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Note how Apple releases these things without asking permission. This is how all companies should behave by default. Don’t ask permission. Release the code. “Don't ask for permission, ask for for forgiveness later” PGP, BitTorrent and so many other world changing tools were released in this way. This is why I like Apple. They are leaders, and actually care about their users to the extent that they will take risks for them on a global scale. Wait till they incorporate Bitcoin. View quoted note →

BITCOIN.

“Congrats on this” “Your pathetic Trump simping is boring and very tiresome” “Its so edgy” Lovely!

This is correct in sentiment, but it doesn't actually mean anything in practice. What does "defending" mean? It means nothing when it comes to how people get Bitcoin. The only way you can preserve the power to buy Bitcoin in ways that you want is to either A: Set up a business that does it B: Promote businesses that do it If you are unwilling or unable to set up a business yourself, you're left with promoting and supporting businesses that provide access to Bitcoin in ways you know are correct. If you fall short of doing this, the obvious question is "why"? Why would you fail to promote businesses that are taking the multivariate risks to provide Bitcoin in the way that you want? How is it that people believe that business can exist without people using them, and that failing to promote and support businesses doing things right is essentially suicidal? How is it that in 2024, there are people who don't understand this, and that particularly in "Bitcoin" the profit motive is frowned upon? If they think that "Non KYC" Bitcoin can spread without businesses being the spreader, why do they not ever offer that alternative, even in outline? Not only do they fail to mention the name of any Bitcoin delivery service, they consistently fail to mention any wallet that does not require personally identifying information (Samourai, Green, Wallet of Satoshi, BlueWallet, Muun, Satoshi, Phoenix and Breez for examples). It's baffling. And of course, Azteco (azte.co) offers access to Bitcoin in the way it should be delivered; exactly the same as email accounts, SIM cards and bags of potatoes. The man in the street who knows nothing about Bitcoin but who encounters it through Azteco first, will never accept any service that asks him for his personal details, not through any philosophical objection, but because he doesn't want his precious time wasted. That will be enough to make "non KYC Bitcoin" the global default, and that's a good thing, because it is a good thing that people have privacy, promote privacy and the people who offer it as a feature. A world without privacy would be a bad place, and silence in the face of evil is evil itself. You defend privacy by openly advocating for it, explaining it, and spreading information about the companies and services ("Ethical Bitcoin") that offer it. This is what you should be doing if you are interested in Bitcoin. No excuses are acceptable in 2024!

"Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave"

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It all led to a single place and tool. You’re in that place now. You have that tool in your hands. What is your ratio?

Wired used to be a publication firmly on the side of Liberty and the potential good of technology and privacy. Now it is nothing more than a laughing stock publication peddling FUD and totalitarianism as desirable. How the times have changed. Gab is doing nothing other than fulfilling the prophecies of the Cypherpunks, standing for core American values and people's right to publish. Wired on the other hand, stands for censorship, central government control, mass surveillance of the innocent, the ripping up of The Constitution and every other evil that they used to be against. It's pitiful. Gab is supported by all real Americans, and that's why it is growing, because as real Americans start to detect the threat to their liberty, they seek a place where they can exercise it, especially their freedom of speech, which is a guaranteed right...something Wired seems to have forgotten. Very sad! https://x.com/basedtorba/status/1803810333900861863?s=46&t=LNe8MN2dQUj_88yB-puY1A

Skeef is 100% correct. You will buy Bitcoin and you will be happy. And don't wait for your favorite Bitcoin Influencer to tell you this is available around the corner from you, or that it has even happened. You will not hear it from them. Very soon, Azteco will be available all over the USA, and we are doing this so that the normie can buy Bitcoin in a trivially easy manner, totally bypassing the 1st generation Bitcoiner thinking and methods. This is the way we will transform Bitcoin distribution, with the aid of the best Bitcoin wallets and a new (to the consumer), better way of thinking about what Bitcoin actually is and how you should get it. When this happens, Bitcoin will be essentially ubiquitous. It will be everywhere, like McDonalds. And there are no “McDonald’s Conferences” or people wearing McDonald’s t-shirts worn by anyone but people who work at McDonald’s. Bitcoin as Burgers and Fries. Bitcoin as Potato Chips. Bitcoin as Steak Frits. Bitcoin as a Pint of Bitter.

