Years ago, I read a book that I still think about regularly. Unfortunately, I had forgotten its title and couldn't find it again despite an intensive search. Enter grok. Grok found it for me with two searches. The book is called "Holy Fire" and was written by Bruce Sterling.

When I read it back then, I wasn't a Bitcoiner yet. But since that changed, I've been reminded of one aspect of this book more often. It's set in a medium-term future on Earth, where there are very wealthy elderly people. However, the majority of the population lives on money given to them so they can satisfy basic needs. The important distinction is that there are two different types of money: the valuable money that the elderly, wealthy people possess. And then the money that is given to the population to buy things like rent, food and clothing. But with this inferior money you can't, for example acquire land, buildings or other capital.

Through my journey down the Bitcoin path, I can easily imagine all of this as a possible, realistic future.

#book #future #money

The best time to buy Bitcoin was 15 years ago. The second-best time is now.

So there is a second-best... 🤔

Get #Bitcoin.

#memes

The tatterd ribbons of a girls bicycle gently flapping in a warm breeze, rendered meaningless by a swift blow of a lead pipe to the head.

Ireland sending 350 million to Ukraine.

Fuck Ukraine.

I believe in the Prince of Peace.

I shat into a peppa pig cake mould, baked it , sprinkles the whole nine yards, posted it to the European Central Wank.

Balls in their court.

This is how we win.

Magazines used to be rad af, what happened?

Most of us just living our lives like Benjamin Button in reverse am I right?

#DeepInsight

Climate change:

Kick people off their land Move them into smart cities Force feed them bugs and synthetic goop. Tokenise all life on earth, and control all human activity from a control panel.

Oh, and plastic straws and cute little tote bags. <3

Europe is a place.

The EU is a puss filled sac.

Ich habe kürzlich in einem Podcast gehört, dass der Sprecher davon ausgeht, dass höchstens 10-15 Prozent der Menschheit in Zukunft bitcoin in self custody halten würden. Das ist eine realistische Möglichkeit. Als Bitcoiner dachte ich mir zuerst, dass das nicht gut ist. Jetzt ist mir jedoch aufgefallen, dass selbst wenn nur ein kleiner Teil seine bitcoin selbst verwahrt, es dennoch besser ist als jede Alternative (bisher). Denn es ist verlgeichbar mit dem Gold-Standard insofern, dass die geldausgebenden Institutionen einen Rahmen haben, den sie nicht ausweiten können. Ich meine damit, dass selbst während eines "echten" Gold-Standards, die meisten Menschen nicht direkt mit Gold zu tun hatten. Die Besonderheit ist, dass sie jeder Zeit die Möglichkeit dazu gehabt hätten. Und das ist bei Bitcoin genau so.

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I recently heard in a podcast that the speaker believes that at most 10-15 percent of humanity would hold bitcoin in self-custody in the future. That is a realistic possibility. As a Bitcoiner, I thought at first that this was not good. But now I have realized that even if only a small part holds their bitcoin themselves, it is still better than any alternative (so far). Because it is comparable to the gold standard in that the money-issuing institutions have a framework that they cannot expand. What I mean by that is that even during a "real" gold standard, most people did not have direct contact with gold. The special thing is that they would have had the opportunity to do so at any time. And that is exactly the case with Bitcoin.

Get #Bitcoin.

#custody #gold

Whats your loadout for WW3

#AskNostr

I remember a time when being poor meant you were at least thin.

One of the cruellest ironies of the modern age is being poor and fat.

#StrayThoughts

To understand how Zelensky , an Actor /Comedian was manufactured as a puppet President of Ukraine, watch this video by filmmaker Gonzalo Lira, a national of both Chile and the USA, who lived in Ukraine in the early days of the Russian SMO in 2022.

He was subsequently snatched by the Ukraine Security Services (SBU) and murdered while in custody.

Hungary is the only country in the EU that hasn't been assimilated into the Borg.

#gm

"Russia is losing, but if not stopped they are going to invade west Europe"

What is the appropriate grease in order to discourage cats from climbing shit?

#AskNostr