There is no such thing as “Positive Crypto Regulation”. This chart, from an Irish perspective, is done from the point of view that has 0 understanding of what software is or how Bitcoin actually works. All true Bitcoiners are working furiously in what is now the reopened Battlefront of Bitcoin: PERCEPTION. The Luddistic, poisonous, Statist false narratives about Bitcoin that have temporarily poisoned the ecosystem and sent it into a raging fever, must be sweated out. This work has started. When the frictionless flow of millions of dollars per hour are is at stake, tolerance for ignorance and anti-Bitcoin narratives will suddenly vanish up and down the ecosystem. The plebs will not tolerate the abuse that is a natural consequence of the thinking that produced this map, and business leaders will fight against it. And they’ll win. Anyone who has an actual financial stake in how Bitcoin is used in practice is against miss-classification of it; that’s how you can detect allies of Bitcoin as distinct from people who believe Bitcoin is a toy or a means to do something unrelated to directly serving others. Note too how Nigeria is the number two country on earth for Bitcoin adoption but number one for hostility from the State. Fascinating. This should tell you that the regulationistas are on a hiding to nothing and that the broken philosophies will not be tolerated, will be rejected by the people, and eventually by the courts, as you’ve seen with the ETF judgement in the USA. Regulationistas are on the wrong side of history. This is already proven time and time again in cases touching software, and so this is a matter of reeducation and law-fare. COPA and the SEC ETF victory, as well as historic wins (Bernstein etc https://medium.com/swlh/why-america-cant-regulate-bitcoin-8c77cee8d794) show this clearly. Properly run countries are going to reap the rewards of the new global financial system. Countries that are badly led or misled will not. And Bitcoin always wins. It’s as simple as that.

“Statists and other violent types want the Government to harm people to keep them safe. They are naturally averse to risk and innovation, and whenever they encounter something they don't understand they immediately and fallaciously believe that, "The Consumer needs protection", and that is something only the State can provide, which is a total lie.”

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Bitcoin wasn't written for Bitcoiners. It was written for everyone.

I used to think that the day would never come…

This is a photograph of fake tempura made from wax. You can't eat it. It doesn't smell like tempura. It is used for show, for display. It isn't real. In a world full of hungry people (the world you live in) a factory that makes this cannot feed a single person. And yet, the world is full of food. You can use your prodigious skill to set up a factory that manufactures real tempura that feeds real people...who are real. This is the difference between talking about Bitcoin and doing something about Bitcoin that puts Bitcoin into people's hands so they can use it. Tempura can't make itself. It requires people who know what tempura is, how to prepare all the different parts that make it up, and if you want to be special, how to serve and present it. 1. Prepare Ingredients: • Clean and cut vegetables into bite-sized pieces. • Devein and clean shrimp, leaving tails on for easier handling. 2. Make the Batter: • In a bowl, beat the egg, then add the ice-cold water and mix lightly. • Gradually add the sifted flour, mixing with chopsticks or a fork to avoid overmixing. The batter should be slightly lumpy. 3. Heat Oil: • Heat vegetable oil in a deep fryer or large pot to 340-360°F (170-180°C). 4. Coat and Fry: • Dip the prepared ingredients into the batter, allowing any excess to drip off. • Fry in batches, ensuring not to overcrowd the pot, until golden and crispy (about 2-3 minutes). • Remove and drain on a wire rack or paper towels. 5. Serve: • Serve immediately with a dipping sauce such as tentsuyu (a mix of dashi, soy sauce, and mirin). That's quite the ingredients list and procedure, isn't it? Bear in mind you need access to ice, vegetable oil, eggs, clean water, flour, vegetables and fire before you even begin to use the knowledge of what tempura is and that it is even possible or desirable as a dish. Also to note, the idea of tempura and ever other dish can be conveyed from one person to another through a book. Books are useful, in fact essential to the spreading of ideas across time and generations. Man needs books and books are a good thing and books on Bitcoin are a good thing too. But... In order for anything to change, for justice to be done, for things to be fixed, for people to be protected, for Bitcoin to spread into the world, Bitcoin needs doers and not talkers. Without people who are willing to risk their own money, time and lives, Bitcoin cannot do what it was designed to and is capable of doing. In fact, Bitcoin can't do anything at all by itself, because it is not a person. You are a person, and only people like you can do something, do anything about Bitcoin or with it. Julian Assange took great risks with his life to expose the vile, vicious crimes of the State and expose them to everyone. The world is a slightly better place because the information Wikileaks had access to was released. Bitcoin is different however. It is more important. With the information that Bitcoin is, by using information, the entire world can be changed. It can be moved off of unsound slave-money to sound money that doesn't cheat anyone. When Bitcoin is the world's money (the money everyone on earth uses) then outrages like "Collateral Murder" can no longer happen, because there's no money for it. If you support the need for sound money and dislike the arbitrary killing of innocent people, and you are a fan of Wikileaks, then getting Bitcoin to the position of the world's only money should be one of your biggest goals. Your highest priority should be to help Bitcoin in some way. No amount of talking can make Bitcoin globally ubiquitous. Very specific and risky acts need to be executed to make this happen, and of course, even if you spend your life under a baseball cap for OPSEC, eventually, if you help Bitcoin become normal, no one will think you are odd for using it, and you will have no reason to cover your face, fear anyone knowing that you use Bitcoin or in any way treat yourself as special or odd because you use Bitcoin. That's what winning looks like. Winning does not look like going to a restaurant, ordering and then being served plastic tempura. Winning is not reading Le Guide Culinaire and being served 10th rate Johnny Carson talk show LARPing in place of a divine Chocolate Soufflé. Nothing can replace doing something that is real, or participating meaningfully in something that is real. Winning is not possible if people are not willing to participate in real ways that sometimes involve risk. The world requires it, and Bitcoin becoming the global default requires it also. Julian Assange, Phillip R. Zimmerman, Ron Rivest, Richard M. Stallman, Linus Torvalds, Sean Parker, Shawn Fanning, Bram Cohen, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, Gordon Moore, Robert Noyce, Arthur Rock and not so many others all did their part to change the world profoundly, at great risk to themselves. They won, and because they won, everyone on Earth benefitted as a consequence. These people are the elites. The best of the bunch. Unique. You don't have to be as great as them to be great or to contribute. All that is required of you is to face reality as best you can. And perhaps you can't. Perhaps all you can do is hid under your hat "for OPSEC" and let the world unfold as it may, with other people taking all the risk. That's OK. What is needed, what is coming, what is inevitable, are people who will take the risks, change everything and by dint of this, benefit the entire world. You are not needed to make this happen. This is about the choice you can make; the choice that is available to you to stop LARPINg and to start HELPING. Apparently, if you choose the latter, you'll find you feel good about yourself. And that would be a nice thing. Right?

