Pascal Brändle

Cinematographer, Petrolhead & Dad

[Pascal Brändle @pascal_braendle]

@AlchemixFi let's go guys!

[Alchemix @AlchemixFi]

We just shipped a major refresh of the Alchemix v3 docs.

✦ Restructured navigation
✦ Accuracy and content pass on nearly every page
✦ Deployed contract addresses
✦ Glossary term highlights, reading progress, and a cleaner look throughout

Dig in:
🔗 https://t.co/y3XVksHGdu

[⚡︎ @_sorrengailll]

Dear Apple, bring back the iPod but make it modern. Not for nostalgia, but for parents who want their kids to experience music and audiobooks without the distractions of apps, browsers, and social media.

[Pascal Brändle @pascal_braendle]

@BTC_for_Freedom Switzerland is not family friendly.

[Pascal Brändle @pascal_braendle]

@kirawontmiss i live in Switzerland and i have been to dubai twice. In a perfect world i'd live half the year in Dubai and the other in Switzerland. Fall to Spring = Dubai

[Eli Tomac @elitomac]

People saying we wouldn’t deal with lappers with if we were all on stock bikes. It’s quite the opposite of the truth. The 450 class is actually easier to be competitive in its current state compared to the 250 class. Want to be competitive throughout a whole season with a do it your self effort on a 250, going against teams with endless R&D squeezing maximum power out of the small displacement. Good luck. On top of keeping engines and race bikes in safe hourly rotation. There’s not a whole lot of light at the end of that tunnel without a blank check. IMO 450 class needs to be non production based, with the baddest works bikes on planet earth.

The beautiful thing about Supercross and Motocross is that skill and hard work will always prevail. And yes that would still shine with works bikes.

Or maybe we just keep everything the way it is, because our sport is pretty sweet. 😉

[Pascal Brändle @pascal_braendle]

@motocrossvice @KenRoczen94 Glen Helen, 2014. One of the sickest @foxracing gears to this date!

[Pascal Brändle @pascal_braendle]

@AskPlayStation US PSN account (created in CH years ago), email access ok, wrong DOB blocking recovery. Swiss support says they can’t help. Need manual verification. #PSNsupport

[Pascal Brändle @pascal_braendle]

@AskPlayStation Can’t reset PSN password because wrong/forgotten DOB on security verification. Email access ok. Help? #PSNsupport

[Ryan Sipes @R_Sipes]

Great ride by Kenny tonight. Bad dude.

Tough one for Tomac. Sexton’s bike looked too stiff.

[Pascal Brändle @pascal_braendle]

@RealRossU went to prison for life, but in doing so he accidentally delivered an out-of-the-box solution that gave the American state the practical ability to hold and manage bitcoin.
He might one day be remembered as a kind of unwilling state hero. Change my mind.
#BTC $BTC

[Pascal Brändle @pascal_braendle]

@vishwaroopa1716 @TrendingBitcoin buying btc coins that look like gold as a symbol has worked in the past to get them to listen. And you buy the sats for them in the first place.

[Adan @durreadan01]

Day 302 of begging apple to put my MacBook’s battery on this widget

[Pascal Brändle @pascal_braendle]

@kharis_micheal Lavender Mojito without alcohol.

[Jeff Swanson @theswansjr]

"I can't buy anything with Bitcoin."

I get it. We're early.

Hardly anyone prices in BTC yet because fiat still has 100 years of network inertia. But here's what you're missing: unit of account is the last function money adopts, not the first.

Money evolves in stages, not all at once:

Phase 1: Collectible
Bitcoin becomes interesting. People accumulate it because it's scarce, novel, and smells like freedom.

Phase 2: Store of Value
Bitcoin becomes undeniable. The 21M cap hits differently once you realize the Fed printed 40% of all dollars in 24 months. People stop trading it and start hoarding it.

Phase 3: Medium of Exchange
Bitcoin becomes functional. Lightning Network enables instant, borderless, near-zero-fee payments. El Salvador adopts it. Strike, Cash App, and River start routing real commerce.

Phase 4: Unit of Account
Bitcoin becomes inevitable. Enough people hold it that merchants stop asking "how many dollars?" and start asking "how many sats?"

We're in Phase 2.5 right now.

But let's talk about real-world usage, because you clearly haven't been paying attention:

• El Salvador: Legal tender. You can buy groceries, pay taxes, and settle debts in BTC. McDonald's takes Lightning payments.

• Lightning Network: Already processing millions of transactions. Strike lets you send sats to anyone, anywhere, instantly. No bank. No Swift. No permission.

• US Retailers: Home Depot, Whole Foods, GameStop, and thousands of merchants accept BTC through Flexa, BitPay, and BTCPay Server.

• Global Remittances: Migrant workers are using Bitcoin to send money home without Western Union taking 8% off the top.

• Peer-to-Peer Commerce: Bisq, Paxful, LocalBitcoins. People are buying cars, houses, and freelance services in BTC every single day.

• Corporate Treasuries: Strategy, Tesla, Block, MicroStrategy.

And yes, you're right. It's hard to use Bitcoin everywhere right now.

Good. That means you're still early. Every revolutionary network starts clunky:

• The internet in 1995? Dial-up screeching and 10-minute page loads.
• Email in 1998? "Why would I use this instead of a fax?"
• Smartphones in 2007? "I'm fine with my BlackBerry."

Bitcoin in 2025 is awkward, unfinished, and mathematically inevitable.

The network is growing. Lightning is scaling. Adoption is accelerating.

Give it time. Or don't. Your choice.

But don't confuse "I can't spend it at Target" with "Bitcoin doesn't work."

Bitcoin works.

You're just not ready for what it's replacing yet.

[Pascal Brändle @pascal_braendle]

@Leooweb3 $ALCX @AlchemixFi bullish on that one! ☝🏻 ATH US $10'000 🚀

[Pascal Brändle @pascal_braendle]

@OccipitalMan @ac_daily_news Wait until you play shadows. Then you'll probably like Origins. 😂 Mirage could fit your style though

[Pascal Brändle @pascal_braendle]

@MaesterChi @ac_daily_news I find the vibe is off. Not AC for me. I find Mirage a better fit for the series as an Assassins Creed but that game has it's own flaws..

[Pascal Brändle @pascal_braendle]

@TrevonAI @Vivek4real_ not really since most people still don't know who blackrock is or even heard of them,

[Pascal Brändle @pascal_braendle]

NGL learning about $BTC taught me so much how finances work. Almost nobody learns this in school.

The more you know about Bitcoin, the less it makes sense owning FIAT money to you.

How's your experience so far?