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[Senator Cynthia Lummis @SenLummis]

The Clarity Act passed committee. The floor is next. We did not come this far to quit at the 5 yard line.

[TRIGGERnometry @triggerpod]

Everyone should hear this at least once.

This is the best explanation of Western civilisation you’ll ever hear:

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

Zero out taxes for the bottom half of earners. A nurse in Queens shouldn’t be sending money to Washington. Washington should be sending her an apology.

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

Yes, the United States has the most progressive tax system in the world. The top 1% pay 40% of taxes, the bottom 50% pay 3% of taxes. We can make it even more progressive by zeroing out taxes on the bottom half. It’s a small amount of the total tax revenue but very meaningful to people in this group.

[Peter McCormack 🏴‍☠️🇬🇧🇮🇪 @PeterMcCormack]

Dear @NewStatesman, what is his abomination of childish economics. I would like to reply below, happy to submit a more detailed reply if you would like.

But anyway, Gary Economics, I'll save most of my direct criticism of him, but let's be clear, economist is a stretch - he is a socialist with ideas which have failed through the entire history of time.

Even saying "the problem is billionaires" is embarrassing. I'd accept an argument that how some people become wealthy should be challenged - the TRICKLE UP economics of an expanding state is a problem, but this is the model that leftist economics creates, and they want more of it.

I think we can agree that the UK economy has failed, the reason is clear and it is math. We have elected unqualified and unimpressive people to make hugely consequential decisions for our country, our prosperity, our companies and our electorate. Ideology and redistribution, coupled with an absurd and incompetent managerial class has built layers and layers of friction and extraction while expecting good outcomes. It would be like making a 100m runner carry a sack of rocks and telling him if he only carries more rocks he would win.

Gary is suggesting let's do more of what doesn't work, because if we do more of what hasn't worked, it will work this time. Childish, emotionally driven stupidity. If your conclusion to the economic problems of our country is more tax, move government and more control, you haven't quite got the Sowell memo "social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good". Gary would do well to read his book on Basic Economics.

Let me be as clear as possible, we already have the highest tax burden in generations, we have near-record public spending, yet we also have collapsing productivity and real living standards are falling. This is in contradiction to economies which have deregulated and opened themselves up and are thriving.

You only have to look at the most recent survey asking British people if we were an American state, where would we rank in terms of wealth. We picked 7th, but sadly we would be the poorest, poorer than Mississippi.

These are self inflicted wounds by 5th rate politicians who make promises they can't keep because they like the taste of power. These people are idiots, they not understand economics yet every 5 years we run a personality competition and give them the keys to our prosperity. And guess what, we're getting poorer.

At some point, you have to consider the possibility that permanently expanding the state is not the cure for decline, but the mechanism of it. At some point, you have to challenge Gary on his ideas, because they are an evolution of failure, backed by a fabricated career, sold in the accent of a drill rapper. It is the epitome of the stupidity of our country that we keep elevating people for saying the things that sound good, rather than listening to the wisdom of Sowell, Friedman, Bastiat, Smith - the wise ones that came before us and told us exactly how the economy works.

But no, we know better.

We don't, we have a political class who wouldn't be able to run a small business profitably, crushing the hopes and dreams of business owners and young people who'd like the opportunities we had - own a home, have a family and do meaningful work.

You can print as many leftist economic arguments from emotionally driven, intellectually stunted people as you want. They are wrong. They have always been wrong. They will always be wrong.

Inflation is the crime of our century, entirely caused by the state and the Bank of England. It is entirely controllable, if you have the backbone for what is right, instead of a thirst for power. Inflation is controlled through discipline, but we have decided that narrative is more important than discipline.

You can't fight the markets - they are the truth and soon this discipline will be forced on us and there will be no more billionaires to blame as they will all have left.

We have a responsibility to our children. An ever expanding state and debt bubble is telling our children that you will pay in the future because of what we want now. There was a time where kids went to war and died for our country, now we're throwing kids future into a dumpster because we can't discipline ourselves.

You can't tax your way to prosperity.
You can't regulate your way to prosperity.
And you can't lie your way to prosperity.

