BitcoinUnplugged

Bitcoin isn't just money. It's a mirror.
It reflects your time preference. Your trust in institutions. Your willingness to verify rather than trust.
Bitcoin asks: Do you want freedom with responsibility, or comfort with dependence?
There's no right answer. But Bitcoin forces you to choose consciously.
Most people prefer not to choose. That's why adoption is slow.
The ones who opt in? They've looked at the trade-offs and said: "I'll take sovereignty."
Bitcoin doesn't promise easy. It promises honest.
That's rare in a world built on debt, inflation, and deferred consequences.
#bitcoin #philosophy #sovereignty #timepreference #freedom #nostr

2026-03-19 23:39:27 UTC

Simon Dixon just out here saying things at this point.

2026-03-17 01:05:27 UTC

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I want to play once its up

2026-03-13 20:35:06 UTC

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I need someone to answer this question for me because i don’t grasp the logic fully.
We agree that bitcoin is money that cant be censor, so we want to censor spam from the chain. Do we see the faulty logic here?
It’s not about whether spam should be allowed or not, wouldn’t the game theory just filter it out as transactions go higher and higher. It would be like flushing money down the toilet on purpose.
Im all for people running tons of different nodes, but i kind of feel like if spamming the chain would kill bitcoin like many claim then bitcoin is not as strong as we thought.

2026-03-11 20:52:01 UTC

I feel myself witnessing the end of the internet as we know it, the dead internet theory seems to be coming through.
Scams, bots, AIs, etc.
Everything feels like a ploy to farm fiat.
Today i feel more done than i ever have before.

2026-03-10 03:51:29 UTC

@npub1cj8…rz4u i appreciate your content. Thanks, good stuff with Paul Keating.

2026-02-26 06:06:28 UTC

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Any walkthrough on how to do this?

2026-02-17 20:04:12 UTC

Bridge to a moneyless society.
Bitcoiners should read this. I genuinely want feedback. I cant stop thinking about this.
Some of us have always thought bitcoin is the bridge to a moneyless society. The how was something i personally needed to grasp better.
Now that i see a more clear picture of whats happening with AI it makes sense.
AI can only create things for us using energy as energy is the real currency. The open source AIs become decentralized and personalized to each person, AI will need an energy backed currency to create things. Bitcoin seeks energy like an alpha predator.
Im starting to wonder if AI ends up with all the bitcoin and transacts for us but it stays decentralized. Humans just literally tell the decentralized AI what it wants and you get it. The efficiency becomes exponential. This would literally lead to a world of no companies.
Marx theorized that the machines would take out the skilled laborers first and leave the capitalist. He has been proven wrong recently with things like moltbots and he did not account for the creation of an energy backed currency. The companies and ceos and their extensions goes down first and the skilled laborer goes last. It is why the printing of money will become exponential because those companies will continue to need bail outs but they ultimately lose to an AI/bitcoin world that gives abundance to humanity (By skilled labor i mean something that moves atoms like plumber, or massage therapist, for now at least)
I want to write a substack about this. Could all the bitcoin end up in decentralized AIs hands? @npub1s05…eyhe points out you either provide value to the world or part ways with your bitcoin, at some point all the value is produced by AI.
@npub1s05…eyhe @npub1s5y…6q7z @npub1cj8…rz4u @npub1jt9…la9y @npub1n40…25h6 @npub1cj9…0efa
@npub14mc…frlx @npub16le…ffxj

2026-02-13 08:32:55 UTC

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Made me think of your thread a couple of years back about Einstein Rosenbridge

2026-02-12 18:58:38 UTC

https://youtu.be/s7-l7gzm_PE?si=gA5_nImkh2NNYEWg
@npub1n40…25h6 this is what you have been saying

2026-02-04 02:10:36 UTC

Simon Dixon just out there saying at this point.

