Paper bitcoin is not Bitcoin. Not your keys, Not your bitcoins.

1 BTC = 1 BTC Also 1BTC = $0.12M

One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Increase outlays by about $90 billion; Decrease revenues by roughly $20 billion; and Increase deficits by about $110 billion. ...moar deficits...LFG!

American Independence and the Seeds of Big Government https://mises.org/mises-wire/american-independence-and-seeds-big-government

"The State's status as the sole producer of money is one of its greatest sources of legitimacy and power; thus, the proliferation and expanding use of private currencies constitute effective means by which State rule may be peacefully undermined." View quoted note →

"War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses." - Smedley Butler

Forever war. 😞

WTF! Drinks in glass bottles contain more microplastics than those in other containers

The caps of glass bottles contaminate beverages with microplastics | Anses - Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail

Microplastics are present in all beverages, but those packaged in glass bottles contain more microplastic particles than those in plastic bottles, ...

"I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war." - Albert Einstein

Ask yourself: How much do I value my privacy? How much time and money would I be willing to spend to conceal my personal details from public view? How much do I care about this relative to other things? "The next time you use a service that demands deeply personal information, consider the potential ramifications of neglecting your privacy before demonstrating your preference." https://mises.org/mises-wire/privacy-paradox-never-was

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Running Damus on iOS26 Dev Beta. Working fine! @jb55

Testing lnbc100n1p5yfe2app5072jzf473tmdpzmqqq9txsr6ulmsqxg3285fwatd99pjhxhr6n8qdq2f38xy6t5wvcqzzsxqyz5vqrzjqvdnqyc82a9maxu6c7mee0shqr33u4z9z04wpdwhf96gxzpln8jczrvtccqqtzsqqyqqqqqqqqqqqqqq2qsp5gww4m7crmcundd6hu8ukm5uhcppcqpf7tcyjr5cahfncr4dukwfq9qxpqysgq7rlyyan33339wykkyv53w7gjhrdstcu07qw2me9gwwdarqpafyzhu43n4xeds9uj9r06n02p0zs08rtxrew8dzh7p9srvx2nw02d0qsqp28k54

Nostr has a bot and spam problem, just like X.

Great job of responding so quickly and clearly. That is a Bitcoin company. If Strike goes under theoretically(god forbid) what happens to the borrowers coins? Who has the custody? View quoted note →