"Get bitcoin off exchanges" And THEN WHAT? Get your Bitcoin WHERE? "And get your Bitcoin from Azteco" There, I said if for you/me! Don't compromise when you buy Bitcoin. There is absolutely no reason why you should use an exchange if you are not super rich or a business. If you claim to be a "pleb" you don't get your Bitcoin from an exchange; that's what Patrician, aristocracy class like Jamie Dimon does, not a common pleb who wants to "Stay Humble and Stack Sats". HONESTLY! "PLEB IS AS PLEB DOES", AMIRITE? LOL!

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Bitcoin is not "censorship resistant". It is a database. In order for others not to be able to stop you from using Bitcoin in the way that you desire, you have to use the correct tools. Adam talks about "Clown Show" and "Self Custody" but he doesn't tell you how to do it, even to the extent of sending you to a single link. "Remove yourself"? HOW DO YOU DO THAT? Even the words he is using don't help you find out how to do it. hmmmm, it's 2024, let's ask ChatGPT! * ** *** "How do I remove myself from the political clown show?" Removing yourself from the political scene can involve several strategies, depending on how deeply you want to disengage. Here are some steps you can take: 1. Limit Media Consumption: Reduce your intake of news and political commentary from TV, social media, and news websites. Unfollow or mute accounts and channels that focus on political content. 2. Social Media Detox: Take breaks from social media or limit your usage. Consider using apps that restrict your time on these platforms. 3. Engage in Other Interests: Focus on hobbies, activities, and interests that you enjoy and that do not involve politics. This can help shift your attention and energy. 4. Community Involvement: Get involved in non-political community groups, clubs, or volunteer organizations. This can provide a sense of purpose and connection without the political stress. 5. Mindfulness and Meditation: Practice mindfulness, meditation, or other stress-relief techniques to help manage any anxiety or frustration related to politics. 6. Avoid Political Discussions: Politely steer conversations away from politics with friends, family, and colleagues. It’s okay to set boundaries on what topics you’re comfortable discussing. 7. Curate Your Environment: Surround yourself with people and environments that support your desire to disengage from politics. This might involve spending more time with like-minded individuals or in settings that don’t emphasize political discourse. By taking these steps, you can create a more peaceful and politically-neutral personal environment. * ** *** ..."Meditation" Well, that's not going to help much is it? If I could meditate to store Bitcoin, who would need hardware? Oh dear! https://x.com/adamobrien_/st/adamobrien_/status/1802683201950777767

Ordinals are retarded. Don't be a retard.

Bitcoin is absolutely not "Resistance Money". The people who falsely characterise it in this stupid way overlap perfectly with people who have never encrypted their email and who don't understand what the lock in their browser means. Bitcoin is perfectly ordinary, and a natural extension of what you already do every day without even realising it. Bitcoin is no more "Resistance Money" than WhatsApp is "Resistance Phone Calls". The stupidity of this mischaracterization, even over ten years after Bitcoin was released is breathtaking. And who do these people think they're helping by misleading people in this way? They already believe, incorrectly, that Bitcoin is a tool to "(((RESIST))) OPPRESSION" with and not a mundane tool for everyone every day in every context money is used. By mischaracterising Bitcoin as some sort of challenge to authority, legitimate or illigitimate, they're fomenting resistance to it and not helping spread it. If they understood that spreading Bitcoin helps it help the needy, they would not talk like this.... But what do you expect from people who believe that Bitcoin needs "policy" (PROTIP: it doesn't). Thankfully, despite these INGSOCS, Bitcoin will do exactly what it was designed to do. I can say this because I know something (and many things; that's now proven) that they don't. And...I'M NOT TELLING.

“ZAP if you give a CRAP”.

