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no one will use stable coins in the western world once they learn about the public nature of the ledger. imagine paying for something and exposing your whole spending history and current balance. it is very rare that i will make an on chain bitcoin transaction without using a swap service

there isn't relative correctness in the universe -- there are only truths that match with reality and those that don't. if luke is wrong it means he isn't operating from first principle truth. if bitcoiners are wrong it means they are also misguided. both will be judged equally by reality and the real thinkers will be reinforced by truth and the wrong thinkers will be negated by reality View quoted note →

the hardest part of hodling is the expectation of the future the more and more buddhism i read the more "non attachment" seems to be the only way to get through this with some level of sanity View quoted note →

people expect negative cpi

running your own lightning node is a must for privacy. it largely replaces the need to coinjoin given the multitude of swap providers available. add on blinded paths and you are basically free

one ounce of silver will buy you a barrel of oil

no taxes on tips no taxes on zaps

when you suppress volatility in the economy with continued bailouts you get volatility in society. instead of housing crashes you get nihilism instead of bank failures you get fentanyl addiction middle america instead of medium sized family owned business you get gig workers with no kids volatility will just move one one part of the economy to the other and comes out as anger and social fractures View quoted note →

the daylight computer will be great when the screen resolution is improved. the current screen is very poor resolution for the size. it will be a wonderful device if they can just fix that one problem. i'll def buy a dc2 if screen resolution can get to the 300dpi level i really hope they succeed as a company since reflective lcds could be amazing @Daylight Computer Co