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Note how Apple releases these things without asking permission. This is how all companies should behave by default. Don’t ask permission. Release the code. “Don't ask for permission, ask for for forgiveness later” PGP, BitTorrent and so many other world changing tools were released in this way. This is why I like Apple. They are leaders, and actually care about their users to the extent that they will take risks for them on a global scale. Wait till they incorporate Bitcoin. View quoted note →

BITCOIN.

“Congrats on this” “Your pathetic Trump simping is boring and very tiresome” “Its so edgy” Lovely!

This is correct in sentiment, but it doesn't actually mean anything in practice. What does "defending" mean? It means nothing when it comes to how people get Bitcoin. The only way you can preserve the power to buy Bitcoin in ways that you want is to either A: Set up a business that does it B: Promote businesses that do it If you are unwilling or unable to set up a business yourself, you're left with promoting and supporting businesses that provide access to Bitcoin in ways you know are correct. If you fall short of doing this, the obvious question is "why"? Why would you fail to promote businesses that are taking the multivariate risks to provide Bitcoin in the way that you want? How is it that people believe that business can exist without people using them, and that failing to promote and support businesses doing things right is essentially suicidal? How is it that in 2024, there are people who don't understand this, and that particularly in "Bitcoin" the profit motive is frowned upon? If they think that "Non KYC" Bitcoin can spread without businesses being the spreader, why do they not ever offer that alternative, even in outline? Not only do they fail to mention the name of any Bitcoin delivery service, they consistently fail to mention any wallet that does not require personally identifying information (Samourai, Green, Wallet of Satoshi, BlueWallet, Muun, Satoshi, Phoenix and Breez for examples). It's baffling. And of course, Azteco (azte.co) offers access to Bitcoin in the way it should be delivered; exactly the same as email accounts, SIM cards and bags of potatoes. The man in the street who knows nothing about Bitcoin but who encounters it through Azteco first, will never accept any service that asks him for his personal details, not through any philosophical objection, but because he doesn't want his precious time wasted. That will be enough to make "non KYC Bitcoin" the global default, and that's a good thing, because it is a good thing that people have privacy, promote privacy and the people who offer it as a feature. A world without privacy would be a bad place, and silence in the face of evil is evil itself. You defend privacy by openly advocating for it, explaining it, and spreading information about the companies and services ("Ethical Bitcoin") that offer it. This is what you should be doing if you are interested in Bitcoin. No excuses are acceptable in 2024!

"Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave"

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It all led to a single place and tool. You’re in that place now. You have that tool in your hands. What is your ratio?

