Personally, I hope Trump frees Ross today, but doesn’t sign the SBR (if he’s going to) until sometime in February. If there’s no word about it, it should flush out speculators, and give plebs more time to front run nation states. Win win.

This is my favorite quote, and is foundational for much of what I believe. We’ll never agree what is best, or true, or what is or isn’t misinformation. So it’s of the utmost importance that these decisions are made at the lowest level possible; ideally with the individual. This is why decentralization is so important, and why Bitcoin and nostr are critical to human liberty and thriving.

I want a government that isn’t powerful enough to ban a social media company, or Red 3. I don’t want government giving dietary guidelines, or “protecting” its citizens from misinformation. Just enforce the rights to freedom and property. That’s it.

This used to be my name - Joshua - and the same handle I use on X. But I tied a NWC compatible wallet I was using for my Beef Jerky hobby/side-sats-stacking hustle, and now it’s just who I am.

“There are no solutions, only tradeoffs.” - Dr. Thomas Sowell I believe this is true in economic, political - and really, all of life. Now I’m thinking about how this applies to Bitcoin. “Bitcoin solves this.” What are the tradeoffs?

The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best. -Dr. Thomas Sowell This is foundational to civilization because we’ll never agree on what is best. Everyone has their own opinion and belief, and we’ll never get consensus. So civilization depends on our understanding that, and allowing others to decide what’s best for them, as we decide what’s best for ourselves.

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists. ~Ernest Hemingway