to productive companies like Alphabet ignores the fact that Bitcoin is not intended to be productive in industrial terms. Its function is to protect value against inflation and political manipulation. Bitcoin is more comparable to gold or global fiat currencies than to corporate stocks. 10. Ignorance of the network effect: Bitcoin benefits enormously from the network effect. Its utility and value increase exponentially with each new user, creating a natural resistance against marginal competitors that lack the same security, adoption, and trust built up over more than a decade of existence. Bitcoin's true value lies in returning financial sovereignty to the individual. It does not depend on politicians or central banks; its backing is mathematical, and its strength is freedom. The fiat system is speculative, and it is printed without limits. From: @digresor
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Erik Valium 5 months ago
Freedom without privacy is an illusion #bitcoin #nostr
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Erik Valium 5 months ago
When someone tells me they like Starbucks coffee, my first thought is that this person likely views shit-coins as a safe store of value for their life savings. #bitcoin #nostr