The only Bitcoin changes that should be made now are security changes. Get ready for the quantum threat. Peter Todd wants to eliminate the 21 million threshold. Start a new coin, and do it. BIP110, didn’t fly. Start a new coin and do what you want. You don’t have to piggy back on Bitcoin. If it’s a better solution, it will survive on its own. I bought Bitcoin because I know what it is. I want it to stay what it is.

Bitcoin Trading 24 hr. Trading volume is $4.6 billion now. If you want to cash out thru an exchange now, you might need 5 days. The limiting factor is mostly in Exchange to your bank. So what are you really worried about, if you are not leverage buying, or using money you need to live on for your Bitcoin ownership. Which you should not do. Zoom out. 5 year avg. 15% per year, and 10 year avg. 900%/year. Can you maintain those kind of numbers in your standard brokerage account. If you can, then God Bless you!

Bitcoiners in Illinois. Get your coins off exchanges before Jan. 1st. If you know BTC this should be done anyway. Get a non KYC lightning wallet. Use it to spend BTC with venders that accept it. Check Cashapp sight for vendors. IL can’t tax you that way. Buy on P to P exchanges. FU** to Illinois tax.

Energy is the true money of the universe. It’s abundant, but capturing it is what makes it valuable. Bitcoin creates the avenue to encourage us to forge on.

The only thing I need my government to fix when it comes to Bitcoin, is to allow me to spend some without needing to report or pay capital gains on it. Otherwise, hands off!

This guy handrev on X makes a good point here. Payroll withholding is government's most insidious innovation—a psychological sleight of hand that makes citizens forget they're being robbed. Before 1943, Americans wrote checks to the IRS every quarter, feeling every dollar leave their hands. The pain was immediate and visceral. Politicians faced constant revolt over tax increases because people actually noticed. But Milton Friedman's wartime "innovation" changed everything. Now your employer quietly siphons money before you ever see it, and the government sends you a "refund" of your own money as if it's a gift. The average American celebrates getting back $3,000 of the $15,000 that was taken from them all year—Stockholm syndrome at scale. The boiling frog analogy fits perfectly here. If you suddenly had to write a $1,200 check to the government every month instead of automatic withholding, you'd demand accountability for every wasteful program. You'd ask why your "representatives" spend trillions bombing foreign countries while your roads crumble. And you'd probably stop voting for anyone who promised to expand government programs funded by your labor. The system deliberately obscures the largest expense in most people's lives. Between income tax, payroll tax, and the employer's "contribution" that reduces your potential salary, the average worker surrenders 30-40% of their productive output. That's more than medieval serfs paid their lords—but at least serfs saw the transaction happening.

Is Bitcoin a poor man’s Hedge against inflation. That’s what Brian Armstrong said. I kind of like it! Fck the rich man, give the poor man a way to beat their game.