Freedom. Justice. #Bitcoin halalmoney.npub.pro https://stacker.news/r/halalmoney
halalmoney @halalmoney - 3h
Just chillin’
halalmoney @halalmoney - 1d
You either die young enough as a well-intentioned Bitcoiner, or live long enough to become a Bitcoin baron.
halalmoney @halalmoney - 2d
“Bitcoin solved the double‑spending problem with a global ledger that is independently verified by all nodes on the network. However, to achieve this, Satoshi’s solution traded off the speed and privacy offered by physical cash. Chaumian ecash grafted onto bitcoin reverses that trade‑off. An ecash mint handles double‑spend detection, while users regain instant, local finality along with the option to collapse the token back into money whenever connectivity returns.” https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbirnbaum/2025/07/31/can-bitchat-build-a-free-internet-with-bitcoin/
nostr:npub123sfqjpgf54p28yd7cjlgrpcn4pra5zhlnheyldc39td9r3zhgpshcwk9x - great article! Extract 1: "Schaaf's core mistake lies in treating money as a state tool rather than a market phenomenon. This collectivist conception ignores the fundamental truth that money emerges spontaneously from voluntary exchange, not government decree. His worldview represents central banking's pathology of conflating institutional monetary socialism with individual sovereignty." Extract 2: "In all honesty, what are stablecoins redeemable for? More fiat, debt-based, inflationary paper backed by government credibility drowning in deficits. This creates multiple layers of counterparty risks: the stablecoin issuer, the banking system holding reserves, and the deficit-spending government backing the securities." Extract 3: "Claiming Bitcoin lacks value because it isn't "backed" resembles arguing email has no value because it isn't printed on paper. This represents the dying gasp of fiat apologists and Keynesian witchdoctors; a worldview where money is decreed, not discovered; where value is granted, not earned; and where economic truth serves political necessity. "Backing" isn't a feature, it's a trap keeping you tethered to the system Bitcoin was created to escape. Stablecoins aren't stable; they're pegged to a sinking ship, maintaining 1:1 backing with inflating dollars. As dollars bleed value through systematic debasement, so do they." Extract 4: "When Schaaf warns that USD stablecoins might "weaken ECB control over monetary conditions," he inadvertently reveals central banking's coercive nature. The ECB's euro stablecoins and digital euro aren't about empowering consumers, they're about re-centralizing monetary control under slick looking interfaces and Orwellian surveillance. Both CBDCs and regulated stablecoins remove bearer instruments while subjecting all transactions to state scrutiny." Extract 5: "Whether your chains are denominated in dollars or euros matters little when the shackles remain identical." Extract 6: "Stablecoins and CBDCs represent the old world's final attempt to prevent monetary evolution through technological camouflage and regulatory capture. They offer innovation's appearance while preserving monetary authoritarianism's substance." https://kudzai.substack.com/p/the-irony-of-unintended-consequences
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https://stacker.news/items/1057985/r/halalmoney
“I think sovereignty and open source are vital. I also leave my basement and walk among normies. We aren't gonna intellectually revolutionize the masses. Change comes through utility.” https://stacker.news/items/1057917/r/halalmoney?commentId=1058168
"…bitcoiners usually don’t understand hard money, even if they’re sitting on it." "…if you're counting on nation-states or treasury firms to pave the way, you're deluding yourself completely.) Ultimately, Bitcoin could "win" in fiat valuation while utterly failing its revolutionary promise. Let that sink in again: ”Bitcoin can lose, while its fiat price goes up.” (avb_21)" "…the revolution won't hodl itself." Source: The Bitcoin Standard obituary, on why the book that brought so many into bitcoin, actually turns them away Alles Voor Bitcoin Jul 28
Nice counterpoint. I think The Critic is a conservative publication and therefore fearful of disruption and the consequential impact on current power structures.
halalmoney @halalmoney - 7d
“We lose some OGs who don’t get the bigger picture every cycle. We lost way more to Bcash” nostr:nevent1qqsf4vzd7jgeuxduua7z459pfzcjx0rjl8285s77h0sv5esay8ffytczyzu7we2xhgry2mknq8v7227yn7jguu9xhu3g90n6rtnjj3mpyq3acqcyqqqqqqgpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsqzf39y
If Saylor is a spook the 6102 scenario would be of little concern if applied to MSTR’s Bitcoin “holdings” But, if he isn’t a spook, I wonder what his hedge is against a 6102? Lawfare? Jurisdictional arbitrage? A put option on his stake in MSTR?
Vibedalorian https://media.tenor.com/mH7a6LBNsOQAAAAC/poul3-f-r3veil-p.gif
“In the short term, the basic arithmetic of bond markets has deteriorated; more supply coupled with a reduction in both reliable and speculative demand. And that means higher bond yields look probable, forcing governments to pay more to fund their ever-growing deficits. The maths of governing developed countries looks likely to get increasingly difficult.” https://stacker.news/items/1055018/r/halalmoney
“Until recently, technological assistance in self-correction was mostly limited to plagiarism detectors. But things are changing. Machine-learning services such as ImageTwin and Proofig now scan millions of figures for signs of duplication, manipulation and AI generation. Natural language processing tools flag “tortured phrases” – the telltale word salads of paper mills. Bibliometric dashboards such as one by Semantic Scholar trace whether papers are cited in support or contradiction.” https://stacker.news/items/1055746/r/halalmoney
halalmoney @halalmoney - 8d
🤣🤣🤣 “Not sure what the point of the article was, really. "Bitcoin" SEO trends well among FT readers, I suppose...?” https://stacker.news/items/1055551/r/halalmoney
“Governments will make endless attempts to get us to use centrally issued digital IDs.” nostr:nevent1qqsfx5yvwrh0gwykwthwaw3stlem8ywttfjm5088ldgrc8pcww3h2yqzyzxd58d2lvkl3kh52qzn8jaxndj947sv4acndc6phcdkdghfuk7asqcyqqqqqqgpr3mhxue69uhhyct8dukkummnw3ezuer4vd4kgmnn9ehhyeceawj7l
“Trump is a reflection of both sides. He's a result not a cause. He's the dam not the flood. I don't fear him in the slightest. I fear the hatred and disillusionment that created his rise. Half of the people are fed up with the system (as they see it) and the other half want it back as it was. It's not going back, but the new right hasn't won either.” https://stacker.news/items/1054931/r/halalmoney?commentId=1055423
“true understanding cannot be handed over — it must be earned.” https://medium.com/@kiracoco/bitcoin-as-a-rite-of-passage-when-faith-stops-being-blind-and-starts-being-verified-b7b929416275
