Bitcoin has many properties. Its influence on your psyche is its most powerful. This applies to both individuals and businesses. The world isn't prepared for an economy built by founders who have had their brains re-wired by bitcoin's incentives. View article →

Keir Starmer just pulled a classic move out of the problem-reaction-solution playbook that despotic governments like to use on populaces they'd like to control. He supported Labour's immigration policy and is now insituting a digital ID to "fix it". View article →

While everyone is focused on bitcoin treasury companies, stablecoins and real world asset tokenization, bitcoiners are building the future tech stack of the distributed banking system on top of bitcoin. Exhibit 256: View article →

The midjourney prompt for the thumbnail I used for my newsletter tonight did not ask for demons in the background with Gavin Newsome. It simply added them itself. Interesting.

If at first you fail to convince people with good ideas, make it illegal for them to share their own ideas. View article →

The California Senate just passed SB-771 Personal rights: liability: social media platforms, which essentially negates Section 230 and will make social media platforms liable for any "hate speech" published on their platforms. This is not getting much attention, but it would be a terrible precedent to set and would put X, YouTube, Meta, Twitch and other platforms at risk of having to pay millions in fines. The bill stipulates that only platforms with more than $100,000,000 | 890 BTC in revenue per year would be subjected to this law. Interestingly, the California lawmakers are attempting to use the feed algorithms as the loophole to get around Section 230 by claiming that "deploying an algorithm that relays content to users may be considered to be an act of the platform independent from the message of the content relayed." (highlighted in red in the third screenshot) It will be interesting to see how this plays out and whether or not it gets taken to the Supreme Court if and when Gavin Newsome signs it into law, which is the last step. If signed, it will go live on January 1st, 2027. Funny to see the Center for Countering Digital Hate cited in the bill. They threw @TFTC on a list of "new climate deniers" and lobbied YouTube and other platforms to censor our content in 2023. If you exhibit hate speech toward the designated groups laid out in the bill, the State of California could charge and fine the social media platform you publish it on. It looks like California is trying to pressure the platforms to censor their users by threatening them with fines.

Complacency is one of the most dangerous things that could infect an individual, team or institution. Being complacent with bitcoin will prove to be deadly for asset managers and their clients. It's time to act with moral courage and rock the boat. View article →

A layered stack of interoperable protocols that anchor into the bitcoin protocol is how we get the best use cases and user experiences in the long-run. Don't sleep on the power of interoperable second layers. An update of Ark. View article →

Red light incandescent bulbs throughout the house is the way to go.

Vietnam just froze 86m bank accounts because account holders didn't comply with new biometrics laws that require a face scan or fingerprint for account verification. If users don't comply by the 30th they'll lose their money. This is why we bitcoin. View article →

A pursuit of "moderate long-term interest rates" is also referred to as yield curve control, and when governments and central banks commit to yield curve control it represents a point of no return from a policy perspective. View article →

For evil to win those who fight for the good in the world need to get complacent. I think it's safe to say that the good people in the world became far too complacent for far too long, but that is changing. View article →

The bitcoin network has averaged more than 1 zettahash per second over the last week. Miners around the world are collectively creating 1 sextillion hashes per second in hopes of adding a block to the ledger in return for bitcoin. Awe inspiring. View article →

Times are dark but we will prevail. We will not live like this. Came out of this conversation with Tom Luongo incredibly optimistic.

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FinCen and the Treasury are expanding the Patriot Act to attack bitcoin self-custody and privacy. We shouldn't live in a world where standards cater to the lowest common denominator and make things worse for the overwhelming majority of the population. View article →

It is becoming obvious that this was a professional hit. Relative restraint in the short term is imperative. Whoever pulled this off is looking for misguided backlash to stoke further chaos.

Charlie Kirk is known for engaging in respectful Socratic dialogue with people that vehemently disagree with his political views, which is something that is desperately needed today. The fact that he was attacked during one of these events is an attack on the medium itself and an admission by the radical left that they don't care to engage in dialogue, but prefer to brute force their views on the world. A very sad and frightening day.

Truly vile and inhuman.

TFTC 656 w/ @Peter Alexander : "China's not gonna invade Taiwan. They play the long game - assimilation over generations, not war" We discuss: ⚡️ US is fiscally boxed in with zero leverage ⚡️ China wants regional hegemony, not empire ⚡️ Taiwan is America's biggest bargaining chip

The world is a densely packed powder keg right now. It is certainly a bit unnerving, but it's a net positive development. People are more aware than ever that they've been categorically betrayed by their governments. Hard but necessary times ahead.