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"We know the law is unconstitutional.
FinCEN knows the law is unconstitutional.
FinCEN knows we know the law is unconstitutional.
And yet we're supposed to pretend like nothing happened and comply with an illegal law."
~ Jameson Lopp
What do we do when a regulatory agency continues to enforce an illegal law against a judicial verdict? Jameson Lopp explores the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), revealing how it mandates extensive reporting to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, compromising individual privacy and security under the guise of legal compliance. How does this act, despite being challenged for its constitutionality, reflect broader tensions between privacy rights and government surveillance in the digital age?
Check out the original article at Congress is Unconstitutionally Criminalizing Privacy. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/46h3swp3)
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~ Emma Goldman
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"You have to decide how to move forward. You have to decide what game you want to play; how much responsibility you are willing to shoulder. Do you want to stay stuck in the machine? A machine that uses and abuses you? A machine that feeds itself by extracting and devouring your time, attention, and value? Or do you have the courage to take control of your wealth, health, thoughts, and speech?"
~ DerGigi
Free speech is a non-negotiable foundation for society and human progress, as the open exchange of ideas allows us to productively clash perspectives and arrive at truth. Free speech and societal evolution are inextricably linked, our discussion today underscores how critical unrestricted discourse is to confronting humanity's most complex problems. But there is a huge concern in our current era... how can we ensure robust protections for free speech in an era of increasing censorship and centralized control over communication platforms?
Check out the original article at Speaking Freely - On the Oxymoron of Free Speech Platforms. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/4aem73sy)
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Gigi on X (Link: https://twitter.com/dergigi) Gigi on Nostr (Link: hhttps://tinyurl.com/2jhz4y6t) Gigi Website (Link: https://dergigi.com/)Host Links
Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann/) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)"If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent, we may be led like sheep to the slaughter."
~ George Washington
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Guy Swann and Preston Pysh explore the dramatic shifts in global finance and the pivotal role of Bitcoin amidst rising inflation and the banking sector's vulnerabilities. They discuss how Bitcoin's growing influence could recalibrate financial power dynamics, offering a stark contrast to traditional economic mechanisms prone to manipulation and control.
How might Bitcoin's ascent challenge the existing financial order and catalyze a shift towards more decentralized, resilient economic structures?
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Fiat money has a collection of malincentives and consequences for the degrading and rotting of society. As we covered in the first part of this series, it leads to mindless consumerism and a more materialist culture. As we continue, I want to cover something else that it does by stealing the value of our savings which is our bet on the future health and capacity of society to provide for us. What happens when we are forced to bet against the future. As well as artificially lowering the price to replace things in the economy, until an enormous amount of the economic engine is built around quick financing, low quality products, and then throwing it away to finance the next thing. It's time for a Guy's Take episode, This is The Fiat Replacement Theory.
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Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)"Everywhere I travel, tiny life, single serving sugar, single serving cream, single pad of butter, the microwave, cordon bleu, hobby kit, shampoo conditioner combos, sample packaged mouthwash, tiny bars of soap.
The people I meet on each flight, they're single serving friends.
Between take off and landing we have our time together, that's all we get.
Welcome!"
~ Tyler Durden
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"The mechanisms enforcing this modern censorship are not confined to private sectors or individual platforms but are significantly directed and influenced by the U.S. government itself. This intertwining of state powers with censorship activities marks a troubling departure from traditional American values, where free speech has been held sacred."
~ Dr. Joseph Mercola
The troubling and dangerous emergence of a modern censorship system has taken hold in the west. A partnership of the governments, the military industrial complex, tech giants, and establishment news media have together subtly transformed the internet from a freedom-promoting platform into a tightly monitored, controlled, and censored environment. Could this be the end of free speech online, and what, if anything, can we do about it? All this and more as we cover Dr. Joseph Mercola's excellent article and expand in the Guy's Take to follow.
