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2025-12-25 02:39:22 UTC

Merry Christmas, a Holy Christmas, to everyone who receives this message!
Christmas is the most beautiful story ever told. It is the fulfillment of thousands of years of prophecies and promises of God to His beloved children; the beginning of the new and eternal covenant.
It is a story marked by flight and deliverance, by a State that orders the mass execution of innocents, by an angel who commands disobedience to unjust laws and the courage to flee without looking back.
And above all, it is the story of the King of Kings — the Son of the God who created the Universe — who chose to be born in a simple manger, in a filthy stable, to redeem the world.

2025-10-17 17:26:42 UTC

Bitcoiner, now that the price is dropping, practice the art of not getting frustrated.
Don’t fall into frustration.
Sober on the way up, sober on the way down.

2025-09-19 17:05:15 UTC

There are more than $1 billion in call options on the market betting that Bitcoin could reach $140,000 by December of this year.
Another $985 million is wagering it could hit $200,000 by December 26.
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2025-09-16 22:29:59 UTC

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2025-09-09 20:36:57 UTC

🚨The U.S. Payroll report was revised down by 911,000 jobs compared to what was initially reported.
That’s nearly 1 million fewer jobs in the aggregate for the 12 months up to March of this year.
The U.S. labor market is in much worse shape than reported.

2025-08-17 22:09:46 UTC

This guy is going to collect a WHOLE BITCOIN just by picking up and reselling CANS for recycling.
The "crypto scrapper" is a family man and has been a holder for years.
If you think "you don’t have money to save," you need to know this story 👇  https://image.nostr.build/5baf6cc84370e85457a6efe4ff581c116ec52d8f6d69f1d5a80a2696dc228d11.jpg
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Bruno is a family man from the countryside of São Paulo.
His life changed when he discovered Bitcoin. For at least 2 years, he has been selling cans to stack satoshis.
"Every week, even if it’s just 1 real, I save."
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1 kilo of cans (70 units) yields about R$5.50.
If collected daily, that’s R$165 per month—or 0.00026 ₿.
In 3,842 months (a few centuries), if the price stays stable, the cans would yield a whole 1 BTC.
This calculation illustrates the difficulty of becoming a "wholecoiner" nowadays and the importance of diversifying income sources.
Bruno’s journey, it’s worth noting, began when prices were lower.
Along the way, he wrote two educational books for his daughters.
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Proof of work is relentless. The wealth the "crypto scrapper" is building goes far beyond the satoshis he stacks.
"Those who want to do it, do it; those who don’t, make excuses" 🤷‍♀️
If you have a friend who says “I don’t have money to save,” send them this story ✈️

2025-06-08 02:36:51 UTC

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2025-06-06 10:54:28 UTC

The U.S. Treasury has just repurchased $10 billion of its own debt. 🚨
Just to be clear: this is the largest debt buyback operation in history.
Probably nothing. Brrr 🖨️
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2025-06-04 13:02:45 UTC

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2025-05-27 23:35:57 UTC

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Wow, I really liked it! The marketing team did a great job with this campaign. Are you guys tracking to see the conversion at the end of the campaign? It would be interesting to post the data here.

2025-05-23 12:20:38 UTC

Yesterday, net inflows into U.S. #Bitcoin ETFs surpassed nearly $1 billion.
Currently, around 450 BTC are mined daily, equivalent to approximately $500 million at the current price.
In other words, ETFs from just one country are already buying more #Bitcoin than the amount being produced each day — not even accounting for demand from retail investors, governments, or corporations holding BTC in their treasuries.
This is one of the main reasons why Bitcoin’s price has been reaching new all-time highs, even without signs of FOMO, euphoria, or a retail-driven surge. It’s also why many analysts argue that we may be witnessing the end of the traditional four-year correction cycles.
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2025-04-29 11:24:25 UTC

Radio is the cockroach of communication media — it survives everything.
My Bitcoiner friends living in Portugal told me that when nothing was working yesterday (internet, power, TV), the battery-powered radio was how the Portuguese stayed informed.
Decentralized, local, and resilient to blackouts.
Bitcoiners need to develop ways to transact via radio or ham radio when electricity or internet is down.
I imagine the path would be some form of ecash to sign off-chain transactions via radio while the internet is unstable.
Once the internet comes back, the ecash could be broadcast on-chain.

