Iain Taylor

Content Writer and lover of all things Bitcoin,

Owner of Atlantic Bitcoin,

Helping orange pill the East Coast of Canada 🇨🇦

[Iain Taylor @iainavic]

I started something new

A Bitcoin consulting company to service the Atlantic Canadian region

Here's why
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[ODELL @ODELLXYZ]

i should not have left x

created a vacuum for grifters

i was wrong, that’s on me

elon wanted $50k for my deleted account so i made a fresh handle and kept the bitcoin

[Bitcoin Halifax @BitcoinHFX]

#halifax #novascotia bitcoin meet-up coming up on Thursday.

👇

[Iain Taylor @iainavic]

@cjasonmaier Its impressive they were able to fit so many bad takes into only 75 seconds

[Iain Taylor @iainavic]

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊

I just spent a week working in the UK, and my experience was jarring.

I will preface this by saying that I grew up in Northern Ireland, a place where you can't help but have a stressed relationship with the mainland. Despite this, and despite not having been back to the U.K. since 2017, my experiences this week were still striking.

𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒

The most notable difference on this trip was the sheer amount of surveillance on any given street. It genuinely felt like something out of 1984. I couldn't look in any direction without there being a camera looking back. Even when I escaped to the country, every traffic light, train station, and bus stop still had the all-seeing eye watching my every move. Anecdotal accounts from coworkers also informed me that the police use facial recognition cameras on patrol to stop and ID people on the street. It was a very unsettling experience.

𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒

The second, more visceral experience was the volume of crime that was now considered just a normal part of life. The day we arrived, there was a knife attack on a train that injured 11 people; the day we left, a fatal knife attack at the train station we were leaving from, and every conversation in between that I overheard almost always referenced how someone was robbed.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝

Before heading to the UK, I was concerned from my talks with friends and family still living on that side of the Atlantic. Notably, the UKs decisions to start exploring Mandatory Digital IDs, and a Digital Pound (CBDC). Combine my recent experiences with the ability to manipulate and control the supply of money at the micro level, while instantly tracking individuals' source of income, and you have all the tools in place for the kinds of dystopian futures Orwell was writing about.

I worry for the UK and the trajectory that they are currently on. As a Bitcoiner, it's disheartening to see the region I grew up in fall so far from where I left it. I hope Canada learns from these examples and does not follow.

[Bitcoin Halifax @BitcoinHFX]

Next @BitcoinHFX meet up will be on Thursday Nov 6th at The Bonfire on Robie St.

630pm-930pm

Bitcoin Meetup #52 - Bitcoin Social @ The Bonfire https://t.co/TSMlG4CVF9

[Juan 🍁 ₿ ⚡️ 🥜 @JuanOfTheNorth]

#Halifax #NovaScotia bitcoin meetup coming up on Thursday.

Come hang out and learn about things like:
- setting up wallets
- sending / receiving payments
- custody / self-custody
- on-chain bitcoin / scaling solutions
- accepting bitcoin at your business
Etc.

[Bitcoin Halifax @BitcoinHFX]

The next @BitcoinHFX meetup is on Thursday, Oct 2nd.

Bonfire restaurant
2394 Robie St, Halifax NS
630pm-930pm.

https://t.co/cbgR2z4Lyj

[Bitcoin Coalition Canada @BTCcoalition_ca]

Bitcoin (BTC) is good for business! We hope you’ll help Canadian businesses take advantage,
@BizCouncilofCan @itbusinessca @RestaurantsCA @canadian_sme @ConvenienceCan.

Ask @TheRealTahinis about BTC for biz growth.

We’re here to help! So are @learningbtc_ca @CdnBitcoinConf.

[Bitcoin Halifax @BitcoinHFX]

Next @BitcoinHFX meet-up details below.

Thu Jun 5th 6:30pm.
Niche Lounge on Granville St.

Everyone is welcome.

If you've never used Bitcoin, we'll be happy to show you how to easily get started.

#Halifax
#novascotia

https://t.co/vA35Ai6FLy

[Iain Taylor @iainavic]

@bitcoinrow Sunk cost fallacy

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In 2025 if you are complaing about the cost of living or inflation spend just 10minutes looking into bitcoin

It might just change your life

[Bitcoin Halifax @BitcoinHFX]

Tomorrow

[Iain Taylor @iainavic]

@bradmillscan Wrote this piece a while ago. Not the cleanest thing ive written but the jist is the same

https://t.co/7DBxUwKrSY

[Iain Taylor @iainavic]

@PeterMcCormack Same energy:
https://t.co/hWQFQlCUWU

[Ray Dalio @RayDalio]

https://t.co/PUUxSqYIv8

[Iain Taylor @iainavic]

Whatever the election result tonight is, its important to remember that:
1. Bitcoin is non political
2. Bitcoin is for everyone
3. Education is the silver bullet

It may not be the result that many bitcoiners want but Bitcoin wins on a long enough time horizon. Zoom out🇨🇦

[Iain Taylor @iainavic]

@BTCisla It only works if it works for everyone. That's kind of the point

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@BTC_for_Freedom The game thats made up and the points dont matter 🙃

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@MapleStrategy

[Iain Taylor @iainavic]

@BTCcoalition_ca @bradmillscan @JeffBooth @liberal_party @CPC_HQ @NDP @BlocQuebecois @CanadianGreens @peoplespca Cant think of two more qualified individuals to talk about Bitcoin's importance to Canadians in this federal election.

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