Bitman

The state never buys anything — it always steals.

(Even when it “buys.”) U.S. Treasury Secretary says: “We will not buy” (Bitcoin); the reserve will only hold confiscated BTC.

Jordan Peterson says, “#Bitcoin is steadily gaining recognition as a global monetary standard, much like gold.”

nostr:npub1cj94enk44kn5mvrcma4sp7jnlsgnn4em7rk3dh3jt4fzyqs3m02s560efa breaks down why U.S. Treasury Bonds make weak collateral for borrowing — his takeaway: ditch the bonds and buy #Bitcoin instead.

“Ultimately, we’re witnessing #Bitcoin evolve from a tech-driven asset linked to the Magnificent 7 or the Nasdaq into something that more closely resembles digital gold.”

Today, June 4th, 2025, marks the 21st anniversary of the KILLDOZER — one of the most infamous acts of rebellion and defiance against government authorities.

Marvin Heemeyer owned a small muffler shop in his town. The local government approved the construction of a concrete plant directly in front of his business, effectively blocking access and causing severe financial harm. Marvin repeatedly sought solutions through legal means, appealing to the city council to halt construction or allow partial access. Every request was denied. At one point, Marvin even offered to build an alternative access road at his own expense — he had purchased the necessary materials and machinery. Still, the city refused. To make matters worse, the concrete plant disconnected Marvin's shop from the town’s sewage system. Instead of helping, the city fined him for having improper sewage. 🤡 With his business failing and his personal life in ruins, Marvin meticulously planned his revenge. Over the course of 1.5 years, he secretly modified a bulldozer he had originally purchased for the road project. He fortified it with steel armor, installed bulletproof glass, and equipped it with a sophisticated camera system — state-of-the-art for the time. On June 4th, 2004, Marvin locked himself inside the armored bulldozer and began his mission, first demolishing the concrete plant that had devastated his livelihood. Over the next few hours, he drove through town, systematically destroying government buildings and the homes of public officials he held responsible for his plight. The SWAT team was deployed, but their weapons, including rifles and explosives, proved useless against the heavily armored KILLDOZER. Nothing seemed capable of stopping Marvin’s fury against the system — until the machine became trapped in the debris of one of the buildings he was demolishing. Surrounded and with no way out, Marvin took his own life — the only casualty of that day. Today, we remember the day of the KILLDOZER and Marvin Heemeyer — the last great American anti-hero. A simple man who decided to fight back after his life was destroyed by an indifferent government. Among his notes, one quote stood out: “I was always a reasonable person until I had to be unreasonable. Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things.” 🫡 https://image.nostr.build/9af44c77bc1db700c48d73ae1aa0ea467dddecb5194cdd353c576b76222c9cbe.jpg https://image.nostr.build/7aba811b90af1081e7752769b858c3f3cfb7d3a453f1ac13196ee98949235643.jpg https://image.nostr.build/0335f5fb2161cac54161b27b233c0a4f3f6f3b0ad469d0272b260b946bfb5a9a.jpg

The $1.2B hedge fund founder of 10T Holdings predicts that #Bitcoin is on its way to $180,000 🚀

“The government can’t print #Bitcoin—but it can print dollars, and they’re going to print a whole lot of them.”

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BlackRock’s CIO says that institutional investors are “primarily focused on #Bitcoin at the moment.”

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The Treasury market is imploding;

A crisis of sovereign confidence is unfolding; Clowns are taking over presidencies; Fiat currencies are collapsing… …and Bitcoin is hitting a new all-time high 🥁 Congratulations to everyone who saw the future and helped make it happen 🔥

The Dave Ramsey Show has shifted its position on #Bitcoin:

“Bitcoin is here to stay and deserves a place in a well-diversified investment strategy.”

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All roads lead to #Bitcoin

David Sacks: “#Bitcoin is scarce, it holds value, and that makes it a strategic asset for the U.S. to retain as a long-term reserve.”

nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a states, “The deeper someone’s understanding of #Bitcoin, the more of their net worth they tend to allocate to it.”

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The “Big Print” is on the horizon. 🚀

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“The Federal Reserve isn’t federal and holds no reserves. It steals your wealth and savings, which is immoral. Beyond that, it undermines fundamental economic principles like saving.”

— Nayib Bukele #Bitcoin solves this.

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Choose freedom with #Bitcoin 🙌

Have you ever shuffled a deck of cards? If so, you’ve likely held a unique sequence—a combination of cards that’s never existed before in the universe’s history and probably never will again.

