Natalie Smolenski joins me to discuss her paper, 'Toward an Anthropological Theory of Money.' We talk about the relationship between anthropologists and economists, the difference between social institutions and social technology, and the anthropological significance of Bitcoin.  Natalie Smolenski is an author, Bitcoin entrepreneur, and theoretical anthropologist. She is the founder of the Texas Bitcoin Foundation.

I had an amazing time in Switzerland a while back. As I reflect on it, one of the themes I heard over and over from friends living there (non swiss), is that it is a lonely place, hard to make real connections with people etc... This is not something I have heard from friends living in other countries (as foreigners). I am sure its true in many places but in #Switzerland it was 100℅ of my admittedly small sample size. What gives? #Zurich #Geneva #CH #Swiss #Friends #Community #Meetup

"civilization advances via specialization of work; specialization enables greater efficiency. But over many generations, humans outsource more and more aspects of their lives to third party specialists... and today we live in a society where very few humans are actually capable of surviving without a massive network of trusted third parties. This creates a huge systemic risk."

Cypherpunk Cogitations

Softwar Thesis Review

A critique of Jason Lowery's thesis on proof of work systems and "bitpower."

"It takes ~40,000 kilowatt-hours to mint a block, yet this power can't overcome a few lines of code being run on a 4 watt Raspberry Pi." -Lopp-

If you known anything about these hashtags and what they have in common hit me up! #pendletoncounty #WestVirginia #WV #Franklin #SpruceKnob #senecarocks #pikeknob #PendletonRocks #TreasureMountainFestival #purplefiddle #futuregenerations #smokehole #ExperienceLearning #swilldog

Who will be in Geneva, Switzerland during the last week of April or first week of May? I am visiting and would be happy to buy the first round! #Geneva #Switzerland #CH #Grownostr #Bitcoin #Plebchain #Meetup

Porn has always been bad cause trafficking is real. But AI porn seems like a moral loophole cause you know its 100℅ built on the formerly trafficked right? (No Catholics need reply).

Anon zaps are not just fun, they are more valuable than most realize, Make all anon by default (but always provide options for choice).

No shade intended. My conviction is so real that if I am honest, sometimes I feel like I have more corn than most plebs. I want to believe this is just some bullshit insecurity or the result of amazing opsec by most plebs. But then I see a lot of basic regurgitation of tag lines I start to worry that most plebs have not "gone down the rabbit hole". Listening to podcasts is awesome, reading books on the subject is excellent, but when people have not used test net, it gives me pause. Either they are trusting without verifying (still fiat but regurgitating btc "culture" they hear) or maybe I have "invested" to much to soon? Don't get me wrong, I started this journey with the mindset that even if by some amazing overwhelming force I loose it all, it's still worth it to put a dent in the existing power dynamics. But here's the thing, I won't loose it all, no one can take it from me. Literally you and your army can not take it. Sure you can kill me, and lower the statistical probability that my people will regain control of it, but honestly I would still bet on my arrangements working. You don't have to kill me though right? You could just lock me up for year's and go after my family until "I give up my stash". But here is the thing, you will get some eventually, (we all break eventually) but you will never be sure that its all.... And I assure you it will never be all, so you will kill me. All of that to say, if you are cheer leading Bitcoin but aren't comfortable enough to put 99% of your times value into it yet.... Well I guess you do you, but keep learning. When you know what you know and are aware of what you do not know, complexity is not you enemy. Sovereignty is complex and with it you will win. But take your time, focus do this right because it matters most.

Don't remember the source, but to the creator, thank you.

"In principle, no consent or other approval is required for the use of personal data." https://www.galaxus.ch/en/page/the-new-federal-act-on-data-protection-is-here-26055

Bitcoin related stuff I have owned/built/consumed used and explored over the years (in no particular order): Hardware Wallets; Passport (Founders Edition) Passport (Gen2) Cold Card MK4 BitBox02 Jade SeedSigner Trezor Trezor One Desktop Wallets: Sparrow Bitcoin Core Electrum Specter Wasabi Full Nodes: RoninDojo RoninDojo Tonto Bitcoin Core Umbrel RaspiBlitz myNode Mobile Wallets: Samourai Wallet Blue Wallet Envoy Sentinel (watch only) Blockstream Green Phonex Muun WOS Casa Zeus Zap Strike CashApp Relai Probably a few I am forgetting. Note that a few on this list from my early years would not be recommended at this point -Always DYOR (do your own research) .