William B Travis

Been buying bitcoin since 2018. I particularly like http://river.com.The Bitcoin White Paperhttp://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

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1bitcoinmatters@iris.to

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freshtoe80@walletofsatoshi.com

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2024-09-19 16:18:47

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Doubt they will ban devices on public transportation. How are they going to track us?

2024-09-19 14:13:12

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Cleared out the 401k in 2018.

2024-09-19 14:08:57

Why would I maintain a 401k if I can just buy bitcoin?
(Apart from my employer forcing me to do so.)
#nevent1q…jpzc

2024-09-19 14:01:27

Why would I buy microstrategy if I can buy bitcoin?
I can't think of a single reason.

2024-09-16 02:09:57

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I don't need engagement. I just want to see what people have to say and post a few thoughts. I was never into that scene on Twitter.

2024-09-07 04:59:03

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Great song.
Of course he is what?

2024-08-28 03:56:48

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The squeaking stops in the afternoon in Peru.

2024-08-25 03:56:14

This is a message to Elon.
#nevent1q…p965

2024-08-24 16:46:20

I started buying bitcoin in 2018. Since then it has given me the power to refuse the Vax mandate threat, purchase land, build a new house out there, watch my savings go up exponentially, and give me hope that my family will be more tyranny resistant in the future.
I wasn't early. I was committed, and I was patient.

2024-08-24 03:59:14

Sold at the top today. Now I will wait until 20k to buy back in. Who's with me?

2024-08-24 03:30:32

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🤣 even my wife laughed a little.

2024-08-17 22:20:50

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How about no tax on income.

2024-08-16 13:59:11

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It's never time to sell.

2024-08-15 02:00:44

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I like to buy bitcoin in my car going 85 mph. Makes me feel like I'm rushing away from fiat.

2024-08-15 01:58:29

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So glad the govt is there to protect us from the fake reviewers.

2024-08-14 00:12:38

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How has no one said Godzilla Minus One?

2024-08-08 15:51:28

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Even more specifically, it's a cult.
It has doctrine that makes it look legitimate, but then there are always features that veer away from culture.
It has secret info you can't know unless you are loyal and rank up.
It has rules that separate people from mainstream culture.
It requires missionary zeal that transcends virtue.
It threatens harsh punishments for those who don't contribute to it.
It doesn't allow you to leave without giving up most of what you have.

2024-08-08 02:16:12

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I would too, but I have family commitments that require me to keep money in places where I can't buy bitcoin. MSTR is the next best thing.

2024-08-07 17:46:41

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You sound offended.

2024-08-07 17:45:11

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There's also no intuition in AI.

2024-08-05 01:00:30

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In many parts of the US we pay property tax. Over the course of the mortgage, you can easily pay 150k-300k in taxes. Then add on to it, interest on the loan, and you are underwater on the house's value. A 500k house has to be worth more than double by the time you sell to break even. Plus the property taxes follow the house value up and don't stop after the house is paid off. Taxes and interest can be a deal killer. The better investment is bitcoin in my book.

2024-08-05 00:55:29

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Thank God. I'm about to sell my house.

2024-08-04 16:23:40

58k gang keeps winning.
#nevent1q…rfex

2024-08-02 22:00:13

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Like in Israel or the US, they tend to invest in both sides to control and destabilize as necessary.

2024-08-02 02:12:33

So are we allowed to punch girls now? Is that where we are?

2024-08-01 23:05:38

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He's probably a CIA asset to begin with.

2024-08-01 01:19:35

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Western history, Asian history, African history, South American history, tribal American history, Persian history. The history of human beings is filled with war.

2024-08-01 00:07:46

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Based on history, there would still be local war and more slavery. What we need is more people with a shared world view (moral framework, first principles) living in proximity with one another. That's why the colonies didn't fight with one another for 200 years. It's why the elite work to split us up into tribal interests.

2024-07-29 22:26:57

How to pretend to apologize:
‘If people have taken any offence we are really sorry,’ a Paris Olympics spokesperson said.
“Clearly, there was never 😉 an intention to show disrespect to any religious group. [The opening ceremony] tried to celebrate community tolerance,” Paris 2024 spokesperson Anne Descamps said.

2024-07-29 15:44:40

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You're right about that. Virtually no one can buy a full coin now. My teenager has no idea how far ahead of the game he is.