Let’s dive into entropy, improbability, and, naturally, #Bitcoin. A standard 52-card deck can be arranged in 52! ways. That’s: 80,658,175,170,943,878,571,660,636,856,403,766,975,289,505,440,883,277,824,000,000,000,000 or roughly 8x10⁶⁷ possible shuffles. Hard to grasp? Consider this: ⏱️ ~4.3x10¹⁷ seconds have elapsed since the Big Bang. 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 ~100 billion humans have ever lived. If every person shuffled a deck every second since the universe began, we’d still likely never see the same order twice. Each thorough shuffle creates something entirely new. That’s the wonder of entropy. So, how does this connect to Bitcoin? This same improbability is what makes #Bitcoin secure. When you create a Bitcoin wallet with a 24-word seed phrase, you’re selecting one out of: 115,792,089,237,316,195,423,570,985,008,687,907,853,269,984,665,640,564,039,457,584,007,913,129,639,936 possibilities, or ~1.1579x10⁷⁷. That’s exponentially larger than the deck’s shuffles. To crack your wallet, someone would need to guess that exact sequence. 💪 Brute force? Useless. 🖥️ Supercomputers? Nope. ⏳ Time? Not enough. It’s like picking one specific grain of sand from the entire universe… twice. Bitcoin’s security doesn’t come from secrecy—it’s protected by being one choice among near-infinite possibilities. Isn’t that elegant? And get this: you can generate that level of security with something as simple as a six-sided die or, yes, a deck of cards. If this doesn’t spark awe for the math behind #Bitcoin and its brilliant design, reread it. You’ll probably want to stack more satoshis. Happy Sunday! 👋 https://video.nostr.build/fd467ac353ecbee524b35258439994548460091d7c84bb3f154f9b36e8b971bb.mp4 https://video.nostr.build/98428dbe5811d720752f15b39d838643fc9b522ee05f5949a97bd2b999cd23fe.mp4

“If you commit to your work and study #Bitcoin, it might be the only economics you ever need to master.”

— nostr:nprofile1qqsglcljg053zgvpsyrcwh23hjj08l84gdph42t329gweqpkxkynn3gprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctvqyw8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttjv4kxz7fwwak8vuewwdcxzcm95dp9pp

Just buying #Bitcoin is no longer enough for these corporations.

In this statement by Matt Cole, he explains that Strive is raising capital to BUY COMPANIES that have large cash reserves and… … use their cash to buy Bitcoin. 🤯 Accelerating!

nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle says, “Anyone who truly understands #bitcoin doesn’t just allocate 1% of their portfolio as a hedge.”

“For those who get it, bitcoin is the entire portfolio.”

Using #Bitcoin via the Lightning Network to pay at SPAR, a European grocery chain 🇨🇭

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Sell Bonds. Buy #Bitcoin

"Anybody who has zero #Bitcoin is really missing the most asymmetric bet that I have ever seen."

— nostr:nprofile1qqsxc56ajk5xtxerf4dqspgrfa0s5elrcr80lnz9nasldq87j3zzf0cprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctvqyvhwumn8ghj7ur4wfshv6tyvyhxummnw3ezumrpdejqhnqxt8

“At the end of the day, no matter what they say, their only answer is to keep printing money.”

— nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle Choose freedom. Opt out with #Bitcoin.

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Game theory in action. 🚀

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“This is going to send bitcoin into orbit.”

The Bull Market is back

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“I’m excited about #Bitcoin too… this idea that we have a global currency that is outside the control of any government is a super logical and important step.”

— Sam Altman

nostr:nprofile1qqsvnvvlln2ru6jlyweayugxecv7ftfdlzd6zqca63sh7x6ercggjegpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduy0m75g on why #Bitcoin maximalists are called toxic:

Maximalist, toxic maximalist — same thing. The only ones bothered are those pushing shitcoins. We speak the truth. They get triggered. ⚡ Truth is viral. So are we.

"Everything you think you own is actually just a lease from the government when they have a monopoly on violence, because they can seize your property at any time."

— Jack Dorsey on #Bitcoin

MARA CEO says, “My recommendation, to my kids, for example, is they put just a little bit away every month in #Bitcoin, forget about it and just watch it grow.” 🙌

Anthony Scaramucci predicted, “By this time next year (this year), the Chinese will be backing #Bitcoin” 👀

“Super #bitcoin creators are in a world of their own. Existing in the most sophisticated layers of the technological power, of the likes the world has never seen before. They’re at the head of the code.”

— Joe Rogan

“#Bitcoin will demonetize art and real estate and how it will only accelerate.”

— Ted Smith

Friedrich Hayek on why working for the government is dangerous:

“Government work corrupts.” “Some of my best friends who as a result of the war got tied up in government work have ever since been statesmen rather than scholars.”

"It’s very rare that you find a technology that solves every rich person's problem and every poor person's problem simultaneously."

— Michael Saylor on #Bitcoin

“If the U.S. embraces a Bitcoin strategy, the rest of the world will have no choice but to follow suit”

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"I haven't bought Bitcoin since 2013. I earn Bitcoin."

— Andreas Antonopoulos

Money printer go BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

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Network fees remain low as masses of shitcoiners sell their BTC to hodlers—today, the opportunity cost of shitcoining is simply too high.

Faster blocks are also playing a role, with a 3.22% increase in mining power speeding up block production.

someone just inscribed this 3.7MB #bitcoin music track via slipstream 🔊

was it worth the $2,306 fee? #asknostr

"that's why decentralized mining should win, if miners are being economically rational... and we're seeing a migration towards this and away from FPPS"

— nostr:nprofile1qqs8fl79rnpsz5x00xmvkvtd8g2u7ve2k2dr3lkfadyy4v24r4k3s4spremhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet59uqsuamnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dshssfstwk

Metaplanet CEO says, “I tell my friends to put 100% of their net worth in to #Bitcoin.” 🙌

Story of the first #Bitcoin mine in the freezing Arctic

Max Keiser says, “The world is beginning to understand that #Bitcoin is really going to be the world reserve currency.” 🚀

"Without the certainty of a monarchy or religious legitimacy, rulers have a short time horizon. Their mindset becomes 'smash and grab'—sacrificing the long-term future of the country for short-term personal gains."

— nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak

"Protection from violence is just another economic good—like apples, cars, or laptops. But when it's provided by a monopoly that takes your money without consent, it fails, just like any other centrally controlled industry."

— nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak

"The real issue was that managers of publicly owned institutions couldn't perform economic calculation because they didn’t own the means of production. There was no market in the means of production, so the state controlled the entire supply chain and the consumer—making decisions with no mechanism for true calculation."

— nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7ct5d3shxtnwdaehgu3wd3skueqpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqqgzr08nkh7nk4q9cmw02wkfprkgtk0n8kgszlzyqe384ll3qv5rp453f6g5h

President Trump's Executive Director on digital assets:

"#Bitcoin has an immaculate conception." "We want to buy as much as we can."

"#Bitcoin will win the economic game. The bigger risk? A culture that remains a shit show, with wealth concentrated in the hands of those without virtue."

— nostr:npub1dtgg8yk3h23ldlm6jsy79tz723p4sun9mz62tqwxqe7c363szkzqm8up6m

"Bitcoiners will have the capital, but will we have the character? In the next decade, we’ll be the adults in the room. If we don’t take responsibility, the void will be filled by those who hate what we stand for."

— nostr:nprofile1qyv8wumn8ghj7urjv4kkjatd9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wsqzq6ksswfdrw4r7mlh49qfu2k9u4zrtpextk955kquvpna3r4rq9vyhr9mpy

"#Bitcoin doesn’t fix people—it amplifies what’s already inside them. If you're disciplined, it rewards you. If you're a degenerate, it magnifies that too. Wealth brings influence, but are you ready for it?"

— nostr:npub1dtgg8yk3h23ldlm6jsy79tz723p4sun9mz62tqwxqe7c363szkzqm8up6m

"Bitcoin's path to hyperbitcoinization won't be a quick freebie. Like the hero’s journey, it will involve ups and downs, with price fluctuations and challenges along the way."

— nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak

"#Bitcoin is trust-minimized, but you still need faith—faith that math works, that cryptography holds, and that #Bitcoin will be there tomorrow."

— nostr:npub1hxwmegqcfgevu4vsfjex0v3wgdyz8jtlgx8ndkh46t0lphtmtsnsuf40pf

"As on-chain fees rise, Lightning adoption grows. A Lightning channel is like a derivative on block space—timing its use helps avoid congestion and stabilizes fees over time."

— @BitcoinPierre

"In #Bitcoin, the only way to uncensor your transaction is to outbid the competition. Whether it's ordinals or legitimate transactions, fees are the ultimate defense."

— nostr:npub1hxwmegqcfgevu4vsfjex0v3wgdyz8jtlgx8ndkh46t0lphtmtsnsuf40pf

"Buying #Bitcoin early is like buying Amazon early—you see the potential before the world catches on. No rose without a thorn; if it were obvious, everyone would do it."

— @saifedean

“Inflation is the true opium of the people and it is administered to them by anticapitalist governments and parties.”

— Ludwig von Mises

"When push comes to shove, you will step on the cockroach and praise the person who does, but crushing a butterfly would enrage you. Visceral reactions reveal the deepest truths."

— nostr:nprofile1qyv8wumn8ghj7urjv4kkjatd9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wsqzq6ksswfdrw4r7mlh49qfu2k9u4zrtpextk955kquvpna3r4rq9vyhr9mpy

"In battle or at sea, survival depends on absolute unity. The phalanx stood strong because the man to your left mattered more than yourself. The tribe is stronger than the individual."

— nostr:npub1dtgg8yk3h23ldlm6jsy79tz723p4sun9mz62tqwxqe7c363szkzqm8up6m

"You could be Muslim, Christian, or Buddhist—every single one of us will recognize courage, compassion, or virtue. Virtues transcend morality."

— nostr:npub1dtgg8yk3h23ldlm6jsy79tz723p4sun9mz62tqwxqe7c363szkzqm8up6m

"Once money is devalued, people find it hard to provide for their future, they discount the future more, and behave in destructive ways."

— nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak

"The more you hold in dollars, the more you're providing value for the dollar, the more they're able to print and take that value away from you."

— nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7ct5d3shxtnwdaehgu3wd3skueqpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqqgzr08nkh7nk4q9cmw02wkfprkgtk0n8kgszlzyqe384ll3qv5rp453f6g5h

"Bitcoin's purchasing power will likely more than double every 4 years, outpacing halvings for decades. Mining will keep growing, but high fees will drive innovation in scaling tech—pushing Bitcoin’s evolution forward."

— nostr:nprofile1qyx8wumn8ghj7cnjvghxjmcpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqqg9enk72qxz2xt89tyzvkfnmytjrfq3ujl6p3umd4awjmlcd676uyukldzya

"#Bitcoin mining will likely boom in the 2030s as BTC's value surges, but then enter a long decline as adoption matures. The industry won’t disappear, but new entrants will struggle. The game won’t be the same forever."