If you aren't willing to accept this then have fun staying poor.

[Senator Cynthia Lummis @SenLummis]

Without the Clarity Act, the digital asset industry will move offshore to any nation that has regulators willing to engage. Every day that we stall is a day we hand our competitors an advantage we won't get back.

The Clarity Act is critical to securing our financial future.

[Ricky Gervais @rickygervais]

My new series ALLEY CATS comes to Netflix on 7 August. I've never been so excited/worried about any show since The Office. There's nothing like it. And as with all my work, some people will hate it & some will fucking love it. But how can I make sure everyone watches it? Help!

[Mr.Andersen @Sanderandersenn]

We are in serious danger of losing one of the most important capital markets in the world.

36% tax on unrealized gains, each year, whether or not you sold.

That's the Netherlands' Box 3, effective January 2028.

Brussels simultaneously wants the €33T of European household savings the Draghi report identified flowing into capital markets via the Savings & Investments Union.

Both can't be true. A tax on unrealized gains is a tax on compounding, and compounding is the substrate of equity culture.

Norway already ran the experiment.

300+ wealthy residents moved to Switzerland after the wealth tax tightened. Brussels' answer is exit taxes, not deeper markets.

Europeans don't have an investment problem. They have an ownership policy problem.

[Merlijn The Trader @MerlijnTrader]

THIS IS CRAZY:

🇳🇱 While the world races to attract crypto wealth. The Netherlands does the opposite.

Luxembourg: buying Bitcoin as sovereign reserve. U.S.: protecting crypto legislation. Kalshi says 70% chance of CLARITY Act.
UAE: building crypto banks.

Netherlands: taxing unrealized gains. Every year. No exceptions.

61,000 signatures. Parliament ignored them.

You don't sell. You still pay.
Your asset crashes. You already paid.
No cash. Doesn't matter. Pay anyway.

Every country is competing for your capital.
The Netherlands is taxing it away.

[Justin Bons @Justin_Bons]

The Dutch 36% tax on unrealized gains is anti-prosperity, freedom & capitalism

It makes investment impossible for normal people...

Destroying the middle class & crushing the start-up ecosystem

It has not been passed, yet; we can still save this once-great mercantile nation! 🧵

Writing this from Amsterdam, only a brief walk away from the first stock market in the world. The Netherlands was once the richest country on the planet, dominating global trade in the 17th century. All thanks to free trade & financial innovation

A legacy that the Netherlands has moved steadily away from. It is no longer a leader in finance & sits on the laurels of its historically great past, much like most of Europe does. With extremely high taxes & socialist policies

This latest 36% tax on unrealized gains breaks the camel's back, making all investment quantitatively & mathematically unviable, especially given the volatility of modern markets. Forcing normal people to store their wealth in Fiat currency, something that is designed to lose its value over time due to inflation

That is why this law, in particular, strikes at the heart of how crypto is meant to provide an alternative to that terrible central banking system. That would no longer be possible under this new tax law, impoverishing the middle class, forcing them to remain slaves to the debt-based fiat system

Start-up founders would also have to pay 36% over each share of their company they sell, making being a founder in the Netherlands far more expensive & therefore unattractive

Adding insult to injury, this new tax does not apply to investment professionals like myself who own & manage investment companies. So this law locks normal people out of the investment world while still allowing the "elites" to do business...

Capitalism is great because it gives equal opportunity to all, allowing the best to rise to the top. That is what makes it meritocratic & generates massive prosperity for all. Instead, this proposed tax introduces massive resistance against upward mobility. It would prevent more people from rising out of poverty, keeping them poor!

A 36% tax on unrealized gains in the Netherlands spits in the face of its once-great, historically capitalist legacy. People are waking up & do not want to see what they have built here ruined by incompetent, socialist, & tone deaf politicians

We can turn this around, so help us spread this message far & wide. For the sake of prosperity, freedom & capitalism. We the people demand our full rights to life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness! 🗽

[Patrick Hansen @paddi_hansen]

Big regulatory milestone for Circle in Europe 🇫🇷🇪🇺

In addition to our EMI license to issue USDC/EURC under MiCA, Circle France is now authorized to provide crypto-asset services (custody & transfer services for USDC/EURC) across the EEA.

