Lucas

[🇨🇭 Swiss Hodler @SwissHodler]

They told us war was normal.
That it would never end.
That some men must always die,
So others can stay in power.

They didn’t ask us.
They just printed the money,
inflated our savings,
and sent our children to fight.

We built,
and they burned.
We worked,
and they stole.

And they called it civilization.

But then came something different.
A quiet revolution.
No guns. No flags. No leaders.

Just code.
Just truth.
Just Bitcoin.

A money no one could control.
No more printing. No more theft. No more lies.

And something changed.
Suddenly, war had to be paid for.
Not with magic money.
But with real value.
With savings. With sacrifice.

And when the people saw the true cost,
they said no.
No to war.
No to destruction.
No to empire.

On a Bitcoin standard, all nations hold the same money.
No one inflates. No one dominates.
Trade becomes stronger than tanks.
Cooperation replaces conquest.

Because when the incentives are fair,
peace wins.

Now we tell our children a different story.
Not of endless war,
but of the day the world chose peace.
Not by voting.
But by opting out.

By choosing a money
that can’t be corrupted.
Bitcoin didn’t just fix the money.
It fixed the human story.

#Bitcoin #Peace #FixTheMoneyFixTheWorld #SwissHodler

[Kirk Herbstreit @KirkHerbstreit]

Thank you again for all the outpouring of love for our Ben. I can’t tell you how much it means to me and my family.

He wasn’t just my best friend – he was America’s best friend ❤️

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Trust those who return the shopping cart

[RedditCFB @RedditCFB]

You better believe Army and Navy were also favored on the road in 1945. 🫡🇺🇸

[BTC Sessions 😎 @BTCsessions]

Interesting having both these stories side by side.

[Preston Pysh @PrestonPysh]

Isn’t it gorgeous.

A real free and open market without some blanket holding, mouth breathing Wall Street suit calling their friend to pull a circuit breaker.

A market where only the fit survive and can endure such volatility….because they don’t have a counterparty, they have FCFs every month, they live within their means, and they know what Central banks HAVE to do next. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

As you celebrate the Fourth with your family, remember what it is that the holiday commemorates: shooting at the government. 🇺🇸🎆

[Christopher Gabriel @CGProgram]

“It’s ok to disagree. Just don’t be disagreeable.”

Lessons on life and leadership through the prism of basketball from UCLA coach John Wooden, delivered by Bill Walton. This is well worth 2:41 of your day. Rest In Peace, Big Fella.

[James Lavish @jameslavish]

And a trillion dollars ago was 100 days (US debt).

[Joey Mannarino @JoeyMannarino]

Biden wants to do an unrealized gains tax of 25% on capital gains.

That means if you have $100,000 of Bitcoin and it goes up to $200,000… but you don’t withdraw it and cash it out only at $100,000… you still owe Biden $25,000.

COMMUNIST BULLSHIT!

[Crypto Tea @Cryptotea]

Bank in Canada won’t let customer withdraw cash

they ask him to prove why he needs cash

[Jesse Myers @Croesus_BTC]

"I don't know why they didn't listen to me about #Bitcoin "

Meanwhile, this is what we looked like the last few years:

[Cole Walmsley @Cole_Walmsley]

Watch this magic trick.

You and your friend each have $50 in a $100 total supply of money.

You each have 50% of the money.

A big bad wolf comes in, creates $100, and gives it to themselves.

There is now $200 in the supply of money.

The big bad wolf has $100, you and your friend still have $50.

The big bad wolf owns 50% of the money, while you and your friend now own 25%.

Not a single dollar has been directly taken, but you have had half of your money stolen from you.

You used to have 50% of the money and now you have 25%, all because someone came in, printed a bunch of money, and didn't give it to you.

Magic.

Let me ask you...

Do you support the big bad wolf coming in, printing money, and stealing from you?

My guess is no.

Then why do you support central banks?

Look at the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States.

In 1959, there were 289 billion dollars in circulation.

In July of 2023, there were 20,902.7 billion dollars in circulation, which is a 7,127.77% increase in the supply of money, and an annual increase rate of 6.92%.

As we saw with the big bad wolf situation, whenever new money is created, it is placed somewhere. Somebody receives the new money.

Where does the central bank's new money go?

