Byzantine Wizard

#Bitcoin is the first and only credibly capped-supply liquid asset in history. It's already won the money wars. #BitcoinNotBlockchain #BitcoinNotCrypto

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Can we get AI to actually pick plastic out of the ocean, or do all the robots have to become screenwriters?

[Swann Marcus @SwannMarcus89]

I already loved capitalism but knowing it stopped this guy specifically from making terrible art makes me love it even more

[Keith Walkiewicz @keithwalkiewicz]

Analog is going to be a class/status symbol.

If you can afford analog it shows you have the means to opt out of the AI control grid network in a way the masses cannot.

[Byzantine Wizard @Wizantine]

@JohnCarreyrou If you count this as "evidence," then my credence in every other piece of "evidence" in your argument just went down.

[Byzantine Wizard @Wizantine]

@JohnCarreyrou You lost me when you cited @adam3us asking a forum question about Roosevelt's ban on gold ownership--something Satoshi alluded to once. What a coinkydink!

Re libertarians, this is like arguing, "Satoshi drank water, and so did Back, therefore Back is Satoshi."

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

We’re debating the Iran War Powers Resolution I co-authored with @RepRoKhanna.

Under our Constitution, the power to initiate war rests solely with Congress.

Congress owes our service members a clearly defined mission, so that when they accomplish it, they can come home.

[Dylan Allman @dylanmallman]

People seem to forget that the military-industrial complex is also a propaganda machine.

It sells war the way any industry sells product, with a story that flatters the buyer, hides the bill, and promises a clean outcome.

“Security.” “Stability.” “Liberation.” Whatever the stated goal is, treat it as marketing copy. The real objective is throughput, contracts, appropriations, promotions, influence. The goal that gets announced is always the wrapper.

None of this is for you. None of this is for the people “over there,” either. They get turned into props, then casualties, then footnotes. You get turned into a taxpayer, then a spectator, then a moral co-signer. The only constituency consistently served is the network that profits from motion, fear, and spending.

Quit falling for it.

[Byzantine Wizard @Wizantine]

@resistancemoney Yes. If one argument causes a listener to stack sats, and another argument causes a listener to avoid doing so, the difference between these two arguments will be felt soon enough. Entropy is unforgiving towards those persuaded by dumb arguments.

[Byzantine Wizard @Wizantine]

@nic_carter It's amazing how people who claim to believe in private enterprise and private property become commie bootlickers the second the government says they need to commandeer your private property to surveil you and wage wars of choice with your tax dollars.

[Brandon Avedikian @bavedikian]

I would like to thank my landlord for his generosity.

For allowing me and my family to live in a property he owns. All we have to do is pay him rent every month.

For accepting mediocre returns on his capital so that I can earn much higher returns on my capital by investing into my business and into real estate.

For taking on the risk of all major components of the property including the HVAC system, roof, foundation, plumbing and electrical systems, etc.

The value he is adding to my family is appreciated and does not go unnoticed.

[Joe Burnett, MSBA @IIICapital]

If USD is your money, thousands of things look like good investments.

If BTC is your money, very few things look like good investments.

Bitcoin raises the hurdle rate for capital allocation, and greatly reduces capital misallocation.

[Neil Jacobs @NeilJacobs]

The longer you live, the more you realize credentialism says nothing about a person’s ability to think outside the matrix.

Bitcoin is an ego test.

To accept it, people must admit they’ve been living a lie their whole lives. That is not easy when all their accomplishments were built within that system of lies.

[PŪNGAO ⚡️🍯 @realpungao]

iPhone alarm. Blue light. Doomscroll. Commute in gridlock. Arrive at fluorescent light office. Sit in front of screen, answering meaningless emails. Sit through meaningless meetings. Eat nutrient-less slop. Another commute. Microwave dinner, more screens. Restless sleep. Rinse & repeat.

You were not put on the earth to live this way.

[Bitcoin for Freedom @BTC_for_Freedom]

If you hold BTC to sell later for profit, you've missed the point. Bitcoin is the first way to save wealth. You don't need to take profits; you can spend it on what you want without selling to invest elsewhere.

[Luke Gromen @LukeGromen]

Case-Shiller Home Price Index in USD (blue) - up 88% last 10 years.

CSHPI in gold (red) - down 36% last 10 years.

CSHPI in BTC (purple) - down 99.6% last 10 years.

[Adam Livingston @AdamBLiv]

Owning Bitcoin is like walking out of a Walmart at 2 AM, looking at the fluorescent nightmare of America, and realizing this entire society is a collapsing circus tent held together with expired coupons and Xanax.

The dollar isn’t money anymore, it’s Ellen DeGeneres dancing in sneakers at 65, pretending she’s still fun while the stage burns around her.

It’s Satan in Dockers, running the Federal Reserve.

You’re financing a global Ponzi scheme where the prize is a TikTok dopamine hit and maybe, if you’re lucky, a $12 bag of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos.

Bitcoin is the only thing not designed by demons in a boardroom.

Every sat you own is an exorcism of this rotting empire of credit scores, antidepressants, and fake vegan chicken nuggets.

[Freedom Memes @FreedomMemesIRL]

@AutismCapital

[Byzantine Wizard @Wizantine]

Have you transacted in gold lately?

No? Then why is it a $15 trillion asset? (Hint: it's not dental fillings.)

Saving in a scarce asset IS using it. That's its use case. Until you understand that, you won't understand bitcoin (or gold).

[SMB Attorney @SMB_Attorney]

Maybe I’m wrong?

If so, and there are actually legitimate uses for Bitcoin, please tell me concretely what you’ve used your Bitcoin for recently?

“Reserve currency” doesn’t count, I want actual transactions.

I’m all ears!

[Byzantine Wizard @Wizantine]

@SMB_Attorney Have you transacted in gold lately?

No? Then why is it a $15 trillion asset? (Hint: it's not dental fillings.)

Saving in a scarce asset IS using it. That's its use case. Until you understand that, you won't understand bitcoin (or gold).

[BRITISH HODL ❤️‍🔥🐂❤️‍🔥 @BritishHodl]

If you hold Bitcoin now, your only job over the next 20 years is saying “NO!” to everyone who wants to take it in their special fancy seductive dopamine filled way.

That’s the entire job description.

And most will fail.