Wired used to be a publication firmly on the side of Liberty and the potential good of technology and privacy. Now it is nothing more than a laughing stock publication peddling FUD and totalitarianism as desirable. How the times have changed. Gab is doing nothing other than fulfilling the prophecies of the Cypherpunks, standing for core American values and people's right to publish. Wired on the other hand, stands for censorship, central government control, mass surveillance of the innocent, the ripping up of The Constitution and every other evil that they used to be against. It's pitiful. Gab is supported by all real Americans, and that's why it is growing, because as real Americans start to detect the threat to their liberty, they seek a place where they can exercise it, especially their freedom of speech, which is a guaranteed right...something Wired seems to have forgotten. Very sad! https://x.com/basedtorba/status/1803810333900861863?s=46&t=LNe8MN2dQUj_88yB-puY1A

Skeef is 100% correct. You will buy Bitcoin and you will be happy. And don't wait for your favorite Bitcoin Influencer to tell you this is available around the corner from you, or that it has even happened. You will not hear it from them. Very soon, Azteco will be available all over the USA, and we are doing this so that the normie can buy Bitcoin in a trivially easy manner, totally bypassing the 1st generation Bitcoiner thinking and methods. This is the way we will transform Bitcoin distribution, with the aid of the best Bitcoin wallets and a new (to the consumer), better way of thinking about what Bitcoin actually is and how you should get it. When this happens, Bitcoin will be essentially ubiquitous. It will be everywhere, like McDonalds. And there are no “McDonald’s Conferences” or people wearing McDonald’s t-shirts worn by anyone but people who work at McDonald’s. Bitcoin as Burgers and Fries. Bitcoin as Potato Chips. Bitcoin as Steak Frits. Bitcoin as a Pint of Bitter.

"Get bitcoin off exchanges" And THEN WHAT? Get your Bitcoin WHERE? "And get your Bitcoin from Azteco" There, I said if for you/me! Don't compromise when you buy Bitcoin. There is absolutely no reason why you should use an exchange if you are not super rich or a business. If you claim to be a "pleb" you don't get your Bitcoin from an exchange; that's what Patrician, aristocracy class like Jamie Dimon does, not a common pleb who wants to "Stay Humble and Stack Sats". HONESTLY! "PLEB IS AS PLEB DOES", AMIRITE? LOL!

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Bitcoin is not "censorship resistant". It is a database. In order for others not to be able to stop you from using Bitcoin in the way that you desire, you have to use the correct tools. Adam talks about "Clown Show" and "Self Custody" but he doesn't tell you how to do it, even to the extent of sending you to a single link. "Remove yourself"? HOW DO YOU DO THAT? Even the words he is using don't help you find out how to do it. hmmmm, it's 2024, let's ask ChatGPT! * ** *** "How do I remove myself from the political clown show?" Removing yourself from the political scene can involve several strategies, depending on how deeply you want to disengage. Here are some steps you can take: 1. Limit Media Consumption: Reduce your intake of news and political commentary from TV, social media, and news websites. Unfollow or mute accounts and channels that focus on political content. 2. Social Media Detox: Take breaks from social media or limit your usage. Consider using apps that restrict your time on these platforms. 3. Engage in Other Interests: Focus on hobbies, activities, and interests that you enjoy and that do not involve politics. This can help shift your attention and energy. 4. Community Involvement: Get involved in non-political community groups, clubs, or volunteer organizations. This can provide a sense of purpose and connection without the political stress. 5. Mindfulness and Meditation: Practice mindfulness, meditation, or other stress-relief techniques to help manage any anxiety or frustration related to politics. 6. Avoid Political Discussions: Politely steer conversations away from politics with friends, family, and colleagues. It’s okay to set boundaries on what topics you’re comfortable discussing. 7. Curate Your Environment: Surround yourself with people and environments that support your desire to disengage from politics. This might involve spending more time with like-minded individuals or in settings that don’t emphasize political discourse. By taking these steps, you can create a more peaceful and politically-neutral personal environment. * ** *** ..."Meditation" Well, that's not going to help much is it? If I could meditate to store Bitcoin, who would need hardware? Oh dear! https://x.com/adamobrien_/st/adamobrien_/status/1802683201950777767

Ordinals are retarded. Don't be a retard.

Bitcoin is absolutely not "Resistance Money". The people who falsely characterise it in this stupid way overlap perfectly with people who have never encrypted their email and who don't understand what the lock in their browser means. Bitcoin is perfectly ordinary, and a natural extension of what you already do every day without even realising it. Bitcoin is no more "Resistance Money" than WhatsApp is "Resistance Phone Calls". The stupidity of this mischaracterization, even over ten years after Bitcoin was released is breathtaking. And who do these people think they're helping by misleading people in this way? They already believe, incorrectly, that Bitcoin is a tool to "(((RESIST))) OPPRESSION" with and not a mundane tool for everyone every day in every context money is used. By mischaracterising Bitcoin as some sort of challenge to authority, legitimate or illigitimate, they're fomenting resistance to it and not helping spread it. If they understood that spreading Bitcoin helps it help the needy, they would not talk like this.... But what do you expect from people who believe that Bitcoin needs "policy" (PROTIP: it doesn't). Thankfully, despite these INGSOCS, Bitcoin will do exactly what it was designed to do. I can say this because I know something (and many things; that's now proven) that they don't. And...I'M NOT TELLING.