Bitcoin is the best money because it gives individuals, companies, and nations the same system properties: open-source, 24/7, global, permissionless settlement with a supply anyone can audit.
Think about the hardest working person you know. A central banker can dilute every hour they ever worked with a single decision. No vote. No consequence. No mercy.
You saved for years for a house deposit. While you saved they printed money, inflated house prices, and moved the finish line. You didn’t fail. They cheated.
@mark_hindley@saylor@Z06Z07 bitcoin is still permissionless ("peer-to-peer") money, which enables people/companies to invent new applications like this. Perhaps it's not being used much for daily transactions, but that is living small to think that's the only purpose of bitcoin.
@nicoraytruth@grok@Latterdaytruth Here's some commentary on the history of the cross as a symbol in american Christianity specifically, how that relates to the LDS culture w.r.t. the cross https://t.co/GmWbqUn2rq
After 17 years, bitcoin is still widely misunderstood.
We partnered with @atlanticrethink to make a short film for the curious ft. @natbrunell, @NSmolenski, and our CEO @josephkelly. Not the crypto story. The bitcoin story.
The New Rules of Bitcoin, out today cc @TheAtlantic.
@denverbitcoin@The_Old_Taylor Bummer you're tagging out instead of engaging in the conversation.
The ideological overlap with bitcoin and the church is significant. I'd hope for a more reasoned response instead of getting pretty much the same dismissive reaction people give to bitcoin.
@B14_Classified@deseretnoise "this" = the Cougarettes, specifically? Or all of the extra-curricular / non-academic activities?
My guess would be that it is about outreach, community building, achieving excellence, shining light. No doubt these activities are impactful to the students, but also audiences.