orangedog

remember a few years back when price fluctuated between $6,000 and $10,000 for like 3 years
that’s our zone now
then we 5X a year after the halving
#bitcoin

2023-03-23 21:27:36 UTC

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yes but ‘legal’ and ‘practical for life’ are different things
I can be the guy who refuses on moral grounds to accept dollars
but I wouldn’t sell many burgers that way

2023-03-23 21:21:38 UTC

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then I suppose forced tender would be a nations fiat currency..
$ in USA
pounds in UK
yen in Japan
etc etc

2023-03-23 21:06:31 UTC

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afaik it means business and industry required to accept in exchange for goods and services within that jurisdiction
that is powerful

2023-03-18 20:53:50 UTC

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yes no doubt Balaji has lots of bitcoins, other currencies, dollars, etc
this is an easy bet for him to cover iow
appreciate your kind words btw 🙏
I hope his very public bet gets ppl talking, and thinking…I hope for ppl ‘on the fence’ to begin to wake up
It takes a fair amount of thinking, questioning, and downright *rejection* of the system we’ve all been conned into believing is safe and sound
because folks, it is not
it is a house of cards
when it fails it will fail fast, and hard, and without any warning at all
our generation in the west, has never experienced a true national money failure
2008 came the closest but ultimately did not fail..they were able to stem the *contagion* and continue the game
they’re so very very desperate to continue it right now
#bitcoin

2023-03-18 15:46:38 UTC

Bajali made a public bet on bird app that #bitcoin price would skyrocket to $1 million USD within 90 days
I think his intention is to issue grave warning to the fact that all big banks are in deep deep trouble
Banks are not only broke, they’re beyond broke
Your deposits aren’t cash in a vault
They’re invested in other vehicles with other banks to generate yield, including a traditionally safe investment, treasury bonds
which were bought in huge numbers when interest rates were near zero
when powell jacked up interest rates to battle inflation (not working btw) those treasuries became worthless because, held to maturity, they lose money..they are now junk
The FED and Treasury know this
They’re desperately injecting USD into the system to avoid ‘contagion’
Contagion means panic..nationwide bank runs
they want folks to calm down, go back to their facebook, and LEAVE THE MONEY IN THE BANK
because the money ain’t there
Yellen and Powell want ppl to stay asleep
Balaji wants ppl to wake up
Will BTC moon to a million in 90 days? I don’t think so..but it sure got a lot of attention, and that’s the point
because banking, and fiat currency, is all a grift
It’s a con game
and 99 percent of us are played
#bitcoin

2023-03-18 05:52:48 UTC

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Interesting take, this gets my brain working

2023-03-18 04:12:10 UTC

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Axis: Bold as Love

2023-03-18 03:00:38 UTC

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and then how many fools will sell
not considering what another ten years will do lol

2023-03-18 02:47:30 UTC

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ballsy call
popcorn time
#bitcoin

2023-03-17 05:37:32 UTC

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There Will be Blood

2023-03-16 05:31:44 UTC

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Life long alcoholic here but sober since January
It’s all on or off for me
And I do all the wrong shit..drink every day, too much, hiding it
embarrassing when I admit it to the world because we all figure we should have our shit together right
not so with me, with that thing
so today i am sober

2023-03-16 03:18:14 UTC

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First moonshot prediction I’ve seen in awhile
Cheers sir 🔥

2023-03-15 04:25:43 UTC

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trolling just to troll bores me..
but yes, some back and forth is fun, and the nonstop zap fest becomes very tedious

2023-03-13 05:56:08 UTC

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jfc these ppl actually exist
and they actually believe the earth is going to disintegrate without the careful and deliberate shepherding from humans

2023-03-13 03:25:18 UTC

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https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_8391755cc370a6f07e8820cd7c6e584dc9e8e622eca5f322246345e594b4aecb.jpeg

2023-03-12 15:26:32 UTC

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especially thought-provoking, clever, and or funny notes get zapped
I find myself zapping smaller amounts because I think of values 10+ years out (no offense to anyone just truthing)
no expectation of reciprocity, give to give full stop
sometimes I zap back
I thank when I can