2024-07-29 14:45:49

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Not sure they could get enough bitcoin for it to matter. They also can't enforce a confiscation. If China couldn't no one can.

2024-07-27 13:24:15

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But they do, actually.

2024-07-25 16:39:04

Best guard dog that is family friendly?

2024-07-25 03:25:50

Right on schedule. 📉

2024-07-24 09:21:46

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I don't do telephone interviews. Everything is face to face. I'm not giving you my time unless you show my you're worth it.

2024-07-24 09:08:38

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No, it means I am trying to surround myself with the right people. What I do is driven by first principles. It takes work to find people who share them. If I don't know them already, I expect them to explain why I should include them in my operation.

2024-07-24 03:01:11

Trust but verify is a stupid expression.
Systems shouldn't require trust to operate fairly.
They should be open source and transparent.

2024-07-24 02:58:03

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I expect applicants to show they did a little research about what we do before I waste my time with an interview.

2024-07-24 02:54:06

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Does something happen when you sit down?

2024-07-24 02:47:36

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The stupid Europeans will just roll over and let it happen because the turned their power over to the govts during covid.

2024-07-23 18:36:33

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😆

2024-07-23 03:50:30

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Good thing I have enough bitcoin.

2024-07-22 22:45:18

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DeLorean

2024-07-21 19:09:11

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He was forced out. With Trump alive, he didn't stand a chance.

2024-07-21 19:07:09

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Why would you sell bitcoin bc of a presidential announcement? What sort of idiot does this?

2024-07-21 19:04:57

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You mean when the party picks the candidate?

2024-07-20 23:12:20

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The deep state is already orange pilled. The CIA know bitcoin is how it survives the crash of the dollar.

2024-07-16 02:00:01

Trump should name Kennedy the head of the FBI.

2024-07-14 20:32:10

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That would be a gift.

2024-07-13 20:58:47

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Nice mood, Corn. Be bullish.

2024-07-13 20:57:46

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My problem is all my fiat is going into a house project on my property. Once I get my house sold in the city, we'll be cooking with gas.

2024-07-13 04:15:08

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Buy your bitcoin before then.

2024-07-13 03:56:45

Groceries are up 100% since 2020. People are realizing it, and they are getting anxious. What do you think this is going to look like in another 3 years?

2024-07-10 04:11:42

Anyone have advice for executing a non-kyc bitcoin buy?

2024-07-08 04:08:47

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I can't tell if you're just repeating it bc you wonder also or if you're being sarcastic.

2024-07-08 02:09:55

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They are all puppets so it doesn't matter.

2024-07-08 01:21:30

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What's the news?

2024-07-08 01:18:58

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Why? Why?

2024-07-08 00:24:39

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I can count at least two. Once I was standing on an oil well pad when it exploded and another time a boat ran under my tow line while I was skiing. The first was bad (months of rehabilitation); the second would have been bad had I not dropped the rope.

2024-07-06 03:25:33

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I say it's a very encouraging development. If they want to suppress price in order to sow FUD, fine. I'm in no rush to finalize my stack. Plebs should be excited at the opportunity to buy more. Hope they have diamond hands and hearts.

2024-07-05 13:26:17

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Energy consumption isn't a demon unless your total energy cost is low enough that a single centralized entity can easily capture the hash power. This is the problem with a small "efficient" miner base, distributed or not. When I say security, I'm thinking about network integrity, not opsec. In this case, the biggest network with the most individual miners wins.

2024-07-05 12:54:37

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The point was the ease with which an entity could reach the 51% level. Not that it was a pool. If you have a smaller number of total miners, it is easier for hostile groups to attack the network. This effect is made worse when mining is unprofitable. There's so much hash power on the bitcoin network that the cost to capture enough of it for a 51% attack is massive. This along with the tens of thousands of nodes that would have to accept the eventual rewrite of the blocks and wouldn't keeps the network secure.

2024-07-05 02:58:41

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Mining pools aren't a security threat and aren't examples of centralization of hash power. They represent individual miners. They don't own the hash power. The minute the pool operators advocate for things that violate the individuals' best interest, the pool breaks up. This is pretty basic stuff.

2024-07-04 20:36:15

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That's a lot for a holiday. But a valid concern.

2024-07-04 20:09:58

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You have our attention. Now what?