— nostr:nprofile1qyx8wumn8ghj7cnjvghxjmcpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqqg9enk72qxz2xt89tyzvkfnmytjrfq3ujl6p3umd4awjmlcd676uyukldzya

"A fair game has an unequal outcome—there’s a winner and a loser. The point isn’t to make everyone win, it’s about the reward of winning and the lesson in losing. The natural world is the same: a lion catching a gazelle isn’t equal, but it’s fair"

— nostr:nprofile1qyv8wumn8ghj7urjv4kkjatd9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wsqzq6ksswfdrw4r7mlh49qfu2k9u4zrtpextk955kquvpna3r4rq9vyhr9mpy

"During a bull market, Bitcoin demand turns into a psychological phenomenon—everyone rushes to stack sats, competing for block space. Limited by two things: Bitcoin’s price and transaction fees."

— nostr:nprofile1qyx8wumn8ghj7cnjvghxjmcpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqqg9enk72qxz2xt89tyzvkfnmytjrfq3ujl6p3umd4awjmlcd676uyukldzya #bullishbounty

"Bitcoin mining isn’t just about security—it ensures the fair distribution of coins, preventing centralization, inflation, and control by a single authority. Proof of work formalizes this in a way no other system can."

— nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7ct5d3shxtnwdaehgu3wd3skueqpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqqgzr08nkh7nk4q9cmw02wkfprkgtk0n8kgszlzyqe384ll3qv5rp453f6g5h

"Switching to #Bitcoin is like switching airplanes mid-flight—it's tricky. The key is to slowly transition your cash balance to #Bitcoin over time, without jeopardizing your business or expenses in fiat."

— nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak

"Bitcoin has plenty of its own bullish characteristics, but any large nation-state buying is just a cherry on top. Low expectations make it easier to be surprised to the upside."

— nostr:nprofile1qqsw4v882mfjhq9u63j08kzyhqzqxqc8tgf740p4nxnk9jdv02u37ncpzpmhxue69uhh2uewwf38ytnzd9hsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9e4kzmts9eekjar9hfxy3a

"Bitcoin being recognized as a strategic reserve asset by the U.S. government is a massive step. Once the cat’s out of the bag, other countries will have to pay attention. This is huge for Bitcoin’s future."

— nostr:nprofile1qqspf2k9a5dcxfttkceh5k09s6cw2qdlads50g4qhrmnl78w072p2tqppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7lht233

"Bitcoin isn’t taking electricity from anyone—it’s incentivizing its production. Energy is abundant, and Bitcoin turns it into something valuable."

— nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak

“Fixing the money so we can forget about it. When it’s like the air we breathe, we can focus on what really matters: family, nobility, excellence, and building a beautiful civilization.”

— nostr:nprofile1qqsx45yrjtgm4glklaafgz0z4309gs6cwfja3d99s8rqvlvgagcptpqprpmhxue69uhhqun9d45h2mfwwpexjmtpdshxuet54gjttu #bullishbounty

#Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney lecturing on cryptography, 27 years ago.

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“Their debt is your problem until you own bitcoin. The moment you own #bitcoin, their debt is your greatest asset.”

— Porter Stansberry

"Stay focused. Work hard. Earn more than you spend. Stack sats. Stay humble."

— Jack Ballers (@jackmallers) Wise words from Jack—great clip below: #bullishbounty

🇺🇸 President Trump's Crypto Czar David Sacks says #Bitcoin is an "excellent store of value." 👀

Took a loan to stay solvent...

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He used to run marathons when he was diagnosed. Terminal illness. He only had 5 years left.

