Vacation time

Getting this beautiful puppy delivered today before I depart for vacation -- BOOX Palma

are people still going wild on Olas

⚡️I'll be at the Bitcoin Policy Institute Summit June 25-26 in DC! Come join and let's continue to keep promoting smart policies that empower Bitcoin users and adopters and let us use it as we see fit, peer-to-peer http://btcpolicysummit.org

oh my

End of Ricky Gervais’ comedy set — great as always

Falco 🇦🇹

whoa. not hard to get in right now

The Austrian government is now following in the footsteps of the UK and France to try to break encryption on messaging apps. This is an absolutely outrageous plan that seeks to undermine and outlaw all encryption, and it should be opposed at every step https://www.servustv.com/aktuelles/v/aanrnnzrkq9pgs9rb6d3/

There is no political ideological monopoly on Bitcoin

Our 501c3 registered charity was debanked by Square in January, and now they're "holding" the money for 90+ days, not letting me withdraw it. "The future of finance"

Over the last year, I’ve earned 336,000 sats in lightning channel routing fees. That’s…actually pretty good?

On this week's Bitcoin Layer podcast, I highlight better ways to orient bitcoin policies for spending, saving, and actually using the network so that users can benefit

A stint in the Arabian desert

Dubai desert

The leftist abundance crowd — polemical “neoliberals” — are mostly consequentialists who favor centralizing and weaponizing government power for some preferred aim. We’re already over-regulated. Ideally, just let people live their lives and chill on the restrictions.

I'm subscribed to @Shawn 's excellent podcast project, and you should be too! https://podcast.trustrevolution.co/

The Trump Admin has UNLEASHED memecoins. As everyone goes full degen (👀 Javier Milei, Dave Portnoy) we know pump-and-dumps and crypto scams will thrive. Naturally, we ask how Bitcoin can fix this. Or, rather, how SMART Bitcoin policies can fix this. I explore for Bitcoin Policy Institute👇 ✴️First, we need enforcement agencies and investigators to update their technological stacks. We don't need new laws to chase down outright fraud, deception, and self-dealing, but better training. Train agencies with better tools, and apply existing laws to crack down on scammers and criminals. ✴️Second, smart rules on money transmission licenses (state reciprocity, lower surety bonds, etc.) would spur better exchanges and custodians to safely hold assets for those who don't want to hold their own keys. Make the rules clear and easy so everyone can start. ✴️Third, we must enshrine Bitcoin and its offspring as technological tools that empower consumers and foster innovation, rather then just a mechanism for taxing gains. Bitcoin is the ultimate financial inclusion technology. Self-custody is the ultimate advantage. ✴️And lastly, we must alleviate rules that make it more difficult to use bitcoin and alternative cryptocurrencies for ordinary payments w/o huge tax bills. De minimis tax rules should be as liberal as possible. Agencies should be restricted from trying to abridge self-custody. View quoted note →

Larry Fink drops the Net-Zero and ESG hustle, launches a Bitcoin ETF, manages a huge deal to buy up 44 ports including those on either side of the Panama Canal to heed President Trump's call to wrestle it away from CCP influence Quite the turnaround https://www.wsj.com/finance/blackrock-panama-canal-deal-trump-a0af7b7d

completed a month with @Obscura VPN -- outstanding product! Only using on a few of my devices, but I will renew for sure. lightning payment is key!