2025-01-22 22:27:15 UTC

#memestr
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2025-01-18 12:35:19 UTC

“There is no more accurate IQ test than Bitcoin. Intelligence is not about solving complicated problems; it’s about being able to recognize reality accurately to act in your own best interest. If you’re not interested in #Bitcoin in 2025, you’re an idiot.”
— @npub1gdu…6nak

2025-01-17 14:32:43 UTC

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2025-01-06 00:31:59 UTC

INDIA IS WORSE THAN YOU IMAGINE
Most Westerners know little about India beyond vague ideas about Hinduism, yoga, gurus, and perhaps a touch of Bollywood. For these people, this article will be a harsh awakening.
I grew up in Bhopal, in central India. From as early as I can remember, I was working at my father's printing press. I studied engineering in the nearby city of Indore and went to Manchester Business School in Britain to pursue an MBA. I returned to India to open a subsidiary of a British company, which turned out to be a major success. While living in Delhi, I wrote for major Indian media outlets. I've traveled extensively across India and around the world.
I came back to India with the idea of improving it, but after 11 years, I realized that India is a sinking ship, with increasingly shameless corruption, degraded people, and a society that is falling apart. I never met an honest bureaucrat or politician there. I applied to emigrate to Canada, and my application was approved in a record time of three weeks.
Today, I consult for East Asian and Western companies on investments in India. Most of what I tell my clients sounds exaggerated, unreal, and unbelievable. After much drama, lost money, and hard lessons, they begin to believe what I tell them. However, this learning is never institutionalized because of the refusal to understand India. This is a facet of political correctness, a poison corroding the core of Western values.
When I was a child growing up in India, I learned that "power determines what is right." Power was often abused, with those in control acting as if they had a God-given right to exploit and dominate others. Displays of authority could be so extreme that questioning them or expecting those in power to fulfill their duties could lead to retaliation. Authorities seemed to believe that their positions were not to serve others but for personal gain.
People who showed respect seemed to have humbly accepted an inferior and subservient position. Kind-hearted people had to hide their compassion, as being nice was seen as a weakness.
In India, I rarely saw anyone in a position of authority take the initiative to solve a problem they were responsible for. When I was in university, a minor working in the kitchen was raped and sodomized by caretakers. I reported the case, but not only did no one in authority do the right thing – something completely within their reach – but the authorities and my peers also threatened me with severe consequences if I pursued the case further. Lacking empathy, they mocked both the boy and me.
Yes, there is an element of sadism here. There is some degree of pleasure that Indians derive from the suffering of others. The attitude of the authorities was like that of the Delhi bureaucrat who told me his Black Label whiskey tastes so much better because he knows most Indians cannot afford to drink it.
This confuses Westerners. If they had power, even if they were corrupt, in a situation where there was nothing to gain or lose – no bribe to receive since both parties were poor, and no risk of offending someone well-connected – they would do the right thing and report the alleged rapist. These Indians would do nothing, not even lift a finger unless there was a reward: money or sex. Their apathy was infinite.
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Doing your job might be considered effeminate by those above you. If you can dodge responsibility, you are seen as macho. In this culture, there is rarely pride or honor in doing the right thing. If you call a plumber for repairs, he may think he has failed unless he messes something up. He might deliberately do shoddy work, even if doing it right would not take any extra time. A complex web of arrogance, selfishness, servility, casteism, tribalism, and magical thinking drives this behavior. He demonstrates his disdain for you and gets the better of you by leaving a mess. His client, as the flip side of the same coin, may very well despise and exploit someone who has done good work.
If you do poor work, does it mean you won't be called back? That doesn't matter to people who lack standards and don't think about the future. There is little positive feedback for those who aim to do a good job, be fair, or make better products.
Fairness, justice, trust, empathy, and impartiality are foreign concepts to many Indians. They struggle to distinguish between right and wrong. They remain indifferent, even when there is no cost to being fair. Moreover, even if they could do good at no personal expense, they might still avoid doing it because it could be perceived as a sign of weakness.
Indians are indoctrinated to be submissive. This indoctrination runs so deep that Indians address those slightly above them in authority as "sir." They tend to be servile, sycophantic, and obsequious. This should not be mistaken for respect, as respect is alien to Indians. When they call you "sir," it reflects their view of you merely as the stronger figure in the interaction, consistent with their belief that power determines what is right. They will demean you the moment you are in a weaker position.
