If we were to redo or add to the US constitution in a re-founding of the US I’d want to add 1. Separation of currency and state 2. Only citizens may donate to political causes and there’s an annual limit (no corporations, no NGOs) 3. Clarify that the right to bear arms includes all that goes into warfare (artillery, fighter jets, cargo planes, fuel, all the way down) 4. The buffet amendment: if deficits go over a certain percent of domestic production sitting congress people cannot be re-elected One of the greatest tricks played by the state over the last hundred or so years is scoping the second amendment to just guns and “personal defense” the real goal should be that there’s more privately held capacity for war than publicly held capacity for war.

Hard money is inevitable in a multi-polar world. Fiat is only sustainable in a unipolar world. When empires collapse the world reverts to hard money. When nations use hard money, there’s less war. Seems like the world would be better without a hegemon. Even though I think the US is exceptional, I think it’d be better if we focussed inward

There are two types of people in this world. Those that are grateful for nothing and those that are grateful for everything they have. It’s so much better to live in gratitude

Yesterday my wife and I were reading Isaiah 65 as part of our Easter practice and it’s a description of heaven. It’s where that famous verses about “lions will eat straw”and “wolves and lambs will eat together” come from. This passage also talks about how living 100 years will be just the beginning for you. And that death and disease will be no more. But something that struck me anew this year was this long description about how people won’t labor in vain, that they will work and get to keep the fruits of their labor. According to God: theft is up there with death and disease as the great injustices of the human condition. I believe you can boil the call of every Christian’s life is to help bring Heaven to Earth. It’s important to work on things that bring Heaven closer, it’s the only worthwhile goal to labor for in this life. Bitcoin is not the savior, but Bitcoin feels aligned with bringing Heaven to Earth. It’s takes power away from corrupt people and reduces the theft perpetrated by those people. I’m glad to be working on something every day that feels aligned with my values and could help all people live better lives. Happy Easter friends.

How overvalued do you think the stock market is? What about houses? I take perverse pleasure in watching asset prices crash because that wealth wasn’t real anyway. I say keep unwinding the cantillonaires’ wealth

If brute force isn’t working. You’re not using enough of it. Learn that at work every day 😂

Fucking hell. Once again Stripe shows why we need Bitcoin. I’ve launched a small tool that folks can use and I charge based on usage. But Stripe in their infinite wisdom has deemed my Stripe account suspicious so they’ve blocked the ability to send my revenue to myself. I thought to myself “that’s fine, no one has paid yet, it’s still early” Come to find out today that everyone that’s tried to pay has been blocked from doing so…. Because my account was deemed suspicious. Sigh. I thought my launch was off to a rocky start… Nope! I was just kneecapped by fiat gatekeepers. Fiat is hell.

The abundant economy of the future requires the unimpeachable scarcity of money.

If you’re an idea person that’s wanted to build something on Nostr, coding with cursor is worth a try. It won’t write great code, it can’t handle big applications, but it can get you from nothing to something. And these days it’s easier than ever to accept payments (fiat or Bitcoin). If anyone wants advice hit me up, I love to help folks get over the hump and build their first project.

Any writers out there? Been trying to write a sci-fi book and could use some advice

Just launched an AI assistant for writing. Like cursor but built for blog posts, books, sermons or video scripts. It’s free to start, pay as you go (no subscription) and I’ll be integrating Bitcoin for paying for credits. Would love any and all feedback!

If I want to accept bitcoin as payment for API credits on my app what’s the best service to use?

Optimism is rebellion in today’s culture. I love Nostr for many reasons but the optimist to pessimist ratio is a big one.

Sooooo hyperinflation wen? Five years?

A future of abundance is more likely today than ever before. People that have fought for decentralization have made tremendous progress. Because of their work, the most important developments in technology are now uncontrollable by elites. We are going to see an explosion of human flourishing powered by abundant intelligence, mechanical labor, more energy than we know what to do with, and hard money. Buckle up folks. It’s gonna be bumpy in the short term, but a bright future is more than possible.

Civilisation is whatever reduces violence between humans. Conquest and theft are the base way to resolve conflicts between humans, and any system we put into place that reduces that is an improvement. Monarchy, theocracy, communism were all innovations that reduced violence for a time but each had a ceiling in its effectiveness because centralized power always leads to corruption. Capitalism is one of the most civilizing forces imaginable. Pushing violent conflict for scarce resources into the realm of competition in business. Democracy pushes political violence into the realm of campaigns and strategic caucusing. These two systems together have no upper limit on how many people they can help, but they backslide when the money is broken. Both need Bitcoin to continue civilising the world and spreading prosperity and freedom throughout the world. Glad to know the people of Nostr because yall are soldiers that fight for fairness, freedom, and human flourishing. Every day I see something that makes the future seem brighter.

Lasting hope is not found, it is cultivated. It requires daily practice reinforced by taking action to improve the world around you.

If Bitcoin was the only currency on earth and every bank was Thanos snapped out of existence…would banks exist 20 years later? I think they would. They’d have less influence and fewer of their products would be profitable, but a Bitcoin future likely involves Bitcoin banks.

Man i can’t wait for a Bitcoin future. I’m in Argentina and I can’t withdraw money from an ATM using my US debit card without a 25% fee but I can’t go to a money changing place and send Bitcoin to get local money. And I can’t find any working Bitcoin ATMs. This is such a stupid problem. There would be serious money in being one of those folks in the park who does money changing but with Bitcoin. Just hold pesos in cash and accept lightning or on chain payments. You could orange pill a ton of folks and save everyone a ton of money. Way more accessible than requiring people to bring US dollars in cash. If you know anyone doing this let me know! I want to use their services.

I’m in Buenos Aires and someone has painted the raw Bitcoin genesis block on a house near where I’m staying. Love it.