Check out the original article at The National Security State Is the Main Driver of Censorship in the US. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/4h6k67zr)
Links to check out
Read_781 - The Censorship Industrial Complex, CTIL Files 01 (Link: https://tinyurl.com/45rz53yw) Read_681 - The Twitter Files - Part 1 [Matt Taibbi] (Link: https://tinyurl.com/mryhtmaz)Guest Links
Dr. Joseph Mercola X (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3ajtjdu5) Mercola Website (Link: https://tinyurl.com/35v6z8n6)Host Links
Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann/) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)"The world is not sliding, but galloping into a new transnational dystopia. This development has not been properly recognized outside of national security circles. It has been hidden by secrecy, complexity and scale. The internet, our greatest tool of emancipation, has been transformed into the most dangerous facilitator of totalitarianism we have ever seen."
~ Julian Assange
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"As far as I'm concerned, there's no obvious increased danger from the CCP having control over our access or our information or even modifying the algorithm, than it is the alphabets of the world or the METAs of the world or the CIA or the FBI's of the world, like these people... as far as I'm concerned, the United States federal government is way more of an existential threat to me than the CCP. I'm domiciled here, they have the ability to fine and tax and sanction and imprison me for wrong think. That's a way more clear and present danger."
~ Clint Russell
The bill to ban Tiktok, the risks of legislative "solutions," blaming technology for cultural decay, the death of personal responsibility, the second wave of the banking crisis, the systemic problems of fractional reserve, and the possibility of a path out of all of this mess. All this and more in our winding chat with Clint Russell of the Liberty Lockdown and The Best Political Show podcasts. Don't miss this one.
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Clint Russell on X (Link: https://twitter.com/LibertyLockPod) WeAreChange on Rumble (Link: https://rumble.com/WeAreChange)Host Links
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"In a system that depends on irresponsible government spending (especially for perpetual war) and fiat printing to cover that irresponsibility, alarm bells cannot be allowed to work. There must be no pure price signals.
~ MacroScope
In "Bitter Opposition to Bitcoin," the episode delves into the reasons behind policymakers' aversion to Bitcoin, particularly the prospect of a Bitcoin ETF. What if the antagonism has nothing to do with the openly stated claims? Does Warren actually think Bitcoin is used by only criminals, or does she hate it for another reason entirely, one that cannot be admitted? We dive into a great little tweet from MacroScope in today's show to find out.
Check out the original article at MacroScope on X. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/2dnxcvns)
Links to check out
Read_808 - Alan Kohler: Bitcoin is not a Ponzi bubble. Itâs worse â an insurrection (Link: https://tinyurl.com/msvwx3fn) Read_795 - Bitcoin is Dead (Long Live IBIT) (Link: https://tinyurl.com/hdma3hb5) Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yn3f6myd)Host Links
Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann/) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)âThe first duty of a man is to think for himselfâ
~ Jose Marti
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"Bitcoin will probably crash again but it is neither a Ponzi scheme nor a bubble â itâs something far worse: It is an inherently secure, tightly-controlled asset with a regulated supply, and is therefore a subversion to the whole basis of free-market financial capitalism."
~ Alan Kohler
What if Bitcoin is actually much worse than a Ponzi scheme? What if it's both here to stay, but also a total subversion to the very idea of the system we are currently in? Could this be another insurrectionist attack on this great nation and others? What if the systems that keep us safe and keep our financial system secure and solvent were to be undermined by a new rogue asset, that could threaten the foundations of all we have built? Find out the dangers of Bitcoin in today's read by Alan Kohler...
Check out the original article at Alan Kohler: Bitcoin is not a Ponzi bubble. Itâs worse â an insurrection. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/33nnhbjn)
References from the show
Read_794 - Open Letter To Prospective ETF Buyers (Link: https://tinyurl.com/5d5fv93d) "What does $6 trillion mean?" available on YouTube. (Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojXxuibPLp4)Guest Links
Alan Kohler on X (Link: https://twitter.com/AlanKohler) Alan Kohler on The New Daily (Link: https://tinyurl.com/4z43zusc)Host Links
Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
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"Of all measurement instruments, the clock is the most valuable because so many of the things we sacrifice to create are not fungible. The massive clock towers of Europe, with their enormous loud and resonant bells, broadcasting time, fairly across the town and even the countryside, rather than the last relics of the medieval, were the first building block of the wealthy modern world."