You are either superior or inferior—therefore, you are either the abuser or the abused. Equality is impossible. A visitor quickly learns that saying "please" and "thank you" is seen as a sign of weakness and is reserved for those willing to debase themselves.
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Indians cannot sustain the institutions established by the British. These institutions have been hollowed out and corrupted, becoming predatory. The constitution and laws hold little value. The only forces driving these institutions are bribes and connections. Whether dealing with the highest political leaders or the pettiest bureaucrats, they openly and shamelessly demand bribes.
Street-smart tricksters are highly valued, and criminals who escape justice are celebrated. A relative of mine, full of pride, once told me he would never pay rent for the house he had rented. He had bribed local authorities to make it impossible for his landlord to evict him.
In a society where no one trusts anyone, those who are cheated rarely seek justice against the fraudster. Instead, they cheat others. Men abuse women, women abuse children, and children abuse animals. Animals attack whatever they can. Upper-caste Indians abuse lower-caste Indians, while lower-caste people fight among themselves to determine who is superior. It’s a perpetual cycle of mistrust and arbitrariness.
Westerners often discuss a system of four or five castes formalized by the British. This oversimplifies and distorts the issue, giving an exaggerated sense of structure. In reality, there are 1.4 billion castes in India. Every interaction revolves around evaluating you. You either oppress others or are oppressed. So-called lower-caste individuals are often more conscious of caste than upper-caste individuals.
Most caste-related issues in India are described in the news in passive voice. Someone was oppressed and abused. Yes, the victim is a lower-caste person, but the oppressor is often from an equally low caste. When a lower-caste person rises to power, they relish flaunting it before those of higher castes. What better way to display power than by abusing others and getting away with it—or, if you’re a plumber, by leaving a mess? Different people exhibit power according to what they can get away with.
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Many people lie blatantly. Everyone knows that everyone lies, yet they lie anyway. Many Indians convince themselves of their lies to the point where they can no longer distinguish between fact and fiction. Even if you don't need or want to, you have to exaggerate and lie because you know your listener will calibrate based on what you say. Conversations are often driven by personal material gain. Every transaction is a zero-sum game—or perhaps a negative-sum game, as sadism can be part of the equation.
You might think you're safe working with family members, but they can become your greatest enemies, as even they will betray you. Honor is not part of the social code. Indians are atomized people and do not understand loyalty. Indians hide gold in their own homes and don't even tell family members about it.
I have never (and I use the word deliberately) had an honorable contract in India. When you bribe, you must do it skillfully. If you have a legal dispute, the judge and police will accept bribes from both sides of the case. Your lawyer will conspire with the opposing side and the judge right in front of you to maximize bribes. This may seem unbelievable, but that doesn’t change the reality.
Words for most virtues come from Persian, Turkish, or English, not the native languages of India. But just because these words entered the language doesn't mean Indians have embraced these virtues; they were and remain a façade for old habits.
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Everyone builds tall, solid fences around their property. They do this the day they buy a property because their neighbors will encroach on their land if they can. After moving to the West, it took me years to understand why people don’t build fences.
When I first traveled to the UK, I was amused to find that animals were neither afraid of nor aggressive toward people. I was surprised that those in power did not expect servility or reverence. For years, I felt uncomfortable, as though I wasn’t fulfilling my part of the transaction unless I paid bribes.
My grandparents and my father were financially honest and maintained a high standard of self-respect—an anomaly in India. There are good, sane, moral, and rational people in India, but I have more fingers than the total number of such Indians I’ve met; yet, in just one morning, I can encounter many honest Americans. By Indian standards, our family was decent and well-connected. This shielded me from much depravity and made it possible to ignore the stories I heard.
Among ordinary Indians, conversations revolve around slander, gossiping about friends, discussing celebrities, superstitions, and animosity toward other groups. Hindus hate Muslims, Muslims hate Hindus, and Sikhs hate Hindus. These groups fight among themselves, leaving everyone atomized, but their hatred for other groups superficially unites them.