2023-03-12 05:19:46 UTC

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Yep I’m a fair bit older than the demo here haha
but I feel privileged and humbled to be among pioneers

2023-03-12 04:54:35 UTC

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2023-03-12 02:32:14 UTC

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a pure, true free market is a thing of beauty
It’s an organism
Buyers and sellers converge around a product or service
and they trade
keep third-party rent-seekers the fuck away, you have a thing of beauty
#bitcoin #nostr

2023-03-12 02:27:48 UTC

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fantastic!
any IRL interaction from me has returned laughs or similar
the latest FTX debacle adds tremendous doubt everywhere
this bank collapse even more fuel
It’s another kick in the groin every few weeks it seems

2023-03-12 02:17:12 UTC

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did he/she laugh in your face
just curious

2023-03-12 01:49:33 UTC

Margin Call
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_097f32ea0088c8b7ea915cf280403244096f3b08d9e8d919329b14945747e6dd.jpeg

2023-03-11 16:43:03 UTC

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this is my next
‘really want to read this’

2023-03-11 04:08:52 UTC

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https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_9c152b383e5ad21c335b17e1fe739e332ad48c600d31f95890b9b6b5c020a6e3.png

2023-03-11 02:28:45 UTC

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how big is SVB Jimmy
I legit never heard about it till today

2023-03-11 02:19:40 UTC

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yep
when plebs lose their keys
number go up
because total BTC go down 🤙🏽🤙🏽

2023-03-11 00:39:49 UTC

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NGU

2023-03-10 16:28:18 UTC

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https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_f84fa20eb2b72aadc6875cdd0d5641cede370cc6038a1f2cd1e7ae28abb606c0.png

2023-03-10 16:22:41 UTC

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IKR this just came up on a basic search

2023-03-10 16:20:53 UTC

I’ll just leave this here
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_1817f0d131a027419333b6e20e4f61e07afab4ccfaa454b22367ac8f9f264549.jpeg

2023-03-10 05:57:34 UTC

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Rules for thee but not for me
I can think of a couple institutions with zero transparency
The Federal Reserve
The Bank of International Settlements

2023-03-10 04:42:20 UTC

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I’ve started unfollowing folks who seem to post only Facebook style ‘hey check my food’ and sorta thirsty ‘zap me’ stuff all day

