If you're still on Twitter/X, go vote "NO" on this poll. Save Steak 'n Shake from becoming the next Cracker Barrel. image
Opt out of fiat; switch to Bitcoin. Not to end all fiat, but to keep it out of your life. Opt out of Core; switch to Knots. Not to end all spam, but to keep it out of your mempool. If enough of us opt out, then fiat/spam will die, but that's knot the point. It never was. image
The more I try to build a Bitcoin circular economy in the #Chattanooga TN area, the more the metronome gets stuck on the right side of this picture. image
Pre-1971, the Fed could print money, but only when a precedent made it palatable for the public (e.g.: war, after propaganda). But then Nixon removed that filter, which didn't work anyway, and the rest is history. Do we really want the equivalent of that for spam in Bitcoin?
As of today, no one has heard from Satoshi for 14 years (I'm not counting the suspicious "I am not Dorian Nakamoto" message). What do you think he's been up to all this time? Wrong answers only.
GM. Today is my last day of being 39. Others at this age: "Oh, no! Tomorrow I'll be 'old'!" Me: "So *this* is how long the Tribes of Israel wandered in the wilderness..." Tomorrow I'll be 40. Bring it on.