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[Kieranpm @whatsallthiss]

My first agent swarm works 6am to noon, and I'm not crazy, you're crazy for thinking it takes 24 hours just like some dude in a cave did 300 years ago. My second agent starts sub agents at Noon and goes to 6pm, that's Agent swarm 2. The next Agent swarm is 6pm to midnight. What I have done now is changed and manipulated time. I now get 21,000 agents working a week. Stack that up over a month Im gonna kick your butt. Stack that up over a year, you're toast.

[HardBlock | Australian Bitcoin-Only Exchange @HardBlockBTC]

Happy 16th Birthday, Bitcoin! 🎂🟧🎉

On January 3, 2009, just a few months after publishing the Bitcoin white paper, Satoshi Nakamoto made history when he mined the Bitcoin genesis block - signing it with the message, “The Times Jan/03/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks,” officially launching the Bitcoin network and highlighting some of the financial turmoil that inspired the invention of Bitcoin.

[ptr⚡️ @ptr_nguyen]

@DmitriyMolla Took me years to unlearn this

[ptr⚡️ @ptr_nguyen]

@HodlersWay Rickson...Breathe...

[Brian Armstrong @brian_armstrong]

This is true. People tie themselves in knots trying to explain causes of inflation, but the primary cause is the government spending more money than it has, and needing to print more.

Neutralize that, and most inflation problems go away.

Bitcoin is the check and balance on excessive inflation. Buying it is a vote against inflation.

[Rational Aussie @rationalaussie]

Some of you are blaming inflation on 'big supermarkets' when your real enemy operates invisibly.

Where do you think all the money came from during the pandemic for people to sit on their ass doing nothing?

You think the government had a piggy bank saved for a rainy day?

[Renato Moicano @moicanoufc]

#ufc 300 I said and will say again if you care about the truth start to read mises… 6 lessons changed my perspective on money inflation and politics!!! #ufc #austrianschoolofeconomics

[Packy McCormick @packyM]

Every day I appreciate this meme a little bit more.

It works for pretty much everything. It’s different people at the same time, or the same person over time.

Modern society’s greatest contribution to the philosophical discourse.

[Balaji @balajis]

NETWORK > STATE

It was the best of times, in the cloud.
It was the worst of times, on the land.

The closer you are to the beating heart of the Internet, the better you’ll do. But the more dependent you are on legacy governments, the worse off you’ll be.

So, the more energy you put into technology and the Internet, into startups and protocols, into artificial intelligence and decentralized currency, into robotics and drones, into driving forward into the 21st century — the more your empowerment.

But, the more faith you put in politicians and bureaucrats, in the EU bureaucracy and the US military, in the political process and the voting process, in the justice system and the banking system, into hanging on to the 20th century — the more your disappointment.

Think VC, not DC.
Study AI, not DEI.
Hold BTC, not USD.
And work with drones, not NPCs.

Rely on the network to succeed. And prepare for the state to fail.

[Cole Walmsley @Cole_Walmsley]

The most logical #Bitcoin argument:

We all operate on a standard measurement of time.

Seconds, minutes, hours, etc are all the same length no matter where you go in this world.

Imagine you went to France and there were 85 seconds in a minute and 26 hours in a day, then went to Australia and there were 40 seconds in a minute and 22 hours in a day.

Everything would be incredibly confusing. Airline travel between the two countries, shipping arrangements, and all other basic communication regarding time would quickly become an insanely unnecessary mathematical dance.

There are 180 different measurements of value used around the world today.

In other words, there are 180 different fiat currencies that exist today.

All of these fiat currencies are issued, controlled, and manipulated by governments.

Manipulated in the sense that they can change the total amount of money that is in circulation.

In other words, they can manipulate the measurement of time, but in this case, it is value.

Imagine a government could change how many seconds were in a minute, how many days were in a week, and so on, whenever they wanted.

Well governments today, through fiat currency, can print money whenever they want, can raise interest rates as they please, can draw money out of the economy whenever they want, and so much more.

So not only does the world have to deal with 180 different currencies and exchange rates between countries, which is already cumbersome and difficult, but the world has to deal with each currency itself constantly fluctuating in measurement.

Imagine building a house and the number of inches in a ruler changed everyday. 12 inches on Monday, 13.5 inches on Tuesday, 9 inches on Wednesday. And then on Thursday, somebody told you you’d have to be using centimeters and meters now. And then on Friday, somebody told you no more of that, you’ll now be using a new measurement entirely, called “fiat.”

Imagine using 180 different measurements of length/distance while trying to build a house.

The house would take forever to be built, and if it were ever completed, it might collapse the next day.

The world works best on globally standardized measurement systems, such as time. Any additional system increases friction.

So why would the world not work best on one standardized measurement of value (money)?

The answer is… it would, BUT that standardized measurement would have to ensure one thing:

The measurement could not be manipulated by *anybody* in the world. Just like time can’t be. No government, no corporation, not you, not me, nobody should be able to manipulate money.

This is what #Bitcoin is offering to the world.

#Bitcoin is the end of 180 different currencies being used.

Instead, #Bitcoin is one standardized measurement of value for the entire globe.

A standardized measurement of value that cannot be manipulated by anybody.

Our economy will finally be united under one transparent, immutable, open, and sound monetary system, just like we are united under one system of time.

From there we can unleash economic development and prosperity the likes of which we’ve never seen before.

We all should operate on a standard measurement of value. The monetary system we use should be the same from Canada to Japan to Portugal to Jamaica. Everywhere. It simply makes the most sense.

It is simply logical.

[Robert ₿reedlove @Breedlove22]

Failure to mention the $8T+ USD counterfeited by The Fed since 2020 as a cause of inflation is like failing to mention a lack of oxygen as a cause of death in a drowning. “What is Money?” will be regarded as the defining question of our time in history.

[Beff (e/acc) @beffjezos]

Culture is upstream of techno-capital progress.

Why our fight for techno-optimism is so important.

QED.

[Sam Altman @sama]

the fight for the future is a struggle between technological-driven growth and managed decline.

the growth path has inherent risks and challenges along with its fantastic upside, and the decline path has guaranteed long-term disaster.

stasis is a myth.

[Stamp Seed 🔨 Titanium Backup @Stamp_Seed]

You probably own #Bitcoin if you know about it.

[ptr⚡️ @ptr_nguyen]

@leonwankum @simplybitcoin Took me a long time to realise this as an architect, and soon after I did, left the industry. Bitcoin can potentially do more to fix housing affordability than to hope and dream policy makers can do something about it.

[Reggie James @HipCityReg]

I will forever stand by the “thinker-doer” archetype

A lot of tech folks love to be the “doer”. Make fun of thinker types. Just kind of brute force and look for low hanging fruit

Of course a lot of the “thinkers” don’t do shit and that’s a problem

Real thinker-doers are rare

[ptr⚡️ @ptr_nguyen]

@DominicFrisby Wonder what she'd think about @saylor 's portfolio...

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

Effective Urbanism –– e/urb

In the heart of every metropolis lies a promise - a promise of opportunity, connection, and progress. Effective Urbanism seeks to fulfill this promise by embracing urban growth and evolution.

1/10

[ptr⚡️ @ptr_nguyen]

Sums up everything I've been thinking about over the last 4 years and why I became a dev

[Coinbase 🛡️ @coinbase]

⏪️ Accept that it will always be this way.
⏩️ Build something better.
#UpdateTheSystem