An athlete and developer, he lost all motor functions but never stopped coding. The project he dedicated the end of his life to changed the world. This is the extraordinary story of Harold Finney👇 https://image.nostr.build/9637bcbea59e3e45b24afc1372a27a9e933c612d6cbab6917dc766849341fc5c.png https://image.nostr.build/3b3417f496df7225757aa6f40d11db0962a8574b3beaee3316a8df4198e557fa.jpg In this note, you'll learn how a life-loving nerd: • built a machine to type using only eye movements; • mined a fortune in #Bitcoin; and • froze himself in a liquid nitrogen tank in hopes of seeing the future. But first, we need to start from the beginning… https://image.nostr.build/b000c81ee28d3f1718f16e772b83c3f3c2a546ffc7252014c9953beded2ed26a.jpg Harold (Hal) Thomas Finney was a polymath. He started his career developing games. Later, he joined the PGP Corporation—one of the first companies to commercialize cryptography—working alongside the legendary Phil Zimmermann. He was an active member of the Cypherpunks mailing list, exchanging ideas with pioneers like Wei Dai and Nick Szabo. https://image.nostr.build/0f2a5797bca3a14387466a00ca7b36f6927c4c76b559ffa24288027380bfef97.jpg https://image.nostr.build/b908f6926902b503db72fca9c3f03b793dd7f90d89f831671815724daf506f4f.jpg https://image.nostr.build/6d7f1e48ef61dd2710f94605c292000badc058653d452dd51f72d4fe0f2e8048.jpg https://image.nostr.build/3a8eae885c4bafdcf7baf0f0934501673902d7f20c79208dfa007432110e4137.png Hal operated servers that routed anonymous messages. On the early internet, he debated ways to defund the U.S. government’s “ponzi” schemes. He also launched prototypes for new forms of electronic money, such as RPoW (Reusable Proof of Work). 👑 But his most iconic achievement happened on January 12, 2009 👇 https://image.nostr.build/60597b19a487fbc3591560e38ea745b0eb00ee5ce1e124c64f4319e403ecd411.jpg Hal Finney had been following a new idea circulating on the cypherpunk mailing list: #Bitcoin. On January 11, 2009, a Sunday, someone named Satoshi posted Bitcoin’s source code on the list. Hal was the FIRST to reply! In a moment of wild imagination, he suggested that 1 BTC could one day be worth $10 million. https://image.nostr.build/1765c855eb6a75ae3ed05106a02e95f24643cb5072db9a0f7238e5d8fe87cc84.png Hal even exchanged emails with Satoshi and helped fix bugs in Bitcoin's code. On January 12 in Greenwich (January 11 at 7:24 PM in California), Hal received 10 #BTC in a "test" transaction initiated by the creator himself. This was—and will forever remain—the first transaction in the history of #Bitcoin. https://image.nostr.build/2f5650daefbce627a416c6db58862af4f0c3e30774e4611df2a966e204f9cdcc.jpg Fun fact 👇 Those 10 #BTC, today, are worth more than $1 million. Each "50.00" #BTC block mined represents ~$5M 🤑. Hal mined over $12 MILLION in just one week, between January 10 and 16, 2009 🤯 (calculated at today's value of $100,000 per BTC). During those days, Hal's son, Jason, could hear the processors roaring at full speed in the attic 🔥 He recalled his dad's excitement in an interview: "He told us he was helping someone build a prototype for virtual money. It didn’t sound real. More like an experiment." https://image.nostr.build/c2f871af70fead9803be6918d9e86d3566a108bcfc5f60edb39ca9f0b45ad111.jpg Hal wrote about this period 👇 "I stopped because it made my computer overheat, and the fan noise annoyed me." He helped bring the project to life but wouldn’t return to it until 2010. Eight months after the genesis of #Bitcoin, Hal received news that changed everything... ☹️ https://image.nostr.build/a493b12a9afd6b3048623fc45e3d7c99bfd046d60e183ce2e6f0a27764464cfd.png It was August 2009. Hal Finney was diagnosed with ALS. The longest-living patient with the syndrome was Stephen Hawking, who survived for 55 years. Most don't make it past 5. In October, Hal shared his diagnosis online in a post titled "Dying Outside." His unshakable sense of humor stood out 👇 "I am lucky to have good support, caring family, and access to excellent medical care. Still, I find myself sometimes walking in circles, obsessing over what I could have done differently. But hey, life goes on—except for me, apparently!" Even as his body failed, Hal's mind remained as sharp as ever. https://image.nostr.build/8f1a84d44ea528f90a1028f9b8a21f2f291e987c912c0db946a9ec854155d782.png In this text, Hal confesses:https://lesswrong.com/posts/bshZiaLefDejvPKuS/dying-outside "My dream is to contribute to open-source projects even from within a motionless body. This is a life worth living." With the help of his wife, Hal did what was needed in the following years to achieve this mission ✊ Even as ALS ravaged his body, Hal never stopped working, continuing to contribute to projects like Bitcoin and other open-source endeavors. His dedication to his work and the legacy he built serves as an inspiration for many, showcasing how perseverance and passion can defy the most difficult of circumstances. https://image.nostr.build/a738b9f71401920cdc21ebc2b91bebdb566c7bbcc0543016aa8072023046e304.png First, Hal lost strength in his legs. Then, in his upper limbs. As