*the solution to the inequality and injustice produced by govt central planning is not to institute more central planning*
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*The difference is structural: Bitcoin routing is subsidized by belief, while token routing will always be mercenary.
This is why stablecoins will never truly compete with sats on Lightning.
They may succeed at moving volume for a time, but they will never summon a volunteer army.
Bitcoin nodes are happy to give because they are defending the hardest money the world has ever seen.
Token nodes will only give if they are paid, and they will want paying well.*
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*The Drainers
Think of all the newer players in crypto now: government, Wall Street, tradfi converts, and Jonny-come-latelies, plus corporation treasury reserve FOMO-ers – not to mention hackers with record-breaking heists, dodgy projects with worthless tokens, and pump-and-dump schemes. These players have always been part of the space, but now the market seems to be relying on these “institutions” to somehow push crypto to the next level. The trouble is, they don’t care about crypto – they care about fiat, and will drain fiat out of crypto, effectively deflating it. The above old-schoolers, the non-drainers, become exit liquidity for the drainers, who are highly skilled and remorseless. The drainers are growing, and that’s not good.*
Bitcoin Is Digital Exit Gold: The Four-Year Doubling Cycle — Forbes
Bitcoin hasn’t really gone anywhere since I bailed at $100,000. Well, not in line with expectations of $250,000 or $1 million that the fanbase ha...
*The Drainers
Think of all the newer players in crypto now: government, Wall Street, tradfi converts, and Jonny-come-latelies, plus corporation treasury reserve FOMO-ers – not to mention hackers with record-breaking heists, dodgy projects with worthless tokens, and pump-and-dump schemes. These players have always been part of the space, but now the market seems to be relying on these “institutions” to somehow push crypto to the next level. The trouble is, they don’t care about crypto – they care about fiat, and will drain fiat out of crypto, effectively deflating it. The above old-schoolers, the non-drainers, become exit liquidity for the drainers, who are highly skilled and remorseless. The drainers are growing, and that’s not good.*
Bitcoin Is Digital Exit Gold: The Four-Year Doubling Cycle — Forbes
Bitcoin hasn’t really gone anywhere since I bailed at $100,000. Well, not in line with expectations of $250,000 or $1 million that the fanbase ha...
*this boomer sees $250,000 in 2029, not this Christmas, and investment returns lie elsewhere*
Bitcoin Is Digital Exit Gold: The Four-Year Doubling Cycle — Forbes
Bitcoin hasn’t really gone anywhere since I bailed at $100,000. Well, not in line with expectations of $250,000 or $1 million that the fanbase ha...
*there’s clearly more to the story, with Strive itself forking over overvalued shares (its mNAV is in the 3-8 range, depending on dilution), so the real bitcoin-value that SMLR shareholders receive is roughly aligned with where Wall Street is trading that stock this morning. There’s no arbitraged premium when you’re paying with air! The price of Strive shares when they unlock later this year, is unknowable.*
Stacker News
Did Strive Just Deploy Warren Buffett’s Elephant Gun? (Bitcoin Magazine, JB) \ stacker news ~econ
Yes, I mean I obviously already had this article in the pipeline (gun sight??) when I published https://stacker.news/items/1232813/r/denlillaapan S...
*the average individual still does not have his or her finger on the problem, i.e. they perceive that something is kind of wrong with the economy in general but cannot link it to the nature of fiat money*
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*Narrative management: "We tolerate sound money".
- A visible gold bull market signals tolerance for a "traditional hedge", undercutting the story that authorities crush every escape hatch. It buys legitimacy while more programmable rails (stablecoins/CBDCs) normalize.*
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*Gold can satisfy the public's "store-of-value" impulse without granting a parallel, censorship-resistant payments rail*
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*We need to destructure government so that civilization and industry can restructure itself.*
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Doomberg:
In his weekly newsletter Tree Rings, Luke Gromen has been arguing persuasively that the US stock market now effectively backstops the US Treasury market. With foreign buyers limiting their purchases of US debt, any meaningful fall in stock prices would trigger a significant crisis for the Federal Reserve. The primary drivers of this direct linkage are the persistent US fiscal deficits and the strong correlation between government tax receipts and equity prices. Should a major market correction occur, deficits would surely blow out beyond what can reasonably be managed absent direct monetization.
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It is no exaggeration to say that these three pillars—NVIDIA’s designs, TSMC’s foundry expertise, and ASML’s near monopoly on the most advanced lithography machines—form the foundation of the current stock market boom.
Not sure if this is a flywheel or a scam….
Stacker News
Nvidia to Invest Up to $100 billion in OpenAI as Part of Data Center Buildout \ stacker news ~AI
Nvidia is ensuring its continued dominance in the AI space with this investment. OpenAI plans to build and deploy Nvidia systems that will require ...
*Israel is doing a GREAT job of alienating the young Christians without Kirk. Plenty of younger people do not follow Kirk and are being turned off by the violence*
Stacker News
reply on: Plotting sound waves from Charlie Kirk shooting videos \ stacker news ~news
Thanks. Well aware of all this. No way he was a logical hit for doing any of this. If people think Kirk could turn the evangelical base in Israel t...
*Nadella highlighted that “some of the biggest businesses we’ve built might not be as relevant going forward,” specifically worrying that Office, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint—products that have underpinned Microsoft’s growth—could be superseded by generative AI models capable of automating their core functions. He emphasized that long-held business categories might lose significance and that Microsoft’s value depends on its ability to continually create what’s relevant in fast-changing markets, rather than relying on legacy products.*
Perplexity.ai
The Verge
An interesting concept: hyperpalatability.
*There is science to suggest that indeed, some people clearly experience something very much like addiction from ultraprocessed foods. And we already have reasonable evidence that diets high in ultraprocessed foods are likely harmful to health.
Now, we have new science that suggests we overeat ultraprocessed foods mainly because they are energy dense and are formulated with nutrient combinations that are defined as hyperpalatable.*
Stop blaming yourself entirely for your expanding waistline. It’s also the food supply, expert says | CNN https://share.google/4QnyBe3YOJy5loVeA
*For the system, CBDCs are a new beginning.
Programmable money = Programmable populations, so you will see more NPCs than ever before*
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