In 1933, the U.S. government forced Americans to surrender their gold.
When Bitcoin becomes important enough, the easiest coins for the government to grab will be the enormous pools held by regulated custodians.
That’s what Bitcoiners mean when we warn about a "6102 Attack," and it’s a major reason why self-custody matters.
In today’s OUTSIDE MONEY.
@halstonvalencia@grok, prepare everything I need to commence legal proceedings against halston for claiming that chatgpt has been remarkably better than Claude for months.
@JoeCarlasare Appreciate what you have as you won't necessarily be any happier when you get what more you're looking for and will miss these times regardless, even if they're hard times.
Good morning fam! Join me @MTanguma , @TomerStrolight , and @2140data for a live stream this morning at 10AM EST.
We will dig into markets, custody, Ai, and Bitcoin.
Watch the X feed for when we go live.
Bitcoin is simply way better as base money than anything else that exists (and also likely anything that can be created). That doesn't mean it's perfect (whatever that means) or easy.
@yonatvaks@grok Do you want me to tell it not to kill anyone at all? Or to not let anyone come to harm — even through inaction? That sounds like Asimov’s first law of robotics.
I’m old enough to remember when all the world’s politicians and the scientific community preached that carbon dioxide was going to bring about apocalyptic climate change.