I don’t think I understood the concepts of honor and loyalty until I lived in Britain for a year. During that time, someone told me not to exaggerate when speaking positively about the organization I worked for. For the first time, I began to see that people wanted to tell the truth simply for the sake of truth. I had always known the word “truth” existed, but for the first time, I began to grasp its essence.
The fundamental principle for understanding India is that it is an amoral and irrational society devoid of values. Any values you try to instill will slide off like water on a duck’s back.
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I have witnessed a continuous decline in Indian society. Any grace and civility that Christian missionaries and European colonizers instilled in Indians have been slowly eroded.
I clearly remember my first day outside India. On a train ride from Heathrow Airport to Manchester, I saw what I initially thought were monotonous-looking houses, clean waterways, and fresh air. The lack of hustle and bustle and the calmness of the train journey left me disoriented and depressed. I didn’t know how to handle a situation where there were no constant assaults on my senses.
Over time, I realized that for most Indian immigrants, this led to a compulsive need to recreate India in the ghettos they moved to. They sought familiar smells, noise, and constant agitation. They recreated endless emotionalism, fruitless conflicts, chaos, and intellectual inbreeding.
When we were granted unrestricted access to schools in Manchester and later to the offices where I worked, my fellow immigrants and I often wondered if the British were so naive as to trust us so readily. What would stop us from stealing everything in sight? Most immigrants never truly understand the meaning of “trust” and “gratitude.” Worse, they discover that complaining often leads to benefits—the only thing they genuinely care about in the multicultural West. Humanist and civilizational values never truly resonate with them.
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One time, a friend and I went for a walk in Manchester. After having a few drinks, he ran a red light and was stopped by the police. I was astonished by the respect with which the officer treated him. In India, the police would have humiliated and extorted even the passengers. My friend was taken to the police station, and since I accompanied him there with an officer, I explained how we would have been treated had this happened in India.
At that time, I lived in a high-crime area of Manchester, and the police occasionally followed me as I returned home. I asked an officer why they never stopped or questioned me. He told me they followed to ensure my safety and didn’t have the authority to detain me without legitimate cause. For the first time, I began to understand the British respect for personal space, another value that was starting to take root in my mind.
The officer made my friend sit for an hour or two until he sobered up and then let him go without pressing charges. I began to realize that those in power in Britain could enforce the law with flexibility, considering the spirit behind it; in India, laws were merely excuses for predation.
Of course, Britain is no longer what it once was. Over the years, policing has evolved to accommodate the challenges introduced by the lowest common denominator brought in by Third World immigrants.
Statistics do not resonate with the Indian psyche. There’s no sense of a gray area; everything is black or white, with no appreciation for nuance. This lack of proportionality leads to indecision and an inability to value things. In the end, unbridled emotions drive life. I carried a part of this same mentality with me. Realigning my thinking with reason, morality, and Western values was a difficult task.
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Attending one of the best engineering colleges in India, I believed myself to be creative, decisive, and well-grounded. Yet, when I began witnessing social interactions and behaviors in Britain, I realized I lacked confidence. Even the corner store owner seemed more confident and self-assured. I came to understand that my mind was clouded with confused thoughts and conflicting motivations.
Even my privileged education in India had embedded within me layers upon layers of a muddled worldview and dishonest, calculating behavior. Despite my best efforts, shedding these patterns and reshaping my thinking took decades. Each false belief I recognized and attempted to change clashed with other deeply ingrained convictions and mental habits. It was like trying to replace a broken brick in the castle of my cognitive structures without destabilizing the entire edifice. At times, I had to get drunk just to experience a fleeting sense of clarity.
Over time, I noticed I began sleeping better and feeling mentally freer. Even my body started to change, and the mental fog that clogged my thoughts began to clear. A comforting sense that those around me supported me was immensely helpful. The confused and contradictory thoughts that caused chronic stress started to fade.
My grandmother used to say two things that I once dismissed as outdated but now find some truth in. She believed that some people needed to remain on the brink of hunger because, if they received more, they would cause problems. Despite being one of the most egalitarian people I knew—befriending her driver and tailor—she often reminded me that not everyone deserved a seat at the table unless they were prepared for it.