BEAUTYON'S 21 RULES FOR BITCOIN AS A TOTAL REMEDY FOR SAYLOR'S 21 RULES FOR BITCOIN. 1/ You don’t need to understand Bitcoin to be able to use it. 2/ Nobody cares what you are for or against in maths. 3/ Nobody needs to grasp Bitcoin to do what Bitcoin was designed to do. 4/ Bitcoin is not powered by chaos. Bitcoin is extremely orderly. It is fiat and evil KYC Statists who are for chaos and murder. 5/ Bitcoin has nothing to do with gambling. Bad analogies are anti-Bitcoin. 6/ Bitcoin can’t protect you. 7/ No one owns Bitcoin. It is not an asset or a coin. 8/ The price of Bitcoin doesn’t matter. 9/ Bitcoin is not about winning and losing. 10/ The Matrix is a Science Fiction movie, not reality. 11/ Computer illiterates think knowledge is required to use Bitcoin. 12/ Bitcoin does not destroy models. It enforces them. 13/ Orange Pills are toxic. Don't eat them. 14/ Statists who pretend to be Bitcoiners think there is no problem with fiat. They are gravely mistaken. Don't follow them. 15/ Bitcoin is for everyone. On Bitcoin’s terms, not the Statist’s terms. 16/ Learn how to to think. 17/ Bitcoin can’t change people. It is not LSD. 18/ Laser eyes on avatars can’t make Bitcoin change the world. 19/ Bitcoin is not a person or a pronoun. It does not need and cannot understand “respect”. 20/ Sell your Bitcoin when you need to. Don’t be stupid always. 21/ Stretch out with your hate. Hate the state.

An interesting micro trend is playing out thanks to GEPOTUS signalling support for Bitcoin mining happening in the USA. This character, who is a, "...teacher and Bitcoiner. Author of A Progressive’s Case for Bitcoin.", is s member of the class of "Bitcoiner" for whom everything is academic and not real. This character does not mine Bitcoin, does not sell access to it, does not develop software that runs with it, doesn't design, conceive or do anything that means taking risk. He has written a book. About "Progressivism" (Socialism) and Bitcoin. It's another case of someone trying to shoehorn their bad philosophies into something that everyone agrees is one of the most exciting events ever across several disciplines. This book is not like Saifedean's crucial and essential book, which has a clear purpose and utility in that it tells the truth about economics and Bitcoin to the ignorant simultaneously and very successfully; this is a book designed to steer Bitcoin thinking into Progressivism, to mischaracterize Bitcoin and do all the other fallacious things Progressives do and slobber over. There are other people like this; the "Bitcoin Socialists", the "Community" obsessives and the hyphenated Bitcoiners who plop their self assigned category name as prefix to the word word Bitcoin, thinking that that's any sort of requirement to use and benefit from it or associate with it. Sad! And there are many people who think like this. They on the surface can appear to be Bitcoiners, but in fact all they're doing is reciting from the Bitcoin Cult Liturgy. You've seen them do it most commonly as they try to describe Bitcoin. There are words you must use in the right order to be recognised as a member, and they all do it. I've overheard it whilst wading in a swimming pool on a blistering day in El Zonte. Incredible brainwashing. The illusion breaks however when these same people talk about sound money and "Bitcoin only" and then start promoting Ordinals. They can't understand why Ordinals are toxic to Bitcoin because they never understood what Bitcoin was for, and are using at the most downstream part of it; it's just another excuse for having a rave up... ...and there's nothing wrong with having a party. There is nothing wrong with having a wrong opinion either, especially in a world where Bitcoin is the only money, because in that world, opinions don't matter, Progressivism doesn't matter, Socialism doesn't matter; only Bitcoin Matters, and having Bitcoin, and being able to obtain it and then use it. Jason can believe whatever he wants. He can vote Biden. He can vote Kennedy. None of that matters now that Bitcoin exists...barring WW3, which wipes all the chess pieces off the board. The only thing that matters is the rapid dissemination of Bitcoin to everyone on Earth. PERIOD. Trump Derangement Syndrome is a Real thing. Simply mentioning "Orange Man" to these people drives them berserk with rage; they're victims of Mainstream Media Programming, and of course, they will never admit that they've been brainwashed. Why would they? How could they? Being "Bitcoiners", they've been gulled into believing that they're a breed apart from everyone, and that's very probably not true, since their opinions are completely pedestrian and malleable like the lowest of the lowest common denominator peasant; blowing like a leaf in the wind at the fetid breath of Rachel Maddow and MSNBC whispered into their earwax smeared ear holes. Once again, you will never be rid of these people, Bitcoiner. They are here for the duration of your life. Your job is to protect yourself and your family from them by accumulating Bitcoin, spreading Bitcoin as quickly as possible and using those actions to create a defensive wall to stop their votes from stealing your life from you and your children. You may not like the sound of all of this, and believe that (because this is the way you are) everything you read like this is posturing and said merely for effect. Projection is the base and vulgar fundamental technique the lowbrow mind blind and ignorant use to protect themselves and their threadbare mentalities from upset; it is "ORANGE MAN: BAD" it is "THE PROTOCOL ALLOWS IT" and other things that collectively encapsulate the direct result of fiat and fiat education and brainwashing. Down with it. Down with them all. UP Bitcoin!

