I seriously underestimated the effect of zaps on how nice people are to each other here. Just that little price that needs to be paid for rudeness or hostility is enough to get people to act civilized. It really doesn't take much to change culture.

Method of payment will come when merchants demand it in lieu of any other form of payment. I don't understand why most people don't get this.

I like weird people. But people that like their steak well done is a bit too much for me.

Predictions for 2025: * Dollar won't buy as much at the end of the year as at the beginning * There will be lots of altcoins that rugpull * Peter Schiff will still be calling for a fall in Bitcoin price * Bitcoin price will go up and down and sideways.

In a Bitcoin world, all investing is LARPing. In a Nostr world, all news is LARPing.

I think big purchases of Bitcoin should have names. Remember Iron Balls (MSTR's purchase of 20,000 BTC)? Has a ring to it. We have memories of Bear Whale.

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In time there will be real Bitcoin patrons that will give shape to the world that they want to see.

Nothing makes me shake my head more than seeing people do squats where they barely go down, let alone below parallel.

Show me lazy people and I'll show you terrible incentives