his hands weakened, he built a device to continue typing with the movements of his eyes (the "black antennas" in the last photo). He was never seen complaining. He had a superpower 👇 https://image.nostr.build/5ee16548ebfe32c2f9d17ea3442f02901c34aa91d1ab751b8dd4f67e49f7828f.jpg https://image.nostr.build/cce99e8ef0d6ba920a9ed218ae387219fd8ca37c2eaecc8bf5ef433a8af3336b.jpg https://image.nostr.build/61a937ac424bc65dcd2febc36faa4d65d2c38462d0ad9d1c99d3b8787fcdedd8.jpg An immeasurable passion for life 🦸 Hal was a Transhumanist and corresponded with Extropians—a group of technologists fascinated by extending life. He even convinced his wife to become a client of ALCOR—one of the few companies that... you won't believe what they do 😅 https://image.nostr.build/11bdc02b35bfbd2b0acfb623f82eb66b6f429a609b1a556b3270ca490c4407e7.png https://image.nostr.build/6f1c4c5d39180e60fa73b4259aef0f68c9d80e7424ca1e1569e6140822777cc9.jpg Alcor freezes ("cryopreserves") the bodies and heads of people who want to give science a chance to evolve to the point of bringing them back. In addition to Hal Finney, other Extropians embraced the idea. Peter Thiel is one of their clients. Paris Hilton too. "The prospect of immortality" inspired Hal. 🔭 Extropians envisioned a future where consciousness could be downloaded into machines. Where the body would be transcended. Where life could span generations. Their affinity with Bitcoiners is OBVIOUS. Ask yourself the following question 👇 https://image.nostr.build/8c712b5934d29b733980e9e0e7fbf0a67ec57c975408ed18466c599acfeca356.jpg https://image.nostr.build/7db436684f56791e2c0db34d46cc20535bf94f8e97c908f12f70fb2c1f07b5d6.jpg "If you were to travel 100 YEARS into the FUTURE, HOW would you carry VALUE with you?" Dollars? Gold? 🤔 (Spoiler: #Bitcoin) Ralph Merkle, another renowned cryptographer, once said about cryonics: "It's not about whether it 'works' or not. It's an experiment. Do you want to participate or stay in the control group?" https://image.nostr.build/783a1fb0bfde16ab402b2722b19440b7adb897c85083119c4b885cb3560b6d0f.png In 2011 and 2012, Hal's disease progressed. But the prospect of cryonics gave him hope. Just as the work he was doing on Bitcoin wallet security did. Fran Finney recalls: "Hal longed to experience tomorrow. He embraced every new thing." https://image.nostr.build/cb6543a1aac8b0e8d5739685a9e67aea698e5ebc8d3438a2c436d2a0459f15a4.jpg On his last ski trip, Hal reflected on the mental strength that remained: “It’s good that, you know, I can say goodbye mentally as it happens. It makes it a little easier.” He had agreed with Fran that when he could no longer communicate with his family, it would be time to go. https://image.nostr.build/f9dec677e63c8ad877b525eea43a68b99fc5736cc130107a088eb3980ee58c59.jpg On August 26, 2014, the day arrived. Hal’s vital functions were ceased, and the cryonic procedure was initiated. He became the 128th patient of Alcor. Today, his body floats in a tank at -150°C, in the middle of Arizona. His memories, informationally, remain intact. https://image.nostr.build/5fb16a71eff162917c4c1ffe3c6cc9357596069a0e7e64e7ced65e4f594f42f2.jpg https://image.nostr.build/e23c2b97d6d7398db917f7623d33fac4d5e502c7cbf99d6a0ab1256050854652.jpg The Extropians have long asked: "When does a person actually die?" When breathing stops? (No - it can be resumed!) When the heart stops? (No - it can be revived!) When brain electrical activity ceases? They have a concept that ANSWERS this👇 https://video.nostr.build/3239e5ab29d40a124c22eccd545d00996ced94ff41d2c466ea5b905f8dfc94cb.mp4 R. Merkle argues that the definition of death has always EVOLVED alongside medical technology. A person declared dead in 1930, if given the medicine of 2023, might have survived. http://ralphmerkle.com/definitions/infodeath.html This idea underpins the decision of many cryonicists to "freeze themselves." The "theoretical informational death" only happens when the structures that encode memory and personality are broken to the point of becoming irrecoverable. By this criterion, Hal remains alive. And in the #BTC blockchain, too. Many addresses still carry traces of his transactions to this day 🤯. https://image.nostr.build/5e7ecfc85a8b78c7d3d8733b2289098a166284c06c23281971e6795c1926b955.jpg Before he passed, Hal wrote a farewell letter and posted it on a Bitcoin forum he had been a part of since the beginning. The letter is called "Bitcoin and Me" 🥹 "My kids understand technology. I'm comfortable with my legacy." 🙏 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=155054.0 Hal was a prodigy of cryptography. The first disciple of Satoshi. A father, gamer, inventor. And he taught us that even though life is short, time can be so full of life that it feels infinite. 🙏 We hope to be here to witness his return. Who wouldn't want to hear the stories!? https://image.nostr.build/b9e61a0def79a599b026327b6774e0df2bc1d1d46674386ee192bc0ce01357fb.jpg https://image.nostr.build/9f11edfd4795bc7a3fab939afcdced20697587d744885cbf9b114a7122ed62a9.png https://image.nostr.build/cc997668f6e19b185f0f3746a9341eab747e69e336f931365b56715b3c5bb259.png

