Switched phones, had to log out of damus and then re-add key. Smooth

Had a dream btc dropped to $49k.

What is an Open Society?

Warby Parker glasses (no ins.): $200 Luxottica glasses (w ins.): $700 WP quality is the same, if not better.

I hadn’t had poison ivy in probably over 15 years, until recently. If you’re ever unfortunate enough to get it, I recommend Tecnu wash, I spent weeks using Calamyn lotion, and it just got worse until I found Tecnu.

Many coffee chains are selling iced coffee labeled (& priced) as cold brew.

Highly recommend this doc on Income Tax and the Federal Reserve.

tl;dr I’m in Hal Finney’s camp, for now: “Most Bitcoin transactions will occur between banks, to settle net transfers." - Hal Finney Dec. 2010. To expound: I’m not convinced non-custodial lightning is required, being an IOU as it is. This approach is anathema to cypherpunk ideals, but it’s an inherently un-scalable on-chain approach, and I don’t think it can be trivialized to be easy enough for the everyday user non-custodially, even if it could scale.

We’re searching for the best programmable bitcoin IOU (aka layer 2) for the masses. Lightning has a lead but is stalling.

Found this to be interesting.

“A future claim on the productivity of the planet, discounted to the present, in perpetuity.”

Been noticing a lot more data centers going up recently. Trend is accelerating.