for our forseeable lifetime, I do see USD remains king, much like the British Pound continues to operate as a reserve currency for some but not all the world. You will lose purchasing power though in your lifetime, meaning you work harder to level up for less, $5 for a pizza slice

one of the most valuable advices I got and only internalized through experience is that a startup can only excel when it has a plan, or an unwavering commitment in place for Murphy's law, when everything that could go wrong, does go wrong and in the most inopportune time - Bitcoin treasury companies fail to account for this but the market figures it out pretty quick

the more I look into it, monopoly and dictatorship are the real causes for pain in society and civilization... the ego of one overriding that of many, decisions by the few rather than the collective wisdom of many, macro trickle-down economics rather than bottom-up micro it's what makes bitcoin so great, and the internet such a dominant force... ideals kill people, tools to do things better, faster, cheaper, and longer, empower them - I'm starting to see how Bitcoin as money will come to outlast fiat and that's all it really needs to do but it can't be like religion, and it risks being co-opted much like gold, where debt money is re-created on top... one could argue that it's properties prevent that, but the very same properties make it easier to do just the same, so what does it do to stay p2p internet money? you build to reduce centralization risk and be a clearing for it, do the work to benefit people, make it pretty and stay patient because the mission isn't to be a billionaire, or the greatest nation on earth, but to be the most useful to the most amount of people you can there's a beauty in the public markets being the accumulated effort of many people with wins and failures being on open records that tokenization will continue to advance and shouldn't expect to circumvent, but the wisdom here is the institution balances individual and public efficient vs wholesome... fast alone, further together... multiple paths for humanity can, has and does work, but people are impatient and forgetful as values takes time to pass through generations, yet God and faith lasts through all time and ages even where practices change there seems to be much less of what's clearly wrong or right, and more of what guides towards balance and freedom and workability - these might be new values to expand with and scale up compassion, curiosity and courage into enduring institutions of beauty, goodness and truth...

Sometimes I wish I never started a fintech startup or studied money as a discipline both theoretical and applied. Then I could live in the bliss of knowing that Islamic Finance is doing well and moving to its own Malaysian benchmark. I would have no issues taking on a mortgage as well, halal, and otherwise, where options are limited of course. Now I know too much. It’s a privilege really, to also find myself in a position to escape it so easily despite the inconveniences. The world thinks you’re crazy though. Then religious parents say you’re being too strict lol! God knows how we lack. Then you look at your @BitcoinMajlis brothers and all is well. Do the work, stack the sats, go to @Muslim Bitcoin Summit.

To be more specific, it's: flat-fee, service-based, rate-discovered vs fee-adjusting, capital-based, rate-set (fixed/variable) View quoted note →

Any financial structure (flat-fee, variable rate) that is different to the bond market of central bank systems (compounding, fixed rate) will face significant liquidity issues. This has constrained our business tremendously. The public markets remains the other option but it too has a preference for higher leverage and one might argue is entirely designed to support leverage thanks to the liquidity it offers stock equity. Tokenization is inevitable, but it's unlikely to break the shackles of riba, given it's most successful use case has only been stablecoins. Regulatory barriers stand in the way; public markets and tokenization as the only viable path yet requires significant capital and rigour For islamic finance to develop it's own benchmark and liquidity, it needs to base itself on sound money. I've yet to raise funds on BTC-supported rentals/trade-fi, but the endgame for all other paths means purchase of T-Bills or Gold. But Gold, like Palm oil, is corruptible.

single women need to do more business, especially muslims, men too obviously, but there's generally a stronger affinity to business for men than women... it doesn't have to be something massive that pays the rent, but just something that gets you out there... the best way to know people is through business and travel, the prophet pbuh met his wife in business (i did too)

with microsoft, if you rename a folder or something, that's it - your automations are cooked lol

it's good to not be too smart lol

2027 M7 holds promise of Kimi K3 at solid speeds on your laptop.

ai is all about that agile, scrum iteration lol, try anything waterfall at your own peril, le sigh

sat billionaire, real goals @npub1tw4m...xpqe

i really don't like athan apps always asking me to share location

Islamic Finance is halal, and it is shubhah in darurah, but now we have a way to get out of the darurah and stop the shubhah and stop making Bitcoin haram.

Commercial fusion expected by stellaris by 2030. Silicon vacuum-less 1 Kelvin quantum computing already achieved. Biological sugar-fed brain-cell computing data center active in Singapore. Frontier AI operating on home laptops by 2027 with Apple M7 chips. Fractional reserve banking in full swing thanks to stablecoins. Bitcoin preserves scarcity and elastic purchasing power through all time.