This boy SAVED the INTERNET… but couldn't save himself.

10 years ago, he was persecuted by his government, and ultimately paid with his life. Aaron Swartz is a modern hero that most people DO NOT KNOW. But they should. https://image.nostr.build/a5163a2d322330e5853e14ddf87d1613eecbdff0e23451d9f3059d3c1e0cd723.jpg Aaron was creative, focused, and brilliant. At 14, he invented RSS; He dropped out of Stanford; At 19, he was in the first Y Combinator class; He co-founded Reddit. Most likely, if he were alive today, he would be involved with #Bitcoin. But that’s not EVEN 1% of what he did for us 🙏 Let’s take a look 👇 https://image.nostr.build/37c7dd4a0ddbad0ae5a98babc66adc4916cc4a03b13d63d0fced0e6c3e0541fd.jpg From a young age, Aaron believed in an OPEN INTERNET. In computers as a tool for LIBERATION. "But wait, wasn’t the internet always open?" No. Believe it or not, there was a time when they wanted you to REGISTER your ID before you could browse or send an email. https://image.nostr.build/77deabc6b94e160f43a3dd1522c5dac30061ac5423e6b2e3df10162a25e8e612.png https://image.nostr.build/960a2e8b7b518cd7f34af6d791518cdabf7b7cdc22366decc16c667cad1f727f.jpg https://image.nostr.build/5d22d57a1ed58ce2f301d45dd09500d066c8c422039ce4c9c30eec586178fddd.jpg He believed that PUBLIC LEGAL RECORDS and SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH should be accessible to everyone. But in the U.S., • 98% of scientific articles are behind paywalls; and • ~80% of legal records are too. Imagine being sued and still having to pay to view the documents? Aaron's war had 3 major battles. The first was against PACER. A legal records database. PACER is PAID... but it was "free" in 17 public libraries. With friends, Aaron wrote a script on a USB drive, plugged it into a USB port, downloaded 2.7 million documents... and SET THEM FREE. https://video.nostr.build/21b565dd1742bc950748be2ac0e0ce2868f4b94c54d1da9321a198c49fe85d1e.mp4 No charges were made against the group. But the FBI began to take notice. That had only been the beginning. That boy would still challenge the system. The following year, Aaron would enter the biggest fight of his life — and the greatest battle in internet history against censorship ✊ https://image.nostr.build/ab43c6a3d189953bfee2fdc26760e819bc9e637dce97d0c8362a36192487b0aa.png "SOPA/PIPA" 👉 if you're over 20, you probably still remember these acronyms. A bill to "combat piracy"... which was just an excuse for the government to shut down ANY SITE, without warning. Some companies loved the idea. But those who loved the internet fought back. https://image.nostr.build/605d066f5a7cc73cf8efe620725ac19f3fa9e85b760acd9e66b6f637b6837681.jpg And then, something wonderful happened. We still knew how to fight against online censorship. In a coordinated response, the biggest websites on the internet "went on STRIKE." Wikipedia and Reddit went offline. Google turned black. Protests also erupted in the STREETS. But... https://image.nostr.build/605d066f5a7cc73cf8efe620725ac19f3fa9e85b760acd9e66b6f637b6837681.jpg https://image.nostr.build/12adaed7c7a5ce9e8ce3c0944111c45e0e311b02c14319ef31910ea3ee5c60aa.jpg https://image.nostr.build/7a23543a1a8be95067289d830c766a4af93a321402ba1e2f53b268d660cba2fa.jpg https://image.nostr.build/0f934d461a5491c39928a1a1bdbfbefe16cb4f70abd6e8bb54c9ee2e6621b438.jpg ... but people have short memories. This battle was won. However, the NEXT one would be the LAST for young Aaron. This MIT security camera was the final straw that ruined his life 👇📹 https://image.nostr.build/e48beb62bce1cdc7554d8e602786a29969a687202f7c7e6971f9f203de3160e6.png JSTOR was Swartz's final target: the largest database of academic papers in the world. Aaron wrote a script to download MILLIONS of papers, over the course of months, using his MIT access, in a small room. MIT has a rebellious culture. But the FBI could no longer tolerate the boy's defiance. https://image.nostr.build/0f98f712709cacd788a841186630069f9b8877bbea34374f83c529e0b29d1385.jpg With the video evidence, the U.S. prosecution charged Aaron with 13 crimes. Up to 50 years in prison. In January 2011, he was arrested by undercover agents near the Harvard campus. From then on, he was legally tortured. Two years later, he would be found dead at home. https://image.nostr.build/0e6b2b6d4ac93cc031267d6a3ae4fdd1afbaf7154c3d1b28db144e703325eff3.png https://image.nostr.build/94285f292eb025a91ba591bb14ac0c8739607d428a956f73eb01a7b5c2f1f360.png "Aaron would be 38 years old today. He was accused of 'pirating' scientific papers funded with public money. Facing up to 50 years in prison, he took his own life. Those he inspired continue to democratize access to science. Let us remember him." *These are the words of Susan, his mother. https://image.nostr.build/cb82dfbd1b0675e53a6a24ba2b6c6c50be08b60dc315f9a3cfbf3de4ded0a191.jpg After his death, the charges were dropped by the government. Aaron never considered entering a 'plea deal'. He would have faced millions of dollars in legal costs. The father of the internet, Tim Berners-Lee, published a short poem at the time that says it all: “The world was a little worse for his passing, But a lot better for his being.” https://image.nostr.build/110bd2ce6b535252ecff250b6609cc6f301b906f6681c2459d375c09af2a9548.png Aaron wasn’t a unanimous figure. You may disagree with his methods. But he was faithful to his ideal. He was genuine. Firm in what he believed. He was a person who used his prodigious skills not to enrich himself, but to make the internet fairer, and the world a better place. https://image.nostr.build/570b43a6887dfa430be76e33a416c7bbc65d05e9acf0404ae46ad1a522bf9abc.jpg Aaron had worked with Virgil Griffith (former Ethereum, now imprisoned for "teaching about crypto" to North Koreans). He knew Elizabeth Stark (from Lightning). He was friends with Zooko. And he wrote about #Bitcoin — on the DAY he was arrested (1/6/11)! 😢 http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/squarezooko https://image.nostr.build/5809cf5fa01059fd6333df5a3010a49fbb17642f447d33674ea4388640fb9703.png https://image.nostr.build/e7fe674ce2598619319edeae7a342da44e8d35baf99aac31df07924c446b8e56.png https://image.nostr.build/a5ccd76d96ed40ca7a6337050c427d0caee576d1221858aef7e841e32fb9b00c.png Curious? To learn more about the story, start with this documentary (on YouTube) 👇 [https://youtu.be/9vz06QO3UkQ](https://youtu.be/9vz06QO3UkQ) We’ll finish with an excerpt from the "Manifesto for Free Access," by Aaron himself: "Information is power. But, like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. There is no justice in following unjust laws. It’s time to come to the light, and, in the tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to the private theft of public culture. We must take information, wherever it is, make our copies, and share them with the world." RIP, Aaron ✊ https://image.nostr.build/18af509a01336df22725822ce2acc3b3008e433dcd83b4c617ad6b877501e34e.png https://image.nostr.build/a1bf70d3e884b2ff36f35576fc914d42cb71663440d512d89b3c93bc1af5902f.png https://image.nostr.build/7aa7111a401e98bc3a02ff2ab2321839c79e89f9845bbdaa654f3d468f79b3b0.png