2026-02-02 00:44:14 UTC

My Bitcoin Oscar acceptance speech.
“I feel so humbled to be up here accepting bitcoin at this price. I have lots of thanks to give to so many, where do i begin”
I want to thank every leveraged trader out there, you guys were such a pivotal role in me being here.
I want to thank CZ, how could ive done this without the help from every person involved in Binance.
I want to thank Gold & Silver bugs, you really kept everyone distracted for a while so i can scoop up more coin. Couldn’t have done jt with you. I see you Peter Schiff.
I know its not normal to thank our producers so I’ll thank the non-producers at the federal reserve for their uncanny ability to keep this Ponzi scheme going.
From the bottom of mine and my families heart. Thank you all.

2026-01-28 06:03:41 UTC

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Seeing this after eating pastries not great.

2026-01-24 17:57:22 UTC

So glad this happened
https://youtu.be/csSlVMT0ZZ0?si=DD2J41wP4LoR0lgx
This is a vital conversation.
Basically this is Greshams Law vs Thiers Law
What @npub1s05…eyhe is saying is that our agency will move us, we are incentivized to move. I have a lot of respect for Simons position, but hes still looking at this like an asset that can be captured and not a network that cant be.
Thiers law overrides Greshams law as currency destroys itself.

2026-01-24 06:38:55 UTC

One graduates to a new level of bitcoiner when they receive steak from a fellow orange pilled mate

2026-01-23 17:45:29 UTC

I only will use Nostr from now on.

2026-01-06 06:45:19 UTC

Listening to @npub16le…ffxj hosting Simon Dixon. Ive listened to Simon many times before.
This not a critique of him as much of an observational feeling i get. Simon not quite as black pilled as Whitney Webb, but his pill does have a darker color. I personally feel like Simon does something very clever in that he gap fills like the Dinosaur DNA in Jurassic Park in the sense they fill gaps with frog dna.
Simon i believe does the same thing, he has a wealth of knowledge, but fills the gaps with lots of things he personally believes. I guess in a sense we all do this to some extent.
In Simons world everything has some link to some Psyop including the creation of bitcoin itself. Lots of gap filling.

2026-01-05 04:21:16 UTC

Im highly considering leaving all my digital footprints behind and staying only on nostr.
I can feel the algos trying to influence me

2025-12-29 20:08:13 UTC

Can retail just GameStop bitcoin already

2025-12-29 05:12:19 UTC

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Good to hear. Everyday makes me stronger.

2025-12-20 20:47:41 UTC

https://x.com/mrcryptoxwhale/status/2002152297749753996?s=46
Imagine telling everyone for decades to just bet on the S & P and America only to realize this inevitable conclusion, then call Bitcoin rat poison which solves this very problem he mentions.

2025-12-03 22:15:05 UTC

https://x.com/bitcoinmike23/status/1996304235403825263?s=46&t=SNs3cwvowySK5TqLOVkIhQ
Funny when I pressed Grok Keith went silent

2025-11-20 18:46:15 UTC

I need to write a bitcoin book, I have way too much on my mind about it all.

2025-10-27 18:45:52 UTC

https://x.com/bamskki/status/1956725538002805100?s=46&t=SNs3cwvowySK5TqLOVkIhQ

2025-10-26 20:15:53 UTC

This is the thing I can’t get passed and why I personally lean toward core. Everyone has this idea of what they think bitcoin should be, it’s literally designed in a way to combat this. In doing filtering (if it even works) you basically censor the chain and invite all sorts of legal issues. Monetary use is whatever the market says. Eventually the incentives wipe out the use of the spam. As fees rise why would any idiot waste their time putting this nonsense on the chain.
I think of lot of cores thoughts are getting lost in translation because people just label them as pro spam, it’s way deeper than that. I don’t think anyone in core nor @npub1wql…rnrp is pro spam. Before all this half the bitcoin world believed Back was Satoshi.
It almost feels like it’s as simple as either bitcoin is censorship resistant money or it isn’t.
https://x.com/breedlove22/status/1982529896095322579?s=46&t=SNs3cwvowySK5TqLOVkIhQ
All of that said, I still know so little about this myself and always willing to change my mind with more information and continue to listen to both sides with no anger or vitriol toward anyone. I

2025-10-25 09:22:51 UTC

I constantly hear about quantum computing and how it may crack Bitcoin.
While I believe Bitcoin will adjust, I want to throw another take out there.
When quantum computers reach the level it takes to crack Sha-256, I want people to grasp what sort of science breakthroughs, energy breakthroughs , and overall society breakthroughs come from a computer being able to live in a state of 1 and 0 at the same time for an extended period of time.
It’s very possible you may not even need Bitcoin in that world. For me it’s very possible Bitcoin is the bridge to a world where we won’t need money.