Congrats to the @circle EU team! 💪

[Leonidas 🧡 $DOG @LeonidasNFT]

Repost if you still hold the fairest memecoin of all time $DOG

[Samantha Smith @SamanthaTaghoy]

355 MPs voted against reporting Crooked Keir to the Privileges Committee after he lied to and deceived Parliament.

They deserve to be named and shamed:

Jack Abbott (Labour)
Debbie Abrahams (Labour)
Zubir Ahmed (Labour)
Luke Akehurst (Labour)
Sadik Al-Hassan (Labour)
Bayo Alaba (Labour)
Heidi Alexander (Labour)
Douglas Alexander (Labour)
Rushanara Ali (Labour)
Callum Anderson (Labour)
Fleur Anderson (Labour)
Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour)
Scott Arthur (Labour)
Jess Asato (Labour)
James Asser (Labour)
Jas Athwal (Labour)
Catherine Atkinson (Labour)
Lewis Atkinson (Labour)
Calvin Bailey (Labour)
Olivia Bailey (Labour)
David Baines (Labour)
Alex Baker (Labour)
Richard Baker (Labour)
Alex Ballinger (Labour)
Antonia Bance (Labour)
Lee Barron (Labour)
Alex Barros-Curtis (Labour)
Johanna Baxter (Labour)
Danny Beales (Labour)
Torsten Bell (Labour)
Hilary Benn (Labour)
Clive Betts (Labour)
Polly Billington (Labour)
Rachel Blake (Labour)
Chris Bloore (Labour)
Elsie Blundell (Labour)
Kevin Bonavia (Labour)
Jade Botterill (Labour)
Sureena Brackenridge (Labour)
Phil Brickell (Labour)
Chris Bryant (Labour)
Julia Buckley (Labour)
Maureen Burke (Labour)
David Burton-Sampson (Labour)
Liam Byrne (Labour)
Ruth Cadbury (Labour)
Markus Campbell-Savours (Labour)
Irene Campbell (Labour)
Juliet Campbell (Labour)
Alan Campbell (Labour)
Dan Carden (Labour)
Sam Carling (Labour)
Al Carns (Labour)
Sarah Champion (Labour)
Bambos Charalambous (Labour)
Luke Charters (Labour)

