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The Commoner
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Just a dork that knows how to get in trouble
LIFE = BITCOIN
LIBERTY = NOSTR
JUSTICE = PROOF OF WORK
THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT BITCOIN IS THAT IT… MUCH LIKE THINGS IN THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE, IT WILL MOVE FOREVER INTO A MORE DISORGANIZED STATE AND YET WITH ITS ABILITY TO RECORD AND MAINTAIN A TRUTHFUL LEDGER OVER TIME AND THROUGHOUT SPACE, IS ABLE TO BEST CONVEY ITS INFORMATION WITH IMMUTABILITY ACROSS THE SAME TIME….
BITCOIN IS SIMPLY THE FIRST AND BEST METHOD OF PERFORMING THIS “ PROOF OF WORK.”
MIC DROP
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MY LIST OF THINGS TO READ AND LISTEN TO IS SERIOUSLY GETTING RIDICULOUSLY LONG…
WILL YOU ALL PLEASE STOP DEVELOPING BITCOIN, NOSTR, CRYPTOGRAPHY, AI, PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, WEIRD SCIENCE FICTION, AND PHILOSOPHICAL INFORMATION FOR LIKE…10 MONTHS OR SO???
MAYBE THAT WOULD GIVE ME TIME TO CATCH UP…. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE :)
YOUR CONFORMITY TO THE SYSTEMS IS WHAT PERPETUATES THE CYCLES OF ALL THAT IS WRONG WITH THOSE SYSTEMS….
I AM HERE TO TELL YOU…..
YOU HAVE BEGUN THE JOURNEY DOWN THE PATH OF BREAKING THOSE CYCLES!!!
WELCOME
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@ODELL @Jeff Booth @jack mallers
I JUST WANT TO SAY - IF YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING COOL, OR SOMETHING THAT I LIKE OR AM INTERESTED IN…I AM GOING TO FIND YOU…AND LIKELY ZAP YOU….SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE, AND KEEP BEING YOU!
SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT BITCOIN…AND I GOT THINKING ABOUT LARGE NUMBERS AND WONDERING ABOUT WHAT THE WORLD WOULD LOOK LIKE IF SAY….20% OF PEOPLE WERE GETTING PAID IN BITCOIN….
JUST IN THE U. S. I ESTIMATE THAT NUMBER WOULD BE ABOUT 40 BILLION USD A WEEK
AND THEN I THINK….
SAYLOR IS BUYING 42 BILLION OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO…
THEN I THINK….
DAMN…. WE ARE SO EARLY!!
THEN I ASK MYSELF…AM I BULLISH ENOUGH?
AND THEN I REMIND MYSELF….
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@ODELL
START WITH THE TRUTH -
1. THE STATE OF A FREE MARKET IS DEFLATION
2. RECOGNIZE THE STATE OF THE WORLDS "FREE MARKET" HAS BEEN DEFLATIONARY BUT HAMSTRUNG BY THE REQUIREMENT OF IT HAVING BEEN BUILT UPON A DEBT BASED SYSTEM/LEDGER - (MY DEFINITION OF DEBT-BASED IS ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING THEFT BASED...AS DEBT IS EFFECTIVELY REDUCING THE VALUE OF YOUR FUTURE PRODUCTIVITY GAINS)
2.1 - I WANT TO REALLY EMPHASIZE THIS POINT HERE - THIS IS THE ESSENCE OF THE SYSTEM TODAY - WE ALL HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO BELIEVE THAT THE FUTURE VALUE OF MONEY WILL BE LESS THAN IT IS TODAY....(DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT GOOGLE - TIME VALUE OF MONEY)
THIS CONCEPT IS WHAT NEARLY EVERY MARKET IN THE WORLD IS BUILT UPON....THIS CONCEPT IS SAYING THAT YOUR VALUE THAT YOU WORK SO HARD FOR TODAY...IS GOING TO BE WORTHLESS TOMORROW???
AND WHY IS THAT? THIS IS THE QUESTION YOU NEED TO ANSWER FOR YOURSELF...YOUR COMPANY....YOUR CHILDREN....
WHY IS THE WORK VALUE YOU CREATED TODAY WORTH LESS TOMORROW?
NOW ASK YOURSELF - DOES IT HAVE TO BE? CAN THE SYSTEM BE CHANGED? CAN MY VALUE BE WORTH AS MUCH IF NOT MORE TOMORROW THAN IT WAS TODAY? COULD MY LIFE BE GETTING EASIER FOR ME IN THE FUTURE IF I WORK REALLY HARD TODAY AND PROVIDE MORE VALUE THAN I CONSUME?
3. NOW - FOCUS REAL HARD HERE - IMAGINE THE WORLDS MARKETS BUILT UPON A SYSTEM/LEDGER THAT IS BASED UPON A COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL THAT IS ABLE TO ACCURATELY RETAIN AND REPRESENT YOUR VALUE CONTRIBUTED TODAY....INTO THE FUTURE FOR ALL TO SEE AND BELIEVE.
THIS CONCEPT/SYSTEM/LEDGER IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EFFECTS OF USING BITCOINS BLOCKCHAIN TO RECORD TRANSACTIONS OF VALUE.
