𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 Recently, Samantha LaDuc commented on #Bitcoin, calling it “𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺”, and saying it’s “𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺.” While we thank Samantha for complimenting Bitcoin so highly, it seems she’s a little confused on what it means for something to be “sound money”. Hopefully the following will help set the record straight👇 The implication here that only state-enforced currency is "sound" is amusingly archaic. It implies that money issued by the state is inherently stable and reliable. However, 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝘆𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, brought on by poor incentives. Bitcoin, unfettered by state control, 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆. Being "rogue" means it's not subject to whimsical monetary policies or political agendas. It's a monetary system that operates on principles of scarcity and decentralized consensus, unlike state currencies prone to excessive printing and devaluation. In a world witnessing rampant money printing and currency debasement, 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻'𝘀 "𝗿𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲" 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵. It offers an alternative to the failed legacy system, where the value of money is constantly eroded by inflationary policies. 𝘉𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯'𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. As the "rouge" Thomas Jefferson likely said: "𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘸, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘺.” He is also attributed to saying: "𝘐𝘧 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘵, 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰.” Likewise, another rogue named Henry David Thoreau once said, "𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴.” And the roguish Martin Luther King, Jr, whose birthday was yesterday, is quoted as saying, "𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴.” This resistance and disobedience — i.e. going 𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚 — is exactly what we need most today. Therefore, in an era where the so-called "sound money" of states is anything but, 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲. Bitcoin, with its immutable rules and decentralized governance, stands as a bastion of monetary sanity in a world of fiscal chaos. George Orwell, a rogue if there ever was one! Be sure to 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲🤙 and 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲🔄 this so more people can learn why Bitcoin is rogue money. And 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸🔖 this for quick reference later! How else is Bitcoin rogue money? Let me know in the 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀⬇️

Exactly 15 years ago today, Hal Finney tweeted that he was “Running bitcoin”. This was the 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 time that #Bitcoin would be mentioned on Twitter, shortly after Hal started running the Bitcoin protocol on his computer. He was the first person to do so, other than Satoshi Nakamoto. And no, it’s 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 unlikely that Hal Finney was Satoshi Nakamoto. Recently, evidence has come to light in the form of a timestamped email conversation between Satoshi and Mike Hearn, which show they were sent 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝟭𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲. This, along with Hal’s repeated denials of being Satoshi, his reputation for 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, and his coding style being *notably different* from Satoshi’s, make it 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶. Today, untold thousands are running Bitcoin on their personal computers, just like Hal. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, and improves the robustness of a money that enables individual empowerment for all who use it. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗛𝗮𝗹, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻. Had you not chosen to assist Satoshi Nakamoto when no one else would, we may not be where we are today.🧡

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