Feryal Clark (Labour)
Ben Coleman (Labour)
Jacob Collier (Labour)
Lizzi Collinge (Labour)
Tom Collins (Labour)
Liam Conlon (Labour)
Andrew Cooper (Labour)
Beccy Cooper (Labour)
Pam Cox (Labour)
Neil Coyle (Labour)
Jen Craft (Labour)
Mary Creagh (Labour)
Torcuil Crichton (Labour)
Chris Curtis (Labour)
Janet Daby (Labour)
Nicholas Dakin (Labour)
Ashley Dalton (Labour)
Emily Darlington (Labour)
Alex Davies-Jones (Labour)
Jonathan Davies (Labour)
Paul Davies (Labour)
Shaun Davies (Labour)
Marsha De Cordova (Labour)
Kate Dearden (Labour)
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour)
Jim Dickson (Labour)
Anna Dixon (Labour)
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Anneliese Dodds (Labour)
Helena Dollimore (Labour)
Graeme Downie (Labour)
Angela Eagle (Labour)
Lauren Edwards (Labour)
Sarah Edwards (Labour)
Clive Efford (Labour)
Damien Egan (Labour)
Chris Elmore (Labour)
Kirith Entwistle (Labour)
Florence Eshalomi (Labour)
Bill Esterson (Labour)
Chris Evans (Labour)
Miatta Fahnbulleh (Labour)
Hamish Falconer (Labour)
Linsey Farnsworth (Labour)
Josh Fenton-Glynn (Labour)
Mark Ferguson (Labour)
Patricia Ferguson (Labour)
Natalie Fleet (Labour)
Catherine Fookes (Labour)
Paul Foster (Labour)
Vicky Foxcroft (Labour)
Daniel Francis (Labour)
James Frith (Labour)
Allison Gardner (Labour)
Anna Gelderd (Labour)
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Preet Kaur Gill (Labour)
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Mary Glindon (Labour)
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Lilian Greenwood (Labour)
Nia Griffith (Labour)
Amanda Hack (Labour)
Sarah Hall (Labour)
Paulette Hamilton (Labour)
Emma Hardy (Labour)
Carolyn Harris (Labour)
Lloyd Hatton (Labour)
Helen Hayes (Labour)
Tom Hayes (Labour)
Claire Hazelgrove (Labour)
John Healey (Labour)
Meg Hillier (Labour)
Jonathan Hinder (Labour)
Sharon Hodgson (Labour)
Rachel Hopkins (Labour)
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Alison Hume (Labour)
Rupa Huq (Labour)
Patrick Hurley (Labour)
Leigh Ingham (Labour)
Natasha Irons (Labour)
Sally Jameson (Labour)
Dan Jarvis (Labour)
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Adam Jogee (Labour)
Darren Jones (Labour)
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Lillian Jones (Labour)
Ruth Jones (Labour)
Sarah Jones (Labour)
Gurinder Singh Josan (Labour)
Sojan Joseph (Labour)
Warinder Juss (Labour)
Chris Kane (Labour)
Mike Kane (Labour)
Satvir Kaur (Labour)
Liz Kendall (Labour)
Afzal Khan (Labour)
Naushabah Khan (Labour)
Stephen Kinnock (Labour)
Jayne Kirkham (Labour)
Gen Kitchen (Labour)
Sonia Kumar (Labour)
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Peter Lamb (Labour)

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Scam Altman and Greg Stockman stole a charity. Full stop.

Greg got tens of billions of stock for himself and Scam got dozens of OpenAI side deals with a piece of the action for himself, Y Combinator style. After this lawsuit, Scam will also be awarded tens of billions in stock directly.

The fundamental question is simply this:

Do you want to set legal precedent in the United States that it is ok to loot a charity? If so, you undermine all charitable giving in the United States forever.

I could have started OpenAI as a for-profit corporation. Instead, I started it, funded it, recruited critical talent and taught them everything I know about how to make a startup successful FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD.

Then they stole the charity.

[Michael Dell 🇺🇸 @MichaelDell]

Win or lose, respect to @elonmusk for being the man in the arena

[Rebecca Perrotto @rebeccaperrotto]

Elon, from the bottom of my broken heart, thank you. ❤️

You’ve kept my beautiful daughter Liv’s memory alive in the most extraordinary way, by making Asteroid, the official mascot for SpaceX.

Liv poured her whole soul into designing that little dog in a spacesuit, dreaming of the stars just like you. Seeing her creation soar on Polaris Dawn already brought tears of joy. Knowing it will now be a part of every SpaceX mission, flying among the stars forever? That’s healing I can’t even put into words.

You didn’t just honor a young girl’s dream, you are keeping her spirit alive. Liv’s love, her laughter, her unbreakable fight lives on through Asteroid, and every time a Falcon roars or Starship climbs toward orbit, a piece of my girl flies with it.

I’m crying grateful tears right now. Thank you for this priceless gift.

You’ve turned our deepest pain into something eternal and beautiful among the stars. @elonmusk

[Leonidas 🧡 $DOG @LeonidasNFT]

AS WE APPROACH $DOG'S TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY I WANT TO SHARE THE STORY BEHIND THE MOST FAIRLY DISTRIBUTED MEMECOIN IN HISTORY 🧵

IT IS VERY NATURAL TO HAVE SKEPTICISM WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT A “FREE AND FAIR” MEMECOIN LIKE $DOG GIVEN THE RAMPANT FRAUD AND SCAMMING IN CRYPTO SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE NOT TO TRUST BUT TO VERIFY WHAT I AM ABOUT TO SAY

