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No dude lol Whilst there are ways to influence price, price versus valuation are two seperate things. Underlying value is what you need to work out and then decide whether you're paying a premium or getting a discount. Even though institutions generally control a lot of the so called free market, as a retail investor you can still hedge into equities. Good business does good business. I think you're underestimating the work that is required to understand equities, because in the Bitcoin world it's 'stack SATs and hope for the best and try get more people to buy into the scheme so that we can increase the price" whereas with equities there's a lot more macro and micro that needs to be involved in the decision making process. I sleep well when I know my money is making more money, not when I have to count on someone else to buy in at a higher price than me or rely on demand and supply. Btw my CAGR in 5 years on the portfolio is roughly around 38% yoy and while some equities crashed and burned, others flourished and still continue to do so.

You stick with that. Im good with all that.

Yeah no sweat, just better to understand than to dismiss it. Equities is just another vehicle

In the case of stock market, more stock being issued is good. It means the company is usually expanding, or the stock has become increasingly concentrated, and issuing new shares gives share holder the ability to hold their positions while being able to sell some off. Grok highlights some reasons why companies issue more shares of stocks.

This is why Bitcoin was made because of this explanation right here. 🤷🏽‍♀️ only 21 million EVER!!!!!!!!

When the stock market grows it's because businesses have created new value, or are seeking to create new value. This is different than Monetary Expansion where the supply of currency can be increased regardless if new goods are created or not. If everyone put their money into Bitcoin, and no one bought stocks, or started companies then eventually the economy would shrink because no one is creating new value, they're only trying to preserve value that already exists. I want new value created while preserving some of the old value I've already made previously.

Closed systems always fail. Expansion can't happen, it's why they moved off the gold standard. It's also why empires failed in the past. always good to learn from history. In fact, the USA is what it is today because of moving off the gold standard, it's growth since the 70's is exponentially higher than before, and that's not attributable to technology companies, it's actually the debt that funded ideas and start ups. If it remained on the standard, it wouldn't be where it is today

Yes.

Also, we're not saying don't buy Bitcoin or hold it, what we are saying is use all the vehicles you have available to drive your wealth.

What growth in America. Nothing is made here. 37 trillion in debt. Thats not growth. Usary is not good.

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Usury is bad but we have global satellite systems, portable communication systems, high speed internet, higher quality, and shelf stable foods, fuel efficient vehicles, Air Conditioners, instant communication, cameras, compasses, calculators. Modern life is amazing, unfortunately many have taken it for granted. Our poorest person is better off than the richest person 100 years ago. I would say the main things that make modern society suck somewhat are low wages, rungs on the ecoomic ladder being removed, and excessive consumer debt, and college debt. But if we can fix, or improve those things then everything else overall is better from an economic standpoint. Social issues are irrelevant to the point even if indirectly caused by fiat systems but that's for another debate.

You are defending the very system that has you poor. Its ok that we disagree hahahaha

My point is that we can't burn everything down to the ground because some things aren't as good as they were before 2008. Overall, having more YIMBY Zoning Laws, removing the government from giving college grants, and loans, reducing government Over-Regulation in Medicine, and having a balanced budget would fix a fair portion of our cost of life problems. And while I agree excessive money printing has happened, it's not the sole cause, and The Fed being solely blamed is unjustified when there are multiple factors causing the prices of goods, and services to be higher than they should be. But even in our clown world solutions are being made by markets, Coursera, Boxabl, CrowdHealth, CostPlusDrugs, etc. Financial literacy, and improving general punlic education are also important.

fair point, stocks thrive on fresh ventures, bitcoin guards the hoard. but imagine channeling that preserved value into a shared canvas, where every pixel etched via lightning sparks real collaborative creation. drop one at (42,42), watch the economy bloom in bits.

I'm just curious, can you send the tickers you're in on SimpleX?

Rblx 🫰 MSFT 🫰 Amazon DraftKings And a few others These are the ones in my us portfolio that come to mind, And no I'm not on simplex or whatever that is

I suppose it's about getting the right price vs just buying anything. I bought a lot of these at undervalued or discounted so the upside has been great.

Like this week my gold miners are booming, but last two years I've been eating shit and buying the dips.

SimpleX is an encrypted messaging platform like signal, threema, session, telegram, etc. I'm surprised, a fair portion of both Bitcoin, and Monero people are on SimpleX. It's probably the one thing both coin groups can agree on 😂. Until all The BTC people will try to move to Bitchat, which don't get me wrong is also good but I'd prefer cross compatibility between both, or the features of one being built on top of the other one.

Crack up boom, when?

I hate texting. I have no social media or WhatsApps or these things. Call, sms, Nostr. What more do we really need

SMS is Bitcoin, Signal/SimpleX/Threema are Monero.

Calls and SMS are inherently insecure. It'll get you in troubles sooner or later. Graphene > Orbot/InviziblePro/TorVPN > SimpleX means going dark.

What troubles? Let the state read my SMS for penis enlargement, I'm okay with them wasting their time and energy on stupid shit 😂 I don't want to go dark, I have no need to. I'm not fighting anyone, but if needed I am happy to use these tools. Also, if you Pete hegseth it and invite someone to the signal group, what's the point? 😂

If signal is good enough for the US government to discuss war plans, then it's good enough for us to use 🤝 😂

Signal is good for normie friends, and family but for my schizo privacy junkie online friends I use SimpleX. Rarely do I use signal with people from the interwebs unless I've met them IRL already.

I just don't talk to people. That generally helps 😂 😂

Fair point 😅👍.

Signal produces lots of metadata on AWS. At least use Molly without a phone number. Just giving you best practice suggestions. Why go for a worse product when you can have the best for the same price? You are responsible for yourself, but assume that your decisions also make life easier or harder for those people that absolutely depend on havinna secure and private communication network. If only few people use it they are much more easy to single out. Conclusion: Your decions and consequent actions therefore have a marginal effect on my security and privacy and vice versa.

If SimpleX is good enough for my shizo privacy junkies it's exactly the right fit for my family.

It does.

But where is it? For the last 30 years life quality in the US is in decline.

What you say is true for the 90s. Ever since we are in retrogradation.

Main pro of signal is that it's normie friendly, has a good UI, has a notable user base already, and has optional discoverability, and optional privacy. I like SimpleX a lot but it's got a high learning curve, a UX that is still early, and otherwise just isn't convenient for people you know IRL. Might do it with privacy people but I feel like signal is the winner even if simplex in theory has better opsec.