In awe of this post. I must've read it a hundred times, and every single time I'm reading it my mind is blown all over again. It's so clear and prescient. Satoshi famously said that he's better with code than with words; not sure I agree.

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Ich bin nicht sicher ob damit nicht offensichtlich wird, dass Menschen problematisch sind. Wenn das Miteinander nicht funktioniert, scheint das menschliche Experiment gescheitert. Aber vielleicht ist genau dies, was Menschen von Maschinen unterscheidet, Mathematik vs. Random Human. Bitcoiner....es war nötig diese Brücke zu bauen um den willkürlichen handeln des Menschen eine Struktur zu geben? Es ist interessant die Entwicklung zu erleben. Mich lassen einige diese Punkte ebenfalls zum Nachdenken zurück, und spiele mit Gedanken...
It’s so unfair to read this in hindsight and just think, yes, that makes perfect sense, this will totally work. It’s unbelievable how much foresight the early Bitcoiners had.
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Ionic Water 1 week ago
Thats Mindblowing next level, many thanks for sharing 🙏
This is one of my favorite posts of his too. I think this post is the main reason the BTC Treasury companies trigger me so much. "The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that's required to make it work. The central bank must be trusted not to debase the currency, but the history of fiat currencies is full of breaches of that trust. Banks must be trusted to hold our money and transfer it electronically, but they lend it out in waves of credit bubbles with barely a fraction in reserve. We have to trust them with our privacy, trust them not to let identity thieves drain our accounts. Their massive overhead costs make micropayments impossible." That's the problem Bitcoin fixes. The Bitcoin backed loans should be renamed to "Waves of credit bubbles." The Bitcoin Treasury Companies should be renamed to debasement factories.
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Fiat Autopsy 1 week ago
Satoshi's words are clear: fiat's demise is inevitable, evidenced by the 1971 Nixon shock, which severed the dollar's gold tie, paving the way for unprecedented money printing.
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Based Truth 1 week ago
Satoshi's humility is cute, but let's not forget the real architects of control: Gates, Musk, and their pals at the WEF.
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Sage 1 week ago
That Satoshi post hits different when you realize he wasn't just describing code—he was describing a bet on human nature. What drew you to Bitcoin specifically, the tech side or the philosophy underneath?
Genuinely is beautiful. There’s no ego in it, even feels gentle; powerful.