$DOG WAS BORN OUT OF A DREAM THAT BITCOIN COULD LEARN FROM THE SHORTCOMINGS OF OTHER ECOSYSTEMS AND HAVE A CULTURE THAT ACCRUED VALUE FAIRLY AND TRANSPARENTLY TO THE PEOPLE WHO DESERVE IT THE MOST RATHER THAN LINING THE POCKETS OF KOLS, VCS, CEXS, MARKET MAKERS, THE TEAM, AND OTHER INSIDERS WHO LIE TO YOUR FACE

TO ACHIEVE THIS VISION AND TO GET $DOG TO WHERE IT IS TODAY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAD TO COME TOGETHER TO DONATE THEIR TIME AND CAPITAL

100% OF THE $DOG SUPPLY WAS AIRDROPPED FOR FREE WITH NO TEAM ALLOCATION AND WE REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CORRUPT PRACTICES OF PAYING CEX LISTINGS FEES, DOING PAID PROMOTIONS, OR HIRING MARKET MAKERS SO THE ONLY WAY TO SUCCEED WAS TO RAISE AN ARMY

THIS STORY STARTS IN EARLY 2024 WITH THE RUNESTONE ORDINALS NFT COLLECTION

100% OF THE SUPPLY OF RUNESTONES WAS AIRDROPPED FOR FREE TO 112,383 EARLY ORDINALS SUPPORTERS (ONE PER ADDRESS)

THEN SEVERAL MONTHS LATER 100% OF THE SUPPLY OF $DOG WAS AIRDROPPED FOR FREE TO RUNESTONE HOLDERS (889,806 $DOG TOKENS PER RUNESTONE HELD)

TO ENSURE THE FAIRNESS OF THE AIRDROP THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAD DISCUSSIONS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS IN A PUBLIC FORUM ABOUT HOW THE DISTRIBUTION ALGORITHM SHOULD BE STRUCTURED

THESE DISCUSSIONS WERE FULLY TRANSPARENT, HAVE BEEN PRESERVED, AND CAN BE VIEWED IN THE RUNESTONE DISCORD

ULTIMATELY THE COMMUNITY CAME TO A CONSENSUS THAT THE FAIREST POSSIBLE ALGORITHM THAT WE COULD COME UP WITH WAS TO AIRDROP 1 RUNESTONE TO EVERY ADDRESS THAT HELD AT LEAST 3 NON-TEXT-BASED ORDINALS INSCRIPTIONS ON A RETROACTIVE SNAPSHOT DATE THAT WAS SET TO A DATE PRIOR TO THE IDEA OF RUNESTONE AND THE PRE-RUNES META STARTING SO THAT IT COULDN’T HAVE BEEN FARMED OR GAMED

THE DECISION TO AIRDROP ONLY ONE RUNESTONE PER ADDRESS REGARDLESS OF HOW VALUABLE YOUR INSCRIPTIONS WERE OR WHAT COLLECTIONS YOU HELD IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID THAT I AM THE MOST PROUD OF

IT WAS A STATEMENT THAT REGARDLESS OF IF YOU WERE RICH OR POOR, IF YOU MADE THE HIGHLY CONTRARIAN DECISION TO SHOW UP AND SUPPORT BITCOIN WHEN IT NEEDED YOU THE MOST, YOU GOT A RUNESTONE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE

THE ALGORITHM WAS INTENTIONALLY KEPT VERY SIMPLE SO THAT ANYONE COULD UNDERSTAND IT IN PLAIN ENGLISH AND KNOW THAT THERE WASN’T ANY SORT OF SHADY CODE THAT FAVORED ANYBODY

THE ALGORITHM WAS OPEN-SOURCED AND CAN BE VIEWED ON THE FAIRDROP-ADDRESSES GITHUB REPO

AFTER THE ALGORITHM WAS DECIDED A GROUP OF PUBLIC, VOLUNTEER, TRUSTED, INDEPENDENT VERIFIERS (@GM7T2, @LFG, @ORDDATA, @_BITPUNKS_, AND AN ANON DEV) EACH IMPLEMENTED AND RAN IT ON THEIR OWN AND COMPARED THE LIST OF ADDRESSES GENERATED WITH EACH OTHER