2025-10-21 17:59:28 UTC

https://x.com/bitcoinpierre/status/1980688983752601689?s=46&t=SNs3cwvowySK5TqLOVkIhQ
@npub1hxw…40pf perfect!

2025-10-20 16:57:57 UTC

As a bitcoiner, I feel weird every time I go to the bank now.

2025-09-29 04:53:05 UTC

https://x.com/callebtc/status/1972275437821722935?s=46&t=SNs3cwvowySK5TqLOVkIhQ
I completely admit I feel out of my depth with this subject, however my views very much align with this post by @npub12rv…85vg

2025-09-27 19:02:15 UTC

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I can’t help but to think this too.
https://image.nostr.build/efa0c7566879f9d49fcea2bc61ab0cf3376d587b8b366bfeb3669b7d0b802a9d.jpg

2025-09-26 20:46:05 UTC

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I’m willing to admit I could feel out of my depth here, it just seems like putting everything on Luke Dash to maintain knots an equally bad problem. I’m for the idea that @npub1s05…eyhe discussed on a recent podcast where there exists many versions of this to decentralize it more.
I guess I’m trying to understand if this is about game theory then the market wipes away the BS on chain.

2025-09-26 09:09:14 UTC

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I’ve been very surprised how people like @npub1s05…eyhe @npub1jt9…la9y and others I have massive respect for have quickly started running knots. Probably the first time I’ve disagreed with key influencers. I can’t wrap my head around the idea of needing to censor to keep something censorship resistant. It literally goes against all the game theory talk.
I also have a hard time understanding who these knots maintainers are, it just seems like a small group or Luke himself. What exactly is their end game?

2025-09-26 09:01:11 UTC

Lots of legit influencers running knots, people I respect, however their idealism reminds me of the cobra problem. Be careful. This makes me want to run core.
It almost seems like the knots side wants to keep bitcoin censorship resistant money by censoring it.
Personally I believe in satoshis game theory and the incentive structure plays out accordingly.
For reference
The “cobra problem” in India is a classic story about perverse incentives—a situation where a well-intended policy actually makes the problem worse.
Here’s the background:
• During British colonial rule in India, cobras were a major danger, especially in urban areas like Delhi.
• To reduce the population, the government offered a bounty for every dead cobra.
At first, this worked—people hunted cobras and turned them in for payment.
But then an unintended consequence emerged:
• People began breeding cobras just to kill them and collect the bounty.
• When the government discovered this and ended the program, breeders released their now-worthless cobras into the wild.
• The end result: the cobra population actually increased, making the situation worse than before.
This is where the term “cobra effect” comes from—used in economics, public policy, and business to describe when an attempted solution to a problem ends up exacerbating it because of misaligned incentives.
https://x.com/l0lal33tz/status/1971319651675041960?s=46&t=SNs3cwvowySK5TqLOVkIhQ
I would rather listen to @npub12rv…85vg @npub1wql…rnrp and others, than people’s emotional idealism.

2025-09-11 07:46:44 UTC

@npub12rv…85vg is someone in this space that is really growing on me.

2025-09-11 07:46:03 UTC

@npub1ahx…5ech watching you navigate Dave Collum, impressive.
Funny how guys like him, Brent Johnson, Keith Weiner, & Peter Schiff don’t understand the non-cooperative game theory of bitcoin.
Not sure if you read Nash and the Bitcoin equilibrium yet.