It appears (naturally) that some Bitcoiners don't understand at least two things. America is not a totalitarian state. If all Bitcoin mining moved to the USA, and Americans asserted their rights that Bitcoin it not money (which they refuse to concede, being fully paid up members of THE CULT), then there would be... NOTHING TO STOP BITCOIN MINING IN THE USA. IT WOULD BE FULLY PROTECTED UNDER THE LAW; THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION, DULLARDS. https://medium.com/swlh/why-america-cant-regulate-bitcoin-8c77cee8d794 And of course, just because all sane miner owning companies have move to the USA, this does not... PREVENT ANYONE ANYWHERE ELSE ON EARTH FROM RUNNING MINING FARMS IN ANY COUNTRY ON EARTH, YOU COMPLETE, UTTER EEJITS. What GEPOTUS unleashing Bitcoin would do is increase competition at the nation state level, incentivising countries to relent with their retarded Bitcoin regulation, just as what happened with France and its insane regulation of public key cryptography. What's that? YOU "DIDN'T KNOW"? Well read this, you cloth eared numbskull: https://archive.is/1at7u You people really need to brush up on your history! AND...WHO IS "WE"?!

The self righteous and fantastically rich people in the west who have the power to solve these problems many times over are not at all concerned with the plight of other people, and are satisfied with pontificating and endlessly describing the same problem over and over. PATHETIC Thankfully because Bitcoin is software and software can’t care about who writes it, the problems of fiat will be solved by people who can describe a problem, think, and who aren’t Virtue Signalling, playacting cowards. This work is happening without their permission or knowledge. Buying Bitcoin to make payments is going to be the number one use case on Earth. It’s going to be done with Pine wallet, Blue Wallet and Azteco as the means of getting Bitcoin. I’m not speculating by the way. Mr. Jabesi is 100% correct. He can see this thanks to his perspective. Without exposure to different perspectives and the ability to empathise, it is not possible to understand why Bitcoin was written. If you think Bitcoin’s use case is solely a “store of value”, you are parochial, ignorant, mind blind and closed off from reality. You don’t matter. Bitcoin Matters. Bitcoin Exists. Bitcoin doesn’t follow your instructions or fit into your thinking; it is a tool that obeys the person who writes on it. If you understand what it is, you can use it to solve problems. That’s all there is to it. What you believe doesn’t matter. Your limited imagination isn’t the standard that Bitcoin or developers must adhere to. Your lack of imagination, exposure, experience and guts is entirely your problem. It is not the reality. Other people who are not like you and who live in reality are not constrained by you. If you’ve constructed the correct model, written the software to give your ideas the power to act, and have market access, the world can change because you’re not a coward and understand risk, problem solving and entrepreneurialism. The weak and frightened can’t do this. WhatsApp, Airbnb, Uber, Apple, Whisper Systems and others all exhibit the correct way of thinking. If you can’t muster the thinking for yourself, you can try to emulate…but nothing can cure your cowardice. You’ll never build something like Uber, invest in it or be associated. Cowards just don’t have what it takes to change the world. A coward could never build Uber, and similarly the global Bitcoin Unicorn will not be built by or associated with cowards. These are matters of fact, not opinion. Facts don’t care about your feelings. Nothing in the last 1000 years would have been built if men and women spent time describing problems as an end in itself. Definition is the first step only; it isn’t the goal. Solving problems and helping people is the goal. Bitcoin exists to solve a problem. Cowards ignore this. Bitcoin was designed to replace fiat. It wasn’t