@ColeTU@ColeTU
Thx a lot for your Work
Devices
Foundation Prime
Blockstream Jade plus
Bitbox BTC only
( Reserve specter diy, seedsigner)
Would be wonderful
For now only claims I cannot verify. We need to know if anyone we can trust has seen their non-mk3 funds drained.
(Mk4+ are vulnerable nonetheless, but it would be interesting to understand the level of the current attackers.)
@MarylandHODL21 The system is designed for Profit and Control
Political Key Players Work Hand in Hand with big Pharma, big food, big agriculture all for Profits and Control, medicine besides Money and war/Military/social engineering are the Main pillars of Population Control.
@Croesus_BTC There is a new paradigm, softwar@bitcoin. perfectly primed, sovereign debt crisis, nation state and corporate adoption, ww3, Bitcoin as cyber defense system, space war, its going to be biblical: ITS about the Break.., Block 444444-888888 calm before storm...#Bitcoin
A Tribute #Bitcoin@jackmallers
Empty bookshelves—something that inspires me and makes me think. So much nonsense, so many lies in the fiat world; death and ruin lurk around every corner. An empty bookshelf teaches us: I know that I know nothing, that I might need to question everything and shed the baggage. What do we truly need in life? A strong foundation—that’s what Satoshi gave us, and it’s spreading fast.
@jasonlowery
shows us it’s about first principles, with Bitcoin as a defensive weapon system, protecting people from abstract power hierarchies. Softwar—not just for nations, planets, or solar systems, but for the everyday person. A single spark in one soul can ignite a brilliant fire, inspiring humanity to achieve the greatest things.
We’re living in one of the most incredible times in history, privileged to be part of something monumental. One spark is enough. There’s so much to help and heal. The foundation is being replaced. The pyramid is flipping upside down—for all to see. IT’S about to break. Can’t wait for the orange light to shine. Even if I’m alone in this fight, I don’t feel alone.
Thank you for everything. It’s an honor to be here and walk this path. Deep in my heart, it feels absolutely right.
a peaceful transition of power
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What Atlas Shrugged Teaches Us About Money And Why Bitcoin Matters
When I first read Atlas Shrugged, I didn’t expect it to become a manual for understanding Bitcoin. Ayn Rand’s doorstop of a novel is polarizing, sure, but beneath the weighty speeches and industrialist drama lies a profound lesson about money, one that echoes louder today than when it was written in 1957.
The story revolves around a society crumbling under the weight of bureaucracy, mediocrity, and the belief that productivity is a collective endeavor to be managed, punished, and redistributed. The protagonists, innovators, thinkers, and creators, are demonized for their success. So they disappear. They withdraw their labor, their genius, and their money from a system that hates them for sustaining it.
But what does this have to do with Bitcoin? Let’s start with Francisco d’Anconia, the copper tycoon who delivers a blistering monologue about money. “Money is a tool of exchange,” he says, “which can’t exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them.” Money, in Rand’s view, is not a government token or a social contract. It is a claim on human effort—a representation of value created and traded voluntarily.
Sound familiar?
In the novel, the government destroys the economy by devaluing currency, imposing price controls, and seizing private property. The lesson is clear: when money is corrupted, everything else follows. Savings evaporate. Trust collapses. Production halts. People starve amid empty grocery stores and idle factories.
Today, we live in a world of central banks and infinite fiat. Money is no longer a neutral tool, it’s a political weapon. Inflation redistributes wealth silently. Bailouts reward recklessness. Capital controls restrict movement. The system thrives on debt, not production. It’s no coincidence that the phrase “going Galt” (shrugging off societal demands, like the novel’s protagonists) resonates with Bitcoiners.
Bitcoin is Francisco d’Anconia’s money. It cannot be inflated, seized, or manipulated by decree. Its supply is fixed. Its rules are enforced by math, not men. It exists outside the control of those who would use currency as a means of control. When you hold Bitcoin, you hold a claim on a network secured by energy and human ingenuity—a direct line to Rand’s ideal of money as a product of reason.
But Bitcoin goes further. Rand’s heroes withdraw to a hidden valley to preserve their values. Bitcoiners don’t need to hide. They build parallel systems in plain sight. A wallet is Galt’s Gulch in your pocket. A node is a silent protest. A transaction is a vote for a world where money is honest again.
Critics dismiss Bitcoin as a tool for libertarian fantasy. Yet Rand’s warning feels prophetic: when money is severed from reality, reality itself fractures. Look at Venezuela, Lebanon, Zimbabwe, or the creeping devaluation of your own savings. Bitcoin isn’t a fantasy. It’s an escape hatch.
The climax of Atlas Shrugged hinges on a simple question: Who is John Galt? It’s a rhetorical surrender to societal decay. But in our world, the answer is being written by thousands of coders, miners, and users who refuse to let money become a lie. They are rebuilding what Francisco called “the tool of traders, from honest men to honest men.”
Money matters because it is the lifeblood of civilization. Bitcoin matters because it gives us a way to keep that blood pure, no matter how loudly the world demands we shrug.
Dedicated to those who choose to build, not beg.
I began doing some research on this chart for a sculpture and ended up blowing my mind a few times.
Did you know that all John Nash's math in the movie "It's A Beautiful Mind" was handwritten by one of the authors referenced in the Bitcoin Whitepaper?
I found a lot more too, wanna dig into some obscure Bitcoin history? Let's go!