Banks and Paper Bitcoin:
“We don't want that centralization.
It's not a victory. It's not what we are here for.
We're here to replace these guys. We don't need them. They came to this kicking and screaming after a decade of making fun of us.
They are not here because they like this. They're here because we beat them year after year after year after year for a decade. We said, "We have the best performing asset in the last 100 years and you're not allowing people to do it." They didn't come here for cypherpunk values. They came here to grift and make a buck. They don't care about our values. They're not a victory. They need us more than we need them.
Personally, I recommend that everybody tell them to go pound sand and go and take self-custody and self-sovereignty and replace them, grind them into the dust.
That's what we were supposed to do with this industry.”
@nickspanos Being at the Cipriani event downtown with you was incredible, but the real magic happened when you guided us to the Bitcoin Center for the first time. That experience left a lasting impression and is among the most cherished memories I have in the Bitcoin and blockchain community
@theneedledrop hey anthony. travis scott just sampled our song “pursuit” without clearance on his new track “kick out”. I just dropped this album june 12. would love to get some recognition for my hard work. we’re an underground electro band from chicago and we released this album independent
Alex Rodriguez asked a question. Reggie Jackson answered it.
(Shouts to the producer and rest of the desk for staying out of Reggie’s way and just letting him talk. I doubt they expected this answer. But it’s a great few minutes of television.)
My keynote at @Coincenter's 10th Anniversary Dinner
On the American heritage of disintermediation...
"There is nowhere else that has so loudly in its past pronounced unequivocally the virtue of the individual over the collective."
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