designed to co exist with it. Many people simply can’t imagine that that goal can be achieved. That’s their problem; the problem of a lack of imagination. Bear in mind, none of these people thought fiat was a problem at all. Do you really think that these imaginationless “recent converts” who want to constrain and pigeonhole Bitcoin can imagine the future? If you do, you’re a fool; these people can’t imagine anything, let alone what the near future will be like. On the other hand developers can. Because entrepreneurs are aiming at a point in the future, they can see a future with their tool in it. The imaginationless can’t, because they don’t even know the tools are in development. Steve jobs knew that no phone in the future would have a keyboard. Normal people scoffed. And YOU are not that stupid because you understand what Bitcoin is, are not a Virtue Signalling coward, and understand that the tools and services of “The Transformation” are being built right now. You don’t just talk about solving problems, you’re solving them by acting. And let me be perfectly clear, and I’ve said this before. People whose role it is to act as educators are essential parts of the Transformation equation. In order for anything to happen people need to be persuaded that Bitcoin is a boon, and not a threat. medium.com/hackernoon/bit… The Transformation needs gifted writers, thinkers and educators like @saifedean who is a perfect example of entrepreneurial spirit, and risk taking with his new education platform set to disrupt the global University system. Universities won’t like it like Banks hate Bitcoin. Version original: https://medium.com/@beautyon_/pathetic-parochial-pusillanimous-2c1c2d6c9dc6

Many years ago, there was a Bitcoin exchange called MPEx, run by the late great Mircea Popescu. The design of this exchange was brilliant and radical on a technical level, an expression of the genius of one of the greatest Bitcoiners; a man who is sorely missed by all true Bitcoiners. This exchange had many users, one of which was infamous altcoiner Erik Voorhees. Mircea Popescu was approached by the US government's SEC to reveal details of Erik's use of MPEx, and Mircea instantly lept to the defense of his client, refusing in the most scintillating and scathing terms to aid the SEC in any way, shape or form. https://archive.is/Qcll3 You can read his responses for yourself

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eye opening, inspiring and highly instructive. This, my dear readers, is exactly how all CEOs should approach any attack from the State, or its infiltrating Apratchicks who have snuck on to the staff. If all CEOs behaved like Mircea Popescu, then many of the problems you as users of Bitcoin experience would vanish in a puff of smoke. All the users complaining and posting screenshots showing Gemini asking weird questions that make absolutely no sense in reference to how they use "their" Bitcoin, that in this or any other universe are considered insane, and all the other "power over" abuses you've seen would not be happening. And Bitcoin would have spread further into the world than it has today as a result. The role of the CEO is not to Virtue Signal by patting the needy on their heads and other showy things that whilst good in a normal world are absolutely bizarre in the real world, where users are under attack and their rights are daily abused and the Bitcoin ecosystem itself is under constant pressure from enemies. If we had more Mircea Popescu types, the Bitcoin ecosystem would be far better off than it is today; more resilient, more widespread and more useful at any scale, since it would not be mediated by cowards and weaklings. Mircea Popescu cannot be a model for anyone I'm afraid, and there is no factory that can produce more of them. Why is that? The reason why, is that what I'm talking about in Mircea Popescu is a man of character. A man who understands what power is, and how to wield it justly. Mircea bailed out OpenBSD