2025-08-13 23:30:08 UTC

Make it make sense
https://image.nostr.build/83566c52d8a850fb652c8ae1007d501216de5ddea149b99d2af9628f1e93063b.jpg

2025-07-11 07:35:37 UTC

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Marriage material lol

2025-07-09 22:18:48 UTC

Someone said to me that bitcoin is the 8th wonder of the world to which i replied, its more like the 1st wonder of the new world.

2025-06-02 18:11:50 UTC

Here’s something I’m not grasping about bitcoin.
If we move into hyperbitcoin world and bitcoin constantly improves in purchasing power, wouldn’t humans be incentivized to not use it as currency and trade every other thing before the bitcoin. In some ways it feels like the incentive pushes more toward store of value. Perhaps the privacy layer becomes the key incentive for medium of exchange.
Understand I do believe in @npub1s05…eyhe thesis that if it fails as a medium of exchange than it fails as a store of value.

2025-05-15 22:20:50 UTC

I have a friend that works at Madison Square Garden and he sent me this screenshot of ticket prices. I keep thinking that currency falling apart and this so similar to bread and circuses.
I feel like I want to do what @npub1cn4…3vle is doing and have a credit card I can pay off in bitcoin. Does anyone know where I can get a credit card like this?
Not one where I earn rewards, already have that. Just one I can pay off in sats.
https://image.nostr.build/5c772562ad20577ad686119b6c9266d5ae3b9929b44722d252927862341f87cb.jpg

2025-05-06 20:10:38 UTC

Thanks @npub16le…ffxj
Felt like I heard both sides of debate. What I’ve learned more than anything is I need to run a node and try to have informed opinions about matters I don’t understand.
Appreciate it

2025-05-06 04:37:03 UTC

Lots of crickets from podcasters about the bitcoin core issue. It’s kind of your duty as bitcoiners to stop shilling nation state adoption and start talking about this

2025-05-06 04:34:11 UTC

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Ditto

2025-05-01 12:37:47 UTC

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@npub1sg6…f63m @npub1cn4…3vle @npub1s5y…6q7z @npub1cj8…rz4u @npub1wql…rnrp
Anyone one that is an influencer online needs to be talking about this. Put aside all the institutional adoption for a moment and use your platforms to discuss.

2025-05-01 12:34:18 UTC

https://youtu.be/15biQH1H140?si=iQMpPyrx1Olb7w6o
Time to wake up Bitcoiners. This has me thinking a great deal.

2025-04-30 05:03:32 UTC

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I need people way smarter than I to measure in on this.
@npub12rv…85vg for one. We need a podcast with a bunch of people in the room.

2025-04-30 04:04:04 UTC

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I guess as a pleb I’m trying to understand that if bitcoin could have just been destroyed this whole time by a core update than it’s not anti-fragile.
It doesn’t make sense to me how code can just make an update and turn it to a shitcoin without us just forking.

2025-04-29 22:50:17 UTC

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@npub16le…ffxj is it possible for you to get a forum of three people with deep knowledge of this on an episode?

2025-04-29 21:00:43 UTC

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Has @npub1wql…rnrp weighed in on this?

2025-04-29 20:52:51 UTC

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Wouldn’t it at worse just cause a fork?

2025-04-29 20:27:33 UTC

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@npub1s05…eyhe @npub1s5y…6q7z @npub16le…ffxj
Any of you have someone who can explain this?

2025-04-29 20:19:56 UTC

Can someone explain to me in detail what is going on with bitcoin core? I’ll zap anyone who does

2025-04-18 22:38:42 UTC

https://youtu.be/RiN33qvoDo0?si=lF4aoGkx04vwmIRZ
Someone needs to get @npub1s05…eyhe in a room with Mo Gawdat.

2025-03-25 21:10:20 UTC

Listening to @npub1gdu…6nak and @npub1qw6…2v52 talk about how Satoshi understood game theory well.
This further strengthens the Bryan Solstin thesis of John Nash is Satoshi.
While fundamentally I would say it doesn’t matter who Satoshi is, I would say that if it were John Nash it really sheds a light on the type of mind needed to create it.
I highly recommend Bryan Solstins interview with Breedlove.

