Kent-I ₿

Crypto enthusiast bringing imaginative things to life 🪄🎆

[Kent-I ₿ @kent_ib_]

Time for change #Bitcoin #blockchan #cryptocurrency

[Michael Saylor @saylor]

Broken Money and the #Bitcoin Solution by @LynAldenContact

[Kent-I ₿ @kent_ib_]

@MrBeast 7million

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@DefiLlama @coingecko

Does @NBXcom offer the strongest overall asset protection among MiCA exchanges?

Beyond full MiCA CASP licensing (7 services, passportable EEA-wide), NBX provides segregated client accounts + Norwegian Banks’ Guarantee Fund coverage up to 2,000,000 NOK (~€170k) per depositor on fiat funds held at Sparebanken Norge.

This applies to eligible EEA customers, not just Norwegians (per their support docs).
Worth adding to the MiCA list for fiat safety comparison?

#MiCA #CryptoRegulation

[Kent-I ₿ @kent_ib_]

@carlmoon Great work Carl🫶 Crypto used for good 😃

[Midjourney @midjourney]

Announcing a new division of Midjourney called "Midjourney Medical"

[Kent-I ₿ @kent_ib_]

@elonmusk It's incredible what @elonmus is doing for the human race. I'm just waiting to see what his compute can do for medicine...

[Kent-I ₿ @kent_ib_]

@Grok, can you verify this:

This chicken-over-fish-pond setup is a real, decades-old integrated farming method used in parts of Asia. Chicken manure drops directly into the pond to fertilize plankton and algae that feed fish like tilapia or carp, saving on commercial feed and producing both poultry and fish on limited land.

At the same time, it is often just a simple and cheap way of getting rid of waste. As always, we push to manufacture as cheaply as possible, but these shortcuts come at a cost — sometimes later, sometimes sooner. In 2026, this is not a good long-term solution.

Right under the cages, concentrated pollution flows straight into the water:

Excess nutrients drive eutrophication, algal blooms, oxygen crashes, and fish kills.

Anaerobic sediments turn sulfur compounds from manure into toxic hydrogen sulfide (rotten-egg gas) that poisons aquatic life.

Antibiotics and resistant bacteria pass through the manure into the pond and accumulate in the fish, creating food safety and public health risks.

Open ponds also draw in migratory waterfowl — the main reservoir for avian influenza — turning the contaminated water into a virus mixing zone. This raises the risk of viral mutations that can spread to humans, either directly or via other livestock or wild animals hunted in the area.

When scaled industrially without advanced treatment, it harms local fauna through dead zones, biodiversity loss, and polluted runoff. Natural water bodies are not waste treatment systems.

Waste should instead be converted into useful products (compost, biogas, fertilizer) in contained facilities well away from water. Better approaches separate the birds, treat the manure on land first, then apply it in controlled ways — or use closed-loop aquaponics with proper filtration and aeration.

The circular-economy concept has appeal in small, tightly managed traditional setups with strong biosecurity and monitoring. But open industrialized versions without top-tier waste infrastructure carry substantial environmental and disease risks that usually outweigh the benefits. Proper facilities and separation from natural waters are essential.

[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

How You React to @elonmusk's Success Says A Lot About You

[Kent-I ₿ @kent_ib_]

SpaceX's debut valuation is about 80% (or ~0.8x) of Aramco's inflation-adjusted 2019 figure.

In real (inflation-adjusted) terms, Aramco remains the largest IPO by a meaningful margin.

Adjusted for inflation, SpaceX's ~$1.77 trillion IPO valuation in 2026 is actually smaller than Saudi Aramco's 2019 IPO

Saudi Aramco (2019): Priced at ~$1.7

U.S. CPI inflation from 2019 to 2026: ~30% cumulative (roughly 1.30x multiplier).

Inflation-adjusted to 2026 dollars: ~$2.21 trillion.

SpaceX (2026): $1.75–1.77 trillion at the $135/share IPO

[Kent-I ₿ @kent_ib_]

Earth isn’t mostly water... it only looks that way from space. Water is just ~0.023% of Earth’s total mass. The planet is overwhelmingly rock (mantle + crust) and metal (core). Surface oceans are a thin blue film on a giant ball of stone and iron. That’s why orbital data centers make perfect sense: unlimited solar power with no land or water constraints 🌎🛰️🚀

[Kent-I ₿ @kent_ib_]

@atomic_chat_hq @gitlawb Have you tested this for coding with OpenClaude yet?
https://t.co/0pUId7TSJQ

[Binance @binance]

Binance will List @centrifuge $CFG with Seed Tag Applied.

More info 👉 https://t.co/SST91cGdDf

[Kent-I ₿ @kent_ib_]

As an interesting take according to Grok: Norway provides **universal healthcare** to all residents at a significantly **lower per capita cost** (in purchasing power parity, PPP) than the United States, while delivering strong health outcomes like higher life expectancy, lower preventable mortality, and very low unmet needs due to cost.

According to the latest OECD Health at a Glance 2025 (published November 2025, with data reflecting recent years like 2023–2024 estimates):

- **Norway**: ~$9,393 per capita (PPP) on health.
- **United States**: ~$14,885 per capita (PPP).
- That's the US spending roughly **1.6 times more** per person, while the OECD average sits at about $5,967.

Norway achieves this with **universal coverage** through a publicly funded system (mostly general taxes + payroll contributions), where ~86% of spending comes from mandatory public/collective sources—higher than many peers. Out-of-pocket costs are modest (~14% of total spending, below the OECD average), with strict annual caps (around ~USD 250–300 equivalent) on user fees for things like GP visits, specialists, prescriptions, and outpatient care. Once hit, further qualifying services are free for the year. Hospital inpatient and long-term care are generally free at point of use. Kids under 16 get everything free.

