On 23 March, a two-block reorg occurred on the Bitcoin network. Some people claimed it was a bug, a vulnerability, or an impending disaster – as is now usual in an environment where debate is turning into a football pitch. But the protocol worked exactly as intended. I discuss this in the new #BitcoinTrain article. View article →

In the latest article of #BitcoinTrain, I explain how Bitcoin is being used by the Iranian regime to circumvent sanctions, but also by ordinary Iranians to survive the war and escape repression. Some see this as a problem, because Bitcoin has no compliance office to decide who deserves to use it. It has no board of directors that can be pressured by governments, nor a switch that someone can flip when the narrative changes. History teaches us that every financial instrument controlled by someone has been used as a weapon against someone else. Anyone who wants money that discriminates wants a weapon, not money. View article →

If an AI model were free to choose how to store and transfer value, which asset would it select? According to the Bitcoin Policy Institute, the answer is Bitcoin, and it would do so based on objective characteristics: mathematical verifiability, the absence of intermediaries, immutable rules, and resistance to censorship. It’s an interesting prospect, if it wasn’t for one small detail: machines, today, don’t make decisions. The decisions are made by the people who programme them, the companies that fund them, and the governments that regulate them. So the real question is not ‘what would an AI choose?’ but ‘who controls what the AI can choose?’ That is the game being played right now. View article →

In the new edition of #BitcoinTrain I address a question that has been circulating in my mind for quite some time: when AI makes everything abundant, what will still retain value? Block has just cut 40% of its workforce in a single move. Human labor will increasingly become less necessary as more and more goods and services are produced automatically at extremely low cost. But in an economy of artificial abundance, which assets truly survive? The answer may lie in a single word: scarcity. Not the kind designed at a drafting table. Not the kind simulated by software or marketing. The real kind. The kind that no language model, no data center, no GPU can replicate or inflate. The final scarcity. View article →

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In the new article I address what is happening in France: something that should terrify anyone who declares their bitcoins "to be on the safe side". Criminal gangs are accessing the tax data of bitcoiners. Names, addresses, estimated assets. Everything the state has collected in the name of 'transparency' and 'anti-money laundering' has become a shopping list for those who want to rob and seize. KYC is sold as a shield, when it is a database of high-value targets, accessible to anyone with the right connections or simply the right corruption. And corruption, in the nerve centres of state bureaucracies, is never lacking. The right question to ask is: who really needs to collect all this data? Honest citizens, who are profiled and filed? Or those – the state or criminals, the difference is non-existent – who have an interest in knowing exactly where the wealth is and who holds it? Bitcoin was created as a response to this problem, and the manhunt is already on. If you wanted to sleep peacefully, frightened by the propaganda of public thugs, perhaps your address has already been compromised. View article →

Any tool to publish long form articles here on Nostr, other than Highlighter?

How to avoid tariffs: Don't make the invoice; Get paid in bitcoin. Thank you for your attention.

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Double Attack on [#Bitcoin](/t/Bitcoin) from the ECB and the FED. The synchronicity with which the ECB and the Federal Reserve attempt to discredit Bitcoin with two new papers—filled with arguments as strategic as they are fragile—is curious. ECB: In the document titled “The Distributive Effects of Bitcoin,” Ulrich Bindseil and Jürgen Schaaf assert that “Bitcoin does not increase the productive potential of the economy.” They go on to claim that Bitcoin’s alleged value stems solely from “speculation,” which is bound to “benefit early entrants at the expense of newcomers.” Basically, Bindseil and Schaaf have discovered the wonderful world of supply and demand dynamics within that mysterious entity called “the market”—perhaps too complex to grasp for those dreaming of a Soviet-style economy. FED: The Federal Reserve of Minneapolis doubles down in their paper “Unique Implementation of Permanent Primary Deficits?” suggesting that if Bitcoin became widespread, the government would no longer be able to generate deficits. “The government could simply make Bitcoin illegal.” The fallacies in the arguments of the money monopolists are addressed in a counter-paper that debunks the arguments from Frankfurt point by point. The new edition of [#BitcoinTrain](/t/BitcoinTrain) is now online! View article → https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqx67uaxlruf7hpw4f5mtcxdyrq85fn56em4696s3p7020xa34tnwqy2hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytn00p68ytnyv4mz7qp9235x2t2nwaskut2ndahxwtt0vck5xetww3exzmpdgfsku6mn95erqmntv5esz7un0w