~ Nick Szabo
Part 2 of "A Measure of Sacrifice" delves into the profound impact of mechanical clocks on societal structures, emphasizing how the precise measurement of time transformed economic practices and labor relations. By creating a standardized and fungible measure of sacrifice â time â clocks facilitated the shift from serfdom and slavery to wage labor, showcasing the power of technological advancements in reshaping human interactions and values. How does this illuminate the value and role of Bitcoin in creating a new revolution in the measure and exchange of sacrifice, independently and verifiably? Could it end monetary slavery?
Check out the original article at â A Measure of Sacrifice â (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3j54336p)
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â What Does $6 Trillion Mean on Youtubeâ (Link: https://tinyurl.com/2uf5rppp)Guest Links
â Nick Szabo on Twitter (Link: https://twitter.com/NickSzabo4) â Nick Szabo Website (Link: https://tinyurl.com/mw9dcysa)Host Links
â Guy on Nostr â (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) â Guy on X â (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) â Bitcoin Audible on Xâ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get â 10% off the COLDCARDâ with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) â Swanâ : The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)âWhen you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.â
~ Thomas Sowell
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"From an engineering perspective the mechanical clock with its novelty, the escapement, was by far the more important invention. In terms of its impact on contemporary temporal relationships, the mechanical clock and sandglass were of similar importance. The main innovations were the restructurings of the relationships themselves. Chief among these was the time-rate wage, which played a leading role the economic revolution that started in the late Middle Ages. -- During this era physically coerced labor gave way to worker choice; serfdom and slavery succumbed to the time-rate wage." ~ Nick Szabo
In this episode, we dive deep into the fascinating history of timekeeping and its revolutionary impact on society and our economy. Join me, Guy Swan, as we explore "A Measure of Sacrifice" by Nick Szabo, uncovering the profound connection between the evolution of clocks, the concept of proof of work, and our modern understanding of value and fairness. Don't miss this journey through timeâright here on Bitcoin Audible.
Check out the original article at A Measure of Sacrifice | Satoshi Nakamoto Institute. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/4dhej9dc)
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Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)"There is no second best" ~ Michael Saylor
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I'm sure you have heard the claim that without inflation and the good people running the counterfeit machine, people would never spend money and it would cause an economic crisis. But have you ever seriously considered what the consequences of encouraging consumption and materialist economic activity might actually be, and whether we really need to subsidize the human desire to use up resources? What if it degrades the very process by which we even determine what our resources are worth to begin with? It's time for a Guy's Take episode.
Listen to the recent read by Hulsmann to understand the foundations of this episode
Bitcoin Audible - Read_805 - Dear Crypto & Fiat Bros (Link: https://tinyurl.com/y5n5fp9h)Host Links
Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)"And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world."
~ Robert Frost
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"Whether you're a rekt crypto bro or a friend of fiat, there is one thing that is especially difficult to accept. The one thing that sets Bitcoin apart: it all works without anyone in charge."
~ Gigi
The crypto and fiat bros of the world are likely in shock as Bitcoin, once again, has not died. Once again, rallies toward all time highs despite the clear "unbacked tulip mania bubble" that it really is if you ask the typical fiat and crypto minded. I think it's valuable to go back to a piece written by the ever-thought provoking mind of DerGigi in the very heart of the bear market. How could it be so clear that we were headed back here? What could lead to such conviction? What do we understand, that others don't? Find out in today's excellent read.