2023-03-09 20:40:25 UTC

I’m still learning how to properly *re-tweet* and give appropriate credit here on Nostr
#[0] is an account I find tremendous value, the following is excerpt from a book he posted
I’m here for the learning and I learn a lot from Leo 🔥🔥
————-
This is a short background to the history of China's occupation of Xinjiang/East Turkestan, from the account of Rebiya Kadeer. She later became one of the first business women in China before her exile to the United States.
Excerpts from her 2007 book "Dragon Fighter":
"Even the name of our Uyghur nation is clouded with politics. The Chinese call it the Xinjiang Autonomous Region. It is also known as Uyghurstan or East Turkestan." (P. 4)
"Uyghur hero Yakub Beg led our people back to independence the last time in 1867. In 1876, however, the Manchu rulers reoccupied the "wild west", which they then violently integrated into the Manchu Empire under the name Xinjiang, which means "New Territory." (P. 6)
"Our land is not only of major military strategic importance, but its mineral wealth includes some of the biggest coal reserves in the world, in addition to large deposits of petroleum, gold, uranium and iron ore." (P. 8)
"I was one-year-old when the communists under Mao Zedong took over our land on October 1, 1949. Then a year later, on October 7, 1950, they conquered our neighbor Tibet." (P. 11)
"After so-called "peaceful liberation" General Wang Zhen initially took control over our Uyghur nation. Among his first actions was a "cleansing" of the region. Thousands of people were arrested or murdered." (P. 12)
"According to Chinese Communist Party theory, all people should live under the same standard as the majority of the population. In our case, this meant living as peasants. In the years after General Wang Zhen took control of the Uyghur nation he set about eradicating the rich, the intellectuals, and ideological opposition. Anyone who opposed his reforms was put before a firing squad." (P. 14)
"By March 1950, Chairman Mao had already ordered a program for the mass immigration of Han Chinese - the largest ethnic group of native Chinese - into our homeland, whereby the Uyghur nation would be afforded "mutual help" from their Chinese "brother nation"; in fact, this program was intended to foster socialism. The impetus for this strategic policy was provided by the Soviet Union's General Secretary Joseph Stalin. But this first influx was minor in contrast to that which still was to come." (P. 14)
"In 1949, there were approximately one-hundred-thousand Chinese living in our homeland. Today, the Chinese population has already grown to an estimated eight million, and at a rate excessively outpacing our own population growth." (P. 14)
"Mao Zedong formally declared our homeland as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China in 1955 and made statements about the rights of self-determination for the Uyghur nation, including the right to secede from the Chinese alliance." (P. 15)
"In reality, though, we no longer had any power in our own land. In the new Communist system, everybody was controlled by everybody else. People were encouraged to incriminate others. The Communists' collectivization of our agriculture took place in July 1955." (P. 15)
"Their violent socialization of our private trade and industry soon followed. Because of its size, our region was expected to contribute substantially to the agricultural productivity of China. For this purpose, military farms called bingtuan were established." (P. 15)
"The relationships among Chinese and Uyghurs cooled even more dramatically after several thousand of our people were again arrested and killed in the Altai region.
During the same period, the loudspeakers that by the time had been installed on every street corner would continuously broadcast the message that local inhabitants and the Chinese were friends and that we should live in harmony and unity forever.
The friendships they spoke of were merely words. In actuality, their words were veiled threats." (P.23)
"As we grew wiser, it became apparent to us that those in power in the government generally thought that the only way they could live in peace and quiet was if all of us regional natives were either exiled or murdered." (P. 23)
"In the spring of 1957, Chairman Mao called upon all intellectuals to state their critiques of the Communist Party. They were supposed to offer "complete and thorough opinions of everything." No one was to fear reprisals. Most people were grateful for this apparent liberalization. In reality though, Chairman Mao had only one thing on his mind. His carefully calculated intent was to "lure out snakes out of their holes."
"This wretched phrase was actually the official slogan of that propaganda campaign. All of those lured out by the chairman's call were indeed revealed as enemies of the state. Artists, university students, scientists, and other intellectuals were declared to be "rightists"."
"Any form of independent thinking was dangerous. Nobody was able to sleep soundly anymore because anyone, through betrayal or contrivance, could be declared an enemy of the state at any time. Everyone was supposed to think the same way and to speak the same way."
"Everyone was required to be vigilant against "incorrect" thoughts. Otherwise, we were told, the country would be threatened with disintegration. Our school teacher taught us that these words were from Chairman Mao himself."
P. 25.

2023-03-09 00:04:19 UTC

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yes I’ve a feeling the correlation with diet is incidental..
calling my doc for a well check just in case 👨🏾‍⚕️

2023-03-08 21:28:11 UTC

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I also eat full fat dairy (butter, whole milk yogurt) &eggs, beef, bacon, pork ..every day
The fattier the better
3 days straight of beef soup from marrow bones
Haven’t touched margarine in 15 years
Recent health exam:
Entire blood panel normal, even optimal- CBC, sugar, liver, kidney function, and yes cholesterol
Weight better than in my 20s (in 50s now)…waistline same
BP = 110/70
Maybe I should check with my doctor tho…🧐

2023-03-08 04:50:47 UTC

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your mom is a BOSS 🔥that is very cool

2023-03-08 04:38:28 UTC

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how this would not make every single Lebanese person into a bitcoiner defies logic 🤯

2023-03-07 10:30:46 UTC

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Nostr (IMO) is demonstrating a capability to create a communication protocol which gives Twitter users a fair and open alternative
any user with a smartphone and internet access
elons takeover has given preferential user experience to ppl with an extra $132/year to spend on his platform AND a government identification they voluntarily submit to twitter
Billions of humans have neither of those..but all have an equal voice on Nostr
Nostr is a revolution for the global town square