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"Human Rights" is a Western concept that is incomprehensible to most Indians. They cannot understand respect for the individual. Talking to them about "rights" only leads to confusion. They cannot differentiate between "negative" and "positive" rights. For example, when taught about property rights, they learn to protect their property, but they do not recognize the rights of others. Women, when taught that rape is a violation, may begin to see it in all situations and use it as a tool to exploit men. As they are introduced to the concept of rights, they stop accepting their miserable lives and adopt a resentful, victim mentality.
You cannot teach anything good to people until they have the fundamentals of morality, rationality, causality, and other Western values. Without these foundations, the fruits of Western civilization serve only to turn people's often hidden hedonistic tendencies into something more malevolent. Every civilizational fruit—education, Western clothing, prosperity, Western institutions—has been perverted in India.
The institutions left by the British have been emptied, becoming purely predatory and sadistic. This happened because, in post-British India, those in power value taking advantage and acquiring wealth as the only purposes in life. Today’s India lacks even the vague rule of law that existed before the Europeans arrived. This is why it will be an improvement when India eventually collapses, and the pre-British authoritarian system similar to the Taliban rises from the ashes.
Without Western missionaries in charge, Christianity has been "fed" by Indian superstitions and magical thinking and has become voodoo. Grammar has been forgotten, and English often turned into pidgin.
Western education and clothing were adopted with a colonial cult mentality. The focus is on obtaining certificates and wearing suits, as if these external symbols alone confer status and material benefits. Similarly, education is not seen as a means to promote intellectual growth or evolve into a better human being. Instead, driven by animalistic desires, convenience, and unethical resource-seeking, most Indians despise the idea of self-improvement.
Education applied to an irrational mind that processes information through magical thinking becomes burdensome, making these people worse than their uneducated counterparts.
The Indian mind should have become moral and rational and imbued with honor, discipline, respect, and integrity before being formally educated and provided with the fruits of Western civilization. Unfortunately, this would have been, at best, a process of millennia.
In economics, there is a concept of the "middle-income trap." I prefer to call India's situation the "low-income trap." Unlike the beliefs of professional economists, these traps have cultural foundations; it is virtually impossible to escape.
Prosperity has not led to social peace or intellectual and spiritual growth. Indians do not understand the concept of comfort. Most rich Indians build extravagant houses not for comfort but to display wealth and control the weaker ones. Worse, the easy prosperity of recent decades, which is essentially the result of Western technological advances, has derailed the pursuit of rationality and morality. Social media is a platform for the exchange of myths, superstitions, and pornography. The IT revolution does not bring enlightenment to the poorer parts of the world!
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Today, India is more entrenched in magical thinking and superstition than in the past. Hedonism is rampant, and families are falling apart.
When elevated to high positions, most Indians become arrogant and sadistic. This is more of a genuine belief that arrogance and sadism define power and class than a desire to mask their incompetence and psychological weaknesses. It also serves as a way to cope with the deeply ingrained inferiority complex instilled by their culture. Any grace and civility that were once imbued in Indians by the colonizers have been eroded.
Wealth created by the West hypnotizes Indians. However, they fail to understand the foundations of that wealth. They equate the West to Hollywood stereotypes: short skirts, promiscuity, drinking and drugs, flaunting wealth, working in luxurious offices, and controlling others. This is the true Indian soul, once obscured by Victorian morality and Islamic restrictions. It is a return to a pre-colonial, pre-Victorian hedonistic culture.
The British were a gift from God. Without them, the situation would have continued to worsen. India will eventually nullify all the benefits it gained from the West and return to its pre-colonial ways. It will crumble, and I wouldn't be surprised if much of its population falls victim to war and famine and diminishes to the level it was at before the Europeans arrived.
Most Indians cannot think of anything beyond money, sex, and survival – exactly what you would expect from a society with an average IQ of 77. Every Western value given to them has been caricatured and corrupted for these purposes. Indians have no Ten Commandments. They are so unaware of these values that they remain indifferent, even when forcefully presented to them. There is nothing you can do about it except try to understand what immigration from India and the rest of the Third World will do to the West.
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2025-01-02 14:53:26 UTC

