"Each stablecoin transaction that settles in USDT extends the dollar system’s reach and perpetuates the weaponization of money... And every Bitcoiner who accepts that trade off helps build a network where decentralization endures mostly as branding."

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Another Sunday hike up San Salvador volcano with my son I mostly carry him in a backpack but each week he walks more on the trails What a joy to watch his love of nature grow ❤️

the problem with self-censorship is that over time it becomes easier I've seen more self-censorship this year than any other time in my life and while some places are better or worse I think its a global trend. Heck, i've self-censored more this year than ever before so I'm definitely sympathetic--speaking truth to power has increasingly scary consequences But this worries me as i think the more we self censor the more we rewire our brain, and the more we all do it the less free & expressive society becomes

Bitcoin is money. I strongly believe that's it's most valuable use case In order to make sure that is the future of Bitcoin there is something extremely important you must do today.... Use Bitcoin as money. Earn it for your work & spend it for your wants and needs. And if you want to do even more, make it easier for others to do the same via education or technology

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Good morning! May your day be filled with volcanos and rainbows (And #bitcoin ofc)

I used the microphone on the baby monitor to talk to my 2 year old yesterday And he was so amazed All day he kept reminding me, in awe, how he heard me like I was with him even though I wasn't It reminds me of that saying about advanced tech being indistinguishable from magic Seeing the world through a child's eyes can feel like magic as well ❤️

Every bomb ever made falls on all of us All violence against free expression of ideas and opinions targets all of us

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Who is working on grassroots Bitcoin education? I want to follow you

The beauracracy of birth is crazy The first weeks of my son's life is filled with me sitting in various govt offices and filling out endless forms Granted, I'm getting my infant son two passports and creating as much travel flexibility for him as soon as I can so I may be seeing an extreme version of this but the system dehumanizes us from our very first day of life, and it's almost impossible to opt out ...musings from another govt waiting room...

Another Sunday morning hike up the San Salvador volcano with my son ❤️

When I first got into Bitcoin (2013) it felt like I had found my people. I moved to England and funded grad school there by exploiting arbitrage between GDP & USD Bitcoin exchange rates via p2p selling, but more than the money (which I lost when the police eventually raided my house and seized my assets) the best part was sitting down with hundreds of strangers and chatting while we waited for the transaction to confirm. Bitcoin was rebel money. Twelve years later and so much has changed. The most viral Bitcoin posts on Twitter these days are more likely to simp for the state than to challenge it I don't get to decide who finds Bitcoin useful and for what purpose. I know that's part of it and that it needs to move beyond the niche community it once was to realize it's full potential. I know this is 'good for bitcoin' but it's also boring and unmotivating to me There is still so much signal amid the noise though. Projects such as @My First Bitcoin give me so much hope that as noisy as things have become we are also building that better world that we were dreaming of back when it was just a community of rebels. I'll be using Nostr more and twitter less going forward. This reminds me more of what got me interested in Bitcoin in the first place all those years ago

Raising children teaches you so much about yourself, about all of us One week ago my second child was born. Our two-year old has been a wonderful big brother, but at times he is also having a very dificult time dealing with the change It's the same for all of us. Change is hard. We deny it, resist it and lash out against it. We just hide it better and internalize it more as we grow older The world is at a crossroads and the rate of change--already too fast for most--is accelerating. The best skill for our future world will be adaptability. My children help me see that, and as a parent I consider preparing them for that to be one of my greatest tasks I'm so excited to keep learning from my kids and to try and reflect those lessons back onto them ❤️

I am the proud father of a second baby boy Both the baby & mom are doing great My sons share a birthday so I got to celebrate one birthday in the morning and welcome a new life tonight. What a wonderful, absolutely unforgettable, day 😊

My second child will be born any hour/ day and we are preparing our son to be a big brother I read him a book titled 'I'm a big brother' as one way. I stop and ask questions and talk with him, such as...are you going to do this? Separately, I had thought, he has recently been insistent on getting in front of his stroller, bending down and very slowly and inefficiently pulling it by a bar on the front bottom. It was a confusing behavior until it just clicked this morning.... He is too short to grab the handle from behind and push so this is his way of getting ready to be a big brother like he sees in the book This guy is gonna be the best big brother ever and I'm so excited to see it 😊

Good morning from El Salvador

Happy birthday to @My First Bitcoin ! Four years ago marks the first public record of the project when I registered the website. By this point, there was already a vision and mission statement as well as a basic intro class During the pandemic I did some deep thinking about the world and came to the conclusion that a better world would come if the individual had more agency in their own life and that intro bitcoin education was the best means to that end. As the pandemic waned I made a first attempt at this in Ecuador, but it never got traction. That experience would inform what would come later and lead to registering the website on August 9, 2021 Now, a full Bitcoin cycle later, its hard to imagine how successful this project has become. In fact, I no longer see it as a project but as a global movement This has been both the hardest and most fulfilling work of my life We have a profound opportunity to reimagine what the world can look like and I am as convinced as ever that independent, impartial, community-led bitcoin education will change the world