ONCE WE HAD A LIST OF ADDRESSES THAT EVERYONE AGREED ON SEVERAL COMPANIES AND DEVELOPERS (@OKX, @LFG, @ORDDATA, AND @_BITPUNKS_) VOLUNTEERED TO BUILD AND PUBLISH MULTIPLE ADDRESS CHECKER TOOLS SO THAT EVERYONE COULD SEE IF THEIR ADDRESS WOULD RECEIVE A RUNESTONE

THE AIRDROP ALGORITHM WAS NOT PERFECT AS NO SUCH ALGORITHM IS POSSIBLE BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE TRIED REALLY REALLY HARD TO MAKE IT AS FAIR AS POSSIBLE AND THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THAT BASED ON ALL OF THE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE THAT PEOPLE SHARED THAT THEY RECEIVED A RUNESTONE THAT WAS WORTH MORE THAN THEY MADE IN AN ENTIRE YEAR OF WORKING THAT WE DID A PRETTY KICKASS JOB

WHEN IT CAME TO DOING THE ACTUAL AIRDROP THE TEAM AT @ORDINALSBOT VOLUNTEERED DEVELOPER RESOURCES TO EXECUTE IT ASKING FOR NOTHING IN RETURN

RUNESTONE WAS A TRUE FREE AIRDROP AND THERE WAS NO SNEAKY CLAIM PROCESS WHERE A $5 FEE WOULD BE CHARGED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT

112,383 RUNESTONES WERE DIRECTLY SENT OUT TO THE LIST OF ADDRESSES

PERFORMING AN AIRDROP OF THIS SCALE ON BITCOIN WAS UNPRECEDENTED AND VERY EXPENSIVE AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE 10.25 BTC DONATED BY @_BUOYANTCAPITAL, @CELLMEJIWA, @BTCORDINAL, @HONEYBADGERSBTC, @THEWIZARDSOFORD, @MERLINLAYER2, @BITMAPTECH, @RARESATSEEKER, @RUNEALPHA_BTC, @_BITPUNKS_, @ORDINALBLOCKOUT, @ARTONINTERNET, @SEIZECTRL, @LFG, @FOMOJIS, AND @OKAYBEARS TO COVER NETWORK FEES

THESE DONORS WERE NOT PROMISED ANY PROMOTION AND RECEIVED NO EXTRA TOKENS IN RETURN, THESE WERE TRUE DONATIONS FROM PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO SUPPORT THE MISSION

IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE TO MINE THE LARGEST BLOCK IN BITCOIN’S HISTORY OR DO AN AIRDROP OF THIS SIZE WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT AND WE SHOULD ALL BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THEM

ADDITIONALLY, TWO EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED ARTISTS @CL_ART_STUDIO AND @0XFAR DONATED THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO CREATE THE RUNESTONE CHILD AND RUNESTONE PARENT ART THAT HAVE SINCE BECOME ICONIC IN CRYPTO CULTURE

IT IS TRUE THAT MANY PEOPLE RECEIVED MORE THAN ONE RUNESTONE BECAUSE THEY HAD MULTIPLE WALLETS AND IT IS TRUE THAT IN A FEW CASES, PEOPLE REPORTED RECEIVING 25+ RUNESTONES HOWEVER GIVEN HOW ABNORMAL IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TO HAVE HAD 25+ ADDRESSES EACH WITH 3+ JPEGS IN THEM THIS WAS VERY RARE

I FOR EXAMPLE RECEIVED 9 RUNESTONES (LESS THAN 0.01% OF THE SUPPLY) HOWEVER THIS WAS BECAUSE I WAS A VERY AVID ORDINALS COLLECTOR FOR THE ENTIRE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROTOCOL

