@Giacomo Zucco is like if Socrates and von Mises were to conspire over time (and biology) to have a child . . . I am hard-bitten by more prior years toiling in the dirty fiat mines than most bitcoiners, and a "redneck maxi" for 13 years and counting. To be honest the spam tolerance since 2023 (and now this latest core fiasco) has, perhaps irrationally, made me more disillusioned and frankly pissed off than the block size war (higher stakes). Thanks for this most illuminating conversation. View quoted note →

Hypothesis: @BitBanana is the best mobile wallet for a lightning node runner: connects easily via local network, NWC, and Tor. Other than maybe @ZEUS, is there any other wallet that works as good for lightning node runners? Honest question, I would like to try any/all comers.

Fake financial "crimes" are now prosecuted more fiercely than treason or pedophelia.

In Spain for a week . . . been all over and not seen a single trace or evidence of Bitcoin life. No t-shirts, no stores accepting, no hats, no stickers. Dearly love this country and culture , but honestly feels pretty Euro control-gridded compared to the ugly but in some ways much freer US. We are still early.

Filters don't work, so we have to take away your option to filter. Sincerely, Shitcoiner Enablers

Normie friends: hey, how's that "Bitcoin" thing going? Me: . . . (noticing that their eyes have already glazed over) It's great if you are in a repressive inflationist regime and want to send value peer to peer without the government's approval. But in the US and Europe people thinks it's just nGu or SoV. Conversation over. Every. Single. Time. What am I doing wrong?

I got shellacked in the 2000 tech bust. Later, having thought I learned that lesson, sold some of the best network effect companies for no other reason than to take "profits"; and in so doing left life-changing millions on the table in subsequent runups (MSFT, AMZN). By the time the GFC rolled around, I had red-pilled myself on the unbelievable corruption of the world's fiat monetary system. Back then it wasn't as widely understood as it is today (thanks to Bitcoin). Started slowly stacking gold/silver and not worrying about price. I didn't get hurt in the GFC (other than real estate value decline by 40%) and won't get hurt in the coming monetary reset. I sleep well with neutral assets like Bitcoin that have no captured, corrupted, regulated, or greedy rug-pulling bankster counterparty. Highly recommended for mental well being as the sovereign debt crisis starts to get real and the establishment starts shrieking that something must be done (to stoke more inflation). We are ready. Do your worst.

Sprin gtime in the Northern Rockies.

Under socialism and fiat money, one of the 10 tenets of communism.