MerlynTheCreator

[MerlynTheCreator @btcMerlyn]

@crypto_king34 @grok 'Done'

[Jeff Swanson @theswansjr]

If Bitcoin is worthless, then send me one.

A classic challenge to those who don’t understand Bitcoin.
But it goes deeper.

Bitcoin is the first money in 5,000 years that exists purely as knowledge. Nothing else comes close.

Money isn’t a rock you can hold. It never was.

Money is a social construct. A shared hallucination we agree on. But Bitcoin is the first money in history that exists entirely as cryptographic knowledge.

You don’t store Bitcoin. You know it.

Ownership isn’t physical custody. It’s possession of a private key.

I can write 12 words on paper, bury it in the desert, destroy every device, disappear for a decade, and the Bitcoin is still mine.

Not because it’s stored somewhere.
Not because a server tracks it.
Not because a bank vouches for me.

Because I know the key. That’s the entire model.

No counterparty. No permission. No trust.

The network doesn’t hold my coins. Miners don’t custody them. Nodes don’t approve ownership.

Math alone verifies control.

To spend, I broadcast a signed transaction.
To hold, I depend on no one.

Gold is bearer money. You can bury it and it’s yours.
But it has limits:
• Hard to move
• Hard to divide
• Hard to verify

Bitcoin keeps gold’s bearer nature and adds superpowers:
• Instant global transfer
• Perfect divisibility
• Cryptographic authenticity

Gold is analog bearer money. Bitcoin is digital bearer money. Fiat is the opposite.

You can’t truly possess dollars without banks, central banks, and payment rails. Even cash is a liability dependent on policy and trust.

Fiat is a claim.
Bitcoin is proof.

Bitcoin isn’t a database entry assigned to you.
It’s a scarce cryptographic artifact secured by proof-of-work.

Back to the challenge: If Bitcoin is worthless, send me one.

To do that, you must:
• Control a private key
• Sign a real transaction
• Broadcast it globally
• Have miners burn energy to confirm it

You can’t fake this. You can’t shortcut it. You must trade, sell, or work to earn Bitcoin.

Stop thinking of Bitcoin as something you store.
Start thinking of it as knowledge you possess.

• A seed phrase is pure information
• That information grants control over scarce units
• No one can debase, freeze, or dilute it

This is why Bitcoin is sovereign money.

Gold required physical custody. Fiat required institutional trust.

The real question isn’t whether Bitcoin is real money. It’s how long you’ll keep holding inferior versions.

[Simply Bitcoin @SimplyBitcoin]

LIKE, IF YOU THINK THE SAMOURAI DEVELOPERS SHOULD BE PARDONED AND RELEASED

[MerlynTheCreator @btcMerlyn]

@Punk1402 @grok 'done'

[MerlynTheCreator @btcMerlyn]

@CryptoGFishere "done"

[MerlynTheCreator @btcMerlyn]

@MrBitcoinWhalee 'done'

[MerlynTheCreator @btcMerlyn]

@mikealfred my sons 2nd birthday, btc 100k and a new car :) that would be triple jackpot - although kids are always number one - no matter what :) leeets go

[Keonne Rodriguez @keonne]

Your continued noise is working. Thank you to everyone pushing @realDonaldTrump to pardon Bill and me. Let's get this over the line. #pardonsamourai

[MerlynTheCreator @btcMerlyn]

@Hana_b30

[Keonne Rodriguez @keonne]

It would mean a lot if you would sign this petition calling on @realDonaldTrump to pardon me and Bill

In 30 days we will report to prison. Unless the President steps in.

Developers shouldn't be liable for the actions of bad actors using their software

#freesamourai

https://t.co/xQNGAVlu3r

[FOUNDATION @FoundationHQ]

Statement from Foundation
We are incredibly saddened by the harsh five-year sentence given to Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez.

We believe this outcome is unjust and deeply troubling. It directly conflicts with previous guidance from FinCEN; where one federal agency provided clarity, another chose prosecution.

The current administration often speaks in support of Bitcoin, yet the Justice Department continues to pursue policies that may predate this administration – targeting privacy technologies and open-source developers. The administration’s silence on these cases increasingly feels like tacit consent.

While the Samourai team could be abrasive online, they were principled libertarians who fought for freedom and recognized that Bitcoin is not private by default.

Years ago, we explored integrating CoinJoin into our Envoy mobile wallet and hoped to collaborate with Samourai, but we paused development due to legal uncertainty. We also donated 0.5 BTC to their defense – the least we could do to support those building for financial privacy.

We urge the administration to consider a pardon for Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill and to issue a clear public stance affirming that privacy tools are not crimes.

Open-source developers deserve protection, not persecution.

[Free Samourai @gofreesamourai]

No BTC dev deserves threats of jail time and millions in fines just for writing code that enables anyone to use bitcoin privately.

Samourai was a threat, so they took them out using drummed up charges.

The sentencing of the devs is Nov 6th at SDNY.
#FreeSamourai

[vittorio @IterIntellectus]

what a retarded take

this is not art, it’s aesthetic communism.
the average Everyman and Everywoman is mediocre and absolutely not worth aspiring to

the glorification of mediocrity, weakness, and ugliness is an intentional demoralization campaign

you are being trained to hate beauty. to reject excellence, and to see the heroic as oppressive and the mundane as sacred.

a civilizational inversion and ritualistic humiliation

art was once the spearhead of aspiration.
we carved gods into marble and painted divinity into flesh.
civilization was built by aspiring to an ideal, not to being mediocre and average

this is the architecture of cultural decay.
a people that celebrates the ordinary will never become extraordinary.
this is anti-beauty. anti-heroism. anti-civilization.

the same communist ethos underlies it:
erase hierarchy, abolish standards, destroy the elite and elevate the ugly, mediocre, and broken

soft totalitarianism wrapped in “representation.”

we should not tolerate this.
we should burn it out at the root with anyone championing for it

a culture that forgets what beauty looks like will never again know what greatness feels like.

[Doug Stewart #freesamourai @realDougStewart]

This is the best primer on our current state. Even if you aren’t a privacy nerd, but you get the sense that something is wrong, you need to read this too.

On top of being right on everything, it’s perfectly written, which is rare nowadays. #freesamourai

https://t.co/jmF7jd6hiy

[Freedom Research @freedom_rsrch]

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At Freedom Research, we confront this head-on. We publish what others won’t. We speak when others stay silent.

Please help us stay independent. Power our voice.

Read the full story at https://t.co/lMj9X5tRDd

[Derrick Broze @DBrozeLiveFree]

To the people who are finally ready to ask the hard questions about Trump and Epstein:

My 2018 documentary is a good place to start.

https://t.co/TM7fFWyD5C

[Free Samourai @gofreesamourai]

They arrested BTC devs over this, code so powerful they used any tactic to stop it from spreading.

What they hate so badly has made a triumphant return.

Privacy is your right as a bitcoin user. Seize it!
https://t.co/agrKYwgd2C

[KKGB @INArteCarloDoss]

I hadn’t realised the insane number of accounts on here who are dedicated exclusively to posting war propaganda with no legitimate sources or credentials of any kind, most likely farm operated or bots, but with an unbelievable amount of X algo promotion. Not very serious.

[Sir Barefoot @SirBarefoot]

Info on sleeping grounded: