"We're all capitalists," Luria, head of technology research at D.A. Davidson, said in an interview with CNBC's "Squawk Box." "We don't want government to intervene and own private enterprise, but this is national security."

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Government's Intel intervention is 'essential' for national security \ stacker news

A government intervention in struggling chipmaker Intel is "essential" for the sake of national security, analyst Gil Luria said Friday, following ...

*CBDCs are panopticon coupons. Bitcoin is freedom money* View quoted note →

Bitcoiners: Bitcoin’s path to victory will be gradual then sudden. Also Bitcoiners: are we there yet?

"the left... have so much admiration for grids that entrap individuals that they often forget these grids will soon become tools of the worst individuals and predators. Governments that should create a peaceful environment are the main cause of wars and economical crisis." View quoted note →

*dishonoring contracts is a sport in fiat culture* View quoted note →

*Sometimes your happiness and contempt are found in the point of reference.* View quoted note →

*Bitcoin physics is a firmware update for the mind.* View quoted note →

“One of the great problems of economics is that you never know for sure what the response to an economic shock will be until the event happens. This applies to everything from, right now, US tariffs, the possible ceasefire in Ukraine, a radical change in monetary policy at the US Federal Reserve… or inheritance tax here in the UK. So we have to rely on anecdotal evidence, and the problem with that is it is almost skewed by interest groups who pick the stories that fit their world-view.”

Labour's inheritance tax raid will only help Nigel Farage into No 10 — The i Paper

It is glaringly obvious how a clever populist politician will frame the case against increasing IHT

“If you're building an app in Bitcoin the only correct choice is to go PWA-first, App stores for distribution are just gravy. It's so simple, just use Nostr in the browser to connect people [to] your REAL node with full sync abilities across multiple devices. There's no excuse.”

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Google Play Store Bans Wallets That Don't Have Banking License \ stacker news

In the United States, the policy requires that "the developer must be either (a) registered with FinCEN as a Money Services Business and with a sta...

“Much like other sectors, [the fitness industry] profits from dependency, not health” View quoted note →

“build your way out with freedom tech” View quoted note →

“the fastest way to kill a man is to pay him to do nothing” View quoted note →

“I'm not making any certain claims, merely encouraging everyone to constantly question their own views and opinions.” View quoted note →

“They can only print to the point where inflation seems normal and people don’t realize they’re being stolen from. Bitcoin will help people see the theft.” View quoted note →

Pretty in pink

A sunflower 🌻, I think

“…from finite search to irreversible memory, pegged to absolute scarcity. #Bitcoin “ So much human effort is wasted within broken paradigms. If Bitcoin unlocks absolute scarcity, the result will (hopefully) be an abundance of prosperity. View quoted note →

👀 *You can't understand money without factoring in time* View quoted note →

*advances in technology cause consumer products to get like 5-6% less expensive in real terms every year (on average); but when you add 8% due to monetary expansion, the result is a 2-3% higher nominal price tag* View quoted note →