2024-07-02 18:22:49

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And the higher the hashrate is (assuming it is relatively decentralized), the more expensive a 51% attack is. This is the security factor. Bitcoin has the highest hash rate of all crypto currencies and is decentralized enough to make a 51% attack way too expensive to consider. Game theory suggests that's it's a better economic decision to buy bitcoin and lose some privacy vs than to opt for privacy and have your chain rewritten and lose all of your value.

2024-07-02 18:17:45

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Not nonsensical. If a pool controls the 51%, it can rewrite the blocks. Look at why the price of xmr has steadily decreased since 2022. It's due to a greatly increased risk of this happening.

2024-07-02 16:07:22

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It's a lot less than 10%. On average, Monero's daily transactions are 5-7% of #bitcoin's in the last year, which means significantly lower hashrate. It is much easier for a well-funded entity to execute a 51% attack on Monero; in fact, that's why supporters of Monero asked miners to leave pools in 2022.

2024-06-29 22:24:54

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Does it sound like Roger Ver? It looks like him.
https://image.nostr.build/8792bb0744904c083dbd679d4025ab197ea3709047de2ca6fecd61e46acc8a37.jpg

2024-06-29 19:05:59

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Montero is a waste of time that is not used enough, which means its blockchain is insecure. No thank you.

2024-06-28 05:39:13

If you haven't built your own road this year, what are you doing with your life?

2024-06-28 01:54:58

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Has it been worth watching?

2024-06-28 01:49:11

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I own.

2024-06-28 00:30:43

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Not a chance.

2024-06-27 21:25:14

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Tell me about it. I've never had a house sit on the market this long. The problem where I am is too much inventory. We'll see how long this takes.

2024-06-26 15:07:21

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I would never do it.
But doesn't this make it legal tender with capital gains implications?

2024-06-25 18:17:16

The Kenyans get it.

2024-06-25 03:38:31

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You can thank Trump for this. Ross is next.

2024-06-24 22:13:47

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Hmm. Well, since we earned it, it doesn't matter what they think. People will revolt.

2024-06-24 14:20:56

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It's only excess liquidity for those who haven't worked for it. For everyone else it's earned capacity. I just can't understand why these people aren't shouted down.

2024-06-24 12:25:12

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Are are the people too dull to see the theft?
Anyone who even suggests this should be mocked and driven from office.

2024-06-23 23:55:58

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Still faster than visa settlement.

2024-06-23 21:51:08

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Because the West is made up of the countries that broke off from the Catholic Church.

2024-06-23 20:35:12

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It's still on the app store.

2024-06-22 01:51:52

Conscription is slavery, and it's coming to a country near you.
They want you if your aren't too old, and they definitely have their eyes on your children.
When you serve in the military, you are giving your lives to politicians and bankers. I'm not here to say you shouldn't volunteer. That's your business. But when the State believes conscription you is the only way it can survive, run for the hills. It now just looks at you as fodder for whatever it feels it must do to continue to exist.
This is the most obvious example the State can only survive by force. I hope people wake up to this before it's too late for our kids.

2024-06-21 22:40:32

Buy yourself a little piece of land and a mobile home and quit worrying about the hamster wheel.

2024-06-20 01:38:26

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We just used our last bottle of shaving cream we bought during a covid clearance sale. I guess that nonsense is finally behind us.

2024-06-18 23:50:55

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Have you seen the version with Prince?

2024-06-11 03:46:20

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You're also hoping those ETFs don't get 6102'ed before you retire.

2024-06-11 03:34:14

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How is SA going to protect itself from invading armies now?

2024-06-10 23:30:21

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Should have just paid the penalty and bought bitcoin outright. I did that in 2018 and have never looked back.

2024-06-08 05:01:13

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I bought Adobe CS5 in 2010. I think it was the last release on disk. I still use photoshop CS5 almost every week for something. I suppose the newer versions do cool AI-type stuff, but CS5 was worth every penny and is still going strong 14 years later.

2024-06-07 04:43:44

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We get what we pay for in the fiat world.
It's just like Tex Gov Abbott bussing illegals to NYC and Chicago. Don't blame the man for sending the problems to the place where they were created.

2024-06-07 04:42:03

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😂

2024-06-07 04:37:12

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How many of those Salvadoran gang leaders did the CIA create in order to control the old El Salavador?

2024-06-05 04:40:16

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I'm from the Nostr help desk. MOVE.

2024-06-02 05:38:16

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That's how things work in late-stage empires.