Captain's blog, block height 10,200,018: We have completed the first firing of the full array of Dyson engines encircling the far side of the sun. All systems are operating nominally. Within the next ten thousand years the engines will pulse for 3 to 5 months while we are on the opposite side of our planet. In that time, the course of our solar system through the galaxy will change trajectory to put us on course towards the star system we have named Hyperion Phatheon (the shining one above). It will take us about twelve million years to complete the journey.

Blood and Bitcoin: The Legend of the 118K Gang Chapter 1: The sun hung low over the cracked, dusty plain, painting the horizon in streaks of blood red and bitcoin orange. Only the saloon of the small town showed any signs of life, the doors creaking as they swung in the dry breeze. The 118K Gang was in town, and noone knew how long they would be staying. Some greeted them with joy. Others feared they would linger too long, overstaying their welcome. They'd come before, and were celebrated at first, but a few townsfolk had grown weary of their presence and thought to summon another gang to replace them. "You'll miss us when we're gone," shouted their leader at the barkeep as he set his empty glass on the bar, slurring his words from the whisky that he'd be downing all afternoon. The barkeep refilled the glass and said nothing -- he knew better than to rile up the temper of Wade Stallion with words. Just then the saloon doors flung open, the silhouetted shape of a tall man standing with there with hands at his hips. "I think it's time you fellers took to the hills," he said. "I think it's time you shut yer mouth," Wade shot back. "The 118K Gang doesn't go until I say we go. And I ain't goin' nowhere now." "My name's Errol Dawgins," said the man in the door as he slowly started to saunter in to the saloon. "I got it on good authority that 135K is imminent, so I says you best be leaving -- imminently if you don't want to end up in the cemetery up yonder." "You wanna settle this outside?" asked Wade. Errol barely nodded, but he turned around and walked out, stopping briefly at the exit to look back and indicate he was ready for a showdown.

This guy was so lucky start vlogging on NOSTR. View quoted note →

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Nostr is a part of bitcoin. It’s the arbitrary data layer. You’ll see.

Bitcoin stands for a lot of things, but only while some bitcoiners stand for each of those things.

Bitcoin reignites hope for humanity.

Bitcoin: Not just a store of value, but a restorer of values.

What I think I love most about the bitcoin movement is how many people find purpose and meaning in finding their particular role within it. It's always something they care deeply about enough to forego everything else for. It's not everyone, of course, but even just seeing a few people, working with passion and integrity on what their calling is, is incredibly inspirational.

Oh. A bitcoin radio drama. Interesting. Well produced. Intriguing. Listening now. You can too. View quoted note →

This is Bitcoin’s sweet 16 party and she’s got all the boys’ attention.

Bitcoin is the only asset for which there is seller’s remorse.

GM everyone.

A man who finds his calling in something greater than himself, greater than his life, greater than his time, has found a way to experience what is beyond himself, his life, and his time.

I'd like to go to a restaurant with that financial times reporter and split the bill, me offering to leave a tip in bitcoin, and her in human teeth. For once I'd be seen as much less of the freak. MUCH LESS.

First trillium

To all the shitheads in Bitcoin, Thank You: Bitcoin is for everyone, so let’s not forget the shitheads; those who not only fail to appreciate its importance, but go out of their way to undermine it; Who not only fail to teach others, but try to mislead them; Who not only fail to appreciate the equality with which it treats all of us, but who try to claim special status for themselves; WIthout you, we might grow complacent, our lessons might become dulled, our own egos might become puffed. But thanks to you and your tireless (but tiresome) attacks, Bitcoin and bitcoiners remain strong, sharp, and ready to spring into action (even if that is steadfast inaction, which you would label as ossified and close-minded). You wear it well, that head of shit. Rarely do you engage through reason, truth, nuance, or wisdom, nor do you come around after some time admitting your errors. No, you take it on the chin over and over, foregoing friendship, respect, honesty, and many other genuine spiritual rewards, not to mention the high monetary price you often pay if you actually put your money where your mouth is (which few of you actually do). So thanks to you unsung heroes – the villains – of the bitcoin story and its history. We need you and bitcoin needs you, even though you’re shitheads. Keep doing what you do so well that so many of the rest of us simply will not bring ourselves to do, or even to thank you for.

Good morning. Cheer up. You’re fixing the world. You didn’t expect that would be easy and smooth sailing all the way, did you? Don’t let the bastards get you down.

How Bitcoin Fixes Money and, In Turn, Everything Else (in 250 words): Nature is driven by forces. And in nature, to obtain some resource, a being takes it, most often by force. In human society, when something is taken by force from nature, like extracting iron from the earth, it is called being industrious. But when something is taken by force from another human, it is called theft. Since both theft and industry are possible using force, industrious people must use significant energy to deter theft, directing it away from further industrious activities. If we could direct more energy to producing wealth rather than to defending it we would be richer and more productive, and there should be less incentive to steal. This would kick off a positive feedback loop of abundance creation making theft unprofitable in many more cases and further increasing abundance, but we must first close the loopholes that rewards theft. In the realm of money, bitcoin achieves this. Bitcoin cannot be taken by force. It cannot be created except for with force that makes it harder to take bitcoins by force. It cannot be counterfeited, clipped, debased or devalued. Modern money has many such loopholes. They incentivize many people to dedicate their lives towards getting that money through un-industrious efforts - they spend their time and energy on activities that do not create any real wealth, but rob those who do create it of their wealth. By closing these loopholes, Bitcoin fixes money, and in turn, so much more.

Great engineering often involves leaving out what, on the surface, seems like an essential requirement. Consider if you were asked to design a system that everyone in the world could use. Your intuitive first step might be to create a "UserName" and "UserNumber". But if you did, some authority could tell you to freeze or delete or deny some UserNames or UserNumbers from using the system. This then would violate the system's design requirement of everyone being able to use it. So it turns out you must actually leave out the obvious, but flawed solution. And it's by no means obvious what you would instead implement. So it becomes a hard problem. This is just one example of the many hard problems Satoshi Nakamoto simultaneously solved in Bitcoin.