1. Appointment request to request a new passport.
2. The first possible appointment is 2 months later.
3. The costs are 159.95€ for a new passport plus new images at 20€, totaling 179.95€.
4. The request for pickup of the new passport at the embassy is made 50 days later (7 weeks and 4 days).
5. Upon pickup, the embassy realizes that my name is spelled incorrectly, and they have to reprint my passport again.
Three months and 24 days later, and still no passport.🫤
How would a business that prints personal information booklets fare in a free market with this level of customer service?
My guess is that #Bitcoin would also fix this.



As the presidential candidate for Suriname, she aims to make Bitcoin legal tender and a unit of account—just one of her many visionary ideas. Stay tuned for my interview with her, coming later this week.
about the cypherpunk ethos, Bitcoin, scarcity, and Nostr. Stay tuned—the complete interview will be out later this week!