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and did many other things in secret that have changed the course of history for the better; that is what everyone should expect, not Virtue Signalling, pandering and being a willing cowering prisoner in a gaol of your own making as a way of life. It should be obvious to everyone now that when the right man is in charge of something, amazing things can happen that can change the world rapidly. Elon, for all his many faults, has radically shifted the overton window in the matter of free speech, and caused millions of users to breathe easier by having the threat of their speech cut off removed. Imagine if this happened in Bitcoin services! Imagine for a moment, that Bitcoin has no restrictions on how it can be used, and that you can use many services in whatever way you want without any fear that anything can go wrong. Using Bitcoin like using an iPhone to browse the web at will. This is unimaginable for anyone inured to the cancerous adversarial culture that has metastasized in "The Bitcoin Community", but for those not infected, the very idea of this makes goosebumps break out all over your skin. In order for this to come to pass, well designed tools and services that can touch the public are an absolute prerequisite. This is what has been missing for many years for different reasons, but now there is no longer any excuse, and it is a matter of character and will. You've seen how paradigm shifting services have been launched before from different companies run by fearless mavericks. The world is better off when CEOs are fearless mavericks like Mircea Popescu and Steve Jobs; they are the ones that make the great leaps, and they're sorely needed and will always be needed. And in case you can't understand this, this is not about starting a very successful company after the groundwork has been done by mavericks; this is about being a groundbreaking maverick. It's easy to pivot to a keyboardless phone design after Apple have broken the hypnotic Emperor's New Clothes spell of "ALL PHONES NEED KEYBOARDS". Someone had to do it first. Someone had to show some guts. Someone had to reject bad advice. Someone chose not to run away from imaginary problems. Someone chose to take the commercial risk. Bitcoin is going to win. It is a question of when and not if. We know from the death of the AOL era, that all business models that don't conform to reality are destroyed in the end, and that it doesn't matter how big you are now; you will be destroyed by the market and by entrepreneurs with guts and character. Bitcoin is no different. The people who are willfully and ignorantly choosing to serve people in ways that are sub optimal, because some pig ignorant Ambulance Chaser told them to, are going to lose in the end. Losing in this scenario doesn't mean not making money; in 1999, AOL’s market capitalization soared to around $222 billion. But look at them now. Not only is AOL no longer a standalone entity with its own market capitalization; it is now a mere element in a portfolio managed by Apollo Global Management. It's dead. This is the fate of all businesses that are not run by mavericks who embrace risk. Apple is what it is today precisely because Jobs was a risk taker. If you think Apple is big, just wait till the "Final FinTech Unicorn" emerges that will be built on Bitcoin. Nothing like it has been possible in the past, because Bitcoin did not exist. In the "Final FinTech Unicorn" future, Bitcoin regulation will be a thing of the past, just as regulation of the web today is a fantasy of EU witches with short haircuts. The web is an unstoppable force for good. Most people know it and nothing can stop it. The same will be true for Bitcoin, only the changes it will unleash will be far greater than many people can begin to imagine. "Do you want to be remembered as one of the people who helped make it happen, or not?" That is the question everyone needs to ask themselves. I asked ChatGPT to, "List ten of the most revered and beloved tech CEOs of the last 40 years". It returned... 1. Steve Jobs (Apple Inc.) 2. Tim Cook (Apple Inc.) 3. Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX, X) 4. Reed Hastings (Netflix) 5. Jack Ma (Alibaba Group) 6. Shantanu Narayen (Adobe) 7. Marc Benioff (Salesforce) 8. Meg Whitman (HP, eBay) 9. Jensen Huang (NVIDIA) 10. Daniel Zhang (Alibaba Group) Yikes. That's quite the list isn't it? And you can't buy your way on to that list by Virtue Signalling. You've got to earn your place on it by doing real things that serve other people, without fear or favor. Quite the task, isn't it?!