Thanks, @Wavlake , for being a great Nostr evangelist. You bring it up in every conversation—with real conviction. That’s how you genuinely help people. V4V 🙌🏽

Ross Ulbricht was freed a year ago. How long until Samourai?

“The wealth of nations is the work of the people, not of their governments. If governments were the only producers of wealth, all nations would be in misery. Government represents an expense—a consumption of national wealth.” — Juan Bautista Alberdi

Incentives >>> intentions

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The power trap Every crisis is used to justify more control. Every new layer of control plants the seeds of the next crisis. The state does not fail by accident. It fails because it does not bear real losses. When decision-makers do not pay the price for being wrong, errors stop being exceptions and become public policy. The real question is not who should rule. It is how limited the power of any ruler must be.

🤦🏻 NETHERLANDS TO TAX UNREALIZED BITCOIN GAINS Netherlands is moving toward taxing unrealized capital gains on bitcoin, stocks, bonds, and other assets after parliament voted to overhaul annual income tax filings. Under the new system, investors will owe tax each year based on changes in asset value, even if nothing has been sold. The reform, known as Wet werkelijk rendement Box 3, is scheduled for 2028 and will tax actual returns by measuring the difference between an asset’s value at the start and end of the year, plus any income received. That means both realized and unrealized gains will be taxed. Critics warn the shift could create serious liquidity problems, forcing investors to pay taxes on paper gains without having cashed out.

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X censors. Nostr is free speech.

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