If you don’t understand #Bitcoin, then watch this.
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2024-12-23 03:15:28 UTC

#memestr
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2024-12-21 13:55:14 UTC

GOOD MORNING NOSTR, STAY HUMBLE AND STACK SATS 🫡

2024-12-04 15:26:13 UTC

“Who can ban Bitcoin? No one,” says Putin, the President of Russia.
The de-dollarization movement in Russia could drive the adoption of alternative payment methods.
What if they announced a Strategic Reserve in Bitcoin?
Accelerating… 🚀
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2024-12-02 18:48:39 UTC

⚡️ These coins used the intermediary address bc1…spm before being subsequently transferred to Coinbase Prime, the exchange’s OTC trading and custody service.
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2024-12-01 13:46:48 UTC

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2024-11-26 20:39:11 UTC

⚡️Vancouver plans to adopt #Bitcoin as a Strategic Reserve Asset 🤯

2024-11-25 19:19:33 UTC

We have halving.
You have new discoveries.
We are not the same.
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2024-11-20 02:58:16 UTC

💀
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2024-11-09 18:56:45 UTC

This boy SAVED the INTERNET… but couldn't save himself.
10 years ago, he was persecuted by his government, and ultimately paid with his life.
Aaron Swartz is a modern hero that most people DO NOT KNOW.
But they should.
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Aaron was creative, focused, and brilliant.
At 14, he invented RSS; He dropped out of Stanford; At 19, he was in the first Y Combinator class; He co-founded Reddit.
Most likely, if he were alive today, he would be involved with #Bitcoin.
But that’s not EVEN 1% of what he did for us 🙏
Let’s take a look 👇
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From a young age, Aaron believed in an OPEN INTERNET. In computers as a tool for LIBERATION.
"But wait, wasn’t the internet always open?"
No.
Believe it or not, there was a time when they wanted you to REGISTER your ID before you could browse or send an email.
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He believed that PUBLIC LEGAL RECORDS and SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH should be accessible to everyone.
But in the U.S.,
• 98% of scientific articles are behind paywalls; and
• ~80% of legal records are too.
Imagine being sued and still having to pay to view the documents?
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Aaron's war had 3 major battles.
The first was against PACER.
A legal records database.
PACER is PAID... but it was "free" in 17 public libraries.
With friends, Aaron wrote a script on a USB drive, plugged it into a USB port, downloaded 2.7 million documents... and SET THEM FREE.
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No charges were made against the group.
But the FBI began to take notice.
That had only been the beginning. That boy would still challenge the system.
The following year, Aaron would enter the biggest fight of his life — and the greatest battle in internet history against censorship ✊
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"SOPA/PIPA" 👉 if you're over 20, you probably still remember these acronyms.
A bill to "combat piracy"... which was just an excuse for the government to shut down ANY SITE, without warning.
Some companies loved the idea.
But those who loved the internet fought back.
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And then, something wonderful happened.
We still knew how to fight against online censorship.
In a coordinated response, the biggest websites on the internet "went on STRIKE."
Wikipedia and Reddit went offline. Google turned black.
Protests also erupted in the STREETS.
But...
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... but people have short memories.
This battle was won.
However, the NEXT one would be the LAST for young Aaron.
This MIT security camera was the final straw that ruined his life 👇📹
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JSTOR was Swartz's final target: the largest database of academic papers in the world.
Aaron wrote a script to download MILLIONS of papers, over the course of months, using his MIT access, in a small room.
MIT has a rebellious culture.
But the FBI could no longer tolerate the boy's defiance.
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With the video evidence, the U.S. prosecution charged Aaron with 13 crimes. Up to 50 years in prison.
In January 2011, he was arrested by undercover agents near the Harvard campus.
From then on, he was legally tortured.
Two years later, he would be found dead at home.
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"Aaron would be 38 years old today.
He was accused of 'pirating' scientific papers funded with public money.
Facing up to 50 years in prison, he took his own life.
Those he inspired continue to democratize access to science.
Let us remember him."
*These are the words of Susan, his mother.
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After his death, the charges were dropped by the government.
Aaron never considered entering a 'plea deal'. He would have faced millions of dollars in legal costs.
The father of the internet, Tim Berners-Lee, published a short poem at the time that says it all:
“The world was a little worse for his passing,
But a lot better for his being.”
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Aaron wasn’t a unanimous figure. You may disagree with his methods.
But he was faithful to his ideal.
He was genuine. Firm in what he believed.
He was a person who used his prodigious skills not to enrich himself, but to make the internet fairer, and the world a better place.
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Aaron had worked with Virgil Griffith (former Ethereum, now imprisoned for "teaching about crypto" to North Koreans).
He knew Elizabeth Stark (from Lightning).
He was friends with Zooko.
And he wrote about #Bitcoin — on the DAY he was arrested (1/6/11)! 😢
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/squarezooko
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Curious? To learn more about the story, start with this documentary (on YouTube) 👇
[https://youtu.be/9vz06QO3UkQ](https://youtu.be/9vz06QO3UkQ)
We’ll finish with an excerpt from the "Manifesto for Free Access," by Aaron himself:
"Information is power. But, like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. There is no justice in following unjust laws. It’s time to come to the light, and, in the tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to the private theft of public culture.
We must take information, wherever it is, make our copies, and share them with the world."
RIP, Aaron ✊
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2024-11-01 18:03:26 UTC