Key reasons Norway spends less overall while covering everyone:

- **Lower administrative costs** — Single-payer-like public financing avoids the complexity, billing battles, and high overhead of the US's fragmented private insurers + public programs.
- **Negotiated prices & regulation** — Strong government control over provider payments, drug prices (via generics push and negotiations), and service fees keeps unit costs down (e.g., much lower prices for drugs, procedures, and admin than in the US).
- **Efficient resource use** — Emphasis on primary care as gatekeeper, preventive focus (Norway spends ~3% on prevention, similar to OECD avg but effective), high staffing (more doctors/nurses per capita), and integrated public system reduce waste, duplication, and profit-driven over-treatment.
- **Better population health behaviors** — Lower smoking, moderate alcohol use, and proactive care contribute to fewer expensive chronic/complications cases downstream.

Result: Norway gets better bang for the buck—life expectancy ~83 years (above OECD avg), low unmet needs (~1% or less due to cost), excellent outcomes on treatable/preventable conditions—all at ~60% of US per capita spend.

Universal doesn't mean "free" (modest capped co-pays exist for most adults on non-hospital stuff), but it means **affordable and accessible for all**, without the bankruptcies or coverage gaps common elsewhere. The US's higher spend doesn't buy proportionally better results—often the opposite in key metrics.

Norway shows a high-income country can deliver comprehensive, equitable healthcare without the world's highest bills. Efficiency + public priority = universal care at lower cost. 🇳🇴 vs 🇺🇸 healthcare spending reality check.

[Kent-I ₿ @kent_ib_]

Great idea on the soft burn via locked fees! But calling it an "insurance fund" might be misleading, since it's not usable for covering losses like in traditional perps (no payouts, no socialization from it). With the admin key burned, it's just a perma-locked vault for deflation.

More accurate names: "fee sink", "perma-locked treasury", "deflationary vault", or simply "soft-burn accumulator".

Something really interesting would be to evolve it: turn the indefinitely growing locked fund into a yield-generating machine that funnels returns back into more token accumulation. This could amplify the deflationary flywheel, compounding the soft burn over time.

For example: If yield comes in (e.g., in SOL, USDC, or other assets via liquid staking, vaults, or DeFi strategies), a trustless on-chain program could automatically swap it for more tokens (via Jupiter or similar DEX aggregator) and lock it right back into the same vault. Fully immutable, no team/DAO control, just pure autonomous compounding.

Traditional buyback-and-burn can also be made fully immutable (burn admin keys on a smart contract that auto-swaps incoming fees/revenue for tokens on DEX, then put them into a immutable account). Detached from any team, it creates real buying pressure on the open market, and holders get actual exit liquidity/security during dips, while still reducing supply permanently.

And yes, the same yield layer could apply there too: accumulated assets (SOL/USDC/etc.) go into yield-bearing positions (e.g., Jito/Sanctum LSTs or other Solana vaults), with proceeds auto-swapped for more tokens → burned/locked.

In a fully trustless setup, the buyback version feels stronger overall because it combines silent supply reduction with visible demand creation, more holder confidence and market support. The compounding yield idea works on both, but the direct buy pressure gives it an edge.

Anyone disagree? Or thoughts on implementing the yield loop without adding too much complexity/risk? 🚀

[Kent-I ₿ @kent_ib_]

@SimplyBitcoin 😂

[Kent-I ₿ @kent_ib_]

Great work bringing OpenClaw to Solana via .molt domains, the wallet-proof access and persistent R2 storage look super convenient.

Quick technical question on the data side:

How is user data ownership enforced in practice? Since agent memory, chat histories, https://t.co/Ol8qboOyKn / https://t.co/6goy24k6Yt etc. live in Cloudflare R2 under what appears to be https://t.co/rWlG3tgJ96's account/infrastructure (rather than per-user buckets or user-controlled keys), what mechanisms prevent the team from accessing or modifying private user data? Is there a clear data custody model (e.g., user-controlled encryption keys, zero-knowledge proofs for access)?

Are chat histories and persistent memory encrypted at rest and/or in transit? If so, is it end-to-end encryption (where only the user holds the decryption key), or is it encrypted with keys managed by https://t.co/rWlG3tgJ96 / Cloudflare?

Would love clarity here as it helps users assess privacy/trust assumptions when training personal agents. Thanks!

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[Kent-I ₿ @kent_ib_]

Grok say: its correct that immigration policies play a role in societal outcomes, but directly comparing these rape rates overlooks a major issue: **countries don't define or record "rape" the same way**.

Sweden (84.4) and England (~117) use **broad, consent-based definitions** — sex without explicit consent counts as rape, even without violence/threats. They also have high public trust, encouraging reporting, and count multiple incidents per case separately.

Poland's low rate (1.3) historically came from a narrower definition requiring proven violence, threat, or deceit — many non-consensual acts weren't classified as rape. (Poland shifted to consent-based in early 2025, so future stats may rise.)

Norway recently adopted consent-based too. Eurostat, UNODC, and fact-checks (e.g., DW 2025) repeatedly warn: raw numbers aren't comparable due to legal differences, recording practices, and reporting cultures.

Victimization surveys (standardized questions, less affected by laws) show smaller gaps across Europe.

Immigration can correlate with challenges (integration, socioeconomic factors), but simplistic causation ignores these statistical apples-to-oranges problems. Better data needed for fair analysis.

[Stacy Muur @stacy_muur]

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[Kent-I ₿ @kent_ib_]

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