Of the roughly 775 fiat currencies that have ever existed, none are still running in their original form.
Every single one failed.
Hyperinflation, devaluation, replacement, collapse.
Pick your mechanism.
"Backed by confidence" isn't a unique feature of the dollar. It's the stated mechanism of every currency that no longer exists.
Weimar Germany was backed by confidence. The Argentine peso (all four versions of it) was backed by confidence. The Zimbabwean dollar, before it hit 100 trillion denomination notes, was backed by confidence.
The dollar isn't an exception to this pattern.
It's the current iteration of it.
Bitcoin's issuance schedule has run without amendment since 2009. The Fed's mandate has been rewritten, expanded, and quietly stretched every decade since 1913.
You don't need to work for another failed currency.
Bitcoin is money for the people, by the people.
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Common wisdom:
"Index funds will make you a millionaire."
True… but maybe not in the way you think.
Invest $500/month into SPY at 10% annually:
30 years later → ~$1.1M
Sounds amazing. Until you realize:
A future “millionaire” may have the purchasing power of someone with ~$466k today.
That's $634,000 lost to inflation!
Inflation quietly taxes your savings and compounds over time.
Nominal gains look good on a screen.
Real purchasing power determines your lifestyle.
Plan your future in what your money can buy, not just the number attached to it.
Bitcoin = money that dictators can't stop.
Let me translate that for the people in the back who still think their vote matters more than their private keys.
Bitcoin is the first monetary weapon in human history that laughs at tanks.
You can't bomb a protocol. You can't arrest a blockchain. You can't invade a network that lives everywhere and nowhere simultaneously.
Every dictator, every central planner, every empire builder throughout history has had one ultimate power - control the money, control the people.
Freeze the accounts. Seize the assets. Debase the currency. Starve the rebellion.
That playbook just got shredded. Bitcoin doesn't care about your borders. It doesn't require permission from the party, the politburo, or the pentagon.
It doesn't care if you're a dissident in Beijing, a trucker in Ottawa, or a journalist in Moscow who just pissed off the wrong oligarch.
21 million coins. Immutable. Unstoppable. Unseizable.
This is the first time in recorded civilization that individuals can hold wealth that tyrants cannot confiscate, cannot inflate away, and cannot shut down - even if they want to.
They can ban the exchanges. They can outlaw the miners. They can threaten you with prison.
But they cannot stop the protocol. That's not a bug. That's the entire point.
Bitcoin is sovereign money for sovereign individuals.
Hidden in the chaos is arguably Bitcoin's greatest adoption story to date.
In the middle of a war, a country chose Bitcoin to settle trade. Not gold. Not the dollar. Not stablecoins.
Why? Because in the end, the best money wins. Bitcoin is money for all when you need it most.
Buying power of $100 over 92 years:
1934: $100
1944: $76
1954: $50
1964: $43
1974: $27
1984: $13
1994: $9
2004: $7
2014: $5.75
2024: $4.25
2026: $3.90
The dollar lost 96% of its purchasing power.
Yet people still defend inflation like it's some natural law of physics.
It's not.
It's monetary debasement.
Study bitcoin to escape this trap.
Money didn't emerge from barter markets. It emerged from death, conflict, and marriage, centuries before markets existed. 📜
@NickSzabo4's latest essay "The Fabric of Desires" traces Bitcoin's deepest roots.
Read the full piece on the JAN3 Blog. ⬇️
https://t.co/67ddYfoYyI
This is a wonderful idea. The EMR integration is a great idea but that's actually the easiest part. Most hospitals/clinics already use Phreesia or other similar tablet based check-in systems. Tesla could integrate this and even add more functionality than what is currently available.