🚨 For the first time, a government is being overthrown by 3D-printed weapons 🔫

The longest-lasting civil war today took an unexpected turn... when the resistance adopted plastic weapons and cryptocurrencies. You NEED to know what's happening in Myanmar 👇 https://image.nostr.build/a2fdf9026e54b6b1da842627fb5b8c4bd194211838d838b3c0d791eb5db65441.jpg https://image.nostr.build/90c607aedae1666db44e2cdf10bfc325b857c46a8afaebebbe2752b7e1b23cca.jpg Myanmar has never had political stability since gaining independence 76 years ago. The latest coup was in 2021, banks were drained, and the local currency lost 60% of its value in the following months. Rebels have since been using CRYPTO to finance themselves. https://image.nostr.build/ddaac81e9555922d2c8940c90ccbc8f37c6f4e1b987a79282a8324377d0e1724.png They declared TETHER as the official currency 🏅 They launched a stablecoin and a crypto bank on the Polygon network that accesses Uniswap pools for buying and selling currencies. They even created a digital lottery and boycotted the national Myanmar lottery, which saw its revenue drop by 80% 📉 https://image.nostr.build/4fd9c942150d77ed2c032af07f7d6f785b35ec52806f9c76a523398a6fad93a7.png https://image.nostr.build/7d8e3303a2f7a823094c281d65fe926358158e4beea41ee7f8f0d740985e3e28.png The rebels have raised about $100 million in recent years. They even auctioned "revolutionary bonds": buyers could receive a share of a deposed general's mansion, for example. But this $100 million is nothing compared to the nearly $1 billion that the junta has invested in the war since the coup. https://image.nostr.build/eb9746cf073e54a643de3c70767aee6aa0be09634ae9af0578b67d5c902892c6.png https://image.nostr.build/fc6f73aa8cc85024cbe4667725066c98c5f3fdb1bbedde479b0b897fdfef4d2e.png This ASYMMETRY of resources suggests a protracted conflict with no end in sight. The junta is unable to eliminate all the decentralized insurgency hotspots... but it can exhaust them financially. However, the asymmetry is decreasing, thanks to DISSIDENT TECHNOLOGIES... https://image.nostr.build/93ff5fc270a0569fd2b314e37b46d713b868279b95d830f906c0ecfb3a633cd1.png JStark would be proud. In recent months, there have been reports of FGC9s in use in Myanmar. FGC9 is one of the most popular models of self-made firearms. FGC = Fuck Gun Control No one conquers a city with FGC9s. But it is certainly possible to... https://image.nostr.build/e71236550139189060f73e9c771bec5ad5c7ee6d74ff839519ec4f94dfaf8be4.jpg https://image.nostr.build/32dbf62496fc16bb532396d9c0f67348e616743d57a4b451927d610df2385e7a.jpg ... defend a mountain pass or a village surrounded by forest with them. Moreover, the resistance has mastered the art of producing and piloting homemade patrol drones. Check it out 👇 https://image.nostr.build/aa0cdf1ebde058c7d6816499bb20eb220aa3e4825c12fc866deeb170f053711b.jpg https://image.nostr.build/863eec319106271697d818c28e730048ed45e7ff7990d30f9f4592202b77c467.jpg https://image.nostr.build/9f7d5a5a61ad4e979d6305dc4d2c124979e1ee49adac10a8ca9d18310857bd86.jpg The insurgents have already liberated ~50% of the territory. The military junta controls the most populous and economically significant areas. China supported the last coup in 2021. The West never had enough incentive to confront Beijing 🇨🇳 But in 2024, everything starts to change. https://image.nostr.build/56c5705a1c8f1e73685767d2b059cdf38d9002029369c667c4ce246a9090e595.png China's interest is economic. They need to be on the side of the "winner" to ensure access to Myanmar's strategic pipelines and ports. But in March of this year, Beijing lost its patience. Hold on to this: 😳 44,000 CHINESE were in Myanmar as "slaves"... https://image.nostr.build/faa92bf49b76a74367313ae9dc701a20800fef77c00a74676e9003f557211332.png ...and they were finally discovered and "returned." They were working in "ONLINE SCAM CENTERS" operating in the northern part of the country. They were lured with fake job advertisements. This is a scam center on the border with Thailand, packed with Chinese workers, scamming people worldwide 👇 https://image.nostr.build/2460a015b0beb3b775506b6e50e9c96c1ceb743e4214a3a1a1f4ebd6b3c00b20.jpg Think about this 👇 You’ve probably been targeted by some online profile trying to scam you, operated by one of the THOUSANDS of trafficked Chinese people working in centers like this. What year are we living in, folks?! 😳 https://image.nostr.build/ede9666bb2b241506214704e0f7b4585fc1adb5db438145c77e89a73b32ce65b.png The fight against tyranny still seems far from over. But the end appears to have already begun. The balance of power is shifting.