🚨🇪🇺 EU WARNS OF NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE
The European Union is urging people to prepare for potential nuclear threats, cyberattacks, and chemical warfare.
They recommended that households stockpile three days’ worth of essentials to prepare for emergencies related to armed conflicts.
The report by former Finnish President Sauli Niinisto also emphasized the need for enhanced military readiness and blamed Russia for rising tensions.

2024-10-30 23:34:15 UTC

🚨USA 🇺🇸: After Biden called Trump supporters “trash,” Donald Trump responded by appearing driving a garbage truck in response to Biden’s comment.
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2024-10-18 11:14:58 UTC

good morning nostr, stay humble and stack sats 🫡

2024-10-09 15:14:57 UTC

🚨China’s M1 money supply is contracting by 7.30% in 2024.
Low liquidity and a drop in economic activity are severely impacting the Chinese real estate and financial markets.
A new QE (quantitative easing) seems necessary to revive this “dead body.”
And I think that’s exactly what they’re going to do.
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2024-10-09 06:02:27 UTC

good morning nostr, stay humble and stack sats 🫡

2024-09-30 01:44:56 UTC

GN
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2024-09-25 17:21:48 UTC

Welcome to the era of "helicopter money" 2.0.
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According to the statement, the idea is to "celebrate" the party's founding anniversary to show that they "love and care" for the population in need.
The effect of populism is a constant disruption in the monetary balance of the economy where it is practiced.
The need for monetary expansion and contraction becomes more intense with each cycle, and this will NOT stop.
Nothing can halt this process.
It’s a process of rendering money worthless.
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2024-09-23 20:18:03 UTC

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2024-09-23 14:06:34 UTC

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2024-09-21 02:27:20 UTC

Satellite images reveal the extent of the destruction caused by Ukraine at the Russian depot in Toropets. This was one of the largest Russian ammunition depots, spanning over 5 square kilometers and containing 30,000 tons of ammunition. As we can see from the image, everything has been completely destroyed.
https://video.nostr.build/df2ce90b4350de8ceefd7a0c465a14b1e16dfd0694c79fdad7bbe848116b12cc.mp4