Check out the original article at Dear Crypto & Fiat Bros. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/5n9byjh9)
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Gigi on X (Link: https://twitter.com/dergigi) Gigi on Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/4fstytkn) Gigi's Website (Link: https://dergigi.com/)Host Links
Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 10% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)âSometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.â
~ Dr. Seuss
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"It might feel as if the promised future is perpetually out of reach, but building Lightning is a lot like climbing a mountain. Climbers never really see the summit until theyâre standing on top of it. They often canât even see over the next ridge. Planning the ascent is important, but most of the time youâre simply concentrating on the next foothold. But the steps add up. Just like the view from the top is the reward for all that effort, a brighter monetary future will be our reward for building the network bit by bit."
~ Roy Sheinfeld
Today we dive into a short read covering an interesting technical challenge, but touches on a hint of truth that makes for a fascinating commentary to follow. It is easy to get lost and see where Bitcoin's potential hasn't lived up to impossible promises, but its critical that we not lose sight of where we have come from. To have a perspective rooted in reality weighing our progress from where we actually came, not lost in a foolish expectation and comparing to a falsely remembered past. Let's dive into a great little piece from Roy Sheinfeld, CEO at Breez.
Check out the original article at The Past, Present, and Future of Offline Payments. (Link: http://tinyurl.com/mtmvatbx)
Mentioned in the episode
Chat_093 - P2P Payments for the World with Roy Sheinfeld (Link: http://tinyurl.com/3cv2ux2x) Read_793 - How DigiCash Blew Everything (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2s49yer8) Read_766 - Spiderchains, Proof of Stake L2. (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2vybksr8) Chat_092 - Second Coming of the P2P Web (Link: http://tinyurl.com/37n6426t)Guest Links
Roy Sheinfeld on X (Link: https://twitter.com/therealkingonly)Host Links
Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 9% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)âWe can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.â
~ Alphonse Karr
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"Izzy said there could be inflation in a hyperbitcoinized world. And she's right. Calm down, maxis, calm down! Explaining why this is true sheds light on yet another of Bitcoinâs quasi-magical properties and paints our hyperbitcoinized future an even rosier shade of orange. This is good for Bitcoin."
~ Allen Farrington
This may seem crazy, heretical even, but inflation can occur in a hyperbitcoinized world. How could that possibly be? When there's only ever 21 million BTC? Is this nothing but fiat nonsense, or does it clarify an important distinction while at the same time revealing the absurdity of a major keynesian economic model? Listen to Allen Farrington's 2021 piece on the topic today to find out.
Check out the original article at Inflation In A Hyperbitcoinized World (Link: http://tinyurl.com/yeyp6mk4)
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Guy on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) Guy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Bitcoin Audible on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible)Check out our awesome sponsors!
Get 9% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)"It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he'll look for his own answers."
~ Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear
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"I'm super confident that lightning is not just the present but also the future of lightning. It is the interoperability layer between all things Bitcoin." ~ Roy Sheinfeld
What is the future of the lightning network and how is it transforming the Bitcoin ecosystem? Today we take a journey with Roy Sheinfeld of Breez, diving into the latest innovations in lightning, exploring the Breeze SDK, liquidity management, and the path and place that lightning will have in an open, permissionless monetary ecosystem. Find out more about Bitcoins' scaling challenges and how we can use the tools today, to build the future we seek.
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Roy on Twitterâ (Link: https://twitter.com/therealkingonly) â Roy on nostrâ (Link: http://tinyurl.com/8vzr4zdn) Breez Mediumâ (Link: https://medium.com/breez-technology) â Breez Telegramâ (Link: tg://resolve?domain=breez_lightning)Host Links
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"The foregoing considerations are by no means an exhaustive account of the cultural and spiritual legacy of fiat inflation. But they should suffice to substantiate the main point: that fiat inflaiton is a powerhouse of social, economic, cultural, and spiritual destruction."
Fiat inflation is more than a hidden tax on everyday folksâit's the fuel for the worst parts of our system, feeding both the war monster overseas and a creeping police state at home. It fosters a culture where impulsive, harmful choices are rewarded, punishing those who live sensibly and plan for tomorrow. It's a thief that strips us of our wealth, our values, and our spirit. Dive into today's must-read from Jorg Guido Hulsmann at the Mises Institute, and see the society rotting symptoms of the fiat disease.
