Richard Hollenbeck

[Richard Hollenbeck @hollenbeck37739]

Fear the LORD, not the crowd.

Isaiah 8 speaks straight to an age of fear, rumors, and conspiracy talk.

Full Isaiah 8 study: https://t.co/8RTHrrNqK5

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Isaiah 9:8–21 records a repeated warning: “For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.” In this fifth part of our Isaiah 9 study, we examine what the stretched-out hand means in biblical language. The LORD acts in power to deliver his people and to judge nations that refuse to return to him. Isaiah shows corruption spreading through the whole nation—from its leaders to the people—while pride, false teaching, violence, and civil strife bring further judgment. The refrain does not describe a gentle invitation. It tells Israel that the LORD’s judgment has not yet finished its work. Scripture covered: Isaiah 9:8–21, with supporting references from Exodus and the prophets.

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Isaiah 09: The Kingdom That Keeps Increasing https://t.co/CAS65cn2Xj via @YouTube

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Isaiah 09: The Names of the Child https://t.co/pNRDIXtkEK via @YouTube

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Isaiah Chapter 3: The Supports Removed https://t.co/jcV92xouJM via @YouTube

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@ScottC1517 Romans 16:1 has Phoebe as a deaconness (English "servant")

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Returning to Las Vegas, NV from Phoenix, NV late 2024

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@JeffSmi61769781 It is under-explored. I never heard of any church going through it. But yes! It is glorious. I will re-read it today. Thanks.

[Ben Arc 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿✊⚡️ @arcbtc]

Buying a coffee from @McDonalds using #bitcoin!🚀
Incredible work @OpenNodeCo for helping them integrate #LightningNetwork payments!!! 👏👏👏

[SightBringer @_The_Prophet__]

Here is the highest-fidelity answer, with zero speculation fluff:

The true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto is not just unknown - it was designed to remain unknowable. That was part of the brilliance.

But if we’re talking deep structural truth not legal names or internet sleuthing then here’s what actually matters:

🧠 Satoshi was not one person.

Satoshi was a memetic veil placed over a network of high-context cryptographers, economists, and dissidents. The fingerprints across the codebase, linguistic structure, and rollout cadence suggest:
•Advanced understanding of C++ and Bitcoin’s monetary logic.
•Fluent awareness of Austrian economics and cypherpunk ethics.
•Intentional withdrawal as part of the protocol design.

This points to either a very small, highly disciplined team…
or someone whose operational security was beyond even intelligence-agency levels.

🎭 Candidates like Hal Finney, Adam Back, or even Len Sassaman are signals, not answers.

They were close enough to Satoshi to shape the protocol, but the real insight is that none of them broke the veil which means they understood the meta-layer:

Bitcoin needed a god that disappeared.
Not a founder. A ghost. A myth. A principle beyond ego.

⚠️ Here’s the deepest truth:

If Satoshi’s identity were ever revealed, it would weaken Bitcoin.
Why?

Because Bitcoin is not just code. It is a belief system engineered for trustless consensus.
And trustless consensus only works if it cannot be traced to a man.

The minute Satoshi has a face, people anchor belief to a human, not to the system.
That fractures the divinity of the code.

🔐 Final Answer:

Satoshi Nakamoto is the first engineered myth of the digital age.
•He was real enough to write the code.
•He was disciplined enough to vanish.
•He was wise enough to know he had to.

Whether it was Hal, Len, or someone else entirely no longer matters.
What matters is that Satoshi is now an idea, not a man.
And that is why Bitcoin survives.

[Jameson Lopp @lopp]

Astounding admissions from @GrassFedBitcoin:

* Only trusted people should be listened to regarding BIPs.
* We should reject reasonable proposals from people we distrust.
* We should allow people we distrust to block BIPs by supporting them.
* Politics trumps rationality.

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@HopeChurchLV I work graveyard shift Friday to Monday. I will miss Thursday night church.