2024-09-20 16:44:46 UTC

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2024-09-17 14:50:20 UTC

Hospitals in Lebanon are reportedly filled with Hezbollah terrorists, many suffering from severe burns and even finger and hand amputations, after Israel allegedly hacked their pagers and caused them to explode remotely! How the Israelis managed to do this remains a significant mystery!
https://video.nostr.build/f6310a07f5dfb3063765ce1f9c0543e5da7dd56027ecede27ce0a3c248eb6636.mp4

2024-09-14 13:55:37 UTC

good morning nostr, stay humble and stack sats 🫡

2024-09-10 15:42:01 UTC

A Bitcoin address holding 185 BTC just became active after 11 years of dormancy. The funds were originally withdrawn from Silk Road in September 2013 and had remained untouched until two hours ago.
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2024-09-10 12:56:34 UTC

🚨USA 🇺🇸/Russia 🇷🇺/Ukraine 🇺🇦/United Kingdom 🇬🇧:
Victoria Nuland admitted that the United States and the United Kingdom opposed the peace agreement that Russia and Ukraine were about to sign in April 2022.
Article by Italian journalist, Vivaldelli.

2024-09-05 15:26:46 UTC

The percentage of Bitcoin that hasn't moved in over ten years is now at 16.84%
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2024-08-30 17:27:20 UTC

The mayor of Aurora, Colorado, has dropped a bombshell, suggesting that the gangs seizing control of apartment buildings may have been bankrolled by the Biden-Harris administration.
Venezuelan gangs have overrun several buildings, extorting rent as ransom from terrified residents.
This has escalated far beyond an open border crisis. Where did they get their weapons?
https://video.nostr.build/c4e14cfeeb03d93d4ca7874e6240189c181bb2dda62b24d46bd400b57b8d544a.mp4

2024-08-30 01:57:29 UTC

Donald Trump just issued a chilling warning about the illegal immigrant crime crisis, predicting that it's about to spiral out of control.
He pointed to last night's gang rampage in Denver, where armed thugs wielded machine guns, as a grim preview of what's to come—possibly spreading to other states.
Meanwhile, the Mexican border state of Chihuahua is on high alert, bracing for the arrival of Tren de Aragua, a brutal Venezuelan gang reportedly making its way through the region with plans to storm into the U.S. near El Paso, Texas.
Keep your second amendment close.
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2024-08-26 18:03:56 UTC

Why do they climb in London?
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2024-08-24 18:14:23 UTC

Americans appear to be getting more lonely:
- 15% of men reported having no close friends in 2021 vs 3% in 1990.
- 10% of women reported having no close friends in 2021 vs 2% in 1990.
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2024-08-14 12:03:33 UTC

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gm 🫡

2024-08-12 13:31:31 UTC

The demographic factor will play a significant role in the level of economic activity in the United States over the next decade.
The world's largest economy will face a major challenge in keeping markets stimulated due to this decline in the birth rate.
Ultimately, the creation of more debt and monetary stimulus will be inevitable.
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2024-08-09 23:56:27 UTC

🚨 1939 Bitaxes now pushing 1Ph/s on public-pool! Can't wait to 10X from here

2024-08-07 02:11:51 UTC

A 1,000 #Bitcoin Casascius coin, minted exactly 12 years ago today.
Only 3 were ever made. Now, they're worth $55 million and are solid gold.
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2024-08-03 12:50:55 UTC

👀
#note17z8…jmc3
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2024-07-30 23:34:49 UTC

🚨Venezuela 🇻🇪: URGENT
The Nicolás Maduro regime has signed the arrest warrant against opposition leader María Corina Machado, according to the Todo Notícias portal.
I am seeking more information.
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2024-07-29 13:40:35 UTC

🚨United Kingdom 🇬🇧: Climate activists from the group "Just Stop Oil" attempted to block the boarding gates at Gatwick Airport near London on the morning of Monday (29th). Eight people were arrested on suspicion of interfering with public infrastructure.
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2024-07-10 17:26:08 UTC

Bitcoin explained in 3 mins:
https://m.primal.net/JMTd.mp4

2024-05-31 17:20:18 UTC

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2024-05-31 12:37:24 UTC

I abandoned my Twitter account.

2024-03-24 01:24:56 UTC

Fuck yacht
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