Btw, late night thought. I don’t think much about the Bitcoin mining world, even though I run multiple miners at home. But large Bitcoin Mining co’s pivoting to AI signals to me only that they were lost at sea, scared, and uncommitted to Bitcoin mining. If I ran a large BTC mining op and understood my business, pivoting to some new upstart model is not something I’d even consider. And if I did, I’d dip toes only and not talk about it. Mark my words: the co’s doing this will suck just as bad in AI as they did in Bitcoin.

All “building” on Bitcoin is Ego. If it doesn’t affect the core network, then let bygones be. But if building on Bitcoin requires Bitcoin to change, it’s inherently destructive. This is literally written in great Spiritual texts.

It’s often noted that there is only 1 reason to Buy but there are 1,000 reasons to Sell. If you haven’t just Bought or about to Sell, THERE ARE 0 REASONS NOT TO TAKE SELF-CUSTODY.

This is a great question. View quoted note →

“Editing” is one of the most important developments in Human civilization. Across all communications, EXCEPT when your loved one needs to tell you about their day. I’ve spent decades defending the need to edit Shakespeare’s plays. Audiences overwhelmingly love it, only the poet-autists piss and moan. View quoted note →

If you do not think, feel and sense that a fundamental shock is about to happen to the human race, you are an IDIOT. If you have intuited a shock is coming, but substantially pin your hopes on Political action, you are a SOCIOPATH. If you are not making basic, practical plans for a disruption of your way of life that may last months [maybe more maybe less] you are a DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS. Life is not about what actually happens. For that we depend on family & community. Life is about work and forebearance. “Hope for the best, Prepare for the worst, Accept what comes.” Will you provide for your loved ones tomorrow, will you provide for your loved ones next week, will you provide for your loved ones next month, will you provide for your loved ones next year…. This is what we know it means to be a grown-up human being.

A shout out to Bonzo Dog Dooh Dah Band fans. And tangentially, Death Cab For Cutie fans, I guess.

what about a tool that simply scums & cross-references Bitcoin UTXO, open source? It wouldn’t have to be dynamic, but would community-check CryptoQuant, et al. View quoted note →

I saw this recently, saved it, and cannot do justice to the OP.

Modern media Politics is porn for people who want to control the world. It is nothing more.

Just got a response from: @Daisy ✨ fully feeling it wasn’t a bot. Then the feed-wash came in, none of which seemed AI until I read them back to back. Social media is broken. OSSIFY

Eric Weinstein was asked, years ago, that if he could magically make everyone understand one single idea what would it be, and he answered he wished people could understand the concept of “kayfabe”. Kayfabe was almost unknown then outside of wrestling circles, which he fully acknowledged, and in Eric fashion he described how it was a concept worthy of worldwide regard. I’m noting this because, happily, what seemed then to be such a fringely specific prescription for societal healing is now being more fully recognized - at least to the extent it’s easy to talk about in intelligent conversation. So super-fucking kudos to Eric Weinstein for genuinely identifying and predicting an important meme. That the people in power only pretend to fight. To fleece the peanut gallery.

Does anyone have real-world experience dealing with corporate American health-care on a cash basis? I often hear that you can offer cash and get greatly discounted rates/fees, but that seems really sus. Is it worth me calling my local hospital billing dept about that? I’m aware of CrowdHealth, but it’s not considered insurance so it’s my belief I’ll still be required to have additional “real” health insurance…? My goal is to not have to rely on a job (or AMA) to provide my insurance, but since I’ve never actually had to deal with health insurance I don’t have experience in the IRL of saying “how much will this be if I pay cash?” I appreciate any guidance in this regard.

How close were we to Satoshi Nakamoto settling on the name Bytecoin?

It is. I have come to believe that maybe that IS the purpose of God putting tiny fractions of His consciousness into Us in this material world that seems to just grind and separate us into “tried as hard as She/He could” - or - “couldn’t do it anymore and gave up”. It helps to seek out for other people to help keep you keeping on in the grind. If you can read the right people. And eventually you may have to abandon those who only take you so far. I’ve come to believe none of us were put here to “Succeed”, which I did, for so long. Now I believe I was put here to learn how to find Humility, Community, and Peace as well as I can. Which is an epic journey, and even typing that out now feels dishonest somehow, but that’s the best way I can express my response to your post…which I felt was so simple and worthy of a response. Anyway…Here’s a kitten pic: View quoted note →

It’s the Invisible Boogeyman playbook. They use concepts you can know nothing about, against you. Let that sink in: If YOU can know nothing about the boogeymen you need to be afraid of - which they feed you - then its likely those boogeymen don’t exist. Anything invisible to Everyone but magically affecting Everyone is a Media Asset. That’s Mindwarping, Mindscaping, whatever the term is now. It probably started with the “Red Scare”, but it’s been on replay all our lives: Russia/Red Scare, Y2K, Terrorists, Covid, Antifa, all the minor leagues of Devil worship, “ICE” the drug, Killer Bees, Murder Hornets… It’s scare-porn. And if you’re following financial news it’s scare-porn on steroids, because scare-porn is MOST effective in financial markets. So it’s tested there first. Financial “Professionals” are always the quickest to be duped by Media Propaganda. They’re not stupid, by any means, but they’re the most influenceable, so the ring pulls tightest in their nostrils. And they are castrates in how they react. Fade the noise, follow Signal. That has always been the mantra of the class above you.

I have an aging cat right now that just suddenly cuddled up to be close to me, and now whatever I came online to post about all the problems of the world seems kinda meh. Appreciate you.

Looking back we will always realize we had to see Gold re-gain the crown. Then Bitcoin the true heir-apparent.

Unpopular Nostr Opinion: I’m old enough to remember that when rich folk start losing money the Fed always, ALWAYS steps in to make them rich again - overnight. After they bagged their game…which they telegraphed beforehand. I suspect only a handful of people I know are spotting the telegraph, so I’m not confident about anything rn. But currencies, bonds, and sound money are all spinning so very fucking askew that whatever the target is it’s serious and the globe is going to pay for it when they execute it. When the blood they seek is in their hands…the refunding will be Spectacular. Game-changing. But Do not try to second-guess this, Bitcoiner. Because this is not simply a falling knife. We know nothing about the game being played. Now - IMHO - is the time to go underground, like the proverbial shrew before the asteroid. Now is the time when stay Humble matters most. Now - again, my stupid-ass Internet rando opinion - is when you need to prepare for Fourth Turning, full Prepper, hodl your family close, learn and love to make beans and bread and rice, abandon the cities and find a rural lifeboat, et al. Because the global, primal signals that have been ignored, then laughed at, then fought, are crazy clear about to win. And we may be wrong again, no doubt. But you won’t miss out, so don’t try to catch the bottom of a falling knife. I, personally, am going underground. Keeping mine what is mine. This is bigger than a COVID event. PEOPLE are an expendable resource to those who exist for Fiat money. No, this is a Fiat money epidemic.

I just saw a Reuters title and the powers that be are attempting to re-name “Bitcoin Treasury Cos” as “Crypto Hoarding Cos”. Makes me wonder about recent speculation that Wall St has indeed been orchestrating this decline specifically to bankrupt Michael Saylor et all and buy their stack at fire-sale discount…