2025-03-18 01:39:49 UTC

Been thinking about what eventually breaks the back of this system. As @npub1s05…eyhe says which grain of sand will take down the sand castle.
Watching tons of money flood into AI has to feel like number one. Let’s say billions get dumped into AI and AI creates tons of deflationary pressure. Where exactly would returns for those investments? It feels like they would dump billions into tech that eventually becomes free. By proxy this has to cause a massive bubble of epic proportions.

2025-03-13 05:58:37 UTC

Can’t stop thinking about Bitcoin as the 9th wonder of the world

2025-03-10 06:24:40 UTC

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Everyday no matter what kind of day I’m having

2025-02-22 13:45:16 UTC

How has Ethereum not plummeted hard after this mess?

2025-02-18 18:33:20 UTC

Does anyone have accurate numbers on lightning network users?

2025-02-10 20:35:57 UTC

Failure teaches character

2025-02-05 18:55:27 UTC

@npub1s5y…6q7z can I pay you in bitcoin to teach me privately about running a lightning node as well as a bitcoin core node?

2025-01-29 18:26:55 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/48973dd1bb5192da0531313d1d2a119a4cec134d8208937f817044e411e31943.jpg

2025-01-24 21:03:44 UTC

Is it possible we can lead a short XRP movement and turn it into a reverse GameStop?

2025-01-24 20:43:43 UTC

I think it’s do a really good job orange pilling people. People constantly asking me to help them

2025-01-23 21:23:20 UTC

President Shitcoin. Have fun playing with your crypto

2025-01-18 20:56:54 UTC

https://x.com/tftc21/status/1880691632905105500?s=46&t=SNs3cwvowySK5TqLOVkIhQ
This is what @npub1s05…eyhe has been ringing the bell about

2025-01-16 01:03:39 UTC

This seems like peak fiat https://image.nostr.build/371655a5e69d0c8f9afd80f472a6ddfb96b7fe93dabdeb8c1728652acbde4104.jpg

2024-12-23 19:11:35 UTC

@npub1s5y…6q7z I despise golf as well.

2024-12-16 01:19:09 UTC

https://x.com/realkeithweiner/status/1868347693116047616?s=46&t=SNs3cwvowySK5TqLOVkIhQ
Can a prominent bitcoiner respond to this? I have a hard time myself understanding the credit system on Bitcoin.
@npub1a2c…w83a @npub1s05…eyhe @npub1cj9…0efa @npub1s5y…6q7z @npub1hxw…40pf @npub1cn4…3vle anybody? I ask because I’m generally curious.

2024-12-10 09:11:53 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/fc50c2df2bad5ef25ab9cae181cc7570eecbe2ba58b37f05dedbf75a25121335.jpg

2024-12-05 21:45:47 UTC

https://x.com/simplybitcointv/status/1864705297857552743?s=46
I had my ex fiancé put her stimmy check in bitcoin. The first time she broke up with me she sold it and got roped into a gift giving scam and lost it.
Well now that’s 20k. I just shake my head at this.

2024-12-04 21:40:14 UTC

https://x.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/1864352165252280572?s=46&t=SNs3cwvowySK5TqLOVkIhQ
@npub1s05…eyhe I know you did this to him. Lol
Another node in the network

2024-11-30 00:59:59 UTC

I say this with full disclosure owning MicroStrategy, MSTR will blow up at some point.
Whether that is in a hyper Bitcoin world or not the question. The how and the when the bigger question.
If you don’t believe the trade will blow up, then you’re truly not understanding Bitcoin.

2024-11-26 20:46:27 UTC

https://x.com/btc_newsupdates/status/1861470882360610960?s=46&t=SNs3cwvowySK5TqLOVkIhQ
I see @npub1s05…eyhe influence

2024-11-20 19:37:58 UTC

Odell Beckham clearly did his bitcoin homework. Bitcoiners not talking about this enough. https://image.nostr.build/ee2871283f719328c0f33fb4a4bf3fbdd060bd3795e265875b09d5cfa77255ef.jpg

2024-11-14 20:09:40 UTC

@npub1cj8…rz4u has the perfect blend of comedy, intelligence, and wisdom to be a bitcoin node of information. Thank you sir for your soothing voice.