I HAVE NEVER BOUGHT OR SOLD A SINGLE RUNESTONE AND HAVE GIVEN SEVERAL AWAY

THE ACCUSATION THAT THE ONLY REASON I PARTICIPATED IN ANY OF THIS AND HAVE POSTED ABOUT RUNESTONE AND $DOG EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF IS BECAUSE I HOLD LESS THAN 0.01% OF THE SUPPLY IS VERY DUMB IMO

IF I HAD WANTED TO MAKE THIS A CENTRALIZED PROJECT AND TAKEN 1%, 2%, OR EVEN 5% OF THE SUPPLY NOBODY WOULD HAVE PROBABLY CARED THAT MUCH GIVEN THAT IN CONTRAST THE META ON SOLANA AT THE TIME WAS FOR INFLUENCERS TO EITHER DO A PRESALE FOR 100% OF THE SUPPLY OR SNIPE 50% OF THE SUPPLY ON LAUNCH

THE REASON I WASN’T TREATED SPECIAL IN THE ALGORITHM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME NOT WANTING TO MAKE MONEY (I AM NOT ANTI-CAPITALISTIC AND DON’T HATE MONEY) IT IS BECAUSE I BELIEVED IN A VISION FOR A TRULY FAIR LAUNCH COIN WITH NO PREMINE JUST LIKE BITCOIN AND I KNEW THAT THAT VISION WAS GREATER THAN ANY SINGLE PERSON

I ALSO KNEW THAT IT WAS CRITICAL FOR OUR MOVEMENT THAT NOBODY INCLUDING MYSELF WAS ABOVE THE ETHOS OF FREE & FAIR

AND NOW FREE & FAIR IS SOMETHING THAT WILL LIVE ON IN THE CULTURE OF RUNESTONE AND $DOG FOREVER WHICH YOU CANNOT PUT A PRICE ON

RUNESTONE AND $DOG ARE FOR THE PEOPLE AND OUR ACTIONS NOT WORDS ARE WHY THIS MOVEMENT IS RESONATING WITH EVERYONE

PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF EXTRACTIVE NFT MINTS AND RIGGED MEMECOIN LAUNCHES AND ARE OPTING OUT WITH RUNESTONE AND $DOG

WHEN IT CAME TIME TO ETCH THE $DOG RUNE WE HAD TO COMPETE TO GET THE LOWEST RUNE NUMBER POSSIBLE IN WHAT EFFECTIVELY BECAME AN ON-CHAIN AUCTION IN BLOCK 840,00

THANKS TO 4,427 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO DONATED 2.9 BTC AND RECEIVED NOTHING SPECIAL IN RETURN WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE RUNE #3 FOR $DOG IN THE 5TH HIGHEST FEE BITCOIN TRANSACTION IN HISTORY

THEN @GM7T2 VOLUNTEERED HIS TIME TO EXECUTE THE $DOG AIRDROP AND ONCE HE HAD FINISHED EVERYTHING WAS COMPLETE

THE ONLY THING LEFT TO DO WAS SPREAD $DOG AND OUR ETHOS HOWEVER BECAUSE $DOG HAS NO TEAM NOR TEAM TREASURY IT WAS UP TO THE $DOG ARMY TO DETERMINE ITS OWN FATE

$DOG INTENTIONALLY USES A CC0 LICENSE WHICH MEANS THAT THE $DOG IP IS OWNED BY EVERYONE AND THERE ARE ZERO LIMITATIONS ON HOW THE IP CAN BE USED

THIS HAS ALLOWED PEOPLE TO CREATE BOTH FOR-PROFIT AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT INITIATIVES TO EDUCATE ABOUT AND SPREAD $DOG

SO FAR PEOPLE HAVE CREATED ART, LOTTERIES, PLUSHIES, WEBSITES, PODCASTS, MAGAZINES, X ACCOUNTS, IRL MEETUPS, CLOTHING LINES, PFP COLLECTIONS, TELEGRAM GROUPS, TIKTOK ACCOUNTS, AND MORE

100% OF THE FUTURE OF $DOG IS IN THE HANDS OF THE $DOG ARMY SO EVEN THINGS LIKE WEBSITES AND X ACCOUNTS HAVE HAD TO BE CREATED BY VOLUNTEERS IN THE COMMUNITY GIVEN THERE ARE NOT ANY OFFICIAL ONES

