Fiat regimes force everyone to become amateur investors alongside their full-time jobs in a desperate attempt to outrun inflation (debasement). Most fail. The collapse of a fiat regime forces everyone to think about forms of money itself, and pick the one(s) they think will best carry their value/buying power through the collapse. I really hope most pick the right one. #Bitcoin

Apparently yesterday was “Shibuya Day” because 4-2-8 (April 28) can be read ‘shi-bu-ya’. It was pretty insane, Red Bull turned Rat Alley, normally where people only park their bikes and piss, into a full-on club with DJ booth and drinks counters. And you still have doubts about coming to #Nostr Japan in November, anon??

昨日が4/28だったから「渋谷デイ」だったらしい(午後4:28から午前4:28までw)。だからあんなに盛り上がってたのか

One of my all-time favorite video clips

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Gm, last work day in Japan before Golden Week, nine glorious days off! First order of business, talk about building on Bitcoin with Nick White from Celestia. Swing by! https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1MYGNgqNrdQJw

This is the golden age in which I still have more followers than huge influencers who just arrived. No, Bradley, don’t think frivolous thoughts like that…

Chatting with Celestia’s Nick White on a Space tomorrow. Not a #Bitcoin project, but they just released something called Rollkit that - I believe - enables developing sovereign rollups on Bitcoin, so I’m really looking forward to asking about that. Join us and I’ll bring you onstage if you want! https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1MYGNgqNrdQJw

For some reason I decided 2023 was the year to watch Survivor for the first time ever

Morning from Tokyo. Next week is what Japan calls Golden Week - three national holidays in a row. This year, they fall on Wed-Fri, so many will take Mon-Tue off as well, resulting in nine consecutive days off, an astoundingly long vacation in Japan (few would ever take so long off if the calendar didn’t encourage everyone to). Many will return to their family homes outside Tokyo or go abroad, so bullet trains will be packed and flights will be the most expensive in the year. Others will enjoy a relatively empty Tokyo, although with tourism open again it’ll be nothing like the past three years. I’ll be helping my friend fix up his lodge in snow country during the green season! What’s the longest vacation people take in your country?

It’s hard to distinguish the beliefs we hold that we would hold in a vacuum, and the beliefs we hold because our livelihoods, communities, or self-image depend on us holding them.

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Chatting with Nick Malster about the Fountain podcast app in 15 minutes! #bitcoin https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1LyxBqQraVnJN

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gm! Looking forward to talking with Nick Malster of Fountain tomorrow. Love stacking #bitcoin #sats listening to podcasts, but Fountain has been making big moves recently so excited to hear what’s in store. Set a reminder below and join us!

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What a great conversation with ego death capital’s Nico Lechuga. Talked about their unique investing philosophy, portfolio companies like Fedi and Synota, and the case for building on #Bitcoin over Ethereum! You can listen to the recording here: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1RDxladAXjDKL

Would be great to be able to click my npub and show a QR code that someone else could scan and instantly follow me. Still no easy way to connect on #nostr with people you meet in person. Or maybe just not on #Damus yet? I’ve lived long enough to know if I’ve thought of something, it already exists.

Does #Japan have a special hashtag yet?

Here’s another quirky thing about Japan. It’s election season, and that means politicians going around in campaign vans with loudspeakers, delivering their blaring speeches to unconsenting pedestrians and open-window office workers. Sometimes they stop at train stations or other high-traffic spots to orate while handing out colorful sheets of dead trees. These campaigns barely have websites, but apparently if they don’t inflict their noise pollution on every neighborhood at least once, 90-year-old Mr. Voter McSato feels unloved. People think Japan is this ultra-modern place, but it’s really a country of contradictions. Like how companies still use fax machines because 100-year old Mrs. Tanaka just might want to contact them via fax. If the mantra of US tech companies is ‘move fast and break things’, Japan Inc.’s is ‘no senior citizen left behind.’ This is the reality you have to deal with if you want votes or market share in Japan.

Would love to see a daily ranking of most zapped notes #nostr