Man goes to bank and deposits $10,000.
> nothing
One day later he goes to withdraw $10,000
> gets a long list of reasons why he can’t
The financial system is broken.
We need better money and institutions.
For those who just (re)discovered $NEAR:
- Mission is all people own their assets, data and power of choice
- Vision is AI is the frontend, markets/blockchain is the backend
- Privacy is fundamental and enables the mission
- NEAR Intents is universal, private markets routed already $30B, integrated across all of onchain ecosystem from Ledger to ZODL to Metamask to Trust to Brave
- NEAR AI is private AI powering end to end encrypted inference in Brave, Venice, and more
- More products across ecosystem are developing to leverage AI x markets
- Apps in Web3 that don’t want to limit themself to one chain’s users use Intents to enable seamless connect by users of any chain
- near(.)com brings this whole vision together into a consumer product making private unstoppable liquidity and (soon) AI seamless
If you are using onchain and private products you are probably using NEAR.
And if you are struggling onchain - try near(.)com for seamless experience.
Stablecoin rules in the UK are being finalized, and are at risk of preventing the UK from being globally competitive in the digital economy.
For example, the Bank of England is proposing a cap on stablecoin holdings for individuals and businesses.
The UK has a long history of being a financial hub. Embracing and encouraging innovation, especially when other countries are moving fast here, is important for maintaining that. The current direction of the rules does the opposite, and will act as an innovation blocker.
If you're from the UK you can sign the petition by @StandWCrypto_UK to set out a pro-innovation strategy for blockchain and stablecoins. Link below.
I’m turning 41, but I don’t feel like celebrating.
Our generation is running out of time to save the free Internet built for us by our fathers.
What was once the promise of the free exchange of information is being turned into the ultimate tool of control.
Once-free countries are introducing dystopian measures such as digital IDs (UK), online age checks (Australia), and mass scanning of private messages (EU).
Germany is persecuting anyone who dares to criticize officials on the Internet. The UK is imprisoning thousands for their tweets. France is criminally investigating tech leaders who defend freedom and privacy.
A dark, dystopian world is approaching fast — while we’re asleep. Our generation risks going down in history as the last one that had freedoms — and allowed them to be taken away.
We’ve been fed a lie.
We’ve been made to believe that the greatest fight of our generation is to destroy everything our forefathers left us: tradition, privacy, sovereignty, the free market, and free speech.
By betraying the legacy of our ancestors, we’ve set ourselves on a path toward self-destruction — moral, intellectual, economic, and ultimately biological.
So no, I’m not going to celebrate today. I’m running out of time. WE are running out of time.
I asked ChatGPT: If God were to create an ideal money for humanity, what form would it take and what would be its properties?
Its response:
If we imagine God creating an ideal money for humanity, it would likely have the following properties—reflecting principles of fairness, stability, and universal access:
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1. Universally Accessible
•Everyone could use it regardless of nationality, wealth, or social status.
•No barriers to entry: you wouldn’t need permission from banks or governments.
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2. Scarce but Divisible
•Supply would be finite to preserve value over time.
•Divisible into very small units so that both large and tiny transactions are possible.
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3. Durable and Permanent
•It would not degrade, rot, or disappear with time.
•Value would persist for centuries without requiring trust in any authority.
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4. Transportable and Borderless
•Easily transferable across any distance, instantly if possible.
•Works the same everywhere on Earth (and potentially beyond).
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5. Neutral and Trustless
•No single group, government, or elite could manipulate or control it.
•Rules of issuance and supply would be transparent and unchangeable.
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6. Stable but Free Market–Based
•Its value would reflect supply and demand, not decrees from rulers.
•Over time, its stability would come from broad adoption and trust.
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7. Private but Verifiable
•People could transact without surveillance, yet the system itself would remain auditable and incorruptible.
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8. Energy-Rooted or Natural-Law–Anchored
•It would be tied to something fundamental, like energy, mathematics, or nature’s scarcity—so its properties are unforgeable.
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9. Resistant to Corruption
•Cannot be counterfeited, debased, or inflated at will.
•Protects savers and workers from hidden theft through money printing.
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10. Global Standard of Truth
•Serves as a universal language of value across cultures.
•Creates fairness by aligning incentives: work today is worth the same tomorrow.
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In many ways, this description maps almost perfectly onto Bitcoin’s design: fixed supply (21 million), infinite divisibility (sats), borderless transfer, neutrality (no issuer), cryptographic verifiability, durability, and energy-based security.
If God created an ideal money, humanity may already have stumbled into it—or at least something very close.