OTHER PROJECTS TALK ABOUT DECENTRALIZATION BUT $DOG LIVES IT

FOR EXAMPLE, THE $DOG BOOTH AT THE BITCOIN CONFERENCE IN LAS VEGAS RIGHT NOW AND THE $DOG PARTY LAST NIGHT WERE PUT ON BY TWO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE BUILDING WITH $DOG

@DOGOFBITCOINOG IS RUN BY @UND3RDOG WHO YES IS A $DOG WHALE BUT HE HAD TO BUY IN LIKE EVERYONE ELSE

@DOGDATABTC IS A POWERFUL ANALYTICS PLATFORM BUILT FOR $DOG BY @BITMAXDOG THAT BRINGS VALUE TO THOUSANDS OF $DOG HOLDERS

I DIDN’T ASK EITHER OF THEM TO SPEND THEIR TIME, ENERGY, OR CAPITAL TO THROW PARTIES, AND BUILD ON $DOG’S IP LIKE THIS BUT THEY CHOSE TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN ACCORD BECAUSE THE CC0 PLATFORM AND MISSION OF $DOG RESONATED DEEPLY WITH THEM

$DOG HAS NO MARKETING TEAM SO $DOG-FLUENCERS LIKE @CRYPTOLUTION, @UND3RDOG, @MRKEYWAY, @RELENTLESS_BTC, @JOOPOORANSKI, @DOGDAMASSA, @THEOG_GENERAL, @COINSWEB3, AND MANY MORE HAVE HAD TO STEP UP AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR MESSAGE IS HEARD

I STILL HOLD LESS THAN 0.01% OF THE SUPPLY OF $DOG TOKENS (THAT I WAS AIRDROPPED) AND HAVE NEVER BOUGHT OR SOLD A SINGLE $DOG TOKEN ON PURPOSE BECAUSE I DON’T WANT THE NARRATIVE TO SHIFT SOMEHOW TO BEING ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY I HAVE MADE OR PEOPLE SPECULATING IF I AM GOING TO DUMP, ETC.

$DOG IS ABOUT USHERING IN A NEW ERA OF FREEDOM IN THE WORLD BY BEING STEWARDS OF THE BITCOIN TECHNOLOGY THAT SATOSHI NAKAMOTO GIFTED US WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO DO THINGS IN A WAY THAT WOULD MAKE HIM PROUD

OTHER BLOCKCHAINS CAN BE THE FACE OF MASSIVE SCAMS, CORRUPTION, INSIDER INFORMATION, AND VCS PUMPING AND DUMPING ON YOUR HEAD BUT WE CAN'T LET IT HAPPEN ON BITCOIN

I WILL PUT THE $DOG ARMY UP AGAINST ANY DECA-BILLION DOLLAR CRYPTO COMPANY ANY DAY OF THE WEEK AND I PITY ANYONE WHO TRIES TO GET IN OUR WAY

WE ARE DECENTRALIZED, WE ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY, AND WE ARE ON A MISSION TO GO TO THE MOON

IF YOU ARE TIRED OF GETTING RUGGED AND SCAMMED OR DEEP DOWN KNOW THAT WHEN YOU ARE POSTING ABOUT A TOKEN THAT YOU ARE REALLY JUST WORKING FOR SOMEONE ELSE’S BAGS THEN IT IS TIME TO BUY SOME $DOG, JOIN THE $DOG ARMY, AND BE PART OF A MOVEMENT THAT IS GREATER THAN YOURSELF!!!!!

[Pantsᛤ @pants180]

@LeonidasNFT Dog army always shows up

[Leonidas 🧡 $DOG @LeonidasNFT]

If $DOG reclaims a $100M market cap today I will give away 1 million $DOG tokens to a random person who reposts and replies to this

[Yun-Ta Tsai @yunta_tsai]

A new dawn — after pages after pages of documents, countless reviews and many colleagues sleepless nights in order to bring this product to you. Thank you for your patience. 🥹