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Bitcoin podcast host, educator and media commentator

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I asked ChatGPT: If God were to create an ideal money for humanity, what form would it take and what would be its properties? Its response: If we imagine God creating an ideal money for humanity, it would likely have the following properties—reflecting principles of fairness, stability, and universal access: ⸻ 1. Universally Accessible •Everyone could use it regardless of nationality, wealth, or social status. •No barriers to entry: you wouldn’t need permission from banks or governments. ⸻ 2. Scarce but Divisible •Supply would be finite to preserve value over time. •Divisible into very small units so that both large and tiny transactions are possible. ⸻ 3. Durable and Permanent •It would not degrade, rot, or disappear with time. •Value would persist for centuries without requiring trust in any authority. ⸻ 4. Transportable and Borderless •Easily transferable across any distance, instantly if possible. •Works the same everywhere on Earth (and potentially beyond). ⸻ 5. Neutral and Trustless •No single group, government, or elite could manipulate or control it. •Rules of issuance and supply would be transparent and unchangeable. ⸻ 6. Stable but Free Market–Based •Its value would reflect supply and demand, not decrees from rulers. •Over time, its stability would come from broad adoption and trust. ⸻ 7. Private but Verifiable •People could transact without surveillance, yet the system itself would remain auditable and incorruptible. ⸻ 8. Energy-Rooted or Natural-Law–Anchored •It would be tied to something fundamental, like energy, mathematics, or nature’s scarcity—so its properties are unforgeable. ⸻ 9. Resistant to Corruption •Cannot be counterfeited, debased, or inflated at will. •Protects savers and workers from hidden theft through money printing. ⸻ 10. Global Standard of Truth •Serves as a universal language of value across cultures. •Creates fairness by aligning incentives: work today is worth the same tomorrow. ⸻ In many ways, this description maps almost perfectly onto Bitcoin’s design: fixed supply (21 million), infinite divisibility (sats), borderless transfer, neutrality (no issuer), cryptographic verifiability, durability, and energy-based security. If God created an ideal money, humanity may already have stumbled into it—or at least something very close.
2025-09-30 19:52:48 from 1 relay(s) View Thread →
Absolutely loved this interview with nostr:nprofile1qqsw4v882mfjhq9u63j08kzyhqzqxqc8tgf740p4nxnk9jdv02u37ncpzpmhxue69uhh2uewwf38ytnzd9hszymhwden5te0wfjkcctev93xcefwdaexwch6ler. She always breaks things down so thoughtfully without the dramatic boom and doom predictions of other analysts. Audio on nostr:nprofile1qqsx2wyjt6lmvc05rrvv05r5hm3w3t7h0pcpmkyswrpd4ymd2u09tscpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vp39e3x7mr59ehkyum9wfmx2uspr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmqx897vd: https://fountain.fm/episode/JMO063nO6xHKeRuRy6vv Video: https://youtu.be/to7FF7ZmBl0?si=hnBSHvlO2DAfF9fY
2025-09-25 18:47:55 from 1 relay(s) View Thread →
Like so many of you, I’ve been having a very difficult time processing the senseless act of evil and violence that took Charlie Kirk’s life. Charlie was a man of deep faith, and I take comfort in my belief that his soul is now experiencing eternal peace with his Creator. What has weighed most heavily on my heart all week is not just the loss of his inspiring voice, but thinking about his wife Erika and her unimaginable pain, and their two beloved children – who are far too young to understand why their father won’t be coming home. Seeing Erika grieving beside his casket and hearing that their daughter has been asking “where is daddy?” has gutted me. A coward robbed them of life’s most precious and priceless gifts: growing old together, watching their children grow, and building memories as a family. I don’t often speak on politics publicly because things have become so divided and frankly because I have been disenchanted by both parties throughout my life. I’ve chosen to stay in my lane because the one thing that has given me hope in this broken world is Bitcoin. Not because it belongs to one side or the other, but because I believe it is something that we can all eventually get behind together. What truly unites us are deeper truths: freedom, connection, love, faith, and hope. Charlie understood this. I firmly believe the deeper source of our division, and the despair we see everywhere today, is a symptom of the corruption of our money. When money is monopolized for the benefit of a select few and stripped of its integrity, everything in society begins to erode – our morals, our responsibility, our long-term vision, even our sense of purpose. That is the world we live in today, where too many young people have lost hope. And yet Charlie rose in that moment. He awakened a movement of young people who were handed a mountain of debt, broken institutions, and a world stripped of trust, and he inspired them to believe in a better future. That’s extraordinary. Charlie embodied so much of what our community aspires to: courage, truth, responsibility. And I have long believed that he was poised to become one of Bitcoin’s strongest and most eloquent advocates. There are two things you cannot kill: a soul, and an idea. I pray deeply for Charlie’s soul, and I know the ideas he championed will live on in the hearts of millions. I pray for his family, his friends, his community, and his followers. He left behind a lasting and important legacy. And because of him, I believe more people will be moved to find purpose and peacefully fight for their freedoms, in whatever ways they can. God bless Charlie. As a dear friend so eloquently put it: Charlie will now do his work from above, and it’s up to us to take it from here.
2025-09-13 16:46:42 from 1 relay(s) View Thread →