2024-11-11 19:40:05 UTC

When the price rips all I ever think about is when do the people in my life stop thinking I’m crazy and this is a real thing.

2024-11-06 02:08:59 UTC

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Read my note from today. Couldn’t agree more

2024-11-05 22:16:39 UTC

Today I wanted to give my feedback on this election.
This will become the fourth election since 2000 that the results will end up in question.
As Bitcoiners we know that the core of the system problems lay at the problem of broken money. If that’s the case then everything that happens on top of that a mirage.
Before someone replies with this candidate is better for bitcoin and this candidate is against hate speech. I want to give a story about how complex markets are.
Some years ago Nike gave 1 million shoes to people in Africa, great right?
Well doing this caused the market of shoemakers to collapse, once the Nikes wore out people had nowhere to buy shoes and the initial problem got worse.
The point of this story is to show no matter how convinced you are that your decision on an election is correct, the collective variables of the world/market will still be a larger force.
Be safe out there Bitcoiners!

2024-11-04 02:40:41 UTC

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I have always had an unhealthy obsession with Lost.

2024-11-01 18:34:59 UTC

In a hyperbitcoin world Michael Saylor will have to part with his Bitcoin. His strategy only works as long as fiat exists. As @npub1s05…eyhe states, if bitcoin doesn’t become a medium of exchange it fails.
I think this is the core point of @npub1gdu…6nak
It’s not about going all maxi on Saylor, it’s simply stating economic reality.

2024-10-26 06:24:39 UTC

https://youtu.be/jrDacPNWBGA?si=sPaPvkXQ8A24Hgi7
Baseball is poetry. What an amazing repeat of a historic moment.
“Baseball marks the time”
James Earl Jones

2024-10-26 01:22:11 UTC

Giving myself a day off has become a challenge since i discovered the depth of bitcoin.

2024-10-23 03:01:22 UTC

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I’m in love with @npub1kvg…v0p2 mind.
She’s brilliant.

2024-10-18 22:21:05 UTC

https://x.com/luckismadeff/status/1847300043943883227?s=46&t=SNs3cwvowySK5TqLOVkIhQ
When life imitates art.

2024-10-10 00:43:35 UTC

https://x.com/anthonydicomo/status/1844160271486681097?s=46&t=SNs3cwvowySK5TqLOVkIhQ
I’m going to watch this 100 times.

2024-10-07 05:24:19 UTC

In a hyperbitcoinized world what happens to gambling and sports? I think about this a lot.

2024-10-04 02:12:00 UTC

Four years ago my father passed, we didn’t have a great relationship, the only thing that bonded us was the Mets. Whenever the Mets have a magical moment I think of dad.

2024-10-03 21:33:20 UTC

Am I the only one who thinks @npub1cj9…0efa looks like Billy Zabka?
It’s like Zabkas bizarro brother who learned to be a brilliant finance guy lol

2024-10-03 02:01:19 UTC

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/10/02/bank-of-america-outage-zero-balances/75487223007/
I know a network that never goes down. Hmmm

2024-10-02 18:52:36 UTC

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@npub1sn0…jdv9 you should ask other prominent bitcoiners about the he blockchain trilema and why only Bitcoin will work.

2024-10-02 18:39:37 UTC

https://youtu.be/XD-XU6Y3TfA?si=FuvIiaLn6q59LpcV
@npub1sn0…jdv9 a very fascinating person

2024-10-01 20:06:19 UTC

Debating about going to El Salvador for a trip. Any recommendations?

2024-09-28 01:08:26 UTC

I plan to treat everyone with respect. I do it not only for them, but for me and my energy. Be the world you want to see.

2024-09-22 08:16:48 UTC

20 years ago today Oceanic flight 815 crashed on a mysterious island

2024-09-21 22:57:43 UTC

https://fountain.fm/episode/MfEJTUNySLivogWBCHdl
@npub1qw6…2v52 killing it