The real Bitcoin country is the Kingdom of Bhutan. It literally has more than twice the Bitcoin holdings of El Salvador 🤣 https://atlas21.com/bhutan-is-the-fourth-country-in-the-world-by-number-of-bitcoins-thanks-to-mining/

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Will London prove to be a good first mover in Europe? In the new issue of #BitcoinTrain, I analyze the pros and cons of the new bill that aims to recognize bitcoin as private property. Enjoy! [https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqx67uaxlruf7hpw4f5mtcxdyrq85fn56em4696s3p7020xa34tnwqqh5y6t5vdhkjm3d2pex7ur9wf68jt2jd9nksarn9425kttn94rxjunnwsk4xar9wpej67phx9j82mctt0uxw](https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqx67uaxlruf7hpw4f5mtcxdyrq85fn56em4696s3p7020xa34tnwqqh5y6t5vdhkjm3d2pex7ur9wf68jt2jd9nksarn9425kttn94rxjunnwsk4xar9wpej67phx9j82mctt0uxw) #bitcoin #property rights #UK View article → https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqx67uaxlruf7hpw4f5mtcxdyrq85fn56em4696s3p7020xa34tnwqyd8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnrv4exxct5wfhhvcfwd4jj7qp0gf5hgcm0d9hz65rjdacx2un50yk4y6t8dp68xt24fvkhxt2xd9e8xapd2d6x2urn94urwvtyw4hskdnnsy

Three years ago, as the Bitcoin Law was coming into effect in El Salvador, I began my journey as a Bitcoin journalist. I started writing a newsletter in my native language, Italian, and called it 'Bitcoin Train.’ It’s a weekly newsletter that, starting from the latest news, delves into Bitcoin, its implications, and related topics. I named it this way because Bitcoin is a long journey, filled with an almost infinite number of stops. From the initial orange pill to a deeper understanding of the world around us, to a radical shift in perspective, and passing through countless other stages along the way. After just a few months, I realized that Bitcoin Train was gaining traction and could become something significant. I left my full-time job as a press officer, and within just over a year, the newsletter became my full-time occupation. Today, it is the largest Bitcoin-only newsletter in Italy. Today, three years since its inception, I want to take it a step further. The events of the past few weeks have made me realize that Nostr could become a crucial technology for freedom of expression in the future, and as a journalist, I’ve decided to bet on it. Starting today, I will publish the English version of my in-depth articles weekly here, on Nostr. I won’t rely on Substack, Beehiiv, Medium, or other platforms. The articles will be published here, openly. Soon, I’ll publish an article dedicated to the importance of Nostr and its ties to the events of the past few weeks involving Telegram, Meta, and X. The journey begins.

Final panel at #BH2024 with @jack @jack mallers @ODELL debating about the future of #Bitcoin businesses. @ODELL: “I think every business is going to be a Bitcoin business.” @jack mallers: “10 years from now, every company will be a Bitcoin company.” @jack : “Every company will have to use Bitcoin but I would hate if the only way to interact with Bitcoin would be only through Bitcoin companies.”

TLDR: Trump has no freaking clue of what Bitcoin is

GM. If you are excited about Trump's participation in a conference, something went wrong with your bitcoin learning curve.

Incredible research by @Troy Cross proving a very interesting fact. Activism in #Bitcoin is often influenced by very clear values, but ownership is not. Bitcoin ownership is extremely heterogeneous and covers moderates, conservatives, liberals as well as different religions, races, social classes, economic classes, educational degrees, etc. Find here the whole research by The Nakamoto Project: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6644db90e58a1fbeb1c70ddc/669f69702fa1b4b3bf09dbac_TNP%20Q3%202024%20Report%20(Digital).pdf