BITCOIN IS BECOMING THE WORLD'S MOST -
OPEN, DECENTRALIZED, SECURE, PROTOCOL, BOUNDED BY ENERGY THAT IS CAPABLE OF PROVIDED VERIFIABLE RECORDS OF VALUE CREATION/DESTRUCTION OVER TIME AND THROUGH SPACE.
AND HERE'S THE KICKER -
BITCOIN DOESN'T CARE IF YOU READ THIS AND THINK I AM CRAZY - IT DOESN'T CARE IF YOUR NEIGHBOR, FINANCIAL ADVISOR, TRUSTED MENTOR...WHOEVER THINKS I AM CRAZY....
BITCOIN IS SIMPLY DOING IT'S THING AND EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD IS TRANSITIONING INTO/ONTO THE NETWORK.
HERE IS WHY -
WHEN HUMANS OPERATE IN/ON A SYSTEM BUILT UPON THEFT OF YOUR FUTURE VALUE - IT HAS 2ND AND 3RD ORDER EFFECTS THAT ARE ALSO EXTRACTIVE IN NATURE - THIS IS UNDENIABLE AND WHY YOU LOOK AROUND AND THINK THE WORLD IS GOING SHIT...
WHEN HUMANS OPERATE IN/ON A SYSTEM BUILT UPON AN OPEN, DECENTRALIZED, SECURE, PROTOCOL BOUNDED BY ENERGY - THE 2ND AND 3RD ORDER EFFECTS BECOME ALIGNED WITH THAT BASE LAYER AND TURN FROM EXTRACTIVE TO COOPERATIVE (AT WORST) AND ADDITIVE (AT BEST)....
NOW IMAGINE - IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ....YOU WERE JUST WAKING UP TO FIND YOURSELF WITH THE COICE OF THESE TWO SYSTEMS TO LIVE IN, AND DEDICATE YOUR ENERGY TOWARDS....WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
I DON’T KNOW WHY BUT I FEEL LIKE @Jeff Booth JUST BLEW MY MIND…. ON “WHY BITCOIN MATTERS MORE THAN YOU THINK” PODCAST HE JUST LAYS OUT THE STRAIGHT TALK ON WHAT THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BRING ABOUT FOR US ALL AS WE TRANSITION TO A WORKS BUILT UPON THE MOST TRUTHFUL, HONEST, DECENTRALIZED AND SECURE PROTOCOL/BASE LAYER EVER….
LIKE MY MIND IS SIMPLY JUST BLOWN….
LIKE THIS NEWEST BASE LAYER OF THE FREE MARKET IS GOING TO BLOW THE DOORS OFF OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM SO HARD AND SO FAST IT IS GOING TO MAKE ALL OR COLLECTIVE HEADS EXPLODE WITH SUCH A TECTONIC SHIFT IN THE WAY WE LIVE AS HUMANS THAT IT IS ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE (AND IT IS FOR ALL THOSE LIVING IN THE OLD SYSTEM STILL)!!!
I MEAN - LIKE JUST THINK ABOUT TRYING TO BUILD UP YOUR MENTAL LATTICE/UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD FINANCIAL MARKET BASED UPON THE OLD FIAT-GOLD BASED OR BARTER BASED SYSTEM…THEN BUILD THAT UNDERSTANDING SOLIDLY…THEN IMAGINE WHAT THAT SYSTEM/MARKET WOULD/COULD LOOK LIKE IF IT WAS BASED UPON A PROTOCOL-BASE LAYER THAT HAD ALL THE TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS OF THE NETWORK THAT IS BUILDING UPON BITCOIN…LIKE WE CAN SIMPLY MOVE OUR TIME AND ENERGY OVER INTO THAT SYSTEM RIGHT NOW, TODAY, THIS INSTANCE…. AND START BEING THE CHANGE WE ALL WANT TO SEE!!!
THAT IS JUST HOW I FEEL THOUGH SO DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT…. THINK ABOUT FOR YOURSELF-TAKE THE ACTUAL TIME TO LOOK AT IT AND THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT IT FOR YOURSELF - I KNOW YOU WILL COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION AS ME…IT MAY TAKE YOU MORE OR LESS TIME DEPENDING ON YOUR NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND THE TIME YOU ARE WILLING OR ARE ABLE TO DEDICATE TO IT….
BUT PLEASE JUST DO IT - YOU WON’T REGRET IT!
I LIKE THIS ONE :)
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DISCUSSION AT THE BITCOIN MEETUP LAST NIGHT…. IF YOU ARE THE INCOMING GOVERNMENT FOR THE USA RIGHT NOW…YOU HAVE TO BE THINKING THAT IF SMALLER COUNTRIES ARE PUTTING BITCOIN IN THEIR RESERVES AT THESE CURRENT PRICES…WE HAVE TO ANNOUNCE A RESERVE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT IN THE USA TO SEND THE PRICE HIGHER THAN THESE SMALLER COUNTRIES CAN CHASE…. I MEAN IT IS POSSIBLE SOME OF THESE SMALLER SOVEREIGNS ALREADY OUTSTACK US…. AND FIT ALL OF US HERE IN THE USA - THAT IS NOT A POSITION WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH SO…. LFG
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@Marty Bent @ODELL @HODL