Check out Jorg Guido Hulsmann's article:
How Inflation Destroys Civilization (Link: http://tinyurl.com/3xbzx6r5)Don't forgot to follow and boost on Fountain (Link: https://www.fountain.com/)
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Get 9% off the COLDCARD with code BITCOINAUDIBLE â â â â â â (Link: bitcoinaudible.com/coldcardâ â â â â â ) Swan: The best way to buy, learn, and earn #Bitcoin (Link: https://swanbitcoin.com)âDonât pay attention to âauthoritiesâ, think for yourself.â
~ Richard P. Feynman
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"During the peak transaction fee times over the past month, our example transaction would be dust even for .001 BTC. Thatâs a little less than $50 at current market conditions. This feels incredible. 100,000 sats suddenly turned into dust. Gone. Unusable. This is terrifying."
~ Joe Rodgers
While we have a short respite from the crazy fees that have hit the Bitcoin world recently, there couldn't be a more important time to discuss the cost of moving UTXOs and just how to manage your bitcoin balances so they don't get swallowed by high fees. Have you analyzed your bitcoin balances and transactions to know where you stand? Have you consolidated your weekly purchases? Don't let your bitcoin turn to dust, listen to today's episode to learn how to protect yourself.
Check out the original article at To Dust You Shall Return. (Link: http://tinyurl.com/kmuw7bn9)
Links to other things mentioned in the shownotes
Bitcoin Audible - Read_791 - Rethinking Lightning (Link: http://tinyurl.com/3j8yke2d)
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"For too long, the world has had to endure the fallout of subpar academic research on bitcoin miningâs energy use and environmental impact. The outcome of this bullshit research has been shocking news headlines that have turned some well-meaning people into angry politicians and deranged activists. So that you never have to endure the brutality of one of these sloppy papers, Iâve sacrificed my soul to the bitcoin mining gods and performed a full-scale analysis of a study from the United Nations University, published recently in the American Geophysical Unionâs Earthâs Future. Only the bravest and hardest of all bitcoin autists may proceed to the following paragraphs, the rest of you can go back to watching the price chart."
~ Margot Paez
The battle for common sense in Bitcoin regulation and understanding of its energy use and environmental footprint may not ever be winnable, but in the course of the war on garbage research, if from time to time we get entertaining and scathing articles like this one from Margot Paez that tears apart their research... maybe it'll all be worth it.
A major shout out to btcpolicy.org for their incredible work.
Check out the original article at Mining Misinformation: How The United Nations University Misrepresents Bitcoin's Energy Use (Link: http://tinyurl.com/43f4ubtr)
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~ Hans Rosling
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"NWC is useful for far more than simply integrating Lightning into Nostr applications as well. The entire design philosophy of Nostr itself as a protocol was centered around keeping it simple enough that the entire protocol could be easily implemented correctly by any developer with minimal time and resources. Applications that have nothing to do with Nostr can easily integrate NWC or similar protocols with almost no overhead or complexity to address the underlying issues of how to connect a Bitcoin wallet with their application without having to build it directly into the app."
What if some of the biggest improvements in security, decentralization, and the power of Bitcoin and its app ecosystem, isn't a new OP_CODE or functionality of the bitcoin client, but instead the utilization of something completely separate? What if we can use Nostr, or other decentralized protocols, as identity and coordination layers for Bitcoin apps, so new applications can quickly and easily communicate, and connect to other devices and wallets, without the incredible overhead and complexity that this usually entails? This, is Nostr Wallet Connect.
Check out the original article at â Nostr Wallet Connect: A Bitcoin Application Collaboration Layer. â (Link: http://tinyurl.com/3w7fe7nf)
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â NWC.DEV - Nostr Wallet Connectâ (Link: https://nwc.dev/)Guest Links
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