For every $100 the Federal Reserve creates, $56 goes to the top 1%, while $0.60 goes to the bottom 50%.

The top 1% of the country receives 93x more of the new money than the bottom 50%.

I wonder why there's a growing wealth gap?
As we saw with the big bad wolf, whoever receives the new money is at an advantage, while whoever doesn't receive the new money is having their money secretly stolen from them.

The money isn't taken out of their hands, but their money's value is robbed and placed where the new money goes.

The Federal Reserve creates new money at a rate of 6.92% every year.

Which means every year, money is being stolen from somebody and given to somebody else.

The evidence shows the central bank prints money and disproportionately gives it to the top 1%, stealing from most everybody else at a ratio of 93:1.

Unless you're in the elite 1%, this system sucks.

This system is called the fiat monetary system, where governments and central banks are granted a monopoly over money and given access to a limitless money printer.

They can create money whenever they want, and when they do, they steal from YOU and give it to whoever they want.

The new money creation is another word for inflation. The Federal Reserve *mandates* there to be a 2% rate of inflation every year. Which means the Federal Reserves *mandates* there to be a 2% rate of theft every year.

Disrespectfully,

F*ck that.

That system can burn in hell.

We NEED a solution.

The solution is to eliminate the ability for anybody to create money out of thin air.

We need some sort of monetary framework that eliminates that ability and secures a level playing field forever.

I have great news.

We have that monetary framework.

It exists as you read these words. We don't need to create it. It's already here.

Say hello to Bitcoin.

With Bitcoin, nobody can create new bitcoins, including governments (especially governments).

Bitcoin was founded on this idea.

This idea is protected by a globally dispersed computer network that does over 600 quintillion calculations per second.

Quintillion. Per second.

There will *never* be more than 21 million bitcoins in existence.

Death, and 21 million bitcoins. That's all I know for certain.

Do you wonder why Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan, the biggest bank in the United States, hates #Bitcoin and wants nothing to do with it?

Maybe it's because it directly opposes the very system that has benefitted him to the tune of billions of dollars?

He doesn't give a sh*t about you or me. He doesn't give a sh*t that his system steals from you and me and gives to him.

Unfortunately for him, I give a sh*t.

I don't support his robbery. I don't support fiat's theft. I don't vote for the BS politicians propagating an evil system.

I vote for Bitcoin.

I receive worthless fiat money and dump as much of it as I can into Bitcoin.

I'm writing a book about Bitcoin and I write online about Bitcoin because all of humanity deserves to see the light.

The only politician I would vote for is one that advocates for the separation of money and state, and with it, the eradication of the fiat system.

I don't vote for fiat. I don't vote for evil.

I vote for Bitcoin.

[E.J. Antoni, Ph.D. @RealEJAntoni]

Think the deficit, debt, and interest on that debt don't affect you? 44% of your income taxes this fiscal year have been consumed by just interest on the debt.
No roads. No schools. No hospitals. No military.
Just. Interest.
And it's going up...

[STRIKE @Strike]

Have a good weekend, #Bitcoin

[Jeff Booth ⚡️ @JeffBooth]

Game theory/Creative destruction in action.
Going to be fun to watch!
PS - If your financial institution can stop you from using your money.....it is not your money.

[Dylan Dethier @dylan_dethier]

"If your kid gets good at the game that doesn’t necessarily make them love the game. But if the kid loves the game, it’s likely they’ll become good at it. It’s the love that should be first."

Padraig Harrington rules. This rules. Well worth your 3 min:

[Mike Alfred @mikealfred]

Roughly half of all Treasuries outstanding today will mature by the end of 2025.

The current average interest rate on federal debt is 2.6%.

The current prevailing interest rate is over 5%.

If nothing changes, the US government will be forced to refinance this debt at roughly double the current rate, taking interest expense from 14% of federal tax revenue to 29%, or a whopping 22% of total outlays.

This is why I’ve been saying that the Fed’s higher for longer mantra is a complete bluff. Other governments around the world are tripping over each other to cut rates and print money because they can see the writing on the wall.

Rates will need to come down rapidly or the US government would have to raise taxes and cut spending aggressively but we all know that won’t happen.

So, we’re back in the same place. Debt, deficits, and monetary debasement. It’s a virtual certainty.

You might want to get some Bitcoin in case it catches on.