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Just realized that it was this day, December 20th, in 2022 that @jack posted the @Nostrich on Twitter. I just want to say that I’m really glad to be here with all of you on this beautiful journey. Onward. View quoted note →

HOLY SHIT GUYS I CANT BELIEVE I MISSED THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE @Nostrich December 16, 2022: the #Nostrich was born…. Time flies when you’re zapping notes (fun fact: @jb55 hadn’t even invented zaps yet)

“If I’m having chicken that’s basically a vegetarian meal.” — @CARLA⚡️ describing why she needs a steak appetizer.

Privacy is the enemy of the Totalitarian State.

A government becomes illegitimate the moment it stops defending your private property from plunderers and instead becomes the plunderer itself. Rights are not given. They are taken. Let us take them together.

New episode of @THE Bitcoin Podcast just dropped with David Marcus, CEO of Lightspark We discuss: - Bitcoin as the TCP/IP for money - Why we need MOE adoption, not just SOV - How banks are moving fiat globally using Bitcoin rails - Why the internet of money is being built on Bitcoin - Why Libra failed and why Bitcoin is the only neutral network - Lightning’s limits and why Spark exists - Embedded wallets, rewards, and real-world Bitcoin adoption Watch it here: Listen here:

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THE Bitcoin Podcast • The Internet of Money: Why Bitcoin Is the Future of Global Value Transfer | David Marcus • Watch on Fountain

“If the internet could move value natively… would you use anything else?” I sit down with David Marcus, a true fintech veteran and the co-fou...

“At its worst, payment systems have been used as tools for social control even in Western countries, such as against protesters in Canada. Centralized payment systems are also more vulnerable to disruptions and service outages than decentralized ones. With the Cashu protocol, Bitcoin payments can be made between trusted parties even without an internet connection. As the group of Bitcoin owners grows large enough, it starts to gain societal significance.” View quoted note →

ON THIS DAY IN 2009… The first known sale of bitcoin for USD: Martti 'Sirius' Malmi sold 5050 bitcoin for $5.02… an exchange rate of $0.0009 per BTC… Today, those 5050 bitcoin are worth ~$565 MILLION… Shoutout to @Martti Malmi for being a true Bitcoin legend — Bitcoin would not exist as it does today without cypherpunks and pioneers like Martti who built and USED bitcoin. Also shoutout to Martti for building on Nostr today 🤙 Go give him a big fat zap ⚡️